• Menu
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Before Header

  • About Us
  • Lexicon
  • Contact Us
  • Our Store
  • ↑
  • ↓
  • ←
  • →

Balloon Juice

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

He imagines himself as The Big Bad, Who Is Universally Feared… instead of The Big Jagoff, Who Is Universally Mocked.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Maybe you would prefer that we take Joelle’s side in ALL CAPS?

Trump makes a mockery of the legal system and cowardly judges just sit back and let him.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

Accountability, motherfuckers.

People are complicated. Love is not.

The lights are all blinking red.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

Bogus polls are all they’ve got left. Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls a year from now.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

This fight is for everything.

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

Mobile Menu

  • Four Directions Montana
  • Donate with Venmo, Zelle & PayPal
  • Site Feedback
  • War in Ukraine
  • Submit Photos to On the Road
  • Politics
  • On The Road
  • Open Threads
  • Topics
  • COVID-19 Coronavirus
  • Authors
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Lexicon
  • Our Store
  • Politics
  • Open Threads
  • 2024 Elections
  • Garden Chats
  • On The Road
  • Targeted Fundraising!
You are here: Home / Past Elections / 2020 Elections / He has refused his Assent to Laws,

He has refused his Assent to Laws,

by Adam L Silverman|  July 4, 20192:00 pm| 22 Comments

This post is in: 2020 Elections, America, Civil Rights, Domestic Politics, Election 2016, Foreign Affairs, Open Threads, Politics, Popular Culture, Post-racial America, Silverman on Security

FacebookTweetEmail

the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

FacebookTweetEmail
Previous Post: « We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
Next Post: He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly »

Reader Interactions

22Comments

  1. 1.

    oatler.

    July 4, 2019 at 2:04 pm

    But George III didn’t go mad until years later…

  2. 2.

    The Dangerman

    July 4, 2019 at 2:13 pm

    As if leaving my coastal home in CA to head East tomorrow isn’t enough, I’ll be much closer to the Epicenter of today’s quake. Woohoo! Didn’t feel a thing, which is good given Diablo (nuke plant) is right around the corner.

    Whomever is in charge of the natural disasters on this day, ya missed by a few thousand miles. Try again.

  3. 3.

    Another Scott

    July 4, 2019 at 2:31 pm

    @The Dangerman: https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/1146836254018789376

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  4. 4.

    JPL

    July 4, 2019 at 2:36 pm

    This cheered me up

    @capitalweather
    Follow Follow @capitalweather
    More
    Short-range model (certainly subject to and likely to change) shows storms approaching DC at 6p. @realDonaldTrump speech at 630p. We’ll see what happens…

  5. 5.

    JPL

    July 4, 2019 at 2:37 pm

    Adam, Thank you for the posts!

  6. 6.

    Brachiator

    July 4, 2019 at 2:39 pm

    @oatler.:

    But George III didn’t go mad until years later…

    I’d love to see someone dressed as Trump sing the George III songs from Hamilton.

    We are certainly oppressed by Trump. The Declaration feels especially real now.

  7. 7.

    Mary G

    July 4, 2019 at 2:45 pm

    This is Mitch McConnell to a tee.

  8. 8.

    JPL

    July 4, 2019 at 2:49 pm

    @Mary G: Maybe it’s time for one of the Senators to read that section in Congress.

  9. 9.

    JR

    July 4, 2019 at 2:50 pm

    But where says some is the King of America? I’ll tell you Friend, he reigns above,
    and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Britain. Yet that we may not
    appear to be defective even in earthly honors, let a day be solemnly set apart for
    proclaiming the charter; let it be brought forth placed on the divine law, the word of God;
    let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of
    monarchy, that in America THE LAW IS KING.

    Thomas Paine, Common Sense

  10. 10.

    raven

    July 4, 2019 at 2:51 pm

    This earthquake is going to take the focus off of his bullshit! Not since Reagan’s funeral ruined the dedication of the WW2 Memorial has fate intervened!

  11. 11.

    Baud

    July 4, 2019 at 2:53 pm

    Wait, is Balloon Juice declaring its independence? How subversive!

    @raven:

    Haha. Good point. That’s awesome. (Except for earthquake victims).

  12. 12.

    JR

    July 4, 2019 at 2:54 pm

    Whereas, slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of one portion of its citizens upon another portion; the only conditions of which are perpetual imprisonment, and hopeless servitude or absolute extermination; in utter disregard and violation of those eternal and self-evident truths set forth in our Declaration of Independence.

    John Brown

  13. 13.

    JoeyJoeJoe

    July 4, 2019 at 2:56 pm

    @JPL: I am in DC. I really hope that all of the asshole people I see with their 45 stuff have their event ruined, and there’s a lot of them out on the streets

  14. 14.

    Mai Naem mobile

    July 4, 2019 at 2:59 pm

    @JPL: I directed my God to do that. I set up a GoFund me that will go to my temple in honor of this event.

  15. 15.

    JPL

    July 4, 2019 at 3:04 pm

    @JoeyJoeJoe: He doesn’t leave the White House until 6:15. It’s was drizzling in France when he canceled a trip to the cemetery where American who died in WWI are buried

  16. 16.

    Raven

    July 4, 2019 at 3:05 pm

    @JoeyJoeJoe: 45 stuff like the Colt M1911?

  17. 17.

    JPL

    July 4, 2019 at 3:06 pm

    Aftershocks will continue for weeks, wut?

  18. 18.

    Raven

    July 4, 2019 at 3:06 pm

    @JPL: Oh yea.

  19. 19.

    Martin

    July 4, 2019 at 3:08 pm

    @raven: Look. California has been fighting this asshole hard for the last 3 years. If we need to take one for the team, we’re willing to do that.

    And I’d like to point out there are faults closer to DC that would have had a bigger impact. Maybe y’all could get on that shit? I know for a fact there’s a fault running almost right under Trump Tower. That would have been a particularly good one to fire off hard today. Ramapo is capable of 6.x, and isn’t that far from DC. Do we need to do everything out there?

  20. 20.

    Martin

    July 4, 2019 at 3:11 pm

    @JPL: Yeah, probably. But nobody will notice – little 2.x and 3.x quakes. They get those practically daily up in Ridgecrest anyway. But geologists care about exactly which fault those are happening on, but nobody else does. So they see them as part of a pattern of activity, but we’re like oh, another little quake, who cares.

  21. 21.

    opiejeanne

    July 4, 2019 at 3:24 pm

    @raven: LOL! The earthquake was out in the middle of nowhere called Trona, and the worst damage seemed to be at a liquor store.

  22. 22.

    Martin

    July 4, 2019 at 3:37 pm

    @opiejeanne: Just heard from a friend snowboarding at Mammoth – they got knocked around pretty good. His first time feeling a quake on the slopes.

Comments are closed.

Primary Sidebar

Recent Comments

  • Baud on Late Night Weekend Wrap-Up Open Thread: Journamalism, Not A Dependable Profit Center (Apr 15, 2024 @ 6:08am)
  • Wanderer on On The Road – Albatrossity – Spring migration begins (Apr 15, 2024 @ 6:04am)
  • geg6 on Late Night Weekend Wrap-Up Open Thread: Journamalism, Not A Dependable Profit Center (Apr 15, 2024 @ 6:04am)
  • bjacques on Late Night Weekend Wrap-Up Open Thread: Journamalism, Not A Dependable Profit Center (Apr 15, 2024 @ 6:04am)
  • Aussie Sheila on Late Night Weekend Wrap-Up Open Thread: Journamalism, Not A Dependable Profit Center (Apr 15, 2024 @ 5:49am)

🎈Keep Balloon Juice Ad Free

Become a Balloon Juice Patreon
Donate with Venmo, Zelle or PayPal

Balloon Juice Posts

View by Topic
View by Author
View by Month & Year
View by Past Author

Balloon Juice Meetups!

All Meetups
Talk of Meetups – Meetup Planning
Proposed BJ meetups list from frosty

Fundraising 2023-24

Wis*Dems Supreme Court + SD-8
Virginia House Races
Four Directions – Montana
Worker Power AZ
Four Directions – Arizona
Four Directions – Nevada

Featuring

Medium Cool
Artists in Our Midst
Authors in Our Midst
Positive Climate News
War in Ukraine
Cole’s “Stories from the Road”
Classified Documents Primer

Calling All Jackals

Site Feedback
Nominate a Rotating Tag
Submit Photos to On the Road
Balloon Juice Mailing List Signup
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Links)
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Posts)

Fix Nyms with Apostrophes

Balloon Juice for Ukraine

Donate

Twitter / Spoutible

Balloon Juice (Spoutible)
WaterGirl (Spoutible)
TaMara (Spoutible)
John Cole
DougJ (aka NYT Pitchbot)
Betty Cracker
Tom Levenson
David Anderson
Major Major Major Major
ActualCitizensUnited

Political Action 2024

Postcard Writing Information

Balloon Juice for Four Directions AZ

Donate

Balloon Juice for Four Directions NV

Donate

Site Footer

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Comment Policy
  • Our Authors
  • Blogroll
  • Our Artists
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2024 Dev Balloon Juice · All Rights Reserved · Powered by BizBudding Inc

Share this ArticleLike this article? Email it to a friend!

Email sent!