Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

… among the most cringeworthy communications in the history of the alphabet!

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Chutkan laughs. Lauro sits back down.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

I was promised a recession.

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

When do the post office & the dmv weigh in on the wuhan virus?

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

No one could have predicted…

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

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Today’s Jan. 6 Committee Hearing: Highlights & Recaps

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  2. 2.

    Kropacetic

    The Jan. 6 committee voted to subpoena Donald Trump. Will he appear? @jonkarl thinks he might not “be able to resist the temptation to come on this stage, which would be the biggest platform that he has had since he left the White House.”

    Calling all internet trolls on the side of the angels, time to start goading.

  8. 8.

    Redshift

    @Kropacetic: TFG, like Bannon, won’t appear unless they let him “testify” on national TV with no prep or closed-door staff testimony beforehand. Which they won’t, because they’re not stupid.

    ETA: unlike Jon Karl, apparently.

  9. 9.

    Kropacetic

    @Redshift: I don’t think what they’ll allow or not will matter. He’ll do as he pleases or storm off. Liz Cheney would have to be up there ripping his teeth out with pliers to have any hope of a coherent answer

    All I was saying is if the goal is to get his butt in the seat, he might be responsive to certain stimuli.

  10. 10.

    Hoodie

    Karl is a moron. As everyone knows, Trump is a fucking coward. He’ll make noises like he might appear, but he won’t end up taking an oath. What are they going to ask him anyway? He’ll just lie.   The subpoena is mostly to troll him.  Odds are he will come up with some lame alternative stunt, eg, some exclusive appearance with Hannity or some other tool, claim he can’t testify because the committee is so unfair. It’s beyond time to put the fucker in cuffs and move on.

  11. 11.

    HinTN

    Reposting from the previous J6 thread:

    @Geminid:

    Elaine Luria certainly can use it. She flipped the coastal Virginia 2nd CD in 2018, but a tough opponent and a redrawn district make her reelection this year a heavy lift.

    Just finished writing postcards for Rep. Luria. 30 for her and 30 for Matt Cartwright in PA. Maybe I’ll ask MazeDancer for more names.

  15. 15.

    Urza

    @Redshift: Allow him to go on national TV, under oath.  Let him give them the rope and let all his low intellect minions see him lie under oath.  They still consider that one of the greater crimes because of Clinton.  It won’t break many away but it will create alot of cognitive dissonance and shame.

  20. 20.

    geg6

    Jon Karl is fucking idiot.  Full stop.  That goddam coward will never show up to testify.
    I cannot even express my level of hatred for that ogre and his lickspittles.

  23. 23.

    HumboldtBlue

    @Kropacetic:

    I only learned last week the local Winco carries Herrs potato chips, now there are two bags in my cupboard. I never eat chips, but I haven’t had Herrs in decades.

    And on another note, Text Twist is a cheating twat, took me out on the word “dweeby” which isn’t even a fucking word.

  24. 24.

    Kropacetic

    @geg6: Can’t deny it would make good TV. Not sure I’d have the stomach if I knew it was real.

    @HumboldtBlue: I only recently discovered that popcorn. Best new snackfood I’ve tried in years.

  28. 28.

    Citizen Alan

    @Urza:

    They still consider that one of the greater crimes because of Clinton.

    No they don’t.  Bill Clinton’s only crime was being a Democrat. Everything he did for which he was pillared in the media would be completely forgivable if he had been a Republican president.

  29. 29.

    Athenaze

    @Sure Lurkalot: It might be the tequila. For me, any cheap brown liquor gives me an instant headache. I’ve been told this is the fusels, but who knows. Try making margaritas with blanco or silver tequila (or something that’s 100% agave) and see if that makes a difference. Gold tequila is no good, because it only has to be 51% agave, and the rest can be whatever the distiller wants.

  31. 31.

    Scout211

    @jonkarl thinks he might not “be able to resist the temptation to come on this stage, which would be the biggest platform that he has had since he left the White House.”

     

    This is example #infinity why today’s journalists are not reporters anymore. He thinks? He might not? 

    Why are Jon Karl’s thoughts considered news?

    How is what Trump might do news?

    And why are we even talking about this thing that Jon Karl thinks that Trump might do? How is speculation news?

    What happened to reporting the actual, factual news? (Don’t answer, that’s a rhetorical).

    End of rant.

  35. 35.

    Winston

    So my “ex” girl friend called and told me she loves tfg. I told her to never call me again. JFC.

  40. 40.

    Winston

    @EarthWindFire: After all these years, vodka , up, is the only hard drink I can handle. Merlot wine and Miller lite is also on the menu. Tequila I left behind 45 years ago.

  43. 43.

    Danielx

    @Cameron: And it’s giving me major trauma because I got stitches removed on Wednesday from periodontal bone graft and found out same day I’ve ANOTHER tooth adjacent to surgical site going south which will require extraction, another bone graft and implant.

    This is getting me down.

  44. 44.

    EarthWindFire

    @Winston: I hear you. I make more cocktails than I drink. I like to see friends enjoy them. My chocolate Guinness cupcakes OTOH…

  45. 45.

    Kropacetic

    @Danielx: All my posts will come with content warnings from now on

    Eta: let’s just assume my nym is the content warning and go from there

  49. 49.

    Winston

    @steppy: Scares the hell out of me.

    eta. By that I mean I thought she was on my side. It made me think I’m too optimistic about Nov 8.

  50. 50.

    steppy

    @Scout211: Herr’s are good chips but I live in SE to central PA which is a potato chip Mecca. Martin’s, Good’s, Middlewarth’s and especially Dieffenbach’s. The latter are kettle cooked in lard. Yum.

  52. 52.

    patrick II

    1. They should not let Trump testify unless they can turn off the mic. Otherwise it would be like the presidential debate — a filibuster of lies.
    2. It wasn’t an intelligence failure– it was an intelligence complicity.

  53. 53.

    Sure Lurkalot

    @Sister Golden Bear: Ooh, gimlets? I like the way you think. One of my favorite cocktails in college.

    Truth be told, I pretty much stick to brews and wine these days. But every now and then I’m game!

  57. 57.

    Geminid

    @Redshift: Yeah, I think the Select Committee would make trump give a deposition to a team led by chief investigator and former US Attorney Tim Heaphy first.

    Even if he could take that, he’d bridle at answering questions from Chairman Thompson, a Black man. Not to mention being questioned by Liz Cheney. She scares me!

    And I think his mind is too far gone now to handle this type of public appearance without embarrassing himself.

    Instead, trump will probably make big talk about showing Thompson, Cheney and the others who’s boss, while his lawyers run the clock out on the Committee.

  64. 64.

    Cameron

    @Danielx: Sorry to hear this. One of my sisters is in the process of having all her teeth replaced, and gets to pay a fortune to do so.

  65. 65.

    HumboldtBlue

    @patrick II:

    It’s readily apparent that members of USSS and Capitol Police and FBI were in on the sedition and the coup attempt. How this gets addressed and fixed is the ext question.

  68. 68.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Cameron:

    Twenty years ago, I also had full-mouth extraction and implants. It took a full year, and was expensive enough that I had to delay my retirement for several years just to save up the money to replace what it cost me out of pocket.

  70. 70.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @zhena gogolia:

    It’s a fabulous moment all right, but doesn’t really advance the committee’s case against TFG. I’m sure there were members or staffers who were mightily tempted, though.

  73. 73.

    Scout211

    I just got an email from Social Security telling me we are getting an 8.7% COLA increase next year.

    Thanks, Biden!

  75. 75.

    Winston

    @Baud: She kept telling me she was not going to vote. She lives in Michigan and I don’t think that’s a problem, but it is surprising to ,me.

  77. 77.

    DMcK

    @SiubhanDuinne: ​

    A few years ago a buddy of mine needed the same procedure. Couldn’t afford to do it in the US, so he arranged an extended trip to have it done affordably in his family’s homeland…Ukraine.

  78. 78.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Scout211:

    It was officially announced yesterday, I think. But the NYT had a fairly comprehensive feature on the 2023 COLA a couple of weeks ago. It’s welcome news.

    So yeah, thanks, Biden!

  79. 79.

    Winston

    @Winston: I talked to my sister and she said “what election?” I talked to my sister in law and she said “what election?” . My son said “what election?” My Daughter, and my grand daughter voting democtrat.

  80. 80.

    Honus

    @Heidi Mom: Grandma Utz’s, cooked in lard. The best.  We have Rt. 11 chips here in Virginia which rival the PA chips i grew up with in WV.  And I always get a bag of Mr. Bee’s from Parkersburg when I go back home.

  81. 81.

    Suzanne

    Man, as a relatively new Pennsylvanian, I am obviously not doing a good job sampling the local snack food specialties. I haven’t had any of these brands.

    OTOH, SOME OF THE SHEETZ LOCATIONS NOW HAVE DOLE WHIP AND OMGGGGGGGG.

  82. 82.

    Suzanne

    I don’t really care for potato chips. But I also have FOMO.

    Can I be a bad Yinzer for a hot second? Primanti’s is not good.

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