A little mockery to go with our cake, pie, champagne…
I just know President Joe Biden is still up chilling in the White House kitchen eating ice cream and waiting for Vice President Kamala Harris to wake up in Tanzania so they can lol about Trump pic.twitter.com/blDao5dfcW
— Qondi (@QondiNtini) March 31, 2023
President Bae: Joe. Miche says we can’t spend the whole night laughing about it
President Biden: Tell her I said, “Yes we can.”
President Bae: Okay. That was funny. Tell me about him buying disguises on Amazon again.
President Biden: Sources say he’s leaning towards Hamburglar pic.twitter.com/9UOS0pHq8T
— Qondi (@QondiNtini) March 31, 2023
h/t rikyrah
Totally open thread.
Baud
I can’t believe someone in the White House leaked this!
Sandia Blanca
“Yes we can!”
Jeffro
LOVE IT 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🇺🇸
Suzanne
I deeply enjoyed the Obama/Biden memes and I welcome many more. The addition of Hillary and Kamala is welcome! LOL!
Alison Rose
I’d bet all the many people TFG cheated over the years as a “businessman” are also quite enjoying this moment.
Elizabelle
Yes. Keep these memes coming.
robmassing
Hamburdler
TaMara
Okay, that was funny.
JerrytheMacGuy
The catsup bottles fled Mar-A-Lago last night! Did he take his anger out on the mustard?
https://twitter.com/AntiToxicPeople/status/1641556020865675265?s=20
Librarian
Speaking of Al Capone, I remember that his downfall came because President Hoover kept asking his attorney general, “Have you gotten that Capone fellow yet?”
rikyrah
I loved this. Hilarious. I love her stuff in general.
rikyrah
Projection
Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) tweeted at 5:50 PM on Thu, Mar 30, 2023:
Trump commenting on Hillary Clinton in 2016: “If she were to win, it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis. She is likely to be under investigation for a long time, concluding, probably, in a criminal trial.”
https://t.co/0fztHqdjwv
(https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1641573585771958272?t=CrADmUTQcoFs5xxQTtnCVg&s=03)
rikyrah
I know that’s right.
Barbara Lee for US Senate (D-CA) (@Needle_of_Arya) tweeted at 4:07 AM on Fri, Mar 31, 2023:
among the most pathetic tweets are the ones from white people claiming that these indictments will “divide” America
we’re 7½ years too late for the use of that word among the moderate right & political center
(https://twitter.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1641728795240546304?t=_Vl58WVhBj8tnusnJnccng&s=03)
rikyrah
Some of us were never fooled. The MSM WANTED TO BE.
Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) tweeted at 7:31 PM on Thu, Mar 30, 2023:
For those who continue to characterize Glenn Youngkin, as mild or moderate, just look at his inflammatory and outrageous statement tonight about the Trump indictment. He is a Trumpist to the core.
(https://twitter.com/NormOrnstein/status/1641599056114745347?t=HStBlzsfSxgOV9073sut7g&s=03)
rikyrah
Akayla Gardner (@gardnerakayla) tweeted at 9:45 AM on Fri, Mar 31, 2023:
The @VP is visiting the property of the former residence of her grandparents, per VP’s office. It’s now being used as an office space.
Harris spent a summer with her grandfather in Zambia as a child, who served in the gov’t here in refugee resettlement. https://t.co/5CkBXuCEEB
(https://twitter.com/gardnerakayla/status/1641814070012542976?t=z44VuqMH1mqjFdNcksqnNg&s=03)
kalakal
I imagine TFG is feeling a bit down.
Maybe a present will cheer him up?
I was thinking of a picture of Rita Hayworth
Alison Rose
@rikyrah: like they give a single shit
rikyrah
Full Circle Moment
VK (@votekamala) tweeted at 7:35 AM on Fri, Mar 31, 2023:
Kamala Harris Kamala Harris
visiting Zambia visiting Zambia
on a diplomatic on a diplomatic
trip with her trip with her team
grandfather as Vice President
as a child of United States https://t.co/Av8mBwI1FN
(https://twitter.com/votekamala/status/1641781239530004482?t=Slba64vDZ4Z38wX_H_h2MA&s=03)
Brachiator
Love it! This made my morning.
geg6
@rikyrah:
Seriously. Fuck that noise, whiny fellow white people. Bite me.
planetjanet
OMG I just snorted on that last tweet. The visual will stay with me for quite some time.
I want someone to photoshop that.
Benw
@rikyrah: you’re casting fire today!
Rocks
@rikyrah: Karma, meet bitch.
Rocks
But the overriding question is – will he be tried as an adult?
JaySinWA
Did anyone actually get their indictment cake?
What’s on the menu for Arraignment day?
Matt McIrvin
@rikyrah: Though it’s true that Hillary Clinton is the one person on Earth who would probably not have been held immune from criminal prosecution due to being the sitting President.
Baud
@rikyrah: That’s a nice tweet.
Roger Moore
@JaySinWA:
I celebrated with a Manhattan. It seemed like the adult beverage of choice, and it’s one of my favorites.
Redshift
@JaySinWA: After all that buildup, the actual breaking news came too quickly for anyone to bake!
UncleEbeneezer
@rikyrah: White voters using pearl-clutching over ginned-up school concerns (Covid closures, CRT etc. in this case) to justify electing Conservative assholes, sadly, has a long history in this country. I’ll NEVER forgive VA voters for this shit. That election shouldn’t have even been close. White, Dem voters showed once again, why it’s almost impossible for anyone to rely on/trust us :(
lowtechcyclist
@rikyrah:
And this coming right on top of Youngkin deciding that Virginia’s felons won’t have their voting rights restored anymore when they’ve served their time.
Christ, what an asshole.
I’m sure the next Dem governor will fix that, and if he has a Dem legislature they’ll fix it in the law this time, but it won’t make Youngkin any less of an asshole.
Baud
@Matt McIrvin:
The Framers would not have condoned extending constitutional protections to President Hillary.
Baud
@Roger Moore:
You should have also listened to rhapsody in blue while sipping your Manhattan.
UncleEbeneezer
Another Scott
Nebraska update from Doktor Zoom at Wonkette:
Good, good. I sent them both contributions earlier. [eta – just donated to Conrad now.]
Well worth a click.
Cheers,
Scott.
Betty Cracker
@UncleEbeneezer: I seem to recall data analysis at the time that showed most of the people complaining about VA schools didn’t even have kids in the system. It’s all bullshit. As usual.
Youngkin is adept at being two-faced, dropping MAGA dog-whistles out of one side of his mouth and projecting a harmless fleece-vest dad vibe from the other.
Maybe his strategy is to lay low, wait for DeSantis to implode and swoop in as GOP savior. It’s not a bad strategy.
Roger Moore
@Baud:
I was too busy watching Opening Day.
WaterGirl
@rikyrah: That didn’t show well without the formatting and the images, so I’ll embed this here.
Ohio Mom
@rikyrah: When I followed your link to that fabulous pair of photos of Harris standing in the exact same spot as VP as she did as a little girl, I scrolled down, as one does, and saw a tweet from Jill Biden.
She’s in the Rose Garden, planting a new rose bush! It’s in honor of Cesar Chavez — apparently there is a variety named after him —and she is planting it with his granddaughter’s help.
We all hoped Jill would repair the Rose Garden, and here she is, starting this job with a big thumb stuck in Melania’s eye. Ha!
gene108
@rikyrah:
VP Harris’s mom’s parents just blow my mind. They were so incredibly forward thinking and open minded.
Elizabelle
@Roger Moore: Mali Muso and I commend your choice in beverages.
Manhattan, for the first indictment.
What adult beverage goes with Georgia election interference indictment to come?
WaterGirl
@JaySinWA: I got my indictment pie.
It was as good as it looked and the perfect complement to the indictment news.
twbrandt
@Roger Moore: Same. I may have had more than one.
Another Scott
He’s no fun:
It’s never RICO.
:-( :-( :-(
Cheers,
Scott.
Josie
@rikyrah:
Wow! Talk about projection. The dividing of America has long since been done and not by Democrats.
WaterGirl
@Roger Moore: A manhattan. Excellent choice for the moment.
Alison Rose
@WaterGirl: I like this one too, from the Veep herself.
OzarkHillbilly
@UncleEbeneezer: I was too old. The only 2 of those I’ve seen are The Never Ending Story and Time Bandits.
WaterGirl
@Redshift: Not for me! Ever hopeful.
I made the cherry filling and the pie crust the day before and put them in the fridge.
Yesterday afternoon, ever hopeful, I assembled the gallete and baked it. But I most certainly didn’t cut into it until the news dropped.
kalakal
@Baud: True, there’s no mention of her prior to 1780 so obviously the law can’t apply to her.
Trump and the GOP on the other hand got a rave review in 1653
“Ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government.
Ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.
Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not possess?
Ye have no more religion than my horse. Gold is your God. Which of you have not bartered your conscience for bribes?”
mrmoshpotato
I’d forgotten about the shake down of a children’s hospital. FUCK BLAGO!
WaterGirl
@Alison Rose: Even better!
Kay
I think it’s so great that someone finally held Trump accountable for something because it will show Taibbi and the rest of the media ninnies to be wrong- nothing bad is going to happen to us as a country because Donald Trump gets mad at us.
He’ll just be a defendant. He’ll enter the big Justice Machine and get processed and everyone else can just go about their business. It’ll be fine.
Geminid
Re: Glenn Youngkin’s win in Virginia.
Joe Biden carried Virginia in 2020 by 10, the biggest margin of victory for a Democrat since 1964. The following year Glenn Youngkin surprised people with a 2 point win. What made this 12 point swing?
There was clearly a relative dropoff among Democratic voters, just like there was the following year in New York and in Southern California. I have not seen any evidence that this dropoff was greater among white Democrats than among their Hispanic or Black counterparts.
Republicans came out in relatively greater numbers. This is not surprising. They had the best candidate they’d fielded in many years, and they were hungry in a way Democrats were not.
Some of the 12 point swing can be attributed to Independents who swung from Biden to Youngkin. Independents run about 32% of registered voters here.* If one tenth of the 32% switched, that’s over 6 pounts of the 12 point swing.
I think campaign quality made a difference in this race. Youngkin’s team ran an energetic and efficient campaign. All the Democrats I’ve talked to think that McAuliffe did not. And Republicans had one other advantage in 2021 that they did not have in 2020: Donald Trump was not on the ballot.
*Virginia does not register by party. This number comes from the frequent Wason Center polls of registered Virginia voters. It’s pretty consistent from poll to poll.
Another Scott
Exactly right. “Equal justice under law.”
Eyes on the prizes.
Cheers,
Scott.
JerrytheMacGuy
I hope one of the indictments reveals that TFG shot someone on Fifth Avenue.
Betty Cracker
The fucking chutzpah:
Right. Because Democrats are the norm-breakers here.
Kayla Rudbek
@JaySinWA: Mr. Rudbek had made a blueberry loaf using walnut flour, so we had baked goods in the house to celebrate with. I’m trying to decide whether to bake something else tonight (which would probably have to use more of the blueberries)
Alison Rose
@Betty Cracker: Well, Jared* is certainly well-acquainted with “troubling” things.
*Or as John Oliver called him, Ivanka Trump’s RealDoll.
Baud
@Betty Cracker: It reminds me of those who blame Ukraine for all the violence.
J R in WV
I’m not commenting as much as I once did — I’m in the hospital, since Tuesday!
I had “minor” surgery that morning, to install a chemo port — but they also punctured my left lung! I’ve had a chest tube until this morning and just now another doctor came in to tell me the lung isn’t healed yet.
So they’re going to put in another chest tube in a few minutes. Not going home yet. And of course a week after I get home I’ll start a big old course of old fashioned Chemotherapy… yay!
So you all jackals think of me while you celebrate, please.
Wapiti
@Another Scott: Equal justice under law
I’d be in favor of “with greater power comes greater consequences”; the law being more severe for our “betters”.
Baud
@J R in WV:
I hope they didn’t charge you for that!
Speedy recovery.
Geoduck
“I was thinking of a picture of Rita Hayworth”
Sinfest is a webcomic that used to be fun and irreverent. Then the creator went completely insane, and now produces things like this.
Another Scott
@J R in WV: :-(
Hang in there J R. Paws crossed for a speedy recovery and and easy course going forward!
Best wishes,
Scott.
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
@Elizabelle: Peach Schnapps? Or there’s probably a peach flavor of White Claw. Neither sound all that appealing though (and heaven knows TFG has been doing A LOT of that). The classic cocktail I most associate with the South is the Mint Julep and those are pretty great. There may be some peach themed cocktails out one could find with a little research. One could always do some sort of peach shrub and I could see that being delicious if done right.
Matt McIrvin
@Another Scott: Beyer is the only car-dealer-turned-politician I’ve heard of who seemed to turn out decent. My parents bought a Volvo from him.
Matt McIrvin
@Geoduck: I don’t even want to click through to that, but I will say that I always thought he seemed… off.
Elizabelle
@Kay: Meanwhile, at the top left of the FTF NY Haberman Times:
Headline: As Trump Awaits Charges, U.S. Enters Uncharted Territory
Beneath this:
Analysis: Trump Faces Prosecution, and a Democracy is Tested
For over two centuries, U.S. presidents were effectively shielded from indictment. But Donald Trump’s case breaks that taboo.
[Yes, this analysis is by Peter Baker, Republican knob polisher.]
Ooh — scary! Uncharted Territory! (Monsters and Pirates!). Unprecedented. Tumultuous stretch for a “deeply divided nation.” Taboo!
I cannot wait to see what the Pitchbot weighs in with.
Alison Rose
@J R in WV: Good thoughts to you, friend!
HumboldtBlue
@Rocks:
Hahahahahahahahaha
Elizabelle
@J R in WV: Will toast you with a Manhattan.
You and the pope, both in hospital with lung issues. Yours, unhelpfully worsened by a healthcare provider. Which of you will make it home in better health first?? And good luck with the chemo.
craigie
Is our Democrats having fun?
Why yes, yes they is.
Old School
@J R in WV: I hope they are at least bringing you cake to celebrate.
Get better!
UncleEbeneezer
@Betty Cracker: I never bought it as an excuse for VA voters. We (California) were pretty darn careful in keeping our schools closed for a long time for Covid safety too, but it didn’t keep us from re-electing Newsom in a landslide.
Geoduck
@Matt McIrvin: It’s just really really stupid, not actively hateful like all of the strip’s anti-trans garbage.
Baud
Bragg tells Jim Jordan to pound sand.
Elizabelle
@What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?: Hmmm. Peach schnapps and orange juice — in honor of TFG, spray tan addict, Sunshine State resident, and more deserving than most of orange prison garb.
Fuzzy Navel. Oh yeah. We used to drink those at the beach in the 80s …
Baud
@Geoduck: Yeah, that’s weird. Going for a Shawshank theme, I guess.
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
@Elizabelle: I’m not personally a fan of the fuzzy navel but if you like them it does seem 100% apropos. In the ’80s when I was a teenager though I probably would have thought them quite refreshing.
SiubhanDuinne
@Elizabelle:
A Fuzzy Navel, of course. Peach schnapps for the Peach State, orange juice because, well, orange.
twbrandt
@J R in WV: ugh, that sucks. I hope you are out of there soon!
Betty Cracker
@Elizabelle: Lord, I hadn’t thought of that cocktail in YEARS, and now I’m realizing I do have the ingredients! (I don’t have orange juice, but I’ve got a bag of oranges I could juice, and peach schnapps leftover from some weird concoction my sister made.) Hmm! Maybe I’ll celebrate Indictment Day +1 with a Fuzzy Navel!
Elizabelle
@What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?: But mint juleps for when Mitch McConnell kicks. Fer sure.
NY Times reports he has not had anything to say on TFG’s indictment. (1) He is smarter than the average GOP. (2). He may be too upbeat about the news to carry off an interview.
Elizabelle
Cake and Fuzzy Navels! And Manhattans, always.
Ken
@Betty Cracker: Possibly Jared is worried that Trump will throw him under the bus as part of some plea bargain.
You know, one of those “Sure, they had me for fraud, but they really wanted to know who sold classified secrets to the Saudis” situations that come up all the time in most families, and can make Thanksgivings so awkward.
Captain C
@Elizabelle:
Something with peach schnapps
ETA: Like those fuzzy navels suggested above.
Ken
I’ll guess “The rich and powerful must be allowed to kill and eat the rest of us, lest they should do something even worse.”
patrick II
I am having ice cream cake Crumbled Oreo base, topped with a thin layer of caramel, then ice cream and topped with whip cream. ‘By the time sets through all of then indictments he has coming I am going to weigh 400 lbs.
Elizabelle
@SiubhanDuinne: Equal quantities of schnapps and OJ! Whoa Nelly.
We made ours more like screwdrivers. (OJ and Vodka. Come to think of it: Also an appropriate cocktail to celebrate Trump’s undoing. Put the screws to that criminal … Vlad’s pal.). If you can find Ukrainian vodka, so much the better.
Baud
Bragg has received approval to disclose the indictment publically.
trump-indictment-dislcosure-order.pdf (documentcloud.org)
kalakal
@Geoduck: Having seen that I regret making the joke in the first place. Talk about doing a 180 on reality. That’s really twisted
Geminid
@Baud: Good. I want to see that sucker.
Lyrebird
Absolutely JR! I promise not to ingest any Fix a Flat, but we will send good thoughts for your swift and complete healing! And for Mrs.
Elizabelle
@Baud: Already feel a frisson of excitement reading “Supreme Court Criminal Term.”
Is it too early to drink? EST??
ETA: The Honorable Juan Merchan.
bbleh
Market Gains Yugely Following Trump Indictment
Dow Up 1.2%, S&P Up 1.3%, And Still Climbing
These Have Almost Nothing
To Do With Each Other
But Neener-Neener Anyway
WaterGirl
@J R in WV: Oh, yikes, I’m so sorry to hear all that.
kalakal
@J R in WV: Sending all good thoughts to you. Heal well and fast
StringOnAStick
@Baud: Though we can enjoy that in order to get to that last panel, he has to accept that tRump crawled through raw sewage to get there.
mrmoshpotato
@Betty Cracker:
Oh Jared. You’re too much of a shitbag slumlord to really be this stupid.
cain
@Elizabelle: He’s probably happy as fuck. Given that all the Trump supported candidates have failed and that GOP lost a election that they could possibly have won is one reason.
‘won’ and ‘one’ – fucking english.
Burnspbesq
@Elizabelle:
How about an Arnold Palmer with a splash of vodka?
rikyrah
@Kay:
Taibbi is a bought and blackmailed Russian stooge.
IYKYK
mrmoshpotato
@What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?: Now I want to make peach-infused vodka.
bbleh
@Baud: with footnotes.
Elizabelle
@Burnspbesq: That could work too. Also, the Masters is coming up soon, isn’t it?
Baud
@bbleh: Good. For some reason, right-wingers love footnotes.
scribbler
@J R in WV: So sorry to hear this. Sending good thoughts! Hope you are feeling better soon.
Burnspbesq
@Elizabelle:
Next week. The Masters is always the weekend after the Final Fours.
ETA: women’s semis are tonight. Rooting for Virginia Tech. Georgia Amoore is the biggest sporting badass to come out of Australia since Shane Warne, and Elizabeth Kitley is just an immensely likeable young woman who happens to be 6’6” and highly skilled.
kalakal
@Baud: It’s so they reference each others
GriftThink Tanks. Credibility for the credulousNelle
@J R in WV: So sorry to hear this. Wishing you the best. I value your voice.
Betty Cracker
@J R in WV: Yikes! Hoping you have a speedy recovery because it sounds like you’ve been through quite an ordeal!
rikyrah
@J R in WV:
Prayers for you
NotMax
@mrmoshpotato
Already waiting on the shelf of many an emporium.
Betty Cracker
Y’all, the mister is watching CNN, and some MAGA PAC is trashing DeSantis with ads that say how many times he voted to cut Medicare and Social Security. Love it!
Elizabelle
The FTF NY Times keeps at it. From their updates:
Sharply partisan responses! Dang. They heard our champagne corks. And laughter with applause.
It’s reported Fani Willis is likely to file her charges by early May.
Marjorie Taylor Green will be in NYC on Tuesday. To protest this WITCH HUNT.
What zoo animal is she likely to dress as, for this historic occasion?
rikyrah
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Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) tweeted at 8:30 AM on Fri, Mar 31, 2023:
WSJ Editorial Board: “Once a former President and current candidate is indicted, some local Republican prosecutor will look to make a name for himself by doing the same to a Democrat.” https://t.co/iqt4t5SXn2
(https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1641795184458362880?t=ui4Ig-7Tub-BKbw8XjfaBA&s=03)
CaseyL
@J R in WV: Oh, jeez. Never a dull moment, huh? Heal up, rest up, and return home soon!
rikyrah
We don’t protect criminals. We let them get processed through the system.
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Hope Restored In DFW (@Kennymack1971) tweeted at 10:17 AM on Fri, Mar 31, 2023:
If a Democrat commits a crime they should be indicted. And they have. This isn’t controversial.
They’re STRUGGLING today y’all. And I am enjoying all of it.
(https://twitter.com/Kennymack1971/status/1641822068080627712?t=QXNKbbVnRUACsOwif9WkcA&s=03)
Baud
@rikyrah:
“And we’re ok with it.”
JML
DailyKos noted one of the most important parts of this: all of the Trump defenders and apologists never actually use the words “not guilty”. They all fucking know he did it, know he’s guilty as sin, know he’s a criminal…and either think he should be left alone because IOKIYR or because they’re so desperately afraid of the support he still has among the base they need to vote for them.
Geminid
@Betty Cracker: My guess is that Youngkin will wait for 2028. For one thing, he’ll have some prestige on the line in this fall’s General Assembly elections, and right now the Democrats are looking good. This election won’t matter as much 4 years later than it will next year.
Plus, Youngkin was a strong retail campaigner, but that would not be that great an asset if he jumps in this year’s race. He will still infest every Republican county dinner he can for four years, and bank credits for campaigning with a couple dozen candidates next year, all while his aides compile the Mother of All Spreadsheets.
kalakal
@Betty Cracker:
Wow! What I love is that a MAGA PAC is not only defending Medicare & Social Security*, they think that not doing so makes for a good attack point to demolish party rivals.
Truly Biden is a wizard.
*Also I love it when anyone attacks Honest Ron DeSantis
Baud
@Geminid: The risk of waiting is that someone other than Trump is the nominee, wins, and runs for reelection in 2028.
WaterGirl
@Baud: Oh, yay!
Baud
@rikyrah:
You must not remember all the massive Free Blago/Free Edwards protests we held.
WaterGirl
@mrmoshpotato: They really thought Trump was the fucking King. For life, apparently.
Elizabelle
Republicans who seem to be smart enough not to be saying anything about the Trump indictment, at least at this moment:
Mitch McConnell
Mitt Romney; haven’t seen anything from him. He’s already stated he did not vote for Trump in 2020.
List from the FTF NY Times:
John Thune (Senator, South Dakota; ambitious to replace McConnell one of these days)
Kristi Noem, Governor, South Dakota
Liz Cheney
Chris Christie
Chris Sununu, Governor, New Hampshire
Larry Hogan, former governor, Maryland (which now has Democratic Governor Wes Moore — woo hoo!)
geg6
@J R in WV:
I’m so sorry to hear you are going through that. My sister just went through about a year of chemo- and immunotherapy plus radiation. She had a port, too, but no punctured lung! Wow, that’s rough. I’ll be keeping you in my thoughts while you’re undergoing all of this. Sister just got good news that she looks totally clear as of this week. She had triple negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive and deadly types of breast cancer. Chemo sucks but they perform miracles with it.
Jackie
@Betty Cracker: This was on Political Wire this morning:
“Trump Launches Ads Attacking DeSantis”
New York Times: “Make America Great Again Inc., the super PAC supporting Mr. Trump’s candidacy, has begun running commercials for the first time, with a roughly $1.3 million ad buy on CNN and Fox News for a spot attacking Mr. DeSantis.”
Geminid
@Baud: Sure, that’s a risk. But unless Youngkin can go all the way in next year’s nomination race, he’ll likely impair his chances for 2028. This coming primary season will be brutal.
And Youngkin’s a calculator, not an enthusiast. He may realize that Biden won’t be as easy to beat as a lot of Republicans think.
rikyrah
Just ridiculous.
Tom Williams (@tommyboy0690) tweeted at 4:20 AM on Fri, Mar 31, 2023:
Missouri Reps Just Voted To Completely Defund The State’s Public Libraries. The new budget sets funds for libraries to $0. Library groups say the move is retaliation for suing the state over its recent book ban law.
https://t.co/7tYkUGfH29
(https://twitter.com/tommyboy0690/status/1641732068148146176?t=jXvu8bk1uIcZKeee8RZzhw&s=03)
rikyrah
@Elizabelle:
If a former Democratic President was indicted, do you think the MSM would let Democratic Politicians get away with saying nothing?
Uh uh
Geminid
@Elizabelle: It’s smart ay not to talk about this indictment, because we don’t know what’s in it yet. Hew Hewitt was emphasizing this on his radio show this morning.
And Maryland Governor Wes Moore is a promising talent. I’m not sure, but I think he’s in his early 40s.
Jackie
Also from Political Wire:
“When former President Donald Trump arrives for his first appearance in Manhattan Criminal Court next week, he will look up at a judge who has played a key role in several investigations involving those in Trump’s orbit,” CBS Newsreports.
“Judge Juan Merchan presided over the convictions and guilty plea last year of two Trump Organization companies, and their former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, one of Trump’s most trusted advisers. Merchan is also overseeing the ongoing criminal proceedings involving Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist and senior counselor in the White House who has pleaded not guilty to state fraud and money laundering charges.”
I’m sure this judge fits TFG’s definition of racist against him!😂😁😂
Kirk
I’ve three options for a Georgian drink. Will, for if your take Savanah’s tourist drink.
Scarlet O’Hara
Georgia peach
Mimosa
And Chatham artillery punch.
Old School
@Jackie:
It does.
IANAL but assume attacking the judge is a time-honored legal tactic.
Ohio Mom
@J R in WV: First, Oy. Second, Here’s hoping your lung knits itself back together quickly, and that your chemo is wildly effective with minimal side effects.
Keep us posted! We are all pulling for you.
Jackie
@Old School: Oh my! TFG sounds vicious.
How long before Braggs slaps him with a Gag Order?
The Moar You Know
Sound to me moar like someone is fishing for one already at this stage of the game. They haven’t even seen the indictment yet!
WaterGirl
@Jackie: I feel completely certain that Trump is thinking some version of: “If I can’t be president, it sure as hell isn’t going to be another Republican who wins.”
Because if another R won in the general, that would look bad for Trump. But if a Dem wins, Trump can say “see, if I had won the primary, I would have won in the general election.”
...now I try to be amused
@Matt McIrvin:
When he ran for governor, Beyer took a principled stand and supported the personal property tax (AKA “car tax”) against his opponent’s pandering proposal to reduce it, knowing it was essential to funding local governments. It was doubly principled in Beyer’s case since he sold some pricey cars. He would have personally benefited from a car tax reduction.
WaterGirl
@rikyrah: Stupidity knows no bounds.
eversor
Youngkin won because fuck poors. Fuck the poors. Are you hurting the poor, if not why not, fuck the poors. I’m from VA we are social liberals here but god damn it get rid of social security. Gay marriage yes, but social security must go. Abortion yes but medicare kill it and hell fucking no! We want a socially liberal full out plutocracy Clinton yes, Sanders no. Fuck the poor! Didn’t get into a top 10 school, fuck you work till you die and if you complain about it you are racist white trash, and fuck you. Dare complain about it, go see HR and get fired and flip burgers and live on the streets and fuck you again. You dare allow kids to compete with ours, fuck you and you should die and lets have a full fascist because fuck the poors and if you didn’t go to Yale you should be poor, and fuck you.
VA politics are just like that. It’s a bunch of over educated social liberals who are more brutal than the Koch’s on economics. That’s true for a lot of blue areas. Youngkin knew to punch down and that’s what democrats here want.
JPL
@J R in WV: Thinking about you, and stay strong. I also appreciated your comments.
Chris T.
@J R in WV: I’d be suspicious here: how did they manage to poke a hole in your lung while installing a chemo port? If it’s a “CVC” this is a possibility, but it should still be rare: see https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects/planning-managing/tubes-lines-ports-catheters.html for instance.
Baud
@eversor:
God bless you for this.
SuzieC
@SiubhanDuinne: A Peach Bellini. Includes champagne, so just the thing.
Princess
@Elizabelle: 3) McConnell is way sicker than they’re letting on and doesn’t even know.
Butter Emails
@eversor: You know, I also get pissed off at liberals who express support for putting drug testing and work requirements on social programs, but if what you said were actually true, Youngkin would have won by 20% not 2%.
sdhays
@Old School: It worked for him in the Trump University case. He suffered no consequences.
Brachiator
@J R in WV:
Best wishes to you.
Kay
@J R in WV:
Oh, I hope you feel better and they spring you.
lowtechcyclist
An Internet troll just got convicted of trying to fool people into thinking they could vote by text in 2016, so that they would think they’d successfully voted and wouldn’t vote by normal means.
AFAICT, the reason for the delay is that the Trump DOJ didn’t try to prosecute this bozo, but the Biden Administration did.
Douglass Mackey convicted in 2016 election interference case (lawandcrime.com)
lowtechcyclist
@eversor:
Though I’ve been living across the Potomac for the past quarter-century, I’d lived even longer than that in Virginia, even now my home is less than an hour from the Wilson Bridge, and I’ve got plenty of family and friends on the Virginia side of the bridge, as well as in various places downstate.
And you’re full of it. Just take this bullshit and shove it.
Butter Emails
@Princess:
Mai Naem mobile
@J R in WV: I hope you are out of the hospital soon and recover quickly. Hope everything goes well with the chemo.
lowtechcyclist
@J R in WV:
Boy howdy, that made it a lot more major all of a sudden!
Good luck with your recovery!
WaterGirl
@lowtechcyclist: Good. I hope there are serious consequences. Trying to fuck with someone’s ability to vote should be a felony with serious jail time.
Jackie
@Baud: 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
Gin & Tonic
@lowtechcyclist: Why anyone takes the time to read, let alone reply to this person’s comments is a mystery to me.
Uncle Cosmo
@eversor: Boy howdy, if I ever saw an open-&-shut prima facie case for asking someone’s visiting nurse to crush up some chlorpromazine tabs and whisk them into his tapioca…
Srsly, while I can see some reason for railing against religion when spiritual idealism goes chasing after the temporal power to enforce itself – This, this variety of unhingement…words fail.
Ruckus
@J R in WV:
All the best to you, may things go better from here on.
Went through 9 weeks of radiation therapy for my cancer, sister is going through radiation and chemo. None of this is fun but it can get better. Follow docs orders, and best of luck to you.
Ruckus
@Gin & Tonic:
There is a reason I like pie. It makes a much nicer picture than looking at this persons typing.
J R in WV
Thanks for all the encouragement. I am doing OK so far.
I just found an on-the-road post about frog eggs, ferns and tadpoles on the Alain Chabot thread, whom I still miss when thinking of moss and frog eggs.
I know putting the anniversary posts together must have been a ton of work and want to thank everyone who helped!
My chest tube was taken out, but later on x-rays determined I needed to have another one put in. Bummer! So a couple of days more in the luxury CAMC hotel, uh, er — hospital.
StringOnAStick
@J R in WV: hang in there, I will be thinking good thoughts for you.