Desperately trying to turn down the dial that says “racism” but it broke off https://t.co/cefFN3N844
— Mr Beast’s ‘Beast Primary’ (ft. Zendaya) (@canderaid) July 23, 2024
House GOP leaders urge members: Stop making race comments about Harris https://t.co/p0Pw89m6uy
— POLITICO (@politico) July 23, 2024
Just look at Pastor Mike’s expression — he’s torn between terror and glee. Politico, “House GOP leaders urge members: Stop making race comments about Harris”:
House Republican leaders told lawmakers to focus on criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris’ record without reference to her race and gender, following caustic remarks from some Republicans attacking her on the basis of identity.
During a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning, chair of the House GOP campaign arm Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) and others issued the warning after a series of comments by their members that focused on Harris’ race as well as claims she is a “DEI” pick, according to two people in the room…
But several Republicans immediately took the criticism in a different direction. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Monday that Harris was a “DEI vice president” and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) over the weekend questioned if Democrats are sticking by her “because of her ethnic background.” If nominated, Harris would be the first Black and South Asian woman to be a major party nominee.
The remarks about Harris’ race have privately infuriated some Republicans, who feel it shifts the spotlight back on the GOP instead of Democrats’ missteps.
One House Republican, granted anonymity to speak candidly, said Republicans who made comments about Harris being a DEI pick, which stands for diversity, equity and inclusion, needed to stop.
“We have everything going our way and you just can’t handle that?” this member added. “We’ll give you a cheat sheet if you don’t know what else to talk about.”…
And the right flank is facing additional pushback from their Republican colleagues beyond the race comments. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) introduced a second impeachment resolution against Harris on Tuesday, according to a copy of the measure obtained by POLITICO, an effort some of his colleagues have already panned. His first attempt to impeach Harris last year stalled in the Judiciary Committee.
Republicans are also more openly admitting that their long-stalled endeavor to impeach Biden is likely dead. Miller said it’s time to move on.
“I think that we can redirect our resources elsewhere into something that will be more fruitful. If we had anything to level against him, it already would have been exposed and we would have impeached him. That obviously hasn’t happened,” he added.
House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), who has led the Biden impeachment push, told POLITICO that while he is probing questions about Biden’s mental health — focusing on the White House physician and three White House staffers — that he has no plans to subpoena Harris or ask her to appear in front of his panel.
“No,” Comer said when asked whether there is a potential probe into Harris…
If Jim Comer isn’t diving for the spotlight, there’s no safe spotlight for which to dive.
A week ago the campaign was two factions of Dems at war with each other. Now it's GOP House leadership arguing with members about how racist to be. https://t.co/nmDFdzK360
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 23, 2024
House Republicans are now making this their main talking point. @SpeakerJohnson has urged Republicans to stay away from this talk. Instead they’re doubling down https://t.co/NJMkc7JWFP
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) July 23, 2024
Somebody is scared https://t.co/OxqEZV9jPl
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) July 23, 2024
— ywingie malsteim (@vgjjg2yfwb) July 23, 2024
Suspect we’ll be getting a lot of use out of this meme…
Imagine being this frightened all the time. https://t.co/PrMwwPe3pS
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 24, 2024
The GOP got that dog (whistle) in them.
— Jean-Michel Connard ??? (@torriangray) July 23, 2024
But what does the Grey Lady, National Paper of Record, think?
what instincts would those be, i don’t get it, is he some sort of bigot because if he is you should mention that. in the newspaper.
— not an art thief (@famousartthief.bsky.social) Jul 23, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Can't believe Dems are unifying around Harris even after leading writers of the New York Times gave her a 7.4/10 for solid gameplay but uninspired graphics and mediocre replay value https://t.co/5ehwvH7xqv
— Mr Beast’s ‘Beast Primary’ (ft. Zendaya) (@canderaid) July 23, 2024
matt
The New York times appears to believe they know how to win elections better than the people whose job it is to win elections. This fits journalists’ tendency to believe their own viewpoints above those of experts in every other field.
KatKapCC
They can’t imagine caring about anyone’s “ethnic background” beyond it serving as a useful token and a shield against accusations of bigotry, and thus they can’t imagine anyone else not viewing it the same way.
Ishiyama
College, law school, courtroom litigation, legislative service, sure she’s dumb, G-d-damn dumb; so dumb, she even got a rich husband, and don’t have to work. I should be so dumb.
zhena gogolia
@KatKapCC: Witness replacing Thurgood Marshall with Clarence Thomas.
Chet Murthy
This jamoke Kuran thinks that if we lose in Nov, the thing we’ll be focusing on is why Harris lost? Really? Really? And not, y’know, how to evacuate vulnerable folks, how to start fortifying Blue states and cities?
He’s an imbecile.
Chet Murthy
@matt: So you’re saying they’re like elite lawyers ?
BellyCat
FTFY
lamh47
https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1816247064826630502
Elizabelle
What is the deal w the Danny DeVito meme?
rk
I think the NY times headline should b: It’s her fault and the bitch asked for it.
citizen dave
I read her book in 2020 and was recalling that she didn’t pass the bar on the first try, which apparently is not unusual in California. But I’m sure it will come up at some point. This is from a USA Today article I found via search.
“California has a notoriously difficult bar exam. In 1985, the Los Angeles Times wrote that its pass rate “has generally hovered around 50%.”
Harris graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1989.
Even now, the pass rate on the California Bar Examination averages out to approximately 50%.
In February, just 40% of “first-timers” passed, per a report by the State Bar of California. In July 2019, around 60% of “first-timers” passed, per another report.”
Scout211
Republicans in disarray!
Johnson: We’re not going to make racist statements about Kamala Harris.
House GOP: HOLD OUR DIET MOUNTAIN DEWS!
Takes a bottom of the barrel House member to make that kind of statement.
BellyCat
@citizen dave: Good. Let Trumps ass be beaten soundly by an average attorney, who happens to be a woman, who also happens to be black and south asian. If that doesn’t leave a mark, nothing will.
I’m here for ALL of it!
Lacuna Synecdoche
Jean-Michel Connard via Anne Laurie @ Top:
That dog-whistle won’t hunt.
UncleEbeneezer
My wife went down a serious rabbit-hole for young pop-star Chappell Roan last night and played me several of her songs when I got home from work. OMG, I love her!! Her music is pop for sure with a sound similar to Taylor Swift, but a bit more edgy, sexy/sex+, and an unabashedly LGBTQ version of Girl Power and youthful rage.
This song, My Kink Is Karma is just wow!! Her videos and aesthetic/vibe are also super-cool. I can see why she’s all the rage right now with young people (especially under the LGBTQ umbrella):
Scout211
@Ishiyama: Attorney General of California, also too.
Spanky
@lamh47:
Isn’t that the guy from Riverdance? Cause he sure as shit is doing some tapdancing.
UncleEbeneezer
@Lacuna Synecdoche: As one of my fave podcasters put it: After so many years of racist dog-whistles, Republicans can’t un-burn this cross. 😂😂
MattF
Once upon a time, Republicans fell in line. Orders emanated from the RNC and then were propagated to the troops, who all repeated the same talking points in unison. What’s happening now? No one knows, no one has any authority. Knowledgeable rumor has it that the fearsome Pelosi/Obama beast is flickering in and out of the space-time continuum, driving loyal MAGAs insane.
HumboldtBlue
@Elizabelle:
It’s from an episode of Its always Sunny in Philadelphia
brantl
They’re blowing that dog whistle so hard. I hope they blow their eardrums out.
Anne Laurie
@UncleEbeneezer: Don’t get too sweaty over Roan just yet; she refused to perform at the WH Pride event for a grab-bag of extremely on-line reasons, finishing with the ‘no difference between the two parties’ chestnut. Which *might* just be marketing her brand, but…
Omnes Omnibus
@UncleEbeneezer:
Her stuff is pretty catchy. I also prefer it to what I have heard from Brat.
@Anne Laurie: She’s probably batshit crazy, but she writes and sing a good tune.
Lyrebird
Not disagreeing with your point, just want to add, sure looks like he is wish casting. Also looks like he has no fking clue what representative democracy means. Not that any country does it perfectly, but here’s a hint: having some famous journalists pick their faves is NOT a primary.
Kayla Rudbek
@citizen dave: I took the California Bar the same year as the newly appointed dean of Stanford’s law school; I passed on the first try and she didn’t. I probably had more time to study than she did. It is very difficult and I never want to do that again.
dmsilev
The elected GOP in 2008 mostly kept their racism underneath a (thin) veneer of plausible deniability, leaving the nasty overt stuff to right wing bloggers and the like. Today’s GOP makes the George W Bush and Tea Party era Republicans look sane and measured by comparison. And that’s both impressive and terrifying.
Anne Laurie
@HumboldtBlue: Thank you!
(I keep thinking I should watch Always Sunny, but there’s only so many hours in a day… )
Ishiyama
@Scout211: I left out her political career, because I was responding to a different sort of venomous personal envy.
Omnes Omnibus
@Kayla Rudbek: I’ve taken two state bar exams. The second was 10 years after the first. I will not move to a state where I cannot waive in going forward.
Chet Murthy
@Kayla Rudbek: TCFG did a good job of making all his educational transcripts and teachers disappear; I have no doubt if that stuff were unearthed there’d be a treasure-trove of unsettling shit, as well as proof positive that he’s a fucking dolt. IQ45 indeed.
Lacuna Synecdoche
Uncle Ebeneezer:
Man, that’s a great line; wish I’d thought of it.
Scout211
As a stepparent, this brought tears to my eyes:
Belafon
@MattF: Trump hasn’t told them what to say.
moonbat
Devoutly hoping that Kamala Harris will continue the NYT presidential sit down interview embargo going forward. You know it would drive them insane.
Joy in FL
@MattF: I love that image. “the fearsome Pelosi/Obama beast is flickering in and out of the space-time continuum, driving loyal MAGAs insane”
TF79
Hilarious. It was clear from the original press release from the Trump campaign that the goal was to tie Harris to the Biden agenda – to claim that she was the real mastermind and power behind the throne because Biden was old and try to hang inflation/crime/gas prices/whatever on Harris. But then all these reps all go “but… but… she’s… ya know.” Literally can’t help themselves
KatKapCC
@UncleEbeneezer: The way she sings the lead-in to the chorus is absolutely excellent. And dang, sometimes I wish I’d been born a few decades later and grown up in a much more queer-friendly time!
Turgidson
@citizen dave:
I took the California bar and passed it the first time. But I knew a number of people who did not pass the first time who I consider to be smarter than me, a couple of whom I think are borderline-brilliant. And I also knew more than a few fucking morons who passed it the first time. It is not an easy test for a number of reasons, none of which bear directly on the test taker’s intelligence or capability (other than, to an extent, an ability to memorize and recall a shit-ton of various legal trivia).
Elizabelle
@HumboldtBlue: Thank you.
lamh47
Here is an even better clip of Maya Wiley on Deadline:White House today!
https://x.com/civilrightsorg/status/1816233052810485769
Ishiyama
I don’t know how I passed my first Bar. My second Bar, I took a commercial Bar Prep course, which made it much easier.
Omnes Omnibus
@Ishiyama: I took the course for the first one. I bought the BarBri books on Ebay for the second one. Sold ’em afterwards for the same price.
Almost Retired
@Turgidson: Some of the smartest people I went to law school with didn’t pass the California Bar the first time. It was more about competing obligations and test anxiety than smarts.
Ugh, if the Republicans go with the bar failure thing with MVP I’m going to lose my shit. My brilliant and accomplished mixed race daughter in law is taking the California bar next week. So I’m on edge.
UncleEbeneezer
@Omnes Omnibus: Yeah I can separate the music from the art to some extent. I can still listen to and love Rage Against The Machine even though Tom Morello encouraged people not to vote. I still love early Smashing Pumpkins even though Billy Corgan is an InfoWars nut job. Hell, I even still listen to Kanye’s first couple albums because regardless of the asshole he turned out to be, those albums are genius.
That’s a bummer that Roan has such a simplistic view of politics but she’s also young. Sounds like she bought heavily into the overly-simplistic Gaza propaganda, like many people did. Not super-surprising.
Turgidson
@Almost Retired:
They might try to tie it into their DEI bullshit, but I doubt it gets them anywhere. MVP will be able to brush it off, I think.
Belafon
It’s time.
Turgidson
Ugh, seriously? I was not aware of that. I’ve known since the early 90s that he was an egotistical piece of shit, but didn’t realize he’d gone that route. Gross. Still like Gish and most of Siamese Dream, though.
Harrison Wesley
@Chet Murthy: I read a couple years ago that his accounting prof at Penn said Trump was the dumbest student he ever had.
UncleEbeneezer
@KatKapCC: Even as a Cis/Het man I find artists like her really inspiring. When I see LGBTQ people, out and proud, and just being themselves all I can think is: Now that’s what “freedom” looks like. And I’m so thrilled that my younger relatives and students etc., have all these great artists to enrich their world and share their perspectives.
Steve in the ATL
@Omnes Omnibus: thank the lord that Georgia doesn’t have reciprocity with anyone!
princess leia
“This November, I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a convicted felon without a moral compass” Former GA Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has endorsed Kamala Harris for President.
This is good.
dm
@KatKapCC:
I think what goes through their heads is: “I didn’t get where I am through talent and hard work, I got here through connections. She doesn’t have connections, so it must be affirmative action, or some other external force.”
Omnes Omnibus
@Steve in the ATL: I did OCS and Airborne School near Columbus. Believe me, I have no interest in going back.
UncleEbeneezer
@Turgidson: Corgan is very mad about Social Justice Warriors.
Gish might be my favorite rock album of all time. Daydream is the only song I ever skip. And definitely my fave of the early-mid 90’s. If you are a Rick Beato fan, there’s a great interview he did with Butch Vig, the producer who made Gish and Siamese Dream as well as Nirvana’s Nevermind.
Geminid
@princess leia: I hope Geoff Duncan campaigns for Harris in Georgia. And in North Carolina too.
KatKapCC
@UncleEbeneezer: She’s just delightfully kooky, too. I love it.
KatKapCC
@UncleEbeneezer: I was never a big Pumpkins fan, but their song called Eye from the Lost Highway soundtrack is sublime.
UncleEbeneezer
@KatKapCC: Totally. In a different kind of “kooky” do you know Tank & The Bangas? Lead singer Tank combines spoken-word poetry, rap, quirky-playful antics and a HELLUVA voice to lead an amazing band. She’s another one, like Roan, who’s just a natural star because she’s so damn captivating on stage. This medley of two songs is a really great example of her greatness, though be warned it’s 14 minutes long.
Omnes Omnibus
@UncleEbeneezer: Great band!
Citizen Alan
@Turgidson: DEI has become the rallying cry of inadequate inferior white people who desperately need an excuse for why any black person could possibly be smarter or happier or more successful than they are.
Kayla Rudbek
@Omnes Omnibus: I also had to take the Patent Bar exam in order to do the type of legal work I wanted to, and that was also a tough one. The Patent Bar is odd in that it requires science/engineering qualifications and you can actually take it without having a law degree (passing the exam without having the law degree/admission results in becoming a patent agent which lets you practice patent prosecution before the USPTO, but not law in general). I probably made a mistake in taking the Patent Bar exam while I was still in law school, which I think dropped my GPA for that semester.
Ishiyama
@Citizen Alan: Bakke, Bakke, Bakke: the call of the chickensh*t.
Repatriated
Serious answer? Between polarization, gerrymandering, and candidates’ theatrical pandering to wealthy donors, the GOP’s ability to rein in their officials is limited.
They can’t turn off all the money any more, and threatening with a moderate primary opponent isn’t going to work.
UncleEbeneezer
@Omnes Omnibus: We loved T&TB so much about four years ago, but they’ve really gone in a much more pop/radio-friendly direction since then that we lost interest. The Balloons albums tunes were just really repetitive and didn’t have the amazing complexity of their first album and early material. They went from a truly unique concoction of jam/funk/soul, and almost prog-rock to fairly straightforward pop. Sad because they were absolutely incredible when we saw them with Big Freedia (a ridiculously fun show). I think maybe the loss of one of their keyboard players (Merrell) may have gutted their songwriting team.
JaneE
That “DEI hire” also won elections. Statewide elections. She was hired by the voters of the state, or as we say out here in woke California, elected to office. No doubt the GOP thinks it was a conspiracy of millions.
catclub
@Citizen Alan: my response: “Doesn’t that spell God in latin?
catclub
Donald Trump will say he won California except for the cheating Democrats. So yes.
catclub
Are you suggesting they are not insane already?
NotMax
DEI is the new woke.
New woke will be about as successful a rollout as new Coke.
Sandia Blanca
Jamie Raskin, bless him, manages to yank James Comer’s chain once more about the failed impeachment hearings: https://x.com/RepRaskin/status/1816148076979012046
Origuy
@Kayla Rudbek: I worked with a guy who had practiced law before becoming a programmer. I think he went back to patent law after a while. Anyway, while he was in software, he wrote specifications like legal briefs, with dozens of footnotes.