Grassley Says He Was ‘Never Involved In Any Conversations’ About Him Presiding Over Congress On Jan. 6 https://t.co/yN4EDPEFtO via @TPM — Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 7, 2023 Grassley’s worked his ‘kindly, if slightly addled, Grandpa Simpson’ cosplay to great effect for almost as long as I’ve been paying close attention to Republican political maneuvering… but …
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Saturday Evening Open Thread: Enrique Tarrio, Another ‘Freedumb Martyr’
(Clay Bennett via GoComics.com) Khalid Sheikh Muhammed wasn't even in New York on 9/11 He was in Pakistan. But none of that matters https://t.co/K9GzQNFNhh — The okayest poster there is (@ok_post_guy) September 6, 2023 Story in the NYTimes, “Seeking Link to Trump, Prosecutors Questioned Proud Boys Leader”: Last October, a few months before he …
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Tuesday Evening Open Thread: Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio Sentenced
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio gets 22 years in prison, longest sentence yet in Jan. 6 Capitol riot. pic.twitter.com/RDgYXUS9N9 — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 5, 2023 BREAKING: 39-year-old Enrique Tarrio, once the top leader of the Proud Boys, was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for orchestrating the failed plot …
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Late Night Open Thread: Rep. Jamie Raskin Is A Mensch
Jared Kushner, on the other hand, is a goniff. A very successful one — so far. Raskin asks Comer to subpoena Kushner for information on firm’s Saudi ties Of course, Slippery Jim Comer figured mouthing a few pieties about “crossing the line” should be enough, since IOKIYAR, but Rep. Raskin has seized the moment. Per …
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Grey Dawn Open Thread: The Face on the Post Office Waaaaahll
We're going to find so many pins and mugs and shirts with his mugshot on them at estate sales in three to five years and none of us will know if it's because the dead person absolutely loved him or absolutely hated him — Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) August 25, 2023 Or — splitting the difference …
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Late Night Open Thread: A False Trail (Probably)
Cocaine wishes, cowboy caviar dreams… Zillow reports @realDonaldTrump sold Mar-a-Lago to Don Jr for $422 million before the old man’s latest arrestThe price seems greatly inflated. Trump bought it, furniture & all, with an unrecorded $10 million mortgage.There’s a tax story, and maybe a tax crime in this. pic.twitter.com/sbul784amD — David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) August …
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Looks Like We Need Another Open Thread
How it started / How it’s going. #TrumpMugShot pic.twitter.com/8Vd2c9t501 — Protect Glendale Project (@ProtectGlendale) August 25, 2023 Joy Reid had an excellent monologue on Trump and the Central Park 5 tonight and if I can find it, I’ll add it to this post. In other news, I made a quick and easy frozen limeade pie: …