Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
These were both sent to me this week. I probably shouldn’t blow my wad by using them in the same post! That’s okay, I’m sure I’ll use them both again.
Off to look for nyms to credit. done!
My niece sent me this one!
This one is from Leslie. I may just post this one in the comments every time the pedants rear their heads in the comments!
Open thread.
On my watch, the great American road trip is going to be fully electrified.
And now, through a tax credit, you can get up to $7,500 on a new electric vehicle. pic.twitter.com/n3iZ9etL4A
— President Biden (@POTUS) January 30, 2023
.@SecBecerra, the first sitting HHS Secretary to visit a @PPFA clinic, is speaking to the group’s DC summit today about what more the Biden admin can do to protect and expand abortion access. pic.twitter.com/3l6kXlnmmZ
— Alice Miranda Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) January 30, 2023
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Could this be the week that this comes true?
Gradually, and then suddenly, or all at once.
Please update your crime trackers:
Election interference (GA)
Fraud (NY)
Sexual Assault/Battery (NY)
Bribery (NY)
Election interference (DOJ)
Obstruction of Justice (DOJ)
Seditious conspiracy (DOJ)*𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴
— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) January 30, 2023
This list doesn’t seem long enough, surely there is more!
Totally open thread.
Open Thread: Another Day, Another Crime, Another Grand JuryPost + Comments (114)
Another Republican announces candidacy for President of the United States.
Only the best people!
I would definitely make my pregnant wife stand there in high heels.
It’s real:
— Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) January 26, 2023
Yeah, that’s who I want to be taking that 3 am phone call!
Read about his candidacy here. (No, really, don’t bother. No point in linking.)
Looked like we needed an open thread, and this is as good a start as anything.
h/t BC in Illinois
Open thread.
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News: NARA weighing whether to ask all living former presidents & VPs to review their personal records to verify that no classified materials are inadvertently outstanding > https://t.co/9xlbOw8LT8
— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) January 25, 2023
… The list of former presidents and vice presidents could include former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, and former vice presidents Dick Cheney, Al Gore and Dan Quayle.
An adviser to Obama’s office, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record, told The Washington Post on Tuesday that all classified records from his time in the White House had been submitted to the National Archives upon his leaving office and that the agency continues to assume physical and legal custody of Obama’s materials.
The recent discoveries underscore the limitations of the Presidential Records Act, which governs how documents of former presidents and vice presidents are handled. Under the act, the Archives takes ownership of millions of presidential papers from the outgoing president as soon as a new president is sworn in, while items deemed personal go home with the former president. Classified materials are all considered government property, but compliance can be an issue because of the massive volume of materials.
Both Biden and Pence officials have stressed their cooperation and compliance with the Archives and the FBI in recent public statements, while Trump has continued to fume over Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to oversee the investigation into his mishandling of classified documents. Attorney General Merrick Garland has also appointed a special counsel to investigate Biden’s handling of classified materials…
CNN poll: classified documents story is having no impact on Biden approval rating, but is doing damage to Trump among Republicans. pic.twitter.com/ruVUNP8LfG
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 25, 2023
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What’s everybody up to today?
I thought about watching the hearings in GA today, but decided against it.
The judge is apparently not expected to rule today.
Also apparently, the former guy is having a meltdown about the hearings.
“You having seen the report…decisions are imminent…”
– Fanni Willis to the presiding Judge this morning.
— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) January 24, 2023
I am including this tweet, because what day isn’t made better by getting to watch this Nancy SMASH clap clip.
He picked the wrong office to ransack. pic.twitter.com/GyzvmO035b
— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) January 23, 2023
What is Nancy SMASH up to these days, other than forcing Ruben Gallego to challenge Sinema for the AZ senate seat?
Open thread.
This morning, the @washingtonpost published an exhaustive investigation of the Biden classified docs story by some of its best reporters showing that Biden’s lawyers and aides did everything right, and nobody noticed. https://t.co/KGpCHdRNXc
— Peter Sagal (@petersagal) January 20, 2023
Our Failed Major Media may’ve spent four years badly underestimating the damage TFG was doing to national security, but by gawd they’re gonna make up for it by chewing on President Biden’s ankles now. Both sides!, the signature call of the Media Village Idiots as they flock up…
They alerted the Archives. They alerted the DOJ. Nobody without clearances handled the documents. They made no statements for fear of being accused of interfering with the inquiry. Etc.
— Peter Sagal (@petersagal) January 20, 2023
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