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Nomination Updates

by @heymistermix.com| July 17, 20241:42 pm| 239 Comments

A Canadian drinking CC from a Texas mickey. — This is a Texas Mickey. Have your Canadian friends explain it.

Jaime Harrison announced that Democratic nomination vote will be complete by August 5 due to this:

In June, Ohio passed a bill to move its deadline from Aug. 7 to Sept. 1. But because that law technically does not take effect until Sept. 1, the DNC said they are keeping their timeline of a pre-convention virtual roll call in place due to concern of litigation. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose suggested earlier this month that Sept. 1 deadline to certify a candidate would stand.

In other nomination news, Adam Schiff has formally called for Biden to drop out, after a poll showing 2/3 of Democrats want Biden to quit was released.

57% of American adults say that Trump should withdraw from the race and allow the GOP to name a replacement. Meanwhile, 73% of Republicans say that Trump should remain in the race.

In stark contrast, only 35% of Democrats say that Biden should remain in the race.

Moreover, nearly half of Democrats are not very or not at all confident that Biden has the mental capability to serve as president, up from a third in a February poll. 27% of Democrats are extremely or very confident in his ability to be an effective president, down from 40% in the February poll.

I was listening to the Citycast Denver podcast and Rep Diana DeGette (CO-1), who has Pat Schroeder’s old seat in Congress, said that Biden is in until he’s out, and pivoted to talking about how Biden can beat Trump. Obviously that garnered no headlines.

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Trump and Vance, MD

by @heymistermix.com| July 17, 202411:55 am| 140 Comments

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Trump and Vance, Physicians On Call

Here’s some wisdom from Dr. Trump, shared with fellow scientist RFK Jr:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s son, Bobby Kennedy III, posted a video of a phone call between Kennedy and former President Donald Trump in which the former president appeared to endorse false theories about the safety of vaccines. […]
In the video, Trump can be heard discussing the amount of doses of vaccines that are scheduled for children, and suggested that after taking a high volume of vaccines, “you see the baby all of a sudden starting to change radically.”

“When you feed a baby, Bobby, a vaccination that is, like, 38 different vaccines and it looks like it’s been for a horse. Not a, you know, 10-pound or 20-pound baby,” Trump says on the call. “And then you see the baby all of a sudden starting to change radically. I’ve seen it too many times.”

Trump also appeared to express some skepticism toward public health professionals who accurately state the recommended immunization schedule for children is safe and effective, saying, “And then you hear it doesn’t have an impact, right?”

Here’s how Politico ~~laundered~~ reported the story:

Former President Donald Trump likely wouldn’t try to scale back on recommended childhood vaccines in a potential second term despite a leaked video of him Tuesday suggesting otherwise, a former Trump official says, Chelsea and Lauren report.

Could these fuckers be any more in the tank for Trump? Real, honest reporting would state that nobody knows what Trump would do because he’s the human embodiment of chaos in an ill-fitting suit and a bad comb-over.

Dr. Vance is also on the prowl for pregnant women’s medical records:

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Donald Trump’s pick for vice presidential nominee, pressured federal regulators last June to kill a privacy rule that prevents police from accessing the medical records of people seeking reproductive services, according to documents reviewed by The Lever. The rule was designed to prevent state and local police in anti-abortion states from using private records to hunt down and prosecute people who cross state lines in search of abortion services.

Only 28 Members of Congress signed a letter to the HHS secretary demanding access to uterine records. You’d think there would be more, but even a cracked pot is right a few times a year.

Here’s the thing about ambitious, creepy ass kissers like Vance: they are all in on whatever will get them ahead. Vance said Trump was America’s Hitler in 2016-2017, when he was one of the lost boys in never-Trumper Neverland, but then he decided that being MAGA was better for his career, so now he’s an ultra-supreme-MAGA member of the Paw Women’s Uteri Patrol.

(The second piece is via Josh Marshall [paywall])

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Wednesday Morning Open Thread: President Biden, Hard At Work

by Anne Laurie| July 17, 20248:41 am| 407 Comments

This post is in: Elections 2024, Open Threads, President Biden, Proud to Be A Democrat

Biden: I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken pic.twitter.com/gNNvz1EATl

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 16, 2024

“I know what a Black job is — it’s the Vice President of the United States. I know what a Black job is – it’s the first Black President in American history, Barack Obama!”

🔥🔥🔥

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— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) July 16, 2024

Black supporters of President Biden chant
“FOUR MORE YEARS!” at the rally he held in Philly because they know he has their back and he delivers

Biden is on 🔥 in this 🧵of clips

💙 “Promises made, and promises kept” — President Biden” 💙 #VoteBidenHarris2024 https://t.co/VsswQb9vaH

— 🗽 🇺🇸 Liberty & Justice 4 All 🇺🇸 🗽 (@frey_keith) July 16, 2024

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President Biden: If you're going to talk about standing against violence, you must stand against all violence. We stand against violence perpetrated against presidential candidates in Pennsylvania. We stand against violence perpetrated against George Floyd in Minnesota. We stand… pic.twitter.com/tjNMyWokcq

— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) July 16, 2024

These are desperately needed reforms to restore some semblance of legitimacy and sanity to the Supreme Court, but they won't be passed unless we hold onto the White House and Senate and take back the House this year. Get everyone you know out to vote Democratic. https://t.co/v4ppAGNV3g

— Argella Stone (@argellastone) July 16, 2024

This initiative deserves its own post, but here’s a place-marker gift link:

President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to two people briefed on the plans.

He is also weighing whether to call for a constitutional amendment to eliminate broad immunity for presidents and other constitutional officeholders, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.

The announcement would mark a major shift for Biden, a former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who has long resisted calls to make substantive changes to the high court. The potential changes come in response to growing outrage among his supporters about recent ethics scandals surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas and decisions by the new court majority that have changed legal precedent on issues including abortion and federal regulatory powers…

Eight Democratic senators have co-sponsored a bill that would establish 18-year terms for Supreme Court justices, with a new justice appointed every two years. The nine most recently appointed justices would sit for appellate jurisdiction cases, while others would be able to hear original jurisdiction cases or to step in as a substitute if one of the most recent nine is conflicted or cannot hear a case for another reason…

President Biden wants billionaires to pay their FAIR share.

When that happens, the economy grows for everyone—not just the 1%. pic.twitter.com/agRkQlhxRS

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) July 16, 2024

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Foreign (Grifter) Affairs Open Thread: Guo ‘Miles Kwok’ Wengwui Found Guilty of Fraud

by Anne Laurie| July 16, 202410:31 pm| 120 Comments

This post is in: Excellent Links, Foreign Affairs, Grifters Gonna Grift, Trump Crime Cartel

BREAKING: Guo Wengui guilty in 9 of 12 fraud counts. He faces decades in prison. He gained wealth and influence by cozying up to politically powerful people in two VERY different systems, China and the U.S. Guo is set to be sentenced Nov 19. https://t.co/h04rU7Dcb7

— Mike Forsythe 傅才德 (@PekingMike) July 16, 2024

Back in 2017, the first time I posted about Guo Wengwui, then better known as Miles Kwok, the NYTimes article was headlined “As Trump Meets Xi at Mar-a-Lago, There’s a ‘Wild Card’”. (I thought it read like “a Trollope novel, as written by John le Carre.”) Guo Wengwui came to my attention again in July 2019, in March 2023 (when he was arrested alongside his crony Steve Bannon), and in April 2023 (when he was denied bail, and accused of ‘subsidizing Bannon & Giuliani’). Today, the Associated Press reports, “Self-exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui convicted of defrauding followers after fleeing to US”:

Guo Wengui, a self-exiled Chinese business tycoon whose criticism of the Communist Party won him legions of online followers and powerful friends in the American conservative movement, was convicted by a U.S. jury Tuesday of engaging in a massive multiyear fraud that ripped off some of his most devoted fans.

Once believed to be among the richest people in China, Guo was arrested in New York in March of 2023 and accused of operating a racketeering enterprise that stretched from 2018 through 2023.

Over a seven-week trial, he was accused of deceiving thousands of people who put money into bogus investments and using the money to preserve a luxurious lifestyle. He was convicted of nine of 12 criminal counts, including racketeering conspiracy.

Guo’s lawyers said prosecutors hadn’t proven he’d cheated anyone…

“It’s not a crime to be wealthy,” [Guo lawyer] Kamaraju said. “It is not a crime to live in luxury or to spend money on nice things. It’s not a crime to have a yacht or a jet or to wear nice suits. It may not be our lifestyle. It may be odd. It may even be off-putting to some, but it’s not a crime.”

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The prosecutor, Finkel, said everyone agreed that Guo was targeted by China’s Communist Party, but that did not give Guo “a license to rob from these people.”

Finkel said Guo also created a “blacklist” of his enemies and posted their personal information online. When the Securities and Exchange Commission investigated him, Guo organized protests against the agency and claimed that it had been infiltrated by China’s Communist Party. And when a bankruptcy trustee was appointed by a judge to represent Guo’s creditors, Finkel said Guo’s followers protested outside the home of the trustee’s children and outside an elementary school where one of them taught.

Truly, the phrase Everything Trump Touches Dies remains a touchstone for our debased era.

Full credit to Mr. Forsythe’s NYTimes excellent update — “Chinese Billionaire and Bannon Ally Is Convicted of Fraud”. Here’s a gift link:

Guo Wengui, the exiled Chinese billionaire who transformed himself from a Beijing insider into a fierce critic of the Chinese Communist Party and a favorite of the American right, was convicted on Tuesday of defrauding investors of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Mr. Guo, also known as Miles Guo, was accused of using a number of schemes — club memberships, cryptocurrencies, a sale of private shares in his media company — to fleece his followers and maintain a lavish lifestyle. On the fourth day of deliberations, a jury in the Southern District of New York found him guilty on nine of 12 charges, including racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud and money laundering conspiracy. Set to be sentenced on Nov. 19, Mr. Guo could face decades in prison or the remote possibility of extradition to China.

In a trial lasting almost two months, government prosecutors highlighted rambling videos Mr. Guo had made for his thousands of supporters, often guaranteeing no losses on their investments. The proceeds helped pay for a mansion in New Jersey, a Lamborghini roadster and a $100 million investment in a hedge fund. Prosecutors also drew on bank records, invoices and the testimony of Mr. Guo’s former employees and jilted investors, who had been drawn to a wealthy Beijing expatriate dedicated to ending the seven-decade rule of the Chinese Communist Party…

The conviction is the end point of a remarkable trajectory for Mr. Guo, who made his original fortune in China building hotels and acquiring a brokerage company. Along the way, he allied himself with Ma Jian, a senior intelligence official in the country’s feared Ministry of State Security. Mr. Guo used his access to sensitive information to take down people who stood in his way, including a deputy mayor of Beijing who opposed his plans to build a massive office and hotel complex next to the site of the 2008 Olympic Games.

Mr. Guo’s time in China came to an abrupt end in 2015, after Mr. Ma was detained by the government. Mr. Guo fled to America and bought a $68 million Manhattan penthouse overlooking Central Park, winning the approval of the building’s co-op board with the help of a recommendation letter from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Mr. Guo may be unique in that he thrived — until he didn’t — in two very different political systems. When he came to the United States, he cultivated political relationships to burnish his image, but this time it was with members of the American right, especially Stephen K. Bannon, a longtime adviser to former President Donald J. Trump. By early 2017, shortly after Mr. Trump took office, Mr. Guo was a member of Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s club in Palm Beach, Fla…

It’s well worth your time to read the whole thing. May all TFG’s associates come to similar much-deserved ends!

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War for Ukraine Day 874: Ukraine Falls Back from Krynky

by Adam L Silverman| July 16, 20249:24 pm| 26 Comments

This post is in: Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Military, Open Threads, Russia, Silverman on Security, War, War in Ukraine

(Image by NEIVANMADE)

Quick housekeeping note: Rosie is still doing very well in her week off between treatments. Thank you all, again, for the good thoughts, well wishes, prayers, and donations.

Last night commenter strange visitor (from another planet) asked:

have two questions:

1) how come the tank in the Spanish tweet isn’t a leopard 2 A4?
2) is the YouTuber Anders Puck Nielsen a reliable source?

Sorry I didn’t answer last night, I had racked out by the time you posted your questions. I think the answer to question 1 is that they used a stock photo in the tweet. As to Nielsen, he is a captain in the Royal Danish Navy who is assigned to the Royal Danish Defense College. I’ve used some of his posts before and I have no reason to believe he is not reliable. That said, I only use YouTube to watch music videos, so I can’t speak to anything in his or anyone else’s videos there. Also, I don’t listen to podcasts, nor do I do audiobooks.

Krynky, Russian occupied Kherson Oblast:

Krynky💔

— Iryna Voichuk (@IrynaVoichuk) July 16, 2024

Ukrainian troops withdraw from Krynky in Kherson Oblast https://t.co/g5xV0YL4n1

— Ukrainska Pravda in English (@pravda_eng) July 17, 2024

Ukrainska Pravda has the details:

Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the village of Krynky on the left (eastern) bank of Kherson Oblast.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources in Ukraine’s Marine Corps; Suspilne, Ukraine’s public broadcaster, with reference to a source in the defence forces

Details: The military reports that this happened several weeks ago.

Earlier, DeepState analysts reported that the Russians had occupied the village of Urozhaine in Donetsk Oblast.

Background:

Ukrainian troops gained a foothold in Krynky in October 2023. Since then, the Russian forces have tried to drive the Ukrainian forces out of Krynky almost every day, as regularly mentioned in the daily reports of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

First, it is amazing that Ukraine managed to maintain OPSEC on this. Second, the Ukrainian Marines held Krynky for a long time and bled the Russians heavily before they performed this reported retrograde to their fallback position across the Dnipro.

Here is President Zelenskyy’s address from earlier today. Video below, English transcript after the jump.

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Some Much-Needed Negotiations Are Scheduled for This Week, Including Those on Weapons – Address by the President

16 July 2024 – 18:59

Dear Ukrainians!

Briefly about this day. Today I held a meeting of the Staff; I also spoke with Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi, Chief of the General Staff Barhylevych, Minister of Defense Umerov, Chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine Budanov, and Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Maliuk. They reported on all the main directions on the frontline – from the hottest, such as the Pokrovsk direction, to those that are currently calmer but still require attention and proper supply. We are working very thoroughly on all of this, both in terms of weapons deliveries, which means fulfilling our existing agreements with partners, and ensuring fast logistics for each announced package, and also of weapons production in Ukraine – this is an absolute priority, and every month it should be felt that Ukraine is becoming more independent in terms of weapons supply. They also reported today on the manning of our brigades, and I thank everyone involved in this process. We have the necessary dynamics, and we must do everything to ensure that the formed brigades can give us more potential for rotations and support for those on the forefront.

I also held a meeting today on our international work: some much-needed negotiations are scheduled for this week, including those on weapons.

And one more thing that is definitely worth mentioning. I signed two documents today. The first is a decree on honoring our warriors with state awards. 266 surnames. Warriors from various units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. They all fully deserve our respect. And the second document – I have initiated a draft law that is capable of restoring justice when it comes to who we honor and who has lost the right to any respect from Ukrainians as a result of their own actions. This is a draft law on amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine and other legislative acts of Ukraine on revoking state awards for popularizing or propagandizing the aggressor state or committing other illegal actions against Ukraine. This applies to those who have received state awards of Ukraine, including the title of Hero of Ukraine, the Order of Merit and others, but have chosen not to side with Ukraine, have chosen the enemy and are currently supporting Russia in one way or another, or even reside on its territory. We need a legal mechanism to actually deprive such persons of all state awards of Ukraine and honorary titles. The only “title” they deserve is that of traitors. And their “reward” will be accountability to Ukraine and our people for everything they have done against Ukraine, against our state, against our independence. I ask the Verkhovna Rada to consider this draft law in the near future.

I thank everyone who is fighting and working for Ukraine! I thank everyone who is helping!

Glory to Ukraine!

The cost:

💔 @vkrainets pic.twitter.com/pUjh02wTa1

— Maryna Petrychenko (@GoslingMrs) July 16, 2024

The reason:

This is what we’re fighting for. pic.twitter.com/iKa5OKRZhC

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) July 16, 2024

Hungary:

In a private letter seen by the FT, Hungary’s prime minister told EU leaders that the former US president had developed ‘well-founded plans’ for such talks https://t.co/ZC92Furt6K pic.twitter.com/K3gULCYizV

— Financial Times (@FT) July 16, 2024

The Financial Times has the details:

Donald Trump will quickly demand peace talks between Russia and Ukraine if he wins November’s US presidential election and has developed “well-founded plans” for doing so, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has claimed after private discussions with the Republican candidate.

That prospect means the EU should reopen direct diplomatic communication with Russia and start “high-level” negotiations with China to find a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine, the Hungarian prime minister said in a private letter to EU leaders following consultations in Moscow and Beijing.

Orbán also said in the letter that on the basis of his recent discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the “general observation” was “that the intensity of the military conflict will radically escalate in the near future”. Moscow has relied heavily on Beijing to prosecute the conflict.

Orbán’s office declined to comment when contacted by the Financial Times, which has seen his letter. Trump’s campaign team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

His trips to see Putin, Xi and Trump over the past two weeks while holding the EU’s rotating presidency have shocked his allies in the bloc and Nato.

Many fear Orbán’s support for a peace settlement while Russia still controls vast amounts of eastern Ukraine plays into the Kremlin’s hands and undermines western resolve in support of Kyiv’s territorial integrity.

“We can expect no peace initiative coming from [Trump] until the elections. I can however surely state that shortly after his election victory, he will not wait until his inauguration, but will be ready to act as a peace broker immediately,” Orbán wrote in his letter sent to European Council president Charles Michel and other EU leaders. “He has detailed and well-founded plans for this.”

That means the EU should anticipate the shift in US policy, Orbán said, and either embrace the need for immediate negotiations between Russia and Ukraine or take on more responsibility for funding Ukraine’s defence.

In response, Michel wrote back on Tuesday warning Orbán that he had “no role” in representing the EU internationally, had been given no mandate to do so, and had been informed of this prior to his diplomatic tour.

“The most direct way to peace is for Russia to withdraw all of its forces from Ukraine and respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity,” Michel wrote in a letter seen by the FT, adding that “no discussion about Ukraine can take place without Ukraine”.

JD Vance, the Republican senator from Ohio who Trump on Monday selected as his running mate, used an opinion piece in the FT in February to call for Europe to take on a larger burden in supporting Ukraine.

Orbán wrote in his letter: “I am more than convinced that in the likely outcome of the victory of President Trump, the proportion of the financial burden between the US and the EU will significantly change to the EU’s disadvantage when it comes to the financial support of Ukraine.”

The Hungarian prime minister has long been the EU’s most pro-Russian leader, criticising western sanctions on Moscow and military support for Ukraine while demanding a ceasefire in the war and peace talks.

That is in contrast to the EU’s joint position that it should aid Ukraine’s defence and that only Kyiv can decide on when to open negotiations with Russia.

“Our European strategy in the name of transatlantic unity has copied the pro-war policy of the US,” Orbán wrote.

“We have not had a sovereign and independent European strategy or political action plan up to now. I propose discussing whether the continuation of this policy is rational in the future.”

He told EU leaders: “We can find a window of opportunity with a strong moral and rational basis to begin a new chapter in our policy . . . [and] make an effort to decrease tensions and/or create the conditions for a temporary ceasefire and/or start peace negotiations.”

Open Thread: Biden Remarks Today

by TaMara| July 16, 20246:34 pm| 148 Comments

This post is in: Elections 2024, Open Threads, Politics, President Biden

Because no way am I listening to anything coming out of Milwaukee today. Not to stomp all over Anne Laurie, just offering an alternative.

This was from earlier today. I’m listening now because I heard it was a good speech (I tried to cue it up at the 1:10 mark when the speakers begin)

HAPPENING NOW: Join me and Congressman Horsford as we speak in Las Vegas

This is supposed to start shortly…

Open thread

ETA: OMG

HOLY SHIT, President Biden just said “I know what a Black job is: it’s the Vice President of the United States!”

MIC. DROP. 🎤🎤🎤 pic.twitter.com/xAL7wPFrJm

— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) July 16, 2024

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RNC Open Thread: The Dream of A (Nineteenth) Century

by Anne Laurie| July 16, 20246:18 pm| 75 Comments

This post is in: Elections 2024, Open Threads, Republican Stupidity, Republican Venality

So the Project 2025 Festival has finally kicked off.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 15, 2024

Another Trump term is an opportunity for a "shutdown of that administrative state," targeted at govt bureaucracy, Vivek Ramaswamy told Iowa delegation in Milwaukee.

"Why didn't President Trump do all that in the first term? There's a good answer for that question, actually. The… pic.twitter.com/d3nOURrj53

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) July 16, 2024

The most hyperbolic salesman-candidate gets his moment in the spotlight, saying the quiet part out loud…

Outside RNC, conservative group defends its Project 2025 guidebook as Democrats ramp up critiques https://t.co/HhvOoQmGnO

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 16, 2024

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At the edge of the cordoned-off perimeter around the Republican National Convention on Monday, hundreds of conservatives filed into the ornate home of the Milwaukee Symphony to hear a parade of luminaries talk policy and Project 2025…

The Heritage event was called “Policy Fest” and was not technically part of Project 2025, but the endeavor constantly came up. Speakers both downplayed it and pumped it up. Heritage’s President Kevin Roberts called it “unprecedented in the history of the conservative movement,” but also tried to tone down his rhetoric from earlier this month when he promised it would lead to a “second American revolution.”

“How many of you are ready to very steadily, calmly and peacefully take our country back?” Roberts asked the crowd Monday…

Trump has distanced himself from the project, which is run by several top appointees from his previous administration. But he’s also spoken warmly about it, and the connection was further cemented by Trump’s selection of Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his running mate

Roberts said he’s “good friends” with Vance and that the Heritage Foundation had been privately rooting for him to be the VP pick. The Ohio senator, Roberts said, recognizes that “we have a limited time to pursue policy.”…

Eric Trump squirms away from Katy Tur's questioning about how far his father will go to restrict abortion, arguing abortion isn't a position of vital importance anyway pic.twitter.com/Zv3MgIQiVK

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 16, 2024

Sowing, reaping, things of that nature, Sen. McConnell…

Unity thing working out great so far https://t.co/hmTtclqLxS

— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) July 15, 2024

Remember, y’all — Sharing is caring!

Project 2025 shifts taxes from the wealthy to the middle class— a family of 4 earning $100K would suffer a $2,600 tax hike, while a family earning $5 million would get a $325,000 tax cut.

cc: @Brendan_Duke pic.twitter.com/C2uhXXQNqX

— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) July 16, 2024

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Jackie on Sunday Night Open Thread (Nov 9, 2025 @ 9:38pm)

PatD on Sunday Night Open Thread (Nov 9, 2025 @ 9:37pm)

mali muso on Sunday Night Open Thread (Nov 9, 2025 @ 9:37pm)

Another Scott on Sunday Night Open Thread (Nov 9, 2025 @ 9:35pm)

Geminid on Hoping All the Reports of Democratic Caving are Wrong! (Nov 9, 2025 @ 9:35pm)

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

Petty moves from a petty man.

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Everybody saw this coming.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Nomination Updates

Trump and Vance, MD

Wednesday Morning Open Thread: President Biden, Hard At Work

Foreign (Grifter) Affairs Open Thread: Guo ‘Miles Kwok’ Wengwui Found Guilty of Fraud

War for Ukraine Day 874: Ukraine Falls Back from Krynky

Some Much-Needed Negotiations Are Scheduled for This Week, Including Those on Weapons – Address by the President

Open Thread: Biden Remarks Today

RNC Open Thread: The Dream of A (Nineteenth) Century