People think dinosaurs went extinct https://t.co/i0hRlQ5xEd
— zeddy (@Zeddary) September 5, 2021
Trigger warning: TFG…
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People think dinosaurs went extinct https://t.co/i0hRlQ5xEd
— zeddy (@Zeddary) September 5, 2021
Trigger warning: TFG…
It's real! That's how this colossal prick, who spent 9/11 bragging on how he now had the tallest building in NYC, is spending the 20th anniversary.
Charging folks $50 to hear him blather about Georgia mail-in ballots while two boxers with a combined age of 102 try to not die.
— zeddy (@Zeddary) September 8, 2021
At least the bird is honest in its pursuit.
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New: The Taliban have requested that the United States keep a diplomatic presence in Afghanistan beyond the Aug. 31 withdrawal of U.S. forces. Biden admin is weighing the possibility. Nothing finalized https://t.co/I8C4ECJSMF pic.twitter.com/RZQKXVUktI
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) August 27, 2021
… The request comes as the Taliban seeks international recognition following its rapid takeover of the country and grapples with a dire economic landscape after billions of dollars of international aid to Afghanistan was frozen.
In considering retaining a diplomatic presence, Price said the safety and security of U.S. personnel in that mission would be “first and foremost on our minds,” particularly after Thursday’s deadly suicide bombing.
President Biden has said the United States will help Afghan allies seeking to leave the country even after U.S. troops leave, an effort that could be easier if it retains a diplomatic mission…
The United States is also engaged in talks about the future management of the airport, discussions that involve the private sector, regional partners such as Turkey, and the Taliban…
GOP Death Cult has ‘thoughts’:
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy just held a press conference where he reiterated his call for Speaker Pelosi to reconvene Congress and pass a bill that would prohibit the White House from pulling troops until all Americans come home. We pressed him on a number of topics.. pic.twitter.com/n6p5P28Q0q
— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) August 27, 2021
An argument can be made give the huge number of casualties already.. (an argument McCarthy has made) that the situation is already unsafe. And the bill would effectively still give the White House the discretion to make that call.
— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) August 27, 2021
As a lying, stunting moron, Kevin McCarthy is truly the Representative for today’s Republicans.
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In the aftermath of Mandel tweeting this,
– The worker got sent home
– The brewery deleted its Twitter account
– The business received loads of bad attention/press & has had to do damage control
– Mandel has since trashed the business multiple timesNever seen anything like it https://t.co/PhUFoyMfPC
— Tyler Buchanan (@Tylerjoelb) August 21, 2021
Ohio Senate candidate applauds brewery worker showing up sick during a pandemic, complains that the brewery doesn’t appreciate his plaudits once everyone points out why this is a bad idea. It’s like the Platonic ideal of ‘Why you should never vote for a Republican again, ever’…
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Man claiming to have bomb near U.S. Capitol is in custody after standoff, police say https://t.co/GjBS6bBzsA
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 19, 2021
In DC, it would seem, domestic terrorism has become what storrowing is in Boston — a mild, possibly risible inconvenience, suitable for a quickie filler on the local news if nothing more urgent comes up. Dude had issues — what better way to attract attention?
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger says "Floyd Roy Rosenberry from Grover, NC was taken into custody without incident…he got out of the vehicle and surrendered…we don't know if there are any explosives in the vehicle. It's still an active scene." https://t.co/84EE5sZyHH pic.twitter.com/Kacz1Rjqyq
— CSPAN (@cspan) August 19, 2021
He was captured alive.
This is the whole tweet.
— Bakari Sellers (@Bakari_Sellers) August 19, 2021
Speaking of would-be terrorists, Rep. Brooks may not belong in prison, but he certainly doesn’t belong in Congress:
The call is coming from inside the literal House https://t.co/qXrPEEZ0Rk
— Amarnath Amarasingam (@AmarAmarasingam) August 19, 2021
Mo just identifies closely with the car bomb-curious constituency. https://t.co/i8f7pg4fPZ
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) August 19, 2021
.?@RepMoBrooks? (R-AL) under fire for statements appearing to be in support of Capitol Hill bomb threat suspect https://t.co/VJgCssb7HL
— Michael King (@mhking) August 20, 2021
… Republicans, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), have largely remained silent about Brooks’s tweet. Only Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who has been an outspoken critic of Trump and has for months urged his party — in vain — to distance itself from the former president, blasted Brooks’s statement as “evil.”
“The GOP has a decision to make,” Kinzinger tweeted. “Are we going to be the party that keeps stoking sympathy for domestic terrorists and pushes out truth, or finally take a stand for truth. I’ve made my decision, so has Mo. Now it’s up to GOP conference leadership to make theirs.”
Representatives for McCarthy did not immediately respond to requests for comment. In a statement Friday, Brooks called the allegations “bunk.”…
Brooks is running for the U.S. Senate, seeking to replace Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), who is retiring.
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EVIL DEMOCRATS WANT TO STOP US SOLDIERS FROM DYING OVERSEAS JUST SO THEY CAN… GET THIS!!!!!… GIVE MORE NICE SHIT TO AMERICANS!!!
Aren’t they evil as fuck? https://t.co/JvNRIR6S7T— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) August 18, 2021
Refusing to throw more money at our beneficent military contractors, who could profitably use it to kill not-white people… just to spend those bucks on *American* not-white kids! The HORROR!
“Democrats are shrinking the U.S. military footprint around the world so they can expand the welfare state at home.” https://t.co/VkXq56FAAn
— Arthur Delaney ?? (@ArthurDelaneyHP) August 18, 2021
The Death Cult paymasters are *very* upset!
You can’t make this shit up… pic.twitter.com/l5cjSV1AUA
— vanmojo (@vanmojo) August 16, 2021
nobody wanted to go in front of the american public and admit the pentagon’s been incinerating pallets of cash for two decades on a phantom government & army. they were caught in the lie & assumed the president would be forced to carry water to avoid having it exposed
— kilgore trout, terminal hiccups patient (@KT_So_It_Goes) August 16, 2021
Defense stocks during the Afghanistan War:
Lockheed Martin: 1,236% return
Northrop Grumman: 1,196% return
Boeing: 975% return
General Dynamics: 625% return
Raytheon: 331% returnThe military-industrial complex got exactly what it wanted out of this war.
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) August 17, 2021
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Breaking News: Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas has tested positive for the coronavirus and is isolating while receiving treatment. Abbott, who has banned mask and vaccine mandates in the state, has faced criticism as virus cases increased sharply. https://t.co/7wqTaKPNPp
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 17, 2021
I’m sure he’ll be fine, under the ancient doctrine of ‘Hell doesn’t want him, and Heaven won’t have him’:
… An ardent opponent of mask and vaccine mandates, Mr. Abbott has taken his opposition to such requirements all the way to the state Supreme Court. Mr. Abbott, who is fully vaccinated, will now be isolated in the Governor’s Mansion while receiving medical treatment.
“The Governor has been testing daily, and today was the first positive test result,” the statement said. “Governor Abbott is in constant communication with his staff, agency heads, and government.”…
Mr. Abbott has faced withering criticism as coronavirus cases have increased sharply in Texas and available intensive-care beds have dwindled in Austin and other cities. But he maintained his ban on mask mandates, which prohibits local officials from imposing restrictions in their communities…
Last month, responding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issuing new guidance recommending that fully vaccinated people did not need to wear a mask indoors in high-risk areas, Mr. Abbott doubled down in the opposite direction. He issued an executive order that prohibited local governments and state agencies from mandating vaccines, and reaffirmed previous decisions to prohibit local officials from mandating masks.
The governor also affirmed that schools could not enact mask mandates for students, a move that some public health experts warned could lead to another surge in cases…
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Update — all six of the apparent #OathKeepers in this @nytimes Visual Investigation who guarded Roger Stone and entered the Capitol have been arrested:
№ 1 #DriverOK James
№ 2 #FlagOK Ulrich
№ 3 #LeatherOK Berry
№ 4 #SmurfOK Grods
№ 5 #SourOK Dolan
№ 6 #GogglesOK Minuta https://t.co/v6tySXqMlw pic.twitter.com/1qUbjHC9mr— benny bryant (@bennybryant17) August 12, 2021
Mr. Stone, a convicted felon who was pardoned by Mr. Trump, has a long history as a self-proclaimed “dirty trickster” political operative. On Jan. 5 and 6, Oath Keepers provided security for him, something he himself confirmed.
— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) February 14, 2021
two have pled guilty and agreed to co-operate:
№ 3 #LeatherOK Caleb Berry
№ 4 #SmurfOK Mark Grodsand 11/12 of the “stack” have been arrested, but there's still more to go…https://t.co/nqEIYTV9bn
— benny bryant (@bennybryant17) August 12, 2021
#CapitolRiot: Three indicted co-defendants in the case have already agreed to plead guilty: Graydon Young, Mark Grods and Caleb Berry. Grods will testify that he and other Oath Keepers conspired to stash weapons outside of DC ahead of January 6. @wusa9 https://t.co/W4eIn9qu8y
— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) August 13, 2021
Brooks Brothers Riot. He's done it before.
— Juliette Hall (@TheTurfConsett) August 12, 2021
Roger Stone is the frantic cartoon critter who’s overshot the cliff edge and is frantically pedalling in mid-air… but, hey, it’s worked for him so far…
… Roger Stone refuses to be vaccinated for the coronavirus, paranoid about unknown side effects and claiming “the swine flu epidemic we had under Obama” caused more deaths than COVID-19.
Me: “That is not true.”
Stone: “We’re still under those numbers, in terms of deaths.”
Me: “That is not true.”
Stone: “It is true.”
Me: “That is false.”
Stone: “It’s not false.”
It’s demonstrably false, but Stone maintains a white-knuckle grip on his own version of reality. He’s been banned from most social media (he was kicked off Instagram for operating a network of Proud Boy ghost accounts) and is currently writing a book about the Russia imbroglio, which nearly landed him in prison for three years until Trump pardoned him, weeks before leaving office. He promises a frontal attack on New York Times reporter Michael S. Schmidt, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Russia investigation, which explored whether Stone was the link between the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks. “I take Schmidt’s articles, sentence by sentence, and I rip them to shreds with facts,” growls Stone. “I destroy this guy. He’s a cocksucker. He should turn his Pulitzer back in because he’s a liar.” (This isn’t to say Stone dislikes all Times reporters: “Maggie Haberman is one of my oldest and best friends,” he says.)…
Open Thread: (Still) Rolling Up the Insurrectionists (Roger Stone Edition)Post + Comments (94)