Prior to the release of the redacted Mueller report, when Barr’s con-job summary was setting the Beltway press narrative of NO COLLUSION COMPLETE EXONERATION, I figured if Mueller objected to a PR blitz that misrepresented his report, he’d say so. Turns out he did: Here’s the letter from Robert Mueller to Bill Barr. pic.twitter.com/vvgKDt8zO4 — …
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File Under “Well Played” (Open Thread)
Trump was on an epic retweeting binge earlier this morning, raiding the account of Fox News personality Dan Bongino to amplify dozens of Trump “supporters” who criticized the firefighter’s union endorsement of Joe Biden. This one, though: I assume the account owner changed his or her Twitter name and avatar AFTER the retweet. Well played, …
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Dance Like Everybody Is Watching… in AWE!
Describe this kid in one word. pic.twitter.com/FPHLAizymo — jamie (@gnuman1979) April 30, 2019 (For the Hamilstans: Yes, in the replies, ‘Lin-Manuel Miranda’ is a strong choice) As someone who grew up in "the Heartland"–which I define in its dogwhistle electoral context as white people in conservative areas–let me assure you that Trump will *always* …
Has No One Ever Heard of a Disinformation Campaign Fer Fuck’s Sake
You’d think with the 2016 election being recent history, people would recognize what is going on. I mean, fer fuck’s sake, everyone and their brother has heard of gaslighting by now. Apparently not, though: Wm. Barr is eating crow, roasted. — Greg Mitchell (@GregMitch) May 1, 2019 No, he’s not. Mueller’s complaint was that the …
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A Few Thoughts on the Venezuela Mess
This isn’t going to be a long post. I know Cheryl is working on a longer one/deeper dive that she’ll publish when she’s finished it, but I figured we should put something up. Right now the news I’ve seen out of Venezuela from today make it pretty clear that Juan Guiado’s Operacion Libertad is long …
Mueller: Barr Is A Dick Head (Okay, I May Be Paraphrasing)
Fasten your seatbelts. It’s gonna get bumpy: Mueller told the attorney general that the depiction of his findings failed to capture ‘context, nature, and substance’ of probe https://t.co/kHwpkz9haz — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 30, 2019 “The summary letter the Department sent to Congress and released to the public late in the afternoon of March …
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Repub Stupidity Open Thread: Donald Never Had Much Use for Education
The Baylor Lady Bears at the White House and their coach reacting to the fast food offerings are a mood: pic.twitter.com/z9LBeS0Gbe — Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) April 29, 2019 ‘Ignorant and proud of it’ is pretty much his brand, and the GOP’s as well. As Jimmy Breslin used to say, Class tells, when there is …
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