Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
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New: at a recent Twitter all-hands meeting, an employee asked: Twitter has eradicated ISIS. Why can’t it do the same for white supremacists?
One answer that is discussed internally, we found: because it would mean banning some Republican politicians too https://t.co/x6JRvdvJJG pic.twitter.com/VRnht57WkN
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) April 25, 2019
Whose heart is having palpitations?
Open thread
I am shocked that gambling goes on herePost + Comments (138)
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Kirstjen Nielsen out as DHS secretary https://t.co/vaQycUjFRW pic.twitter.com/ZmZ9yfevN2
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) April 7, 2019
A statement by the President: pic.twitter.com/ytW0QCBhXg
— Real Press Sec Bot (@RealPressSecBot) April 7, 2019
Goodbye to lots of trust building between MX Govt & Nielsen; many MX officials may feel some ‘comfort’ w/McAleenan as acting secretary. Yet, Mexico must be bracing for someone in the mold of Kobach pic.twitter.com/wL8P8Mvi6C
— José Díaz-Briseño (@diazbriseno) April 7, 2019
I've never once heard a reporter ask Potus on camera if he knows that USA signed the 1967 United Nations protocol/treaty on asylum /refugees. Intl law. Anyone has a right to apply (approval is difficult at best). Does he understand that? Could you ask? Seems not.
— Mark Murphy (@MarkMurphy2011) April 7, 2019
So who wants to guess that the next secretary of homeland security will be ‘acting’ for the rest of Trump’s term?
— Robert E Kelly (@Robert_E_Kelly) April 7, 2019
I have nothing to say. Rumor seems to be that Stephan Miller wants to reincarnate Attila the Hun.
Open thread.
Kirstjen Nielsen Has Resigned As Secretary Of Separated FamiliesPost + Comments (116)
by David Anderson| 80 Comments
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BREAKING: McCrae Dowless has been indicted on three counts of felonious obstruction of justice, two counts of conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice and two counts of possession of absentee ballot #NC09 #ncpol @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/YytCpi9Av1
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) February 27, 2019
He is not the only one being charged. From the Raleigh News and Observer:
Four other people — Caitlyn E. Croom, Matthew Monroe Mathis, Tonia Gordon and Rebecca Thompson — also face charges related to absentee ballot collection in Bladen County over the past two elections, Freeman said.
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The district Court decision in the trolling lawsuit Texas vs HHS is out. The district Court judge just decided to toss several centuries of precedent.
This decision will be slapped around on appeal.
BREAKING: Obamacare was gutted by a Texas federal judge in a ruling that casts uncertainty on insurance coverage for millions of U.S. residents https://t.co/64eMFPeDN9
— Bloomberg (@business) December 15, 2018
The court's decision is NOT limited to guaranteed issue and community rating. In the court's view — and this is *absolutely* insane — the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. pic.twitter.com/kHXU4E9wrH
— Nicholas Bagley (@nicholas_bagley) December 15, 2018
Because there's no injunction (not yet, anyhow) the Trump administration would not be in contempt if it continued to implement the ACA. Nor, I think, does it need to secure a stay pending appeal — though I could be wrong about that. Which means that EVERYONE SHOULD STAY CALM.
— Nicholas Bagley (@nicholas_bagley) December 15, 2018
Keep on signing up. This will get quickly stayed and the judge will get bench-slapped.
update 1one of the conservative legal minds behind King v Burwell<\i> has this comment
Emphasis on "insane" https://t.co/Eh1NJqjrQF
— Jonathan H. Adler (@jadler1969) December 15, 2018
update 2
This is your occasional reminder that the five justices who voted to uphold Obamacare in 2012 are still on the Supreme Court.
— Greg Stohr (@GregStohr) December 15, 2018
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He just wanted to put the babies in the cages and maybe practice some causal Jeff Sessions style racism but what he found was the soul crushing misery of Trumpism. Perhaps, he wouldn’t miss the insanity and the stupidity but that said, he did enjoy beating up Corey Lewandowski. pic.twitter.com/E70eU7YrI4
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) December 9, 2018
If you had inserted “for a hot minute” it would have been fine. https://t.co/UNPkcAG7Pq
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) December 8, 2018
John F. Kelly on Trump (from Bob Woodward’s FEAR): “He’s an idiot. It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.” https://t.co/xd7ytVLPud
— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) December 8, 2018
Trump named John Kelly as chief of staff via twitter without having a formal agreement that Kelly would join. Trump announced Kelly would leave Saturday — even though the two men agreed Kelly would announce it himself Monday.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) December 8, 2018
This was the day that Donald Trump became President. https://t.co/GC13m4yZXO pic.twitter.com/OlGNqjEWCi
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) December 8, 2018
#MuellerFriday gets results. Even the supposed next COS is abandoning ship. https://t.co/X5GFGikK6w
— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) December 9, 2018
GOP Clown Car Open Thread: Kelly Is Out, But <em>Nobody</em> Wants InPost + Comments (144)
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People will be going to jail for this:
NC-9 scandal: More than a thousand absentee ballots possibly destroyed https://t.co/PDoeOEL1q2 @DrewGriffinCNN reports @TheLeadCNN
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 6, 2018
"The case for election fraud [in North Carolina] appears to be strong … it's a slew of evidence."
*Signed voter affidavits
*Ballot harvester admission
*History of shady activity
*Weird absentee vote pattern
*Absentee partisanship makes no sensehttps://t.co/S7PgP9SOC8— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 5, 2018
Reminder, as Flynn will testify, the first enthusiastic and accurate flipper can get a damn good deal.
Open thread.
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BREAKING: With today's final victory in #CA21, Democrats officially close out the 2018 Midterms with an incredible 4??0?? House seats gained!
Let this be a message to every Republican: If you come for Americans' livelihoods, we WILL come for your seats. pic.twitter.com/jR1wKwVIPI
— DCCC (@dccc) November 28, 2018
It's official: Trump helped the Republican party lose an astounding 40 seats in the House https://t.co/mCSmPObhUw
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) November 28, 2018
New Democratic members of Congress on the left, new Republican members of Congress on the right. Spot the demographic trends. https://t.co/QBYRrMI1PN pic.twitter.com/DVtF1E53Zl
— laura olin (@lauraolin) November 28, 2018
Another way of looking at it: in January, House Dems will represent:
79% of all Asians
72% of all Latinos
66% of all African-Americans
66% of all Clinton voters
60% of all college grads
54% of all House seats
45% of all whites
39% of all Trump voters
20% of America's land area— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 27, 2018
Trump departs Thursday for the G-20 summit in Argentina, where the homebody commander in chief will spend just 48 hours on the ground yet pack in eight high-level meetings with foreign leaders. https://t.co/ZfjU5jQAyY
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) November 29, 2018
I’d say he was angling for an asylum deal, anywhere, but the Oval Office Occupant is too vain to admit he might be in trouble — even if he’s smart enough to understand this isn’t the kind of buy-his-way-out trouble he’s used to as a corrupt NYC real estate developer.
Thursday Morning Open Thread: Dems Give Repub ‘Homebody’ NightmaresPost + Comments (158)