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Monday Morning Open Thread: The Struggle Continues

by Anne Laurie| June 17, 20194:37 am| 194 Comments

This post is in: Duck Blogging, Goddamned Traitors, Open Threads, Republican Stupidity, Republican Venality, Russiagate, Good News For Conservatives

I'm afraid that @TenderHerbert doesn't know how to add music to tweets. But I had 15 seconds to spare and the theme from The A-Team handy ?? pic.twitter.com/qIac8xJT09

— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) June 16, 2019

Always gobsmacked by the hubris it took to have a bunch of Bay of Pigs vets do the break-in. Yeah, some cutout Gordo no one's ever gonna put those dots together https://t.co/Erx3sXsvij

— Zeddy (@Zeddary) June 17, 2019

There was no collusion!

Ok, Russia wanted to collude, but we didn’t do it

Ok, there may have been some collusion, but not by anyone important

Actually, everyone colludes — it’s called oppo research

Collusion is actually good! https://t.co/4ThYe3gHog

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 15, 2019

I think the Democrats should incorporate this pledge from the 2016 Republican platform into their 2020 platform. pic.twitter.com/qaw54xZujb

— Steve Metz (@steven_metz) June 15, 2019

Poll: Trump impeachment support increases by 10 points https://t.co/pVSjWwGve0 pic.twitter.com/45yNzCJ7pV

— The Hill (@thehill) June 16, 2019

We are focused on removing these 8 GOP Senators in 2020:

Lindsey Graham (SC)
Cory Gardner (CO)
Martha McSally (AZ)
Thom Tillis (NC)
Susan Collins (ME)
David Perdue (GA)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS)
Mitch McConnell (KY)

Who else should we add to the list?

— Indivisible Network ??? (@IndivisibleNet) June 16, 2019

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I am shocked that gambling goes on here

by David Anderson| April 25, 20195:39 pm| 138 Comments

This post is in: How about that weather?, IOKIYAR, Open Threads, Good News For Conservatives

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

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Kirstjen Nielsen Has Resigned As Secretary Of Separated Families

by Cheryl Rofer| April 7, 20196:31 pm| 116 Comments

This post is in: Dolt 45, Immigration, Open Threads, Post-racial America, All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, Good News For Conservatives, I Can't Believe We're Still Talking About Fucking Nazis

Kirstjen Nielsen out as DHS secretary https://t.co/vaQycUjFRW pic.twitter.com/ZmZ9yfevN2

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) April 7, 2019

https://twitter.com/RealPressSecBot/status/1115012917840113664

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

https://twitter.com/MarkMurphy2011/status/1115004969055399936

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.

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Other felony news (NC-09 edition)

by David Anderson| February 27, 20192:31 pm| 80 Comments

This post is in: Criminal Justice, Election 2018, Goddamned Traitors, Grifters Gonna Grift, Assholes, Blatant Liars and the Lies They Tell, Ever Get The Feeling You've Been Cheated?, Good News For Conservatives

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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Texas vs Azar : stay calm

by David Anderson| December 14, 20188:14 pm| 54 Comments

This post is in: Anderson On Health Insurance, Fuck The Middle-Class, Fuck The Poor, Assholes, Evil, Go Fuck Yourself, Good News For Conservatives

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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GOP Clown Car Open Thread: Kelly Is Out, But Nobody* Wants In*

by Anne Laurie| December 9, 20187:21 pm| 144 Comments
This post is in: Dolt 45, Open Threads, Republicans in Disarray!, Assholes, Good News For Conservatives, Nobody could have predicted

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

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NC-09 Update

by David Anderson| December 5, 20188:14 pm| 38 Comments
This post is in: Election 2018, Goddamned Traitors, All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, Are these Nazis Walter?, Blatant Liars and the Lies They Tell, Fucked-up-edness, Get Mad You Sons Of Bitches, Good News For Conservatives

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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Usually wrong but never in doubt

Let there be snark.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

This blog will pay for itself.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

One way or another, he’s a liar.

“woke” is the new caravan.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Human rights are not a matter of opinion!

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

The way to stop violence is to stop manufacturing the hatred that fuels it.