Oregon has been a blue state for decades, and now its conservative counties want to G.T.F.O.O.: “Get the F**k Out of Oregon.” Ronny Chieng investigates. #DailyShow #Comedy
Sore losers. That being said, if you look at where the population of Oregon lives, the majority of voters live west of the Cascade Mountain range, concentrated along the I-5 corridor in the Willamette Valley, and they’re definitely concentrated up in the Portland, OR metro area - Multnomah County and Washington County. You win that part of the state, and that’s pretty much it. The eastern part of the state ends up bitter and resentful, feeling that they’re being ignored.
If they weren’t such appalling shitheads with a chip on their collective shoulder the size of Mt. Everest, who knows….maybe they would perform better.
One of my unofficial bucket list items is to visit all 50 states.
Then I see shit like this and I’m like, “Eh, I can look at picture of Idaho online.”
I’ve heard eastern OR can be pretty fucking nuts as well.
Some of Minnesota’s counties wanted to do this, to secede from very blue Minnesota and to join the Dakotas to our west. Freedom to die of COVID and to persecute gays and transgenders seem to be the driving factors here. Can we just round all these people up and put them in camps? I mean, given that’s what they want to do to us, is it really THAT bad?
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Tehran Tom pissed a republican stabbed them in the back.
GOP Sen. Tom Cotton is complaining that Joe Manchin “double crossed” Republicans.
Happy Thursday, everyone! 😁— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) July 28, 2022
“Open Carry” was all well and good — until the Black Panthers did it… https://t.co/0qsR68bOUw
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) July 28, 2022
Charlie Kirk called for a massive protest in front of ‘The View’ today in NYC after they talked about Nazis outside his event last weekend. Looks like about 5 people showed up, and one of them shoved a man because he walked in front of their camera. https://t.co/hStIiw6vAN
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 28, 2022
re: #3 Mattand
One of my unofficial bucket list items is to visit all 50 states.
Then I see shit like this and I’m like, “Eh, I can look at picture of Idaho online.”
I’ve heard eastern OR can be pretty fucking nuts as well.
Eastern Washington state, too. Definitely Wingnuttia or Jesusland.
re: #5 EstebanTornado1963
Tehran Tom pissed a republican stabbed them in the back.
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re: #4 Dopamine Fish
Some of Minnesota’s counties wanted to do this, to secede from very blue Minnesota and to join the Dakotas to our west. Freedom to die of COVID and to persecute gays and transgenders seem to be the driving factors here. Can we just round all these people up and put them in camps? I mean, given that’s what they want to do to us, is it really THAT bad?
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I hesitate to bring this up, as I’ve had a commenter here tell me in no uncertain terms they think South Jersey is a lawless trash heap populated by beetlebrowed racists, but there was a “split NJ” movement a few decades back that died on the vine.
The impetus was the perception that North Jersey gets the lion’s share of attention from Trenton, so there was this “Yeah? Well, I’ll start my own state, with blackjack and hookers” mentality going on (which, in retrospect, we’ve already got covered thanks to Atlantic City.)
I don’t remember if it ever made it to ballot or not, but I would imagine looking at the finances in the cold, hard light of day probably put the kibosh on everything. Like it or not, North Jersey generates a lot of revenue just by dint of sitting due west of NYC. That alone would be hard to make up for down here.
Absolutely fucking hilarious. and wait for the nerdy ginger wingnut at the end. https://t.co/jjq1NNy9rQ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2022
re: #8 Dr Lizardo
Eastern Washington state, too. Definitely Wingnuttia or Jesusland.
And the NE corner of CA as well, to complete the trifecta.
Prosperity gospel pulpit pimp gets robbed of $1 million in jewelry in NYC. Question should be how a pastor got $1 million in jewels in the first place. Some articles claimed that he had other businesses and real estate, and that’s the source of his wealth, but now we learn that he’s fleecing his parishioners too.
Stewart: America’s heroes who fought in our wars outside sweating their asses off.. while these motherfuckers sit in the air conditioning.. pic.twitter.com/aLdaZNShjL
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 28, 2022
Seems like a good overarching message for anti-Trumpism https://t.co/cqewAMarG7
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) July 28, 2022
re: #10 Mattand
I hesitate to bring this up, as I’ve had a commenter here tell me in no uncertain terms they think South Jersey is a lawless trash heap populated by beetlebrowed racists, but there was a “split NJ” movement a few decades back that died on the vine.
The impetus was the perception that North Jersey gets the lion’s share of attention from Trenton, so there was this “Yeah? Well, I’ll start my own state, with blackjack and hookers” mentality going on (which, in retrospect, we’ve already got covered thanks to Atlantic City.)
I don’t remember if it ever made it to ballot or not, but I would imagine looking at the finances in the cold, hard light of day probably put the kibosh on everything. Like it or not, North Jersey generates a lot of revenue just by dint of sitting due west of NYC. That alone would be hard to make up for down here.
Which is the issue with most of the rural areas that want to split off. They won’t be able to generate the revenues to support the infrastructure they do have.
re: #12 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
And the NE corner of CA as well, to complete the trifecta.
Yeah, the State of Jefferson (goes into southern Oregon as well). That movement’s been around a long time, since 1941. Needless to say, the entry of the USA into WWII in December of that year put the kibosh on that. It bubbled under the surface until the early 1990s, when it came back to life.
President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a lengthy and candid discussion about Taiwan on Thursday as tensions mount between Washington and Beijing, despite Biden’s onetime hope of stabilizing the world’s most important country-to-country relationship.The issue has emerged as a serious point of contention, as US officials fear a more imminent Chinese move on the self-governing island and as a potential visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi prompts warnings from Beijing and a concerted effort by the Biden administration to prevent tensions from spiraling into conflict.
The matter was discussed at length in the two-hour-and-17-minute phone call Thursday. Xi offered an ominous warning to Biden, according to China’s version of events.
“Public opinion shall not be violated, and if you play with fire you get burned. I hope the US side can see this clearly,” he told Biden, according to China’s state news agency.
The White House’s account of the call was less specific.
re: #18 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
They too can be the next West Virginia. Or red state that is a net taker of federal revenue.
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
The other day, when I pointed out to someone on twitter that they should look into what Ronald Reagan did when black men started carrying guns, and all the guy could do was post his profile pic in response. It was strange.
Which is more important to Trump, someone else paying his mounting legal bills, or running for the WH to try and end democracy to subvert justice and the rule of law?
Choice… choices…
Trump will lose RNC funding for legal bills if he announces 2024 candidacy: Report https://t.co/zb4qDpcws9
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 28, 2022
re: #10 Mattand
I hesitate to bring this up, as I’ve had a commenter here tell me in no uncertain terms they think South Jersey is a lawless trash heap populated by beetlebrowed racists, but there was a “split NJ” movement a few decades back that died on the vine.
The impetus was the perception that North Jersey gets the lion’s share of attention from Trenton, so there was this “Yeah? Well, I’ll start my own state, with blackjack and hookers” mentality going on (which, in retrospect, we’ve already got covered thanks to Atlantic City.)
I don’t remember if it ever made it to ballot or not, but I would imagine looking at the finances in the cold, hard light of day probably put the kibosh on everything. Like it or not, North Jersey generates a lot of revenue just by dint of sitting due west of NYC. That alone would be hard to make up for down here.
Lots of states might be “naturally” divided
Ny, pa,Fla
Its still a bad idea
You don’t like having a perpetual minority voice?
Move
Or
get involved and change things
Oh you want it handed to you. and right now.
Doesn’t work like that
Yeah, GIANT HORNETS is so much less scary than MURDER HORNETS.
I think I’ll start calling them giant murder hornets. https://t.co/geiKGZEnuM— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2022
re: #18 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Which is the issue with most of the rural areas that want to split off. They won’t be able to generate the revenues to support the infrastructure they do have.
One of the (extraordinarily) few things I remember admiring Rudy Giuliani for when he was NYC Mayor was his handling of a noisy, if fringe “Staten Island Secession” movement. IIRC, he held a presser where he announced he would be open to entertaining the idea: as long as any deal included the Richmondites recompensing the City for the development/infrastructure funds NYC had sunk into that borough. I think he had the City Comptroller on hand to provide the relevant figures - many billions of dollars, as I recall; i.e., more than the “secessionists” would be able to pay in centuries: and, as we notice, Staten Island is still part of NYC…..
re: #18 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Which is the issue with most of the rural areas that want to split off. They won’t be able to generate the revenues to support the infrastructure they do have.
I don’t think it’s so much rural in our case as it is the dominant metro area in the North (NYC) is just massively bigger than the southern metro area (Philly). I don’t know the exact percentages, but I would not be shocked if like 50% to 60% of NJ’s population is clustered around either city.
That said, I’m always shocked at how rural it gets anywhere in NJ once you get out of the population centers.
13 Republicans (Free Staters) voted for succession in the last term in NH.
re: #27 Jay C
Yeah, I dimly remember that as well. Credit where credit is due…Giuliani slapped that bullshit down good. He brought the receipts.
When Missouri doctors terminate a pregnancy because of a medical emergency, they must report their decision to the state. Then prosecutors review it and decide whether or not to charge them with a criminal violation of the state’s abortion ban. https://t.co/mYSzTuZrXI pic.twitter.com/g6RxSn06g2
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) July 27, 2022
Some Missouri hospitals are instructing doctors not to treat patients with an ectopic pregnancy until they are “unstable” or experiencing blood loss. Only at that point can they terminate the pregnancy (which is unviable by definition). https://t.co/mYSzTuZrXI pic.twitter.com/o2myKmcBOS
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) July 27, 2022
re: #27 Jay C
One of the (extraordinarily) few things I remember admiring Rudy Giuliani for when he was NYC Mayor was his handling of a noisy, if fringe “Staten Island Secession” movement. IIRC, he held a presser where he announced he would be open to entertaining the idea: as long as any deal included the Richmondites recompensing the City for the development/infrastructure funds NYC had sunk into that borough. I think he had the City Comptroller on hand to provide the relevant figures - many billions of dollars, as I recall; i.e., more than the “secessionists” would be able to pay in centuries: and, as we notice, Staten Island is still part of NYC…..
Movements want to secede by assuming the assets and infrastructure are theirs stealing all the assets
re: #31 Captain Ron
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— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) July 27, 2022
But muh 5a rights…
re: #28 Mattand
I don’t think it’s so much rural in our case as it is the dominant metro area in the North (NYC) is just massively bigger than the southern metro area (Philly). I don’t know the exact percentages, but I would not be shocked if like 50% to 60% of NJ’s population is clustered around either city.
That said, I’m always shocked at how rural it gets anywhere in NJ once you get out of the population centers.
NJ is the most densely populated state, and if you go out to Sussex, Warren, or counties along the Delaware River before you get to the Lambertville/Frenchtown area, and you’ve got tons of farmland and forested areas. The most densely populated area is along the I-95 corridor between NY, Newark, and Trenton/Camden/Philly. Add to that clusters down by the Shore, and that accounts for most of the state’s population.
Bats
There’s no water…….. So now the local bats have taken to the play pool and the birdbaths. pic.twitter.com/L2FTA2IlwF
— Eglon Husk 🦎 (@DaveoutofAustin) July 28, 2022
re: #28 Mattand
I don’t think it’s so much rural in our case as it is the dominant metro area in the North (NYC) is just massively bigger than the southern metro area (Philly). I don’t know the exact percentages, but I would not be shocked if like 50% to 60% of NJ’s population is clustered around either city.
That said, I’m always shocked at how rural it gets anywhere in NJ once you get out of the population centers.
NJ makes decent bank as the center for truck farming since they have two nearby large metropolitan centers to sell their produce to.
And a separate “South Jersey” would quickly have an issue where the Philadelphia-dominated west part would have the population and influence over the coastal east part.
And then when the south-east part splits off… they get eaten by Delaware.
re: #31 Captain Ron
Women and children are going to die.
re: #37 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
NJ makes decent bank as the center for truck farming since they have two nearby large metropolitan centers to sell their produce to.
And a separate “South Jersey” would quickly have an issue where the Philadelphia-dominated west part would have the population and influence over the coastal east part.
And then when the south-east part splits off… they get eaten by Delaware.
Yeah, I’ve lived in south/west Jersey most of my life. I don’t see DE taking over in any scenario. I worked twice in Wilmington. Even with all the financial stuff, it ain’t Philly, NYC or Baltimore.
The traditional right-wing response to complaints like this is “If you don’t like living in x, why don’t you just move to y?”
re: #38 No Malarkey!
Women and children are going to die.
That doesn’t matter to people who think the universe isn’t a natural phenomenon, and that they’re supernatural beings that will live forever with their god after they die. To these delusional people real life is trivial.
Oh great, now the MAGAs are going to all become 9/11 truthers. Jesus Christ. https://t.co/UfYDCbleaZ
— Eric Schmeltzer 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@JustSchmeltzer) July 28, 2022
He was in a position to get to the bottom of it, but didn’t, because it’d expose his ties to Saudi funding for his businesses and those of his son in law Jared.
But let’s not let facts get in way of a good conspiracy.— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) July 28, 2022
Trump was a conspiracy nut going back before being a birther. He was in the Alex Jones sphere with 9/11 troofer conspiracies, and people seem to forget that before Jones spewed his toxic crap about Sandy Hook families, he was spewing nonsense about 9/11.
Governor Beshear’s correct answer about the flooding.
Asked about climate change, Beshear said “it’s real… I believe that it is causing more severe weather. With that said, I don’t know about this one, whether it is or is not connected & I don’t want to cheapen or politicize what these folks are going through.”
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) July 28, 2022
re: #40 jaunte
The traditional right-wing response to complaints like this is “If you don’t like living in x, why don’t you just move to y?”
why should i have to be inconvenienced?
move the border
After yesterday’s disaster, yesterday’s abomination, yesterday’s farce, yesterday’s abject failure,, Tomorrow’s Wordle salvages a few tatters of my self-esteem.
Wordle 405 3/6
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And the word is somehow apt.
re: #43 lawhawk
The 9/11 conspiracy BS is where Jones hit the big time. Before that, he was mostly local color on Austin public access TV in the aftermath of the Branch Davidian siege.
Hey now.
Just the two of us.
Wordle 404 2/6*
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2022
She was the immigration judge, now she’s the legislator.
Our broken immigration system has torn too many American families apart.
My bill, the American Families United Act, will restore immigration judges’ ability to grant these families the opportunity for citizenship. I’m grateful @HouseJudiciary advanced my bill last night. pic.twitter.com/M5aRCVeiyi— Rep. Veronica Escobar (@RepEscobar) July 28, 2022
She’s a buddy of Beto. She’s sitting in his old Congressional seat.
re: #43 lawhawk
There’s no chance of Trump or the idiots who live in the narcissist’s inner world improving over time. It’s up to the rest of us to keep a lid on our idiots.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 28, 2022
Whoa! The Lakota Nation has banned pulpit pimpery on the reservation. It is still possible for the superstition peddlers to get back in the Council’s good graces by meeting a set of regulatory requirements that would not inconvenience a hair stylist or food vendor.
👏👏👏👏I just read this article….Wonderful news! 👍 https://t.co/YKXWMG4jDS
— Kathy🌻 (@kashka208) July 27, 2022
You bushwhacked @alfranken for strictly political reason. You wanted him out of the way.
Piss off lady.— Eglon Husk 🦎 (@DaveoutofAustin) July 28, 2022
Speakers at Wednesday’s public hearing in WV were given 45 seconds each. The youngest, 12-year-old Addison Gardner from Buffalo Middle School, gave powerful remarks against HB302.
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫. Vote 4 people who value 𝐡𝐞𝐫. #Vote4Democrats pic.twitter.com/vf3JW0u1fC— Justice Seeker 🗽 ☮️ ~ Keep moving forward (@tizzywoman) July 27, 2022
We have a similar dynamic in Maryland. I’m not sure it qualifies as a movement, but I’ve heard all the yahoos in the western part of the state want to become part of *trying not to laugh* West Virginia. Good luck with that, fellas.
The state definitely has its wingnut pockets, but they’re easily drowned out by the Baltimore/DC metro region, and I guess they don’t much like that.
re: #55 Dave In Austin
Yep. It’s mud. He can’t hold mud.
re: #55 Dave In Austin
Gym Jordan right now….
And with that, time to call it a day. Have a good one, Lizards and stay healthy.
re: #55 Dave In Austin
Jim Jordan is flailing because he’s tied to corrupt Donald Trump and his coup attempt. Jim betrayed the nation just like he betrayed the kids at OSU, and while he obviously has no conscience, he knows when he’s caught.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 28, 2022
re: #59 BeachDem
235 pounds and the picture of health, folks. Today with his traitorous buddies at Bedminster.
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You seem to have a couple numbers backwards there.
I’d say more like 325 pounds.
re: #59 BeachDem
235 pounds and the picture of health, folks. Today with his traitorous buddies at Bedminster.
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Is this the #BoneSawClassic?
re: #59 BeachDem
235 pounds and the picture of health, folks. Today with his traitorous buddies at Bedminster.
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PGA pulled events from Bedminster, so of course he’s going to host LIV events over something that “has settled down” (the murder of Khashoggi).
you say that like it’s a bad thing https://t.co/hV8EhCKXxD pic.twitter.com/D6Q5oJtfYv
— A scientific lizard 🧬🦎 (@sciliz) July 28, 2022
Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Rick Scott, and Senator Mitt Romney made it VERY clear at 6/9/22 hearing on Social Security that they will cut the program. They will NOT accept taxing the rich as a solution.
Senator Graham said he would take less, since he has other pensions.😡— Peter Morley (@morethanmySLE) July 28, 2022
re: #51 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Christian Mission Ousted from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation after Distribution of Hate Materials
On Friday, July 22, the Oglala Sioux Tribe and its President, Kevin Killer, issued a statement demanding that the Jesus is King Mission leave the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation after pamphlets were distributed that promoted that Jesus, not Tunkasila (a Lakota word for Creator), is the “true god.”
“This week the Jesus is King Missionary was found distributing material that literally demonizes the Lakota Culture and Faith,” said the Oglala Sioux Tribe in a statement. “This is unacceptable and completely disrespectful. It is the view of the President and Council that these ‘pamphlets’ seek to promote Hate instead of Peace. Hate has no place on Oglala land.”
The pamphlets also had statements asking what late American Indian Movement (AIM) activists and leaders Russell Means, Crow Dog, and Black Elk believed in. “What did Russell Means, Crow Dog, and Black Elk believe?” the pamphlet read.
re: #54 MD_Spook
We have a similar dynamic in Maryland. I’m not sure it qualifies as a movement, but I’ve heard all the yahoos in the western part of the state want to become part of *trying not to laugh* West Virginia. Good luck with that, fellas.
The state definitely has its wingnut pockets, but they’re easily drowned out by the Baltimore/DC metro region, and I guess they don’t much like that.
LOL’d at the bolded part.
I used to live about 30 miles northwest of Baltimore in Carrol County in the 70’s. My dad told me years later they had a serious Klan problem there for a while; burning crosses, pamphlets, the whole nine yards. I liked growing up there, but there’s some definite wild dichotomies going on.
re: #38 No Malarkey!
Women and children are going to die.
No surprise. That’s the Grand Old Fascists intent.
Remember when y’all told all the teachers they should quit if they didn’t like the crappy pay and public hate? They took your advice.. pic.twitter.com/7NKL1jlzfh
— Amber E. Wagnon (@ProfWagnon) July 27, 2022
Plaintiffs’ atty manages to get judge to let him play video of Megyn Kelly interviewing Trump, interspersed with video of Jones calling the victims of the bombing in Manchester at an Ariana Grande concert “liberals and trendies.”
— Liz Dye (@5DollarFeminist) July 28, 2022
I hate to be that guy, but even if Manchin does support this climate legislation it’s pretty far from what’s actually necessary to make a real impact on climate change.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2022
Some of the finest participating in the BoneSawClassic pro-am. I think I’m going to puke.
Caitlyn Jenner teed off with English golfers Paul Casey and Ian Poulter. Charles Barkley was paired with Spain’s Sergio Garcia and South African Louis Oosthuizen, and radio host Clay Travis played with American Brooks Koepka.
Yuck.
During Thursday’s round, Trump drove his own cart, which featured a presidential seal and a red, white and blue golf bag on the back. On the par-4 opening hole, he left a 15-putt short and recorded a bogey. After watching the pros tee off from the back tees on the 446-yard second hole, Trump looked down the hill toward the blue tees.
“I’m gonna find a more comfortable tee,” he said, settling back into his cart.
And another angle of the fine specimen of a man/golfer.
re: #74 Charles Johnson
We had that discussion last thread, and, without a whole bunch of context, this can easily turn into “Democrats didn’t do enough, F the Democrats.”
re: #74 Charles Johnson
On climate change, we’re fucked. What I’m hoping for out of this deal, if it holds and Sinema doesn’t fuck it up, is a better chance of preserving US democracy in the 2022 midterms.
re: #74 Charles Johnson
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I hate to be that guy, but even if Manchin does support this climate legislation it’s pretty far from what’s actually necessary to make a real impact on climate change.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2022
re: #76 Belafon
We had that discussion last thread, and, without a whole bunch of context, this can easily turning into “Democrats didn’t do enough, F the Democrats.”
this was my take
re: #116 Dangerman
370b is way more than no bill at all/zero.
it’s more than we ever spent at once before.
And (imo) it’s a foot in the door to making spending in this more normal.The progs
should[seem to] be able to see this
Alex Jones trial coverage from JJ, and it’s looking very good for the Sandy Hook families…
Alex Jones trial live stream.https://t.co/AwBgxdK3e1
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) July 28, 2022
The video talks about just how much money Jones has made…
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) July 28, 2022
When you leave the White House and no longer have access to the full time hair and makeup person on staff. pic.twitter.com/nK7NofXks2
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) July 28, 2022
Goodbye Sweetness…..
the Choco Taco is being discontinued so I bought one at the liquor store and 3D scanned it pic.twitter.com/fdILGEMn5g
— Cinnamontographer (@cinnmntographer) July 28, 2022
re: #81 Dave In Austin
Goodbye Sweetness…..
Salt & Straw Brings Back Its Version of the Choco Taco Just When We Need It Most (FoodNetwork)
Newsflash- Jesus was Jewish. He was a radical Rabbi (teacher). He never said he was not Jewish. The end. Go away with your religious zealotry. Bye. https://t.co/7ocVSuQ3nb
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) July 28, 2022
This is crazy good! https://t.co/ONtELHcOAX
— Conceal Carry Vagina (@CCVagina) July 28, 2022
exhibit 146183743 why washington politics is all fubar
“Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), one of a handful of GOP senators working to garner support in her party for a bill to codify gay marriage, said the Democrats’ surprise embrace of a tax and climate change bill made her job much harder,” the HuffPost reports.
Said Collins: “I just think the timing could not have been worse and it came totally out of the blue.”
this is not about collins
it’s about the mindset
yes, at one time there was sort of this kind of horse trading
you support mine, ill support yours
but, and this is a big but,
the very words of the quoted paragraph make the whole thing absurd:
R’s will not codify equal rights everyone already has but some want to suppress
and also
raise and spend money to literally start saving the effing planet
focus on the damned issues, not on your opponent’s outflanking you, once.
no, twice. merrick fucking garland, then amy conan the barbarian barrett
nah - we’d rather torch the planet.
re: #74 Charles Johnson
I’ll one up you, there is NOTHING the US can do unilaterally that will have much impact on climate change. China dwarfs us in emissions and India is growing theirs quickly. If we cut our emissions to zero tomorrow and it would hardly be a speed bump for climate change.
re: #86 Dangerman
Susan Collins can take a long walk off a short bridge. Fuck her.
At some point I’ll be able to do reporting or something, but for the day I’ve been stranded in Hindman watching Troublesome Creek go down. It was up 12 feet last night, people died but we don’t know how many. pic.twitter.com/9JhVziMJ2k
— Katie Myers (@stopitkatie) July 28, 2022
re: #74 Charles Johnson
I fear American politics now can do nothing more than showy offerings.
Substantive change, not just wrt climate change but pretty much any issue, does not seem possible.
True gridlock has set in.
The balance of interests are now so finely tuned, and given the US Senate is anti-democratic with its institutional structure, that any bold policy change that needs laws is doomed.
re: #87 danarchy
That ship sailed years ago……. Now it will be us that has to adapt.
It’s heartbreaking to see our building like this, and more rain is in the forecast this evening. Our hearts are heavy and with all of our community right now as we face down a long night and a longer recovery ahead.
More resources here: https://t.co/kbLh77m25C
📸 Taylyn Kincer pic.twitter.com/WYiVbwNLIx— Appalshop (@Appalshop) July 28, 2022
Just genuinely if you are watching people lose all of their belongings and are gloating because they “voted wrong” I cannot tell you in more stronger terms to take a long walk off a short pier
— Molly Shah (@MollyOShah) July 28, 2022
re: #87 danarchy
We outsource some of our emissions to China and India (because they produce what we buy from them.)
And who are we to deny Chinese and Indians the modern lifestyle we enjoy?
Therein lay the real problem in tackling climate change: no one wants to give up the energy intensive modern lifestyle.
Looks like Trump finally found his replacement for Pence last night. Trump/Jenner 2024. Photo - Chris Trotman pic.twitter.com/HnSMov4ygS
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 28, 2022
the hands…
O_o
re: #86 Dangerman
exhibit 146183743 why washington politics is all fubar
this is not about collins
it’s about the mindsetyes, at one time there was sort of this kind of horse trading
you support mine, ill support yoursbut, and this is a big but,
the very words of the quoted paragraph make the whole thing absurd:R’s will not codify equal rights everyone already has but some want to suppress
and also
raise and spend money to literally start saving the effing planetfocus on the damned issues, not on your opponent’s outflanking you, once.
no, twice. merrick fucking garland, then amy conan the barbarian barrettnah - we’d rather torch the planet.
The Democrats constantly vote for Republican bills they like even when the Republicans shank the country on other laws. But no, Republicans can’t do that. It’s either everything they support or nothing.
I honestly don’t need to be told that we don’t get everything we want in every bill. I know that, OK? I’m not new at this.
But climate change isn’t going to wait for our political system to deal with the problem. It’s an emergency right now.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2022
re: #94 Backwoods_Sleuth
the hands…
O_o
And just last week at the Nazi youth rally in Tampa, Dear Leader was referring to a tran woman athlete as “ a man”. Jenner is a fucking loser and an asshole.
“They sucked Republican votes up like a Hoover Deluxe and then got their votes [on CHIPS] and then bam, announced this new tax increase…We look like a bunch of – well, I’m not going to say what we look like.”@SenJohnKennedy on @Sen_JoeManchin/Schumer’s BBB double-cross: pic.twitter.com/mokMqV4fbP
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) July 28, 2022
Briefly, Senator, you looked like people that care about the country.
re: #97 Dr. Matt
And just last week at the Nazi youth rally in Tampa, Dear Leader was referring to a tran woman athletic as “ a man”. Jenner is a fucking loser and an asshole.
She should probably understand that, when the camps start up, they know where she lives.
re: #71 Dave In Austin
Whose our resident chainsaw artist.
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I remember when I lived with my dad, a crew dropping the middle third of a pine tree onto the ground as they were taking it down. Those things don’t look that heavy until they hit the ground and the floor is shaking 200 feet away.
A very arch DOJ filing purports to supplement Bannon’s own notice about publicity relating to the defendant by listing off all the press conferences he’s given himself on the courthouse steps. https://t.co/V090IeCccM
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 28, 2022
Don’t do speed, kids, or you’ll end up looking like an old, sweaty tweeker. pic.twitter.com/Vk2HBOBcA6
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) July 28, 2022
Joe Manchin changed his mind because he saw the writing on the wall.
The writing: John Fetterman is coming.— Kyla in the Burgh 🏴☠️🔥 (@KylaInTheBurgh) July 28, 2022
Some good news from the old neighborhood:
Houston-born filmmaker Richard Linklater calls River Oaks “one of the cornerstones of Houston film culture.”https://t.co/rqx0v8O4Eh
— Houstonia (@HoustoniaMag) July 28, 2022
re: #79 lawhawk
Alex Jones trial coverage from JJ, and it’s looking very good for the Sandy Hook families…
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man, this is so depressing. how do you make it out of law school without being able to write grammatically correct sentences? Or is that actually what is aimed for?
Right, it’s better than paralysis, I agree. But we can’t keep treating this like any other issue that can wait for incremental improvement. Too many of us still don’t understand how serious and urgent this is.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2022
re: #105 steve_davis
man, this is so depressing. how do you make it out of law school without being able to write grammatically correct sentences? Or is that actually what is aimed for?
Which sentences are you talking about?
re: #105 steve_davis
More depressing: TIL that Alex Jones has sold about $150 million of “brain pills” to his audience.
Who would dare complain that their brain pills didn’t work?
re: #87 danarchy
I’ll one up you, there is NOTHING the US can do unilaterally that will have much impact on climate change. China dwarfs us in emissions and India is growing theirs quickly. If we cut our emissions to zero tomorrow and it would hardly be a speed bump for climate change.
I don’t believe that. I think it’s still possible to mitigate the worst effects, but only if we take much more serious action SOON. And if the US were really committed to this, it would put more pressure on other CO2-emitting states to step up.
Not optimistic about any of it, though.
And this 40% carbon reduction is probably not going to happen anyway, because we still have a Republican Party determined to block it.
Muting this conversation now because Blue MAGA is jumping in and being irritating as fuck, as usual.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2022
re: #107 Belafon
Which sentences are you talking about?
the judge is going through the list of questions, I guess that are to be submitted to the jury? And it’s like “come on! presumably you had all night to notice that some questions are fragments, or don’t lead anywhere, or have the word “almost” used in two spots to indicate the same thing that one of them would have indicated.
Manchin is spilling the tea today. You love to see it. https://t.co/t5q9SrHzlS
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) July 28, 2022
This seems totally appropriate for a Supreme Court Justice. https://t.co/ImZoPjaKVf
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) July 28, 2022
Exactly.
Weird how Facebook revealed its entire business is built on the non-consensual use of private information. https://t.co/5hom0txUSZ
— Glenn Fleishman (@GlennF) July 28, 2022
NEW: U.S. Secret Service Director James Murray has informed personnel that he will “briefly delay” his retirement amid multiple investigations of the agency.
In a message obtained by @CBSNews, Murray calls the search for his replacement “active and ongoing.” pic.twitter.com/HMdhOi3dYc— Nicole Sganga (@NicoleSganga) July 28, 2022
In his note to staff, U.S. Secret Service Director James Murray acknowledged that the agency is facing a “unique and challenging time.”
Murray vowed to ensure “continued cooperation, responsiveness, and full support with respect to ongoing Congressional and other inquiries.”— Nicole Sganga (@NicoleSganga) July 28, 2022
“they should have” says the fuckwit who was literally president for four years https://t.co/E4uVG5WvVC
— darth™ (@darth) July 28, 2022
JUST IN: DOJ is notifying the Judge Nichols of Bannon’s daily courthouse press conferences trashing the Jan. 6 committee. They say Bannon selectively omitted publicity he generated himself when alleging tainted jury pool.https://t.co/bOJnfB2SrW pic.twitter.com/Cqn5m153D7
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) July 28, 2022
Donald Trump is trying again to get immunity from civil lawsuits related to the Capitol riot.
His team filed an application Wednesday to appeal an earlier court decision.
The February judgment ruled that Trump could be held liable in civil suits for any wrongdoing.
He says whatever he thinks will get him through the current conversation, and as his always-weak mind collapses in his old age, he’s become unbelievably bad at this.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 28, 2022
Still good enough to sell himself to Republicans, unfortunately.
Straka’s attorney, who did not respond to my request for comment on this story, wrote in the memo his client provided information “sufficient to convict” a Nebraska man who, to date, has not been charged in the Capitol riot. https://t.co/CZg2Ce7aus
— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) July 28, 2022
Michigan Supreme Court rules 5-2 that sexual orientation is protected under Michigan’s anti-discrimination law, the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act.
Justice Elizabeth Clement, a Republican-nominated justice, wrote the majority opinion.— Beth LeBlanc (@DNBethLeBlanc) July 28, 2022
That dash looks like what Hasbro thought in the 80s the 2020s would be.
— Oh. My. Glob. (@efuseakay) July 28, 2022
HIMARS BBQ
I have never seen such a BBQ before. pic.twitter.com/dSqKFOFSmQ
— Capt(N) (@Capt_Navy) July 28, 2022
What we know right now …
Eight firefighters were injured after a house fire and collapse on Detroit’s east side on Thursday afternoon. Video captured one of the firefighters being pulled out of the rubble during the search and rescue operation.
https://t.co/r4oQxRJ6PE— WXYZ Detroit (@wxyzdetroit) July 28, 2022
Isn’t there a memorial in Bedminster to its citizens who died in the 9/11 attacks?
I for one welcome our new super-strong robot zombie spider overlords. https://t.co/uko45NCu4F
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 28, 2022
re: #129 Charles Johnson
What could possibly go wrong?
My message to Congress is this:
The Inflation Reduction Act is the strongest bill you can pass. It will lower inflation, cut the deficit, reduce health care costs, tackle the climate crisis, and promote energy security. pic.twitter.com/YtF1h7G7R5— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 28, 2022
The editorial board at CNN must’ve passed out from the contact high this article gave them:
Group of Republicans and Democrats form new political party to appeal to moderates
Right, because wanting women to have agency over their own bodies, stopping people from losing their voting franchise, and ending discrimination based on sexuality are radical leftist plots only Christine Todd Whitman and Andrew Fucking Yang can save us from.
Fucking kill me…
I’ve never understood the reverence for Ian Bremmer. Preet has had him on his podcast several times to discuss the global risk outlook that is his specialization. He gives bland and smug might be this might be that pronouncements. I really wish I had had more confidence in myself as a younger man. I could have made bank.
Good lord is this embarrassing. Widely known as the country’s tallest ant. pic.twitter.com/TZEsKxaWPj
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 28, 2022
re: #129 Charles Johnson
“Hey Bob, I just thought of a GREAT idea for our next project!”
What a difference a smile can make
Watch these paintings come to life with edited expressions pic.twitter.com/XYPXwdenNZ— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) July 26, 2022
Yang was just on MSNBC talking about this “party” — they have no policies, no platform, no ideology. They’re just a collection of people who are irritated at the dysfunction in Congress.
I’m very confused how statements like this can be made with a straight face. CHIPS is good for America or it’s bad. How can you say you would have voted to spite America if you’d just known about some unrelated bill? And act like you’re a victim? Btw, lots of CHIPS jobs in Texas! https://t.co/xipmW0hn01
— Jesse Lee (@JesseLee46) July 28, 2022
Biden To Host White House Portrait Ceremony For Obamas That Trump Never Held Due To His Assholery - https://t.co/4egXol3efl pic.twitter.com/HcF0uoSbWC
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) July 28, 2022
re: #136 sagehen
Yang was just on MSNBC talking about this “party” — they have no policies, no platform, no ideology. They’re just a collection of people who are irritated at the dysfunction in Congress.
And are being funded by whom and for what desired result?
I would not be surprised to find Russian money to try to return the Republicans to power so they can finish recreating their empire without US interference.
I must just not know all of the Democrats saying that. Maybe I need to go to more meetings. pic.twitter.com/zXCYt8jsVC
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 28, 2022
re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth
It sounds like Rubio is out of touch and as usual blaming it on the D’s.
re: #51 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Whoa! The Lakota Nation has banned pulpit pimpery on the reservation. It is still possible for the superstition peddlers to get back in the Council’s good graces by meeting a set of regulatory requirements that would not inconvenience a hair stylist or food vendor.
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Israel should do that, but they make too much money from the bogus “Judeo-Christian” tourists.
re: #137 Backwoods_Sleuth
No, Senator Cornyn. Manchin and Schumer pulling a Mitch McConnell on Mitch McConnell himself was not the declaration of political warfare. Republican complicity and aiding and abetting the January 6, 2021 Insurrection was the declaration of war your party delivered.
Betrayal and treason are second nature to today’s Republicans.
re: #121 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The February judgment ruled that Trump could be held liable in civil suits for any wrongdoing.
that’s for presidents, not for kings
Choco Tacos going for $1K on eBay https://t.co/mN3hCMWB5V
— The Oregonian (@Oregonian) July 28, 2022
re: #132 Mattand
The editorial board at CNN must’ve passed out from the contact high this article gave them:
Group of Republicans and Democrats form new political party to appeal to moderates
Right, because wanting women to have agency over their own bodies, stopping people from losing their voting franchise, and ending discrimination based on sexuality are radical leftist plots only Christine Todd Whitman and Andrew Fucking Yang can save us from.
Fucking kill me…
from today’s electoral-vote.com
One last sidebar. At the time we were writing this item, this is what CNN’s website looked like:
There are six stories about Hunter Biden,
including the 1A story, while the Manchin-Schumer bill gets one small notice at the bottom of the pageSeriously, CNN? The news out of the Senate yesterday gets a couple of mentions at the bottom of the page, while the main news of the day is… Hunter Biden? What are you, Fox? It’s getting harder and harder to take that outlet seriously. (Z)
re: #137 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #86 Dangerman
I’m very confused how statements like this can be made with a straight face. CHIPS is good for America or it’s bad. How can you say you would have voted to spite America if you’d just known about some unrelated bill? And act like you’re a victim? Btw, lots of CHIPS jobs in Texas! https://t.co/xipmW0hn01
— Jesse Lee (@JesseLee46) July 28, 2022
re: #86 Dangerman
exhibit 146183743 why washington politics is all fubar
this is not about collins
it’s about the mindsetyes, at one time there was sort of this kind of horse trading
you support mine, ill support yoursbut, and this is a big but,
the very words of the quoted paragraph make the whole thing absurd:R’s will not codify equal rights everyone already has but some want to suppress
and also
raise and spend money to literally start saving the effing planetfocus on the damned issues, not on your opponent’s outflanking you, once.
no, twice. merrick fucking garland, then amy conan the barbarian barrettnah - we’d rather torch the planet.
Make my day, Republicans. Vote against marriage equality because you oppose lower prescription drug prices for seniors and reducing carbon emissions right before the midterms. That’s a trifecta of badness.
re: #97 Dr. Matt
And just last week at the Nazi youth rally in Tampa, Dear Leader was referring to a tran woman athlete as “ a man”. Jenner is a fucking loser and an asshole.
KJ is a woman. I’ll not deny her that. But she IS NOT and will never be a part of the Trans Community. She turned her back on us a long time ago. She’ll also be one of the first ones up against the wall if the christofacists ever gain power. I for one will not shed a tear for her if/when it happens.
re: #150 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
She’ll be one of the last up against the wall. She lives in a California gated community.
re: #87 danarchy
I’ll one up you, there is NOTHING the US can do unilaterally that will have much impact on climate change. China dwarfs us in emissions and India is growing theirs quickly. If we cut our emissions to zero tomorrow and it would hardly be a speed bump for climate change.
Dwarfs you? China has about twice the CO2 emissions of the US. I wouldn’t exactly say “dwarfs”.
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