Chapo Trap House and the rise of the dirtbag left

Street Fight Radio, The Trillbillies, and District Sentinelnare doing a live gig down here in Atlanta around the DSA Convention. I’m torn.

The Hill is an intentionally dry DC trade publication. I wouldn’t call it a gossip rag or even close; that’s the Axios/Politico schtick.

It’s a clickfarm/aggregator that designs its headlines to generate maximum twitter discussion (aka rage)

gossip was probably the wrong word. dry, on the other hand, is definitely the right one

The subreddit got quarantined—what bullshit.

Dumb, but I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.

Nice fiery appearance from Michael Moore on that recent live one. The generational differences between them (eg MM's refusal to totally dismiss Obama) was interesting.

Amazing that Moore doesn't have a podcast in this environment.

yeah that is weird

Small mercies.

I wouldn't listen to it but he could be a useful lefty voice and he'd immediately be one of the most popular political podcasts.

that fair... but maybe better caucus

Street Fight Radio, The Trillbillies, and District Sentinelnare doing a live gig down here in Atlanta around the DSA Convention. I’m torn.

I was so fuckin’ exhausted I stayed in the hotel. Means TV filmed the show, apparently. I got to meet one of the SF guys on Friday night at one of the parties.

Moore was good, but the chapos really need to learn by now not to constantly laugh loudly into the mic during a live show. Three years now, amateur hour is over.

amateur hour never ends

Means TV filmed the show

yep they were definitely there. I bet they’re sitting around wondering if they should upload the part where the audience spontaneously broke into chanting “Kill Jeff Bez0s” — which, cathartic as it was, could potentially draw heat were it to go viral I guess lol

Angela Nagle went on Tucker Carlson again, guess her transition to full CHUD is going well.

dece little write up about the SF/DS/Trillbillies southern tour:
https://theoutline.com/post/7755/street-fight-district-sentinel-trillbillies-tour-review

I guess the KJB chant wasn’t as spontaneous as I’d thought.

anywhere to read the deleted fabricated quillette story about DSA convention? i wanna laugh

sorry for jacobin link but lmfao

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/archie-carter-quillette-dsa

http://archive.fo/PECtH#selection-355.414-355.430

so obviously fake, they had to have known and didn't actually care, or they really are that dense

They’re very dumb

They're exactly that dense but the pranker's interview with Jacobin is pretty eye rolling. Striking a blow against the credibility of right wing media! As if anyone writing checks for Quillette or the goons who read it give a fuck. Retractions never matter, what people remember is the initial inflammatory article.

Making new friends out on the campaign trail

I talked to @virgiltexas, @cushbomb and @willmenaker from @CHAPOTRAPHOUSE about the multiple challenges with China, healthcare, Iran and corporate power... and the need for accountable leadership in the White House - and why I’m the one who can do that as President. pic.twitter.com/8Tw62jtUjr

— Joe Sestak (@JoeSestak) August 12, 2019

I really do not understand their fascination with the fifth-stringer candidates

they're a lot more accessible, in my experience

and it's more fun to goof on the broad strokes than to cynically yell about the minutiae of the top-runners and their platforms, as much as I enjoy Matt doing that

I was going to be in the crowd checking out Sanders at the state fair yesterday, but the weather was rainy early and the crowds too large. Those damn media elites and their special area? Keeping the candidates away from the common man.

Matt dressing (vaguely) like an adult is bizarre.

lmao of course Matt is a fedora guy

come on, that's a straw hat

let's be honest they all dress really bad

Matt's definitely going for a specific look in a whimsical way (Panama Jack meets Tommy Bahama?), Virgil increasingly looks like an overgrown teen who thinks he looks cool with a suit jacket (probably did a vintage suit thing in high school/college) and I have no idea why Will is wearing track pants and a shirt wide open/sleeves rolled up

xpost why would you want it any other way?

Virgil's suits have always been shit

NEVER wear a suit jacket with skinny jeans and sneakers....

eh, I'm sure it's a look someone can pull off

just not anyone within miles of the thread

almost convinced Virgil's twitter picture isn't just a one-off where he's got a specific look going and it seems to work, but it might be possibly a picture of another person entirely

almost forgot

after listening to half of the episode that was just released, I'm reasonably sure they're staying at this place, which I was sure had been bought and gutted years ago after it made several blogs when it was up for sale:
http://www.swankpad.org/blather/2013/09/18/amazing-asian-themed-mid-century-time-capsule-in-iowa/

Will’s look is hilarious, the hair, the pose, everything.

uhh I think Matt just sharted or something and had to leave the stage

wait what?

Hahahahaha

perfect

mh don't leave us hanging

I missed what started it but Matt was moving around his seat awkwardly, Will says “I thought we weren’t doing this (?)” and Matt left, to return about five minutes later

decent live show, might be punchier edited

I might be more enthusiastic tomorrow. It was really warm in there

there was an anecdote about parking near the state fair I’ll post tomorrow that made me amused and irritated

I missed what started it but Matt was moving around his seat awkwardly, Will says “I thought we weren’t doing this (?)” and Matt left, to return about five minutes later

decent live show, might be punchier edited

― untuned mass damper (mh), Tuesday, August 13, 2019 7:13 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Like how this sounds like will had had a conversation with Matt about not shitting his pants beforehand

I mean, maybe his underwear was riding up, he drank too many liquids and had to pee, idk

but in the moment my instinct told me that man sharted

also he was wearing the all-white outfit from the tweet this past weekend

oh man, the worst possible outfit to shart in