US Politics, May 2020 — I will never lie to you. You have my word on that.

In some idle moments, I find myself wondering if life would be easier to be a person gullible enough to believe every word out of Mitch's mouth.

It might be, but you'd also be too dumb to know how to undo your trousers when you needed the bathroom, which would get icky

fair

the House relief package is being spun in right-wing circles as something that just gives money to abortionists. I lurk on my extended family's FB pages and they keep reposting this and screaming about Evil Nancy.

We sent a check to our local Planned Parenthood yesterday. Women don't stop needing health services during pandemics.

I don’t understand anything anymore. Is Nancy Pelosi a “progressive” democrat?

― brimstead, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 1:02 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

not to ILXors but in terms of the broader American political discourse, she definitely is

A lot of people still see San Francisco is the epicenter of the Loony Left.

^^^Elon Musk for one. #redpilled

Left and right united in despising Pelosi, horseshoe in action

I guess I just figured she was “moderate” because she’s to the “right” of say AOC but to the “left” of “blue dogs” ugh whatever

calling trump "morbidly obese" was sloppy

you can just say it was bad

Pelosi’s a deficit freak, she’s only progressive in the Bay Area stereotype.

No Democrat gets liberal or progressive points for being pro-choice or not hating gay people.

I am still trying to find the right joke about the "protect you potatoes" thing. Rejected: any Dan Quayle joke. Considered but rejected: Arbeit macht fries. Promising: tater totalitarianism.

Help appreciated.

Have you tried working "Freedom Fries" into the equation somewhere?

Well, 'tater totalitarianism' is pretty dang good!

Dick Tater

Original Recipe Autocracy

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/massachusetts-playbook/2020/05/19/special-state-senate-elections-today-safer-at-home-pot-shops-to-begin-curbside-pickup-hoyer-raising-money-for-kennedy-489262

Remember when Democratic leadership opposed challengers to incumbents?

I am still trying to find the right joke about the "protect you potatoes" thing

you've taken 24 hours to miss the joke ffs

Speaking of Q:

Believer in QAnon conspiracy theory wins Republican Senate nomination in Oregon

― jaymc, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 2:05 PM (yesterday)

funny update to this, a day later. now she's saying she's a victim of fake news:

“I’m disheartened that less than 24 hours after my win, my words were already being spun through the fake news machine and taken out of context,” she said in a statement to TPM. “I was not endorsing Q/Anon, but rather stating that I appreciate the fact that there is still free speech in this country that allows for voices – including whistleblowers from both sides of the aisle – that may, or may not, bring to light issues Americans need to be aware of.”

however, she's definitely not a victim of fake news. just yesterday:

Republican Jo Rae Perkins, now the official challenger to Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) in November, acknowledged her Tuesday night primary win with a proclamation of her solidarity with acolytes of the QAnon conspiracy theory.

“Where we go one, we go all,” she says in a Twitter video, brandishing a “#WWG1WG” sticker with the group’s motto in hashtag form.

“I stand with President Trump, I stand with Q and the team,” she continues. “Thank you anons and thank you patriots. And together, we can save our republic.”

and just a couple months ago:

“For those who state Q is conspiracy, rhetorical question for you; what if you are wrong?” she wrote on Twitter in December 2019. “If I am wrong, then the mathematical improbability of consequences failed! We’ve been fed many lies for years and YOU are too afraid to look behind the curtain. I’m not!”

anyway, i guess it's all filed under lolRepublicans, since she has very little chance against Merkley even before outing herself as a complete dumbass

“Where we go one, we go all”

Don't any of these people realize this is the motto of lemmings?

As I've been saying the last few months, eventually the lemmings find their cliff-top

there needs to be a lemmings 2020 update where the lemmings look at you, the player of the game, and try to convince you to join them and that you're the victim of a hoax

The Model of Lemmings is my favorite Muriel Spark novel!

http://media.giphy.com/media/uRxRLxPbtKf28/giphy.gif

I'm here for the Muriel Spark lols

“Where we go one, we go all”

Rejected Robert Pollard lyric.

going to be a pedant here and ask: wtf does that even mean?

(the slogan that is; I get the Pollard ref!)

I don't get it either (just like Pollard lyrics). Maybe saying "Be willing to stand out, because there are multitudes that agree with you."

that's the kind of pedantry Pollard revels in

"The broken bullshit detector in me recognizes the broken bullshit detector in you"

xp was a teacher tbf

going to be a pedant here and ask: wtf does that even mean?

i think it's just supposed to make the Q acolytes think "there are many of us. we are a real movement and i am doing something important with my life by watching this youtube documentary about how king george was a lizard man"

(Lemmings don't actually run off cliffs btw)

Joe Biden might fall off one imo

going to be a pedant here and ask: wtf does that even mean?

sounds portentous, means nothing... perfect for a pack of conspiracists

love to see those assholes jump back and forth between Galtian individualism and the power of the mob

"I'm a rebel and an independent thinker, just like all my friends in the death cult!"

(Lemmings don't actually run off cliffs btw)

Nor do swans sing only once just before they die, and yet we still speak of 'swan songs' with that shared metaphorical understanding.

if we wanted to we could make the swans thing happen

Many will disagree, but @FoxNews is doing nothing to help Republicans, and me, get re-elected on November 3rd

This seems... anti-1st Amendment?

can't someone just like replace the propellers on Air Force One with wooden sticks

The QAnon universe is sprawling and deep, with layer upon layer of context, acronyms, characters, and shorthand to learn. The “castle” is the White House. “Crumbs” are clues. CBTS stands for “calm before the storm,” and WWG1WGA stands for “Where we go one, we go all,” which has become an expression of solidarity among Q followers. (Both of these phrases, oddly, are used in the trailer for the 1996 Ridley Scott film White Squall—watch it on YouTube, and you’ll see that the comments section is flooded with pro-Q sentiment.)

(via https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/qanon-nothing-can-stop-what-is-coming/610567/)

watch it on YouTube

nah think I'm just gonna take your word on that one

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/21/trump-says-he-wont-close-the-country-if-second-wave-of-coronavirus-hits.html

Aw cute he thinks he has any control over this

the thing is he does though! I mean if he told these lapdog Gov's to commit seppuku on FOX tonight they would.

he still has the power to save tens of thousands of lives