US Politics, June 2020 — You have to dominate.

trump unfortunately probably otm for most people in the country

I heard Pat O'Brien is doing a feature on Juneteenth for Entertainment Tonight now that it's Very Famous

I will be releasing a new list of Conservative Supreme Court Justice nominees, which may include some, or many of those already on the list, by September 1, 2020. If given the opportunity, I will only choose from this list, as in the past, a Conservative Supreme Court Justice...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020

good thing the GOP rubber stamps everything Trump tries to do otherwise this would be the sort of thing you really shouldn't admit in public

Wait I thought we NEVER fill a Supreme Court vacancy during an election year; we always wait for the American people to have their say

mcconnell already said that if it came up this year, he'd ignore his previous "precedent" and let it happen.

one of many moments that should have resulted in a real life liberal mob with pitchforks beating the shit out of mitch mcconnell

He's repeating the 2016 campaign strategy in the hopes of whipping up voters and as an implicit denouncing of that William O. Douglas liberal Neil Gorsuch.

Wait I thought we NEVER fill a Supreme Court vacancy during an election year; we always wait for the American people to have their say

― Okay, Boomerang (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, June 18, 2020 1:35 PM bookmarkflaglink

there's not even a vacancy!

Right, but if one were to be... ahem... arranged...

a lot of people are saying we shouldn't wait though

he's gonna pick COBRA Commander

So how about Matt Gaetz' adopted son, huh? Lucky guy!

For all those wondering, this is my son Nestor. We share no blood but he is my life. pic.twitter.com/udyiLHR1Tr

— Eric Henderson (@ephender) June 18, 2020

(I couldn't help it.)

You've got MGM stamped on your ass!

You think you're life's a mystery.

lol Eric

Uh huh.

"Local student", eh? pic.twitter.com/Zljq8Q7GpG

— Trevor S. Valle (@tattoosandbones) June 18, 2020

I mean if Gaetz is lying then this is the stupidest lie (but he is the stupidest liar)

have we talked about the inverted red triangle thing yet because fuckin yikes

For all those wondering, this is @mattgaetz's adopted son, Jack. Jack IS in Matt's blood, and makes up about 0.2% of Matt's blood on any given Friday night. He came from Tennessee and lives in Matt's kitchen cupboard. And desk. And nightstand.

Matt is very proud of him. pic.twitter.com/sQ27Hsp2Fq

— Liddle’ Savage (@littledeekay) June 18, 2020

lol his son does appear on his official bio

https://gaetz.house.gov/issues/biography

does NOT

Very normal tweet, does not reek of some serious proactive damage control at all.

I don't necessarily think Gaetz is lying about this, but it's gross to suddenly trot the kid out as a political prop.

have we talked about the inverted red triangle thing yet because fuckin yikes

― frogbs

wtf? just saw it

https://www.axios.com/facebook-takes-down-trump-campaign-ads-with-symbol-once-used-by-nazis-d82759f0-ffff-463e-b776-9f4ed55a81da.html

I don't necessarily think Gaetz is lying about this, but it's gross to suddenly trot the kid out as a political prop.

He has to be. I just can't square him calling his son a "local student" two years after he supposedly adopted him. This is damage control for something we're about to learn.

xp Apparently the red triangle is in fact an antifa symbol...but only in Spain. To prove that the symbol was "widely used," the Trump campaign's Twitter account linked to a design on Spreadshirt.com, posted by a random Spanish dude.

going by how these things usually unfold, it'll turn out Nestor isn't his son but he does keep him around for fresh transfusions every 60 days

not extreme or dumb enough for this dimension. nestor is obviously an double agent undercover cop from cuba

Many of you know @mattgaetz & I have an unlikely friendship. I can’t stand a lot of his beliefs but he’s been there for me when others haven’t. He talks about Nestor more than anything, has done so much for his son & is truly a proud dad. This #freenestor thing is bullshit. Stop. https://t.co/qqOx9opXzH

— Katie Hill (@KatieHill4CA) June 18, 2020

huh. i am having trouble with the idea of matt gaetz having a human heart, but...i will try.

Huh. Well, hey, if this is on the level, I guess he isn't completely devoid of empathy.

eek

I will kick your teeth down your throat if you say that about my husband to my face, you cowardly anonymous racist piece of shit.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 18, 2020

weird i thought facebook was all about free speech and the marketplace of ideas

I mean, there are truly odd people out there, who do/say a great deal of incongruous stuff, and a lot of them live in Florida.

wild conspiracy theories developing about Gaetz is basically poetic justice afaict

Meanwhile in Whatthefuckville:

The governor has informed local officials that if citizens are required to wear masks in public buildings, their governments will not receive any of the $100 million in federal coronavirus aid money. https://t.co/jKi68KbIni

— Omaha World-Herald (@OWHnews) June 18, 2020

it's a good way to create problems that money can help to address

some of our friends in the business community refer to this as the virtuous cycle

about that "son" of his... pic.twitter.com/ROS8niJ9t8

— Florida Chris (@chrislongview) June 18, 2020

I've got my s---...my helper here

tbh he was supposedly trying to keep his son secret.

yeah, but let those among us who do not have secret son-helpers-interns throw the first stone

Maybe it's one of those Jerry Falwell Jr./Giancarlo Granda situations...

Whatever happened with Liberty U reopening?

Anyway, this is definitely weird:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/Intercountry-Adoption/adopt_ref/adoption-statistics1.html

Filter for Cuba, and there has officially been exactly one adoption from Cuba between 1999 and 2018. Female.

Nestor?

Heck no, I barely even knew 'er!

matt gaetz found a teenage nestor floating down a river in a basket

"you will be my page", he said