US Politics, June 2020 — You have to dominate.

she thought it was the noun version of civil.

tom cotton: 'dc doesn't deserve to be a state because it's not as well-rounded as wyoming'

he's more of a philosopher king

"Those who lack courage will always find a philosophy to justify it." -- Albert Camus

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2013

I feel like this is somehow bigger than nascar banning the confederate flag

“In this moment in history, we can’t be silent.” pic.twitter.com/YF4ndJSpa0

— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) June 25, 2020

I always thought Wyoming was kind of rectangular. Cotton clearly doesn't know his geography.

come off it

🚨 FOX NEWS POLL 🚨
FL: Biden 49, Trump 40
GA: Biden 47, Trump 45
NC: Biden 47, Trump 45
TX: Biden 45, Trump 44

— Ashley Moir (@ashleymoirDC) June 25, 2020

Texas! I want to believe

when do the OANN polls come out

on the one hand, the rapidly deteriorating situation in texas makes the field dates of this poll an unusually bad time for a poll from trump's POV.

on the other hand, tomorrow will be a worse time because of the rapidly deteriorating situation in texas.

Maybe the most deranged rant I've ever heard on Fox News pic.twitter.com/ghKxa5Pr0Z

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) June 26, 2020

L.O.L.

"CNN contributors"

College athletes standing up to their programs and coaches is heartening.

I'm not ready to find out that Nick Saban isn't a complete monster, though.

Tucker Carlson is truly a horrendous shitheel

The guy licks Hitler's anus in his dreams

"He's gonna be your president because some people don't love me, maybe" -- Trump sure sounds resigned to losing to Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/UQTrzJVSXR

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 26, 2020

they're scared

they should be scared, they all deserve to fucking die

Here's the transcript of Trump's response when he was asked what are his top priorities for a second term. pic.twitter.com/XKMawRiXFs

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2020

"Attempts to reach The Gap Band for comment were unsuccessful."

Setting aside he doesn’t have a plan to get things through the senate, is biden on the record about D.C. statehood?

"You don't have to kill people" for July thread title.

"I don't wanna be nice or un-nice" in the middle of a rant about how your opponent lacks eloquence is some uniquely trumpian shit

Self-XP...or "because some people don't love me, maybe" or "I don't wanna be nice or un-nice".

back to that carlson video which i regretfully watched: his point is that if you charge people with terrorism, they are de facto terrorists, so why don't you charge them with terrorism mister president? nothing means anything wheeeeeeeeeeeee

"spend an hour on google and try to find a single leader in the history of the world who stayed in power after failing to quell a rebellion - you can't."

hmm

They're more concerned with arresting and charging people for doing things to statues than they are with cops who kill living breathing black people.

or a lot of other things.

the chyron at the bottom of fucker's commentary is "the people expect a people to respond to a crisis". i saw that last night, without viewing the clip, and thought it might be about covid19, since carlson somehow gained a measure of respect among fox watchers for taking covid19 20% seriously at the beginning, instead of the 0 to 2% rate his fox peers started and ended at

"the people expect a president to respond to a crisis"

jfc

They're more concerned with arresting and charging people for doing things to statues than they are with cops who kill living breathing black people.

This isn't actually a surprise, is it?

maybe if we keep watching tucker carlson clips, he'll advocate for labeling the cops who terrorize black people as domestic terrorists

*stern rectangle fascist tucker face taking up 85% of camera frame*

once we do that, people will stop treating cops with respect, because no one - not even republicans - likes domestic terrorists.

Self-sabotage: a master class at Trump University

Funniest line:

An outside Trump adviser acknowledged that some recent decisions may turn off some voters but said they should cast their ballot based on Trump’s entire record, not just select policies.

Yeah, and...

But a Republican who speaks to Trump said the president is right to push more conservative policies that could lead his base to turn out in November because he was never going to garner significant support from Asian Americans, Hispanics and Black people. “It’s a pipe dream,” the person said. “The way to win is turnout.”

I wonder if the person quoted actually omitted the word "white," or if the reporter generously did it for him.

I feel like I'm going insane every time any republican trots out the "Biden doesn't have the mental acuity to be president" line when their own standard-bearer has a brain comprised entirely of wet napkins.

find a single leader in the history of the world who stayed in power after failing to quell a rebellion

George Wallace? (returned to power)

George III, George VI, Mountbatten, Churchill, Macmillan, Eden, Elisabeth II

God bless the Mad Puffin

Palpatine

I'm so stoked the House bill names us as "Washington, Douglass Commonwealth" instead of the lame "New Columbia" moniker the DC Statehood Commission came up with back in 2016 or whenever.

Apparently the Corona Task Force pressers are starting up again?

I feel like I'm going insane every time any republican trots out the "Biden doesn't have the mental acuity to be president" line when their own standard-bearer has a brain comprised entirely of wet napkins.

accuse your opponent of being/doing what you are/do. John Kerry was an awful soldier yanno. Hilary was corrupt and should have been jailed.

speaking of TLP, Steve Schmidt started Friday happy hour early:

Mike Pence will pray. He believes in the power of prayer not so much as a means to commune with Providence but rather to advance his political agenda. He believes prayer is a “cure” to homosexuality because he believes Gay Americans are less than. He Prays for no deaths in the

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) June 26, 2020

he tears shit up in that thread

dang, he really did!

it's a great thread (except he ends it with the word "architect" as a verb, ivanka style)

The thread I see ends with the word "loved." I hate Twitter and its stupid thread thing so much.

i stopped at "he's a political whore" you aren't missing much

re: that self-sabotage article, i was surprised to see yesterday's filing to repeal obamacare in an election year during a pandemic not mentioned.

"except he ends it with the word "architect" as a verb, ivanka style" I have no idea what ivanka has to do with this phrasing, but 'architect' can be a verb.

It sure can, but it is frowned upon

it's a big ask and you might get summonsed