“It’s a little too quiet” - US Politics February 2021

And will finally be appropriately punished for his wrongdoing, at long last.

Thanks, I needed that laugh this afternoon!

Some (somewhat less conspiracy-minded) Trumpalo FB friends were wetting themselves over this article today. Started reading, but peaced out after a few paragraphs.

https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/

it's good reporting that is framed really weirdly and irresponsibly

That’s why the participants want the secret history of the 2020 election told, even though it sounds like a paranoid fever dream–a well-funded cabal of powerful people, ranging across industries and ideologies, working together behind the scenes to influence perceptions, change rules and laws, steer media coverage and control the flow of information. They were not rigging the election; they were fortifying it. And they believe the public needs to understand the system’s fragility in order to ensure that democracy in America endures.

perfect for conspiracymongers to freak out about

I'm not going to click on that, but here's what I think it's about: the government intentionally allowed covid to spread as a distraction, and when people weren't paying attention they put the calendar on hold, so that it's actually 2020 *right now* but everyone *thinks* it's 2021, and while Biden is complacent in the White House convinced he's in charge, Trump is not only still president but currently running unopposed for reelection.

Was I close?

That's the vibe I was getting. "This isn't what [they] think it is"

XPS

Meanwhile, Always Be Closing:

Parler Wanted Donald Trump On Its Site. Trump’s Company Wanted A Stake. https://t.co/qsdgXrhGbj via @RMac18 & @RosieGray

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) February 5, 2021

I don't know why but the stupid spelling of Parler irks me

Question: could a Democrat-controlled Senate nix the filibuster for a year, and then reinstate it at some later date?

I assumed it’s a play on “to speak”?

xp

"Parlor" already means a place where speaking occurs

well yeah

I thought these would be the people saying Speak English or die so why are they hanging out in a place with a name taken from French?

they went back to eating french fries too

call themselves patriots?

probably would be exactly the people calling them freedom fries, yeah.

there was already a Parlor: Social Talking app

should have gone with Speakeasy/eazy/eazi or some such

Whenever I see parler I immediately think of parkour, and then I immediately think about all these right-wing idiots trying to jump over fire hydrants and getting knocked in the nuts.

Speaknazi

xp

Shitpo

what about Clapper? watch to die immediately

Clapper users are upping their musical tallent pic.twitter.com/kjUJ2TUinP

— Clapper Cringe (@ParlerCringe) February 5, 2021

JFC

i don't feel good

that is very cursed

and the screenshot makes it look like he is baring four man boobs

Total Recall 2: Total Recallerer

I've met with Republicans, there’s some really fine people want to get something done

"Fine people," decent callback there, J-Man

Lou Dobbs literally cancelled.

wait for real?

shelby's not running in 2022

https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/AP-sources-Alabama-senator-has-indicated-he-15928534.php

wow!!

New York (CNN Business)Lou Dobbs, by far the highest-rated host on the Fox Business Network, has just been canned by the network.

Friday night was his final broadcast, a Fox spokesperson told The Los Angeles Times.
Fox representatives did not immediately respond to CNN Business requests for comment, but a source close to Dobbs confirmed that he has been benched by the network.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Dobbs "remains under contract at Fox News but he will in all likelihood not appear on the company's networks again."

nice! fuck you lou dobbs!!

Yes, Dobbs cancelled for real:

Fox News cancels Lou Dobbs' show and is expected to part ways with the pro-Trump host. https://t.co/fXJYQAtboP

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 5, 2021

Also lol

President Biden, in an interview with the “CBS Evening News With Norah O’Donnell,” said former president Donald Trump should not receive intelligence briefings, citing his “erratic behavior unrelated to the insurrection.”

“I just think that there is no need for him to have the intelligence briefings. What value is giving him an intelligence briefing? What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say something?” Biden said when questioned.

ahhaha great news

Lou Dobbs 8pm on Newsmax in 5...4...3...

gotta assume it's related to the Dominion/Instamatic lawsuits

shelby's not running in 2022

any irredeemable idiot asshole former Alabama coaches want to jump on that? that way they have a true 'split delegation', ALabama-style

Does Bear Bryant have any dipshit grandchildren?

According to the Los Angeles Times, Dobbs "remains under contract at Fox News

Lou Dobbs 8pm on Newsmax in 5...4...3...

That depends in part on how his FOX contract is written.

calling it: within a decade every state in the SEC will have at least one former Division I football coach serving in the US senate

Dobbs will still remain under contract at Fox News but is not expected to appear on any of its networks again, according to the Times.

The best paid public employees are coaches, so it makes sense that they should lead us politically as well

and you know what? i'm sick of everyone making me feel bad for it, so i don't give a shit anymore. i'll say it:

I LOVE COACH

i'm going to write a poem for coach, hold on

Jerry Van Dyke criminally underrated

coach

who remained calm on 4th and long?
coach. coach was calm.

john: who carried on until dawn on the lawn, don?
don: coach. coach carried on, john.

we made the predictions, but coach made the calls
i love you so much coach

xers r like

https://www.everplans.com/sites/default/files/styles/750wide/public/coach-cheers-750.jpg

You know, man, when I was a young man in high school
You believe in or not, that I wanted to vote for the coach
And all those older guys
They said that he was mean and cruel but you know
I wanted to vote for the coach
They said I was a little too lightweight to run and so I'm voting
Wanted to vote for the coach
'Cause, you know some day, man you gotta stand up straight unless you're gonna fall
Then you're going to die
And the straightest dude I ever knew was standing right for me, all the time
So I had to vote for the coach
And I wanted to vote for the coach