Can We Try De-Exhuming McCarthy, US Politics July 2021

It may be a joke, but the White House/Tyler Perry thing has been out there:

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/17/facebook-posts/no-image-white-house-rose-garden-event-wasnt-taken/

I am troubled, because Biden (or someone resembling him) appeared at an event in my neighborhood two days ago. Then the streets were closed off and a presidential motorcade came through. Like, there were real helicopters and police motorcycles and limousines with flags on them.

Just goes to show the lengths the establishment will go to keep THE TRUTH from THE PEOPLE. It's astonishing.

And now the Tweet has been removed, by the lying fake news media, to cover up the real truth. Wake up, sheeple! Do your research!

Oh, it's back. Mysterious!

The cabal needed to delete some parts that were only on a need-to-know basis. Duh.

the p stands for pissboy fetch me a coozie https://t.co/dG9aum6iyq pic.twitter.com/AGMaKEc28M

— kilgore trout, terminal hiccups patient (@KT_So_It_Goes) July 27, 2021

Enjoying the collective lols at George P Bush, truly the Charles II of the Bush clan.

"i like ken paxton because he commits crimes while in office. reminds me of me!"

i like ken because we're going to murder people together! more than i would have with george p!

https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/5c4b4108a358ac6e49188fd5/master/w_1920,c_limit/roy-cohn-sundance-film-opener.png

wait, this is a picture of donald trump? (guy on the right) xps

looks like a fun party!

i believe so xp

i was watching Angels in America (still am, only on episode 3) and googling for Trump + Roy Cohn, and that pic came up in some article or another. must be real!!

yeah i found it on vanity fair. i think it is real. he and cohn were apparently close friends in addition to cohn being his lawyer. according to unnamed sources in numerous trump tell-all books, trump still misses cohn and unfavorably compares his lawyers to him. they are "weak" where he was "strong" and a "fighter."

their relationship is pretty fascinating. trump seems to have had very few actual friendships in his life, but one of them was with one of the worst people in american history.

trump seems to have had very few actual friendships in his life, but one of them was with one of the worst people in american history

same with cohn!

Is, uh, anyone following the testimony?

Mitch McConnell isn't, apparently

The cops were moving.

It was pretty powerful stuff. I mean, I knew a lot of these stories, but as one commentator put it, it's one thing to read the descriptions or read testimony or first hand accounts, it's another to hear and see them. And something I have to constantly remind myself is that the vast majority of people don't follow this stuff at all. They have more important things to do. So I would not be surprised if someone that hasn't been following this stuff, or only knew the most basic beats, heard or saw some of this testimony for the first time and came away shocked.

I sure hope you’re right.

I was very pleased that the witnesses described the 'insurrectionists' as <terrorists>. We need more of that.

xpost I don't know what there is to be right about. Mostly it probably just means a handful of Republicans that will feel that much more guilty the next time they vote for another psycho.

Hmmm.

The DOJ has REJECTED a claim by Mo Brooks needed for his bid for immunity from Swalwell’s lawsuit.

Denying Brooks’ claim his Ellipse speech fell within the scope of his employment, DOJ says it was a “campaign activity” and allegedly inciting a riot.

Doc https://t.co/wmEmmO7iNU pic.twitter.com/TqnI0JIr6G

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) July 28, 2021

“Instigating an attack on the United States Capitol would not be within the scope of a Member of Congress’s employment.”

—a real subheading in a @TheJusticeDept memo explaining why @RepMoBrooks shouldn’t have Westfall Act immunity from @RepSwalwell’s suit https://t.co/wmEmmO7iNU pic.twitter.com/7CBxWBFwew

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) July 28, 2021

haha

PELOSI on the backlash to mask mandates: "That's the purview of the Capitol physician...nothing to say except we honor it."

Q: @GOPLeader McCarthy says it's against the science.

PELOSI: "He's such a moron."

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) July 28, 2021

just... lol

NEW: Democrats are trying out a new midterm strategy — blame the GOP for voting to defund the police. And the message is coming directly from Speaker Pelosi’s office https://t.co/xbrin1KtFl

— Akela Lacy (@akela_lacy) July 28, 2021

I just went from “Pelosi, right on” to “Pelosi, whuh”

new: Pelosi has punched a wall

reports are that pelosi is "just really, REALLY hungry", "just needs to get something in her stomach" and maybe take a walk

sometimes I wonder if party leadership will ever come to terms with the fact that the GOP could very literally defund the cops and massively reduce military (to transfer those funds to the privatization of both, obv) all while the Dems fight to triple both… and Blue Lives and America Fuck Yeah idiots AND 100% of white cops/ 85% white trooops are STILL going to vote for Republicans? Like how do they not know this? Or do they know and it’s like “haha this is how we lose, which is sometimes Actually Good, for America (and our donors lol)”

Incidentally, I heard something that implied the DOJ was specifically *not* offering plea deals with many/most of these Jan. 6 assholes, partly to make a point. It's also why they're still arresting people at a steady clip, just to keep it in the news even more as a disincentive to other assholes. Leads to articles like these:

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/restaurant-owners-capitol-riot-arrest-rattles-hometown/

U.S. politics be like pic.twitter.com/hRGtXNmzLH

— Diana Hussein Big Hat (@heyadiana) July 29, 2021

what fresh hell is this?

Simply can not wait for the reams of takes courtesy of the usuals about how primarying Sinema is lowkey misogyny

$20 BILLION in climate funding was cut from the bipartisan deal, affecting:

-EV chargers
-public transit
-electric busses

White House now mum on Biden’s goal of a half-million chargers https://t.co/sUT3WNQUky

— Adam Aton (@AdamAton) July 29, 2021

But hey all the right people are pleased with Sinema.

In ominous sign for Dems, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’s pleased that Sinema won’t support $3.5 trillion infrastructure budget resolution: “I was certainly pleased. She is very courageous.”

— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) July 28, 2021

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-sweat-sinemas-antics

don't sweat the small stuff -- and it's ALL small stuff!!

how much of the stuff that was cut from the bipartisan deal is not now in the proposed non-bipartisan (reconciliation?) bill? is that not yet clear?

Why are Sinema and Collins hanging on Bill Hader in that infrastructure pic?

Meantime, this...is a read.

https://thedispatch.com/p/inside-the-mind-of-mike-lindell

i imagine the mind of mike lindell, knowing that his mind was about to be probed, thinking "don't think about fucking my pillow. don't think about fucking my pillow" a few times, imperatively

Should have smoked some crack to prepare IMO.

Crackhead to IMO

Sinema isn’t just a bad Democrat. She’s a bad Senator. https://t.co/xprrLPYZnZ

— Ezra Levin (@ezralevin) July 30, 2021

Hope she gets primaried into oblivion and I never have to think about her again.

Why does Joe love to punt so much?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/politics/eviction-moratorium-biden-congress.html

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/07/23/texas-democrats-frustrated-president-joe-biden-has-not-agreed-meeting-voting-rights-bills/8058593002/

lol

Today’s Anniversary of Medicare & Medicaid reminds us to reflect on the critical role these programs have played to protect the healthcare of millions of families. To safeguard our future, we must reject Socialist healthcare schemes. https://t.co/mOdUuX7THT

— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) July 30, 2021

Why does Joe love to punt so much?

There's a joke in here about him vying for a Chicago Bears coaching position, but I don't think this is the audience.

puntin' makes him feel good

What was gained: “Bipartisanship”

What was lost: pic.twitter.com/QxjDXiHb1s

— Jamaal Bowman (@JamaalBowmanNY) July 30, 2021

Imaginary outcomes are invariably going to look pretty sweet. Like when you make a comparison between becoming a corpse and going to heaven.

That was super deep, brah.