US Politics September 2023 - education-getting, income-having, Bible-readin church-goin MOTHERF*****

Were they drunk too?

btw the kicker is that this was on valentines day and the movie was Deadpool

"oh, I can go to the movies alone tonight and I'm sure this one won't be busy because it's not really a couples movie"

ten minutes later:
"I have made a critical mistake"

😖

Isn't Wisconsin where the state legislature is trying to impeach the new Supreme Court justice before she decides a single case or does, well, anything?

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, September 15, 2023 2:57 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

There is a lot of talk, but so far no action, about this. At least one R Assembly member has come out against it. The real devious fuckery is they want to impeach but not try her, so her seat will not be able to be filled by appointment by the governor, who is a D.

Texas AG and genuine criminal Ken Paxton acquitted on all charges in his impeachment trial.

I just saw that. Cleared by the state Senate. I am shocked, shocked.

I believe the criminal indictments are still pending.

I have been told many times that Texas has laws, but I remain unconvinced.

They do have one, the law of the boot on the neck.

I'm weirdly surprised by this even though I shouldn't be. What a bunch of bullshit.

https://x.com/atrupar/status/1703403198067732940?s=46&t=z1egexpHAtHcPPxgbp4Hrw

"I have been told many times that Texas has laws, but I remain unconvinced.'

This story seems like something out of a Billy Jack movie.

https://www.insider.com/coffee-city-texas-speed-trap-shuts-down-entire-police-force-2023-9

if you want to see some truly nutty townlines, google maps Coffee City

There is a region of wackadoodle fly-by-night municipalities in St. Louis County (Mo.) near the airport.

Places where, like, the mayor is also the chief of police, and happens to also own a strip club, and the city council is made up of his two brothers and a dog.

Anyway my ex-brother-in-law got into serious legal trouble in one of these places - drunk driving, totaled car.

But by the time he was supposed to show up to court the town's government had dissolved in acrimony, the two people who ran the town weren't on speaking terms, and all record of the case had somehow vanished.

Will Hunter go to prison ?https://t.co/NszkOpKUQV

— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) September 18, 2023

who's Will Hunter

Matt Damon?

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1703767304813641728/AVGFz7V-?format=jpg&name=large

He looks like a South Park or Rick and Morty character or something like that. California Raisin?

Anyway, this story was really well written, I thought, and heartbreaking. Should be a gift link:

https://wapo.st/45SQq7V

Her students reported her for a lesson on race. Can she trust them again?

Mary Wood’s school reprimanded her for teaching a book by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Now she hopes her bond with students can survive South Carolina’s politics.

"Class, some of your had a problem with our last book. I hope you like our new text better."

https://yesterdaysmuse.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2312507.jpg?auto=webp&v=1644904725

Dershowitz' mouth indistinguishable from an asshole

https://static1.colliderimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/pan-s-labyrinth-guillermo-del-toro.jpg?q=50&fit=contain&w=480&h=&dpr=1.5

Dershowitz' mouth indistinguishable from an asshole

― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm

hey now I've fucked plenty of puckier mouths

I don't try to make too much fun of anyone's appearance, but I'm often reminded that our species only very recently got to get that fucking old

Calling all teen girls!

I dress like you predict https://t.co/TDScsGCi2k

— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) September 18, 2023

God, I hope he stays healthy (Fetterman, not Dershowitz)

If shitting on nate silver is what fetterman has to do for his mental health then i think nate-o is just going to have to accept that

Short shameful confession: Right now this Federal government contractor would welcome a government shutdown. But this definitely falls under "Be Careful What You Wish For."

https://i.imgur.com/Oqa0Aly.gif

Given his current trajectory, I'm half expecting Nate Silver to show up on Trump's legal team.

It's pretty fun to watch Fetterman joyfully murk these people who have been calling him Brain Dead for the past year

keep in mind these people think he's a body double because he uhhh....grew a moustache

I like Fetterman but that's kind of a weak burn -- predicting is in fact the thing that Silver is authentically good at, and should probably have stuck to!

i have no idea what equivalences are also lemme interpret this poll 4 u

I like Fetterman but that's kind of a weak burn -- predicting is in fact the thing that Silver is authentically good at, and should probably have stuck to!

paywalled

that Fetterman tweet is very odd tbh

tbf I think Fetterman was getting really sick of seeing the false equivalencies between his clothing and Boebert's whole thing, at least he responded in a kinda funny way

It's all very moist in DC right now:

Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.) lamented the time that he said was being wasted over a proposal that the Senate is almost certain to dramatically change. House Freedom Caucus members and other hard-right holdouts were focusing too much on the initial part of the budget negotiations, he said.

“Another aggravation with me in my own party is that we get caught up in the moment. And we’re not very good at thinking two or three moves from now,” Womack said. “You can’t claim victory on something that has no chance of becoming law. And I have likened it to wetting oneself. … You get a warm feeling that nobody knows.”

Yeah, I don't really get it on a joke level. Assuming it's intended as a burn, is Fetterman saying that he dresses poorly? That Nate Silver predicts casually?

Given his current trajectory, I'm half expecting Nate Silver to show up on Trump's legal team.

― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, September 19, 2023 9:43 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

I found this Silver post about his personal politics insightful (if not surprising):
https://www.natesilver.net/p/not-everyone-who-disagrees-with-you

I'm not really interested in the defense of Fetterman's burn, I just thought it was a tossed-off joke implying that Silver predicts like Fetterman is accused of dressing - sloppily and lazily.

I'm pretty sure Fetterman is saying he dresses poorly. He made a similar jab at DeSantis

I dress like he campaigns https://t.co/IXgGmIRNb4

— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) September 18, 2023

It's not that funny, but I do enjoy even the most minor dunks on Silver.

Ron DeSantis, bringing thoughtfulness and dignity back to political discourse.

he's still going

I figure if I take up vaping and grabbing the hog during a live musical, they'll make me a folk hero. https://t.co/Tx6wTbWalJ

— Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) September 19, 2023

that one was pretty good.

I was hoping for endless variants on the dress thing

"You play quarterback like I dress"

"You pre-heat your ovens like I dress"

"You give stock advice like I dress"

I kinda want him to never stop dunking on these people, even if it’s only mid-level funny