“I can hear those champagne bottle corks popping in Moscow — like it’s Christmas every fucking day": US Politics, February 2024

Judge Cannon just ordered that by tomorrow February 10, Jack Smith provide Trump with information about the death threats against a confidential witness in the Mar-A-Lago document case which Cannon previously allowed Jack Smith to file ex parte (meaning Trump can’t see it) and under seal (meaning the public can’t see it) as part of his motion for reconsideration

Smith will certainly file a response to this. Meanwhile, this could further delay the doc trial

How did RFK Jr get an ad on the Super Bowl?

With right-wing dark money.

Time for a Sirhan Sirhan pardon

apparently the guy who founded LimeWire is behind the PAC that paid for that RFK Jr. Super Bowl ad

— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) February 12, 2024

Did he pay for Kanye’s ad too?

All of these people need to meet Mr Choppy

yeah i always joke that ‘pretty soon it’s yr own head in the basket,’ but many of these sv money types seem so worth it

if you step back it’s the same weird anti-vax group (pre-Covid!) with a through line. The people saying a measles vaccine gives you autism

This is a real tweet from the Biden team:

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ccrabc6xdnjx4l7btvynnng4/bafkreibdxktca3hfbuuemtksfkwremsfc6kf23kscmiixp4dxdrbtcn4ue@jpeg

is Biden a Chiefs fan?? if so pretty funny I must say

He's just excited for Len Dawson to get a ring.

2020 democratic primaries teens Alaska

(**ahem**) I meant to say the Gravel teens have grownup jobs now.

some people on social media getting weird about football celebrations. rowdy tailgate culture is queer, too, as far as I know. not my scene but a bunch of queer women and broskis slamming beers in a parking lot and maybe going to the game is something I see pictures of online all the time, friends and friends of friends. scolds who don’t know lesbians chugging 10 - 15 cans of coors and hollering

again, not my scene but I respect it

(**ahem**) I meant to say the Gravel teens have grownup jobs now.

Actually (this is true) the woman who used to run the official New Jersey Twitter account now runs Biden's.

Real queers don’t drink Coors

It’s also super cool that the Biden team is putting out dumbass memes about a barbaric game while helping Israel bomb the shit out of a civilian population.

Senile Murderer 2024!

I’m loving the right wing’s current “everything is gay except tanning your balls” moment

xxp fair, I didn't want to ponder whether it's actually natty light

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apologized to his family members after a super PAC backing his independent bid for the White House aired a commercial during the Super Bowl on Sunday night.

“I’m so sorry if the Super Bowl advertisement caused anyone in my family pain. The ad was created and aired by the American Values Super PAC without any involvement or approval from my campaign. FEC rules prohibit Super PACs from consulting with me or my staff. I love you all. God bless you,” Kennedy Jr. wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

American Values 2024 ran a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl that heavily relied on imagery from former President John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign. PAC co-chair Tony Lyons confirmed to The Hill that the ad, which appeared just before the halftime show, cost $7 million.

Despite Kennedy’s apology and his claim that his campaign was not involved, the ad remained pinned to the top of his X profile as of Monday morning.

"American Values PAC"

RFK Jr. looks like he's wearing a RJK Jr. mask

What a fucking disgrace.

When after all, it was you and me

American Values Super PAC didn't need to run focus groups to figure out RFK Jr's only political asset. The only question is what political result the PAC's financial backers are trying to produce.

RFK's ideas are so nonsensical that the ad probably did a better job of explaining his appeal than he ever could

he also sounds like he just ate a bucket full of gravel so whatever ads they do for this guy they can't feature him actually talking

Very fitting for this month's thread title

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY): “Open the champagne, pop the cork! The Senate Democrat leader and the Republican leader are on their way to Kyiv! … They’re taking your money to Kyiv! They didn’t have much time — really no time and no money — to do anything about our border.” pic.twitter.com/sKxe5m13zb

— The Recount (@therecount) February 12, 2024

Next time, I hope his neighbor kills him.

idk it's kind of nice when one of the Paul family plays the hits

not any tune I like, but feigning non-interventionism is one of their classics

I’ve even more glad than ever that I didn’t watch the Super Bowl.

If our thread titles are going to be so prescient, I suggest we use our power for evil next month.

"I can't fuckin believe Trump, McConnell, Paul, Gohmert, Boebert, MJG, Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barrett all drowned when their cruise ship sank. March 2024"

"RIP Donald Trump: US Politics, March 2024"

lol xp

lol sleeve

Triangle of Happiness

I don't know if Travis Kelce belongs here or in the labor action thread or what, but the ginned-up freakout about him yelling at his coach I think has a very specific motive, separate from Taylor Swift or anti-vax stuff — they really hate to see an employee yell at a boss and get away with it.

RFK trying hard to be king of the failsons

"Donald Failson" has potential as a display name

this is probably good news for the the democratic candidate (an insane right winger, but less right wing than the republican) in the santos special election.

So far turnout in NY-03 is very low —“nothing” is the exact quote— Queens turnout is a quarter of 2022 by 10 am and Nassau even lower, I’m told.

Still snowing on LI but should be better later so it could change but it’s looking like an old fashioned snow day, schools all out ❄️

— Jacqueline Sweet (@JSweetLI) February 13, 2024

Long Island can't be fixed, only endured.

How is Anthony Devolder polling?

kinda weird to hear this was his seat it feels like Santos was kicked out of Congress like 2 years ago

Shoveled out at 8am to go vote (against Pilip). Very few people were there (Nassau County).

the folly of Rand Paul's bloviating about 'pallets of cash to Ukraine' is that he knows as well as anyone: most of that money will remain in the U.S. and will be spent on weapons OR will be spent purchasing munitions from NATO members to transfer to Ukraine, and then they'll order more; there are no 'pallets of cash'. Likewise for Israel & Taiwan

This is the military-industrial complex that Eisenhower warned about, and why it's likely that this package will pass, despite the protestations of the 'freedom caucus' idiots. Bring home the pork

WTF.. pure theater

House Republicans on Tuesday narrowly secured a historic vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, rallying GOP members after a first failed effort.

Yeah, but it's like community theater put on by people who wanted desperately to be actors but suck at it, acting out a play written by August Strindberg's younger brother, September.

Johnson wanted to score a 'win' to secure his speakership, even if it's purely symbolic

Now that he has something to crow about, they might drop opposition to the Ukraine funding

Do an impeachment for each bipartisan bill, seems like a solid plan. Of course Trump will shit all over funding Ukraine either way.