US Politics, October 2018: next week will be even longer

but he's so fluffy

https://i.imgur.com/qKyycSA.jpg

lol. he should also be in prison for defrauding Medicare

let's end this

Human existence, you mean? I'm game.

This is good: https://www.vox.com/2018/10/23/18004478/hack-gap-explained

is there a media criticism thread? so much of our current agony is directly related to the neverending stream of bullshit that we have to wade through in order to locate pieces of the truth. i have no idea how to "fix" it, or if it can be fixed.

Now two days in a row. Happening all over again. pic.twitter.com/r1RYRnbF0n

— Mark Copelovitch (@mcopelov) October 23, 2018

Used to be a popular NYT thread, but that seems to have been exhausted.

not limited to NYT by any means, though. i just mean the current media landscape, fox, breitbart, nyt, talk radio, garbage local news from sinclair, megyn kelly on msnbc, everything

man why do Democrats keep acting like violent thugs omg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-24/ap-newsalert-bomb-found-at-home-of-hillary-and-bill-clinton-in-new-york-city-suburb?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=business&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-politics&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business

re: media criticism, this is currently the lead story on Fox Breitbart oh wait no it's CNN:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/24/politics/donald-trump-midterms-immigration-oval-office/index.html

can't seem to get myself unstuck from this phrase in particular:

Trump's virtuoso flexing of his significant but often diabolical political skills
Trump's virtuoso flexing of his significant but often diabolical political skills
Trump's virtuoso flexing of his significant but often diabolical political skills
Trump's virtuoso flexing of his significant but often diabolical political skills
Trump's virtuoso flexing of his significant but often diabolical political skills

theyve intercepted one for obama too

Chuck Schumer is hoping someone yells at Ben Sasse at an Applebee's so he can denounce both at once. https://t.co/dp1emdz7Oo

— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) October 24, 2018

Be careful of an Obama "bomb" to win election! Would be a horrible thing to do.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 26, 2012

CNN mailroom in NY also received a bomb.

Here's the moment CNN had to handoff to DC and evacuate Time Warner Center in New York pic.twitter.com/TUtnWrss9z

— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) October 24, 2018

I guess the upside here is whoever's sending these out doesn't seem to be any kind of tactical genius.

the soros false flag machine is working around the clock on these huh

Literally just overheard people I’m training in southern Indiana debating the Soros conspiracy

fucking hell

evacuating a building live on tv because you got a bomb likely from the same yahoo that mailed bombs to the clintons and george soros

2018 is fake, this is the mirror universe, i hate it

xxp oh yeah, every comment thread on Twitter is inundated with batshit right wingers who are certain this is a psyop by liberals, aided by the FBI/CIA, to gain sympathy prior to the midterms.

imagine if the left had a fraction of the psycho terrorist gusto that the right has

anybody else read Buda's Wagon? suggested.

xp

https://frinkiac.com/gif/S04E21/885867/890672.gif?b64lines=

I've been meaning to read some Mike Davis for a long time! xp

lol eliza

I'm guessing the NYT mail room will be terrified right now.

I've been meaning to read some Mike Davis for a long time! xp

― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, October 24, 2018 2:46 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

(i am kind of joking in invoking it but only kind of)

Mrs Justice Ginni is on the case

A photo of bloodied law enforcement officers from 2012 was used to make false claims about the migrant caravan. Here’s Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, helping spread it: https://t.co/03omMOnwPS pic.twitter.com/2bqji6TwwH

— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) October 23, 2018

wtf is wrong with these people

NYT swaps out its kicker without explanation. https://t.co/GUGcQsad6H pic.twitter.com/7ojrT5KG0z

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 24, 2018

gotta "both sides" it somehow

meanwhile

Unbelievable -- a Fox News segment fear-mongering about the 'left-wing mob' and 'incivility' toward Mitch McConnell at a restaurant was interrupted by breaking news coverage of a string of bombs sent to prominent Democrats pic.twitter.com/UKZogGKHHA

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2018

speaking on both sides:

CLARIFICATION: At this time the Secret Service has intercepted TWO suspicious packages - one in NY and one in D.C. Reports of a third intercepted package addressed to the WH are incorrect. We refer media to our statement: https://t.co/lJdTn04KmI

— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) October 24, 2018

i dunno if 'unbelievable' is the first descriptor i'd reach for in this case tbh xp

I saw this too and was like wtf:

this is how NYT is covering Clinton bomb scare. pic.twitter.com/kn2a8wVGct

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 24, 2018

NEW: @AaronKatersky reports a suspicious explosive device addressed to @NYGovCuomo.

— WBEN NewsRadio 930AM (@NewsRadio930) October 24, 2018

eh maybe don't rush so fast to stop that one

We condemn the attempted attacks against fmr Pres Obama, the Clintons, @CNN & others. These cowardly actions are despicable & have no place in this Country. Grateful for swift response of @SecretService, @FBI & local law enforcement. Those responsible will be brought to justice.

— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) October 24, 2018

love how everyone has to capitalize Country now

just sitting here anticipating the "liberal" media going full-on fascist in oh about 2.5 years

wow a rote boilerplate condemnation feels like a gasp of air, holy shit

the CNN bomb apparently addressed to John Brennan, MSNBC contributor

literal bombs dropping in last minute of election cycle lol

This is frightening. Whoever is sending these must be a doofus, but only one has to get through

well to be fair to the GOP it's probably bad strategy to full on embrace the bombers and elevate them to cabinet positions on the eve of the midterms.

How does a post office employee not stare you down when you walk up with some heavy boxes addressed to people like Soros, the Clintons, Obama, to get them stamped and sent off?

I'm not particularly frightened. This seems like a re-run of the anthrax scare. also Obama and Clinton aren't in office and either of them got it the martyrdom and resulting shift in political landscape would be pretty immediate (if not long-lasting). dgaf about Cuomo or CNN tbh.

cuomo probably started the rumor himself so he could look important

#metoo

#BREAKING: Sunrise Police Department confirms an office building has been evacuated due to suspicious package in the mail. It’s the same building where the office of U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is located. @CBS4Ted is live at noon.

— CBS4 Miami (@CBSMiami) October 24, 2018

"The packages all have a return address belonging to a prominent democratic official (we are not naming that person at this time in the investigation)."

lemme guess Maxine Waters?

oh shit -- Sunrise is about 30 minutes northwest of me.

oh no it's gotta be Bernie

according to Chris Riotta on twitter, at least two packages had return labels from Debbie Wasserman Schultz