So are the Republicans gonna do what they did in I forget which state, and hold a late-night lame-duck session to strip the governor's office of all its powers (to be reinstated the minute there's a Republican in there, of course)?
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 22:49 (four years ago) link
The only Democrat who filed to run against Sen. Tom Cotton dropped out of the race just hours after filing deadline - https://t.co/qRHEy7X0ln— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) November 12, 2019
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 November 2019 22:56 (four years ago) link
that was Virginia and iirc it failed?
xp
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 23:03 (four years ago) link
it was Wisconsin and I'm still pissed about it
― frogbs, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 23:09 (four years ago) link
ah, right thx
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 23:21 (four years ago) link
and North Carolina
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 23:23 (four years ago) link
Genuinely thought that said John Mahoney
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 23:24 (four years ago) link
ah North Carolina must've been what I was thinking of, it was one of those "purple" southern states
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 23:37 (four years ago) link
Speaking of NC, the terrible idiot 36 year old man-child who just got elected to head the state board of education a few years ago has now decided to run for lieutenant governor. In his announcement today he professed that working in state government has allowed him to witness “the deep state of state bureaucracy” up close.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 01:37 (four years ago) link
By which I guess he means me, reading Tom Scocca’s tweets and posting in this thread while at work.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 01:39 (four years ago) link
I want to use deep state as a boogie monster substitute to belittle right-wing political appointees who can’t get anything done. “Oh, did the deep state getcha? Awww.”
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 02:01 (four years ago) link
Impeachment scheduling alert: Senate Intel Chairman Richard Burr says trial will last for "6 to 8 weeks." It will run for 6 days a week, from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m., a big chunk of time for senators also running for president hoping to be in IA, NH or anywhere but DC in Dec/Jan/Feb.— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) November 12, 2019
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 02:19 (four years ago) link
V predictable
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 03:22 (four years ago) link
Who needs Disney+?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 03:24 (four years ago) link
HAIL SATAN
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 03:28 (four years ago) link
I m doronk
Me fore persidetn
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 03:29 (four years ago) link
Beto picked the wrong time to drop out.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 04:06 (four years ago) link
aren't IA and NH voters already armed with sufficient information to vote
― grebbmoolb (crüt), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 04:33 (four years ago) link
really hate Nikki Haley
― Dan S, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 04:44 (four years ago) link
i really hate her now, that's for sure.
― and i approve this message (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 04:49 (four years ago) link
sameNikki Haley and that eyepatch motherfucker and like Tom Cotton are going to be running the show within 8 years fml
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 04:50 (four years ago) link
Cotton has the charisma of tapioca, I’m not worried about him. Eyepatch seems especially fucking stupid but that’s hardly been an impediment to the party lately.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 05:22 (four years ago) link
I hope Cotton dies on the fuckin toilet and someone photographs it
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 06:35 (four years ago) link
agree that Tom Cotton seems so uncharismatic it's hard to see him as much of a threat
― Dan S, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 07:59 (four years ago) link
Good morning!
Well before Representative Peter King announced that he would retire next year, enough evidence existed that his prospects for re-election on Long Island as a Republican were narrowing.
Like so many suburban areas around the country, Long Island is undergoing a profound political shift, a transformation evident in the voter rolls, in the county seats, in recent election tallies and in census data.
Democrats now outnumber Republicans on Long Island, a once unthinkable development in a traditional conservative stronghold where voters backed every Republican presidential candidate, bar two, from 1900 to 1988.
Last year’s midterm elections saw Democrats capture six of the island’s nine State Senate seats, helping the party gain control of that legislative body for only the third time in the last 50 years.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 11:23 (four years ago) link
sub in that yale kid who beat McCaskill for Cotton
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 12:46 (four years ago) link
Is it too early to take a shot of everclear every time Nunes said "Steele dossier"?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
I really hate Devin Nunes
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 15:28 (four years ago) link
this is gonna be hours and hours of the GOP attacking Dems & whining about partisanship and never once addressing the actual allegations
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
not to mention the fact that Trump and his administration admitted to everything the whistleblower said lmao
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
This is already fascinating. The GOP is going to ask exclusively conspiracy theory-based questions, and the Dems will draw on facts.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
I feel like you could not understand a single word Nunes said unless you've watched 1000 hours of Fox News
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
Nothing mutes a signal like some noise, eh.
― Yul, Tied: A Celebration of Brynner in Bondage (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:11 (four years ago) link
xp similarly I’m afraid Fox viewers have no idea what Schiff and these witnesses are talking abt
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
These people are truly sick.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
tbf there is literally zero defense for this, there already has been a ton of damning testimony & admissions from Trump's own people, they can't even pull the "but what if a DIFFERENT guy raped you" defense
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
I mean
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJQ99j-XkAAF0DR.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJQ99j9XUAA0Eg5.jpg
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
apparently mike scott led me astray re: the pronunciation of kiev
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:34 (four years ago) link
xo that’s nauseating
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
zing touched! “xp”but also, xo
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
apparently mike scott led me astray re: the pronunciation of kiev― mookieproof, Wednesday, November 13, 2019 10:34 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― mookieproof, Wednesday, November 13, 2019 10:34 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
I've seen some people point out that U.S. diplomats have shifted to the Ukrainian pronunciation; the Ukrainian spelling (which is gradually becoming more accepted in the West) is Kyiv.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
suspect you're gonna hear the word "damning" a lot today, Taylor basically laid out an hour by hour recap of all the crimes Trump committed
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
hope william taylor is an expert on how the hacking of the DNC was actually done by ukraine, not russia, and was masterminded by the democrats, before the election, in order to make trump look bad later, because they knew he would win...hunter biden was involved
because he's about to get 45 minutes straight of questions about it
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
triple hearsay, you say
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
My suspicion that if anything about this goes viral it isn't going to be from the Dems' side of questioning, it's going to be one of the witnesses slapping down Nunes a la "have you at long last no sense of decency sir"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
While they have him under oath, they should also ask about the loch ness monster and the lunar landing, just to get that stuff cleared up.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
Lol i just got the waterboys joke some deep big music synapses
― and i approve this message (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
In the transcripts, a lot of witnesses reacted to GOP conspiracy batshitery with head scratching, iirc.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
The Dem's interlocutor apparently has a lot of experience prosecuting organized crime.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link