Lady G Shook the Covid Tree - August 2021 US Politics Thread

could be. or maybe Cuomo is a legit vampire and JR is in his thrall?

careful out there James

*from the direction of the u.s. supreme court, the soft sounds of blood and other liquids oozing out of ancient justice's bodies can be faintly heard dripping onto the hardwood floors. the floors are easier to clean this way. some of justices believe that the floors are kept hardwood for this reason - to make it easier to clean up their failing body, the liquids trying to escape from the host.*

"looooooooooool we're all fucking old too, except for the federalist society wing! loooooooool"

CNN reported this morning that Trump's audience at the Sat. Alabama rally "stopped in mid-cheer" when he spoke favorably about vaccination (guess when they first heard the word, thought he would go negatatory)--- subsequent mention of outright booing---

So then, in footage, he was like, "We all have the freedom to chose, that's great, but I'm just sayin'"--for how long? CNN also showed Hannity backing down, after previously having said, "I believe in the science behind it" etc. (CNN also pouncing on actual Fox corporate policy, and control room masked up while talking heads rant vs. masks and vax)

careful out there James

There is/has been a lot of digital content at the post that doesn't make it into the dead tree print edition, mostly commentary. That's why it confused me for a while to see that mustache prog guy (Weigl?) described as a Post writer, he's mever in the "paper" edition I read. (I like getting newsprint on my hands).

I don't think there's any Post content that is only in the dead tree but not online.

must amuse myself while coasting toward death

^^New Borad Description?

^seconded

.@TheProspect has learned that "several" of the nine conservative House Democrats who insisted to Nancy Pelosi that they would not vote for a budget resolution without a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure package first have flipped. There are no longer 9 Dem holdouts.

— David Dayen (@ddayen) August 22, 2021

.@BernieSanders just sent an extensive email to his list explaining why he’s hitting the road at the end of this coming week. pic.twitter.com/uusdmeE3Uj

— mike casca (@cascamike) August 22, 2021

good lord, i thought that said "hitting the end of the road" and my heart stopped for a second

It meant he's covering Boyz II Men cover band.

let's let bygones be begones and have FUN out on the campaign trail this year!!

Dear White House staff, please share the below polling to @POTUS. He said he had not seen it yet. https://t.co/dW09nTjQeX

— Bo Erickson CBS (@BoKnowsNews) August 22, 2021

These fucking dweebs

Am I right to be mildly concerned that this Elder fuck might actually take over California? Or are the Dems just finally getting out the message that they actually need people to not sit this one out?

I was thinking it would probably be the dumbest and therefore most likely result that he wins with 17% of the vote and then Feinstein remembers that she had been meaning to retire all year.

That would require Feinstein's memory to be operating.

everyone I know is alarmed that Elder might win. I don't believe California voters will allow that happen.

Feinstein is not going to retire in any case

Newsom will squeak it. Nobody in the california Democratic Party will learn anything from this waste of a year.

But yes you’re right to be concerned. It looks like it’s going to be close.

https://t.co/Tu1CgUP77K pic.twitter.com/UrT1Tckt3D

— Senator Joe Manchin (@Sen_JoeManchin) August 23, 2021

Senator Joe is mad that the House is playing by his rules.

from the same rally on saturday where a few people booed trump for advising people to get vaccinated, mo brooks also ran into trouble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr9ZxQsggbM

“There are some people who are despondent about the voter fraud and election theft in 2020,” Brooks said. “Folks, put that behind you. Put that behind you.”

“Yes. Look forward. Look forward. Look forward,” Brooks said as the crowd declined to yield and boos continued to ring out. “Beat them in 2022. Beat them in 2024.”

Ultimately, Brooks was chastened, and he walked it back.

“All right, well, look back at it, but go forward and take advantage of it,” he said. But the crowd was still unhappy.

a little voice inside my head said /
well, look back at it but go forward and take advantage of it

but the crowd was still unhappy

by the end of the rally, mo brooks and trump led the cheering crowd backward in time, back to the stolen election, then back before coronavirus destroyed his presidency, then back to the other election he lost in 2016, then back to the golden years of birtherism, then straight back to antebellum south, back to where they were last happy

a new favorite for the GOP 2024 ticket has emerged

https://thesocietypages.org/thickculture/files/2010/02/6a00d8341c86cc53ef011571496b54970b-800wi.jpg

lol sorry hueg

oh shit, they're still going backward in time! now it's back before the mayflower, and they're eating raw onions while dying of the plague! go go go go!

oh shit, now it makes sense. they were wanting to go back to the crusades. well, fuck

I would like very much for republicans to seethe endlessly about the 2020 election and forget that there are more of them approaching. That would be a really spectacular turn of events. They're clearly just gagging to die horrible, preventable deaths so any stupid thing is possible.

lulz

https://www.salon.com/2021/08/23/arizona-audit-report-delayed-by-cyber-ninjas-covid-outbreak/

We Got Nothin' (except Covid-19)

coronavirus: welcome to the resistance

The #SpaceForce received the 2021 Space Achievement Award from the @SpaceFoundation at the 36th #SpaceSymposium. #TeamSpace #36Spacehttps://t.co/smcNr8dGDm pic.twitter.com/fISwftw2Fn

— United States Space Force (@SpaceForceDoD) August 24, 2021

Space

how high can you go

must click through the link for maximum spaceage:

Space Foundation News
Space Foundation Honors US Space Force With 2021 Space Achievement Award
Written by: Space Foundation Editorial Team

In Its Second Year, the US Space Force Has Successfully Established the World’s First Independent Space Force

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — June 23, 2021 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization founded in 1983 for the global space ecosystem, today announced the U.S. Space Force (USSF) as the recipient of the 2021 Space Achievement Award.

Did Space Force celebrate their space victory with a round of space shakes, I wonder

everybody get up, it's time to slam now

c’mon, the space force shouldn’t be eligible for the space award, that’s hardly fair.

Take it up with the space judge

Forget it, Jake. It's Space.

increasingly isolated! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/24/susan-wild-josh-gottheimer-house-democrats-infrastructure/

imagine how increasingly isolated the squad will be if they ever try this stuff

They should try it in space and maybe get a space award out of it.

There's a space guy in the Senate right? Maybe he can talk about his isolation.

no idea what's going on at this point

Pelosi wouldn’t even give moderates a fig leaf; they got “a clarification.”

Congrats to all involved! Josh Gottheimer really won this round! https://t.co/yVyg6fzniX

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) August 24, 2021

If this is true, then there will be no reconciliation bill and Biden's presidency is effectively finished https://t.co/fuDOtVy0d5

— Will Stancil (@whstancil) August 24, 2021

(see thread on that second one)

I think Stancil is misreading what is going on

hstancil, so much to answer for

Lol