and yet they will win, because they are undead
― Take Me Down to the Pentagon City... (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 29 July 2022 16:01 (one year ago) link
just remembered this. great stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxfEz1GlBsw
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 29 July 2022 16:10 (one year ago) link
Problem is the GOP are really good at making sure their boots are still on the necks of the disenfranchised while they stab themselves in the neck.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 July 2022 16:14 (one year ago) link
Yeah I am not cool with "both sides"-ing shit right now. Yeah I guess you could say that both sides have extremes. One side wants to kill people out of sheer spite, the other side kinda hopes you will say some different words sometimes. Yep, that's totally the same. Both sides, whatabout, etc.
― your marshmallows may vary (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 29 July 2022 18:33 (one year ago) link
cool
Biden administration authorizes completion of the Trump-funded U.S.-Mexico border wall in an open area of southern Arizona near Yuma, where four wide gaps make it among the busiest corridors for illegal crossings. https://t.co/XUkmYOggev— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 29, 2022
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 July 2022 18:43 (one year ago) link
Whining about Senate betrayal is so funny because who do they think gives a shit? Even the GOP's base isn't going to hate Democrats 1% more because they tricked Cornyn et al..
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 29 July 2022 18:46 (one year ago) link
idk, the latest conservative line that's been popping up over the last 48 hours is that Trump happened because the press and democrats were mean to Mitt Romney, so they certainly have the potential to hone in on the mildest of grievances and whine endlessly about it
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 29 July 2022 18:56 (one year ago) link
xp right. overall approval among your voters goes up when you pass things, even if those things are unpopular with those voters! i don't think overall approval goes up when you tattle that CHIPS was passed unfairly. most people don't know what CHIPS is.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 29 July 2022 19:12 (one year ago) link
overall approval among your voters goes up when you pass things, even if those things are unpopular with those voters!
e.g. iirc 2017 tax cuts were and are incredibly unpopular, but their passing was the high point in trump's approval?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 29 July 2022 19:14 (one year ago) link
gab, the social media network for nazis, has started running ads on their platform. but who would pay to advertise their products & services on a website for white nationalists, antisemites, and aspiring mass shooters? well...— molly conger (@socialistdogmom) July 29, 2022
Ad-Based Gab for August thread title.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 July 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link
they certainly have the potential to hone in on the mildest of grievances and whine endlessly about it
Like my conservative friend who is still so mad about the “cover up” of Hunter’s laptop.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 July 2022 21:34 (one year ago) link
Russian government officials requested that a former colonel from the country’s domestic spy agency who was convicted of murder in Germany last year be added to the US’ proposed swap of a notorious arms dealer for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, multiple sources familiar with the discussions told CNN....The request was seen as problematic for several reasons, the sources told CNN, among them that Krasikov remains in German custody. As such, and because the request was not communicated formally but rather through the FSB backchannel, the US government did not view it as a legitimate counter to the US’ offer which was first revealed by CNN on Wednesday.But underscoring how determined the Biden administration has been to get Griner and Whelan back to the US, US officials did make quiet inquiries to the Germans about whether they might be willing to include Krasikov in the trade, a senior German government source told CNN. A US official characterized the outreach as a status check on Krasikov.The conversations were never elevated to the top levels of the German government and including Krasikov in a potential trade has not been seriously considered, the German source said. But the previously unreported discussions reveal that Russian officials have at least somewhat engaged with the US’ proposal....Asked for comment, a State Department official told CNN that “In order to preserve the best opportunity for a successful outcome, we’re not going to comment publicly on any speculation.”...Multiple sources told CNN that even if it is not Krasikov, the Russians will likely demand two prisoners be released in exchange for Griner and Whelan. Russian government officials have indicated publicly in recent weeks that they want to see the release of Bout and Roman Seleznev, a convicted hacker currently serving a 27-year sentence in the US.
The conversations were never elevated to the top levels of the German government and including Krasikov in a potential trade has not been seriously considered, the German source said. But the previously unreported discussions reveal that Russian officials have at least somewhat engaged with the US’ proposal.
...Asked for comment, a State Department official told CNN that “In order to preserve the best opportunity for a successful outcome, we’re not going to comment publicly on any speculation.”
...Multiple sources told CNN that even if it is not Krasikov, the Russians will likely demand two prisoners be released in exchange for Griner and Whelan. Russian government officials have indicated publicly in recent weeks that they want to see the release of Bout and Roman Seleznev, a convicted hacker currently serving a 27-year sentence in the US.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/politics/griner-whelan-russia-murderer-request/index.html
― dow, Friday, 29 July 2022 21:55 (one year ago) link
Here’s @tedcruz fist-bumping fellow Republicans after blocking a bill to help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. pic.twitter.com/sZdDljrJV7— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) July 29, 2022
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 July 2022 22:03 (one year ago) link
So there's nothing in this reconciliation bill about renewing the child tax credits, I assume?
Manchin really didn't like the idea of his constituents' children sitting around eating food, when they could starting a summer job way down in the mine
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 29 July 2022 22:20 (one year ago) link
lol
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 July 2022 22:33 (one year ago) link
He was worried about people spending it on drugs, someone could have just pointed out that the credit let them buy his daughter's epi-pens.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 29 July 2022 22:36 (one year ago) link
Maybe child tax credits for freeing up child labor? Fair and Balanced.
― dow, Friday, 29 July 2022 22:37 (one year ago) link
Careful with the phrasing, he'll think you mean tax credits for coal mining operations to hire pre-teen children.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 29 July 2022 23:08 (one year ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/29/homeland-inspector-general-texts/
The Department of Homeland Security’s chief watchdog scrapped its investigative team’s effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted Secret Service texts this year, according to four people with knowledge of the decision and internal records reviewed by The Washington Post.
In early February, after learning that the Secret Service’s text messages had been erased as part of a migration to new devices, staff at Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari’s office planned to contact all DHS agencies offering to have data specialists help retrieve messages from their phones, according to two government whistleblowers who provided reports to Congress.
But later that month, Cuffari’s office decided it would not collect or review any agency phones, according to three people briefed on the decision.
...Cuffari, a former adviser to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R), has been in his post since July 2019 after being nominated by Trump.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/joseph-cuffari-blocked-investigation-into-secret-services-clearing-of-lafayette-square-says-report
Why has Biden White House or current DHS head not asked for Trump appointee Cuffai to resign? And shouldn't all be asked to testify under oath and face charges? Back in April the Project on Government Oversight said that Cuffari should be placed on administrative leave and or fired https://www.pogo.org/letter/2022/04/pogo-calls-on-president-biden-to-remove-dhs-ig-joseph-cuffari
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 30 July 2022 03:18 (one year ago) link
They're such shameless mobsters
New: Rep. Matt Gaetz was caught on a hot mic assuring Roger Stone that Trump would likely pardon him shortly before Stone’s criminal trial in 2019. “The boss still has a very favorable view of you … he said it directly.” https://t.co/GcePQC3vcg— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) July 30, 2022
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 July 2022 13:52 (one year ago) link
We have to give them the benefit of the doubt here. By “the boss” Gaetz is probably talking about the American taxpayers
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 30 July 2022 14:19 (one year ago) link
Or Springsteen, or Ross?
Sinema indicates she may want to change Schumer-Manchin dealAlso: coming Vote-a-Rama, poison pills, more---it's Axios, but seems plausible enough:https://www.axios.com/2022/07/30/sinema-schumer-manchin-deal-democrats
― dow, Saturday, 30 July 2022 17:13 (one year ago) link
Rep. Chuy GarcĂa (D-IL) tweeted profanities and a slur in response to a random Twitter account with 531 followers who trolled him. pic.twitter.com/LUjqWnDoxd— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) July 30, 2022
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 30 July 2022 23:30 (one year ago) link
will use the vote-a-rama to force vulnerable Democrats to take politically difficult votes.
Similar to whining about being tricked on CHIPs, is this something that ever really matters? Every Republican ad is a lie about their opponents record anyway.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 30 July 2022 23:38 (one year ago) link
(and I'm sure Democrats will run ads about Republican Senators stabbing veterans in the bank to similarly little effectiveness)
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 30 July 2022 23:39 (one year ago) link
Yeah getting them to withdraw money and then stabbing them probably more effective
― F'kin Magnetometers, how do they work? (President Keyes), Sunday, 31 July 2022 00:59 (one year ago) link
Apparently the vets thing will pass next week. I follow this stuff and I have no idea what’s going on. Amazed senators think anyone cares at all about anything other than bills that pass (and even then).
Mr President, passage would not have been delayed if Senator Schumer had kept his promises. Good news is, despite his mendacity, it will pass this next week. https://t.co/HVUtLYmFeU— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) July 31, 2022
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 31 July 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
cornyn is talking out of his ass
― akm, Sunday, 31 July 2022 17:02 (one year ago) link
So, given what we know of cover-ups and incompetence, why are there *any* Trump picks still in appointed government positions?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 31 July 2022 17:18 (one year ago) link
Deep state
― F'kin Magnetometers, how do they work? (President Keyes), Sunday, 31 July 2022 18:01 (one year ago) link
Dem adherence to norms and traditions
― Are U down with the BVM (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 31 July 2022 18:44 (one year ago) link
If God didn’t want Louis DeJoy running the Post Office, He’d smite him.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 31 July 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
getting ready to cast my vote in the missouri primary. my choices for a democratic senator are a marine, someone with busch in their name, and a guy who spends all of his interview time talking about how cool the text message campaign is that he built which costs 2 cents per message instead of the state-wide average of 6 cents.
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
guess i'm voting for tough guy marine with a soft heart lucas kunce to stand up man-to-man with all the republican candidates who center their campaigns around how they want everyone to use their guns and also how everyone is out to get them. he was endorsed by sanders last night, i guess. but early polling shows that even if Eric Greitens, who is a shell of a man and a reaaaaaaaaaal piece of shit, wins the Republican nomination, Kunce would be a significant underdog. And if the other Eric (Schmitt) wins -- Schmitt is a reaaaaaaaaaal piece of shit -- then it's not even close. The good people of Missouri know in their hearts that they want a reaaaaaaaaaaaal piece of shit!
speaking of, trump made an endorsement yesterday: ""I am therefore proud to announce that ERIC has my Complete and Total Endorsement!"
predictably, both Erics thought it was about them.
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 15:11 (one year ago) link
so did Eric Trump
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 15:13 (one year ago) link
that eric trump is a reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 15:16 (one year ago) link
so Nancy Pelosi is in Taiwan, not really sure what to make of that
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 15:18 (one year ago) link
She should hoist an American flag and claim the country, see what China makes of *that*.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 15:20 (one year ago) link
Good news, I guess:
President Joe Biden has far outpaced his Oval Office predecessors in nominating women and racially diverse attorneys to the federal bench, a new American Bar Association analysis confirms.
As of July 1, 68% of the 68 federal judges nominated by Biden and confirmed by the Senate are Black, Hispanic or Asian American, and just three are white men, the ABA found. By contrast, 16% of the judges installed on the federal bench by former President Donald Trump are non-white, according to the organization's 2022 Profile of the Legal Profession.
The report, released Thursday, details how diversity within the federal judiciary is slowly increasing.
After Biden, Barack Obama appointed the second-most non-white federal judges, at 36%, followed by Bill Clinton at 24%. According to the ABA’s figures, which date back to the Carter administration, Ronald Reagan had the lowest percentage of non-white federal judges at 6%....
...In addition to racial diversity, Biden has pushed to nominate federal judges with a broader range of professional experience and has tapped more nominees with backgrounds as public defenders than past presidents.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 16:02 (one year ago) link
Our intelligence community is the best.— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) August 2, 2022
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 18:07 (one year ago) link
what a weird thing to say
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link
Not if they’ve got Chasten held at an undisclosed location.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 18:10 (one year ago) link
appropriately chastened
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 18:14 (one year ago) link
Gimme a CGimme an IGimme an A
― F'kin Magnetometers, how do they work? (President Keyes), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 18:15 (one year ago) link
Pete was assigned to 'intelligence' when he served in the US army, so he's a member of the club.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 18:16 (one year ago) link
Would be funny if the DOT had its own spooks looking for, I dunno, foreign subversion of air traffic control or something.
― Are U down with the BVM (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
I just remembered that the buildings for the Federal Highway Administration and the CIA are adjacent to each other in Virginia.
― Are U down with the BVM (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link
BURNPIT: U.S. Politics, August 2022
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 19:00 (one year ago) link
Boring: sorry, nope, the FHWA facility adjacent to CIA HQ is just a test track. Their headquarters is in SE.
― your marshmallows may vary (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 4 August 2022 00:32 (one year ago) link