BURNPIT: U.S. Politics, August 2022

Jon, I think “the Former Guy” was Biden’s way of referring to The Worst Man In America upon taking office, around that time.

Big, huge, strapping bear came up to me at the Continental Baths wearing only a towel and he said—he had tears streaming down his face—he said, “Sir,

― Mar - a - Lago, or 120 Days of Sodom (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, August 10, 2022 3:56 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I have no idea what this is about but am dying and kind of don’t want any context for it, it’s so fantastically weird on its own

(I’m imagining an ACTUAL bear, for whatever it’s worth, like a Grizzly)

what the hell do you think the continental baths is, a zoo?

a truly inclusive bathhouse would welcome actual grizzly bears

Bear say 'sir' to me

They just don't come no better than a bear.

Bear say 'sir' to me

okay, I can't stop giggling at this one

Bear say 'sir' to me

For once I’m happy I peeked at the politics thread instead of being depressed

what the hell do you think the continental baths is, a zoo?

if they don’t use “tfg” to refer to “that fucking guy” around the white house then color me surprised

https://www.eerdmans.com/Mobile/Products/5447/i-am-a-bear.aspx

feel like the surprisingly low inflation report today might give him the stones to do something (rather than nothing) here https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/10/white-house-solicits-ideas-on-student-debt-relief-as-bidens-decision-looms-00050836

Recommendation for September thread title: “we got your secret spy shit”

fuck me I'm starting to like him again

“It may be funny to you mother f*cker, but it’s not funny to me.”@BetoORourke did not hold back when a supporter of Greg Abbott laughed loudly as Beto discussed the mass shooting in Uvalde. pic.twitter.com/ETJssUFZxS

— Travis Akers (@travisakers) August 11, 2022

NEW: Two law enforcement officials have confirmed to NBC News that Ricky Walter Shiffer, the suspect in the attack on the FBI field office in Cincinnati, is dead.

Shiffer was present at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Reporting with @jonathan4ny.

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 11, 2022

And this is why they should maybe lock some of them up.

Now for the final act that awaits every single person who falls for this shit enough to Do Something: being posthumously disavowed as a hologram/crisis actor/fed by all the clammy sociopaths they admired and trusted. https://t.co/OOxBdkLmu3

— David Roth (@david_j_roth) August 11, 2022

Imagine dying for Donald Fucking Trump.

This is without question the decade of “fuck around and find out.”

let's hope so

“ Well, I thought I had a way through bullet proof glass, and I didn’t.”

These people are so unbelievably stupid.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/11/merrick-garland-trump-bluff-00051297

Florida bans Medicaid from covering gender-affirming treatments

...A coalition of LGBTQ and health rights groups, including Lambda Legal, Southern Legal Counsel, Florida Health Justice Project, and National Health Law Program, said the rule will leave thousands of transgender Floridians without critical care when they need it most.

“Ignoring thousands of public comments and expert testimony, Florida’s AHCA has finalized a rule that will deny Medicaid coverage for all medically necessary gender-affirming care for both youth and adults,” the coalition statement said. “This discriminatory and medically unsound rule will take effect on August 21, 2022, putting transgender people in jeopardy of losing access to critical gender-affirming health care services.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/11/florida-finalizes-ban-medicaid-transgender-treatments-00051259

this is real life:

Brian Kilmeade, filling in for Tucker Carlson tonight, shared a clearly fake, photoshopped image of the judge involved in approving the Mar-a-Lago warrant pic.twitter.com/W3cxHdy6id

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 12, 2022

amazing

do you think kilmeade stutters at the end for natural reasons, or because he noticed the watermark of the meme factory of the photoshop his news network just broadcast to millions of dolts?

it even says "WHAT.I.MEME.TO.SAY" in the corner!

sorry, this is a very minor incident in the grand scheme. there are nuclear plans in safes as well. very Brazil-like

He totally looks like he realized it was a joke and didn't know what to do. But also he's an idiot, so maybe he was just overtaxing his two brain cells.

That's the face of "oh shit if I worked anywhere else I'd be in big trouble right now."

LOL

Voters like to see a sense of authenticity in candidates, especially in Texas. But cursing and vulgar language in front of children and the elderly more often than not crosses the line. https://t.co/wq2QvEF0mL

— NPR (@NPR) August 12, 2022

Won’t somebody think of the children

and the elderly

look, i can tolerate a roomful of schoolchildren being slaughtered while armed police officers stand around playing candy crush

but cursing? this, sir, this is going too far

"Why, in my day, we simply lined up facing our enemy and volleyed rounds at each other."

"Sir, if you find that funny, well then bless your heart."

feel kind of bad for the NPR intern they had call people to get quotes for and write that story

Chip Roy says Republicans should shut down government on day 1 of the new Congress next January to force Democrats to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act pic.twitter.com/0DvOSjGe2B

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 12, 2022

xp the elderly are as innocent as children is a weird take

LBJ is spinning in his grave!

A review of the Shiffer account’s Truth Social activity showed he had posted dozens of times a day to the site, replying to pro-Trump influencers, attacking the government and suggesting violence was the most important way true Trump believers could defend the former president.

Similar messages are common on the site, including from Trump himself. In May, Trump reposted — or, in Truth Social terminology, “ReTruthed” — a message from another user that read, “Civil war.”

But Shiffer’s Truth Social account, which had 23 followers, showed him not just voicing anger but calling for direct action to bring on armed conflict, urging Trump followers to stock up on bullets and to “have your heart, mind, and body ready to jump into civil war.”

On Aug. 5, he posted, “This country has never had a worse enemy. 1776 was for far less, even World War II was for less.” That day, he also wrote, “Save ammunition and be ready and willing to hit the road as soon as you hear it has started. Someone who wanted to be a hero could not have lived in a better time period.” The post was ‘liked’ 24 times.

it's easy to make assumptions about how a lot of these guys are desperate to be special or chosen in some way (chosen by god for a violent mission seems to be a popular variety), but it's rare for them to come out and say it so plainly. but hey, that's his Truth

Who, in this guy's mind, was "the enemy"? Everyone who was not all in for Trump?

Pelosi

23 followers on Truth Social makes him a Super Influencer

https://www.discogs.com/release/8057345-Manic-Street-Preachers-This-Is-My-Truth-Tell-Me-Yours/image/SW1hZ2U6MjU5MzQxNDQ=

Only 24 people liked his Truth but they all went out and got themselves shot

House passes Democrats’ health care and climate bill, clearing measure for Biden’s signature

Hell yeah

Pelosi kept that caucus under control.

forcing republicans to vote against affordable insulin is one of the high points