BURNPIT: U.S. Politics, August 2022

Political director of Texas Right To Life arrested on August 3 for online solicitation of a minor for sex.

Political Director of Texas Right to Life and forced pregnancy activist, Luke Bowen, was arrested for online solicitation of a child for sex. 🤬

Via @LivingBlueTX pic.twitter.com/krf96yC3pH

— Outspoken™️ (@Out5p0ken) August 25, 2022

I am shocked, shocked.

lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes ...

at this rate we're gonna end up with an actual "live boy and a dead girl" combo pretty soon

that's kinda weird that they publish his home address on the mugshot

guess he's worried about supply

He looks like a cross between Ed Sheeran and Mark Zuckerberg.

https://i.ibb.co/TTfJytZ/fu.jpg

How many should I order, fifty?

You & me & Everyone We Know & Brandon

He looks like a cross between Ed Sheeran and Mark Zuckerberg.

Ginger Twat + Uncanny Valley

the dog that caught the car

In Arizona, Blake Masters backtracks on abortion, scrubs campaign website

"I am 100% pro-life," Masters' website read as of Thursday morning.

That language is now gone.

Also deleted: support for "a federal personhood law"

via @akarl_smith @MarcACaputo: https://t.co/ckS3gPPvp4

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 25, 2022

this is good, actually.. we need more of this

Crist made his loyalty to President Joe Biden clear even though Biden has low approval ratings right now in the state. During a CNN appearance, Crist called Biden “exceptional” and lauded the president for helping Ukraine in its war with Russia and on voting rights. “He’s a good man, he’s a great man, he’s a great president,” Crist said...

He better own it, cuz he knows DeSantis' people cackled with glee planning their next attack ads. The current ones have a weirdly distorted Crist crowing, "Biden's the best" or something. Sounds fake.

Pleasantly pleased with how strongly they’re going after critics of this policy. Was a bit worried given the relatively small $ forgiveness they were ashamed of it and would thus get no credit from supporters and offer no defense to critics, worst of both worlds. Their probably was clearly a bunch for timidity and negotiation with their inner centrists on the details, but they do genuinely seem to think the principle is sound and be willing to say that.

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven.https://t.co/4FoCymt8TB

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 25, 2022

Yeah that whole Twitter feed is fun. "You know what? You're a hypocrite!" Which I know, calling out Republicans' hypocracy only works if they have any ethics whatsoever, but it's still great to see.

Duh, hypocrisy.

Republicans figured out never to be embarrassed and always be in attack mode. Democrats would be wise to learn this.

'I don't eat vegetables?? YOU don't eat vegetables!!'

always be in attack mode. Democrats would be wise to learn this.

I've long said that the moment Trump started stalking around behind Hillary in the debates, she should have turned around and yelled "back off, fat boy. I'm talking here." It might have changed the whole tenor of the election.

Biden basically won the election when he told Trump to shut up in the debate

Pleasantly pleased with how strongly they’re going after critics of this policy. Was a bit worried given the relatively small $ forgiveness they were ashamed of it and would thus get no credit from supporters and offer no defense to critics, worst of both worlds. Their probably was clearly a bunch for timidity and negotiation with their inner centrists on the details, but they do genuinely seem to think the principle is sound and be willing to say that.

Whoa -- have y'all seen that Twitter thread? The White House is sassing GOP complainers with how much debt they had forgiven. Seems like someone in their political operations arm has awakened.

Yeah the thread is hit after hit

Huh

"Coyne, one of the architects of New Jersey’s hugely successful Twitter account with an attitude departed last week as Murphy’s social media director to join the Biden administration." https://t.co/Ddtdyrtafz

— Eric Budd (@ericmbudd) August 26, 2022

Biden basically won the election when he told Trump to shut up in the debate

― President Keyes, Thursday, August 25, 2022 7:12 PM (fifty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Same when Trump dropped that “because you’d be in jail” line, that was the “oh fuck he’s gonna win” moment for me

I should cry 'go get 'em, dawg!' but this deepening soundbite snark-fest via twitter is probably nothing to celebrate, can't even imagine where this will lead in five years

Good. No more pussyfooting. Feed the fascists their muthafuckin' lunch.

I have admittedly been wondering how much the seemingly-feckless dems were just readying themselves to spring in anticipation of the midterms (and also wondering if I wasn't completely delusional for wondering).

Dark Brandon I know is old hat already but it seems like the Democrats have awakened from their triangulating, scared of their own shadow, meet Republicans halfway stupor.

it's a snorty chucklefest among dems, but is it reaching anyone else? Those coveted 'undecideds'?

The Jersey Twitter account has been a lot of fun for a while. If that voice is going national there’s gonna be a whole lot of pearl clutching, so be ready. (As someone pointed out, it’s a surprising hire given the regular slams directed at Delaware from that account.)

What the whitehouse Twitter account is tweeting mirrors what biden was saying more politely in the press conference broadcast on national news.

Also breaking the Fox News graphics department brain (see thread) is good, and has an impact beyond Twitter

Anti-Biden propaganda stop making him look cool challenge (impossible) pic.twitter.com/cwupkkC7Gq

— Oddish 🌺 (@0ddish) August 25, 2022

No I think it’s good for the Dems to get in front of this considering how eager the media is to parrot right wing talking points. The government takes in ludicrous amounts of money and have gaslit the public into thinking it can’t be used to help them.

lotta bad people eating shit lately

New: Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes just interrupted his live show - seems a raid by FBI. "Can we do this another time?" "I'll get a lawyer and we'll sit down...". (h/t @chadloder) Recall: McInnes was partnered with the just-raided Russia-sponsored Black Hammer group in GA. 1/ https://t.co/YrHHpqg0CX

— capitolhunters (@capitolhunters) August 26, 2022

Professor of strategic political communication here: I disagree. This fucking rules. https://t.co/BhlDHEEfig

— dave karpf (@davekarpf) August 26, 2022

it’s a surprising hire given the regular slams directed at Delaware from that account.

you mean "that state that enables innumerable tax-free shell corporations"? slam it some more plz

xxpost Would have been awesome if they burst through the green screen like the Kool-Aid man.

Bill Kristol can bite my sac. xxxp

If you want to know why the ⁦@WhiteHouse⁩ Twitter feed suddenly got edgy, cool and devastatingly effective, here’s the answer. They gave the controls to someone from Jersey!
https://t.co/lwv7VrBKFo

— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) August 26, 2022

Dunno about edgy or cool but, yes, it's suddenly awakened.

Everyone wants to be as sassy as Wendy's social media nowadays.

looooool

Even my mom got in on the game yesterday. In response to my Trump supporting uncle's second wife's (she's younger than me and I have a real hard time calling her my aunt) endless FB tirades about student loans being forgiven, my mom replied with a screenshot the PPP loan she got for her nonexistent "home business".

Some people criticizing student debt forgiveness are learning there are PPP tapes

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) August 24, 2022

This is a wild onehttps://t.co/gyLmba1pU4

— Sam Stein (@samstein) August 26, 2022

Why do people think this line of argument is criticizing PPP? It's not! It's saying PPP is good, government relief to people in economic crisis situations is good, and you should favor it when someone else gets it as much as you should when you yourself get it!

I suppose the actual answer to "Why do people think this line of argument is criticizing PPP" is "they don't, they're only pretending to think that for tactical purposes."

otm

I mean, it all comes down to this:

Forgiveness of PPP loans vs. College loans maps onto at least the last 150 years of attitudes about social welfare policy in the US. pic.twitter.com/Xas31vQuGW

— Brent Ruswick (@BrentRuswick) August 25, 2022

Why do people think this line of argument is criticizing PPP?

because that is how conservatives think, they genuinely believe that 0% of government resources should be used to help those who aren't them and can't comprehend the other side not thinking the same

yeah, to conservatives everything is zero-sum, no nuance. unless it's about them. because they are dick heads.

If only the sum were as high as zero

Nikki Haley: "Republicans have been too nice for too long."