I've been hearing the Repugs are dying for 20 years
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 March 2019 02:45 (five years ago) link
I will keep on saying it because it seems increasingly likely: party's gonna split at some point in the not-too-distant future, probably once it slowly dawns on us that the wheezy rasp in the GOP's hate-filled respiration has developed into an unmistakable death rattle.
The GOP is more uniform today than ever and old white people aren't going to die off en masse.Even the 'demographics are destiny' stuff only matters to national races - a uniform GOP can control the state governments and Senate seats of half the country for decades to come unless people start building communes in the Dakotas and shit.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 7 March 2019 02:53 (five years ago) link
If 30% of the pop can have 70% of the senators, GOP death seems a long way off
― anvil, Thursday, 7 March 2019 02:54 (five years ago) link
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Martha McSally, the first female Air Force fighter pilot to fly in combat, said Wednesday that she was sexually assaulted by a superior officer, and later, when she tried to talk about it to military officials, she “felt like the system was raping me all over again.”
The Arizona Republican, a 26-year military veteran who retired as a colonel, made the disclosure at a Senate hearing on the military’s efforts to prevent sexual assaults and improve the response when they occur. Lawmakers also heard from other service members who spoke of being sexually assaulted and humiliated while serving their country.
i can only assume that her colleagues, like susan collins, believed that she had in fact been assaulted by someone but did not believe that it was by a superior officer
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 7 March 2019 05:40 (five years ago) link
old white people aren't going to die off en masse.
Fentanyl's pretty cheap; the DSA could make some real progress toward this goal if they'd just get their heads in the game.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 7 March 2019 11:28 (five years ago) link
good morning!
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 March 2019 11:35 (five years ago) link
when did the u go missing
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 7 March 2019 13:17 (five years ago) link
The midterms i think. Fixed everything iirc
― Trϵϵship, Thursday, 7 March 2019 13:35 (five years ago) link
wheres those tax retuurns
― j., Thursday, 7 March 2019 14:20 (five years ago) link
Whither the qualmsey in the eye of our American tempest, whither
― Gary Ornmigh, Heywood's son (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 March 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link
McSally in Oct 2018: “But let’s make sure that people are not susceptible to false allegations, that just because someone says something doesn’t make it true.”
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Thursday, 7 March 2019 15:46 (five years ago) link
It’s grim. She wasn’t seated yet for the kavanaugh vote, but I’m assuming she would have voted for him. Every single senator must personally know many people who have sexually assaulted, if they weren’t assaulted themselves. I’m a complete nobody and I know of many, inside and outside the family. I cannot understand how nearly every single one is so completely hypocritical on an issue that is so intensely personal and direct and emotional.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 7 March 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
I've heard that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 7 March 2019 18:41 (five years ago) link
NEW: House Democrats are wary of targeting Trump’s adult children, fearing that it could backfire.Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings is among those who is wary of zeroing in too hard on them.Story w/ @BresPoliticohttps://t.co/r6kXWq6hN3— Andrew Desiderio (@desiderioDC) March 6, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 March 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link
xp She SAID she would have voted for him, unless you take that as, "I have to say this for my base but luckily I don't have a vote so it's immaterial," which is possible.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Thursday, 7 March 2019 18:47 (five years ago) link
Everything, literally everything, they do makes sense when you remember that 90% of what animates Dem leadership is fear of white suburban petite bourgeoisie backlash. They think they lost the Kavanaugh hearings because America loves its boys so much. https://t.co/BPpdJDIQun— 'Weird Alex' Pareene (@pareene) March 7, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 March 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
lol
Louie Gohmert says he’s voting against the anti-hate resolution.— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 7, 2019
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 March 2019 21:44 (five years ago) link
you laugh now but the pro-hate wing of the GOP will clean up in the 2022 midterms
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 7 March 2019 21:45 (five years ago) link
BREAKING: Paul Manafort has been sentenced to less than four years in federal prison. The guideline range was 19 to 24 years. https://t.co/MFlViwSU84— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) March 8, 2019
a preview of future sentencing downgrades
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Friday, 8 March 2019 00:11 (five years ago) link
Well, the nation needs to heal . . .
― nickn, Friday, 8 March 2019 00:21 (five years ago) link
NEW: Judge Ellis says that the sentencing guidelines are "excessive" and he says that Paul Manafort was involved in "lots of good things" he says Manafort is "a generous person." He says Manafort, "has lived an otherwise blameless life.”@GaryGrumbach reporting. https://t.co/XrNx4nNIMU— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) March 7, 2019
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Friday, 8 March 2019 00:22 (five years ago) link
hope he gets extraordinarily renditioned
― moose; squirrel (silby), Friday, 8 March 2019 00:22 (five years ago) link
Some fucking bullshit right there ! justice for rich white dudes fuck this place
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 8 March 2019 00:25 (five years ago) link
wonder how much roger stones' buttcheeks will get
Send Roger Stone to prison for felony fashion crime pic.twitter.com/aa27zhXbEC— Max Burns (@themaxburns) March 7, 2019
― Karl Malone, Friday, 8 March 2019 00:43 (five years ago) link
Holy shit Manafort has lived the worst possible life and he gets less than a black dude selling weed
― frogbs, Friday, 8 March 2019 00:55 (five years ago) link
I can't believe I'm still naive enough to have thought he'd get a proper sentence. What a joke.
― pippin drives a lambo through the gates of isengard (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 8 March 2019 00:57 (five years ago) link
What a joke. Manafort was and has always been a fucking soulless demon, finding the evilest people to support and bringing misery to millions.
― DJI, Friday, 8 March 2019 00:59 (five years ago) link
Apparently he has sentencing for other stuff next week along with any outstanding SDNY stuff that’s floating out there
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 8 March 2019 01:00 (five years ago) link
there's still a second sentencing hearing for manafort this week, but yeah, the first one was bullshit. (it's also possible that his second sentence will be allowed to serve concurrently with the first, rather than consecutively).
also, gotta love this tidbit:
Manafort’s allocution was notably light on expressions of remorse. He alluded only to the “conduct” that had gotten him into his situation and the “questionable circumstances” he will avoid in the future.“I was surprised that I did not hear you express regret for engaging in wrongful conduct,” Ellis told Manafort at one point.
“I was surprised that I did not hear you express regret for engaging in wrongful conduct,” Ellis told Manafort at one point.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 8 March 2019 01:01 (five years ago) link
xp
Holy shit Manafort has lived the worst possible life and he gets less than a black dude selling weedhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/us/texas-woman-voter-fraud.htmlFucking infuriating
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 8 March 2019 01:02 (five years ago) link
He's going to jail, faces sentencing in front of a DC judge next week -- that's enough for me.
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 March 2019 01:02 (five years ago) link
please note how much time the Watergate conspirators served.
notable that the judge (TS Ellis), ronald reagan appointee, was also the one who recently made waves for being a complete dick to the team prosecuting manafort.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 8 March 2019 01:05 (five years ago) link
Manafort, "has lived an otherwise blameless life.”
What a crock of shit. Does this judge really have the brass to say he unaware of any crimes Manafort committed, apart from the eight counts for which he was indicted and found guilty by a jury, so therefore he's practically innocent? Gee, if you eliminate all his premeditated crimes from consideration, he's a heck of a nice guy!
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 8 March 2019 01:10 (five years ago) link
"Forty-seven months is nothing to sneeze at," said the judge. "That's a very heavy sentence. You have to remember we're talking about a white guy here. He's not some fucking-" [bailiff dives across, knocking microphone away]— Splitcoil (@Splitcoil) March 8, 2019
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 8 March 2019 01:24 (five years ago) link
ALL the best blameless people
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 March 2019 01:26 (five years ago) link
My God, Martha Stewart got a year for trading on a golf course stock tip ...— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) March 8, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 March 2019 01:40 (five years ago) link
Without knowing anything else about Judge Ellis, I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be a shame if he found out tomorrow that he has long-undiagnosed testicular cancer.
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Friday, 8 March 2019 01:51 (five years ago) link
Also, so far Reality Winner is doing more time for trying to warn us about Russian meddling than anybody is for participating in it.— Schooley (@Rschooley) March 8, 2019
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 8 March 2019 02:27 (five years ago) link
No one with the last name of Trump is going to spend even five minutes in jail.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Friday, 8 March 2019 04:02 (five years ago) link
While light sentences aren't going to be surprising in the slightest, I had thought that there would be one fall guy that would receive a heavy sentence for the sake of appearances. But then I'd also thought Manafort might be that guy!
― anvil, Friday, 8 March 2019 04:54 (five years ago) link
Xpost you mean he's not even gonna visit those guys who sacrificed their...
Aha!
― Mark G, Friday, 8 March 2019 07:41 (five years ago) link
lol ken starr
Just incredible hearing @JoeLockhart describe the differences between Robert Mueller, who has run the most tight-lipped operation in recent memory, and Ken Starr, who used to address the media from the end of his driveway. As Lockhart spoke, Starr sat right across from him... pic.twitter.com/BpwuLfMLmR— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) March 8, 2019
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 8 March 2019 13:28 (five years ago) link
Lockhart might as well have blown Ken Starr, if just to repeat the Clinton years.
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 March 2019 13:49 (five years ago) link
NEW SCOOP: Trump cheered Kraft’s team to Super Bowl victory with founder of spa where he was bustedhttps://t.co/CqsNwdNRqB— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) March 8, 2019
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Friday, 8 March 2019 14:15 (five years ago) link
While light sentences aren't going to be surprising in the slightest, I had thought that there would be one fall guy that would receive a heavy sentence for the sake of appearances. But then I'd also thought Manafort might be that guy
It's insane. I wasn't really expecting serious consequences for most of these guys but Manafort is a lifelong criminal and a traitor to this country, who committed crimes while IN JAIL. He forced his wife to have sex with his buddies and his daughters changed their last name because they wanted nothing to do with him. He is the exact opposite of someone who is "otherwise an upstanding person". At this point it's like, why are we even doing any of this if the person who gets the harshest sentence is gonna be Reality Winner?
― frogbs, Friday, 8 March 2019 14:15 (five years ago) link
Oh man
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 8 March 2019 14:16 (five years ago) link
when I used to work at investment banks people came to me a lot for exceptions to, like regulatory requirements. It was either always they wanted the "good guy exception" or the "he brings a lot of money to the firm" exception.
― Yerac, Friday, 8 March 2019 14:20 (five years ago) link
Reality Winner better get a ticker tape parade when she gets out.