lawyers don't argue on behalf of a state's attorney general, they argue on behalf of the state; details & background of case elided, etc. but hey whatever's necessary to damage the left, right?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:19 (six years ago) link
I have no problem acknowledging that her record as AG isn't perfect, btw, (because no AG's record is perfect) but using it to damage her standing in the Senate, where she has definitely staked out leftist positions and challenged Trump on all fronts, is counterproductive bullshit.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
It sounds like Kamala Harris distanced herself from that argument by her lawyers pretty quickly.
https://thinkprogress.org/california-attorney-general-says-her-offices-defense-of-prison-labor-evokes-chain-gangs-5c768fd447a4
― jmm, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
nope she's evil, burn her we must await the one true pure savior of the left no one else is acceptable
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
guys we elected Trump to save the Democratic Party, let us not forget that
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
lol @ trump just realizing now that he's duck no. 1 in the backlash if AHCA gets passed
― 龜, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:31 (six years ago) link
Οὖτις I believe the "evil" bit was taken from a previous iteration of that meme. I don't think people are evil really, just systems. It seems odd to me that she wouldn't know what her lawyers were up to but stranger things have been true.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:40 (six years ago) link
yeah cmon guy milkshake duck was ~racist~ not ~evil~
― gbx, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:45 (six years ago) link
are we to believe that trump seriously didn't know that this bill was going to kick people off their plans?
― Treeship, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:52 (six years ago) link
you are correct. I'm sorry milkshake duck
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:53 (six years ago) link
i know he's dumb, "how can you still be incredulous" etc., but seriously? seriously? he threw a party when that shit passed the house.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:53 (six years ago) link
this man has never read a book, why would you think he'd read legislation?
― nomar, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:54 (six years ago) link
i haven't read it either but i know the gist
― Treeship, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:55 (six years ago) link
he needs his briefings turned into picture books with his name mentioned throughout to keep his attention
― nomar, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:57 (six years ago) link
Who knew screwing over poor people would be so complicated?
― may the florist be with you (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 23:10 (six years ago) link
he's fine with fucking people over as long as he doesn't have to think about it. mostly prefers not thinking about things at all if he can help it.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 23:19 (six years ago) link
maybe Melania switched the TV over to MSNBC
― nomar, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 23:22 (six years ago) link
maybe he thought about all of the people who would lose insurance because of AHCA and started to feel bad about all the people who would die because of what he had done, the misery that could be attributed to his actions, and decided that it was worth taking the time to craft a bill that would actually improve the lives of people instead of making it worse.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA sorry, sorry, sorry about that, you gotta dream sometimes
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
Fox News describing Session's testimony as "fiery"
ok
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 23:29 (six years ago) link
did he burn a cross?
― nomar, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 23:29 (six years ago) link
there is the theory that our reality is some ebeneezer scrooge/it's a wonderful life type parallel reality wherein the real donald trump is being made to see what chaos would result if he were to continue on the path of greed and spite. in this scenario he could wake up tomorrow a middle aged real estate mogul and reform his ways and never become president, in which case the ACA is safe
― Treeship, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 23:31 (six years ago) link
xp
We're living in the version of A Christmas Carol where Scrooge not only doesn't change but also goes out of his way to fuck over those weak, loser ghosts.
― The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T & the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 23:49 (six years ago) link
Ayn Rand's underrated retelling
― Treeship, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 23:50 (six years ago) link
Did anybody bring up the firing of the attorneys? I don't remember hearing that. Would like to know what the coherent plan was if there's still nobody replacing them.Especially if Bharara was directly told that he would be kept on.
Really hope there is going to be a further grilling of the gnome, though with people like Cotton involved it won't be as thorough as one might like. One taht featured Harris, Heinrich and King and no apologists would be most good.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 00:08 (six years ago) link
Senate hallway interview ban reversed
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 01:27 (six years ago) link
lies will still ring in the hallways of the Capitol
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 03:29 (six years ago) link
Let's dial it down a notch, there, Pollyanna.
― The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T & the Women (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 03:38 (six years ago) link
I feel like I can no longer understand a lot of whats coming up in this thread anymore. It feels like 10 metric buttloads of Probably Irrelevant Shite are constantly being churned in the air above the government and obfuscating a bunch of Actual Evil Things happening but we have no idea because... covfefe and russians.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 03:40 (six years ago) link
One of which may be pretty bad.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 03:41 (six years ago) link
Well of course. It just feels like such a barrage.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 03:42 (six years ago) link
It's either by design or a byproduct of thorough incompetence (or a little of both).
The GOP is happy to have Trump/Russia run interference while they pass a hard right orgy of bad legislation.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 03:48 (six years ago) link
I can't win. My birthday is George W. Bush's birthday. My anniversary is this motherfucker's birthday.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 03:54 (six years ago) link
this motherfucker = trump
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 03:56 (six years ago) link
Amusing...
Nearly 200 congressional Democrats to sue Trump, alleging that he improperly took payments from foreign nations https://t.co/SZ14Qmaqod— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 14, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 04:17 (six years ago) link
Trump w/the "I wanna hit that" look in that pic.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 04:33 (six years ago) link
Useful series of tweets from yesterday here.
1/ Surprise guest speaker over lunch at the #AALS Criminal Justice mid-year meeting just now: Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein.— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) June 12, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 04:37 (six years ago) link
crying
http://observer.com/2017/06/imagined-dialogue-for-james-comey-hearing/
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 07:02 (six years ago) link
Steve Scalise has reportedly been shot.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/14/virginia-gop-baseball-practice-shooting-multiple-people-shot.html
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:01 (six years ago) link
what the hell
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:01 (six years ago) link
I had a huge post about something else I just deleted, because wow.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:02 (six years ago) link
what the fuck is wrong with people
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:10 (six years ago) link
god bless the NRA
― pray for BoJo (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:10 (six years ago) link
don't bring a baseball bat to a gunfight i guess
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:11 (six years ago) link
http://scalise.house.gov/issues/2nd-amendment
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:15 (six years ago) link
see, it's what he wd've wanted
― pray for BoJo (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:15 (six years ago) link
This guy is a dick who spoke at a white supremacist rally, but I don't want to gloat in his ironic misfortune just yet. Thankfully it sounds like no one was killed besides the shooter. But as for Scalise, if the shooter was, say, not a Republican gun nut, he becomes a right-wing martyr, and allows opposition to Republicans to be painted as violent extremists. (Which we all know will stick better than when the Dems try to do that for right-wing nuts.)
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:19 (six years ago) link
I got a glimpse of the shooter which meant he also could see me if he looked in my direction. At that point I ran around home plate.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:22 (six years ago) link
This guy is a dick who spoke at a white supremacist rally, but
solid start
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:23 (six years ago) link
I could probably start describing a host of GOPers that way.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:26 (six years ago) link