tbf reading one tweet > reading more than one tweet
― twitter is bad not good (||||||||), Sunday, 6 January 2019 00:57 (five years ago) link
Ppl want to write essays they should get a weblog
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Sunday, 6 January 2019 00:59 (five years ago) link
Yes, those weblogs! All the rage these days I hear
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 01:05 (five years ago) link
disgusting that AOC’s college dancing is major news and yet bernie’s own dancing video received no criticism pic.twitter.com/1oazDqgFN8— atlas slugged ☭ (@generalslug) January 4, 2019
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 6 January 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
har
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Sunday, 6 January 2019 01:27 (five years ago) link
I was struck that Warren, a co-sponsor of Medicare for All legislation, did not mention it at her first two Iowa events. Asked if the omission was intentional: pic.twitter.com/NTxjNSQbPP— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 5, 2019
this is some zen shit right here
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 02:50 (five years ago) link
that's some non-English shit right there
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 January 2019 02:56 (five years ago) link
the next play: "you're responsible for your followers"
Hi @AOC. Happy to continue this debate on the Floor of the People’s House, but it’s clearly not productive to engage here with some of your radical followers. #StayClassy pic.twitter.com/lZCO3oiLUZ— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) January 6, 2019
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 06:52 (five years ago) link
Eh, those tweets are horrifying? Also, I bet AOC is getting similarly bad things, so she would come out of that discussion a winner anyway.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 6 January 2019 08:03 (five years ago) link
Fred c'mon even you know this is a bullshit line of attack.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 08:18 (five years ago) link
Oh come on, don't pretend you don't get it.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 6 January 2019 08:21 (five years ago) link
I "get it" in the sense of knowing how nakedly cynical and completely out of AOC's control it is
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 08:34 (five years ago) link
(totally separate side note, speaking just for myself: if Scalise perished in a fresh hail of gunfire I'd fucking laugh)
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 08:46 (five years ago) link
me, a moderate: it would depend on the context of the hail of gunfire
― Pierrot with a thousand farces (wins), Sunday, 6 January 2019 09:14 (five years ago) link
Fuck Steve Scalise.
those tweets are horrifying
Not even a little. The "kick his cane" one made me laugh.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 6 January 2019 10:57 (five years ago) link
1) Nobody can stop a few idiots from being idiots, and it's not at all AOCs fault. But she could still say something, and she should. Because speaking out against this shit is a good idea, and because AOC would win this fight. This is a white male Republican saying that he is getting shit from a WOC. She would win this fight.
2) The dirtbag left can't on the one hand claim that politics should be about setting libidinal energies free and shouting and fighting, and then wash their hands when someone goes to far. Come on. Either it's bullshit or it's not. And fair enough if you think it's ok, but a lot of people don't.
3) Everyone remembers 2016, and everyone knows this bullshit will be pointed in the direction of Kamala or Beto as soon as they are perceived as standing in the way of the great Bernie. A lot of people know they are going to be on the wrong end of this bullshit once again. So stop being disingenuous, and pretend they are showing a bad temperament, or that shouting at each other is somehow a prerequisite for passing M4A.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 6 January 2019 12:09 (five years ago) link
literally nobody working with a president imprisoning immigrant children to die in the desert gets to be mad about name-calling. no more fuckin "play nice" crap, these people are vile monsters and can clutch their fuckin pearls elsewhere
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 6 January 2019 15:14 (five years ago) link
neither beto nor kamala nor anybody else will lose one vote by refusing to play the 'high road' game. they will, in fact, gain voters & donations if they call that shit out for what it is.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 6 January 2019 15:15 (five years ago) link
cosign 100%
fuck off Fred
― sleeve, Sunday, 6 January 2019 16:18 (five years ago) link
People look at twitter way too much. It doesn't even cross my mind to look at it directly.
― Yerac, Sunday, 6 January 2019 16:32 (five years ago) link
Treat it like a solar eclipse.
― Yerac, Sunday, 6 January 2019 16:33 (five years ago) link
otm
its good for dog videos and seeing what ilxors are up to and stuff but otherwise youre just killing yourself quicker reading it
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Sunday, 6 January 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
Obviously if she responds she may have to say something along the lines of “I don’t condone that” etc but I don’t know that AOC should be forced to take responsibility for posts she didn’t make. That’s not something the right wing politicians would want to be made a two way street. It would be hard may be a good opportunity to call out the tactic.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:33 (five years ago) link
standing by for when lib media inevitably makes this her fault
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
“lib media”
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
I don’t know that AOC should be forced to take responsibility for posts she didn’t make. That’s not something the right wing politicians would want to be made a two way street.
Exactly. Any response beyond "Condemn random Twitter assholes? You first, motherfucker" would be an act of surrender. I don't get the feeling she's stupid enough to fall for that.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
Condemning random twitter assholes is one of the best things. Fuck them all.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:40 (five years ago) link
AOC doesn’t need to condemn anyone
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
Also it is sort of comical that his immediate reply to her correcting his misleading tweet about tax rates was to say “hey look, some people who aren’t you were mean to me”
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
They're all Russians anyway.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
yeah fair i shoulda said "lib"
xxposts
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
I think a big reason why @AOC is so much better at politics than so many older, more experienced Dems is that she's never known a world where Republicans aren't cartoonish villains who reliably act in bad faith. So she treats them as what they are.— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) January 6, 2019
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
Not getting a ton of attention today, but IMO Julian Castro's answer to a question about @AOC's tax talk was striking. "George, there was a time in this country where the top marginal tax rate was over 90 percent."and *woosh* goes the Overton Window. pic.twitter.com/OsTd1T3RAq— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 6, 2019
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 6 January 2019 21:26 (five years ago) link
he's running
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Sunday, 6 January 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
Ok this Paygo stuff - its really just AOC and Ro Khanna against it, thats it? I read the thing that says oh it doesnt actually matter but idk - is there a more positive slant to this I'm not seeing?
― anvil, Sunday, 6 January 2019 23:30 (five years ago) link
Omar is also against.
― suzy, Monday, 7 January 2019 00:15 (five years ago) link
Haven't watched the AOC interview on 60 Minutes in full but this clip popped up on Twitter:
.@AOC says Trump is a racist, “no question.” pic.twitter.com/CSQnmCVJi2— jordan (@JordanUhl) January 7, 2019
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 7 January 2019 03:14 (five years ago) link
Paygo is intended to undercut Republicans ability/threats to cut taxes. No Dem legislation was hampered by it when it was in effect previously. The argument seems to be about the symbolism of it.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Monday, 7 January 2019 03:49 (five years ago) link
I was about to post the AOC clip. She doesn't flinch.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 January 2019 03:57 (five years ago) link
Any one who panders to racists as much as Trump does, counts as a racist. No question.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 7 January 2019 03:57 (five years ago) link
She’s incredible. When she won I was excited based on her platform and background, but I didn’t expect her to be this good of a communicator right out of the gate.
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 7 January 2019 04:08 (five years ago) link
On any given night you can see a CNN panel starting with this premise, yet here it's received as if AOC questioned whether jet fuel can melt steel beams. TV news is weird. https://t.co/p9vTpawV9c— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 7, 2019
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Monday, 7 January 2019 04:17 (five years ago) link
Trump tweeted this once
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/23/donald-trump/trump-tweet-blacks-white-homicide-victims/
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 7 January 2019 04:19 (five years ago) link
He led the birth certificate thing AND the college transcript thing for several years. Of course he’s racist. jfc
― Karl Malone, Monday, 7 January 2019 04:47 (five years ago) link
Not to mention the fucking Central Park Five.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 7 January 2019 04:58 (five years ago) link
It was exasperating if anyone expressed doubt about it during the campaign
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Monday, 7 January 2019 05:21 (five years ago) link
as long as we're posting clips
“There's a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually, and semantically correct than about being morally right,” @AOC says in response to criticism that she’s made factual errors. https://t.co/sKf3sHl9F6 pic.twitter.com/xKc2eB7GEk— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) January 7, 2019
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 7 January 2019 05:45 (five years ago) link
just to add to the list that I'm sure everyone here knows, he lost and had to settle housing discrimination lawsuits
― Jeff Bathos (symsymsym), Monday, 7 January 2019 05:57 (five years ago) link
anyone who is as racist as the frothing, shrieking racist Donald Trump counts as a racist. what was the question
― sans lep (sic), Monday, 7 January 2019 06:11 (five years ago) link
Then there was that meeting where he talked about not wanting to accept immigrants from shithole countries in Africa, but immigration from Norway was fine and dandy with him.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 7 January 2019 06:22 (five years ago) link