No Trump pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio today, @PressSec tells the WH travel pool on Air Force One. — Steve Holland (@steveholland1) August 22, 2017 NEW Just talked to Joe Arpaio about AF1 gaggle on pardon. "He didn't say he's not going to do it," Arpaio told VICE. "He said *tonight*" — E McMorris-Santoro (@EvanMcS) …
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Open Thread: More Notes from Today’s Boston Farce Rally
The most Boston anti-fascist sign out here today: pic.twitter.com/f4KjytE4eU — Jack Smith IV (@JackSmithIV) August 19, 2017 Small group in rotunda bandstand for the actual "Free Speech" rally, thousands outside of gates as counter demonstration pic.twitter.com/P0QmO4xAvW — Tyler Kingkade (@tylerkingkade) August 19, 2017 Dearest Martha, The field is lost. We cannot overcome the opposition. Pray …
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It Might Be Breaking News: Bannon On His Way Out?
The New York Times may have breaking news. Or they may not… Basically we’ve achieved Schroedinger’s Bannon. Going does not mean gone – they're still figuring out when this takes effect. Person close to Bannon says he … https://t.co/4bYxXrJKs5 — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 18, 2017 The NY Times reporting is unclear on exactly what will …
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Open Thread: Elderly Austrian Immigrant Yells At Trump & Other Nazi Supporters
.@Schwarzenegger has a blunt message for Nazis. pic.twitter.com/HAbnejahtl — ATTN: (@attn) August 17, 2017 (h/t commentor Jim, Foolish Literalist) . Related… For those just waking up, here's what happened in Baltimore: the city's dead-of-night removal of all four of its Confederate monuments. pic.twitter.com/gaquP2hlqN — Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) August 16, 2017 Let us be clear.Putting the …
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Thursday Morning Open Thread: Let Your Light Shine
Candles instead of torches. This is Charlottesville. pic.twitter.com/f31QHpXlMi — Nora Neus (@noraneus) August 17, 2017 I've never seen the UVA lawn like this. And this is only a quarter of the people here. Hundreds more marching. pic.twitter.com/t0ChLe1BuC — Nora Neus (@noraneus) August 17, 2017 . What’s on the agenda, as we gird ourselves for the …
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Late Night “Yes, You Were Warned… ” Open Thread
Hillary campaign released this video on September 13, 2016 pic.twitter.com/LrojmcsSjA — Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) August 15, 2017 Now CNN’s Dan Merica figures it out… Many of Hillary Clinton’s top aides sat nervously a year ago this month as their boss stepped up to a podium in Reno, Nevada to decry then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, …
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Just a Reminder- They Won’t Do a Fucking Thing About Him
I know it’s great hearing so many people trash Trump, but we need to be realistic here. They’ll condemn, condemn, condemn, they’ll issue statements, they’ll make serious faces and muster their “gravitas” voice and mouth platitudes about no place for racism in society, but none of them will do a fucking thing about Trump. Not …
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