Live Feed of the Corey Lewandowski
I can’t decide if this is hilarious or painful.
Open thread.
Open Thread: Corey Lewandowski appears before the House Judiciary CommitteePost + Comments (153)
by TaMara| 153 Comments
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Live Feed of the Corey Lewandowski
I can’t decide if this is hilarious or painful.
Open thread.
Open Thread: Corey Lewandowski appears before the House Judiciary CommitteePost + Comments (153)
This post is in: 2020 Elections, I'm With Her, Open Threads, Warren for President 2020
Sen. Warren speaks to NYC. "We are here because of hard working women" @ewarren #WarrenNYC @WorkingFamilies pic.twitter.com/1Gfd7q20uA
— Nick Berghall (@nickberghall) September 16, 2019
Yes, this is self-indulgent. You would rather read another long tweet-collage on the latest Trump outrage?
.@ewarren is wrapping up her anti-corruption speech at the site of the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, which was the result of a lack of government regulation. She connects it to today’s corruption- the corruption that led to Trump. It’s strong and powerful. #WarrenNYC
— Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) September 16, 2019
I have to say that it is enormously refreshing to hear a candidate talk about corruption in this plain of terms. An entire speech about corruption in our government?
My college thesis writing self (this was my topic… lol) couldn’t have imagined it.
— Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) September 16, 2019
Women workers sounded the alarm about working conditions for years before the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, but corruption stopped reforms. Look at any big problem we face today—climate change, gun safety, health care—and you can see the same system at work. #WarrenNYC pic.twitter.com/5QPje4KJRV
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) September 17, 2019
Over twenty thousand people packed Washington Square Park in New York City to hear Elizabeth Warren speak.
To date, this is the largest crowd to attend a speech of any candidate.#WarrenNYC #Warren2020
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) September 17, 2019
But too sum it up: Warren’s big announcement was the anticorruption plan she released today. She talked about regulations preventing cabinet members from lobbying after, lobbyists from joining gov, fight Citizens United, etc.#WarrenNYC
— chuck (@Kluskee) September 17, 2019
Totally bummed.
Elizabeth Warren finished about 30 minutes ago. I've been standing on what was described as a "Selfie Line." There are HUNDREDS of people ahead of me.
B-Dad has to work in the morning, so no selfie for me.?
She STILL has my vote.#WarrenNYC pic.twitter.com/lochJSLXkD
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) September 17, 2019
Elizabeth Warren is still taking selfies. For context, I have left the rally, taken a train to Brooklyn, ordered uber eats, watched an episode of the Sopranos, and played two FIFA matches
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) September 17, 2019
And, as several of you have pointed out, the selfies with Warren reach more than just the person in them, because they are inevitably posted on social media and spread the word about her campaign. A superb viral political strategy. https://t.co/5D1ecL3nDd
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) September 17, 2019
By extension, it suggests that each of us is worthy of her attention, that she has time for us. It’s a pretty strong counterpoint to trumps clear lack of interest in anyone but himself/someone transactionally useful
— Meredith McIver (@MeredithMcFake) September 17, 2019
Election 2020 Open Thread: Elizabeth Warren in Washington SquarePost + Comments (94)
by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)| 11 Comments
This post is in: On The Road, Open Threads, Readership Capture, Travel
Folks,
I’ve got little but inspiration for today.
Be well.We shall re-convene on the ‘morrow.
This post is in: 2020 Elections, I'm With Her, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Warren for President 2020
Hopefully Elizabeth Warren will have finished with the selfie line from this event by the time she's due to be on the air with Rachel Maddow tomorrow at 9pmET.
(photo: @adallos) pic.twitter.com/YToT2ZYjd4— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) September 17, 2019
NEWS: Working Families Party Endorses Elizabeth Warren
The progressive group, whose electoral influence has grown since it backed Bernie Sanders in 2016, is now supporting Ms. Warren for the Democratic presidential nomination
Big scoop by @AsteadWesley https://t.co/7jZRBkwFGB
— Yashar Ali ?? (@yashar) September 16, 2019
Elsewhere…
The gathering is like a scene out of the South of days gone by, with politicians glad-handing and visiting over the strains of music, clog dancing and the aroma of chicken bog, a Lowcountry dish of chicken, sausage and rice.
Here's my story. https://t.co/qFNoxijXS0
— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) September 16, 2019
GALIVANTS FERRY, S.C. (AP) — Four Democratic presidential candidates descended on South Carolina on Monday for what organizers call the oldest traditional campaign speech event in the country, taking an opportunity to continue to make their cases ahead of the first Southern vote of 2020.
On Monday, Joe Biden, Bill de Blasio, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar spoke at the Galivants Ferry Stump, a biennial Democratic event that takes place in a rural portion of northeastern South Carolina. One by one, they addressed a crowd of about 2,500 gathered in the unincorporated community of Galivants Ferry along the banks of the Little Pee Dee River…
A common stop for South Carolina’s Democrats, this year’s event is the first organized specifically for presidential hopefuls. One of them, Biden, has been here before, introduced to speak at the 2006 event by longtime friend and Senate colleague Fritz Hollings as Biden considered a 2008 presidential bid. This year, Biden was the first confirmed attendee.
Republicans are always invited to attend the stump but aren’t allowed to speak. One of them, former South Carolina governor and congressman Mark Sanford, worked the crowd as he mounts his longshot bid to challenge President Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination…
Democratic White House hopefuls have been flooding South Carolina for nearly a year, taking opportunities to get to know and campaign to the state’s heavily African American electorate, which plays a key role in its first-in-the-South primary and reflects those in other Southern states that follow quickly on the nominating calendar, offering candidates a proving ground to test their message. The stump meeting draws thousands of attendees from across the state, but Horry County, in which Galivants Ferry sits, is more than 80% white…
Former Romney political strategist:
Having lost pop vote once since 1988, D’s hardly need my advice but if I were them, I wouldn’t spend a dime trying to convert ‘16 Trump voters. Go after new voters who don’t like Trump. Assuming a 10% success rate at both efforts, the new voter universe produces many more votes. https://t.co/rGoNEGJeeH
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) September 16, 2019
No, he actually *doesn't* have reason to doubt the national polls, because in 2016 the final national polls had Clinton beating him by 2-4% in the popular vote and that's what happened.https://t.co/Hx4rdTbLSB
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) September 16, 2019
"Who do you like more, the country or the Hispanics?” Trump at New Mexico rally quizzes Hispanic supporter who, he said, "looks more like.a WASP than I do." https://t.co/KLGK7naifJ
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) September 17, 2019
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: PartisanshipPost + Comments (106)
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Bravo for the furries!
UPDATE: I just got a statement in from Midwest FurFest:
"The board of Midwest Furry Fandom, consistent with our posted code of conduct, has rescinded Mr. Yiannopoulos’s registration. He is not welcome to attend this or any future Midwest FurFest event.” https://t.co/M5ynm0tcyP
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) September 16, 2019
My story from this morning has been updated with new information:https://t.co/cX4BAggul7
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) September 16, 2019
Didn’t take months of ‘but free speech’ equivocation for the Fur-Folk to reject blatant fascism:
… Yiannopoulos posted an email screenshot to one of the few platforms he has left—his Telegram messaging channel—on Saturday and claimed he registered for Midwest FurFest, a convention “to celebrate the furry fandom” hosted in the suburbs on Chicago this December…
Yiannopoulos also claimed on Telegram that he had submitted a form to suggest he host a panel called “The Politics of Fur.” He asked his followers who plan to attend Midwest FurFest to message him to arrange “dinner, drinks, photos or anything else.”…
In a statement later provided to Right Wing Watch, organizers wrote that they had rescinded Yiannopoulos’ registration for the event and that he would not be welcome to attend Midwest FurFest or any future event.
“Hate is not welcome at Midwest FurFest. We are dedicated to providing a safe, harassment-free convention experience for all, regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, or personal beliefs,” organizers wrote. “Midwest FurFest can confirm that Mr. Yiannopoulos has registered for the event this year. While the convention generally does not comment on anyone’s registration status, Mr. Yiannopoulos has already stated as much publicly.”
Organizers continued, “The board of Midwest Furry Fandom, consistent with our posted code of conduct, has rescinded Mr. Yiannopoulos’s registration. He is not welcome to attend this or any future Midwest FurFest event.”
In 2017, The Daily Beast reported that another convention, Rocky Mountain Fur Con, had canceled its events after a controversy involving far-right participants in the furry community stirred discord. At the time, a flash of far-right activity in the furry community had reared its head, but other members of the subculture worked to dampen its reach…
Decatformed
— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) September 16, 2019
Fursona non grata
— this account follows enbies (@Neeerts) September 16, 2019
Its a homophobia thing. Furries are (accurately) perceived as mostly non-straight, so hating them is a deniable proxy for hating gay people (plus extra "weirdness").
So of *course* Milo, whose whole shtick is "the bigots' gay man", would try to pivot into "the bigots' furry".— EveryZig314 (@zig314) September 16, 2019
@FurFest Milo has not stated he intends to come and bring “friends” so needless to say this is without a doubt a threat on the con and its attendees. Take action and report him to authorities pic.twitter.com/rfJhAmWOWi
— ?️?MattytheAkita?️? (@MattytheDoggo) September 16, 2019
Last person they kicked out for being a white-supremacist griefer got their fursuit stripped off, was wrapped in hotel bed-sheets, and dragged out to a cruiser. Not a fan of cops, but I still hope there's video
— (((Catherine C))) (@torontocrockett) September 17, 2019
ETA:
I'm actually kind of sorry we're not going to get to see the furries bury Milo in the sand outside the convention hotel
— ObamaNetflixHat (@Popehat) September 16, 2019
by Adam L Silverman| 70 Comments
This post is in: America, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Israel, Military, Open Threads, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Silverman on Security, The Trump Doctrine
While we all wait to actually see something that resembles actual evidence, as opposed to speculation and assertions, of who is responsible for Saturday’s attack on the Saudi oil facility, I think there are several things to keep in mind. The first is that the administration in general and the President, the Secretary of State, and the US Special Representative for Iran do not have any real credibility in any of their public statements. You will undoubtedly remember that all three of them went all in on Iran being responsible for the two rounds of tanker attacks in port in the UAE and just underway off the UAE’s coasts earlier in the summer. You’ll notice that those assertions were not only quickly contested by the ship owners and the UAE. And you have also probably noticed that all three stopped talking about them shortly after the initial round of public bluster. So until or unless someone with some credibility comes out and provides some verification that the Iranians actually conducted Saturday’s attack on the Saudi refinery, all assertions from the administration should be taken with a very large grain of salt. And this goes even more for anything the Saudis state publicly, as well as the Israelis. Both Muhammad bin Salman and Bibi Netanyahu have their own reasons for wanting to place the blame for this on Iran. And both would really like the US to fight Iran for them to the last American Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine, DOD and Service civilian, and contractor. Is it possible that Iran is responsible? Yes it is. What we don’t know right now is how plausible or probably it is.
What I think is going to happen here is that the President will bluster a bit more on Twitter or in press gaggles about Iran, though, apparently, the Special Representative has told Congressional staffers that the President is still open to engagement with Iran. So I expect that we’ll see a replay of what happened with the two rounds of tanker attacks from this past summer. Several days of Presidential bluster on Twitter and in press gaggles about Iran being responsible and what the US could do, followed by the Secretary of State and the US Special Representatives trying to both back up the tough talk, while doing whatever it is they’re doing. If no evidence is actually ever presented, or contrary evidence comes out, then the whole thing will just be dropped.
I do not think we’re going to see a US military response. A one off strike, either lobbing a couple of missiles or a US Air Force or Naval aviation strike, would be both tactically and strategically pointless. All it would do is rally the just attacked Iranian populace to support the Iranian government. As I’ve written about here, as well as in more professional publications, an invasion of Iran would be strategic malpractice. Moreover, as I’ve written about here and elsewhere, we simply do not have the military resources right now to actually increase our military operational tempo, let alone add a third theater of war to the Afghan and Iraqi ones we are already operating in. And there’s another reason an American response is unlikely: this wasn’t an attack on Americans or American infrastructure. As far as we know so far from the reporting, no Saudis were hurt or killed. Certainly no Americans were. So any attack on Iran here would not be justifiable, it would be preemptory. Not that I think the President or the Secretary of State actually care about such things as Just War Theory. It is also hard to convince Americans to support going to war to protect Saudi oil refineries, so even the domestic politics of this would be a very difficult needle to thread.
There’s a final dynamic at work here that I think is very important, which is that the Iranians are in control of this situation, not the President, not the Secretary of State, not Muhammad bin Salman, and not Bibi Netanyahu. They also have the President’s number. They know he doesn’t want to actually get into any more wars in the Middle East and Central Asia and, in fact, wants to get out of Afghanistan as quickly as possible. They also don’t give a damn about the Trump Doctrine. The Iranians have no desire to treat the President fairly and from their perspective they’ve gotten nothing but “or else” from the US for over 40 years, with, perhaps, the exception of how President Obama treated them in the run up to and during the JCPOA negotiations. The open ended “or else” threat of the Trump Doctrine is a hollow threat for Iran. As a result, the Iranians are actually calling the shots here, not the President or anyone else. Whether the President, Secretary Pompeo, the Special Representative for Iran, or anyone else advising them recognizes this reality is something I cannot speak to.
Finally, for those looking for other resources, both subject matter experts and reporters, on the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Iran, I recommend the following.
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by TaMara| 161 Comments
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Colorado Governor Polis posted this on FB yesterday. I am loving how adept at social media he and First Gentleman Marlon Reis have been since the election. Using for both fun and education. Comes in handy when they need to rally everyone for a vote. Or oppose a recall.
Last week they took their kids to southern Colorado for the annual Tarantula Migration, and posted photos of the critters crawling all over them.
Yesterday Polis posted this video and I’ve been fascinated by it ever since.
This mid-1950s Westinghouse ad for “The electric home” shows a vision for a home of the future. Here we are almost seventy years later, and it’s fascinating to see what they got right and what they got wrong. Even to this day, electricty is only used as the primary source of heat and cooking in 38% of US homes. Gas remains the most common home heating source at 48% of US homes, with heating oil, wood, and propane used for the rest. From an environmental perspective, gas heating and cooking had the edge for most of the 20th century because natural gas burns cleaner than coal. But with the electric grid phasing out costly coal and rapidly increasing clean renewable energy, electricity is fast gaining the edge. Electricity is also generally safer than gas for home use, as gas has higher risk of fires, explosions, and carbon monixide poisoning. I especially wish I could push a button that “selects the latest hit record, and play it automatically,” but alas our electric reality has far surpassed this nostalgiac vision.
I just thought I’d share in case you’ve never seen this before. Reading the comments on the FB post, guess there are quite a few medallion homes in the area.
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Open Retro Thread: Westinghouse Medallion Electric HomePost + Comments (161)