Most dogs are rules lawyers:
Dogs, bruh…???????????? pic.twitter.com/JIX5o6iplS
— Rex Chapman???? (@RexChapman) July 20, 2019
“You told me not to jump in the pool. You *didn’t* tell me not to paddleboard.”
So are most Political Twitter Experts, especially at the ends of the horseshoe…
Somewhere there are dozens of influential Trump whisperers currently thinking “Do I attack the hurricane-nuke story’s creditbility knowing he could tweet support for it at like any second, or do I just immediately embrace the awesomeness of hurricane-nuking? MY GOD I DON’T KNOW” pic.twitter.com/SHXnlWRNUZ
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) August 26, 2019
“The Obama-Bush hurricane appeasement clearly failed, so I applaud him for trying something different”
“Well I don’t see *you* with plan for solving the hurricanes”
“So I guess you’re just fine with the hurricane’s wind, rain & floods?”
“Clearly you’re paid by Big Hurricane”
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) August 26, 2019
Now I’m waiting for Tom Cotton to explain that, actually, nuking hurricanes is a terrific idea that everyone should be for, and in fact he was the one who suggested it to the President.
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) August 26, 2019
Turns out that every year cranks write to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration asking the US govt to nuke hurricanes. They grew so tired of it they created a webpage explaining why it is a terrible idea https://t.co/R2kKwCjDdy (h/t @profmusgrave) pic.twitter.com/Tnb97Q5Zox
— Tom Wright (@thomaswright08) August 25, 2019
A feel-good story to start the week:
NEW: Steve King’s campaign is broke. Having been abandoned by his GOP colleagues, he has just 18k cash on hand heading into a primary fight. Via @lachlan https://t.co/h4DSpGqIMz
— Sam Stein (@samstein) August 25, 2019
… King has not received a single contribution this year from a political action committee associated with a sitting member of Congress. Corporate PACs and interest groups have also completely shunned him. Through the first six months of the year, King received just two contributions from third party political entities: $2,000 donations from PACs associated with two former members of Congress, Lamar Smith (R-TX) and the infamous Todd Akin (R-MO)…
King is dealing with that lack of resources as he faces very immediate threats to his incumbency. His 2018 Democratic opponent, former professional baseball player J.D. Scholten, lost by fewer than three points last year, and is making another run for the seat. This time around King also has a formidable Republican primary opponent, state senator Randy Feenstra, who has already scored endorsements from influential Iowans such as evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats. At the end of July, Feenstra’s campaign committee reported having $337,314.30 cash on hand, compared to King’s $18,000…
Correction: This piece originally stated that individual donations to King were down considerably. In fact, they are roughly on par with previous cycles. The congressman’s financial troubles are due to a drop in corporate and political donations.
But there are still some sane people left in Iowa…
We have a HUGE opportunity to defeat Steve King!!!
Last cycle WE:
– moved the needle 24 points!
– got 25,000 more votes than there are Dems in #IA04This cycle, we picked up right where we left off. To help, consider donating whatever you can???https://t.co/jRduESrx7C https://t.co/FQZvMBtek7
— J.D. Scholten (@JDScholten) August 25, 2019
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