New bed arrived today. Oh, my name is John. I used to blog here.
Things are happening crazy fast so I am swamped but I should have some pictures soon.
by John Cole| 76 Comments
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New bed arrived today. Oh, my name is John. I used to blog here.
Things are happening crazy fast so I am swamped but I should have some pictures soon.
by DougJ| 88 Comments
This post is in: Election 2016, Our Failed Political Establishment
If you you put your ray gun to my head and made my guess what’s going on with Trump and Russia and how it will play out, I’d say that Trump is probably being blackmailed in some way by Russia, that this will never come out explicitly, and that the lingering story will hurt Trump a little but not a lot.
It’s more than a little distressing that the only reason the story’s being discussed at all right now is the work two people: a former MI6 agent and reporter-turned-GOP operative
(via).
Mr Steele became increasingly frustrated that the FBI was failing to take action on the intelligence from others as well as him. He came to believe there was a cover-up, that a cabal within the Bureau blocked a thorough inquiry into Mr Trump, focusing instead on the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails.
[….]Mr Trump’s surprise election victory came and the Democrat employers of Mr Steele and Mr Johnson no longer needed them. But the pair continued with their work, hopeful that the wider investigation into Russian hacking in the US would allow the Trump material to be properly examined.
On the bright side, history will likely see the Republicans and Tories attacking the reports the same way it now sees Nazi collaborators and appeasers in the US and England.
by Betty Cracker| 183 Comments
This post is in: Open Threads, Politics, Republican Stupidity, Assholes
Last night, Anne Laurie posted about the principled stand of Rep. John Lewis, who refuses to recognize Trump’s legitimacy. Lewis knows something about opposing evil regimes.
This morning, Twitler fired back:
Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017
mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk – no action or results. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017
Of course, Trump is lying about the district, which includes areas ritzy enough for Trump to hold fancy private fundraisers. “Falling apart” and “crime infested” are signals to Trump’s racist followers, just as wingnuts’ constant invocation of “Chicago” is a code.
But man, the fucking stones on that silver-spoon crybaby, to accuse a genuine American hero like John Lewis of being all talk and no action. That fucker has more projection than Carmike.
This post is in: Hail to the Hairpiece, Open Threads, Readership Capture, Republican Venality, Assholes, I'm Too Big To Cry/Hurts Too Much To Laugh, Not Normal
With the aid of his trusted lieutenants, he’ll gin up new truckloads of bullshit in no time!
Apart from reminding everybody this is Not Normal, what’s on the agenda for the day?
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This is the first time in modern times where the approval of the outgoing President is dramatically higher than the incoming President. Wow
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) January 13, 2017
Spot the outlier: net approval, presidential transition:
Clinton: +70
W. Bush: +36
Obama: +71
Trump: -7https://t.co/eZqQCjjAlh— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) January 13, 2017
Also interesting: net approval has worsened from December to January.
It's not just Gallup, either. https://t.co/4Q0Ylkv1hB https://t.co/SW5P6iuQUf
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) January 13, 2017
I think a lot lately about how when Reagan was slipping away in his second term, the media and the congress acted like everything was fine.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 13, 2017
Saturday Morning Open Thread: Good Thing Trump’s So Prolific!Post + Comments (122)
This post is in: Hail to the Hairpiece, Open Threads, Security Theatre
NOTE: No present WikiLeaks staff, including our editor, have medical, psychological or drug conditions which could lead to sudden death.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 13, 2017
It’s okay to laugh, because Assange is waaay too paranoid to trust Trump, who’s too narcissistic to admit some 400-ounce Aussie hacker on his bed at the Ecuadorian Embassy might’ve had anything to do with Donnie’s YUUUGE electoral victory. And the hapless puppets stuck monitoring Wikileaks’ tweet feed can’t recognize/admit either half of that equation!
Open Thread: Bad-Person LOL of the EveningPost + Comments (179)
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Let's keep talking about what cover bands are playing the balls though. https://t.co/XZnmEJVFex
— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 13, 2017
"I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected. And they helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton," Lewis said. pic.twitter.com/k6u5gfxRwb
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) January 13, 2017
“You cannot be at home with something that you feel is wrong.”
Blessings to Rep. Lewis for standing up, as he has alway stood up, for truth and justice. The Trumplodytes are going to call him every name they can think of — and the Very Serious Media People will amplify the screeching, because they have concerns about civility — but they’ve been calling him those names for more than half a century anyway.
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Apart from calling things by their rightful names, what’s on the agenda for the evening?
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Here's the transcript of that John Lewis exchange w @chucktodd, via @SZilberstein https://t.co/HIFbpKx4WX pic.twitter.com/a8GFM0iMeH
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) January 13, 2017
And furthermore…
Just in: Senate Intel Cmte will conduct a "bipartisan inquiry" into intel reports RE: Russia Intel Activities surrounding the election –> pic.twitter.com/fP4592o0Yn
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) January 13, 2017
Friday Evening Open Thread: <del>Shots Fired</del> Markers LaidPost + Comments (206)
by David Anderson| 86 Comments
This post is in: Anderson On Health Insurance, Bitter Despair is the New Black, Blatant Liars and the Lies They Tell, Bring On The Meteor
I have moved from 70% pessimism to 80% pessimism given the fast Senate and House vote to kick off reconciliation and a few other things that I’ve heard that the plan really is to jump off a cliff and weave a parachute out of pubic hair and pocket lint on the way down.
UPDATED: The Budget Reconciliation Process Explained via @RandyLeonard pic.twitter.com/fQGSkGljgm
— CQ Now (@CQnow) January 13, 2017