Right-wing men with bushy mustaches who describe themselves as libertarians typically get things right about once per year or have a single issue to their credit. Otherwise, they're absurdly awful.
I call it the John Stossel Rule.
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Right-wing men with bushy mustaches who describe themselves as libertarians typically get things right about once per year or have a single issue to their credit. Otherwise, they're absurdly awful.
I call it the John Stossel Rule.
Ok, he is part of the tribe then
I should be one of the last people surprised by Jews with Jewish last names but I figured I would have heard about that by now!
Whoa, his birth name wasn't even Geraldo, it's Gerald :o
Margaret Talev @margarettalev
NOW: @realDonaldTrump is doubling down on the fast food as he prepares to greet the mighty Bison
12:10 PM - Mar 4, 2019
Geoff Bennett @GeoffRBennett
On the menu for the North Dakota State Bisons: Chick-fil-A and McDonald's. They're the latest championship team to visit Trump at the White House. Photo by WH pool reporter @HansNichols
12:17 PM - Mar 4, 2019
I'm so embarrassed to be an American every time he does this.
EDIT: To be fair, Trump does a lot of stuff that makes me embarrassed to be an American, but this, for some reason, bugs me just a LITTLE bit more than everything else.
If Trump was left to his own devices he'd have been impeached that first year.
Oh, Brie Larson has been trash talking? I didn't realize that's why they were singling her out. I'll have to read up.
No. Roberts, as poor as he has been on cases like Citizens United, seems to care about defending the prerogative of the Court and separation of powers at least a bit. I have a hard time seeing how he doesn't side with the liberals on the Court in seeing this for what it is, a blatant attempt to get around the constitutional authority of Congress to control the purse.
Margaret Talev @margarettalev
NOW: @realDonaldTrump is doubling down on the fast food as he prepares to greet the mighty Bison
12:10 PM - Mar 4, 2019
Geoff Bennett @GeoffRBennett
On the menu for the North Dakota State Bisons: Chick-fil-A and McDonald's. They're the latest championship team to visit Trump at the White House. Photo by WH pool reporter @HansNichols
12:17 PM - Mar 4, 2019
Can't even blame this on gov't shutdown. They just don't care.
I don't think that Roberts would go along with this and I wouldn't even be sure about Gorsuch (who is merely a conservative asshole, not a hyperpartisan hack). Kavanaugh, Thomas and Alito will definitely rule in his favor though.
Plus it might be hard to rule in favor of Trump without giving the next dem president free reign to do all sorts of stuff under the pretext of a national emergency.
It's that and probably the fact that her outfit is far less "sexbomb" than Wonder Woman's.
Trump abuses the privilege of the office in every way, yet refuses to serve decent food to guests. It's the way he takes everything and more, and gives everyone else less even at no loss to himself.
AFAIK this started when she dared ask why all the press at the various press days were white men.
It wasn't because no women or minorities were applying to get press credentials for the things.
Eh, I don't think that'd stop them if they were leaning that way. They'll carve out very specific exceptions depending how they want to rule.
Yes. I did not include that but that is the more cynical reading of voting against it as a matter of self-preservation against a future Democratic president doing the same thing. Ends up with the same result.
Margaret Talev @margarettalev
NOW: @realDonaldTrump is doubling down on the fast food as he prepares to greet the mighty Bison
12:10 PM - Mar 4, 2019
Geoff Bennett @GeoffRBennett
On the menu for the North Dakota State Bisons: Chick-fil-A and McDonald's. They're the latest championship team to visit Trump at the White House. Photo by WH pool reporter @HansNichols
12:17 PM - Mar 4, 2019
Isn't this shit cold by the time they start eating?
I'd really love to see how Fox News tries to spin the story if it ends up being a unanimous decision against Trump. Since SC justices serve for life, I could see the conservative judges not wanting to cede this power to future dem presidents just to let Trump get something they personally don't give a shit about.
Probably. But hey, everybody knows the only thing better than fast food is fast food that has been sitting around at room temperature for half an hour before you eat it!
This feels like a 5-4 to me with Roberts siding with the liberal side of the court.
His mom's last name was Friedman which is a super Jewish name at least.
I can already see a foreign vs. domestic threat distinction (war on drugs against Mexico/central America which goes back decades vs. climate chance/opioids internally).
Oh fuck! I saw that news the other day about his stroke but had no idea he passed. That's terrible.
They would have to create whole new categories of pretzel logic to argue that climate change is only an internal domestic threat.
Michael Del Moro @MikeDelMoro
NEW: Schiff, Engel, and Cummings request documents and interviews on President Trump's communications with Putin https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20190221_-_hfac-cor-hpsci_letter_to_white_house_re_pra.pdf …
1:49 PM - Mar 4, 2019
Frank Thorp V @frankthorp
Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, and Oversight Committees want to speak with the translator from the Trump-Putin meetings: https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/03-04-19_engel-cummings-schiff-letter-to-mick-mulvaney-requesting-white-house-putin-interview-documents.pdf …
1:53 PM - Mar 4, 2019
NEW: Schiff, Engel, and Cummings request documents and interviews on President Trump's communications with Putin https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20190221_-_hfac-cor-hpsci_letter_to_white_house_re_pra.pdf …
1:49 PM - Mar 4, 2019
Frank Thorp V @frankthorp
Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, and Oversight Committees want to speak with the translator from the Trump-Putin meetings: https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/03-04-19_engel-cummings-schiff-letter-to-mick-mulvaney-requesting-white-house-putin-interview-documents.pdf …
1:53 PM - Mar 4, 2019
Its one of their unfortunate strengths. They are all on the same page as far as their party over country. Being smug got us to this point. Getting your internet cuties means little when morons can swing elections in electoral states. But what other reaction can there be if media doesn't challenge it for what it is. Or our politicians. Republicans have an amazing set of skills when it comes to unchallenged propaganda. There is so much of it. Our institutions have to "hear them out" and respect their opinion. They arent playing by the rules though, and still have that same respect as if they are. Its bizzare as hell.
Nah i was just trying to ease the frustration. Not coming at you. Its them. "Our" media doesnt even acknowledge or challenge it. Someone that does tho, on fox news himself is Andrew Yang. Presidential hopeful. He extinguishes the socialism angle very well leaving no talking point to recite. Socialism has altered to mean foreigner communism at this point.. It doesny really have a anti platform. Its just label/code.
Im frustrated too. SNL openers are great and all... But.. I feel like were in an emergency here with threats to democracy.
It only tangentially ties into this particular moment, but Brie has also been quite (rightly) outspoken about violence against women. It was very evident how she felt about certain matters when, as the previous Best Actress recipient, she had to hand the Golden Globe for Best Actor to James Franco. Her disgust at sharing the stage with him was palpable.
This seems to be the current mindset many commentators have. Whether it bears fruit is another matter.
Oh certainly, no guarantees there.
But it goes a long way of stemming some of the SC losses.
We just have to somehow hang on for another 22 months.
Well, it's a fat white Republican molesting and holding captive the symbol of America while surrounded by corporate logos, so...
You mean Casey Affleck. James Franco never won an Oscar.
Good correction.
When I looked up Franco I saw his Golden Globe and thought that was when it occurred. I initially said Oscar, realized Franco (thank god) doesn't have one, and appended the GG to it. As it turns out, Franco got flak for wearing a Times Up pin during his GG speech, which.....
Turns out, I just have a hard time differentiating a certain crop of white, brunette actors of a particular age bracket.
I have to wonder if that's in reaction grousing behind the scenes or lobbying by interests threatening to stop donating.
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