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That's true. It seems like once again America is the weak link.

The Antitrust Division of the DOJ was gutted under Trump and is still being staffed up. It still doesn't have a confirmed head. In fact Republicans have made a point of slow-walking all of the hearings for DOJ nominees. People have to stop thinking of Merrick Garland like he's Dumbledore. The DOJ was purposely torn to shreds and, frankly, it's amazing that Garland has been able to do what he's done in the time he has. Also, breaking up Facebook will need to be a global effort. FB's corruption is a global phenomenon. Australia seems to be stepping up to the plate: https://gizmodo.com/facebook-users-liable-for-all-comments-under-their-post-1847633797. Other countries will need to follow.

No. But my mom lives in his district. It's been sad watching my hometown go from center-right to a full blown MAGA toilet but at least I knew her rep was sane. I don't blame him. He's been getting constant death threats. I shudder to think of who will replace him.

It would've been nice if that reporter had followed up by naming names but she works for Politico so of course she's garbage. The Reps were Scott Peters, Kurt Schrader, and Kathleen Rice.

McGowan is pretty much the left's version of Mike Lindell. She's obviously unhinged and in need of help but for some reason no one is willing or capable of getting through to her.

People like Willis are constantly obsessed with how politics makes them feel. This is nothing but one big reality show to him.

Nice! That was elegant. I'm thrilled to see one of these terrorists finally get a sentence they deserve.

I see the far left tearing their hair out and screaming about nuking the filibuster and packing the court. Fortunately I'm also seeing people remind these idiots that they did this to themselves in 2016.

Same.

James Clyburn telling Our Revolution protesters to stop wasting everyone's time is my new favorite thing.

The media disconnect on Afghanistan and Biden is stunning to watch. It's a giant example of how Twitter isn't real life.

Let's revisit Afghanistan polling in a week.

It's been amazing to watch the disconnect between the GOP/press and the American people. You can tell they had a very simple and predictable narrative. This was supposed to be Biden's Katrina. It was supposed to be the crisis that finally brought him down. You could see the Cilizzas and Scarboroughs salivating at the thought. But the truth is 1.) America hasn't cared about Afghanistan in years except when people can use it as a slogan and 2.) Americans, especially veterans, trust Joe Biden.

This a bit of happy news.

Yep. The people who disagree with Biden on withdrawal are livid because they know this speech is going to land.

I give it days. The press thinks this is going to move the needle on Biden but I think the polling will show that most Americans support leaving. I've been looking at Facebook pages for my local media. That's where you can find the thoughts of every yokel in town. Left leaners think we have our own Taliban to deal with and right leaners just don't give a damn about anyone else. There's a lot of hot takes about Afghanistan: What Was it All For? but the only real Biden hate is coming from MAGA trolls. I think he's going to weather this okay.

I just added Tubi to my Roku. Thanks for the heads-up!

Family courts are going to see a LOT of QAnon fallout over the next few years in the form of divorces and custody battles.

When I said on another site that I didn't care about Cuomo, I got accused of supporting him and being a rape apologist. When the truth is that I simply have no opinion of him whatsoever. As for his accusers, after watching the left try to MeToo Biden TWICE (once with Lucy Flories then again with that crackpot Tara Reade, I decided that I'm not interested in anymore "resign now!" freakouts from people on the left.

It's basically two-weeks notice. I imagine there's a lot of work to be done to transfer power.

YouTube served up this clip to me. It reminded me of just how much I hated the baby switch storyline. I hate most baby switch storylines. I'll always hate how Bianca only got one slap. We should've had a good five minutes of Biance beating Babe with a lead pipe.

It doesn't have to be town hall meetings. It could be protests inside and outside local offices. But I think the focus during this recess should be on Labor Day parades. Even with COVID these parades are still going to happen and politicians will show up for photo ops. Liberal and progressive voters would do well to organize around that. Which is why people need to show up to their offices.

That is in fact ageist. It also ignores the fact that some of the young, fresh members of Congress (you know who I mean) are also some of the least effective. They don't want to write legislation. They just want to stunt and tweet. People act like recess is vacation but it's not. It's when these reps return to their states and districts and it the best chance for voters to interact with them and make their voices heard. But again that requires getting off the computer.

The response to Turner's loss has been insane. The left has just exploded with bigotry: racism, ageism, and anti-Semitism. I've long heard people say that the left has an anti-Semitism problem but I confess that I've never been very good at picking up on that kind of thing but now? Yikes. All this talk about the pro-Israel lobby and evil money is just ugly and some of it is coming from people who I thought better of. Turner supporters are tying themselves up in knots trying to explain her loss but the truth is that Nina Turner has never won and election where she ran opposed. Whenever the people of Ohio have had a choice between Turner and anyone else, we choose anyone else.

Nina Turner ran one of one of the worst campaigns I‘ve ever seen in my life. She went into the race with a ton of name recognition and plenty of outside money. She started out trying to pass herself off as a sane, normal Democrat in TV ads but she couldn’t keep her crazy in check. Then came trash-talking Clyburn. Then came the Black clergy calling her out. Then came the ramped-up anti-Semitism. Then she flip-flopped and decided to lean into running AGAINST the Democratic party by bringing AOC and the whole Bernie circus to town. Look at her ads at the beginning of the race then look at her concession speech. At the end she was just a wild-eyed, spittle flecked, conspiracy-theorist blaming the Jews.