1 hour ago, Vee said:

 

He also became infamous for tearing up and crying on-air after Trump's first State of the Union(?) last year and saying "this is the moment Trump became president!" That's what lost me completely. It's sad because he used to do good work.

 

He was losing me before that but that moment cemented it.

 

 

This is very sad but he has to live there and clearly, his family is not safe.  Imagine having to shake the hand of your father's murderer!

 

Khashoggi’s son, who is banned from leaving Saudi Arabia, had to endure this photo opp with the King of Saudi, and his son, Crown Prince MBS. pic.twitter.com/dIaZQcShqm

— Ahmed Shihab-Eldin (@ASE) October 23, 2018

1 hour ago, Vee said:

My understanding of the 'purple wave' reports (especially the NBC one) is that they are skewed to traditionally Republican-leaning areas and/or older voters - not an accurate reflection of the full picture, which still leans heavily blue. It's just another way for media to pump up the beloved 'horse race' narrative while eliding the facts. But we shouldn't get complacent.

 

If anything, we should use these reports, erroneous as they might be, in order to light a proverbial fire under those who still refuse to vote or who can't decide who to vote for.

 

I've said it before, I'm saying it again, and I'll keep on saying it past 11/6: if I can get off MY ass for once and vote, then you have no excuses not to do the same.  None.

5 hours ago, DRW50 said:

In other happy, happy, happy news:

 

 

 

Once again, if this surprises anyone in the audience, then some of y'all ain't paying attention.

1 hour ago, marceline said:

The company that provided the data to NBC is pretty much calling shenanigans on that bogus report.

 

NBC is trash.  And so is Megyn Kelly.  But we knew that already.

Didn't Van Jones also make a backhanded compliment about Michelle Obama? 

 

I tend to believe that the Republicans have more enthusiasm, because they pretty much always do in recent decades outside of one or two cycles, but that doesn't make the blatantly biased reporting any better. "Purple wave." The pure joy in that text. They may as well have said "eat the libs." I know Andy Lack wants to. 

 

That Haberman tweet where she is so impressed with Trump's political callousness is something we see over and over with Beltway types. They are so divorced from reality. Chris Cilizza used to tweet that type of stuff all the time too. They can't see humanity anymore. They probably never could.

Audio leaked to @RollingStone reveals @BrianKempGA telling attendees at a closed-door campaign event that @staceyabrams’s voter turnout operation “continues to concern us, especially if everybody uses and exercises their right to vote.” Read my report. https://t.co/uAob3x4TVx

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) October 23, 2018

She's right I didn't hear about this.

So reading that Tom Bonier timeline, a couple more things. Early absentee ballot voting in some states is only available to certain populations(seniors, military personnel). Funny how none of us hear about that. And while I do hear more reporting on the voter suppression, I hear nothing about the violent right events.

 

Startling considering the murders over the past 2 years have been primarily from white supremacist/KKK/Nazi's - Charlottesville, the 2 indian men murdered in that Kansas bar by a white man, the 2 men on the train in Portland Or who were defending those 2 young muslim women and the 2 men were murdered, and I won't include Las Vegas shooting or the school shootings.

It's disconcerting that so many people in power are touting these conspiracy theories. It's becoming the norm. No wonder someone put a bomb in GS's mailbox. The right have been making him into a bogeyman for years now.

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Edited October 23, 20187 yr by Juliajms

No, there's no proof that there are Middle Easterners in that caravan...but they just gotta be there (to infiltrate and then kill us all), they just gotta be!

 

I just had the loveliest conversation on FB that ended with me calling one of my FB friend's FB friends a "honky."  So, clearly, this is a hot-button issue for me.

Trump showed more signs of mentally slipping away when he told reporters that he sent singer Michael Bolton, instead of National Security Adviser John Bolton To Russia. https://t.co/fC6tHT9ESB pic.twitter.com/9e3PJxVrVL

— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) October 23, 2018

Hell, maybe he SHOULD have sent Michael Bolton instead!  I'd trust Mr. How Am I Supposed to Live Without You more than I would old John.

Michael Bolton! I'm tired, y'all.

 

 

Oh, no.  Don't let "Mike" Bolton include that on his set list.  We don't wanna put any wrong ideas in the Russians' heads.

 

(Other songs to leave off: "Soul Survivor" and "Said I Loved You...But I Lied.")

Edited October 23, 20187 yr by Khan

 This is from Never Trumper David Frum that MSNBC loves to trot out posted this.

 

"If Trump’s opponents stand opposed to policing America’s boundaries, they will not help immigrants—they will only lose votes."

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/caravan-challenges-integrity-us-borders/573691/

Edited October 24, 20187 yr by sivad40

Twelve relatives of the Republican candidate for governor in Nevada have penned an op-ed urging Silver State voters to not vote for him. https://t.co/0CtQHDrn36

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 24, 2018

Maybe because a link between The Proud Boys and the Heritage Foundation was recently discovered?  Of course, the press can't be relied upon to actually do some research to verify whether or not this is the case.  Just more rhetoric on caravans thousands of miles away from any U.S. border.

 

During a news cycle in which conservatives have been arguing the Democrats are a "mob," we've seen ultra-rightwing street thugs beat people on the streets of NY and bombs being sent to George Soros and the Clintons.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 24, 2018

BREAKING: Bomb found at home of Hillary and Bill Clinton in New York City suburb.

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 24, 2018