2 hours ago, Khan said:

Well, this oughta make him [!@#$%^&*] in his white sheet.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/politics/steve-king-house-judiciary-committee.html

 

55 minutes ago, Roman said:

[!@#$%^&*] him. he did this to himself......and Republicans get no credit for this. how long have they looked the other way? they agree with every word he's said.

 

Perhaps they figured they'd save House Democrats some time because you know the Democrats would eventually take out the trash. Now, if only the state of Iowa would see to reason and do the same.

Good luck explaining this away:

 

 

NBC News standards sent guidance to staffers telling them not to call Steve King's comments racist but instead that reporters should say, "‘what many are calling racist’ or something like that." https://t.co/2asCyNHomt pic.twitter.com/1dHRi03K3n

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) January 15, 2019

2. Updating my story: NBC News standards has revised their guidance on Steve King and his racist comments. https://t.co/Oc3aRCaxoO pic.twitter.com/ji0hcR7Uh4

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 15, 2019

“According to Christie, Kushner thought firing Flynn would end talk of links between the Trump campaign and Russia – it did not – and that firing Comey would not provoke ‘an enormous [!@#$%^&*]-storm’ in Washington. It did.” https://t.co/oYfy3aE8nI

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 15, 2019

That tweet about NBC urging their staff to use endless euphemisms instead of just telling truth to power-- that, therein, lies the problem of the entire MSM (corporate owned) and it's killing this country right now.  

I guess we can all be philosophical about it and say 'well, empires fall...'. 

Unto everything there is a season.

 

Thank goodness, there are at least some independent journalist and truth in media advocates willing to call these people out for their foolishness and mediocrity.

 

Looks like Theresa May had a verrry bad day!  An understatement, yes, I know.

I reiterate my wish that this entire "Brexit" mess would go away forever.  More and more, it looks like a messy waste of time.

55 minutes ago, Khan said:

I reiterate my wish that this entire "Brexit" mess would go away forever.  More and more, it looks like a messy waste of time.

 

Brexit is just another example of how the right wing has destabilized governments around the world.

Couple senior Republican lawmakers tell me the only way this breaks open is if TSA employees stay home and Americans get furious about their flights. That’s the only out, they say. And they’re close to the WH.

— Robert Costa (@costareports) January 15, 2019

In @costareports latest, Trump's "been isolated in his residence in recent days and prone to flashes of frustration about his inability to get Democrats to buckle." We'll get the latest from Costa. https://t.co/QgcuZ3cA6s

— Hardball (@hardball) January 15, 2019

Breaking: In rebuke to Trump administration on Russia, Senate Democrats & more than 10 Republicans voted to advance a measure to block Treasury from relaxing sanctions on three Russian companies with ties to Kremlin ally Oleg Deripaska.

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 15, 2019

BREAKING: Our office just won a major case over the Trump Administration!

A U.S. District Court Judge has blocked the Trump Admin's attempt to demand citizenship status on the #2020Census.

— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) January 15, 2019

This is kind of a big deal: 10 Republicans broke with TRUMP, MNUCHIN & McCONNELL to vote to protect sanctions against a Russian oligarch who is allied with PUTIN & who paid $$$ to MANAFORT. It was only an early procedural vote, but still an interesting crack in GOP unity. https://t.co/UlDVngXVpw

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) January 15, 2019

1 hour ago, Khan said:

I reiterate my wish that this entire "Brexit" mess would go away forever.  More and more, it looks like a messy waste of time.

 

15 minutes ago, marceline said:

 

Brexit is just another example of how the right wing has destabilized governments around the world.

 

All because no one wanted to discuss the real problem-- austerity measures that had made poverty even more widespread.

 

 

Speaking of messes, has anyone been following anything about this El Chapo trial?  It's wild, man!  I don't know how much of these testimonies are true but this puts Narcos to shame.

Mike Pence's wife is working for a school that bans gay employees. 

 

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/karen-pence-immanuel-christian-school_us_5c3e62c2e4b0922a21d99f58

 

She's lucky that she's a Republican and that the media gives her husband a pass. 

My niece attended a "Christian academy" for awhile in Texas.  Those places always give me the willies.

 

On the bright side, they don't have to worry about discriminating against anyone (especially now), because no one in the right mind would ever apply to a "school" such as that.  (Seriously.  I'd rather work for minimum wage at a fast-food joint than work for a place like Immanuel Christian School.)

Nancy is no fool. She knows pageantry is all Trump cares about, and she can take it from him.

 

 

Today, I wrote to @realDonaldTrump recommending that we delay the State of the Union until after government re-opens, as the @SecretService, the lead federal agency for #SOTU security, faces its 26th day without funding. https://t.co/K2oL8WGvqo pic.twitter.com/g3fIlxDbbK

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 16, 2019

Pelosi’s letter effectively cancelling the State of the Union is a reminder:
a) she has tons of leverage
b) she knows pressure points
C) she can snap her fingers and seek Trump’s tax returns.

— Damian Paletta (@damianpaletta) January 16, 2019

“It’s kind of bizarre that you shut the government down and then would come and give a speech on the state of the union. The state of the union is closed...Also, knowing how desperately he wants to give this speech, this is just going to drive him crazy!” https://t.co/TB20eCoQba

— Sam Stein (@samstein) January 16, 2019

Pelosi argued that the security issues surrounding SOTU are "completely out of my hands" and told reporters Trump "can make it from the Oval Office if he wants.”

— Ashley Killough (@KilloughCNN) January 16, 2019

It’s Pelosi’s call, not Trump’s. And Hoyer makes that clear here https://t.co/QC04Ex8wJJ

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 16, 2019

She doesn’t need him. And that is the biggest position of strength anyone ever has with him. https://t.co/GioKTXx20L

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 16, 2019

Bipartisan letter to Trump circulating in Senate calls on him to embrace precisely the solution Pence, Kushner, last wk then Trump himself on Mon ruled out: reopen government for 3 wks while separate bipartisan border security bill can be worked out.

— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) January 16, 2019

A few tidbits from my sources close to POTUS... as with VP Pence, Kushner is playing a big role in taking temp of GOP on Hill as shutdown drags on... WH is trying to tamp down moderate rebellion but not seem heavyhanded about it... making clear to lawmakers that Trump won't budge

— Robert Costa (@costareports) January 16, 2019

sources add that the WH would much rather be fighting in a public drama with Speaker Pelosi on SOTU than in engaging with moderate gripes about the shutdown. WH push is to hold line, blame Dems, carry on, despite mounting concerns about shutdown's fallout

— Robert Costa (@costareports) January 16, 2019

"The State of the Union is closed." Perfect messaging.

 

This right here is why I prefer policy wonks and nerds instead of people good at Twitter beefs. The devil is in the details and Pelosi knows every loophole and every bit of procedure.

 

ETA: This is perfect.

 

Edited January 16, 20196 yr by marceline

A lot of people do not realize that Speaker of the House is an actual job and not a spokesperson just to go on television, but fortunately most of the Democratic caucus in the House understands that and that is why Pelosi was voted into the position again. You have to know how to maneuver to be Speaker.

U.S. forces in Syria sustained what may be their deadliest attack yet — just a month after Trump claimed victory over ISIS terrorists in the country and ordered a pullout of American military.https://t.co/murAs6yR7M

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 16, 2019