1 hour ago, Juliajms said:

Can The Wire be trusted?  If so here is an article.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/44807/rep-ilhan-omars-constituents-are-unhappy-her-emily-zanotti

 

Daily Wire is Ben Shapiro.

11 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

 

Daily Wire is Ben Shapiro.

🤢

1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

I'll just say one more thing and leave it at that: at some point Ilhan Omar (and AOC, for that matter) will have to return to their home districts and explain exactly what they are doing specifically for their constituents because their political fates will be directly in the hands of those voters in their districts. 

At least with AOC, she recently gave a speech in the House about the Green New Deal and how kids in the Bronx had the highest rates of asthma in the country, (she also spoke about the health problems that kids in Flint will carry with them due to high levels of lead in their blood) so perhaps, at least one of them has been reminded that they were put into their positions in the House by their home constituents.  I guess we'll see whether that holds or whether the siren song of national/international attention continues to distract her.

 

I honestly think that the thing that will do both Omar and AOC in at the polls is the constant drama they create. Remember back when we were talking about Joe Biden? So much of the appeal of Joe Biden would simply be a return to normalcy. Trump creates so much chaos the last thing some of us want is chaos agents on the left. Even people like us who are focused on politics are tired. Omar and AOC focus more on their online fan clubs than on their constituents. Interviews with some of Omar's constituents show people who really just want to keep their heads down because they know how quickly things can turn. They don't want to have to keep defending her words and actions. As for AOC, I think the Amazon pullout is going to drag her down. No matter what one thinks of the company, you can't run on "I threw away thousands of jobs."

 

7 hours ago, marceline said:

 

I honestly think that the thing that will do both Omar and AOC in at the polls is the constant drama they create. Remember back when we were talking about Joe Biden? So much of the appeal of Joe Biden would simply be a return to normalcy. Trump creates so much chaos the last thing some of us want is chaos agents on the left. Even people like us who are focused on politics are tired. Omar and AOC focus more on their online fan clubs than on their constituents. Interviews with some of Omar's constituents show people who really just want to keep their heads down because they know how quickly things can turn. They don't want to have to keep defending her words and actions. As for AOC, I think the Amazon pullout is going to drag her down. No matter what one thinks of the company, you can't run on "I threw away thousands of jobs."

Right!? It doesn't take a genius to see that if things go south in this country, the white supremacists will come for both the Jews and the Muslims.  Then for a lot more vulnerable people. I found the decision to de-fund the Special Olympics chilling.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/26/after-ilhan-omar-controversy-poll-shows-drop-democrats-support-israel/

 

I can't say I'm too surprised to see the Beltway blaming Ilhan Omar for more Democrats moving away from Israel, as if she has somehow brainwashed millions of people in the space of a few months, when the truth is that the way Netanyahu has behaved over the last decade, especially his treatment of Obama, permanently poisoned the well.

A federal judge has blocked Kentucky from implementing its work requirements for Medicaid — and Arkansas from continuing its program. https://t.co/iujT7x0VaR

— NPR (@NPR) March 27, 2019

8 hours ago, DRW50 said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/26/after-ilhan-omar-controversy-poll-shows-drop-democrats-support-israel/

 

I can't say I'm too surprised to see the Beltway blaming Ilhan Omar for more Democrats moving away from Israel, as if she has somehow brainwashed millions of people in the space of a few months, when the truth is that the way Netanyahu has behaved over the last decade, especially his treatment of Obama, permanently poisoned the well.

Plus Netanyahu is always praising Trump. When so many people hate him here, that's going to have an effect.

And now, apropos of nothing, in Brexit and hair, a man improbably named "Michael Fabricant" weighs in. The thread is gold.

 

 

‘We need to make sure we leave one way or another’

Brexiteer MP Michael Fabricant says he will back Theresa May’s Brexit deal after having voted against it twice. https://t.co/TG78hzZAyo pic.twitter.com/sOZwY9YisR

— Victoria Derbyshire (@VictoriaLIVE) March 27, 2019

Also, if you're going to come up with an Anglicized version of Jim Traficant, naming him "Michael Fabricant" is just lazy writing. pic.twitter.com/nhqu7xdm9P

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 28, 2019

I have no real opinion on John Hickenlooper, who has no chance anyway, but this is a pretty good profile.

 

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/03/29/john-hickenlooper-profile-president-2020-campaign-governor-226267

A messy snowball of garbage and crap continues to snowball.  There are no words.

 

 

MPs have voted by 344-286 to reject the Withdrawal Agreement part of the Prime Minister's EU deal which means Theresa May has until 12 April to set out her proposed next steps to the EU and secure a further extension or the UK will leave in a 'no-deal' Brexit on that day

— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) March 29, 2019

The likes of Rees Mogg and Boris Johnson are so craven and opportunistic beyond words. Rees Mogg in particular shredded his credibility for a failed leadership gambit. 

 

They'd be at home in the GOP, although I have a feeling the likes of deathstar McConnell would crush them underfoot. 

 

Is Nate Silver learning that perhaps it's unwise to make prognostications on the veracity of Barr's statement based on a report that no one (probably including Barr) has read? 

 

Revising my prior on "Barr substantially misrepresented the Mueller Report" from "unlikely but not unthinkable" to "not the modal outcome but well within the thick part of the probability distribution". https://t.co/yztamRfaCG

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 28, 2019

The lengths and breadth that this greedy, unconscionable family went to hide their fraud is vast.

 

New York State filed a sweeping lawsuit against members of the wealthy family that owns Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin https://t.co/DRjnlFYVYw

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 28, 2019

18 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

The lengths and breadth that this greedy, unconscionable family went to hide their fraud is vast.

 

I'm only sorry criminal charges aren't on the table.