This guy is a real hero. We need 10,000 more like him.

 

A little more of him:

 

 

7 hours ago, marceline said:

 

Except these aren't people who are arguing in good faith. If they got $2,000 they'd demand three. Give them three and they'll demand that there be retroactive payments. The goalposts always move because the whole brand of the left is that nothing is ever good enough. If they want it to be another $2,000 then write a bill for $2,000. It's not up to Joe Biden, it's up to Congress. Biden put forth his plan but Congress actually has to write and pass the legislation.

 

What's really pissing me off is that these are people who are always talking about how they want to help the poor and working class but they've completely ignored everything in the plan that does that like the increase in unemployment insurance, eviction/foreclosure moratorium, increase in the EITC, funding for schools so that people can send their kids back safely, increase in SNAP, etc... all because they want to be performative on Twitter.

The eviction moratorium going until September and the increase in SNAP are really great. Those huge car lines for food banks are heartbreaking. So many people are going to be saved from homelessness and hunger because of this. Not to mention the mental trauma that people, (especially children) would have experienced.

Edited January 16, 20214 yr by Juliajms

Unfortunately, in this ever-changing world in which we're living, as soon as we exalt individuals like Daniel Hodges to hero status, we find ways to tear them down.  I'm sure it won't be too long before we find out something really salacious about him -- like, he likes to beat the hell out of women while high on crank at illegal cock-fighting matches, or something.

1 hour ago, Khan said:

Unfortunately, in this ever-changing world in which we're living, as soon as we exalt individuals like Daniel Hodges to hero status, we find ways to tear them down.  I'm sure it won't be too long before we find out something really salacious about him -- like, he likes to beat the hell out of women while high on crank at illegal cock-fighting matches, or something.

🤣 I really hope not, but I feel like nothing can shock me at this point.

 

It seems almost completely anti-climactic that people are belatedly realizing how terrivly destructive this man is, when I think about how some of us knew from before he was elected just how much we stood to lose, and I mean human life, at that. I try not to contemplate this too often because when I do, it causes all those feelings of anger and betrayal that I felt the morning after the election to come flooding back. This Op-Ed written by Michelle Goldberg perfectly encapsulates my thoughts on this very belated judgement and meting out of consequences.

 

 

“An animating irony of Trumpism — one common among authoritarians — is that it revels in lawlessness while glorifying law and order,” writes @michelleinbklyn. https://t.co/I89R96lxTj

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) January 16, 2021

Reading reports that newly elected Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis, is considering hiring a special assistant to oversee an investigation into Trump's alleged attempts to overturn the election results for the state of GA.

Someone mentioned both Leticia James and Fani Willis and said that Trump and co. have been worried about the wrong squad 😃.

LOL!

 

 

Every time I think this guy can't get more delusional, he proves me wrong...

 

https://ew.com/tv/rudy-giuliani-blames-game-of-thrones-capitol-attack/

I shouldn't revel in others' misfortunes, but it'd be such delicious irony to see Leticia James and Fani Willis (and other WOC) take down Trump's phony ass.

 

1 minute ago, amybrickwallace said:

Every time I think this guy can't get more delusional, he proves me wrong...

 

https://ew.com/tv/rudy-giuliani-blames-game-of-thrones-capitol-attack/

 

I figured we'd get around to blaming movies, TV and video games for the attack before too long.

Edited January 16, 20214 yr by Khan

 

  

 

 

On the one hand, I am relieved to know that this VA man has been apprehended. On the other hand, it is more than unsettling to think of the others who lurk, waiting to attempt the same thing.

24 minutes ago, Vee said:

 

 

Internicine conflict has been quite a long time coming for the GOP, when you remember the rifts that were forming with the emergence of the Tea Party. Like they say, "Winning covers a multitude of sins" and the Republicans taking over the Senate during the Obama administration and Trump capturing the White House four years ago, briefly obscured the fracturing of the GOP. Personally, I could care less if that party goes away forever. I just think this fracture did not just suddenly spring up. It's been there for over a decade.