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Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 7
What kind of morons elect morons like this:
"The extent of that bad blood between McCarthy and his defectors was on full display Tuesday, when one of the eight, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) accused the former speaker of intentionally elbowing him in the Capitol basement. Burchett even suggested the two men could settle things in “the parking lot.” "
God help us.
No. of Recommendations: 6
sano:
What kind of morons elect morons like thisOr this:
A congressional hearing devolved into an angry confrontation between a senator and a witness on Tuesday after Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma challenged Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to “stand your butt up” and settle longstanding differences right there in the room. LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE IN THE SENATE!
Or this:
During an Oversight Committee hearing today Representative James Comer, a Republican, called Jared Moskowitz "a liar" and "a Smurf" after Moskowitz asked Comer to explain his $200,000 personal loan to his brother, the same kind of loan that prompted Comer to issue several subpoenas and accuse president Biden of bribery.
They're all bozos on that bus, err, umm, in that cult.
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-drama-descend...https://apnews.com/article/senate-mullin-obrien-te...
No. of Recommendations: 15
But wait there's more...
Marjorie Taylor Greene is walking around the Capitol calling her fellow party member Lauren Boebert a slut
just because she got caught on camera jacking some dude’s beanstalk in a theatre full of kids...
And Sen. "Steroids" Mullin is threatening to assault witnesses in committee rooms...
All while the pu#$y grabbing, draft dodging, tax evading Trump is channeling his inner Hitler!
The Republican Party is using our tax dollars to turn America into the Jerry Springer show.
Embarrassing...
Facepalm.
No. of Recommendations: 0
God can't help you, he was expelled from your country and halls of power long ago.
Ande as someone on TMF used to warn; Violence will one day be normal in your "democracy".
No, not just polling place killings and beatings - that's coming too.
But bombs and assignations between rival congressional candidates.
Fistfights and worse in Congress.
Give it time.
And keep on moving away from traditional norms.....
Nothing, will reverse it now.
Nothing.
Deserved.
No. of Recommendations: 5
It is interesting that this Trump tactic is backfiring inside the GOP itself.
Trump has been pushing dehumanizing the opposition, thus making violence against "the other" acceptable.
Alan
No. of Recommendations: 3
Trump has been pushing dehumanizing the opposition, thus making violence against "the other" acceptable.
Alan
Sorry, this is Biden’s America. Biden is the Leader of the Free World.
Look at the shambles America has become since Biden took Office and wars around the world.
Don’t blame Trump for Biden’s failures. Trump is a bystander complaining about America’s
downfall just like the rest of us normal Americans.
You can start with America’s downfall with Biden’s open Border.
No. of Recommendations: 3
It is interesting that this Trump tactic is backfiring inside the GOP itself.
Trump has been pushing dehumanizing the opposition, thus making violence against "the other" acceptable.
No offense, but I don't want to hear it.
The left sniggered when little old ladies were assaulted when leaving Trump rallies. Then laughed out loud when Trump Administration officials and other Republicans were hounded out of restaurants, saying "That's the price of being a public servant".
Then the left sent mobs to officials' homes. One guy even went so far as to show up to Brett Kavanaugh's house with the intent to murder. The left shrugged its shoulders, and Merrick Garland refused protection.
A leftist crazy shot up the Congressional baseball game looking to kill Republicans. More shoulder shrugging...and maybe some outright support.
And then in 2020 and 2021 left wing mobs rioted in numerous cities with the call of "this is what resistance looks like".
So spare us the tongue clicking and tut-tut-tutting about dehumanizing others *especially* after calling Republicans NaziHomophobicWomenHatingOldPeopleMurdering scumbags for literally decades.
We don't want to hear it.
No. of Recommendations: 11
Show me a clip of Biden calling US citizens vermin, or rats, and then we can talk about "both sides"...
Alan
No. of Recommendations: 13
LurkerMom: Don’t blame Trump for Biden’s failures.
No need. Instead, let's blame Trump for Trump's failures.
North Korea added to its nuclear stockpile and built more and better missiles despite Trump’s open and frequent ass-kissing of Kim Jong-un.
Trump singlehandedly enabled Iran to reduce the time it would need to develop nuclear weapons by his unilateral exit from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Venezuela’s dictatorship became more entrenched in the Trump years.
Russia, Syria, and Iran increased their influence across the Middle East with Trump's isolationism and his decision to withdraw troops and support for local partners in the region.
Abandonment became the hallmark of Trump’s foreign policy (just go ask our Kurdish allies or the people in northeastern Syria -- oh wait, you can't, they've either fled or are dead) as did his frequent and full-throated criticism of America’s European and Asian allies.
Trump cozied up to almost every authoritarian leader and disregarded human-rights violations (in fact, often praising those violations), reducing US influence on the world stage.
Trump's blend of nationalism, unilateralism, and isolationism disrupted relationships and arrangements without putting anything better in their place, handing president Biden a world that was in far worse condition than he inherited.
And that's to say nothing of Trump demonizing the media, violating established norms, promoting lies, questioning the authority of the courts, and rejecting the results of a presidential election that passed every serious test of its legitimacy.
Trump’s flawed response to the COVID-19 pandemic caused millions of jobs and businesses to disappear (some permanently), millions of students to fall behind, and governments and people around the world to lose respect for America.
No other president has done as much damage to American democracy than the man put a cherry on his presidency by inciting a mob of his supporters to besiege and occupy the US Capitol, and then stood by watching for hours in complete dereliction of his duties.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Show me a clip of Biden calling US citizens vermin, or rats, and then we can talk about "both sides"...https://www.newsweek.com/rep-steve-scalise-shot-sa...Rep. Steve Scalise, Shot By Sanders Supporter, Replies to Request for Evidence of 'Bernie Bros' Being Bad: 'I Can Think of an Example'Dude.
We don't want to hear it.
You people have been 'othering' us for years. Now that you're on the other end of it - and I don't grant that Trump was making a Nazi comment, that's more silly equivalency from Echota and the media - you don't like even the
possibility of it.
And I'll further point out the irony of these complaints in a thread with "morons" in the title.
No. of Recommendations: 1
We've told the left for over 20 years that all the hate they put into the system was going to come back to them some day.
Are we there yet? I don't know. I hope not. Because even after all they've done and all they've said...they're still Americans and I don't wish that on anybody.
No. of Recommendations: 3
Show me a clip of Biden calling US citizens vermin, or rats, and then we can talk about "both sides"...
““We will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous, and grave than the threat from within,” Trump said.”
Sounds okey to me..but I guess the left doesn’t like being called vermin.
I read worse right here on this Board the gutter talk of conservatives, Trump and the evil talk of MEGA folks.
So don’t bother me with me with the nonsense of a new buzz word to go after Trump with.
No. of Recommendations: 3
No other president has done as much damage to American democracy than the man put a cherry on his presidency by inciting a mob of his supporters to besiege and occupy the US Capitol, and then stood by watching for hours in complete dereliction of his duties.
Oh yawn… more nonsense.
commonone left out under Trump we had no wars, prosperity, bulging 401k, low food and gas prices, the list goes on, it was not Trumps fault the covid struck and then Biden destroyed the economy and letting millions and millions of unknowns and unvetted people just mosey on into our Country. Even democrats are angry their leader is destroying America.
No. of Recommendations: 4
....and here's a real drag. There's no way to know if the MAGAmorons are responding to AI from unkowable sources, genuine ignorance (Boebert, MTG, etc) or malicious fraud (Trump).
"A 'tsunami of disinformation' is coming for the 2024 presidential election
With the 2024 US presidential election just under a year away, AI experts are sounding a warning over the potential for a massive upswing in disinformation and misinformation campaigns using newly available generative AI technologies.
“There's going to be a tsunami of disinformation in the upcoming election,” Darrell West, senior fellow at the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution, told Yahoo Finance.https://www.brookings.edu/articles/ai-will-affect-...
No. of Recommendations: 4
No offense, but I don't want to hear it.
The left sniggered when little old ladies were assaulted when leaving Trump rallies.
You're talking about the rallies at which the Orange rapist encouraged his cult to beat people up, to rough up the press, saying he'd pay their bail? Those rallies?
It's a waste of time to list for you the HUGE number of murders in stores, churches, nightclubs, in the US by right wing extremists, homophobes, racists, who, like so many of the insurrectionists, attribute their actions to the right wing agitprop to which they were exposed; agitprop from the highest elected officials and their mouthpiece cable station liars.
Your desperation for equivalence to a Nazi movement is pathetic, expecting people to sit by while an orange rapist lauds racist homophobic militias.
No. of Recommendations: 1
A 'tsunami of disinformation' is coming for the 2024 presidential election
With the 2024 US presidential election just under a year away, AI experts are sounding a warning over the potential for a massive upswing in disinformation and misinformation campaigns using newly available generative AI technologies.
“There's going to be a tsunami of disinformation in the upcoming election,” Darrell West, senior fellow at the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution, told Yahoo Finance. - sano
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I can only hope the feds don't try to justify new intrusions into our freedom of speech, yes even the dreaded "disinformation"
No. of Recommendations: 3
I can only hope the feds don't try to justify new intrusions into our freedom of speech, yes even the dreaded "disinformation"
And remember, the people who scream about DISINFORMATION the loudest are the ones who think RUSSIARUSSIARUSSIA was real right along with "Hands up, don't shoot".
In other words, they're projecting.
No. of Recommendations: 8
It will be a whole he!! of a lot worse than "embarrassing" if that psycho wannabe Mussolini gets re-elected through the stupidity of political "leaders" and the mass stupidity of the 'merican public.
No. of Recommendations: 5
Trump’s flawed response to the COVID-19 pandemic caused millions of jobs and businesses to disappear (some permanently), millions of students to fall behind, and governments and people around the world to lose respect for America.
His flawed response was also responsible for a very significant number of preventable deaths. I had come across the statistics a while ago, and unfortunately don't have the time right now to search for them.
No other president has done as much damage to American democracy than the man put a cherry on his presidency by inciting a mob of his supporters to besiege and occupy the US Capitol, and then stood by watching for hours in complete dereliction of his duties.
You must have missed LM's recent statement of the phony attempts to make people think that the gentle presence of loving Trump supporters was illegal and significantly harmful. The manipulators of public opinion had stained the walls with fake blood to make us all think that something terrible had happened.
No. of Recommendations: 4
The Republican Party is using our tax dollars to turn America into the Jerry Springer show.
Which is just exactly what many of our fellow citizens like to see.
No. of Recommendations: 4
Goose-stepping morons on parade in the halls of Congress.
"
Greene, during a House Homeland Security Committee meeting, pressed Wray about a photo she shared of a group chat taken at a protest calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas conflict last month.
The Georgia Republican used the photo to tie an attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center to the demonstrations. She questioned whether Wray was aware of the photo before the FBI director said he hadn’t seen the snap.
“Well, I posted them on my Twitter account, it’s public. You know maybe you guys are–,” Greene said before Wray chimed back in.
“I don’t spend a lot of time on Twitter,” Wray replied.
“Well, you know – I’m sure you do because the Department of Homeland Security, organized with other offices, has censored many Americans including myself,” Greene said.
“I’m not part of the Department of Homeland Security,” he said.
“Right ......
OMFG!
New theory: MTG is making these gaffes intentionally in an effort to distract the sentient public from Trump's even stupider gaffes and toxic rhetoric.
MTG was tasked by the GOP to take this tack after Boebert's vaping and sexcapades in a theater failed to achieve the desired level of distraction.
No. of Recommendations: 10
Even democrats are angry their leader is destroying America.
Sez who......other than you and your MAGA-lith?
Yes, democrats are not happy that the migrant/border situation is still out of control. No one is. But democrats are also extremely delighted at Biden's impressive list of accomplishments in improving the economy, revitalizing funding for crumbling infrastructure.....for starters. This list has been repeated so many times by reality-based posters attempting to open the eyes of you and the others who spout the same blind nonsense, so I won't bore people by repeating it yet again. Those who recognize it don't need to hear it again. And those who deny it will never open their eyes.
You live in a world that calls truth lies, and calls lies truth. And you are smugly confident in this reversed sense of reality. And this is what is enabling the possible destruction of our country.
