January 25, 2020

"How can any Republican's head end up on a pike if it's already stuck up Trump's ass?

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1221098949563572225

January 25, 2020

Rep Schiff: After listening to the President's lawyers opening arguments, I have three observations:

They don’t contest the facts of Trump’s scheme.

They’re trying to deflect, distract from, and distort the truth.

And they are continuing to cover it up by blocking documents and witnesses.

https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/1221117035234590720

January 25, 2020

"Remember us -- if at all -- not as lost Violent souls, but only As the hollow men The stuffed men."

Sarah Kendzior has a twitter thread where she quotes T S Eliot’s “The Hollow Men” . . .
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1047313401553276928.html

"We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw."


"Alas! Our dried voices, when
We whisper together
Are quiet and meaningless
As wind in dry grass"


"Or rats' feet over broken glass
In our dry cellar"


"Shape without form, shade without color
Paralyzed force, gesture without motion"


"Those who have crossed
With direct eyes
To death's other kingdom"


"Remember us -- if at all -- not as lost
Violent souls, but only
As the hollow men
The stuffed men."

January 25, 2020

Pompeo responds (Notable he's not denying he cursed, swore and yelled at her.)

https://twitter.com/amyfiscus/status/1221091732944773121

January 25, 2020

You know it's never good when a public health scientist starts off a tweet with "HOLY MOTHER OF GOD"

2/ “We estimate the basic reproduction number of the infection (R_0) to be 3.8 (95% confidence interval, 3.6-4.0), indicating that 72-75% of transmissions must be prevented by control measures for infections to stop increasing...

3/ ... We estimate that only 5.1% (95%CI, 4.8-5.5) of infections in Wuhan are identified, and by 21 January a total of 11,341 people (prediction interval, 9,217-14,245) had been infected in Wuhan since the start of the year. Should the epidemic continue unabated in Wuhan....

4/ we predict the epidemic in Wuhan will be substantially larger by 4 February (191,529 infections; prediction interval, 132,751-273,649), infection will be established in other Chinese cities, and importations to other countries will be more frequent. Our model suggests that..

5/ travel restrictions from and to Wuhan city are unlikely to be effective in halting transmission across China; with a 99% effective reduction in travel, the size of the epidemic outside of Wuhan may only be reduced by 24.9% on 4 February. Our findings are...

6/ ...critically dependent on the assumptions underpinning our model, and the timing and reporting of confirmed cases, and there is considerable uncertainty associated with the outbreak at this early stage. With these caveats in mind, our work suggests that...

7/ a basic reproductive number for this 2019-nCoV outbreak is higher compared to other emergent coronaviruses, suggesting that containment or control of this pathogen may be substantially more difficult.”!!!! #wuhanvirus #CoronavirusOutbreak #ChinaCoronaVirus ...

@laevildea
Do you think China is reporting actual numbers or do you think they are suppressing information?

By all reports, I highly doubt the cases and death counts are accurate. Authorities already admit the numbers are too lonw. But knowing Chinese media, it’s always worse than they admit. I predict number will soar to 5 figures over weekend, and 6 figures next 2 weeks + worldwide.

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1220919589623803905
https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1221007691813965827
https://twitter.com/Phil_Mattingly/status/1221067981217767426

January 25, 2020

Note that Trump has talked before about putting the heads of reporters on pikes:

https://twitter.com/mattgreenfield/status/1221021335922577408

January 25, 2020

How much would 53 fainting couches cost the taxpayers?

@TheRickWilson

This horseshit faux-outrage line about being offended for being called out about being a cadre of chickenshit coward scaredy-cat pussies is fucking rich.

Irony is utterly fucking dead.

"We're not scared, we just play scared on every front, ever."

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1220914942146203648

January 24, 2020

George Takei: Ahem. We are expecting some royalties from this...

https://twitter.com/zoydzz/status/1220823849874284544

January 24, 2020

ABC has a recording that appears to capture Trump telling associates he wanted Yovanovitch fired

at a dinner with Parnas and Fruman in the spring of 2018—backing up Parnas’s allegations in an interview last week.

“Get rid of her! Get her out tomorrow."

A recording reviewed by ABC News appears to capture President Donald Trump telling associates he wanted the then U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch fired – and speaking at a small gathering that included Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman -- two former business associates of Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani who have since been indicted in New York.

The recording appears to contradict statements by President Trump and support the narrative that has been offered by Parnas during broadcast interviews in recent days. Sources familiar with the recording said the recording was made during an intimate April 30, 2018 dinner at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Trump has said repeatedly he does not know Parnas, a Soviet-born American who has emerged as a wild card in Trump’s impeachment trial, especially in the days since Trump was impeached.

"Get rid of her!" is what the voice that appears to be President Trump’s is heard saying. "Get her out tomorrow. I don't care. Get her out tomorrow. Take her out. Okay? Do it."

On the recording, it appears the two Giuliani associates are telling President Trump that the U.S. ambassador has been bad-mouthing him, which leads directly to the apparent remarks by the President. The recording was made by Fruman according to sources familiar with the tape. The White House did not respond to an ABC News request for comment.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/recording-appears-capture-trump-private-dinner-ukraine-ambassador/story?id=68506437
https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/1220741595068321793

January 24, 2020

A Lousy Reason For A Planet To Die.