February 18, 2021

Trevor Noah ftw

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February 18, 2021

ROVE: Trump Will Lose If He Runs Again

Karl Rove: “Mr. Trump may not be fully aware of shifting currents among congressional Republicans. More members now admit privately that Mr. Trump had no coattails in last fall’s election. Especially in the suburbs, some Republicans and many GOP-leaning independents refused to take his lawn signs or support him. That’s why so many Republican congressional candidates ran ahead of the former president.”

“Mr. Trump crowed Tuesday that he “received the most votes of any sitting President in history.” Then again, Joe Biden received more votes than any candidate in history—and seven million more votes than Mr. Trump.”

“Despite possessing all the powers of incumbency and leading a united GOP, Mr. Trump lost the presidency. If he returned for another White House contest, leading a divided party at war with itself and out of power, he’d be wiped out.”

More:
https://politicalwire.com/2021/02/18/trump-will-lose-if-he-runs-again/

February 18, 2021

Dolly is the role model we all need

Dolly released the following statement Thursday:

I want to thank the Tennessee legislature for their consideration of a bill to erect a statue of me on the Capitol grounds. I am honored and humbled by their intention but I have asked the leaders of the state legislature to remove the bill from any and all consideration.

Given all that is going on in the world, I don’t think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time. I hope, though, that somewhere down the road several years from now or perhaps after I’m gone, if you still feel I deserve it, then I’m certain I will stand proud in our great State Capitol as a grateful Tennessean.

In the meantime, I’ll continue to try to do good work to make this great state proud.

https://twitter.com/BrandyZadrozny/status/1362435661823938568?s=20

February 18, 2021

Meanwhile, Beto...

February 18, 2021

Please let this be true.

Breaking: Two federal sources have shared that Rudy Giuliani will be indicted.

I cannot add additional information at this time. I pressed both of my sources on whether this was a RICO case or related to the 6 January event. Neither would offer more details saying, they could not confirm a timeline, charges being sought or whether Rudy Giuliani was aware.

https://twitter.com/PCUnitedPage/status/1362298057681870849?s=20

February 18, 2021

Cruz SHAMED Into Coming Back Home?

"Once I realized there was a crisis in Texas...."

Here’s the upgrade list for this afternoon’s flight from Cancun to Houston.

Looks like ⁦@tedcruz⁩ is on his way back, ⁦@danpfeiffer⁩. He’s just narrowly missing the upgrade list

That’s assuming that “cru, r” is him. And I do.

https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/1362423047240695812?s=20

February 18, 2021

Reagan gave Rush the role of promoting "the Movement Conservative narrative"

Trouble in Texas, movement conservativism, and Rush Limbaugh all related. Heather Cox Richardson *nails* it.
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Pressing the Movement Conservative case faced headwinds, however, since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) enforced a policy that, in the interests of serving the community, required any outlet that held a federal broadcast license to present issues honestly, equitably, and with balance. This “Fairness Doctrine” meant that Movement Conservatives had trouble gaining traction, since voters rejected their ideas when they were stacked up against the ideas of Democrats and traditional Republicans, who agreed that the government had a role to play in the economy (even though they squabbled about the extent of that role).

In 1985, under a chair appointed by President Ronald Reagan, the FCC stated that the Fairness Doctrine hurt the public interest. Two years later, under another Reagan-appointed chair, the FCC abolished the rule.

With the Fairness Doctrine gone, Rush Limbaugh stepped into the role of promoting the Movement Conservative narrative. He gave it the concrete examples, color, and passion it needed to jump from think tanks and businessmen to ordinary voters who could help make it the driving force behind national policy. While politicians talked with veiled language about “welfare queens” and same-sex bathrooms, and “makers” and “takers,” Limbaugh played “Barack the Magic Negro,” talked of “femiNazis,” and said “Liberals” were “socialists,” redistributing tax dollars from hardworking white men to the undeserving.

Constantly, he hammered on the idea that the federal government threatened the freedom of white men, and he did so in a style that his listeners found entertaining and liberating.


More:
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-17-2021?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjQxNTE4MywicG9zdF9pZCI6MzI2NzA2MDEsIl8iOiJCVFdaMyIsImlhdCI6MTYxMzY1NjI3OSwiZXhwIjoxNjEzNjU5ODc5LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMjA1MzMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.gJEyjE0K8yeWLCTnJRzZQP2ubSapYIFjWBHrtTCrVjc

February 18, 2021

Remembering Rush

UP YOURs

February 18, 2021

Facebook is in big big trouble - Fraud. Handcuffs.

woah, I have the unsealed docs here. this is the Facebook census / fake accounts case DCN filed to get unsealed for public interest. Judge recently ruled in our favor. So I guess here come the docs. And the apparent cover-up was once again worse than imagined. Sandberg.

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This is just fraud. Fraud. Handcuffs.

NEW: A Facebook manager warned internally that the company made revenues it “should have never made” by overstating how many users advertisers could reach, according to class action lawsuit

Execs refused to fix the issue "to preserve FB's own bottom line"

https://www.ft.com/content/c144b3e0-a502-440b-8565-53a4ce5470a5
https://ft.com/content/c144b3e0-a502-440b-8565-53a4ce5470a5
https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1362256703564247040?s=20
https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1362255420417572866?s=20

February 17, 2021

Molly Ivins describes Rush: 'cruel & profoundly vulgar'

I object because he consistently targets dead people, little girls, and the homeless—none of whom are in a particularly good position to answer back. Satire is a weapon, and it can be quite cruel. It has historically been the weapon of powerless people aimed at the powerful. When you use satire against powerless people, as Limbaugh does, it is not only cruel, it’s profoundly vulgar. It is like kicking a cripple.

https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1362155880297463809?s=20
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1995/05/lyin-bully/