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January 4, 2019

AOC: I hear the GOP thinks women dancing 💃🏽 are scandalous. Wait till they find out ...

I think she is mocking those who dissed her for dancing on the rooftop.



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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Verified account @AOC
20m20 minutes ago

I hear the GOP thinks women dancing are scandalous.

Wait till they find out Congresswomen dance too! 💃🏽

Have a great weekend everyone


https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1081234130841600000




https://twitter.com/Eat_Work_Run/status/1081238016943898624

January 4, 2019

Wall Street Journal Edit Page Breaks With Trump, Trashes Afghanistan Mockery as 'Slander'

Source: DAILYBEAST





‘CRACKED HISTORY’

The Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board has lashed out, saying it cannot ‘recall a more absurd misstatement of history by an American president.’

01.04.19 10:38 AM ET


The home of “free people, free markets” apparently hit a limit.

In a cutting commentary that breaks with its full-bore support of the Trump White House, The Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board condemned the president’s comments about Afghanistan and Russia at a televised Cabinet meeting this week, calling them “absurd” and a “slander.”


Among his eye-opening Wednesday statements, Trump ridiculed other nations’ commitment to fight alongside U.S. troops following the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

“They tell me a hundred times,” Trump said. “‘Oh, we sent you soldiers. We sent you soldiers.’”

The Journal’s editorial called Trump’s mocking words “a slander against every ally that has supported the U.S. effort in Afghanistan with troops who fought and often died.” In fact, the U.K. sent thousands of soldiers to the country between 2001 and 2014 and has—to date—lost more than 450 people in the fighting in Afghanistan......................

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/wall-street-journal-edit-page-breaks-with-trump-trashes-afghanistan-mockery-as-slander?ref=home



it is a slow slow crawl but a few are fed up with stupid trump!
January 4, 2019

Maddow is vetting Jim Webb--be forewarned that Sen. Webb's 2016 Presidential campaign website is sti




Rachel Maddow MSNBC
?Verified account @maddow
18h18 hours ago

If NYT is right that Jim Webb is being considered for Trump's next Defense Secretary, be forewarned that Sen. Webb's 2016 Presidential campaign website is still live, and it is now (I think?) promoting a... uh... Thai gambling operation?


https://twitter.com/maddow/status/1080937296013287424


January 4, 2019

What are the odds of having 4--eerrr 5 bald men on stage for a Trump Press Conference??

Really, what would the odds be?? It was just weird (I have nothing against men shaving their heads--it just was a eye stopper when all of them at one time).




One dick-head shy of a six-pack.

https://twitter.com/PaulLeeTicks/status/1080980541682405378



https://twitter.com/BlueTsuni/status/1080991062062186496

January 4, 2019

DHS requesting more troops at border: report

Source: the Hill



By John Bowden - 01/03/19 10:18 PM EST


The Department of Homeland Security has reportedly requested an additional deployment of U.S. troops to the border with Mexico to install concertina wire atop existing border fencing, adding months to the military's deployment.

NBC News reports that three U.S. officials confirmed DHS's request to Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, while two of the officials added that at the current rate of construction it would likely mean U.S. troops deployed along the U.S. border until September.

DHS officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill on NBC's report. The existing deployment of U.S. troops to the border is scheduled to end on Jan. 31.

The expanded mission would involve the installation of 160 miles of concertina wire atop existing border fences, NBC reports, similar to concertina wire installed at U.S. ports of entry in Texas, Arizona and California....................

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/423814-dhs-requesting-more-troops-at-border-report





January 4, 2019

I had to look a few times, but I think this is really Trey Gowdy.....




Tea party hangovers are the worst.
https://twitter.com/Rschooley/status/1081050904512454656





Thomas E. Murphy
? @tmurphy740
7m7 minutes ago

Replying to @Rschooley

I'd like an audit done on his "investigations". He should be in cuffs.

What a waste of tax payer money. Funny how things went for the tea party.

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random chick stuck in ohio
? @rockwitchypoo
19m19 minutes ago

Replying to @Rschooley

And he had to wear stuff from the Lost & Found that Roger Stone left behind.

Sad panda.
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Robert Poretti
? @PorettiRobert
13m13 minutes ago

Replying to @Rschooley

“Dude, where’s my car?”
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Shannon Renee

🌵
☀️
💙
? @ShaniRae617
15m15 minutes ago
Replying to @Rschooley

Was it a pajama party?!?!
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BLOOP!
? @susiemcdonnell
18m18 minutes ago

Replying to @Rschooley

Remember how much they screamed about the deficit? So genuine.
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Pearl Polanski
? @PearlPolanski
20m20 minutes ago

Replying to @Rschooley

Did he steal Trump's pants?





https://twitter.com/VanBracken/status/1081056128010731520

January 3, 2019

Legendary singer Tony Bennett is among several guests at the Capitol to support Nancy Pelosi,



Legendary singer Tony Bennett is among several guests at the Capitol to support Nancy Pelosi, who is poised to become the next speaker of the House https://cnn.it/2CNwUyI
https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1080887111820156929
January 3, 2019

Here are the historic firsts this Congress will make...



Here are the historic firsts this Congress will make...https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/new-congress-january-2019/h_0a51f80c22a089b54fadbc89ba0c4d86?utm_medium=social&utm_term=image&utm_content=2019-01-03T18%3A02%3A23&utm_source=twCNNp




Kansas and New Mexico sent the first Native American women to Congress.
Democrats Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota are the first Muslim women elected to serve in Congress.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who at 29 years old will become the youngest woman ever in Congress.
Republican Marsha Blackburn will be the first female senator from Tennessee.
Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith made history in the midterms by becoming the first woman elected to Congress from Mississippi.
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema became the first female senator elected to represent Arizona. Sinema will also make history as the first openly bisexual senator.
Democrats Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia will be the first Latinas to represent Texas in Congress.
Incoming Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley will be the first black congresswoman to represent Massachusetts.
Democrat Jahana Hayes will be the first black congresswoman from Connecticut.

Watch the moment:
January 3, 2019

Kellyanne Conway says Trump has given up ownership of government shutdown: 'He doesn't own the shutd

Source: raw story



Kellyanne Conway says Trump has given up ownership of government shutdown: ‘He doesn’t own the shutdown any longer’

03 Jan 2019 at 10:45 ET


White House counselor Kellyanne Conway opined on Thursday that President Donald Trump may have started the government shutdown but he doesn’t “own” it “any longer.”

Conway made the statement while speaking to reporters at the White House, according to CBS correspondent Mark Knoller.


Conway went on to insist that the president would continue the shutdown if Democratic leaders do not agree to funding for a border wall.

“You can say ‘wall’ all you want, you can make it a four letter word,” Conway said. “Nancy Pelosi yesterday just ignored and interrupted and was, frankly, just rude and dismissive [during a meeting with the president.]”

...................................................



Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/kellyanne-conway-says-trump-given-ownership-government-shutdown-doesnt-shutdown-longer/



ha ha. Keep your mess Trumpy!!---the #TrumpShutDown is All YOURS!



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