TomDaisy
TomDaisy's JournalGOP set the frame: Culture War. Guess what, GOP? Afghanistan doesn't fit in your frame!
GOP wanted to erase any discussion of policy, truth, competence, facts, history, knowledge, expertise, etc. and make it
ALL ABOUT THE CULTURE WAR!!
ALL CULTURE WAR ALL THE TIME!
Guess what? Afghanistan is not a culture war issue.
By your own doing, GOP, don't be surprised when no one ends up caring. Other than the crybaby DC media.
this is the Trump/McConnell "judge" who just ruled in favor of the "remain in Mexico" policy
https://twitter.com/TrumpIsTheEnemy/status/1427370840975282182this is a terrible thing to say about us, but the American people didn't care about the Kurds
and what happened to them when trump let the Turkish military march into northern Syria.
What are the chances Americans would feel any differently about what is happening in Afghanistan?
That they will even remember it 6 months from now?
Sturgis: SD gets all the benefit in revenue, while exporting health costs and death to other states
Gov. Kristi Noem is capturing the financial windfall of Sturgis for her state (and her presidential creds) while EXPORTING the medical, financial and death costs of this COVID super-spreading event to evey other state in the nation.
#socialism
So Matt and Marge were denied access and they were very, very PUT OUT. Guess they forgot
when this happened. Ancient history.
https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1420836166924910606
https://twitter.com/TrumpIsTheEnemy/status/1420839395922366466
remember when travelers were essentially imprisoned at the airport if they were caught up in the travel ban - were not even allowed to call family to tell them where they were and if they were ok. And CBP goons bullied and insulted Members of Congress and lawyers who demanded access.
It was a terror tactic used by trump and Stephen Miller.
But apparently there's no lingering outrage about THAT - only about today's stunt.
Sheldon Whitehouse publicly rips Chris Wray a new one re sham Kavanaugh investigation
https://twitter.com/SenWhitehouse/status/1418241007985078279https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1418241007985078279.html
This long-delayed answer confirms how badly we were spun by Director Wray and the FBI in the Kavanaugh background investigation and hearing.
It confirms my suspicions that the tip line was not real and that FBI tip line procedures were not followed. There are FBI tip line procedures. They were not followed.
So when Wray said they followed procedures, he meant the procedure of doing whatever Trump White House Counsel told them to do. Thats misleading as hell.
I charged that the tip line was really a tip dump, with all the tips going straight into the dumpster without investigation. In fact it was a tip dump where all the tips went straight to White House Counsel without investigation. Same difference.
No wonder so many witnesses were so frustrated when they tried to bring evidence forward. Ive heard tales that even FBI agents not in on the scam sent info to the tip line. That must feel like a burn.
Victims dont always get redress, but their serious allegations deserve serious investigation, not a tip line garbage chute to a White House Counsel desperate to cover up the facts.
https://twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/1418245858747768834
https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1418247620699451395
This is Troy Nehls, who McCarthy wants to put on the January 6th Commission
https://twitter.com/TrumpIsTheEnemy/status/1417257178595946497https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2017/11/21/texas-sheriff-who-waged-a-foolish-fight-over-f-k-trump-bumper-sticker-needs-to-walk-away/
Texas sheriff who waged a foolish fight over 'F--k Trump' bumper sticker needs to walk away
Sheriff who appears to have targeted woman over bumper sticker has only himself to blame for the mess.
Karen Fonseca and her husband advertise their disapproval of the current president with a custom-made sticker on the back window of their pickup that pointedly reads "F--- Trump and f--- you for voting for him." Rude? Yes. Profane? Check.
Illegal? No, and you don't have to be a law scholar to know it. Yet Nehls, who claimed he was acting on vaguely specified "citizen complaints," posted a photo of the truck on his Facebook page, asking for information about who owned it -- and issuing a not-very-veiled threat that the driver might face arrest on charges of disorderly conduct.
Met with a swift outcry that the sticker, while clearly distasteful, does not violate the law, Nehls' department instead arrested and jailed Fonseca on an unrelated charge: a months-old outstanding warrant from another county, reportedly for using a false form of identification two years ago.
Nehls claimed his department "received information" about the outstanding warrant "as a result of the publicity" -- publicity which his own department generated through his ill-advised Facebook post. The explanation did little to dispel the appearance, at least, that the sheriff purposely targeted the 46-year-old mother of 12 over political differences and a tacky bumper sticker.
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Do you think people are crafting their own "boosters" by getting a different type of vaccination
as in, if I got Pfizer, I'll sign up for Moderna and just get 3 (or 4) shots total.
Do you think people are doing this, and if so, is it smart or not so smart. Is it better to wait and see if there's new direction from CDC.
Manchin headed to Texas to party with wealthy Republican oil & gas donors
Sen. Joe Manchin, key Democratic holdout on federal voting protections, coming to Texas for fundraiser hosted by several GOP donors
BY ABBY LIVINGSTON JULY 16, 2021
WASHINGTON - West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin a key Democratic holdout over efforts to pass federal voting rights legislation is expected to head to Texas on Friday for a fundraiser with a host committee that includes several wealthy Republican donors.
The fundraiser comes just a day after Manchin met with Texas House Democrats on Capitol Hill who are desperate for his support of the congressional efforts which could preempt the statewide GOPs push to pass bills that would restrict voting access for Texans.
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The fundraiser will take place late Friday afternoon in the River Oaks area of Houston, one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Texas. An invitation obtained by The Texas Tribune encouraged donors to contribute $5,800 to Manchins reelection campaign and $5,000 to his leadership PAC. Organizers anticipate more than 150 people to attend, according to a source familiar with the event.
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We basically are just getting some people together to show our support, said Darren Blanton, a Republican donor who planned to attend the event.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/15/joe-manchin-texas-fundraiser-republicans/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1626457511&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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