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12:28 AM

Sorry if you guys can't access this story about House Democrats and NAFTA. Our site's crashing from the 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 from everyone reading it. There are just 🅣🅞🅞 🅜🅐🅝🅨 people reading about House Democrats and NAFTA. https://www.weeklystandard.com/haley-byrd/house-democrats-debate-trump-nafta-and-the-usmca

Tweeted by byrdinator on November 13, 2018 at 11:01 PM

(the boxes spell out "too many")

Stolen from replies, if I had a dollar for every time someone told me to check out this cool piece from the weekly standard, I would now have $1

@Unionhawk lol

Invader Skoodge

@TimStone My gut reaction is that if the GOP wants it then they have in mind already some way to exploit it.

@InvaderSkoodge it just doesn't really make sense for committees chosen by leadership, which is also the only committee system that makes any sense for a representative body

Rather than for example the DSA general meeting, which is a deliberative body that represents only itself in practice

THIS IS MY SISTER AND I'M LOSING MY ISH RIGHT NOW I'M SO PROUD. <3 Meet the Native American Woman Who Beat the Sponsor of North Dakota’s ID Law https://nyti.ms/2z9gpe5

Tweeted by Indigenia on November 13, 2018 at 9:26 PM

a nice story from NYT

1:02 AM

DC police arrest an armed man who communicated with the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter on Gab and said the shooting was a “dry run” https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/dc-man-arrested-on-gun-charge-after-relatives-alert-police-to-his-alleged-white-nationalist-outbursts/2018/11/13/e3a6d2fa-e771-11e8-b8dc-66cca409c180_story.html

Tweeted by willsommer on November 13, 2018 at 11:12 PM

1:13 AM

Breaking: GOP Rep. Mimi Walters has dropped 261 votes behind Democrat Katie Porter.

Tweeted by finneganLAT on November 14, 2018 at 1:02 AM

@TimStone rekt

@TimStone is this is one of those states that a Trump complained about and wanted a recount?

I mean yes in the sense that it's California but no, it's not Florida

A senior EPA administrator responsible for 9 southeastern states has been indicted by an Alabama grand jury on charges he conspired to violate ethics laws, reportedly in connection with a bribery scandal with links to Jeff Sessions, Mother Jones reports. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/11/onis-glenn-epa-alabama-indictment/

Tweeted by kylegriffin1 on November 14, 2018 at 1:05 AM

Ah, well

@TimStone guess bilbo bigot got out just in time to do more crimes

1:31 AM

Tucker Carlson describes Jerome Corsi, an Infowars guy and author of "Where's The Birth Certificate?" as a "72 year old author and by the way, Harvard trained political scientist" https://t.co/lOm4qUBlSY

Tweeted by ndrew_lawrence on November 14, 2018 at 1:21 AM

sighs

@TimStone politictology?

since when was that even a thing

1:51 AM

'Dunno'. This fed-up @BBCNews presenter gave the perfect analysis of how Brits feel about Brexit right now. https://t.co/tinZh3on7H

Tweeted by SBSNews on November 14, 2018 at 12:48 AM

1 hour later…

3:00 AM

Trump tore into Theresa May when she called to congratulate him on success of midterms: report http://hill.cm/Ia4hK6V

Tweeted by thehill on November 14, 2018 at 2:25 AM

> May: Hello Mr President, i would like to congratulate you on you victory in the mid ter...
Trump: WHY AREN'T YOU DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IRAN, WHY ARE YOU FUCKING US OVER WITH BREXIT! I WIN AT TRADE BUT YOU ARE MAKING ME LOOK BAD
May: *hangs up* now dealing with Brexit doesn't seem so bad now

> May was reportedly calling Trump to congratulate him about Republicans' performance in the midterm elections, when the president apparently ripped into her.

I mean, I'm pretty sure she was just trying to rub salt in the wound

In which case well done!

@Wipqozn well he was saying it was a complete victory for the GOP so he's upped the morphine to ignore any salt rubbing pains

3:29 AM

The NRA told doctors to ‘stay in their lane’ on gun policy. Doctors furiously hit back http://bit.ly/2B5YRke

Tweeted by SBSNews on November 14, 2018 at 2:30 AM

but in other, more important news

Nation left shaken as Bunnings change sausage sizzle rule http://bit.ly/2B5QNjH

Tweeted by SBSNews on November 14, 2018 at 2:06 AM

> Chief Operating Officer of Bunnings, Debbie Poole, confirmed that the serving procedure will change to make sure onion is underneath the snag for Occupational Health and Safety concerns.

> Beerus: Excuse you and your entire race

we are just inviting the destruction of the world by continually pissing him off

4:25 AM

@Memor-X lol wtf

4:50 AM

Tonya Harding and the exploding whale were both born on this day in Oregon and both left behind a trail of debris that would captivate people for decades to come http://bit.ly/2DAr4C3

Tweeted by Oregonian on November 13, 2018 at 4:19 AM

My god

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh u wot m8

5:13 AM

I'm not even sure what in particular she's done lately but they went all in, shit

.@VP Mike Pence visits Japan and meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo. http://hill.cm/bmrSEif https://t.co/XazhitxQNy

Tweeted by thehill on November 14, 2018 at 5:11 AM

The first few seconds of that video are extremely unsettling to me

BREAKING: Calgarians have voted AGAINST hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics in the plebiscite — a NO result with 56 per cent of the vote. #yyc #yyccc

Tweeted by meksmith on November 14, 2018 at 4:56 AM

Excellent

The Olympics: They're Bad!

I like the sports, but the whole affair is just logistically horrible

@TimStone wait, exploding whale?

Yeah, so the article retells the story but a whale washed up on a beach and it was gross and they had to get rid of it sooooo

@TimStone they did what the MythBusters do when they want something cleaned up

Yeah, for some reason they ended up letting the Department of Transportation decide what to do and it just kind of went downhill from there

5:45 AM

@TimStone hell yeah

2 hours later…

7:35 AM

Another #MeToo⁠ ⁠ incident at the hands of a somewhat high-profile male in tech. This sucks. Don’t let this one slip under the radar, folks. (tw: rape.) https://medium.com/@RandiGloss/rape-remembered-74f591a8ad21?source=linkShare-d150b3974173-1542161894

Tweeted by tiffani on November 14, 2018 at 2:19 AM

4 hours later…

11:54 AM

f-st.co/90kJAxa

12:20 PM

@BunsGlazing you might want to use [headline](link) so people know what they might be clicking into

I know how to do it

Mobile, too much effort. Hah

Thanks

12:40 PM

Yeah linking stuff on mobile is the worst

Man Who Made Fatal 'Swatting' Hoax Call Pleads Guilty To 51 Charges: npr.org/2018/11/14/667683248/…

Good, although

> The police officer who shot Finch did not face charges.

> As NPR has reported, "Finch appeared at the door to the house and, following verbal commands from the officers, stepped forward with his hands up. At numerous points, however, he reached for his waistband. Fearful that Finch was going for a firearm, an officer discharged one round," killing him.

People who swat are complete pieces of shit but the fact that it's effective is equally abhorrent

12:58 PM

the deadliest game of simon says every god damn time

fires 5 shots with personal rifle SIMON DIDNT SAY PULL YOUR PANTS BACK UP

Simon Roulette

1:20 PM

Check out my latest piece for @FAScientists, in which I geolocate Israeli Patriot batteries using weirdly-shaped radar interference! 🛰️ Huge shoutout to @HarelDan for discovering this very cool and unique OSINT technique. https://fas.org/blogs/security/2018/11/an-x-reveals-a-diamond-locating-israeli-patriot-batteries-using-radar-interference/

Tweeted by mattkorda on November 13, 2018 at 5:59 PM

(the technique works with most of the batteries, the original source of the method just happened to exclude the Israeli ones)

Lovely. This protester has learned about camera shots, so does his best to crash each one. The director takes on the challenge and the scene becomes a beautifully British cat and mouse game that speeds up perfectly. https://t.co/IdP5EjVzst

Tweeted by SimonNRicketts on November 14, 2018 at 12:32 PM

2:24 PM

ah I see laura ingraham had a regular segment of the "these things are actually bad" show yesterday

2:35 PM

McConnell with GOP senators-elect: Mike Braun, Mitt Romney, Josh Hawley, Marsha Blackburn, Rick Scott**, Kevin Cramer

Tweeted by seungminkim on November 14, 2018 at 2:34 PM

lol

kotaku.com/…

senators elect and rick scott

Well. This is awkward for Jack. http://bit.ly/2OIuCUc

Tweeted by TheRickWilson on November 14, 2018 at 2:37 PM

1 hour later…

3:57 PM

@TimStone tbh being jack Prilosec is awkward for jack prilosec

I mean, also true

Statement from Fox News president Jay Wallace: "FOX News supports CNN in its legal effort to regain its White House reporter’s press credential. We intend to file an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court."

Tweeted by AaronBlake on November 14, 2018 at 3:47 PM

'WeWork Street' Brings Coworking To Unused NYC Phone Booths http://gothamist.com/2018/11/13/wework_street_kiosks.php

Tweeted by Gothamist on November 13, 2018 at 6:57 PM

See, it's funny because you think it's real

But it's not

I mean, it's real. But it's not real real

that's a parody, or?

Yeah, set up by an improv group

it's annoying how blurry the line between reality and parody has become

Right? The best indicator it wasn't actually a WeWork scheme was that there was no apparent way to ensure someone was charged for the space

And...that's not very reassuring

"They're trying to shut down the election because they're afraid of the consequences," @SenSchumer says of #FLSen race and the @GOP. "Every vote ought to count."

Tweeted by W7VOA on November 14, 2018 at 4:13 PM

That is...quite a still of facial expressions

4:14 PM

The leader of our far-right party in parliament is likely going to be investigated for illegally accepting donations from foreign sources. It's nice that they're that stupid

Apropos of nothing,

Chuck Schumer, one of the worst possibilities imaginable, is reelected as Senate minority leader — not just without opposition but without a vote https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1062727288121384961

Tweeted by schwarz on November 14, 2018 at 4:13 PM

@MadScientist Even we manage to partially frown on that, you'd think people would be smarter

@TimStone could have been a wework ad like those psychotic fivrr ads

Oh that's true

God this is a timeline

YOU MIGHT BE A DOER IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHERE YOUR NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM AND HAVEN'T SLEPT IN 3 DAYS

> 'Mother of Satan' explosive materials found in Florida home

4:27 PM

@TimStone tbh no one wants to be responsible for leading the opposition against cocaine Mitch

@TimStone eh, no vote isn't too weird here honestly

@GodEmperorDune That's fair, if you don't want to be responsible for leading an opposition Schumer's your guy

our bylaws state that if an elected office has only one candidate, that candidate just gets the job

Yeah save everyone time

we didn't even send out ballots last election

I anticipate that not being the case this time maybe?

but we shall see

4:30 PM

It makes sense but also whether or not people want to vote for you is of relevance

Ocasio-Cortez isn't mobilizing against Nancy Pelosi. She's praising her effusively. Tim Ryan and Seth Moulton very much are, though. And yet donut twitter doesn't seem nearly as upset about that as they do about Ocasio-Cortez. Wonder why that is.

Tweeted by DanteAtkins on November 14, 2018 at 2:07 PM

Narrator: It was because everything is really dumb

Do you think it might have something to do with the very origin of the donut emoji

iiam

I honestly couldn't remember what that was about but I'm sure it, too, is dumb

@Unionhawk yeah a lot of tone policing from the twitter centrists

@TimStone it's related to an incident between nina turner and the DNC, wherein the DNC locked her out of some meeting or something, but offered donuts bc they are very polite and not passive aggressive

Lolwut

4:35 PM

@Unionhawk Ah right

More scriptwriters getting fired

"donut twitter"?

Donut twitter is people who were happy Nina Turner was barred per the above incident

They put donut emojis in their usernames

Because an account called @HillaryWarnedUs told them to

tl;dr I was right and it was quite dumb

“In the movie Isabella Moner plays a rebellious teen. I want to know what is the most rebellious thing any of you did as a teenager.” A Today Show personality just asked this of a group that includes Mark Wahlberg.

Tweeted by Glenn__Kenny on November 14, 2018 at 3:24 PM

lmao

Unfortunately it was a short-lived segment so he didn't have to, you know, bring up the hate crime

IIRC, Pelosi is pretty effectively at getting Democratic legislation passed. Now whether or not you think the legislation being passed is a good thing is up to you, but typically you want someone who can mobilize votes in the Speaker seat. There's a reason why she's demonized so much by Republican talk shows and political ads.

Yeah, I don't have qualms against Pelosi as it relates to the people trying hardest to unseat her which afaict just want to be Speaker

Like those actually trying versus the ones we're ending up talking about for whatever reason

5:05 PM

I'm just overall frustrated with current leadership and am disappointed that senate minority leader deals was unopposed more than anything

I think Barbara Lee in democratic caucus leader (I think that's what she's running for) could be good, idk who else in the house

Or the Senate honestly

I'd be more willing to buy "What could Schumer do tho?" if not for the fact that there was zero reason to go home to campaign in exchange for confirming those judges

Right like

"Oh no our members are in trouble....ah shoot they all lost"

🤷

Literally have a non-up member sit there to deny unanimous consent

What were they going to do in those final few days to pull those poll numbers back up?

McCaskill was the only one I actually thought would make it out

5:08 PM

You don't have to be in recess to leave

True

Which yeah, makes it even more dumb

If you need to campaign, go there's literally no difference between 41 members present and all present

"BuT McCoNnElL wIlL sAy MeAn ThInGs" and like, he's gonna do that anyway, you won't save any face

19 hours ago, by Unionhawk

user image

They will absolutely never give you credit for anything and playing this like they will is just a recipe for disaster

Indeed

6:05 PM

> Add "ing" to the end of a movie title, what is the movie about now?
> Ant-Man and the WASPing - Noted alt-right weirdo attempts to join the white upper-middle class.

6:20 PM

CNN: Trump argues in court filing that he can limit journalists' access to White House.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/14/media/trump-response-cnn-lawsuit/index.html

This entire administration should be in jail

> The government's lawyers said in Wednesday's filing that the back and forth between President Trump and Acosta during last week's press conference, during which Trump strongly criticized Acosta, qualifies as "due process." They also cite Sanders' statement the night of that press conference as "notice of the factual bases for denial."

> The "conduct" mentioned by Sanders in the tweet that the government lawyers cite actually refers to a false and since-dropped argument that Sanders had made in the aftermath of the press conference — that Acosta was "placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job as a White House intern."

> The administration has backed away from that argument in recent days, and it makes no appearance in the government's first legal comment on the case Wednesday. Even when the filing directly quotes Sanders' tweets, it leaves out that part.

I mean I'm all for freedom of the press but when jim acosta beheaded the white house intern on live TV, that was a step too far

@Unionhawk as a centrist, he should have only cut the head halfway off

@GodEmperorDune mindworm image in my head: finding half of a horse head in your bed (this is a deep cut and I will not be taking questions for anyone who does not immediately understand what this means)

* It's possible that you may have a problem.

6:39 PM

UPDATE: Google claims they were not aware of Hyde-Smith’s lynching comments at the time of their $5000 donation and would not have donated to her had the company known about them https://goo.gl/PAMDKn

Tweeted by JuddLegum on November 14, 2018 at 6:33 PM

🙄

Also Bill Mitchell is giving "Did Antifa start the CA fires?" a try

@TimStone bah, about to post this

wait hang on I thought google was a communist conspiracy

however if google is correct, looks like the racist's campaign did a minor CRIME, so there's that

now you are telling me that they are actually a large company?

Oh my god that's still going strong @GodEmperorDune RE: that dude googling the thing retweet, what a fresh hell we live in

6:43 PM

that kind of plays both sides to the extent that it benefits them?

@TimStone yeah i saw some subtweets about it but now i know the full story

whew

I'm so sorry

how long ago did it start?

I have no concept of time. I feel like it was several days ago but it was probably just yesterday morning or something ridiculous

also tbh i'm surprised the culprit is a rando dude and not antman

because this is very antman's wheelhouse

6:48 PM

Mattis: "My mother was an immigrant, ok? She told me how hard it was to get into America. So believe me, we want legal immigration. That's part of what makes America good, but illegal we're going to carry out the law." (His mother came to the US from Canada as an infant)

Tweeted by VeraMBergen on November 14, 2018 at 6:47 PM in reply to VeraMBergen

lol

yeah what the hell are you talking about general

back then you pretty much just showed up

@TimStone is he still in the administration?

Look he's clutching a whole fist full of straws what more do you want

user15026

@TimStone Well, her family might have talked about how hard it was maybe, but idk

also qwhite a peculiar story, i wonder what the difference could be

6:49 PM

@GodEmperorDune Yeah, he's visiting the border troops

DC votes to decriminalize Metro fare evasion http://hill.cm/ZR3icKv

Tweeted by thehill on November 14, 2018 at 6:52 PM

DC as in council or people

And by DC they mean the real DC, the DC City Council

oh good so it's real then

> Evans argued that the arrest stats were inflated and that decriminalizing fare evasion would hurt Metro. “I don’t buy these numbers. They’re inflammatory,” he said.

I mean they're pretty ridiculous but not in the way you mean, buddy

And uhhh didn't the Metro just like, catch fire last year?

I think the Metro is hurting the Metro

This is one of the best ledes I’ve had the privilege of helping edit: http://bit.ly/2QHLfBf

Tweeted by aaronwiener on November 14, 2018 at 6:25 PM

6:55 PM

lmfao

No way

No frickin' way

The downside of being a marketing firm a la the company pushing Trumpy Bear is that you're a marketing firm a la the company pushing Trump Bear

But this is somehow even worse

I am being roasted for ‘3 pt kick’ tweet about election? Why? You think everyone who follows politics knows what a field goal is? Besides,it’s absurd to claim I don’t know what a field goal is... that’s all my Dolphins have scored for 9 straight quarters https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/11/14/marco-rubio-roasted-pt-kick-tweet-about-florida-election/

Tweeted by marcorubio on November 14, 2018 at 5:49 PM

Buddy

I don't even know what that question is supposed to imply, but the problem is your tweet was really, really dumb

I guess that answers the question of "is he too scared of alienating tampa bay voters"

lol

House Republicans have a new messenger: Liz Cheney, Dick Cheney’s daughter https://www.vox.com/2018/11/14/18092140/liz-cheney-house-gop-conference-chair-2020?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Tweeted by voxdotcom on November 14, 2018 at 6:53 PM

At some point they're gonna arm her and it's going to be a mistake

what

hang on

SecDef Mattis: "I would put this in a little historic context...President Wilson 100 years ago...deployed the US Army to the southwest border...The threat then was Pancho Villa's troops, a revolutionary raiding across the border into the United States: New Mexico in 1916" https://twitter.com/rabrowne75/status/1062744070680920064

Tweeted by rabrowne75 on November 14, 2018 at 5:50 PM

lmfao

"Let me put this in a completely different but locationally related context"

"Sir I'm not sure that works like that"

looks like Mattis intends to stay long enough to really make a fool out of himself

7:03 PM

It's just incredible how little sense any of that makes. He could just refuse to answer questions saying he's a very busy man or...something, but instead goes for this

And whew

I do not understand that decision

it's very hard to come away clean when you're trying to defend the indefensible

Asked @cindyhydesmith again today whether she plans to apologize for her "public hanging" remarks. H-S: "We've already made a statement." @frankthorp: "In what way would that be a positive statement?" H-S: "We’ve already made a statement."

Tweeted by seungminkim on November 14, 2018 at 7:00 PM

7:15 PM

McCarthy elected to minority leader

If you'll recall Jim Jordan was also gunning for this spot but he's Jim Jordan so naturally that didn't pan out

better luck next time jim

San Jose is one of America's greatest hubs of online innovation. So why has the Capital of Silicon Valley fallen behind when it comes to fast, affordable broadband? The answer: San Jose's 5G Tax. https://bayareane.ws/2B4C8F3

Tweeted by BrendanCarrFCC on November 14, 2018 at 6:51 PM

Uhh

No actually that doesn't answer the question at all

@TimStone The reason their internet isn't as good is because of a tax on a tech that's not out yet

I'm sorry you have an incurable hard-on for 5G but this is a literal city so why can't they put fiber through conduits?

Makes perfect sense

7:28 PM

Yeah, I just, what

why did I think San Jose was in texas

I mean that would have made the tweet extra funny but also I don't know

I was siting here confused like "wait silicon valley refers to a specific region in California what the hell?"

TRUMP: “If you buy a box of cereal — you have a voter ID"

Tweeted by samstein on November 14, 2018 at 7:27 PM

Oh no he's doing this again

The Hill reports that if PELOSI supports in writing House rule changes pushed by the Problem Solvers Caucus that a handful of Republicans would vote for PELOSI on the floor if she failed to garner enough Democratic votes for speaker. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/416529-new-hurdle-arises-to-pelosis-march-to-speakership

Tweeted by RiegerReport on November 14, 2018 at 5:41 PM in reply to RiegerReport

ah yes the House Passing Any Legislation At All Is Inherently Good caucus

We're Here To Reach Rightwards Across The Aisle

7:36 PM

I support Pelosi, I think 97.4% of the criticism against her is pure unadulterated sexism

Buddy I have news for you about my opinions on Chuck Schumer too

The group of incoming Democrats that are suggesting supporting someone besides Pelosi (without actually putting forward someone specific) isn't even from the progressive side, they are mostly centrists.

Barbara Lee said she might run back in June or so and I think that'd rule (but I think she's only running for democratic caucus leader, wherever that falls on the ladder)

@Unionhawk Eh, I think Schumer has been pretty spineless, and has seemed unwilling to take even the mildest stand against the worst impulses of the majority repubs

@BradC which is why I find it absurd that criticism of leadership is just dismissed in this way

Like it sucks that Chuck ran unopposed

We're going to get more fantastic deals like the senate majority gets to confirm fifty judges in exchange for a two week break to campaign

7:43 PM

Maybe it has just been because of less opportunity (with the Republicans in the house in a mess of their own making, with the split within their own party), but I don't see Pelosi as having the same problem

@Unionhawk Because there's probably a San Jose in Texas as well.

San José Island (Texas)

San Jose Island or San José Island (also known as Saint Joseph Island) is a barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Texas in the United States. The island is about 21 miles (34 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) wide. The island is oriented generally northeast-southwest, with the Gulf of Mexico on the east and south, Aransas Bay on the west, and Mesquite Bay on the north. At the southern end of the island is Aransas Pass (not to be confused with the City of Aransas Pass which is on the mainland), beyond which is Mustang Island and the town of Port Aransas. Aransas Pass is protected by jetties extending...

Yep.

8:12 PM

@TimStone wat

He has never been in even the remotest of vicinities of a grocery store

@TimStone funny, i wasn't carded when i bought cereal the other day

@GodEmperorDune @FBI

oh shit brb v&

@GodEmperorDune Your sir have done Voter Fraud, you're under arrest

@GodEmperorDune (lol)

8:14 PM

@TimStone broken link

booo

"sir, respectfully, “Cap n’ Crunch” is not a valid maritime designation" was the twete

@TimStone NYT doesn't like when you anger The Brands (tm)

@TimStone I'm going to interpret this as PR for the State Department starting a "turn in cereal boxtops for a voter ID" campaign.

@TimStone missed opportunity for "nothing every works out with gym jordan"

@TimStone here comes dat football

the new @dunkindonuts near my office is intense

Tweeted by HeyRatty on November 14, 2018 at 8:02 PM

8:20 PM

@Unionhawk ah this is good imma steal it

America Runs on the Aesthetic of the Bourgeoisie™

But seriously though I don't know why they're spending so much time with this rebranding crap, the only thing I've ever wanted from Dunkin Donuts is for them to actually have the frickin' breakfast sandwiches on their menu

Under no circumstances have I ever entered a Dunkin Donuts expecting to have an enjoyable time

McCarthy: "Michael Bloomberg was very effective in defeating a lot of Republican women."

Tweeted by evanmcmurry on November 14, 2018 at 8:24 PM

@TimStone uhhhhhhhhhhh wot

I'm not sure of the full context for this statement but I'll assume it was at least mildly sexist and Scalise is all here for it

david duke without the baggage

omg how could you repeat his description of himself, think of the discourse!

It's official. Tom MacArthur, who brought repeal back from the dead with his amendment to gut pre-existing conditions, has been removed from office. https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/1062793756313837575

Tweeted by TopherSpiro on November 14, 2018 at 8:18 PM

8:28 PM

lol owned

chuckles in the joys of not dying got u

@TimStone I think this is probably a "Bloomberg 2020!"-related comment. For which I say a hearty "hell no!"

hardy? hearty? hardie?

8:49 PM

No tabulation today. 26 towns to go...

Tweeted by MESecOfState on November 14, 2018 at 8:45 PM

lol

of the 21 voting cabinet members, 9 objected to the brexit deal

these are people who can straight up lose their jobs for breaking rank

there is no fucking way it's going to pass on the floor

Did you by chance hack OPM back in 2015? Good news, your password probably still works! http://reg.cx/2QB6

Tweeted by TheRegister on November 14, 2018 at 8:53 PM

Great job OPM 👍

NEW: We asked @POTUS about the attack on @TuckerCarlson's residence and ANTIFA generally: “They better hope that the opposition to Antifa decides not to mobilize. Because if they do, they’re much tougher. Much stronger. Potentially much more violent." https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/14/trump-antifa-opposition-mobilize/

Tweeted by esaagar on November 14, 2018 at 8:49 PM

Ah cool thanks Daily Caller for that refreshing dose of the president encouraging violence

it should be noted that no charges succeeded against any of the j20 defendants, and that we know for a fact that our opposition is more violent

@TimStone rekt

@TimStone i mean the where is the lie

and they have done that

9:04 PM

fascists and white supremacists are much more violent than antifa

Satellite imagery from before and after the Camp Fire is just horrifying https://t.co/l9xfGNmOYW

Tweeted by blkahn on November 14, 2018 at 4:05 PM

also nobody attacked tucker's house

one guy spray painted an A on it

tucker and his blog Daily Caller are lying here

@Unionhawk on the driveway

@TimStone ah yeah the pulled text is almost entirely bullshit

# of people killed by antifa = 0

@GodEmperorDune It's a good thing, that it was just Daily Caller that gave this story credibility!

@Unionhawk lolololol

9:08 PM

looks directly at the camera

i dunno how so many journalists though cucker tarlson was being honest on this

They just didn't want people showing up to their house but also maybe just don't go on TV being a white supremacist then idk

Right, it's actually quite simple

a 1 step program

also miraculous how the violent antifa mob turned out to be some people with signs on the sidewalk (including legal protest watchers) that placed a polite note on the doorstep and left

Expect Sens Coons/Flake to head to the floor at 4:15 pm et and ask the Senate to immediately start debate on a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Senators from both sides are worried about Mueller’s future after the firing of former AG Sessions last week.

Tweeted by ChadPergram on November 14, 2018 at 8:44 PM

McConnell working on a stern "no" as we speak

9:14 PM

@TimStone cocaine mitch laughing with powdery background.jpg

wow the fake news student becomes the fake news master https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html

Tweeted by caseyjohnston on November 14, 2018 at 9:10 PM

> “The Republicans don’t win and that’s because of potentially illegal votes,” Trump said in an interview with The Daily Caller, a conservative news and opinion site. “When people get in line that have absolutely no right to vote and they go around in circles. Sometimes they go to their car, put on a different hat, put on a different shirt, come in and vote again. Nobody takes anything. It’s really a disgrace what’s going on.”

newsweek.com/…

WTF

In any sane democracy baseless claims like that would be the end for that politician

it's all just pretext for stealing three elections

@TimStone wow

@MadScientist so much projection

In a one-page status report filed this PM, lawyers for special counsel Robert Mueller and Rick Gates say the former Trump campaign deputy "continues to cooperate with respect to several ongoing investigations" and therefore isn't ready to be sentenced yet.

Tweeted by dsamuelsohn on November 14, 2018 at 9:12 PM

Rick Gates: Not that useful, but not George Papadopolous

9:25 PM

Satire: Trump Warns That Florida Recount Could Set Dangerous Precedent of Person with Most Votes Winning

@MadScientist tfw you risk jail time in order to cast a second vote in a race likely decided by tens of thousands of votes

Far-right terrorists and would-be terrorists aren't lone wolves. They're propped up by other extremists: https://www.thedailybeast.com/clark-brothers-accused-of-planning-race-war-followed-alt-right-figures-richard-spencer-jack-posobiec

Tweeted by KELLYWEILL on November 14, 2018 at 8:32 PM

@Unionhawk but antifa are the violent ones, right?

> Cereal cannot be purchased legally without a valid photo ID. “If you buy a box of cereal — you have a voter ID,” Trump continued. “They try to shame everybody by calling them racist, or calling them something, anything they can think of, when you say you want voter ID. But voter ID is a very important thing.”

nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/…

There's even more insane stuff in that interview

I don't live in the US, but I'm pretty sure you can buy cereal without a photo ID

Flake is claiming he will refuse to confirm judges in either committee or on the floor until McConnell brings a bill to protect Mueller forward

He's also Jeff Flake, though

9:27 PM

@TimStone unfortunately there are 99 other senators who will

and last i heard, i thought mcconnell stopped that "single senator can gum up the works" thing

otherwise every dem looking at 2020 would've pulled it on J. K.

They'd have to bring Pence in for every vote, which they certainly could do

At least until the new Congress anyway, but Tom Cotton was just going off about how they'd work Thanksgiving and Christmas to get them confirmed

So they're clearly in a rush

yeah that's their main goal moving forward

And to be clear, Flake tried to bring the issue to the floor via unanimous consent but McConnell blocked them, after which Flake threatened this action, so it's a little more real than Flake's usual words, but

confirming as many lifetime judges as possible

Still Jeff Flake

9:30 PM

so that they can get any possible future progressive agenda declared illegal

by weaponizing the synergy of two extremely anti-democratic institutions

@TimStone Yep, long tired of holding up Flake as a principled republican based on a few mildly critical tweets. This action seems like a step in the rigth direction, but only if he follows through

Hey US media folks, here, I would argue immodestly, is how you interview a Trump supporter on Trump's lies: https://t.co/D8qElaic7o

Tweeted by mehdirhasan on November 14, 2018 at 1:58 PM

@GodEmperorDune Thanks for the cc! Pretty good analysis over all though voter suppression appears nowhere inside.

@puzzlepiece87 yeah i was wondering about the impact of that as well

@BradC Yeah, for once I suspect he will, he only has to hold out for two months to get credit and it seems trivial enough for McConnell to bring the bill to the floor

He doesn't want to, but he does want to confirm judges, so 🤷

I don't think they really give a crap how the Mueller probe turns out as long as they can insulate themselves, there's just no advantage to rocking the boat

There's like 0% chance Trump gets impeached versus just at worst being primaried in 2020, so judges is a much more important goal for McConnell at the time being

Of course, on the flip side

It's certainly possible everything will come up dumb

Trump announces his support of a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill, which Sessions had opposed. He says it'll "make our communities safer and give former inmates a second chance at life."

Tweeted by ddale8 on November 14, 2018 at 9:41 PM

9:43 PM

@TimStone ...Sounds good... What's the catch?

But yeah we should probably circle back to how Facebook used both real anti-Semitism and faux anti-Semitism to try and prop up its image!

@TimStone uhhhhh this might be good?

'Cause that's pretty messed up

@GodEmperorDune Yeah I have to read the text, I think it's one of those "That's better, not great, but better" type deals

yeah facebook has gone pretty fuct lately

@GodEmperorDune You are Relient K? "And I lost my phone to the lake beneath the Batman ride"

@Unionhawk Are you a frequent theme park goer?

9:46 PM

@puzzlepiece87 nah it wasn't batman

@puzzlepiece87 former ride worker

damn, i don't remember the exact ride but i think the track was orange

not goliath

ugh @puzzlepiece87 this is gonna bother me all day

> The compromise would eliminate the so-called stacking regulation that makes it a federal crime to possess a firearm while committing another crime, like a drug offense; expand the “drug safety valve” allowing judges to sidestep mandatory minimums for nonviolent drug offenders; and shorten mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders

Including, apparently, retroactive corrections for a disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentencing

@TimStone Ther's your catch.

@TimStone yeah this sounds better but not great

9:49 PM

Also something about keeping inmates within 500 miles of their home according to Trump but I have no idea if that's true or he's just saying stuff

That quoted bit is summary from a draft text of the bill

@Arperum Hmm?

Oh, oh dear. The catch is that Kushner is getting credit so there's probably something like "You can't go to prison for crimes your dad also did" snuck in there

Anyway, this is just a preliminary announcement of his support, we'll have to wait for the actual bill to show up Sometime

@TimStone yet another time he walks out of the room without signing the bill

lol

> Later that evening, Posobiec posted a pirated copy of my book on Twitter.

own the libs by stealing from antifa authors

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