I mean, who wouldn't tbh

I wouldn't agree to be paid to do it in the first place but if you're not being paid to do it directly I'd certainly nope the hell out

You think the Wohls are getting some sort of compensation to be so pro-Russia? 🤔 Like I get pro-Trumpism just being a cult thing but this seems too over the top to be random?

Like there are plenty of people on Twitter going to bat and saying ridiculous stuff but their messaging seems to be very targeted

Oh thank goodness, I was wondering how Tucker would manage to spin things and it turns out he just fell back to good ol' white supremacism

@TimStone lol, there was a special on SBS called Trump: The First 100 Days and there was this, i think you call it a focus group, and one person literally said this was what the Democrats are doing which is why Trump's attacks in Immigration are good

like it was something like that the Dems are trying to rig the vote by allowing immigrants in to vote for them because all immigrants apparently vote Democrat

@TimStone wow, this ignores all the assets found during the panama papers that journalists literally died to bring to the public

@TimStone when you can't win, double down on racism

@GodEmperorDune Oh yeah, it's a super stupid thing to say and really doesn't even have much to do with Trump which is why the fixation is weird to me

valve temporarily withholding adult games from steam

@GodEmperorDune define adult game Valve *looks at all Visual Novels targeted by Valve a couple months back*

@Memor-X most likely games with boobs and/or butts

@GodEmperorDune so, every game created in japan because boobs and/or butts don't exists in western games like The Witcher

@Memor-X i dunno what gaben's criteria are

lol if I didn't expect it by now I'd be surprised at how stupid that is

Noted cyber security expert Sean hannity

Also David duke loved the Russia summit speech but I’d rather not link to his hateful self in here

Junioooooooor

and just when you thought people couldn't be any more assholey

> The measure seeks to curtail the use of a controversial legal defense aimed at reducing penalties for people who claim that they committed violent crimes against gay or transgender people because the person's sexuality or gender identity caused them to "panic."

the fact there has to be a bill banning that means it's worked as a defense *sigh* *rubs nose bridge*

surpised there isn't a "Bull Defense" that racists use

yes, it does work as a defense

He's going for the "they got him for taxes, not the primary thing" angle but it's not like Capone wasn't a gangster? 🤔

@TimStone he's gonna pardon capone, isn't he?

> U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said the U.S. is filing cases against China, the European Union, Canada, Mexico and Turkey after each imposed new tariffs on U.S. exports in response to President Trump slapping steep tariffs on aluminum and steel over national security interests.

Ironic

@GodEmperorDune I mean……yeah probably for some reason

@TimStone he made American Jobs

we're talking about Al Capone right?

Oh.wow you'll never guess who the Congressperson who met with Butina and Torshin in Russia was

(you'll totally guess)

I mean that did happen too but thankfully Jr is not in Congress

@TimStone rorbacher? nunes?

@TimStone oh, was about to ask if DTJ was one or not

@Memor-X nope he's just a large adult son and tremendous asshole

@GodEmperorDune On the first try! Rohrabacher it is

wow

i don't think he was even one of the ones getting the hacked emails

@TimStone dam, was about to say "is it some white supremacist who spews out conspiracy theories?"

@GodEmperorDune No he's just legitimately always been more interested in propping up Eastern European countries than representing the interests of the United States, honestly not sure what that's about

Unless he too has a pee tape from when he was uhh

He was an aide to someone, maybe Reagan

you know every time i see "pee tape" i think of some classified memo.....until i remember where i first heard it from

@TimStone Yeah, Reagan

@TimStone it could just be the white supremacy

Per Wikipedia,

> He is notable for his strong pro-Russia and pro-Putin views,[14][15] which have raised questions about his relation with Putin and the Russian government, with the FBI reporting that the Kremlin had given Rohrabacher a code name, signifying that he was viewed as a valuable potential asset for Russian intelligence

@TimStone lol

what's the russian word for loser?

He talks about taking a trip to Russia during his Reagan years in that video

joke aside, it's "svobodneye"

though it would be funny if you got Russian Code names, run them though google translate and the English word was the person's name

like maybe we find out there's a Russian agent called "kozyr'"

Per the video they probably call him Peanut Butter

"Arakhisovoye maslo (Арахисовое масло)"

This feels like the start of a love story

@Wipqozn Putineo and Trumpia

> MGM Resorts Sues Victims of Las Vegas Mass Shooting

Some attempt to stave off lawsuits from the victims, but uhhh yeah that's a look

UK carbon emissions back down to 1890 levels, most savings come from switching from coal

✈️💣💥

in 3 emojis or less, tell us how you feel about american imperialism

@fredley Congrats! Now we just need China, India, the US, Canada, Russia...

messed up that your country has regressed all the way back to the 19th century

hmmm

oh man wait hang on

I didn't know hillary clinton's social media manager got hired by DoD

at least China is supposedly plateauing, both on gross and per capita emissions.

God damnit this isn't TIF

← 8 messages moved from The Bridge

No emojis for me at work.

@Unionhawk lol holy crap it gets worse

That's just unsettling

lol imagine how many people have to look at everything @USArmy tweets who said "yeah looks great"

🎵 Shiny happy people holding guns 🎵

these are the same people who greenlit the st patricks day tweet though so

Ah, yes, I can see how that might not be ideal

lol

yes

Bold new angle to that "He could stand on 5th Avenue and shoot someone" take

"Okay but what if that someone was Putin?"

I hate all of this because like

now if some hypothetical senator, say, made income inequality a big deal on Prime Day, or something

they're a traitor for not giving "enough" of a shit about russia

("enough" is, of course, Infinity)

obviously we're not that deranged so that didn't actually happen

just, you know, hypothetically

Just like Joan Walsh definitely didn't retweet this

it does look like her MO is to retweet people making fun of her, not out of lack of understanding but out of let's put this out there for the kind of person who follows joan walsh

Yeah, I noticed that too, but it's still pretty hilarious to me

It would have been way funnier if it was a "yes this is what I am doing and it is good" but alas

meanwhile there's a camp sweep scheduled I think today? in Cincinnati

but yeah sure russia

russia is the only reason people think america is bad, and conversely, you're doing kompromat against america as a russian agent if you think things are bad

things have been good until the freakin cheeto

@Unionhawk I wonder if Cheetos sales have been affected since people started calling trump a cheeto

nvm, let me see if I can find a reliable source

I can't find any numbers beyond someone on reddit wondering about it

@Memor-X Many games in Japan bring the additional complications of drawing and writing their sexualized characters to be below the age of consent in most parts of the United States.

That said, I'm sure Valve has room for improvement, though I'm not sure what I'd personally do in their shoes assuming they don't want to go back to curated storefronts. I'm fine with curation.

lol well that certainly didn't take them long did it?

@TimStone lol

@Memor-X The Darren Wilson defense?

@TimStone "Hey Trump, would you sign this paper? No big deal, you don't need to read it, it's just how we're going to implement some international security stuff."

> Shrimp industry fears [foreign] worker shortage

@TimStone It's almost like they already knew exactly what they would agree on!

@Unionhawk Hahahahaha well played

womp womp wooooomp

Everything is so dumb

Scientist Loses Distinguished Award After Acceptance Presentation Full of Racy Photos

@TimStone HAhaha what

Man, people are stupid

> The National Prayer Breakfast is organized by The Fellowship Foundation, a Christian group based in Washington that is famously secretive. Its members take a vow of silence about Fellowship activities.

Wtf wtf

This is the dumbest

@GodEmperorDune Ugh, yeah, that guy has been horrible forever. Also frickin' herpetologist, c'mon

You could pick literally ANY Christian org to put together a dumb breakfast and slap the name National Prayer Breakfast on it!!

Why the fuck do you pick the cult?

@puzzlepiece87 otherwise sauron would learn about the plan to toss the ring into mt doom

Everything is so stupid

@GodEmperorDune Can't even laugh even though that was a decent joke - this is so fucking dumb.

Love too have a cult organize an annual top-tier political event that could literally be organized by anyone else.

So fucking dumb.

@TimStone but mah masculinity

@puzzlepiece87 oh i agree it's probably some pence culty BS

@GodEmperorDune Pretty sure the National Prayer Breakfast is much older than Pence....

@Chippies see below

> John Piper: “Suppose a couple of students, Jason and Sarah, were walking to McDonald’s after dark. Suppose a man with a knife jumped out of the bushes and threatened them. Suppose Jason knows that Sarah has a black belt in karate and could probably disarm the assailant better than he could. Should he step back and tell her to do it? No. He should step in front of her and be ready to lay down his life to protect her, irrespective of competency. That is what manhood does.”

@puzzlepiece87 ah, fair

> The event—which is actually a series of meetings, luncheons, and dinners—has taken place since 1953 and has been held at least since the 1980s at the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Avenue NW.

So you're going to have to find a Pence-like in 1953.

@puzzlepiece87 did they choose this cult thing to organize it back then or does it shift from year to year?

With it being 2018 that Pence-like person probably was a Klan member also or some !@#$.

@GodEmperorDune They've been organizing since at least 2010.

> In 2010, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington asked President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders to refrain from attending the National Prayer Breakfast. Executive Director Melanie Sloan criticized the organizing group, The Fellowship, for being what she described as intolerant and secretive.[18]

Can't find a source in 30 seconds on when they started

However the Fellowship Foundation has been organizing civic prayer breakfasts since the 30s

So I'm guessing they've always been doing the National one

Well, I certainly didn't know

@puzzlepiece87 why do you need so much secrecy around a breakfast?

@GodEmperorDune 1. Cult 2. Illuminati - seriously though, they use these to put top Christian leaders and politicians together in the same place to eat and have meetings to achieve their political goals 3. That's not their only event all year

ahhhhhhhhh

LOL oh my god I need coffee

But yes, when you're trying to achieve political influence sometimes you do it in secret.

"Missile defense will totally work: Put them on Trucks Edition"

@TimStone the dumbest

@GodEmperorDune Definitely not just an eat and leave thing, the religious leaders have private meetings with politicians afterwards.

I mean the whole thing is absurd but also where are you going to find a concrete Walmart parking lot?

walmart

@TimStone "as long as they have a precise idea of where the trucks are"

@Unionhawk Like we're going to buy it at Walmart meta-style, or?

If so I'll accept it

@TimStone You mean like how they have a precise idea of where the plutonium and cesium are?

@TimStone clearly all over america

@GodEmperorDune Love to station missiles everywhere on platforms not that resistant to theft

I'm sure that would never become a terrorist target of any kind

Yay the guns are never going awaaaaayyyyyy: 3D printers free to distribute gun design files

@TimStone ok reading this decision is wild

i can see why the trump admin likes wohl, he takes after their own heart with dumbass scams

> wohl had 9 years of trading experience even though wohl was only 17 or 18 years old at the time

@TimStone Oh you know what I think the outdoor section of Lawn & Garden is concrete. Now Lawn, Garden, and Interceptors

@GodEmperorDune Right? It's crazy and does not necessarily eliminate questions about their whole Russia fixation

@Unionhawk @TimStone No, those are asphalt parking lots.

But @TimStone is right about the Lawn & Garden section

@TimStone love to lie to regulators about easily proveable things

If one existed it would be where you would find a concrete walmart parking lot

by definition

@Unionhawk Once again technically correct is the best kind of correct.

That's a pretty "We're screwed" image choice NOAA thanks for keeping it real

Corker actually talking about doing something which I suppose is better than talking about definitely not doing something

bob,,, welcome to the resistance

But probably just to remove the tariffs lol

Because not everyone's that dumb, Steve

@TimStone o.0

Oh, I saw this and just thought they were generally concerned about MS-13 which was dumb but easier to understand. I didn't realise they literally thought MS-13 was going to roll up on their house

@TimStone racism rots your brain

> …the president wanted to do away with the signature light blue and white paint job on Air Force One — which he called a "Jackie Kennedy color" — in favor of something "more American."

@TimStone love to waste taxpayer money on a e-peen contest

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THIS IS A WHISTLE FOR

People have weirdly long-lasting grudges/fears. The last time I heard anything close to major news about MS-13 was like back in high school.

it's going to look so tacky

…anti-Catholics, maybe? I guess?

> While the Clayton police chief acknowledge that he felt sorry for the students, he also defended the actions of the officers, saying that he's "not sure how you handle the situation differently when you’re called for service."

Uhhh gonna go out on a limb and suggest sending six patrol cars for a $62 tab is dumb as hell

Also idk maybe make sure the person calling actually has a crime to report first

@TimStone the gas alone for all those cars must cost more than $62

@TimStone Oh, well

Meanwhile,

Ahhhh freedom

@TimStone Also, why are cops called for dine-and-dash?

@Yuuki it's more likely than you think

@GodEmperorDune I know it happens.

cops were called over a payment discrepancy of a few dollars near me

And it happens a lot, my question is why do cops show up for dine-and-dash.

Seems like a civil offense, not a criminal one.

could be the broken windows policy

I guess it would be considered theft.

how else would you handle a situation where someone calls the police alleging sixty two dollars of theft from IHOP other than sending 6 cars

it's a tough job

look

"Send someone on site to debug a problem? PUH LEASE"

@TimStone i cannot facepalm hard enough

Ah

Well

I have bad news for you then

@TimStone so angry

This is down the street from me

Let me get more context for you on these police

Pretrial hearing for killer cop Jason Van Dyke of the Chicago PD is underway

When we protested at the mall just a few blocks from that IHOP, they manhandled an older lady and her grandson that weren't even part of the protest

wtf :|

Related: here's the St. Louis City policy kettling 100 people in the same series of protests

🤷

St. Louis has some of the highest expenditures on law enforcement per capita in the nation and minorities in St. Louis routinely get this kind of treatment.

Wait no now I'm confused

So far we have not been able to get even the recommendations of the Ferguson Commission enacted

Pushing for legislative change has been really tough

This is the time that the Army tested biological weapons on black St. Louis neighborhoods

Things here are really fucked up

There are more than 100 municipalities in the St. Louis Metro area, a product of white flight and segregation, that now make massive profit at the expense of poor black residents

> There are more than 100 municipalities in the St. Louis metro area. All but a few have their own police force, mayor, city manager and town council, and 81 have their own municipal court. In contrast, Jackson County, Mo., which surrounds Kansas City, is geographically larger than St. Louis County and has about two-thirds the population. Yet Jackson County has just 19 municipalities, and just 15 municipal courts — less than a quarter of municipalities and courts in St. Louis County.

@TimStone tommy robinson is the white supremacist in jail for crimes that bannon wanted released, right?

That is correct

He's a rallying cry for ukip type guys

All five of them

(prison paul and friends who are doing entryism by joining a dying party)

He tried to enter the US illegally once using someone else's passport but he's white so I guess no one's going to hold that against him

He's been convicted multiple times of contempt of court for filming defendants

@TimStone dat zero tolerance illegal immigration policy

lol god dammit our religious freedom ambassador urged his release

@TimStone "Tommy Robinson is the backbone of this country." Uhh... who is Tommy Robinson?

And which country are we talking about?

@Yuuki white supremacist in the UK

Some the rebel correspondent who's in jail for livestreaming outside a UK courthouse with a reporting restrictions trial happening inside

He was previously convicted of contempt for filming defendants in a child rape trial

Extremely cool guy

You know

As one does

@Unionhawk so he is anti age of majority too?

But he's become a martyr for far right goons in the UK

I am reminded of this video

@GodEmperorDune lol god damnit

> Republican Uber riders say driver kicked them out after saying "welcome to the resistance"

lol, can you just imagine that going down?

actual footage

It was six people too, got them big SUV Ubers down in North Carolina apparently

@GodEmperorDune Holy crap the Lamar Smith one too

lol, jesus, not everything is about you dude

I mean, this certainly might end up being about you

But, y'know

I think we glossed over this but I'm really surprised that they didn't bring it to the floor

Like it was just really, really dumb for Democrats to bring it forward and then go "Oh but we won't vote for it"

they're instead working on some "here's all the good things they've done" bill or whatever

lol these types of laws are terrible but this is still funny

Also they're going to open the evil black sarcophagus so maybe the earth will finally be consumed

Huh

lmfao

Trying to artificially reduce the average contribution to show People Like You support him too!

it's a pretty,,, creative,,, strategy

@TimStone ... nice?

lmao:

Uhh can't remember offhand who that is but at the Senate Republican leadership news conference they just said they'd be introducing legislation to classify Russia as a state-sponsor of terrorism, hmm

> When Daley announced he wasn't running [for reelection for Chicago Mayor], we had a window where everyone began excitedly discussing what we could do in this new moment in our city. We had a mayoral forum called New Chicago 2011, and 2,600 people showed up and the energy was rocking. Even though Rahm's announcement a few weeks later crushed that moment, we had cracked open the idea that Chicago could be different

lol this report straight up asked McConnell if he actually planned to do anything instead of just saying "Hey Europe, NATO, we appreciate you"

(the answer was "maybe we will", essentially)

^ that

lmao: "Getting 2,600 people from across the city to attend a mayoral forum is even more impressive when you consider that not only had the mayor's office been functionally a family-run business for generations,"

lol

@TimStone What he really means is that GOP members want Russia to not get caught this time.

lol nah, McConnell would much rather rig the game his way, so I believe he's being serious in that respect

Still terrible for democracy though, yay!

Can't be known as schemer if someone else doing the scheming

@TimStone nice

@TimStone cocaine Mitch thinks we’re going to forget that he literally threatened Obama into not mentioning the 2016 election hacking before the vote

Naturally

looool

Dumb as hell

@TimStone love to get cucked on the international stage

OH MY GOD

Come on universe, what the hell

lol

fire the writers, too heavy handed