Cruz "was proud to lead the effort to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court," warns O'Rourke will appoint activist judges. Beto's response: Cruz appointed judges who called trans children "Satan's children" and one who could not tell if Brown v. Board was "correctly decided."
I know it's been like twenty years since he won the GOP primary in June, but anyone remember the pimp running for office who claimed he texted Tucker all the time and then was, unshockingly, accused of sexual assault?
He died:
Dennis Hof, A Pimp And Trump-Inspired Politician, Has Died. This Is How His Campaign Embodied Politics In 2018. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexislevinson/dennis-hof-nevada-bunny-ranch-dead-assembly-campaign ... a helluva story from @alexis_levinson
The best person I could imagine to respond to Trump's ridiculous Medicare for All op-ed is @AbdulElSayed, so I'm very pleased to publish this article from him and Micah Johnson about why M4A is necessary and the criticisms of it all fail. https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/10/caring-for-all
> "Hit them where they’re strong.” That’s the political approach Karl Rove, veteran Republican campaign strategist, employed to convince the majority of the American people to vote for George W. Bush for President not once, but twice. It’s a brilliant political strategy because it forces the opposition to defend strengths they had all but taken for granted, and in the process, expose their own weaknesses.
> Liberal and National senators on Monday backed the motion - which also claimed "anti-white" racism was on the rise in Australia - before blaming an administrative error a day later and demanding a second vote.
yep, that's a thing
"oh we didn't know what we was voting in support for, we want a second vote so we can change out stance"
it's a shame this kind of Mulligan can't be called on the US Election
ok that might explain why twitrss has been unstable today'
> “She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!”
so Stormy Daniels will confirm that she tricked you in thinking she had stuff on you so you would pay hush money, as apart of a agreement you had no knowledge of. i know how Alice felt falling down the rabbit hole
also not sure what he can go after her on because the lawsuit that she had that was thrown out was a deformation one
Per @WSJ, Turkish officials outline Khashoggi audio:
- Killed minutes after walking into consulate.
- Khashoggi wasn't interrogated; instead beat up, drugged, killed.
- Saudi forensic specialist told others to listen to music as he dismembered corpse.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pompeo-seeks-answers-amid-crisis-over-missing-saudi-journalist-1539690270
Yeah, I suspect they felt like they had no choice but to try. Not that Turkey is likely too concerned with the whole "silencing dissidents" thing but for some other country to come in and do it so brazenly on their soil? Whew. Can't let MSB think that kind of "I do what I want, where I want" is gonna fly
Ahhh I see Steve King is out here endorsing a white nationalist for Toronto Mayor
The Chicago Police Board is allowing an officer to keep his job after shooting a teen in the back of his head, @samjcharles reports. https://bit.ly/2EhDtw8
Liberal government to waive fee, waiting time for pot pardons https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pardon-pot-possession-goodale-1.4866175 Shared via the CBC News Android App
Oh hey, if I visit you guys in Canada, could I smoke pot? I know some places where marijuana is legal still have some restrictions for travelers to discourage drug tourism.
@Yuuki restrictions on where you can smoke may apply but AIUI there are no restrictions on tourists buying or consuming as long as they have ID that shows they're of age
If you missed it: today it was confirmed that Facebook massively & knowingly inflated its video-view statistics, which had the DIRECT consequence of 90% of media orgs firing writers in favor of expensive video producers, who also got fired when it turned out video was worthless https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1052400225602756608
The installation of a Trump appointee as acting IG at Interior is “politically suspect, given the high-profile investigations involving Zinke,” POGO's Elizabeth Hempowicz tells the @washingtonpost: http://wapo.st/2EpHWN6 @POGOBlog
JESUS CHRIST PEOPLE JUST BUILD CLOSED OFFICES https://www.dezeen.com/2018/10/17/panasonics-wearable-blinkers-concentrate-open-plan-offices-technology/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Just in: Judge TS Ellis on Paul Manafort’s request to wear a suit instead of an inmate uniform at his court hearing Friday: "The defendant should be treated no differently from other defendants who are in custody post conviction."
Two Florida police officers sentenced to prison for false arrests after chief ordered them to frame black teen for burglaries. Notably, the judge thrashed prosecutors for not seeking jail time for the officers, given the flagrance of their abuses. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article220091145.html
On today's agenda: 4th Circuit nominee Allison Rushing, who is facing oppo for her relative lack of experience (born in '82, graduated from law school in '07) and defense of DOMA. Five district court nominees (see below) are also up. You can watch here: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/10/17/2018/nominations
FBI quietly looking into Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr., who took $57,000 in donations from a Trump lawyer and dropped a fraud probe into Ivanka and Don Jr.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-fbi-probes-manhattan-da-office-20181002-story.html
Gavin McInnes has set himself apart from the current crop of professionally outraged right-wing pundits, not only for being able to spout aggressive rhetoric, but also for being willing to get physical at times. https://nyti.ms/2CNmiAL
between this and Matt Bruenig's shit yesterday lol
comrades keep going on like "well, if we're here we all have some hope that we can change course" like, no the fuck I don't, but it's a longshot worth trying for
At one point a few years back, I'd flippantly say that we terraform Mars and start over there while the climate deniers can stay on Earth, but now it seems that Musk is a bunghole so there goes the Mars option.
I mean, even if he wasn't the timescale for building a self-sufficient colony on Mars, let alone terraforming it, is long enough that it's not a viable escape hatch for climate change
It's the kind of thing that's nice to have in case of another Dinosaur Killer hitting Earth or something but it won't save us from our own mistakes.
@GodEmperorDune [re: terraforming] not necessarily, since (a) Mars has very different starting conditions and (b) Mars lacks (as far as we know) anything we particularly need to keep intact, so options like "drop a dozen comets on it" are on the table
With their last dying breath the editors of the NYT will write a piece talking about how millennials killed the entire planet, can't wait
Hell of a lede here from Yonhap: “Moon Jae-in summoned the Christian love for humanity and the European spirit of unity to inspire peace on the divided Korean Peninsula Wednesday” http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2018/10/17/0401000000AEN20181017011000315.html
BOSTON - Starting Jan. 1, 2020, every child born or adopted as a Massachusetts resident will be eligible for a free $50 deposit into a college savings account, state officials announced Tuesday.
https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/20181016/treasury-offering-50-per-new-baby-in-college-savings-effort
Incidentally, with a $50 starting investment assuming a ROI of 6% (it's a ballpark/default value in this calculator), through the magic of compound interest, your money will grow all the way to $142.72 after 18 years
Piling on Aung San Suu Kyi doesn't do any good, @senatemajldr tells @Reuters. "I just don’t think joining that and further undercutting the best hope we have for genuine Burmese democracy in the future is good policy."
#Burma #Myanmar #Rohingya
I asked @BenSasse's office if this incident is true. Sasse spokesman James Wegmann: "Does he remember calling Pizzagate Boy a liar? Not specifically but...it sure sounds right." https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1052400564884172800
Yeah imagine making up a fake story that's premised on you getting owned by a lackluster senator
@GodEmperorDune He wants to fight Hannity
But no just "debate on how the media, both left and right, something something"
.@seanhannity -
I invite you to come out from behind the safety of your cable news desk and join me at a neutral forum to debate the role of the media—Left and Right—in dividing us.
Honest conversation isn’t where the quick-hit $ and ratings are — but it’d be good for America. https://twitter.com/BenSasse/status/1052360380100616192
Mother of Bernardo victim speaks of 'pain and horror' of having to relive what happened https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bernardo-parole-mahaffy-french-1.4866556 Shared via the CBC News Android App
> The parole board has decided Paul Bernardo will remain behind bars. In his first attempt at getting parole, the Ontario rapist and killer was denied.
On a completely unrelated note motion to admit Puerto Rico as a state but as a cost-saving measure on flags and flag accessories just combine the two Dakotas. Someone convince Trump it's the right thing to do in light of NK/SK pretend reunification
Yeah, the Dakota split was because the Republicans wanted to admit two states that would vote their way, then some underhanded shit happened to force the Sioux to hand over land as they had claim to most of what became South Dakota
@GodEmperorDune I'm related to a principal engineer of those deals. I wrote my high school research paper on the guy, "Look at all the stuff he did to keep us together and work things out!" Present me wants to take high school me behind closed doors to challenge him to try harder in his thinking.
NBC News: Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards has been released on bail after appearing in court to face charges of illegally disclosing Treasury SARs to a reporter.
A single reporter had a byline in all 11 articles cited in court docs, Jason Leopold: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/senior-treasury-employee-was-charged-sending-sensitive-financial-reports-journalist-n921171
I briefly fell asleep on the floor as one does and woke up and it took my brain a few minutes to process Treasury SARs as something not-a-money-disease
JUST IN: Eleven Senate Democrats, led by Tom Udall, ask Trump, as well as Don Jr. and Eric at the Trump Org, to turn over information about business ties to Saudi Arabia — specifically referencing a possible Magnitsky Act determination and consequences. https://www.tomudall.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Letter%20to%20President%20Trump%20Regarding%20Trump-Saudi%20Ties%20-%20Final.pdf
I'm torn, because while it is obviously bad Google can flex that muscle and collect data in that way under absolutely no circumstances whatsoever should any phone manufacturer be allowed to write software
Because they are all terrible at it and should stop immediately
Ugh. So Ars Technica has been re-publishing excellent past podcasts by Rob Reid by they screwed up today I think. They are currently re-publishing some with Sam Harris. @TimStone