June 29 Open Thread: The Trump-Kennedy Connection Runs Through Russia
Wow. Talks about the fix being in. Turns out that retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy has a son who was global head of real estate capital markets at Deutsche Bank, which just happens to be the only legitimate Western bank that would lend money to Trump. This apparently was the cornerstone of a high-pressure charm offensive to get Kennedy to retire.
Also from the Trump Is Obviously a Russian Plant files, Trump has been frantic to get his one-on-one meeting with his handler, Vladimir Putin. Whatever message he has is clearly too hot to deliver any way but face-to-face.
It turns out the Annapolis gunman wasn’t out to get all journalists, just the ones at the newspaper that dared to report on his conviction for harassing a woman. He’s been making threats against the paper for years, so he strikes me as exactly the sort of person so-called “red flag” laws are written for. The good news there is that state legislatures around the country, including Delaware’s, have had the most success at controlling guns with these laws, which even gun nuts claim to want.
Kudos to the young reporter for the Annapolis newspaper who told Anderson Cooper on live TV, “Thanks for your prayers but I couldn’t give a fuck about them if there’s nothing else.”
According to these facts the success rate of DSA endorsed or DSA member campaigns has been 2 out of every 3.
If that’s failing, I’ll take failing. Failing seem good.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/shujahaider/democrats-cant-talk-about-capitalism-let-alone-fight-it?utm_term=.xx5KMvnXR#.bfGe2p6Gb
Liked this graph:
On the other hand, liberals have their heads just as far up their asses as Republicans do. Consider the term “Latinx.” This is the idiocy of the left made manifest: Tinkering with a language that has masculine and feminine designations for everything. A male is Latino, a woman Latina. It’s not the root of your problems. Do liberals in Europe, where all the languages are like that, piss away time, energy and effort trying to show how motherfucking woke they are? No, they do not, even though their very languages give them more reason to.
If we can’t win until liberals figure out what’s important, we’re never going to win.
No one’s pissing away time. It’s a different word. Who cares? Has no impact except on older folks who cling to some stagnate idea.
It’s a word. Just ignore it. Jesus Christ.
“Just ignore it.”
I wish I could.
Kerri arrested at DC protest over family separation, but says it’s not part of her campaign: http://delawarepublic.org/post/kerri-evelyn-harris-arrested-dc-while-protesting-migrant-family-detentions
I give up. Again.
I’m glad she went, I’m glad she was arrested, and I’m glad she spoke out.
More, please.
Oh, I admire her willingness to put herself on the line and be arrested. But why go to lengths to say that’s not part of her campaign? That’s a great selling point – “I stood up against Trump’s racist policies. Where was Tom??”
But she’s not making that point, even backpedaling it. I just don’t understand this campaign’s lack of strategy.
Are they ever going to turn all the dials in just the right way? Probably not. But I’ve been around Harris and this campaign a little bit. I trust them to bring the heat.
Alby, you’re not “ready to make nice”? Good one!
Every time I hear a pundit say, “why isn’t the republican party standing up to Trump?” Well heres my theory. The ignoramus from Ohio Jordan, Trey Hypocrite Goudy, Mitch Mc, Paul Ryan, and the entire freedom caucus made a deal with the devil at the republican conventionin Ohio. Top leaders knew that Trump was involved with Russia, but didnt give a damn because they knew if Trump was elected they could pass their tax cuts for the 1%,, get rid of Obamacare, put Judges on the court that would get rid of Roe, etc, etc. The manner in which they went after Rosenstein in that hearing, tells me they are worried, “they are going to be discovered as traitors to this country just like Trump and his russian puppets. What could be another reason, if the pundits cant figure it out nor can historians, I leave my theory on the table until the truth comes out.
Actually, Liz, I have several times pointed out that several of the Republicans have also gotten campaign contributions from Russian oligarchs, and it appears the NRA was used to funnel even more Russian cash into not just the Trump campaign but other Republicans campaigns as well. Dana Rohrabacher, for example, is heavily connected to Russia, as is Matt Gaetz of Florida and a few others.
My suspicion is that they aren’t standing up to Trump because their hands are not clean either. As you say, they, too, are traitors.
Russia: the gift that just keeps on giving…
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2018/07/01/us-official-to-israeli-diplomat-this-is-our-fuckin-house/
It wasn’nt just Russia, it was Israel, Saudia Arabia, UAE….plus, plus
Won’t anybody think of the Latinx?
PC silliness is not going to win votes.
https://www.dcreport.org/2018/06/27/trump-and-the-credit-card-republicans-drive-us-deeper-in-the-hole/
Trump driving up our debt, so they can cut medicare, medicaid and other social programs.
https://theintercept.com/2018/06/20/state-election-russia-hacking-voting-system/
The whistleblower who informed us of state election hacking is going to prison….for we the people.
A gender neutral ethic descriptor will be the end of us!