All purpose news and politics thread part v: The quickening

[Kevinroc]

I'm still expecting Biden to be the Democratic Nominee. Which... *sighs* Yeah...

[Theleviathan]

You know who else slanders people without evidence... Trump. So before you start making comparisons, maybe check your behavior first

Um...I never endorsed this happening. I asked a couple questions and "fake news" came out along with your desire to attack when Bernie is criticized. I don't know if it happened, this whole thing seems like a silly pissing match.

Prefer to talk about the monmouth poll?

[numberthirty]

I'm still expecting Biden to be the Democratic Nominee. Which... *sighs* Yeah...

It's a very real possibility, and yeah...

I think that we might be in the same ballpark.

[Superbat]

"Two people with knowledge of the conversation at the 2018 dinner at Warren’s home told The Washington Post that Warren brought up the issue by asking Sanders whether he believed a woman could win. One of the people with knowledge of the conversation said Sanders did not say a woman couldn’t win but rather that Trump would use nefarious tactics against the Democratic nominee."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...754_story.html

Bernie is now leading in California

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics...239261123.html

[Billy Batson]

What's gross is the fact that you dispute the story not on the merits of Bernie or the reasonableness of it...but straight to "fake news". That's what is most gross to me.

I honestly can't believe you typed this and didn't feel like Trump. That....Knight of the Lake....is what bugs me most about Bernie: his supporters have no use for truth and reality. Only what I can best describe as near idolatry.

I did/do dispute it on the merits of Bernie and reasonableness of it. That's what I said in my second post.
Tulsi Gabbard felt the need to tweet this:

I also met with @BernieSanders before announcing my candidacy. We had a nice one-on-one conversation and I informed him that I would be running for President. In that meeting, he showed me the greatest respect and encouragement, just as he always has.

[Malvolio]

*sigh* Cue the circular firing squad.

Seriously. Can we just promote our favorite candidates and why we like them, and save the negative campaigning for the general election?

[Superbat]

[B][I]I did/do dispute it on the merits of Bernie and reasonableness of it. That's what I said in my second post.
Tulsi Gabbard felt the need to tweet this:

Gabbard is an opportunist.

She's trying to get a job in Bernie' administration.

[Superbat]

*sigh* Cue the circular firing squad.

Seriously. Can we just promote our favorite candidates and why we like them, and save the negative campaigning for the general election?

I'd like that.

I won't go after the other candidates if the negative Bernie posts stop.

[Billy Batson]

Gabbard is an opportunist.

She's trying to get a job in Bernie' administration.

Sure, whatever.
The fact that Warren will only say what he said without context or explanation while he is saying exactly what he said makes me think she is being willfully obtuse.

[jetengine]

Gabbard is an opportunist.

She's trying to get a job in Bernie' administration.

I doubt Bernies going to hire a russian asset.

[worstblogever]

So a portion (highly educated for Warren) of a small portion (highly educated) of only a portion of the electorate (Democrats) like Warren and she is "The Candidate of the Elite" and you think that's an honest framing?

To be fair, Mets is a Republican. He's become numb to what honest framing would sound like as part of his GOP conditioning.

Also, to his comment that we only have Warren's word that Sanders said it...

I believe the relevant expression is, "I believe women."

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Trump Planning To Take $7.2 Billion More From Pentagon For Border Wall: Report

The White House celebrated the completion of its 100th mile of new wall along the southern border last week. I wonder happened to all that talk from Trump about his insistence that Mexico would pay for his stupid wall that, by the way, WILL. NOT. STOP desperate migrants from entering the country? And why don't Democrats hammer the administration on that failed promise, and why the U.S. taxpayer has to foot the bill for that white elephant?

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Progressives Are Desperate To Stop The Fight Between Elizabeth Warren And Bernie Sanders

Tuesday’s presidential debate could see a clash between the left-wing leaders — and a win for Joe Biden. It would take no effort at all for Warren and Sanders to stop the sniping. They choose not to, and that's the problem for progressives.

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Rudy Giuliani Desperately Wants To Join Trump’s Impeachment Defense Team

“They said, ‘Thanks, but no thanks,’” an adviser said of the White House’s response. A pity. Having Rantin' Rudy on the team would've helped Democrats.

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Stephanie Grisham Peddles Outrageous Defense Of Trump’s Anti-Muslim Retweet

The White House press secretary accused Democrats of “almost taking the side of terrorists.” The more I hear of this bitch, the more I despise her, along with her being too damn gutless to hold press briefings.

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A Conservative Moms Group Is Really Upset Burger King Used The ‘D-Word’ In An Ad

The word “damn” is “destructive and damaging to impressionable children,” according to One Million Moms. Talk about pathetic. Kids hear far worse words than that on the street every DAMN day, some, from their own parents.

[worstblogever]

It was on this day in both 2015, as well as 2016, that “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” profiled Dave Agema, a former Michigan state legislator and former member of the Republican National Committee from Michigan who served three terms before being done in by term limits, and since becoming a member of the RNC, has only narrowly avoided having his resignation forced upon him after a series of controversial and bigoted remarks over the past several years. Among Agema’s worst quotes that we covered in that first profile were comparing gays to alcoholics and claiming that they only want free health care because they're all dying of AIDS, the time he questioned whether anyone of the Muslim faith have ever made positive contributions to America, and the time he circulated the inaccurate and mathematically-challenged claim that President Obama is "50% white, 43.75% Arabic and 6,26% black." There was also the time when Agema posted what he called a “very enlightening” article from a white supremacist magazine on African-American crime about how by their nature, people of that race are “violent and prone to violence”. Needless to say, he comes off as quite the hate-monger. Agema decided to not run for re-election to the Republican National Committee after helping write the most extreme party platform in the history of the GOP at the 2016 RNC, meaning his career has likely come to an end.


On this date in 2017, 2018, as well as in 2019, "Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day" published its first profile of Jim Wheeler, a four-term member of the Nevada State Assembly who represents District 39, and was first elected in 2012. Wheeler’s district leans just a wee bit conservative, to say the least, so much so that no Democrat to this point has bothered running to challenge him for his seat. It was back during his first term in August of 2013 at a town hall where Wheeler was touting his dedication to catering to the whims of his constituents, and someone asked him if he would vote for slavery if they wanted… and Wheeler said YES HE WOULD. (This is one of those easy trick questions you should probably still say “HELL NO!” to, Jim.) And, like many a Republican that we’ve covered at CSGOPOTD caught literally on tape making racist statements, Jim Wheeler insisted he was just being “taken out of context”. Well, in context, his remarks were revolting enough that he earned the criticism of even higher-ranking Republicans like Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval and Sen. Dean Heller. It was shocking enough that he even made the Colbert Report for it, where Stephen Colbert suggested that his constituents should all hypothetically suggest Wheeler punch himself in the balls, and he’d do it, because that’s how he works.

That controversy barely had time to die down, however, before Wheeler again made the papers, this time on allegations that his financial disclosure forms prior to running for office were inaccurate, and failed to mention a tax lien he owed in Michigan, as well as a challenge to his residency within his district. To the former, Wheeler plead ignorance to the rules, and then amended the report. For a while, Wheeler was also blogging his deep thoughts on politics, and you can kind of see how he’s deeply partisan when he discusses gun control and those who support it like this:

”The current administration’s position is ‘facts be damned’, thereby misleading the American people about actual facts and statistics dealing with violent crime in America. Facts are something that most Liberals really hate. Facts tend to get in the way of the well-orchestrated sound bites that liberal politicians put out to the media which is, nine times out of ten, too busy to check those facts. These non-factual sound bites are shouted from the rooftops and repeated over and over again until the unaware voter takes them as holy words. On the other hand, as a business person, I like facts. I wouldn’t make a move in business without some hard facts. Let’s take a look at these pesky facts. We keep hearing that America is an extremely violent country…much more violent than our civilized European cousins who have enacted “sensible” gun controls -- countries like Great Britain for instance. Really? I don’t think so.”

Without irony, ladies and gentlemen. But how about some hypocrisy for you? Back in May of 2013, Wheeler voted against Nevada’s SB 139, which would have made crimes committed based on the victim’s gender identity or expression a felony. Okay, so apparently Jim doesn’t like the idea of an assault on a transgendered citizen simply for that reason being a hate crime. But guess what he DOES qualify for a hate crime? When people attack police dogs, THAT is a hate crime. Think about that… he’s prioritizes police dogs over actual people. Wheeler also voted against AB 284, which would allow victims of domestic violence to terminate rental agreements and not fear any financial repercussions of fleeing their abusers. Apparently, the inconvenience of a landlord having to find a new tenant should take priority over a spouse being beaten by their husband or wife. At least in Jim Wheeler’s twisted mind. Wheeler also voted against the police being required to wear body cameras, and voted against automatic voter registration for anyone getting a driver’s license, because he hates the idea of democracy (because when more people vote, Republicans lose).

And, apparently the Nevada GOP have no interest in ever winning the minority vote again, because over the summer, they chose Jim Wheeler, a man who once stated his willingness to vote for slavery if that’s what his constituents wanted, to be the Minority Leader of the Nevada Assembly. Wheeler, going into 2018 also was endorsing Dennis Hof, the notorious reality-television pimp from the Bunny Ranch, as a state legislator. In 2019, he voted against common sense legislation to prevent the negligent storage of firearms around minors, as well as a minimum wage increase. We’re at least happy to update our profile on Jim Wheeler to note he’s already resigned as Nevada’s House Minority Leader, however, he has insisted he will be running for re-election in 2020.

[numberthirty]

*sigh* Cue the circular firing squad.

Seriously. Can we just promote our favorite candidates and why we like them, and save the negative campaigning for the general election?

Let's just hope that there might be something to it, and not just the news outfits tossing a monkey wrench into the works.

[Tami]

If I had to guess where the #RefundWarren and #ITrustBernie hashtags started, I'd be looking at the same Russian troll farms that have been throwing gasoline on the fire of US politics for years.

"Only a fool fights in a burning house." Stop falling for this bullshit.

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There may be issues between Warren and Sanders, but yeah I wouldn't be surprised if Trolls/Bots (especially the Russian kind) are trying to make it worse.

I make no secret that I dislike Sanders but that I do like Warren. I also believe that there should be more honest discussion about their differences.

I don't need bots to influence my opinion.