All-purpose news and politics thread: Two Steps Beyond!

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

But the GOP will tell you, with a straight face, that there's no war on the poor when anyone with one working brain cell knows that there is. Always has been. The Republican Party's longstanding and pathological hatred of the poor and disabled (on top of their hatred of minorities, gays, women and religions other than Christianity) has only grown larger and stronger since Sunkist Satan took office and shows zero signs of letting up.

If only the poor would stop voting for them

[Tami]

No one else is reporting this, and I don't think that is actually CNN.

From what I heard, sadly she might not last a week, but yeah if anything actually happened it would be all over every news media print, on-air and online.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

If only the poor would stop voting for them

Yeah, and therein lies the problem which brings to mind this statement LBJ made way back in 1960, one that holds disturbingly true today:

"If you can convince the lowest white man that he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll even empty his pockets for you."

And, lo and behold, Trump and the GOP gave those lowly white men beaucoup targets to hate (Blacks, gays, Muslims, Mexicans, etc.) while ignoring how Republicans have been screwing them like a five dollar whore for years.

[Malvolio]

Doesn't this make the likely unsafe assumption what Jones does is on the level and not something like Andy Kaufman's feud with Jerry Lawler?

Well, there it is. When Jones was in court trying to get custody of his kids from his ex-wife, he claimed that what he says on his show is just a character. Then he went on his show the next day and essentially said that he only said what he said in court in order to get his kids back, and that the guy you hear on his show is the real guy. So he is either knowingly misrepresenting himself to his listeners, or he's admitting to committing perjury. Either way, it doesn't look good for him.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Well, there it is. When Jones was in court trying to get custody of his kids from his ex-wife, he claimed that what he says on his show is just a character. Then he went on his show the next day and essentially said that he only said what he said in court in order to get his kids back, and that the guy you hear on his show is the real guy. So he is either knowingly misrepresenting himself to his listeners, or he's admitting to committing perjury. Either way, it doesn't look good for him.

I doubt Jones' listeners give a rat's ass if he's acting or not as long as he continues feeding them their daily dose of conspiracy bullshit. Meanwhile....

Sandy Hook Parents Have Just Hit Alex Jones With Defamation Lawsuits

Alex Jones has spent years claiming the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School ― where a shooter killed 20 small children and six adults ― was faked. He has claimed the parents of these dead children are liars and “crisis actors.”

Now, those parents are coming after him.

In a pair of lawsuits filed late Monday, the parents of two children who died in the December 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, say Jones’ repeated lies and conspiratorial ravings have led to death threats. The suits join at least two other recent cases accusing the Infowars host of defamation.

Neil Heslin, the father of a six-year-old boy killed in the shooting, and Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, who lost their own little boy, filed the suits in Austin, Texas, where Jones’ conspiracy-minded media outlet is based. Each suit is seeking more than $1 million in damages from Jones, Infowars and a related company, Free Speech Systems LLC. Infowars reporter Owen Shroyer is also named in one of the suits.

“Even after these folks had to experience this trauma, for the next five years they were tormented by Alex Jones with vicious lies about them,” Mark Bankston, the lawyer handling the cases for the parents, told HuffPost. “And these lies were meant to convince his audience that the Sandy Hook parents are frauds and have perpetrated a sinister lie on the American people.”

Bankston, of the Houston law firm Farrar & Ball, is also involved in another defamation suit against Jones, representing a man whom Infowars incorrectly identified as the Parkland, Florida, school shooter.

Infowars, Jones and Shroyer did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Your move, Alex....

[BeastieRunner]

SCOTUS ruled 5-4 today that it's unconstitutional to deport immigrants based on certain criminal convictions. The deciding vote? Neil Gorsuch!

Trump Supreme Court pick sides with liberals in immigration ruling against administration.

Also, the GOP's Charlie Dent is resigning in May.

[Jack Dracula]

Oh boy. This week starts off crazy.

Crazy is the new normal.

Depending on the timeline, though, I suspect it might have had more to do with potentially illegal coordination with the Trump campaign.

I'd settle for that.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Just got an alert on my phone saying all Starbucks stores nationwide will be closed on May 29th so employees can undergo racial bias education. Oh, and the manager of that Philadelphia store where the incident with those two black guys went down was removed.

[MyriVerse]

Just got an alert on my phone saying all Starbucks stores nationwide will be closed on May 29th so employees can undergo racial bias education. Oh, and the manager of that Philadelphia store where the incident with those two black guys went down was removed.

Are we sure "removed" doesn't mean "transferred to a different store?"

[PaulBullion]

http://breaking-cnn.com/former-first...-bush-dies-92/
Rest in peace Mrs Bush.

That is fake news from a fake site that is not by CNN. She is still in hospice care.

[PaulBullion]

I'm wondering if Charlie Dent was considered a "centrist" because he tossed a coin before each vote to make is decision?

[worstblogever]

Also, the GOP's Charlie Dent is resigning in May.

Ah, hell. Charlie Dent's one of the closest things the GOP has left to a sane member of the party these days.

I'm wondering if Charlie Dent was considered a "centrist" because he tossed a coin before each vote to make is decision?

I mean... Harvey Dent... Charlie Dent.

I feel like now Charlie Dent is only the "sane" Republican like Two-Face is a more sane Batman villain than the Joker, Scarecrow, or Mad Hatter.

[MindofShadow]

Are we sure "removed" doesn't mean "transferred to a different store?"

The CEO apologized for Thursday's incident and on Monday, the coffee giant confirmed that the Philadelphia employee who called the police is no longer with the company.

sounds like he or she is gone. He/she will probably start a gofundme because of the mean black people ala that chick who made 25K for saying that Clark kid deserved to die

[GindyPosts]

So... Any rational people left on the Republicans, or are they are Trump sycophants?

[Joker]

Just got an alert on my phone saying all Starbucks stores nationwide will be closed on May 29th so employees can undergo racial bias education. Oh, and the manager of that Philadelphia store where the incident with those two black guys went down was removed.

What are white women everywhere going to do?!