Among the Republican shenanigans behind the curtain is their repudiation of Hunter Biden's plea deal that will be settled today. For all the Republican cries of injustice for the deal that is arguably more harsh than other similar defendants might face, they conveniently forget that TFG rewarded many of his criminal supporters with pardons for their crimes. Hunter Biden will get no such relief. Republicans decry Hunter Biden's deal as a double standard. You bet it is! One where Dems mete out justice while Republicans wipe it out.
I remember when watching the two Trump impeachments on TV how Jordan and others ignored subpoenas and how the White House refused to provide critical documents, but imagine the outrage by the GOP if we were ever to do the same. Also when the Dem team were presenting evidence many of the other side fiddled with phones or other distractions and even walked out. They had no interest in hearing evidence against Trump so how was that a fair hearing and ultimate acquittal./
Rachel Maddow (as usual) gave an excellent background segment on the Emmett Till tragedy.
President Biden proclaimed THREE sites in two states for a national monument honoring not only the victim = a CHILD - but his MOTHER. Black women have done more to promote making the founding ideals of the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution fact rather than theory than any group ever.
"Till," a movie about the events of 1955, is available. Have you seen it? If you have ANY trepidation about watching this film, ask yourself why? Perhaps the answer lies in we DO KNOW it is about actual incidences of racial hatred. Jane Elliott has been addressing these issues since the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968.
A typical question she poses is "if you white folks want to be treated the way Blacks are in this society, stand. (No one stands.) No one is standing here. That says very plainly that you know what is happening. You know you don't want it for you. I want to know why you are (so) willing to accept it or allow it to happen for others."
I read HCR’s column first this morning and was so buoyed up by the inspiring and intelligent speeches by Biden and Harris that I completely forgot that Donald Trump existed. What a relief it is to have competent leadership. Let’s push these spineless, graceless, clueless Republican morons back into the cesspool where they belong. But thank you for keeping us up to date on the stupid club.
Elon Musk has done more to destroy a means of rapid global communication and connection than "anyone of all time" (in the phrasing 45 loves to use when catastrophizing on any issue.)
The blue bird apparently has been shot and killed.
The silly twits of the GOP think that baseless lawsuits and ominous innuendos constitute governance. May they learn very soon that competence and good faith are also required.
Jul 26, 2023·edited Jul 26, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
Get down, Robert. "The opportunities include giving skilled lawyer-legislators like Jamie Raskin, Dan Goldman, Adam Schiff, and Zoe Lofgren the ability to defend Joe Biden from the well of the Senate as they torch the incoherent yammerings of vapid culture warriors whose only strategy is to stamp their feet and shout." Psychologists tell us that the productive expression of anger is a necessary and liberating release of energy that has been cooped up becoming viscerally toxic. We are angry. We are frustrated. And, I am sorrowful that it has come to this. Yet, despite my sympathetic yearnings for normalcy, cooperation, civility, and discourse, now is the time to scream from your window, shout at the top of your lungs, holler from the rooftops. Repudiate. Call them out. Do not let our feelings get bottled up. "This insanity must stop." Then, get to work. I stand with you, Robert.
“Counterproductive clown show” seems an apt characterization of virtually every proceeding of the MAGA controlled House Committees. It is my sincere hope that the 2024 elections will return the House to Democratic control in order that it returns to conducting the people’s business.
The GOP is making up "crises." Yet I don't see them DOING ANYTHING to actually address all the dystopian disasters of the nation and the globe - in fact, I see a LOT they are doing to make it worse!
"It would require forensic experts to say that additional folders were created on Hunter Biden's laptop after Giuliani obtained it, and months after the FBI got a copy." Is it possible to be specific about the time when these folders were added and to determine who had custody of the laptop when the files were added?
The last 5 minutes of this clip from last nights Lawerence O"Donnell's show is a beautiful thoughtful response by poet Caroline Randall Williams to O"Donnells question...."What are your thoughts on what would have been Emmett Tills 82nd birthday"
Twixter! Perfect! I shall keep on calling it Twitter as long as I can, and as long as the icon on my phone remains the tweetybird. But if that scary x that reminds me of the Nazi swastika and the Russian Z (which never made sense to me because it in turn reminded me of Zelensky) becomes the icon, I shall switch to calling it Twixter.
I'm sure part of the frantic flurry on the part of Republicans is not just gaseous distraction for their idiotic base, but also to give Biden yet another headache. These people are beyond useless; they are simply infantile.
Among the Republican shenanigans behind the curtain is their repudiation of Hunter Biden's plea deal that will be settled today. For all the Republican cries of injustice for the deal that is arguably more harsh than other similar defendants might face, they conveniently forget that TFG rewarded many of his criminal supporters with pardons for their crimes. Hunter Biden will get no such relief. Republicans decry Hunter Biden's deal as a double standard. You bet it is! One where Dems mete out justice while Republicans wipe it out.
I remember when watching the two Trump impeachments on TV how Jordan and others ignored subpoenas and how the White House refused to provide critical documents, but imagine the outrage by the GOP if we were ever to do the same. Also when the Dem team were presenting evidence many of the other side fiddled with phones or other distractions and even walked out. They had no interest in hearing evidence against Trump so how was that a fair hearing and ultimate acquittal./
Rachel Maddow (as usual) gave an excellent background segment on the Emmett Till tragedy.
President Biden proclaimed THREE sites in two states for a national monument honoring not only the victim = a CHILD - but his MOTHER. Black women have done more to promote making the founding ideals of the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution fact rather than theory than any group ever.
"Till," a movie about the events of 1955, is available. Have you seen it? If you have ANY trepidation about watching this film, ask yourself why? Perhaps the answer lies in we DO KNOW it is about actual incidences of racial hatred. Jane Elliott has been addressing these issues since the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968.
A typical question she poses is "if you white folks want to be treated the way Blacks are in this society, stand. (No one stands.) No one is standing here. That says very plainly that you know what is happening. You know you don't want it for you. I want to know why you are (so) willing to accept it or allow it to happen for others."
https://youtu.be/XZQO13605rQ
If only it were as simple as The Golden Rule - if you don't want to be treated like that, don't treat others that way, either.
Wishing Bronny James the best in his recovery and life going forward.
I read HCR’s column first this morning and was so buoyed up by the inspiring and intelligent speeches by Biden and Harris that I completely forgot that Donald Trump existed. What a relief it is to have competent leadership. Let’s push these spineless, graceless, clueless Republican morons back into the cesspool where they belong. But thank you for keeping us up to date on the stupid club.
Elon Musk has done more to destroy a means of rapid global communication and connection than "anyone of all time" (in the phrasing 45 loves to use when catastrophizing on any issue.)
The blue bird apparently has been shot and killed.
X doesn't look long for this world either.
https://1drv.ms/i/s!ArZI-5Ch2Ugbpjk781zwILmVnNOd?e=dbeCWB
The silly twits of the GOP think that baseless lawsuits and ominous innuendos constitute governance. May they learn very soon that competence and good faith are also required.
Get down, Robert. "The opportunities include giving skilled lawyer-legislators like Jamie Raskin, Dan Goldman, Adam Schiff, and Zoe Lofgren the ability to defend Joe Biden from the well of the Senate as they torch the incoherent yammerings of vapid culture warriors whose only strategy is to stamp their feet and shout." Psychologists tell us that the productive expression of anger is a necessary and liberating release of energy that has been cooped up becoming viscerally toxic. We are angry. We are frustrated. And, I am sorrowful that it has come to this. Yet, despite my sympathetic yearnings for normalcy, cooperation, civility, and discourse, now is the time to scream from your window, shout at the top of your lungs, holler from the rooftops. Repudiate. Call them out. Do not let our feelings get bottled up. "This insanity must stop." Then, get to work. I stand with you, Robert.
after the Covid vaccine became available in 2021, excess deaths among Republican voters in Florida and Ohio were 43% higher than in Democratic voters
Further proof that Republicans are members of the other hairless biped species, Homo Sap, the biped lacking opposable thumbs and frontal lobes.
“Counterproductive clown show” seems an apt characterization of virtually every proceeding of the MAGA controlled House Committees. It is my sincere hope that the 2024 elections will return the House to Democratic control in order that it returns to conducting the people’s business.
Bidenomics is working.
The GOP is making up "crises." Yet I don't see them DOING ANYTHING to actually address all the dystopian disasters of the nation and the globe - in fact, I see a LOT they are doing to make it worse!
It's a "how low will they go?" question.
"It would require forensic experts to say that additional folders were created on Hunter Biden's laptop after Giuliani obtained it, and months after the FBI got a copy." Is it possible to be specific about the time when these folders were added and to determine who had custody of the laptop when the files were added?
"...incoherent yammerings of vapid culture warriors....." Love it!
The last 5 minutes of this clip from last nights Lawerence O"Donnell's show is a beautiful thoughtful response by poet Caroline Randall Williams to O"Donnells question...."What are your thoughts on what would have been Emmett Tills 82nd birthday"
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/caroline-randall-williams-remembering-emmett-till-is-a-radical-act-of-freedom-189277253757
Twixter! Perfect! I shall keep on calling it Twitter as long as I can, and as long as the icon on my phone remains the tweetybird. But if that scary x that reminds me of the Nazi swastika and the Russian Z (which never made sense to me because it in turn reminded me of Zelensky) becomes the icon, I shall switch to calling it Twixter.
I'm sure part of the frantic flurry on the part of Republicans is not just gaseous distraction for their idiotic base, but also to give Biden yet another headache. These people are beyond useless; they are simply infantile.