richard
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Post by richard on Feb 27, 2021 11:26:12 GMT -6
I haaaaaaaaaaaaate the idea of all these Trump admin lackeys unleashed on ballots across the country.
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dc2london
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Post by dc2london on Feb 27, 2021 11:32:56 GMT -6
Still there ❤️
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richard
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Post by richard on Feb 27, 2021 12:09:45 GMT -6
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Feb 27, 2021 14:32:17 GMT -6
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cakewench
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Post by cakewench on Feb 27, 2021 17:53:50 GMT -6
A second former Cuomo aide has come forward:
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elle
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Post by elle on Feb 27, 2021 18:25:23 GMT -6
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Post by clucky on Feb 27, 2021 18:42:40 GMT -6
I felt this line the most, it was how I felt posting it here. “...because I was using them as a sanity check — not as academic authorities who have researched this specific question.”
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dc2london
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Post by dc2london on Feb 28, 2021 8:53:11 GMT -6
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clucky
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Post by clucky on Feb 28, 2021 9:23:22 GMT -6
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Post by Lakes on Feb 28, 2021 11:10:58 GMT -6
I love this. We were able to see the space station fly overhead the other month so my kids are obsessed. I’ve had the spacewalk on in the background all morning. Best parenting decision I’ve made all weekend.
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Post by jkjacq on Feb 28, 2021 11:32:54 GMT -6
Bill Cassidy was just asked if 45 was fit to be president again. Sidestepped three times with I don’t think he’ll be the nominee. Chicken shit
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Post by Bookshelves on Feb 28, 2021 12:23:45 GMT -6
Why does Twitter hate Chuck Todd? dc2london or anyone who knows? I haven’t watched MTP in many years, but I was reading the replies to Connie Schultz’s tweet about Sherrod being on it, and man, people don’t like him! (Honest question from someone who hasn’t been paying attention.)
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richard
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Post by richard on Feb 28, 2021 12:40:46 GMT -6
Why does Twitter hate Chuck Todd? dc2london or anyone who knows? I haven’t watched MTP in many years, but I was reading the replies to Connie Schultz’s tweet about Sherrod being on it, and man, people don’t like him! (Honest question from someone who hasn’t been paying attention.) I don't watch MTP, but what I've seen as criticism on Twitter is that MTP kept booking people from the Trump Admin who had a history of outright lying and that he didn't push back on obvious lies hard enough. I think in a lot of ways that it's part of a bigger convo about the whether the media should have given Trump admin space to peddle their BS or not. The rebuttal is usually "but they're in the WH and it's news like it or not."
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Post by origami on Feb 28, 2021 13:22:50 GMT -6
Chuck Todd is a ladder climber and let's people spew bullshit on his show, many times unchecked, while simultaneously pulling the "what do you have to say to the opposite conservative bullshit talking point" to his dem/left guests.
Fuck Chuck.
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origami
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Post by origami on Feb 28, 2021 13:23:56 GMT -6
Also hi friends. I had to take a big step back from politics for mental health and because we're writing a federal grant right now that took all my time.
But good news: I got into the MPP program! So I'll be policy wonking it up with you for the next several years.
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elle
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Post by elle on Feb 28, 2021 13:27:33 GMT -6
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jkjacq
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Post by jkjacq on Feb 28, 2021 13:38:22 GMT -6
Chuck Todd is a ladder climber and let's people spew bullshit on his show, many times unchecked, while simultaneously pulling the "what do you have to say to the opposite conservative bullshit talking point" to his dem/left guests. Fuck Chuck. Yeah there is zero pushback from him. It’s just not good journalism
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richard
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Post by richard on Feb 28, 2021 13:54:31 GMT -6
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Feb 28, 2021 13:57:40 GMT -6
Congratulations origami!!! I knew you would but that’s awesome that it’s official.
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Post by jaygee on Feb 28, 2021 14:00:25 GMT -6
I religiously watch MTP and decided not to this week. And I missed Sherrod, damn it!
Echoing what pp said - Todd is just a go along get along and plays by the both sides traditional media rules of equal time, etc. Which is fine if people aren’t straight up lying on TV. I think there are many people who could do his job better than him.
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Post by dc2london on Feb 28, 2021 14:32:48 GMT -6
Chuck Todd is a ladder climber and let's people spew bullshit on his show, many times unchecked, while simultaneously pulling the "what do you have to say to the opposite conservative bullshit talking point" to his dem/left guests. Fuck Chuck. This And he continues to choose to book panelists like Hugh Hewitt who are so completely intellectually dishonest (full of shit) so the "it's news bc they're administration officials" talking point doesn't hold up. Hugh Hewitt is a radio hack. Danielle Pletka is a Trump apologist. Continuing to book them is a choice and giving them a platform to spew their nonsense with NO PUSHBACK is so irresponsible. I think he lost his MSNBC show bc he sucks.
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Post by dc2london on Feb 28, 2021 15:05:03 GMT -6
Re: the "But but bipartisanship?!!?11!" questions on the Covid bill, I think the administration spox who get this question could do a better job saying, "If Republicans want to oppose a bill with 75% public support just because the President is from a different party, then they can answer to the American people for that vote "
Talking just about the popularity of the bill is fine, but it dances around the question.
ETA: bc that's exactly why the Republicans oppose it. It isn't about artists and theaters getting relief funds. They aren't dumb.
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Post by cakewench on Feb 28, 2021 15:28:36 GMT -6
If you have time on your hands, look up the National Anthem from day 1 of CPAC. It’s... a lot of key changes.
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Post by Minerva on Feb 28, 2021 15:47:48 GMT -6
NYS AG on Cuomo. She says her office will be conducting the investigation.
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Post by elle on Feb 28, 2021 16:02:37 GMT -6
Not watching Trump at CPAC because even I'm not that masochistic but reading about it on Twitter is bringing me some joy.
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elle
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Post by elle on Feb 28, 2021 18:49:43 GMT -6
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Post by snowyowl on Feb 28, 2021 19:35:20 GMT -6
Meanwhile Jen Psaki’s only tweet of the day is being excited that Soul won at the Golden Globes 😁
So enjoying this admin’s policy of not engaging with nonsense.
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Post by jkjacq on Feb 28, 2021 19:54:19 GMT -6
I’m so glad we had cookie booth today so I had to miss cpac. Also very impressed with the mask wearing I saw. We were outside (I still don’t have feelings in my toes) with a plexiglass barrier, gloves and sanitizer
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Post by mrsweasley on Feb 28, 2021 21:06:22 GMT -6
Last night I was a little restless so I decided to turn in a YouTube video of rain sounds for some white noise. An ad for something called Prager U starts playing, and I normally would have skipped it, but they caught my attention by having some mom blogger talking about how schools are brainwashing our kids with a liberal agenda. And it only got more awful from there. It was probably about a six minute ad, but I turned it off in a rage when she started talking about the “there are only two genders” garbage. You guys are probably well-aware of this trash and Dennis Prager, but I hadn’t heard of it. Of course I know there are terrible things on YouTube, but to have it advertised to me like a legitimate product for educating your children... deeply offensive. So instead of drifting off to rain sounds I stayed up for another hour researching this company and trying to find ways to contribute to its destruction. There have been a couple women on Nextdoor very vocal about not supporting g our school levy because of "liberal indoctrination" in the schools. Which I find incredibly unlikely given how red our area is, but "all teachers are liberal and the ones that aren't would never admit it" 🙄
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Post by iruntodrink on Feb 28, 2021 22:23:16 GMT -6
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