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It's almost funny... - RL - 6/2/2020 5:29:26 AM

"Let me be clear: The President just used a Bible, the most sacred text of the Judeo-Christian tradition, and one of the churches of my diocese, without permission, as a backdrop for a message antith… - RL - 6/2/2020 5:21:24 AM

Mounted and Military police driving out PEACEFUL protesters at nation's capitol. - RL - 6/1/2020 10:41:46 PM
- PBS Evening News, tonight - hank - 6/2/2020 12:07:43 AM
  - “What the administration is trying to do is delegitimize peaceful protests,” - RL - 6/2/2020 12:11:09 AM
    - The assault on Liberty is nearly complete - RL - 6/2/2020 3:19:29 AM
    - Louisville KY looks like a war zone - RL - 6/2/2020 2:12:34 AM
- Flash-bang grenades detonated in the midst of the protesters. - RL - 6/1/2020 10:44:27 PM
  - The president is declaring war on America - RL - 6/1/2020 10:49:26 PM
    - Now: Doing a photo-op with a bible... - RL - 6/1/2020 11:11:29 PM

We are one incident away from a total explosion of our society - RL - 6/1/2020 12:54:15 AM
- And there it is.... - RL - 6/1/2020 11:39:02 PM
- Take your pick - hank - 6/1/2020 1:07:25 AM

“The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.”-Trump approved of this - RL - 5/29/2020 4:15:43 AM
- And now... things will rapidly accelerate - RL - 6/1/2020 11:09:52 PM
- We can expect Trump to do all he can to inflame the situation in Minneapolis - RL - 5/29/2020 5:51:38 PM

And Trump retweets Q-Anon-conspiracy nut... - RL - 6/1/2020 2:26:48 AM
- And retweets another (now deleted) account falsely accusing Anti-fa of assault and or murder - RL - 6/1/2020 2:36:14 AM
  - Posse Comitatus - RL - 6/1/2020 9:58:35 PM
    - “You have to dominate. If you don’t dominate, you’re wasting your time, They’re going to run over you. You’re going to look like a bunch of jerks.” - RL - 6/1/2020 10:09:08 PM
  - Actually, the account wasn't deleted, the owner of the account deleted his tweet- - RL - 6/1/2020 2:45:53 AM

The man who claimed that he would have run in to stop a school shooter cowered in a bunker last night... - RL - 6/1/2020 8:14:07 PM

Trump’s lie about Bowser was exposed as soon as it left his mouth - RL - 6/1/2020 2:15:54 AM

Street fightin' man... - hank - 5/31/2020 12:35:04 PM
- Helter Skelter - hank - 5/31/2020 3:24:13 PM
  - Boogaloo - Robert - 5/31/2020 6:17:27 PM
    - No end to the helicopters and sirens - Robert - 6/1/2020 2:15:22 AM
    - THere were an awful lot of white guys at the Miami and Ft Lauderdale demonstrations. - hank - 6/1/2020 1:15:38 AM
      - Same at Santa Monica... - RL - 6/1/2020 1:41:58 AM
  - Its an old tactic used in many revolutionary movements, left and right. - ER - 5/31/2020 3:34:58 PM

What we need: watch this video. - podrock - 5/31/2020 5:55:47 PM
- THAT is how you manage a situation - RL - 5/31/2020 7:22:28 PM

"I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration" - RL - 9/5/2018 11:30:37 PM
- Moved to Flame - podrock - 9/6/2018 4:18:13 AM
- The timing was perfect. - ER - 9/6/2018 2:51:11 AM
  - And that Supreme Court Thing - podrock - 9/6/2018 3:10:36 AM
    - Yes, the Supreme Court Thing. - ER - 9/6/2018 2:01:32 PM
- Wow. A reasoned commentary by all. n/t - RobVG - 9/6/2018 2:33:59 AM
  - :) You voted for it- you own it.... - RL - 9/6/2018 2:45:11 AM
    - We were given a voice - RobVG - 9/6/2018 3:30:55 AM
      - So, Rob, How do you like the 'voice' you chose now that you have had 3 an a half years to get used to it? - RL - 5/31/2020 5:36:53 PM
      - Did you ever honestly feel you had been shut out? - mcfly - 9/6/2018 4:23:27 PM
        
        Well, 'i' have. - RobVG - 9/6/2018 7:59:55 PM
        
        I'm at a loss to think of worthy values that Trump is trying to bring back - mcfly - 9/6/2018 10:29:03 PM
        
        Yeah... - RobVG - 9/7/2018 1:44:57 AM
        
        You have to work damn hard to be that detached from reality - RL - 9/7/2018 3:28:13 AM
        
        Nope... - ER - 9/7/2018 2:42:02 AM
        
        You could show Rob the Pee tape... - RL - 9/7/2018 3:31:43 AM
        
        WHAT 'conservative values' would those be? - RL - 9/6/2018 10:09:36 PM
        
        Racism was never a Conservative value - ER - 9/6/2018 8:14:22 PM
      - Too bad that voice was as stupid, amoral and bigoted as you are.... - RL - 9/6/2018 3:46:15 AM
        
        Robert Shepard - RobVG - 9/6/2018 3:58:08 AM
        
        Rob V**G*****g - Robert - 9/6/2018 6:48:58 PM
        
        To be fair to Rob... - ER - 9/6/2018 8:10:51 PM
        
        Wow - RobVG - 9/6/2018 8:06:31 PM
        
        We have been given a voice too, Rob. - ER - 9/6/2018 12:57:47 PM
        
        You guys reach for the same pile of stones if someone expressive their views. So much your tolerance. - RobVG - 9/6/2018 8:01:38 PM
        
        Its not the views, Rob. - ER - 9/6/2018 8:29:02 PM
        
        It's the voice that said "“Ripping” children from their mothers arms was a long overdue deterrent." - RL - 9/6/2018 4:03:42 AM
  - Its like we're witnessing the death of Caligula. - ER - 9/6/2018 2:41:39 AM
- The fallout begins... - RL - 9/6/2018 2:06:10 AM
- Trump's Response.... - RL - 9/6/2018 1:11:00 AM
  - But I thought Trump hired 'The Best' and 'High Quality' people.... Right? - RL - 9/6/2018 1:25:13 AM
- "There Ain't No More Strawberries" - podrock - 9/6/2018 12:51:02 AM
  - Funny you should say that. - ER - 9/6/2018 3:57:07 PM
  - No... I think it's self preservation... nothing deeper - RL - 9/6/2018 1:07:49 AM
    - Or self Promotion. - podrock - 9/6/2018 1:23:24 AM
      - Only the guy that wrote it... - RL - 9/6/2018 1:34:28 AM
        
        I don't respect them either - podrock - 9/6/2018 1:52:57 AM
        
        He may have done it because he thought he was about to be fired... - RL - 9/6/2018 1:56:31 AM
        
        I'm thinking it is someone who cannot be fired. - podrock - 9/6/2018 2:17:33 AM
        
        Does Anyone hold that title in this administration? - RL - 9/6/2018 2:32:51 AM
        
        A few. - podrock - 9/6/2018 2:52:59 AM
        
        Dan Coates is being floated in the media as a likely culprit - RL - 9/6/2018 3:02:03 AM
        
        This is a reality TV show come to reality. - podrock - 9/6/2018 3:20:11 AM
        
        Maybe it's one of Trump's alter-egos run amok... - mcfly - 9/6/2018 4:42:33 PM
        
        "gollum...gollum" - podrock - 9/6/2018 5:41:31 PM
    - Oh, and DO keep in mind... - RL - 9/6/2018 1:21:58 AM
      - Hence the dangerous game - podrock - 9/6/2018 1:24:03 AM
        
        Meanwhile the GOP charges ahead to quickly confirm the man Trump chose to get him off... - RL - 9/6/2018 1:45:41 AM
        
        So to speak. - Robert - 9/6/2018 1:48:35 AM
        
        Cut me some slack... - RL - 9/6/2018 1:55:29 AM

Trouble in Miami - hank - 5/31/2020 12:41:28 AM
- Sacramento: Demonstrations all day - Robert - 5/31/2020 3:18:14 AM
  - ...and into the night - Robert - 5/31/2020 6:28:38 AM
- 2228 - hank - 5/31/2020 2:34:50 AM
- 2253 - hank - 5/31/2020 1:59:34 AM
  - They claimed this morning %100 of the arrests were 'outside agitators- they had to admit this evening that was a lie... - RL - 5/31/2020 2:21:23 AM
    - "Outside agitators" is code for... - hank - 5/31/2020 2:45:49 AM
      - Though, in case you missed it... - RL - 5/31/2020 4:06:13 AM
- Its happening all over ... - RL - 5/31/2020 1:02:07 AM
  - Latest gasoline from Trump - RL - 5/31/2020 2:38:40 AM
- 2054 - hank - 5/31/2020 12:55:40 AM
  - 2115 - hank - 5/31/2020 1:18:06 AM
  - Respiratory viruses love a good mass protest... - RL - 5/31/2020 1:06:14 AM
    - 2138 - hank - 5/31/2020 1:37:55 AM
      - In Minneapolis the police are directly targeting the press with tear gas canisters and flash-bang grenades - RL - 5/31/2020 1:52:39 AM
        
        Ali Velshi from CNN was shot in the leg with a rubber bullet - RL - 5/31/2020 2:02:38 AM
        
        Correction, not CNN, MSNBC - RL - 5/31/2020 2:04:01 AM
        
        Police also targeting journalists in Kentucky - RL - 5/31/2020 2:51:14 AM
      - 2148 - hank - 5/31/2020 1:49:39 AM
    - The protesters all appear to be wearing surgical masks. - hank - 5/31/2020 1:19:09 AM

The twisted skein unravels - RL - 5/30/2020 9:47:32 PM
- What fascists sound like.... - RL - 5/30/2020 10:21:44 PM
  - " By the way. They love African American people. They love the black people. MAGA loves black people." - RL - 5/31/2020 1:37:00 AM

"This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence. - RL - 5/30/2020 1:53:51 AM
- As discussed elsewhere - podrock - 5/30/2020 2:45:14 AM

In a first, Twitter finally fact-checks Trump - RL - 5/27/2020 5:14:17 AM
- I disagree. Let him tweet all he wants, uncensored, for the historians. - hank - 5/27/2020 12:45:49 PM

The Golf Reaper - RL - 5/27/2020 2:34:05 AM

Over %40 of Republicans think Bill Gates will use COVID-19 Vaccine to implant tracking microchips... - RL - 5/26/2020 5:57:08 AM
- Where it all comes from. - hank - 5/26/2020 12:28:51 PM
  - Class traitors, race traitors. - hank - 5/26/2020 2:41:05 PM

As we are set to surpass 100,000 deaths on Memorial Day, the President reflects on the solemnity of the moment... - RL - 5/24/2020 5:11:27 PM
- Well, he does "speak to" many Americans, doesn't he? - hank - 5/24/2020 8:31:26 PM
  - This is the behavior those that voted for him admire... - RL - 5/24/2020 8:48:57 PM

A serious answer from our Democrats here. - hank - 5/22/2020 3:10:59 PM
- You need to dump Biden and get Cuomo to run. n/t - RobVG - 5/22/2020 4:29:29 PM
  - You're probably right. - hank - 5/22/2020 6:46:31 PM
    - Don't forget Tulsi Gabbard n/t - RobVG - 5/22/2020 7:21:06 PM
      - She should be forgotten by everyone - RL - 5/22/2020 10:35:34 PM
        
        What are your objections. - RobVG - 5/22/2020 11:58:58 PM
        
        And there's Russia - podrock - 5/23/2020 11:50:16 AM
        
        Podrock covered 2 of the serious issues - RL - 5/23/2020 2:16:30 AM
        
        Maybe her support of Assad, for starters. - podrock - 5/23/2020 1:36:27 AM
        
        US alignments in civil wars - RobVG - 5/23/2020 6:25:08 PM
        
        A thoroughly bi-partisan list. - hank - 5/23/2020 11:37:17 PM
        
        I dunno, she would have been some improvement over our current POTUS - hank - 5/22/2020 11:34:48 PM
        
        She belongs to a cult even the Hare Krishnas mock - podrock - 5/23/2020 12:39:00 AM

Our robot overlords want humanity to 're-open' - RL - 5/22/2020 4:27:20 AM
- Social media are behaving like guns. - hank - 5/22/2020 12:20:40 PM

Yup, really cleaning up that swamp... - RL - 5/20/2020 3:37:06 AM
- You're wasting your time, RL. - hank - 5/20/2020 1:50:30 PM
  - And the reason you're wasting your time... - hank - 5/20/2020 3:55:22 PM

Should Researchers Deliberately Infect Volunteers with Coronavirus to Test Vaccines . . . ? - DanS - 5/16/2020 6:56:20 PM
- Just infect those that believe its a hoax... - RL - 5/16/2020 10:51:35 PM
  - Maybe make a hero of Trump? - DanS - 5/17/2020 8:00:41 PM
    - Not sure how that would be possible... - RL - 5/18/2020 4:29:55 AM
      - Maybe fly into a test facility on Martyr One. - DanS - 5/18/2020 8:54:11 PM
- Sure, but pump 'em up with hydroxychloroquine first. - hank - 5/16/2020 8:59:39 PM

A Visualization (updated 5/27/20): - podrock - 5/6/2020 6:20:16 PM
- It will likely be 3 times that by August- thanks to everyone that voted republican. - RL - 5/6/2020 8:16:22 PM
  - Re: It will likely be 3 times that by August- thanks to everyone that voted republican. - DanS - 5/9/2020 7:08:32 PM
    - Re: It will likely be 3 times that by August- thanks to everyone that voted republican. - hank - 5/11/2020 5:31:43 PM
      - Re: It will likely be 3 times that by August- thanks to everyone that voted republican. - DanS - 5/17/2020 8:03:57 PM

The essence of the GOP in one protest...“No, I got hydroxychloroquine, I’m fine” - RL - 5/16/2020 4:02:50 AM
- Trump cheers maskless protesters intimidating reporter - RL - 5/16/2020 6:12:05 PM
- Working class conditions and middle class pretensions. - hank - 5/16/2020 12:00:55 PM
  - Rush Limbaugh mocks Dr. Anthony Fauci for wearing a mask at White House event - RL - 5/16/2020 3:37:31 PM
    - Have you noticed how they hate Fauci - hank - 5/16/2020 6:10:45 PM
      - They hate competence, they hate experts... - RL - 5/16/2020 10:53:57 PM

The death toll will be over 100,000 in 2 weeks... - RL - 5/16/2020 2:35:00 AM

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