Danny Bateman

Cousin humpers don’t tend to make for good TV?

Two-tiered justice system, witch hunt, abolish the DOJ, etc.

Well, I’ve now heard Republicans argue both that Trump shouldn’t be convicted during impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors because that’s what elections are for and that we should now elect Trump again because he hasn’t been convicted of any crimes. Well played, douchebags.

I don’t really care to argue the nitty gritty with you. I get your shtick and I’m not interested. Maybe someoene else is; if you knock yourself out. My actual gripe is that one of the two parties who actually get to run things here has a completely dysfunctional, f#&%ed-up idea of how our political system should work. Rank dishonesty, incompetence, zero accountability and utter subservience to their completely f#&%ed-up standard bearer. All while gaslighting anybody halfway normal into thinking it’s all completely normal, appropriate behavior. It would be great if we could stop pretending it’s normal business as usual and start to acknowledge and address the tremendous damage it’s doing to our political system and our broader society.

This whole thread has just devolved into reverse engineering reasons Republicans are ACTUALLY being the reasonable, responsible ones here. Instead of demanding specific stuff in the bill, getting what they wanted included. And then spiking the bill anyway. So now if we’d all just grow up and accept a MORE conservative bill we could pass it and move on. I’m sorry, no. The Republican Party is a bunch of extremist weirdos on pretty much any given topic. And their elected officials are spineless, craven bootlickers so scared of the leader of their own party they buckle and bow to his every whim without so much as a glancing independent thought. Screw them. They don’t get to take the border hostage.

“If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you." - Lindsey Graham, Republican Senator from South Carolina

For goodness sakes can we stop pretending like we have to treat Tucker Carlson like a legitimate journalist? None of the people TV personalities from Fox News are. They’re professional mouthpieces who get paid gobs and gobs of many to be the faces of the right-wing propaganda machine. The framing for the purpose of the “interview” is idiotic and gives the game away. It’s a scripted stunt. You think a dictator like Putin sits down and gets challenged by real journalists with real questions? Hell, our leaders here in the free world barely do that. No way in hell Putin does. He disappears people who look at him wrong. Tucker is there to serve his purpose and dance his little puppet dance. Pretending otherwise is laughable.

Did COVID hasten your nerdification?

Morons just failed their Mayorkas impeachment vote. Apparently one Democrat they didn’t expect to vote showed up and tipped the scales to no. What an absolute clown show of a party. I can’t believe there are actually people who expect these idiots to be able to trip over their own dicks long enough for to do anything useful for the country.

GOP: “IT’S A CRISIS CLOSE THE BORDER!” Dems: “Ok here’s a bill so we can close the border.” GOP: “NO NOT LIKE THAT!”

Imagine ten years ago someone told you a border security bill that Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden and the Border Patrol themselves had endorsed would fail because Donald Trump and the GOP rank and file would claim it’s not sufficiently conservative. You’d probably ask if they needed medical attention.

Boy if they’re too scared to lead the pack on killing DST, you guys back home can probably look forward to legal pot a day or two before the sun finally craps out.

These clowns probably want more taxpayer funds funneled towards paying for golf trips or hotel/resort stays for their corrupt orange Messiah.

Has anyone told the Border Patrol that they’re a bunch of RINO cucks? Obviously they want this to fail so they can just keep living on Easy Street.

RFK Jr. says Russia ‘acting in good faith’ in Ukraine invasion, US in part to blame for war Pretty sure Bobby Junior can sit this one out.

If they thought that would get 60 votes that would be the bill. Republicans don’t have the leverage you think they do and they just handed Biden a stick to beat them with. Bang up job.

Funny to hear Republicans complain about moving the goalposts on immigration reform. Hilarious, even.

There once was a time when you could rely on the GOP to not just roll over for the Ruskies attacking our allies. Sadly, that time has passed and is gone, so now we have to use cute little tricks like this to drag them along with beating back the commies. Shame so many of them grew to idolize Putin, truly.

Makes a lot more sense when you remember Republicans don’t care about actually solving problems. They care about propagating their worldview, much of which they can already accomplish through the courts. They certainly don’t want to legislate. They view their job as winning elections. They want power simply for the sake of power. They want to remain in Washington as long as possible to reap the benefits for themselves while trying to break the government, making it as dysfunctional as possible, with a thin veneer of being serious people trying to do the job they were sent there to do. Also, of course they complain current enforcement isn’t enough. They don’t care “tougher enforcement” means toothless, unconstitutional EOs, directives already ruled illegal or abject cruelty. The modern GOP doesn’t give two rips about the Constitution. They want their way, they want it now and they simply want to pin this issue on Biden; see the “craven power hungry twats” excerpt above.

I see the GOP talking points got sent out to the usual suspects for why the bill just isn’t actually good without delay. “We want 100% of our wishlist or we’ll take our ball and go home. Yes it’s a crisis. Yes it’s out of control. No we don’t care. This is how politics actually works. We’re a serious party and demand to be taken seriously.” What a hoot.

Dammit I knew I recognized him but I wasn’t sure it was actually him. RIP, some really iconic roles.

What a miserable prick. Sure it won’t bother him in his tailored suit with his expensive shoes in his lavishly furnished office, though.

I was just about to post this story. Special counsel questioned witnesses about 2 rooms FBI didn't search inside Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence: Sources Bolded is my emphasis. That just screams innocence. Seems like an nice exit ramp for his attorneys, honestly.

I mean certainly I made my thoughts known in the Shed, but I think part of the issue here is just the weird amount of deference you’re paying to the current lead of the party whose politics you support on this matter while simultaneously remaining skeptical of his accuser. So the guy who: -Frequently swaps wives for a younger, hotter model -Was busted cheating on said wives with a pornstar and paid her hush money to silence her -Frequently alludes to wanting to bang his daughter -Visited the changing room of the UNDERAGE girls in his beauty pageants because he could -Likely chose his lawyer in said legal case on the basis of her looks (certainly not her legal prowess!); this is a pattern for him and almost all the women of prominence in his orbit -“Grab em by the pu&&y” -Was good friends with Epstein You find it hard to believe THAT GUY is a sexual predator? And if so, good lord, why? Wouldn’t it be easier to just admit you like his politics but you admit he’s by and large the worst human being of any political consequence in any of our lifetimes? And I’m fairly sure I say that without hyperbole in spite of the fact people like David Duke and Dennis Hastert exist.

Isn’t that exactly what Trump tried to do with the COVID-19 checks?