Democracies don't end with a bang. They are slowly chipped away at until they become something else. Don't be fooled into thinking it can't happen here.
Everyone at Fox had to get vaccinated before they were allowed back into the studio. They ain't working from home anymore, so yeah, all those people on air, telling their viewers that the vaccine is dangerous, have definitely been vaccinated.
Net jobs created, by President:
Trump: - 4 million
Obama: +12.2M
GW Bush: +5.7M
Clinton: +18.7M
Bush Sr: +2.6M
After 16 years for each party:
Democrats: 30.9 million Republicans: 4.3 million
But please tell me more about how GOP policies help create jobs.
Being in Congress must be the only job in the world where you can encourage a mob to kill your coworkers, in the building where you work, and then just show up to work later that day and act like nothing happened.
Garland didn't have a single ruling overturned on appeal in his 24 years on the bench. He doesn't make mistakes. Anyone thinking that a lifelong con man will catch him making one is living in some weird MAGA fantasy land.
One senator from Kentucky has made the other 99 senators spend most of the last 4 years doing nothing but voting on unqualified judges. I dare anyone to find someone who's caused more damage to all 3 branches of our government than Mitch McConnell.
I'm starting to think some Republicans don't want to impeach him for inciting a coup attempt because they're worried that their names will turn up in the investigation.
"If every person in America knew every single word of information we knew, this country would not be as divided as it is right now," said one Georgia grand juror.
This trial cannot start soon enough.
The cult is now saying that Generals Mattis, Powell, Milley, McCaffrey, Hayden, Mullen, Allen, and McRaven are traitors, and that Flynn, the one who pleaded guilty to a felony, is our country's only true military hero left. The delusion is getting stronger.
Trump supporters are bragging about how MORE THAN A MILLION people showed up at the rally yesterday, when the DC Park Service put the number at 11,600.
At least now we know why they can't accept the election results... they can't count.
Hawley just gave away the game plan: make life so bad in red states that Democrats move to blue states, giving Republican voters a higher representation in Congress and more influence on the electoral college. They want to gerrymander on a national scale.
The leaks Giuliani received from the FBI that forced Comey to reopen the Clinton investigation in 2016 take on a whole new meaning now that we know the FBI agent was likely on Putin's payroll.
Sorry, but any Senator that says they're "waiting to see the evidence" is full of shit. They had to hide under their desks. They had to be evacuated. Now they're working inside a militarized zone. If they're saying they don't see it now, they're saying they won't ever see it.
The shortage of COVID tests is not Biden's fault. It's the fault of the people that would rather get tested multiple times per week than get vaccinated.
Watching so many people get arrested for protesting in Russia reminded me of how 12 states (AL, AR, FL, IA, MO, ND, OK, SD, TN, TX, UT & WV) have recently passed anti-protest laws. All red states. Go figure.
There'd be more hospital beds available had 134 hospitals not closed in the last decade, mostly in the red states that refused to expand Medicaid. Their desire to harm Obamacare is now harming their constituents. Well done.
The GOP undermined Obama's bailout packages, then said the recovery was too slow. They watered down the ACA, then called it a failure. They discouraged vaccines, then blamed COVID on Biden. They wanted a ban on Russian oil, then complain about gas prices. I think I see a pattern.
Republicans didn't include any Democrats when they wrote their 2017 tax cut. They didn't even give them enough time to read the bill before they had to vote on it. Now they're upset that they aren't getting a say in everything? Please.
The reason Republicans don't support Biden's COVID recovery plan is not because of the cost. It's because they're worried that it will work - and prove that the anti-government nonsense they've been pushing for decades will be revealed for what it is: a lie.
The Republicans that signed onto the frivolous Texas lawsuit are hinting that there was no harm because they knew the SC would reject it, and that they just wanted to show "party unity".
Nope, sorry. Just because someone prevented your crime, you still attempted it.
Ivanka made $135 million last year, working in the White House.
Don Jr. was as allowed to kill an endangered species because daddy got him a permit.
Eric is still selling access to the presidency.
Giuliani's son works in the White House.
But Biden's son is the problem? Sure.
Oh dear... I really hope no Trump cultists see this video from 2008, in which their leader praises Pelosi, says Clinton was treated unfairly, and said Bush should have impeached for lying. It might make them see they've been duped.
Job creation numbers (updated):
Trump: 4.6 million
Obama: 17.2 million
GW Bush: 2.1 million
Clinton: 21.5 million
Bush Sr: 2.6 million
Democrats (16 years): 38.7 million
Republicans (14.5 years): 9.3 million
But please tell me more about how the GOP is good for the economy.
Nixon's Attorney General spent 19 months in prison for what he did to help his boss, and what he did is nothing compared to what Barr did to help HIS boss.
There used to be 9 appellate courts in the US, hence the 9 Supreme Court justices. Now there are 13 appellate courts in the US. Maybe the number of justices should match the number of courts, as intended.
Rand Paul, who flew to Russia to deliver a handwritten letter from Trump to Putin in 2018, is saying this impeachment trial is unconstitutional. Go figure.
This shit at the Pentagon is getting ridiculous. There needs to be a law saying that any changes made during a president's lame duck period need to be approved by both chambers of congress. No one should be allowed to burn everything down on their way out the door.
Let's make a deal: every time Republicans open another investigation into the 2020 presidential election, Democrats get to open one into the 2020 Senate elections. We'll start in Kentucky, then South Carolina, then Maine, then...
The GOP came up with a "Two Santa Clauses" theory 40 years ago: run up the debt while in office, force their successor to fix it. Then they obstruct, call their successor a failure, and run on it during the next election. This is exactly what they're starting to do now.
McConnell, who had 400+ unread bills sitting on his desk on election day, is threatening to hold up legislation if Democrats end the filibuster? Please.
By supporting Gosar and celebrating Rittenhouse, Republicans are trying to normalize violence, just like every authoritarian movement in history has tried to do.
There are 21 military bases in Florida, 18 in Texas, 13 in Georgia, and 7 in Arizona. Maybe the Pentagon should say they're thinking about moving these bases to states that still want to participate in democracy.
Sen. Loeffler, who has a net worth close to $1 billion, voted against unemployment benefits and stimulus checks during a pandemic and just released an ad saying that she "knows how it feels to wait on a paycheck". Yeah. I'm sure she totally understands.
It usually takes a republican president 8 years to create a full economic crisis to leave for their successor to clean up. This one only took 4 to create an economic crisis, a health crisis, a humanitarian crisis, a social crisis, and a constitutional crisis. This is his legacy.
Republicans have learned that if they block everything, the media will say that "Washington is broken" without mentioning the fact that one party is responsible for breaking it.
You'd think the part where the Capitol Police's riot gear was intentionally locked inside a bus on 1/6 and someone walked off with the key would've gotten more attention.
Biden has held office for 43 years, and the GOP is still trying to find corruption. Meanwhile, you could throw a dart at a calendar of the last 3 years and land on a day where Trump did something corrupt. For them, hypocrisy has lost all meaning.
Percentage of supporters of each candidate who will commit to voting for the Democratic nominee, even if it's not their first choice:
Warren: 90%
Biden: 87%
Buttigieg: 86%
Bloomberg: 78%
Sanders: 53%
Yang: 50%
But please tell me more about who's interested in party unity.
The fact that congressional Republicans are still blocking an independent investigation into the Jan. 6 riot can mean only one thing: they're worried that the names of some of the members of their party will turn up in the investigation.
In 1889 & 1890, the GOP added the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming, knowing most would be reliably red. They don't want DC & Puerto Rico to become states because it would balance out some of the power they took 130 years ago.
By threatening to end US aid to Ukraine if he becomes speaker, McCarthy sent a signal to Putin that the Republican party is still willing to do his bidding if he helps them take back power.
Word is that Chief Justice Roberts isn't interested in presiding over a second impeachment trial, which means that VP Harris would be in charge. If so, this could be the ass-kicking of the century.
Justices Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barret were on the team that helped Bush "win" the 2000 election and Republicans repaid the favor by putting them onto the Supreme Court. This has been more than 20 years in the making.
Trump’s DC hotel is in the federally-owned Old Post Office building, under contract with the federal government. So, in one week, not only will Joe Biden be Trump's president... he'll also be his landlord.
We've got one Supreme Court justice gutting court precedent to reach a desired outcome, one with 3 years experience getting paid $2 million to write a book about her experience, and one who's wife helped organize a coup attempt. The Supreme Court is a freaking mess.
Josh Hawley has voted against all nine of Biden's cabinet nominees so far.
Ted Cruz has voted against eight.
Rick Scott & Rand Paul have voted against seven.
They should be reminded of this the next time they say Biden isn't doing enough to work with them.
The Trump campaign is saying that a million people have requested tickets to a rally being held in a city with 400k residents and a state with a total population of 4 million. Jesus... how stupid do they think we are?
Trump won:
• Pennsylvania by 0.7%.
• Wisconsin by 0.7%.
• Michigan by 0.2%.
Yet he was rewarded all 46 of their electoral college votes, as if the other 49% didn't even exist.
But please tell me more about how the electoral college represents the will of all voters.
A 56 year old man said he'd like to beat an 81 year old woman with a wooden gavel, and the GOP thinks it's hilarious because they disagree with her politically. I'd like to think this'll be the low point for the GOP this week, but it's only Monday.
@ZTPetrizzo
The "kind of people that live up here" are trying to get to work and to appointments and don't have time for their little foot-stomping, attention-grabbing, childish tantrums that will change absolutely nothing.
All these idiots in DC are screaming about how Trump will NEVER stop fighting for them and for the election. Meanwhile, he's in Virginia using their money to play a round of golf.
An independent study concluded that 97% of the tax increase under Biden's plan would be paid by the top 1% and that there will be no tax increase for the bottom 90%. And it would raise up to $3.7 trillion over 10 years. This is how a tax proposal should look.
It's not that a president took documents when he left office. It's that a private citizen with foreign ties stole sensitive government property and refused to give it back. This is not political, it's criminal.
Democrats, under Biden and a 50/50 Senate: passed COVID, infrastructure, climate & manufacturing bills. Closing in on gun reform, Rx pricing, marriage equality & energy legislation.
Republicans, under Trump and a full Senate majority: tax cuts for the rich.
Had he not canceled 1.4 million voter registrations and closed 214 polling places while running Georgia's elections in 2018, Kemp probably wouldn't have become governor and been able to sign the bill he just signed. This was all part of the plan.
I hope every move Trump makes to destroy the GOP serves as a reminder to McConnell that he had a chance to end his political career almost 2 years ago but chose not to.
If Martha Stewart spent 5 months in prison over $45,000 in insider trading, imagine what Senator Loeffler could be looking at if she was investigated for her $3.1 million. If she wins in January, could she spend most of her term in prison?
Sen. Loeffler is worth $500 million, yet accepted $3 million in farm subsidies. Her husband is the CEO of the NYSE and she bought and sold millions in stocks based on insider information. She's endorsed Qanon candidates. And she's asking Georgia to let her represent them? Please.
Republicans hate that they no longer have a 24-hour distraction machine residing in the White House. Now everyone can see that the former president wasn't the only cause of all their problems. It was their entire party.
Democrats should give McConnell a choice: impeach Thomas, or they'll start the process of adding more justices. If he's impeached, they keep the court majority. If they don't, Biden will add 4 justices and they lose it.
Had Obama murdered a military leader from another country without telling ANY Republicans in advance, they would have lost their collective minds and opened impeachment hearings before the smoke cleared. If anyone says otherwise, they're a goddamn liar.
Chauvin has the backing of a police legal fund, a dozen lawyers, and $1 million budget. He's getting more help than 99.9% of defendants will ever receive. His biggest problem is not money, nor his defense team - it's that his crime is indefensible.
A new training program for public school teachers in Florida says that it's a “misconception that the founders desired separation of church and state".
Not sure there's anything more dangerous than politicians changing the constitution to match their agenda.
If your business keeps two sets of books, one for the IRS and the other for internal use, and the numbers in one are totally different from the numbers in the other, you might be running a criminal organization.
The biggest pharmaceutical group in the US is threatening to retaliate against the Democrats that vote for the reconciliation bill. If profit-driven drugmakers are worried, it must be a great bill.
The same Republicans that say they can fix every problem in America had full control of the federal government from 2017 to 2019 and did nothing but pass a tax cut for the rich.
Just a reminder that Obamacare included 188 Republican amendments, yet every single Republican voted against it so they could complain that it was too partisan. This is what happens when you work with them on major legislation: they insist on being involved, then they bail.
So the Republicans that have been saying Cuomo is guilty before an investigation even starts are saying we shouldn't judge Gaetz until all the facts are in? Gee... it's almost as if they think the two parties should follow different rules.
GOP message: "Sure, we've broken every rule, exploited every loophole, screwed up a pandemic response, ripped off taxpayers, taken away voting rights, tried to overthrow the government, and caused long-term damage to the country. But WE'RE the real victims here."
Day 13 of the Democratic majority, and the Senate still hasn't passed an organizing resolution. Republicans are still in charge of all committees - and are stalling the confirmation hearing for Merrick Garland. Apparently they don't want an honest AG in office. I wonder why.
Graham blamed the Capitol Police for not using deadly force. Johnson blamed the police for turning a "festive" party into a riot. Hawley says the police were complicit. Cruz said something stupid. The seditionists are working extra hard to gaslight America today.
30+ million Americans have still not received a stimulus check. You know who is receiving them? Dead people. Living people are struggling, yet $1.4 billion was sent to dead people.
You couldn't screw things up more if you tried.
@greggnunziata
Bad take. Had the spouse of one of the liberal justices tried to put Hillary in office in 2016, the GOP would have burned the Supreme Court to the ground. It's time to stop playing with two different sets of rules.
@GlennYoungkin
1. Send offensive tweet.
2. Wait to see which way the winds are blowing.
3. If bad, issue half-assed apology that blames someone else for it.
4. Wait for anger to subside.
5. Repeat.
Thank god you only get one term to try to ruin Virginia.
In 2 months, Republicans will start blocking every effort Biden makes to try to fix what they broke, while simultaneously complaining that he's not fixing things fast enough. Obstructing and complaining is all they know how to do.
Looks like Fox "news" has finally screwed themselves. No educated people take them seriously. They now have competition to their right. They move right, they'll be more of a joke. They move to the center, they'll lose what viewers they have. This may be the beginning of the end.
The Texas power grid illustrates the Republican way perfectly: create an ineffective solution, privatize profits, share them with corrupt GOP politicians, and force the public to pay for it all.
Somewhere in Florida, an old man wearing a red hat is standing in the middle of a sand trap, laughing at all the people that are throwing away their futures to get him back into a job that he has no interest in doing.
Mar. 20: United Airlines threatens massive layoffs without federal aid.
Mar. 27: Relief bill passes, giving United $5 billion, as long as they didn't lay off anyone for 6 months.
Apr. 15: United announces they will begin layoffs in exactly 6 months.
Well done, executives.
The former president began the year with $122 million in cash on hand from political donations. The amount he's given to help other Republicans? $350k. That's less than .003%.
But sure, Republicans. Keep thinking he cares about you or your party.
So McConnell can get a lifetime Supreme Court justice approved in like 4 days, but holding a quick trial to impeach the guy who incited a riot in his building is just too much of a burden?
The GOP artificially inflated the stock market and has used all the tools that we have to prevent a crash. When the Biden administration stops inflating it, and no longer has those tools, the market will drop - and they'll blame him for it. This is by design.