Video Thread for 8/13/21

 Posted by at 12:15 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Aug 132021
 

Glenn Kirschner – Part 2 of My Conversation w/Rep. Eric Swalwell: Is Accountability on the Horizon for Trump & Company  (If anyone is a member of YouTube and wants to leave a suggestion in a coment there,  – Adam Schiff.  Val Demings.  Jamie Raskin.  Ted lieu.  And of Course others.  The delegate from USVI – is her name Stacie Plaskett?)

Christo Alvalis – Judge Calls Trump a DIRTY ROTTEN LIAR in Court

The Lincoln Project – Back to School

Now This News – Jen Psaki Takes on GOP Debt Ceiling Talking Points

This video was made for the Democrat running to unseat him. But that doesn’t mean it’s purely partisan. There’s good, strong evidence behind it.

Drew Morgan – Social Media Coach

Beau – Let’s talk about hurricanes and vaccines….

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Video Thread for 8/10/21

 Posted by at 12:06 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Aug 102021
 

Glenn Kirschner – Evidence Mounts of Trump’s Conspiracy w/DOJ Official Jeffrey Clark to Overturn Election Results

This really needs no remark from me.

politicsrus – Democracy Is Starving

Anti-Armageddon Update with Christopher’s sister Sharon (Somehow I think he’s proud of her…)

John Di Domenico -Trump Slams Cuomo’s 11 counts of sexual harassment

Woman Rescues A Very Angry, Growly Feral Kitten And Earns Her Love

Beau – Let’s talk about two Florida tough guys….

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Video Thread for 8/9/21

 Posted by at 11:55 am  Open Thread, Politics
Aug 092021
 

Glenn Kirschner – Justice Matters Recap of the Legal Stories of July 2021: Trump’s Election Conspiracy Unravels

Meidas Touch – Malcolm Kenyatta SLAMS the Unhinged Radical Right: “Stupid is as Stupid Does”

MSNBC – ‘A Complete Betrayal’: January 6 Responders Not Willing To ‘Just Move On’

Now This News – Farmers in Senegal Plant Drought-Resistant, Circular Gardens (May The Force Be With Them)

Puppet Regime – The Real Star of the Tokyo Olympics

Beau – Let’s talk about Trump, kingmaker of the Republican party…. (It’s over now … but there were several primaries and I’m not sure which one Beau was thinking about. If it was the 15th, Trump’s pick did win.)

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Video Thread for 8/7/21

 Posted by at 12:13 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Aug 072021
 

Glenn Kirschner – House Oversight Committee Hands Off DOJ Witnesses Trump Tried to Corrupt to Select Committee.

Really American

MSNBC – Boston Candidate For Mayor, Andrea Campbell, Shares Family History With Lawrence. The first 5.5 minutes are a hanky alert. After that it goes to politics, Boston politics, and it’s good, but if you’re not local, maybe not necessary.

Thom Hartmann – How Will the Ongoing Trump Coup End?

NowThis News – Voting Rights PSA

Robert Reich – How the System is Failing Young People

Mrs. Betty Bowers – Hello & Goodbye to World History

Beau – Let’s talk about the national anthem….

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Open Thread for August 6, 2021

 Posted by at 6:37 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Aug 062021
 

Yesterday it was still pretty cool but I know it won’t last. It’s been nice while it did, though.

Cartoon –

Short Takes

The Hill – Five big questions as Jan. 6 panel preps subpoenas
The Questions – 1. Will the panel hit roadblocks for subpoenaed documents?
2. Should lawmakers like McCarthy and Jordan be called to testify?
3. Could any Democratic witnesses offer testimony?
4. Will they go after former Trump officials?
5. Will there be an August hearing?
Click through for expanded speculation. Of course the first rule of lawyering is “never ask a question if you don’t know the answer,” and though this is not exactly a trial, it is a kind of court.

The New Yorker – New York State Weighs Ban on Male Governors
Quote – “If, at the end of fifty years, we have reason to believe that a male governor could behave in an appropriate manner, then the law would expire,” State Senator Carol Foyler, one of the bill’s sponsors, said. “If, however, it’s determined that New York could not tolerate a male governor at that time, there is a provision to extend the law for an additional fifty years.”
Click through – it’s short.

HuffPost – I’m An ICU Doctor And I Cannot Believe The Things Unvaccinated Patients Are Telling Me
Quote – I am angry that the tragic scenes of prior surges are being played out yet again, but now with ICUs primarily filled with patients who have chosen not to be vaccinated. I am angry that it takes me over an hour to explain to an anti-vaxxer full of misinformation that intubation isn’t what “kills patients” and that their wish for chest compressions without intubation in the event of a respiratory arrest makes no sense. I am angry at those who refuse to wear “muzzles” when grocery shopping for half an hour a week, as I have been so-called “muzzled” for much of the past 18 months.
Click through for full article.

Food for Thought (of course this doesn’t apply to anyone here!)

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Video Thread for 8/1/21

 Posted by at 12:16 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Aug 012021
 

Glenn Kirschner – apparently took a day off. He is certainly entitled to!

Meidas Touch – Charlie Kirk THROWS TANTRUM Over Simone Biles

CNN – Trump Rioters Turned In By Ex-Girlfriend & Sister

Liberal Redneck – COVIDidiots Reign

John Di Domenico – Trump Orders Followers to TAKE his Own Branded (rhymes with) Maxine!

Beau – Let’s talk about the marketplace of ideas….

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Video Thread for 7/30/21

 Posted by at 12:12 pm  Open Thread, Politics
Jul 302021
 

Glenn Kirschner – To Avoid a Trump 2.0, DOJ MUST Rescind OLC Memo Saying We Can’t Indict a Sitting Criminal President

RepresentUs – Ed Helms forgot to read the script about gerrymandering

Forbes – Tim Ryan’s Speech Against Kevin McCarthy Viewed 1 Million Times

Al Franken – Responds to Congressman’s Claim That Video From Jan. 6 Looks Like “A normal tourist visit.”

Now This News – Moose Gets Loose in Parking Garage. I didn’t even know we had moose, I thought we just has deer and elk. But that was no elk.

Liberal Redneck – Capitol Cops Testify 9a couple of days late but still sound.

Beau – Let’s talk about the Love America Act….

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Open Thread for July 27, 2021

 Posted by at 6:59 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Jul 272021
 

Yesterday kind of flirted with being too hot. Today and tomorrow are supposed to go past flirtation, darn it. I received an emaied receipt for my visitation app – only a receipt, no request for more infom so I assume it’s complete. Well, it should be. Besides my own I’ve helped friends fill this app out three or four times and all were approved – and besides that, I can read directions. So, we’ll see how long it takes.

Cartoon – I had planned to re-run an older one of TC’s about the heat, but I came across this anniversary and thought it needed to be featured.

Short Takes –

New Yorker (Borowitz) – G.O.P. to Punish Cheney and Kinzinger by Forcing Them to Spend Hour with Ted Cruz
Quote – McCarthy’s decision to subject the two Republicans to an hour of Cruz drew a strong rebuke from Representative Cheney’s father, the former Vice-President Dick Cheney. “Much as I have been a longtime supporter of torture, this goes too far,” he said.
Click through for a little more. Andy keeps it short.

Crooks and Liars – Fox News Hosts Promote Voting Ban On ‘Childless’ Liberals
Quote – Campos-Duffy said. “But I will say that I agree with the premise of it, that it is absolutely true that people like [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez], Pete Buttigieg — you can name the left-wing politicians, people who think that we should legalize marijuana because they don’t have kids and they don’t really have a stake in what that looks like.”
Click through for the discussion. So far discussion is all this is. (And they seem to have left out the part about counting cildren as 3/5 of a person.)

Law and Crime – Former Trump Inaugural Chair Jeered as ‘Traitor’ Before Pleading Not Guilty to Acting as Illegal Agent of UAE
Quote – Before entering federal court in Brooklyn, Barrack was pursued by a man holding a placard with the word “TRAITOR” in black block caps. Hecklers carried the same message for fellow Trump loyalists Paul Manafort and Roger Stone during their trials, CNBC noted. As noted in the Mueller Report, that is not all that trio has in common. Barrack and Stone are the men credited with recommending Manafort to Trump’s campaign team.
Click through for full article. This story is everywhere, but I liked this version.

Food for Thought (statement of Adam Kinzinger):

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