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Video Thread 10/10/21

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 11:27 am Open Thread, Politics

Oct 102021

Glenn Kirschner – Bannon is in Criminal Contempt of Congress. The Legal Remedy? Inherent Contempt

For over a week now, Meidas Touch has been posting only complete podcasts (45 min and up), and for three days, so has the Lincoln Project. It’s a good thing I’m ahead on the open thread, because there’s an extra helping of fluff here today.

Now This News – What’s Next in the Fight for Voting Rights

Armageddon Update – President Pence?

A surprise performance of Ravel’s Bolero stuns shoppers!

Rob Rogers – Build Back (actually not fluff, exactly)

Parody Project/The Freedom Toast – The Problem With Manchin

Beau – Let’s talk about the costs of not passing the infrastructure bill….

Video Thread 10/9/21

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 12:21 pm Open Thread, Politics

Oct 092021

Glenn Kirschner – Senate Report Reveals More Trump Election Crimes; What Congress Should Do About Witness in Contempt

Steve Schmidt on Deadline White House – I looked on YouTube and couldn’t find it.

Steve Schmidt perfectly nails Mitch McConnell’s game on #DeadlineWH , “Mitch Mcconnell and the Republicans want to create chaos. And then they will run on turning that chaos into restoring what was not broken before they broke it. It’s extremely, extremely cynical.” pic.twitter.com/TiPVKYm7Wk

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October 6, 2021

Politicsrus – Debt Ceiling Part 3 HD

RepresentUs – Sen. Durbin Quotes McConnell to Prove Voting Rights Are Bipartisan

Thom Hartmann – The Two Strategies The GOP Will Use To Steal 2024 Election

Really American – Tucker Spews Raw White Supremacy On Air

Beau – Let’s talk about Idaho and republican divisions….

Video Thread 10/8/21

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 12:32 pm Open Thread, Politics

Oct 082021

Glenn Kirschner – Trump & Bannon’s Ongoing Conspiracy: Trump Tells Bannon to Defy Congressional Subpoenas (Have they even served Scavino yet? He’s been hiding from the servers) I have some sympthy for the Justice Department. Indicting them without locking them up would only add fuel to the MAGAt fire. Indicting them and locking them up in a known location would also add fuel to the MAGAt fire. Possibly so would indicting them and locking them up in an unknown location (isn’t that what Guantanamo is for?) If they defy these subpoenas and Congress makes a criminal referral to DOJ, they might be able to lock them up for that without adding too much fuel to the fire, though. And then investigators might have a little slack to gather more evidence for the real charges. Hey, it’s just a thought.

Don Winslow Films – #DeleteZuckerberg

MSNBC – ‘It’s Bad News’: MAGA’s Gaetz Sex Crime Probe Takes New Turn (I post this not because of any interest in Matt Gaetz, but for what it imlies about other investigations.)

The Lincoln Project – Trump or Virginia

Really American – Unvaccinated Destroying Everyone Else’s Life

Liberal Redneck – School Board Terrorists

Beau – Let’s talk about the New York police union and narratives…. (Beau works ahead too, so he had not heard of the guy’s resignation when I saw this. But that still adds no facts to the reasons. By the time you see this, we may all know more.)

Video Thread 10/7/21

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 12:06 pm Open Thread, Politics

Oct 072021

Glenn Kirschner – If DOJ/Garland Fails To Prosecute Trump, Here’s The Dangerous Precedent That Will Be Set

The Lincoln Project – Glenn Trumpkin

RepresentUs – Senator Invested in Facebook Asks Whistleblower About Profits

Armageddon Update – RIP Facebook

MSNBC – TX Officials Give Timeline Of School Shooting, Confirm 4 Injured, Suspect Identified. Sigh.

This is THE AD Beau talks about….

As a legislator, I don’t play politics. I study, listen, and vote my conscience. Those values are absent in Washington today and it’s tearing us apart.

I’m running as a Democrat to represent #NC09 in the U.S Congress and finally mend our divided spirits. pic.twitter.com/zE12XZIE9r

— Charles Graham (@CharlesGrahamNC) October 4, 2021

Beau – Let’s talk about fact checking the Battle of Hayes Pond ad…..

Video Thread 10/6/21

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 11:57 am Open Thread, Politics

Oct 062021

Glenn Kirschner – House Select Committee Promises to Enforce its Subpoenas w/Criminal Contempt. Here’s How That’s Done

The Lincoln Project – Last Week In The Republican Party…

VoteVets – Retired Air Force Internal Medicine Physician Urges Everyone To Get Vaccinated

Robert Reich – The Democrats’ One Chance to Cut Child Poverty in Half

Really American – 50% of Trump Supporters Would Back Civil War

Mother Cat Secretly Looked After Kittens Whom She Hid In The House

Beau – Let’s talk about the difference between the parties and Trump’s legacy….

Video Thread 10/5/21

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 11:46 am Open Thread, Politics

Oct 052021

Glenn Kirschner – Recap of Legal Stories for September, 2021: From McCarthy’s Obstruction to Congressional Subpoenas

Really American – Republicans Up Hostility Towards Science

MSNBC – Miles Taylor: ‘Mark Zuckerberg Should Be Sweating’ (spoiler: the first whistleblower is likely not the only one)

ICU – Lona – Pandora Papers: An unprecedented leak exposes the inner workings of a shadow economy (sequel to Panama Papers which was a sequel to Paradise Papers – it keeps getting more so.)

School Board Meeting – SNL (It’s very well done, but the real thing is much worse. No one gets shot or spit on in this.)

Lonely goose falls in love with woman. Then things get weird.

Beau – Let’s talk about Biden’s per mile tax and “not real news”….

Video Thread 10/4/21

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 12:16 pm Open Thread, Politics

Oct 042021

Glenn Kirschner – Omarosa Kicked Trump’s Butt. Here is the How, the Why & What it Means for Other Books About Trump (tomorrow will be the September recap FYI)

Meidas Touch – Rep. Debbie Dingell: Cannot let ‘pissing contest’ get in the way of passing historic infrastructure

RHQ – Pope Makes Conservative Heads EXPLODE {So much for religious exemptions – at least for Cathilics.} The Pope has translated CC – the announcer is not that important. The Cardinal with CoViD is, of course, American.

Really American – Carlson and Boebert Spread Baseless Conspiracies

Rocky Mountain Mike – “Hannity” (He hasn’t posted the full lyrics but promises he will)

Cat Prefers Dad To Mom — So Mom Starts Wearing Fake Beards

Beau – Let’s talk about the historic SNAP increase….

Video Thread 10/3/21

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 12:15 pm Open Thread, Politics

Oct 032021

Glenn Kirschner – Two Insurrectionists Sentenced; Prosecutors Promise “Consequences” for those who “Incite Riots”

Mother Jones – NEW EVIDENCE: Trump Rioters Brought Guns to the Capitol (This accompanies article in Open Thread)

RemoveRon – a newish PAC – Remove Ron – Florever Purge

politicsrus – Debt Ceiling Part II

The Late Show – John Lithgow as Rudy Giuliani (I started as Lithgow starts but you can click through if you want more.)

Keith – LET’S STOP THE PLEASANT EUPHEMISMS: They aren’t “anti-Vax.” They’re AFRAID OF GETTING VACCINATED!

Beau – Let’s talk about Biden’s surprising immigration announcement….

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