Tuesday was yet another awful day in Baby Fists’ America. Despite being utterly unqualified, Betsy DeVos was confirmed by a margin of one vote (VP Pence’s tiebreaking vote) to be the new Secretary of Education. The White House released a list of terrorist attacks which they claimed had received little-to-no attention, except they “forgot” to include terrorist attacks committed by white people. Kellyanne Conway went on CNN and got into it with Jake Tapper, and I’m more convinced than ever that CNN should just stop interviewing her altogether. And a federal court heard oral arguments on Trump’s Muslim Ban.
So, everything sucks and America is in pain. What we need now is a brutal confirmation fight over appointing a white supremacist to be the nation’s top lawyer, right? The confirmation for Jeff Sessions’ appointment to be Attorney General started yesterday. Senator Elizabeth Warren is one of many Democratic senators who want no part of Jeff Sessions. Sen. Warren tried to make a speech in which she quoted Ted Kennedy and read a letter from Coretta Scott King, all about Sessions’ history of voter disenfranchisement and racism. And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell shut it down and the Senate (voting on party lines) formally rebuked her. They literally took a vote to get Liz Warren to STFU.
Senate Republicans passed a party-line rebuke Tuesday night of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for a speech opposing attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions, striking down her words for impugning the Alabama senator’s character. In an extraordinarily rare move, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) interrupted Warren’s speech, in a near-empty chamber as debate on Sessions’s nomination heads toward a Wednesday evening vote, and said that she had breached Senate rules by reading past statements against Sessions from figures such as the late senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and the late Coretta Scott King.
“The senator has impugned the motives and conduct of our colleague from Alabama,” McConnell said, then setting up a series of roll-call votes on Warren’s conduct.
In setting up the votes to rebuke Warren, McConnell specifically cited portions of a letter that King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to Sessions’s 1986 nomination to be a federal judge.
“Mr. Sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens,” King wrote, referencing controversial prosecutions at the time that Sessions served as the U.S. attorney for Alabama. Earlier, Warren read from the 1986 statement of Kennedy, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee who led the opposition then against Sessions, including the Massachusetts Democrat’s concluding line: “He is, I believe, a disgrace to the Justice Department and he should withdraw his nomination and resign his position.”
The Senate voted, 49 to 43, strictly on party lines, to uphold the ruling that Warren violated Rule 19 of the Senate that says senators are not allowed to “directly or indirectly, by any form of words impute to another Senator or to other Senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator.” Pursuant to that rule, Warren was ordered to sit down and forbidden from speaking during the remainder of the debate on the nomination of Sessions.
“I am surprised that the words of Coretta Scott King are not suitable for debate in the United States Senate,” Warren said after McConnell’s motion.
As you can imagine, this is not going over very well. #LetLizSpeak trended on Twitter all night, and it’s still trending this morning. This is literally a bunch of old white guys telling a woman to sit down and shut up. And they did it when she was trying to read a letter from Coretta Scott King, one of the most admired women in the history of our country!!!
A US Senator isn't allowed to read a letter by a civil rights icon but our President is allowed to attack one. #LetLizSpeak. #StopSessions pic.twitter.com/Up4H4NWDII
— Tracy Wehringer (@twehringer) February 8, 2017
Photos courtesy of Getty.
“She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.”
– Mitch Weaselby McConnell
YAAAAS LIZ. That phrase will be the immortal rallying cry of Nasty Women for years to come.
Also, I watched that Tapper-Conway interview as it happened, and Jake Tapper has NO f*cks left to give. It was amazing to behold. He’s a savage and I’m so here for it.
The #shepersisted hashtag trended on twitter, still is i think. Am so disgusted by that, I truly fear for American democracy, just as I fear for democracy here in the UK.
I truly fear for American democracy, just as I fear for democracy here in the UK.
Same.
I’m finding myself very attracted to Jake Tapper lately.
Me too. I just watched the interview. He wouldn’t allow her to take over the interview with her alternative facts. Loved the body chemistry on the split screen. He was focused, almost angry at her ignorance and she looked ready to implode. I’m melting.
The pure take-no-sh!t-and-give-no-f*cks energy that was emanating from him yesterday was enough to melt me like buttah, like a stick of buttah. He was so dedicated to the truth. That’s a man right there. Oh, god, I need to calm down. I’ve already called him “Professor Tapper” on another thread.
I watched part of the interview – he was in control from the beginning and did NOT allow her any movement and let her hang herself at every opportunity.
As the interview progressed you could see that he was quite enjoying himself – she was squirming and trying to take control of HIS interview.
The way he kept waving the evidence (videos etc..) in her face was the best.
I’m finding all these progressive reporters of a certain age kinda sexy lately. Jake, Lawrence O’Donnell, Keith Olbermann. Yaaass, talk truth, facts and democracy to me. It’s hot. LOL
She did make one good point during the interview… we cannot allow ourselves to become inured to these horrors and accept them as the new normal. Word.
So I’ll stick with media outlets who are reporting the truth rather than normalizing “alternative facts.” Because I refuse to become inured to the horror of this travesty of an administration. I refuse to accept it as the new normal.
That’s the posture I expected him to have taken during the election but he gave in to his network’s pandering to Trump. Except for Christianne Amanpour Fared Zakari that raised their voices, the rest of the so called journalists there folded and i expected more from Jake
@Radley “Yaaass, talk truth, facts and democracy to me. It’s hot. LOL”
Haha it would normally sound ridiculous, but those things ARE actually hot these days. It’s such a turn on to find someone not living in an alternate reality and who has a brain and a backbone. Let’s see LOTS more of it please! 🙂
I remember when I realized how many people in congress were the SAME OLD ASS PEOPLE who’d been there during segregation. And how many had old white man racist pasts. And I couldn’t believe it…why wasn’t there more public censure? Why are buildings and naval ships still named after these men??
well, now we know.
This is what you get with no term limits on the house or senate. Term limits not career politians from both parties. I have been saying this 40 yrs
@shambles
Totally agree with your take.
There’s a special place in hell for that swine McConnell.
And Jake’s face was beyond precious s he went Mano-a-snako with KellyAnne Conjob. He calmly waded through KAC’s (YAKS!) linguistic freestyle and made her very uncomfortable.
Jake! Next time drop the mic and yell “BOOM.”
it was a beauty to watch. You could tells he wanted it to END…..
I still think though that they should stop interviewing her. It is basically zero benefitial to anybody and the go to answer at the end is ‘Obama or Clinton’.
I didn’t understand why they had her back on yesterday afternoon. But having watched Jake’s firm handling of it, I understand why they gave her one more airing.
Why she would continue to defend and add to the constant stream of non-facts is puzzling. She’ll be as expendable as anyone else, and will forever be remembered for this fiasco.
Yessiree. Shut-up that little lady and put her back in her place where she belongs….
OMFG. The Senate republicans are lemmings who won’t examine history if it is not to their liking and doesn’t support their cause. And their cause is to fall in line behind the Orange Menace in order to line their pockets.
RESIST!
Thank god for Jake Tapper – I need some bright spots in the darkness right now. I’ve already called Senator Ron Johnson this morning (ugh – don’t know how he managed to pull out a victory against Feingold – and with such devastating consequences as a result) and left him a long, angry voicemail about how the GOP, in Trump’s America, is fulling embracing their most racist, sexist, self.
“Nevertheless, she persisted.”
I’ve never had the urge to get a tattoo until now.
I was thinking the same thing! At a bare minimum i need this quote to be turned into an inspirational poster I can hang in my office.
That would actually be a great tattoo, and inspirational poster. 🙂
She has always been my hero and I will use her as my screen saver for my computer today with the words “she persisted”. Give ’em hell Liz!!!!
I’ve loved Elizabeth Warren for years. She wrote a couple very good books on personal finances. She’s been concerned about American families and the little guy for a long time.
It’s almost 3:30am here in Sydney, and your Good Morning America is on the telly. As I’m reading this story, they are also covering it on the programme. God, what a horrendous situation. This is the new broom sweeping clean, to make America great again, is it? I can’t believe they’re being allowed to get away with this shite. I really feel for you all, and hope a way is found to rid the country of the lot of these bastards.
I saw it too in Sydney. The good thing is that they’re old men and hopefully knock, knock, knockin’ on Satan’s door very soon.
Republicans are so f@cking disgusting.
Do you feel better? Because that kind of generalization helps no one.
How about we say senate republicans are disgusting? Does that make you feel better? Because, since the inauguration, senate republicans have done nothing but fall in line behind Trump and his disgusting policies, abuse their power, and prove to be a spineless bunch of hypocrites.
If you’re offended by that, call your people. Tell them to be better. Don’t be a republican who stands by and watches your leaders engage in dirty sh!t, because then you’re endorsing it, and you’re no better.
Quite frankly, Republicans are showing pretty vile and scary behavior. What they did to Senator Warren is disgusting and disrespectful.
It felt good for a minute. Living in frustrating and scary times. Sometimes a person needs to blow off some steam. Thanks for asking.
Would you like specifics? Yesterday Republicans confirmed someone wholly unqualified to lead the education of our nation’s children, shut down debate on the nomination of a white supremisist to be the highest ranking law enforcement officer in the country, argued in court to reinstate a discriminatory travel ban, and voted to dissolve the only agency that has oversight of voting machines.
I can only imagine what they have in store for us today.
Well in this case they voted 100 percent on party lines, and it was disgusting, so.
The current Republican leadership is disgusting. They are damaging this country by appointing unqualified and self-interested people. Regular people who identify as Republican need to question themselves on whether their party represents their views anymore.
Maybe so. But, well, if it is just a generalization than the Republicans who aren’t disgusting need to get to work because looking at the situation from outside the US? Republicans are coming across as pretty damn disgusting as a whole.
Before you start whining about “generalisations”, try checking the party affiliation of the people who told Senator Warren to stop speaking.
Truth hurts, doesn’t it? #sorrynotsorry
Until a significant number of Republicans in THIS Congress are ready to stand up and go against the racist, sexist, homophobic bullshit currently happening in DC, Tate’s statement is accurate.
This has been nothing but party before country, privileged white man legislation all the way down the line and it is only going to get worse.
When I start to hear more conservative voices disavowing what their party leaders are doing, I’m going to have to assume they’re okay with it and that they’ve endorsed it.
Sure, I’m with @Tate. Republicans are destroying our civil liberties, our environment, our schools, our health, women’s rights, our credibility in the world, our safety, our economy… should I go on? They colluded to put someone they KNEW was an insane monster in the White House and don’t have the guts to stand up to him – but they will happily smack down a respected female Senator reading a letter from MLK’s wife. AND they won’t let the letter be added to the record. They are happy to approve a racist AG because they are all racist themselves. Republicans absolutely suck.
I’m with Tate and I have never been prouder to say that in 48 years of voting I have NOT ONE SINGLE TIME ever voted for a Republican. Some Republicans are decent, but if you vote for them you are voting for the Party platform and I refuse to do that.
ETA Most of the decent Republicans are long gone or dead.
I’m a Libertarian so I don’t have a dog in the Democrat v. Republican fight. I know great Republicans, Democrats and Libertarians. I also know douche Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians. I find it counter productive and against logic to lump everyone together.
Sure made me feel better. LMAO!!
lets give Tate a break
@ctgirl
But, they backed and elected a man who was openly racist during his campaign. And brought women from bills past to the debate while simultaneously ignoring trumps affairs and sexist behavior. This from the republican party, who brands themselves as the so called family values party. What a bunch of hypocrites, they are disgusting!
@ctgirl says,
“I know great Republicans, …”
Terrific.
Of the current group in Congress, name three.
From my experience, libertarians are no different. Really just a Republican who eschews the label.
@ctgirl Most of my beloved family members are Republicans and I personally have some libertarian leanings so I *think* I understand where you are coming from. But having said that, I am so ANGRY at the Republicans in the House and Senate I am fuming. I may loathe Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan more than even the orange despot at this point. Unlike Trump, neither of these guys are batshit crazy or stupid. Most importantly, Congress has the power to reign Trump in – e.g.,
They have the power to force him to release his taxes TODAY
They have the power to investigate his ties to Russia
They have the power to keep worthless unqualified hacks like Betsy DeVos out of the cabinet
They have the power to keep someone like Steve Bannon out of the White House,
etc etc etc Congress has *TREMENDOUS* power. In many respects they are more important than even the POTUS. But Ryan and McConnell are putting their party agenda ahead of their country. They KNOW they are doing the wrong thing but they’re greedy and weak. I hope history is very unkind to these quislings.
I also hope this lights a fire under the asses of everyone to vote in the midterms and pay attention to down ballot races. It’s fashionable to say “Oh we wouldn’t be in this position if the Democrats had not foisted Clinton on us! Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the worst!!” Bullshit. We wouldn’t be in the position if Democrats, Progressives and just regular SANE people dragged their asses to the polls when Obama’s name was NOT at the top of the ticket. THAT is why we are in this position.
I don’t know a single republican who I would consider great. And I am including my own family members in with this. None of them do anything to promote people less fortunate then them nor do they even try to understand why the playing field is not even for everyone in this country. They think going to work and paying taxes makes them great Americans even though they support the current awful and corrupt GOP.
CTgirl, are you a Republican voter by any chance? If yes, do you feel good about that and where GOP is leading your country and the world?
If you voted libertarian in an election against steve bannon- you are disgusting
@Disco Dancer, I voted for a third party candidate.
@Kitten, You obviously are unfamiliar with Libertarian principles.
@Snowflake, both Clinton and Trump have the morals of alley cats. Neither is more disgusting than the other in the morals department.
@Shark Bait, Republican states give more to charity than Democrat states.
I can’t believe all of the vitriol against people of differing opinions.
“It helps no one” is a generalization as well @ctgirl
And what she said is true, anyway. Open your eyes for heavens sake. Thankfully intelligent cb readers have gone to work to try and help educate you
#notallrepublicans
Republicans who are in disagreement with trump/bannon are hopefully choosing country over party and joining protests. If they aren’t, they have to face the fact that “silence is consent.” The rest of us are moving forward to beat back fascism and restructure our republic.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing.”
There were two women Republicans who crossed party lines to vote against Devos, I was impressed that they stood up to that hot mess. It can’t be easy right now to be those two. I don’t vote along any straight party ticket, ever. I vote for the candidate…of course it was pretty easy this year to not vote Republican, but there have been years when I’ve criss-crossed around so let’s not generalize completely (except against Trump…he sucks).
I can’t imagine the kind of backlash they’re getting from certain types of people. But good on them for doing what was right. I hope that they’ll be praised for this by democrats. This is what we need to see – when people vote with the facts and with their conscience, we need to make sure they know it’s appreciated. The better the welcome they get for that sort of thing – the better chance we have of more people voting that way.
I know what you’re saying and of course, not every Republican is evil. But is it really necessary to take statements like Tate’s that literally? I mean generally speaking, the GOP is more f*cked up than ever–that much is obvious. I would have more respect for the “good” Republicans if they would be honest about that instead of falling in line and consistently putting party ahead of country. The majority of American citizens made it clear that they did NOT want DeVos yet here we are. It was classic pay to play on her and the GOP’s part and it’s disgusting.
Not that the Dems don’t have their own damn issues but that’s another topic.
Not evil, but definitely not morally superior as they like to carry themselves off as. The GOP has turned into a hot mess. They will sacrifice American children’s education for the party. Bigly sad.
Sorry, I dont think I have come across a republican that I like yet.
McConnell immediately disconnected the voice mail on his Washington phone line. Voicemail boxes in all but two of his local offices filled immediately. However, Bowling Green, site of the never to be remembered massacre, was still taking voice mails late last night.
ETA: I stand proudly with and for my Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Is he allowed to do that? Bloody hell.
They are all doing it. Trump disconnected the White House comment line the day he took office. They don’t want to hear what people have to say. Ryan claims he has “a mandate!” and he doesn’t want to hear otherwise.
OMG.
So they are disallowing even the registering of dissenting opinion by constituents?
It’s really, really, really bad there, isn’t it? I’m so sorry.
Even the ones who are showing up at meetings with constituents are, in many cases, not staying to answer all questions. They are starting to say that it’s because “protesters are getting violent.” and other lies that get them police protection. Like this Congressman from California:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/2/4/1630042/-Republicans-on-the-run-CA-Congressman-runs-from-town-hall-as-crowd-chants-Shame-on-you
It’s so frightening, how things can disintegrate so quickly.
I hate that they are doing that. Our tax dollars pay for all of it, their offices, their staff, their phones, and as they are public servants working for the people, they should not be allowed to just disconnect the phone when the people get mad.
In today’s local news — A small group of older citizens were intercepted by our GOP congressman’s district director at his district office. He initially would not allow them to enter the building, blaming the landlord (a community college). The office director gave them forms to submit their contact information and concerns.
Yikes, it sounds like both the US and UK idea of democracy is going down the pan.
Because the Senate and Congress are now filled with hard-line, ass-kissing fart catchers for Trump’s bile, they are working mainly on shutting down voters’ access to a proper complaint system, shutting down balanced press coverage unless it’s the odious Breitbart News, and making a bunch of rich, evil, power-mad old white men even richer. I live just north of the border – I can look across Juan de Fuca Strait and see Washington and I shudder, I literally get depressed every few days when I think of what is happening and how it will affect Canada and the rest of the world. Welcome to the dystopian new order.
This is trickling down to even the local issues. One of our state reps is opposing a walking trail in a park and is only listening to certain people – those contributing to him. It’s so scary.
OMG. i was going to type that the most insidious part of this is that she was trying to read the letter as part of the Senates mandate to vet cabinet nominees. Were it any other individual she woukd have been able to finish but because he is a Senator, this silly rule can be invoked. Just think how ridiculous that is! I was going to type that but now its a tie with the a Senate Majority leader disconnecting his message system to prevent his constituents from giving him direction in the matter. Evil reigns in this land.
Yeah, McConnell looks very petty. He’s in Trump’s pocket at the moment and that’s by design. His wife was given a cabinet post specifically to keep McConnell from turning on him. Look for McConnell to obstruct any coming investigations or moves to impeach. This is gonna be messy.
It’s an arcane rule from 1902, inspired by a fist fight between two Senators. Warren was shut down yesterday because of this rule (no badmouthing fellow Senators.) The article I read said it was last used in the 1970’s. What a joke! I knew Trump was an idiot. Now no Republicans are going to oppose him? What’s the purpose of our checks and balances in government if no one is going to act with a conscience rather than strictly party lines?
@merry – thanks for explaining.
She finished reading the letter on a facebook livestream outside the room… You are my hero Liz!
Jack Tapper owned Kellyanne Conway. She was so flustered she became incoherent. And she backed away from a few of Trumps own assertions including calling CNN fake news. That must have pissed Trump off bigly, she is in the doghouse for sure. Couldnt happen to a more deserving b*tch.
YAAAAS! She looked rattled. Not a good day to be Kellyanne Goebbels Conway.
My dad said kellyanne is a “smart woman because she ran a campaign that somehow managed to get that idiot elected.” I laughed.
Speaking as a Rep. (a moderate one at that) Im annoyed by some of the current behavior. I don’t agree with the temporary ban. I think it’s OTT. I’m praying they don’t get rid of abortion rights b/c I don’t think the govt should interfere with that. I think they should replace the ACA with something better. I don’t like govt run healthcare. In fact, they should work something out to get health bill costs down b/c regardless of the ACA they’re still astronomically high. My family, after a long set of interviews with our insurance company and tons of paper work finally got our insurance company to pay for my Treatment. It totaled over $200,000 which is absurd.
One thing I like that trump has done (don’t kill me) is working on making the wait for medicines from the FDA shorter. This will make it so that alternatives to medications, say the Epi pen, come out. This will create competition and thus lower costs of necessary medications. Even though I dislike the guy I think that was a good move.
Lastly, I did some research on the Sessions stuff. I believe he tried some men for voter fraud(? I forget) and was labeled racist b/c people thought he was on a witch hunt. With more research I saw that the son of one of the men who was tried spoke out saying that his father was absolutely guilty and that he stood by Sessions.
I don’t want to get crucified for going against the grain here but I think there is more to the Sessions story than is realized; why else would the son of one of them stand up for Sessions?
Llamas, Even if Sessions was not on a witch hunt in that case, doesn’t it say something to you that Sessions helped to author the Exec order that was the Muslim Ban, and he has indicated he would basically be another John Cho – meaning he agrees to help write judicial basis for torture of Muslims – torture beyond what former AG John Cho and GW Bush tried to do?
He has indicated he believes in suppressing votes of POCs, as per the Mrs King letter read by Warren. I forget the tactics he agreed to but rest assured he has no qualms disenfranchising poorer voters.
I don’t always agree with Dem positions either but those actions and promises by Sessions give me pause.
And lastly Sessions is a senator – let him continue to be one, if Alabamans wish – trust me, it’s not like he will suffer from not being made AG.
I knew it was only a matter of time before Jake, George, anyone interviewing her would reach the point of this shit has to stop. She needs to be silenced, not the travesty of cutting off Senator Warren. We heard you on facebook Liz. We’re here.
Just look at her face in the middle pucture – the inside manifested on the outside.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/politics/kellyanne-conway-jake-tapper-interview-cnntv/index.html
She looks like a Simpsons caricature of a badly aging, chain-smoking lounge lizard.
Literally no one can continuously sell Cheetolini’s lies. Like Spicer, she can’t spin and she can’t win. The lies are too easy to fact check. The man is mentally ill and living in an alternate reality. Shame on everyone working to prop him up when they know d@mn well he’s unfit to serve.
The latest whopper he told about America having its highest murder rate in 45-47 years…wtf was THAT about? Why the random attempts to scare the deplorables with complete untruths? Where’s he going with this? Is he even trying to go somewhere with this? Or, is it just more incoherent ramblings of a madman?
I noticed in the Jake interview that she defined herself as supporting whatever her boss deems. I don’t remember her exact word salad, but she seems to be fraying more than two weeks ago.
My guess is that the ones who will rapidly age are the Seans and KAs who are spinning themselves into the ground as they support an alt-reality. They chose to forever tarnish their credibility, so no huge sympathy is deserved.
No this is true. I was actually murdered three times last year.
“Where is he going with this?”
He needs to paint a bleak picture so that the sheep believe that things are improving under him.
So far, Trump hasn’t been making his stats up out of thin air, he’s been basing them on real facts but twisting things so badly they become outright lies. I read an article (I think it was from Politico?) that said this one was most likely a reference to the fact that the year-on-year murder rate jumped from 4.5 per 100,000 in 2014 to 4.9 per 100,000 in 2015. While that is the largest uptick in 47 years, the murder rate for 2015 was still FAR lower than the rate in the 80’s (around 9 per 1000,000) or 90’s (around 7 per 100,000).
I’m not sure if Trump doesn’t understand the stats he’s using or if he’s intentionally lying. After he’s called out for lying about stats he tends to re-use the numbers but explain it more accurately. So either he’s hoping his base pay attention to the first version, or he’s an idiot who waffles on about figures he doesn’t really understand and screws them up.
Evil manipulative bastard or incompetent screw-up, I just can’t decide.
This is the darkest time I’ve ever seen as an American.
I’ll be posting that letter on every social media I have. Making her sit down and shut up will only make the American people more determined to go and learn what King had to say in the first place.
Mail it to McConnell and demand your letter be read on the floor.
In our generation yes it is. Honestly I feel more under than I did after 9/11. The country & communities came together then and had some hope. This, this is just a continuing nightmare we can’t wake up from and it keeps getting worse everyday
She came on Don Lemons CNN show last night, and he remarked that this will get it more publicity than it would had she just read it, its actually turned out to be a good thing, I love this women, she is really tough and I hope she runs for president in 2020. I think CNN are doing a good enough job on fact checking Frumps lies everynight and they dont seem to be letting him get away with it, and I think Jake Tapper did a good job with that paid liar Kellyanne Conwoman, keep it up.
This from the party whose senator interrupted a speech by Obama in order to call him a “liar.”
When this is all over, as awful it will likely end, I hope we don’t allow people like Mitch McConnell and Conway to slink away into the shadows. Let the historical record show that they aided and abetted the destruction of this country’s democratic principles.
I firmly believe that McConnell is controlled by Putin.
Remember the GOP campaign was also hacked, and being the fowl creatures they are I believe the russians must have sooooo much dirt on them, they must be ALL compromised. All of them, traitors to save their own skin.
If Americans only knew what a General Strike is.
Plans for a general strike are in the works. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/womens-march-organizers-are-planning-a-day-without-a-woman_us_5898ba2fe4b09bd304bc9f5f
Hate to say it, but I highly doubt the strike will be successful. Sadly, for too many Americans a day at work makes the difference between feeding their kids or not. Also, loads of people just don’t give a shit. (I’m looking at you, third party voters)
@Clare Since three million people turned out on January 21, and then tens of thousands more turned out on January 28 and February 4, I’d say plenty of people give a shit. I’ve already had about a dozen staff inquires about what type of leave can be used for the general strike.
@Megan, I hope you are right – just my feeling is significant numbers of Americans can’t actually afford to strike because of how work contracts (or lack of) are set up.
My BF is third party voter and he already said he’s in for this.
Depends on whether people are in “right to work” states. If they are, they won’t take the day because they will lose their jobs. “Right to work” means anything but
It’s happening, actually, a nationwide general strike on 2/17. This is in addition to the one Megan just mentioned.
Give ’em hell, Liz!
Every woman in this country should recognize this for what it really is – we’re being told to sit down and shut up.
i totally agree. So effin patronizing.
Not necessarily. I read an interesting article that posited that the reason why 53% of white women (and especially the Kellyanne Conway types) voted for Trump and dismissed his sexual assault allegations is because they viewed it as not a big deal. They had all experienced that “grab ’em by the pussy” type behavior and it was just something to be dealt with, accepted and ignored….for them it wasn’t a deal breaker….just par for the course. These women are very accepting of this type of male behavior and don’t view it from the same perspective of those totally offended by it. So, while I find McConnell’s remarks disgusting and sexist, there are probably a whole lot of women who will smile and say she deserved it. Women are just as sexist against other women as men are.
Especially if the patriarchy works for them. Looking at you Melania…
It’s called internalized misogyny, and it’s because those women have been raised to hate themselves as much as anyone else.
Yeah I completely believe this, sadly. Just from the women at Trump rallies wearing “You Can Grab My Pussy. Trump!” shirts and the like, I have no doubt this is true. Disgusting and sad.
I have seen the justification from those 53% that they truly believe women ARE equal and that it was just locker room talk etc.
A lot of those women don’t want to self reflect. A high school classmate posted some idiotic emoji filled list on facebook today. I don’t hide her because these kind of posts are amusing to me. It said stuff like, I’m a republican, I voted for Trump, I support police, I support our troops, I support the 2nd Amendment, I like guns, I like pit bulls, I hate Beyonce, I hate Kanye, I think if you have a penis you should use the men’s bathroom, I want the wall, I support Isreal, I think people need to be thoroughly vetted before entering our country, I believe in gay marriage, I don’t think everyone should get a trophy. Yadda yadda yadda. Several of our other classmates liked this. Seriously guys, these are Trump supporters. I think this lady has cotton balls for brains. And we are in our early thirties, kinda young for the Trumpette demographic!
That is exactly what is happening!
Congrats, dumb Republican Senators- by pulling this stunt, the letter you so desperately didn’t want read aloud has been circulated EVERYWHERE. Well done.
Warren is one hell of a fighter, and has been since the moment she took office.
Streisand effect!
Exactly. However I’m sure Trump supporters have a different take on it.
I’m honestly shocked that not more Republican senators are standing against Trump. I really thought at least more than two (in the case of Devos) would put our country over party loyalty.
They’ve been paid to fall into party lines. See, DeVos.
I imagine their also being threatened to close ranks. IMO most politicians only care about keeping their job, and to do that they usually need party support for campaigning and such. I have a feeling they’re all being told “you’re with us or you’re against us”, which is the summary of everything wrong with our political system.
There was a story a few days ago about the GOP minority leader in the Hawaiian state house – she spoke against Trump, and they voted her out of her leadership position.
Me too. I actually thought we had McCain on our side. Nope, he voted for DeVos too.
It’s pay to play. There’s a list of contributions by DeVos’ family to every single senator who voted for her. She also has been quoted in the past as expecting something in return for her ‘gift’.
Its not everywhere. It is only within our ‘liberal’ echo chamber. I can promise you, my rabid republican auntie is not seeing this letter on her facebook feed this morning.
It’s the big story on every major media outlet, and the letter, or a link to it, is included in all of the stories. Had McConnell not stomped on Warren’s right to speak, I doubt any of us would be discussing this letter today.
Mazie -They were paid. By family of Devos.
Unless you live in a bubble it is news around the world. Nice try.
Wow, what are the Republicans so afraid of that they have to silence a colleague. #votethemout
WHAT? The Hell happened to Freedom of Speech?!
The GOP is in full control of both houses. And they’re taking FULL advantage of it!!!!
This is what they want.
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/life-under-alternative-facts?mbid=social_twitter
Are we really surprised though by the GOP tactics?
After the last 8 years? Government shutdowns, unprecedented obstructionism, federal positions left vacant for years, Obama’s final Supreme Court nominee?
They have made their intentions clear all along but the electorate, especially the swing states, rewarded them regardless.
Because of increasing insurance premiums and lack of jobs?
Well guess what, there was a Republican majority with G W Bush and they did nothing then. Steel and Coal were dying back then too.
Rubio, McConnell, McCain, Cruz and many others are only interested in party survival and power.
America got punked, cause Trump is looking out for his businesses and wealthy pals. Poor and middle class people will get thrown a bone every now and then but that will be an afterthought.
Look, there has to be a reasonable middle ground on most issues but it seems “compromise” and being “reasonable” is poison.
If liberals want to have any real power in Congress and make the GOP and Trump take notice then voters need to show at the polls for every election – local, state, general – and stop focusing only on the general. Local and State elections have more power than people realize.
Anyway, yay! for Warren. McConnell actually gave the letter more attention by silencing her on the Senate floor.
“If liberals want to have any real power in Congress and make the GOP and Trump take notice then voters need to show at the polls for every election – local, state, general – and stop focusing only on the general. Local and State elections have more power than people realize.”
My thoughts exactly @abby
The only possible good thing that could come out of this Trump shitshow is I (hope) it gets people engaged and participating more fully in the political process. And that means more than just posting memes every four years on twitter and tumblr about the latest Messianic presidential candidate that gets people “excited.” It also means paying attention to the Congressional candidates and like you said getting involved in local and state elections. Dems showed up at the polls for President Obama but couldn’t be bothered to vote when he wasn’t on the ballot. That’s why Dems have been bleeding House seats, Senate seats, Governorships and State Legislatures since 2010. That’s why President Obama could not get much of his agenda passed. We failed him and we failed America. There. I said it.
The fact that DeVos was confirmed despite overwhelming opposition provides definitive proof of what most of us have known for awhile, that our interests are no longer being represented by the government. And now Republicans are changing the rules on Dems without their consent and silencing the opposition. McConnell’s silencing of Warren was a blatant abuse of power. We now have one party authoritarian rule.
I agree with the poster above that it’s time for a general strike. And perhaps it’s even time for Americans to refuse to file their taxes. No taxation without representation!
Citizens United made corporations and wealthy individuals the only true constituents. Keith Olbermann’s 2010 statement after the Supreme Court decision is worth watching again, as he lays out the negative consequences, many of which are now unfolding before our eyes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMcL_zkx6kE
Funny how things always come back to no taxation without representation. Resist in any way you can.
My representation was silenced last night by a traitor who did not want the truth about his bigoted friend read aloud on the Senate floor.
Did you watch Obama last Q & A. It will give you hope. He is still young. He said get the money out of politics. Amoung a lot of other things. When I saw the amount of money the Devos family gave the senators let alone what was in super pacs. Its really quite gross.
Yep, I don’t consider America a democracy anymore. Not when all your reps are unplugging their voice mails and completely ignoring their constituents.
But here’s what I don’t understand (as a non-American) how did it come to be that your congress and senate are all republican? I’m genuinely confused by that. As it was the same when you had a democratic president.
It’s very complicated. For one, losers don’t vote. For two, The Republicans have bastardized, loopholed, and gutted the constitution at the local level for so long that districts in many states are gerrymandered and because of a racist, privatized, and failing criminal justice system and voter registration laws targeting people of color… minority voters and voters who would normally vote Democrat are erased and excluded. There has been a decades long campaign to create fear of “otherness” and create division between the two parties by Republicans. In addition, election days happen mid week with very limited hours. The vast majority of lower or working class Americans are in a position where missing work to vote will cost you your job. There are many exploitative practices that trickle down from corporate bureaucracies, that disenfranchise workers, disproportionately affect women, and make it much harder to vote. Many things in working American life are not necessarily illegal but are heavily frowned upon… Like, they won’t fire for going to vote but they will write you up and you will be fired for being five minutes late the following week. How much protection the state allows the worker is up to that particular state and in many red states you can basically be fired at will for any reason. Same with demonstrations, protests, and strikes. Our culture simply does not allow for dissent without major personal risk. It’s disgusting. But for the people who don’t vote that are perfectly able to do so… I don’t know. I personally hope they see their folly and register before the mid terms and blow every republican seat out of office. But we’all see… The only thing that helps with my depression is volunteering, organizing, and calling my asshole senators.
Thank you for taking the time to write that
Aaaaah I have such a crush on Jake Tapper, he’s merciless and it always puts a smile on my face.
I find myself saying FINISH HER/HIM!” when he’s in these heated exchanges with these nut jobs
YO! that Man Dressing down That Sea Witch was Transcendent to me just now that I watched.. I aspire to ever be so ready for my enemy
Kudos to Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski for have the huge lady balls to break with their colleagues and vote against nominating the least qualified cabinet secretary perhaps ever, Betsy DeVos, however the most qualified donor to Republican campaigns. Two bad not ONE of their colleagues would step over with them–not ONE.
And now this? A vote along party lines? Do the Senate Republicans not see the wrath of the rational public growing? Elizabeth Warren is a firebrand and professional feather ruffler–she is a fearless advocate for what she believes in–and in this case, she ruffled the sprayed and combed over feathers of mainly fossilized men using a very cleverly chosen and unimpeachable source, the words of Coretta Scott King.
I mean come on. I can’t take it anymore, but the scary thing is it doesn’t stop, won’t stop.
If there is an upside to all of this, will it be the rise of millions of engaged Americans activists, awoken out of complacency to fight for what they believe in?
Lady balls indeed.
I find it very intriguing that, of all the republicans to rebuke DeVos, the two that did so just happened to be women.
it surprised me that Collins and murkowski voted against DeVos but then voted to silence warren.
The vote was 49 to 43 to silence warren so who were the 6 senators who abstained? (I.e. 100 senators minus sessions and warren equals 98 senators, assuming Warren and sessions weren’t voting…)
They don’t see the wrath because they disconnect their phone lines.
You are dead wrong. They both voted YES for DeVos in committee which then brought the vote to the full Senate. If either one had voted NO her nomination would have died. They only voted no in full Senate once they knew the rethugs had enough votes w/ Pence as the tie-breaker. Facts matter people.
i agree. it seems very opportunistic and a way to appease their constituents without really risking to be against the party’s line. Unless I do not see more inspired votes for them, i remain suspicious.
I’m with you, alexc. Collins and Murkowski are the worst kind of party loyalists. They stay loyal to the party when it matters most and conscientiously object only when it won’t affect the outcome.
Alexc good point. Great point.
Sen. Warren has the right to speak end of story. That’s her job. No one will let this pass. This is NOT a dictatorship no matter how much they’d like it to be.
If anyone needs the letter:
http://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/829164514444615680
Where are all our former posters? The trump and third party voters? Why aren’t you here gloating? Aren’t you so, so proud of what you’ve done? Come on out of that hole you’ve crawled into. Where is L*** who used to come here with her prissy, prim comments about voting for trump and whose “very intelligent” husband voted for the clueless Gary Johnson? Come on out and let us know how you feel. Are you just as smug as you were two months ago?
If you repost that in Russian, maybe they will see it.
LOL
Ha, ha good one!
👏🏽😂
Lmao!
Thank you.
Yeah, I guess now that Trump has been elected they feel like their jobs are done. I read an interesting article yesterday about how Twitter helped him win the election with “cyborg” trolls. The left seems to have barely scratched the surface of tactics they could be using to resist, and which they should have been using to help Hillary get elected.
“… a study conducted by Oxford University researcher Samuel Woolley, who found that, among the top 20 most prolific Twitter accounts active during the waning weeks of the election, all of them supported Donald Trump.”
http://www.avclub.com/article/meet-one-cyborgs-spewing-conservative-vitriol-twit-249875
Yes, where is the oh-so-smug Susan Sarandon now?
Ha! Seriously, someone needs to check in with Dear Sue…
Don’t forget the other celebs/Bernie Bros. Shailene “I’m so precious” Woodley too.
Some have changed names
They’re still here, still trying to undermine. Russian might be their first language, some people are saying.
While I’m glad at least part of the letter was eventually read, I guess it is only offensive if a WOMAN is reading it aloud.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-merkley-reads-part-of-coretta-scott-kings-letter-on-senate-floor_us_589adbc4e4b09bd304bedc35
McConnell is such a disgusting, racist, sexist tw*t.
Re comments re Collins and Murkowski- while they did vote against her in the end, needless to say they voted her out of committee. And where were they here? They voted to silence a fellow Senator. I am
sure they were told by their fellow Repubs that -OK, we’ll give you your one “protest”vote, but that’s all. So they fall in line. And hard to imagine if Sessions couldn’t be confirmed as a Federal judge, he’s now OK to be US AG????
In an upside down world, resistance is futile when someone known to have no experience, interest or apparent appreciation of public schools gets the okay to head the department.
Sessions will sadly probably get in too. However, the new lows keep coming and I fear so-called president Trump and his authoritarian/Putin, behind the scenes, style instigated shutting up Warren.
Why be afraid of the letter? It could be because corrupt p*ssygrabbing conman Trump hates the truth, hates the press, hates the justice system and hates the US. He should be deported because, according to DT, only people who LOVE America can stay in America.
Putin, yes, but not so much Trump. McConnell seems shadier and shadier with each passing day and he is the one blocking any real investigation into the election hack.
Funny how Republicans are always the first to cry “freedom of speech”, but are so quick to silence others. I love Liz Warren. Give them hell, give them all the hell. Since this evil is in our history books I’m so glad we’re not letting it go quietly.
I watched this last night as it happened, and was thoroughly disgusted by their behavior towards her! As she stated over and over this was admissable, and was used in 1986 I believe to shut Sessions out of being a Federal Judge due to his racist behavior, and what he did to several people. They are disgusting and like Pence proved yesterday it’s party and Trump over country and their constituents and I was even more disgusted at how much hate and shade were thrown at her during Facebook Live coverage of it demeaning women as a whole. Notice how this idiots are targeting all minorities, from women, to religious beliefs, and now this during Black History Month? Mark my words LGBT community is next. I’m just ashamed of how these people are acting and now how we as a country are judged by their behavior. They are just destroying America from the Constitution to our land and no amount of calling has helped Pence will always be the tie-breaker. Devos paid her way in so if you have 9 million dollars you too can be the secretary of whatever else is left over to fill. They lie about massacres, make up fake news, lie about history and pad their pockets with our taxes defrauded us all. They need to stop showing up to their press hearings no interviews nothing just keep investigating them since they are acting in a criminal matter and expose expose they thrive on air time narcissistic fools they be. I am sure those two lady Republicans who did vote against Devos got threatened by Cheetolini like he threatened to rue the Senator at the sheriffs meeting it’s now a buy your way to the top and threaten everyone against you kind of America. Sad. Sad. Sad.
I really hope they do another huge march right where Cheetoloni can look at his window bigger then the womens march all races, all religions, all sexes and show him even the mighty can fall and he thinks he’s pretty mighty. He’s like the Eye or Mordor in LOTR. We are the Froddos.
And the Sams! And even Gollum had a part to play.
There’s a meme of “Andyetshepersisted” with a gif of Eowyn removing her helmet to kill the Witch King.
eventually they will not be able to hide behind Obama this and Clinton that and will have to take responsibility for their actions. Let’s hope the first day of reckoning is November 2018.
agree. My greatest fear is in what format their “Reichstag fire” will come in. They need a terrorist attack.
I’m growing increasingly afraid of this too, if there is such an event… what then? I just see this causing large scale civil unrest. But at this point, I almost welcome that. I’m willing to die for the rights of my daughter and for equality, no question. I honestly feel like it’s getting to that point. Look at Standing Rock. Every day the stakes get higher.
Believe it, it will unfortunately happen. All those Trump twitter threats show there are underground plans for a false terrorist attack to take place… and your country will never recover its democracy if people fall for it.
Someone tell me how I can support Senator Warren (and other people fighting the good fight). I’m sure there is a super obvious way to support – but note that I am not a constituent.
I did email my own senators (North Carolina), prior to the vote, and this morning got back a canned response about how they are confident DeVos will do her best blah blah they will hold her accountable blah blah.
Contact them again asking how they plan to hold her accountable when they have no authority over her? Then remind them that you vote and will now hold them accountable for failing to vet her properly and that you will now donate to the other party to oppose and oust them. Make that donation and send them a copy.
If you want to help, donate to the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, or a similar organization. These places can take your money and fight the good fight.
ACLU use donations to fight any and all gun control. Just an FYI as I was shocked when I found that out. They work closely with the NRA which is a huge shame.
The Southern Poverty Law Center needs support, they fight bigotry tooth and nail.
https://www.splcenter.org/
I’m in NC too! I called Tillis and Burr so many times and never got through. I left at least a dozen messages and neither have responded in any way. I was polite about it too!
Im not actually in NC anymore, but registered to vote there as it was my last place of residence in the US.
I had an email back from Tillis’ office almost straight away, and a day later from Burr’s. I wonder how they decide who to respond to?
And – I have already set up regular donations to the ACLU. I wanted to express support for Sen Warren – I’ve sent her office an email to say thank you.
Diaper Bigly is on TV now spewing lies about crime. I love when he repeats a phrase softly like it’s an echo…
“I will build a wall (*softly*build a wall). I will keep out the drugs (*softly*keep out the dugs).”
Hello?! Hello hello hello
Is there anybody in there? In there in there
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone at home?
Did you happen to catch his bill oreilly interview the other night? He is truly mentally incapable and not well. Can’t the public demand he get evaluated??? we are truly living in an alternate universe right now!
Yes I saw this, why does he keep repeating words twice, he is such a bad speaker, and he is going on about the polls and bad media again and again, I truly beleive he is mentally unstable.
It comes down to reading. President Obama is a reader with a large vocabulary and it shows in his speeches and other utterances.
trump is not a reader and he has a vocabulary of 100 words and one exclamation point. Bigly! Failure! Sad!
I don’t disagree… but DT seems to have screws loose too…. Very Kanye like. He is not mentally or emotionally fit for a job like this. It’s not right and really scary.
Our world is literally falling apart and all we can do is watch it happen right now. It’s sickening.
Loose screws…that’s understood, but you can be nuts and still have a great vocabulary.
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.”— Harry Truman
…As he dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Don’t read the DailyFail’s comments on this, whatever you do. People actually arguing thus letter doesn’t matter cause it’s 30 years old, and celebrating that “that shrew” was “put in her place”. Barf. I stayed away from there for awhile, and shouldn’t have gone back.
Continue to be amazed by how many willfully ignorant and hateful people there are. This is a tragic time and truly a battle between decency vs. evil. #resist
Amazed, floored, flabbergasted, gobsmacked, disheartened, crushed, dismayed…
I try really hard not to read any comments on any story on DM. They are not moderated and they even state that at the top of the comments. New story on DM:
“Department of Defense to rent space in Trump Tower for up to $1.5MILLION per year in order to keep the ‘nuclear football’ near the president when he’s in NYC.”
i had to stop going there, my blood started boiling and my blood pressure rising dangerously.
On top of that, I do not want to give them the traffic.
Elizabeth Warren ftw. I am disgusted. DISGUSTED at the lack of respect. I sure hope Liz Warren does not drop out. letlizspeak
Liz isn’t going to drop out. Are you kidding? She’s a badass. She will fight.
Here’s how to get puppet trump to do something – tell him Obama wouldn’t do it. What a way to govern.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-yemen-raid-agree-to-policy-barack-obama-would-not-do-james-matthis-qassim-al-rimi-a7566861.html
The number of people in favor of impeachment is growing.
http://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/poll-40-percent-americans-want-182847089.html?.tsrc=fauxdal
Great, that will make him so crazy.
Almost half the population wants to impeach trump and over half the population wants Obama back. This seems pretty damn accurate. I want the Obama’s back so freakin bad! We’d never be in this mess with them.
Too bad there is no way to recall Repub politicians…
Orangino was for term limits but I guess he isn’t now that Congress rolled over.
Trump just said this about the immigration ban EO and the hearing:
“”I was a good student. I comprehend very well, OK, better than I think almost anybody, It can’t be written any plainer or better.”
FFS
What the actual eff?!!!!
I am all over making phone calls and canvassing for 2018!!! Just not sure how much more of this lunacy we can take… will our country even survive til then?!
Please God, save us all and let this man implode and disappear.
He can’t read and never graduated from Wharton – a school which has denied anything to do with him.
Because he was a constitutional scholar. At business school
Joy Behar re Trump and Conway (while discussing Tapper interview):
#AllLiesMatter
New name for Emperor Zero is Steve Bannon’s leaking colostomy bag.
LOLOL…I just choked on my popcorn.
She speaks for her constituents. They should not be trying to shut her constituents up.
I hope these weasels in government realize we are taking their names … they will face public judgment sooner than later.
I hate this man with every fiber of my being.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/08/donald-trump-dismisses-travel-ban-hearing-politics-us-waits/#update-20170208-1618
Be sure to continue reading and see his call to Hollande. France and the rest of Europe on a travel ban next?(Probably a self imposed travel ban).
22 of the Senators that voted for this moron received donations from her family, including McCain, McConnell and Hatch. And then you include the $200M that the family has donated to Republican causes. She has been on record and quoted as saying that she expects returns from her investments. The hits just keep on coming.
Lmao, Diaper Bigly is getting trolled about “Easy D!” he just posted on twitter.
Henry VIII’s body double is such an orange clown.
Every day this administration gives me a reason to weep for our country.
Twitler is now attacking Nordstrom’s for being mean to Ivanka. He skipped a security briefing to do so
Stay strong Nordstrom and don’t let this bully and his cohorts force you to sell her overpriced poorly styled garments.
Wow.
It doesn’t matter because his followers can’t even afford to shop at Nordies!
Don’t have a Nordstrom here, so I’ll have to go online and buy something in support of them.
I feel so heart sick for Americans right now. Mostly for all the women, lgbtq, people of colour, immigrants, etc. But I even feel bad for the trump supporters because they are bat sh!t crazy and that’s just sad. What a effing hot mess. Seriously. Impeach him.
I plan to cheer myself up with a mini film festival – Duck Soup, Dr. Strangelove and The Manchurian Candidate. They seem so apt.
Might as well throw in Mars Attacks too!
Dr. Strangelove….. fabulous, brilliant, scathingly funny… one of my favorites!
Duck Soup…
“Gentlemen, Chicolini here may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you: he really is an idiot.”
Hehehe. Just change it to Orangino and it’s perfect.😂😂👍🏻👍🏻
So cheetoloonie is now attacking Nordstrom abusing his power like every day.
I’m sorry if this has been posted…no time to read entire thread.
TJ MAXX…IVANKA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tj-maxx-ivanka-trump_us_589b702de4b09bd304bf7fd8?xfefpfy8yzvbzkt9&
This boycott trump merchandise site is constantly updated.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/boycott-trump-list-of-retailers_us_582c789de4b0aa8910bde58f
Apparently, pig bannon wants to take out Pope Francis now.
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/02/08/514102356/steve-bannon-aligns-with-vatican-hardliners-who-oppose-pope-francis
Let him. I hope the Pope vanquishes him. Both Orangino and his Puppet master look unhealthy. I hope they stroke out – and I never wish people ill before.
I’m not religious but I’m praying like crazy for you know what. Also, using my voodoo doll.
From your mouth to Gods ears.
I just hope we non trump supporters don’t stroke out from all this current event insanity.
If the Pope was a politician he would be in as much hot water as Trump, mysoginist (there will never be women priests) paedophile enabler and apologist , anti-abortion, anti-contraception, head of a multi-national corporation that makes more money than Apple and Google put together but pays no taxes.
Tees available. Just ordered one to go with my Nasty Woman and Women’s March.
http://www.redbubble.com/people/shedside/works/25195016-nevertheless-she-persisted?body_color=eggplant&p=t-shirt&print_location=front&size=medium&style=womens&utm_source=google&utm_medium=google_products&utm_campaign=shopping&country_code=US&gclid=CM2T5b7AgdICFdY2gQodEooDvA
Is it unusual in America, to shut down an out of order speech? In Australia MP’s are thrown out of the chamber daily for persisting when the speaker tells them to sit down. They usually over play their hand on a Thursday so they have an excuse to go home early for a long weekend.
In this situation, Elizabeth Warren was speaking in a specific setting, under specific rules. McConnell used an extremely rarely used rule to stop her from speaking further. This particular rule was not used against Ted Cruz last year when he called a fellow Senate member a liar. Yet when Warren wanted to read a letter by Coretta King, it was used against her.
I’m plenty ticked off about this, but then I think, oh wait you decrepit, ignorant, women-hater, you dinosaur, douchecanoe Sen. McConnell, just wait until President Warren calls you to her oval office some day.
So, they let A MAN read:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-merkley-reads-part-of-coretta-scott-kings-letter-on-senate-floor_us_589adbc4e4b09bd304bedc35?
And the hits just keep on coming – now Jeff Sessions has been confirmed as Attorney General. Are we all now living in a lunatic asylum? It sure seems like it, and the inmates have taken over.
There are no depths to my hatred of these people. They make our Tories look like kind, considerate angels from heaven.
#shepersisted #resist #persist