2724

Yeah, that viewpoint is super weird. It suggests that some of these people actively want to prevent others from simply exercising their religious beliefs. That it somehow is worth something to them to have someone else not pray.

That’s weird.

2725

Here’s to a forecast of 2020 mayhem…

This double-tweet embedding is uh… something.

2726

So basically the US is to become the world’s Oil Police. I mean I guess we already were, but I can’t remember us being so nakedly obvious about it.

2727

The 1st Gulf War was “oil policing”, wasn’t it? Saddam invaded Kuwait and threatened global oil supply, so US-led international coalition pushed him out.

2728

So we’re going to bomb one of Iran’s allies, who they don’t really like or trust, but they kind of work with?

We’re gonna bomb Russia?

2729

Nonsense! It was anti-imperialism! That’s why all the … um … former imperialist nations joined in to boot Saddam out. Yeah. That’s the ticket.

2730

It is a fun listen but I wish they had discussed more of what happens if they Congress used their inherent contempt power on Trump’s cronies. My take away is: It is completely within Congress powers to jail people, the implementation, will be to use their words “awkward” and it will be a media circus.

The media circus seems like a feature not a bug to me. I would hope instead of putting the Trump guys in the Waldof Astoria, they find something more appropriate like a Motel 6, (I was tempted to suggest a crack/hooker hotel, but then I realize that many of his staffers would enjoy that.)

I’m perfectly fine with everybody getting out of jail when Congress term ends, since that’s after the election. I think AG Barr would less damaging to the country if he spent the next 15 months in Motel 6 with no phone.

2731

Ya, at some point, the circus is gonna happen.

Or, if Congress is afraid to act out of fear that it’ll become a circus, you’re still gonna have the wild animals in the form of Trump and his thugs, they should won’t be in cages.

I’d rather have a circus than just be mauled by random animals.

2732

He knows a good idea when he has one

2733

Hey, if the Saudis want to make their proxy war with Iran a real one, I’m fine with that as long as we can stay out of it.

2734

Participants were told that a stranger would receive their description and offer a gesture of support in response.

I might pay to avoid the part I bolded.

2735
2736

State’s rights, for the right states.

2737

…and the right rights.

2738

Wonder what they thought when the Texas Board of Education was setting the national standard for K-12 textbooks? A very conservative standard, I’ll add. Probably thought it was great and how dare other states complain.

It was the same deal. The Texas market was too big to ignore, so the publishers went along with most of what they demanded and that became the national standard.

2739

Raise your hand if this surprises you at all.

2740
2741

Probably because $250 million for election security isn’t actually going to prevent any attacks that are coming. Whatever Russia has planned, it’s already far along and probably already built in to voting machines and the system in general. All it needs is to be activated.

McConnell knows it’s a token gesture and it clears up an angle of attack for 2020 in Senate races.

2742
2743

Arrogant, self-entitled prick.