Oh, hey, hi there! In case you were wondering how to commemorate 9/11 — this is definitely not the way to do it. x President Trump recites the Pledge of Allegiance at this morning's 9/11 commemoration in Shanksville, PA. pic.twitter.com/KZPWjai9ye— The Recount (@therecount) September 11, 2020 His bottom teeth sort of chitter-chattered during the “under…
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Lincoln Project on Presidency revealing who you are
buy contrasting previous Presidents with Trump on their reaction to crises Clinton on OK City bombing, Olympic Park bombing G W Bush on 9/11 Obama on Sandy Hook massacre, Mother Emmanuel AME shooting Charleston contrasted with Trump on Charlottesville and Kenosha just video clips of each President speaking after the tragedies The difference is clear….
When will conservatives apologize for calling us traitors and dupes over opposition to Bush's wars?
I don’t know about you, but I initially opposed both of George W. Bush’s post-9/11 wars — the Iraq campaign especially. Following the attacks of 9/11, a pitched battle arose between hawks and doves, with the former attempting to seize the moral high ground and ultimately winning the hearts and minds of the nation. Those…
Letting Trump constantly lie about 9/11 means the press will let him lie about anything
Sometimes it feels like the press has just completely surrendered to Donald Trump's relentless lies, and that reporters have essentially thrown up their hands, signaling that Trump has complete permission to fabricate whatever wild fantasies he wants and journalists won't really do much. Perhaps it's one part laziness, one part exhaustion? But watching what unfolded…
Letting Trump constantly lie about 9/11 means the press will let him lie about anything
Sometimes it feels like the press has just completely surrendered to Donald Trump's relentless lies, and that reporters have essentially thrown up their hands, signaling that Trump has complete permission to fabricate whatever wild fantasies he wants and journalists won't really do much. Perhaps it's one part laziness, one part exhaustion? But watching what unfolded…
Sharpies are not Funny…
On this day in 2001, 2,977 people were killed (with some still dying) by 19 terrorists in three separate attacks on the United States, including New York City, Washington, D.C. and near where I live in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. One of those attempts failed to hit its target, either the White House or the United States…
Pence and Bolton thought meeting Taliban over 9/11 anniversary was idiotic; Trump overruled them
Well, to be fair, anyone or anything with a functioning brain stem would have known that inviting the Taliban to Camp David as the nation gets ready to commemorate 9/11 is a jaw-droppingly stupid idea. But Trump is Trump, and he knows best. From Javi Morgado, the executive producer of CNN’s New Day: Breaking news:…
Remember when Trump ripped Obama for negotiating with the Taliban?
Back when Donald Trump was just a dangerously uninformed civilian instead of a dangerously uninformed pr*sident, he thought negotiating with the Taliban — “our sworn enemy” — was a huge mistake. Now? Let’s invite them to Camp David for “secret” negotiations just prior to 9/11! And then announce on Twitter that the “secret” negotiations are off….
Reporter hounds Rand Paul the way all Republicans should be hounded
Reporter Jeevan Vittal of Spectrum News NY1 caught up with Sen. Rand Paul yesterday and asked him a few questions about Paul’s attempts to block funding for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. Oh, it went a little like this: x Our @JVittalTV on Thursday questioned Kentucky Senator Rand Paul about his objection to an attempt to…
Trump and Barr bring three decades of GOP criminality full circle
Historical events occur twice, Karl Marx famously said, first as tragedy and then as farce. But when it comes to the rampant lawlessness of Republican presidential administrations, the record is a succession of national tragedies for the United States. And the damage to America’s democratic institutions is no laughing matter. As President Trump, his attorney…
Hannity guest says Ilhan Omar is 'infatuated' with al Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezbollah
I should preface this by saying, yeah, there’s no evidence for this. Mediaite: Bernard Kerik — a former New York police commissioner whose nomination by President Bush to serve as head of Homeland Security was derailed after he was sentenced to four years in prison on eight felony charges, including tax evasion — appeared on Sean Hannity‘s…
The (doctored) Trump photo that needs to hang in the gallery of presidential portraits
Because it captures his essence so, so perfectly — like nothing else ever has: I don’t know who’s responsible for this Photoshop tour de force, but if it happens to be you, step right up. You win all the Chuck E. Cheese game tickets in the universe. (FYI: I first saw it here.) *** Yo! Dear…