| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| Hey boomers! The sixties aren't over after all! | 2023-03-30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1641445019860205569 | 1641445019860205569 |
| McCarthy already knows that any GOP who votes for any | 2023-03-29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1641151347616804865 | 1641151347616804865 |
| Why are we stuck with Trump? | 2023-03-26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1640127616433930240 | 1640127616433930240 |
| The browning of American Christianity - | 2023-03-26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1640034665347289088 | 1640034665347289088 |
| How can DeSantis get past Trump without alienating the | 2023-03-26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1640028754557964289 | 1640028754557964289 |
| Attack! Attack! Attack! | 2023-03-26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1640026252051611648 | 1640026252051611648 |
| A life for the Tsar! | 2023-03-26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1640022548330209288 | 1640022548330209288 |
| House Putinists agree - jails are for Democrats! | 2023-03-26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1640008867970162694 | 1640008867970162694 |
| How Putin destroyed the opposition. His example inspires | 2023-03-26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1639996852883066881 | 1639996852883066881 |
| Making up facts and making up threats - sometimes it's | 2023-03-26 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1639873842754748416 | 1639873842754748416 |
| Where have the Republicans been? On the phone with | 2023-03-25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639486596432142336 | 1639486596432142336 |
| DeSantis is just another defender of minority rule. | 2023-03-25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1639482637399261186 | 1639482637399261186 |
| The Five Families of the House GOP. | 2023-03-25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639456669796274177 | 1639456669796274177 |
| DeSantis is no Trump! He's a Bush! | 2023-03-24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639356358859583488 | 1639356358859583488 |
| Executive and attorney-client privileges do not | 2023-03-24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639341120475004928 | 1639341120475004928 |
| Why Trump and Waco belong together. | 2023-03-24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639336591905914880 | 1639336591905914880 |
| All of the week that wasn't - | 2023-03-24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639300486737305600 | 1639300486737305600 |
| Trump has learned his lesson - that there is no position | 2023-03-24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639298719316336640 | 1639298719316336640 |
| Pessimism on the front, optimism far behind. | 2023-03-24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639120222966910977 | 1639120222966910977 |
| Truth is what you BELIEVE, not what actually is! | 2023-03-24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639118186254856192 | 1639118186254856192 |
| How Putinism works at Fox - | 2023-03-24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639116848032792576 | 1639116848032792576 |
| If reality make you look bad - | 2023-03-24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639115576907042817 | 1639115576907042817 |
| It worked once so why not twice? | 2023-03-24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639114446915395584 | 1639114446915395584 |
| Fake it til you make it - a prescription for a distrustful, | 2023-03-24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639113723301474305 | 1639113723301474305 |
| The myth of the self-made man. | 2023-03-24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639111881368698881 | 1639111881368698881 |
| The sad reality of life in Congress. | 2023-03-24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639104269109587968 | 1639104269109587968 |
| Why shouldn't the Ministry of Truth define democracy the | 2023-03-24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639098928720392194 | 1639098928720392194 |
| Trouble having it both ways. | 2023-03-24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1639087197965148160 | 1639087197965148160 |
| Why Trump's fans are non-committal about responding to | 2023-03-24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639086298144337920 | 1639086298144337920 |
| You don't understand a new technology - | 2023-03-24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639085284246814720 | 1639085284246814720 |
| Gavin Newsom re-invents insane asylums. | 2023-03-23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638903214719508480 | 1638903214719508480 |
| Who pays for credit card "rewards"? | 2023-03-23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638758740701896706 | 1638758740701896706 |
| The tension is killing them - | 2023-03-22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1638586719833567236 | 1638586719833567236 |
| The lasting legacy of Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell. | 2023-03-22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638582671994671104 | 1638582671994671104 |
| Has Trumpism infected the CCP or has Xi-Thought infected | 2023-03-22 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1638406691820797955 | 1638406691820797955 |
| Libel laws are tricky. | 2023-03-22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638404795487887360 | 1638404795487887360 |
| Can Congress PREVENT bad things from happening? Almost | 2023-03-22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638397988795215872 | 1638397988795215872 |
| The problem with single-issue voters. | 2023-03-22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638396032894783488 | 1638396032894783488 |
| No point paying for a report if you're not going to | 2023-03-22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638391128226676736 | 1638391128226676736 |
| How jousting over "tough votes" means that almost nothing | 2023-03-22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638384435157696512 | 1638384435157696512 |
| Will Putin trade Russia's independence for a victory | 2023-03-22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638382718403903490 | 1638382718403903490 |
| Another George Santos kind of Republican. | 2023-03-22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638378246525038594 | 1638378246525038594 |
| Reagan deregulation - | 2023-03-22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638375661252542465 | 1638375661252542465 |
| If you leave a phone or computer for repair, does the | 2023-03-22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638336697099489280 | 1638336697099489280 |
| von Papen awards for the whole House GOP? | 2023-03-21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638315048895655936 | 1638315048895655936 |
| It's the late 1930's all over again - the fascists are | 2023-03-21 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1638253918965862401 | 1638253918965862401 |
| Wannabe Putin successors - one is out loud - | 2023-03-21 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638196457810558976 | 1638196457810558976 |
| Not so enthusiastic this time around! | 2023-03-20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1637675794154819586 | 1637675794154819586 |
| DeSantis' complicated game - how to sideline Trump without | 2023-03-19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1637593685717291010 | 1637593685717291010 |
| Racism and violence - two Dixiecrat traditions embraced | 2023-03-19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1637587002391687169 | 1637587002391687169 |
| Great criminal minds think alike! | 2023-03-19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1637352000928231424 | 1637352000928231424 |
| Putin's allies work hard to convince Americans that strong | 2023-03-19 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1637338925852401665 | 1637338925852401665 |
| The whole propaganda week in review - | 2023-03-17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1636810259338772480 | 1636810259338772480 |
| You just don't understand a technology | 2023-03-17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1636586168723869697 | 1636586168723869697 |
| All about state taxes on vice and ignorance. | 2023-03-15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1636068250458132480 | 1636068250458132480 |
| Another win for the disinformationists - | 2023-03-15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1635859597172043777 | 1635859597172043777 |
| Thought about your right to assembly lately? On the | 2023-03-15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1635858130528768002 | 1635858130528768002 |
| All that news that doesn't fit - reality. | 2023-03-11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1634344730518757378 | 1634344730518757378 |
| The unfinished work begun on Pettus Bridge. | 2023-03-09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1633849485133762560 | 1633849485133762560 |
| Is regional federalism inevitable? | 2023-03-06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1632811063526973440 | 1632811063526973440 |
| Catch up on all the fake news you missed - | 2023-03-04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1631895477942910976 | 1631895477942910976 |
| There's nothing special about California's population | 2023-03-02 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1631313953463869440 | 1631313953463869440 |
| Maybe calling it "Trumpism" was all wrong. | 2023-03-02 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1631312782133202944 | 1631312782133202944 |
| Section 702 or not? | 2023-03-02 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1631311936947392519 | 1631311936947392519 |
| The enemy is not the Russian Federation or the Russian | 2023-03-02 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1631145296964235264 | 1631145296964235264 |
| Remember the Kursk? | 2023-03-02 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1631145083100868608 | 1631145083100868608 |
| Up to the brink and over the edge - | 2023-03-02 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1631115602097242112 | 1631115602097242112 |
| Need more worries? | 2023-03-01 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630810667329671168 | 1630810667329671168 |
| It's always good to read the report to the end. | 2023-03-01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630805087785451521 | 1630805087785451521 |
| There's a new King of the Magic Kingdom in town. | 2023-03-01 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1630793660064497664 | 1630793660064497664 |
| Murdoch admits Fox hosts propagated lies unimpeded. | 2023-03-01 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630792377731534848 | 1630792377731534848 |
| The newspaper of Silicon Valley dumps the comic strip of | 2023-03-01 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630790312078737409 | 1630790312078737409 |
| "Ukraine’s victory would not only be good for Ukraine | 2023-03-01 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1630786205729316864 | 1630786205729316864 |
| Wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate? DeSantis and | 2023-03-01 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1630782996637966341 | 1630782996637966341 |
| We've seen tech from both sides now, From here and there, | 2023-03-01 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630779827665137666 | 1630779827665137666 |
| Too many GOP are only interested in bashing China when | 2023-03-01 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1630778098370379776 | 1630778098370379776 |
| Putin has changed the world, especially Europe. | 2023-03-01 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630776584931262464 | 1630776584931262464 |
| Setting up the Ministry of Truth to insure political | 2023-03-01 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630774930488033281 | 1630774930488033281 |
| Why GOP megadonors make sure there will never be | 2023-03-01 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1630774058957815809 | 1630774058957815809 |
| One person can change history - Zelenskyy and Ukraine | 2023-03-01 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630770934272655361 | 1630770934272655361 |
| McCarthy repays his debt to Carlson. | 2023-03-01 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630756822985613312 | 1630756822985613312 |
| Maybe it was a lab leak! | 2023-03-01 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1630740069022863361 | 1630740069022863361 |
| Texas is a great place for billionaires to pontificate, | 2023-02-28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1630428201171451904 | 1630428201171451904 |
| Is a content provider responsible for the content it | 2023-02-28 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630426960898961408 | 1630426960898961408 |
| Every business wants an annuity! | 2023-02-28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630426078207688704 | 1630426078207688704 |
| Mad about immigration? Mad about inflation? | 2023-02-28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630421491732054018 | 1630421491732054018 |
| Still profitable because they declined to drive out cost | 2023-02-28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630416187338420226 | 1630416187338420226 |
| “We just have to figure out how to monetize it” | 2023-02-28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630414896902070273 | 1630414896902070273 |
| Talented people still want to come to Silicon Valley to | 2023-02-28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630409699018567683 | 1630409699018567683 |
| There's more than one way to make money from a sea of | 2023-02-28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630405639896961024 | 1630405639896961024 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2023-02-25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1629273369765085184 | 1629273369765085184 |
| DeSantis COULD redeploy his election cops to actually DO | 2023-02-24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1628920963252523009 | 1628920963252523009 |
| Stare decisis - when is it appropriate? | 2023-02-24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1628918889387286528 | 1628918889387286528 |
| McCarthy knows who his enablers are, and where he'd be | 2023-02-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1628212794440183809 | 1628212794440183809 |
| Ending pay-to-play in New York. | 2023-02-18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1626811446192640001 | 1626811446192640001 |
| Just by standing still, Romney's stature has certainly | 2023-02-18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1626757465051381760 | 1626757465051381760 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2023-02-17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1626638180098379777 | 1626638180098379777 |
| There's big money behind keeping the Constitution exactly | 2023-02-15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1625950078010810370 | 1625950078010810370 |
| Nothing like UFO rumors to fire up the imaginations of | 2023-02-14 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1625366610755346432 | 1625366610755346432 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2023-02-10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1624101294448455680 | 1624101294448455680 |
| These guys kept quiet | 2023-02-10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1623905054276345857 | 1623905054276345857 |
| There's only a few thousand votes that will decide who | 2023-02-10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1623849271320809472 | 1623849271320809472 |
| The Supreme Court has never been far from the politics of | 2023-02-09 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1623708162066096128 | 1623708162066096128 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2023-02-03 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1621637353839394816 | 1621637353839394816 |
| Trump knows better than to answer under oath! | 2023-02-01 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1620621032561479682 | 1620621032561479682 |
| DeSantis doubles down for political correctness! | 2023-02-01 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1620620452417929220 | 1620620452417929220 |
| What hell is like - and nobody knows what to do. | 2023-02-01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1620618765263323138 | 1620618765263323138 |
| Does anybody think that Santos's issues will EVER be | 2023-02-01 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1620615455374442496 | 1620615455374442496 |
| More fake news. | 2023-01-31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1620231247829286912 | 1620231247829286912 |
| Congress started playing Russian Roulette in 1917, though | 2023-01-30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1619942328231395328 | 1619942328231395328 |
| "Prigozhin denied any link to the Wagner Group before he | 2023-01-28 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1619390036042186753 | 1619390036042186753 |
| if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot | 2023-01-28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1619371017218183169 | 1619371017218183169 |
| Is there any way out? The GOP megadonors LOVE a | 2023-01-28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1619362845640261632 | 1619362845640261632 |
| More of the week that wasn't. | 2023-01-28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1619348085494415360 | 1619348085494415360 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2023-01-28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1619346048551653376 | 1619346048551653376 |
| Deadlock! Democrats see no point in negotiating a deal | 2023-01-25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1618146495638929409 | 1618146495638929409 |
| How to make a tax-deductible donation to terrorism. | 2023-01-25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1618142683352158208 | 1618142683352158208 |
| Bad days in court for bad boy violent insurrectionists. | 2023-01-25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1618141011129270272 | 1618141011129270272 |
| It's a tradition! Traditional GOP say one thing in public | 2023-01-25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1618133593821417476 | 1618133593821417476 |
| No more need for capital punishment in Russia - just | 2023-01-25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1618130661625442305 | 1618130661625442305 |
| States have constitutions and supreme courts too! | 2023-01-25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1618064570895208449 | 1618064570895208449 |
| Who knew the RNC could be so entertaining? | 2023-01-23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1617436631484727296 | 1617436631484727296 |
| From the halls of Montezuma - To the halls of Capitol Hill | 2023-01-21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1616692665218924544 | 1616692665218924544 |
| DeSantis pushing hard for political correctness. | 2023-01-21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1616688080148389889 | 1616688080148389889 |
| Lots of layoffs, but so far, more jobs. | 2023-01-21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1616686950513274880 | 1616686950513274880 |
| "demoted twice by the U.S. Navy and served nearly seven | 2023-01-21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1616666547350831104 | 1616666547350831104 |
| Your choice - you can get your entertainment from fiction | 2023-01-20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1616541327638016001 | 1616541327638016001 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2023-01-20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1616540532477693952 | 1616540532477693952 |
| Another fabricated story. | 2023-01-20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1616530953442316288 | 1616530953442316288 |
| Protocols of the Elders of Zion has been around for | 2023-01-20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1616530278369103872 | 1616530278369103872 |
| Fascist cults of personality inevitably lead to war. | 2023-01-20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1616297056997605377 | 1616297056997605377 |
| Two peas in a pod. | 2023-01-20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1616292529154166784 | 1616292529154166784 |
| Slashing away at what's left of the free press. | 2023-01-19 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1615973890383306752 | 1615973890383306752 |
| Politics of digital wallets. | 2023-01-19 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615972514500595715 | 1615972514500595715 |
| Continual war in Ukraine? | 2023-01-19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1615948003671699456 | 1615948003671699456 |
| It's getting easier to make robots that sound like they | 2023-01-19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615944057141989377 | 1615944057141989377 |
| Getting to the heart of the threat! | 2023-01-19 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615879648747085824 | 1615879648747085824 |
| Always look on the bright side of life! It could | 2023-01-19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615872154456981504 | 1615872154456981504 |
| None but the best for the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP! | 2023-01-18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1615601521500225536 | 1615601521500225536 |
| Myths about politics. | 2023-01-17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615232967860977666 | 1615232967860977666 |
| Miami was going to be world capital - of something - | 2023-01-17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615231032940441600 | 1615231032940441600 |
| Integration or unraveling? | 2023-01-17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615229121621274625 | 1615229121621274625 |
| Daily life in Putin's SS. | 2023-01-17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615224185311354882 | 1615224185311354882 |
| "In one day he ended every future opportunity that | 2023-01-16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615076119455363072 | 1615076119455363072 |
| When will fringe conspiracy theorist legislators get back | 2023-01-16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615074126259183616 | 1615074126259183616 |
| There was SOME good news in 2022 - | 2023-01-16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615071145258258432 | 1615071145258258432 |
| Congress doesn't look much like America - | 2023-01-16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615069865106366464 | 1615069865106366464 |
| Advanced economies are aging - and without immigration | 2023-01-16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615065999212183554 | 1615065999212183554 |
| China's economy seems to be recovering. Can it survive | 2023-01-16 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1615058056500416524 | 1615058056500416524 |
| The gift that keeps on giving - | 2023-01-16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615056549042622464 | 1615056549042622464 |
| Musk couldn't get an unfair trial in California but he | 2023-01-16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614872098975125505 | 1614872098975125505 |
| How long until the attack of killer robots? | 2023-01-16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614867577788059649 | 1614867577788059649 |
| "many Republicans depend on the same billionaires who | 2023-01-16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614851692213985280 | 1614851692213985280 |
| Distract and divert! | 2023-01-16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614848949831217153 | 1614848949831217153 |
| Ranked-choice voting worked. Not only that, it worked | 2023-01-16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1614848658570383360 | 1614848658570383360 |
| Plenty of GOP knew all about Santos but chose to look | 2023-01-16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614847753380843526 | 1614847753380843526 |
| Kashmir is one perpetual open wound obstructing regional | 2023-01-16 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1614844776825880576 | 1614844776825880576 |
| There are Nazis in Ukraine! | 2023-01-16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614842984327180288 | 1614842984327180288 |
| “It’s pluralist versus political zealot” | 2023-01-16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614836053122383872 | 1614836053122383872 |
| What did they think "cut taxes and balance the budget" | 2023-01-16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614833999016517632 | 1614833999016517632 |
| Maybe he'll watch where his puts his feet next time. | 2023-01-16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614833340791783426 | 1614833340791783426 |
| Old-school Reaganite appalled by GOP isolationists and | 2023-01-16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614823940387667968 | 1614823940387667968 |
| Boom and bust - is there a better way? | 2023-01-16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614822279636193280 | 1614822279636193280 |
| Judging from politicians, lying is just what leaders do. | 2023-01-16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614807211032862721 | 1614807211032862721 |
| Bannon wouldn't want to hire the kind of lawyer that would | 2023-01-16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614806027333152768 | 1614806027333152768 |
| Career prospects in crypto - | 2023-01-16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614805269472763904 | 1614805269472763904 |
| “Using FSD beta, you’re kind of part of an | 2023-01-16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614804554926952449 | 1614804554926952449 |
| Full speed ahead for the GOP to protect its megadonors | 2023-01-16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614803482015592448 | 1614803482015592448 |
| Tobacco companies are brilliantly inventive when it comes | 2023-01-16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614801623653711873 | 1614801623653711873 |
| Full speed ahead! Back to feudalism! | 2023-01-16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614800857429856256 | 1614800857429856256 |
| They claim they're protecting the women and going after | 2023-01-16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614795920188768256 | 1614795920188768256 |
| GOP leaders are cautiously waiting for SOMEBODY ELSE to | 2023-01-15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614514072783052801 | 1614514072783052801 |
| The calm before the storm - | 2023-01-15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1614506067794481152 | 1614506067794481152 |
| Beneath Putin, a class of titans. Or would-be titans. | 2023-01-15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614504176024944643 | 1614504176024944643 |
| "members fast-track their way to celebrity — and campaign | 2023-01-15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614501041348964352 | 1614501041348964352 |
| Known by the company he's kept! | 2023-01-15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614498469171068930 | 1614498469171068930 |
| "populism in the service of nihilism - many Republicans | 2023-01-15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614497244568485889 | 1614497244568485889 |
| Some state GOP legislators are beginning to see that | 2023-01-15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614493217847922688 | 1614493217847922688 |
| "today’s populists seek the showy confrontation, the | 2023-01-15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614490749751668736 | 1614490749751668736 |
| Why so many GOP voters are so easily manipulated - | 2023-01-15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614488926777118721 | 1614488926777118721 |
| The open source revolution in intelligence gathering. | 2023-01-15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614477841709793281 | 1614477841709793281 |
| The GOP is off to the races, running in no directions | 2023-01-15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1614476999111872512 | 1614476999111872512 |
| The sons-by-the-spirit of Pius IX keep fighting the | 2023-01-15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614457338248982528 | 1614457338248982528 |
| Mandatory minimums - an idea that did not work as expected. | 2023-01-14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614075290430607362 | 1614075290430607362 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2023-01-13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1613943536529080322 | 1613943536529080322 |
| No Federal ban on existing gas stoves. | 2023-01-13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1613942234596118529 | 1613942234596118529 |
| McCarthy needs yes-men. He doesn't care about anything | 2023-01-13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1613798871146311680 | 1613798871146311680 |
| Before "Trump was chosen by God", political leaders and | 2023-01-13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1613796378895060992 | 1613796378895060992 |
| Attempts to divide California are doomed to fail. | 2023-01-12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1613416996632428546 | 1613416996632428546 |
| A very high energy replacement for Feinstein? | 2023-01-11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1613269612132732928 | 1613269612132732928 |
| The Freischütze-macht-Freiheit Caucus can't wait to force | 2023-01-11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1613057657124052992 | 1613057657124052992 |
| Personality cultists depend more on mass media than on | 2023-01-11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1613047060382756865 | 1613047060382756865 |
| "The reason these deals with the devil always go bad is | 2023-01-11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1613044500724871168 | 1613044500724871168 |
| Credentials of the new ruling class. | 2023-01-11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1613042916443983874 | 1613042916443983874 |
| "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall lose his own | 2023-01-11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1613040847293132802 | 1613040847293132802 |
| Blame McCarthy for his deficits, but the entire GOP | 2023-01-11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1613035690132140034 | 1613035690132140034 |
| America has seen this movie before. Do we have to sit | 2023-01-11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1613027064428531712 | 1613027064428531712 |
| Fascist plans for converting liberal arts into reactionary | 2023-01-11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1613024089068961794 | 1613024089068961794 |
| The GOP prefers to talk in public about the least important | 2023-01-11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1613021402168438787 | 1613021402168438787 |
| "many D.C. movers and shakers will believe in Santa Claus | 2023-01-11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612990387563679747 | 1612990387563679747 |
| From Franklin to Fried - | 2023-01-11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612989163518976000 | 1612989163518976000 |
| "These people need to be punished, the people who ordered | 2023-01-11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1612985593524551680 | 1612985593524551680 |
| What the House GOP has in store. | 2023-01-11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612984178840305664 | 1612984178840305664 |
| Back to the future - how it looked in December! | 2023-01-11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612982917021732864 | 1612982917021732864 |
| Happiness is where you find it. Or where you declare it. | 2023-01-10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612926279246049281 | 1612926279246049281 |
| Silicon Valley layoff season. Sounds familiar to anybody | 2023-01-10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612925363222646785 | 1612925363222646785 |
| National unity over party unity? A concept from another | 2023-01-09 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612579105119293443 | 1612579105119293443 |
| Remember Benghazi! | 2023-01-09 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1612577219343429632 | 1612577219343429632 |
| Proportional representation insures that winning candidates | 2023-01-09 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612574354201792512 | 1612574354201792512 |
| Trump's scoreboard - you can see why he has to keep asking | 2023-01-09 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612572118545498115 | 1612572118545498115 |
| “I can’t do this any more,” complained Stephen Bannon | 2023-01-09 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612570983646507008 | 1612570983646507008 |
| They're going to adopt the rules that require a balanced | 2023-01-09 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612569565007073280 | 1612569565007073280 |
| There is no GOOD reason for China to attack Taiwan. But | 2023-01-09 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1612536304662896641 | 1612536304662896641 |
| Trumpism is leaving Trump behind. | 2023-01-09 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612453788060897280 | 1612453788060897280 |
| The first lessons from LastPass. | 2023-01-09 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612333242774073345 | 1612333242774073345 |
| House GOP explains its main goals - since it can't get | 2023-01-09 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612332148824117249 | 1612332148824117249 |
| Letting everybody have their say means that most of them | 2023-01-09 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612330056633966593 | 1612330056633966593 |
| "boxed in by fiscal conservatives who are willing to accept | 2023-01-09 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612327816749809665 | 1612327816749809665 |
| Haven't heard from the FBI yet? Don't think you're off | 2023-01-09 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612317740454510597 | 1612317740454510597 |
| The speech McCarthy should have given - | 2023-01-09 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612312585784938496 | 1612312585784938496 |
| ""the predictable outcome of handing power to the | 2023-01-08 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612228419345092609 | 1612228419345092609 |
| One person came out looking better after this week! | 2023-01-08 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612224415680593920 | 1612224415680593920 |
| Fascists don't think much of academic freedom. | 2023-01-08 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612218972556103682 | 1612218972556103682 |
| Good enough for Trump, good enough for Bolsonaro. | 2023-01-08 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612214960087797760 | 1612214960087797760 |
| As Franklin might have said - "A Speakership - if you can | 2023-01-08 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611973534460563458 | 1611973534460563458 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2023-01-07 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611740496958980096 | 1611740496958980096 |
| McCarthy WON - the right to confront Gaetz and all the | 2023-01-07 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1611623045701197829 | 1611623045701197829 |
| Missed out on crypto? There's a new gold rush - making | 2023-01-07 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611619756339232769 | 1611619756339232769 |
| A sad anniversary for most - | 2023-01-06 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611360823812972544 | 1611360823812972544 |
| McCarthy tries again - | 2023-01-06 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611247609800458241 | 1611247609800458241 |
| Another day in Trump's carefree life as an ex-president. | 2023-01-06 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611245513206296577 | 1611245513206296577 |
| Trump's carefree life as an ex-president. | 2023-01-06 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611244541440557058 | 1611244541440557058 |
| Want white supremacists in your town? | 2023-01-06 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611203777079693312 | 1611203777079693312 |
| Fund the police to go after poor people, not GOP | 2023-01-06 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611201543151439876 | 1611201543151439876 |
| When you're dealing with election deniers and QAnons - | 2023-01-06 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611196905316560898 | 1611196905316560898 |
| Maybe the House is just a hologram of the real House | 2023-01-06 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611178518314102784 | 1611178518314102784 |
| "There’s not even a bipartisan agreement on whether | 2023-01-06 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611173596667445249 | 1611173596667445249 |
| Reducing immigration increases inflation. You can't | 2023-01-06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611172047694213120 | 1611172047694213120 |
| The history of Speaker stalemates. | 2023-01-06 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1611170530232766465 | 1611170530232766465 |
| The Freischütze-macht-Freiheit Caucus has figured it out | 2023-01-06 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611166981104992257 | 1611166981104992257 |
| More people are taking another look at coalition | 2023-01-06 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611165135737090048 | 1611165135737090048 |
| Political ads were never a big money-maker for Twitter. | 2023-01-06 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611161685703929856 | 1611161685703929856 |
| Never waste an opportunity to feed the lunatic fringe! | 2023-01-05 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611120348539547649 | 1611120348539547649 |
| "In 11 days this all changes", McCarthy said Friday. "The | 2023-01-05 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611119641509916672 | 1611119641509916672 |
| "Pope Francis rebuked those 'ravenous' for wealth and | 2023-01-05 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611117750440845312 | 1611117750440845312 |
| Achieving quantifiable objectives is what MBA's are trained | 2023-01-05 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1611077841151725568 | 1611077841151725568 |
| How ethnic cleansing starts - when nobody is paying | 2023-01-05 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1611056244420378625 | 1611056244420378625 |
| Rupert Murdoch should be happy. Vladimir Putin | 2023-01-05 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611052226746908673 | 1611052226746908673 |
| Nobody is in charge there! | 2023-01-05 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1610876644956467210 | 1610876644956467210 |
| Trump hates to support a loser! | 2023-01-05 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1610834789803905025 | 1610834789803905025 |
| What motivates the blow-it-up brigade? | 2023-01-05 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1610805285890973696 | 1610805285890973696 |
| "TURN A GREAT TRIUMPH INTO A GIANT & EMBARRASSING | 2023-01-04 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1610777548144934913 | 1610777548144934913 |
| Mission Accomplished! The lunatic fringe promised to | 2023-01-04 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1610534728641413121 | 1610534728641413121 |
| A record-setting year! | 2023-01-03 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1610284044004233216 | 1610284044004233216 |
| Another 2022 Year in Review. | 2023-01-03 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1610282410096353280 | 1610282410096353280 |
| Is there a Speaker in the House? | 2023-01-03 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1610264174340501509 | 1610264174340501509 |
| One approach to replacing local print newspaper journalism. | 2023-01-03 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1610261434302369792 | 1610261434302369792 |
| Why we need to support local print journalism - and pay | 2023-01-03 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1610259995630899201 | 1610259995630899201 |
| Donald Trump and Norma Desmond - life as a performance! | 2023-01-03 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1610258563792011264 | 1610258563792011264 |
| It could have been worse! | 2023-01-03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1610257236563230722 | 1610257236563230722 |
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========== Hey boomers! The sixties aren't over after all! https://apnews.com/article/wall-street-journal-reported-russia-arrested-cd511a94a3fe0ce604df6648ef5adec5 It's the same old USSR! Any foreigner risks landing in jail for use in a future prisoner swap. Putin often says that the fall of the USSR was the greatest geopolitical disaster ever. #PS1putin ===== impress 7 time 2023-03-30 14:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1641445019860205569 ========== McCarthy already knows that any GOP who votes for any meaningful gun control will get primaried in the next election. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/politics/kevin-mccarthy-reaction-nashville/index.html A few kids getting shot up every month is a small price to pay to save his majority! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1903748676636309 #PS1firearms ===== engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2023-03-29 18:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1641151347616804865 ========== Why are we stuck with Trump? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/26/why-republican-politicians-do-not-criticize-trump/ Because he does what the megadonors want without being told - and he does what Putin wants without being told - and he's willing to destroy the Republican Party to save it. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1902209030123607 #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-03-26 23:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640127616433930240 ========== The browning of American Christianity - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/opinion/christianity-global-demographics.html It's not just darker skin tones. It's a different mix of social and political attitudes. How will the anti-immigrant Christian nationalist white supremacists react? #PS1theory ===== impress 11 time 2023-03-26 16:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640034665347289088 ========== How can DeSantis get past Trump without alienating the Trump base? https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/03/25/trump-desantis-2024-rally/ Can the Trump base be converted into the Trumpist base? #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-03-26 16:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640028754557964289 ========== Attack! Attack! Attack! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/25/trump-2024-gop/ Attack the Democrats to force the rest of the GOP to fall in line. Then threaten to run as a third party - again to force the rest of the GOP to fall in line. #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2023-03-26 16:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640026252051611648 ========== A life for the Tsar! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-mobilization-recruits-military-draft-9339329bba5a5dc6956fe588bab98961 #PS1putin ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-26 16:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640022548330209288 ========== House Putinists agree - jails are for Democrats! https://apnews.com/article/marjorie-taylor-greene-jan-6-capitol-attack-20f06d75072a563d56a86b0ecf2d89b8 Violence for Trump should be a get-out-of-jail-free card! #PS1trumpism ===== impress 4 time 2023-03-26 15:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640008867970162694 ========== How Putin destroyed the opposition. His example inspires the Putinists in Congress. https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/17/karamurza-putin-propaganda-russia-accountability/ #PS1putin ===== engage 2 engage-rate 29% expands 1 impress 7 time 2023-03-26 14:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639996852883066881 ========== Making up facts and making up threats - sometimes it's hard to tell one personality cult from another. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/26/europe/putin-belarus-tactical-nuclear-weapons-analysis-hnk-intl/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/politics/trump-fact-check-waco-rally/index.html #PS1trumpism ===== engage 3 engage-rate 19% impress 16 replies 1 time 2023-03-26 06:16 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639873842754748416 ========== Where have the Republicans been? On the phone with their gun lobby megadonors, assuring them they'll continue to support their 2nd amendment right to sell anything to anybody. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/27/skelton-where-have-republicans-been-during-californias-mass-shootings/ #PS1firearms ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-25 04:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639486596432142336 ========== DeSantis is just another defender of minority rule. He doesn't want to talk about his real agenda any more than the other GOP do. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/opinion/desantis-florida-culture-w.html He fully understands that to get the voters to support minority rule you have to divert and confuse them. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2023-03-25 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639482637399261186 ========== The Five Families of the House GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/house-republican-five-families/ With a four-vote majority, each has veto power. We'll see who's true to whatever principles they profess when we reach the debt limit in two or three months. All they have in common is they're not Democrats. #PS1gop ===== impress 13 time 2023-03-25 02:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639456669796274177 ========== DeSantis is no Trump! He's a Bush! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/ron-desantis-bush-cheney-trump.html GOP megadonors probably already knew that. DeSantis is a reliable defender of minority rule - just as Bush and Trump were. #PS1gop ===== impress 8 time 2023-03-24 19:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639356358859583488 ========== Executive and attorney-client privileges do not unconditionally immunize anybody from criminal testimony or prosecution. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/politics/trump-aides-executive-privilege-meadows/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1900958473581996 #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-24 18:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639341120475004928 ========== Why Trump and Waco belong together. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/opinions/waco-siege-30th-anniversary-trump-rally-hemmer/index.html And it seems that most of the GOP express no problem with that. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 12 time 2023-03-24 18:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639336591905914880 ========== All of the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Or just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/misinformation-fact-check-roundup-trump-clinton-grindr-florida-australia-covid-vaccines-ab507aec0524529408e271b2c31f674a #PS1media ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-24 16:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639300486737305600 ========== Trump has learned his lesson - that there is no position too degrading for GOP leaders to assume in his defense . https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/24/trump-indictment-truth-social-post-gop-reaction/ Trump's making money and weeding out half-hearted GOP supporters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/24/trump-hush-money-death-destruction/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1900873706923806 #PS1trump ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-24 16:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639298719316336640 ========== Pessimism on the front, optimism far behind. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/13/ukraine-casualties-pessimism-ammunition-shortage/ It's very hard for any one person to grasp the whole picture of a war. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 4 time 2023-03-24 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639120222966910977 ========== Truth is what you BELIEVE, not what actually is! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/14/election-deniers-evidence-belief/ But even some GOP voters are returning to the view of America's founders that reason and empirical inquiry are superior to decisions based on faith - or ignorant prejudice of the emperor. #PS1theory ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-24 04:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639118186254856192 ========== How Putinism works at Fox - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/14/ukraine-tucker-carlson-desantis-christie-haley/ As they have admitted in court, Fox has no problem broadcasting material they KNOW is false. #PS1media ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-24 04:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639116848032792576 ========== If reality make you look bad - https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/14/tucker-carlson-jacob-chansley-proud-boys/ imagine a different reality! Tucker Carlson will help! #PS1media ===== impress 3 time 2023-03-24 04:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639115576907042817 ========== It worked once so why not twice? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/14/santos-reelection-paperwork/ At least he can raise money for his legal defense. "Fake it til you make it" to its logical conclusion. #PS1other ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-24 03:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639114446915395584 ========== Fake it til you make it - a prescription for a distrustful, dysfunctional society. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/27/fake-it-phrase-american-con-man/ Is the truth you FEEL more important than objective reality? Only to YOU! #PS1theory ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-24 03:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639113723301474305 ========== The myth of the self-made man. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/14/american-bootstraps-myth-politics/ Anybody can succeed - just ask your dad for a million dollars, like Trump did! If you dad doesn't have a million dollars, tell him to work harder, like Trump would have. Nobody succeeds alone - or fails alone. #PS1theory ===== impress 3 time 2023-03-24 03:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639111881368698881 ========== The sad reality of life in Congress. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/03/04/congresswoman-lauren-underwood-profile/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 5 time 2023-03-24 03:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639104269109587968 ========== Why shouldn't the Ministry of Truth define democracy the way Fearless Leader does? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/23/putin-xi-authoritarianism-democracy/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-24 02:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639098928720392194 ========== Trouble having it both ways. https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-ukraine-republicans-2024-f44acc03f772f393b7f8d452ee26508a DeSantis wants to appeal to the Putinists in Trump's base, while retaining traditional strong-on-defense GOP. He can't have it both ways, so expect lots of smoke and mirrors. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2023-03-24 02:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639087197965148160 ========== Why Trump's fans are non-committal about responding to his latest call to arms. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-pelosi-laptop-riley-june-williams-19b5423e4fc70b2a698b140f13ead1be And any that did respond, are probably wondering what they're waiting for. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 3 time 2023-03-24 02:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639086298144337920 ========== You don't understand a new technology - https://apnews.com/article/ai-misinformation-trump-putin-new-york-42ac9c41c5504d05412b492e48bcaded until you understand how the criminally-minded understand it. #PS1technology ===== impress 6 time 2023-03-24 02:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639085284246814720 ========== Gavin Newsom re-invents insane asylums. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-19/newsom-mental-health-housing-bond-measure-services-counties-substance-use-treatment Call them state hospitals or state development centers, they re-institutionalize that segment of the homeless population that can't or won't conform to society. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1900206660323844 #PS1capolitics ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-23 13:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638903214719508480 ========== Who pays for credit card "rewards"? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/opinion/credit-card-rewards-points-poor-interchange-fees.html Did you guess that once again it's the poor subsidizing the rich? #PS1economics ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-23 04:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638758740701896706 ========== The tension is killing them - https://apnews.com/article/trump-stormy-daniels-hush-money-grand-jury-7f3b3a8da083a8fcd98986c5c6a3bab1 So the GOP falls back on its old reliable standby, anti-semitism. https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-soros-conspiracy-9dc8a81d35421388d82be25600db53f8 It always works for the Trump base! Putin would approve! No word from Jared Kushner. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 likes 1 time 2023-03-22 17:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638586719833567236 ========== The lasting legacy of Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell. Decades of grooming reactionary candidates for the Federal judiciary are paying off big time in defense of minority rule. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/ruling-with-a-gavel-and-a-grudge #PS1justice ===== impress 10 time 2023-03-22 16:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638582671994671104 ========== Has Trumpism infected the CCP or has Xi-Thought infected the GOP? https://apnews.com/article/china-premier-li-keqiang-congress-economy-a34da9c38039be728a3bdfc9a0574eb0 Loyalty above competence! Though Putin's Russia's military fiascos argue otherwise. #PS1china ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 time 2023-03-22 05:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638406691820797955 ========== Libel laws are tricky. https://apnews.com/article/fox-news-libel-defamation-voting-machines-7ed8dd7f45d15a85af64a6141fafd7d8 They can be used by the ruling class to suppress dissent, and often are in many countries. #PS1journalism ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-22 04:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638404795487887360 ========== Can Congress PREVENT bad things from happening? Almost never - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/18/congress-banking-regulation/ Something bad has to actually happen to get their minds off politicking and back to problem solving. #PS1democracy ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-22 04:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638397988795215872 ========== The problem with single-issue voters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/19/abortion-foes-seek-vows-2024-gop-hopefuls/ GOP candidates want to retain the pro-life votes without alienating everybody else. The pro-lifers vow to purge all such candidates - and insure GOP losses in close elections. #PS1gop ===== impress 3 time 2023-03-22 04:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638396032894783488 ========== No point paying for a report if you're not going to believe it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/03/17/trump-fraud-report-2020/ #PS1trump ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-22 04:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638391128226676736 ========== How jousting over "tough votes" means that almost nothing ever gets done. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/21/why-congress-gets-nothing-done/ Maybe Federal legislators should be relieved of re-election anxiety by being limited to one term in each House. #PS1democracy ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-22 03:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638384435157696512 ========== Will Putin trade Russia's independence for a victory over Ukraine? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/21/xi-putin-summit-alliance-danger/ #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 replies 1 time 2023-03-22 03:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638382718403903490 ========== Another George Santos kind of Republican. https://apnews.com/article/lazzaro-republican-donor-sex-trafficking-minnesota-db1e3ac444fe3c289adddb4b924b9092 Of course, he describes his prosecution as political persecution. Just as any criminal would. Aren't rich donors immune from petty laws? #PS1other ===== impress 5 time 2023-03-22 03:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638378246525038594 ========== Reagan deregulation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_and_loan_crisis Bush deregulation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_financial_crisis Trump deregulation - https://apnews.com/article/banking-crisis-congress-lobbying-svb-c2bc00ad41ae7fd1ec9d0ffb781383f2 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1899315253746318 #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2023-03-22 03:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638375661252542465 ========== If you leave a phone or computer for repair, does the repairman have the right to copy and disseminate anything he wants? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/13/hunter-biden-laptop-claims-russian-disinfo/ Does anybody have an interest in objective facts? https://news.yahoo.com/hunter-biden-sues-repair-shop-132740148.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1899260947085082 #PS1election ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-22 00:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638336697099489280 ========== von Papen awards for the whole House GOP? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Papen or Quisling awards, presented by Putin? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidkun_Quisling “This is the conduct, the quisling approach to strong men, that gets countries into very serious trouble.” https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/politics/donald-trump-indictment-gop-2024/index.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 6 time 2023-03-21 23:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638315048895655936 ========== It's the late 1930's all over again - the fascists are on the march, and the GOP thinks they're saving money by cheering the fascists on. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/21/republican-foreign-policy-russia-good-china-bad/ Putin's regime, like Stalin's, seems inept compared to Hitler's - relying on human wave attacks. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 likes 1 time 2023-03-21 18:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638253918965862401 ========== Wannabe Putin successors - one is out loud - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/world/europe/prigozhin-wagner-russia-bakhmut.html How many others are lurking waiting for their chance? Much like the Trump succession intrigue here. #PS1putin ===== engage 3 engage-rate 12% expands 3 impress 25 time 2023-03-21 15:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638196457810558976 ========== Not so enthusiastic this time around! https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-new-york-jan-6-protest-f19306253133d9dacd65667bd5b4650c All those FBI arrests, trials, convictions, and sentences have had their effect on persons contemplating criminal protests. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1898148507196326 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-20 04:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1637675794154819586 ========== DeSantis' complicated game - how to sideline Trump without losing support of Trump's base. And now the hard-core Trumpists want him to put up or shut up - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/us/politics/desantis-trump-indictment.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1898028457208331 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 7 time 2023-03-19 23:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1637593685717291010 ========== Racism and violence - two Dixiecrat traditions embraced by Trump. https://apnews.com/article/trump-bragg-hush-money-investigation-stormy-daniels-4d15a073b0500d4cd47e7371f45d27d7 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 4 time 2023-03-19 22:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1637587002391687169 ========== Great criminal minds think alike! https://apnews.com/article/trump-arrested-indicted-hush-money-manhattan-prosecutor-a48428984cf99d23f46b4157b34160ae https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-attacks-drones-c2d00e60a040b66656a59720712c2ea9 Everybody does the same things. So it is UNFAIR!!! to pick on any one leader over others. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/18/politics/donald-trump-manhattan-da-arrest-protests/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1897565660587944 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 3 time 2023-03-19 07:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1637352000928231424 ========== Putin's allies work hard to convince Americans that strong leaders like Putin and Trump are much more effective than democracy for defending minority rule. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html https://apnews.com/article/ohio-train-derailment-russia-disinformation-twitter-musk-49af27699727d6f4157a5d6d5f35819b https://apnews.com/article/voting-machines-election-conspiracies-republicans-trump-f867ef5ed8d66f375066f8cbdb25cdf4 #PS1media ===== impress 21 time 2023-03-19 06:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1637338925852401665 ========== The whole propaganda week in review - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Or just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/misinformation-fact-check-climate-radiation-fluoride-7afb2e16a68cae2bfcbda0e51df3bd53 #PS1media ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-17 19:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1636810259338772480 ========== You just don't understand a technology https://apnews.com/article/amazon-musk-starlink-gold-mining-yanomami-7ab40c14375a9f1bb691a809dcc843b4 until you understand how criminals understand that technology. #PS1technology ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-17 04:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1636586168723869697 ========== All about state taxes on vice and ignorance. https://getpocket.com/collections/lottery-article-collection Usually GOP favor privatizing public programs. Here they took the opposite direction. Their megadonors return the favor - and to Democrats as well. #PS1other ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-15 18:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1636068250458132480 ========== Another win for the disinformationists - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/states-cave-conspiracy-theories-and-leave-voter-data-cooperative-eric Let's get voting out of the realm of facts and back in the realm of fantasy! - like the rest of the reactionary program to defend minority rule. #PS1democracy ===== impress 4 time 2023-03-15 04:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1635859597172043777 ========== Thought about your right to assembly lately? On the Federal level it's in the First Amendment - "Congress shall make no law... abridging... the right of the people to peacefully assemble" And it turns out most states have similar rights https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/state-court-report-massachusetts #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 time 2023-03-15 04:19 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1635858130528768002 ========== All that news that doesn't fit - reality. https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Or just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/factcheck-weekly-roundup-misinformation-3c99392cf9be04e2338b1279d7c03f8d #PS1media ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-11 00:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1634344730518757378 ========== The unfinished work begun on Pettus Bridge. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/bloody-sunday-was-58-years-ago-we #PS1democracy ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-09 15:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1633849485133762560 ========== Is regional federalism inevitable? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html Are we entering another period in which regional/tribal/ideological loyalties count for more than national loyalty? That seems to be the trend. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/voting-rights-are-expanding-in-blue #PS1democracy ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-06 18:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1632811063526973440 ========== Catch up on all the fake news you missed - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check Or just review the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/politics-ap-fact-check-united-states-health-taxes-5177158ebaa1306a6469a95313b94500 #PS1media ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-04 05:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631895477942910976 ========== There's nothing special about California's population crisis. https://www.latinopublicpolicy.org/2023/02/no-california-doesnt-have-a-population-crisis/ It's the same all over the world - How you gonna keep them down on the farm, After they've seen LA? Farm towns without immigrants tend to become ghost towns. #PS1immigration ===== impress 4 time 2023-03-02 15:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631313953463869440 ========== Maybe calling it "Trumpism" was all wrong. https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/desantis-apocalyptic-attack-on-higher-education Should we be calling it "Orbanism"? or "DeSantism"? #PS1trumpism ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-02 15:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631312782133202944 ========== Section 702 or not? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/us/politics/biden-warrantless-surveillance-section-702.html Some of Putin's GOP fans in Congress don't like the idea of being warrantlessly surveilled. #PS1 ===== impress 8 time 2023-03-02 15:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631311936947392519 ========== The enemy is not the Russian Federation or the Russian people, but Vladimir Putin and his gang of revanchist neo-Nazis. https://apnews.com/article/putin-nato-politics-russia-government-united-states-0bffecbd258654bed617653ee078ff35 #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 time 2023-03-02 04:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631145296964235264 ========== Remember the Kursk? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_Kursk_(K-141) "Move fast and break things" https://apnews.com/article/politics-military-technology-us-navy-san-diego-business-7798de1cdb622f7771dd6bfd23c02124 Would YOU serve on a submarine built that way! Complicated interdependent systems have complicated interdependent bugs and it takes time to get to root causes. #PS1technology ===== impress 12 time 2023-03-02 04:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631145083100868608 ========== Up to the brink and over the edge - https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/24/russia-ukraine-war-oral-history-00083757 Putin destroyed the credibility of the Russian army, united Europe like never before, drove Sweden and Finland into NATO, and killed tens of thousands of people. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1886538015024042 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 26 time 2023-03-02 02:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631115602097242112 ========== Need more worries? "War is as characteristic of humanity as religion" https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2790095 No really big wars in 78 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700_Cascadia_earthquake No really big earthquakes in 323 years. https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/turkey-earthquake-better-building-standards-would-have-saved-lives-10152231.html "earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do" #PS1other ===== impress 9 time 2023-03-01 06:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630810667329671168 ========== It's always good to read the report to the end. https://www.union-bulletin.com/opinion/opinion_columns/commentary-covid-deniers-think-a-new-study-says-mask-mandates-dont-work-they-should-try/article_1308ca80-b60d-11ed-80e7-0794f805ded7.html #PS1virus ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-01 05:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630805087785451521 ========== There's a new King of the Magic Kingdom in town. He's practicing for when he's Emperor. https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-politics-florida-state-government-36ec16b56ac6e72b9efcce26defdd0d8 But what does he do if he's nominated and Trump runs a third party? #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2023-03-01 04:54 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630793660064497664 ========== Murdoch admits Fox hosts propagated lies unimpeded. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/business/media/fox-news-dominion-rupert-murdoch.html Why not? They offer propaganda and entertainment, not journalism. Whatever gets the highest ratings and the most profit! #PS1media ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-01 04:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630792377731534848 ========== The newspaper of Silicon Valley dumps the comic strip of Silicon Valley. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/02/27/scott-adams-faces-consequence-culture-as-u-s-newspapers-drop-dilbert/ Let's not forget the times Scott Adams got it right - and not forget the times he got it wrong. #PS1other ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 34 time 2023-03-01 04:41 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630790312078737409 ========== "Ukraine’s victory would not only be good for Ukraine and the world. It also would be Russia’s salvation" https://theeagle.com/opinion/columnists/how-long-will-russians-tolerate-the-war/article_3b0f99b6-1990-5977-b0dc-6f777ca9d1ca.html #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 time 2023-03-01 04:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630786205729316864 ========== Wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate? DeSantis and other GOP do. https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/02/25/david-brooks-lets-all-do-desantis/ How can you keep the megadonors, the Trumpist wing, the conservative wing, independents, and persuadables, all behind your campaign? Especially if Trump runs as a third party! #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 likes 1 time 2023-03-01 04:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630782996637966341 ========== We've seen tech from both sides now, From here and there, and still somehow It's tech's illusions we recall, We really don't know tech... at all https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/zocalos-connecting-california/joe-mathews-california-silicon-valley-tech-democracy #PS1technology ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-01 03:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630779827665137666 ========== Too many GOP are only interested in bashing China when they can use it to bash Biden. All those GOP friends of Putin should fee the same way about Xi. https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/bipartisan-plans-to-move-aggressively-on-china-face-political-hurdles-in-congress #PS1china ===== engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2023-03-01 03:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630778098370379776 ========== Putin has changed the world, especially Europe. Just like Hitler did. https://jacklimpert.com/2023/02/the-war-in-ukraine-has-changed-europe-forever/ All those lessons are being remembered. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-01 03:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630776584931262464 ========== Setting up the Ministry of Truth to insure political correctness according to DeSantis. A model for what he'll do as president! https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/24/politics/ron-desantis-florida-universities-gender-studies/index.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-01 03:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630774930488033281 ========== Why GOP megadonors make sure there will never be comprehensive immigration reform. Where else could they get such cheap exploitable labor? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html #PS1immigration ===== engage 3 engage-rate 9% impress 35 likes 2 time 2023-03-01 03:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630774058957815809 ========== One person can change history - Zelenskyy and Ukraine might have sobered up the PRC leadership. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-taiwan-politics-united-states-government-eaf869eb617c6c356b2708607ed15759 #PS1china ===== impress 3 time 2023-03-01 03:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630770934272655361 ========== McCarthy repays his debt to Carlson. https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-riot-mccarthy-tucker-carlson-50a41c27108279a4486823a5db284dc1 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 5 time 2023-03-01 02:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630756822985613312 ========== Maybe it was a lab leak! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/us/politics/china-lab-leak-coronavirus-pandemic.html Probably the most convincing evidence is the PRC's refusal to allow any independent investigation. That suggests they have something to hide - even if it's just the Chinese Communist Party's incompetence. #PS1virus ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 57 time 2023-03-01 01:21 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630740069022863361 ========== Texas is a great place for billionaires to pontificate, but if you actually want to get innovative engineering work done, better go back to the fountainhead. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/tesla-will-base-engineering-hq-in-palo-alto-at-former-h-p-site/ #PS1technology ===== engage 2 engage-rate 40% expands 1 impress 5 time 2023-02-28 04:42 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630428201171451904 ========== Is a content provider responsible for the content it recommends? The Supreme Court knows all about what embryos and America's founders think, but admits to ignorance about the internet. https://www.connectsafely.org/section-230-supreme-court-grapples-with-definition-of-publisher/ #PS1journalism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 7% expands 1 impress 15 time 2023-02-28 04:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630426960898961408 ========== Every business wants an annuity! https://apnews.com/article/business-7012f0ee968e761b257818658c515648 A fixed monthly income stream that supports high stock price - whether or not customers actually come in! It's easy to sign up and forget automatic payments, if there are no paper statements every month. #PS1economics ===== impress 7 time 2023-02-28 04:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630426078207688704 ========== Mad about immigration? Mad about inflation? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/business/economy/immigration-labor.html Increasing the labor supply reduces inflation. So GOP politicians TALK about securing the border but their megadonors make sure they DO nothing about it. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1885372458473931 #PS1immigration ===== impress 3 time 2023-02-28 04:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630421491732054018 ========== Still profitable because they declined to drive out cost with just-in-time. https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/explained-how-one-ukrainian-company-braved-and-prospered-through-a-year-of-russian-war-12203732.html Let it be a lesson. A war with Russia or a 8.0 earthquake or another pandemic - trust YOUR supply chains? #PS1economics ===== impress 8 time 2023-02-28 03:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630416187338420226 ========== “We just have to figure out how to monetize it” https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/02/23/is-a-bubble-brewing-for-sports-businesses/ We thought the 60's would go on forever, and then the internet boom would go on forever, then the Obama economic bull market would go on forever. Live and learn until you get too old. #PS1economics ===== impress 5 time 2023-02-28 03:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630414896902070273 ========== Talented people still want to come to Silicon Valley to escape stifling homelands. Here's how those regimes kill the goose that laid the golden eggs - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/business/china-chatgpt-microsoft-openai.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/business/tech-startups-israel.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1885356378475539 #PS1technology ===== impress 3 time 2023-02-28 03:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630409699018567683 ========== There's more than one way to make money from a sea of military weapons in private hands! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/business/active-shooter-industry-us.html They are intentionally ignoring the root causes. #PS1firearms ===== impress 3 time 2023-02-28 03:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630405639896961024 ========== That was the week that wasn't. You can get a lot https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check or just the lowlights. https://apnews.com/article/politics-ap-fact-check-united-nations-world-economic-forum-639136b0e5bf0ecb9708469ef1d27fb4 #PS1media ===== impress 2 time 2023-02-25 00:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1629273369765085184 ========== DeSantis COULD redeploy his election cops to actually DO something about illegal immigration - https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1774625046215340 But instead he's using them to suppress voters he doesn't like. Trumpism at its finest! https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/desantiss-voting-stunt-goes-bad #PS1democracy ===== impress 4 time 2023-02-24 00:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1628920963252523009 ========== Stare decisis - when is it appropriate? https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/state-court-report-stare-decisis #PS1justice ===== impress 3 time 2023-02-24 00:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1628918889387286528 ========== McCarthy knows who his enablers are, and where he'd be without them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/21/tucker-carlson-kevin-mccarthy-jan-6-insurrection/ #PS1insurrection ===== engage-rate NaN time 2023-02-22 01:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1628212794440183809 ========== Ending pay-to-play in New York. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/public-campaign-financing-will-make-difference-new-york-if-its-properly It's an idea that might be worth adopting elsewhere. #PS1democracy ===== impress 1 time 2023-02-18 05:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1626811446192640001 ========== Just by standing still, Romney's stature has certainly increased relative to his GOP competition. The Trumpists who might take him on have zero support outside the Trump base. https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-utah-state-2022-midterm-elections-george-santos-f6d3907d4de67bfdebae20698ae6b304 #PS1gop ===== impress 5 time 2023-02-18 01:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1626757465051381760 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check But if you just want the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/climate-and-environment-ap-fact-check-ohio-2da2b8773ecfd644a2767168abc59946 #PS1media ===== impress 2 time 2023-02-17 17:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1626638180098379777 ========== There's big money behind keeping the Constitution exactly the way it is, interpreted exactly the way five reactionary Cathlic justices have been groomed to interpret it. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/perfecting-constitution Is there a way forward within the constraints of minority rule? #PS1democracy ===== engage 2 engage-rate 40% expands 2 impress 5 time 2023-02-15 20:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1625950078010810370 ========== Nothing like UFO rumors to fire up the imaginations of the gullible - https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check https://apnews.com/article/technology-politics-united-states-government-district-of-columbia-china-8a04a3fc52516fefcbeae5492ffb25c4 #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2023-02-14 05:29 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1625366610755346432 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/hub/ap-fact-check but these are the highlights. https://apnews.com/article/landslides-and-mudslides-ap-fact-check-turkey-earthquakes-420d5d6b11c00639823551894362387e #PS1media ===== impress 4 time 2023-02-10 17:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1624101294448455680 ========== These guys kept quiet https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-delaware-prisons-6057e74630701e1f77cf84aacbb3caaf But these guys are gifts that keep on giving! https://apnews.com/article/technology-new-york-city-legal-proceedings-sam-bankman-fried-business-e9c0be8d744dbccf289be82d6c29d79b https://apnews.com/article/crime-george-santos-pennsylvania-theft-business-e6d41c89261061f4775c7073c6ec14e8 "Some people simply can't help themselves" #PS1justice ===== impress 4 time 2023-02-10 04:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1623905054276345857 ========== There's only a few thousand votes that will decide who runs the House in 2025. Just as in 2023. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-voting-districts-could-change-2024 #PS1democracy ===== impress 3 time 2023-02-10 01:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1623849271320809472 ========== The Supreme Court has never been far from the politics of the day, particularly in defending minority rule. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/president-biden-should-end-state But Biden didn't highlight those issues this time. He emphasized bipartisanship, while Sanders' response was extreme partisanship. #PS1justice ===== impress 24 time 2023-02-09 15:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1623708162066096128 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/politics-sports-us-republican-party-ap-fact-check-jamie-raskin-75b21335c24b166421f15ab3fcb7fefb #PS1media ===== impress 7 time 2023-02-03 22:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1621637353839394816 ========== Trump knows better than to answer under oath! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/politics/trump-deposition-video-letitia-james/index.html The presumption is that he couldn't tell the truth without incriminating himself. As always. #PS1trump ===== impress 10 time 2023-02-01 03:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1620621032561479682 ========== DeSantis doubles down for political correctness! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/politics/desantis-diversity-inclusion-florida-universities/index.html He doesn't need a Ministry of Truth - he IS the Ministry of Truth! #PS1trumpism ===== impress 7 time 2023-02-01 03:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1620620452417929220 ========== What hell is like - and nobody knows what to do. https://apnews.com/article/haiti-gangs-democracy-at-risk-7ddcea955fdd364e2b574e28daa71d03 #PS1foreign ===== impress 1 time 2023-02-01 03:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1620618765263323138 ========== Does anybody think that Santos's issues will EVER be resolved? https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/politics/george-santos-committee-assignments/index.html If he were a Democrat under a GOP majority, he'd be expelled by now. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2023-02-01 02:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1620615455374442496 ========== More fake news. https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-georgia-sudden-cardiac-arrest-form-vaccines-850956825557 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-COVID-pandemic-vaccine-UK-Britain-324766934158 #PS1media ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-31 01:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1620231247829286912 ========== Congress started playing Russian Roulette in 1917, though they didn't know it. https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/jan/29/leubsdorf-debt-ceiling-showdown-again/ Any time GOP talks about reducing the deficit, ask which part of their 2017 billionaire tax relief should be repealed. That's the biggest waste in the budget. #PS1economics ===== impress 12 time 2023-01-30 06:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619942328231395328 ========== "Prigozhin denied any link to the Wagner Group before he acknowledged owning the company in September. This month, he declared he also founded, led and financed it." https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-wagner-group-yevgeny-prigozhin-803da2e3ceda5dace7622cac611087fc No wonder Putin likes him! #PS1putin ===== impress 19 time 2023-01-28 17:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619390036042186753 ========== if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand https://apnews.com/article/politics-us-republican-party-donald-trump-united-states-government-2022-midterm-elections-77c6e337644955bc3e64e1f7e3a094e5 Like the Whigs, the modern Dixiecrat Trumpist GOP is divided wider than the division between conservative and liberal - it's the division between rule of law and personality cult. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2023-01-28 16:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619371017218183169 ========== Is there any way out? The GOP megadonors LOVE a paralyzed Federal government - state legislators are so much cheaper to influence. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/raise-the-debt-ceiling-then-fix-our #PS1democracy ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-28 15:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619362845640261632 ========== More of the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-us-north-america-sovereignty-361079672513 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-biden-gun-speech-vulgar-chant-878949878835 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-congo-rocks-electricity-633884997540 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-mexico-russia-visas-ukraine-war-841873686019 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-diamond-silk-blood-clot-623723336113 #PS1media ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-28 14:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619348085494415360 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/health-ap-fact-check-texas-7bfba50209c5b423f7a2c9f4ea2a5904 #PS1media ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-28 14:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619346048551653376 ========== Deadlock! Democrats see no point in negotiating a deal with McCarthy, who probably can't get 218 votes in his own caucus FOR anything with specific numbers. All he can be sure of is 218 of his votes AGAINST anything the Democrats propose. https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-national-debt-us-republican-party-d6bfc59aa623c8c972c44e1aced85d9c #PS1gop ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-25 07:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618146495638929409 ========== How to make a tax-deductible donation to terrorism. https://apnews.com/article/israel-government-only-on-ap-yitzhak-rabin-crime-c4841ab75e6c5679081b4ca48ac446a6 #PS1mideast ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-25 07:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618142683352158208 ========== Bad days in court for bad boy violent insurrectionists. https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-district-of-columbia-proud-boys-donald-trump-a7e5b9f263868239c06c3826b49bf0c0 https://apnews.com/article/oath-keepers-seditious-conspiracy-conviction-2b9fb724c9839524d00ee389959e0e62 They'll have plenty of time for penitence. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-25 06:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618141011129270272 ========== It's a tradition! Traditional GOP say one thing in public to voters, and the opposite in private to megadonors. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Turns out DeSantis is very traditional GOP after all! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/opinion/desantis-florida-culture-w.html Even Trump might take him on over Social Security. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 time 2023-01-25 06:28 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618133593821417476 ========== No more need for capital punishment in Russia - just recruit them to serve as cannon fodder for Wagner. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/world/europe/wagner-group-cemetery-russia-ukraine.html #PS1putin ===== impress 15 time 2023-01-25 06:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618130661625442305 ========== States have constitutions and supreme courts too! https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/state-court-report-originalism-and #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-01-25 01:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618064570895208449 ========== Who knew the RNC could be so entertaining? https://apnews.com/article/politics-republican-national-convention-arizona-2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-e20246a295992ec41ddd0cfb7a505a47 It's the death match between the fringe, who reflect the base, and the less ideological opportunists, who reflect the rest of the usual and occasional GOP voters. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1858022961208881 #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 likes 1 time 2023-01-23 08:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1617436631484727296 ========== From the halls of Montezuma - To the halls of Capitol Hill https://apnews.com/article/politics-crime-donald-trump-riots-capitol-siege-8fc62a5cb27f91b0f9c9447052ffa25d #PS1insurrection ===== impress 7 time 2023-01-21 07:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616692665218924544 ========== DeSantis pushing hard for political correctness. He'll tell you if you are correct. https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-ron-desantis-ban-ap-african-american-studies-florida-1775430 He's given more political speeches than any historian. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-21 06:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616688080148389889 ========== Lots of layoffs, but so far, more jobs. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/20/bay-area-job-economy-gain-tech-layoff-google-amazon-twitter-december/ #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-21 06:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616686950513274880 ========== "demoted twice by the U.S. Navy and served nearly seven years in prison for burglary" But plenty good enough for the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/us/solomon-pena-new-mexico-shootings.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1856531298024714 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 8 time 2023-01-21 05:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616666547350831104 ========== Your choice - you can get your entertainment from fiction writers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fake_news_websites or get your facts from journalists - https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-234264975049 What's the best use of YOUR time? #PS1media ===== impress 8 time 2023-01-20 21:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616541327638016001 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-bills-health-nepal-ap-fact-check-b39d0f06c6510abff6b77ff091c27056 #PS1media ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-20 20:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616540532477693952 ========== Another fabricated story. https://apnews.com/article/health-immunizations-medical-devices-covid-a2b0f1266596449d670e92db759a2526 #PS1media ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-20 20:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616530953442316288 ========== Protocols of the Elders of Zion has been around for a century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion Another candidate to supplant it? https://apnews.com/article/technology-pennsylvania-world-economic-forum-business-0193732c04074e595852c160d7ca1c86 The same sorts of people fall for it. #PS1media ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-20 20:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616530278369103872 ========== Fascist cults of personality inevitably lead to war. And then disaster. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/19/robert-kagan-america-trap-world-war-hitler-japan/ #PS1theory ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-20 04:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616297056997605377 ========== Two peas in a pod. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/19/tucker-carlson-texts-alex-jones-takeaways/ #PS1media ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-20 04:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1616292529154166784 ========== Slashing away at what's left of the free press. https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2022/gannett-initiates-another-round-of-layoffs-cutting-its-news-division-by-6/ #PS1journalism ===== engage 3 engage-rate 33% impress 9 time 2023-01-19 07:26 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615973890383306752 ========== Politics of digital wallets. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/business/irs-venmo-digital-wallets.html American Rescue Plan in 2021 apparently put digital wallets at parity with conventional payments reported on 1099-B - payers are required to report payments to payees if the total is $600 or more. Sounds fair. #PS1tax ===== impress 27 time 2023-01-19 07:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615972514500595715 ========== Continual war in Ukraine? https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/jan/17/mcmanus-war-may-become-long-frozen-conflict/ Better than continual war in Alaska! #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 time 2023-01-19 05:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615948003671699456 ========== It's getting easier to make robots that sound like they are people. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/science/character-ai-chatbot-intelligence.html Complete with misinformation just like people! #PS1technology ===== impress 17 time 2023-01-19 05:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615944057141989377 ========== Getting to the heart of the threat! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-public-universities-ban-tiktok-but-students-can-still-carry-guns-on-campus/ar-AA16utem But the Chinese probably have the technical means to get any information they need about Texans by hacking Texas government and corporate systems. But it's hard to get good publicity by strengthening those. #PS1media ===== impress 40 time 2023-01-19 01:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615879648747085824 ========== Always look on the bright side of life! It could be worse. https://www.theverge.com/23551060/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-layoffs-workplace-salute-emoji No matter how bad your day was, you probably weren't working for Musk. And even if you were, you probably won't be for long. #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 25% expands 1 impress 4 time 2023-01-19 00:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615872154456981504 ========== None but the best for the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP! https://apnews.com/article/politics-new-mexico-state-government-crime-albuquerque-1410b516f5b66c18d62342a0d7a9b60f https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/politics/george-santos-committee-assignments/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/opinions/solomon-pena-new-mexico-gop-problem-filipovic/index.html #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2023-01-18 06:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615601521500225536 ========== Myths about politics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/16/intuitive-common-sense-beliefs-politics-wrong/ One thing that is true is that politicians will talk about myths to avoid talking about reality - especially who pays for them and what they get in return. #PS1theory ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-17 06:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615232967860977666 ========== Miami was going to be world capital - of something - https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/opinions/crypto-miami-sam-bankman-fried-cline-ctrp/index.html #PS1economics ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-17 06:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615231032940441600 ========== Integration or unraveling? https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/us/mlk-i-have-a-dream-speech-blake-cec/index.html #PS1other ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-17 06:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615229121621274625 ========== Daily life in Putin's SS. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/16/europe/norway-wagner-asylum-russia-war-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-17 05:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615224185311354882 ========== "In one day he ended every future opportunity that doesn’t include speaking engagements at the local Proud Boys chapter" https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/02/politics/january-6-text-messages/index.html Working for Trump was a bigger career hazard than they thought! #PS1insurrection ===== impress 7 time 2023-01-16 19:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615076119455363072 ========== When will fringe conspiracy theorist legislators get back to plain old greed and cynicism? https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/01/03/paul-krugman-were-going-miss/ When enough start losing elections? When the fringies force a government default on debt? Trumpism is a tent big enough for both fringe and greed! #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 replies 1 time 2023-01-16 19:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615074126259183616 ========== There was SOME good news in 2022 - https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/01/06/commentary-where-democracy-won-in-2022-2/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 1 time 2023-01-16 19:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615071145258258432 ========== Congress doesn't look much like America - https://apnews.com/article/survey-congress-religious-affiliation-b707939002cc7ed43e7f346cd33a66cc because most Americans don't know any megadonors? #PS1other ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-16 19:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615069865106366464 ========== Advanced economies are aging - and without immigration to provide labor, the standard of living will decline - and inflation increase. Gradually in Japan - https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/01/06/business/japan-business-owners-no-successors/ Abruptly in America - https://news.yahoo.com/retirees-one-reason-fed-given-130713985.html #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-16 19:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615065999212183554 ========== China's economy seems to be recovering. Can it survive Lunar New Year travels covid? If so, the global economy might get a bump - but that might mean higher gas prices. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/01/15/china-global-economy-covid/ #PS1china ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 time 2023-01-16 18:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615058056500416524 ========== The gift that keeps on giving - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/16/george-santos-andrew-intrater-columbus-nova/ Every day in every way we discover what an ever more perfect Trumpist he is. So no problem for McCarthy. #PS1gop ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-16 18:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615056549042622464 ========== Musk couldn't get an unfair trial in California but he had hopes for Texas. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/musk-says-he-cant-get-fair-trial-in-california-wants-texas/ar-AA165eEa That's the problem with being a celebrity. The only people that haven't formed an opinion about you are probably missing a lot more than that. #PS1justice ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-16 06:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614872098975125505 ========== How long until the attack of killer robots? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drone-advances-6591dc69a4bf2081dcdd265e1c986203 You don't know the uses of a new technology until you understand how it can be abused. The criminally inclined are already thinking about it. #PS1technology ===== impress 9 time 2023-01-16 06:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614867577788059649 ========== "many Republicans depend on the same billionaires who have supported right-wing economic ideology for decades. Their own agenda is still tax cuts for the rich and benefit cuts for the poor and middle class" https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/jan/15/opinion-why-republican-politicians-hate-medicare-tfp/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1853005438377300 #PS1gop ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-16 05:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614851692213985280 ========== Distract and divert! https://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2023/01/13 #PS1gop ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-16 04:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614848949831217153 ========== Ranked-choice voting worked. Not only that, it worked with multi-member districts, ensuring that all large voting blocs are represented. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/14/opinion-new-ranked-choice-voting-system-worked-should-be-california-model/ #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 time 2023-01-16 04:54 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614848658570383360 ========== Plenty of GOP knew all about Santos but chose to look the other way. If he won, he would be good enough for Trump and McCarthy. Neither have commented. After all, in politics doesn't everybody lie? https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-turned-heads-rep-george-santos-lied-voters-nyt-2023-1 #PS1gop ===== impress 9 time 2023-01-16 04:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614847753380843526 ========== Kashmir is one perpetual open wound obstructing regional peace. Closer to Europe, it's Kurdistan - a cultural irather than a political idea. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/14/turkey-pushes-back-vote-on-sweden-and-finlands-nato-accession Turkey and Kurds, India and Pakistan, have all been valuable allies to America - at times. #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 69 time 2023-01-16 04:39 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614844776825880576 ========== There are Nazis in Ukraine! https://www.rsn.org/001/as-russians-steal-ukraines-art-they-attack-its-identity-too.html What's the big deal? Russians have been suppressing Ukrainian national identity for centuries. Why stop now? Who taught whom, the German Nazis or the Russian Nazis? #PS1ukraine ===== impress 13 time 2023-01-16 04:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614842984327180288 ========== “It’s pluralist versus political zealot” https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230111000741 You know it's getting bad when a GOP senator says it! The GOP and Tories have abandoned anything that could be called conservative, in favor of reactionary ideas and cult of personality. #PS1gop ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-16 04:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614836053122383872 ========== What did they think "cut taxes and balance the budget" meant? https://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2023/01/10 #PS1gop ===== impress 1 time 2023-01-16 03:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614833999016517632 ========== Maybe he'll watch where his puts his feet next time. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/capitol-riot-trial-starts-for-man-with-feet-on-pelosi-desk/ar-AA16bNcP #PS1insurrection ===== impress 1 time 2023-01-16 03:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614833340791783426 ========== Old-school Reaganite appalled by GOP isolationists and appeasers. https://greensboro.com/opinion/letters/marc-a-thiessen-defending-ukraine-is-essential/article_fc1bb220-91ee-11ed-8ae0-03136aa5ae6c.html But what did he think was the end game of cheerleading for Trumpism? #PS1ukraine ===== impress 7 time 2023-01-16 03:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614823940387667968 ========== Boom and bust - is there a better way? https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/01/californias-volatile-tax-system-strikes-again/ Fixing the tax system is difficult - too many vested interests. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 1 time 2023-01-16 03:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614822279636193280 ========== Judging from politicians, lying is just what leaders do. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#leadership It's what they're paid to do. Exxon - and probably others - knew the truth but denied it anyway. https://apnews.com/article/science-exxon-mobil-corp-new-jersey-business-climate-and-environment-e9594dc9adb504a81ec82f4ac2b72ef9 #PS1climate ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-16 02:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614807211032862721 ========== Bannon wouldn't want to hire the kind of lawyer that would be willing to work for him! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/politics/bannon-schoen-we-build-the-wall/index.html #PS1justice ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-16 02:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614806027333152768 ========== Career prospects in crypto - https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/coinbase-eliminates-20percent-of-staff-in-latest-round-of-layoffs/ar-AA16ay9H #PS1economics ===== impress 1 time 2023-01-16 02:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614805269472763904 ========== “Using FSD beta, you’re kind of part of an experiment. The problem is the other road users adjacent to you haven’t signed up to be part of that experiment.” https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-accidents-business-df0f198b4e900e29f51f674e2e7a01b4 #PS1technology ===== impress 17 time 2023-01-16 01:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614804554926952449 ========== Full speed ahead for the GOP to protect its megadonors from the IRS! https://news.yahoo.com/irs-backlogs-continue-republicans-mount-192405142.html GOP voters will be happy to subsidize GOP megadonors - https://www.causes.com/articles/54632-bill-gop-s-fair-tax-act-abolish-irs-eliminate-income-tax The plan is to tax consumption instead of wealth and income. #PS1tax ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-16 01:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614803482015592448 ========== Tobacco companies are brilliantly inventive when it comes to keeping their dependents hooked. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/health/cigarettes-flavor-ban-california.html #PS1health ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-16 01:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614801623653711873 ========== Full speed ahead! Back to feudalism! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/business/top-1-wealth-oxfam-davos/index.html Job #1 for our GOP and their counterparts around the world is to protect and enhance the economic and political power of their reactionary megadonors. #PS1theory ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-16 01:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614800857429856256 ========== They claim they're protecting the women and going after the providers - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/11/alabama-abortion-pills-prosecution/ but as always, it's the women who pay for patriarchalism. #PS1health ===== impress 1 time 2023-01-16 01:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614795920188768256 ========== GOP leaders are cautiously waiting for SOMEBODY ELSE to take the lead against Trump. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/politics/trump-2024-gop-primary/index.html #PS1gop ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-15 06:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614514072783052801 ========== The calm before the storm - https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-mccarthy-first-week-4f9040a752fb1fd7cc5c949adf734ab3 The people who put McCarthy in power want to shut down the government and IRS and cut Social Security and Medicare. He doesn't have to votes to oppose anybody or anything. #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 time 2023-01-15 06:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614506067794481152 ========== Beneath Putin, a class of titans. Or would-be titans. Can he keep control of the instability? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-politics-government-moscow-f2e3f238c9d8ea294e0ed8b1905caba4 Self-serving opportunists attract self-serving opportunists! #PS1putin ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-15 06:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614504176024944643 ========== "members fast-track their way to celebrity — and campaign cash — not by climbing the seniority ladder and committee work, but by saying outrageous things on social media" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/11/house-republican-rule-changes-kevin-mccarthy/ So now most bills are take-it-or-leave-it, no debate or amendments. #PS1democracy ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-15 05:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614501041348964352 ========== Known by the company he's kept! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/01/11/george-santos-harbor-city-capital/ Just where did his money come from? Nobody believes a word he says. A perfect Trumpist! #PS1trumpism ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-15 05:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614498469171068930 ========== "populism in the service of nihilism - many Republicans no longer get into politics to pass legislation" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opinion/republican-party-future.html "when the barbarians were at the conservative gates, the gatekeepers had a catastrophic loss of nerve" Just like Afghanistan! #PS1trumpism ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-15 05:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614497244568485889 ========== Some state GOP legislators are beginning to see that Trumpism is a dead end, an artifact of our election practices that reward extremism. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opinion/house-republicans-kevin-mccarthy-far-right.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-15 05:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614493217847922688 ========== "today’s populists seek the showy confrontation, the grand and futile act of protest, over the grinding work of politics and policy" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opinion/brazil-jan-6-populism.html "It doesn’t matter if the revolution is ever real; so long as it's on television" Made for Fox! #PS1trumpism ===== impress 8 time 2023-01-15 05:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614490749751668736 ========== Why so many GOP voters are so easily manipulated - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opinion/republicans-kevin-mccarthy-house.html by GOP megadonors who use those voters to get what they want, by promising them what they can't give - and blaming the Democrats. #PS1gop ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-15 05:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614488926777118721 ========== The open source revolution in intelligence gathering. https://apnews.com/article/politics-russia-government-ukraine-china-us-central-intelligence-agency-6ed827c92bfbdca0c033483b5cc28d9d #PS1technology ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-15 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614477841709793281 ========== The GOP is off to the races, running in no directions at once! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/13/house-republicans-govern-lie-weaponization-committeee/ #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 time 2023-01-15 04:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614476999111872512 ========== The sons-by-the-spirit of Pius IX keep fighting the enlightenment. https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-religion-australia-rome-vatican-city-9253a16c95f7870a07fd58b00b266f1e That's just what reactionaries do. #PS1other ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-15 02:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614457338248982528 ========== Mandatory minimums - an idea that did not work as expected. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/garland-takes-on-mandatory-minimums #PS1justice ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-14 01:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614075290430607362 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/politics-internal-revenue-service-ap-fact-check-lotteries-6ac0a57c03cf6ceadc3c75924180b0c2 #PS1media ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-13 16:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613943536529080322 ========== No Federal ban on existing gas stoves. https://apnews.com/article/biden-united-states-government-us-consumer-product-safety-commission-ap-fact-check-texas-2003dcf8d0bee8ddf45080186b2e0c7b #PS1media ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-13 16:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613942234596118529 ========== McCarthy needs yes-men. He doesn't care about anything except whether they will vote as instructed. Neither do most GOP leaders https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/12/politics/george-santos-congress-lies-what-matters/index.html but not all https://auburnpub.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/new-york-gop-leaders-say-santos-disgraced-house-should-resign/article_3fbaac8b-49a7-5224-87eb-56516dd5bf3e.html #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 likes 1 time 2023-01-13 07:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613798871146311680 ========== Before "Trump was chosen by God", political leaders and cooperating clergy invented Divine Right of Kings - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_right_of_kings#Catholic_justification_for_the_divine_right_of_kings More often political leaders chose themselves, and founded dynasties by murdering all their rivals. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1850885471922630 #PS1theory ===== impress 14 time 2023-01-13 07:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613796378895060992 ========== Attempts to divide California are doomed to fail. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/11/a-look-at-secession-from-california-by-san-bernardino-county-and-others/ In the Senate, the party that thinks it will lose out by the addition of two more senators will filibuster the statehood resolution. Same as for DC and PR. #PS1capolitics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 time 2023-01-12 06:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613416996632428546 ========== A very high energy replacement for Feinstein? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-politics-california-dianne-feinstein-united-states-senate-172759fa83faa0a70a2195a91dedb6f3 Schiff would be an energetic replacement too. #PS1capolitics ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-11 20:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613269612132732928 ========== The Freischütze-macht-Freiheit Caucus can't wait to force a Federal government default - and then blame the ensuing global depression on Biden. https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-us-department-of-the-treasury-business-84ef9d1c5803bd25e8e9cc3538cd0ab2 But GOP megadonors might make them back off at the very last moment if the Democrats don't blink. #PS1gop ===== impress 7 time 2023-01-11 06:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613057657124052992 ========== Personality cultists depend more on mass media than on large political parties and megadonors. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-republican-speaker.html "The risk of cable television hosts turning on them is a much greater concern than failing to get desired committee assignments" #PS1trumpism ===== impress 7 time 2023-01-11 05:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613047060382756865 ========== "The reason these deals with the devil always go bad is simply that Trump sycophants are ultimately undermined by their weak and flabby character" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-race.html Personality cults don't attract the best and brightest. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-11 05:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613044500724871168 ========== Credentials of the new ruling class. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/04/us/politics/house-speaker-republicans-vote-against-mccarthy.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-11 05:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613042916443983874 ========== "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall lose his own soul, and still not gain enough votes to become Speaker of the House?" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/opinion/america-kevin-mccarthy-great.html "Right now the world really is laughing at us, although it’s terrified" #PS1gop ===== impress 8 time 2023-01-11 05:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613040847293132802 ========== Blame McCarthy for his deficits, but the entire GOP is responsible for accepting, if not cultivating, its minority's culture of uncompromising power lust. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/republican-house-rules.html GOP aimed for minority rule of the country for 150 years. Now a minority rules GOP. #PS1gop ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-11 04:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613035690132140034 ========== America has seen this movie before. Do we have to sit through it again? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-history.html Once a Dixiecrat, always a Dixiecrat, even if you call yourself Republican. The Whigs finally realized that "Whig" meant nothing at all, and went their separatist ways. #PS1gop ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-11 04:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613027064428531712 ========== Fascist plans for converting liberal arts into reactionary cannon fodder. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/opinion/chris-rufo-florida-ron-desantis.html #PS1trumpism ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-11 04:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613024089068961794 ========== The GOP prefers to talk in public about the least important parts of their project and only in private about the most important - protecting the unequal economic power of the megadonor class. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/mccarthy-speaker-maga-republicans.html Nobody appreciates feudalism like the megadonors. #PS1gop ===== impress 8 time 2023-01-11 03:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1613021402168438787 ========== "many D.C. movers and shakers will believe in Santa Claus if he fits their preconceived notions and promises to deliver what they have always wanted" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/01/crypto-politics-ryan-salame-sbf-sam-bankman-fried/ It's bipartisan! #PS1democracy ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-11 01:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612990387563679747 ========== From Franklin to Fried - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/16/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-founder-hype/ #PS1technology ===== engage 1 engage-rate 25% expands 1 impress 4 time 2023-01-11 01:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612989163518976000 ========== "These people need to be punished, the people who ordered it need to be punished, those who gave money for it need to be punished" https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-politics-brazil-government-democracy-b62784248fee194c650df5c1da0fd120 Seems the Brazilians are way ahead of the Americans. #PS1trumpism ===== engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 time 2023-01-11 01:31 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612985593524551680 ========== What the House GOP has in store. https://apnews.com/article/politics-us-republican-party-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-b9fcfd11427a695fe2eb49e36988f1a0 #PS1gop ===== impress 1 time 2023-01-11 01:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612984178840305664 ========== Back to the future - how it looked in December! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/16/kevin-mccarthy-republican-party-leadership-speaker/ #PS1gop ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-11 01:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612982917021732864 ========== Happiness is where you find it. Or where you declare it. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/10/this-bay-area-city-ranks-as-no-1-happiest-city-in-america-in-new-study/ One wonders who funds these kinds of studies. #PS1other ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-10 21:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612926279246049281 ========== Silicon Valley layoff season. Sounds familiar to anybody who's been around for a while. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/tech/silicon-valley-layoffs-continue/index.html #PS1economics ===== impress 10 time 2023-01-10 21:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612925363222646785 ========== National unity over party unity? A concept from another century? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/09/party-unity-hurting-congress-speaker-vote-mccarthy/ "the power of base voters and the special interest groups that both parties rely on to fund campaigns and win elections" It's all about mother'$ milk. #PS1democracy ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-09 22:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612579105119293443 ========== Remember Benghazi! https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/kevin-mccarthy-credits-benghazi-committee-clinton-damage-msna693201 "You cannot overstate the importance of spectacle to the MAGA right’s political project. Much of what this new committee does will be designed to create mere impressions of coverups, of wrongdoings" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/09/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-trump-investigations-mar-a-lago-jan-6/ #PS1gop ===== engage 3 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 73 time 2023-01-09 22:29 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612577219343429632 ========== Proportional representation insures that winning candidates have a majority of primary votes. But that would undermine the power of the kingmakers and megadonors, so don't expect GOP to change, even if Trump gets renominated to lose again. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/opinions/stopping-trump-2024-proportional-representation-peterson/index.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-09 22:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612574354201792512 ========== Trump's scoreboard - you can see why he has to keep asking his supporters for money to pay his lawyers. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/politics/donald-trump-investigations-lawsuits/index.html #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-09 22:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612572118545498115 ========== “I can’t do this any more,” complained Stephen Bannon https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/politics/trump-2022-rough-year/index.html #PS1trump ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-09 22:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612570983646507008 ========== They're going to adopt the rules that require a balanced budget - that means defense and social security and medicare - no other way to get there. Of course everybody's for cutting wasteful spending - in OTHER people's districts. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/house-rules-package-vote/index.html #PS1gop ===== impress 28 time 2023-01-09 21:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612569565007073280 ========== There is no GOOD reason for China to attack Taiwan. But there was no GOOD reason for Russia to attack Ukraine. Strong leaders don't need good reasons when they think they hear the siren call of historical destiny and promises of immortality. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/taiwan-invasion-war-game-intl-hnk-ml/index.html #PS1china ===== engage 4 engage-rate 16% impress 25 time 2023-01-09 19:46 +0000 urlclicks 4 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612536304662896641 ========== Trumpism is leaving Trump behind. https://cnn.com/2023/01/08/politics/donald-trump-2024-president-mccarthy-speaker/index.html Trump's formerly most virulent House supporters were the ones most opposed to McCarthy, Trump's endorsed candidate for Speaker. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-09 14:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612453788060897280 ========== The first lessons from LastPass. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/technology/personaltech/lastpass-breach-password-safety.html #PS1technology ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-09 06:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612333242774073345 ========== House GOP explains its main goals - since it can't get any bills past the Senate and President, it will conduct as many investigations as necessary to keep on Fox every night. Like Benghazi, they don't actually have to prove anything. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/us/politics/house-republicans-fbi-investigation.html #PS1gop ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-09 06:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612332148824117249 ========== Letting everybody have their say means that most of them will never be able to say that any of their bills passed. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/us/politics/house-republicans-rules.html #PS1democracy ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-09 06:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612330056633966593 ========== "boxed in by fiscal conservatives who are willing to accept government shutdowns and crises to disrupt the idea of governance itself, or by pro-Trump exhibitionists who are willing to shatter the majority for a moment in the political spotlight" https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-test/index.html #PS1gop ===== impress 13 time 2023-01-09 05:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612327816749809665 ========== Haven't heard from the FBI yet? Don't think you're off the hook. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/us/politics/jan-6-capitol-riots-prosecutions.html Somebody might betray you to cut a deal. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 8 time 2023-01-09 05:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612317740454510597 ========== The speech McCarthy should have given - https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/08/opinions/hakeem-jeffries-speech-kevin-mccarthy-obeidallah/index.html but instead he wanted to talk about defending his megadonors from the IRS. #PS1gop ===== impress 19 time 2023-01-09 04:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612312585784938496 ========== ""the predictable outcome of handing power to the unhinged” https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/08/opinions/kevin-mccarthy-chaotic-victory-opinion-column-galant/index.html paralysis to protect megadonors - https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/08/politics/new-challenges-what-matters/index.html "This is the moment for rational House GOP to make their stand" https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/07/opinions/mccarthy-speaker-vote-house-republicans-dent More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1847837648894079 #PS1gop ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-08 23:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612228419345092609 ========== One person came out looking better after this week! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/07/house-clerk-cheryl-johnson-speaker/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-08 23:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612224415680593920 ========== Fascists don't think much of academic freedom. https://apnews.com/article/politics-colleges-and-universities-florida-state-government-texas-education-4f0fe0c5c18ed227fabae3744e8ff51d Especially when it undermines minority rule. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-08 22:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612218972556103682 ========== Good enough for Trump, good enough for Bolsonaro. https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-government-caribbean-0c03c098a5e2a09ac534412c30ae8355 #PS1trumpism ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-08 22:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612214960087797760 ========== As Franklin might have said - "A Speakership - if you can keep it!" https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-government-e986c620149b72030bb418bd5fadb4a2 #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 20% expands 1 impress 5 time 2023-01-08 06:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611973534460563458 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-bills-health-deer-tucker-carlson-ap-fact-check-c0744bfcd7bbb19775dc161620233142 #PS1media ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-07 15:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611740496958980096 ========== McCarthy WON - the right to confront Gaetz and all the bomb throwers. Over and over until they vote him out. He also won the right to meekly obey them until the saner GOP members vote him out. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rep-mike-rogers-lunged-at-rep-matt-gaetz-after-kevin-mccarthy-failed-to-win-a-14th-vote-for-house-speaker/ar-AA163YJT This drama is just beginning! As in debt limit. #PS1gop ===== engage 5 engage-rate 12% expands 2 impress 42 time 2023-01-07 07:17 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611623045701197829 ========== Missed out on crypto? There's a new gold rush - making money off "charities for Jan 6 political prisoners". https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supporters-raise-millions-to-rebrand-jan-6-rioters-as-patriots/ar-AA162fDp Too bad for the insurrectionists who were counting on Trump being reinstated and pardoning them. #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 15 replies 1 time 2023-01-07 07:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611619756339232769 ========== A sad anniversary for most - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/us/politics/jan-6-capitol-riots-prosecutions.html marked by the apparent downfall of a few - https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/opinions/trump-2024-mccarthy-house-challenge-zelizer/index.html but a turning point for a few more whose dreams of shutting down the Federal government seem closer than ever - https://apnews.com/article/jan6-capitol-riots-second-anniversary-8014969520b61bf7f4d86689fc16e7f7 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 8 time 2023-01-06 13:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611360823812972544 ========== McCarthy tries again - https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-us-republican-party-0938c7358f41c83759246f8949ac7c15 But the fringe enjoys this too much to ever voluntarily give it up. They want to make it permanent. https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-lauren-boebert-77937198a3e162b0b777d1688355b0ac #PS1gop ===== impress 9 time 2023-01-06 06:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611247609800458241 ========== Another day in Trump's carefree life as an ex-president. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/politics/sicknick-lawsuit-trump-january-6 Civil burden of proof is only preponderance of evidence. #PS1trump ===== impress 8 time 2023-01-06 06:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611245513206296577 ========== Trump's carefree life as an ex-president. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/18/trump-life-after-presidency/ #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-06 06:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611244541440557058 ========== Want white supremacists in your town? https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/03/vdare-berkeley-springs-castle-brimelows/ They've got the money. They can afford it. #PS1immigration ===== impress 9 time 2023-01-06 03:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611203777079693312 ========== Fund the police to go after poor people, not GOP megadonors! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/05/first-task-for-gop-house-defunding-tax-police/ The megadonors fund the GOP and expect return on their investment. #PS1tax ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-06 03:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611201543151439876 ========== When you're dealing with election deniers and QAnons - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/03/mccarthy-defectors-election-deniers/ "Kevin McCarthy has nothing left to give away. He’s given away everything including his dignity, and it’s still not enough for these guys" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/05/kevin-mccarthy-concessions-house-speaker/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/05/mccarthy-concessions-gop/ #PS1gop ===== impress 13 time 2023-01-06 03:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611196905316560898 ========== Maybe the House is just a hologram of the real House somewhere out at the edge of the universe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/01/04/house-of-representatives-in-purgatory-without-speaker/ #PS1democracy ===== impress 7 time 2023-01-06 01:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611178518314102784 ========== "There’s not even a bipartisan agreement on whether there’s a crisis" https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/politics/immigration-title-42-what-matters/index.html Of course not! GOP megadonors that profit from cheap exploitable labor want to keep illegal immigration dangerous but possible. #PS1immigration ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-06 01:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611173596667445249 ========== Reducing immigration increases inflation. You can't reduce both. What's your choice? https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/22/economy/immigration-jobs/index.html The GOP plan is to keep Americans so poor that they'll work at the same jobs as immigrants for the same wages. So far it's not working. #PS1immigration ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-06 01:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611172047694213120 ========== The history of Speaker stalemates. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/opinions/history-lesson-house-speaker-mccarthy-balcerski/index.html #PS1democracy ===== engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 time 2023-01-06 01:19 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611170530232766465 ========== The Freischütze-macht-Freiheit Caucus has figured it out first - the emperor not only has no clothes, but worse, he has no votes. Maybe they'll let him be the nominal emperor of Trumpism - but with somebody else actually in charge. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/politics/trump-mccarthy-influence/index.html #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-06 01:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611166981104992257 ========== More people are taking another look at coalition bipartisanship and de-politicizing the Speaker office. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/politics/mccarthy-speaker-vote-stalemate-what-matters/index.html Eventually everybody will realize that "the Republicans" did not win a majority in 2022. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1845792095765301 #PS1gop ===== impress 8 time 2023-01-06 00:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611165135737090048 ========== Political ads were never a big money-maker for Twitter. But maybe they can be now, if anybody can say anything they want. https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-technology-social-media-jack-dorsey-business-205324882cd3997cb187a369321012de And even a little money would help pay off the takeover loans. #PS1media ===== impress 7 time 2023-01-06 00:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611161685703929856 ========== Never waste an opportunity to feed the lunatic fringe! https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-bills-nfl-sports-health-damar-hamlin-b1273c5903a1efd3f67c8480feb6b52f #PS1media ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-05 21:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611120348539547649 ========== "In 11 days this all changes", McCarthy said Friday. "The new direction is coming." https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-ketanji-brown-jackson-politics-europe-donald-trump-143cce189228d6563eba07298cc9f8a1 How true! What a difference a week makes! What will be said of the 118th in two years? #PS1gop ===== impress 9 time 2023-01-05 21:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611119641509916672 ========== "Pope Francis rebuked those 'ravenous' for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable" https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-religion-poverty-vatican-city-c93ef4dd7916d95153f0e8494ba1fa2a A futile lust for earthly immortality motivates so many of our leaders. If we exclude those lusting for power, fame, and fortune, who will lead? #PS1other ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-05 21:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611117750440845312 ========== Achieving quantifiable objectives is what MBA's are trained to do, to advance their careers. https://www.myheraldreview.com/opinion/commentary/paul-krugman-learning-from-the-southwest-airlines-debacle/article_79a952c2-886e-11ed-a5fd-6fa5d40cad04.html Driving out cost is a quantifiable objective. Building in resiliency and redundancy is a quantifiable cost for an unquantifiable objective. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2023-01-05 19:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611077841151725568 ========== How ethnic cleansing starts - when nobody is paying attention. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/opinions/russia-armenia-azerbaijan-lachin-corridor-nagorno-karabakh-setrakian-ctpr/index.html #PS1foreign ===== engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 time 2023-01-05 17:45 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611056244420378625 ========== Rupert Murdoch should be happy. Vladimir Putin certainly is! Money well spent - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Butina There's a reason GOP won't reveal where their dark money comes from. "whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/tech/fox-news-mccarthy/index.html #PS1media ===== impress 8 time 2023-01-05 17:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611052226746908673 ========== Nobody is in charge there! https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-us-republican-party-donald-trump-kevin-mccarthy-b6fedeb8ac7a3a543311626493e4943b Many think they are in charge, or should be, but can't prove it by leading to decisive action. No excuses from Gingrich or Trump. They are as responsible as anybody for setting on this course. #PS1gop ===== impress 10 time 2023-01-05 05:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610876644956467210 ========== Trump hates to support a loser! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-vote/index.html But he also hates being cut out of a seat at the table. But what if the GOP, and Trumpism, have moved beyond Trump? “If Matt Gaetz is ignoring you, that’s not a good sign,” https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-vote/index.html #PS1gop ===== impress 21 time 2023-01-05 03:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610834789803905025 ========== What motivates the blow-it-up brigade? https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/mccarthy-gop-speaker-hardliners-what-matters/index.html #PS1gop ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-05 01:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610805285890973696 ========== "TURN A GREAT TRIUMPH INTO A GIANT & EMBARRASSING DEFEAT" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/04/trump-mccarthy-republicans-speaker/ Trump hit the nail on the head! "Boebert said Trump should call McCarthy and tell him he lacks the votes and should withdraw" https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-vote-updates-669e23dc963da9579ab10e4b3da78911 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1845081635836347 #PS1gop ===== impress 18 time 2023-01-04 23:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610777548144934913 ========== Mission Accomplished! The lunatic fringe promised to honor their Dixiecrat and Tea Party heritage by bringing things to a complete halt until they got their way. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/republican-speaker-chaos-analysis/index.html https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-us-republican-party-kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-669e23dc963da9579ab10e4b3da78911 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1844607612550416 #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 time 2023-01-04 07:12 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610534728641413121 ========== A record-setting year! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/02/investing/elon-musk-wealth/index.html #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 time 2023-01-03 14:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610284044004233216 ========== Another 2022 Year in Review. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/technology/good-tech-awards-2022.html #PS1technology ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-03 14:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610282410096353280 ========== Is there a Speaker in the House? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-speaker.html A suspenseful day today! https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-us-republican-party-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-8b1d6cdf0d75dfc95b195c301f9ae344 McCarthy can perhaps win if he agrees to let the Freischütze-macht-Freiheit Caucus hold a cocked gun to his head with a magic bullet - the "motion to vacate". #PS1gop ===== impress 11 time 2023-01-03 13:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610264174340501509 ========== One approach to replacing local print newspaper journalism. https://calmatters.org/about/ CalMatters reports are always interesting and thought-provoking even if you don't agree. They frequently appear in the San Jose Mercury and other newspapers. #PS1journalism ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-03 13:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610261434302369792 ========== Why we need to support local print journalism - and pay attention when they get it right! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-tiny-paper-broke-the-george-santos-scandal-but-no-one-paid-attention/ar-AA15MNQd #PS1journalism ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-03 13:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610259995630899201 ========== Donald Trump and Norma Desmond - life as a performance! https://newrepublic.com/post/169719/who-said-it-donald-trump-norma-desmond https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-newly-relevant-relationship-between-trump-and-sunset-blvd/ar-AA15ObQf #PS1trump ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-03 12:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610258563792011264 ========== It could have been worse! https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/dave-barry-s-2022-year-in-review/ar-AA15DA6O #PS1other ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-03 12:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610257236563230722