It just demonstrates that in at least 36 hours there's been no expectation of follow-up or pushback from the largest news media organizations.
I think I'll take an obviously canned whatever response to scandals this cycle vs last time where Hillary, after two years, seemed completely bewildered and unprepared every time she was asked about it. Like still blows my mind how they just seemed completely uninterested in coming up with anythingThe Daily Show gave Klobuchar staffing more attention than Maddow did, and showed she gave the same exact rehearsed answer yesterday to George Stephanapolous.
probably also ain't gonna help if people go into circular firing squads over dumb shit on social media again, like how a now Facebook ex-friend just called Harris "black Hillary" because she went on the Breakfast Club and said she inhaled about a minute after explicitly calling for legalizationCoverage in 2020 isn't going to be any better than it was in 2016.
Mark Meadows @RepMarkMeadows
This conference agreement is hardly a serious attempt to secure our border or stop the flow of illegal immigration. It kicks the can down the road yet again, failing to address the critical priorities outlined by Border Patrol Chiefs.
Congress is not doing its job.
Bob Moore @BobMooreNews
El Paso County Coliseum officials tell me about 6,000 people watched the @realDonaldTrump rally on screens outside, on top of the 7,000 inside. So total of about 13,000.
probably also ain't gonna help if people go into circular firing squads over dumb shit on social media again, like how a now Facebook ex-friend just called Harris "black Hillary" because she went on the Breakfast Club and said she inhaled about a minute after explicitly calling for legalization
And what do the democrats get?NBC News: Lawmakers reach deal to avert shutdown with fence funding but no money for border wall
The White House didn't comment on the agreement and Trump said at the rally, "We probably have some good news but who knows."The details of the deal, according to multiple sources, were as follows:
- $1.375 billion for border barrier enhancements like steel slats and other "existing technologies," but no concrete wall
- The money would fund about 55 miles of new barrier
- Geographic restrictions on where the new fencing could built, likely limited to the Rio Grand Valley sector of the border
- DHS would receive $1.7 billion in new funding for border security that could include technology at ports of entry, additional customs officers and humanitarian aid
- No cap on the number of beds for enforcing immigration laws in the country's interior
- Funding for approximately 40,520 detention beds for detained immigrants
Top Democratic negotiators Rep. Nita Lowey of New York and Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont met behind closed doors with their Republican counterparts, Rep. Kay Granger of Texas and Shelby.
I think what her angle might be here is that almost everyone else is running on the "how do you do fellow socialists" platform to the point where they are going to drown each other out. If Biden doesn't run I don't think there's really anyone who is taking the "yes I'm the moderate, let's all work together and shake hands", but yeah gunning for like second at best seems sort of like a weird strategy. I guess maybe Booker is doing that too but I can't tell if he's intentionally doing that or if he's really actually trying to move left just doing it badlyKlobuchar is a complete non-starter anyway for her total wuss "I wouldn't have killed the voting requirements for the judiciary and I wouldn't want to kill the filibuster in general" bullshit stance.
If you're not willing to kill the filibuster to shove a bunch of important shit through in the two years that you have (ideally) the executive and both branches of Congress, get the fuck outta here.
It really is Kamala who is going to win this thing unless Biden can play spoiler. She's the only one running who seems to have some concept of where the party is going and what it wants.
It seems kind of notable that he's doing what's ostensibly a campaign rally in Texas.
Yeah, they're really gonna try to push the "infanticide, late term abortion, and post-birth abortion" message all of 2020. Especially after VA and NYC.
They apparently got some humanitarian aid down there as wellThe detention bed funding number is down by about 10,000 from last year.
I'm not too happy with this deal but that's the silver lining.
I can't tell from the wording if that's specifically earmarked for humanitarian aid or is just general funding which the DHS might use for humanitarian aid if they want.
Trump finally revealed the (last?) year of American greatness: 1888!
Trump finally revealed the (last?) year of American greatness: 1888!
Beto tells @jeffzeleny a 2020 decision will come before month's end.
I do hear the labor laws were pretty laid back back then.
He's talking about media priority and proportionality.Are...are we not supposed to hold people to standards because one shit bag refuses to adhere to them?
Are...are we not supposed to hold people to standards because one shit bag refuses to adhere to them?
We're supposed to hold everybody to standards or nobody. The current behavior is that "responsible" politicians get hounded for days if they misspeak but Republicans can be overt Nazis and it's not news because that's just how they are.
Right, which is my point. Republicans have no standards, and can get away with anything because they've successfully demonized democrats so throughly that their base would rather vote for a child rapist than a democrat, because the democrat is the greater evil. Just because people let trump get away with everything doesn't mean we get to get away with everything. Trump bragged about being able to kill someone on 5th avenue and still win, and he still won. Hillary called racists deplorable, and they never let that one go.
What...is your point?
The media has fundamentally abdicated their role in our democracy by choosing to ignore and normalize great evil. Thats the point.
I guess my point is that I understand what's going on, and most people just want to whine about how they can't get away with things other people do. Oh well.
We'd actually they be just as hard on GOP as they are us but whatever.I guess my point is that I understand what's going on, and most people just want to whine about how they can't get away with things other people do. Oh well.
Gary O'Donoghue @BBCBlindGazza
This is the shameful moment when my cameraman Ron Skeans was attacked by @realdDonaldTrump supporter in El Paso - after the President repeatedly goaded the crowd over supposed media bias. Happily Ron is fine #TrumpElPaso
Trump finally revealed the (last?) year of American greatness: 1888!
I guess my point is that I understand what's going on, and most people just want to whine about how they can't get away with things other people do. Oh well.