Big Bird may be innocent but who can vouch for Elmo?

[lionheart]

thehill.com/homenews/senate/580426-ted-cruz-labels-big-birds-tweet-about-vaccination-propaganda

www.salon.com/2021/11/07/sesame-streets-big-bird-for-promoting-vaccine-brainwashing-children_partner/
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Old thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4305074-To-filibuster-or-not-to-filibuster-Biden-needs-to-get-a-move-on-before-Doofus-Duck-waddles-back-into-the-swamp-Biden-Trump-Thread-128

[Roussette]

Love it! (And Love Big Bird too!)
Thanks for thread

[PerkingFaintly]

Thanks for the thread, lionheart.

I bring .

And .

[lionheart]

All very welcome.

[AskingQuestionsAllTheTime]

Thanks for the new thread.

I thought Big Bird had been providing propaganda to children since 1969 -- maybe until the vaccine it was simply propaganda Ted Cruz and co approved of, like encouraging kids not to gorge on sweets, and saying things like "Asking questions is a good way of finding things out!" and "I guess it's better to be who you are. Turns out people like you best that way, anyway", and teaching about the acceptance of death when Mr Hooper died. Also numbers and letters and so forth. All fine until he mentioned something everyone knows about anyway. Bad Bird.

[DuncinToffee]

Thanks lionheart.

I grew up with Big Bird's Dutch cousin called Pino

[AcrossthePond55]

Thanks for the new thread! And (IMHO) the move away from having any reference to Doofus in the title. It's a sign that we (and so many others) have moved away from him being so 'visible' in our day to day lives. Time enough to return to that scenario if he decides to run in 2024.

My DC grew up with the whole Sesame Street crew. They taught them so many lessons about life, living, and love. And smoothed the way for us to have 'difficult' conversations.

DS2 always referred to the show as "Says-me Street".

PS Ted Cruz is an asshole.

[lionheart]

How can you complain about Big Bird?
Pino looks sweet too.

[lionheart]

www.newsweek.com/paul-gosar-anime-video-killing-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-attack-titan-1646933

[DuncinToffee]

I shouldn't be surprised but Belarus, I guess he would feel right at home there

edition.cnn.com/2021/11/08/politics/evan-neumann-belarus-political-asylum/index.html

[AskingQuestionsAllTheTime]

The guilty flee...

[AskingQuestionsAllTheTime]

But what a coward. The US is well rid of him anyway.

[lionheart]

1619

www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/magazine/1619-project-us-history.html

[AcrossthePond55]

[quote lionheart]www.newsweek.com/paul-gosar-anime-video-killing-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-attack-titan-1646933[/quote]
Despicable!

He honestly should be censured and reprimanded by the House for this.

I'd like it if they could kick him out, but I doubt very much if they'd be able to get the GOP votes to make up the 2/3 majority votes needed. Doesn't speak well for the GOP in the House, does it?

[AcrossthePond55]

[quote DuncinToffee]I shouldn't be surprised but Belarus, I guess he would feel right at home there

edition.cnn.com/2021/11/08/politics/evan-neumann-belarus-political-asylum/index.html[/quote]
Yes yes, run little rabbit, run! Straight into the arms of a dictator.

You should feel right at home there since it was what you were trying to accomplish here for 'your favourite president dictator wannabe' .

[lionheart]

You never know ...

www.rawstory.com/paul-gosar-video/

[AcrossthePond55]

[quote lionheart]You never know ...

www.rawstory.com/paul-gosar-video/[/quote]
GOOD!! It's time we (Dems) got some real balls/ovaries and started pushing back!

[lionheart]

We can hope.

www.msnbc.com/opinion/steve-bannon-s-subpoena-case-taking-longer-usual-s-good-n1283539

[DuncinToffee]

www.politicususa.com/2021/11/09/kaleigh-mcenany-stephen-miller-1-6-committee.html

BREAKING: Jan. 6 committee issues subpoenas to ten Trump officials — including Stephen Miller, press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Pence national security advisor Keith Kellog and top Meadows aide Ben Williamson

[DuncinToffee]

High ranking officials in the Trump administration, including Jared Kushnerand Mark Meadows, violated federal law with their political activities, report says.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-09/former-trump-officials-violated-hatch-act-during-2020-election?campaign

[lionheart]

Let's hope there are consequences.

[DuncinToffee]

Last night's ruling

A federal judge will allow the US House to access hundreds of pages of documents from Donald Trump's presidency leading up to and about the January 6 attack at the US Capitol, in a forceful rejection of Trump's recent attempts to control information from his White House.

edition.cnn.com/2021/11/09/politics/trump-documents-january-6-committee-national-archives-judge-ruling/index.html

[AskingQuestionsAllTheTime]

I gather from the World Service this morning that Trump is having another hissy fit about that ruling.

[Carboncheque]

The right has always had a problem with Sesame Street.

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/nov/09/sesame-street-ted-cruz-republicans-big-bird-vaccine

[AskingQuestionsAllTheTime]

If Big Bird has an adult human as his actor, isn't that a costume rather than a puppet?

Ted Cruz can't exactly say he has a hand up his backside; he has a hand up his beak!

[lionheart]

thehill.com/homenews/house/580859-subpoenas-show-jan-6-panels-focus-on-trumps-plans