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)

[TheNorthWestPawsage]

Still waiting for the kraken to appear.

Fingers are crossed here as well today.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/rudy-giuliani-trump-legal-fees-stiffed-dominion-lawsuit_n_61074e92e4b0d3b5897efc5c?ri18n=true

This will be an interesting read.

www.rawstory.com/alexander-vindman-trump-ukraine-call/

Climate.

truthout.org/articles/exxon-influenced-senators-carved-climate-out-of-infrastructure-almost-entirely/

Thankyou for these amazing threads over the years.

EchoNan I agree, these threads have been brilliant, probably 5 or more years now and number 128

lion I clicked through on your link and here was more detail on Vindman, his book, Trumpy and Ukraine.

A fascinating read. I watched him in the hearings, a great man with an outstanding record, dumped by Trump.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/08/trump-ukraine-call-impeachment-vindman/619617/?utm_source=feed

This might actually be one of the books worth reading.

"Mr. President, that guy had an insurrection," Gen. Mark Milley said as he pointed to a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, according to the book. "You don't have an insurrection."

About George Floyd protests.

trib.al/Sq21Yei

I need to read that book.

www.politicususa.com/2021/08/03/wake-up-democrats-powerful-right-wing-groups-are-funding-attack-to-rig-every-election.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wake-up-democrats-powerful-right-wing-groups-are-funding-attack-to-rig-every-election

"Mr. President, that guy had an insurrection," Gen. Mark Milley said as he pointed to a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, according to the book. "You don't have an insurrection."

Or if he did it was a very tiny one

thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/566216-missouri-governor-pardons-st-louis-couple-who-pointed-guns-at-protesters

[quote lionheart]thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/566216-missouri-governor-pardons-st-louis-couple-who-pointed-guns-at-protesters[/quote]
Just reading about this in the Washington Post. This bit caught my eye in the WaPo report:
Mark McCloskey announced in May that he would run for one of Missouri’s U.S. Senate seats, using the images from that tense faceoff with protesters in his campaign ads. The couple appeared at the Republican National Convention last August.

All about the optics. And he's a perfect fit for the GOP white, male, over 60 boys' club.

Yes, he is the ideal GOP candidate.

For context.

And more context:

www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article253235468.html

Meanwhile, have you seen news of people getting vaccinated in secret in the US (maybe not so surprisingly, Missouri) so that their friends don't find out?

thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/565547-some-americans-are-getting-vaccinated-secretly

Hypocrisy? Or plain unwillingness to challenge? Either way, this is how certain damaging policies take hold.

It's bizarre.

But a secret vaccine is better than no vaccine.

So sad

edition.cnn.com/2021/08/02/politics/dc-metropolitan-police-officer-suicide-january-6-capitol-riot/index.html

CNN)Two more DC police officers who responded to the US Capitol insurrection have died by suicide, authorities announced on Monday, bringing the total to four officers who have taken their own lives in the aftermath of the January 6 riot.

www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebert-capitol-tour-2654434092/

'There are several unanswered questions about this visit, which appears to have violated normal Capitol protocol in various ways. It's not clear who authorized it, since Boebert was not yet a member of Congress and had no official standing in D.C. It's perhaps even stranger that it occurred on a Saturday night, when the Capitol complex is closed. Later, in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack, Boebert repeatedly denied rumors that she had offered "reconnaissance tours" to would-be rioters shortly before that event. But her ambiguous comments appeared to avoid any specific discussion of this unexplained December tour.'

Falling up.
Only for a few.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/04/jared-kushners-hidden-genius-to-make-terrible-decisions-yet-keep-failing-upwards

Failing, not falling!

www.politico.com/news/2021/08/04/doj-official-resignation-trump-election-pressure-502413

'Unexplained wealth.'

www.yahoo.com/news/lawyers-trying-convince-judge-allow-200707678.html

Oh! how amazing it would be if it ended up being Bonny Scotland what did for Doofus!

Forgot to link above - My comment is ref to lionheart's post about unexplained weailth.