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/

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

My understanding is that Breyer is retiring at the end of the SCOTUS term, which is 3 October 2022 (1st Monday). The mid-term is 8 Nov.

However, they normally recess in early July and stay recessed until the next term starts. Hopefully that means we have ample time for hearings and confirmation well before the midterms. ACB was confirmed in 30 days, hopefully that is a precedent we can use to our advantage.

The Senate only needs a simple majority to confirm so hopefully that part will be OK. The only possible 'snag' is that the Judiciary Cmte needs a 'quorum' to vote in Committee and thus move the nomination to the Senate floor. If all of the 11 GOP Judiciary Cmte members refuse to attend, we may have a problem. I don't know what would happen then. And I don't know how many of them are hardcore Doofinistas or susceptible to pressure blackmail from Doofus.

Per TV NBC Special Report;

Breyer to officially retire this Summer (I didn't catch a specific date).

Biden states will announce his nominee for SCOTUS by the end of February and request expeditious confirmation. He used the word 'historic' with regards to the nominee so assume he will follow through with an African-American female.

Yes, I have seen various accounts reporting that Biden is committed to selecting a black woman to fill Justice Breyer’s seat.

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'The person I nominate to replace Justice Breyer will be someone with extraordinary qualifications. Character, experience, and integrity.

And they will be the first Black woman nominated to the United States Supreme Court.'

Still following this thread even though I'm a bit quiet

I heard Biden yesterday talking of his aim to appoint the first black woman SC justice.
And the Republicans can hardly complain about how quickly this is done, can they?

US politics seem a bit tame at the moment compared to the UK

I'm not sure whether it is pathetic or terrifying that GOP idiots, in order to oppose anything Biden says or does, are apparently coming out in favour of Russia's right to invade Ukraine unhindered by NATO or the West, while at the same time other members of the GOP think Biden is not being tough enough with the Russians. Anything so long as it's All Biden's Fault.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/fox-news-gop-war-over-ukraine/621382/

As for "I get to read reports saying that intelligence is saying that Russians may be launching a cyber attack on America," Trump Jr. said -- why is he reading reports? In what capacity is he reading them? Or does he just mean "people in the media are saying"?

www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-jr-2656497198/

No, the Republicans haven't got a leg to stand on with regard to the timeline. 😊

There is now a Cotus (cat).

[quote AskingQuestionsAllTheTime]As for "I get to read reports saying that intelligence is saying that Russians may be launching a cyber attack on America," Trump Jr. said -- why is he reading reports? In what capacity is he reading them? Or does he just mean "people in the media are saying"?

www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-jr-2656497198/[/quote]
Doofus Jr has no direct access to WH security briefings and is trying to insinuate that he's seeing intel that he patently is NOT. The only way that Doofus Jr could possibly have access is if Doofus Sr is still being briefed and is (as usual with him) shooting off his mouth. But that ain't happening. His 'I get to see...' is equal to his dad's 'I've been told by very important people....". Total bullshit.

In the normal course of things a former POTUS does continue to receive such briefings on a 'need to know' basis. But this is at the discretion of the current POTUS and Biden has nixed that for Doofus Sr.

Doofus Jr is talking out his arse, just like Doofus Sr always does.

@lionheart

No, the Republicans haven't got a leg to stand on with regard to the timeline. 😊

There is now a Cotus (cat).

Yes, Pussy Willow. Not named after the cat in 101 Dalmatians, no sir, not at all...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/28/white-house-cat-willow-joe-jill-biden

Pretty Kitty

www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/28/us-troops-eastern-europe-joe-biden

'The Pentagon has already placed 8,500 troops on stand-by in response to Russia’s build-up near Ukraine’s border.'

eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/01/26/democracy-politics-extremism-white-supremacy/9213808002/

'''Fringe ideas" are going mainstream in US politics. That's a danger to democracy, extremism experts say.'

I was making the tea today (bacon, egg, chips-made-in-the-oven, fried tomato, fried mushroom, because it's Sunday and we felt we deserved a treat for some reason) and got to pondering while I peeled the potatoes. I can imagine Joe Biden, faced with a kitchen, utensils and ingredients, making a perfectly good meal for himself and his kids; I cannot imagine Donald Trump being able to boil an egg competently.

He had that omelette bar, didn't he?

Kamala is the foodie/chef though, isn't she?

I was thinking about all the fuss over the Le Creuset she bought and how no one ever made such a song and dance about say, the cost of a single gold club for any of the male presidents.

*golf.

Misinformation works if you want to believe:

news.yahoo.com/poll-nearly-6-in-10-republicans-say-they-will-not-vote-for-any-candidate-who-admits-biden-won-fair-and-square-162231610.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABFomedgiIuXxe8zRzTpFHrqdI-pe4w1bPD_wtJSbrojzFfzGDcIJUWLarmS54erYLllSknQRYZpjmxWm5H_xVvoZftRC4j57ZpfFlG0jLuSR8qSB4KvGt43KKcwde3kKM56V_KuHpXhOFfwcuc4WEI3Uk05z4-p8msTGfzesZZ2

I feel so sorry for people who have so little hope that they see Trump as a saviour: what a hideous Only Hope.

But then there is this:

www.rawstory.com/furries-at-school/

and I conclude that they are just very, very gullible.

Oh dear.

The bright side of so many Republicans saying that they won't vote for any candidate that refuses to claim that Biden stole the election I think I've hit all those negatives right is that the Republican vote is damned either way

The nutters will only vote for true Trump delusionists so may not vote if they don't have the option of a Trump "steal" supporter. A proportion of the 40% of relatively "sane" Republican voters may similarly be put off voting if they only have the option of a Trump conspiracy theorist.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/biden-kamala-harris-running-mate-2024_n_61e88f06e4b03874b2e09854

There is hope for America yet!

Also, this: www.rawstory.com/qanon-mother-rescued-by-wordle/