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And this is why we have to shit post in this thread, it keeps us having to ask this question about every single person in Washington DC.
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That's...
That's not how depression works??? Like we barely know how it works but we know goddamn fucking well this isn't how it works.
Fuckssake man this is almost as bad as telling people to get electric cars if they can't afford gas.
We really are ruled by autistic retards jesus fucking christ.
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Oh, I agree that it's probably not that, which is why I said it was the best-case optimistic scenario. The only reason why I think it's even a very slim possibility at all instead of just being outright impossible at this point is all because of the fact that the Dems are desperate.
Personally, I think Virginia's election last year scared the fuck out of them since despite massive fortification, the Dems still lost while it turns out Glenn Youngkin was only pretending to be a RINO on the campaign trail to win over the suburbanite Karens.
Still, I agree that a new round of lockdowns are at least on the table for the time being.
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If it makes you feel any better, it's all theater meant to convince even less intelligent people that a bunch of unarmed boomers parading through a building nearly toppled our government and thus justifies our "newly, duly elected" government majority going Norsefire Party against any perceived political enemies.
The people testifying don't actually believe this shit. As stupid and as weak of a man as he is, even Adam Kinzinger probably doesn't believe this shit.
But they cry their fake tears and put on a good show, all so that the elderly geriatrics and the witless dropouts who consoom MSNBC become convinced they're AT WAR! and thus any measures against their opponents become justified.
If you want a sneak peak at the kind of shit this rhetoric and constant drum beating leads to, take note that just a few hours after Kathy Hochul sent out some bullshit email accusing her political rival of participating in Muh Insurrection, some fat dipshit washout tried stabbing the guy.
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Keeping up with all this politics is literally tiresome. Not even with hearing the same song and dance with rising crime, inflation and child endangerment, but the cognitive dissonance one would have to develop to think this is normal.
In what logic would any of this make sense? I'm not even in tone with current events, but it takes some mental gymnastics to ignore and even rationalize all of this from this current administration.
The clip with the tranny general outright pushing the application of sex reassignment surgeries onto CHILDREN is nothing short of horrifying to think, let alone hear.
In what logic would any of this make sense? I'm not even in tone with current events, but it takes some mental gymnastics to ignore and even rationalize all of this from this current administration.
The clip with the tranny general outright pushing the application of sex reassignment surgeries onto CHILDREN is nothing short of horrifying to think, let alone hear.
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Every time I hear that retardation.
"Apple's have Arsenic, Oranges have Cyanide, Castor has Ricin. It's all natural and grows from the ground dude."
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Going out for walks in nature can help with depression, the problem is trying to get the person who is depressed to find the will to do anything. Had a mate who I had to literally drag out of bed because the lad basically lost the will to live and hadn't eating or drank anything for two days. He eventually did get better and going for walks in nature really did them wonders, but if you in the hole he was in, you need way more than a walk to fix that.
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Did the US government literally tell us to go touch grass? Where was this when Trump was in office and everybody was freaking out?
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Trump Calls Mitch McConnell 'Disloyal Sleaze Bag' as Jan 6 Actions Revealed
Donald Trump attacked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell this week, calling him a "disloyal sleaze bag" after the January 6 House Select committee played clips of him working to clear the Capitol during the insurrection.
The former president posted a number of irate messages on his Truth Social platform before, during and after the panel's live hearing on the Capitol attack Thursday night.
In one post, Trump appeared to react to never-before-seen footage of McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling then-Secretary of Defense Chris Miller from a secure location on January 6.
"We're not going to let these people keep us from finishing our business," McConnell said in the video, in an apparent reference to the certification of the 2020 election results which the Trump supporters attempted to prevent with the attack.
"So we need you to get the building cleared, give us the OK so we can go back in session and finish up the people's business as soon as possible," McConnell said.
In a late-night post on Truth Social, Trump said: "Is this the same Mitch McConnell who was losing big in Kentucky, and came to the White House to BEG me for an Endorsement and help? Without me he would have lost in a landslide. A disloyal sleaze bag!"
The latest January 6 hearing focused on Trump's 187 minutes of inaction as the violence was unfolding, including failing to call any law enforcement or government agency who could help to end the riot and merely watching it unfold from the White House dining room.
Instead, the panel said it was Vice President Mike Pence and Congressional leaders who were taking the necessary steps to stop the violence.
The panel also played recorded testimony from Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said there were "two or three calls" with Pence on January 6.
"He was very animated and he issued very explicit, very direct, unambiguous orders," Milley said, adding Pence was "very firm" in telling Miller "Get the military down here, get the guard down here, put down this situation."
Since January 6, McConnell has spoken out against Trump's and the Republican National Committee's assessment of the attack.
In February, he criticized the RNC for censuring Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger—the only two Republicans on the January 6 House Select Committee—and its description of the riot as "legitimate political discourse."
"Let me give you my view of what happened on January 6. We saw what happened," McConnell told reporters on February 8. "It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election, from one administration to the next."
McConnell also spoke out against Trump's suggestion that he would pardon those convicted for the role in the Capitol riot, saying he would "not be in favor of shortening any of the sentences" for those who plead guilty.
"The election of 2020 was decided December 14 of 2020 when the Electoral College certified the winner of the election," McConnell said. "What we saw here on January the 6th was an effort to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to another, which has never happened before in our country."
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The former president posted a number of irate messages on his Truth Social platform before, during and after the panel's live hearing on the Capitol attack Thursday night.
In one post, Trump appeared to react to never-before-seen footage of McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling then-Secretary of Defense Chris Miller from a secure location on January 6.
"We're not going to let these people keep us from finishing our business," McConnell said in the video, in an apparent reference to the certification of the 2020 election results which the Trump supporters attempted to prevent with the attack.
"So we need you to get the building cleared, give us the OK so we can go back in session and finish up the people's business as soon as possible," McConnell said.
In a late-night post on Truth Social, Trump said: "Is this the same Mitch McConnell who was losing big in Kentucky, and came to the White House to BEG me for an Endorsement and help? Without me he would have lost in a landslide. A disloyal sleaze bag!"
The latest January 6 hearing focused on Trump's 187 minutes of inaction as the violence was unfolding, including failing to call any law enforcement or government agency who could help to end the riot and merely watching it unfold from the White House dining room.
Instead, the panel said it was Vice President Mike Pence and Congressional leaders who were taking the necessary steps to stop the violence.
The panel also played recorded testimony from Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said there were "two or three calls" with Pence on January 6.
"He was very animated and he issued very explicit, very direct, unambiguous orders," Milley said, adding Pence was "very firm" in telling Miller "Get the military down here, get the guard down here, put down this situation."
Since January 6, McConnell has spoken out against Trump's and the Republican National Committee's assessment of the attack.
In February, he criticized the RNC for censuring Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger—the only two Republicans on the January 6 House Select Committee—and its description of the riot as "legitimate political discourse."
"Let me give you my view of what happened on January 6. We saw what happened," McConnell told reporters on February 8. "It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election, from one administration to the next."
McConnell also spoke out against Trump's suggestion that he would pardon those convicted for the role in the Capitol riot, saying he would "not be in favor of shortening any of the sentences" for those who plead guilty.
"The election of 2020 was decided December 14 of 2020 when the Electoral College certified the winner of the election," McConnell said. "What we saw here on January the 6th was an effort to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to another, which has never happened before in our country."
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well if im not mistaken they do send their more shitty members to guard Hillary and hunter biden as punishment.Interestingly, this kinda conflicts with @Gehenna's claim that the Secret Service loved Trump. Does that only apply to certain members, then?
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You know you're pussified when a bunch of old people swarm a federal building and top notch security cowers. Motherfucker, I'd be blasting caps like nobody's business.
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They needed to facilitate the steal somehow, someway. COVID gave them the perfect excuse. Doesn't explain why they're telling us it's OK to go outside now, when they're arguably in an even more precarious position than they were in 2020, but hey. Our government works in mysterious ways.
This. This is what we need more of from Don. The ability to call RINO Uniparty scum out for who they are. Please let him keep this energy going into 2024.
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iirc it was only a few 'witnesses,' so maybe as a whole they don't hate him per se. But as is usual. Lotta attentionwhores gotta attentionwhore.Interestingly, this kinda conflicts with @Gehenna's claim that the Secret Service loved Trump. Does that only apply to certain members, then?
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What's interesting is this is what the fag committee has really wanted, something where Trump says he lost and was pretending to fool the schmucks they think you are in hopes this would kill any reelection, but he's been the most consistent person about this shitshow.
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Video of Josh Hawley Running Away From Capitol Mob Sparks Mockery and Memes
A video of Donald Trump admitting he did not "want to say the election was over" was the bombshell footage shown at the latest January 6 committee hearing, but another clip also captured the public's attention on Thursday: one showing Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri fleeing the Capitol only hours after he cheered on the pro-Trump mob.
On January 6, 2021, Hawley was pictured backing the crowd outside the Capitol, raising his fist to them in solidarity and support.
The image, which went viral, became a form of political currency for the Republican senator among Trump supporters and a testimony of his role in the riots, which he repeatedly denied inciting.
Hawley, who objected to the certification of the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona and Pennsylvania, said he was only waving and gesturing and greeting the crowd outside the Capitol as he does with people all the time.
And yet, the viral image of him raising his fist at the mob is officially on mugs, T-shirts and coffee cups available for sale on Hawley's own website.
During the January 6 committee's hearing on Thursday, the viral image was presented on a large screen for a few seconds, only to be followed by security camera footage from inside the Capitol showing Hawley trotting through the building's corridors and jogging downstairs as the mob entered the building.
The video caused many of those in the committee room —reporters, congressional aides, security staff, and visitors— to burst into laughter.
But people also got a little more creative, turning mockery into memes. Chariots of Fire, the Benny Hill theme, the theme music from Rocky, Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill and Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run are just a few of the many "alternative soundtracks" that have been given to the clip on Twitter.
One Twitter user mocked the senator, alluding to Forrest Gump with "Run, Josh Hawley, Run!"
"Josh Hawley has become the nation's favorite running joke," said one Twitter user who grabbed the chance for a perfect pun.
"Josh Hawley riling up the rioters and then running away like all those Republicans who denounced the COVID vaccine publicly but immediately got vaccinated the second they could," one user commented on Twitter.
"One of the important things that will come from tonight's hearing is that Josh Hawley will see a large number of running emojis in his replies for the foreseeable future," another commented.
There's no shortage of people running in films and anime, and Twitter users criticizing the Republican senator have been resurfacing quite a few as a comparison to his fleeing the Capitol.
A Twitter user even suggested alternative merchandise to the "Show-Me Strong" Hawley's mug mentioned earlier in this article showing his raised fist in support to the Capitol mob —featuring a running Hawley instead.
Hawley has not so far publicly addressed the mockery on social media, but, on Friday, he posted on Twitter a link to the mug sold as a fundraiser on his website (the one with the image of himself raising the fist to the Capitol mob) with a simple kissing emoji accompanying the image.
Newsweek has reached out to Hawley's office for comment.
The laughter that the clip sparked in the committee room was followed by a moment of gravity, as Democratic congresswoman Elaine Luria said Hawley had a role in inciting the mob outside the Capitol.
"We spoke with a Capitol police officer who was out there at the time," Luria said. "She told us that just Senator Hawley's gesture riled up the crowd. And it bothered her greatly because he was doing it in a safe space, protected by the officers and the barriers," she said.
"Think about what we've seen. Undeniable violence at the Capitol. The vice president being evacuated to safety by the Secret Service. Senators running through the hallways of the Senate to get away from the mob," she added.
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On January 6, 2021, Hawley was pictured backing the crowd outside the Capitol, raising his fist to them in solidarity and support.
The image, which went viral, became a form of political currency for the Republican senator among Trump supporters and a testimony of his role in the riots, which he repeatedly denied inciting.
Hawley, who objected to the certification of the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona and Pennsylvania, said he was only waving and gesturing and greeting the crowd outside the Capitol as he does with people all the time.
And yet, the viral image of him raising his fist at the mob is officially on mugs, T-shirts and coffee cups available for sale on Hawley's own website.
During the January 6 committee's hearing on Thursday, the viral image was presented on a large screen for a few seconds, only to be followed by security camera footage from inside the Capitol showing Hawley trotting through the building's corridors and jogging downstairs as the mob entered the building.
The video caused many of those in the committee room —reporters, congressional aides, security staff, and visitors— to burst into laughter.
But people also got a little more creative, turning mockery into memes. Chariots of Fire, the Benny Hill theme, the theme music from Rocky, Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill and Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run are just a few of the many "alternative soundtracks" that have been given to the clip on Twitter.
One Twitter user mocked the senator, alluding to Forrest Gump with "Run, Josh Hawley, Run!"
"Josh Hawley has become the nation's favorite running joke," said one Twitter user who grabbed the chance for a perfect pun.
"Josh Hawley riling up the rioters and then running away like all those Republicans who denounced the COVID vaccine publicly but immediately got vaccinated the second they could," one user commented on Twitter.
"One of the important things that will come from tonight's hearing is that Josh Hawley will see a large number of running emojis in his replies for the foreseeable future," another commented.
There's no shortage of people running in films and anime, and Twitter users criticizing the Republican senator have been resurfacing quite a few as a comparison to his fleeing the Capitol.
A Twitter user even suggested alternative merchandise to the "Show-Me Strong" Hawley's mug mentioned earlier in this article showing his raised fist in support to the Capitol mob —featuring a running Hawley instead.
Hawley has not so far publicly addressed the mockery on social media, but, on Friday, he posted on Twitter a link to the mug sold as a fundraiser on his website (the one with the image of himself raising the fist to the Capitol mob) with a simple kissing emoji accompanying the image.
Newsweek has reached out to Hawley's office for comment.
The laughter that the clip sparked in the committee room was followed by a moment of gravity, as Democratic congresswoman Elaine Luria said Hawley had a role in inciting the mob outside the Capitol.
"We spoke with a Capitol police officer who was out there at the time," Luria said. "She told us that just Senator Hawley's gesture riled up the crowd. And it bothered her greatly because he was doing it in a safe space, protected by the officers and the barriers," she said.
"Think about what we've seen. Undeniable violence at the Capitol. The vice president being evacuated to safety by the Secret Service. Senators running through the hallways of the Senate to get away from the mob," she added.
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In response to the criticism, memes and jokes Hawley posted this on his Twitter.
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Not that I would to begin with, but if I were a consoomer, I would not buy anything from any politician that tweets a fucking kissing emoji.
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>Filling career posts in the federal government with loyalists with "america first" ideology
So you mean people who would actually do their jobs
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