Memories light the corners of my mind

February 15, 2019February 14, 2019 ~ susie ~ 2 Comments

My favorite Iran-contra story? When the report was finished, it was pretty damning of Reagan and his minions. One of them had a brilliant idea: “We’ll write an executive summary that completely contradicts the findings! Reporters are lazy, they’ll never read the whole thing.” They were right. The only reporter who read it was I.F. Stone, and no one who mattered listened to him.

Right-wing media figures line up to defend Elliott Abrams, a Trump appointee complicit in crimes in Latin America https://t.co/6zgFD3p4oU pic.twitter.com/Y68bPljbSp
— Media Matters (@mmfa) February 14, 2019

I can’t imagine why he’s so disinterested

February 15, 2019February 14, 2019 ~ susie ~ 2 Comments

Amid Trump’s Indifference, DHS Is Wildly Unprepared To Stop Election Tampering https://t.co/mtfmv7b0Qg via @TPM
— Suburban Guerrilla 💙 (@SusieMadrak) February 14, 2019

Fox, henhouse, etc.

February 15, 2019February 14, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Senate votes to confirm William Barr as attorney general. He will oversee Mueller probe as lawmakers grow eager to see its results. https://t.co/x7FYkbyTKF
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 14, 2019

National ’emergency’

February 15, 2019February 14, 2019 ~ susie ~ 3 Comments

A national emergency for the wall:
– Is unpopular
– Is more unpopular than the wall itself
– Is unlike past such declarations
– Likely requires lots of eminent domain
– Is predicated on a dubious 'emergency'
– Lets Trump feel unbound by checks and balanceshttps://t.co/rD9DDsnKrJ
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 14, 2019

Pelosi and Schumer say it would be “lawless” for Trump to declare a national emergency: pic.twitter.com/fO4IkJGHWv
— Ben Siegel (@bensiegel) February 14, 2019

I mean, climate change really *is* a national emergency.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) February 14, 2019

McConnell dodged questions about his views on a national emergency, instead telling us that it was all about getting the bill signed into law. It’s clear he needed to trade Trump his support for national emergency to win president’s signature on the bill https://t.co/90odSjvHNl
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 14, 2019

‘As bad as it gets’

February 15, 2019February 14, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

POWERFUL VIDEO: I asked Rep Tom Sullivan, who lost a son in the Aurora Theatre Shooting, if he was upset there were no Republicans at his Extreme Risk Protection Order Press Conference. His response eye opening #coleg #copolitics pic.twitter.com/J3Lpf4Rmel
— Joe St. George (@JoeStGeorge) February 14, 2019

Over you

February 14, 2019February 18, 2019 ~ susie

There’s your house, there’s your car
One, two, three, there you are
Seems to me that you got taller
You’re in the rear-view mirror now
You’re getting smaller
‘Cause I’m over you.

I saw Lynn Miles perform this at the Boston Folk Festival in ’99, I think:

I’ve heard the stories for years

February 14, 2019February 13, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Looks like being a manipulative dick has finally caught up with him:

The story features allegations against Ryan Adams of emotional and verbal abuse by seven women, including ex-wife Mandy Moore and ex-fiancee Megan Butterworth, as well as accusations of sexual manipulation from five more https://t.co/0MLU3l16hb
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 13, 2019

A good start

February 14, 2019February 13, 2019 ~ susie ~ 5 Comments

Four Democrats unveiled a plan today that would allow anyone over age 50 to buy into Medicare https://t.co/xZrw8fPWbD
— POLITICO (@politico) February 13, 2019

Buh bye, Lyndon

February 14, 2019February 13, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

I met him when I was still in high school and a friend of mine dragged me to a Socialist Workers meeting. Everyone assumed he was a CIA plant because he was so batshit crazy:

Lyndon LaRouche, a quixotic leader of a cult-like organization who began his political career on the far left and ended it on the far right, railing against a host of groups, has died at 96. He ran for president eight times. https://t.co/WNpaW8l0E0
— NYT Obituaries (@NYTObits) February 13, 2019

https://twitter.com/JohnRossBowie/status/1095496260025368578

https://twitter.com/GaryLegum/status/1095454554555072512

Apparently Lyndon LaRouche has died at age 96. We have no word yet on whether it was the Rothschilds or the Royal House of Windsor
— The Discourse Lover (@Trillburne) February 12, 2019

Lyndon LaRouche was a cult leader. Make no mistake about that. I'll never forget the day some of his trained acolytes took over my @UVA classroom, screaming at, and threatening, 350 students in Politics 101 in spring semester 1991. They escaped just before police arrived.
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) February 13, 2019

https://twitter.com/AdamWeinstein/status/1095520526892756992

The tweet omits the amazing detail from the obituary: Bakker and LaRouche were cellmates in federal prison https://t.co/VnwYUTo9xU
— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 13, 2019

Yepper

February 14, 2019February 13, 2019 ~ susie ~ 2 Comments

Here’s How Much America’s Rising Income Inequality Is Costing Social Security – Center for American Progress https://t.co/ez7F0UBL0b
— Nick Hanauer (@NickHanauer) February 13, 2019