Systemic Corruption Accidentally Revealed To Shocked Americans! | Talking Points Memo

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things.

Over the last 18 hours, two new generations of Americans have inadvertently discovered the travesty that is federal transportation funding.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1382115
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A scene from Logan’s Run - 2021 – Escaping the Pandemic.

That runner is going nowhere. Fast!

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Nothing like starting the day watching Tucker make a lying claim and say he has proof coming up, and then have the guest who was presumably in a position to know just calmly say no, he didn’t see any of that. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: I wonder if Tucker made that face of his, the expression of disbelief and disgust someone once described as looking like he was watching a person eat mayonnaise out of the jar with a spoon.

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Yep. Nothing like it.

:face_vomiting:

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Very odd MM. Nothing about the Kavanaugh/FBI stuff? That’s a pretty big story to ignore.

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Yep, i agree.

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Grade 12 Urban Geography taught me that the overriding reason there’s are corporate lobbyists is to screw over the public. So the idea that 80% of funds, available for transport, go to highways isn’t a surprise. The ripping out of electrical streetcar lines and replacing them with gas guzzling busses within the urban setting is another example. Both are the product of the petrochemical and auto industries of America to further enhance their profits with complete disregard for the public’s health or interest.

So, what’s new pussy cat?

Nothin’

Edit; That Geography course was in 1972

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This happened too.

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???

You like your stuff? Strawberries in December? Corn in February?

Then you need trucks delivering it. And they use highways.

So do most of us.

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Yes. I do wish this clip had included his verbal response, too.

It appears that that basic rule of lawyering applies to interviewers, too: Be sure you know what your own witness/interviewee is/is not going to say.

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So the Mississippi assault on Roe vs. Wade only merits a blurb in morning memo, TPM?

You really need to step up your game

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True. But over the long term, if we’re really serious about a sustainable economic system, we’re going to have to relinquish a whole lot of this “I want it yesterday” economic model–especially as regards agriculture. Like many of you, I can remember a time when buying produce in season was a Thing, and civilization didn’t collapse because we couldn’t get table grapes in the winter.

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I really hate that I might have something in common with Tucker, but whenever I see a clip of him I get that same look on my face, along with that tightening in my throat that suggests imminent nausea.

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And in other news:

Michael Cohen Thinks Kushner Has Already Flipped on Trump (businessinsider.com)

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Interesting, if true.

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We won’t know until a whole lot farther down the garden path. Could be in an effort to keep himself out of prison. He wouldn’t do well there.

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But…

Sleep! Read! Exercise!

Have a good weekend, everyone!

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It takes journalism.
The Morning Memo takes regurgitation.

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If this is true, I think it just made my day…week…month…

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Knocking off early, eh?

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