When The Truth Is ‘Bad For Business’ - TPM – Talking Points Memo

“What are they doing about it? Nothing. They don’t have the courage. They’re cowards,”

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Shorter Disney to DeSantis: come back when you’re big enough to ride with the grownups, kid.

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It is not an automatic disqualifier for most positions, though it’s obviously a plus if the person doing the hiring is a shitheel troll like Matt Gaetz.

Expect Boebert, Greene, or Biggs to hire Eddie Gallagher as their chief of staff soon.

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From the outset, FoxNews, led by Rupert Murdoch, has been a rolling unpatriotic and insurrectionist enterprise.

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“feeding your relatives lies and half-truths that make them angry is just a business model.”

Substitute “viewers” for “relatives”.

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Uh, would that be “counsel”…? :roll_eyes:

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Faux Noise is probably replaying this with a laugh track behind it.

Yes, we need to hear more like Jamall confront these armchair murderers, but I don’t expect it to have a whole lot of impact.

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Some of us are old enough to remember when the NRA would be horrified by something like this … and the first reflexive response would be the reiterating of various safety advisories & encourage the safe & secure locked storage of firearms & the storage of ammunition separate from the firearms.

Instead, now we have an NRA that instantly launches sick preemptive 2nd Amendment support statements & attacks on any form of intelligent firearm care & management.

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I read a WaPo article where they quote a DeSantis appointed board member complaining about how they weren’t informed of these changes until late Friday night, in March. Well duh! When you take over you should have your lawyers hired, and ready to read all paperwork. Have fun imposing your conservative religious views on the garbage collection, and sewer system.

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Years before he shared a gun-filled family Christmas message on Facebook, Andy Ogles posted a photo of a toddler holding a large firearm.

“Weapons training,” he wrote in July 2016 on Instagram. “#2ndamendment

Before his gun-filled Christmas message, Rep. Andy Ogles posted a photo of a toddler holding a gun (msn.com)

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When the question of disciplining disloyal associates leaves room for principled disagreement.

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great news about both Fetterman’s planned return and that the Texas Tribune is hanging on for now.

I hope Fetterman continues to have a solid support system because I imagine being in Congress has to be a pretty depressing job at times like this. But glad that he’s feeling well enough to jump back in because we need him!

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The first debate is in August and that’s a question that needs to be asked.

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