Mike Lee thinks he's in a courtroom interrogating a witness and he's failing at it. #GarlandHearing
Now Mike Lee brings up Loudon County (they all use Loudon County as a predicate often) Loudon County is ground zero for many of these things (I've said many times) and a sexual assault #GarlandHearing
Mike Lee is floundering and now he's lying and he's using the messaging that Republicans are choosing to use about this letter. #GarlandHearing
Coons up. Talking about funding that DOJ might use. Asking about the programs and how they work. Exactly what the committee should be asking.
Coons boosts the confirmations of Nominees for IP and Anti-trust in the DOJ. Talks about equal justice under the law and changes needed to access justice.
Recess for 5 minutes than Angry Tom Cotton will be up.
Tom has a permanent forehead crease due to all the fomenting of angry indignation he brings forth which is also the cause of his constipation.
#GarlandHearing back with Angry Tom Tom
Brings up Fauci and gain of function research, then he moves to the outrageous letter sent related to school boards. Wants to know what the FBI thought. MG said no one pushed back, but then Tom lied.
said that FBI people have contacted him personally and did push back.
Now bringing up the NSA and task force. Tom has nothing
NSA should be chasing jihadists and chinese spys #GarlandHearing
#AngryTomCotton is trying hard to push MG and is now talking about "annoying" parents. Talks over MG repeatedly. He's got nothing. #GarlandHearing
Now he's talking about Krysten Sinema. Wow, Cotton just supported #KrystenSinema
Oh - Tom brought up Loudon County again. That's the 3rd Senator today. Trying to tie the rape in a bathroom to Merrick Garland. Asked him to resign. #CottonShouldResign #GarlandHearing
Hirono up. Reads out loud a portion of the MG memo and calls Republicans out.
Bringing up all the cases that the DOJ is supporting for all of our rights.
Rise in hate crimes and what they are doing? COVID Crimes Hate Crimes Act
Kennedy up. This is going to be awful too. Brings up the letter from a US Attorney from Montana suggesting ways the parents could be prosecuted .
Kennedy is a pompous ass #GarlandHearing
Calls the AG "Just a vessel".
Now Kennedy is making allegations about the WH and the DOJ.
Merrick is handling this well IMO
Now he suggests he would be fired (MG laughed at the allegation) if he didn't send this memo #GarlandHearing
He continues to suggest that the WH forced him to send the letter.
Now MG is reminding Kennedy of how stuff works correctly.
Now he switches to kids growing up today to commit a crime then own a home and get married #GarlandHearing
Then he suggests that the memo sent to the National School board are going to increase crime for kids.
He just brought up #KrystenSinema (4th one to do so)
He's got nothing #GarlandHearing
MG repeatedly tells what the memo is. Kennedy has used the word "chilling" almost 13 times during his seven minutes. #GarlandHearing
Booker up - talking about cocaine and Fair Sentencing Act. Turning into the Equal Act now. Makes sentencing guidelines different for crack vs powder cocaine.
Clearly Dems want to know what's the DOJ is doing, Republicans don't #GarlandHearing
Cory is focusing on legislation that is up for approval and further discussion about compassionate release. #GarlandHearing
Sasse up. Talking about the memo again.
MG makes it clear again what the memo says.
Then suggests it's about "political hackery"
Brings up OH, MO, PA (all Republican states) left the National School Board (they were always going to) #GarlandHearing
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so there is a waiting line for the booster with another 10 or more my age or older waiting.😁
however there was an angry senior man loudly complaining about the process, he was in error but never apologized . 1/
the appt and check in process was very easy and evidently this is going to be a busy week at this pharmacy👏🏻
Sinema and Manchin are up for reelection in 2024 and we all get distracted by these stories.
We need to focus on them, but we need to support our 2022 contenders more. Support Senate seats we can #DontBeDistracted
The list is below.
1st up - Open seats and the margin of victory in the last election.
R - Richard Shelby 28.1% - AL
R - Richard Burr 5.2% 💥- NC
R - Rob Portman 20.8% - OH
R - Pat Toomey 1.5% 💥 - PA
R - Roy Blunt 2.8% 💥 - MO
There are also UNKNOWN seats - those were the committment to run again may not have been identified yet.
R - John Thune 43.6% - SD
D - Patrick Leahy 28.3% - VT
R - Ron Johnson 3.4% 💥 - WI
R - Lisa Murkowski 15.2% - AK
The video swirling around about Matt Gaetz was interesting. Based on body language and voice (@DrGJackBrown ) it looked like Matt was uncomfortable because he wasn’t telling the truth.
The “truth” he told was that someone was going to kill him.
I will not post the video
🧵1/
The whole thing was bizarre. I assumed that it happened late yesterday or early today.
The original story was pushed by a RW Conservative Catholic mom that goes by the name Debra Heine.
Of course the story was about this guy @/CIABOB4U 2/
Of course in her story, he was a lefty, deranged and arrested by capitol police. She changed the twitter handle by adding a 2 at the end of it or maybe “Bob Bobs” had another handle.
He’s alive and well on Twitter and yes he rants 3/
My comment to this is:
Maybe it was just another messaging OP that the media ran with as storyline but wasn’t entirely true. Messaging, the fabric of the media’s life.
I say this because of a couple things that I have been doing in the last month.
I’ve been going to locations in Redding that also complained to see what the situation was like in their business.
Just as a consumer
2/
1st stop was Damburger, a local burger joint famous for its burgers (never ate there before)
When I arrived, it was busy. I asked how business was when I ordered and they said fine.
I asked them about the story in the local paper. 3/
I believe that’s what we are seeing. How much will she give up to be loved by the other side with donations and votes? It’s her personality. She’s and “I” player not a team player