I have decided to do a NEW KEITH THREAD. I really enjoyed my last one where he demanded that everyone get arrested for insane reasons, but this new one is made up of people he demands to RESIGN.
Now, Keith demands that people resign every day. So to keep it of reasonable length, I’m limiting it to (i) Dems - people on his own side and (ii) demand issued within the last year.
Even with those restrictions, there’s still a lot of content.
As with the last thread, I will name the person who should resign and identify the reason why they should resign.
Alright, LFG.
Senator Gary Peters: Being a pine cone and criticizing the Hunter pardon.
Jared Polis: Being cautiously optimistic about the RFK appointment and also criticizing the Hunter pardon.
Judge Juan Merchan: Rescheduling a hearing.
CBS campaign reporter Olivia Rinaldi: Reporting without comment that Trump announced he would agree to a debate with Harris on Fox News.
National Association of Black Journalists Pres. Ken Lemon: Hosting a conference at which Trump was interviewed by hostile journalists.
Rep. Jared Golden: Asking folks to turn down the rhetoric after the Trump assassination attempt.
Sen. Dick Durbin: Criticizing Clarence Thomas and calling for legislation regulating the Supreme Court. (Keith wanted him to be “tougher” here but other than donning a suicide vest I’m not sure what Durbin was supposed to do.)
(Also for being a eunuch.)
Various CNN personalities: Hosting the Trump Biden debate.
Gov. Kathy Hochul: This one was hard to decipher but I think she was calling for increased infrastructure spending in the Bronx.
I agree - let that repulsive borough rot. Worthless. “Hey let’s go hang out in the Bronx” is a phrase I never heard uttered once living almost a decade in NYC.
Russian Ken Dilly! For noting that Robert Hur thought Biden was old (he was). (Keith thought that Biden being old was a disinfo plot.)
Every Supreme Court lib: Not disqualifying Trump from the ballot.
Bonus points for referring to Robert Hur’s Penis for no reason and demanding AG Garland be fired (but not resign so he doesn’t get his own entry in this thread.)
Jonathan Chait: Writing a column that was extremely critical of Trump but not critical enough for Keith’s liking.
Mayor Eric Adams: For noticing immigration.
(Yeah this one was more than a year old but I liked it.)
One final entry, which is NOT a demand that anyone resign. In fact, Keith comes out AGAINST this person’s resignation. You’re gonna love this one. It’s a great closer.
Senator Bob Menendez.
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This is the beauty of America though. Every President is Hitler. A Hitler of defined powers and subject to checks and balances, but Hitler nonetheless. George Washington was our First Hitler, and him along with our other Founding Hitlers put a system in place that would stand the test of time and allow regular people to put a new Hitler in office every four years. A lot of people don't like this or that Hitler, but everyone gets a say and sooner or later there will be a Hitler in power that represents your interests, your views - your own personal Hitler.
Four of the best Hitlers we've ever had.
We must not forget the founding mothers our country too - Abigail Adams-Hitler, Martha Washington-Hitler, and Dolley Madison-Hitler. Our plucky little Hitlerettes!
Alright I'm angry. Jamal Khashoggi took money from Qatar to write columns for the Washington Post. Max Boot's wife took money from Korea and co-wrote his columns too.
Mehdi Hasan has been off and on Qatar's payroll his whole career.
Qatar invested $50M in Newsmax.
The Bidens are all on Ukraine's payroll and China's payroll. The NBA is also owned by China, which is why Steve Kerr and LeBron James spend so much time hating the US on their behalf.
China also apparently funds and staffs every high profile Democrat in the country.
Now we find out that Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, and Lauren Chen work for Russia (perhaps inadvertently).
China funded Bill Clinton for this whole Presidency. Iran hacked the Trump campaign in 2024. Russia hacked the Hillary campaign in 2016. Also in 2016, Russia promoted Bernie Sanders and Trump until Trump won, and then they started opposing Trump.
Russia organized an anti-Trump protest led by Michael Moore.
Lots of folks calling other people "weird" lately, and that's a real shame. Did you know that WEIRD Americans have actually contributed a lot to this country? Here are some of my favorites:
1. Jim Henson!
What kind of a grown man is obsessed with puppets?? Talk about WEIRD! But this hero went on to create the Muppets and entertain and educate generations of kids and adults alike. Thank you Jim!
2. Fred Rogers!
Fred is known for his famous TV show, but did you know that he was also a GIANT weirdo? It's true! After college, Fred went to seminary like a religious nutjob and became a minister for the world's dumbest religion (Presbyterianism). He also enjoyed swimming naked, the freak. We like you Fred, but you're WEIRD!
3. Albert Fish!
Albert - who also went by the nickname "Ham & Eggs" when he was confined to an orphanage, was scary weird! He was beaten at that orphanage, but this dude actually enjoyed it! What? He would go on to torture himself as well as others. He even attacked kids and ate them! Hey, nice hat, WEIRDO!
Anna Merlan has a long piece about how some people skeptical of public health officials during covid ended up going deep into conspiratorial thinking and disbelieving basic facts about AIDS.
But nowhere does she even consider the possibility that skepticism of public health messaging increased because officials set their own credibility on fire. technologyreview.com/2024/08/07/109…
It's not even clear that the villains of her piece were wrong about covid (at least she doesn't try to make that case). She vaguely mentions that the bad guys had "fringe theories" about covid origins, vaccines, social distancing, and masks.
Maybe public health officials said inaccurate things about those topics too? Maybe?
IN ANY EVENT some of us actually believe in science and were LOUDLY encouraging public health officials to not set their credibility on fire in the name of political expediency, but we were ignored.
Not to be bitter but I remember having this very argument: public health is super important so it's really critical that you guys don't sacrifice your integrity forever just to win a news cycle! Ah well.