Quo Vadis GOP?

[DGuller]

To be fair, South America doesn't have a great record with left wing leaders.  Or right wing leaders, for that matter.

[Sheilbh]

Still low-key think he might be the candidate in 2024

Of course that's not a million miles away from the WSJ interpretation of the election. And no doubt they both would have preferred the alternative candidate - a billionaire businessman, with unconvincing hair who built his campaign on social media (TikTok this time) and who famously said he was a great follower of Adolf Hitler, before clarifying that he meant Albert Einstein.

[grumbler]

Here's something from my former governor (who was forced out of office because of a bizarre blackmail scheme.  Also a wife beater), who is running for senate in my state.
https://twitter.com/EricGreitens/status/1538876823978713089
Watch it while you can because it may get tacked down since it's violates Twitter's no inciting violence

An almost picture-perfect example of what I've been saying about pathetic Republican cosplayers actually believing they are superheroes battling supervillains.

[Zanza]

who famously said he was a great follower of Adolf Hitler, before clarifying that he meant Albert Einstein.

Easy to confuse those two.

Although, Einstein was politically left, so that does not even make sense.

[The Minsky Moment]

I'm kind of impressed how the Jan 6 commission seems to almost go out of its way to involve Republicans

It's more than that - it's really the Liz Cheney Show, essentially presenting the Republican case against Trump.  Deliberate move by the subcommittee to take the air out attempts to write if off as a partisan attack job (the playbook on both impeachments).

[The Minsky Moment]

Ron DeSantis chips in on international diplomacy:

Ron DeSantis
@GovRonDeSantis

The election in Colombia of a former narco-terrorist Marxist is troubling and disappointing. The spread of left-wing totalitarian ideology in the Western Hemisphere is a growing threat. Florida stands with Colombian Americans on the side of freedom.

I share his concerns.  In one of the Western Hemispheric states, the totalitarian leader is carrying out a bitter campaign of political retaliation against a beloved private enterprise and generous employer, smashing the rule of law to over-ride contracts. 

[Razgovory]

I won't use a word like "cesspool" but I'll admit to being more than mildly concerned about recent developments in the US.

What about the phrase "shit pit"?

[Jacob]

What about the phrase "shit pit"?

I think it's one of those things where it's okay for Americans to use phrases like that, but not for non-Americans.

[Eddie Teach]

What about the phrase "shit pit"?

I think it's one of those things where it's okay for Americans to use phrases like that,

Not really. 

[Berkut]

Not even remotely.

Hell, 90% of Languish's political content over the last decade is various flavors of "Holy shit the US is fucked up!"

[HVC]

Not even remotely.

Hell, 90% of Languish's political content over the last decade is various flavors of "Holy shit the US is fucked up!"

I mean, be less crazy and people will stop calling you crazy

[Barrister]

So for the Jan 6 committee, apparently a British filmmaker was making a documentary about the Trump campaign.  They captured numerous videos on and around January 6, including interviews with all the major players.

Their film was subpoenaed by the Jan 6 committee and turned over, and will form part of the public commission.


Damn, I mean I know this is only evidence number 10,006, but Trump is such a narcissist.

[Habbaku]

So for the Jan 6 committee, apparently a British filmmaker was making a documentary about the Trump campaign.  They captured numerous videos on and around January 6, including interviews with all the major players.

Their film was subpoenaed by the Jan 6 committee and turned over, and will form part of the public commission.


Damn, I mean I know this is only evidence number 10,006, but Trump is such a narcissist.

Any big examples?

[Sheilbh]

British filmmaker?

Really hope it was Louis Theroux accidentally invading the Capitol.

[Barrister]

British filmmaker?

Really hope it was Louis Theroux accidentally invading the Capitol.

Dude's name is Alex Holder.

As a filmmaker, Holder is best known for his documentary Keep Quiet, which covered far-right Hungarian politician Csanad Szagedi's fall from power. Szagedi was the deputy head of Hungary's radical nationalist Jobbik party, and after years of catering to anti-semitic groups was forced to resign when his own Jewish ancestry became public knowledge.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/alex-holder-jan-6-committee-subpoena-1371644/