Trump administration will send tactical border officers with Special Forces, including sniper certification, and gear like stun grenades to carry out supercharged immigration arrest effort in sanctuary cities
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/Border-Patrol-ICE-Sanctuary-Cities.html
Reminder: Trump now openly admits to sending Giuliani to Ukraine to find damaging information about his political opponents, even though he strongly denied it during the impeachment inquiry.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/13/politics/trump-rudy-giuliani-ukraine-interview/index.html
Justice Dept. won’t charge Andrew McCabe, the former FBI official who authorized the investigation of Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/justice-dept-wont-charge-andrew-mccabe-the-former-fbi-official-who-authorized-the-investigation-of-president-trump/2020/02/14/8ab3aac0-4f48-11ea-bf44-f5043eb3918a_story.html
The entire supposed point of nominating Sanders was to get a political revolution that could pass M4A. With Grim saying it won't happen, and AOC saying a public option ain't bad, what's the point of nominating him?
https://twitter.com/DanteAtkins/status/1228085405305704449
Why is Sanders still advocating for Medicare of All if he's OK with Pete's plan?
https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1228132180481789953
Sanders' press sec. promoting an anti-unity group who won't vote for any candidate in the general election if it's not Bernie. Also Virgil Texas posted a violent picture of a boy being gang-raped and associated it with the Buttigieg campaign - is Sanders endorsing this, too?
https://twitter.com/m_mendozaferrer/status/1228008770569154561
More homophobic memes about Pete from the Bros. This one held back until now because he didn’t want it “misconstrued”.
https://twitter.com/justinboldaji/status/1227775664381546496?s=20
North Dakota Tribes Score Key Voting Rights Victory - In a win for voting rights advocates, North Dakota agreed to a binding consent decree to ensure that Native Americans can vote without an ID that shows a residential addresses
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/us/politics/north-dakota-voter-id.html
Federal judge rejects North Dakota's request to dismiss tribal lawsuit over voter ID rules
https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/tribal-news/federal-judge-rejects-north-dakota-s-request-to-dismiss-tribal/article_d066dede-b71b-50ab-88b1-128c8844ff88.html
Military Officials Say Neo-Nazi Group Membership Will Not Get You Booted From Military
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/12/neo-nazi-group-membership-may-not-get-you-booted-military-officials-say.html
Were the Astros still cheating in last year’s World Series? “Oh, yeah, no question,” Kurt Suzuki said. “We could hear it from their dugout. We heard their whistling. What are you going to do?”
https://twitter.com/dcsportsbog/status/1228159648219439104?s=20
Astros told Archer he was tipping a pitches in August 2017 when he wasn't, which caused his 7.50 September ERA by changing things that didn’t need to be changed, derailing his pitching career
https://theathletic.com/1603448/2020/02/13/the-astros-told-chris-archer-he-was-tipping-pitches-now-he-knows-they-were-willing-to-do-anything-to-win/
Fox News host attacks Roger Stone jury foreman while broadcasting her Twitter account details
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-fox-news-tucker-carlson-roger-stone-trial-jury-doj-twitter-a9335431.html
Boris Johnson has cancelled his planned trip to the White House after Trump slammed the phone down on him in a moment of 'apoplectic' fury
https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-cancels-visit-donald-trump-slammed-phone-down-apoplectic-2020-2
His entire strategy is that the people will rise up and put pressure on Congress but it ain’t happening. They couldn’t even slap Trump on the wrist.
Cody Bellinger didn’t hold back when talking about the Astros. He said he thought Jim Crane was “weak” yesterday, Altuve stole an MVP, the Astros stole a World Series, and that he believes they cheated in 2018 and 2019.
https://twitter.com/jorgecastillo/status/1228350104010018819
Cody Bellinger, on the Astros: "I lost respect for those guys. I would say everyone in the Show, in the big leagues, lost respect for those guys."
https://twitter.com/alden_gonzalez/status/1228354657195413504?s=21
Dusty Baker said Zack Greinke won't report to camp until Feb. 22. When asked for a reason why he's reported late, Baker said "Other than he's Zack Greinke."
https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1228346920873136128
Mike Clevinger is scheduled to undergo surgery today after he sustained partial [tear] of the medial meniscus in his left knee while training this week. He has been on crutches. Timetable for a return will be established following the procedure.
https://twitter.com/ZackMeisel/status/1228331875548254208
Rural Americans managed to sell themselves as the average American while still keeping the impression that they're a vulnerable minority who needs extra votes to stand up to those big city bullies. In truth, they are a small minority but not a vulnerable one. They leveraged cultural perceptions into policy and administrative/legislative/judicial/executive structures that have cemented their stranglehold on American politics. Aided and abetted at every step by forces of business and finance that realized the benefit of giving all the political power to least populous, least educated, and least prosperous areas of our country.
There are literally thousands of people dying from guns. There are Americans who can't afford their healthcare. There are homeless veterans dying on the streets. And all Republicans can worry about are tampons.....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/14/tennessee-republicans-worry-women-will-go-on-tampon-buying-frenzy
“This is your chance to fix your mistake before the millions and millions of Bernie Sanders supporters will find you and end your ability to earn a living,” the email says. “We will find you corrupt mother fuckers of that you can be sure and we will make sure you wallow in poverty and suffering.”
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/culinary-union-officials-face-profanity-laced-attacks-after-scorecard-says-sanders-would-end-their-health-care
China Admits 1,716 Health Workers Contracted Coronavirus, Six Are Already Dead
https://www.thedailybeast.com/china-admits-1716-health-workers-contracted-coronavirus-six-are-already-dead
Don't forget that Trump faced a ton of opposition from his own party during the primaries - he barely secured the nomination from favorites like Cruz and Rubio. The real establishment and religious GOP base did not support him in the beginning, in fact I think many genuinely hated him. And so the most depressing thing is not that they supported him from the beginning, but that they saw him for exactly who he was, and then chose to delude themselves into believing he is a completely different person once he got the nomination.
#Astros like Marisnick keep talking about the talent on that team to explain why they could/would have won the WS anyway. But you know who didn’t believe completely in that talent? The team that had to cheat to enhance it. (twitter.com)
https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/1228388677031690240?s=19
Stephen Strasburg, the 2019 WS MVP, with more high heat for the Astros: "Someday I’m gonna hopefully have some grandkids and sit down and talk to them about the experience of the World Series and not really feel ashamed of it at all."
https://twitter.com/TylerKepner/status/1228386279303385095
Pitcher Jeremy Hellickson is unlikely to pitch this season. Had a shoulder setback. If this is it, had a solid 10 year MLB career. 2011 Rookie of the Year. 2012 Gold Glove. World Series Champion with the Nationals in 2019.
https://twitter.com/craigmish/status/1228364157533261826
'A president can't wave a magic wand and pass any legislation they want': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says electing Bernie Sanders won't guarantee Medicare for All
https://www.businessinsider.com/president-wave-magic-wand-aoc-bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-2020-2
Appeals court unanimously strikes down Medicaid work requirements
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/appeals-court-unanimously-strikes-down-medicaid-work-requirements/2020/02/14/2fe1007a-4f43-11ea-b721-9f4cdc90bc1c_story.html
MLB is raising the minimum salary for minor league players in 2021, according to a memo from the commissioner's office obtained by the AP
https://twitter.com/Jake_Seiner/status/1228399995352756225
Rob Manfred's inaction is as damaging to baseball as the Astros' cheating
So Nick Nurse in 1.5 years. 1) head coach of raptors 2) team canada 3) nba all-star game 4) nba champion 5) longest canadian professional sports win streak at 15 games 6) taking a 2nd run at the chip this playoffs
Clayton Kershaw on the #Astros: "Some of those guys said the right things, gave a good apology. And that's great. I'll move on with that. And then you get the owner up there saying some dumb stuff and it's like, 'What's going on? How can you be that ignorant to the situation?'"
https://twitter.com/jorgecastillo/status/1228416712221044736
Trevor May: “If there’s any player out there that has the nerve to pimp a homer after they cheated to know what pitch was coming, that person is now dead in my eyes.”
https://clips.twitch.tv/MagnificentBlatantLaptopLitFam
Not madness - sadness...because graham and cruz and rubio - they didnt oppose trump’s policies, they opposed him as a person...and he has not changed...so what has? Politicians choosing their neck over integrity
https://twitter.com/ChrisCuomo/status/1228417144406380545
"In San Diego, they were begging us to build a wall." This is the Greatest Immigration Dishonesty Hits. Somebody in San Diego might've begged Trump to build a wall, but the city didn't; council voted to express opposition, and even the Republican mayor is opposed.
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1228416598358347777
They are working overtime to erase Mueller's investigation and findings: Lindsey Graham tells Barr he wants transcribed interviews of individuals involved in Russia probe and Carter Page FISA application
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1228414649487548418
. @jaketapper Rips Rush Limbaugh for Buttigieg Smear: Mayor is Married to One Man, Don’t Know ‘What Number Spouse’ Rush is On
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1228414159873703937
I would have thought the American people would never stand for a President who proclaims that his opponents should go to jail and whines that his friends should get out of it. Instead, about half of America seems to think that's totally awesome. It's incredibly disturbing.
https://twitter.com/OrinKerr/status/1228412755268366336
Rookie/shortseason league runs from mid June to early September, 12 weeks if you are generous, making the total pay for a player in that league $4,800. that is for the year. For full season, let's say 22 weeks, giving full pay now as A - $11,000 AA - $13,200 AAA - $15,400
https://twitter.com/Matt_Winkelman/status/1228408492190507008
The Army will not be investigating Alexander Vindman, per Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, despite Trump's request
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/14/alexander-vindman-no-army-investigation-115286
A senior @VFWHQ official tells me they’re still waiting for an apology from the President after asking for one on 01/24, after he said TBIs are “not serious” injuries.
https://twitter.com/weijia/status/1228411481517101056
The Veterans Scandal on Bernie Sanders’s Watch | Bernie Sanders’s tenure as chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee was characterized by glaring neglect of his oversight responsibilities, allowing the 2014 VA scandal to unfold under his watch, veterans’ rights advocates argue. | Dozens of veterans died while waiting for medical care at Phoenix Veterans Health Administration facilities, a scandal CNN broke in the spring of 2014. The imbroglio spread with reports of secret waiting lists at other VA hospitals, possibly leading to dozens more preventable deaths. He held one-sixth of the hearings on oversight that his House of Representatives counterpart held. Republicans griped that they had made multiple requests for more oversight hearings, but received no response. A news host even challenged Sanders as the scandal erupted, saying he sounded more like a lawyer for the VA than the man responsible for overseeing it. "We feel that he did not live up to his responsibilities as SVAC chairman to provide oversight into this. He keeps hiding behind the mantle [of the title]. And yes, he did pass the $15 billion piece of legislation, but that’s… akin to closing the barn door after the chickens have escaped,” said Matthew Miller, the chief policy officer of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-veterans-scandal-on-bernie-sanderss-watch?ref=scroll
He jumped out of bed, grabbed his sister and got out of the house through an open window. But he didn't stop there — he went back in to get the family dog and pulled it to safety. Then, he helped alert the rest of the family. Everyone made it out safely.
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1228028595399950336
Barr has a legal hit-squad to interfere with Justice on behalf of his Mob Boss, Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/politics/michael-flynn-prosecutors-barr.html
There is no genuine question about whether Flynn lied to the FBI. He did. We know it, and he knows it, and he pleaded guilty to it. So all this Flynn hand-wringing by Trump followers isn't about the law. It's about super-imposing a political result on the legal process.
Just to recap, Flynn pleaded guilty *twice*. He did it once, after months of deliberation. And then he seemed kinda wishy-washy so the judge inquired whether he was really sure and let him re-plead. And he decided to plead guilty *again.*
https://twitter.com/gabrielmalor/status/1228383901686603777
1/ Today @nytimes (and others) reported that Barr has assigned prosecutors from the St. Louis U.S. Attorney’s Office and elsewhere to review “politically sensitive” cases, including Flynn’s.
https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1228388815456362496
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/politics/michael-flynn-prosecutors-barr.html
2/ This is highly unusual. While the work of federal prosecutors is routinely reviewed by supervisors, the use of prosecutors from other parts of the country to review their work after the fact is highly out of the ordinary. It is a bigger issue than it seems at first glance.
https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1228389200132788226
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/politics/michael-flynn-prosecutors-barr.html
3/ On its face, Barr’s action is hard to criticize. Most of us want the work of prosecutors to be heavily scrutinized and reviewed to ensure that they’re doing the right thing. I want that too. But there’s more going on here.
https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1228389740950499332
4/ Barr is picking cases that Trump and his allies don’t like for this special review. The DOJ prosecutes thousands of people every year. Drug dealers and bank robbers don’t get this special treatment, and that’s only part of the problem.
https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1228390237224742918
5/ Obviously high profile cases get more scrutiny and always have. But what’s odd here is that DOJ is going back and reviewing a case (Flynn’s) that resulted in a conviction as well as a finding by a federal judge that Flynn’s allegations of wrongdoing had no merit.
https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1228390545950674944
6/ It’s the sort of case that would not ordinarily warrant this sort of careful review by a prosecutor in another office. What message does this send to DOJ attorneys? That if you investigate or charge Trump’s allies, you will be highly scrutinized.
https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1228390858296365061
7/ No one likes having someone look over their shoulder and second guess their decision making. And it’s harder to get someone to take on an assignment if they know that they are likely to be investigated and could end up hated by millions of Trump’s followers.
https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1228391285750423552
8/ On the flip side, DOJ put substantial resources into a criminal investigation of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe even though the evidence—which was publicly disclosed by the OIG—was obviously too weak to bring charges.
https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1228391712332156930
9/ This is more subtle than a Trump tirade or nasty tweet. In Barr’s DOJ, investigations of Trump’s friends are highly scrutinized and questioned. Investigations of Trump’s perceived enemies receive more resources than they merit.
https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1228392049638100992
10/ This isn’t how the Justice Department is supposed to work. And despite allegations of political influence, it isn’t the Justice Department I know. Our legal system is supposed to treat you the same, whether you’re Trump’s enemy or his friend. /end
https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1228392457706098693
Team Trump is trying to avoid pardons because pardos look very very very bad when they happen at election time
While reading this report it’s important to remember one key fact: Ukraine is NOT some small Euro country (see MAP) but the 2nd largest in Europe and only barrier between Russia and most NATO countries. Trumps suppressing military aid (exposed by whistleblower in the report)
https://twitter.com/JamesCarville/status/1201944003555549186
Clearly shows Trumps actions are an unpatriotic betryal of US interests in favor of his political gain. This ain’t complicated.
https://twitter.com/JamesCarville/status/1201944014670487552
Take one look at Army veteran Elana Duffy and you'll notice her leg, which was amputated after she sustained major nerve damage in a Humvee crash while serving in Iraq. But when strangers approach Duffy to thank her for her sacrifice, she often tells them that the lasting impact of losing her leg does not compare to the daily pain she endures due to an injury invisible to the naked eye: a traumatic brain injury. | Duffy has experienced slurred speech, migraines, facial paralysis, vertigo, memory loss and vision problems. It took more than two years before she was diagnosed with a brain injury and rushed into emergency neurosurgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/14/politics/home-front-traumatic-brain-injuries/index.html
Michael Avenatti has been found guilty on all counts in Nike extortion trial
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/14/us/michael-avenatti-verdict/index.html
More than 100 appearances on CNN and never once did they mention his CHECKERED PAST
https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1228404225434013697
At what point will all the people on this website so mercilessly attacked those who questioned Avenatti's credibility apologize and admit they were wrong? Avenatti defenders were like cult members, it was insane Feel free to confess in the replies
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1228401901789536256
Diplomatic Plate Holders Owe DC $745K in Unpaid Traffic Tickets
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/diplomatic-plate-holders-owe-dc-745k-in-unpaid-traffic-tickets/2214523/
Trevor Bauer had a 7-minute response to a Q about the #Astros today: "I'm not going to let them forget the fact they are hypocrites. They are cheaters. They've stolen from a lot of other people, and the game itself was completely unfair." #Reds
https://twitter.com/nightengalejr/status/1228427962271162368?s=21
A new report to Congress by the Trump administration justifying the killing last month of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani “directly contradicts” Trump’s first claim of why he ordered the attack
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/14/trump-administration-issues-report-on-soleimani-killing.html
David Laufman on CNN: "It's Valentine's Day, I suppose, and nothing says 'I love you' from the attorney general to the President of the U.S. than commissioning investigations of investigations carried out by career prosecutors to satiate the president's political grievances."
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1228445180195459074
The internet is undefeated...🤣💀 What are the Astros pitchers throwing?
https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1228383608789970944
Roger Stone asks for new trial in sealed motion, one day after Trump accused jury forewoman of bias. The legal motion delays Stone’s Feb. 20 sentencing date on charges of witness tampering and lying to Congress.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/roger-stone-asks-for-new-trial-in-sealed-motion-one-day-after-trump-accused-jury-forewoman-of-bias/2020/02/14/1e36e412-4f65-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html
As an obscure Kansas Congressman, Pompeo made name for himself attacking State's response to murder of Ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 other Americans in Benghazi. Now, Pompeo's State Department is trying to cut funds to a charity in Stevens honor. | The secretary of state rose to prominence investigating the 2012 Benghazi attack. Now he’s on board with an administration plan to cut funds to a program honoring J. Christopher Stevens.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/14/pompeo-trump-administration-benghazi-public-diplomacy-state-department-christopher-stevens-federal-budget/
37 new accusers have come forward since #EvelynYang told me last month she was assaulted by her doctor. These women are demanding the case be re-opened @DrewGriffinCNN story is coming up on @CNNSitRoom cc @CyVanceforDA
https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN/status/1228443367148851200
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/16/politics/evelyn-yang-interview-assault/index.html
Bloomberg's ads are so good. I'm mad at myself for not having had the idea to do my own mashup of this Billy Madison scene with a Trump presser.
https://twitter.com/KaraCalavera/status/1228434286396702721
https://twitter.com/Mike2020/status/1228338153964081155
Remembering these beautiful 17 young people taken from our world two years ago today at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. Keep them in your hearts on this day of love! ❤️ 2.14.18 #MSDHS
https://twitter.com/javimorgado/status/1228445935425945602
Bauer on Crain: "'We don’t think it affected the game.' You’re either lying or you’re a fucking idiot. And don’t become a billionaire owner of a team by being a fucking idiot. So, you’re lying."
https://twitter.com/ctrent/status/1228443648498388992?s=19
Bauer: ”… you guys think you are better than everyone and you don’t have to abide by the rules? Fuck you. You know? That’s how I feel about their whole operation.“ (more to come)”
https://twitter.com/ctrent/status/1228431494214909952
The SDNY investigation involving Giuliani? It’s very much ongoing. Prosecutors have contacted witnesses and sought to collect new documents just since impeachment trial wound down.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-impeachment-trial-ended-federal-prosecutors-took-new-steps-in-probe-related-to-giuliani-according-to-people-familiar-with-case/2020/02/14/7893bfb0-4e8a-11ea-bf44-f5043eb3918a_story.html
BORTAC is the Border Patrol's military-style tactical organization based in El Paso. I last saw them at the Walmart mass shooting. They've also been sent to prison riots. Now the Trump administration is sending BORTAC into American neighborhoods.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/Border-Patrol-ICE-Sanctuary-Cities.html
Pompeo builds to a conclusion in which he tells a would-be emotional story about visiting wounded Ukrainian soldiers in hospital. Perhaps some of them were wounded during the period when he was party to a plot to withhold military aid from Ukraine? #MunichSecurityConference
https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1228686341090750464
Today at the @MunSecConf I want everyone in Europe to understand that there is a war taking place on this Continent. It’s in #Donbas 🇺🇦 It’s not a "minor issue" that can be overlooked or forgotten. It is affecting the lives of millions of people and the security of a Continent.
https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1228648308337520641
Allies: "We don't trust you because you are an overbearing self-infatuated bully."
Pompeo: "Shut up you ingrates and do what I tell you.
https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1228682519911989248
Trump returned to Mar-a-Lago for the 29th golf-related trip of his presidency to his for-profit resort, raising his total taxpayer golf tab to $133.8 million, according to HuffPost. That figure translates to 334 years of the presidential salary.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-mar-a-lago-taxpayers_n_5e4712b9c5b64d860fcab86c
Perhaps more consequential — or at least overlooked — is what’s happening among the vast diaspora of more than 7.3 million people who have left California since 2007. They appear to be changing the political makeup of the states they’ve moved to, perhaps enough to alter the Electoral College map in favor of Democrats. | The question is: Are they bringing California values — fierce defense of the environment, tolerance of immigrants and a multiracial society, insistence on universal health care — with them? It could be just demographic churn. But if you look at the changing politics of Nevada, Colorado and Arizona, all fast-growing states packed with new arrivals from California, the answer is yes. Texas may not be far behind. | In Nevada, to which 500,000 Californians moved between 2008 and 2018, Democrats won the governor’s mansion and a second U.S. Senate seat in 2018. There used to be more Republicans, by registration. But Democrats now have a 70,000-voter advantage, and they prevailed there in the last three presidential races. Colorado, another favorite landing spot for those who can no longer afford California, is now reliably blue. Democrats won majorities there by more than 100,000 votes in the last two presidential elections. The state is likely to flip a Senate seat, bouncing the inept Republican Cory Gardner for a popular former governor, John Hickenlooper. Arizona could be the next to fall to Democrats. The state known for retirees and tax-averse whites is becoming more diverse and younger and is full of ex-Californians. Between 2001 and 2014, Arizona added about a quarter-million people from its neighboring state to the west. Trump won Arizona by 91,000 votes. But in 2018, the quirky Kyrsten Sinema became the first Democrat to win a Senate seat since 1988, with a victory margin of about 56,000 votes. | Texas, the top state for California exiles, will probably come up short for Democrats this year, though it’s in play. Democrats have a growing advantage in Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio, all seeing heavy U-Haul traffic from California.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/opinion/california-revenge-trump.html
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/12/how-californians-moving-to-nevada-are-changing-the-states-politics/
https://www.uttyler.edu/politicalscience/files/texas-survey-likely-voters-2020.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/texas
Trump Loses Big Court Decision on Medicaid Work Requirement
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/trump-loses-big-court-decision-on-medicaid-work-requirement.html
Astronomers will sweep the entire sky for signs of extraterrestrial life for the first time, using 28 giant radio telescopes in an unprecedented hunt for alien civilisations.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/15/astronomers-to-sweep-entire-sky-for-signs-of-extraterrestrial-life
By changing the flying altitude by just couple of thousand feet on fewer than 2% of all scheduled flights, a study by a team of scientists at Imperial College London concludes that aviation's damage to the climate could be reduced by as much as 59%.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/airplane-contrails-climate-change-science-study/index.html
My plan lets everyone choose a public plan without forcing anyone off their private plans. The question is whether you trust the American people—including the working people of @culinary226 —to make the health care choice that's right for them. I do. Why don't you?
Bridges throws it off the backboard to himself and yams it
https://streamable.com/tzymr
#Dodgers Ross Stripling: "We're not looking for anyone to come beg at our knees for forgiveness. But if you're going to apologize -- I thought Marwin Gonzalez had a good one. But no one on the Astros that's still an Astro has given what remotely seems like a sincere apology."
https://twitter.com/billplunkettocr/status/1228412563311882240
NASA flights detect millions of Arctic methane hotspots | "We consider hotspots to be areas showing an excess of 3,000 parts per million of methane between the airborne sensor and the ground," said lead author. "And we detected 2 million of these hotspots over the land that we covered."
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-nasa-flights-millions-arctic-methane.html
Bernie Sanders intentionally conflates his health care plan with the systems of other countries, but no country offers the benefits he promises, none eliminate cost-sharing, few are as highly centralized, and very rarely is virtually all private insurance banned (in fact, private insurance is mandatory)
AOC lowers expectations on Medicare for All, admitting Sanders 'can't wave a magic wand' to pass it
https://news.yahoo.com/aoc-lowers-expectations-on-medicare-for-all-admitting-sanders-cant-wave-a-magic-wand-to-pass-it-212943695.html
From the President of Estonia, which knows Russia very well: There is an eagerness to move forward, to mend relations with Russia, but it should not be done behind Ukraine’s back, Ukraine needs to be involved and we need to listen to Ukraine’s judgment @ZelenskyyUa @MunSecConf @yes_ukraine
https://twitter.com/KerstiKaljulaid/status/1228677741966503936
Speaking at #MSC2020 today, Ukrainian President @ZelenskyyUa warned against generalizing allegations of #corruption against his country. #Ukraine
https://twitter.com/MunSecConf/status/1228670862494224384
Trump Held a Pep Rally for Border Patrol Agents and They Chanted ‘Four More Years’
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdzpm/trump-held-a-pep-rally-for-border-patrol-agents-and-they-chanted-four-more-years
This is how democracy dies: in full view of a public that couldn’t care less
Federal Bill Seeks to Make Companies Responsible for Plastic Waste
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/business/recycling-law.html
2.5 Million Pounds Of Radioactive Fracking Waste Illegally Dumped In Oregon Landfill
https://www.opb.org/news/article/radioactive-fracking-waste-oregon-landfill-illegal-dump/
Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo on Lakers’ Kobe Bryant: “He was my idol. Not just my idol, the whole generation’s idol. He was our Michael Jordan. He gave back to the game. A lot of people when they’re so great don’t do that. Talent is worthless if you don’t share it & he shared.”
https://streamable.com/ctesh
I wouldn’t have taken the hitting a baseball is hard even if you know what’s coming approach in the interview today, because it’s even harder to hit when you don’t know what’s coming
https://twitter.com/TphamLV/status/1228781004736720896
I cheated on my SAT, but this scholarship to Yale is something I got fair and square: Correa claims Astros won title “Fair and Square”
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28708747/carlos-correa-says-astros-won-world-series-fair-square
If a few fellow-player comments have these cheaters this triggered, these cheaters aren't ready for a whole year of chants and taunts that will come from fans.
Kris Bryant on Astros: "If they didn’t get caught they’d still be doing it. They’re only doing this apology because they got caught. There’s a lot of feelings on it. I know everybody around the league is really upset and rightfully so because it’s really a disgrace to the game.”
https://twitter.com/gdubcub/status/1228725220296364032?s=21
It’s outrageous there will be no player suspensions. They’re getting off free because of the immunity deal. Should have been one year suspensions for all of them. And the World Series title vacated.
Ok... let me get this straight. MLB will punish players who throw at Astros players for cheating, but refuse to punish players for cheating. Got it. I believe we’ve got this bass akwards here.
https://twitter.com/middlebrooks/status/1228672202775695360
Vlad Jr. on the Astros cheating scandal: “If I knew what was coming, I’d hit .500” #BlueJays
https://twitter.com/thehazelmae/status/1228737395450884098?s=19
Information is still coming out? What are we missing, Justin? Buzzer confirmation?
Justin Verlander said Cody Bellinger is entitled to his opinion and “it bothers me” that he and his teammates have lost respect. “I think facts are still coming out. Information is still coming out, and I don’t think this is a thing that’s done now.””
https://twitter.com/Chandler_Rome/status/1228685723626352640
Barr Protected Turkish Bank From Prosecution to Appease Erdogan
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/02/report-barr-protected-turkish-bank-from-prosecution-to-appease-erdogan/
HOFer Johnny Bench on the Astros/Red Sox scandal: "Who was receiving those signals in the dugout? Who's the guys that were whistling? Let's identify them. ... If I knew what was coming, I'd hit .700."
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/mlb/reds/2020/02/14/johnny-bench-jim-crane-sign-stealing-steroid-users-cooperstown/4764453002/
Bryant on Astros: “What a disgrace that was. Watching their apology yesterday, too. There’s no sincerity. There’s no genuineness when it comes to it. I know that if I messed up big in that way, I’d be the first one to let you know just how big of a mess up it was."
https://twitter.com/espnchicubs/status/1228726602281807873?s=21
#Dodgers Kenley Jansen called Astros sign-stealing "worse than gambling, worse than steroids." "At least back then (steroid era), everyone had to be on steroids. It was a fair game."
https://twitter.com/billplunkettocr/status/1228714638683951104
U.N. report warns that runaway inequality is destabilizing the world’s democracies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/02/11/income-inequality-un-destabilizing/
Bo Bichette on Astros: "It's been tough to watch. I don't know what they're really thinking. I don't know what their true intentions behind their apologies are. From the outside looking in, it doesn't seem too apologetic. They got away with it, we'll move on and hopefully that's behind them."
https://twitter.com/ShiDavidi/status/1228690428200919046?s=20
MLB fanbase will cease to exist the moment a pitcher gets suspended for intentionally hitting players on the 2017 Astros roster (and players on the current Astros roster) after no Astros players from the 2017 roster were suspended for cheating.
Dusty Baker to MLB: Tell teams to ‘stop the comments’ on Astros. It’s not good for the game, it’s not good for kids to see it.
Uhhhh neither is finding out one of the best teams in the league the last 3-4 years was deliberately cheating
If Manfred just punished the players and/or vacated the title none of the players would comment. Nor would they have an incentive to bean them.
Marcus Johnson: Bloomberg has plenty baggage but choosing him over Bernie is an easy choice 🤷🏾♂️ Bernie is a train wreck on so many issues, and a wannabe demagogue to boot. They should be asking why Bloomberg gets way more Black endorsements than Bernie even after everything
https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1228574464927059968?s=09
Every old rivalry in the league is dead. Now the only rivalry is the MLB vs. the Astros
Now they get to say whatever they want, knowing nothing will happen to them, curse on camera, still get paid and still get to play the game they are ruining by the hour. #clowns
https://twitter.com/folty25/status/1228825350181879808
Trump pushed CIA to find, kill Osama bin Laden's son over higher priority targets | When the CIA gave Trump a list of major terror leaders to kill, he said he'd never heard of them. Instead he focused on a target with a famous name.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-pushed-cia-find-kill-osama-bin-laden-s-son-n1135101
White House Memo Admits There Was No “Imminent Threat” Before Soleimani Assassination
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/white-house-memo-admits-no-imminent-threat-iran-soleimani-assassination.html
This one precinct in Las Vegas shows people waiting 3.5 hours for early voting
https://cnn.com/2020/02/15/politics/las-vegas-voting-early-democratic-party-caucuses/index.html
Protesters at a polling site during early voting wave Confederate flags, shout slurs. What this means is most Democratic voters will not even bother to enter the precinct to vote.
https://www.wral.com/protesters-at-a-polling-site-during-early-voting-wave-confederate-flags-shout-slurs/18954338/
Reminder: Trump and Republicans eliminate funding for program in honor of Ambassador Stevens who was killed in Benghazi. Ambassador Stevens did his part to get Trump elected by dying and allowing the GOP to hammer Hilary for years. Cutting the funding is how the Republicans pay tribute, and is their highest honour.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-eliminates-funding-for-program-in-honor-of-ambassador-stevens-who-was-killed-in-benghazi/2020/02/15/5360bbae-5019-11ea-bf44-f5043eb3918a_story.html
Smugglers helping migrants scale re-inforced portions of border wall (the parts Trump keeps claiming are new) using $5 ladders
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-border-wall-smugglers-ladders-migrants-a9337866.html
Stephen Oliver - Lady Jane (1986)
Instead of the celebrity game, the NBA should do a referee game. No one cares about the celebrity game. The celebrities are barely celebrities (sometimes just former players) and the games are garbage. The NBA should also have the fans vote for three players to be refs, so that the players and referees get to see the other side of the profession and it might fix the complaining problem as players would miss so many "obvious" calls and refs would understand what it feels like when a call doesn't go their way. Referees are fairly fit as they are constantly running around in games, unlike celebrities. This might allow for some better basketball to be played. With DeMarcus Cousins, Ron Artest and Rasheed Wallace as refs. (Reffed by technical foul leaders). And Dray LOL.
Rob Manfred told ESPN that the Astros players ”did a much better job in terms of taking responsibility and expressing remorse.” He didn’t name Jim Crane specifically, but draw your own conclusions.”
Yep. You could see the humility and remorse when Correa told the reigning NL MVP to stfu.
Remind me, which players showed remorse? Was it Correa who is throwing players under the bus or Bergman who showed less regret than Dwight at his regret speech? You know who has shown remorse so far, Dusty Baker, the guy who wasn’t there.
Majority of Iranians the world over view MEK as a terrorist cult not an alternative to the current regime.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/16/world/europe/iran-mek-albania.html
Isn't he currently an invalid in a Russian hospital after having had a bunch of weirdo medical treatment and addiction problems? I mean he was in a medicaly induces comma for 3 days after existing on nothing but benzos and beef. I can’t wait to hear his hot takes on masculinity now with some brain damage.
Andrew Weissmann: Do you know how many times I have experienced or even heard of the attorney general of the United States reaching into a single criminal case to weigh in on the sentencing submission? Maddow: How many times? Weissmann: That would be zero.
https://twitter.com/MaddowBlog/status/1228510637271244800
Andrew Weissmann neglected to mention Epstein, when he noted three recent cases Barr has interfered with on Trumps behalf; Stone, Manafort, Flynn AND Epstein makes FOUR
https://twitter.com/my2cnz/status/1228510758624845824
Kevin was required to see a therapist when he got to the US. She said their sessions would be private. Instead, everything he disclosed was illegally passed to ICE, to be illegally used against him in court. This is now happening in migrant child shelters around the country. Under new Trump administration policies, more and more immigrant children are having intimate confessions, early traumas, even half-remembered dreams used against them in court. They’re not allowed to skip these therapy sessions, and everything they say can be filed as evidence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/immigration-therapy-reports-ice/
"Seven months after Mueller ... Trump is actively seeking to rewrite the narrative that had been meticulously documented by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials, both for immediate political gain and for history."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/something-has-to-be-done-trumps-quest-to-rewrite-history-of-the-russia-probe/2020/02/15/ea7a1b06-4f61-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html
Your “punishment” has these idiots believing they still earned that title. So confidently that they can be indignant about it. Not to mention you’ve give their dipshit fans reason to defend their actions. If that’s not evidence you missed the mark, I don’t know what is.
Britain sets new daily record for wind generation, topping 44% of country’s electricity consumption
https://ieefa.org/britain-sets-new-daily-record-for-wind-generation-topping-44-of-countrys-electricity-consumption/
French riot police 'spray tear gas' in faces of seated Extinction Rebellion activists
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8007581/French-riot-police-spray-TEAR-GAS-faces-seated-Extinction-Rebellion-activists.html
Bernie Sanders is the biggest failure in the history of the United States. He really managed to lose the primary by the biggest margin in history ever when he had zero negative ads run against him. Zero. This takes a lot of talent. He’s exceptionally unaccomplished & unlikable.
https://twitter.com/Burkmc/status/1228851329688313858?s=09
VP @JoeBiden on the Sanders healthcare plan: “He's been talking about Medicare for all for 35 years. Nothing's happened. I’m the guy who helped pass Obamacare, helped get those votes.”
https://twitter.com/reilyseanconn/status/1229050001743130625?s=21
Parkland Father: “@BernieSanders bros are out in force today. Taking a page from the MAGA playbook on accusations of money and throwing other MAGA like insults. No worries. They only reinforce why any Dem candidate but Bernie must win. He is NOT the answer to restoring decency in America.”
https://twitter.com/fred_guttenberg/status/1229083377539715073?s=20
Tom Cotton keeps repeating a coronavirus conspiracy theory that was already debunked
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/16/tom-cotton-coronavirus-conspiracy/
Here’s the question to @MLB & Rob Manfred: Our kids are taught in every game to respect their opponents, follow the rules & of course not cheat. What’s the msg when the best players are allowed to cheat to win the biggest prize? The rules don’t apply to everyone. A lousy lesson
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1229170827263959040
The Rob Manfred answer on buzzers was revealing in several ways:
1) MLB was "aware" of this "before the investigation."
2) Since he felt players were honest about 2017 & '18, it was "hard to figure out" why they'd lie about '19
3) Is he "100% sure" there were no buzzers? He's not
https://twitter.com/jaysonst/status/1229168349168513025
Rob Manfred is also a pro-Trump piece of shit, he's been a Trump friend and friend of Republicans for years, he golfs all the time with Republicans and Trump and is a frequent White House guest
In Los Angeles, a nearly 400-acre campus with new housing represents one of the most ambitious plans to address veteran homelessness in the U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/16/us/politics/homeless-los-angeles-veterans.html
All my lolllz 😭: Instead of Trump’s pace car lap at Daytona FOX viewers were instead “...treated to a commercial from Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/communist-fox-network-angers-trump-fans-at-daytona-500-by-cutting-to-commercial-as-he-begins-speech/
https://twitter.com/vagablonde67/status/1229168995082760192
I don’t want Bloomberg to be the nominee, but I’d love it for him to keep trolling Trump with a billion in ad buys
U.S. Watchdog to Investigate Trump’s Farm Bailout Program
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/politics/trump-farm-bailout-investigation.html
Fuckwit Pro-Trump Shitstain Republican Rob Manfred says he didn’t strip Astros of title because ”the idea of…asking for a piece of metal back seems like a futile idea.“ Really? The WS championship is just a piece of metal? The corporate commish still doesn’t have a clue
https://twitter.com/BillPlaschke/status/1229151657893580800
This guy really just called the World Series trophy a piece of metal. The most prestigious baseball award that 30 teams compete to gain is just a chunk of metal. The sport that he is the actual commissioner for. It's like he wants baseball to actually die. Something that 30 teams sweat and bleed to win is a piece of metal to him. Something millions of kids grow up wanting to win too. That’s a statement worthy of someone who should be removed from his post.
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