In which we continue to post interesting or amusing - or neither - tweets

After a NV GOP official recorded people trashing other Republicans at their meeting and acting like classless a-holes, he was removed from his position: “I don’t want videos uploaded where we get to be the laughingstock,” said Clark Co GOP Chair. https://t.co/hTtOJXtcDh

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 27, 2023

 

Victor Orban, #Hungary's dictator and Putin's friend continues to veto EU assistance to #Ukraine and sanctions against #Russia. It's time to call Article 7 and strip him of voting rights in the European Union. Requires 4/5 vote. pic.twitter.com/FDPRQNZCoj

— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) January 27, 2023

 

Under Biden's lawless border policy, fentanyl seizures increased by 241% between the months of October and December.

— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) January 26, 2023

 

Yes, you're damn right I'm using #HolocaustRemembranceDay to draw attention to the fact that the American Nazi movement known then and now as America First has established a think tank & a super pac and counts current elected members of the Republican Party as its leaders.

— Rachel Bitecofer 🗽💡🔭🦆 (@RachelBitecofer) January 27, 2023

 

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The one thing that has stuck with me with South Park: Their mocking of Cher's Believe. I hated that song when it was played on the radio. And ever since I saw that episode where they mocked it years ago, I smile whenever I hear that Cher song. Because it's this version:

 

Obviouslt Biden is stealing more fentanyl from hard working entreprenuers than ever before.

 

I don't get it. Republicans act like classless aholes in public.

 

It was outrageous when he had the gall to tell those guys, "you didn't build this," referring to their drug empires.

 

If they were Cletuses with Confederate flag tattoos running backwoods meth labs, they'd honor them as entrepreneurs and job creators.

 

Time for a boycott? They’ll love that in Paris.

 

Maybe she means that seizing the fentanyl is a lawless act.

1. Don’t create “elite” police units who get special privileges, less oversight, and get to take shortcuts.

2. Definitely don’t give those units names like “Scorpion.”

3. The cops who really, really want to work on those units are the last cops who should be working on them.

— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) January 28, 2023

 

Way ahead of you.

 

To state the obvious, due to the ambiguity of the language it is conceivable that a person unfamiliar with the context may come to the wrong conclusion. But clearly Congresspeople should know the context, and if they don't they will have the departments tell them. And they have been corrected many times the social media. They are purposefully and repeatedly lying to their followers, whom they assume are stupid.

 

Saw a guy with a “God is Pro-Life” sign and I asked him about the whole “God killing everyone on earth” thing. pic.twitter.com/nVM7Yd5gJ7

— Jason Selvig (@jasonselvig) January 24, 2023

 

4. For Huppke, motive is a decoy. Finding the cause of gun violence gets in the way of recognizing its outcomes: One, that “a human with enough hate to kill” had “a gun that helped that person do the killing.” Two, that “the same thing that keeps happening has happened again.”

— The Editorial Board (@johnastoehr) January 28, 2023

 

The release of the Paul Pelosi video is a useful reminder that the owner of this here platform pushed conspiracy theories around the attack. https://t.co/PldNK4ObWB

— Sam Stein (@samstein) January 27, 2023

 

Calling balls and strikes:

A leaked internal Twitter message reviewed by Bloomberg appears to show that Elon Musk directly ordered staff to suspend left-wing anti-fascist activist Chad Loder's account

"Suspension: direct request from Elon Musk" the message reads.https://t.co/hNzC66yxRv https://t.co/TCDlbbrFLJ

— steven monacelli (@stevanzetti) January 28, 2023

 

Can we send Don Jr.?

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The only person I see threatening is Zelenskiy.
Do you know of any others?

 

I just mean that I personally haven't watched the Olympics in over a decade.

 

Not really, we can find ways to reduce access to highly efficient killing tools before tackling the much trickier issue of violence in human beings. It’s not like the tendency toward violence doesn’t exist in countries that don’t have these levels of mass shootings; people just don’t have the means of carrying them out.

 

A lot more meat on that frame than some skinny gazelle. Apparently they left the head though, probably a wise choice.