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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 7h

His brain is oatmeal.

Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you! I would love to see the phrase "total nonsense" appear prominently in NBC's homepage coverage of this event.

Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 10h

It's toddler-level dishonesty ("The lamp broke because a lion came in the house and kicked it."). Media should be leading each story by explaining that everything Trump says about [whatever] is a fantastical lie. Especially after they spent years micro-parsing every anodyne thing Biden said.

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 17h

Follow-up question: do you agree that Democrats are "the scum of the Earth"? Answer: well, I'm not a Earth scientist with specialized knowledge of surficial geology, so I'm going to have to leave that determination to others."

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 17h

I think Swalwell is confused about the distinction between "things Republicans will tell me in private" and "things Republicans will do in public". This has been going on for 10 years.

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 19h

She's among the most consequentially shameful characters in American history. Her villainy may degrade the character of the nation for decades to come. How do we restore something so comprehensively shattered as our wrecked faith in the rule of law?

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 19h

Listening to Pam Bondi is like listening to the justice minister of a corrupt tin-pot dictatorship: just an endless stream of cartoonish arrogance and transparent lies. She's a disgrace to the nation, she's made a joke of our justice system.

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 20h

I appreciate the Democratic senators assuring her that there will be consequences eventually. Maybe they're wrong, but they have to express resoluteness in their intentions; they can't just throw up their hands in exasperation. No more "I hope and pray that you will mend your ways....".

Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 20h

An alternative possibility is that she simply has the temperament of a willful and irascible child, winging it day-to-day without any thought about consequences beyond next week.

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 20h

She has the smirk of an over-the-top action movie villain.

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 20h

CNN is in the entertainment business — they want to keep the contest going instead of saying "welp, the Attorney General won't answer straightforward questions about whether her boss is a criminal, so presumably he's a criminal. Let's move on to Investigating the Criminal."

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 20h

"Refused to answer questions" has been replaced by "fended off questions". That's beyond incompetent journalism. It's intentional obfuscation by a "news" organization.

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 20h

Stone-cold sociopaths like Rubio will read this, but instead of feeling remorse and shame, they'll feel anger at having their lies exposed, and they'll respond by punishing the helpless with more cruelty. This is the kind of evil we're fighting against when we engage in politics today.

Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 21h

In prison for lying? Well then, Bone Spurs guy needs a 100,000 count indictment.

Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 1d

This is like a museum exhibit of Murc's Law, carved into a giant slab of polished marble standing in the center of the atrium: "Democratic leaders play a dangerous game as Trump threatens not to pay furloughed federal workers".

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, Trump is screwing the coal communities. Again.

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 1d

I'm surprised they're releasing this panoramic video, which clearly shows that Portland is not burning to the ground.

Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 1d

Seems likely to trigger The Streisand Effect. How many Americans were going to read a book about the Duke and Duchess of York? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisa...

Streisand effect - Wikipedia

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 1d

I hereby dare to challenge Pam Bondi's integrity!

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 1d

Is he going to provide names and photographs of the undercover infiltrators? If not, how do we know he isn't lying? It's so hard to conduct subterfuge when you insist on getting credit for it in real time!

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 1d

Would have been so easy to say "No" if the answer was "No".

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 1d

To them, governing is just reality TV: a big spectacle, with money to be made.

Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah — paragraph 2 was a joke, and paragraph 3 was her saying "but seriously, I really meant what I said in paragraph 2".

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 1d

There's absolutely no factual basis for his claims that the Guard is being sent to the places most beset by crime, nor is there any factual basis for his assertions that the Guard is fighting crime once it's there. The media should treat these as transparent lies, not as questionable claims.

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Mark Brandriss @markbrandriss.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent. I wish the media would treat this the same way as the judge. The main story is not "Trump sends National Guard to City X"; it's "Trump uses false pretenses to send National Guard to City X". It's not a judgement call, it's simple fact.

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