Ha ha ha. An artist named Mitch McConnell (not that Mitch McConnell) crowdfunded a They Live-inspired billboard in Times Square, which is currently up for display. The best part is that the billboard says “Paid for by Mitch McConnell” at the bottom. If he gets more contributions, he’ll keep it up longer. I love this. (via)
This is a nice summation of what’s happening in politics from day to day: What the Fuck Just Happened Today?
Impeach the Motherfucker. Just what it says on the label.
File this under It’s-About-Fucking-Time: Walmart announced they are going to stop selling military-caliber ammunition, handgun ammunition, and all handguns. They also asked people to stop open-carrying weapons in their stores (duh) and go so far as to say the assault-weapons ban should be “debated.” I guess it’ll take another 22 dead customers for them to actually push for a ban.
Boing Boing has a great wrapup of a Times article (behind a paywall) detailing the total donations to Democratic candidates currently in the race; it’s eye-opening to see how far ahead Bernie Sanders is and more importantly the fact that he takes in smaller amounts from more people. The Democratic Party had better not ramrod Biden in as the nominee like they did with Hillary last time.
So this is what you get with stupid open carry laws for assault weapons in flyover states:
Man in body armor and armed with rifle sparks panic at Missouri Walmart.
The armed man who walked into a Missouri Walmart store dressed in body armor and fatigues and was detained at gunpoint by an off-duty firefighter is “lucky he’s alive still” considering the situation he created, a police official said.
…The man entered the store with a tactical rifle, a handgun and more than 100 rounds of ammunition, KYTV reported, citing police. He was said to have been stopped by the armed firefighter after leaving through an emergency exit.
Just because you have a gun doesn’t mean you should be allowed to take it shopping with you. And the only people allowed to concealed-carry weapons, in my opinion, are federal agents and police officers. This is going to continue happening, and someone somewhere is going to get killed. This moron is lucky he’s not dead.
While Baltimore has its share of rats and mess, I’d say Washington is about 100% worse. The President can go fuck himself. Rep. Cummings is the delegate for my district. He seems to be doing a great job of getting under Trump’s skin, which is exactly why I keep re-electing him.
News at 11: the President is a racist. Like it wasn’t already obvious. “Go back to where you came from” is the shit racist third-graders yell at other kids on the playground. What’s now painfully obvious is that our president should have to repeat the third grade.
So apparently the Mueller Report has been released in a redacted format, and it says something completely different than the Barr summary. There are multiple takes on what it actually says, but the consensus seems to be that the Trump campaign colluded with and benefited from Russian interference in the election knowingly and willingly. Most importantly, Mueller made it to the point where he could have said Trump’s team committed obstruction but stepped back.
It’s been clear since the beginning that this presidency is riddled with blatant corruption and a complete lack of civil and moral ethics; these are people who went into public service without the public good in mind. What we need is a large group of lawmakers and legislators with the moral courage to stand up to the Executive Branch and actually call them out on their hypocrisy and lies. This was a missed opportunity to do just that, and it will be swept under the rug as fast as the next news cycle.
“I just thought, If the typical N.R.A. member knew that this is how the organization really works, then there’s no way they would give money.” But Davis felt that the culture of the organization discouraged complaints.
I just inherited my father’s guns, and as a law-abiding citizen, I’m going to be licensed in the state of Maryland to own them. But there’s no way I would have ever joined the N.R.A. before reading this article; after finishing it, I’m even more disgusted by their absolute lack of ethics and morals; from what the article says, it’s just a moneymaking scheme for a P.R. firm and several top officers of the association.