Andy Watkinson

Translator, Scouser. Erstwhile guitarist. Probably living in the wrong country. Laplace: «𝐽𝑒 𝑛'𝑎𝑖 𝑝𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒 ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒̀𝑠𝑒»

[Andy Watkinson @AndyWatk]

@jeremyfaust “Illness is neither an indulgence for which people should have to pay nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune, the cost of which should be shared by the community.”

Aneurin Bevan. Founder of the UK National Health Service. 1948.

[Andy Watkinson @AndyWatk]

@illogibot @JoeTegtmeyer Same as with any elevator, isn't it?

[Andy Watkinson @AndyWatk]

@justsayin60 @Acyn Pretty much the entire world is re-arranging everything from military bonds to trade to avoid the US like the plague.
EU and MERCOSUR, closer ties across Asia, etc...

And all because 77 million morons, a drop in the world ocean, thought he was one of them...

[Feisty is proud to be a Democrat! @FeistyLibLady]

Ted Cruz said this about Texas candidate for Senate James Talarico: "If you were making a list of 1,000 adjectives to describe this guy, 'masculine' would not be one of them. I mean, if a stiff breeze came by it would blow him over like a feather."

Well Senator Cruz, a masculine man would have stayed in Texas ahead of severe winter storm instead of running off to Cancun in 2021.

While Ted was in Cancun Texans had no power, people were freezing and people died.

James Talarico would never leave Texas in an emergency situation to play in the sand.

He is much more of man than Cruz.
#DemsUnited

[Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep @RossKneeDeep]

Okay, let me get this right. He can destroy the White House East Wing, The Rose Garden, drop bombs on other countries, bankrupt farmers, take away your health-care, spend millions of dollars on playing golf, blocking the Epstein Files. Yet, he runs away like a angry toddler when asked questions in an interview? I'm thinking this looks like mental illness.

He's a very weak man.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Political analyst Charles Blow STUNS a Trumper hack live on air by boldly calling out his bullsh*t to his face: "You are a liar!"

These crooks aren't used to direct confrontation...

"I just believe that this is a news show on a news channel. I have an ethical responsibility to say that you are lying," Blow said on CNN to Hal Lambert, a hardcore MAGA supporter and Republican donor. "You are lying."

Lambert was amplifying the completely false allegations of election fraud that Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, Mike Johnson, and their entire party have been pushing about the Los Angeles mayoral election. Republican Spencer Pratt was recently knocked out of the running (an unsurprising development given how blue the city is) and conservatives are crying foul.

Lambert tried to interject but Blow plowed through him.

"I didn't interrupt you and you will not interrupt me," said Blow.

"You don't call me a liar on national TV, sir!" whined Lambert. "Do not call me a liar on national TV, sir."

"LIAR!" said Blow, pointing defiantly at him.

"You're a liar," Lambert weakly shot back.

"I can spell it too. I have an ethical responsibility," said Blow. "If people are going to go over here and poison voters' views of an election system that has no proof that it is rigged in any way, spouting the same lie that the President is spouting, we have an ethical responsibility at this table in a news show, on a news channel, to call that out. And I'm going to do that. You can huff and puff. You can huff and puff and be mad all you want, and I don't care."

Blow should be commended for his bluntness and moral clarity. We have allowed our political discourse to rot so thoroughly during the Trump era that men like Lambert feel comfortable going on television and spouting the most absurd, laughable lies with a straight face.

We know for a fact that there was no election fraud. There has never been a shred of evidence for any of these MAGA claims, but the Republican Party has become so warped by Donald's egomaniacal, insecure psyche that they simply can't accept the fact that their political platform is radioactive. Rather than change their pitch to the American people, they screech about rigged elections.

"You keep ignoring what I've said. There is... You're saying..." tried Lambert.

"I'm going to keep ignoring it. Because you're lying," said Blow.

Lambert then tried to jump into a rant about alleged Medicare fraud but host Abby Phillip shut him down, forcing him to focus on his false claims about the California election. He spun his wheels a bit, making vague claims, and Philip pointed out that he has no evidence to back up his outlandish accusations.

"They won't allow evidence to be gathered," Lambert complained.

"The absurdity of your point is that you don't have proof," said Blow. "And then I have to say this. He doesn't have proof. And then he says, 'I don't have proof, and I can prove that I don't have proof because they won't let us investigate.' So you don't have proof, and you just proved that you don't have it!"

"Hal, let me just give you some more information on this," said Phillip. "The federal government has received, I think it's millions of voter registrations from some Republican-led states that have given them access to it. Do you know what percentage of those votes or those registrations where they found actual fraud of any kind?"

"Do you?" asked Lambert.

"Yeah," said Phillip.

"What is it?" he asked.

"It is a fraction of a percentage," she said. "And in some cases, when they double-checked, those flags that they thought were fraud were actually not fraud.

"You're claiming that it's never been looked at. That's false," she added. You're claiming that this administration hasn't been able to look at it. That's also false. You are claiming that just the fact that the federal government hasn't looked at all the state voter rolls as proof that there is fraud is not true."

This is how every Trump proxy should be dismantled whenever they open their mouths to spew their toxic lies. The time for civility is over. Call them out and shame them!

Please ❤️ and share if you don't believe the MAGA lies!

[Andy Watkinson @AndyWatk]

@caringguy1957 ¡Buenas noches!

[Thanos Angelopoulos @Th_Angelopoulos]

Jim, the point is not that those cases were unusually horrific. The point is that they happened during decades when the crime rate was dramatically higher than it is now. I appreciate that requires holding two thoughts at once, so take your time.

Violence down 83%. Burglary down 86.6%. Vehicle theft down 86.4%. All since the mid-1990s. Office for National Statistics, Crime Survey for England and Wales. Look at the chart below.
(Source: https://t.co/AK3HqreMUt)

@PatrickChristys said he preferred the country before. The country before had more murder, more violence, more burglary, and more theft. Those are not my opinions. They are ONS figures covering forty years.

You looked at a list of serial killers, mass shooters, and child murderers from the decades your side is nostalgic for, and your response was "those were unusually horrific". Yes, Jim. That is the point. The country you preferred was unusually horrific. The data says so. The nostalgia is for something that never existed.

And I said nothing about importing anyone. You invented that so you would have something to argue with instead of the numbers. The numbers are in the chart. Argue with those.

[Brad @BraddrofliT]

Fucking audit it. By all means, please do. And when no fraud is found, MAGA Republicans need to make a public statement apologizing for their relentless effort to sow doubt in our elections. Constantly claiming fraud without evidence isn’t patriotism it’s an attack on public trust and the democratic process itself.

[Doc  @DocAtCDI]

Isn't it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is?

[🇺🇸Rachel🇺🇸 @AlvaRachel64]

😂😂😂

[Sabrina 🌻💙💛🌻💙💛🌻💙💛🌻💙💛🌻💙💛🌻 @Sabrina56389530]

N O L O G I C !!!!!!!!
This is AMERICA 2 0 2 6 with a MORON , INSANE President !!!!!!

[Thanos Angelopoulos @Th_Angelopoulos]

Thanos, 6 letters. And every post is an essay because the world we live in is complicated and anyone offering simple solutions, whether from the Left or the Right, they are lying, therefore I opt for data, facts, evidence, that show that whatever claim I make or rebuke is solid and not pulled out of my arse. Ta.

[Ola 🧑🏿‍💻 @Atomsmade]

It's obvious an almighty god doesn't exist. People cling to the fantasy because the truth terrifies them!

[Puspa @mutyapuspa]

This woman was recording a vocal performance when her cat interrupted, stepped in front of the camera, and started singing in the exact same tone like, 'Don't forget who's the real star here.'

[Arch Stanton @ArchTheAtheist]

It’s weird that this was the world only 44 years ago https://t.co/vMCo4Dpzpf

[David Rowe @singapore_dave]

@kjmac111 As an Englishman living abroad I can assure you it is not just us who have concerns about this world cup. The attempts to “ Americanise “ the sport ( quaters, halftime show, sky high prices making it a corporate event etc ) are not well received anywhere.

[𝕊𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕂𝕖𝕪 @Skeletonkey5555]

@karolineleavitt

[Thanos Angelopoulos @Th_Angelopoulos]

I caught Musk and Bass misusing data to show that Black folks in the US are committing more crimes against White folks.

I don't think I have ever asked anyone to share anything but I think this is important so please share it if you can.

https://t.co/cpPlHy8ZjO

[Andy Watkinson @AndyWatk]

@Retardiny @PatrickMilCDMX @UpTheVillaLad @BallinFFB Except it’s rugby for pussies who need to wear body armour

[Andy Watkinson @AndyWatk]

@kneerecon I really have no idea

When I saw a photo, the person next to him looked like the singer TJ.