Dave Hölle

My viewpoints are entirely my own. Retweets ≠ endorsements.

[Dave Hölle @daveholle]

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[Dave Hölle @daveholle]

@GrittyNHL @FlyersCharities @NHLFlyers Disturbios

[Acyn @Acyn]

Schiff: In the past, the president was convicted in the case you represented him in, of falsifying business records, in part for tax purposes. 

Blanche; That's not what he was convicted of.

Schiff: I'm happy to read the statement of facts to participants took steps that mischaracterized for tax purposes the true nature of the payments made in furtherance of the scheme.

Blanche: That was somebody else.

Schiff: Well, if the president is conspiring with others to falsify business records to help them cheat on taxes, he has also exposed a liability. You know that as well as I do.

Blanche: He can't be audited for that.

Schiff: And of course, he can be. Of course he can be and he can be prosecuted for it.

[Dave Hölle @daveholle]

@iowahawkblog These are the Dave’s I know, I know. These are the Dave’s I know..

[The White Rabbit @TheWyteRabbit1]

Wow this guy owns the FBI who turn up at his house because of a Social Media Post

Look at the shame on their faces.

This dude wins the internet today hands down.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Hunter Biden on Trump: “I would tell him to go fuck his fucking self. And please leave. This man has tried to torture me for fucking ten years. The shit that he says about my dad. His obsession with tormenting my dad. Hanging a picture of an autopen on the colonnade. Demeaning him and all the things he said about him. What the fuck kind of man would I be if I didn’t tell him to go fuck himself?”

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Jay Clayton's election denialism did not go well

During his confirmation hearing for DNI, US Attorney Jay Clayton was reduced to shrugging and sitting in silence as Democrats like Jon Ossoff and Mark Kelly simply asked him to acknowledge the obvious truth -- that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, and Trump lost

But Clayton was too afraid of offending Trump to do so, instead stammering through dodges like "uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you"

Here's a supercut from Clayton's disastrous hearing:

[Dave Hölle @daveholle]

File under the stupidest shit ever. My parents were alcoholics. Thanks for glorifying it.

[Governor Tim Walz @GovTimWalz]

Growing older shouldn't mean giving up the freedoms you've enjoyed your whole life.

Today we toasted to Minnesota’s new law allowing nursing homes to serve alcoholic beverages to residents - whether it’s birthdays, anniversaries, happy hours, or everyday moments together 🍻

[Dave Hölle @daveholle]

@tmorello I’m sorry for your loss, Tom. I know how much she meant to you.

[Tomer Burg @burgwx]

Just a few apolitical things to consider here:

1. We already tried this back in 1974, when permanent DST had 79% public support per polling - but rapidly became unpopular after very late winter sunrises, and was cancelled within 2 years

[FireMap.live 🔥🌎 @disaster_db]

Terrifying footage outside Armstrong Northern Ontario of a train surrounded by flames. Apparently the crew made it out safely. Wildfire activity continues in the region.

[Dave Hölle @daveholle]

@GlamRatchet I voted for you

[Dave Hölle @daveholle]

Wuuut!?

[Chris Bianchi @BianchiWeather]

Permanent Daylight Saving Time for Denver/Colorado would mean no clock ‘fall back’ in November.

We’d have late winter sunrises (8-8:20a), but our earliest sunset would be around 5:30p.

#COwx

[Jeff Timmer @jefftimmer]

Fun Fact: The President of the goddam United States paid nearly $6 million in damages today to a woman he raped. Once upon a time, this would have been the only news you heard.

[Dave Hölle @daveholle]

@ThisLocalHater It goes skoot skoot…

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

I have a funny personal story about Lindsey Graham.

In 2010, he voted against the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" despite overwhelming bipartisan support to overturn the ban on gay, lesbian, bisexual Americans serving openly in our military. (It passed and got signed.)

In 2013, he voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would have provided protections against discrimination for LGBTQ Americans in the workplace. (Substantial bipartisan support in the Senate but the GOP-controlled House refused to take a vote on it.)

In 2022, he voted against the Respect for Marriage Act despite bipartisan support for federalizing protections for same-sex marriage in case Obergefell got overturned. (The bill was passed and signed into law by President Biden).

In fact, he pretty much opposed LGBTQ rights at every turn in his career, never offering anything in the way of sound legal reasoning to justify his opposition.

A lot has been said about Mr. Graham's private life in the past few days. Some commentators say it's unfair to speculate over his sexual orientation, particularly in the wake of his death.

I think it's rather unfair that this man spent his entire career making the lives of LGBTQ Americans much harder for no good reason. Just because it was politically convenient for him.

It's been a rather fascinating exercise to watch many politicos and reporters share their fun and wistful anecdotes about Mr. Graham. He was so funny and so charming.

That's nice.

I'll always remember him as someone who viewed LGBTQ Americans as second-class citizens unworthy of equal treatment and dignity.

Perhaps hypocritically so.

Anyway... that's actually not a fun story but it is very personal.

[Ashley Parker @AshleyRParker]

Like anyone who’s spent any time around politics, I have many Lindsey Graham stories. This is perhaps my favorite…

I was covering Congress (Best! Beat! Ever!) for the NYT when the Mother Emanuel shooting happened in Charleston. It was summer, but I was wearing pants and a sweater that day because it was always SO freezing in the Capitol. Anyhow, news of the shooting came down, and the DC Bureau chief called me with an order: Get yourself to Charleston ASAP and glue yourself to Graham’s side. She wanted a piece on the senator grappling with the unimaginable. So I headed straight to the airport, arriving in Charleston with just my backpack and what I’d be wearing to work that day, and linked up with Graham.

He had me meet him at a restaurant, where I told him I needed to shadow him for the next 48 hours. And he looked at me, with amused distaste, and said: “You are sticky. And you are icky. If you want to shadow me, go buy some nice new clothes—maybe a dress—and take a shower, and then we’ll talk.” (He was not wrong; I was sweaty and gross).

So I drove to a local big box store, bought a dress (he seemed to have a strong preference for a dress), and spent the next few days with him, resulting in this piece (which, for reasons not worth getting into, ended up being fairly different than the original assignment): https://t.co/HBHAgNRlEr

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Mike Johnson knows nothing and does nothing

During a press conference today, Johnson claimed "I don't know anything" about ICE killing a man in Maine yesterday despite the fact it was all over the news, then followed that up by punting a question about whether Congress should curtail Trump's war powers, saying "I'm gonna let the White House answer to that."

It was the latest reminder that Johnson is the most useless Speaker in the modern history of the House.

Here's a supercut of all the ridiculous things he said this morning:

[Dave Hölle @daveholle]

@davidclowery Love that venue

[Mike Bones @mrmikebones]

Check Manic Hispanic putting their spin on Fugazi’s *Waiting Room*.

Manic Hispanic *Holding Cell*

[Elizabeth @alluringmedia]

January 6th is when Lindsey went on the floor and said he was done with Trump. Then Kevin McCarthy, then Mitch McConnell (all in this clip).

They could have walked away and followed through with the impeachment.

Don't ever forget that it's been the Republicans in Congress who have enabled this for the last 10 years.