Michael Sladek

On a journey to more interesting photos

[Jen 'now @jenrubin9' Rubin @JRubinBlogger]

Republicans who objected to a Biden impeachment inquiry now say they're fine with it ... all 18 in Biden districts can be booted out in 2024 https://t.co/mKEjN5PJ4z via @nbcnews

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

If you’re going to interview Donald Trump, you had better be prepared to fact check him in real time. Our media does a terrible job of allowing him to spew falsehoods and spread conspiracies without calling him out on them. This is not the time to platform Trump like he is some regular politician. He is an existential threat to our democracy, including to institutions such as the free press. Do better.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Gun safety laws save $557 billion.

#MedicareForAll saves $650 billion.

Ending fossil fuel subsidies save $20 billion.

Cutting contractor profit from the military budget saves $80 billion.

Republicans don’t want to cut spending.
They want to cut Medicare and Social Security.

[Jared Yates Sexton @JYSexton]

Our institutions aren’t going to save us from Trump or the authoritarian movement he’s a figurehead for.

Just showing up at the polls won’t do it either.

We’re going to have to build coalitions that oppose this poison and fight for a better future.

[Palmer Report @PalmerReport]

Hey NBC, you couldn’t be bothered to put this fact checking on the air during or after the interview? You assholes.

https://t.co/lFf9XzJrUt

[RiotWomenn @riotwomennn]

Ìt was pre-taped. There could have been a warning or disclaimer across the screen. The interview could have been interspersed with fact checking after every answer

Maddow: "There is a cost to us as a news organization of knowingly broadcasting untrue things."

Indeed

[Eric Garland @ericgarland]

OOPS. Looks like the GOP engaged in *yet another* RICO enterprise to intimidate jurors in Texas. Federal felony. Major prison time.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

I think this is a good place to put this.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

So Trump confesses to jury tampering. Good for Jack Smith and Judge Chutkan to know.

[Matthew Gertz @MattGertz]

John Solomon inadvertently detonated the House impeachment case. Last month, he published a State Dept. briefing memo which irrefutably proves that it was U.S. policy to seek Viktor Shokin's removal at the time Biden was pushing for it as VP. https://t.co/DovQxCAGJF

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Welker's Meet the Press debut showed how little we've learned since 2016. Then as now, a thirst for ratings seduces legacy outlets to normalize the depraved, and the desire to appear unbiased produces a warped portrayal of Trump as a normal politician. https://t.co/0XdZORTco0

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

So, NBC’s leading headline right now reads, “Here are the 11 top moments from Trump’s Meet the Press interview.” NBC STILL treats Trump like he’s a normal presidential candidate when he lied & espoused fascistic viewpoints repeatedly. This is journalistic malpractice. Gross.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Things that are morally wrong shouldn’t be legally right just because a lobbyist pays a politician to make it so.

99.9% of our problems could be solved if it wasn’t legal for corporations and billionaires to bribe our elected officials.

[John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang]

More executions
Rejecting refugees
Bearing false witness
Making the rich richer
Cutting aid for the poor
More "living by the sword"
Crapping on the marginalized
Pretending that racism isn't racist

GOP: Standing for Christians
who can't stand what Christ stood for.

[Ricky Davila @TheRickyDavila]

It appears that Hunter Biden is starting to go after everyone who violated his privacy including the IRS for unlawfully disclosing his tax return information. Good for him.

[Lauren Kaori Gurley @LaurenKGurley]

Justin Bowden, 39, striking Ford worker, signed up to work at Ford because he was “under the impression this was a good job, seeing my father work at Chrysler.”

His father had his own house + rental properties

Bowden makes $18/hr, rents, + has 2nd job at Dollar Tree

[RealSandiBachom 📹 @realsandibachom]

One of the worst things @MeetThePress let him get away with was suggesting Pelosi could have taken care of the National Guard. She’s NOT in the chain of command. Since 1882 in DC only POTUS and Sec of Defense can deploy! It’s the ONLY way they pulled J6 off!

[Magdi Jacobs @magi_jay]

Boebert's ideology involves the legal oppression of LGBTQ+ people, as well as rhetorical discrimination & abuse. Fetterman's ideology does not involve legal discrimination against men-in-suits, nor does his political rhetoric center around anti-suitism. Hope this clears things up

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

Have you ever wondered why Germans didn’t do anything about Hitler? Well, the rest of the world is wondering exactly that about Americans and Trump.

[Palmer Report @PalmerReport]

Kristen Welker could have asked Trump: “So far this week you couldn’t remember who your 2016 opponent was, you couldn’t remember giving someone a medal in 2021, and you thought it was 1942. Are you lucid enough right now to be aware that you’re frequently presenting as senile?”