Jordan Strauss, a former federal prosecutor and former national security official in the Justice Department, called the FBI's alleged failure to search the closet "a bit astonishing."
"You're searching a former president's house. You [should] get it right the first time," Strauss told ABC News.
The FBI fucked up so royally during Trumps junta on every single issue, I wonder if they're not just floor-to-ceiling republiQans but droolingly incompetent.
Still running on Jim Crow laws eh. Wow. Mind, uh, blown or whatever.
Maybe we can force all the judges and state reps to live in cancer alley?
Member that time when Microsoft got dragged in federal court for ten years before they eventually decided Microsoft was a monopoly for forcing their browser on everyone and then sweet fuck all happened to them for it?
Well the judiciary sure has changed - now they're way more computer savvy and they . . . checks earpice . . . I'm sorry, that should be: they're just as fucking clueless as they were thirty years ago if not even more so. We're screwed, goodnight.
"comma, republiQans"
[Dionne] Warwick was the first to respond on X, denying she was going and calling the PAC's announcement "absolutely ridiculous."
Soon afterward, Martin Sheen, who played the president on the TV series "The West Wing," took to Instagram.
"I do not endorse RFK Jr. nor will I be attending his party," Sheen said. He added that he's "whole heartedly supporting Joe Biden and the Democratic ticket in 2024."
Cripes so they just said a bunch of people who definitely weren't coming were coming and now that they're not we're taking our ball and going home? Classy.
vile! AAAAHHHHHHh dead
We're in the golden era of batshit incompetent fascism.
Could be worse.
Ehrlichman: “Edgar Kaiser is running his Permanente deal for profit. And the reason that he can … the reason he can do it … I had Edgar Kaiser come in … talk to me about this and I went into it in some depth. All the incentives are toward less medical care, because …”
President Nixon: [Unclear.]
Ehrlichman: “… the less care they give them, the more money they make.”
President Nixon: “Fine.” [Unclear.]
You mean how can some people barely survive while others have millions or even, wtf, billions? NBCnews? That's your question?
Boy that's a question right there NBCnews. Yessir a real head-scratcher. Hmm! Boy howdy, the mind reels at what could be the cause of such a huge imbalance in our society. I suppose we'll just never FUCKING KNOW.
You could be a decent country if you'd cut through the gerrymanders and the corporate lobbying constantly pushing the worst of the worst to the forefront of every damn decision and conversation.
We're aware. We call them "Republicans" and "Fox News" and we've been dealing with their propaganda and dirty tricks for 50 years. With limited success.
So, let's recap: Polls are wrong. That's a given, but we use polls all the time, so why do we do that if they're wrong? Because they're a particular kind of wrong that varies over time. Still wrong though.
Imagine thinking "reality television" was reality. In fact, that's how we watch "reality television" because that's how our brains work - we "buy" the premise of the show so we can enjoy it. It's not reality though. It's highly produced and manipulated by editing, production choices, music, etc. Same thing with polls.
Here's the poll results. As opposed to the article about them.
The methodology of the poll is a broken link. But we can follow the sitemap to how they do it. It's fucked up. Basically, they have a group of pre-selected, "recruited" participants who agree to take polls every so often.
Full stop - do you agree to take polls? For money? no money? It's weird. At least it's not reliant 100% on cold-calling people who actually answer unknown callers and plying them with 20 questions on how they feel about The Politics.
Respondents have been recruited over the years, and they take our surveys frequently. The panel provides a relatively efficient method of data collection compared with fresh samples because the participants have already agreed to take part in more surveys. The major effort required with a fresh sample – making an initial contact, persuading respondents to take part and gathering the necessary demographic information for weighting – is not needed once a respondent has joined a panel.
(Emphasis added)
Also, if they don't have a computer, they'll give them a tablet to take the survey on. Which, to be honest, seems fucking adorable. But I digress.
At any rate, There were 5,200 pre-selected polling drones who were asked questions about the "Israel-Hamas" war. That's right. This is a poll about Ukraine-Russia that these people have beent taking since January of 2023. The most recent version changed it to "Israel-Hamas" poll, where they just tacked on at the end "oh by the way, how do you also feel about Ukraine?"
Which is just super fucked up. In many ways.
"Easter poster depicting a handsome, fresh-faced White Jesus prompts criticism in Spain"
ftfy