Category: The Current Situation

The McCloskeys are the comedy gift that keeps on giving.

Thanks to Alistair Morton for the find!

Need context? I’ve got your context right here:

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Couple points guns at protesters marching to St. Louis mayor’s home to demand resignation
• St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis Couple Points Guns At Protesters — Was It Legal?
• Heavy.com: Mark McCloskey & Patricia McCloskey: St. Louis Couple Pull Guns on Protesters
• Mediaite: WATCH: St. Louis Couple Emerge From Mansion Brandishing Weapons to BLM Protestors
• Riverfront Times (A weekly in St. Louis): St. Louis Prosecutor Investigating Mark and Patricia McCloskeys’ Armed Encounter

And because there is no bar too low for him to sink beneath:

• Newsweek: Trump Retweets Video of White St. Louis Couple Waving Guns at Protesters

For months, the Trump administration has known about it: Russian military intelligence had secretly been offering bounties to Taliban-related militants to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan, including American troops. They paid out rewards for successful attacks that took place last year.

The administration’s response is summarized in this paragraph from the New York Times:

The intelligence finding was briefed to President Trump, and the White House’s National Security Council discussed the problem at an interagency meeting in late March, the officials said. Officials developed a menu of potential options — starting with making a diplomatic complaint to Moscow and a demand that it stop, along with an escalating series of sanctions and other possible responses, but the White House has yet to authorize any step, the officials said.

…and later on in the article:

The disclosure comes at a time when Mr. Trump has said he would invite Mr. Putin to an expanded meeting of the Group of 7 nations, but tensions between American and Russian militaries are running high.

If you’re eligible, remember to vote this November. And get it right this time!

#AllGravenImagesMatter

Thanks to Ramon Grajo for the find!

Andrew “@AmoneyResists” Wortman posted this on Twitter:

Remember when aides said they were eagerly awaiting tonight’s rally because it would help lift @realDonaldTrump’s mood? This walk of shame shows how well that worked out.#TrumpRallyFailpic.twitter.com/UhLoFSZJdc

— Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) June 21, 2020

Over the next couple of days, you’ll hear attempts to reframe the Tulsa rally as a success. When you do, and should you start believing the propaganda, come back here. Watch the video and see the truth about how it really went, as evidenced by the body language of utter defeat (and let’s face it, a complete lack of grit).

It tells you everything you need to know without a single word from Team Trump or “Vanilla ISIS” — and hence, without a single lie.

The turnout at yesterday’s ill-considered rally was just under 6,200, which is less than a third of the stadium’s capacity of 19,200. This is good news not just for the safety of attendees — many of whom wrongly (and for non-scientific ideological reasons) think that the coronavirus threat is exaggerated — but probably civilization in general.

Tap the image to see the original tweet.