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I don't like it. Morning news roundup!
Trump, the 14th Amendment, and the Snot Boogie Theory. “This America, man.” (Balls and Strikes)
Very polite media too polite to mention it (ever) when a congressman calls for martial law or Bernie Kerik does three years in prison for a crime for which Trump later pardons him. Isn’t that polite of them? — Stop the Presses
In case you missed it because you thought you could just skip an Evan post about Dean Phillips (LOL), the time Joe Biden told Bill Ackman to shut his fucking mouth. :) — Fox Business
Our Liz previewed today’s E. Jean Carroll v. Trump redux. Prepare for a shocking: “Also in the meantime, Trump’s lawyers acted like assholes.” (Law and Chaos)
Texas lawyers would like the state to clarify when in a woman’s failing pregnancy or medical emergency an abortion is permitted. The state can’t do that, Dave. — Texas Tribune
Vox says the new Child Tax Credit compromise isn’t nearly what it could be (which we knew!) but that it really is better than nothing. Read the extremely complicated splainer, here!
Our government should delight us! On Finnish baby boxes and being cared for. (White Pages)
Somehow we missed that women were having to carry dying babies to term in Ron DeSantis’s Florida last year, which a legislator explained meant they were “providing mothers with the resources they need to raise healthy children, empowering doctors to help their patients make informed decisions, and shifting the conversation to valuing life.” — CNN
Colorado bill would put some scratch in felons’ pockets when they’re released. California just started doing this too (Wonk link). It’s a good thing, which will do good and doubtless decrease recidivism. And one day a felon is going to do a crime anyway and the Right will Willie Horton the hell out of it. So what, we already know that, it’s baked in to everything. (Bolts mag)
This guy kept saying Canada was lighting all the forests on fire to prove the hoax of climate change. Instead he was lighting all the forests on fire to … disprove the hoax of climate change? Weirdly, he does not make sense! (Business Insider)
Insurance companies, supply chains, all that shit: Climate change fucks with the economy, idiots. — Bill McKibben
The AI “George Carlin” sounds like it is as sad and terrible as everybody who heard the phrase “AI ‘George Carlin’” assumed it would be :/ — Ed Zitron
Horror movies, I AIN’T CLICKING THAT! (Slash Film)
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I was gonna skip that Fox business story, glad I didn't:
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Then during a private VIP dinner that night the question of why Biden didn’t run for president in 2016 was raised once again, by former Florida governor and 2016 GOP presidential contender Jeb Bush, who asked Biden “why didn’t you run?”
Biden explained that part of the decision stemmed from the death of his son Beau Biden, who died of brain cancer in 2015. The room grew quiet as Biden became emotional, and said: “I’m sorry…I’ve said enough.”
That’s when Ackman blurted out “Why? That’s never stopped you before.”
The formal, and understated dinner conversation suddenly turned tense, according to three people who were present and confirmed both the substance and the wording of Biden’s responses.
Biden, these people say, turned to someone seated near him, and asked, “who is this asshole?,” a reference to Ackman.
Then he turned directly to Ackman and stated: “look, I don't know who you are, wiseass, but never disrespect the memory of my dead son!” these people say.
Ackman attempted what was described as an apology, to which Biden said, "just shut the hell up."