Fun fact (not really): Until 2021, it was legal to rape a drunk woman in Minnesota, as long as she got drunk voluntarily. Tim Walz finally signed a law closing that loophole.
A UFC fighter named Gable Steveson got out of a rape charge that way in 2019, when he was a wrestler at the U of MN. That led to his last opponent, Sean Sharaf, needling him by calling him 'Loophole' during their weigh-in.
Sharaf then proceeded to back up his trash talk by knocking Steveson out with a hand-of-God left hook 12 seconds into their match. It was a complete shock. Sharaf was a 24-to-1 underdog and had been winless as a heavyweight.
"the prior administration limited all kinds of journalistic outfits and journalists themselves that they deemed as right-wing"
An AI-generated response to the prompt "how many reporters had their access to the white house limited during biden admin" returned "During the Biden administration, updated credentialing rules resulted in the number of active permanent "hard pass" press holders dropping from 1,417 to 975, meaning more than 440 reporters lost their permanent access because they did not reapply, chose not to renew, or failed to meet updated activity and employment thresholds."
Note that the ~440 either did not reapply for hard press passes, chose not to renew their passes or didn't meet minimum requirements. Also note the word "permanent" and that of those that did reapply only one (1) was rejected since the AI response added " While permanent hard passes decreased to 975, officials noted only one formal application was denied, with the overall reduction stemming from non-renewal rather than bans. Reporters without permanent passes retained campus access via temporary day passes." (At least Jonathan Karl called out Steve Scalise for repeating this misinformation that Biden tossed 440 right wingnut reporters outright.)
The reporters that no longer had hard passes were NOT banned from the White House complex entirely like the lying liar who lies while cosplaying as POTUS did to CNN, MS Now, and Politico -- with more not willing to be nothing more than puppets repeating the bovine scat the regime's spox vomit out of their pie holes to follow.
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“He was banned from Twitter. He was banned from Facebook, and I didn’t see people come to his defense,” the Wyoming senator told NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “So it goes both ways. The press has an obligation to report fairly, and the president doesn’t see it happening that way.”
* Barrasso has a valid point; no one came to the defense of the Fulvous Fuckwad when he was banned for spreading mis- and disinformation on social media... which is totes the same as news outlets doing weird things like reporting the news. Good for the goose is good for the goosed I guess.
* Our Whiner-in-Chief knows in his heart of hearts that the RADICAL LEFTIST LIBS running the non-tamed media will lie like rugs to make him look like the piece of shit that he is. And this is just not fair to Pres ShitForBrains!
Representative Mike Lawler’s battle to hold onto his seat in a critical swing district in New York received an unexpected boost on Monday when the Republican landed an endorsement from across party lines.
Representative Jared Golden, Democrat of Maine, endorsed Mr. Lawler in an opinion piece for The Journal News, praising his record of bipartisanship.
The endorsement is a welcome shot in the arm for Mr. Lawler, whose district is in New York’s lower Hudson Valley. With Republicans approval ratings cratering nationwide Mr. Lawler has been fighting for his political life in an increasingly bruising and expensive race against the Democrat candidate, Cait Conley.
Mr. Golden and Mr. Lawler are members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus in Washington. They are also among a small group of lawmakers who represent swing districts where voters split their tickets in the 2024 presidential election, favoring one party for the presidential election and the other for the congressional contest...
“He was banned from Twitter. He was banned from Facebook, and I didn’t see people come to his defense,” the Wyoming senator told NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
Actually, people did come to Stinky's defense. That is if you consider Nazis and White Supremacists people.
It's honestly so refreshing to see a member of the press POINT OUT a Republican taking credit for bills she did not pass and money she did not procure. That happens all the fricking time.
Dipshit is holding some event at the WH, but because he's an evil moron, the press isn't there, so there is no sound. There is video, so you can still see his ugly face, but at least your ears get a break.
Also, apparently the WH has an app that you can download on your phone to get updates from the regime.
LOL! I purposely flunked it sophomore year. Seriously. I hated that shit and wanted no part of being further chucked into trig and calculus going forward.
I was a real asshole in high school. Surprised my mother didn't drown me in the bathtub.
(OT but is OT not happening anyway this eve?) Slightly amusing chain of thought/search history for people who might get hold of those logs to worry about:
One: wait are the funny/slightly disturbing Kash Patel bestiality memes just about that also kinda disturbing FBI admissions criteria thing or is there more to it?
(… searches…)
Oh okay also his public defence of it.
Two: wait why do I keep seeing it spelled ‘beastiality’? That always seems to be by amateur/private posters/commenters/meme makers not professional news people but that is wrong, right? Or is that actually an acceptable alternative spelling?
(… searches…)
Oh okay no they’re just wrong but when you search on ‘bestiality beastiality’ people have wondered before why it’s spelled that way.
Three: wait why is it spelled that way and in what context did I ever learn it is?
(… searches…)
Huh guess I will probably never remember the latter but oh right just doing these searches my predictive keyboard reminds me the French spelling is bestialité which sure makes more sense given also ‘bête’ and okay that makes sense and oh look of course the old French ‘beste’ is where the English ‘beast’ comes from so fine I guess that makes sense.
Maria Salazar richly deserves to be exploded into a thousand little bits after declaring "I'm not trying to be a politician." Girl, there's audacity, and then there's your particular bullshit.
I take it this is the open thread, so...
Fun fact (not really): Until 2021, it was legal to rape a drunk woman in Minnesota, as long as she got drunk voluntarily. Tim Walz finally signed a law closing that loophole.
A UFC fighter named Gable Steveson got out of a rape charge that way in 2019, when he was a wrestler at the U of MN. That led to his last opponent, Sean Sharaf, needling him by calling him 'Loophole' during their weigh-in.
Sharaf then proceeded to back up his trash talk by knocking Steveson out with a hand-of-God left hook 12 seconds into their match. It was a complete shock. Sharaf was a 24-to-1 underdog and had been winless as a heavyweight.
Sometimes life 𝘪𝘴 fair.
(link has video)
https://defector.com/dana-whites-latest-ufc-prodigy-gets-kod-in-12-seconds
Real OT is up!
good news, everywonk!
(noop oast)
WHAR Open Thread? The meth chinchillas must be on strike.
Just posted.
Works like a charm.
I cannot stop laughing.
I was a couple minutes off, to be fair.
Does the First Amendment Block Trump from Banning Media He Doesn’t Like? It’s Complicated.
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/does-the-first-amendment-block-trump-from-banning-media-he-doesnt-like-its-complicated/
How come we didn’t get a headline like this for Biden?
“Does the first amendment block Biden from banning Trump from Twitter? It’s complicated.”
What is the purpose of mediaite, exactly?
To scratch Satan’s asshole?
Even the fucking name is annoying.
To annoy me.
Legal Fuckmooks is the name of my Ally McBeal/Sopranos Lifetime Special
"the prior administration limited all kinds of journalistic outfits and journalists themselves that they deemed as right-wing"
An AI-generated response to the prompt "how many reporters had their access to the white house limited during biden admin" returned "During the Biden administration, updated credentialing rules resulted in the number of active permanent "hard pass" press holders dropping from 1,417 to 975, meaning more than 440 reporters lost their permanent access because they did not reapply, chose not to renew, or failed to meet updated activity and employment thresholds."
Note that the ~440 either did not reapply for hard press passes, chose not to renew their passes or didn't meet minimum requirements. Also note the word "permanent" and that of those that did reapply only one (1) was rejected since the AI response added " While permanent hard passes decreased to 975, officials noted only one formal application was denied, with the overall reduction stemming from non-renewal rather than bans. Reporters without permanent passes retained campus access via temporary day passes." (At least Jonathan Karl called out Steve Scalise for repeating this misinformation that Biden tossed 440 right wingnut reporters outright.)
The reporters that no longer had hard passes were NOT banned from the White House complex entirely like the lying liar who lies while cosplaying as POTUS did to CNN, MS Now, and Politico -- with more not willing to be nothing more than puppets repeating the bovine scat the regime's spox vomit out of their pie holes to follow.
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“He was banned from Twitter. He was banned from Facebook, and I didn’t see people come to his defense,” the Wyoming senator told NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “So it goes both ways. The press has an obligation to report fairly, and the president doesn’t see it happening that way.”
* Barrasso has a valid point; no one came to the defense of the Fulvous Fuckwad when he was banned for spreading mis- and disinformation on social media... which is totes the same as news outlets doing weird things like reporting the news. Good for the goose is good for the goosed I guess.
* Our Whiner-in-Chief knows in his heart of hearts that the RADICAL LEFTIST LIBS running the non-tamed media will lie like rugs to make him look like the piece of shit that he is. And this is just not fair to Pres ShitForBrains!
fnord
Everyone should run all these responses through every AI every fucking time.
𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝--𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭--𝐚𝐬 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍!
[slams gavel and retires to chambers for absinthe]
I have commandeered it in the name of the Workers' and Commenters' Soviets.
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.
the tart!
absinthe makes the tart grow fonder, obvs!! ;]
My adult version of a dad joke: abstinence makes the font grow harder.
Among other things.
Your Eminence, your hands are slippery. Hands over moist towelette..............
Sorry. I fed gallbladder barbecue again.
Tell him that the probation restrictions on licking apply only to OTHER people's fingers. Gotta read the fine print, folks.
In certain states and provinces.
It was delicious, though. Well worth the mess.
So, open thread will post in five minutes.
Basically. I have always tempted fate.
And lost.
𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿
Representative Mike Lawler’s battle to hold onto his seat in a critical swing district in New York received an unexpected boost on Monday when the Republican landed an endorsement from across party lines.
Representative Jared Golden, Democrat of Maine, endorsed Mr. Lawler in an opinion piece for The Journal News, praising his record of bipartisanship.
The endorsement is a welcome shot in the arm for Mr. Lawler, whose district is in New York’s lower Hudson Valley. With Republicans approval ratings cratering nationwide Mr. Lawler has been fighting for his political life in an increasingly bruising and expensive race against the Democrat candidate, Cait Conley.
Mr. Golden and Mr. Lawler are members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus in Washington. They are also among a small group of lawmakers who represent swing districts where voters split their tickets in the 2024 presidential election, favoring one party for the presidential election and the other for the congressional contest...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/nyregion/lawler-endorsement-golden-democrat.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C1E.8hrl.9uFucDnr1qkF&smid=url-share
I see Jared Golden's name a lot, and almost never in a context that leads me to think highly of him.
Fools Golden
Oh, for Pete's Sake!
“He was banned from Twitter. He was banned from Facebook, and I didn’t see people come to his defense,” the Wyoming senator told NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
Actually, people did come to Stinky's defense. That is if you consider Nazis and White Supremacists people.
Twitter and Facebook also aren't exactly what I would consider outposts of "legacy journalism."
Well, bots are "people" too.
Corporations and Bots..................
It's honestly so refreshing to see a member of the press POINT OUT a Republican taking credit for bills she did not pass and money she did not procure. That happens all the fricking time.
I did that all the time when I was reporting, but I have balls.
"Big bolshi yarblockos."
Dipshit is holding some event at the WH, but because he's an evil moron, the press isn't there, so there is no sound. There is video, so you can still see his ugly face, but at least your ears get a break.
Also, apparently the WH has an app that you can download on your phone to get updates from the regime.
If I had to watch that ahole at all, I'd prefer it to be muted.
I would rather euthanize my phone.
Now there's also "Trump TV" advertised on the White House link where video of official business/appearances was broadcast.
Nothing is there now.
RIP your phone.
Natalie's going to have to print out some especially colorful and inaccurate graphs to make up for this fake news.
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Trump's approvals across the board keep falling
https://bsky.app/profile/usapolling.bsky.social/post/3mw2hytzods2s
It's a piano dropped from the 13th floor
I haven't seen numbers like those since I failed grade 10 geometry!
LOL! I purposely flunked it sophomore year. Seriously. I hated that shit and wanted no part of being further chucked into trig and calculus going forward.
I was a real asshole in high school. Surprised my mother didn't drown me in the bathtub.
:)
(OT but is OT not happening anyway this eve?) Slightly amusing chain of thought/search history for people who might get hold of those logs to worry about:
One: wait are the funny/slightly disturbing Kash Patel bestiality memes just about that also kinda disturbing FBI admissions criteria thing or is there more to it?
(… searches…)
Oh okay also his public defence of it.
Two: wait why do I keep seeing it spelled ‘beastiality’? That always seems to be by amateur/private posters/commenters/meme makers not professional news people but that is wrong, right? Or is that actually an acceptable alternative spelling?
(… searches…)
Oh okay no they’re just wrong but when you search on ‘bestiality beastiality’ people have wondered before why it’s spelled that way.
Three: wait why is it spelled that way and in what context did I ever learn it is?
(… searches…)
Huh guess I will probably never remember the latter but oh right just doing these searches my predictive keyboard reminds me the French spelling is bestialité which sure makes more sense given also ‘bête’ and okay that makes sense and oh look of course the old French ‘beste’ is where the English ‘beast’ comes from so fine I guess that makes sense.
Four: oh wow my search history from all this.
I just assumed that they spelled it the way he said it because Kash Pendejo is an idjit.
The correct spelling is 'bestiality', and I feel like knowing that puts me on some kind of watch list
Better be careful with that search history; the feds may show up to recruit you.
Maria Salazar richly deserves to be exploded into a thousand little bits after declaring "I'm not trying to be a politician." Girl, there's audacity, and then there's your particular bullshit.
I guess if you don't try, you can't fail. Technically speaking.
Bukowski thought so.
Deep space. Maximum dispersal.
I think they meant that the turds are on their side.
Turdles all the way down!