The Lincoln Project is finding time for Cruz
Meidas Touch – Voting Rights – and we all know why.
The Damage Report – Why is it cold if there’s global warming? for dummies
The Alt-Right Playbook – I Hate Mondays. This is the last in the series to date. However, the site has a couple of other series which may be worth starting.
SNL Cold Open
Beau – Texas and tough guys…
Meidas Touch – Ted Cruz
Also Meidas Touch
Lincoln Project – “Oath”
Now This News – Mayor of Austin, TX (Yours, Pat?)
Now This News – Cori Bush
John Pavlovitz on “Cancel Culture.” It’s a big story in the world of cable, so it’s likely worth being aware of.
The Alt-Right Playbook – How to Radicalize a Normie – This is about 3x as long as the others – for good reason just alerting you.
Well, alrighty, then. “Q-Anon Anonymous” – a meeting.
#YoMamasSoMAGA she thinks trickle down economics is a real thing.
(Seriously, watch this video)pic.twitter.com/gRPWqWThXK
— 🇺🇸TrashRat🇺🇸 (@trashytrashrat) February 18, 2021
Beau on Trump**’s “Love Letter” to McConnell – He can hardly keep a straight face. If you saw this yesterday, sorry. I bumped it (or tried to) to today in favor of one about staying alive in freezing weather with no power. But it was up for a while Again, sorry.
Meidas Touch – from its podcast
Robert Reich on “Bipartisanship”
Axios – You gotta love this:
Trae Crowder
Drew Morgan – “Ouch” satire
Beau on some climate news
I try not to do 2 by Beau on the same day – but this one is different – it’s on how to stay warm with no power with a minimum of danger (at least the first part is) and it needs to be shared.
Keith from yesterday
Meidas Touch – That “click” you hear when everything suddenly fits together and it all makes sense now.
Vox – Of course the time to think about this was in 2018 (and 2020). But anyone who missed that boat can learn from this. Almost 8 minutes, but what’s that as compared with the next ten years?
I just stumbled on this, so I have probably already missed some, and, not being on Twitter, will probably miss more. But I can at least share what a good thing this is!
Congresswoman @LaurenUnderwood is a registered nurse & health care policy expert who co-founded the Black Maternal Health Caucus in her 1st term to end outcome disparities.
She helped strengthen the ACA & is fighting for better health care for #IL14 & America. #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/iEZjze1tqv
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) February 7, 2021
The Standing Rock Tribal Council talks DAPL. Yes, there’s a petition. Wopila tanka.
Dr Jill – PSA for the Puppy Bowl XVII
I knew John Fugelsang was clever and witty – but I did not know he did puppets. Now I need to go see what else he does on video.
Beau – Canada and our First Amendment
All Bets Are Off – CC enabled but set to Italian. Sometimes I can change that, but this didnt allow any settings except “Italian” and “off.”
Environmental Racism: How It Started vs. How It’s Going
Meidas Touch tweet
We are currently driving around Ivanka’s new neighborhood in Florida. We will be here all week! pic.twitter.com/b2W3ht4QXa
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) January 31, 2021
Don Winslow tweet
On that list of things NEVER to forget is the evil partnership between former disgraced President Donald Trump and Lex Luthor (Mark Zuckerberg).
A simple deal:
You don’t break up Facebook+keep Justice Dept off our backs.
We will let you and your crazies post whatever you want pic.twitter.com/9dZfumKFKT
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 30, 2021
Now This News – Good for Austin! (ant that’s how you “defund” the police)
Really American
Founders Sing
Glenn Kirschner – 8 minutes but very telling
The Alt-Right Playbook – The Ship of Theseus
Beau keeps hammering on accountability for the same reason all sane people do – we don’t want to lose the United States over the lack of it.
GEORGIA – Jon Ossoff
Meidas Touch – GEORGIA
Now This News – not my Senator Udall, whom Corey Gardner cheated to defeat, but is cousin in New Mexico (who is planning to retire, sadly.
The Lincoln Project – GEORGIA
Parody Project/The Freedom Toast
A commercial from the Norwegian Postal Service showing – well, you’ll see (hanky alert for laughter)
Borat
Keith (yesterday, but 2 hours later than usual so I missed it.)
It’s a very tired day here in the CatBox. Yesterday’s trip it the Oncologist was a disaster. When we got there, they pulled us back into an examining room. The nurse told us my chart had been flagged that I might have been exposed to Trump* virus and needed to be isolated. They said someone would be “right in” to explain. The assistant I was scheduled to see that is pregnant, and they would not send her into the room with me. Not knowing that, I sat in ever-increasing pain for well over an two hours. Nurses asked occasional questions through the door. They finally determined that the flag must have been in error, and the pregnant assistant came in. She said she didn’t understand what had happened, because they had never seen a chart with that flag before. WWWendy would have been unable to wait the additional three hours, and I was in too much pain to stay, so we rescheduled for next month. The assistant sent me a “my chart” message explaining the mistake. The hospital decided to routinely flag the charts of app patients who have been tested for Trump* virus, but they neglected to inform the Oncology office of that policy. Because my chart was their first time to see the flag, they didn’t know how to handle it. They apologized. I bet Nameless has a collection of similar hospital horror stories. In any event, the pizza is magnificent. Tuesday is Flush Your Republicans Day. Hold that lid tight!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:15 (average 5:29). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Takes:
From NY Times: President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. plans to name Janet L. Yellen as Treasury secretary, a nomination that would put a woman in charge of the Treasury for the first time in its 231-year history.
The expected appointment came as Mr. Biden moved to fill other top cabinet roles, selecting Alejandro Mayorkas as the first Latino to lead the Department of Homeland Security and Avril Haines as the first woman to be the director of national intelligence.
Mr. Biden is also expected to create a new post of international climate envoy and tap John Kerry, a former secretary of state who was a chief negotiator for the United States on the Paris climate change accord.
In choosing Ms. Yellen, who was also the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, Mr. Biden is turning to a renowned labor economist at a moment of high unemployment, when millions of Americans remain out of work and the economy continues to struggle from the coronavirus.
Overall, these are good picks, although there are some I would have preferred that are more progressive. I like Yellen, and Kerry is a solid environmentalist. I need to learn more about the others. RESIST!!
From Alternet: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is expected to step down in the next Congressional session following stark criticism from progressive lawmakers due to her handling of U.S Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination hearings.
Multiple people close to the situation confirmed Feinstein’s plans to Politico, and she later released a statement confirming her intent. Although she will be stepping away from the judiciary committee, she did note that she will be working with the Biden administration and will continue to serve on other committees.
“After serving as the lead Democrat on the Judiciary Committee for four years, I will not seek the chairmanship or ranking member position in the next Congress,” the California Democrat said in a statement. “I look forward to continuing to serve as a senior Democrat on the Judiciary, Intelligence, Appropriations and Rules committees as we work with the Biden administration.”
That’s good news for the Judiciary Committee. I’d like to see DINO DiFi head the Senate Washroom committee. RESIST!!
Frio YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Trump Administration Officially Authorizes Biden Transition
This is the best news we’ve heard since Biden passed 270. I think Trump* has actually given up. He is playing at fighting the results at this point, because he’s realized that fight is a far more profitable method of Sheeple-fleecing than Trump U or Trump Steaks ever were. RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast for the planet): Bad Moon Rising
They were most prescient to understand so many years ago the climate tragedy we face today. Pray that Kerry’s leadership will help bring Good Moon times. RESIST!!