The Lincoln Project
Really American – CPAC
Now This News – Call for Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Meidas Touch podcast – profound.
Crooks and Liars – Man, I hope this is taken seriously!
Cole and Marmalade …
Beau on Biden’s immigration policies
Monologue
Megyn Kelly – I couldn’t watch, so it may need a BBA
24 Things You Didn’t Know About Mike Lindell
New Rule
Meidas Touch – Hawley
Now This News – Interracial Marriage – hanky alert
Really American – on Tucker Carlson
ARPB End note 2:
Puppet Regime – Laugh? Or cry?
Cole and Marmalade – Cat Logic
Beau on Republican math
This is all there is today.
Rewind – Best of Kamala Harris
It’s a tired day here in the CatBox. I did not sleep well last night, so please pardon my brevity. Tuesday is Flush your Republicans Day. I may have some to flush in a bit, but I may have flushed them all yesterday. Have a fine day!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:08 (average 4:58). To do it, click here. How did you do? I blew Technicolor kitty-farts!
Cartoon:
Short Takes:
From The New Yorker: Donald J. Trump said on Monday that his “greatest regret” as President was his failure to name his three adult children to the United States Supreme Court.
Appearing on Fox News, Trump said that Ivanka, Eric, and Don, Jr., would be “way better judges” than “those three clowns” whom he did name.
“Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are the worst people who have ever worked for me,” he said. “And that includes Scaramucci.”
When the Supreme Court was deciding whether New York prosecutors could obtain his tax returns, Trump said, “none of those three boneheads even called to ask me what they should do. No gratitude whatsoever.”
Well, Andy, he hasn’t gotten the mileage he had expected from Whoresuch, Nazi Kavanookie, and Amy Coney Bullshit. But he was stupid to expect gratitude. What gratitude?!!? After all…, they ARE Republicans! On the other hand, wouldn’t it be funny as hell if he had gotten his rancid spawn confirmed to SCROTUS (Republican anti-Constitutional VD), and they had given prosecutors his tax records? RESIST the Republican Reich!!
From YouTube (NBC News Channel): Merrick Garland Testifies At Attorney General Confirmation Hearing
This video is 6:41:55 in length, so I encourage you to move around to places you want to hear. He will be such a magnificent AG that my only regret is that Biden can’t clone him to nominate to the Supreme Court too! RESIST the Republican Reich!!
From YouTube (a blast from the past): Arlo Guthrie – City of New Orleans
Ah… the memories!! RESIST the Republican Reich!!
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
There are so many awful Senators getting so much attention, it’s too easy to overlook the real heroes there ( especially if they aren’t our own)
Aaron Rupar tweet – This is from a long thread. I finally figured out how to embed just part of it, but it’s still more than I wanted. I was trying for just the second one. (They do have CC, though.) Statehood for USVI! Stacey Plaskett for Senator!
Plaskett: “The defense counsels could put a lot of videos out in their defense, playing clip after clip of black women talking about fighting for a cause or an issue or a policy. It was not lost on me that so many of them were people of color and women.” pic.twitter.com/YgmEZbBnKz
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 12, 2021
Such a nice tweet – three things – Dr. Jill’s Valentine display – two wonderful woozles – and Joe’s thoughtfulness (even as he berates himself for being slow.) No CC – but the discussion is about their getting Major at least in part to keep Champ exercising. Then a reporter (I think) says “If you come back next Friday I’ll bring the donuts,” and then President Biden goes over to her to share the warm coffee on this cold day.
Instead of yelling ‘fake news’ at them, or calling them the ‘enemy of the people’, President Biden gives a reporter his cup of coffee on a cold DC morning. pic.twitter.com/wZM5j82dto
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) February 12, 2021
The Alt-Right Playbook – The Card Says Moops
A parody headphone commercial fron The Daily Show. Nice.
A John Fugelsang allgory
Beau – This is kind of under the radar, but I think worth considering.
Sorry I’m so late. I was on hold for about 2 hours and could only do a few things – posting a thread was not one of them.
A very brief excerpt from the new video footage showed today. TC will probably have more tomorrow.
The Lincoln Project
Really American with Glenn Kirschner
Norway responds to the Will Ferrell superbowl ad (which if you missied it is here) https://youtu.be/y4U5nit_WkY
John Fugelsang “Insurrection Dysfunction”
Orange Acres – a new YouTube venture by John Di Domenico – Episode ! (yes, brace yourself, there are more)
Beau – Speaking as a veteran, I’m not sure recruiting needs to change all that much. My experience with enlisted people is that the ones who enlist for the GI Bill, to get an education, already have the curiosity and the attitude which leads to critical thinking. More so, in fact, than many young officers straight from college who never experienced impediments to going through that track (the naïvete of second lieutenants is proverbial in fact, and I assume that’s also true of ensigns.) Many enlisted people who joined for college are actually brilliant. Of course a program where they could turn it into a retention tool – get the education after a 3 or 4 year enlistment, then return for an additional 4 or six year commitment – that couldn’t hurt.