Article History
Opinion | How Low Can Republicans Go? - The New York Times
Via: Revillug • News & Politics • 20 Comments • 2 Likes • 2 years ago
“G.O.P. grapes of wrath at Martha's Vineyard.”
But the contentions of Republicans about geographical unfairness and Democratic inaction are undercut by their meanspirited behavior. They are willing to make life worse for vulnerable, exhausted people who are already in a terrible position — and chortle while they’re being cruel. As...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' Migrant Stunt Was Gross. But Was It Against the Law?
Via: Revillug • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 1 Like • 2 years ago
“"These are the kinds of tactics we see from smugglers in places like Mexico and Guatemala," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.”
"These are the kinds of tactics we see from smugglers in places like Mexico and Guatemala," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. But the administration's aversion to raising questions about the legality of DeSantis' migrant transports hasn't stopped legal authorities,...
Former FBI Official Charles McGonigal Under Scrutiny by Grand Jury for Russia Ties
Via: Revillug • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 2 Likes • 2 years ago
“A federal grand jury subpoenaed records of any "payments or gifts" that Charles McGonigal, the FBI's former head of counterintelligence in New...”
To paraphrase Aristophanes, "Under every stone lurks a Russian asset." Trump, Bannon, Flynn, Moscow Mitch, the GOP, the FBI, Taibbi, Greenwald, Cambridge Analytica, Truthdig, Counterpunch, The Nation, etc., etc.
Chess player denies using sex toy to help him beat grand champion
Via: Revillug • News & Politics • 35 Comments • 3 Likes • 2 years ago
“'It must be embarrassing for the world champion to lose to an idiot like me,' Hans Niemann said”
Hans Niemann,19, an up and-coming star in the game, was sensationally accused online of using anal beads connected to a computer programme that would vibrate and give him the perfect AI moves to defeat world No. 1 grandmaster Magnus Carlsen.
How Has 'Better Call Saul' Still Never Won an Emmy?
Via: Revillug • Entertainment • 53 Comments • 6 Likes • last year
“The Emmy Awards purport to reward the best of television. Why, then, has it still never given a major trophy to "Better Call Saul"? Get your act...”
as the Emmys continue to exist, it will continue to be outrageous that Better Call Saul doesn’t have any. To the general public, an award count telegraphs quality—or at least some semblance of a recommendation. Whether this is wrong-headed or not (it is!), it’s hard to shake these ingrained...
![[NOTE: Do Not Run Until Fucking Queen Is Dead Or People Will Lose Their Shit] Queen Elizabeth Dead At 96](http://thenewstalkers.com/discussion/image/discussion_image/59627/medium/crop=auto/_v=63f541663050009)
Moscow Officials Urge Vladimir Putin to Give Up Power
Via: Revillug • News & Politics • 44 Comments • 9 Likes • 2 years ago
“Their plea came as Putin's deranged "special military operation" next door took a spectacular nosedive.”
More and more Russian officials are urging Vladimir Putin to get the hell out of the Kremlin as Moscow suffered another series of humiliating defeats in Ukraine this weekend. Just one day after several municipal deputies in Putin's hometown of St. Petersburg called on the State Duma to try the...
St. Petersburg Officials Demand Vladimir Putin Be Tried for Treason in Letter
Via: Revillug • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 5 Likes • 2 years ago
“The authorities in the Russian leader's hometown want him removed from power for his "special military operation" against Ukraine.”
Several municipal lawmakers in St. Petersburg are calling on Russia’s State Duma to charge Vladimir Putin with treason, according to a local lawmaker. Dmitry Palyuga, a deputy with the Smolninskoye municipal council, announced the news on Twitter late Wednesday, sharing a copy of the letter he...