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Strong shade

22 Thursday Sep 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in US Senate

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hypocrite, Joe Biden, right wingnut, social media, Ted Cruz, Twitter, White House

Joe Biden (D) [2014 file photo].

Yesterday, from the White House:

The White House @WhiteHouse
Senator Cruz voted against this.
[….]
2:46 PM · Sep 21, 2022

Ted Cruz (r), ten days ago:

Senator Ted Cruz @SenTedCruz
The Ports to Plains highway will run from Laredo all the way up to North Dakota and into Canada.

This project will bring jobs to Texas and millions of dollars to the state.

A great bipartisan victory!
[….]
1:42 PM · Sep 12, 2022

“Why do people take an instant dislike to Ted Cruz?” “It saves time.”

Apparently Ted Cruz (r) was getting too much attention…

07 Sunday Nov 2021

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, social media, US Senate

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Axios, Josh Hawley, masculinity, right wingnuts, Ted Cruz, Virginia

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Axios @axios
Television Sen. Josh Hawley tells #AxiosOnHBO that he’ll make masculinity a signature political issue, because he claims “the left” is telling men: “You’re part of the problem…Your masculinity is inherently problematic.”
[….]
5:20 PM · Nov 7, 2021

The ball is now in Ted’s court.

Previously:

Trying to out dumbass Josh Hawley (r)…and succeeding (November 6, 2021)

Cancún (November 7, 2021)

Cancún

07 Sunday Nov 2021

Posted by Michael Bersin in US Senate

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social media, Ted Cruz, Twitter

Today:

Ted Cruz @tedcruz
Satire is dead. I’m pretty sure this is verbatim MSNBC:

“The real reason we didn’t win…is bc we weren’t calling people racist hard enough,” said Joy Ann Reid. “I really think…we didn’t try hard enough to look like insane deranged lunatics. We…need to lean into that more.”
[….]
4:20 PM · Nov 7, 2021

Some of the responses:

Since Texas as done zip to shore up its cold-and-hot intolerant electrical grid, are you planning another escape this winter? [….]

Wow, all this and a cage match with Big Bird too

The senator delivers!

Kinda like how democracy is dead?

Ted don’t you have an actual job to do?

Big Bird Ted [….]

Meanwhile, you are arguing with an 8 ft bird….

Have you ever considered trying to legislate more and Tweet less…?

No, we’re good.

I heard your dad was implicated in the assassination of satire….

We see what you did there.

Big Bird owns you. Nothing else matters.

You realize that your link is to a satire site, right?

The Babylon Bee isn’t real news.

If Satire is dead you used a zodiac sign to kill it.

We see what you did there.

Pretty sure it died around the same time a US Senator picked a fight with a bird puppet.

A Fictional bird kicked your ass today.

You need a dictionary Teddy.

You got owned by a puppet fool

Ted Cruz, the super genius quoting a satire article says satire is dead. What a fucking idiot.
#CancunCruz

Interestingly, Josh Hawley (r) has ben quiet today. Heh.

Previously:

Trying to out dumbass Josh Hawley (r)…and succeeding (November 6, 2021)

Trying to out dumbass Josh Hawley (r)…and succeeding

06 Saturday Nov 2021

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, social media, US Senate

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anti-vaccine, Big Bird, Corona virus, COVID-19, dumbass, Josh Hawley, pandemic, right wingnut, Sesame Street, social media, Ted Cruz, Twitter

They said it couldn’t be done.

American Goldfinch, Carduelis tristis.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/800, ISO 400, 400 mm.

This evening:

Ted Cruz @tedcruz
Government propaganda…for your 5 year old!

Big Bird @BigBird
I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it’ll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy.

Ms. @EricaRHill even said I’ve been getting vaccines since I was a little bird. I had no idea!

5:11 PM · Nov 6, 2021

You’re losing big time if you’re trying to take on a giant yellow bird via social media.

There is much hilarity in the responses:

This totally worked for Mitt Romney in 2012 so, please, keep going.

BigBird’s been getting vaccinated since 1972, but you’re just now squalling about it.
You might learn quicker if you had been watching regularly. [….]

He’s gonna be so upset when he learns that there’s a vampire who counts.

Cancun Cruz yells at 6 year old yellow bird…didn’t have that on my bingo card.

Big Bird has supported public health since the 1970’s, bird brain. [….]

Today’s tweet is brought you by the letters F and U. [….]

Big Bird didn’t fly down to Cancun during a blizzard, he stayed and helped his friends on Sesame Street

It must be hard to constantly find things to feign outrage over.

It’s not easy being Ted.

I don’t think 5 year olds have Twitter accounts, Ted.

Welp, you can’t tell us how to get to Sesame Street, but you sure you can tell us how to get to Cancun.

What’s Big Bird’s official position in the government?

Right, because everyone knows five-year-olds make their own decisions when it comes to inoculations.

Right now we are witnessing a sitting U.S. Senator getting mad at a fictional bird

Welcome to America.

Yep. Right up there with programs showing kids how to properly brush their teeth.

Heh.

Same Texas power grid, different worlds

18 Thursday Feb 2021

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Beto O'Rourke, leadership, power failure, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas grid, U.S. Senate, vacation

Leadership from a former Congressman and unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate in Texas:

Beto O’Rourke @BetoORourke
We made over 151,000 calls to senior citizens in Texas tonight. One of our vols talked to a man stranded at home w/out power in Killeen, hadn’t eaten in 2 days, got him a ride to a warming center and a hot meal. Help us reach more people, join us tomorrow:
[….]
11:57 PM · Feb 17, 2021

Meanwhile, this morning:

Manu Raju @mkraju
Cruz’s office has not responded to photos on social media showing him traveling to Cancun. They haven’t confirmed or denied anything yet, not responding since last night. Comes as residents in Texas are left without running water or power amid the winter storm.
7:57 AM · Feb 18, 2021

Same planet, different worlds.

What it is, is sedition…

03 Sunday Jan 2021

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media, US Senate

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Amy Klobuchar, Bill Hagerty, Cynthia Lummis, Donald Trump, electoral college, James Lankford, John Kennedy, Josh Hawley, Marsha Blackburn, Mike Braun, right wingnuts, Roger Marshall, Ron Johnson, sedition, Steve Daines, sycophants, Ted Cruz, Tommy Tuberville, Twitter, U.S. Senate

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D) [2019 file photo].

Early this morning:

Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar
A group of my Republican colleagues claiming that they want an additional federal “commission” to supersede election results when votes have already been counted, recounted, litigated, & state-certified, amounts to nothing more than an attempt to subvert the will of the voters.
1:43 AM · Jan 3, 2021

Yep.

Previously:

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) – town hall in Warrensburg – Press Q and A – August 17, 2017 (August 17, 2017)

What passes for a flatbed truck at “…Yale, I think, or Harvard, one of those, one of those fancy ones…” (August 16, 2018)

Josh Hawley (r): throwing shit against the wall to see if anything sticks (December 30, 2020)

Josh Hawley (r): ladders and rakes (December 30, 2020)

Ladder Climbing 101: by the book (December 31, 2020)

Burning bridges (December 31, 2020)

Sedition, sedition…sedition (January 2, 2021)

Impatient

19 Saturday Mar 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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Donald Trump, Jeff Roe, missouri, Primary, social media, Ted Cruz, Twitter

Yesterday, from Donald Trump (r), via Twitter:

Trumo031816

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump
Why haven’t they released the final Missouri victory for us yet? Could it be because Cruz’s guy runs Missouri? 8:53 PM – 18 Mar 2016

Could it be this?:

State of Missouri – Presidential Preference Primary – March 15, 2016
Unofficial Results
as of 3/19/2016 9:57:57 AM

U.S. President 3041 of 3041 Precincts Reported
[….]
Chris Christie Republican 1,677 0.179%
Jeb Bush Republican 3,349 0.358%
Ben Carson Republican 8,201 0.876%
Donald J. Trump Republican 382,093 40.831%
Marco Rubio Republican 57,006 6.092%
Ted Cruz Republican 380,367 40.646%
Rick Santorum Republican 729 0.078%
Carly Fiorina Republican 613 0.066%
John R. Kasich Republican 94,533 10.102%
Rand Paul Republican 1,771 0.189%
Jim Lynch Republican 102 0.011%
Mike Huckabee Republican 2,137 0.228%
Uncommitted Republican 3,216 0.344%
Party Total: 935,794
[….]

[emphasis added]

And this?:

Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 115
Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections

115.508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no election authority or verification board shall certify election results, as required under section 115.507, before noon on the Friday after election day.

Political amateurs have no understanding of the concept of election certification. Political professionals and media long ago sacrificed that concept on the altar of instant results.

Or it could be short attention spans. Look over there! Squirrel!

Keep Calm and Carry On – part 2

16 Wednesday Mar 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, missouri, president, Primary, Ted Cruz

So, Missouri had a presidential primary yesterday. The unofficial results:

State of Missouri – Presidential Preference Primary – March 15, 2016
Unofficial Results
as of 3/16/2016 7:25:44 AM

U.S. President 3041 of 3041 Precincts Reported

Hillary Clinton Democratic 310,602 49.611%
[….]
Bernie Sanders Democratic 309,071 49.366%
[….]
Uncommitted Democratic 3,702 0.591%
Party Total: 626,075

[….]
Donald J. Trump Republican 382,093 40.831%
Marco Rubio Republican 57,006 6.092%
Ted Cruz Republican 380,367 40.646%
[….]
John R. Kasich Republican 94,533 10.102%
[….]
Party Total: 935,794

[emphasis added]

Hillary Clinton (D) swept all five states, but it’s really about the delegates. She had a really good night in that respect, too.

Donald Trump (r) had a very good night. Marco Rubio (r) not so much.

Someone won the Internets last night:

FloridaMan031516

Florida Man ‏@_FloridaMan
Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.
[….] 6:24 PM – 15 Mar 2016

Elections and voting matter.

Previously:

Keep Calm and Carry On (March 9, 2016)

Redefining our humanity

07 Sunday Feb 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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debate, Donald Trump, social media, Ted Cruz, torture, Twitter

Read this first: A Small Clique Of Legal Extremists… (February 24, 2008)

International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokyo War Crimes  Trial) - Proceedings. p. 12,936.

International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokyo War Crimes
Trial) – Proceedings. p. 12,936.

At last night’s republican debate republican presidential candidates continue to try and redefine torture:

JRosen020616

Jay Rosen ‏@jayrosen_nyu
Seen any live fact checks on Cruz’s claim that waterboarding does not fit the legal definition of torture? 8:49 PM – 6 Feb 2016

As if old media did sufficient fact checking on the subject during dubya’s administration? Why should they start now?

Digby020616A

digby ‏@digby56
Cruz says the president can torture if he wants to. Not surprising. Failing to try torturers for war crimes leads to this. 8:39 PM – 6 Feb 2016

The Donald is already there:

Digby020616B

digby ‏@digby56
And Trump gets big applause for saying he’d do worse than waterboarding. I wonder which of the donors in the audience did that? 8:40 PM – 6 Feb 2016

Redefining exceptionalism: if they do it it’s really bad, if we do it it’s legal.

He didn’t know at the time

15 Friday Jan 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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social media, Ted Cruz, Twitter

Last night’s republican presidential debate was extra special.

Via Twitter from Ted Cruz’s (r) college roommate:

mazin011316

Craig Mazin ‏@clmazin
Ted Cruz doesn’t like “New York values.” His wife works for Goldman Sachs. This is how dumb he thinks you all are. 10:13 PM – 13 Jan 2016

Last night:

mazin011416

Craig Mazin ‏@clmazin
Getting emails blaming me for not smothering Ted Cruz in his sleep in 1988. What kind of monster do you think I am? A really prescient one? 8:09 PM – 14 Jan 2016

President Cruz will not be inviting him to visit the White House.

Heh.

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