Labor Day Miscellany

 

I can't really get over the fact that Trump really did this. What kind of person is that?

If there's a video it's not because Russians installed a secret camera in the hotel room, it's because Trump WANTED a video. That's where Steele's informant got the story wrong.

— It's Just Soup For My Family (@Yastreblyansky) September 6, 2020

Yeah, exactly. That kind of person. 

LOL Kayleigh remember what Cohen lied to Congress ABOUT? https://t.co/SJHgd3ukWM pic.twitter.com/SbMhMz2Twh

— It's Just Soup For My Family (@Yastreblyansky) September 6, 2020

Way to remind everybody that Individual no. 1 is still lying, on the same subjects.

— It's Just Soup For My Family (@Yastreblyansky) September 6, 2020

Another moment where I have to question how this stuff works. When they say somebody is a convicted liar, he was generally lying on behalf of Trump! The thing that he lied about was some disgusting and often criminal thing that we know Trump did. Cohen worked to launder payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, and Cohen lied about that to Congress. Cohen decided to tell the truth to federal investigators and pleaded guilty to the crimes, fingering Individual no. 1 as the unindicted co-conspirator.  How is it not obvious that Trump is guilty of the exact same crime?

Cillizza as always gets down to the heart: who to believe? Slightly rightwing but respectable journalist or guy currently up to 23.8 public lies per day? IT'S A TOTAL MYSTERY ISN'T IT? https://t.co/tpmGWSQxAY

— It's Just Soup For My Family (@Yastreblyansky) September 6, 2020

Really wish I'd come up with this:

we're left with this dilemma: Chris Cillizza insists he's a political journalist with a lucrative job for CNN. others insist he's a small egg-laying mammal covered in spines and found solely in Australia and New Guinea. both can't be right

— Seth D. Michaels (@sethdmichaels) September 5, 2020

Have some confidence in Biden

told you not to worry about his cognitive decline https://t.co/ap61n1Hctb

— It's Just Soup For My Family (@Yastreblyansky) September 6, 2020

And don't be afraid of James Woods

He literally can't imagine a politician simply knowing something and saying it because it's true (and important). Either you're making it up like Trump or you're running a conspiracy.

— It's Just Soup For My Family (@Yastreblyansky) September 7, 2020

Labor Day bonus: read this thread or the linked essay demonstrating that today's Democrats are the most pro-labor party in history, contrary to some cosplay-socialist claims that organized labor has been thrown under the bus since the glory days of the New Deal—false, Biden's party is the best it's ever been.

Rhetoric that modern Dems "turned against labor" is completely backwards.

Thread from my new @alternet piece - with graphs - on how much more pro-labor modern Dems are than New Deal Dems. /1 https://t.co/388Wlx86RA

— Nathan Newman 🧭 (@nathansnewman) September 7, 2020

Plus Jared Bernstein:

Listen to the man! @econjared https://t.co/iccnsuMgHZ

— Larry Mishel (@LarryMishel) September 7, 2020