Lunatic Sen. J.D. Vance thinks he can hit Chinese balloon at 66,0000 feet --
They’re incentivized by small dollar donations to act like complete lunatics https://t.co/zSFvgyO2se
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 4, 2023
And a reminder of why the right is focused like a Jewish space laser on the balloon --
The craziest thing about the Chinese spy balloon is that Republicans want you to forget that they’re coming for your books, your history lessons, your teachers, your right to bodily autonomy, the pronouns you use, the words you say, your Medicaid, Medicare & your Social Security.
— Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) February 3, 2023
Would be a good time for the space laser, @RepMTG
— Adam Kinzinger #fella (@AdamKinzinger) February 3, 2023
Media / pollsters can't deal with good (Dem) news --
no matter what people tell pollsters, we are not in a recession https://t.co/r2bOyjFfIK
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 3, 2023
Dark Brandon just finished creating 12 million new jobs in just 2 years.
— Grant Stern (@grantstern) February 3, 2023
Trump LOST 3 million jobs in 4 years.#BidenWins
A useful summary of the jobs report. It's all good news.
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) February 3, 2023
My meta-theory of why so many people have been wrong about the economy for so long is that many economists (and econ journos) are incapable of acknowledging that sometimes good things happen.https://t.co/tc6DunwAZ1
Unethical Sen. Kyrsten Sinema wins boss from hell award --
More than a dozen activist groups, including several based in Arizona, have filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee asking for an investigation into media reports that Kyrsten Sinema required her Senate staff to run personal errands, like grocery shopping.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 4, 2023
The House Republicans are following a familiar playbook --
Investigating investigators is what authoritarians do. When they gain full control of the state, they also jail and kill those who can expose them. That's what Mussolini did in 1924. @joshtpm
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) February 3, 2023
My Jan 2022 essay predicting the GOP 's behavior: https://t.co/DyNmJyTiaA
Some truths about authoritarian weasel Ron DeSanctimonious --
In Ron DeSantis’s Florida, the girls are tracked, history is whitewashed, and books are banned.
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) February 3, 2023
Ron DeSantis came out to announce new funding for rural broadband and then had to admit it was made possible by Joe Biden and Democrats. pic.twitter.com/fGoM1BBKOT
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) February 2, 2023
it's been like four months and we have enough distance from it to be certain that this is the funniest "hard news" photo ever taken pic.twitter.com/iQPbypabv6
— Josh Fruhlinger (@jfruh) February 2, 2023
Russian state media mocks the Malignant Loser's arrogance on the war in Ukraine --
Even Russian state TV mocked ridiculous assertions by Trump that he could achieve peace in Ukraine in 24 hours by making a deal with Russia. Host Vladimir Solovyov snickered: "Yeah, right, sure — especially if you find a magic wand." Watch:https://t.co/MZmxaQ4ter
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) February 2, 2023
Magic mushrooms --
— The best ever seen (@The__seen) February 4, 2023