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"Viruses are God's will." - evangelical co-worker (wearing corrective glasses) | 2Trait Anger
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*Employees say that under Mr. Thompson, an accountant by training and a former chief financial officer, every part of the business was examined for cost savings and common security practices were eschewed because of their expense.*
*SolarWinds moved much of its engineering to satellite offices in the Czech Republic, Poland and Belarus, where engineers had broad access to the Orion network management software that Russia’s agents compromised.*
Fucking assholes. | 1State Anger
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Russia has pulled off a psyops campaign to basically sow the seeds of civil war. This hack was just gravy.
Amazing that we’re getting so thoroughly clowned by a third world country. | 1State Anger
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Still not a peep from trumpski. | 2Trait Anger
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Has it occurred to anyone that the Russians may have been given information to help make this hack this effective? | 2Trait Anger
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Been saying it for years, Russia has been trying to brew a civil war in the states which will kick off when they attack our power grid. The article mentions they stole the plans for Black Start, our emergency national blackout restart plan. Pulled it off in Ukraine in 2015. | 2Trait Anger
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>The hackers managed their intrusion from servers inside the United States, exploiting legal prohibitions on the National Security Agency from engaging in domestic surveillance and eluding cyberdefenses deployed by the Department of Homeland Security.
I can already see where this is going: politicians calling for legalized domestic mass surveillance | 2Trait Anger
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This should be the top story in the sub - people should be prepared for a possible crisis. Not that it will happen but its not impossible. Stock up on food, cash, within your means, etc.
Where to begin....greatest hits:
>...The breach is far broader than first believed. Initial estimates were that Russia sent its probes only into a few dozen of the 18,000 government and private networks it gained access to when it inserted code into network management software made by a Texas company named SolarWinds. But as businesses like Amazon and Microsoft that provide cloud services dig deeper for evidence, it now appears Russia exploited multiple layers of the supply chain to gain access to as many as 250 networks.
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>…“We still don’t know what Russia’s strategic objectives were,” said Suzanne Spaulding, who was the senior cyberofficial at the Homeland Security Department during the Obama administration. “But we should be concerned that part of this may go beyond reconnaissance. Their goal may be to put themselves in a position to have leverage over the new administration, like holding a gun to our head to deter us from acting to counter Putin.”
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>...The plans would **give Russia a hit list of systems to target to keep power from being restored in an attack like the one it pulled off in Ukraine in 2015, shutting off power for six hours in the dead of winter.** Moscow long ago implanted malware in the U.S. electric grid, and the United States has done the same to Russia as a deterrent.
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>...But some of those measures may have put the company and its customers at greater risk for attack. **SolarWinds moved much of its engineering to satellite offices in the Czech Republic, Poland and Belarus**, where engineers had broad access to the Orion network management software that Russia’s agents compromised.
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>....By staging their attacks from servers inside the United States, in some cases using computers in the same town or city as their victims, according to FireEye, the Russians took advantage of limits on the National Security Agency’s authority. Congress has not given the agency or homeland security any authority to enter or defend private-sector networks. It was on these networks that SVR operatives were less careful, leaving clues about their intrusions that FireEye was ultimately able to find.
>**By inserting themselves into the SolarWinds’ Orion update and using custom tools, they also avoided tripping the alarms of the “Einstein” detection system** that homeland security deployed across government agencies to catch known malware, and of the so-called CDM program that was explicitly devised to alert agencies to suspicious activity.
>**Since the extraction of a top Kremlin informant in 2017 (ME: gee, I wonder who is responsible for that)** the CIA’s knowledge of Russian operations has been diminished. And the SVR has remained one of the world’s most capable intelligence services by avoiding electronic communications that could expose its secrets to the National Security Agency, intelligence officials say.
>Some security experts said that ridding so many sprawling federal agencies of the SVR may be futile and that **the only way forward may be to shut systems down and start anew. Others said doing so in the middle of a pandemic would be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming, and the new administration would have to work to identify and contain every compromised system before it could calibrate a response.** | 1State Anger
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If the US has spent most of its military budget making new aircraft carriers and submarines, instead of increasing spending on both cyber protection and our own cyber warfare, it would be a catastrophic failure and lack of foresight by both the leaders of the military and our government. | 1State Anger
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They got into the software that these Agencies used to manage their internal network... think about that | 1State Anger
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Absolutely no leadership on this from U.S. officials. This was a serious attack. We need answers now. | 1State Anger
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Because charging federal crimes is literally the responsibility of an organization that works for him.
DoJ independence from executive was always a nice idea, but it's no rule, and it's definitely gone. | 2Trait Anger
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Because we shield the office of the presidency from any charges so that they can commit war crimes without fea of punishment, which needs to change. | 2Trait Anger
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Because he is shielded by a “rule” that is written down at the DoJ. It isn’t even a law, but something the DoJ suggested during the Nixon debacle that states no sitting president should be indicted for a crime. Don’t worry though, that protection expires on 1/20/2021 at 12:01 pm. | 1State Anger
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I look forward to not see this shambling, ugly mess of a man constantly in the news this year. | 2Trait Anger
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Seriously? A one-paragraph letter to the editor? Has this sub lost all sense of standards? | 1State Anger
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This is one of those heavy set gorillas lounging in the salon. | 2Trait Anger
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I can't believe we spent all that effort on a blowjob but not this. | 1State Anger
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Thank God our system of checks and balances have not failed us completely and the judicial, even though mostly appointed by Trump, is still independent, refusing to be intimidated and upholding the constitution. It is a tribute to the founding fathers that we can still call our country a democracy.
We must figure out how to educate the public to not be so susceptible to the con. Unfortunately capitalism's overuse of commercials that get away with 'almost true' beckons us down this con path way too much.
We could use way more truth in advertising, truth in environmental science, truth in politics, and truth in a real religion which is inclusive, ethical and based in compassion.
We need to be educated about the scientific truth that we all are related to one another, and that damage to the environment damages everyone as we rely on it for survival.
If we had basic fail safe support like basic income and health care, desperate people would less likely resort to the con and crime. The rich would also understand they have enough to give back under those circumstances as they would also be protected from the possible downturns and devastation that is part of the reason they think they need to be so wealthy.
Capitalism is good for innovation and I have no desire to squelch the amazing opportunities people have taken to create fabulous innovations that we all benefit from. Surely the basic fail safe system would encourage even more innovation for those people with great ideas trapped in jobs that do not use all their potential. | 2Trait Anger
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Mostly because no one is taking him seriously besides his band of loyal stupids. | 2Trait Anger
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Right now it's because the federal law enforcement body works for him. Later on it will be because he's an Oligarch. | 1State Anger
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*Man attempts to fight against democracy*
Legal system: I sleep
*Person grows plant, proceeds to put it in their mouth and set it on fire*
Legal system: YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR CRIMES | 1State Anger
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Because he hasn't clearly broken any laws in doing so.
If Joe Biden wants to achieve George Washington tier presidential status then he is going to need to persue a legislative agenda that sees a large number of laws designed to give legal footing to norms that other presidents observed as standard and divest the presidency of some of its powers because it's likely that the 47th or 48th president is going to be a smarter version of trump. | 2Trait Anger
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Um because Republicans are spineless sacks of shit that have slowly destroyed the USA over decades and don't look to be slowing down any time soon? | 2Trait Anger
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What he’s been doing up to this point isn’t actually illegal - literally every president except this one realized that protecting the republic was their primary role and that they would face the judgement of history for their actions if they failed to protect our democracy. Trump is literally the first president (and hopefully the only one) who doesn’t seem to give a shit about his legacy and can only think of his immediate desires. He’s a human manifestation of what Freud called the “id”. A base creature who literally is obsessed about what he wants this second. This is likely the first time in his entire life he’s been told no and he’s melting the fuck down from it. What has always been astounding to me is how many people willingly sign on to perpetuate this. That’s the real scandal here in my opinion. | 1State Anger
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What law did he break? /s
[https://www.scotusblog.com/election-litigation/](https://www.scotusblog.com/election-litigation/)
Trump has not clearly crossed the line --Trump will probably just pardon all his political operatives anyway.
18 more days until Trump loses immunity from indictment :) | 2Trait Anger
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The short answer is because he has immunity until January 20th. | 2Trait Anger
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I really hope a non-politically influenced DOJ brings full felony charges for multiple crimes swiftly as soon as he's out of office. If we do not punish Trump for his crimes we are merely ensuring its continuation and re-occurrence. Nobody is above the law and he absolutely must answer for his crimes in the same manner as anybody else would. | 1State Anger
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He will get his. | 0Anger Expression
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"And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything,"
He has never spoken anything more truthful. And disgusting. | 1State Anger
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The real answer here is because this is Republicans doing this
Could you imagine if this was Hillary Clinton. If she was doing this to a Republican President elect. The Republicans would have already been holding hearings, dozens of subpoenas would have already gone days after the election. They would have shut this shit down quick and even after she conceded they would continue to hammer this for years after.
So the answer, as usual, is that Dems would have to grow a spine and hold Republicans accountable, which will never happen. So Republicans can do whatever the hell they want to do, even openly commit treason with 0 consequences. | 2Trait Anger
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Because rich people call the shots and he's friends with all the rich people. | 2Trait Anger
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Ummm, because half of the country thinks the election was rigged and half of the Senate and all of the Executive branch of gov't are cowards. And that's all it takes for a President to be above the Law. | 2Trait Anger
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Because we live in a failed state on the verge of collapse? | 2Trait Anger
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Why don't we wait until he's out of power and can't pardon himself before hitting him with charges that he'll just muddy by pardoning himself for. | 0Anger Expression
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Because right now, he’s president, and we don’t have an AG | 1State Anger
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Devin Nunes only heard "presidential moo.." and is now preparing a lawsuit. | 1State Anger
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House Of Cards was an incredibly compelling show before Donald showed up and made reality stranger than fiction. That killed the show's momentum more than the Kevin Spacey fiasco did. | 2Trait Anger
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"What Judge got so right in that 2006 movie (Idiocracy) wasn’t his characterization of wrestler-turned-president Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, but of the infantilized, selfish, fatally dumbed-down electorate that empowered him."
This! So much THIS! | 1State Anger
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Desperate, delusional morons are easy marks for promise peddlers like Donnie and the GOP. | 2Trait Anger
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The same Trump supporters who made the pandemic last way longer then it should've because of mah rights, bro! | 2Trait Anger
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You'll see!
What do you mean by that?
You'll see! | 0Anger Expression
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It’s been wonderful taking idiot MAGAturd money in the political betting markets the past several months. They still believe some kind of coup will happen and all his cabinet members (Barr, DeVos...lol) will still have jobs on March 1, etc. The $$ I won (& will win) is more than any stimulus could have provided. | 0Anger Expression
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I spent the week in rural central Florida where every other dilapidated mobile home had a Trump sign in front. Their lives are obviously no better than it was 4 years ago, yet they hold on to the Trump falsehoods with all their might. I guess they thought that Trump would make things better for them at any moment, and now they can't give up that hope regardless of how delusional it is. | 2Trait Anger
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Unfortunately I work with a bunch of them. One said to the other the other day, Trump better do something quick hes running out of time. Like what does that even mean, he lost fair and square. For being the party that cares soooo much about America and freedoms and blah blah they surely have no problem turning us into a dictatorship | 2Trait Anger
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They still think he was a good president, too.
They are *not* smart people. | 2Trait Anger
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My son believes in Santa Claus. | 1State Anger
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Imagine having the dumbest fucking base possible, the worst precedency ever, terrible job growth compared to other presidents in your party (read real data, not Fox) and still shocked you didn't win. | 1State Anger
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They also belive that Corona virus is a hoax and the earth is flat. | 2Trait Anger
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If they believe that I've got a bridge or two I'm looking to sell. | 0Anger Expression
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People, including presidents lose. It's part of life. It's how you handle it that matters. Respecting the Constitution and our democracy shows a true patriot. Doing what Donald's doing shows a traitor and a criminal. | 1State Anger
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An excerpt from the article:
"On Jan. 6, 1961, then-Vice President Richard M. Nixon became the first in a century. Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy had beaten him narrowly; plus, many Republicans suspected voter fraud in 11 states, even filing lawsuits in two. (Judges threw both out.) So even though the result of the certification was supposed to be a foregone conclusion, some wondered whether Nixon would really go through with it.
He did, and according to The Washington Post’s coverage at the time, he did so jovially.
“Nixon seemed to enjoy doing it,” The Post wrote. “Time and again he pumped humor, life and even a little political sense into the nearly two-centuries-old ceremonial.”"
Isn't it remarkable how the Trump/Pence era is making us look at the scoundrels of the past (Nixon, Bush, etc.) with different lenses?
Related: a couple months ago I watched John McCain's 2008 concession speech. It was jaw-droppingly decent. I used to hate that guy so much! And I know the reasons to dislike him still exist, but I had no idea how low Republicans could actually go... | 2Trait Anger
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Doing their freaking job. Yeah it is that simple. | 1State Anger
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Character, honor, humor, modesty, honesty, grace...traits that are foreign to Republicans. | 2Trait Anger
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It's because they valued doing the right thing, and an actual love for their country, over personal gain. | 2Trait Anger
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When will this nightmare end? | 1State Anger
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Lol. That would be a hell no. | 1State Anger
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At least 140 of them are doubling down on Trump. We shall see what the vote to confirm Biden/Harris brings on January 6. | 1State Anger
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LONG overdue that the Kurds are recognized by us! | 1State Anger
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[Boxing Day](https://twitter.com/9mmballpoint/status/1344703612094730240)
[Maze Runner Reboot](https://twitter.com/9mmballpoint/status/1342599180779450368)
These threads have been a lot of fun in an otherwise very un-fun year, so thanks for all the feedback you've given me. I'm sure there will be plenty of material in 2021 but hopefully it'll be a little less awful. | 1State Anger
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Lalo Alcaraz - [and the siren goes "Me me me me"](https://static.politico.com/dims4/default/de97f0e/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Ff8%2F78%2Fedd090c449c4ab4f34099025c8c3%2F5-lalo-alcaraz-andrews-mcmeel-syndicate.jpg) | 1State Anger
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Brian McFadden - [Michaddamus' Predictions](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/1/2004961/-Cartoon-Mitchadamus-2021-predictions) | 1State Anger
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Clay Bennett - [Mark your calendar](https://twitter.com/BennettCartoons/status/1343704956285702144) | 1State Anger
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Garry Trudeau, *Doonesbury*: ["Look at Mask Boy!"](https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2020/12/20) | 1State Anger
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[OANism](https://imgur.com/gallery/eEHXrlI) | 1State Anger
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I have to do something I don't usually do for the weekly "point and laugh at Garrison" ritual.
[I have to link the full page of one of his comics, rant and all](https://grrrgraphics.com/a-rendezvous-with-history/). It's just too insane to leave alone. Pence will be the "second Benedict Arnold" if he doesn't go along with the Gohmert plot? January 6th will be "circled in fire"? Holy fucking shit I can't tell if he believes this garbage anymore or if he's like Dobbs who is doing it all for attention and money.
[Trump's fans are really loving this most admired man poll](https://grrrgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trump_most_admired.jpg). What they won't admit is that he "won" with a whopping [18%](https://www.wthr.com/article/news/verify/verify-did-donald-trump-win-the-title-of-2020s-most-admired-man/531-b251951c-b250-4b14-9566-d8bd5995bc68), where everyone else got lower. Also I thought the Trump-right hated all polls? No? Only when it doesn't benefit them? Wow what a shock.
[This one's just a mess](https://grrrgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/boiling_frogs_cartoon.jpg). I don't even have a comment that can do enough justice to how bullshit it is.
Also do Ben's speech bubbles coming out of his name remind anyone else of The Onion's Ward "Stan Kelly" Sutton? | 2Trait Anger
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Darrin Bell - [Pardons](https://www.comicskingdom.com/darrin-bell/2020-12-30) | 1State Anger
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Clay Bennett:
* [Nope, you've already been returned and exchanged.](https://www.gocomics.com/claybennett/2020/12/26)
* [~~Best~~ wishes from Mitch McConnell.](https://www.gocomics.com/claybennett/2020/12/31) | 0Anger Expression
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Garry Trudeau, *Doonesbury*: ["Jimmy Crow"](https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2020/12/27) | 0Anger Expression
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[Downhill Shirker](https://imgur.com/gallery/rMs5Lr9) | 1State Anger
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Steve Breen:
- [Welcome, new year](https://www.gocomics.com/stevebreen/2021/01/01)
Matt Davies:
- [It's important to keep the key secure](https://www.gocomics.com/mattdavies/2020/12/28)
- Explanation ([source](https://www.reuters.com/article/global-cyber-solarwinds/hackers-at-center-of-sprawling-spy-campaign-turned-solarwinds-dominance-against-it-idUSKBN28P2N8)):
> Security researcher Vinoth Kumar told Reuters that, last year, he alerted the company that anyone could access SolarWinds’ update server by using the password 'solarwinds123'
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> "This could have been done by any attacker, easily," Kumar said.
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> Neither the password nor the stolen access is considered the most likely source of the current intrusion, researchers said.
John Deering:
- [The elephant has left the room](https://www.gocomics.com/johndeering/2020/12/30) (and about damn time) | 1State Anger
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Matt Bors- [The Best Year Ever](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/12/30/2004842/-Cartoon-The-best-year-ever) | 1State Anger
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Clay Jones:
- [Republicans' dilemma](https://www.gocomics.com/clayjones/2020/12/30) (Maybe try being pro-America?)
- [McConnell stands up](https://www.gocomics.com/clayjones/2021/01/02)
- [... of ugly fat](https://www.gocomics.com/clayjones/2021/01/01) | 0Anger Expression
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Gary Markstein:
- [Tired of winning?](https://www.gocomics.com/garymarkstein/2020/12/14)
Kevin Kallaugher by KAL:
- [I tried a Wendy's, but all I could get was a french fry](https://www.gocomics.com/kal/2020/12/29) | 1State Anger
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[Can anyone explain to me what the heck old Ben is trying to say? Maybe it needs more lables...](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/738901861171462197/794995207429947412/EqC_mc0UYAE_tZr.jpeg) | 1State Anger
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Jeff Danziger:
- [Priorities](https://www.gocomics.com/jeffdanziger/2020/12/28)
- [Engine of Democracy???](https://www.gocomics.com/jeffdanziger/2021/01/02) | 1State Anger
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Joe Heller: [Back to Normal](https://image.politicalcartoons.com/247033/600/back-to-normal.png) | 1State Anger
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Christopher Weyant, The Boston Globe: [Frozen 2020](https://image.cagle.com/246881/750/246881.png)
Bill Bramhall, The NY Daily News: [Hawley takes the Oath](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eqk8HmDXAAcCIQ7?format=jpg&name=large)
Lalo Alcaraz: [Keep Away!](https://assets.amuniversal.com/e64849a02cf801393ecf005056a9545d) | 1State Anger
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Imho I think a third party is going to emerge from the ashes. There will still be a GOP but the third party will have the narcissistic name of the Trump Party. I honestly can't imagine what core values they will have other than blindly following Trump and his children. | 2Trait Anger
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Burn them good, Donald. They and you deserve it. | 0Anger Expression
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The GOP has had the gas can & lighters in their hands and running with Donnie all this time. They're just shocked now that he's throwing the gas on their own house. | 1State Anger
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Yes, absolutely! In less than 3 weeks we get to see real leadership in action again. Can't wait! | 0Anger Expression
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Achieving 2% of your stated goal is an unmitigated success story in MAGAland. | 2Trait Anger
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> “The initial goals that were set, the predictions that were made, were very aspirational,” Dr. William Schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, said. “They were, shall we say, inflated. And I think the people in Washington made a big mistake. We should have learned this from 2009 when we had the same issue. Don't over promise and then underdeliver. You should underpromise and overdeliver.”
Political truth dance around "Trump Lied Again". I wonder if the question mark in the headline isn't just a typo. | 1State Anger
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Yeah, let's stop writing and talking about Trump's failure. It is a overstated fact that he failed at mostly everything. It's not one of those rants about a semi-competent Presidency when you put everything in the same basket. It is a pure fact.
Trump was not qualified, it showed, and he failed. Mental illness was even worse than expected and damages were done.
The country is in a very bad spot right now and that pandemic had maximum effect because of that.
Fuck Trump and fuck wasting time talking about him at this point. Focus on the fact that in 20 days, a slow but real recovery will be starting.
Just fucking pray for the Senate runoff in the meantime. That will be the game changer this country needs. Otherwise, recovery will be partial and slow as hell. | 1State Anger
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In 2009, the Obama-Biden administration launched a $200-million pandemic early-warning program called PREDICT, which trained and supported staff in 60 foreign laboratories to stop and prevent pandemics. This initiative identified 1,200 different viruses that had the potential to erupt into pandemics, [including more than 160](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/trump-scrapped-pandemic-early-warning-program-system-before-coronavirus) novel coronaviruses.
The labs they worked with included the Wuhan lab that identified Covid19.
This is the initiative that [put a stop to viruses](https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-04-02/coronavirus-trump-pandemic-program-viruses-detection
) before they became pandemics. They warned airports and health agencies. They initiated contact tracing and identification. They were the ones who stopped pandemics hundreds of times in the past 10 years, and were doing it right up until September.
In September 2019, just as hospitals in Wuhan [started filling up due to an unknown disease](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/09/coronavirus-may-have-been-spreading-in-china-in-august-harvard-study.html), the Trump administration ended this $200-million pandemic early-warning program. [Check out satellite images that show hospitals filling up in September 2019](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/42669767))
This program is what would have shut down air traffic the moment those first cases were discovered. They would have known as early as September 2019 something earth shattering was happening in China's healthcare. This is when our country would have otherwise mobilized. Per protocol, they would have initiated travel advisories, alerted Customs and Border Protection, and traced every person with the virus who was coming to America. This would have cost some money, but it was doable.
After two months of spread, the first official case was in [November in China](https://www.livescience.com/first-case-coronavirus-found.html). This was still enough time to prevent spread.
By [December 13th, 2019](https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-12-01-20-intl/h_5e4e8b4b5f8f0b44c5286c5f05b483bb), the first infections started coming to America.
I am in weekly meetings with Federal Protective Services. Their most popular deployment is Mardi Gras, where dozens of agents all volunteer to go down to protect the event. FPS explained that during Mardi Gras, people were coming into the hospitals with flu-like symptoms, being tested and found negative for flu, and [were released into the public where they kept partying](https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_dedfb5e4-7c2a-11ea-901f-6720fa25be5a.html).
The PREDICT program would have put all of the hospitals in America on high alert. Instead, hospitals were releasing people into the public without any warning.
It took four months of Trump calling it [a hoax](https://doggett.house.gov/media-center/blog-posts/timeline-trump-s-coronavirus-responses) before any public response was made. Trump rejected 200 MILLION Pfizer vaccine doses in the summer. In November, after losing the election, [he rejected an additional 100 MILLION vaccine doses](https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/530121-trump-administration-turned-down-vaccine-doses) from Pfizer.
Trump is DIRECTLY responsible for the spread of coronavirus. If he had not shut down the PREDICT program, this would not have happened. I mean, it *could* be a coincidence that we had no pandemics in the past 10 years, then the very month Trump shut down the program, a pandemic started spreading, but you'd have to be a Trump supporter to believe that. | 1State Anger
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*His whole fucking life* | 2Trait Anger
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Shocking | 1State Anger
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I just don't understand how any rational person can live through the economic/personal pain of Bush with Iraq/Katrina/'08 financial collapse AND Trump with covid/'20 economic depression/corruption and say, "Yes, I'd like more of that, please."
Carter drove millions of moderates to the Republican party for decades. We're now seeing the same with Trump pushing moderates to the Democratic party. | 1State Anger
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Because suburban women care more about democracy than dishwashers? | 2Trait Anger
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Literally the only positive to come out of his Presidency.
Pre-trump, I remember being the only odd duck following our Nation's politics in both my home and work life, while everyone treated every latest NFL *game* as life or death.
Now that a shitty President endangered their precious *fooseball* seasons by neglecting a pandemic emergency, everyone pretends they're an informed political pundit.
Which is... better... I guess? | 2Trait Anger
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Yes, putting a complete idiot in the office of the president tends to get people's attention... | 0Anger Expression
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It definitely shows how corrupt the government is | 2Trait Anger
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It's like working for a company for years as a basic employee, not caring about the manager as long as you got paid and didn't get bothered by stupid shit. Suddenly some guy who spends his entire day in the bathroom, sending racist joke emails, and eating other people's meals in the break room is given a high management position. | 1State Anger
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Don't threaten me with a good time. | 0Anger Expression
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Indict the traitors? | 1State Anger
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No. Wait. Please stop. | 1State Anger
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“If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it” | 0Anger Expression
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John I hope he does. You attempted to save some GOP face by not testifying against him thereby saving him from being removed from office. You cared more about your party than the country. I hope he is the end of Republican party. | 1State Anger
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While it is nice to see the party falling apart, beware a thrashing animal in its death throes. They can cause a lot of damage on their way out the door and that should be something we are cognizant of | 2Trait Anger
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