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Our governor spent relief funds on advertising for tourism in FUCKING MISSOURI and then he and his wife got covid. Then he got fucking elected. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Mississippi Legislatures voted to remove the Confederate Battle Flag from our state flag. | Happiness | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
North Carolina voted in a home-schooled, never had a job, dropped-out-of college representative. Smh. Edit: sorry I am runk. | Disgust, Sadness | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
For some reason we reelected Mitchell McConnell. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Christopher Columbus got thrown in a lake and it was awesome.
https://apnews.com/article/e99df0a4ec90e92540a2780d83cee56d | Happiness | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Thanks to the George Floyd protests, Virginia (or mostly Richmond) saw the decommissioning of numerous Confederate statues and street names.
Beyond that, Virginia is actually quite stable ATM COVID-wise | Happiness | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
MASSACHUSETTS
- Governor Charlie Baker worked with Patriots owner Robert Craft to use a Patriots plane to pick up and import PPE from China after being outbid by the federal government on supplies that were supposed to come to Massachusetts.
- Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence was removed due to jurors being biased. Going to Supreme Court.
- old timer Ed Markey beat Joe Kennedy in a close state senate race
- Justice Kimberly Budd was sworn in as the first Black woman to serve as chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
- Ranked choice voting was rejected by voters in November
- On the last day of the year Charlie Baker signed into law the police reform bill which includes (this is very simplified and of course there are loopholes) no chokeholds or firing into a fleeing vehicle, officers are required to intervene and report when a fellow officer is using excessive force, limits to no knock warrants, a new commission that includes majority civilians that certifies and decertifies police officers | Stress, Punishment | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
So listen up. One of my harder-to-justify hobbies for a while has been maintaining Wikipedia's [Illinois Portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Illinois), to which I have been almost the sole contributor for close to six years. I have no idea who, if anyone, ever sees it, but keeping the news section up to date helps me stay informed. I've mostly been diligent, with some gaps when I got extra busy or the news felt extra depressing. But 2020 of course defied comparison with any other. Usually I post about 40 to 50 items in a year; this year there were 116. Here are just some highlights.
* January 1: [Cannabis in Illinois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Illinois) became legal to sell and use for recreational purposes.
* January 19: [Senate President](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Illinois_Senate) [John Cullerton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cullerton) retired in the middle of his term.
* January 24: The second case of [coronavirus in the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_outbreak_in_the_United_States) was confirmed in a woman in Chicago.
* January 28: Former Senator [Martin Sandoval](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sandoval) pleaded guilty to bribery.
* February 18: Ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich was released four years early from his [prison sentence for corruption](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich_corruption_charges) after a presidential commutation from Donald Trump.
* February 20: George Hood of Naperville set a [world record for a front plank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plank_(exercise)) of 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds.
* March 9: Governor J. B. Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation as the number of cases of [coronavirus in Illinois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Illinois) continued to rise.
* March 14: The first coronavirus cases in Illinois outside the Chicago area were identified in three Downstate counties.
* March 17: Joe Biden won the [2020 Illinois Democratic primary election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Illinois_Democratic_primary).
* March 17: COVID-19 caused the death of a woman in Chicago, the first in the state.
* March 20: Illinois enacted a [shelter in place](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelter_in_place) order, closing nonessential businesses and restricting travel.
* April 7: Folk singer [John Prine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prine) of Maywood died of COVID-19.
* April 17: All [Illinois schools](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_districts_in_Illinois) closed for the rest of the 2019–2020 academic year.
* May 1: [Cloth face masks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloth_face_mask) were required in all indoor public spaces in Illinois, and any other public place where social distancing cannot be maintained.
* May 5: Illinois released its [Restore Illinois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Illinois#State_government) plan for reopening the state after the [COVID-19 pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic).
* May 29: [Protests were held in several Illinois cities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests_in_Illinois) following the death of George Floyd, leading to civil disorder and clashes with police in Chicago.
* May 31: Governor J.B. Pritzker deployed the [Illinois National Guard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_National_Guard) to downtown Chicago.
* June 12: The [Illinois State Fair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_State_Fair), planned for August 13–23, was canceled for the first time since 1945.
* July 1: The [minimum wage in Illinois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States#State) rose to $10.00 per hour across the state.
* July 1: A 2019 law went into effect requiring Illinois public schools to [teach LGBT history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_history#School_curricula) as part of their U.S. history curricula.
* July 17: [Commonwealth Edison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Edison) agreed to pay $200 million following a federal investigation into illegal lobbying and bribery.
* July 21: Fifteen people were wounded in [a mass shooting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2020) at a funeral in Auburn Gresham, Chicago.
* July 24: In response to intensifying protests, Mayor Lori Lightfoot ordered [the removal of two statues of Christopher Columbus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monuments_and_memorials_removed_during_the_George_Floyd_protests) from Grant Park and Little Italy.
* August 9–10: [Hundreds rioted](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests_in_Chicago) along the Magnificent Mile following a police shooting in Englewood, Chicago.
* August 14: Jim Boylen was fired as head coach of the Chicago Bulls following the team's exclusion from the 2020 NBA Bubble and early end of the [2019–20 season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Chicago_Bulls_season).
* August 14: Four-term former Governor [James R. Thompson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Thompson) died at the age of 84.
* August 26: An Antioch teenager was arrested for killing two protesters the previous night in the [Kenosha unrest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha_riot).
* October 21: The Illinois Commerce Commission approved an expansion of the [Dakota Access Pipeline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline) in the state.
* October 22: Protests were held following the [killing of Marcellis Stinnette](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Marcellis_Stinnette) by a Waukegan police officer.
* November 3: Voters rejected the [Illinois Fair Tax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Fair_Tax) referendum.
* November 4: Following the [2020 judicial elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Illinois_judicial_elections), Thomas Kilbride became the first Illinois Supreme Court justice to lose a retention election.
* November 12: Counting concluded for the [Congressional elections in Illinois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois); neither party gained any seats.
* November 17: Counting concluded for the [2020 Illinois House of Representatives elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election); the Republicans gained one seat, but the Democrats maintained their supermajority in both houses of the General Assembly.
* November 18: Two former executives and two consultants of [Commonwealth Edison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Edison) were indicted for bribery to influence Speaker [Michael Madigan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Madigan).
* November 20: All of Illinois moved back to Tier 3 of the Restore Illinois plan, with some regions under Tier 2 restrictions.
* November 25: [Angela Jackson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Jackson) was named the fifth Poet Laureate of Illinois.
* December 4: [SEIU Healthcare Illinois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Employees_International_Union) members agreed to a contract with Infinity Healthcare Management, ending a 12-day strike affecting 11 Illinois nursing homes.
* December 5: Former Senator [Martin Sandoval](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sandoval) died of COVID-19.
* December 9: A Clarence militia leader was convicted for the 2017 bombing of [Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar_Al-Farooq_Islamic_Center).
* December 14: Illinois's members of the Electoral College met in the State Capitol to vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the [election for President and Vice President](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois).
* December 23: 100,000 people received the [COVID-19 vaccine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tozinameran) in Illinois, outpacing all other states.
* December 26: Three were killed and three injured at a mass shooting in a Rockford bowling alley.
* December 31: Illinois expunged nearly 500,000 [cannabis-related arrest records](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Illinois), while Governor Pritzker issued pardons for over 9,000 convictions.
The Plot Twist of the Year is Martin Sandoval being one of the first to go down in a wide-ranging year for corruption at the start of the year; and then die of COVID at the end of it.
Another takeaway is that Illinois made the news not once, but twice for exporting right-wing extremists to go do violence in neighboring states. | Stress, Punishment | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Missouri. It's been a roller coaster so forgive me if I don't remember what was 2020 and what wasn't. I had to be reminded earlier this week that March happened this year.
We approved Medicaid expansion.
We decided to keep our governor, who is as functional as a moldy potato, rather than elect Nicole Galloway.
Saint Louis is one of the clinical trial locations for the covid vaccine. I participated. It feels good to be a part of history.
And then most recently, fake Missouri resident, Virginian* Josh fucking Hawley emerged to do that (general hand gesture) election objection bullshit thing.
Edit: *confused my Virginias. | Disgust, Anger, Happiness | true | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Nebraska District 45 decided to elect someone [who posed with Phillipines dictator Duterte](https://imgur.com/a/ZD9nnWa) and who, at her election party, [posed maskless with a large group of people, including the governor of Nebraska](https://www.reddit.com/r/Omaha/comments/jvx1pe/image_of_pete_ricketts_and_rita_sanders_and_20/).
Her qualifications? Being a do-nothing mayor for Bellevue and spending a year working in the office of [Jeff Fartenberry](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/fortenberry-googly-eyes-vandalism-professor-751618/) | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Well I'm from the Minneapolis area so yall should have a pretty good idea of what went down here.
What you don't know is that when the cops bassically abandoned south Minneapolis the people came together. People cleaned up, people gave food those in need. People provided housing. People even set up fieldedical stations complete with a community ambulance and professional doctors volunteering their time. They set up their own dispatch communications network. And the entire time they did this the cops shot at them with tear gas and rubber bullets.
The community took care of each other and they brought the city back from the brink while the police themselves actively tried to make things worse for everyone.
It was fucking crazy.
In my state we saw what it looks like when the social order literally falls, and a neighborhood in a major us city is left to fend for themselves in terms of emergency services. | Stress, Surprise, Fear | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
I'm from Nashville, Tennessee. Y'all might have seen us in the news a few times this year, but if you didn't, we had a tornado, derecho, bombing, and current center of covid. However, our state formed it's major league soccer team earlier in the year, and they've been doing really well for themselves! | Happiness | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Here in Illinois we showed that we really, really, really like legal marijuana, and it wasn't just a Chicago thing. We love it all over the state, even a lot of the good ol' boys. | Happiness | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
A kid I went to high school with went berserk, wrote on his wall “Adam Lanza snapped, Thanos snapped, now watch what happens when I snap”, killed another kid I went to high school with, then fled to another state, cut a guys arm off with a katana, killing him, then when the cops found him he came willingly. | Disgust, Sadness, Fear | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Breonna Taylor and David McAtee were murder. The state police were found to quote Hitler in their training slideshow. And we re-elected the turtle for the 7th time. | Disgust, Anger, Sadness | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
A (now former) prince william county sherrif deputy allegedly threatened a judge, and says he's innocent and claims that his account was hacked.
https://www.whsv.com/2020/12/28/deputy-is-fired-after-comments-were-posted-on-social-media/ | Anger, Punishment, Fear | true | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
California voted to restore the voting rights of former felons[*](https://ballotpedia.org/California_2020_ballot_propositions), saw some mysterious public suicides[**](https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/us/robert-fuller-hanging-death-palmdale-california-suicide/index.html) and had ballot box shenanigans^[1](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-ballot-drop-box-fire-suspected-arson/) ^[2](https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/10/10/unofficial-ballot-drop-box-appears-in-front-of-baptist-church-in-castaic/) . Here's to hoping 2021 is better. | Sadness, Punishment, Fear | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
George Floyd. Say his name! | Stress, Anger | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
The voters disappointed the world again by electing the biggest shit sandwich for his 500th term. The governor did an amazing job regarding covid and has to be the nicest man on the planet by far yet he was still called a nazi because he asked people to wear a mask in the Save A Lot.
tl;dr the people of Kentucky continued to be morons. The decent people stuck here have eye pain from the constant rolling. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
5 Million voted in the general election
Saving someone from looking it up | Neutral | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true |
“Over 114,000 voters who didn't participate in the general election have cast ballots in the runoffs. Those voters are more racially diverse than the state's electorate as a whole — 37% Black and 43% white.” | Happiness, Surprise | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Those who stood with Trump will be remembered as traitors against the United States, from the Senate to the trailer park.
Trump People ARE NOT and NEVER WERE "patriots."
We disown all of Trump's anti-Americans, and they treason they have committed against ALL of us and the Constitution. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Blurb:
*In the end, it was just another Trump show. Millions lost a week of unemployment benefits. Many more felt the anxiety of unpaid bills and facing eviction from their homes. The president again had us watching as he saved us from chaos that he created himself.*
*The past four years have taken a toll. President Trump has divided us over athletes kneeling in protest. He has proclaimed there were “very fine people on both sides” when one side included neo-Nazis. Worst of all, he has showered us with “alternative facts” that had many doubting science when it was needed most. Every president has made mistakes, some of them disastrous. Mr. Trump is the first in my memory who did it purposefully and maliciously.* | Disgust, Anger, Sadness | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
A ***shit*** show. | Disgust | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Trump is a one-man reality TV show. The guy lives in an alternate reality guided by his own grandiosity and narcissism. Too bad it will take more than 4 years to erase this blemish from history. Way more enthusiastic to see Trump go than Biden come in. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
this country needs a enema
one side wins we may get fair taxes, healthcare, renewable energy infrastructure, living wages, sane police reform, etc etc
other side wins and its 2 years of gridlock and nothing gets done | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Cool. It don’t mean shit though.
Part of me is glad that the GOP is pulling this bullshit because it’s going to force every single one of them to go on the record about where they really stand on trying to straight up steal an election.
Watching the GOP start to eat itself over Trump has been one of the better parts of the last month. | Happiness | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
We're so extremely lucky the Democrats kept the House. You think the Republicans *wouldn't* overturn the results if they had both chambers? And what happens the next time they do and a Republican incumbent president loses? Our democracy is hanging on by a thread. | Stress, Fear | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Another traitor to our democracy. I hope these people face some consequences. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Burning American democracy to the ground in service of the host of NBCs Celebrity Apprentice | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
It's gross how grown ups can leave their morals, ethics, principles and the very essence of right and wrong at the door. History will judge them better than todays politically catastrophic environment. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Well, we'll get all those actively pushing for a coup on the record then. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
> John Rutherford (R-FL 4th) would like everyone to know that he doesn't believe in democracy or the rule of law | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
So, another traitor plotting sedition? | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
This just makes it easier to identify the traitors in our mist. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
> The Northeast Florida lawmaker tweeted Friday that he would join a handful of other republicans on Jan. 6 backing President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the November election.
Florida Man sticking by another Florida Man. | Disgust, Punishment | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
I honestly can’t believe that it’s a difficult decision to either follow the rule of law or commit sedition. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
GOP torn over rule of law or fascism - news flash fascism will win for most of these American nazis . The ones that don’t object to the votes from swing states would do so in a a second if the house was a gop majority. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Traitors. Should be tried and hanged! This is the latest GOP attempted politically based coup of our democracy. | Stress, Anger | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Stupid people are frequently confounded by factual information.
Especially when those facts are posted on the internet. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
> “Plaintiffs’ counsel have encountered numerous technical incompatibilities in the software versions,” they wrote in a motion that can really only be described as embarrassing.
Let me guess, /r/conservative is already blaming China | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Google docs is so easy to use. Elementary students use it. | Happiness | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
"Its like a typewritter, but its in the sky? What in conflabbin hells is that black magic?" | Surprise | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Gohmert is the Gomer that just keeps on Gomering. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
After decades of "smoking is good for you," "climate change is a hoax," and "seat belts are a communist plot" there was something of a crescendo of stupidity in 2006, celebrated in one of the earliest super-popular memes, where a republican [tried, and spectacularly failed, to explain what the internet was.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cZC67wXUTs&feature=emb_logo).
Back then - even with the backdrop of the lies, incompetence, and stupidity of the George W. Bush presidency - it was noteworthy event. Nowadays, it's a normal Friday. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Best thing I've read all day. You really can't fix stupid. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
The only cracks i actually see is in Republican representatives the Republican voters seems to be completely behind Trump. Its why i am convinced the Republican party of the future will go even further to the right even if that equals a end to democracy and America as we know it. The voters seem to be openly and enthusiastically supporting the march towards fascism. Biden has no chance of unifying America | Stress, Anxiety, Fear | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false |
No shit.
You try living on 600 dollars for a single month, forget 8 months | Frustration, Anger, Injustice | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
"Likely" not enough. JFC.
"the new Stimulus checks was congresses version of let them eat cake"
Fix that headline. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Even a one time $2000 not enough for many... | Disappointment, Sadness | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false |
The most powerful country in the world, and it won’t help it’s citizens. I’m embarrassed to be an American. | Disgust, Sadness | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
This just in: water is wet. | Surprise | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
No shit. I wonder what the average American that needs help would actually need. Last I saw a couple weeks ago they estimate it's around $6,000 just to get current with bills. | Frustration, Anger, Injustice | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
Crumbs to the hungry. | Disgust, Sadness | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Well, it was just enough to fix my transmission issues on my car, so I can get to my job I no longer have. | Disappointment, Sadness | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false |
I got mine today. What originally felt like relief quickly morphed to soul-crushing depression when I realized I couldn’t even make a ding in the debt ive accumulated this past year. | Disappointment, Sadness | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false |
$600 get me through half months rent - but bazillions tor aircraft carriers too vulnerable to go into harms way
The MIC is eating this country alive but then again what else we gonna export!? | Stress, Frustration, Anger, Political Discourse | true | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Glad someone told me this or I wouldn't know that my income has been severely affected. | Fear, Surprise | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
It needs to be a recurring monthly stimulus not one every few months. | Frustration, Anger, Injustice | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
I am so sorry that your politicians are that stingy and short sighted. Hugs from Canada 🍁 | Sadness | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
$600 divided by 365 days in a year is $1.64 a day. It’s a fucking joke. We pay 1/3 of our paycheck to taxes and when a global pandemic hits and we are not ALLOWED to work the government of the ‘richest country in the world’ won’t even take care of its own citizens. It’s absolute bullshit. We should have been getting monthly allowances from out the gate. Major corporations are getting huge bailouts. What about the working people?? | Frustration, Anger, Injustice | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
"no fucking shit" | Anger | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Oh, yeah, great: I'll take the six C-notes. It's better than nothing. Meanwhile I get notices from the IRS that I owe taxes from 2014, 2015, 2016...
I have no work. Fifty CVs sent out has brought in exactly no offers. My 11-year-old Honda Fit needs tires, brakes, and an oil change. My wife needs a liver biopsy, but we have no insurance.
Still, we survive. We buy cheap food in bulk--rice, potatoes, beans--and heat the house from the kitchen stove. (Life pro tip: when you cook at home you might go to bed not so cold.) We grin like idiots and love each other. What is our alternative? | Stress, Happiness | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
I honestly cannot wrap my head around this, can anyone provide a serious hypothetical argument for why he pardoned them? | Disgust, Surprise | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
> I was the F.B.I. case agent who led the investigation of the Blackwater massacre in Baghdad. We originally went to Iraq thinking this shooting was some form of innocent civilians caught in the crossfire between Blackwater guards and insurgents. After only one week, we determined that this incident was not as presented by Blackwater personnel and their State Department lackeys, but it was a massacre along the lines of My Lai in Vietnam. Three of the guards were convicted of manslaughter and one of murder.
> I only recently became aware of the concerted effort for the pardons, which I understand started with a political push by members of Congress. President Trump should have had staff members review the trial evidence that led to the convictions and read the judges’ opinions and sentencing statements. God forbid they might have actually picked up the phone and called the investigators who built the case. I’m so disgusted with the president’s actions!
> Having spent many hours with the innocent Iraqi victims who are permanently maimed and crippled because of the actions of these Blackwater guards, and the heartbroken family members of those killed, I am embarrassed for our country. I believe we will pay a heavy price in our relationships with other countries as a result of these pardons.
> I’m so glad that I’m retired and will never again be asked to risk my life and those of my fellow investigators, only to have killers pardoned for purely political reasons.
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minutes to the beginning of detrumpification and not a moment too soon. | Disgust, Anger, Sadness | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Eric Prince, Betsy Devos's brother, founded Blackwater. These evil monsters have no souls and Trump will do anything for money. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
*Why many of us don't trust Counterpunch*
>During the 2016 presidential election, CounterPunch published a piece by "Alice Donovan", who purported to be a freelance writer but who US intelligence officials allege is pseudonymous employee of the Russian government. Donovan was tracked by the FBI for nine months. In late November 2017, after CounterPunch had published several more pieces by "Donovan", The Washington Post contacted Jeffrey St. Clair about her. The co-editor said that Donovan's pitches did not stand out amongst the pitches that CounterPunch received daily and began making inquiries. He asked Donovan to substantiate her identity by sending a photo of her driving license but she did not. On the same day The Washington Post article was published on Donovan, St. Clair and Frank published a piece stating that CounterPunch only ran one article by Alice Donovan during the 2016 election, which was on cyber-breaches of medical databases. Donovan was also exposed by the newsletter as a serial plagiarizer. In another follow-up article St. Clair and Frank exposed a network of alleged trolls that operated a site called Inside Syria Media Center promoting a pro-Bashar al-Assad and pro-Russian view of the Syrian Civil War. St. Clair and Frank speculated that the website was connected to the same network of trolls as Alice Donovan.
[Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CounterPunch) | Disgust | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Do you know who’s responsible for Trump’s election?
Trump voters.
The end. | Frustration, Anger, Political Discourse | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
TIL counterpunch is a fucking shit rag | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
By Howie Hawkins. lol okay. This is the green party spoiler saying if only more progressives had voted for him instead of Biden then the opposite of what would have mathematically happened would have actually happened. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
On January 21st they’ll still be trying to file lawsuits to get Trump back in. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
It just keeps getting more ridiculous. Can’t wait to see the January 6 Trump rally at the Ritz Waste Management Co. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
"Mr. Gohmert, along with his colleagues and electors in Arizona, had hoped that the lawsuit, filed on Sunday, could force Mr. Pence to take on an expanded role, opening the vice president up to pressure to invalidate the election results.
But Judge Kernodle, who was appointed by Mr. Trump, dashed those hopes on Friday, though Mr. Gohmert said in an interview with Newsmax that his lawyers would appeal. " | Frustration, Anger, Political Discourse | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Top Republican lawyers are now saying Pence should be arrested | Anger, Fear | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Don't threaten me with a good time | Happiness | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Hawley is straight out of central casting for a re-make of Stephen King's "Dead Zone". As someone from Missouri, please America, don't even let this guy do a tourist tour of the White House | Disgust, Fear | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
What the republicans are doing and already allowed Trump will live on as one of the darkest eras in American history. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
It will be interesting to see how they react to him having to declare bankruptcy when Deutsche Bank calls in his loans, and getting indicted by NY state. | Happiness | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
This is what happens when either a low intelligence or highly ignorant populous seeks a populist. Now they think Ivanka will somehow carry on his legacy. This isn't about political parties, its about ideologies that undermine democracy.
Populism; refers to a range of political stances that emphasise the idea of "the people" and often juxtapose this group against "the elite". ... Populist parties and social movements are often led by charismatic or dominant figures who present themselves as the "voice of the people". | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Biden is the man. Let's flip Georgia blue to help him and our country. | Happiness | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Problem is, it would be horrifying for this whole $2k check issue, Loeffler campaigning with a klansmen, McConnell et al... for us to still lose on Tuesday. I hope people vote like their life depends on it!! | Stress, Fear | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
TLDR: Lots of dumbasses making fools of themselves. Biden will be the next president. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Who cares? He's just trying to bilk his sucker followers out of money.. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
This just happened.
[Lin Wood and Jenna Ellis.](https://twitter.com/LLinWood/status/1345270980403453952)
Break out the popcorn. | Happiness | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Beyond the grift, he's gaslighting himself. If he keeps "fighting" and yelling "fraud", he never lost, and the other guy never "wins".
Dementia on display. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
“Fight the election” = collect money from catastrophically dumb rubes while doing nothing substantial at all. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Hmm, not to sure his parole officer will support that. | Disgust, Punishment | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
The united states has driven a wedge between Europe, Asia, middle east, Austrasia, and the eastern countries (except Russia of course, but that goes without saying).
The US needs no help in this area. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
What an absurd title.
Trump drove the wedge between Europe and the United States.
All China did was to step into the gap. | Frustration, Anger, Political Discourse | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Putin/Trump/Boris drove a wedge between US/UK and Europe. | Disgust, Anger, Fear | true | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
This Christian Nationalism shit is the biggest problem America faces, these are truly evil and dangerous psychopaths. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Why not entitle it "The scary connection between denial and misunderstanding of reality, and the consequences that denial has for other humans who want to stay alive"? | Stress, Fear | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
American Christians are as much of a Christian as the Devil's forked tongue.
They have been asked to give just a little charity of themselves to protect others, and they can't even do that without throwing a childish temper tantrum and going against proven protections for others. They are more than happy to throw around statistics about people's deaths all because it is not a death close to them. Which, of course, they are ignoring the suffering of millions who get the virus and the suffering of those that lose loved ones.
If I were a religious person, I would look at this virus as a test from God, and any person that refuses to do the right thing and place the lives of the many over themselves fails that test miserably. You can't show love and compassion towards others if all you do is wrap yourself up in your own personal blanket and leave everyone else out in the cold. Charity starts with being uncomfortable and giving parts of yourself to help others, and if you can't be even the slightest bit charitable towards others, then you're as Godly as the Devil himself. If you're like this and there really is a God, then I hope you'll be happy with the bed that you have chosen to lie in. | Disgust, Anger, Punishment | true | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Not scary, just expected and something that a world class public education can easily fix | Punishment, Fear | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Confuse Evangelicals: *tell them that God created the very science they choose to ignore.*
His laws about "virology" are real. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
The scary connection between religion and ignorance | Disgust, Fear | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Easily led idiots will always have a use found for them... | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
Religion is the acceptance and belief in things without reason or logic. Of course these people are highly susceptible to believing in other theories that have no basis in logic or reason. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
No one should be that surprised.
Those same preachers who preach money don't want people spending that money on anything but them. You can just pray this virus away. God will protect you. Etc. Etc. Etc. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
It's almost like Christianity is a dangerous ideology that has no place in civilised society. | Disgust, Anger | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
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