#jake tapper

[just-likeafolksong]

'that's just some middle aged white guy' yeah but he's MY emotional support middle aged white guy

[dadsinsuits]

Jake Tapper

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[tomorrowusa]

« There are few things Congress loves more than a short-term solution to a long-term problem — something to help it forestall difficult decisions and paper over divisions in hopes that, at some later date, these problems will magically disappear.

House Republicans can’t even agree upon trying that right now. »

— Aaron Blake at the Washington Post on the failure of House Republicans to come up with even a band-aid solution to the Speaker situation.

Liz Cheney was on State of the Union on Sunday. She places blame for the current dysfunction in the House and the violent threats associated with the Speaker elections on Donald Trump.

She's currently writing a book which is supposed to be available in December – in time for holiday giving to any MAGA zombies on your gift list. 😉

[dailysudeikis]

sneak peek to Jason’s interview with Jake Tapper on CNN, later today.

[antebellumite]

you know what. i DID want to hear darrel hammond and jake tapper talk about how hot they find bill clinton's hands.

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said she believes Donald Trump intentionally used the word “riggers” as a racial dog whistle following his Georgia indictment.

Hours after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis released the racketeering indictment charging Trump and 18 allies in a conspiracy to change Georgia’s 2020 election results, Trump raged against the case on his Truth Social platform.

The former president claimed to have evidence that would lead to a “complete EXONERATION” of him and his allies, adding: “They never went after those that Rigged the Election. They only went after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!”

Many of his supporters quickly began using the term on far-right social media sites, some in a derogatory manner alluding to the racist slur.

Keith Boykin, a former White House aide to Bill Clinton, accused Trump of thinly veiled racism, writing on social media: “He wrote ‘RIGGERS’ but what know what he really meant.”

Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper, Griffin agreed with that assessment.

“With Trump, you don’t need to look for a dog whistle — it’s a bullhorn when it comes to race,” she said. “And I do think that’s deliberate.”

Griffin pointed to the “slanderous attacks” Trump has leveled against Willis, who is Black, adding that “he’s not really hiding that he’s going to lean into that element.”

She also pointed to the demographics in the Atlanta courtroom where a grand jury returned the indictment earlier this week.

“It was a lot of Black men and women who were serving in that courtroom,” Griffin said. “The fact that he’s introducing race into this prosecution surprises me. It’s disgusting. It’s textbook Donald Trump.”

Racist abuse targeting Willis has escalated across right-wing platforms since the charges were revealed on Monday night. According to The Guardian, several Gab posts included images of nooses and gallows, and called for Willis and grand jurors in the case to be hanged.

There have also been death threats and calls for violence against other people involved in Trump’s four indictments.

Trump’s well-established history of racist behavior stretches back decades.

[etrangersvoyageant]

Jake Tapper laughing at the Fox statement is all you need to know.

[dadsinsuits]

Jake Tapper

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[tomorrowusa]

Warming seas supercharge existing tropical storms and have caused the Atlantic Basin hurricane season to start earlier and end later.

Rapid intensification has been happening more often than in the previous century.

No two storms are exactly alike – that's one factor which makes hurricane observation so interesting. While Hurricane Idalia was powerful, it was also compact. Its relatively modest footprint was good news for Floridians away from its direct path in terms of wind damage.

[dailysudeikis]

JASON SUDEIKIS and JAKE TAPPER in DC - March 20th, 2023.