04:16:27 Retweeted @JYSexton02:58:34 I tell you, for a culture that loves history so much it’s weird that there aren’t statues of Nat Turner and John Brown all over the South.
04:38:40 Retweeted @mitchellreports04:07:58 Politico says McMaster blocked Bannon plan for Erik Prince to pitch privatizing Afghan war at Camp David today; w/ Bannon out so was Prince
05:01:05 Preferably 6. Maybe 7 would be OK. If there is no other food available I’ll reluctantly eat 8. Won’t touch any of t… https://t.co/yjcsDOFeEA
19:40:52 Retweeted @JohnJHarwood16:03:00 prediction just in from top R strategist: Trump resigns “once Mueller closes in on him and the family,” Pence makes Rubio VP, “GOP recovers”
#14 welding glass taped into an cardboard box of approximately head shape. We only made one, so we have to take turns. We’re going to get to 90.8% in our zip code.
Taking a few pictures of the eclipse itself putting the camera in the box too, but it is a bit of a pain. Next time around need a separate rig for the camera.
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, guest host Brandy joins Sam to talk about this week’s news. The main topics for the week are of course the events in Charlottesville, everybody’s reactions to Charlottesville, the reactions to the reactions to Charlottesville, and the debate over Nazis and free speech. In addition, they also discuss Bannon’s departure, what that means to the administration, if we’re heading toward an invocation of the 25th amendment, Bannon’s “war”… and if the left should double down on their base or try to reach the Obama voters who flipped to Trump in 2016… and a few other things too.
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Show Details:
Recorded 2017-08-19
Length this week – 2:26:15
(0:00:17-0:20:30) But First
Agenda
Intro to Brandy
Base vs Middle
Why Fire District?
(0:21:15-1:14:42) Charlottesville
What happened?
Why is this different?
Motivating resistance
Has Trump done damage?
Trump’s reactions
Trump racist himself?
Why is anyone surprised?
Trump vs Pence
What can R’s do?
What’s next?
Provoking violence
(1:15:48-2:03:00) Free Speech and Nazis
Disclaimer
Why Charlottesville isn’t a good example
Sam and Ivan conversation
Sam gets extreme on free speech
What about politicians and war?
Who gets to decide?
Judging entire groups
Actual speech vs symbols and code words
What about private speech, newspapers, websites?
Limits on government
How big is the threat?
Old doesn’t mean good
(2:04:08-2:25:55) Bannon Out
Chaos or Improvement?
Kelly in control?
Trump and his Staff
Controlling Trump
25th Amendment
Bannon declaring war
Everything messy
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
01:16:46 Retweeted @joshtpm01:09:25 May seem bad now for Trump but eventually news will pivot back from whether he loves Nazis to whether he conspired w Russia to win election.
15:18:13 Retweeted @davidfrum13:26:13 Suggestion: if you want more people to quit the Trump train, the first react to a disembarkation should be “Welcome” not “Why not sooner?”
15:45:10 Retweeted @davidfrum2017-08-17 21:00:12 Admit it: you’ve already forgotten that not even 3 weeks ago, Trump urged police to crack suspects’ heads on hoods of squad cars
19:54:53 Retweeted @gabrielsherman17:14:42 Bannon friend says Breitbart ramping up for war against Trump. “It’s now a Democrat White House,” source says.
20:12:27 Reading – After Charlottesville, the First and Second Amendments Are Under Fire (David French) https://t.co/25rWF7YiCr
22:14:34 Retweeted @CarlosLozadaWP21:21:11 Priebus leaves: no more establishment influence!
Bannon leaves: blow to the nationalists!
Now it’s all about Trump. Like it always has been.
13:06:26 Retweeted @stealthygeek2017-08-16 14:07:21 The Nazi site Daily Stormer, formerly of godaddy, kicked off of google, is now being hosted in Russia, in case it needed to be more obvious.
00:42:32 Retweeted @CaseyNewton2017-08-15 21:20:35 Performance reviews this year should take into account that we were too stunned to work for six hours a day
00:52:25 Retweeted @ChrisMurphyCT2017-08-15 22:11:55 FYI, after today, White House staff have effectively been folded into the white supremacy propaganda operation. Your choice – stay or go.
01:03:26 Retweeted @ananavarro00:37:11 If you are a black, Jewish, Latino or even just remotely sane Trump apologist on tv….this is a very good time to develop laryngitis.
01:08:31 Reading – Donald Trump Just Gave the Press Conference of the Alt-Right’s Dreams (David French) https://t.co/vjoFg0VYWu
01:08:52 Retweeted @kellymagsamen00:09:39 That moment when you have to think about “containment” in terms other than foreign policy.
02:27:26 Retweeted @waltshaub2017-08-15 22:04:21 Set aside the polls you’re checking for permission, Members of Congress. Your action/inaction in response to today’s remarks will define you
13:06:24 Reading – The philosophical principle white supremacists don’t want you to hear about (Valerie Aurora) https://t.co/5NegTkiEvO
23:52:49 Retweeted @WillieGeist21:01:55 NEW: Sources close to @JohnKasich tell me, after Charlottesville, there is growing sense of “moral imperative” to primary Trump in 2020.
23:56:06 Retweeted @mkraju22:23:16 Trump said counterprotestors didn’t have permits to protest, but turns out they did and had right to be there, per @BrianToddCNN
21:56:36 Other transcripts don’t have the “us”. Have not heard it myself. So not sure about the below. Rest of text speaks f… https://t.co/hRqQmxMQeu
22:16:55 Retweeted @elizacollins122:14:32 Deleted my tweet on the Trump transcript after Politico updated it, it did not say “us”
22:33:15 Retweeted @jeffzeleny21:20:58 “That was all him — this wasn’t our plan,” a WH official tells me in candid moment as reality of what transpired sinks in at Trump Tower.
22:37:55 Any Trump cabinet members who might be thinking of resigning, please don’t. Trigger the 25th instead. Thanks.
23:11:56 Retweeted @ShimonPro23:05:08 Uh-oh a source tells @SaraMurray new White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is very frustrated with how today played out.
23:47:02 Retweeted @kevinroose20:25:36 I’ve interviewed a lot of alt-right leaders recently. Trump just defended Charlottesville harder than many *actual white nationalists* did.
00:56:18 Retweeted @CrimeADay00:35:35 18 USC В§2101(a)(3) makes it a federal crime to travel to another state to commit an act of violence in furtherance of a riot.