02:45:04 Retweeted @joshtpm02:06:05 Okay, I’ve seen this clip RT’d a lot this afternoon. People seem to think it’s Trump saying this yet again today. But this is actually Trump saying this the first time in May 2018. Obviously doesn’t make it less horrible. But there’s some confusion about when this happened. https://t.co/YQA14NipOR
02:54:08 Retweeted @LedPast02:00:18 578 DAYS TO GO:
2008 Dem: Clinton led by 12.6 points.
2008 GOP: Giuliani led by 12.7 points.
2012 GOP: Romney led by 6.5 points.
2016 Dem: Clinton led by 55.5 points.
2016 GOP: Bush led by 1.2 points. https://t.co/OLynKLRaJh
03:41:38 Retweeted @Foone03:37:58 TIMELINE OF EVENTS:December 6th, 2018: @zarawesome tweets a joke about minecraft wasn’t made by anyone, “it came from space”
March 27th, 2019: Most mentions of N*tch are removed from Minecraft.
April 3rd, 2019: Minecraft adds a splash message: “It came from space!” https://t.co/AgdwoOcSbR
19:53:47 Retweeted @JasonLeopold19:51:25 Stunned by all of the media outlets (especially WaPo and CNN but also NYT and ) who failed to cover this new development especially after these outfits eviscerated us in print and personally attacked me in print following the publication of our story in January abt Trump/Cohen. https://t.co/2WlfZ0POwx
20:17:20 Listening to The New Yorker Radio Hour The Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg on Coming Out: “I Realized I Couldn’t Go On Like That Forever” https://t.co/grZfCqwsK5
18:37:46 Retweeted @drvox18:34:33 The notion that only one’s conscious intentions matter, morally speaking, is precisely what has allowed guys to ignore, compartmentalize, and justify this kind of shit for so long. https://t.co/kwxMW0F1Ke
20:10:47 Retweeted @ErynnBrook2019-04-04 17:49:20 I’m waiting on kitty ultrasound results and trying to distract myself a little bit so I’d like to tell you a story about something that happened last night, in the hopes that I can process my feelings around it.I met a girl on the train last night.
23:27:39 Retweeted @maurachanz23:15:03 I love seeing parents let their kid express themselves. Yes for the colored hair, the mismatched fashion, etc. They’re not hurting nobody!
00:23:57 Retweeted @matthewamiller2019-04-03 23:39:17 Just noting: a number of Mueller’s team members are leaving or have left the Justice Department. There’s nothing DOJ can do to stop them from talking to Congress.
03:52:08 Retweeted @xeni2019-04-03 20:00:11 When you hear a man apologize for violating women’s boundaries by saying “norms have changed,” what he means is he used to be able to get away with this shit
03:53:51 Retweeted @mattyglesias01:55:30 The weirdest thing about Trump Era journalism is that even though the administration’s habit of constantly lying is widely reported, each *new* statement is treated as presumptively true until debunked.
04:16:26 Retweeted @seattletimes03:36:01 Updated story: Ethiopian jet followed Boeing safety directions but was defeated by tail forces.The procedure Boeing offered to keep planes safe after Lion Air may have doomed the Ethiopian jet.
19:47:58 Retweeted @juliacarriew14:49:42 I don’t think it’s actually that surprising when you remember that hookup culture panic was about *women* having too much sex while decline of sex panic is about *men* having too little. https://t.co/zIXB6QixEz
19:50:46 Retweeted @daveweigel19:19:22 No offense to Andrew Yang, but it’s going to be a little hard on the egos of some of the longshot members of Congress running for president when he makes the debates and they don’t.
21:28:51 Retweeted @NateSilver53821:22:54 So, we published an interactive today that basically looks at every probabilistic forecast that FiveThirtyEight has ever made (dating back to 2008).Here’s what we found: When we say 70 percent, it *really does* mean 70 percent. https://t.co/FB89fcLAzF
02:02:28 Retweeted @jfritze00:30:53 “Someone’s going to leak this whole damn speech to the media,” Trump tells NRCC in a speech that is being broadcast live by C-SPAN.
02:09:56 Retweeted @matthewamiller2019-04-02 13:33:04 Here’s the thing about this: precedent matters. I didn’t think it was a good idea for DOJ to turn over all the Clinton email info in 2016 either, but they did, so that’s now the rule. A system where DOJ only discloses info to Congress about D’s is obviously untenable. https://t.co/BgV7sQojWG
02:35:24 Retweeted @Green_Footballs02:34:42 tonight donald trump claimed in public that noise causes cancer but i guess we’re supposed to pretend we didn’t notice he’s not well
05:57:47 Retweeted @AriBerman03:36:52 Brian Hagedorn, extreme right-wing judge, is now up by 4,000 votes over Lisa Neubauer with 94% reporting in Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Whatever happens, Dems need to focus way more on down ballot races & not just obsess over presidential election a year away in reply to AriBerman
22:55:18 Retweeted @KristiCCoulter21:39:52 My @NYMag / @TheCut debut: a personal essay about the weaponization of permission and consent culture.”He had never asked if I’d help him wreck his marriage. He’d made a show of asking what I wanted when he’d already decided what I was going to get.”
23:51:36 Retweeted @Lawrence22:08:25 BREAKING: Ways & Means Chair @RepRichardNeal has just used his unique power to request Trump’s tax returns from the IRS.(Right now would be a very good time for all Democratic presidential candidates to release their tax returns.)
00:35:59 Retweeted @irin2019-04-01 18:03:44 Much of my job has involved asking people, mostly women, to truthfully tell their stories even when it might harm them or the institutions they care about. I figured the least I could do was to try to do the same. https://t.co/8y2OMQA28h
16:17:49 Retweeted @Politics1com15:59:38 “It’s more on my radar every day, because I keep getting asked about it … So obviously I’m thinking about it a little more” – Cong Justin Amash (R-MI) on whether he will seek the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination
19:24:04 Retweeted @irin16:16:00 Everyone: Why can’t #metoo recognize a spectrum of harm?
Two women: This wasn’t assault or harassment, but it made me uncomfortable, however well intended.
Everyone: why are you giving Joe Biden the death penalty
19:26:45 Retweeted @chrismoranuk15:22:51 Here’s a short Guardian blog giving the specifics of a recent data-informed change we’ve made today. Why and how we’re making our timestamps more visible on site and off it https://t.co/AEenv3tXaY
20:18:45 Retweeted @Tom_Winter20:14:10 NBC News: The U.S. Secret Service arrested and has now charged a Chinese national who entered Mar-A-Lago on March 30th, while the President was in Florida and golfing.A thumb drive containing malicious software was found on Yujing Zhang’s person when she was arrested, docs say.
20:56:08 Retweeted @daveweigel17:06:43 Also, let’s just acknowledge the elephant in the room: Democrats are confident in a 2020 debate about health care because Trump is unable to elucidate what he wants. He’s incoherent on an issue that any Dem who makes it through the primary will know cold. in reply to daveweigel
21:11:23 Retweeted @skoczela16:27:27 “New 2020 poll: Good news for Buttigieg and Harris, declines for Biden and Sanders.” This is a headline for a poll showing Biden going from 35% to 33% and Buttigieg going from 2% to 3%. https://t.co/ZPqE4UOutN
00:21:32 Retweeted @katherinemiller00:17:53 That Biden puts his hands on people in public is such a known, obvious fact, that it can come back around to whether you, the individual reader, think it’s bad, bad but minor, or overblown. Which can make straight news coverage a little complicated.
00:24:32 Retweeted @yashar00:17:43 In a medium post, Stephanie Carter says this viral screenshot capturing a moment between her and Joe Biden wasn’t a #MeToo“A still shot taken from a video — misleadingly extracted from what was a longer moment between close friends.. ”
03:38:38 Oh god, I just saw a tweet about something and realized the April Fool’s hijinks have started. Really people, there is no need for this stuff. Once upon a time a small amount of it was cute. But now… it is just annoying. Stop.
04:39:17 Retweeted @velvetmelvis04:37:38 Love selecting images of buses & bridges & street signs to prove I’m not a robot.
07:25:15 Retweeted @AstroKatie04:14:22 Ever wondered what a black hole really looks like? You’re gonna want to mark your calendar for this. https://t.co/nIQPxdeVKR (I have no info on what will be announced, but the goal of @ehtelescope is to produce an image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy)
21:43:09 Retweeted @RonBrownstein14:52:09 Fourth poll: CNN, CBS, PBS/NPR/Marist & NBC/WSJ showing the Barr strategy, while allowing Trump Admin to control initial dialogue, has utterly failed in lifting the cloud for any voters beyond his base. Maybe that’s all Trump cares about, but got to think Barr wanted more impact https://t.co/MDzzvvIQ3X
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner to make up for last week’s one topic show, Ivan and Sam do an all lightning round show. 12 topics total for the show. These include a Trump/Russia update, because, well, how could we not. But also a bit on Sam’s dogs, the “border emergency”, Joe Biden’s issues with being too touchy, Brexit, nuclear power, and six other exciting things!
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Recorded 2019-04-06 Length this week – 2:16:52
(0:00:20-0:42:00) Lightning Round 1
Sam: Sam’s Dogs
Ivan: Herman Cain
Sam: Border Emergency
Ivan: Nuclear Power
(0:44:38-1:36:10) Lightning Round 2
Sam: Brexit
Ivan: Trump/Russia Update
Sam: Trump Taxes
Ivan: Mar-A-Lago spy arrest
(1:36:47-2:16:31) Lightning Round 3
Sam: Folding Phones
Ivan: 5Ge
Sam: Touchy Biden
Ivan: Trumpcare
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