Pedantic PattyDec 9, 2022
George Takei  šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆšŸ––šŸ½

One of Trumpā€™s buddies in the House said the quiet part out loud and tweeted his support for Trumpā€™s call to ā€œterminateā€ the Constitution.

Well, someone mustā€™ve gotten to him because he deleted the tweet but not before Liz Cheney could screenshot it and troll Rep. Kevin McCarthy with it.

Well played, indeed. šŸ‘

https://www.comicsands.com/cheney-gosar-tweet-trump-mccarthy-2658899334.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=toot&utm_campaign=sand

Pro-Trump Rep. Deletes Tweet Supporting Trump's Constitution 'Termination'ā€“But Liz Cheney Won't Let GOP Forget It

Well played. šŸ‘šŸ¼

Comic Sands
Dec 9, 2022 at 12:39amWeb
Show threadStormcrowDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei Questions for #DOJ : Why no knee on his neck for nine minutes? Why no handcuffed rough ride in the back of a police van? At very least a no-knock raid in the middle of the night, with an 'accidental' tasing. If it's good enough for Americans, it's good enough for #insurrectionist filth.
Show threadMadis Lobjakas Dec 11, 2022
@TheStormcrow @georgetakei
What about throwing a fentanyl OD into this basket too?
Show threadAnagram ManDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei
Show threadSteyrshrekDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei sue isnā€™t my favorite persona but damn sheā€™s the daughter of Darth Vader they screwed with the wrong person.
Show threadSteyrshrekDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei itā€™s like these people donā€™t know that sedition is a real thing and that was an example of sedition.
Show threadJohn EmeneckerDec 9, 2022

@georgetakei

Oh my!

You would think all of Trump buddies would be to the point now not to repeat him. It's been 6 years now...

Show threadMatt StewartDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei
Thanks for posting this, I didn't see this supremely awesome post by Cheney before now.
Can you put cw on it next time tho? Let folks choose if they want to see politics here or not. I heard it's the polite way to respect others on this platform, and I agree.
Show threadThe Evil MicrowizardDec 9, 2022
@jackscerebellum @georgetakei Mr Takei is political and always has been. Why are you following him?
Show threadMatt StewartDec 9, 2022
@evilmicrowizard @georgetakei
I've followed him for years because I enjoy hearing what he has to say.
I understand that here on this platform it's common and polite to cw politics, and I was just letting George know.
Show threadThe Evil MicrowizardDec 9, 2022
@jackscerebellum @georgetakei Perhaps on some servers? I haven't seen it happen even once, either locally or federated.
Show threadMatt StewartDec 9, 2022

@evilmicrowizard it's not an instance or mod construct, it's core to Mastodon culture. It's one of the best features of Mastodon over Twitter.
You can Choose what you feel like seeing that day, as opposed to some algorithm pushing stuff at you.

From the mastodon onboarding guide:

One of the best features on Mastodon is that button that says ā€œCWā€ where you write your toots. Clicking that adds a content warning field where you can put information about what the toot contains (eg. mental health, politics, lewd talk, nudity) so that people donā€™t have to see content they wish to avoid, for whatever reason. Of course, itā€™s also great for show or book spoilers.

A common convention is to put +, -, or ~ in a content warning to signify if the contents are broadly positive, negative, or mixed respectively.

My advice is simple: if youā€™re not sure whether a toot needs a CW or not, give it a CW. People really appreciate it and it doesnā€™t do any harm to be too cautious and too respectful of others.

Show threadMatt StewartDec 9, 2022
@evilmicrowizard and I see it constantly wherever there is politics. Both my home and local feeds. I don't check federated much unless I've run out of things to see in the first two. ā€‹
Show threadThe Evil MicrowizardDec 10, 2022
@jackscerebellum Sounds like a curation thing for you. I did searches for "cw" and "politics" on both my local and federated feeds and found not a single use that way.
Show threadMatt StewartDec 11, 2022

@evilmicrowizard
Im pretty sure it doesn't work that way.
I don't know of a way to search for posts that have content warnings.

A content warning, or "cw", just means that the post was marked sensitive or has a #cw applied. It show up as a quick excerpt with a "show more" button on the feed. That's it. If you want to read it, you hit the button.

It puts the choice to read a controversial or triggering topic in the power of the reader. It's actually refreshing and way different from the bird site horror show.

A neutral example: if I were to write a post about the movie "Prey", and my post contained spoilers, I would write the post, hit the cw button, enter the excerpt "Movie:Prey spoilers" or something like that.

Show threadrmquistDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei 100% absolutely NOT surprised that the radical-right GOP (that's mostly a redundant phrase these days) members continue to support Trump and attack our democracy. The US continues to pay the price for their win at all costs, the consequences be damned, philosophy
Show threadƅtĆ“mĆÆč ƇĆøwbēłł Dec 9, 2022
@georgetakei
Whatā€™s that thing they all swear to ā€œserve & defendā€ when they take the oath of office again? I forget . . .
Show threadMsSmartyPantsDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei
Now that some elements of the riot have been indicated for conspiracy against the US, why are their supporters and leaders in government and tRump not being at least questioned about the extent of their support for the insurrectionists? Emphasis needs to be made on the danger to nat'l security that they are supporters of treason.
#disqualifytRump
Show threadMarcyDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei It's unbelievable. There are no ethical, honest, and honorable republicans who can't help push back against the ludicrous clowns like Gosar.
Show threadSammyGalenDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei #lizcheney , this doesn't make up for being an obedient voting idiot for the great tRumpkin. You've got a long ways to go to get out of your karmic stupidity.
Show threadStu Duerson, machina exo deusDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei
Of all the things that result in a MAGA, watching too much Fox (et al), performance acting in a legislature, peer influence...Gosar probably falls under mental defect. He's obviously got an undisclosed medical condition, and there are some diseases that destroy executive function in the course of their eating up a body. He's unsound, and needs removing from Congress.
Show threadPamela EhnDec 9, 2022
@skydog @georgetakei hey, as someone who suffers from executive dysfunction, executive dysfunction does NOT turn one into a fascist troll!! Also, equating MAGA fascists with mental illness is incredibly ableist. People *choose* to be fascists. No one chooses to be mentally ill. Your comment was incredibly insensitive as well as letting Gosar off the hook. He chose to be a crap human. Heā€™s not ill.
Show threadh2500Dec 9, 2022
@georgetakei back in 2004, right after Wā€™s re-election (and the 7th beer) who would have anticipated that the then veepā€™s daughter would become some sort of superhero for the left (or anyone decent and sane, really). Reality is wonderful in how it outwits fiction at unexpected twists and turns..
Show threadPattyDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei She's good. She's like a terrier on an ankle, and she isn't letting go. They FAFOed the wrong person.
Show threadꈑäøä¼ščÆ“äø­ę–‡ šŸ†—Dec 9, 2022
@georgetakei Politicians all operate at the level of kindergartners, but at least Liz Cheney knows that being king of the playground is pointless if you burn down the school.
Show threadCarl VernetDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei If they said that, why are they seated in the House & pledge to defend the Constitution. From the very beginning they are being a Traitor.
Show threadJoe āŒšŸ‘‘Dec 9, 2022
@georgetakei Gosar swore an oath: ā€œI do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.ā€ He should be challenged in January when he is sworn in again.
Show threadfrommagiohDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei Kevinā€™s gotta get permission from the screaming Greene machine before acting!
Show threadJohn CarlsenDec 9, 2022

@georgetakei

According to our 14th Amendment, Section 3, Gosar is now unfit to hold office.

Expel him now.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/amendment-14/section-3/#:~:text=No%20person%20shall%20be%20a,a%20member%20of%20any%20State

Show threadDr. Mattias Holm Dec 9, 2022
@johnlogic @georgetakei is Gosar not the villain in Ghostbusters?
Show threadJohn CarlsenDec 9, 2022

@lorrden @georgetakei

Ghostbusters had "Gozer the Gozerian"
Congress has "Gosar the Republican"

I think I know which is more evil and more dangerous.

Show threadDr. Mattias Holm Dec 9, 2022
@johnlogic @georgetakei as a European and an outsider it can be very hard to make a distinctionā€¦ šŸ™ƒ
Show threadBrian McManus (jets)Dec 9, 2022
@georgetakei Charges need brought: " 5 U.S.C. 7311 clearly specifies it is a criminal violation for any member of Congress to advocate the overthrow of our constitutional form of government. The definition of the word ā€œadvocateā€ is to: ā€œdefend by argument before a tribunal or the public: support or recommend publicly.ā€
Show threadTerminal Velocity Dec 9, 2022
@georgetakei George Takei siding with Liz Cheney is the best of America
Show threadGlenda SmithDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei
Gosar is not fit to be in Congress.
Show threadStan FletcherDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei He also tweeted this ....
Show threadWaitman GobbleDec 9, 2022
@@georgetakei he's like the son of the dentist in Marathon Man.
Show threadPatty Bluebird šŸ¦©Dec 9, 2022
@georgetakei Screenshots last FOREVER šŸ¤£
Show threadSavah RellcastDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei she's literally the only half way decent republican we have. And she has to rely on childish antics to do so.
Show threadSoozcatDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei Methinks Paul Gosar, DDS (as he styles himself on Twitter) hath been huffing his own nitrous oxide supply.
Show threadKyDemGalDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei Glad she screenshot it.
Show threadWilliam RobisonDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei isn't that grounds for removal from office via the 14th amendment?
Show threadWinter TrabexDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei What's amazing is these Republicans went to some of the country's best educational institutions, but none of them have a single original idea between them.
Show threaddawnfryDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei @trabex
Do you really think rich Republicans actually earned their degrees through intelligence and effort?
Show threadWinter TrabexDec 9, 2022
@dawnfry @georgetakei I assume many of them got into school by corruption and back-channeling payments or whatever, but once there, they'd have to prove their ability. Mind you, many of these people have already received higher education before they even get to college. It's just, once they get into politics, they become dumb as a bucket of rocks.
Show threaddawnfryDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei
Liz Cheney is making a career out of being anti-Trump. Itā€™s fun to watch her slap down his puppets. However, her voting record shows that she is not a good person, and she should never be idolized. She has a good PR team and a strong strategy to collect the Republicans who are getting disillusioned with Trumpā€™s Circus. Please donā€™t forget who she and her family are, and how they got their wealth.
Show threadCharLightDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei yes she did 
Show threadrandomgadgetnutDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei wow... that site is pure cancer. Nothing but ads.
Show threadM Douglas WrayDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei - Gosar is going to come to an untimely end. Hopefully SOON.
Show threadWord of Mouth Dec 9, 2022

@georgetakei
So.... Cheney is running for president? Hoping white women will forget she was a loyal fascist until she wasn't?

I would like to admire her courage if it wasn't so calculated. She's a forced birther. She's grade A NRA.

Show threadUnprecedented 2023Dec 9, 2022
@notroot @georgetakei Hope they remember.
Show threadHumble Fan of Atty. WooDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei
He swore to upHOLD the Constitution. This should be grounds for his removal, and quickly.
Show threadKirk HaggertyDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei I am convinced that almost half of 'Murica' is stupid and being taken advantage of. šŸ˜”
Show threadTC MitsDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei Gosar is not a well man.
Show threadMike RDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei seems like it should be grounds for expulsion from congress and if it isnā€™t it should be. Heā€™s advocating for violating his oath of office.
Show threadClueless GameherDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei Honestly, itā€™s playing like a bad high school year. Everyone is waiting for the ā€œbad eggsā€ to learn just to breathe easy.
Show threadTofu GolemDec 9, 2022
@georgetakei
Republicans hate the Constitution because they hate America.
Show threadHOOKWORM RECORDSDec 10, 2022
@georgetakei and then there's #kyrstensinema #eyerollbecause #ofcourseshedid
Show thread@billclassifiedDec 10, 2022
@georgetakei I hope she trolls that jerk from here to eternity.