pcombes20twitFeb 26, 2023
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

Yesterday, Freedom Caucus Republicans sent a letter to Pete Buttigieg at the Dept of Transportation demanding National Transportation Safety Board documents related to the train disaster in East Palestine.

Buttigieg responded with shock because
NTSB is an independent body, for good reason, and not even part of his Department.

Republicans don’t even know what they’re doing.

Feb 25, 2023 at 5:33pmWeb
Show threadsandywb14Feb 25, 2023
@georgetakei Their intent is to subversively destroy govt. They don’t care if they lack knowledge of how govt works. I’m hoping it’s their downfall.
Show threadBocephusfuFeb 26, 2023

@Sandywb @georgetakei

Arson.
Trümp is the troubled neighborhood 12 year old boy who has been starting a rash of garage fires.
The kid who hasn’t been caught yet.

Show threadTheDon2Feb 25, 2023
@georgetakei The con agenda is to increase Pete’s negatives and neutralize him with distraction, deflection & division with disinformation because they have NO solutions to offer!
Show threadNerd That Talks GoodFeb 25, 2023
@donpaladin Exactly. They know what they’re doing. They just don’t know how to govern.
Show threadDarwin WoodkaFeb 25, 2023
@JetSm00th @donpaladin they know how, they just don't WANT to govern. They just want to create chaos.
Show threadTheDon2Feb 25, 2023
@darwinwoodka @JetSm00th you give them more credit for “awareness” than I might
Show threadDarwin WoodkaFeb 25, 2023
@donpaladin @JetSm00th At this point I just expect them to do whatever the opposite of governing is.
Show threadGeorge Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Feb 27, 2023
@darwinwoodka It's an absolute shame...
Show threadMamba LevFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei if the GOP was ever a serious body of politics, that time is long over....
Show threadChris ParkerFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei it's cosplay, and you don't worry about continuity in cosplay
Show threadHoward JonesFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei George,what do you think British politics and our politicians?We had prime ministers last year regards Howard 🖐
Show threadThe Bear (Stephen Rodda)Feb 25, 2023

@Howie: It's three. We had three prime ministers last year.

Truss didn't even outlast a lettuce, so Sunak's made lettuces unobtainable.

Show threadHoward JonesFeb 25, 2023
@kernowbear yes l missed out the number three
Show threadJoanne CookFeb 26, 2023
@kernowbear @Howie Well, you can't be too careful. If people could GET lettuces, god knows what could happen at Westminster.
Show threadMOVED:They faux'd around & found out!Feb 25, 2023
@[email protected] > Republicans don’t even know what they’re doing. NIXON WASN’T A BIG ENOUGH CLUE, eh George?!
Show threadDressToKILTFeb 25, 2023
@camstonefaux @georgetakei Nixon? Yeah if he were around today he'd be at the center of the Democratic Party, to the left of Biden.
Show threadMOVED:They faux'd around & found out!Feb 25, 2023
@[email protected] “Duh.”
Show threadGerFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei not a clue
Show threadCasper 👻Feb 25, 2023
@georgetakei I’m shocked 😱
Show threadGlennFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei Well actually they know that the NTSB is an independent body but asking them for the documents would not accomplish anything. They don't want to read the documents; they just want to through shade on Buttigieg.
Show threadToxteth O'GradyFeb 25, 2023
@glennsills @georgetakei Let 'em. They just look like fools...
Show threadToxteth O'GradyFeb 26, 2023
@glennsills @georgetakei The proper response is to publish a list of all the checks NS wrote to Republicans. That would be shade they can't avoid...
Show threadRD HallFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei Republicans versus Secretary Pete Buttigieg. He’s the most articulate politician in years, and he’s wiping the floors with him.
Show threadStu Duerson, machina exo deusFeb 25, 2023

@georgetakei

Ahhh, the mating call of the Yellow Bellied Warbling Pecker. "Ah-Greeev-Anz, Ah-Greev-Anz".

Amazing that these creatures can find cover behind their lofting sounding groups, like The Freedom Caucus, The Discovery Foundation, and the Heritage Institute. White Nationalists have set this country on its ear, while we're trying to put the furniture upright again.

Show threadnotchristFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei
Show threadDarwin WoodkaFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei they don't care, it's all for optics. The GOP is firmly on the side of the railroads and chemical companies.
Show threadSallyXFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei Alternatively, they know exactly what they're doing and are banking on the average American *not* knowing that the NTSB isn't under Buttigieg's purview so they can get the soundbite "Buttigieg refuses to hand over NTSB docs."
Show threadRyan FisherFeb 25, 2023
@sallyexactly @georgetakei Unfortunately the propaganda machines that litter the right-wing noosphere are largely designed for this kind of headline. Easily proved wrong, but no one would ever read a retraction or counter example of it in any case.
Show threadCaptBebopFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei
"What an Ultra Maroon"
- Bugs Bunny
Show threadMary Ann HornFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei what dipsh*ts
Show threadDave NeeFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei This isn't news. They broadcast this every day.
Show threadcaseyjonesedFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei ever…
Show threadRob HoneycuttFeb 25, 2023

@georgetakei

It’s the movie Idiocracy coming to life.

Show threadIn Search of a Better WorldFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei George, they know exactly what they are doing. They can scream to their base that they sent a demand. They don't care what the reply is or what the reality is, they know their base and the news agencies that report for them, only care about the initial letter.
Show threadReneeVoiceBrandFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei The GOP is an acronym for Gangs of Parrots. All they do is repeat the nonsense of their 'masters'.
Show threadCoyotyFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei "Sir, we're a Wendy's."
Show threadAgoraFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei these anti-government assholes want the government to do what??
Show threadTomFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei they want to link in the minds of the public that it “is the fault of the current government” rather than due to the shite that Trump allowed to get passed as law
Show threadAuntieTiffaFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei
You seriously didn't think Sheanderthal had any concept of the NTSB being independent?
Show threadToxteth O'GradyFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei I guess they've never learned the various government agencies. Which means that they tend to flail a lot. It would be nice if they demanded that memo from NS that instructed their employees to ignore safety precautions...
Show threadDarthdzlFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei
That last bit is nothing new.
Show thread🧂Salt & Pepper🌶️Feb 25, 2023
@georgetakei intelligence is not a prerequisite to be a republican government official. So not such a surprise 😂
Show threadLord VelveetaFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei It's all about the 40 seconds fox "News" clip... they (and fox) don't care that it's bullshit.
Show threadTang_FishFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei that is because most Republicans don't care.
Show threadNicholasRFeb 25, 2023

@georgetakei

This should not surprise anyone who truly understands the #GOPCult #GOP #Cult

Show threadNormal GuyFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei Are you sure that these Republicans have any brain cells?
Show threadSpacecoast WaltFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei Yes, they're idiots
Show threadTransitBikerFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei nope. Chaos is the plan.
Show threadCosmic Tentacle Feb 25, 2023
@georgetakei It certainly is a good idea to look up information in the company directory before making your call, that's true.
Show threadTan_Hana_Dharma_MangrwaFeb 25, 2023
@georgetakei Well, they called themselves Freedom Caucus, so they think they are free to do anything they want, even stupid things like this, just to show their incompetence.
Show threadJohnWFeb 26, 2023
@georgetakei Nope they don't. Sub-par for the course.
Show threadTheJenFeb 26, 2023

@georgetakei

Not to pick nits, but they are the Treason caucus, not freedom. Let's call them what they are.

Show threadJ.H.NoyesFeb 26, 2023

@georgetakei

They know what they're doing just fine: casting aspersions upon a credulous audience primed to respond to them via EIB and Fox News.

What they don't know is how the government works. They don't care to know as their principal intent is to break it.

Show threadIan McGeckoFeb 26, 2023
to be fair I didn't know until now that the NTSB was independent. But GOP has no excuse
Show threadZhi Zhu 🕸️Feb 26, 2023

@georgetakei

The train derailment in Ohio was caused by corporate greed and negligence (as well as the Trump/Republican gutting of safety regulations).

To distract from the OBVIOUS story of how #CorporateGreed (abetted by the GOP) is HURTING White Americans, #FoxNews and friends are waving the White Grievance flag in front of their audience.

See thread:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/109905506157156414

or blog post on @medium
https://medium.com/@ZhiZhu/fox-news-knows-who-they-serve-62e6b0b3e46c

Inspired by @GregSargent article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/21/east-palestine-train-derailment-tucker-carlson-jd-vance-fox-news/

ZhiZhu (@[email protected])

Perhaps #FoxNews is intentionally creating a distraction from the #CorporateGreed aspect of the train derailment in Ohio, not just to stoke White racial grievance (always profitable for Fox), but also to serve Big Corporate interests. The train derailment reveals, in a dramatic way, how #CorporateGreed is HURTING the very people that Fox News panders to. But Fox News does NOT want their audience to get angry at big rich corporations. That might damage Fox's profits.

Newsie Social
Show threadNewsfieldFeb 26, 2023

@georgetakei

Source?

Show threadMugsysRapSheet Blog ☑️Feb 26, 2023

@georgetakei I'm reminded of when Sen. "Traitor Tom" Cotton sent a GOP letter to Iran telling them to dismiss any nuclear deal they make with Obama b/c *Congress* has the final say so on whether any such deal is honored.

IRAN replied with a letter SCHOOLING "Traitor Tom" ON OUR OWN CONSTITUTION, informing him that Congress does NOT have the final say-so on deals made by our President. 🤦‍♂️

Show threadRich SpiegelFeb 26, 2023

@georgetakei

The Freedom Caucus is badly misnamed: how about the Greene Tea Party? Unless the Mad Hatter dropped hallucinogen into MT Greene's teacup, she doesn't know numbers, she wishes she were living under a Putinist despotism while she seditiously pushes for a 2nd US Civil War, AND she says:
50 trillion Chinese spy balloons have been disguised as decorations at birthday parties (keep watching those kids, DeSantis)
Jewish space lasers bleached her hair (couldn't find a brain to target?).

Show threadLoueeFeb 26, 2023
@georgetakei they’re trying to make sure Mayor Pete doesn’t have a higher calling, e.g., president. But they’re stupid and irrational, a bad combination.