David Bell

@RealJamesWoods If he's talking about corruption and political grift, he's right about that.

Jesus, talk about fatigue. Is this bloated alky bum ever going to stop lying?

@USATODAY When you're done giving Colbert fellatio, why don't you, as journalists, write about the face that he lost the network half a billion dollars?

As we say goodbye to #StephenColbert’s "The Late Show," USA TODAY’s Bryan Alexander reflects on how Colbert became a late-night avenger by helping viewers, including his own 83-year-old mom, make sense of the world with humor. “Late-night hosting wasn’t always this much of a contact sport, and Mom would know. She’s been a devoted viewer and discerning critic for six decades,” Alexander writes. Read the full story at: usatoday.com/story/entertai… Illustration by Alan Nguyen/USA TODAY; Photos by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS

@KathleenWinche3 This is Norm Macdonald's "Deeply Closeted" joke come to life.

Gill: "Yes or no question. Are you a racist?" Yentel: "I'm, I'm not a racist." Gill. "You're not a racist? Particularly interesting because according to one of your affiliate charities under your nonprofit umbrella, 'Denial of racism constitutes covert white supremacy.' Are you a covert white supremacist?" Yentel: "Uh, sir, I'm here to talk about the essential work that nonprofits..."- Gill: "Are you a covert white supremacist?" Yentel: "Can I talk about the work that nonprofits do in district?" Gill: "No, I'm asking you if you're a covert- Because think white supremacist, which according to one of your own organizations, again, 'Denial of racism constitutes covert white supremacy.' Would you like to answer the question?" Yentel: "I don't know what the question is." Gill: "So you refuse to answer whether you are a covert white supremacist?" Yentel: "I am here to talk about the essential work that nonprofits do. If you'd like to ask me a question nonprofits..."- Gill: "I am utterly dumbfounded... You are on record right now and you will not say that you are not a covert white supremacist?" Yentel: "I don't have a definition in front of me. I haven't looked at the definition. I'm not gonna answer a question about my personal views. I'm here to talk about the work..."- Gill: "I wanna give you one more chance to do this. Are you a covert white supremacist?" Yentel: "Why are we so off track from the topic here?" Gill: "No, I'm asking you - I'm asking you a very straightforward question." Yentel: "I've heard your question. Thank you, sir." Gill: And you're not gonna answer whether you are a covert white supremacist?" Yentel: "I would like to answer questions about the work- This is- of nonprofit organizations Thank you." Gill: "That is really, really astounding. I can answer very directly that I am not a covert white supremacist and I imagine all of my colleagues can as well. I think you ought to reevaluate what you're doing in the nonprofit sector, uh, if you can't answer that in a straightforward way. That is astounding." Rep Gill is going to be the president one day imo.

@DefiantLs I do remember her memoir, "My Struggle."

Michelle Obama: "People line up for my advice. And you, you’re walking away like I’m stupid... It’s like, I’ve written books."

@KarluskaP She's a cartoon character

I just enjoyed this exchange so much. I paused it and went and got some popcorn. 🍿

@Dplanet @SabersWilliam Communism is working out so well for them.

@SabersWilliam South Africans are still living with the legacy of white supremacist capitalism.

🚨🇿🇦 The richest man on earth. Born in South Africa. His name is on nothing there. Not one hospital. Not one trust. Not one shelter. Not one library. Not one scholarship. Not one clinic. Not one housing project. He could fund any of it. He has chosen none of it. Instead he sells the world a story of white victimhood, while millions of black South Africans still live in the conditions built for them by white supremacy.

@DefiantLs How miserable must her boyfriend be.

This woman wants to create a separate state to be away from white people, saying they are “intrusive and controlling”

@Jamison247 @WesternLensman Well, it was cold out, so...

@WesternLensman Look how lazy the journalist are. I going to just make some phone calls instead of actually doing an investigation.

Reminder: After Nick Shirley’s reporting in Minneapolis, CNN sent a 'reporter' to ‘investigate' by making calls from a hotel. But instead of being interested in actually investigating any fraud, they were hoping to discredit Shirley. This is CNN.

@rodolf_paul @MarcoFoster_ Her penis is bigger.

@MarcoFoster_ Honest question: Are Fran Lebowitz and Howard Stern the same person?

Fran Lebowitz on the billionaires: “Every time someone suggests [a wealth tax] they say I’m moving. Go! They add nothing to New York. In the 19th century, those robber barons, they employed people. All this money magic employs no one. Goodbye, go. We don’t need you”

@PredictableArc @StayTrew2 @atrupar Apparently you're not aware that people who work at newspapers expect to be paid for their labor. They don't work for free. This isn't socialism.

@StayTrew2 @DavidMB3000 @atrupar Making a living to support yourself and your family is completely different than this terrible take. Nobody complains that they should be compensated for raising their own child.

SORKIN: Why lay people off at the Post? Why fire people? BEZOS: Because the Post needs to be a profitable enterprise that stands on its own two feet SORKIN: Does it? Some people say it should be a trust BEZOS: Yes. It's a measure of its relevance. If people aren't paying for our product, it's not a good enough product

@StayTrew2 @atrupar This is a job for people, they don't volunteer their time.

@DavidMB3000 @atrupar Yes we all do in some capacity…are u charging your kids for the labor u do for them? Some things should just be done for the enrichment of your children’s life…don’t make people dependent but laying a solid foundation will help all of us in the long run.

@mtgreenee Please retire and go away.

It’s not an antisemitic conspiracy theory when a foreign lobby openly brags that they bought two congressional seats with candidates who will be loyal to Israel.

@ProjectLincoln Most ironic post of the day.

Massie lost because he wanted the Epstein List released and pedophiles held accountable. Trump didn't want any of that, so he had to go.

@JonathanTurley The problem is so many of these foreign born (D) people in congress are loyal to their home countries (Somalia for example), and not the U.S. This cannot be allowed to continue.

I strongly disagree with the push for a constitutional amendment to bar foreign-born legislators. foxnews.com/politics/mace-… While I have suggested the possible tinyurl.com/f86u4tce, I cannot think of anything more antithetical to our founding than barring foreign-born citizens from Congress. As a nation of immigrants, it is a reaffirmation of our heritage to have these citizens serve in government...

@Blesdayz @atrupar Then who pays for it?

@atrupar this is why press shoudnt be business and corporatized. too easily usurped by monied interests

@StayTrew2 @atrupar Do you work for free?

@atrupar Why does EVERYTHING have to be for profit!!

@dandakich He can be. Euros hate America.

This can’t be real He cant be this dumb

@wakeupusa He's right, just look at their invention

Professor James Small claims that Black men are superior to White men I challenge him to replace the batteries in his smoke detector.

@RBReich I bet you wish you were Pete Pascal

After this Thursday’s show, the Ed Sullivan Theater will go dark, and we’ll lose one of the nation’s funniest and most courageous, truthful, and gentlemanly critics of Trump and his regime. Farewell, and thank you, Stephen. robertreich.substack.com/p/farewell-and…

@Regan_Smart @magi_jay You lie. That never happened and you know it.

@magi_jay Not at all defending Platner here. This is disgraceful. But we have a president who called the fallen "suckers and losers" and has denigrated POWs and veterans with PTSD. There are no standards anymore. And certainly not different ones for Democrats. Sucks, but here we are.

In 2019, seven years ago, when he was 34-years-old, Graham Platner logged into reddit and posted a response to a video of an American soldier being shot by the Taliban. Platner wrote: "This video never gets old. Dumb motherfucker didn't deserve to live. At least his stupidity and fat ass wheezing are available for all future infantrymen to witness and hold in contempt. Poor marksmanship on the Taliban's part is the only reason this mouthbreather made it home, he managed to make every possible shit decision possible when it comes to small unit combat." Think about each line. "This video never gets old." Platner's implying he's watched the video several times and enjoys it. "At least his stupidity and fat ass wheezing are available for all future infantrymen to witness and hold in contempt." That's what Platner thinks about his fellow Americans at war. If they're not good at killing or broader tactics, he has contempt for them. He displays no empathy. The opposite, in fact. The man that Platner is commenting on, by the way, is Pfc. Ted Daniels, who was a 37-year-old father of two serving in Afghanistan at the time of the incident (2012). The bad tactic Platner enjoys mocking? Daniels stepped into the open deliberately to draw Taliban fire away from his fellow soldiers so his squad could get to safety. Daniels was shot four times in this video and, ultimately, earned a Purple Heart. When the video was initially released (2013), Pfc. Daniels was critical of himself in interviews, saying, "It wasn't the most tactically brilliant thing to do." He described that he was embarrassed by the video; that people could hear him screaming for help. But, also, he said: "I put my ass on the line for other guys." Then, we have, again, Graham Platner, logging into reddit, in 2019, to comment: "Dumb motherfucker didn't deserve to live." For all those who say, "That's just how Marines talk," I'll tell you: Platner's comment got downvoted by the military community. Even if it didn't: We're not talking about the military anymore. We're talking about a 34-year-old man, years after service, logging in to mock another man who's being shot on video. We're also talking about the U.S. Senate, not boys-will-be-boys or Marines-will-be-Marines. We're always told to view Platner as a changed man. 2013, when he made the rape apologia comments, was the "darkest point in his life," or so we have been told. So what was going on in 2019, such that Platner enjoyed watching a video of a man getting shot and mocking him? How many arcs of change are there in Platner's life? Was there a specific point where he discovered human empathy? I couldn't help but think of that specific reddit comment while watching the video below. "Still sending young Americans to die thousands of miles away from home," Platner says. Didn't he log in to reddit seven years ago to say, "Dumb motherfucker didn't deserve to live" ? I don't like being lied to.