CapitolConjuror

If you are or know someone who is a creative or performing artist, or just wants to start or run a business, I hope and believe this episode will help. Big news coming! #MoneyArtsAcademy podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

@realFETV Why is your network still running ads for a supplement that was banned by the FDA three months ago? wral.com/story/fda-bans…

@tvland Why are you running ads on your network for a product banned by the FDA last November? wral.com/story/fda-bans…

A special song from my friends, MaryBeth Zamer and Mike T Lewis, a.k.a. @TwangtownParamours. Please watch and like the video, and buy it if you like it FYI, this song is 40% cute and 60% risqué. youtu.be/cbSE7XvD1jA?si…

Following up on Sen. Ron Johnson’s claims made on The Source Monday night:

@CalltoActivism Also, “trump” is British slang for “fart.” So yes, our friends in the UK spent four years hearing about “President Fart.” It’s almost hard to imagine why our allies laughed at him.

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read: “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that: • Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are. • You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump. And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.” -Nate White

Thanks to all who served and continue to serve. Support injured vets via @HomesForOurTrps. #VeteransDay @JakeTapper ebay.com/itm/2761267394…

Dear Black Community, Just a reminder of who Republicans are, just in case you’ve concussed and feel the need to vote for one. “African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.” - Mitch McConnell Arizona GOP Rep. Eli Crane calls minorities ‘colored people’ on House floor. “I know a ton of white people that are as lazy and sorry and probably worse than Black people I know.” “Look at my African American over here.” “Shit hole countries.” ‘go back' to the 'crime infested places from which they came' Do not give those racists your vote. #FreshWords

Very briefly, The Atlantic is right: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/… I don't routinely share articles online, but Musk echoed the worldview of the person who murdered my cousin. It doesn't matter to me if knew that. It matters to me that that worldview is confronted.

Prophetic words from Alexander Hamilton to George Washington in 1792 — as apt and timely today as they were over 230 years ago.

There are a lot more Congressional Republicans taking credit for President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law than who actually voted for it. On the two-year anniversary of the law, let’s take a look. 🧵

One time when I was little I went to a magic show at the library and got to go up to be part of the tricks and in one of them he made a bunch of foam balls appear in my clenched hands and to this day I have no explanation for how that happened so Im still on the fence about magic

Res ipsa loquitur: Latin for “The thing speaks for itself.”

Good morning and Happy Saturday to everyone who thinks it's absolutely NUTS how Republicans completely ignore actual evidence of trump's guilt, including video, audio, signed documents, and even words out of his own dumb mouth… …but will twist themselves into pretzels to try to impeach President Biden for *checks notes* absolutely NO EVIDENCE AT ALL. It. Is. A. Cult.

B’more, hon!

Thinking about how the Starbucks mermaid is slowly, inexorably, getting closer, and we cannot stop her.

@GiantFood Already told the store personnel.

@CapitolConjuror We appreciate you sharing your feedback. So we can pass this to our team, what store location did you experience this at?

@GiantFood If you’re going to limit self-checkout to 20 items or fewer, then you need to open more than one cashier line. Especially on Saturday morning, when you know it’s going to be busy. #CustomerServiceFail