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In the Iowa Update du Jour Bernie Sanders will claim the popular vote (both rounds) and may eke out a win in the SDE tally, or State Delegate Equivalents. Apparently Team Sanders organized new satellite caucuses and is turning in great results from them.

Uh, satellite caucuses? Say what? Let's give credit where due - the Iowa State Democrats really leaned into accommodating Bernie and implementing Operation Own Goal:

In particular, the campaign focused heavily on bringing people out to the satellite caucuses that were held across the state and in other parts of the world for Iowans who couldn’t make it to the 7 p.m. caucuses. This was the first year the party hosted satellite caucuses, and no other campaign seems to have invested serious resources in turning those voters out. With 41 state delegates available to be swept up, and fewer than 25 delegates currently separating Pete Buttigieg and Sanders, they could end up making the difference when the delegate count is finalized.

The first caucus was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, of all places and reports are that Sanders led the delegates there. Another was held in St. Petersburg, Florida, where former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is heavily on the airwaves. The first in Iowa was held at a UFCW union hall in Ottumwa, with Sanders winning all 14 of the final votes to net four precinct delegates, a relatively large pickup. At Drake University in Des Moines, workers and students went overwhelmingly for Sanders, giving him five delegates and Sen. Elizabeth Warren two, meaning that he netted five relative to Buttigieg....

In all, there were 87 satellite caucuses. According to Iowa Democratic Party rules, the total delegate value of those caucuses will be determined by satellite turnout and in proportion to the total number of people who came out to vote in the regular caucuses. They are to be worth some percent of the total, meaning that the four delegates Sanders won in Ottumwa, for instance, could actually rise or shrink in the final analysis. But what we know about those caucuses suggests that Sanders may have won those caucuses by enough to overcome his deficit with Buttigieg, which at the time of writing sits at 23.987 delegates with 86 percent of the precincts reporting.

Great. Now let's have the Democrats rewrite the rules for health care and pharmaceutical development.

IN OTHER NEWS: The sun rose in the East and the Senate acquitted Trump. The mini-surprises were a Romney defection but no aisle-crossing from Manchin (D, WV) or Sinema (D, AZ).

Comments

[Threadkiller]

This is incredible team building. I absolutely love this man!

[Tom R]

I don’t understand why this is the hill you are fighting on while Trump’s speech seems to be so much more important.

Now you sound like a Democrat trying to blame me for responding to something you posted. No reason for this to continue. You admitted Trump rejected the Birther nonsense so that is all that really matters.

Once Trump is finished I will point out some new info regarding Comey I haven't seen mentioned here yet.

[Threadkiller]

He plans on making Kevin McCarthy speaker of the house.

[Barbara]

Good for Senator Mike Lee!

[Theo]

On the issue of DJT not expecting to win, he said so in a speech in Wisconsin in December 2016. I don’t know how to link stuff here but it was reported at Politico and other places.

But this is a sideshow. Whether DJT was surprised at his victory or not is not important. The main point is that *I* was shocked as hell. I fully confess that i never expected him to win. I was quite obviously mistaken. You can take that into account in trusting my political judgments.

Porch — it sounds like we agree that polls are not worthless my point remains that they are better than anecdotes.

TomR — you are right that the internal polls tend to be better than the public ones because the campaigns usually spend a lot more money on them. You are also right that low response rates are a problem for contemporary polling. But public polls are still a valuable indication of public opinion as long as one has a salt shaker handy. They are not precision instruments but not worthless either.

[Threadkiller]

No reason for this to continue.

I am glad you finally admitted this. Real progress, Tom!

Hope you can stick to it this time.

[Porchlight]

TK, these T_D commenters agree with you about team building:

[–]Subaru_Kayak 18 points 3 minutes ago

40 years I've been watching politics and I've never seen anything like this. We use to do talks like this with our 1st Sgt where we sit around and he gives us the scoop, talks about who did good, what's all bad, and where we are in the big picture.

We are witness to something extraordinary.

[–]cl1ftAMERICA FIRST 1 point 2 minutes ago
I've never seen anything like this... he is thanking the people who supported them in front of the world..

this is how you build an army that'll die for you... forget it DNC, you are through....

My only regret for this week is not taking off work so I could watch every minute.

[Threadkiller]

A +1 to Gaetz. If Trump can forgive him, then so can I.

[Porchlight]

[–]teamgizzy 13 points 8 minutes ago

hunter on the phone with SpaceX right bout now

[Threadkiller]

They are right, Porch. I am sorry you are missing this.

[henry]

The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee
13m

Democrats Claim Real Impeachment Has Never Been Tried buff.ly/2vTWGjz

https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1225475507799588868

[Melinda]

Hah!

[anonamom]

porch, 12:10, based on recent lengthy discussions--don't bother.
He's cut from the same cloth as TomR, so there's no point in trying to present facts that counter his opinion.

[Porchlight]

Thanks, TK. I'll watch later tonight with beers.

It's good to be following along with all the supporters, here and at T_D.

[Texas Liberty Gal]

I hope he doesn't for get Devon Nunes!!!

[Porchlight]

Nunes is up, TLG!!

[Porchlight]

[–]semlaw 2 points just now

OK. I'm calling it. This is the most epic political speech I've ever witnessed live... In my life. No teleprompter. No script. Just master story telling, infused with comedy and razor sharp criticism of the corrupt Washington establishment. Legendary.

[Threadkiller]

Devin Nunes heralded as the first guy who knew something was wrong.

DawsonSFields takes another shot to the kidneys.

[henry]

Nunes discovered it.

[Melinda]

"Using a lot of you in the next year."

[Texas Liberty Gal]

Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Cyclist sets off firestorm with crude comment on reporter’s outfit

Reporter's outfit;

Cyclist's crude comment;
--“Is it cool in Argentina?”--

Firestorm ensues.

Cyclist reasonably points out;
--“Objectify, really? Come on. Don’t draw the feminist card on this one. She knows exactly what she’s wearing – or not wearing – and why.
If I would interview a female athlete with my balls out, you’d be joking about it too. Or calling it a disgrace.”--

If you can't stand the cold get back in the kitchen.

[Captain Hate]

The quarantine is for this exact reason - to keep interested folks from finding the forum.

henry will surely have a good laugh at my naïveté but the unmasking of the totalitarian nature of these platform providers has been shocking to me. I always knew IT types included a bunch of spiteful dickweeds from the comments directed at Gates, who's no prize himself, and his early successes; but I thought they were smart enough to keep their worst impulses better hidden.

[Melinda]

CH-

There's a "Hold My Beer!" moment coming from them in due course.

[Porchlight]

They used to keep them hidden, Cap'n, but they've been emboldened by Google and all the rest and figure now they have cover.

Looking around, it's hard to think they aren't correct in their reasoning. At least in the short term.

[Texas Liberty Gal]

When he talked about going into dungeons I knew it was going to be Nunes

[Porchlight]

That said, I highly recommend getting an account and subscribing to T_D. It is like a whole new world. And it may very well be nuked sometime between now and November, so time is short.

[henry]

Catherine Herridge @CBS_Herridge
3m

READ: Key section judiciary hearing @RepRatcliffe that IG Report/DOJ/FISA court “..acknowledge that this was illegal surveillance with respect to at least several of these FISA applications because there was no probable cause or proper predication. Correct? “ Wray “Right”

[Captain Hate]

The reaction to Spoormaker's comments confirms my belief that most cycling fans are humorless douches who are athletically challenged in real sports.

[Jane]

Talking about Hunter Biden - they think it's okay - hell my kids could make a fortune.Is Ivanka here?

Think what we could have done if the same energy was put into infrastracture, prescription drug prices.

TOTAL ACQUITTAL!

Kevin McCarthy - boy did you do an incredible job! You are going to be Speaker of the House because of this impeachment hoax!

People are very angry at Pelosi. Nadler has been fighting me my whole life. These people have gone stone cold crazy!

These are great warriors, - names a bunch too fast for me.

More spirit now for Republicans than democrats. Iowa - democrats can't count votes but they want to run your healthcare! The spirit for the Republican Party is stronger than it's ever been.

Doug Collins, Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan - NCAA wrestling champion in college, I had the NCAA champs here - walked up with Jim and it was like I wasn't here they were so excited to meet him. Debbie Lesko. Mark Meadows - I like his wife better than him because she supported me before he did. They all worked to elect me like their lives were at stake. Also Ron DeSantos, Governor of FL. Mike Johnson of LA, The other sides's worse nightmare - the hardest worker and the most legitimate human being - they tried to destroy him because he supported me - Devin Nunes!!!! (Standing ovation)

Scott Perry, John Ratcliffe a great lawyer, a man whose is braver than me and braver than everyone in the room - Steve Scalise. You are better looking now than before the accident! (Standing ovation) Talks about the cops who came to help. Tells a funny story about Scalise playing again 6 months ago.

Alise! You are amazing and I'll always be your friend - what a great future you have.

Michael Taylor, Brad Wenstrup, Lee Zelkin, Louie Gohmert.

A great group of warriors!

[Tom R]

He's cut from the same cloth as TomR, so there's no point in trying to present your opinion as facts that counter his opinion.

FIFY

[Threadkiller]

Trump showing lots of love to Louie Gohmert. Didn’t Gohmert write an expose on how dirty Mueller was?

DawsonSFields getting the 10 count now.

[JM Hanes]

jimmyk:

Just catching up so someone may already have mentioned this. I saw a top official from Homeland Security ( deputy head?), who said you'll be able to keep using your current Global Entry/Trusted whatever membership till it expires, but you will not be allowed to renew it.

[Porchlight]

Sorry NY JOMers but I love that there are actually going to be be consequences for this driver's license f*ckery.

Now do California.

[Threadkiller]

If I didn’t fire Kabuki Komey, that sleazebag... all hell broke loose when he was gone... people running around trying to cover up this and cover up that...

[Threadkiller]

Bob Mueller, Mr GMan, included in the group of dirty FBI people.

[MissMarple2]

What did Mark Meadows say? The White House feed didn't have a mike on him.

[Tom R]

Trump just said 99% of the FBI are good guys and it was just the senior management that was corrupt. Isn't that what Wray has also been saying?

[henry]

Now Romney getting a thrashing.

[Threadkiller]

Meadows said that the people there are a small representation of the total support Trump actually has.

[Threadkiller]

Isn't that what Wray has also been saying?

Who cares?

[Jane]

Talks about "the lovers" Lisa and Peter. "There is no way he gets elected, but I'm afraid we can't take the risk" That's where the insurance policy came up. If I won they were going to try and overthrow the government of the US. And if I didn't fire James Comey we would never have found out.

IMO these are the crookedest most dishonest people I've ever seen.

They deleted all of their emails and text messages, illegally. I love the FBI but it was the top scum and the FBI people don't like the top scum. These are all dirty people - and I just heard that are suing the USA. We cannot let this happen to our country.

This is a day of celebration. We went thru hell. Crying Chuck and Pelosi will keep trying to destroy our country.

Mark Meadows speaks but I can't hear him.

Digs Romney again. Quotes lying Pelosi.

If we can put this genius to work on roads and highways and bridges. we've done so much without bipartisanship. Imagine what we can do with it.

He apologizes to his family and hugs Ivanka. Thanks them for sticking with him. "We are doing things for our great people who everyone said couldn't be done"!!!!

[Buckeye]

No, he said the top 1% was scum.

And I haven’t seen a fucking thing that proves Wray isn’t in that scum bucket.

[MissMarple2]

Perez is going to do a recanvas of Iowa. LOL!

Thread with lots of catcalls about them rigging it:

https://twitter.com/TomPerez/status/1225468833458245632

[Threadkiller]

Once Trump is finished I will point out some new info regarding Comey I haven't seen mentioned here yet.

On with the show!

[Captain Hate]

Sorry NY JOMers but I love that there are actually going to be be consequences for this driver's license f*ckery.

Speaking of which you win the popular culture war one battle at a time. The most recent Blue Bloods had a story about a controversial law where defense attorneys would be provided personal data on prosecution witnesses who preferred to remain anonymous until testifying, a not very subtle swipe at the stupid bail changes in New York. Tom Selleck is a MAGA guy and it's hard to imagine him not approving this line of attack.

[Threadkiller]

@DawsonSField
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1h
Did you notice @realDonaldTrump's slight of hand in his speech?
Talking about how he saved himself by firing Comey, then segued that into talking about catching the dirty cops. He specifically did not include Comey in the dirty cops, but most people would not catch the semantics

[henry]

don't worry TK. Dawson will find those strawberries.

[Threadkiller]

DawsonSField
@DawsonSField
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57m
Also love how he confirms that the Mueller team knew within 2 days that Trump was innocent, then tips a hat to @DevinNunes & @Jim_Jordan
.
Then it was used as cover for 2 years to go after the people who tried to set up Trump!

[Captain Hate]

Turning on the potty mouthed Dominican Skull is just spectacular.

Still not tired of winning!

[Threadkiller]

The dots will lead him to the strawberry thief, Henry:

@DawsonSField
·
1h
The man is a semantic magician!

Allowing people to draw false conclusions of what he said, by leading them to connect 2 dots that he wants them to connect while he never actually connects them himself.

It is the art of persuasion...

[Threadkiller]

I firmly believe that DawsonSFields is an psych student conducting an persuasion game of his/her own to test the gullibility of the Twitter-sphere for a thesis.

[henry]

geometric logic TK

[Captain Hate]

Nearly an infinite amount of slattering here

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=385679

[Threadkiller]

...a psych student...

[Threadkiller]

... a persuasion game...

(I swear this gadget changed my “a” to “an”. Twice!)

[anonamom]

What fun that was!

LOVE that he recognized MRS. Mark Meadow's role in his election. I think I posted the article where I learned that she kept Mark on a bus the Saturday after after Pussy Tape was released, and traveled the state as planned, supporting DJT.

I also have had great faith in Burr ultimately prosecuting some of the guilty just from watching MRS.. Burr at his confirmation hearing.
No doubt in my mind that she's had enough of these sanctimonious, lying Leftists.

[MissMarple2]

Captain Hate,

I am glad you saw that. By the way, down in the comments someone says that the DNC had approved an extra-large compensation plan for when Perez leaves right after Iowa.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rubycramer/tom-perez-dnc-compensation

[Porchlight]

How do you recanvas a caucus? Caucuses count people, not ballots. Are they calling for a straight up do-over?

[John S]

that was a great, warm performance by the president. He has a lot of great supporters in congress. Several times he alluded to what will be coming up as far as getting to the bottom of it. I sure hope he delivers on that

[MissMarple2]

Porchlight,

From what I gathered they were going to re-add the numbers on those tabulation sheets like were on that thread I posted last night.

Looks like a lot of people think that is crooked as hell and are having none of it.

[Captain Hate]

the DNC had approved an extra-large compensation plan for when Perez leaves right after Iowa.

The Bernie Bros should go Wild in the Streets over that. You can't be more obvious on a setup like that.

[henry]

Porchlight, they are confusing the rubes with focus group approved technical blather.

[Extraneus]

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[henry]

moar blue on blue chaos ahead.

Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck
14m

I’m hearing a very strong rumor that Barack Obama is going to be endorsing Elizabeth Warren really soon and that there’s a growing rift between him and Biden over Obama choosing to not support Joe.

[Porchlight]

Cap'n, that plus Butty's investment in the Shadow app. And a bunch of other crap.

Let's see your stuff Bernie Bros.

MM, I really don't get any of the methodology. Remember Hilldog accused Obama people of shenanigans in Iowa (and other state caucuses) in 2008. I believed it then, I really believe it now.

[Porchlight]

Maybe so, henry.

[Porchlight]

How long was the presser? 90 plus minutes?

Not a politician in America could do what Trump just did, and I didn't even really get to watch. ;)

[Porchlight]

If Obama is going to endorse Warren he better do it before New Hampshire or there is no point.

I'm all for it. Let's have total Dem war.

[MissMarple2]

Captain Hate,

Is this not great? I am enjoying their disintegration so much!

By the way, bad times are coming for some people, regardless of what Ledgers think. President Trump actually cares about people, and the people who got hurt professionally or financially due to their connection with him really bothered him, not to mention their families.

I am sure Strzok and Page aren't going to catch a break, judging from how he talks about them.

[Captain Hate]

Chuck Todd: "He didn't thank Lamar Alexander. " And an earlier dude "He didn't thank Susan Collins"

They really don't get it, so they. These people live in an alternate reality.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 06, 2020 01:42 PM (bDqIh)

[Robin, eff 'em all]

Not only was that an exercise in team building, but a great recruitment ad too. Trump is very skilled.

[Threadkiller]

By the way, bad times are coming for some people, regardless of what Ledgers think.

Uh-ohhh... You have wandered past the neutral zone. :-)

I will spare you the obvious response.

[JM Hanes]

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[henry]

Jennifer Franco
@jennfranconews

#BREAKING: The Treasury Department has complied with GOP senators’ requests for highly sensitive & closely held financial records about Hunter Biden & his associates & has turned over “‘evidence’ of questionable origin” to them. (1/2)

https://twitter.com/jennfranconews/status/1225470796031647744

[Theo]

I think the Bernie Bros will interpret the “re canvass” as an attempt to head off or at least delay the now otherwise likely “Bernie Wins Iowa” headlines that the current count is leading to.

A poll shows 53% of Bernie supporters say they are not certain to vote for the Dem nominee if it is not Bernie.

[MissMarple2]

Robin,

If I were 10 years younger I would be sending in an application!

There will be people making videos all over the country. We have a lot of talented amateurs who make home-made ads. We have people who do pod casts, people who write columns, all sorts of stuff.

It's amazing.

[Threadkiller]

Happy Birthday JIB!

[Captain Hate]

I'm counting on TK to enlighten me on anything the loon prosecutor has to say, assuming his supervisor hasn't ordered mandatory treatment behind doors that lock from the outside.

Gaylord supporting any of those losers won't be an outlier from past merde touches. But he won't be able to stay out of it.

[Theo]

Porch @ 1:48 —

Totally agree.

Warren is currently polling fourth in NH. An Obama endorsement would help her but I doubt it would help her that much. Obama is likely smarter than that. Bloomberg is the real hope of the Dem establishment to stop Bernie.

[MissMarple2]

Porchlight,

The President has put the entire talk/press conference on his Twitter page.

[James D.]

I’m hearing a very strong rumor that Barack Obama is going to be endorsing Elizabeth Warren really soon and that there’s a growing rift between him and Biden over Obama choosing to not support Joe.

Joe was his #2 guy for eight years. The fact that Obama hasn't endorsed him already speaks volumes.

[KevlarKid]

"Now you sound like a Democrat trying to blame me for responding to something you posted. No reason for this to continue. You admitted Trump rejected the Birther nonsense so that is all that really matters."

Billy Peanut Butter being muh-churr on his puh-liddy-cull blawg.

he was only punching back.

[Captain Hate]

I'm so tired of FoxNews. We need to boycott this bitch and put them out of business. Get Woke, Go Broke. That applies to Fake "Fair and Balanced" bullshit news networks too

I'm totes down with #FoxFreeFebruary, yo.
Posted by: DocJ at February 06, 2020 02:00 PM (77WPm)

[Buckeye]

Happy Birthday Jack!

[MissMarple2]

Look at how CNN interprets this. Video at the link:

CNN's @JohnJHarwood on Trump's press conference:

“This was very disturbing for the country. It was dark because he's made clear that his mind is dark. This is somebody in deep psychological distress right now. Self-pitying, insecure, angry."pic.twitter.com/MKWzkqwI2p

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 6, 2020

[GUS]

I scroll on by the twins.

[JM Hanes]

Thanks for the heads up, anonamom. I'll check the radars. So far I've just gotten a flash flood warning on my phone. It's been pouring here since last night, but not a lot of wind so far. I'm probably tempting fate, but it's amazing how many storms split about 20 miles west of me and pass by north and south of my strange little vortex. I do have a couple of hard hats and mega batteries down in the basement, though, and fortunately, even when the electricity goes, I very rarely lose my internet.

Alas, I'll be spending a lot of time today upstairs trying to staunch a leaking skylight. I've discovered that caulking an active drip is not very effective!

[Jane]

Oh dear, John Harwood is suffering. Meanwhile, I'm thrilled.

[clarice]

Iggy, once again you have a major fan club on FB--You MUST write for a bigger audience than JOM.

[Tom R]

Since TK is a big fan of Sundance combined with his blog having a functional search engine here is a link to Sundance's articles involving James Baker.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/?s=james+baker

Based on all the Spygate related articles I have seen since the scandal broke, the evidence clearly supports the conclusion that James Baker was a key member of the Obama criminal cabal and intimately involved in the FISA abuse scandal. Baker was one of the first guys involved with FISA abuse that Wray got rid of.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbis-top-lawyer-said-to-be-reassigned/2017/12/21/2ac76640-e6b5-11e7-833f-155031558ff4_story.html

In regards to "Komey Kabuki", if there is evidence McCabe and Baker were allied against Comey would that be enough to point the needle in the direction that the real story behind Comey may not be what we think it is?

[Theo]

Clarice @ 2:12

Absolutely right. The man has a way with words. (And a lot of the pictures that he posts aren’t bad either!).

[Threadkiller]

LOL, CH. The Asylum is in chaos right now over who gets to sleep with Mitt first.

[Threadkiller]

Since TK is a big fan of Sundance

A lie.

[Captain Hate]

Yes, form a party of conscience behind Dudley DoRight Mutt. I fail to see any downside to that course of action.

[MissMarple2]

David Limbaugh says somebody sent this to him:

[Dave (in MA)]

Jane, great job summarizing the Trump appearance for those of us who've been stuck in meetings.

How's your iPlaid? Which clan is it? Armstrong? Stewart? Black Watch?

[Captain Hate]

Buttplug is now citing "religion" as a reason for justifying late-term abortion of "disabled" children. (top story at The Federalist presently)

And he's the so-called "moderate" in the race.
Posted by: DocJ at February 06, 2020 02:19 PM (77WPm)

[JM Hanes]

Oh great; just tried to check my regional weather radar at NOAA:

A VERIZON COMMUNICATION OUTAGE HAS IMPACTED THE DISSEMINATION OF RADAR PRODUCTS FROM KFCX.

A RETURN TO SERVICE TIME IS UNKNOWN.

NOAA does thoughtfully inform me that we've got a Tornado Watch till 6:00 pm and a Flood Warning till 8:00. Hopefully I won't have a story like Stephanie's to share. Yikes! and Double Yikes! Fortunately, I do live far enough uphill to avoid major flooding, and I pretty much always have enough supplies on hand to last till flooded roads drain off. The power of flowing water is awesome and not to be trifled with!

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

I've discovered that caulking an active drip is not very effective!

Flex Seal actually works! Lowes HD the usual haunts have it.