Gnusie Bill in Portland Maine (long may he and Michael prosper and thrive), permits us to mooooch the results of his spelunking through inky caverns. Bill propped the following items in his popular Who Won the Week? poll in Friday’s Cheers and Jeers. About 2,600 people voted in that poll, and exactly 6.28 of them were Russian Butina bots Butina! Please enjoy Bill’s on-point analysis and wit, vote in his poll, Rec his diaries, get on his bandwagon, send him a donation, and earn his blessing.
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- The National Science Bowl winners: Wayzata High School in Plymouth, MN and Jonas Clarke Middle School in Lexington, MA
- The green energy sector, whose electricity output surpassed coal for the first full month in U.S. history during April
- The Washington Post, for breaking the story about the existence of the "Bill Barr, you're such a dishonest butthead" letter written by Robert Mueller that exposed the AG as a perjurer
- Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan, for ruling that the emoluments clause-related lawsuit against Trump by congressional Democrats can proceed
- The group "Supermajority," combining Black Lives Matter, Domestic Workers Alliance, Pant Suit Nation, and Cecile Richards to mobilize 2 million women as community organizers and political leaders
- Facebook/Instagram, for finally banning dangerous hate-mongers Alex Jones (InfoWars), Paul Nehlen, Laura Loomer, Milo Yiannopoulos and Paul Joseph Watson from their platforms
- House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff, for making a criminal referral to the Justice Department regarding perjury by Blackwater rent-a-mercenary founder Erik Prince
- The Democratic Senate Judiciary Committee members (especially Hirono, Harris and Blumenthal) for giving Trump's new fixer, AG William Barr, a good grilling Wednesday
- The high school students who continue their Friday walkouts to protest government inaction on climate change
- Arya Stark. You go, girl,
Who do you think won the week?
Spoiler Alert … Top Results of Bill’s poll —
- The Washington Post, for breaking the story about the existence of the "Bill Barr, you're such a dishonest butthead" letter written by Robert Mueller that exposed the AG as a perjurer — 34%
- The Democratic Senate Judiciary Committee members (especially Hirono, Harris and Blumenthal) for giving Trump's new fixer, AG William Barr, a good grilling Wednesday — 21%
- Arya Stark. You go, girl — 10%
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The Five R’s of the Resistance
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- Rest: Take care of yourself, we are in this for the long term.
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