The Wisdom of Pooh

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So, what's going to happen with the Republican held congress? Not much. At least not for the next year and a half. They are going to stamp their feet and shriek "no, no, no," until they're red in the face, notice I didn't say blue in the face, that's something that will never happen to a hardline cult member. And when the more reasonable Democrats take back control of the House of Representatives, the Republican cultists will dig themselves in even deeper, unless, of course they get primaried out or simply voted out. When that happens you can rest assured they'll cry Voter Fraud since that lie is now part of their DNA.


Interesting bit from Arizona: Kristen Sinema is polling behind both the Democrat and Republican candidates because she, too, is stupid. She thought she'd splinter people off from both parties and win as an Independent. She doesn't understand that her constituents, most Democrats, see her as a failure.


And, joy of joys, more polls are coming out showing that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is siphoning voters away from Trump, not Biden, as the cultists thought. This is because Republicans are stupid.

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Junior, on Newsmax, last night on Newsmax. Once again playing the ‘My Daddy is a victim’ card: “It shows you what happens when you’re in a kangaroo court, Eric. It doesn’t matter what the rules are, it doesn’t matter what the Constitution says, it doesn’t matter what general practices and business would be. It doesn’t matter. They have a narrative, they have an end goal, and they’ll do whatever it takes to get there. They want to throw [Daddy] in jail for a thousand years and/or the death penalty. Truly sick stuff, but this is why we fight.” When Daddy is a criminal, and his little pussy bitch sons are criminals, and it looks like his daughter is ready to squeal on the whole lot, it’s a good day in America. Oh, and Junior? No one is threatening to give Daddy the Death Penalty. Goddess, even your lies are stupid.

Jake Tapper, CNN’s State of the Union host, accusing vile GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of selective outrage in her attempts to censure Palestinian American Michigan Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib citing antisemitism: "You’re never gonna believe who the Republican offering this motion to censure Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib is. I want you to take a guess. Go ahead. Take a guess. That’s right. It’s Marjorie Taylor Greene. The degree to which some folks only pretend to care about anti-Semitism when they can weaponize it never ceases to amaze. The leading Republican presidential nominee, [Thing 45]—he dined with Holocaust deniers [including Nick Fuentes]. [Thing 45] posted a screed accusing liberal Jews of 'voting to destroy America and Israel' last Rosh Hashanah to nary a peep from any House Republican leaders. I mean, Greene spoke at the White supremacist conference run by Holocaust denier, racist anti-Semite Nick Fuentes, who participated in that hateful 2017 Charlottesville rally. This is the same Marjorie Taylor Greene who has pushed the great replacement theory in videos. The deranged notion that rich Jews are trying to replace White Americans and Westerners with Blacks and brown Muslims. Not to mention, of course, her Jewish space laser conspiracy that a consortium including, yes, wealthy Jews, were using lasers on satellites to start forest fires. Antisemitism is not a cudgel to be used against people for political points. Nor is Islamophobia or racism, or anti-gay behavior or misogyny or any other kind of bigotry. This sh*t is not a game." Large Marge Greene is the most vile, ill-informed, hypocritical, traitorous insurrectionist in a party filled with that kind of scum.

Jared Kushner, on Fox, showing himself to be a lying propagandist on the Saudi payroll: “One of the ironies is that as an American Jew, you’re safer in Saudi Arabia right now than you are at a college campus like Columbia University. I spoke at the conference. They allowed me to speak freely, and what I sensed there was that there is obviously a very big discussion of what would happen with the tremendous terrorist attack perpetrated by Hamas. The people of Saudi Arabia have a lot of care for the Palestinian civilians, and so they would like to see Israel accomplish the mission, to make sure Hamas could be eliminated. They’re against terrorism in the region in general, and quite frankly, there’s a lot of enthusiasm to continue the trajectory that was set under the [Thing 45] administration.” Any guesses on the 200,000,000,000 reasons Jared has for siding with Saudi Arabia right now?

Mike Johnson, newly elected House Speaker, who worked as the Ark Encounter’s lawyer, and found them millions in tax breaks: “The Ark Encounter is one way to bring people to this recognition of the truth, that what we read in the Bible are actual historical events. Kentucky officials are smart to enthusiastically embrace the Ark Encounter, and the millions of tourists the park will welcome to the area from every viewpoint, race, color, religion and creed. Answers In Genesis aims to encourage critical thought and respectful public debate about the various attractions and ideas that will be presented at its park, and that is the beauty and essence of free speech.” The Ark Encounter displays exhibits claiming that God created the earth no more than 6000 years ago and the humans and dinosaurs lived alongside each other … the Flintstones was real, y’all. Mike Johnson is a columnist for the Ark Encounter’s website and regularly appears at its events. It’s a yabba dabba doo time for loons like Johnson.

Bruce Springsteen, on the big difference between Democrats and Republicans: “When you see the Democratic side of the House filled with brown people and Black people, straight people and gay people, and then you look at Republicans, who appears unchanged by history at this moment? They look ridiculous. And despite their current power they look like a failing party.” When all you’ve got going for you is revenge and lie and a demented ex-president, you have no power. You’re a joke, and a cult.

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And that daffy Mikey Johnson sent a budget to the Senate that was dead on arrival. Either he's not a quick learner, or he and his hardline conservative buddies in the House will force a government shutdown in an attempt to force their agenda. They don't seem to understand that at the polling booth that is going to hurt them more than it helps them, but then no one ever said Conservatives were smart. Selfish? Yes. Smart? No.


There's also some sort of odd stuff flying around that he doesn't claim any income and that he doesn't appear to have a bank account. Ouch. If that's true, there's something seriously wrong since as a congressman, he needs to have an account in order to get paid. No paper checks for Mikey.

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did get a hearty chuckle about the gag orders that are being placed and paused on the Orange Anus, and an even bigger laugh when Elise Stefanik jumped into the fray, bad mouthing Engoron's clerk. It's not that they don't think about the damage they're doing, the truth is they just don't care. They just need to be in charge. As someone said, they don't care if they burn down the house even if they don't have a plan to rebuild. It's not about rebuilding. To them, it's all about burning it down.

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Jamie Raskin takes George Santos to school.

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And for those of you who don't know, the Orange Anus is taking the stand this week as part of the penalty phase in his trial in New York City.

Oh, dear, I hope that image wasn't too graphic for those who are faint of heart, but let's face it, the time has come to call and anus and anus. It might be today, golly, I hope so. I understand there's some concern [[understatement) from his allies that he might just explode when he begins to be squeezed because the truth is that he is anything but seedless, [[that was just another one of his lies). As a result, people in the courtroom will probably be juiced.


Or is it Ivanka that's going to be testifying today. Ooops. Let's be honest, she will have no problem stabbing Daddy, or her brothers in the back. He groomed her well.

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Chris PohlhausPhoto: Screenshot

After anti-LGBTQ+ neo-Nazi leader Christopher Pohlhaus purchased a 10.6-acre property in Springfield, Maine with the hopes of turning it into a Nazi training ground, local residents found out about his plan and made him feel very unwelcome. He eventually sold the property, blaming “militant leftists” for the unwanted attention he earned.
Pohlhaus is founder of the fascist group “Blood Tribe,” a group that protested an Ohio drag brunch last May. His group chanted the words “Blood,” “Under the Aryan Sun,” and “No transgenders on our streets,” while throwing Nazi salutes. He also led a similar protest against a drag queen story hour in Akron, Ohio in mid-March.

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But she wasn’t going down without one more scandal.

He purchased the property in Maine and had sought help to clear the land to set up cabins and a training ground for physical fitness drills and weapons training in preparation for a violent race war, The Bangor Daily News reported. However, his plan caught the attention of the local press and government officials, including Aroostook County Sheriff Shawn Gillen, who questioned whether the campers would have illegal firearms or out-of-state warrants, something Gillen said is common in anti-government extremist camps, according to The County.

“They have a tendency to draw that type of crowd,” Gillen said. “People may be running from another state and say, ‘hey, I’m going to end up in Maine and nobody will know I’m here.’”
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said his office had been in close contact with the U.S. attorney and law enforcement agencies around the state to monitor Pohlhaus’s activity. Maine Sen. Joe Baldacci [[D) also said, “Paramilitary training is against the law, and he’s professed violence, or is at least supportive of violence, and that raises enormous concerns. People in Bangor are overwhelmingly appalled by their existence to advocate Nazi propaganda, and it’s just very disgusting.”
A local Planet Fitness gym also banned Pohlhaus because of “multiple member complaints” about his visible tattoos, one of which was a large swastika.
Pohlhaus reportedly sold the property on Tuesday. In a Telegram post to his followers, Pohlhaus said, “We made the decision to sell the 10 acres that was in my name up here. With the militant leftist doxing the location, it was basically too dangerous to fulfill its purpose to be a safe space for families to make the transition up here. People were coming up there all the time, snooping and getting very brazen, even driving down into the clearing.”
Pohlhaus held a September hate protest in which he and masked followers waved swastika flags, saluted Hitler, and shouted “White power” and “Jews will not replace us.”


Chris PohlhausPhoto: Screenshot

After anti-LGBTQ+ neo-Nazi leader Christopher Pohlhaus purchased a 10.6-acre property in Springfield, Maine with the hopes of turning it into a Nazi training ground, local residents found out about his plan and made him feel very unwelcome. He eventually sold the property, blaming “militant leftists” for the unwanted attention he earned.
Pohlhaus is founder of the fascist group “Blood Tribe,” a group that protested an Ohio drag brunch last May. His group chanted the words “Blood,” “Under the Aryan Sun,” and “No transgenders on our streets,” while throwing Nazi salutes. He also led a similar protest against a drag queen story hour in Akron, Ohio in mid-March.

He purchased the property in Maine and had sought help to clear the land to set up cabins and a training ground for physical fitness drills and weapons training in preparation for a violent race war, The Bangor Daily News reported. However, his plan caught the attention of the local press and government officials, including Aroostook County Sheriff Shawn Gillen, who questioned whether the campers would have illegal firearms or out-of-state warrants, something Gillen said is common in anti-government extremist camps, according to The County.

“They have a tendency to draw that type of crowd,” Gillen said. “People may be running from another state and say, ‘hey, I’m going to end up in Maine and nobody will know I’m here.’”
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said his office had been in close contact with the U.S. attorney and law enforcement agencies around the state to monitor Pohlhaus’s activity. Maine Sen. Joe Baldacci [[D) also said, “Paramilitary training is against the law, and he’s professed violence, or is at least supportive of violence, and that raises enormous concerns. People in Bangor are overwhelmingly appalled by their existence to advocate Nazi propaganda, and it’s just very disgusting.”
A local Planet Fitness gym also banned Pohlhaus because of “multiple member complaints” about his visible tattoos, one of which was a large swastika.
Pohlhaus reportedly sold the property on Tuesday. In a Telegram post to his followers, Pohlhaus said, “We made the decision to sell the 10 acres that was in my name up here. With the militant leftist doxing the location, it was basically too dangerous to fulfill its purpose to be a safe space for families to make the transition up here. People were coming up there all the time, snooping and getting very brazen, even driving down into the clearing.”
Pohlhaus held a September hate protest in which he and masked followers waved swastika flags, saluted Hitler, and shouted “White power” and “Jews will not replace us.”

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And of course this happened yesterday.

Every time I got an update, I chuckled. The Moral Degenerate was not happy. His life is a shit show. It always has been. All the deceits he built is so-called financial empire are on full display proving he isn't even close to being the savvy billionaire his constant braggadocio led people to believe.


This leads people to ask how he can be beating Biden in the polls. Let me remind you, we're a year away from the election, that's important, but more important is the fact that people lie on polls. This is why every election people scratch their heads and ask, "how could the polls have been wrong?"

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Anti-Vax Homocon Texas GOP Candidate Arrested On Child Porn Charges Hours Before City Council Election

November 7, 2023 Homocons, Republicans

Fort Worth’s Fox affiliate reports:

A Granbury city council candidate was arrested on Monday on accusations of possession of child pornography. Brad Benson, the Deputy Fire Marshal and small businessman was taken into custody on Monday morning. Benson faces two counts of possession of child pornography, a first degree felony.
“Based on the limited information available, it is our understanding that a serious sex related offense may be involved. If these allegations are true, there is no way the party would ever condone such activity,” said the Republican Party of Hood County in a statement.
“The Republican Party stands for the conservative, family values and the protection of children. These heinous acts are antithetical to what Republicans stand for. The executive committee has conferred, spoken with law enforcement, and unanimously withdraws their support for Mr. Benson.”

From his campaign site’s about page:

I am not your ordinary political candidate, however. Besides being a long time Granbury resident and business owner, I’m a genuine conservative, both fiscally and ideologically. That said, I am also a gay man with a partner of nearly 10 years. He’s as conservative as I am—both of us believing that private lives should remain private. I strongly believe that sexuality is a topic that should be handled within your own family, not in public schools or flaunted in parades.
My political beliefs are Conservative Republican. I believe in small and limited government, fiscal responsibility and accountability, and minimal obstacles to the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness. I’m a strong 2nd Amendment supporter, and believe all rights and freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution shall not be infringed. Period. Government should work for the people, not control the people.

@TXforVaxChoice deleted their endorsement of accused child predator Brad Benson. No statement ? Just going to act like it didn’t happen ? Too bad Brad can’t remove posts from his FB page from jail. Took the pledge and everything. SMH pic.twitter.com/cunPzd5H0P
— Adrienne Quinn Martin [[@MrsAMartini) November 7, 2023

Election Eve shocker in Texas: Granbury council candidate Brad Benson is arrested a day before his election, will face charges of possession of child porn. Hood County GOP says if it’s true there is “no way the party would ever condone such activity.” https://t.co/BmK8XH2cNW
— Bud Kennedy / #ReadLocal [[@BudKennedy) November 7, 2023

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Chaya Raichik is making a sociopathic fool of herself



Well, isn't this charming?
After complaining extensively last week that the USA Today article detailing her exploits of hate would cause her to get harassed and death threats, Libs of TikTok's Chaya Raichik recently posted the following on Twitter.

And then she's changed her profile banner to the following as an attempt to mock how she has been connected to bomb threats against schools and hospitals.

Let's be clear about what she's doing. Chaya is making fun of the fact that her deceptive Twitter posts have been connected with several incidents of harassment and bomb threats to children's hospitals, schools, and individuals. I guess Chaya thinks she's being funny [[and her supporters are no doubt loving it) but it only underscores just how much of a sad little girl she is. A sad little girl who, by the pictures, has a head shaped like a bowling ball pin.
Okay that was mean. I will be serious.
When it comes to people like Chaya, it is difficult to take the high road. They thrive on the chaos they cause, particularly when it creates tangible harm. They live for instigating evil and then watching with glee when their actions create problems for others, especially those who they dislike because of their own prejudices. Chaya claims that her actions are to protect kids from LGBTQ grooming but it's obvious that her explanation is merely an excuse for her to satisfy her own sadistic tendencies.
In the old days, we called people like her sociopaths. But I guess they should be referred to - in Chaya's case - as social media influencers.
I almost feel sorry for Raichik because it's obvious that all of the hatred she spews and the harm she causes is coming from a pitch-black place inside of her. Maybe she had awful parents. Maybe she was constantly teased as a child. Maybe she suffered a painfully traumatic incident which shaped her adult outlook. Maybe she was unfairly criticized for being too overweight, too skinny, too plain. or having a grating voice [[because her voice is annoying as hell). And maybe all of this created a desire in her to harm others.
Or maybe none of that happened. Maybe she had a good upbringing with loving parents and popularity but still ended up being this twisted, heartless ghoul in a woman's skin because that's simply how things work out.
It really doesn't matter one way or another because in the long run, Chaya is also self-destructive. She takes too much happiness in upending people's lives. She oozes a joy akin to that of a sadist when he's torturing a puppy or a kitten.
And that type always becomes too much for even their supporters. They simply can't help themselves because they live for the misery they cause like rutting hogs to the trough. And an overfed hog always disgusts everyone around it sooner or later.
Oh, and she comes across as racist, too [[surprise, surprise)

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Lies

I've seen articles floating around lately about gaffes and memory losses for BLOTUS, along with that campaign saying Pappy Joe is too old to be president.


Meanwhile, this tub of goo is only slightly younger and with a much higher BMI. If I were a betting man [[I accidentally typed 'better', and that I'm not) I'd say if anyone was going to keel over, it'd be the human Cheeto.


Of course, I'm hoping he has a coronary in a court room.


None of the kids said that - though I didn't think they would. BLOTUS claims not to have said that - not that I thought he would. And the CFO denied it too. Cohen could easily be seen as vindictive ex-employee. I believe him, of course, but I saw no other evidence tying BLOTUS to anything definitively.


Again, I didn't really read for detail.


This might set him back $250MM, but it won't preclude him from running for office. Maybe Georgia of the DOJ will. Or Colorado. If they can keep him off the ballot, I'd be thrilled. You'd have think with all the trouble he caused in Georgia, they'd be fighting to keep him off too.


Both those states have a Lauren "I'll Jack You Off on our First Date" Bobert [[or whatever her name is) and Marjorie Taylor Cunt. So, the voters in those states aren't sharp tools. But they are tools.
IF 2024 goes back to BLOTUS. I can't live like this for another four years - or more. I get very upset evening thinking about it, but honestly, I'd very much like to live my remaining years overseas or down in Ecuador.

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And here we go.....again....

OK Baptist Pastor Arrested On Child Porn Charges

November 8, 2023

Oklahoma City’s NBC affiliate reports:

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation was notified by the Oklahoma Counter Terrorism Intelligence Center in regards to possible computer crimes by 40-year-old David Prince, who is a chaplain and associate pastor in McAlester.
Officials say on November 6, the OSBI ICAC unit, along with other law enforcement agencies, served a search warrant at Prince’s residence in McAlester.
Based on the evidence obtained during the search, Prince was arrested and booked into the Pittsburg County Jail on Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material and Violations of the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act charges.

Read the full article.

Oklahoma baptist pastor, David Prince, has been arrested for possessing child sexual abuse materials & engaging in sexually explicit online chats with children.

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News from Blue Tuesday … In Pennsylvania, Moms for Liberty [MfL], the right-wing “parental rights” hate group advocating an anti-woke agenda in America’s schools, had a rough night in the elections where all five of the Republican candidates in Central Bucks were included in the MfL guide and yet all five seats were won by Democrats. And then in Pennridge, another school district in Bucks County, all five of those school board’s open seats went to Democrats. And lastly, Pennsylvania Democrats expanded their majority on the state Supreme Court, a potential sign of strength heading into the 2024 election and another win for a campaign centered on abortion rights. In Iowa, the highly contested Linn-Mar school board race had eight candidates vying for four open spots and all candidates supported by MfL failed to get in the top four. Meanwhile in Virginia, state Delegate, Democrat Danica Roem won her race for the state Senate, while state Senator, Democrat Adam Ebbin defeated his GOP opponent while state Delegate, Democrat Mark Sickles won re-election in House District 17. Roem is transgender; Ebbin and Sickles are both gay. Even better, Virginia Democrats maintained control of the state Senate and flipped the state House, providing Democrats with a stronger hand pushing against the policy priorities of Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin. In Ohio, most men and women voted yes on Issue 1, establishing a right to abortion in the state’s constitution. It was a gloriously blue day in much of the country.

Kayleigh McEnany, AKA Bullshit Barbie, is pissed off by the Thing 45 fraud trial but not for the reasons you might think. Nope, this dope took issue with an unflattering courtroom sketch of Inmate # P01135809 shortly after he finished testifying and offered this piece of advice: “I would advise them to ask for a better sketch artist because that does not look like my former boss there. This is a travesty of justice. And that sketch is a travesty too. It looks nothing like Trump.” Seriously, he’s facing the possibility of losing tons of coins, and most of his business dealings in New York but Little Kayleigh is mad because the sketch of him looks bad.

The Ron DeSantis presidential campaign … hold for laughter … formally rolled out a new endorsement from Iowa’s Governor, QAnon Goose-stepper, or whatever her name is. See, for just $25, or more, small dollar donors will be able to watch Governor Kim Reynolds formally confer her nod of approval on Governor High Heels. Seriously, Ronnie? This is a money-making thing for your campaign? PS Kimmie’s endorsing DeFascist because he probably promised her the VP slot.

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Thanks for showing up!We won’t forget who took our rightsRepubs are out of luck

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Kayleigh McEnany, on Hannity, about that vote in Ohio on Tuesday: “On the issue of abortion in Ohio tonight, we continue the losing streak in the pro-life movement. Every ballot initiative has been lost post-Dobbs for the pro-life movement. As a party, we must, we must not just be a pro-baby party. That’s a great thing. We must be a pro-mother party. We need a national strategy to help vulnerable women because the results of next year’s election could be determined by that.” First off, Bullshit Barbie, you are not the pro-baby party if you force women to give birth and then allow those children to grow up to be slaughtered in schools. And a pro-mother party would be the one that allows women to make their own healthcare choices. Be honest, your party is about controlling women and forcing them to follow the rules of your invisible friend.

Kelly Johnson, Christian Nationalist Mike Johnson’s wife, on her wonderful man: “I know it goes along with the territory here, but I will say it makes me very sad, it breaks my heart. Because I just wish that they knew this guy that I know. He is one of the most loving, kind, genuine people I know. He loves all people and would give you the shirt off his back. I used to be a schoolteacher and I loved that, but I just felt burdened for so many people and I felt the calling to go back to school to become a Christian counselor. And it’s because I love people and want to help them through the times when they’re struggling and suffering. I love what I do.” The Gays don’t want your help, and The Gays didn’t ask for your help, and no matter how much you talk like a little girl—and if that’s what Mike is into, time for a rethink—you can’t hide what you’ve tried to do to the LGBTQ+ community with your conversion therapy ideas. We are only struggling to have people like you faux Christians simply let us be.

Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation, speaking to Stephen Colbert about Mike Johnson’s claim that gay marriage brings “dark chaos”: “Maybe we’ll just have him over. If he could see what it’s like when I come home from work, and Chas is bringing the kids home from daycare or vice versa, and one of us is getting the mac and cheese ready and the other’s microwaving those freezer meatballs—which are a great cheat code if you’ve got a toddler and you need to feed them quickly—and one won’t take their shoes off and one needs a diaper change. Everything about that is chaos, but nothing about this is dark. The love of God is in that household.” Mike Johnson is a hate-filled man who believes the invisible man in the history book is his ruler, but then he uses the so-called word of god—yes, little g—to make himself feel superior to others and to keep others … women, people of color, LGHBTQ+ people … down. If you believe in god you cannot believe that god is hate. That’s your own choice.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene, wingnut ReTHUGlican, crying about her own party: “Republican voters across the country are sick and tired of Republicans because they never do anything to hold this government accountable. Republicans go out on the campaign trail and go on TV and do their five-minute hearing videos, and posts up on social media, and say all this garbage about how they’re going to fight it and stop it. I feel like many of the American people that think that Republicans in Congress completely failed them. I feel the same way, and I’m a Republican member of Congress.” Maybe try working for The People, Marge, and not for your own GOP interests. The problem with your party is you and The Groper and The Predator and The Pedophile Enabler and The Christian Nationalist at the podium.

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https://youtu.be/_dtT7ZTbVUQ?si=pg7tWYSTmTF9ppk1
Randy Rainbow interviews....what's her name???

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And what about those yak head Republicans in Ohio? Wait, I probably shouldn't say that, it's insulting to yaks, and as far as I know they're quite friendly beasts, so maybe I should just call them scumbag Republicans. For those who don't know, this past election the citizens of Ohio overwhelmingly voted to enshrine abortion protections in their state constitution. Republicans in the state, however, have come out and said they're are not going to abide with this decision. That's right. They don't give a shit about what the majority of people think. This is what authoritarianism look like. Thanks to this election, however, they cannot enact and restrictive legislation without it going to the Supreme Court who, thanks to Alito, said this is the state's responsibility. This is a lose, lose situation for Ohio Republicans because if they try anything they're going to be voted out of office. That would be a very good thing.

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It’s Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk


Michael Tomasky
Sun, November 12, 2023









We’ve all often wondered whether Donald Trump understands the historical import of what comes out of his mouth. He’s so ill-informed, so proudly ignorant, that it’s easy to think that when he hurls a historical insult, he just doesn’t know.

I feel pretty safe in saying that we can now stop giving him the benefit of that particular doubt. His use—twice; once on social media, and then repeated in a speech—of the word “vermin” to describe his political enemies cannot be an accident. That’s an unusual word choice. It’s not a smear that one just grabs out of the air. And it appears in history chiefly in one context, and one context only.
Before we get to that, let’s just record what he wrote and said. On Saturday at 10:25 a.m., he posted on Truth Social: “In honor of our great Veterans on Veteran’s Day, we pledge to you that we will root out the Communists, Marxists, Fascists, and Radical Left Thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country, lie, steal, and cheat on Elections, and will do anything possible, whether legally or illegally, to destroy America, and the American dream.” Then, at a rally in New Hampshire later that day, he repeated those words essentially verbatim—promising to “root out ... the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country”—and then doubled down on it: “The real threat is not from the radical right, the real threat is from the radical left, and it’s growing every day, every single day. The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous, and grave than the threat from within. Our threat is from within.”

This is straight-up Nazi talk, in a way he’s never done quite before. To announce that the real enemy is domestic and then to speak of that enemy in subhuman terms is Fascism 101. Especially that particular word.
Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Maus and Maus II, the graphic novels in which he drew Jews as mice and their Nazi captors as menacing cats, explained some years ago to The New York Review of Books how he hit upon the idea:

I began to read what I could about the Nazi genocide, which really was very easy because there was actually rather little available in English. The most shockingly relevant anti-Semitic work I found was The Eternal Jew, a 1940 German “documentary” that portrayed Jews in a ghetto swarming in tight quarters, bearded caftaned creatures, and then a cut to Jews as mice—or rather rats—swarming in a sewer, with a title card that said “Jews are the rats” or the “vermin of mankind.” This made it clear to me that this dehumanization was at the very heart of the killing project. In fact, Zyklon B, the gas used in Auschwitz and elsewhere as the killing agent, was a pesticide manufactured to kill vermin—like fleas and roaches.

If you feel that you need additional backup, just go to Google Images and type in “Jewish vermin.” You’ll get the picture in a hurry. Here’s one cartoon from an Austrian newspaper in 1939 depicting Jewish refugees as scurrying rats. There are literally hundreds, maybe thousands of such images.

Trump, let us clarify, does not mean Jews. He means some Jews—the ones who aren’t for him, which come to think of it is most Jews. And by the way, to drop that rhetorical bomb at this time, when antisemitism is raging across the country because of what’s happening in the Middle East, is especially outrageous. But Trump’s vermin are not a racial category. No, Trump’s rats are a much broader category, and in that sense an even more dangerous one—he means whoever manages to offend him while exercising their constitutionally guaranteed right to register dissent and to criticize him.
And no, he’s not going to be throwing anybody in a gas chamber. But that’s a pretty low bar for un-American behavior; that is, fascism was not so bad until it started exterminating people? The Nazis did a lot of things from 1933 to 1941 [[when the Final Solution commenced) that would shock Americans today, and Trump and his followers are capable of every one of them: shutting down critical voices in the press; banning books, and even burning some, just to drive the point home; banning opposition organizations or even parties; making political arrests of opponents without telling them the charges; purging university faculties; doing the same with the civil service… If you doubt that President Trump and the Republican Party are capable of all these things and several more, you need to read some history pronto.
Apparently many Americans need to. I woke up Sunday to a Latino man telling CNN that well, under Trump, we didn’t have all this inflation. Which is true as far as it goes. The inflation wasn’t Joe Biden’s fault, but of course Biden and the Democrats can’t say that true thing because it sounds like excuse-making. And one can’t blame this man, who I assume is working hard to feed his children, for thinking this way.
But dear God. Can’t we get people to think about fascism, and what Trump would do to this country? Trump invoked “vermin” on the very day that The New York Times broke yet another harrowing story about his second term plans, this time having to do with immigration. “He plans,” the Times reported, “to scour the country for unauthorized immigrants and deport people by the millions per year.” And he wants to build huge—yes—detention camps. There’s much more. And all of this, by the way, appears to have been fed to the paper by his own people, who are obviously proud of it. They want America to know. And just before this, remember, Trump told Univision that he would use the Justice Department and the FBI to go after his political enemies.
They are telling us in broad daylight that they want to rape the Constitution. And now Trump has told us explicitly that he will use Nazi rhetoric to stoke the hatred and fear that will make this rape seem, to some, a necessary cleansing. We may not get every voter to care about this. But for those of us who do care, this is what the election is about, and nothing else, and history is screaming at us to convince as many people as we can.

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And for those who haven't seen the news, Timmy Scott is ending his campaign to be president. Tim should have looked around at the other candidates. He's the wrong color. Republicans only want white men for candidates. That's why Haley and Ramaswamy will also, eventually, drop out.


And here's a bit to make you laugh. Ronna McDaniel, head of the RNC, has said that even if Trump is found guilty, Republicans will stand behind him. That's right, Republicans would rather commit political suicide than offend a single member of the Trump Cult. Yep, they would rather drink the Kool-Aid than admit he is pure evil. These people will never look the truth in the eye, that would mean admitting they'd sold their souls years ago for the promise of money and power. Good Riddance, Republicans.

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From The Washington Post, by Philip Bump:
There’s a forgotten moment from Donald Trump’s history that I think about with some regularity.
About two decades ago, Trump got into a fight with the town of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., over a flagpole he installed at his golf course there. The pole was installed without a permit and the height violated local codes. This was not the fight he had centered on an oversized flag installed at Mar-a-Lago — a story that became part of the Trump-as-patriot lore of his followers, with details exaggerated in service to the idea that he put the display of the flag above all else.
What lingers for me about the California iteration is an interaction Trump had with Stephen Colbert, then host of “The Colbert Report.” Colbert’s shtick on the show was that he was an uncomplicated, jingoistic voice of the right, so he recorded a segment offering fake enthusiasm for the future president’s tussle. Then, at the end, he exposed Trump’s insincerity.
“What’s important is this flag,” Colbert says, with his character’s trademark bravado, “and its message of freedom — a message as important to Donald Trump as it was to the 13 original colonies.”
Cut to Trump.
“I don’t know what the 13 stripes represent,” Trump says.

This isn’t surprising, in either the specifics or the broad strokes. The story of Trump’s tenure in national politics has been that he — often coarsely — seizes on symbols of American patriotism while showing little understanding of what they represent or the traditions they embody.
It’s true of the flag, the 13 stripes of which he has formed a habit of hugging during the past eight years. It’s true of the presidency itself, which by all outward appearances he entered while believing that it operated something like being the CEO of a private company. At no point did Trump indicate that he viewed the office as something he was entrusted to hold for four years, as his response to the 2020 election shows. At no point did he indicate that he viewed the presidency as a coequal branch of government with Congress and the Supreme Court.
This haphazard approach to American institutions and history is useful to consider, given Trump’s declaration over the weekend that he would target his perceived opponents as though they were disease-carrying animals.
“In honor of our great Veterans on Veteran’s Day,” he wrote on social media, “we pledge to you that we will root out the Communists, Marxists, Fascists, and Radical Left Thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our Country, lie, steal, and cheat on Elections, and will do anything possible, whether legally or illegally, to destroy America, and the American Dream.”

“The threat from outside forces,” he added, “is far less sinister, dangerous, and grave, than the threat from within.”
In 2015 and 2016, Trump’s rhetoric focused heavily on the purported threats from outside the country, including immigrants and terrorists [[groups he often conflated). But those targets were not personally annoying to him in the way that his political opponents — and those he claims are aligned with his opponents, such as federal prosecutors and media members — are annoying. So he has shifted.
As soon as Trump offered these comments, historians [[both professional and amateur) noted that they echoed the rhetoric of fascist leaders like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. This raises a new question: Is Trump doing so knowingly — or is he simply following the same path those dictators walked?
The distinction here is admittedly subtle. It seems important to distinguish between a potential president whose clumsy anger at his opponents has him using language deployed by some of history’s worst actors and a potential president who is willfully modeling himself in their mold.
Stories about Trump’s flirtations with Hitler — or, at least, with some narrowly constructed vision of the mass murderer — have been around for decades. In 1990, Vanity Fair reported an allegation made by his wife as they were going through a divorce.
“Ivana Trump told her lawyer Michael Kennedy that from time to time her husband reads a book of Hitler’s collected speeches, ‘My New Order,’ which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed,” Marie Brenner reported. Asked about it, Trump claimed that he was given Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” as a gift and that, “if I had these speeches, and I am not saying that I do, I would never read them.”

Books released after Trump’s presidency contained anecdotes in which Trump offered words of praise for Nazi Germany to White House chief of staff John Kelly.
“Well, Hitler did a lot of good things,” Trump told Kelly according to Michael Bender’s “Frankly, We Did Win This Election.” At a moment when he was frustrated by pushback from military leaders, Trump reportedly complained to Kelly that he wished his officers could “be like the German generals” during World War II.
“You do know that they tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled it off?” Kelly replied, according to Peter Baker and Susan Glasser’s “The Divider.”
This is true. But Trump’s familiarity with Hitler didn’t extend so far as to understanding that there was internal dissension even given the iron fist with which he controlled the country. By all appearances, Trump just sees the fist.
Over the past eight years, this has become obvious. Trump offers praise to a range of autocrats and dictators: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. These are leaders who don’t share an ideology or a system of government but share an approach to the wielding of power and a popular response that Trump finds appealing.
Jonathan Karl’s new book, “Tired of Winning,” documents a conversation between Trump and another Republican politician that gets to this point, according to an excerpt obtained by Politico.

“Trump gloated to a prominent member of Congress that [former German chancellor Angela] Merkel — who detested the 45th president privately and had trouble hiding her scorn publicly — told him she was ‘amazed’ by the number of people who came to see him speak,” Karl writes, according to Politico, “and Trump said ‘she told me that there was only one other political leader who ever got crowds as big as mine.’ The Trump-allied congressman knew who Merkel was comparing Trump to, but couldn’t tell if Trump, who took Merkel’s words as a compliment, himself understood.”
“Which would be more unsettling,” Karl continues, “that he didn’t or that he did?”
That, again, is the question. Is it more alarming if Trump knows very well that Hitler used rhetoric comparing his opponents to rats that needed to be eradicated or if he simply got to the same place by himself? Is it better if Trump doesn’t know how Hitler’s story ends — taking his own life as his grotesque empire collapsed having earned a reviled position in world history — or if he does? Which possibility offers a less disconcerting set of possibilities for the post-2024 future?
And, of course, how does that distinction color other reports about what Trump has planned, that he wants to scour the federal bureaucracy of disagreement, turn federal law enforcement against opponents and imprison asylum seekers in camps?
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Continued:
Trump didn’t spend a lot of time lingering over his “vermin” comments on social media this weekend. He was too busy sharing and resharing video clips of his applause-drenched entrance to an Ultimate Fighting Championship event at New York’s Madison Square Garden, accompanied by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and musician Kid Rock. That’s what he enjoys: the applause and the adoration of people who came to the famous entertainment venue to see two people beat each other senseless.

In 1939, Madison Square Garden also hosted a pro-Hitler rally that disparaged the media and Jewish people. The event was soaked in just the sort of patriotic iconography that Trump adores, with only a slightly elevated level of contradiction.

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And yesterday something laughable happened; the Supreme Court decided they were going to follow a code of ethics followed by lower courts. While many applauded this, there is one tiny little fly in the ointment: they're going to police themselves. We know how well that's gone so far, what with Clarence Thomas accepting every bribe tax free donation and grift gift his Sugar Daddy teases him with, only a fool would think he's going to stop or even try to change. I'm not alone in thinking that this Band-Aid is going to be ripped off the first time Clarence gets an offer.


It's also rather laughable that the news media is attempting to make something newsworthy about Halley and DeSantis are probably going to be the last 2 candidates standing, other than the Spawn of Satan, Donald Trump. I really do with they'd begin putting Democracy first, rather than clicks on the internet. I also find it laughable that they're treating the Orange Anus as a legitimate candidate. You'd think they'd realize that by doing so enables his cult.

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Tired of Winning review: Jonathan Karl on Trump as Hitler wannabe | Books | The Guardian

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And the Republican Clown Car got all fisticuffs and elbowy yesterday, didn't they. Now, I've heard of a sucker punch, but evidently sore loser Kev McCarthy sucker elbowed one of the hardline conservatives who voted him out of power, and in a hallway, no less, and, from what I've heard there was a bit of chase afterwards, but speedy Kev managed to elude his victim. [[Can you hear me laughing?) And then Bernie Sanders, no less, had to step in to stop a potential fight between Republican Congressman Markwayne [[nice name) Mullin and Sean O'Brien, the president of the Teamster's Union. You see Markwayne [[yes, that's his actual name) was upset because Sean Tweeted some snide comments his way, including a picture of Markwayne standing on a box so he appeared much taller than his actual 5 feet, seven inch height. Yelp, that's right, Markwayne is just a tad taller than tiny Jimmy Jordan, and obviously both of them are assholes.

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Goddess I adore Pink, and now I have another reason for doing so. She has teamed with free-speech advocates PEN America and Books & Books, a bookseller founded in 1982 , to distribute 2,000 copies of four books that have been banned by various public schools. Read the banned books.

Roof EZ, a Florida roofing company, owned by Jason Pollym has started the 'Roof and Gobble' promotion, giving away a turkey and an AR-15 to anyone who buys a roof. Gun nut Jason Polly says: “Everybody should have an AR-15. Everybody should have the means to protect their homes and their family. It’s not really catered to anybody, any state, any political view, anything like that. It’s all about safety.” Sure, asshat. It’s strictly catered to Gun Nuts, Republicans and MAGAts.

After Lauren Boebert helped get Marjorie Taylor Greene kicked out of the House Freedom Caucus, Greene started channeling her inner mean girl to pay back her frenemy by calling her a whore after Bobo’s crotch-groping night at the theater. Yes, the woman whose husband divorced her after she had an affair with a gym owner, and maybe the gym owner’s friend and may even another guy, is tossing around the word “whore.” Look in the mirror, Marge, if you dare.

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Cody Connor, a Virginia Beach father of three, taking on the bigotry of Virginia’s governor and the schools boards in the state: “You are never going to find a right way to do the wrong thing and Governor Youngkin’s policies are wrong. Never in history have the good guys been the segregationist group pushing to legislate identity. Never in history have the good guys been closely connected with and supported by hate groups like the Proud Boys. And the good guys don’t put Hitler quotes for inspiration on the front of their newsletters. News flash: they’re the bad guys. They’re the bad guys supporting bad policy. And if you support the same bad policy, guess what? You’re one of the bad guys too. When you look around and see only the wrong people supporting what you’re doing, you’re doing the wrong thing. Now you’ve heard some speakers come up here and say how they love these kids but won’t accept them. I’m here to tell you that if your love makes somebody not want to be alive, it’s not love. That’s not love. Some of you are going to get up here and say ‘it’s the law.’ Well, I remind you that slavery and segregation used to be the law here in Virginia.” Conner was referring to the Youngkin’s “model policies” for public schools that require students to use the bathroom and sports team that matches their assigned sex; requires written instruction from parents for a student to use names or gender pronouns that differ from the official record, meaning that teacher can deadname students—refer to them by their prior name—if paperwork isn’t filled out by the parents; requires the school to inform parents if a student is questioning their identity. Conner started speaking out at school board meetings after moving his family to Virginia Beach right before Youngkin’s policies passed. The Conner’s moved from rural Virginia to Virginia Beach so their 13-year-old trans daughter, who came out a year ago, would be in a school system that would be supportive, but that all changed because of Youngkin. And Cody Conner ain’t playing.

Bernie Sanders, Democrat Senator from Vermont, after breaking up the threat of a fistfight in Congress between GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin and a Teamsters boss: “Well, it’s pretty pathetic. We have a United States senator challenging, you know, a member of the panel who is the head of one of the larger unions in America, which has just negotiated a very good contract for their workers, the Teamsters. The point I try to make there is this country faces so many crises. And by the way, it might be nice for the media to pay attention to really what the hearing was about, is that workers all over this country are standing up and fighting back against corporate greed. Unions like the UAW, the Teamsters, others are winning good contracts.” But Markwayne Mullin and his tiny dick tried to hijack that idea.

Laura Ingraham, on Markwayne Mullin’s ¿Quién es más macho? Performance: “I never thought I’d say this, but Bernie Sanders seems to be the voice of reason here. Everything you just saw was a complete and utter embarrassment. It shouldn’t be what is projected to our kids from our nation’s capital. Reminder to all of you, yeah, the children are watching. You’re supposed to be the adults in the room, so act like it. I’ve seen a lot on Capitol Hill but this has been a week for the ages. This is why there is such a declining respect for our political leaders.” Nice of you to speak out, Laura, but it's not “our” political leaders acting foolish and stupid, it's the GOP political leaders. Markwayne’s pissy little hissy fit came on the heels of Kevin McCarthy elbowing a colleague in the halls of Congress because that man voted to have KKKevin removed. It’s the GOP, Laura, the GOP.

Chip Roy, GOP Representative from Texas and Freedom Caucus member, saying the quiet part out loud: “One thing! I want my Republican colleagues to give me one thing, ONE, that I can go campaign on and say we did. One! Anybody sitting in the complex, you wanna come down to the floor and explain to me one material, meaningful, significant thing the Republican majority has done.” Sadly, Roy ranted in a mostly empty chamber and, to be fair, Roy tried and failed to defund Pentagon diversity efforts and to repeal a federal law against blocking abortion clinics. So, there are two things Roy couldn’t get done.

Barry Manilow, saying he always knew he was gay and that coming out in his 70s was a “non-event”: “[I knew I was gay.] We all do, when we’re five years old or something. The gay thing was pretty, pretty strong. It was strong, I couldn’t deny it. I think [coming out] was really a non-event for me. Really, Garry [Kief] and I’ve been together for so long. You know, it just never dawned on me that we were gonna come out. But when we got married, it was a big deal. Garry actually kind of saved my life, because as my career exploded, as I said, it was crazy. It was just crazy, and, you know, going back to an empty hotel room, you can get into a lot of trouble if you’re alone night after night after night. [After meeting Garry] I didn’t have to go back to those empty hotel rooms. I had someone to cry with or to celebrate with. I wish that to young people—that they don’t have to go back to those hotel rooms by themselves. In the 70s … it wasn’t the same as it is today. Now being gay is no big deal. But back in the 70s, it would have killed a career.” Manilow married his high school sweetheart Susan Deixler but divorced her after a year. He would meet Garry Kief in 1978 and they have been a couple ever since, marrying in 2014 when same-sex marriage was legalized. Still, Barry stayed closeted until 2017 when he was 73.

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Trump Says Melania Disbelieved 'Golden Showers' Rumors As He's a Germaphobe [[businessinsider.com)

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You know, all the photoshopped images of Chris Christie on the beach, Bernie Sanders in his mittens and Ivanka BLOTUS in various parts of history all over the net, why is it so hard to find an altered picture of George Santos in a similar setting?

I mean, isn't he super ripe for that? I think I'm using the wrong search terms.


So the man - if he is actually one - isn't running for a second term. Ohhhhhhh.......noooooooo.


It seems a judiciary report has even more crap on him than the criminal charges currently filed. I mean, THAT can't be good.


He's using campaign donations to by $6000 shoes. Who is he, OJ? I mean Ferragamos. Is it 1985? Oh and he used funds to play roulette, Botox and my favourite......OnlyFans. Personally, if I had been a donor, I'd demand to know what content he was accessing. She Male? Butt stuff? Ones where they fake the orgasms?


But it really comes down to the bipartisan report - and even this paragraph:


“Representative Santos sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit,” the committee wrote in a summary of its findings. “He blatantly stole from his campaign. He deceived donors into providing what they thought were contributions to his campaign but were in fact payments for his personal benefit.”

Mind you, this is kid's stuff for most GOP folks [[and probably Dems too). They just don't flaunt the lies so blatantly to get the Bat Signal shone right ON them. So he was singled out. You just know he's not the only one.


Yet, the GOP overlooked it because.........House majority. They wouldn't dare expel him when they can barely keep their 7th grade antics off of the front page. They can't reach consensus on a good day lately, and they haven't had a lot of them. Booting George would have meant a special election in a district that could have easily gone Democratic.


The GOP is of the mindset: a warm body is better than no body.


John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer also subscribed to that theory.


So by end of 2024, we won't have George Santos to kick around anymore. The folks in the NY prison system will be doing that.