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Everyday Treasoning: Everybody Must Get Stoned (The Treason Thread, Part 45)

Well, they’ll stone ya when you’re trying to be so good

They’ll stone ya just a-like they said they would

They’ll stone ya when you’re tryin’ to go home

Then they’ll stone ya when you’re there all alone

But I would not feel so all alone

Everybody must get stoned

by Anonymousreply 600October 28, 2021 3:01 PM

Link to previous thread. Wish I had a doobie.

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by Anonymousreply 1September 22, 2021 2:23 AM

Thanks OP!

by Anonymousreply 2September 22, 2021 2:37 AM

So now The Orange One is suing his niece, Mary. Asshole.

by Anonymousreply 3September 22, 2021 3:07 AM

Sidney Powell is now claiming that Dems murdered people, including some GOP aide with no real power who actually died in a car crash

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by Anonymousreply 4September 22, 2021 3:15 AM

Will no one rid us of this turbulent pest?

by Anonymousreply 5September 22, 2021 7:39 AM

This Sidney woman was with Rudy. Was that his gf?

by Anonymousreply 6September 22, 2021 9:00 AM

It won't work. NYT & Mary are two sources the 'Lil Mussolini wannabe' can't intimidate.

NYT will really pursue his ass now.

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by Anonymousreply 7September 22, 2021 9:10 AM

We get lost in the multitude of treasoning but, at the end of the day, a huge part of this is that Trumpism allows people to lie.

They worship a man who is the focus of a lie and the encouragement of lying and soothing, self-medicating self-centeredness.

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by Anonymousreply 8September 22, 2021 2:34 PM

[bold] Members. Of. Congress. Should. Not. Trade. Stocks! [/bold]

New York Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi,

Iowa Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne,

Ohio Republican Rep. Warren Davidson,

Texas Republican Rep. Lance Gooden,

Democratic Guam Delegate Michael San Nicholas,

Virginia Democratic Rep. Bobby Scott and

Texas Republican Rep. Roger Williams.

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by Anonymousreply 9September 22, 2021 8:45 PM

"Moms for Liberty" recommending racist book

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by Anonymousreply 10September 22, 2021 9:29 PM

I'm concerned that Susan Collins might actually be a dishonest cunt

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by Anonymousreply 11September 22, 2021 9:44 PM

I hate Susan Collins!!! I can't believe she won her senate race

by Anonymousreply 12September 22, 2021 9:57 PM

Since it's always projection, r4, now I wonder who Sidney Powell has killed. Or how many.

by Anonymousreply 13September 22, 2021 9:59 PM

R13, based on their obsession with eating babies, I'd say she's probably chowing down on infants in her spare time

by Anonymousreply 14September 22, 2021 10:29 PM

The scary thing, r14, is can't you actually see her doing it? I mean...she has that...*look*.

by Anonymousreply 15September 22, 2021 10:51 PM

What's up with FCI?

by Anonymousreply 16September 22, 2021 10:52 PM

Boebert's tone has been noticeably more charitable lately. I wonder if it has to do with these allegations of fraud.

And I hope it has zero effect on these allegations of fraud.

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by Anonymousreply 17September 23, 2021 5:23 AM

Marsha, Marsha, Marsha says: 'Left-wing' ... 'Covid hysteria'

In Tennessee? Where? Is she referring to the physicians at Vanderbilt University Medical Center?

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by Anonymousreply 18September 23, 2021 9:36 AM

[quote] If the payments were “personal use of campaign funds, the Commission may consider taking further legal action,” FEC Senior Campaign Finance Analyst Shannon Ringgold wrote in the August letter to Boebert’s campaign. “However, prompt action to obtain reimbursement of the funds in question will be taken into consideration.”

[quote] Boebert supplemental report filed Tuesday reiterated that the expenses had been reimbursed and will be reported with the campaign’s next, which is due in October.

[quote] In February, The Denver Post reported that Boebert was paid more than $22,000 in mileage reimbursements, which would have meant she drove 38,712 miles in 2020 during a stretch of the pandemic where travel was limited.

[quote] Boebert’s campaign later filed an amended report to the FEC, claiming the congresswoman received $21,200 in reimbursements for mileage, travel expenses and hotel stays. More than $17,000 of that money still went to mileage reimbursements, the campaign said.

[quote] And in August, The Associated Press reported Boebert had not divulged during her campaign that her husband made $478,000 as an oil and gas consultant in 2020. She filed that information with the House of Representatives several months into her first term.

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by Anonymousreply 19September 23, 2021 1:28 PM

U.S. Congress weeds out the dilettantes pretty quickly. If you're going to be under the kind of scrutiny that comes with national office, you can't carry on like a small town grifter.

by Anonymousreply 20September 23, 2021 1:33 PM

Who had Dilbert knew about Matt Gaetz in advance on their Bingo card?

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by Anonymousreply 21September 23, 2021 1:50 PM

"Everybody must get stoned" is apparently one of the requirements for Matt Gaetz's parties.

by Anonymousreply 22September 23, 2021 2:44 PM

That is in my Top 10 least-favorite songs.

Just wanted to share.

by Anonymousreply 23September 23, 2021 3:10 PM

Now the Florida GOP is trying to do away with vaccine requirements for mumps, measles, etc

How many people will die or get sick because of these clowns?

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by Anonymousreply 24September 23, 2021 7:41 PM
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by Anonymousreply 25September 23, 2021 10:48 PM
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by Anonymousreply 26September 23, 2021 11:24 PM

Mo Brooks leads substantially in an Alabama Republican Primary Senate candidates poll. Bad!!!

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by Anonymousreply 27September 23, 2021 11:34 PM

Marjorie Taylor Greene Humiliates Herself with Memes on House Floor

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by Anonymousreply 28September 23, 2021 11:52 PM

This just in: J.D Vance is a huge piece of shit

by Anonymousreply 29September 24, 2021 12:36 AM

^ Oops, forgot the link

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by Anonymousreply 30September 24, 2021 12:36 AM

[quote]”in Texas they’re trying to make it easier for babies to be born.”

Perhaps they should’ve started by addressing the astonishingly high number of Texas women who die in childbirth.

by Anonymousreply 31September 24, 2021 1:48 AM

Evidence Against Bannon for Seditious Conspiracy Mounts, Superseding Indictments Coming Per Wray

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by Anonymousreply 32September 24, 2021 2:03 AM

Michael Cohen says Trump is grifting and is not running for President again in 2022.

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by Anonymousreply 33September 24, 2021 2:10 PM

My related hot take:

The reason Texas is about to undertake a fraud audit like Arizona is, unlike Arizona, they can and WILL find "evidence" of irregularities. The purpose of the Texas fraudit is not to increase his lead but rather to legitimize the process of stealing elections.

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by Anonymousreply 34September 24, 2021 2:20 PM

EVIL!

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by Anonymousreply 35September 24, 2021 2:24 PM

R35, that’s the current thinking: Trump wants to run if he can absolutely, positively be guaranteed a win. And he believes that destroying our electoral system is necessary to accomplish that.

by Anonymousreply 36September 24, 2021 2:28 PM

Also this, R36.

Destabilization.

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by Anonymousreply 37September 24, 2021 2:50 PM

J'adore Psaki.

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by Anonymousreply 38September 24, 2021 3:00 PM

[quote] It literally doesn’t matter that the Arizona recount effort backfired empirically. The entire purpose was to forward the Big Lie, continue the destruction of faith in democracy, and provide the Right an opportunity to learn about voting systems and their vulnerabilities.

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by Anonymousreply 39September 24, 2021 3:08 PM

If the GQP thinks elections are illegitimate won't that depress their turnout?

by Anonymousreply 40September 24, 2021 3:50 PM

I don't know about GQP turnout, but I am certainly depressed r40.

by Anonymousreply 41September 24, 2021 4:44 PM

Here in PA, the GOP controlled state legislature is trying to "audit" the election results even though they were already audited

by Anonymousreply 42September 24, 2021 4:57 PM

[quote]If the GQP thinks elections are illegitimate won't that depress their turnout?

Well, I have heard that Donald's insistence that mail-in ballots are illegitimate successfully discouraged Republicans from using them in 2020. Not Democrats though. They went nuts with mail-in ballots and early voting, and it really helped them win.

by Anonymousreply 43September 24, 2021 5:20 PM

[quote] If the GQP thinks elections are illegitimate won't that depress their turnout?

[quote] Here in PA, the GOP controlled state legislature is trying to "audit" the election results even though they were already audited

Neither of these things matter as much as a moderate Republican in Ohio not running for re-election because he fears for the safety of his children. That is some banana republic shit right there.

The new laws in Texas allow for anyone to be a "poll watcher" in that defiantly open-carry state.

Violence is the inevitable consequence of these actions.

by Anonymousreply 44September 24, 2021 5:53 PM

The MAGAs are now mad with Lee & Graham.

It puts the boys who are proud in a dilemma. Their unwavering allegiance to Trump vs the amazing satisfaction ladyG delivers.

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by Anonymousreply 45September 24, 2021 6:06 PM

Who wants to bet Ladybugs will now try to take the position that he was a Hero who was only working within Tee Rump's circle to save America?

by Anonymousreply 46September 24, 2021 6:29 PM

Josh Mandel continues to be a loony, lying asshole

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by Anonymousreply 47September 24, 2021 7:31 PM

Lauren Boebert says "I'm each Biden" (because bitch can't spell "impeach")

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by Anonymousreply 48September 24, 2021 8:06 PM

Poor dumb thing.

by Anonymousreply 49September 24, 2021 8:07 PM

Boebert is poorly educated and cognitively challenged. She is even worse than MTG in that department. Mathew Cawthorn is no wiz kid either.

by Anonymousreply 50September 24, 2021 9:00 PM

Uday & Qusay Trump are not MENSA candidates either.

by Anonymousreply 51September 24, 2021 9:04 PM

Thoughts and prayers for the very sick Laura Loomer

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by Anonymousreply 52September 25, 2021 12:26 AM

Christmas still gonna be ‘effed up, though.

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by Anonymousreply 53September 25, 2021 3:10 AM

[quote] Meanwhile, the amateurish “stop the steal” efforts of 2020 have given way to an organized nationwide campaign to ensure that Trump and his supporters will have the control over state and local election officials that they lacked in 2020. Those recalcitrant Republican state officials who effectively saved the country from calamity by refusing to falsely declare fraud or to “find” more votes for Trump are being systematically removed or hounded from office. Republican legislatures are giving themselves greater control over the election certification process. As of this spring, Republicans have proposed or passed measures in at least 16 states that would shift certain election authorities from the purview of the governor, secretary of state or other executive-branch officers to the legislature. An Arizona bill flatly states that the legislature may “revoke the secretary of state’s issuance or certification of a presidential elector’s certificate of election” by a simple majority vote. Some state legislatures seek to impose criminal penalties on local election officials alleged to have committed “technical infractions,” including obstructing the view of poll watchers.

[quote] The stage is thus being set for chaos. Imagine weeks of competing mass protests across multiple states as lawmakers from both parties claim victory and charge the other with unconstitutional efforts to take power. Partisans on both sides are likely to be better armed and more willing to inflict harm than they were in 2020. Would governors call out the National Guard? Would President Biden nationalize the Guard and place it under his control, invoke the Insurrection Act, and send troops into Pennsylvania or Texas or Wisconsin to quell violent protests? Deploying federal power in the states would be decried as tyranny. Biden would find himself where other presidents have been — where Andrew Jackson was during the nullification crisis, or where Abraham Lincoln was after the South seceded — navigating without rules or precedents, making his own judgments about what constitutional powers he does and doesn’t have.

[quote] Today’s arguments over the filibuster will seem quaint in three years if the American political system enters a crisis for which the Constitution offers no remedy.

[quote] Most Americans — and all but a handful of politicians — have refused to take this possibility seriously enough to try to prevent it. As has so often been the case in other countries where fascist leaders arise, their would-be opponents are paralyzed in confusion and amazement at this charismatic authoritarian.

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by Anonymousreply 54September 25, 2021 5:37 AM

Remember when all of the school districts were rushing to ban Critical Race Theory?

Now, they are backfilling those bans with the words they chose to find offensive.

How long before "pride" gets added to the list.

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by Anonymousreply 55September 25, 2021 12:50 PM

fReedUM oF SPeEcH

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by Anonymousreply 56September 25, 2021 1:17 PM

Re r56, No wonder right wing nut jobs hate cancel culture. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

by Anonymousreply 57September 25, 2021 1:28 PM

Self Own at R56

by Anonymousreply 58September 25, 2021 4:24 PM

[quote]"Who wants to bet Ladybugs will now try to take the position that he was a Hero who was only working within Tee Rump's circle to save America!

Much of the mainstream media has been delivering that messaging directly or indirectly for a long time. They are wrong. Graham can talk out of both sides of his mouth depending on the audience. He is not a moderate/centrist and his loyalties and voting record are strongly partisan. He hasn't given-up being a Trump sycophant.

by Anonymousreply 59September 25, 2021 6:02 PM

The Republicans haven't given up their lies about election fraud

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by Anonymousreply 60September 26, 2021 2:55 AM

More shadiness from Matt Gaetz

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by Anonymousreply 61September 26, 2021 2:56 AM

Trump confesses to trying to throw the election. Again.

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by Anonymousreply 62September 26, 2021 3:00 AM

Creating the crisis for them to be outraged about...

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by Anonymousreply 63September 26, 2021 2:58 PM

From r62...

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by Anonymousreply 64September 26, 2021 3:09 PM

Allegedly, Jason Miller and Steve Bannon are behind the sudden Haitian migration influx.

Can we expect that Chris Wray and Merrick Garland will do anything about that?

Ot will it be more inaction, Matt Gaetz-style.

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by Anonymousreply 65September 26, 2021 3:59 PM

Or, not Ot ^

by Anonymousreply 66September 26, 2021 4:00 PM

Bannon's Attempt to Justify His Seditious "Crib" Statement Produces Deeply Incriminating Admission

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by Anonymousreply 67September 26, 2021 4:03 PM

Miller & Bannon in Brazil doesn't sound as if they were engaging in anything good.

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by Anonymousreply 68September 26, 2021 4:08 PM

This Gang of Six.

[quote]Reps. Andy Biggs, Jeff Duncan, Ralph Norman, Louie Gohmert, and Jody Hice co-sponsored Boebert’s articles of impeachment against the president. Rep. Ralph Norman also co-sponsored the articles of impeachment against the vice president.

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by Anonymousreply 69September 26, 2021 4:29 PM
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by Anonymousreply 70September 26, 2021 4:43 PM
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by Anonymousreply 71September 26, 2021 5:23 PM

R71, that is a powerful comment. We have had the benefit of knowing what Europe went through—yet here we are, stuck in shock, wondering “how is this happening?”

by Anonymousreply 72September 26, 2021 5:53 PM

Healthcare Industry Gave Kyrsten Sinema 750,000 Reasons To Kill Drug Pricing Bill

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by Anonymousreply 73September 26, 2021 6:35 PM

Apparently Steve Scalise, Samuel Alito, and Kevin McCarthy in the plot to overthrow democracy

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by Anonymousreply 74September 26, 2021 7:02 PM

I knew Alito was in on it. Probably Uncle Clarence Tom also.

by Anonymousreply 75September 26, 2021 7:08 PM

Lin Wood’s Ex-Partners Say He’s a Fraudster. His Emails May Prove It

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by Anonymousreply 76September 26, 2021 7:08 PM

[quote]Sidney Powell seeks $10 million from Dominion Voting Systems. Judge has denied her motion to toss Dominion’s lawsuit.

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by Anonymousreply 77September 27, 2021 12:29 AM

Lá Sènatrice & her Mango Muffin must have patched-up the spat according to the Murdoch source.

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by Anonymousreply 78September 27, 2021 12:37 AM

As Tammy Wynette said......STAND BY YOUR MAN!!!

by Anonymousreply 79September 27, 2021 12:59 AM

Liz Cheney says she was wrong in opposing gay marriage.

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by Anonymousreply 80September 27, 2021 1:17 AM
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by Anonymousreply 81September 27, 2021 1:23 AM

Well, at least she admits she was wrong. Dubya should apologize for the whole Federal Marriage Amendment

by Anonymousreply 82September 27, 2021 1:53 AM

Did the Lady and the Trump exchange hugs & kissy poos within 48 hours of the phone hang-up? Or, did she call him, begging and pleading with promises; having a change of tune? Relenting is always one way in this relationship.

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by Anonymousreply 83September 27, 2021 4:01 PM

Republican lawmaker suggests second 2020 presidential election

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by Anonymousreply 84September 27, 2021 4:11 PM

Kayliegh McEnany Gets Completely Humiliated While Trying To Attack Biden

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by Anonymousreply 85September 27, 2021 5:01 PM

[quote]Florist returns to the court Lawyers for a Washington state florist who refused to make an arrangement for a client out of religious objections to same-sex marriage have returned to the court, asking the justices to reconsider its decision from last July to stay out of that dispute. The Supreme Court denied the petition last term over the dissent of Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito. But lawyers for the florist, Barronelle Stutzman, asked the court to take another look at the case after a lower court issued an opinion in a related dispute.

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by Anonymousreply 86September 27, 2021 5:27 PM

Nasty Georgia Republican politics.

[quote]Trump called out to several other GOP lawmakers from the stage who were in attendance, including U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Green and Austin Scott, who both spoke ahead of Trump, U.S. Rep. Rick Allen, and U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, whom Trump praised. “Great job, Andrew, thank you,” Trump said.

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by Anonymousreply 87September 27, 2021 5:36 PM

Trump Praises Marjorie Taylor Greene As ‘Really Smart’ During Bizarre Cult Rally

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by Anonymousreply 88September 27, 2021 5:48 PM
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by Anonymousreply 89September 27, 2021 7:34 PM

R84, I propose we hold another election for Paul Gosar's district! Maybe he got elected due to rampant voter fraud!

by Anonymousreply 90September 27, 2021 7:36 PM

I deserve clemency. I might be a serial killer but at least I never took a dump on someone's desk!

by Anonymousreply 91September 27, 2021 7:38 PM

I ran across a Bob Newhart Show episode (already in progress). Emily's divorced friend (Miss Mariette Hartley) moves into their building. She's going back to school and she mentions getting involved in issues of the day like gun control and abortion. The episode is from 1973.

by Anonymousreply 92September 27, 2021 8:54 PM

Arizona Democrats Vow To Make Kyrsten Sinema Pay For Obstructing Democrats' Agenda

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by Anonymousreply 93September 27, 2021 9:09 PM

Fuck her with a hairbrush^^^

by Anonymousreply 94September 27, 2021 10:17 PM

Thread. What is happening right now at the New York Times is important and dangerous. I've tried to document it thoroughly below.

Last week, NYT published a major story that suggested falsely that police prevent murder and that one reason for increased murders during a global pandemic was civil rights criticism of police! The NYT did not disclose that the reporter was former CIA/Palantir/police/DA paid.

Today, the NYT doubled down. They ran another major article on the same increase in murder. This time, they *quote as an expert* the same CIA/Palantir/police/DA person! Again, they do not disclose the conflicts of interest as they parade him as an expert.

Today's @nytimes article is much worse. The very first quote is a police chief blaming rising murder on "bail reform." As @FWDus and I showed, this is false and disproved police union and for-profit bail industry hackery. It's like climate denial.

Years of rigorous evidence and social science research show that reducing cash bail dramatically reduces crime for years to come. Here's one recent example of bail reforms from the very period NYT discusses without increase in even short-term crime.

But the article by @NeilMacFarquhar gets worse. It cites a parade of police and paid police consultants to opine on the causes (all ---> more $$ for cops). This media practice has to stop: police officials and people who get paid by police are not the only "experts" on policing.

It gets much worse. The article twice quotes pro-police sources for the opinion that an increase in crime is the result of police "being less proactive." First, all "crime" other than murder is down. Second, it's pure copaganda that police reduce "crime."

Also, the evidence-free euphemism of "being less proactive" is unreal. We're talking about the largest human caging force in modern history that handcuffs, kills, beats, cages, and separates families more than any society in modern history.

Then @NeilMacFarquhar goes off the rails. He repeats unnamed cops' false claim that "bail reform" in some places caused 'violent crime," but then rebuts it by saying "violent crime" increased everywhere. False. The same FBI stats and his own subheadline say violent crime is down!

NYT then lets @NeilMacFarquhar suggest to readers that reforms caused a "revolving jailhouse door" that "driv[es] up violence." This vivid imagery is classic Willie Horton reporting. What benefit is served by telling people a "revolving door' is spewing criminals into the street?

Almost every single quote in the article is a cop or a paid cop consultant, and every single intelligible place where "expert" opinion is sought suggests a huge connection between police and violence prevention. This is a political, anti-science view. Repeated with no skepticism.

Important institutions like @nytimes must confront their pro-police biases, and smart reporters like @NeilMacFarquhar must honestly and openly confront their own politics and biases. Many people's lives depend on it.

I've explained the problem with talking about "crime," with linking police to "crime," and how police and wealthy elites want people focusing on murders as a very tiny fraction of all preventable and intentional deaths caused by inequality.

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by Anonymousreply 95September 27, 2021 10:59 PM

Former Pres Bone Spurs has a lot of people in this mess. This goes deep.

by Anonymousreply 96September 28, 2021 3:57 AM
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by Anonymousreply 97September 28, 2021 7:07 AM
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by Anonymousreply 98September 28, 2021 1:09 PM

Figures. Trump's so full of shit anyways.

by Anonymousreply 99September 28, 2021 2:33 PM

Biden's nominees are:

[quote] -Fiona Whelan Prine is known as a champion of American roots music and keeper of her late husband John Prine's legacy.

[quote] -Kamilah Forbes is the executive producer of the Apollo Theater

[quote] -Ismael Ahmed is co-founder of The Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, longtime head of Detroit's world music festival Concert of Colors and public radio host.

[quote] -Kinan Azmeh is a clarinetist, composer and artistic director of the Damascus Festival Chamber Players.

[quote] -Huascar Medina is the 7th Poet Laureate of Kansas and host of the online radio show "Kansas Is Lit."

[quote] -Christopher Morgan is a choreographer, educator and executive artistic director of Dance Place in Washington. He also directs Art Omi: Dance, a collaborative residency for international choreographers in New York.

[quote] -Constance Williams has a background in business, politics and the arts. She served as the chair of the board of The Philadelphia Museum of Art and is now chair emerita. She was also a trustee of the National Museum of American Jewish History.

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by Anonymousreply 100September 28, 2021 5:13 PM

Why the fuck was homophobe Greenwood anywhere near an arts council?

by Anonymousreply 101September 28, 2021 5:19 PM

[quote] Why the fuck was homophobe Greenwood anywhere near an arts council?

He was appointed by fellow Texan GWB.

by Anonymousreply 102September 28, 2021 5:20 PM

When MTG, Gym & Miss Marsha are the leaders of your party...

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by Anonymousreply 103September 28, 2021 9:42 PM

Miss Cottontail has her snit-fit.

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by Anonymousreply 104September 28, 2021 11:51 PM

CNN's John King sees Miss Marsha as comedy.

Dumb thang, she ain't Là Sènatrice material whatsoever.

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by Anonymousreply 105September 29, 2021 12:06 AM

GQP show ponies, Lyin' Ted and Miss Josh:

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by Anonymousreply 106September 29, 2021 12:12 AM

Josh has five long wrinkle lines on his forehead. Is that worry and/or aging? He needs some facial care tips from Miss Lindz.

by Anonymousreply 107September 29, 2021 1:42 AM

I didn’t want to post a seperate thread but isn’t it odd that T***p only wants to audit certain states?

Let’s see an audit of Florida in 2020.

Make this a separate thread if needed.

by Anonymousreply 108September 29, 2021 2:16 AM

They’re projecting. They think because they cheat we must cheat. I’d love to see a true audit of every race in every state. There is no way he got that many more votes and all those Senators who were losing in every poll suddenly won by huge margins on Election Day. All republicans of course.

by Anonymousreply 109September 29, 2021 2:46 AM

Why Weaponizing the Law is a Losing Republican Strategy; Republicans Seek to Defund Federal Police

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by Anonymousreply 110September 29, 2021 2:52 AM

This is not your father’s Congress.

These people don’t work for America anymore.

by Anonymousreply 111September 29, 2021 2:53 AM

R109 I had that same feeling.

Can you imagine. What if all this time these nutcases weren’t even winning their races.

Why wasn’t there a nationwide audit when this happened (link)? Tell me why this could not have happened in every red county in FL. Statewide races go by total votes. So a few here, a few there, add up in the statewides.

These rethugs are so ruthless you just know they are up to their eyeballs in cheating.

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by Anonymousreply 112September 29, 2021 3:02 AM

Whatever machines they used to cheat must be competition to Dominion.

by Anonymousreply 113September 29, 2021 3:03 AM

The machines which are most problematic are the ES&S(or some shit like that). Dominion must not be “on board” with republicans cheating is my guess. Or they thought they were and SURPRISE they bailed and went straight.

by Anonymousreply 114September 29, 2021 3:21 AM

The biggest Christian Facebook pages are run by Eastern European troll farms

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by Anonymousreply 115September 29, 2021 3:24 AM

R115 We know their work well here on DL.

by Anonymousreply 116September 29, 2021 3:27 AM

The Big Lie is actually the truth, just reversed. The Republicans have been stealing state elections for years. And Donald Trump did not win in 2016. Two of the major voting machine companies are owned by Republican donors, (ES&S, I can't recall the other one).

How has Mitch McConnell, possibly the most corrupt politician who ever was, keep winning Kentucky, which he's done nothing for. It's in the lowest 5 states for economy, everything. You name it. And McConnell is so fucking brazen. He didn't even show up for his debate the last time he ran for re-election.

I don't think Ted Cruz beat Beto, and I don't think Ron DeSantis legitimately won his Florida election. But I also believe there are a lot of people who know this. So I don't get why the stories of election disparities in some of these important counties haven't gotten more coverage. Maddow did a story back in 2017 and had some Dem Congressman who had evidence his election was tampered with. Chris Hayes had some coverage also. But then nothing.

Isn't that what Reality Winner discovered? She was quietly released from prison, and we've heard nothing about her.

by Anonymousreply 117September 29, 2021 7:00 AM

Miz Lindz switches-up Seans & networks.

Sean Spicer and Newsmax:

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by Anonymousreply 118September 29, 2021 9:00 AM

All Colorado incumbents are safe...including Klanny Oakley.

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by Anonymousreply 119September 29, 2021 11:42 AM

Kyrsten Sinema and John Cornyn are "tight".

That is big part of the problem.

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by Anonymousreply 120September 29, 2021 12:16 PM

Speaking of sordid interactions, Trump still shows that grudge with Graham, even after the endorsement.

Wonder who was behind the move in cutting Graham's Fox time?

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by Anonymousreply 121September 29, 2021 12:30 PM

[quote]"The book, I’ll Take Your Questions Now, does not name the aide whose job it was to pipe showstoppers such as “Memory” from Cats into the Oval Office. But Grisham later identifies the official, nicknamed the “Music Man,” as her ex-boyfriend, and The New York Times reports that he is Max Miller, now a Trump-backed congressional candidate."

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by Anonymousreply 122September 29, 2021 12:37 PM

When Lindsey calls Donald, perhaps he needs to be playing "Memory" loud enough in the background to create the right mood.

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by Anonymousreply 123September 29, 2021 12:42 PM

What does Gohmert, Clyde, Biggs, Brooks, Gosar, Hice, Gaetz, and Gym, play for Trump?

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by Anonymousreply 124September 29, 2021 1:29 PM

Tell 'em how you feel, Rosie.

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by Anonymousreply 125September 29, 2021 2:53 PM

Trump Likely Can't Escape Criminal Indictments In Georgia

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by Anonymousreply 126September 29, 2021 3:47 PM

Assuming, of course, that Georgia actually brings criminal indictments.

by Anonymousreply 127September 29, 2021 3:58 PM

Simply put...

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by Anonymousreply 128September 29, 2021 5:50 PM

From r128...

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by Anonymousreply 129September 29, 2021 5:57 PM

Paging FCI...!

What's the word? What's really going on the Hill right now?

by Anonymousreply 130September 29, 2021 9:08 PM

[quote]But I also believe there are a lot of people who know this. So I don't get why the stories of election disparities in some of these important counties haven't gotten more coverage. Maddow did a story back in 2017 and had some Dem Congressman who had evidence his election was tampered with. Chris Hayes had some coverage also. But then nothing.

I honestly think half the screaming and yelling from the Repugs about the Democrats stealing elections was to make it impossible for the Democrats to legitimately claim that it was actually the Repugs who did it without sounding like they were just parrotting the other sides attacks. Even with proof, the echo chamber of Repug media would have just covered the actual malfeasance by, basically, saying "neener neener we're rubber, you're glue!" and because pretty much all media is Repug media, they would have gotten away with it. They have gotten away with it. There was actual visual proof of votes flipping from Beto to Cruz in Texas. There was on camera proof that the machines in Florida were hacked. There was the weird occasion of Trump gaining votes late in Florida when it's the big cities that report late and Hillary had already been ahead in the early vote by a huge margin. And on and on....And they'll continue to do it because there were ZERO FUCKING CONSEQUENCES.

by Anonymousreply 131September 29, 2021 10:33 PM

Now they are making it impossible for Dems to say an election was stolen even if it is blatantly, with concrete proof stolen. They’ll say we’re doing what they did. It is diabolical, but they know the media will let them get away with it.

by Anonymousreply 132September 29, 2021 10:37 PM

Mistress of multitasking!

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by Anonymousreply 133September 30, 2021 12:16 AM

This is her toughest test yet, but don’t count Nancy out with this budget mess.

by Anonymousreply 134September 30, 2021 12:20 AM

JoeMyGod

[quote] Biden now visiting the GOP dugout. What a world that I wondered about his safety.

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by Anonymousreply 135September 30, 2021 12:32 AM

Former swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Klete Keller has pleaded guilty to charges relating the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.

Keller, 38 pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding in D.C. District Court on Wednesday. The charge is a felony that carries a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison, according to WUSA 9. He was arrested in January and charged with seven crimes relating to the Jan. 6 insurrection including civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, impeding passage through the Capitol grounds or buildings and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a Capitol building.

However, prosecutors dropped six of the charges be faced and recommends a prison sentence of 15-21 months in exchange for Keller cooperating with investigators while he awaits sentencing.

Keller was easily identified by members of the swimming community because he was wearing a US Olympic Team jacket with “USA” printed on the back and down the sleeves.

His Olympic jacket was also what led authorities to positively ID him.

“PERSON 1 can be seen standing in the Rotunda still wearing the dark-colored USA jacket, which also appears to bear a Nike logo on the front right side and a red and white Olympic patch on the front left side,” the criminal complaint filed against Keller reads.

Keller won two gold medals in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic games in the 4x200m relay after taking silver in the event in 2000.

More than 600 people have been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot and, so far, 75 have pleaded guilty.

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by Anonymousreply 136September 30, 2021 1:51 AM

Lawrence and Katie Porter are letting Sinema have it.

by Anonymousreply 137September 30, 2021 2:23 AM

Defendant Dawn Bancroft's Threats, Judge Emmet Sullivan's Concerns & Trump's 1/6 Criminal Liability

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by Anonymousreply 138September 30, 2021 2:42 AM

WTF is up with Manchin and Sinema? Talk about blowing up your own party in an epic, history making way. I’ve never seen anything like this.

by Anonymousreply 139September 30, 2021 3:08 AM

What I don't get is that polls show most people - even in red states like West Virginia - support the Build Back Better plan. Why don't they want to please their own constituents?

by Anonymousreply 140September 30, 2021 3:24 AM

R140 It is freakish what is going on. Freakish. Both have known about both plans for a long time. Manchin even said, at one point, he felt 3.5T was doable. Something is seriously nutso with Sinema. She won’t say what she wants. She is always acting shady and secretive. It’s all very sinister

I am almost at a loss for words. This is easily paid for with higher taxes on the rich which is enormously popular as is almost all of the BBB plan.

by Anonymousreply 141September 30, 2021 3:56 AM

Before the early summer, it should be obvious what is happening with K. Sinema.

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by Anonymousreply 142September 30, 2021 9:55 AM

[quote]Something is seriously nutso with Sinema. She won’t say what she wants. She is always acting shady and secretive. It’s all very sinister

Watching Democratic politicians on CNN and MSNBC last night, it was clear they can't get a straight answer -- or any answer -- from Sinema.

Katie Porter said she asked Sinema where she was in the process as they left the chamber. "I'm right here in front of the elevator," said Sinema. She ain't right.

by Anonymousreply 143September 30, 2021 12:09 PM

Oh she’s right all right.

Increasingly far . . .

by Anonymousreply 144September 30, 2021 12:14 PM

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) has been fined $5,000 for refusing to go through metal detectors en route into the chambers of the House of Representatives. According to a notice from the House Committee on Ethics, Crenshaw did not follow security protocols on Monday, which prompted the House Sergeant at Arms to notify the committee. The penalty will come directly from Crenshaw’s paycheck, giving no opportunity for him to decline. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) instituted the additional security measures after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. They have proved controversial, with several Republicans refusing to pass through them and demanding to be allowed to carry firearms to the House floor.

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by Anonymousreply 145September 30, 2021 1:10 PM

[quote] Maryland State Police said that one of their officers had responded to a pair of 911 calls about a male acting “suspicious” on Hollywood Road just down the street from the state police barracks. The officer started shooting at Ham because the kid pointed what looked like a real weapon at him, the cops said, and kept shooting after the teen fell because, according to the officer’s account, the mortally wounded youngster was attempting to pull out a knife. Woodrow Jones, State Police superintendent, told reporters that his agency did not know how many shots were fired or how many shots hit Ham.

[quote] Almost immediately after the shooting, state police released a photograph of what the cops said was the knife found on Ham, which had a three-inch blade.

[...]

[quote] It took almost two weeks, and pressure from Ham’s family and other Leonardtown residents, before the state police released the name of the officer, Joseph Azzari. The cops, however, have still never said how many times Azzari, described by superiors as a two-year veteran, fired his weapon or how many bullets hit Ham.

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by Anonymousreply 146September 30, 2021 1:54 PM

Contradicting Trump, then flipping back, shortly afterwards to kissing the orange buttocks, is an ambitious South Carolina GQP politician's thing.

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by Anonymousreply 147September 30, 2021 2:01 PM
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by Anonymousreply 148September 30, 2021 2:50 PM

3 years ago, Sinema reported her net worth was $35K, and now she’s worth $1 million, so being in the senate has been lucrative for her. Wonder where the money came from.

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by Anonymousreply 149September 30, 2021 2:50 PM
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by Anonymousreply 150September 30, 2021 3:27 PM

Flip Republican John Cornyn of Texas & you may have Sinema.

by Anonymousreply 151September 30, 2021 3:37 PM

What is this lady’s background anyway? Remember when the media would look into such things?

Where did she come from? Does she have overseas friends like “democrat” Tulsi Gabbard?

by Anonymousreply 152September 30, 2021 3:48 PM

Surely, Muriel has the means to protect decent, popular, and informative threads from 'ff'ing Q, Vlady, and hater trolls that don't even pay. It would be to DL's advantage to affirmatively address this.

by Anonymousreply 153September 30, 2021 3:57 PM

Dan Crenshaw vs Marjorie Taylor Greene - who will be the first to pull a Dan White?

by Anonymousreply 154September 30, 2021 5:07 PM

Can they pull one on each other, r154?

by Anonymousreply 155September 30, 2021 5:10 PM

Ultra-MAGA Governor, Henry McMaster, stopped by a federal judge.

[quote]Parents of disabled children, helped by the American Civil Liberties Union, sued the state saying the ban discriminated against medically vulnerable students by keeping them out of public schools as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. The mask ban has been forcefully backed by Republican Gov. Henry McMaster and GOP lawmakers who said parents should decide whether students wear masks, not school officials.

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by Anonymousreply 156September 30, 2021 6:44 PM

[bold] Hack Of Oath Keepers Militia Group Includes Names Of Active NYPD Officers [/bold]

[quote] ...an anonymous hacker released what it claims are emails and membership data from the Oath Keepers, an extremist militia group that had a notable presence at the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. Eighteen people affiliated with the group have so far been charged with conspiracy related to that event.

[...]

[quote] NYPD rules prohibit members of the force from knowingly associating with organizations “reasonably believed” to be engaged in criminal activities.

[...]

[quote] One NYPD sergeant, who is listed online as being active in the department’s Firearms and Tactics Session, was named in the data dump. The sergeant answered a phone number posted in the membership data and acknowledged he was an NYPD officer when asked whether he was the person in question. He declined to comment on whether or not he is a member of the militia organization, and referred WNYC/Gothamist to the NYPD’s press office.

[quote] The log associated with the sergeant suggests he joined the Oath Keepers in 2014. The email address listed with the membership contains the term “nypdcop,” and the entry lists expertise in “field force operations,” “incident management,” and “riot control agents.”

[quote] Another name revealed in the hack matches that of a Staten Island officer currently assigned to the department’s Strategic Response Group, a unit that’s been frequently deployed to quell protests, including those that erupted in New York City last year in response the murder of George Floyd.

[...]

[quote] The hack also includes detailed information on Ed Keyrouze, chief of staff for the New York Guard, a state volunteer force, and civilian employee of the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs, which oversees the state’s approximately 20,000 national guard and naval militia members.

[...]

[quote] Thomas Zmich, a Republican candidate for Queens Borough president, whose name and contact information are also listed in the hacked membership log, said he was briefly involved with the Oath Keepers New York chapter, but stopped after he said the chapter dissolved about three years ago.

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by Anonymousreply 157September 30, 2021 8:33 PM

^ Fuck tha police

by Anonymousreply 158September 30, 2021 8:41 PM

Sinema has got to be a Republican plant, no? Arizonans have had the wool pulled over their eyes.

by Anonymousreply 159September 30, 2021 10:40 PM

[quote]Sinema has got to be a Republican plant, no?

I suspect Sinema is a potted plant.

by Anonymousreply 160September 30, 2021 11:19 PM

8 months ago Manchin was onboard with 4T in infrastructure spending. He’s now ranting he’s “not a liberal and never has been.” What does that mean? I thought he was Mr.Compromise, but all he is doing is screwing over his own party. He’s screwing over his own constituents.

Sinema is acting completely out there. Very strange behavior. She’s compromised.

by Anonymousreply 161October 1, 2021 1:44 AM

Two Insurrectionists Sentenced; Prosecutors Promise "Consequences" for those who "Incite Riots"

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by Anonymousreply 162October 1, 2021 2:25 AM

Sinema & Miss Marsha daddling upon Senatrix's turf will have consequences.

by Anonymousreply 163October 1, 2021 7:18 AM

I would almost bet Feinstein has more cognitive abilities than Sinema. Sinema is a whack job.

by Anonymousreply 164October 1, 2021 10:46 AM

He's still negative for ethics, though.

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by Anonymousreply 165October 1, 2021 1:23 PM

Thought & prayers to Brett.

by Anonymousreply 166October 1, 2021 1:35 PM

[quote] “You have to look for why those deaths that are being picked up by the open-source investigations, looking in the media and elsewhere, aren’t showing up in the official statistics. That does point to the system of medical examiners and the incentives that may exist for them to want to not classify a death as related to police violence.”

[quote] The states with the highest rates of police killings were Oklahoma, Arizona and Alaska, as well as the District of Columbia, while the states with the lowest rates were Massachusetts, Connecticut and Minnesota, according to the study.

[quote] Researchers estimated that about 20 times as many men as women were killed by the police over the past several decades; more American men died in 2019 during police encounters than from Hodgkin lymphoma or testicular cancer.

[quote] Unexplained or violent deaths in the United States are investigated by coroners or medical examiners, who use autopsies, toxicology tests and evidence like body camera footage to determine the cause and manner of death. The death certificate does not specifically ask whether the police were involved — which may contribute to the undercount identified by the study

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by Anonymousreply 167October 1, 2021 1:50 PM

The 'Lady' is a regular on Newsmax now. Even Fox is tiring of G's boring theatrics on camera.

LG says he writes scolding letters to Biden? How about doing the Senate job on immigration policy and related,, explain his role in trying to change the Georgia presidential election vote, and doing something for the horrible situation in S.C. per roads, health care, education, environmental protection, crime, etc.

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by Anonymousreply 168October 1, 2021 3:04 PM

It's all performative.

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by Anonymousreply 169October 1, 2021 4:58 PM

Majority Of Trump Voters Favor Blue States Seceding To Form New Country

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by Anonymousreply 170October 1, 2021 7:39 PM

I wish we could

by Anonymousreply 171October 1, 2021 7:46 PM

So do we...

by Anonymousreply 172October 1, 2021 7:47 PM

As pointed out in r170, how do you deal with the blue pockets in red states and vice versa?

by Anonymousreply 173October 1, 2021 7:50 PM

Emperor Trump & Queen Lindzey of the red states. Better put Miss Marsha way up there too.

by Anonymousreply 174October 1, 2021 8:33 PM

R173 I suspect businesses in blue areas of red states would start moving out. You would have red states luring businesses with ridiculous incentives like offering them no taxes, paying their workers in hugs, but you would have little interest, and I suspect would cause many “conservatives” to quickly realize they were economic liberals this whole time.

by Anonymousreply 175October 1, 2021 10:17 PM

r175 - Where the hell have you been, young man???

by Anonymousreply 176October 1, 2021 10:48 PM

[bold] How a Racist Scandal at the F.D.N.Y. Led to Its Biggest Suspensions Ever [/bold]

…after the murder of George Floyd more than a year ago touched off protests against racism and violence in policing, the culture inside New York City’s firehouses deteriorated beyond repair, Mr. Charles and other Black firefighters said.

White firefighters shared racist messages and memes on their phones mocking Mr. Floyd’s dying moments. They gloated about how police could “legally shoot Black children.” And lieutenants discussed turning fire hoses on protesters, prompting debates about whether the tactic would work, because “wild animals like water.”

After several Black firefighters saw the messages and complained, the department quietly suspended nine firefighters without pay, for periods ranging from a few days to six months.

[…]

There are more than 11,000 firefighters and fire officers in the New York Fire Department, making it the nation’s largest. It is more overwhelmingly white than its police counterpart: 75 percent of firefighters in New York are white, compared to 47 percent of police officers, according to departmental data.

[…]

In reporting this article, The New York Times reviewed the racist messages and internal communications and spoke to more than a dozen active and recently retired Black firefighters, as well as others familiar with the department’s inner workings.

The portrait that emerged is of a rigid culture born from the department’s overwhelmingly white and conservative ranks, one that has clashed with recent efforts to diversify the department and bring in new Black recruits at a time of pitched racial and political polarization.

[…]

Several firefighters provided The Times with photos of pro-Trump paraphernalia being displayed openly in their houses, along with flags with the “Don’t Tread on Me” logo and the Betsy Ross design, both of which have been adopted by far-right extremist groups. One picture showed a sign-up sheet labeled “Firefighters for Trump.”

In contrast, Delroy Hunter, a Black firefighter who serves in Queens, says he once received a request from a firehouse superior to remove a symbol representing the civil rights icon Malcolm X from his helmet. He refused.

[…]

A secret, anonymous text message thread between a group of white firefighters was leaked to those who had been intentionally excluded. It included overtly racist memes, comments and jokes about Mr. Floyd’s death.

In one meme, a Sesame Street character refuses a salary when becoming a police officer, because “being able to legally shoot Black children.

Elsewhere, participants in the chat compared Black people to wild animals, before another person responded, “wild animals behave better.”

Another image showed a faked image of a dating profile for Mr. Floyd. His “match” was a white man’s knee.

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by Anonymousreply 177October 2, 2021 3:01 AM

r176 The last thread went subscribe only without a new thread being created (I’ve given my reasons for not buying a subscription), and we had a huge primetime that lasted over a week (or so it felt). LOL. I was so tired of waiting I didn’t check the thread. I posted a few things without signing my name due to being rusty signing my name.

I was enjoying reading the brilliant minds of the Treason threads. If I had a POV or thought I wanted to share, I didn’t have to wait long before one of you expressed it. The long primetime did frustrate me. Or I guess it was a reset which wiped out site visits and non-subscribers started over. I don’t know.

I am actually relieved in a way because I was in alarmist mode. I think we’ll get a good bill for reconciliation on infrastructure though things are nuts on the Hill. I am still deeply concerned about Sinema and Manchin, but mainly I’m concerned about her.

by Anonymousreply 178October 2, 2021 3:35 AM

[bold] 9% of American adults agreed that "Use of force is justified to restore Donald J. Trump to the presidency, while 25% agreed that "The 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump and Joe Biden is an illegitimate president." [/bold]

We have found that 47 million American adults – nearly 1 in 5 – agree with the statement that "the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump and Joe Biden is an illegitimate president." Of those, 21 million also agree that "use of force is justified to restore Donald J. Trump to the presidency."

Our survey found that many of these 21 million people with insurrectionist sentiments have the capacity for violent mobilization. At least 7 million of them already own a gun, and at least 3 million have served in the U.S. military and so have lethal skills. Of those 21 million, 6 million said they supported right-wing militias and extremist groups, and 1 million said they are themselves or personally know a member of such a group, including the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys.

Sixty-three percent of the 21 million adamant insurrectionists in the country believe in the "Great Replacement," the idea that the rights of whites will be overtaken by the rights of Blacks and Hispanics. The second most important driver was a QAnon belief, where 53 percent of the 21 million believed that our government is run and controlled by a satanic cult of pedophiles.

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by Anonymousreply 179October 2, 2021 4:31 AM

[quote] it’s too black, too brown and too blue to warrant any assistance from a red autocratic state government

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by Anonymousreply 180October 2, 2021 5:18 AM
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by Anonymousreply 181October 2, 2021 6:45 PM

[bold] Senior Homeland Security leaders pushed unfounded antifa conspiracy at 2020 Portland protests, report states [/bold]

On the same day a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Homeland Security received a damning internal report about its intelligence operations targeting racial justice protesters in Portland last summer.

It outlines how senior leadership pushed unfounded conspiracies about antifascists, encouraged staff to violate constitutional rights, and made spurious connections between protesters who engaged in criminal activity.

“The report documents shocking, coordinated efforts by our government to abuse its power and to invade liberty in violation of the Constitution,” said Lisa Hay, Oregon’s federal public defender whose office represents protesters charged by the U.S. Justice Department. “In Portland, we were concerned that the government unconstitutionally collected information, including through the illegal search of protestors’ cellphones last summer. This report confirms that was their intent.”

The heavily redacted 76-page internal review, specifically examined open source collection and other intelligence operations in Portland between May 24, 2020 and Aug. 4, 2020.

For more than a month last summer, hundreds of federal law enforcement officers from multiple agencies deployed to Portland in response to protests. Few of the officers had been trained in crowd control and the nightly violence became a recurring topic for former President Donald Trump’s flagging reelection campaign.

The internal review shows the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence operations in Portland were heavily politicized by department leadership, lacked clear guidance, and appears to have pushed constitutional boundaries.

[...]

“Convinced that there was a coordinated effort to commit violence, [REDACTED NAME] intended purpose was to use the OBRs to confirm his suspicions that a link existed amongst the arrestees and identify a single individual or group that was masterminding the attacks,” the report said.

Some Homeland Security staff spoke up over concerns that it was likely illegal to collect massive amounts of information on U.S. citizens with no connection to domestic terrorism. Those concerns were dismissed. Some staff refused to work on the reports.

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by Anonymousreply 182October 2, 2021 7:02 PM

R182, that sounds like J. Edgar Hoover’s response to the civil rights movement — but that was over FIFTY years ago.

by Anonymousreply 183October 2, 2021 7:30 PM

"Craaaaaazzzy" [Patsy Cline voice]

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by Anonymousreply 184October 2, 2021 8:36 PM

Now doctors in TX can't perform abortions for medical reasons...

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by Anonymousreply 185October 2, 2021 8:37 PM

But HunTeR BIdeN's art sale!!!!

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by Anonymousreply 186October 2, 2021 8:47 PM

Chris Hayes On The Chorus Of Whining Coming From The Supreme Court Justices

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by Anonymousreply 187October 2, 2021 9:30 PM

Dan Crenshaw has become quite belligerent.

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by Anonymousreply 188October 3, 2021 12:02 AM

Weekend Miss Lindz for your enjoyment.

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by Anonymousreply 189October 3, 2021 12:16 AM

From r189...

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by Anonymousreply 190October 3, 2021 12:36 AM

Marjorie Taylor Greene prefers the Cat Turd over Fox.

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by Anonymousreply 191October 3, 2021 8:50 AM

Try as I might, I just can't click on Newsweek links anymore.

by Anonymousreply 192October 3, 2021 8:52 AM
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by Anonymousreply 193October 3, 2021 2:38 PM

Here, r192...

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by Anonymousreply 194October 3, 2021 3:52 PM

It takes a Cat Turd to know a Cat Turd, Marge

by Anonymousreply 195October 3, 2021 10:06 PM

Claudia Tenney:

[quote] I would like to inform Biden and Fauci that regardless of what they say, Americans are celebrating Christmas.

Eric Swalwell:

[quote] Yep, celebrating as fully vaxxed, masked-when-necessary responsible people, because Christians love our neighbors.

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by Anonymousreply 196October 4, 2021 4:19 AM

[bold] Republican Mark Robinson has drawn scrutiny for past antisemitic comments, refusing to apologize even after assuming office [/bold]

Those familiar with the multitude of inflammatory pronouncements Robinson put forth before he became a public servant were no doubt rolling their eyes at the lieutenant governor’s complaint. During the election, Robinson came under scrutiny for a litany of troubling past comments in which he denigrated Jews, Muslims, transgender people and Black voters who support Democrats, among other groups.

The lieutenant governor, a devout Christian who presents as a brash and unfiltered conservative culture warrior, invoked a number of antisemitic tropes in the years leading up to his election. In strongly worded Facebook posts, he decried a “globalist” conspiracy to “destroy” former President Donald Trump and took aim at Black Panther, the Marvel film whose titular protagonist, as Robinson put it, was “created by an agnostic Jew and put to film by [a] satanic marxist.” He went on to allege, using a Yiddish slur, that the movie “was only created to pull the shekels out of your Schvartze pockets.”

Last fall, Raleigh’s News & Observer unearthed an interview in which Robinson spoke with a fringe pastor, Sean Moon, who claimed that the modern incarnation of the four horsemen of the apocalypse includes China, the CIA, Islam and the Rothschild family of “international bankers that rule every single national or federal reserve-type style of central bank in every single country.”

[...]

The following month, Robinson’s newfound notoriety earned him a high-profile speaking slot at the National Rifle Association’s annual leadership forum, at which President Donald Trump also gave remarks. About a year later, in July 2019, he announced his candidacy in the open-seat race for lieutenant governor, all the while racking up a sizable following on social media as he spoke out against abortion, the evils of socialism and other bugbears of the far-right.

His victory came as a surprise to political observers in North Carolina who assumed that his off-putting remarks would repel voters. “I thought that his controversial and, frankly, antisemitic statements would have made the difference in a close election,” Cooper told JI.

Robinson’s rise occurred during roughly the same period in which another outspoken Republican in North Carolina has gained prominence: Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), a 25-year-old first-term congressman. Cawthorn’s Jewish constituents had raised concerns with some of his statements, including an old Instagram post in which he appeared to express reverence for Adolf Hitler as well as an admission after being elected that he has tried to convert Jews to Christianity.

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by Anonymousreply 197October 4, 2021 4:29 AM

Mark Robimson and Republican legislative cohorts are unerfunding education in NC based on bogus claims.

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by Anonymousreply 198October 4, 2021 1:07 PM

^underfunding

by Anonymousreply 199October 4, 2021 1:08 PM

Sen. Ted Cruz wants to weaken a campaign finance law that’s meant to discourage bribes

[quote] Cruz wants to upend a campaign finance law that puts a $250,000 cap on the repayment of personal loans to campaigns using money donated after an election is over. After the candidate has won, that is to say, and everybody is looking for a favor, for something in return.

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by Anonymousreply 200October 4, 2021 1:39 PM

Even Lyin' Ted's GQP colleagues find him personally disgusting. Cruz wants that fossil fuel (oil and gas), gun lobby, big pharma, and other right-wing special interests money with zero accountability attached to it.

by Anonymousreply 201October 4, 2021 2:12 PM
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by Anonymousreply 202October 4, 2021 2:38 PM

"It was not immediately clear what conduct the FBI may have been investigating or is prosecuting."

[quote] "Unlike Swamp Creature Nancy Pelosi, I’m a principled conservative who has NEVER abused my seat in Congress to get wealthy," Fortenberry's fundraising page says. "And right now I'm facing the Deep State's bottomless pockets."

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by Anonymousreply 203October 4, 2021 2:51 PM

Hee-hee

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by Anonymousreply 204October 4, 2021 2:56 PM

GOP Congressman Made Emergency Calls To Police Just To See How Quickly They’d Come

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by Anonymousreply 205October 4, 2021 3:04 PM

If you need more evidence that Giuliani is horrible:

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by Anonymousreply 206October 4, 2021 8:01 PM

House Select Committee Promises to Enforce its Subpoenas w/Criminal Contempt. Here's How That's Done

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by Anonymousreply 207October 4, 2021 8:32 PM

Miss Lindsey Time

*with video

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by Anonymousreply 208October 5, 2021 12:01 AM

Merrick Garland charging ANY Trump administration hire, or any Trump family member, would certainly be breaking new ground.

We're still waiting for Garland to file charges on Gaetz. It'll still be nothing whatever month and year you name.

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by Anonymousreply 209October 5, 2021 12:36 AM

Complaint filed with the California Bar Association about John Eastman (wingnut who tried to overturn the election results and install Trump as a dictator)

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by Anonymousreply 210October 5, 2021 2:24 AM

GOP Governors Holding Border Crisis News Conferences

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by Anonymousreply 211October 5, 2021 1:09 PM

New: PA Senate candidate Sean Parnell has sought a gag order against his wife over past protection from abuse orders, and wants to seal their ongoing custody dispute.

His wife opposes both motions.

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by Anonymousreply 212October 5, 2021 5:44 PM

I miss Franken...

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by Anonymousreply 213October 5, 2021 8:47 PM

Last week...

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by Anonymousreply 214October 5, 2021 9:26 PM

Ohio, trying not to be outdone by Pennsylvania at R212...

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by Anonymousreply 215October 5, 2021 9:48 PM

If DOJ/Garland Fails To Prosecute Trump, Here's The Dangerous Precedent That Will Be Set

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by Anonymousreply 216October 5, 2021 9:59 PM

How Mike Pence Is 'Demeaning The Jan. 6 Insurrection'

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by Anonymousreply 217October 5, 2021 11:19 PM

[quote]Donald Trump is suing his niece Mary Trump and The New York Times over coverage of his taxes. Michael Cohen suggested the lawsuit could backfire if Donald Trump is forced to do a deposition. Cohen said his former boss's depositions were the "dumbest written paper that you've ever seen."

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by Anonymousreply 218October 6, 2021 12:19 AM
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by Anonymousreply 219October 6, 2021 12:30 PM

All four Trump aides targeted by the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack – Meadows, deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino, strategist Steve Bannon and defense department aide Kash Patel – are expected to resist the orders because Trump is preparing to direct them to do so.

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by Anonymousreply 220October 6, 2021 12:31 PM

Send them all to jail

by Anonymousreply 221October 6, 2021 1:44 PM

I'm sure the Democrats will send them a sternly worded letter.

by Anonymousreply 222October 6, 2021 1:51 PM

Shot ---> Chaser

Literally.

[quote] VIRGINIA BEACH — It appears the Something in the Water Festival is going to be a one-hit wonder. The city’s leadership learned last week that Pharrell Williams indicated he wasn’t bringing back the highly successful festival to Virginia Beach in 2022, and begged him in a letter to reconsider.

[quote] A few days later, the music superstar, who lived as a child in the city’s Seatack neighborhood, sent a letter back to the city manager, explaining his disappointment with Virginia Beach.

[quote] Williams wrote that he wished the city had taken a more proactive stance after his cousin Donovon Lynch was shot by a police officer in the resort area last March.

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by Anonymousreply 223October 6, 2021 1:53 PM

A Colbert break...

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by Anonymousreply 224October 6, 2021 3:58 PM

The shocker is not Lindsey Graham telling a booing crowd of MAGAt deplorables he recommends they get the Covid vaccine.

The big surprise is that he actually went to South Carolina.

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by Anonymousreply 225October 6, 2021 5:52 PM

Dorchester County, SC, is one county inland from the Charleston metro area. Let's just say it is not a hotbed of coastal progressives and eastern establishment liberalism.

A significant portion of all those age 75+ seniors sitting maskless next to each other may end up becoming enlightened the very hard way.

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by Anonymousreply 226October 6, 2021 6:07 PM

Why hasn't the Devil come for Mitch McConnell? The Devil may fear Turtle may try to take his job.

by Anonymousreply 227October 6, 2021 8:50 PM

Have you ever seen them together r227?

by Anonymousreply 228October 6, 2021 9:11 PM

Trump & Bannon's Ongoing Conspiracy: Trump Tells Bannon to Defy Congressional Subpoenas

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by Anonymousreply 229October 6, 2021 10:16 PM

Odd family connection to Merrick Garland.

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by Anonymousreply 230October 7, 2021 12:19 AM

Miss Lindsey is a freeloader!

According to Stephanie Grisham's book.......

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by Anonymousreply 231October 7, 2021 12:31 AM

Don't forget how Franken commented on his sticky fingers, r231.

by Anonymousreply 232October 7, 2021 12:36 AM

[quote]A noticeably uncomfortable Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) nervously chuckled on Wednesday night when he was asked about Stephanie Grisham’s claim that he cozied up to former President Donald Trump to “mop up the freebies like there was no tomorrow.” And in the end, Graham didn’t deny the former Trump press secretary’s accusation that he’s “Senator Freeloader.”

Looks as if Miss Lindsey is with Newsmax now.

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by Anonymousreply 233October 7, 2021 12:37 AM

Move the Afgan refugees to Miss Marsha's uppity neighborhood.

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by Anonymousreply 234October 7, 2021 12:42 AM

[bold] Oklahoma's State Superintendent of Public Instruction to flip parties, challenge Kevin Stitt for governor in 2022 [/bold]

State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister is running for governor — as a Democrat.

The 57-year-old lifelong Republican told the Tulsa World in an exclusive interview that she is changing her party registration on Thursday in order to launch a bid to unseat Republican incumbent Kevin Stitt.

“Governor Stitt is running the state into the ground,” said Hofmeister. “Through extremism, partisanship, ineffective leadership, he is hurting our education system, our health care, our infrastructure.

“And unfortunately, Gov. Stitt has hijacked the Republican Party in Oklahoma.”

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by Anonymousreply 235October 7, 2021 3:09 AM

This should read Idaho's governor left the state [bold] to posture and lie about a fake crisis on the southern border [/bold].

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by Anonymousreply 236October 7, 2021 4:03 AM

[quote]Don't forget how Franken commented on his sticky fingers,...

Remember that. He's a millionaie with no dependents, and receives multiple, hefty, government checks monthly with benefits.

by Anonymousreply 237October 7, 2021 9:04 AM

^millionaire

by Anonymousreply 238October 7, 2021 9:06 AM

This explains a lot how Graham operates.

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by Anonymousreply 239October 7, 2021 9:12 AM

"But a friendship between two major drama queens is bound to have its ups and downs."

by Anonymousreply 240October 7, 2021 9:26 AM

DJT is obsessed about money and is about greed and power and control over his sycophants and related enablers. He will not tolerate "freeloaders" unless they are loyal operatives or major donors as it relates to his schemes. Free rooms, meals, alcohol, and pool and golf privileges at his resort venues come with conditions beneficial to Trump. If is not open-ended generosity.

by Anonymousreply 241October 7, 2021 3:44 PM

^It, not If (last sentence)

by Anonymousreply 242October 7, 2021 3:47 PM

[quote] A Republican campaign manager for school board candidates in a Connecticut town has sparked controversy by telling participants of a virtual education forum that “helping kids of color to feel they belong has a negative effect on white, Christian, or conservative kids.” Mary Beeman put forth that bizarre argument during a virtual education forum where the right-wing boogeyman known as “critical race theory” was discussed,

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by Anonymousreply 243October 7, 2021 3:53 PM

Looks like the people who were defending the police....were the police themselves

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by Anonymousreply 244October 7, 2021 5:12 PM

^ Oops, I meant "defunding" the police

by Anonymousreply 245October 7, 2021 5:42 PM

Republican state rep from New Hampshire is spreading anti-vax conspiracy theories

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by Anonymousreply 246October 7, 2021 5:44 PM

MAGA Marsha is the new Fox News darling. Step aside Senatrice, there's a new lady on the Fox scene.

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by Anonymousreply 247October 7, 2021 6:06 PM

Ladybug votes for the spending and then opposes paying for it.

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by Anonymousreply 248October 7, 2021 6:13 PM

Trump Rages At McConnell For Offering Debt Ceiling Deal

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by Anonymousreply 249October 7, 2021 6:20 PM

Miss Lindsey is cussin' again.

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by Anonymousreply 250October 7, 2021 6:24 PM

Ultra-MAGA Q Senator John N. Kennedy of Louisiana to face a Democratic opponent.

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by Anonymousreply 251October 7, 2021 6:42 PM

Kennedy is absurd and knows it.

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by Anonymousreply 252October 7, 2021 6:51 PM

Amazing woman...

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by Anonymousreply 253October 7, 2021 10:45 PM

More sordid information getting revealed about Ginni Thomas.

[quote]Well, even though Clanton was forced out of the right-wing nonprofit, her career prospects were far from damaged. Shortly after she left Turning Point USA, Ginni Thomas — yes, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife — hired Clanton to assist with her media ventures. And Clanton lapped up her connection to the powerful juris.

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by Anonymousreply 254October 8, 2021 12:12 AM

Ron de Santis issues financial penalties to schools with mask mandates

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by Anonymousreply 255October 8, 2021 12:52 AM

I love Fiona

by Anonymousreply 256October 8, 2021 2:16 AM

Joyce Alene: This seems like a good day to remember that @HillaryClinton testified on the Hill for 11 hours about Benghazi

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by Anonymousreply 257October 8, 2021 2:24 AM

^^

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by Anonymousreply 258October 8, 2021 2:27 AM

Still racist as fuck

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by Anonymousreply 259October 8, 2021 3:13 AM

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

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by Anonymousreply 260October 8, 2021 3:07 PM

In kleptomania, why lift the cheap clothes?

by Anonymousreply 261October 8, 2021 3:28 PM
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by Anonymousreply 262October 8, 2021 4:17 PM

Lock Him Up!

by Anonymousreply 263October 8, 2021 4:19 PM
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by Anonymousreply 264October 8, 2021 4:22 PM

Joe Scarborough was on a roll this morning.

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by Anonymousreply 265October 8, 2021 4:23 PM
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by Anonymousreply 266October 8, 2021 4:40 PM

Oh, Sean.

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by Anonymousreply 267October 8, 2021 4:43 PM

Ewww!

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by Anonymousreply 268October 8, 2021 4:46 PM
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by Anonymousreply 269October 8, 2021 4:52 PM

r265...

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by Anonymousreply 270October 8, 2021 5:13 PM

We will be very fortunate should we have Senator Jackson 15 months from now.

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by Anonymousreply 271October 8, 2021 6:21 PM

Jeff Jackson is adorable, and fat fuck Robinson can go to hell

by Anonymousreply 272October 8, 2021 6:44 PM

Three police officers went to an *elementary* school in Tennessee & arrested four Black girls.

One girl fell to her knees. Another threw up. Police handcuffed the youngest, an 8 yo with pigtails.

Their supposed crime? Watching some boys fight — and not stopping them.

2/ The police wound up arresting 11 kids in total, using a charge called “criminal responsibility.”

The arrests created outrage. State lawmakers called the case “unconscionable,” “inexcusable,” “insane.”

So how did this happen?

3/ These arrests took place in Rutherford County, which had been illegally jailing kids for years, all under the watch of Judge Donna Scott Davenport.

4/ Donna Scott Davenport is the only elected juvenile court judge the county has ever had.

She oversees the courts.

She oversees the juvenile jail.

She directed police on what she called “our process” for arresting children.

5/ In this deposition, a lawyer asks Davenport about taking the bar exam.

It took her nine years and five attempts to pass.

Three years after she got her law license, she was on the bench.

6/ [bold] Davenport describes her work as a calling.

“I’m here on a mission. It’s God’s mission,” [/bold] she once told a newspaper.

7/ She says children must have consequences. She encourages parents to use drug-testing kits on their kids. “Don’t buy them at the Dollar Tree,” she says. “The best ones are your reputable drug stores.”

8/ Under Davenport, Rutherford County locked up a staggering 48% of children whose cases were referred to juvenile court.

The statewide average was 5%.

This graphic shows detention rates for juvenile courts in Tennessee. Rutherford County is on the far right. Image

9/ Lynn Duke, appointed by Davenport, is the county’s head jailer.

Tennessee narrowly limits when kids can be locked up. But Duke had her own way: the “filter system.”

Her jail locked up any kid deemed a “TRUE threat.”

As for what’s a “TRUE threat,” her handbook didn’t say.

10/ In a videotaped deposition, Duke was asked when the filter system applied. “Depends on the situation,” she said repeatedly.

A lawyer asked Duke, “Is it your policy or not?”

“No. Yes. It — it’s a policy to use it when necessary,” Duke said.

11/ Duke reports monthly to county commissioners, who liken the jail to a business and ask often about the number of beds filled.

“Just like a hotel,” one commissioner says in this video.

“With breakfast provided, and it’s not a continental,” says a second.

12/ The police officer who investigated this fight was Chrystal Templeton. She wanted to charge every kid who watched. She believed charging them was helping them.

By the time of this investigation, Templeton had been disciplined at least 37 times, her personnel file shows.

13/ To arrive at a charge, Templeton met with two judicial commissioners.

In Rutherford County, these commissioners wield great legal power. They can issue warrants, set bail and conduct probable cause hearings — all without needing a law degree.

14/ One commissioner, who used to work in a post office, came up with the charge of “criminal responsibility for conduct of another.”

The problem? There’s no such charge.

These kids were charged with a crime that doesn’t exist.

15/ Of the 11 kids arrested in this case, four wound up being jailed under the “filter system.”

The filter system was illegal. Yet it was written into the jail’s standard operating procedures for nine years.

16/ The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services licenses juvenile jails. It inspected Rutherford County’s jail every year. Not once did it flag the filter system.

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by Anonymousreply 273October 8, 2021 8:08 PM

I was gobsmacked by that story, R273. The level of institutional corruption is extraordinary. Evil people—sadists, really— in charge, praising Jesus as they go . . .

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by Anonymousreply 274October 8, 2021 8:43 PM

^^^.

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by Anonymousreply 275October 8, 2021 8:44 PM

How is that not kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment???

by Anonymousreply 276October 8, 2021 9:20 PM

Marsha, Marsha, Marsha

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by Anonymousreply 277October 8, 2021 11:19 PM

OANN calling for mass executions

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by Anonymousreply 278October 8, 2021 11:42 PM

More Trump shadiness

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by Anonymousreply 279October 8, 2021 11:46 PM

On this Friday one year ago.

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by Anonymousreply 280October 9, 2021 12:44 AM

Does Missy Hawley aims to incite more violence?

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by Anonymousreply 281October 9, 2021 1:22 AM

Mike & "Mother" are going to pray on it. [quote]Before he makes any final decision, one adviser said, Pence and his wife, Karen, will probably take time away and pray on the decision, asking whether God is calling on them to serve again.

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by Anonymousreply 282October 9, 2021 1:32 AM

Covid is the leading cause of mortality among police in 2021, with 207 deaths to date. That compares to just 44 police deaths from gunfire over the same period. Covid was also the top cop killer in 2020, at 245 deaths.

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by Anonymousreply 283October 9, 2021 1:35 AM

^^^

by Anonymousreply 284October 9, 2021 1:43 AM

The "Manhattan Madam" Kristin M. Davis, 41, is a close associate to Roger Stone,

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by Anonymousreply 285October 9, 2021 2:17 AM

That photo is the reason the word sleaze was invented.

by Anonymousreply 286October 9, 2021 2:48 AM

Tom Barrack (Trump friend & advisor) fired one of his lawyers. Twitterers speculate Barrack has flipped.

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by Anonymousreply 287October 9, 2021 3:19 AM

R285. 41? lol the lies.

by Anonymousreply 288October 9, 2021 9:24 AM

^Wiki says age 44 and that may be generous.

by Anonymousreply 289October 9, 2021 9:34 AM

Dayton police completely devoid of empathy...

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by Anonymousreply 290October 9, 2021 2:40 PM

She's 41 the way I'm 34

by Anonymousreply 291October 9, 2021 5:23 PM

Ahem....

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by Anonymousreply 292October 9, 2021 6:24 PM

Dang it! The Pumpkin Festival in Pickens, SC was canceled due to Covid. That means no Miss Lindsey crowned as Pumpkin Queen this year. That is so disappointing.

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by Anonymousreply 293October 9, 2021 6:43 PM

Dammit, r293, my ensemble won't last for another year.

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by Anonymousreply 294October 9, 2021 8:29 PM

Don't forget the crisis actors...

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by Anonymousreply 295October 9, 2021 8:30 PM

Lin Wood: MTG IS A COMMUNIST

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by Anonymousreply 296October 9, 2021 8:39 PM

[quote]MTG IS A COMMUNIST

A really, really shitty one.

by Anonymousreply 297October 9, 2021 9:39 PM

Trump Gamed The Numbers On His Washington, D.C. Hotel: Congressional Report

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by Anonymousreply 298October 9, 2021 11:21 PM

Always grifting

by Anonymousreply 299October 9, 2021 11:38 PM

Mr. Koch says "good Turtle, good, good, good Turtle.

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by Anonymousreply 300October 10, 2021 1:16 AM

This years nominee for the Herman Cain Award is…

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by Anonymousreply 301October 10, 2021 1:41 AM

If Bannon, Meadows or Others Plead the 5th, What are Congress's Options? To Immunity and Beyond.

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by Anonymousreply 302October 10, 2021 2:11 AM

Garland will "sit on it" like he has done since becoming AG. That is very disappointing.

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by Anonymousreply 303October 10, 2021 5:56 PM

Trump's Iowa Rally, DOJ's Inaction & the Implications for the 2022 Midterm Elections

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by Anonymousreply 304October 10, 2021 11:48 PM

Trump records a video message for Ashli Babbitt's family.

LOL, since he's basically the one who killed her

by Anonymousreply 305October 11, 2021 4:55 AM

^ Oops, forgot the link

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by Anonymousreply 306October 11, 2021 4:55 AM

[quote]Unfortunately, while much of what Grisham writes about the Trumps’ off-screen behavior rings true, her account of what she witnessed in the Trump White House is riddled with factual errors and what appear to be trace elements of cover stories she invented for the press that eventually lodged themselves in her memory, displacing in her mind the contrary evidence of her own eyes and ears. We know this because several of the events Grisham describes in her memoir unfolded in public and were documented in still photographs, on video, and in White House transcripts. By examining that evidence, we can see that at least a half-dozen of the stories Grisham recounts include details that are either incorrect or invented.

The part about Miss Lindz being a freeloader, please exclude. That has sunshine truth.

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by Anonymousreply 307October 11, 2021 7:06 PM

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

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by Anonymousreply 308October 11, 2021 7:12 PM

Lies and more lies.

[quote]At the same hearing, Biggs' fellow Arizonan, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar, peddled an incoherent conspiracy theory, which appeared to be based on strange claims from secret sources the congressman seemed to make up — after having already peddled equally strange conspiracy theories based on equally strange claims from different secret sources whom Gosar also apparently made up. For those inclined to be generous when assessing the state of the contemporary Republican Party, the likely argument is that folks like Biggs and Gosar are fringe figures, known for voicing extreme views. It's not as if the GOP is putting irresponsible officials in leadership positions, right? It's against this backdrop that House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, followed in the fringe figures' footsteps yesterday. The Associated Press reported: The House's second-ranking Republican, Rep. Steve Scalise, repeatedly refused to say on Sunday that the 2020 election wasn't stolen, standing by Donald Trump's lie that Democrat Joe Biden won the White House because of mass voter fraud. More than 11 months after Americans picked their president and almost nine months since Biden was inaugurated, Scalise was unwilling during a national television interview to acknowledge the legitimacy of the vote, instead sticking to his belief that the election results should not have been certified by Congress.

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by Anonymousreply 309October 11, 2021 7:17 PM

Mike Pence & Nikki Haley: Roadkill.

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by Anonymousreply 310October 11, 2021 7:19 PM

You can probably add Tom Cotton to the roadkill pile at this point:

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by Anonymousreply 311October 11, 2021 7:22 PM

Marsha! Is she stopping those Afghans and undocumented Haitian migrants from coming into Tennessee? Is she aiming to be Trump's running mate?

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by Anonymousreply 312October 11, 2021 7:29 PM

Starting to look like a mighty fine pile of roadkill.

by Anonymousreply 313October 11, 2021 7:29 PM

Indeed, r313.

by Anonymousreply 314October 11, 2021 7:30 PM

Mr. Koch & friends must really want Republican Henry McMaster re-elected as South Carolina Governor. He banned mask requirements in schools and defied court orders.

McMaster has already received over 3.5 million in campaign contributions.

It has been reported he has ambitions for even higher office. Trump hired a bunch of SC Republican politicians.

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by Anonymousreply 315October 11, 2021 7:41 PM

[quote]"I'll let you determine if that's why I spend time with the president: because I need my next meal"

There has to be something else more that Lindsey gets from DJT. What could that be?

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by Anonymousreply 316October 11, 2021 8:05 PM
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by Anonymousreply 317October 11, 2021 8:20 PM

[quote]JOE SCARBOROUGH: I've got to say, frankly, can't believe that Josh Hawley is sitting there. Because he should be in jail. Why is Josh Hawley not in jail? A guy that committed against the United States of America. He churned up the rioters when they were coming up there. A guy who still voted with the seditionists and the rioters, voted with the rioters, voted with the anarchists, voted with the people who were smearing excrement all over the walls of the Capitol.

Hawley's behavior gets as pass from Merrick Garland.

That's your answer, Joe Scarborough.

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by Anonymousreply 318October 11, 2021 11:57 PM

Perfect political ad

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by Anonymousreply 319October 12, 2021 1:22 AM

Schiff Shares Regrets About Robert Mueller Testimony In New Book

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by Anonymousreply 320October 12, 2021 2:25 PM

Don't these fucks have enough to do without writing a New "Book"?

by Anonymousreply 321October 12, 2021 3:40 PM

Schiff's account and analysis of the first impeachment trial doesn't strike me as a (total) money grab, r321. I think it's important.

by Anonymousreply 322October 12, 2021 4:14 PM

Schiff

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by Anonymousreply 323October 12, 2021 5:51 PM

Miss Lindsey has her videos too.

Apparently she spends more time in Yuma, Arizona than in South Carolina.

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by Anonymousreply 324October 12, 2021 6:05 PM

[quote]Fan-favorite guest James Carville returns to ask, “What is Merrick Garland doing by the way? I don’t think this man knows whether to wind his ass or scratch his watch” while arguing that it’s time to lock up Steve Bannon on the way to locking up Donald Trump—”You can’t have the most famous person in the United States blatantly committing crimes.” And Carville talks with Molly Jong-Fast about the “critically important... high stakes” Virginia race—“This shit is hard but if you don’t do it I’m not exaggerating to say that they come back inpower in 2024, you can kiss this democracy’s ass goodbye, it’s gone”—and explains what Democrats are getting wrong about their most frustrating senator: “Manchin is an Italian, Roman Catholic Democrat from Virginia. A Democrat has not carried a county in West Virginia since 2008. Your choice is not Manchin or Bernie Sanders. Your choice is Manchin or Marsha Blackburn. So what do you want?”

No, no, not MAGA Marsha! Her voting, and crude and uneducated rhetoric, are extreme right-wing and dangerous. She's quite ambitious.

Garland is a disappointment.

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by Anonymousreply 325October 12, 2021 9:07 PM

BIDEN ANNOUNCES HE’LL BE EXPOSING TRUMP’S TRAITOROUS ASS

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by Anonymousreply 326October 13, 2021 1:22 AM

Florida school board member speaking about threats against her family.

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by Anonymousreply 327October 13, 2021 2:18 AM

[quote] (Hawley) doesn't live within 1000 miles of the state he "represents."

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by Anonymousreply 328October 13, 2021 2:22 AM

Swing-district Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) has styled herself as a small business booster in the image of Donald Trump—and just like the former president, some of Tenney’s favorite businesses to support seem to be her own.

According to a Daily Beast review of Federal Election Commission records, the congresswoman from upstate New York—who scratched out a 109-vote recount win earlier this year in one of the tightest House races in the nation—has spent tens of thousands of campaign dollars on businesses where she held an ownership stake or an executive job, and from which she reported $130,120 in income in 2020.

In total, Tenney’s campaigns, both for federal and state offices, have earned her family’s companies more than $100,000. The Tenney team did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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by Anonymousreply 329October 13, 2021 12:11 PM

Fireside chat with Louie Gohmert and JoAnn Fleming at the Tyler, Texas Holiday Inn. Sounds cozy.

[quote]Grassroots America will host its Liberty Education and Action meeting on Tuesday evening with dinner and a speaker. Grassroots America's "Liberty Education & Action" Meeting will welcome US Congressman Louie Gohmert, who reports Texas' District 1. In a "fireside chat" format, Grassroots America's Executive Director JoAnn Fleming and Gohmert will discuss spending bills; the NDAA requirement for female registration for the military draft; illegal immigration and the border crisis; the state of national security; federal vaccine mandates and coming worker shortages; the Afghanistan disaster; and congressional redistricting.

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by Anonymousreply 330October 13, 2021 12:53 PM

Shade!

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by Anonymousreply 331October 13, 2021 1:42 PM

from R331

[quote]Russian Roulette from Moscow Mitch, interesting

Pelosi can zap these GQP leadership clowns like no other; and it carries weight.

by Anonymousreply 332October 13, 2021 2:08 PM

Don't forget #LeningradLindsey.

After romping through Southern Arizona, Lindsey is finding Tarrant County, TX, Republicans love LG too.

Why isn't Graham in Washinton, D.C. working, or at least back in South Carolina addressing the state's problems?

Are taxpayers funding LG's campaign speechs across the USA?

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by Anonymousreply 333October 13, 2021 2:21 PM

"nAnCy Is UnCiViL!!!"

by Anonymousreply 334October 13, 2021 2:23 PM

Nancy's gotta be a datalounger

by Anonymousreply 335October 13, 2021 2:28 PM

"Mouth like Butthole" irritates sinister "Yertlena the Turtle".

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by Anonymousreply 336October 13, 2021 3:17 PM

Nancy gets it. Schumer & most Senate Democrats don't.

Dealing with the opposition that cheats and lies, one must be tough, sharp, unrelenting, and find their jugular.

As corrupt as #MoscowMitch is, he is very clever at exploiting and manipulating procedures.

by Anonymousreply 337October 13, 2021 3:27 PM

^ And he reportedly REALLY hates that nickname.

by Anonymousreply 338October 13, 2021 3:32 PM

[quote]Nancy's gotta be a datalounger

I think she must know some vicious queens in SF.

by Anonymousreply 339October 13, 2021 3:33 PM

I think she IS a vicious queen in SF.

by Anonymousreply 340October 13, 2021 3:35 PM

Nancy would have Congressional staff that visit DL.

Politicians will search their names on DL. Some have responded anonymously.

They want to know what guys are saying about them.

by Anonymousreply 341October 13, 2021 3:44 PM

But not the gals, r341?

by Anonymousreply 342October 13, 2021 4:04 PM

Claudia Tennet is a rancid cunt

by Anonymousreply 343October 13, 2021 4:21 PM

R342 that was a mistake. Meant to say gays, not guys. Thx, didn't notice the auto-change.

by Anonymousreply 344October 13, 2021 4:25 PM

[quote]Ali Alexander promoted links to Gosar, Biggs and Finchem on social media. Far-right provocateur scheduled for sworn deposition on Oct. 29.

[quote]An organizer of the "Stop the Steal" movement who claims three Arizona Republican lawmakers helped him plan events around the Jan. 6 insurrection has been subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The House select committee is seeking documents from Ali Alexander, a far-right provocateur, and requiring him to appear for a sworn deposi, tion on Oct. 29, according to a letter to Alexander released by the committee last week.

Gosar, Biggs, and Finchem, are three Arizona Congressmen one keeps hearing with alleged strong ties to the Jan. 06 insurrection. The investigative committee and DoJ would obviously have serious questions to ask each.

Where does such stand with Merrick Garland?

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by Anonymousreply 345October 13, 2021 4:46 PM

In retrospect I suppose it is a good thing Merrick Garland never became a Supreme Court justice.

by Anonymousreply 346October 13, 2021 4:50 PM

Right now, R346, I'd much prefer him on the Supreme Court than running the DOJ.

by Anonymousreply 347October 13, 2021 4:52 PM

Another question for M. Garland:

Why is Mo Brooks still running around free, and running for the U.S. Senate? He was on TV and spoke at the insurrection rally. It was not a speech to calm the crowd.

[quote]Add U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) to the list of Republicans that take issue with U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks’ (R-Huntsville) categorization of Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) as pro-open borders and ALFA-supported candidates as “Republican RINOs.” During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “Midday Mobile,” Carl insisted he was not a pro-amnesty politician and took on his Republican colleague Brooks, a GOP candidate for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat up in 2022, directly for his attacks suggesting as much.

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by Anonymousreply 348October 13, 2021 5:07 PM

Moe Davis, the Democrat who ran against Madison Cawthorn, is being criticized by other Democrats for being harsh in his comments about Maddison and his "hillbilly" supporters.

Another example of a circular firing squad by Democrats.:

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by Anonymousreply 349October 13, 2021 6:26 PM

Moe spoke the truth. Democrats are not going to beat MAGAts based on PC & wokeness while GQP plays dirty and nasty.

Limp dick and hillbillies sound good.

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by Anonymousreply 350October 13, 2021 6:37 PM

R350, you know what won't beat Republicans? Pretending that the problem is "woke" or "pc" stuff and not Republicans themselves. Weird that you claim to dislike Republicans but use Republican talking points

by Anonymousreply 351October 13, 2021 6:40 PM

Moe Davis must now be Datalounger too. Welcome!

by Anonymousreply 352October 13, 2021 6:42 PM

Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro announces his run for governor

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by Anonymousreply 353October 13, 2021 10:24 PM

Love him r353! He lives nearby, I’ve seen him plenty of times out and about. Great guy.

by Anonymousreply 354October 13, 2021 10:44 PM

R351. Not pretending. Doubt you know much of anything about the people, and how to win an election in western, North Carolina. Moe Davis, who is highly qualified, lost playing "above it all" as a campaign methodology. He has now figured out the GQP tactics.

by Anonymousreply 355October 13, 2021 10:48 PM

Yes, great news, R353. He appears on Rachel's show a lot, so maybe he'll be on there tonight to talk about his candidacy.

by Anonymousreply 356October 13, 2021 10:51 PM

GURL

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by Anonymousreply 357October 13, 2021 11:28 PM

Oh, snap, Eric went there. Nice!!!

by Anonymousreply 358October 13, 2021 11:49 PM

R355, I know enough to know that calling people in your district "hillbillies" isn't really helping. I mean, they are, but saying it out loud won't get you very far

by Anonymousreply 359October 14, 2021 12:05 AM

Bannon to Appear Before Congress on 10/14. When he doesn't show, Congress Should Use Contempt x 2

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by Anonymousreply 360October 14, 2021 1:10 AM

Moe Davis isn't running for anything now, so he can talk all the shit he wants to.

by Anonymousreply 361October 14, 2021 3:01 AM

Dana Bash must approve.

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by Anonymousreply 362October 14, 2021 1:57 PM

Chris Murphy & Richard Blumenthal, you better have a chat with Miss Lindzey about all those illegal Brazilians heading to Connecticut wearing designer clothes with Gucci bags.

Miss Lindzey knows something about freeloading. To some degree though, Miss Lindzey may be expressing a fact.

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by Anonymousreply 363October 14, 2021 2:11 PM

There are multiple socio-economic and environmental reasons to bring illegal migration under enhanced control. Lindsey's absurd, pandering scare tactic is not one of them.

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by Anonymousreply 364October 14, 2021 2:22 PM

Criminally prosecute to "no shows".

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by Anonymousreply 365October 14, 2021 2:35 PM

*packing my bags for Connecticut as I type*

by Anonymousreply 366October 14, 2021 3:06 PM

Judge Orders Feds To Investigate NRA Over Potentially Illegal Donations To Republicans

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by Anonymousreply 367October 14, 2021 3:22 PM

The only Brazilians allowed to come to the US are the ones with big pingas

by Anonymousreply 368October 14, 2021 4:15 PM
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by Anonymousreply 369October 14, 2021 7:51 PM

Trump Ordered To Give Deposition In Protesters' Lawsuit From 2015

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by Anonymousreply 370October 14, 2021 8:58 PM

If I could afford Gucci bags where I live, I certainly wouldn't be trekking here!

by Anonymousreply 371October 14, 2021 9:01 PM

Gucci's going with a fruit motif this season?

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by Anonymousreply 372October 14, 2021 9:44 PM

Gucci bags & designer gowns.

What's in Miss Lindzebelle's closet?

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by Anonymousreply 373October 14, 2021 11:12 PM

Rep. Plaskett On Jan. 6 Committee Moving To Hold Bannon In Criminal Contempt

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by Anonymousreply 374October 14, 2021 11:20 PM

"Gym" update.

"Most batshit anti-vaxxer of all".

[quote]It’s disturbing but not surprising that when the Republican Party is having a race to the bottom, someone’s going to scrape it. It’s no surprise at all when that someone turns out to be Jordan, who thinks rolling up his shirt sleeves when the cameras are on marks him as Everyman, albeit one who’s been accused of turning a blind eye to sexual abuse during his former career as a wrestling coach at Ohio State University.

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by Anonymousreply 375October 14, 2021 11:20 PM

Call for anti-Trump Republicans to support vulnerable Democrats.

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by Anonymousreply 376October 14, 2021 11:28 PM

Unseat 88 year old Trump enabler, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, who is running for another six year term. He's been Washinfton, DC since 1975.

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by Anonymousreply 377October 14, 2021 11:40 PM

^been in Washington, DC

(correction)

by Anonymousreply 378October 14, 2021 11:44 PM

NYT: Andrew McCabe wins back pension

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by Anonymousreply 379October 15, 2021 12:01 AM

^That is good news for McCabe. The firing was Trump vindictiveness and Sessions capitulated to Trump. Then Trump turned on Sessions.

by Anonymousreply 380October 15, 2021 1:16 AM

The other SC Senator is raking in the money and being a Trumpster.

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by Anonymousreply 381October 15, 2021 1:26 AM

It only gets worse in SC.

McMaster is ultra-MAGA.

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by Anonymousreply 382October 15, 2021 1:31 AM

It took awhile to figure it out.

"Covfefe" and "Honered" are the names of the two pee pee girls.

by Anonymousreply 383October 15, 2021 1:06 PM

Nimrata Haley is making many endorsements across the country, particularly in early Republican primary states.

[quote]Through the PAC, Haley has now endorsed 11 sitting Republican U.S. House members and a U.S. House candidate in New Mexico, now joined by Mowers. She has also endorsed U.S. Sen. Tim Scott in her home state, as well as two Republican candidates for governors seats in 2021 races – Jack Ciattarelli in New Jersey and Glenn Younkin in Virginia.

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by Anonymousreply 384October 15, 2021 3:07 PM

This posturing and bickering is getting way too old. Sinema, in particular, is obsessed with attention.

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by Anonymousreply 385October 15, 2021 3:16 PM

Guess who is running for Congress

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by Anonymousreply 386October 15, 2021 4:07 PM

^

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by Anonymousreply 387October 15, 2021 4:12 PM

The "Q" is revealing himself. These types want the public recognition and exposure, even when it becomes personally detrimental. It's hard to take credit staying anonymous.

Arizona delivers Gosar, Biggs, Finchem, Sinema (D), and others that are troubling. "Q" may fit right-in with these characters.

by Anonymousreply 388October 15, 2021 6:02 PM

Trump assured GOP donors yesterday that he doesn't enjoy being peed on:

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by Anonymousreply 389October 15, 2021 6:26 PM

Look always to Maggie Haberman to defend DJT in a cynical way.

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by Anonymousreply 390October 15, 2021 7:39 PM

When Ladybelle & Rudy crossdress at Mar-a-Lago, no telling what sordid demonstations the kinky orange despot wannabe requests of them.

Pootie has the p-p tapes.

by Anonymousreply 391October 15, 2021 7:54 PM

[quote]"You know the great thing, our great first lady--'That one,' she said, 'I don't believe that one.'”

That implies she did believe other allegations in the document.

by Anonymousreply 392October 15, 2021 7:59 PM

The more he talks about the pee tapes, the more it convinces me that they're real

by Anonymousreply 393October 15, 2021 8:36 PM

An assistant to the House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms faces multiple charges of child pornography, police in Fairfax County, Virginia, said Thursday. Stefan Bieret, 41, was arrested Thursday on 10 felony counts of child pornography, his arrest stemming from a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children after it noticed an illicit upload from a Dropbox account. Search warrants revealed the account belonged to Bieret, leading to a search of his home. Bieret was later transferred to a Fairfax County jail, where he is being held without bond. Police said they are still examining the evidence obtained from Bieret’s home and will use it to determine whether any other charges can be pressed.

Punchbowl News reporter Jake Sherman said on Twitter that Bieret was a known figure at the House. “Capitol insiders will know Stefan very well,” he wrote. “A longtime employee of the House Sargent at Arms. If you’re in the Capitol on a regular basis, you will have seen this face.”

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by Anonymousreply 394October 15, 2021 8:48 PM

Schiff...

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by Anonymousreply 395October 15, 2021 8:56 PM

The guy who defied a court ordered psych evaluation...

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by Anonymousreply 396October 15, 2021 9:17 PM

Capitol Police officer arrested

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by Anonymousreply 397October 15, 2021 9:47 PM

Prosecution of Bannon for Contempt of Congress WILL Impact How Meadows, Patel & Others Will Behave

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by Anonymousreply 398October 15, 2021 10:15 PM

[quote]All told, Sinema has received at least $750,000 from pharmaceutical interests and $920,000 from other industry lobbies.

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by Anonymousreply 399October 16, 2021 1:50 PM

Bannon and fellow insurrection collaborators will use the "run out the clock" strategy. This tactic needs confronted head-on.

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by Anonymousreply 400October 16, 2021 2:23 PM

Why the Virginia Governor's race has gotten tight.

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by Anonymousreply 401October 16, 2021 2:32 PM

'Mother' & Pence continue the campaigning to evangelicals.

[quote]The Pences spoke mostly about the conference's outlined topics of faith, family and support for the military. Even though the evening began with Waldrep reciting the preamble of the Constitution and military branches were honored throughout, politics weren’t discussed beyond calling for the nation to pray for government leaders.

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by Anonymousreply 402October 16, 2021 8:27 PM

[quote]Grisham, in her new book "I'll Take Your Questions Now," set to be released on Tuesday, writes that Graham would use the president to receive free rounds of golf, food and access to celebrities. "It struck me that he was using Trump to mop up the freebies like there was no tomorrow (seems that he still is). He would show up at Mar-a-Lago or Bedminster to play free rounds of golf, stuff his face with free food, and hang out with Trump and his celebrity pals," Grisham writes, according to Insider, which obtained a copy of the book.

Did Lindsey get to meet Regis Philbin, Rod Stewart, Matha Stewart, Sylvester Stallone, Vanessa Williams, and Serena Williams?

Or was it Kid Rock and Jon Voight?

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by Anonymousreply 403October 16, 2021 8:44 PM

Old news, r403.

by Anonymousreply 404October 16, 2021 8:48 PM

Who are the celebrities r404? Answer the question if you are so historically familiar?

by Anonymousreply 405October 16, 2021 8:57 PM

[quote]Who are the celebrities [R404]?

Not r404, but probably Rudy Giuliani, Chris Christie and the always fuckable Ivanka.

by Anonymousreply 406October 16, 2021 9:22 PM

Speaking of Rudy, she has her paws in even more sordid activities.

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by Anonymousreply 407October 16, 2021 9:41 PM

Well, Lindsey does know her Brazilian stuff.

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by Anonymousreply 408October 16, 2021 10:10 PM

Look, I know a ton about Brazilians. I get a Brazilian wax every month!

by Anonymousreply 409October 16, 2021 10:43 PM

Congress Should Refer Bannon for Criminal Contempt AND Trump for a Contempt Conspiracy Investigation

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by Anonymousreply 410October 16, 2021 11:01 PM

Does anyone know why this thread continually scrolls at a snail's pace, regardless of what device I view it on? No other thread that I view scrolls in this manner. It can take minutes to get through 10 posts.

by Anonymousreply 411October 17, 2021 12:45 AM

^It may be paywalled. Frequent loading problems. Certain links get rejected while some of the same can be accepted in other threads. Trolls will target these political threads to gray them fast. Definitely some action is happening for months now to subdue these particular threads. Maybe it is to constrain the foreign trolls? I don't know the specific motives or the cause of all the technical issues, r411. That said, this/these threads do have good discussions and informative links. The jokes, comedy, and sometimes satire mixed-in, gives it an additive dimension of note.

by Anonymousreply 412October 17, 2021 1:47 PM

Jeanine Pirro hosts Lindsey who took a trip to the border.

Her trips to the border encountering thousands of Brazilians, in designer clothes and carry Gucci bags, certainly has a lasting impact on her.

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by Anonymousreply 413October 17, 2021 10:15 PM

Trump Rally Attendees Completely Delusional

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by Anonymousreply 414October 17, 2021 10:15 PM

NY Judge Orders Trump to Testify at a Deposition on Monday, October 18-What Could Possibly Go Wrong

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by Anonymousreply 415October 17, 2021 11:49 PM

Randy

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by Anonymousreply 416October 17, 2021 11:56 PM

Miss Hawley had indignation. Chris Hayes had something to say about it.

[quote]MSNBC’s Chris Hayes used a stinging montage to call out Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-Mo.) indignation at Justice Department efforts to increase the monitoring of threats to teachers and school officials.

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by Anonymousreply 417October 18, 2021 12:12 AM

Tiffany Trump takes a break in her search for a Greek wedding spot.

Did she ever take a job? Didn't she finish Georgetown Law School.

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by Anonymousreply 418October 18, 2021 2:29 AM

[bold] The Pope: [/bold]

I ask all the great pharmaceutical laboratories to release the patents. Make a gesture of humanity and allow every country, every people, every human being, to have access to the vaccines. There are countries where only three or four per cent of the inhabitants have been vaccinated. In the name of God, I ask financial groups and international credit institutions to allow poor countries to assure “the basic needs of their people” and to cancel those debts that so often are contracted against the interests of those same peoples.

In the name of God, I ask the great extractive industries -- mining, oil, forestry, real estate, agribusiness -- to stop destroying forests, wetlands and mountains, to stop polluting rivers and seas, to stop poisoning food and people.

In the name of God, I ask the great food corporations to stop imposing monopolistic systems of production and distribution that inflate prices and end up withholding bread from the hungry.

In the name of God, I ask arms manufacturers and dealers to completely stop their activity, because it foments violence and war, it contributes to those awful geopolitical games which cost millions of lives displaced and millions dead.

In the name of God, I ask the technology giants to stop exploiting human weakness, people’s vulnerability, for the sake of profits without caring about the spread of hate speech, grooming, fake news, conspiracy theories, and political manipulation.

In the name of God, I ask the telecommunications giants to ease access to educational material and connectivity for teachers via the internet so that poor children can be educated even under quarantine.

In the name of God, I ask the media to stop the logic of post-truth, disinformation, defamation, slander and the unhealthy attraction to dirt and scandal, and to contribute to human fraternity and empathy with those who are most deeply damaged.

In the name of God, I call on powerful countries to stop aggression, blockades and unilateral sanctions against any country anywhere on earth. No to neo-colonialism. Conflicts must be resolved in multilateral fora such as the United Nations. We have already seen how unilateral interventions, invasions and occupations end up; even if they are justified by noble motives and fine words.

This system, with its relentless logic of profit, is escaping all human control. It is time to slow the locomotive down, an out-of-control locomotive hurtling towards the abyss. There is still time.

Together with the poor of the earth, I wish to ask governments in general, politicians of all parties, to represent their people and to work for the common good. I want to ask them for the courage to look at their own people, to look people in the eye, and the courage to know that the good of a people is much more than a consensus between parties (cf. Evangelii gaudium, 218). Let them stop listening exclusively to the economic elites, who so often spout superficial ideologies that ignore humanity's real dilemmas. May they be servants of the people who demand land, work, housing and good living. This aboriginal good living or buen vivir is not the same as “la dolce vita” or “sweet idleness”, no. This is good human living that puts us in harmony with all humanity, with all creation.

I also want to ask all of us religious leaders never to use the name of God to foment wars or coups (cf. Document on Human Fraternity, 2019). Let us stand by the peoples, the workers, the humble, and let us struggle together with them so that integral human development may become a reality. Let us build bridges of love so that the voices of the periphery with their weeping, but also with their singing and joy, provoke not fear but empathy in the rest of society.

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by Anonymousreply 419October 18, 2021 12:17 PM

Oh shut up old irrelevant man.

by Anonymousreply 420October 18, 2021 12:51 PM

Stephanopoulos to Steele, “Today, do you still believe that this tape exists?”

“I think it probably does, but I would not put 100 percent certainty on it,” Steele answered. “How do you explain if that tape does, indeed, exist, it has not been released?” Stephanopoulos asked.

“It hasn’t needed to be released,” said Steele, “because I think the Russians felt they’d got pretty good value out of Donald Trump when he was president of the U.S.”

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by Anonymousreply 421October 18, 2021 12:55 PM

Are you referring to R419 ^^^

Did you read it?

by Anonymousreply 422October 18, 2021 12:56 PM
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by Anonymousreply 423October 18, 2021 2:14 PM

AOC comments on big Pharma stooge, Kyrsten Sinema.

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by Anonymousreply 424October 18, 2021 2:44 PM

R420, that o”old, irrelevant man” was spot on. Although I’m going to research it a bit because it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s a fake.

by Anonymousreply 425October 18, 2021 3:09 PM

More anti-vaxxer nonsense

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by Anonymousreply 426October 18, 2021 4:23 PM

^^^

"These are the owners. Girlfriend can inject botulism and fillers but not a vaccine."

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by Anonymousreply 427October 18, 2021 4:45 PM
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by Anonymousreply 428October 18, 2021 6:41 PM

"Gym"

by Anonymousreply 429October 19, 2021 12:49 AM

^^^^

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by Anonymousreply 430October 19, 2021 12:51 AM

"Happy Husband Family Man" Matt Gaetz hasn't convinced everyone.

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by Anonymousreply 431October 19, 2021 12:59 AM

Jared Kushner pal Ken Kurson is facing state charges for cyberstalking.

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by Anonymousreply 432October 19, 2021 1:14 AM

Have you ever flashed a hotdog vendor?

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by Anonymousreply 433October 19, 2021 1:44 PM

Ho!

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by Anonymousreply 434October 19, 2021 1:50 PM

[quote]‘This is the future’: Black Senate candidates crush fundraising expectations Across the Senate map, Black candidates posted blowout numbers in the most recent campaign reporting period.

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by Anonymousreply 435October 19, 2021 1:55 PM

Does Nimrata Haley really have a chance for a successful run in Trump's MAGA cult?

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by Anonymousreply 436October 19, 2021 2:00 PM

[quote]It looks like Donald Trump’s legal efforts to block White House documents from the House select committee’s subpoenas have just been dealt a serious blow. Trump’s lawsuit in DC District Court has been assigned to Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has previously expressed severe criticism of the Capitol insurrection and its participants, per Politico

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by Anonymousreply 437October 19, 2021 2:11 PM

Oh snap.

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by Anonymousreply 438October 19, 2021 3:30 PM

R434 - what a stupid ho!!!

by Anonymousreply 439October 19, 2021 3:31 PM

Did the hot dog vendor look like daddy, r433? Maybe it was just a reflex action.

by Anonymousreply 440October 19, 2021 4:36 PM

BREAKING: Michigan House Education Committee just passed a bill to fund students instead of systems.

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by Anonymousreply 441October 19, 2021 4:40 PM

Wilburn authored an opinion piece titled “Iowa Republicans put loyalty to Trump over helping Iowans,” which the Des Moines Register published on its website Oct. 8 and on its print opinion page Oct. 9. The piece was timed ahead of Trump’s rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines Oct. 9. It was the former president's first trip back to the state since he lost the election and a mob of his supporters swarmed the U.S. Capitol in January.

After the essay's publication, Wilburn said he received two threatening phone messages and one threatening email to his legislative email address, which all made reference to what he wrote in the article.

“The voicemails include very explicit language. Every other word was the ‘n-word,’” he said.

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by Anonymousreply 442October 19, 2021 4:46 PM

R441, just another way of funding Christianity since most private schools are religious in nature.

by Anonymousreply 443October 19, 2021 4:53 PM

Breaking: FBI raids DC home of oligarch Oleg Deripaska

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by Anonymousreply 444October 19, 2021 5:15 PM

Charles Koch's Latino group endorses Republican Youngkin in Virginia's Governor's race.

Ole Charlie never stops buying GQP politicians. Ending regulations, maintaining and expanding his vast monopoly, and avoiding billions in taxes, and environmental destruction, have been among his agenda for decades.

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by Anonymousreply 445October 19, 2021 7:21 PM

Terrorists threatening election officials

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by Anonymousreply 446October 19, 2021 7:29 PM

[quote]Today I'm announcing the suspension of six [gun] licenses of domestic terrorists who participated in the January 6 insurrection attempt against the United States.

[quote]That brings our total to 28 suspensions. As more charges are filed, we will continue to hold these traitors accountable. - Nikki Fried, Florida Agriculture Commissioner (D)

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by Anonymousreply 447October 19, 2021 7:31 PM

Robert & daughter Rebekah Mercer and their dark money contributions to campaigns. Rebekah & dad have a history of deep ties to Steve Bannon and his sordid activities.

[quote]The wealthy family led by Robert and Rebekah Mercer invested nearly $20 million last year into a dark money fund that allows donors to keep secret the ultimate destination of their contributions. The Mercers, whose money helped propel Donald Trump to victory in 2016, hadn't made a political contribution this size through their foundation since at least five years ago. Some recent contributions to the Donors Trust have gone toward groups that pushed claims of election fraud before and after President Joe Biden defeated Trump in last year's election.

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by Anonymousreply 448October 19, 2021 7:31 PM

^ Good, fewer crazy people with guns

by Anonymousreply 449October 19, 2021 7:32 PM

I wish the Coneheads would go back to France, r448.

by Anonymousreply 450October 19, 2021 7:42 PM

Roller Nazi: Society wants to "demasculate all the young men"

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by Anonymousreply 451October 19, 2021 7:42 PM

Trump told Tuberville "protect yourself" on January 6

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by Anonymousreply 452October 19, 2021 8:55 PM

[quote] Federal grand jury indictment charges U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry with one count of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators looking into illegal contributions to his 2016 campaign. Full announcement coming.

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by Anonymousreply 453October 19, 2021 8:59 PM

Delightful Wonkette article about the above

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by Anonymousreply 454October 19, 2021 9:10 PM

Another Wonkette article about how they hurt NYT stenographer Maggie Haberman's feelings

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by Anonymousreply 455October 19, 2021 9:51 PM

I'll give Trump this: he certainly knows his base. They would have lapped this right up.

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by Anonymousreply 456October 19, 2021 10:14 PM

Is Merrick Garland going to do his job and allow Bannon to be prosecuted?

Garland is paid, with benefits, to do a job. Enough with his prior delays and aversion to confrontation of alleged Republican lawbreakers with ties to DJT.

by Anonymousreply 457October 19, 2021 10:19 PM

I hereby propose we cap the TREASONING threads at 400 (even if the system allows it to go to 600).

Can I get a second?

OP, what do you think?

by Anonymousreply 458October 19, 2021 10:27 PM

Liz Cheney minutes ago:

"Mr. Bannon's and Mr. Trump's privilege arguments do appear to reveal one thing, however: they suggest that President Trump was personally involved in the planning and execution of January 6th. And we will get to the bottom of that."

by Anonymousreply 459October 20, 2021 12:07 AM
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by Anonymousreply 460October 20, 2021 12:10 AM

Let's pep-up the thread with some Miss Lindzey time.

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by Anonymousreply 461October 20, 2021 1:32 AM

Why is this thread grayed out? Can we get a new one?

Lookie who is losing tons of weight after being kicked off the government dime.

It’s amazing how much weight you lose when the public cuts off your taxpayer-funded feasts.

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by Anonymousreply 462October 20, 2021 1:44 AM

Primate deniers

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by Anonymousreply 463October 20, 2021 12:16 PM

[quote] Black children made up more than 50% of those who were handled forcibly, though they are only 15% of the U.S. child population. They and other minority kids are often perceived by police as being older than they are. The most common types of force were takedowns, strikes and muscling, followed by firearms pointed at or used on children. Less often, children faced other tactics, like the use of pepper spray or police K-9s.

[quote] In Minneapolis, officers pinned children with their bodyweight at least 190 times. In Indianapolis, more than 160 kids were handcuffed; in Wichita, Kansas, police officers drew or used their Tasers on kids at least 45 times. Most children in the dataset are teenagers, but the data included dozens of cases of children ages 10 or younger who were also subject to police force.

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by Anonymousreply 464October 20, 2021 12:49 PM

GOP refuse to show up to vote for a qualified muslim nominee:

[quote] Dilawar Syed, President Biden’s nominee to be deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration, embodies the American Dream. He came to this country 30 years ago from Pakistan in pursuit of education and opportunity and built a successful career as an entrepreneur, starting and running companies specializing in software, health care and artificial intelligence. If confirmed, he would be the highest-ranking Muslim in government.

[quote] But Republicans have frozen his nomination in a Senate committee, and some of his backers — including prominent human rights and faith-based groups — say it is precisely because of his background and religion. Mr. Syed was nominated to the SBA’s No. 2 post in March. The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship held a hearing in April and on June 16 favorably voted his nomination out of committee by a voice vote. But the parliamentarian ruled a roll call was required, and Republicans have repeatedly refused to show up for votes, denying the evenly split committee the needed quorum.

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by Anonymousreply 465October 20, 2021 2:28 PM

Lauren Boebert is an outrageous bigot. Combine that with being excessively dumb.

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by Anonymousreply 466October 20, 2021 3:41 PM

Al Franken on the "Non-Partisan" Supreme Court (October 18, 2021)

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by Anonymousreply 467October 20, 2021 5:18 PM

CNN's Jake Tapper keeps repeating Republicans will likely take back the House in '22. Then he yaps that the Democrats need to work with Republicans.

I will quit watching him. He sounds as if he is a Republican.

by Anonymousreply 468October 20, 2021 8:17 PM

Bannon is Poised to be the "Target" of a Grand Jury Investigation; Trump Poised to be a "Subject"

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by Anonymousreply 469October 20, 2021 9:50 PM

Soup

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by Anonymousreply 470October 20, 2021 11:15 PM

South Carolina's South of the Border.

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by Anonymousreply 471October 20, 2021 11:20 PM

Gym Jordan is having some memory problems...

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by Anonymousreply 472October 21, 2021 12:15 AM

Documentary on HBO

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by Anonymousreply 473October 21, 2021 1:38 AM

Cult sycophants.

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by Anonymousreply 474October 21, 2021 10:50 AM

Two out of every five residents are Black

One out of every two residents is female

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by Anonymousreply 475October 21, 2021 1:12 PM

A "this is America video" which actually proves how THIS is America

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by Anonymousreply 476October 21, 2021 1:51 PM

Scary, Curly & 'Mo attend the Merrick Garland committee meeting

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by Anonymousreply 477October 21, 2021 2:51 PM

The United States Postal Service seriously mismanaged Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s conflicts of interest from the start, according to documents obtained by CREW via a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The documents show that USPS’s initial decision to allow DeJoy to recuse from matters involving his former company XPO Logistics rather than divesting from the conflict-creating assets was clearly insufficient, given DeJoy’s role as the head of the agency and his later divestment.

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by Anonymousreply 478October 21, 2021 4:47 PM

The Oath Keepers are known as a violent extremist group We got a membership list from an anonymous hacker.

It included 10 sitting state lawmakers, all GOP:

North Carolina -- @MikeClampitt

North Carolina -- Keith Kidwell

Alaska -- @davideastmanjr

Indiana -- Scott A. Baldwin

Georgia -- @SteveTarvin

Arizona -- Wendy Rogers

Arizona -- @RealMarkFinchem

Idaho -- Chad Christensen

South Dakota -- Phil Jensen

South Dakota -- @JimStalzer

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by Anonymousreply 479October 21, 2021 5:02 PM

This person legitimately has a shot at becoming governor of Arizona

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by Anonymousreply 480October 21, 2021 5:18 PM

^ Save us, Arizona DLers

by Anonymousreply 481October 21, 2021 6:13 PM

Matt Gaetz and Gym Jordan get shaded

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by Anonymousreply 482October 21, 2021 6:23 PM

Texas has a scary new Secretary of State

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by Anonymousreply 483October 21, 2021 6:26 PM
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by Anonymousreply 484October 21, 2021 7:09 PM

Any Member of Congress Who Votes AGAINST Holding Bannon in Contempt, Aids/Abets Steve Bannon's Crime

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by Anonymousreply 485October 21, 2021 11:39 PM

No thread on Biden's Town Hall? I missed it and was hoping to see a summary here.

Did anybody watch it?

by Anonymousreply 486October 22, 2021 2:18 AM

Miss Marsha & Cotton attack "safe zones" on campuses.

[quote]Blackburn, alongside Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote about what they believe to be the eroding foundation of open debate. "Whereas schools once prided themselves on fostering free and open debate, today they create "safe spaces" to shield students from difference, diversity of opinion, and dissent. Courts have struck down many oppressive speech restrictions on college campuses—notably tiny "free-speech zones" that schools use to corral street preachers and protestors—but this has not stopped colleges and universities from fighting tooth and nail to preserve their speech codes."

They are the Murdochs' Fox favorites:

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by Anonymousreply 487October 22, 2021 12:57 PM

Maybe people don’t want to be subjected to harmful, right wing propaganda full of misinformation and mistruths.

College campuses are.a place for academic engagement, not unproven lies about vaccines and Qanon.

That stuff shouldn’t be anywhere near higher learning.

by Anonymousreply 488October 22, 2021 1:15 PM

Some positive support for a change!

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by Anonymousreply 489October 22, 2021 2:05 PM

oops. sorry ^

*Principal*

by Anonymousreply 490October 22, 2021 2:23 PM

The body language Trumping of DeathSentence:

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by Anonymousreply 491October 22, 2021 2:24 PM

Arizona mess: Paul Gosar, Wendy Rogers, and Paul Finchem.

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by Anonymousreply 492October 22, 2021 2:50 PM

Mark Finchem (correction)

by Anonymousreply 493October 22, 2021 2:52 PM

Someone with the last name Posey has the audacity to demand to be taken seriously while he directs profanity at someone else.

On the floor of the United States House of Representatives.

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by Anonymousreply 494October 22, 2021 3:06 PM

Of course Mississippi Senators Roger Wicker & Cindy Hyde-Smith helped block Senate Democrats' reform bill on election.

Republicans deceptively call the bill an attempt to federalize elections. No, the bill seeks to protect reasonable voter access against state disenfranchisement efforts.

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by Anonymousreply 495October 22, 2021 3:15 PM

It is so disturbing that these people walk among us. I hope he has fun with the FBI.

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by Anonymousreply 496October 22, 2021 5:10 PM

[quote]Democrats Reach Deal To Introduce Landmark Fundraising Email

[quote]“We couldn’t be more thrilled to put forward this extensive, once-in-a-generation communique, which is the first of its kind to include distribution lists from all sitting Democrats in Congress,” said House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi

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by Anonymousreply 497October 22, 2021 5:19 PM

Val Demings is showing she is a strong fundraiser in her bid to defeat Lil' Marco.

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by Anonymousreply 498October 22, 2021 6:01 PM

Audit SC 2020 vote. Numbers way over-manipulated.

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by Anonymousreply 499October 22, 2021 6:25 PM

Trump's New Social Media Site Immediately Taken Offline Due To Spammers

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by Anonymousreply 500October 22, 2021 6:38 PM

How do they even know the difference between MAGAt posters and "spammers"?

by Anonymousreply 501October 22, 2021 6:39 PM

Meghan McCain's new book: Ivanka & Jared Kushner are "funeral crashers".

[quote]"I was told that Lindsey Graham invited him. I have been told many different things from many different people."

Did Lindsey try to invite Trump to McCain funeral?

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by Anonymousreply 502October 22, 2021 6:43 PM

Kimberly be good gurl.

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by Anonymousreply 503October 22, 2021 7:03 PM

Wow, what an ASSHOLE

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by Anonymousreply 504October 22, 2021 7:32 PM

Youngkin is a 'phobe (no surprise there)

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by Anonymousreply 505October 22, 2021 7:33 PM

R504, indeed. Because Pelosi refused to accept Banks and Jordan on the Investigative Commitee, McCarthy withdrew all his recommended participants, including the three Pelosi was willing to accept. Thus Banks was never the ranking member. Liz Cheney is the ranking member, and is referred to as such. Banks is deceptive and has no entitlement to access. McCarthy is stupid in not cooperating. He may regret it, but won't admit that. Banks needs reprimanded, and face other legal consequences, upon investigative results. He wasn't working alone.

by Anonymousreply 506October 22, 2021 8:00 PM

Lev Parnas convicted on all counts.

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by Anonymousreply 507October 22, 2021 8:33 PM

Lindsey is fixated on defending how Ivanka & Jared got invitations to John McCain's funeral in late summer, 2018.

Apparently serving South Carolina isn't on his mind. Neither is working with Senate colleagues to resolve problems.

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by Anonymousreply 508October 22, 2021 11:15 PM

Proof that Republicans always project:

Another Republican is charged with voter fraud

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by Anonymousreply 509October 23, 2021 1:13 AM

More GOP voter fraud

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by Anonymousreply 510October 23, 2021 1:14 AM

More about the guy at r509

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by Anonymousreply 511October 23, 2021 2:20 AM

Apparently he once wanted to be on "Dynasty".

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by Anonymousreply 512October 23, 2021 4:45 AM
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by Anonymousreply 513October 23, 2021 9:07 AM

MAGA-Q Marsha:

[quote]The Tennessee senator said she plans to file a bill on Monday that would exempt any employee classified as an essential worker during the pandemic from federal mandates.

“Health care workers, airline employees, first responders, policeman. People that have worked so many different careers. They showed up. They did their jobs,” Blackburn said. “If they do not want to be masked up and if they want to be free of a vaccine mandate, they should be. They’ve earned it.”

Tennessee cannot override or exempt themselves from federal mandates. Doubtful Marsha would want unvaxinated health care workers and first responders in very close proximity to her for treatment..

She engages in political theatrics while being dismissive of the health risks to her own constituents.

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by Anonymousreply 514October 23, 2021 1:53 PM

I like that Marsha's attempting to bring back the "bed head".

by Anonymousreply 515October 23, 2021 5:31 PM

Marsha is way too old for that hair

by Anonymousreply 516October 23, 2021 5:43 PM

Who is...?

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by Anonymousreply 517October 23, 2021 6:34 PM

Here are the Consequences to Democracy if AG Garland/DOJ Refuse to Prosecute Trump's Election Crimes

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by Anonymousreply 518October 23, 2021 8:41 PM

Scary

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by Anonymousreply 519October 23, 2021 8:48 PM

But I've been assured right here on DL that the Republicans have accepted gay marriage and we have nothing to worry about, R519!

by Anonymousreply 520October 23, 2021 8:55 PM

Jim Acosta confronts Marjorie Taylor Greene on Capitol Hill

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by Anonymousreply 521October 23, 2021 10:10 PM

BOOB(S)!!!

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by Anonymousreply 522October 23, 2021 10:59 PM

'Daily Show's' Klepper reveals what happened at Trump rally

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by Anonymousreply 523October 23, 2021 11:32 PM

Wisconsin is bringing back child labor

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by Anonymousreply 524October 24, 2021 12:40 AM

Tapper to Pelosi: Are you frustrated with Sinema and Manchin?

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by Anonymousreply 525October 24, 2021 6:30 PM

[bold] The House Ethics Committee has released detailed reports on four members — three Republicans and one Democrat — who face allegations of financial ethics violations, ranging from improper use of campaign funds to failure to disclose stock trades. [/bold]

The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), an independent body that reviews ethical complaints and makes recommendations to the House Ethics Committee, investigated Republican Reps. Mike Kelly (Pa.), Alex Mooney (W.Va.), and Jim Hagedorn (Minn.), as well as Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski (N.J.).

[quote] It was Mooney’s penchant for fast-food meals that raised eyebrows at the ethics office. Mooney’s FEC filings, the report states, indicate a pattern of day-to-day meal expenditures at places like Chick-fil-A, Panera, Taco Bell and local pizza joints. Mooney’s office provided explanations for the meals, including a $12.84 purchase at Wingstop that the lawmaker’s staff attributed to a trip Mooney made to the post office to pick up campaign mail. He stopped at the chicken wings chain for lunch on the way home. In his interview with investigators, Mooney said he felt justified in charging meals to the campaign any time there were constituents at the location he happened to eat at that day. Mooney was also accused of spending campaign dollars on trips to West Virginia that his office labeled “site visits” but that investigators found to be “primarily personal in nature.” This includes a nearly $2,500 trip to a resort and a $302 private fishing tour.

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by Anonymousreply 526October 24, 2021 7:07 PM

Fugly crackhead to host three-day Thanksgiving event to prepare country for overturning the election

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by Anonymousreply 527October 24, 2021 10:49 PM

Is the tide turning?

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by Anonymousreply 528October 24, 2021 11:12 PM

^ Whoa, it's almost as if Trump lied! Shocker!

by Anonymousreply 529October 24, 2021 11:53 PM

Ahem

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by Anonymousreply 530October 25, 2021 1:05 AM

Andy Biggs, Lauren Boebert, Paul Gosar, Mo Brooks, Madison Cawthorn, Louis Gohmert.....y'all have some explaining to do

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by Anonymousreply 531October 25, 2021 2:05 AM
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by Anonymousreply 532October 25, 2021 2:07 AM

Then she was, then she wasn't, now she is.

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by Anonymousreply 533October 25, 2021 6:30 AM

Wow that Rolling Stone article is explosive but we knew that already…members of Congress are traitors to this country

by Anonymousreply 534October 25, 2021 1:16 PM

They should be jailed or sent to the electric chair

by Anonymousreply 535October 25, 2021 1:16 PM

10 bucks says nothing will happen. Trying not to be negative, but It's so discouraging to see these reports with no repercussions.

by Anonymousreply 536October 25, 2021 2:40 PM
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by Anonymousreply 537October 25, 2021 3:24 PM

The Saudis are paying Jared back for the cover up of their crimes:

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by Anonymousreply 538October 25, 2021 3:30 PM

R532's pic looks like Hell's version of Up With People

by Anonymousreply 539October 25, 2021 5:26 PM

Trump Loyalists Planned To Overturn The Election In 'War Room' of D.C. Hotel

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by Anonymousreply 540October 25, 2021 5:37 PM

Biden picked Merrick Garland as AG. Then there is speculation if Garland will even charge Steve Bannon for defying a Congressional subpoena. Expecting Garland to pursue charges on Trump, his insurrection operatives, and the House & Senate members who were involved with the conspiracy, may prove very disappointing.

Christopher Wray's knowledge, actions or lack of, and explanations as to the agency's preparedness regarding what happened on 1/06 is also very concerning, given the scrutiny and accountability on this has been quite mild.

The House and Senate ethnic committees are doing zero about the insurrection enablers within their own ranks.. If a Democratic male representative was alleged to have made an unwanted sexual overture to a female colleage or staffer, they would be ready to roast the guy. But a Republican representative promoting violence and vandalism at the Capitol, along supporting a coup d'etat effort, gets a total pass.

by Anonymousreply 541October 25, 2021 6:47 PM

All the traitors should be expelled from the House for treason

by Anonymousreply 542October 25, 2021 6:50 PM

Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise sickening.

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by Anonymousreply 543October 25, 2021 7:25 PM

That is a pretty good burn:

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by Anonymousreply 544October 25, 2021 7:35 PM

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

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by Anonymousreply 545October 25, 2021 8:29 PM

Paul Gosar was deeply involved in the insurrection planning activity.

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by Anonymousreply 546October 25, 2021 8:38 PM

More links noting Andrew Biggs & Paul Gosar were involved with the 01/06 Capitol insurrection attacks.

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by Anonymousreply 547October 25, 2021 8:43 PM

You don't ask for a pardon if you've done nothing wrong

by Anonymousreply 548October 25, 2021 8:44 PM

The really bads ones never really go away.

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by Anonymousreply 549October 25, 2021 8:46 PM

[quote]Rep. Mo Brooks says he wasn't involved in planning Jan. 6 rally before U.S. Capitol riot

Then he managed to scrounge up the body armor he wore at the rally awfully fast.

by Anonymousreply 550October 25, 2021 8:48 PM

[quote]Facebook quickly leads users from Melania Trump to QAnon and white genocide: whistleblower

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by Anonymousreply 551October 25, 2021 9:03 PM

Needs ass kicked again by some neighbor.

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by Anonymousreply 552October 25, 2021 9:09 PM

More racist gerrymandering

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by Anonymousreply 553October 25, 2021 9:28 PM

Hell on Wheels gets called out big time

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by Anonymousreply 554October 25, 2021 9:32 PM

As other comments have said, imagine being so sheltered that your mother has to protect you from learning about slavery..in your SENIOR YEAR AP English class

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by Anonymousreply 555October 25, 2021 9:47 PM

^ These are the same people who whine about "snowflakes" and "safe spaces"

by Anonymousreply 556October 25, 2021 10:34 PM

I did NOT lead reconnaissance tours of the Capitol

I don't even know what reconnaissance means!

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by Anonymousreply 557October 25, 2021 10:40 PM

Has Boebert ever explained just exactly why her husband exposed his penis to underaged children?

by Anonymousreply 558October 25, 2021 11:20 PM

Gee, what could Trump be hiding?

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by Anonymousreply 559October 26, 2021 1:30 AM

[quote] These are the same people who whine about "snowflakes" and "safe spaces"

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by Anonymousreply 560October 26, 2021 1:58 AM

Nance:

Be warned: At the worst moment for Democracy I suspect @SenatorSinema will switch parties, give power to the Republicans & say she was never a Democrat but an Independent Green. American Democracy will abruptly end. Convince me I’m wrong.

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by Anonymousreply 561October 26, 2021 2:13 AM

^Ole Nast of AZ is owned by big pharma & the big banks.

Biden commented that she was really smart. Wrong message. She is greedy and craves attention.

Manchin will compromise to a degree.

Ole Nast of AZ is the GQP & corporate plant.

by Anonymousreply 562October 26, 2021 6:35 AM

[quote]That’s frustrating her constituents, some of whom feel shut out of the process. Citing her lack of transparency, a group of veterans on her advisory council recently quit, saying Sinema is an obstruction to progress. “Nobody knows what she is thinking because she doesn’t tell anybody anything,” one of the veterans who derided Sinema, Sylvia González Andersh, told the New York Times. “It’s very sad to think that someone who you worked for that hard to get elected is not even willing to listen."

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by Anonymousreply 563October 26, 2021 6:46 AM

The media keeps referencing Sinema as a "moderate Democrat". That is offensive and wrong labeling. She is an obstructionist working in behalf of big pharma.

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by Anonymousreply 564October 26, 2021 7:03 AM

Whatever Kilmeade likes......

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by Anonymousreply 565October 26, 2021 3:27 PM

House Democrats' Fundraising Arm Releases New Ad Targeting Trump

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by Anonymousreply 566October 26, 2021 3:47 PM

Sen. Warren: Democrats Are Looking For Ways To Un-Rig The Game

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by Anonymousreply 567October 26, 2021 6:24 PM

[quote]Daryl M. Brooks, who spoke at the pre-insurrection event with Scavo and Bannon is not only a convicted sex offender, he also appeared w/ Giuliani at that infamous landscaping press conference in PA.

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by Anonymousreply 568October 26, 2021 6:38 PM

This might seem a bit off topic, but it certainly seems treasonous to me: Trump advisor Deborah Birx has testified that Trump cost more than 130,000 Americans their lives by prioritizing his reelection over the pandemic response:

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by Anonymousreply 569October 26, 2021 6:56 PM

R569, MAGA Marsha had received a reply about that.

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by Anonymousreply 570October 26, 2021 8:16 PM

Susan Collins opposes voting rights legislation.

"State rights" means certain voters can be disenfranchised, and Republican legislators can overturn election results they don't like.

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by Anonymousreply 571October 26, 2021 8:30 PM

Is it just me, or is Marsha's response at R570 a total non sequitur?

by Anonymousreply 572October 26, 2021 8:31 PM

Reps. Gosar & Biggs deny their insurrection activities. Figures.

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by Anonymousreply 573October 26, 2021 8:36 PM

[quote]No sitting member of Congress should be able to plan a coordinated attack on our democracy with impunity. Texas Democrats urge every reporter to hold Gohmert and his Congressional conspirators accountable and get to the bottom of their involvement in these events. Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa issued the following statement: “It is incredibly disturbing to hear the allegations that Texas Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert helped directly coordinate the domestic terror attack that took place on January 6. It’s an outrage that a sitting member of Congress may have helped plan a violent attempt to overturn the will of the American people and the results of the most secure election in our nation’s history. And it’s a slap in the face to every Texan that Texas Republican lawmakers have been at the heart of this year’s attacks on our democracy --from Gohmert’s alleged involvement, to Ken Paxton speaking alongside Trump right before these attacks, to Ted Cruz spending months spouting lies about the results of the 2020 election. Americans died on January 6. This has to stop. “I urge reporters to hold Louie Gohmert accountable and uncover the truth of exactly what went on among extreme-right members of Congress in the leadup to this domestic terror attack on our nation’s Capitol. Every American deserves immediate answers about the scope of Gohmert and his cronies’ involvement in these events. Every day we wait without answers is an insult to Texans, to our democracy, and to everything we stand for as a country. We demand the truth now.”

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by Anonymousreply 574October 26, 2021 8:46 PM

They are all telling lies now, and not showing proof otherwise as to their insurrection behavior. Denials are void of substance.

More on Gohmert.

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by Anonymousreply 575October 26, 2021 8:52 PM

[quote] "State rights" means certain voters can be disenfranchised, and Republican legislators can overturn election results they don't like.

But, if I recall correctly, the justification the Kentucky legislature used to justify stripping the Governor of his ability to make a Senate replacement (as Yurtle seems to be circling the drain) is that any replacement must not alter the balance of representation in the Senate as that would have NATIONAL implications.

The only rules that matter are the rules which benefit them.

by Anonymousreply 576October 26, 2021 8:58 PM

Lindsey announces her daily Fox News appearance on the subject of Afghanistan.

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by Anonymousreply 577October 26, 2021 10:02 PM

Facebook.

information coming from a relative or trusted friend is more dangerous.

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by Anonymousreply 578October 26, 2021 10:55 PM

My goodness, the Lady.

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by Anonymousreply 579October 27, 2021 8:28 PM

so wrong......

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by Anonymousreply 580October 27, 2021 8:50 PM

Ole Mo denies involvement in insurrection planning but admits his staff did, though he claims he didn't know about it.

Such bullshit. And he is running for the Senate. Outrageous!

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by Anonymousreply 581October 27, 2021 10:00 PM

Arrest that GQP asshole

by Anonymousreply 582October 27, 2021 10:41 PM

MAGA Q Marsha attacks LGBT+ in statement on Afghanistan.

She is vile, bigoted, pandering, and cognitively weak.

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by Anonymousreply 583October 27, 2021 11:29 PM

The 37-year-old actor, whose real name is Micah Fernia, allegedly threw paint on the statue of Floyd on October 3, just four days after the statue was unveiled. The NYPD released surveillance footage of the vandal on October 4, showing a skateboarder going into his knapsack and pulling out a can of paint, which he threw at the new sculpture.

Before being apprehended by the NYPD, Beal was arrested for a curfew violation during the January 6 Capitol Hill Riots. Beals is now being charged with second-degree criminal mischief, which carries a potential sentence of up to seven years in prison.

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by Anonymousreply 584October 28, 2021 12:14 AM

Unjust Ruling in Rittenhouse Case; Can't Say "Victims" But Can Say "Looters, Rioters & Arsonists"

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by Anonymousreply 585October 28, 2021 1:00 AM
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by Anonymousreply 586October 28, 2021 8:22 AM
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by Anonymousreply 587October 28, 2021 8:25 AM
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by Anonymousreply 588October 28, 2021 8:31 AM
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by Anonymousreply 589October 28, 2021 8:35 AM

Love that poster r589.

I walk past its twin on Miami's Biscayne Blvd. in downtown Miami.

by Anonymousreply 590October 28, 2021 8:38 AM

The Murdoch way $$$$$$$$

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by Anonymousreply 591October 28, 2021 9:43 AM

Lyin' Cacun Ted & Friends

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by Anonymousreply 592October 28, 2021 9:46 AM

Love is in the air....still.

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by Anonymousreply 593October 28, 2021 9:49 AM

Makes sense.

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by Anonymousreply 594October 28, 2021 9:50 AM

Do we have a Thread 46 yet?

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by Anonymousreply 595October 28, 2021 12:20 PM

Joe is going to the House this morning to ask progressives to pass the infrastructure bill and trust him to deliver on the larger social spending package later. The problem is, they don't trust Manchin and Sinema -- with good reason.

Punchbowl News:

The spectacle of a president coming to the Hill for a second time to implore his own rank-and-file to pass a bill both he and the party leadership desperately need is truly fascinating. That’s not where anyone thought Democrats would be heading at the end of October.

by Anonymousreply 596October 28, 2021 12:24 PM

Sinema & Manchin are going to kill these bills. The Democrats would have had an easier time convincing a couple of Republicans.

Sinema is hell-bent on destroying it all. She is horrible. Manchin wants to whittle it all down to near nothing, then declare he compromised. It is selfish behavior.

by Anonymousreply 597October 28, 2021 2:01 PM

Exactly. Work with Murkowski and Collins...at least you know what you're dealing with.

by Anonymousreply 598October 28, 2021 2:12 PM

Yeah, r598. You're working with liars.

by Anonymousreply 599October 28, 2021 2:14 PM

Rupert & Lachlan Murdoch's Wall Street Journal prints Trump's letter. Lies & garbage.

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by Anonymousreply 600October 28, 2021 3:01 PM
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