Beginning by recognizing the long engagements. Everyday Treason Thread #50, a Datalounge milestone.

Yes, it is!

Good god, these two women are right up there with the ugliest ever.....that said, if it's a double wedding, I'm in!

Prior Thread

The Tiffany and Michael timeline:

Miss Marsha makes news, again.

[quote]The Department of Homeland Security's intelligence arm hit back at Senator Marsha Blackburn's allegations this week, after she accused DHS of trying to police Americans' speech and thoughts.

I'll say it again: This is a matter of accountability and Miss Marsha, Fox, Tom Fitton and all of the rest of them should be hung out to dry--and political malpractice litigation against any Democrat who doesn't take part in the hanging.

They LIED to their part of the electorate with gleeful abandon. They own that and this issue is the perfect way to illustrate to their people how frequently and maliciously they are taken advantage of.

Graham was just in Jersusalem; now this? He's acting as if he's the Secretary of State. He doesn't appear interested in Senate committee work.

Most Senators at least visit their home states frequently, and attempt to address their constituents. That is not happening in SC by LG.

This is a Graham re-tweet.

Durham Calls Out Republicans For Exaggerating His Findings To Attack Democrats

Ex-Judge who played key role in Trump-Pence feud speaks out for first time

Oh no! Michael Flynn is no longer endorsing Mo.

Lil' Marco may have no serious primary challengers. He doesn't break with Trump; changes subject to Ukraine.

He will face Val Demmings in the general election.

Go Val go!

Yes, please!

Hillary and her entire staff belong in jail but the Jan6 protesters are innocent until proven guilty...

We need to go on offense now. There is so much obvious corruption/treason. We need to get commercials out there bashing Rs relentlessly.

1) she traffics in the rumor that Fidel Castro is really Justin's father.

2) Her tweet now has 67,000 likes

Republicans are scary

[quote] Martin Kao defrauded the Paycheck Protection Program,

[quote] Kao lied to get a $10M loan, then deposited $2M into his account

[quote] Kao was employed by a defense contractor and can’t donate to federal elections. So he used a shell corp.

[quote] He is facing two charges of bank fraud and five charges of money laundering.

Republicans are scary, part 2

Lindsey travels the world greeting gentlemen. You foot the bill.

"Daddy", see what I tweet? Please say you love me.

Having them all together in one place would be delightful.

If gentleman callers don't call on Miss Lindz, Miss Lindz will call on gentleman callers: she's so horny.

R21 So fucking true! And what is that big fat orange fucking cunt doing this weekend? Golfing, cheating, stuffing his fat fucking cunt face with 2 scoops of ice cream!

Posters who can't figure out how to start a post with a viewable picture or link without clicking really shouldn't be starting threads.

R25 the troll has arrived

I knew I smelled something.

[bolod] My Cousin Allegedly Killed His Wife and Cast Her Vote for Trump [/bold]

[quote] ...in May 2021, Barry was arrested for allegedly murdering Suzanne. Soon after, I learned that Barry had also been charged with casting his missing wife’s mail-in ballot in the 2020 presidential election for Trump. According to an arrest affidavit, he has admitted to voting illegally, even as he has steadfastly denied murdering his wife. The roughly 130-page affidavit details his evolving alibis, his business maneuvers, and his narcissistic manipulation, but what I find most fascinating is what I have come to regard as Barry’s theology.

[quote] Not only did Barry suggest to the FBI that if anything bad happened to Suzanne, it may have been God’s punishment for her recent behavior (after surviving cancer a second time, Suzanne had begun drinking wine and taking CBD, and she was having an affair with a former high school classmate from Indiana). He also told a Colorado TV news reporter that “Suzanne trusted the Lord, and if one person got saved from this, she would think it was worth it.”

[quote] That quote blew my mind—less because of its blithe cruelty than for its brave theological accuracy. Barry articulated a truth about evangelical Christianity that he was uniquely situated to discover: Absolutely anything that brings a soul to Jesus is justified, including uxoricide. God’s sending his son Jesus to earth to pay for every sin—including Suzanne’s murder, which would have been on Jesus’ mind while dangling from the cross—renders murder meaningless compared to its potential to confer upon a non-believer eternal happiness.

At some point aren't they going to be forced to acknowledge that Trumpism is just hyper selfishness?

He's another "swinger". Has he and his wife entertained Mr. & Mrs. Roger Stone yet?

This popped up on my news feed and the first three words got me all excited and then....Wop Wop Wop.

It's still good news, r31. He just keeps digging himself deeper...

Trump can't have it both ways. Michael Cohen (and some others) conveyed, paraphrasing, that Trump personally approved all transactions pertaining to his business, including the simple matters.

Trump is known to be very obsessed with making money. People like that don't ignore financial details.

ARIZONA

Politicians tweeting Bible verses via Twitter think they are covering for their "sins"; and it is deceptively done to appeal to evangelicals. Within hours, they may be tweeting nasty, often false, attacks on what they see as their opposition. Hypocrites.

While I do agree with your statement and that of the tweeter, R35, I also think a more mundane reality is that social media duties for many of these public figures is relegated to clueless (and often true believer) 20-something y/o interns.

They are tasked with producing content for the indefensible and so often resort to the lowest common denominator.

Putin is going to attack Ukraine, or drag this “will he or won’t he” out to deflect media attention from GQP and Low T’s extremism and from focusing on their lurch towards fascism.

That's a good point, FCI. I believe it is true, in part, that the threat, and soon incursion, is being conducted as a deflection to help their GQP assets in the U.S.

A lot of NRA money contributed to GQP legislators has Russian oligarch connections. Much goes into these politicians' PACs, if not directly. A big component of their Trumpism is fear of exposure and that their revenue stream could be disrupted. I'd guess 90% of them are on the take in some way.

Sidney Powell wants her phone records hidden from the 1/06 committee.

Perhaps she was just ordering MyPillows and doesn't want the committee to know where she shops.

Wives and military deferments.

R34, that hurts my heart.

[quote]Sidney Powell wants her phone records hidden from the 1/06 committee.

Better she should want her face hidden. From everybody.

Fox lies. Repeated by Canadian-born Lyin' Ted and Diamond & Silk.

[quote]Fox News contributor Sara Carter has walked back her entirely fictitious claim about a woman dying after being trampled by a Canadian authority on horseback amid ongoing trucker-led protests. While the claim wasn’t accurate, the tweet was red-meat for her over 1.3 million conservative Twitter followers, who quickly amplified the baseless death as evidence of Canadian government wrongdoing. “Reports are the woman trampled by a Canadian horse patrol just died at the hospital ... #Trudeau #FreedomConvoyCanada,” Carter tweeted Friday evening. Shortly thereafter, conservatives picked up and amplified the tweet, including former Fox Nation hosts Diamond and Silk and Republican Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Somebody needs to start spreading stories about Sara Carter...

Gov. DeathSentence is supporting a bill that would require Florida schools to out students:

Also FLORIDA

Ted Cruz is desperate to be President. IMO, he's worse than Trump. Trump is through and through a con-man, mostly for financial schemes, getting adored, and exerting authoratative power over those he can manipulate. He disrespects laws, and views such doesn't apply to him. Ole Ted is a total asshole, is also a liar, certainly knows better, and flips himself when caught at his hypocrisy or determines another approach is more self-serving.

At least Valerie Bertinelli is standing up for us!

I have a revolting fascination with him, R47, as I have come to believe we share similar mental disorders.

The differences between us being that, for one thing, I'm a nobody and/or because I don't actively endeavor to hurt people to buttress my sense of self worth.

The public need to be constantly reminded that two of his primary financial backers (like Boebert and Cawthorn) are the evil personified Peter Thiel and Liz & Dick Uihlein--absurdly wealthy people who are fundamentally opposed to democracy and willing to pay millions for the destruction of it.

More Florida news....

Trump Illegally Took Classified Documents to Mar-a-Lago

Candace Owens is scary

What is wrong with Sidney Powell's face? She and MTG both look "half-baked" if that makes any sense. Like someone started sculpting and forgot to finish or like they could peel off the first layers. Reptilians (just kidding)?

Candace Owens along with Diamond and Silk are con artists. They don't believe the shit they spout, they just want attention and money and found a grift.

Candace Owens along with Diamond and Silk are coon artists. They don't believe the shit they spout, they just want attention and money and found a grift.

FIFY

Remember where she came from, r54...

More Florida...

[quote]Candace Owens along with Diamond and Silk are coon artists.

To be fair, only Diamond and Silk can be accurately described as "coons."

VIRGINIA

Speaking of Miss Marsha who always claims that President Biden isn't being tough enough on China, I would dearly love for some reporter to get in her windblown face and demand her comment on this.

Who would she side with, Mitch or MTG?

Oops. The link for r60

Disqualify Gym Jordan from the ballot.

About Franklin Graham:

Ted Cruz has defended Putin too.

Graham is not making Trump happy. Miz Lindz knows Georgia looms.

Franklin Graham can't pull-off crusades like his dad. He's often been a fixture in Russia & N. Korea.

Anyway, Kid Rock wouldn't make a very good George Beverly Shea.

From 2018:

Someone should mess with Texas:

"Don't Say Gay" bills are cropping up across America (well, the red states of America, at least)

To Pardon or Not To Pardon Donald Trump for his Crimes, That . . . is Not a Difficult Question

They take being branded as terrorists as a point of pride.

Miss Marsha had another late night thought.

Jesus Guns Babies

R70 Those Republicans think like this?

Not exactly, r71. Trump should really be in that picture, shirtless with rippling pecs, sitting astride a panther, handing Jesus an even bigger gun.

Unfortunately today's republican voters are that dumb.

Orange Asset wants to be like his idol and master, Pootin the Poisoner.

Trump can't get-up on a horse, may never have done so, and if he could, it would be animal abuse.

Straight white men vs...everybody else:

Republicans want us to impose sanctions before an invasion which would give Putin the reason he needs to justify invading.

There is so, so, so, so, so, so much to freak out about regarding the state of the US, but I can't help wondering what we can do to counter this overwhelming mountain of obstacles? I am willing to flee the country but don't really want to go to Plan T.

[quote] Republicans want us to impose sanctions before an invasion which would give Putin the reason he needs to justify invading.

The West really doesn't have much to deter Putin from invading, if we impose sanctions before they invade, then they have no reason at all not to invade, the sanctions will already be in place, there isn't much else the west can do except actually go to war. Maybe that is what the Republicans want, to try and force Biden into an unpopular war.

Honestly, at this point, let Russia and Ukraine fight it out. It'll keep Putin occupied. He can play his little dictator/warmonger game and the rest of the world can completely cut him and Russia off. Maybe the other former Soviet Republics can help Ukraine out. If they won't, why the fuck should we?

Fuck you r79

Fuck you R80. There, I can do that, too.

What you can't do is outline why the fuck we should play Putin's fucking game that is going to hand the Congress back to the Repugs by driving up fuel prices even further and getting us entangled in another foreign war right before the elections? Where are the other former Russian countries in this? So far, Belarus is the only country brought up and that was in the context of using the agreement between the and Poland to officially trigger NATO involvement.

So, unless you have anything to actually add to the conversation, fuck yourself.

MyPillow guy, Michael Lindell, rages against Lindsey Graham.

He's a weird one. He funds Diamond & Silk.

George Conway

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ARIZONA again

[quote] Arizona House Advances Bill To Ban Recording Police

"Push Poll" in South Carolina:

[quote]Could it be this survey is just another “push poll” (a.k.a. political propaganda disguised as legitimate public opinion research)?

R85 Arizona GQP is trying to keep-up with Florida, Texas, and Missouri, in showing deplorable insanity.

Whoever Otto is he showed up with receipts!

Woof!

[quote] H. Russell Taub, the onetime Republican congressional candidate who was imprisoned for defrauding political donors three years ago, illegally sought help from Russian intelligence in his failed bid to unseat U.S. Rep. David Cicilline in 2016, the Federal Election Commission has found.

[quote] A few months before the November 2016 general election, Taub sent a direct message to a Twitter account known to be used by the GRU, Russia’s main intelligence agency, according to a recently released FEC filing. In the message to Guccifer 2.0, Taub asked for a list of Republican donors, saying, “I could use your help to defeat cicilline.” Taub provided an email address and later received a dossier that included opposition research reports, polling data and other information about his incumbent Democratic opponent in the 1st Congressional District race.

More is being exposed about ringleader, Ginni Thomas.

[quote]Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife serves on the board of a right-wing activist group that pushed Republican state lawmakers to appoint “fake” electors and challenge the Electoral College result, the New York Times reports, adding to growing concerns over Ginni Thomas’s influence on the Supreme Court and the whether the 6-3 conservative court is too politicized.

Why do I suspect that none of these people have school aged children (which is why they have the time for foolishness)?

Why do I suspect that all of these people have been spouting this nonsense since I was a traumatized school aged child?

The Republican War on Local Government: The GOP is increasingly backing the use of violent rhetoric against school and election officials.

Spokesliar for ^^^

[quote] “Pre 2020, I was an idealist who truly wanted to help Ukraine become a strong democracy. I spent a lot of time in Ukraine, still have friends there I worry about now. But the sad fact is the USA is in no position to ‘promote democracy’ abroad while our own country is falling apart.

[quote] “I’ve met a lot of great people on here who used to be Democrats until the elite Covidian takeover of their party pushed them away. Well I used to be a lot less political than I am now, and if anything, more of a neocon.

[quote] “Now I can never trust the federal government in any way.” – Christina Pushaw, spokesliar for Ron DeSantis, posting to Twitter today.

[quote]The supreme court has formally rejected Donald Trump’s request to block the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack from accessing his White House records related to the events of 6 January 2021. The court announced on Tuesday in its latest list of orders that it would not take up Trump’s appeal to a lower-court ruling allowing the select committee access to the documents. The news comes a month after the supreme court rejected Trump’s emergency motion to block the release of the documents as his case regarding executive privilege claims made its way through the courts.

LMAO @ The Supremes!

Oh Donnie Two-Scoops, they used your ass like a common hooker (i.e. your wife) and now have zero use for you.

How's it feel to be someone's bitch, bitch?

Donald Trump?

I don't know her.

Has Lindsey Graham been to Mar-a-Lago during the last month? Trump & Lindsey had a spat a few weeks ago. One wonders how long it will be before they are back together? Lindsey advocating for Ukraine would not please Trump.

With the Georgia election inteference investigation heading before a grand jury, Graham may be trying to put distance between himself and Trump.

^interference

^ "there are two genders"

The GQP scientists at the RNC have made an astonishing discovery.

Those people are too old to have kids in grade school shut the fuck up already

Exactly, r100.

It feels like the police, some more military, some media, and billionaires along with 99% of Republicans have decided autocracy is best moving forward. We are in the fight of our lives.

So far only Liz and Adam (again) are the only two speaking out.

Oh yeah, Lindz...sort of...

Cranky Tom takes on Miss Marsha

I haven’t been on much lately. Has the troll activity noticeably increased? From just the little I just browsed it was a lot.

Remember Moscow Mitch? Here is a timely reminder.

Rachel Maddow explains origins of how McConnell earned his "Moscow Mitch" moniker

Are the final plans written up somewhere. What do they plan to do with us?

The failure of Tennessee's media to confront Marsha Blackburn about her repeatedly stupid comments and actions, reveals much about that state.

Even Alabama has media that will expose the antics of dumb politicians.

[quote] Those people are too old to have kids in grade school shut the fuck up already

This Martin Hyde is who is leading the school board protests in Sarasota

[quote]The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will decide whether civil rights laws violate the First Amendment when they “compel an artist to speak or stay silent.” By doing so, the court formally commenced its long-delayed project of dismantling non-discrimination laws that protect LGBTQ people. But it is not at all clear that the court will stop at LGBTQ protections. Rather, the justices have indicated that they may take a wrecking ball to the edifice of civil rights law, dismantling the constitutional foundations of non-discrimination in public accommodations.

Ginni's husband, Clarence, and Neil Gorsuch are pursuing ending civil rights as we know it. First target: LGBT. It won't end there.

Irrespective of how you feel about trans issues in general, this is terrifying.

The chaos this will cause will destroy lives.

Wouldn't ending civil rights be problematic for a Black man?

Texas has gone crazy and Tennessee isn’t far behind

[quote] Reaction Faces From The Crowd At Mitt Romney's NAACP Speech

R115, not for Uncle Thomas

Definitely a contender for best post/link of the year r117!

I think Clarence’s endgame is reversing Loving vs. Virginia so he can ditch Ginni without having to give her any of the cash he’s pocketed over the past 30 years.

Interesting, if true.

Sanction Murdoch & son.

Just sanction the entire GOP which is basically just Russia's PR department

Miss Marsha calling another incompetent is rich.

Cute gay guy makes disgusting campaign ad

The Daily Beast:

[quote] Political newcomer Alex Walker, the latest Democratic challenger to toss his hat into the ring to unseat MAGA-boosting Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), announced his presence with perhaps the most nauseating campaign ad ever. The two-minute online video that debuted Tuesday starts with a woman getting crushed by a giant pile of feces, followed by other townsfolk trying to avoid a literal storm of shit.

[quote] Eventually, Walker emerges and picks up a soiled teddy bear before announcing he has joined a crowded race to defeat the mudslinging congresswoman. “We are real Coloradans. We deserve a living wage, small government that actually works, and freedom of choice,” he says. “Instead, we have bullshit.”

[quote] Alongside references to the unhinged conspiracy theory QAnon—which Boebert has previously supported—the ad also features an actress portraying the congresswoman spraying her office with sewage. “Don’t you ever wonder where it’s all coming from?” Walker asks in the video. “Colorado needs a bull, not a bullshitter. I’m Alex Walker and I approve the shit out of this message!”

[quote] Walker, who is openly gay, says in his campaign announcement that he was raised by Republican parents. He also cites his business experience and the loss of his brother to suicide as reasons why he is running. Walker is now the 11th Democrat to join the race in hopes of unseating the first-term pro-Trump lawmaker.

It's funny cuz it's true.

I'm guessing this may answer a few of your questions, R97

Putin declaring war now. Speech is supposedly horrific.

Call West “nothing but lies” or some shit.

This is bad as you all know. I think (I pray I’m wrong) this is going to fundamentally change our world for the worse. Global politics is about to shift in a huge way. Major moves will be made.

What do you foresee happening, FCI?

FCI, you were so optimistic a year ago. This has been a rough one all around.

R130 I don’t know. Who could. But China, the Saudis will see this as an opportunity to flex muscles.

And we should take a measure of pride that our UN Ambassador Thomas simultaneously disabused that, R129

R131 I am still optimistic. I know I sound contradictory. Things could fall in our favor just as easily. We may have to make some uncomfortable alliances. Russia is fundamentally weak. They offer nothing. We have a lot to offer. That is reason enough to feel we may come out on top in huge ways. Things will change.

Trump sold us out to Russia. That "perfect" phone call to the president of Ukraine, it all fits. Am I wrong about this?

[quote]The GOP wasted no time faulting Joe Biden for Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, suggesting the president’s “weakness” allowed the Russian strongman to launch his invasion. But when it comes to their own response to the incursion, Republicans are not quite as united.

[quote]Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday addressed for the first time the discovery of classified material in boxes of documents taken to former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, confirming the Justice Department has been in discussions with the National Archives about the matter but stopping short of promising a full investigation.

Stopping short of promising a full investigation? In other words, a superficial review, if that, with no or vague reporting.

Garland has a press session to comment on the Ahmaud Arbery hate crimes trial. Good. But what about the other business at hand? Apply the law, don't just look at it.

R135 No you’re not. And it wasn’t just him. Our oligarchs, conservatives, media, and others who we may or may not find out sold us out.

Now that I’ve caught my breath- I think our fundamental alliances will hold with EU and others. I think China, Saudis, ME in general, a slew of little countries like Hungary, could dramatically shift our global politics. Again, maybe in ways beneficial to us. Russia really doesn’t offer much except non-renewable energy. We have a lot to offer. What concerns me the most as far as this turning out positive or negative for us down the road is the Republicans. They’re pro-Russia. If, I don’t even want to utter it, becomes president in 2025, or someone like him, our alliances will not hold. China will take full advantage as we hook up with the loser nation that is Russia.

Fuck Putin.

R135 No you’re not. And it wasn’t just him. Our oligarchs, conservatives, media, and others who we may or may not find out sold us out.

Now that I’ve caught my breath- I think our fundamental alliances will hold with EU and others. I think China, Saudis, ME in general, a slew of little countries like Hungary, could dramatically shift our global politics. Again, maybe in ways beneficial to us. Russia really doesn’t offer much except non-renewable energy. We have a lot to offer. What concerns me the most as far as this turning out positive or negative for us down the road is the Republicans. They’re pro-Russia. If, I don’t even want to utter it, becomes president in 2025, or someone like him, our alliances will not hold. China will take full advantage as we hook up with the loser nation that is Russia.

Fuck Putin.

This is truly unspeakable, Putin is nothing but a fucking murderer. I can't help but believe that the majority of his own people must hate him bitterly. Yes, the Cold War is definitely back for good. Fucking Russians. Just remember, their country encompasses 15 time zones, half of the planet, and yet they feel like they have to keep stealing more. He won't stop here. This kind of adventurism is what it takes to keep a goddamned dictator in power.

White Supremacists Plead Guilty In Plot Against Power Grids

[quote] As part of the recruitment process, Cook circulated a book list of readings that promoted the ideology of white supremacy and Neo-Nazism. By late 2019, Sawall – a friend of Cook’s – joined the conspiracy and assisted Cook with online recruitment efforts, operational security and organization.

[quote] As part of the conspiracy, each defendant was assigned a substation in a different region of the United States. The plan was to attack the substations, or power grids, with powerful rifles.

[quote] The defendants believed their plan would cost the government millions of dollars and cause unrest for Americans in the region. They had conversations about how the possibility of the power being out for many months could cause war, even a race war, and induce the next Great Depression.

[quote]White Supremacists Plead Guilty In Plot Against Power Grids

40 lashes with a wet noodle only if they pinky swear to never do it again.

Putin has poisoned political opponents, dissidents, and journalists that have been critical of him. Others have been tossed off balconies and out of windows of upper buildings. This has been in Russia and in foreign countries. His policies toward LGBT citizens have been hostile and brutal. Some say he's become the world's wealthiest man at the expense of millions of ordinary and poor Russians. Trump, an asset, adores Putin. Putin is not the genius as Trump describes. Trump's idol is a sociopathic thug who murders. Trump will emulate Putin if he gets another chance.

Putin knows there will be no military retaliation, and I guess he thinks he can weather the fiscal storm. He is an idiot. He was making money for himself and his fellow oligarchs, and now that's shot to shit. I wonder how they feel? I also wonder if he's got dementia. Rumor has it he has Parkinson's, and I know from experience that when you get it fairly young, dementia is likely. (I have a friend who died of it who was in the throes of dementia for the last 3-4 years of it.)

[quote] They had conversations about how the possibility of the power being out for many months could cause war, even a race war, and induce the next Great Depression.

And in twenty-first century America, that constitutes "patriotism."

Putin put a bounty on U.S. troops in Afganistan. Meddled bigtime in U.S. & European elections. Bombed hospitals, schools, and orphanages in Syria. He doesn't deserve any respect or accommodation.

[quote]40 lashes with a wet noodle

It was really just a soft 9" penis slapping my ladybugs.

No need to comment. Speaks volumes.

R139 FCI On somewhat of a tangent, any insight to why (it appears at least) Merrick Garland is doing absolutely nothing?

I would think countries that were once strong allies are now reluctant to renew ties for fear that any promises we make cannot be kept if Trump "wins" reelection. Charges brought against him would go a long way with our current allies, never mind this country itself.

Maple glazed shrimp on the barbie...actually sounds pretty good to me.

R141, Republicans are so patriotic! * rolls eyes*

Stefanik is getting ratioed here worse than I've ever seen.

[quote] Hearing that @JimInhofe - the 87-year-old Oklahoma senator first elected in 1994 - may resign in the next few days. Would trigger an intense campaign among Repubs in a red state where Senate seats don’t come along too often.

Jim Inhofe is a terrible homophobe. Good riddance

Miss Marsha needs a tutor.

Ivanka may be the first Trump to testify before the 1/06 committee.

Who's Who in being deplorable.

[quote]Gov. Ron DeSantis will join other speakers for day one, including Rep. Andy Biggs, Mark Walker, Sens. Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Marsha Blackburn, and Mike Braun, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Matt and Mercedes Schlapp.

That's basically just a list of the worst people in America

No Tom Cotton, Lindsey Graham, or Mitch McConnell. They are being shunned by CPAC.

[Quote]Speech is supposedly horrific.

Details?

I sincerely hope they comped her frappuccino!

R149 My fingers are crossed he is building an airtight case that cannot fail. You can’t swing and miss at anything concerning all this treason.

I am hearing positive things about a possible fraying of Russia’s friends (like getting closer to Hungary, even Turkey, maybe China) and the strengthening of our alliances. These sanctions aren’t for the faint of heart. They’re going to fuck them up economically and anyone who joins them (looking at you, Belarus). China doesn’t want this disruption. Again, Russia offers nothing but non-renewable energy.

From what I am hearing from various experts on TV and other places is Putin may have epically fucked up. UKR seems to be fighting back harder, and Russian troops not as much not really wanting to kill their neighbors.

Ukrainian troops have recaptured Hostomel Airfield in the north-west suburbs of Kyiv, a presidential adviser has told the Reuters news agency.

I truly don’t get this. The oligarchs have to be shitting themselves with the economic turmoil. Putin was making them and himself rich.

The GOP loves Putin

Looks like the Ukrainians are not going quietly.

They didn't go quietly when it was the Nazis, r167.

Does Lindsey want to lead the charge of U.S. troops going into Ukraine to fight the Russians?

I wanna see someone fuck that blond Republican bitch in R166 with a fully loaded machine gun.

R169

Justice Ups and Downs: Two Judges Rule Against Trump While Two Prosecutors Resign from Trump Case

Remember that Black residents of Jackson, MI went for months without drinking water...

[quote] NEW: The Republican-led Mississippi Senate approved legislation slashing the state income tax by $446 million, despite critics who questioned the wisdom of doing so while education, roads, water and other public infrastructure remain critically underfunded.

The content of this tweet, of course, is absurd.

But what is of note is the formatting: notice the period (.) preceding the @ and ask yourself if Margarine Traitor Gazpacho would have known to do something that was necessary five or six years ago but is now no longer needed.

Point being, as I have said before, she probably isn't writing these absurd tweets...which has 1000 retweets and 225 quote tweets within 19 minutes

Really. Someone gets paid to be this stupid^^^.

Junior blames the pronouns "they/them" for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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This is what Tennessee elected as a US Senator? She (assuming that is "her" pronoun) sounds dumber than Ron Johnson.

'Hail State' needs to cancel her Home EC undergrad degree.

To listen to Guilfoyle, members of the 1/06 committee deserve quadruple pay.

Good ol' Kim...

These are the same people who blamed gay people and feminists for 9/11

They are now blaming trans pronouns for Russia invading Ukraine.

Please god make him want to smell my asshole right now!

[quote]I am deeply concerned that former President Trump may have violated the law through his intentional efforts to remove and destroy records that belong to the American people," Rep. Maloney wrote in a letter obtained by ABC News. "This Committee plans to get to the bottom of what happened and assess whether further action is needed to prevent the destruction of additional presidential records and recover those records that are still missing." The National Archives previously informed Maloney that some of the Trump White House documents the former president took to Florida were marked classified, and that the agency had notified the Justice Department of the matter. The Justice Department has not said whether it has opened a formal investigation into the referral from the Archives. At a news conference on Tuesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the department would "look at the facts and the law" in evaluating the documents.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney is "concerned"? Has she been hanging around Susan Collins?

The DoJ won't say if they are investigating this? Why not?

Scary

More GOP election fraud

But his classified documents!!!

After her meeting with Trump:

My fervent hope is that some good comes of this moment in that is shines light on the divide of good vs. evil.

While the right is desperate to calm the mantel of righteousness--with some like Rev. Huckabee claiming that the left should see that we don't understand communism when we attempt to block a Chik-fil-a--ultimately, I hope, any fair-minded folks left will see that side for authoritarianism cannot be trusted at all.

David Harris, Jr is the Black conservative (former law "enforcement") grifter sitting next to MTG, btw ^^^

And for all of her tough talk, she does not actually exude confidence here (leaving the above linked session)

She doesn't know Nick Fuentes...but she sure didn't speak at the NAACP either.

And her position is America can only be great by being a bully? (I guess that explains a lot about her worldview)

Last post--full video:

CPAC Day 1 in 105 Seconds

Yeah, 105 seconds is about 106 seconds too much CPAC for me to watch.

Hell hath no fury like a mediocre white man slightly inconvenienced.

Related: Missouri recently considered legislation that would make this legal.

Trumpism is a derivative of Putinism. Murdoch's Fox has drilled acceptability of that into the susceptible minds of the MAGAs.

ILLINOIS

[quote] With Chicago-area homicides, carjackings and expressway shootings all up in 2021, billionaire investment tycoon Kenneth Griffin minced no words last fall when he singled out one man, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, for not confronting the crime scourge terrorizing the region.

[quote] But while Griffin was deriding Pritzker’s response as a “disgrace,” Griffin’s $46 billion hedge fund — Citadel — and its corporate cousin had investments and holdings in gun and ammunition manufacturing companies, federal securities records show.

[quote] In fact, Chicago police data analyzed by WBEZ show that nearly one out of every four guns recovered from city homicides in the past five years came off the assembly lines of companies in which Citadel held shares — weapons that have played a role in the same, worsening crime wave that Griffin blames on the governor.

[quote] Griffin’s activism and bank account are shaping the Illinois Republican Party in this year’s election cycle as the GOP looks for big gains in Springfield. Griffin and his favored gubernatorial candidate, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, are focusing on crime as a defining issue to deprive the Democratic governor of a second term.

Donald and Marla must be mystified how they created such a pallid, plain child.

During my romps with Pumpkin Spice, no nasty pee pee bitches were allowed to watch or be in the room. I put my foot down about that.

[quote] being an unemployed racist age you.

Rudy & Sidney look cute.

Liz Cheney calls out Gozar & MTG.

The British newspaper, The Times, must not know the real Nikki Haley. Justin Webb calls Haley a unity candidate.

South Carolina is not a tropical paradise either.

The article is paywalled.

[quote] Liz Cheney calls out Gozar & MTG.

And Mitt backs her up.

These are who MadCaw thinks he's going to overthrow to "save" America...

[quote] More of this styled questioning across the board!

Bookmark the beginning statements by this asshole "not speaking for other politicians". He says they need help....well, here it comes:

Kyle Griffin

[quote] Biden admin: The United States, through USAID and the State Department, is providing nearly $54 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Ukraine "following Russia's unprovoked and unjustified further invasion of Ukraine."

*Walter Bloomberg

[quote] BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO PUSH CONGRESS FOR $6.4 BILLION OF MILITARY, ECONOMIC AID TO UKRAINE - SCHUMER

Senator Cottontail fears Orange Musolini. No backbone.

We should buy Greenland....and send Tom Cotton there. Permanently.

The Danes & Greenland residents don't have Greenland on the market to sell. But they will sell Cotton all the fish he wants to buy. But the word is out, that Cotton doesn't like "fish". It must be the smell.

Never stop being you, Donald

Per Gym.....

Donald Trump's Election Crimes & the Legal Rights of We The People as Crime Victims

Editorial- Boston Globe

Past time to be wondering if Merrick Garland is going to indict DJT and his cronies.

Garland hasn't shown any results.

Merrick Garland: Where are you?

[quote]Among those already in Congress who attended were Sens. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), Ted Cruz (Texas) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and Reps. Jim Banks (Ind.), Ronny Jackson (Texas), Mike Carey (Ohio) and Mary Miller (Ill.).

Lindsey Graham was among those in Mar-a-Lago this past weekend. Lindsey and Donald couldn't stay mad at each other very long.

I can't quit you, Donnie!

Fucker Carlson: No, I am NOT pro-Russia and I don't know where people are getting that I am

Tucker Carlson seen here...

Tucker is Lachlan Murdoch's lil' bitch.

Trump praising Putin is no surprise. Russia began cultivating Trump as an asset, financial dependant, agent, or whatever, beginning more than a decade ago. Chris Christie knows that, and he played along with Trump way too long.

Nancy Pelosi said to Trump right to his face: (with you) "all roads lead to Putin".

^^^^

Lil' Marco cuts away from work. He's known for that. However, he is planning not to attend the SOTU address.

What is he doing instead? Taking walks in the park?

Marco is a little bitch with no spine

Miss Marco has foam parties to attend and public parks to visit at 3 am. Leave her alone, she has priorities!

Six years ago, Jim Jordan gave a ticket to now, ex-County Clerk, Kim Davis, to attend the SOTU address. Will he do so for tonight?

[quote]Will he do so for tonight?

Probably not, she's out of office and an insignificant nobody now. No celebrity factor anymore.

[quote]Exodus 4:24–26 “At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses and was about to kill him. But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it. ‘Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,’ she said. So the Lord let him alone.” Exodus 4:24–26

Marsha, Marsha, Marsha, may need to refrain from tweeting Bible verses she is unable to comprehend.

R230, I had forgotten about that. Makes me hate Gym Jordan even more

[quote]The lineup included pillow magnate Mike Lindell, social media stars Diamond and Silk, former White House aide Sebastian Gorka, podcast host Leo Terrell, lawyer Sidney Powell, right-wing influencer Brandon Straka, longtime Trump ally Roger Stone and other figures from the political fringe.

Backstage drama at 1/06 rally. They planned for Sidney Lindell, and Diamond & Silk?

George Conway: 'The Evidence Is Piling Up' Against Trump And Campaign

[quote]'The Evidence Is Piling Up' Against Trump And Campaign

Yeah, right. LOL

R236

[quote]More than a year after the near-coup, with no public sign that the Justice Department is investigating the higher-ups in the conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election, the Jan. 6 committee is laying down an important marker for judging the performance of Attorney General Merrick Garland. Is he up to it?

Garland's inaction is a huge problem. He's running out the clock.

[quote]Garland's inaction is a huge problem. He's running out the clock.

I'm a very busy man.

Like right now I'm...ahhhhh... well.... busy. Yes, that's it. Very busy.

Republicans vote against vets

Not for much longer, Merrick Garland will be able to continuing sitting, and showing nothing, without blowback.

We'll see about that, R240!

MAGA2024!

[quote]The House passed a resolution on Wednesday to declare support for Ukraine's sovereignty in the face of the invasion ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, while urging an "immediate cease-fire." Lawmakers in both parties voted near-unanimously in favor of the resolution, 426-3. The only votes in opposition were from three Republicans: Reps. Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Thomas Massie (Ky.) and Matt Rosendale (Mont.). Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said it was "unreal" that three fellow Republicans voted against the resolution.

Paul Gosar should just change his name to Vlad. Hate that fucker.

Ohio is trying more Critical Race Theory moral panic bullshit

More Roger Stone

Miss Marco is a CUNT

Worth repeating:

EVERY REPUBLICAN MUST DIE

immediately, if not sooner.

R248, I love that expression

Florida is the turd dangling from America's ass that refuses to drop into the toilet.

Joe Manchin Pretends To Be Working On A Scaled Down Version Of Build Back Better

NY DA Bragg Ends Trump Investigation, Misleads about Reason for Not Releasing Resignation Letters

Guess a who just won a GOP primary? A guy who said he tells his daughters that if rape is inevitable, they should just lie back and enjoy it. He's also pro-Russia and thinks Covid is a hoax. Sigh.

Please kill Putin before he has a chance to release all those pictures of Russian rentboys peeing on me!!!!

The narrative has changed from "these are documented insurrection crimes" to "where's Merrick?"

Maybe this explains it. Are the DoJ Putinists? No Zelinskiy residing there.

What does Garland do all day? Sit in his office and jerk off?

And what exactly is up with Bragg???

R258 - “ What does Garland do all day? Sit in his office and jerk off?”

If that’s the case, NO ONE should see that unfortunate image. Yikes!

Bill Barr Has Direct Evidence of Trump's Criminal Intent & Must be Subpoenaed by DOJ for Grand Jury

TENNESSEE

IDAHO

[quote] The Idaho House of Representatives passed a bill Monday afternoon that critics said could lead to librarians being prosecuted for checking out materials that are deemed harmful to minors.

[quote] Following a long debate, the Idaho House voted 51-14 to pass House Bill 666.

[quote] If passed into law, the bill would remove an exemption that protects libraries, schools, museums, colleges and universities and their employees for “disseminating material that is harmful to minors.”

Nobody has an opinion on Bragg?

[quote]Nobody has an opinion on Bragg?

He's a good man who takes his job very seriously.

Republicans Threaten The DOJ To Stop Them Investigating Trump

R264, what's hilarious is that the people who vote for shit like that probably enjoy grandstanding about "woke censorship" but don't care about actual censorship

Republicans intimidating DoJ and the 1/06 House Committee over Trump must not be allowed to get away with their threats. Unfortunately, it looks to be working on Garland and company unless something is extraordinarily hidden.

A Trump-appointed federal judge has essentially killed the legal challenge that was seeking to strip Madison Cawthorn of his eligibility to run for office ever again, by siding with the freshman lawmaker and granting an immediate injunction. The petitioners have said that they are going to appeal the decision because the case needs to be heard, and the judge took that right away from the people.

How about kidnapping, R268?

^ Tweet unavailable

Odd.^^

She deleted the sub tweets but left the main:

Missouri and Idaho need to just secede from the union

Add Tenessee and Texas too

The next time Republicans complain about oil..

MISSOURI

Missouri is challenging Texas for the title of Worst State

If Mark Hamill and Richard Marx are so awesome why were the 80s such a shitshow?

AG Garland: "DOJ Will Hold All Accountable", Starting w/"Cases in Front of Us & Build From There"

ALABAMA

[QUOTE] Gov. Kay Ivey has signed the bill that eliminates the requirement of a state permit to carry a concealed handgun.

it is no longer safe to travel to a red state

Is she going to do away with drivers' licenses, r281?

Emails Prove Trump's Lawyer KNEW Plot To Overturn Election Results Was Illegal

^ Of course

Had a very productive work week.

Rearranged my office furniture, cleaned out some old files, started planning my fall fantasy football schedule, had a great lunch with some old friends...

How was your week? Hopefully as productive as mine.

Merrick Garland Grows A Spine And Takes A Shot At Trump

TENNESSEE

[quote] the man who sold ammo to the underage shooter who carried out the sixth deadliest school shooting in US history is likely to be appointed to our state's school board. This is so messed up. It's disgusting.

^ That sucks

MISSISSIPPI

[QUOTE] Mississippi kicks new mothers off Medicaid just 2 months after birth.

[QUOTE] The MS Senate tried to extend that coverage to 12 months. The House killed the bill.

[QUOTE] House Speaker Gunn: “We need to look for ways to keep people off (Medicaid), not put them on.

Once they're outta the womb...

More proof that Republicans aren't really "pro life"

Mississippi has a high rate of maternal mortality, as well as infant mortality. These grinches can go fuck themselves

Mike Flynn Pleads the 5th; He Should be Ordered to Active Duty & Court-Martialed for his Crimes

The hidden billion- dollar cost of repeated police misconduct

[quote] Officers whose conduct was at issue in more than one payment accounted for more than $1.5 billion, or nearly half of the money spent by the departments to resolve allegations, The Post found. In some cities, officers repeatedly named in misconduct claims accounted for an even larger share. For example, in Chicago, officers who were subject to more than one paid claim accounted for more than $380 million of the nearly $528 million in payments.

[quote] New York, Chicago and Los Angeles alone accounted for the bulk of the overall payments documented by The Post — more than $2.5 billion. In New York, more than 5,000 officers were named in two or more claims, accounting for 45 percent of the money the city spent on misconduct cases. In New York, four attorneys who have secured the highest number of payments for clients separately said the high rate of claims is because of poor training, questionable arrests and a legal department overwhelmed by lawsuits.

[quote] In Philadelphia, six officers in a narcotics unit generated 173 lawsuits, costing a total of $6.5 million. In 2014, those officers were federally charged with theft, wrongful arrest and other crimes but eventually acquitted at trial. Some 50 additional lawsuits are pending, many alleging misconduct dating back more than a decade, said Andrew Richman, a spokesman for the city’s legal department.

[quote] In Palm Beach County, Fla., officials paid out $25.6 million in the past decade: One-third of that was generated by 54 deputies who were the subject of repeated claims.

DO NOT let anyone tell you what the specifics of these new Florida bills do or do not say.

All that matters is who is interpreting them.

[quote] Ron DeSantis appoints Republican Esther Byrd—who has previously indicated support for Jan. 6 rioters, Proud Boys, and QAnon—to the Florida Board of Education.

[quote] That’s the board that will hear administrative appeals for violations of the Don’t Say Gay law.

The red states are being too extreme nobody and no corporations are gonna want locate there

[quote] The red states are being too extreme

yes!

[quote] nobody and no corporations are gonna want locate there

well...

[quote] business has been “silent, silent as fuck, they are so silent,” says Florida Democratic State Representative Anna Eskamani, echoing a complaint I heard across several states from Democrats and civil-rights advocates this week. “[Businesses] have other priorities, which impact their bottom line and their profits, and they view that as more important.”

[...]

[quote] Why have so many companies backed away from these fights? Some corporate lobbyists I spoke with said one reason is they believe public opposition is counterproductive because more Republican elected officials in the Donald Trump era find it politically valuable to be seen fighting big companies. Businesses also frequently complain that the widening gulf between the parties leaves them in a lose-lose position of alienating an important block of potential customers wherever they come down in policy debates. (Activists, though, point out that businesses often try to have it both ways by rhetorically identifying with causes such as inclusion and diversity without taking tangible steps to defend them.)

[quote] But another factor probably looms larger than any of those considerations: However much they want to publicly align with the values of younger consumers and workers, big companies want to go only so far in fighting these proposals, because they still mostly prefer Republicans to control state governments and deliver the low-tax, light-regulation policies they favor. State Republicans in turn have grown more overt about threatening those benefits when business leaders raise objections to the culture-war components of their agenda. When American Airlines criticized the restrictive voting bill Texas passed last year, Lieutenant Governor Patrick openly threatened to kill other legislation the company cared about.

You want extreme?

Absolute MAGA Lunatics Threaten Democratic Governor's Life

Red states are doing away with concealed carry permits

Kay's a kunt...pass it on.

Glenn Kirschner on delay of Mark Meadows indictment by DOJ: "Crimes well beyond contempt"

Kirschner talking to Stephanie Miller

Glenn Kirschner says Manhattan DA Bragg killed NY probe into Trump

Hopefully NOT ARIZONA

In addition to Trump & Miz Graham, Mark Meadows & Rudy Giuliani also made meddling initiatives in Georgia to change the 2020 presidential vote count.

If these people are not indicted and tried, consequences for the future are dismal.

DeathSentence is threatening to veto his own party drawn maps because they aren't partisan enough to eliminate the districts currently held by black Democrats Val Demings and Al Lawson.

Like Tucker, Candace is now being re-tweeted by Russia.

[quote]If these people are not indicted and tried, consequences for the future are dismal.

Oh stop being such a drama queen. I'm sure they have learned their lesson.

The media keeps covering these MAGA rallies. MSNBC was showing parts of Trump's remarks this morning. He had characters there such as Mike Lindell.

Wonder if Diamond and Silk and Kid Rock performed?

Together?

Doing very little is the restoration goal of the DoJ?

The Washington Post is spinning.

Something seems very un$ettling regarding the Alvin Bragg's action or lack of.

Look just face reality. Trump is going to get away with everything. As will Gaetz cause they are Republicans.

If they were Democrats then you can bet your sweet ass they'd already be in the big house because while Republicans go after Democrats with a vengeance, Democrats (like Garland and Bragg) always cover for Republicans.

If Trump's own accounting firm is disavowing him, how can there be no case against him?

Trump Endangers America's Teachers: When Will DOJ Decide We've Reached the Arrest Tipping Point?

Russian busted giving $$$ to GOP candidates. From what I can tell the recipients MIGHT be:

Carlos Luis Curbelo, U.S. representative for Florida's 26th congressional district from 2015 to 2019

Nevada’s then-attorney general,Republican Adam Laxalt,who was running for governor, and

Nevada's 2018 Republican nominee for state attorney general, Wesley Duncan.

GOP = Giving Oral to Putin

OHIO

[quote] It passed 57-35 in the House on Wednesday, mostly along party lines. The Senate passed it in a party line vote hours later.

[quote] If signed into law, all Ohioans 21 and older would be allowed to carry a concealed weapon, so long as they’re legally allowed to possess it in the first place.

If this links to R317 I'll start believing in prayer again...

More on R320

[quote] The charges against Andrey Muraviev are the latest shoe to drop in a plot that includes South Florida-based Soviet émigrés Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman — two of the odder characters in the orbit of the last administration — President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, a $1 million political fund and the peculiarly named company Fraud Guarantee.

[quote] The South Floridians, whose donations included $50,000 to the successful campaign of Ron DeSantis, separately got tangled up in a Giuliani-engineered plot to dig up dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine, the effort that led to the first impeachment of then-President Trump.

[...]

[quote] After DeSantis won, Muraviev texted his congratulations to Parnas and Fruman, the indictment says. Muraviev’s partner Andrey Kukushkin, who was also charged and found guilty in the scheme, added his congratulations on “victory in Florida “ and wrote “[w]hen can we get a license and look for the stores,“ according to the indictment.

[quote] Despite the congratulatory message, it isn’t clear the money Parnas and Fruman gave to the DeSantis committee, in the name of their company Global Energy Producers LLC, ultimately came from Muraviev. The Miami Herald reached out to the DeSantis campaign but did not hear back immediately.

MISSISSIPPI

[QUOTE] NEW: Gov. Tate Reeves signed a so-called "CRT ban" into law today, claiming that critical race theory serves only to "indoctrinate" children and "humiliate" white people.

[QUOTE] But he admitted last June that CRT is not even taught in any Mississippi classrooms.

IDAHO

[quote] Idaho became the first state to pass abortion legislation modeled after Texas’ six-week ban on Monday. The Idaho House voted 51-14 with no Democratic support to pass a bill that would allow potential family members to sue any doctor who performs an abortion during a pregnancy longer than six weeks.

[...]

[quote] The Idaho bill would allow the potential father, grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles of a preborn child to sue an abortion provider for a minimum of $20,000 in damages within four years of the procedure. Although a rapist wouldn’t be able to file a lawsuit, their relatives could.

Hard To Tell If Joe Manchin Is Painfully Stupid Or Absurdly Corrupt

They are not mutually exclusive r324.

Merrick the Meek?

Merrick the Mild?

[quote]The case against Meadows is a simple one, and the long delay is vexing. It is possible that Justice is using the time to investigate, but this seems unlikely in light of the Doric simplicity of the facts. Meadows refused to testify. Full stop. It is also possible that Justice had decided not to indict Meadows for contempt of Congress; but then, why the silence? If they had let Meadows know he was off the hook, he would have loudly told the press about how he was exonerated. Finally, it is possible that the government and Meadows are crafting a deal, some testimony in exchange for no indictment. Time will certainly tell us the answer.

In other words, he's shown nothing, and that doesn't appear to be changing.

Why are Democrats tolerating this thing?

Can't we switch-up Kyrsten Sinema for Lindsey Belle? Promise Lindsey unlimited camera town and......

Putin ❤ GQP.

Aw, Lindzibelle still carries a torch for her favorite gentleman caller, John McCain

R327, what are we supposed to do? She van just defect to the GOP and give them a majority

Watch out Ohio, the bill at R319 was signed into law a couple of days ago.

This is the result in Texas

R332, that wouldn't have happened if dentists carried guns!

Texas is rejecting a ton of mail-in ballots....and they are rejecting Dem ballots at a higher rate than Republican ones

KANSAS

[QUOTE] The Senate health committee approved a bill that would allow parents to get a no-questions-asked religious exemption from requirements to vaccinate their children against more than a dozen diseases, including measles, whooping cough, polio and chickenpox.

[QUOTE] The measure also would limit pharmacists’ ability to refuse to fill prescriptions for the anti-worm treatment ivermectin and other drugs for off-label uses as COVID-19 treatments.

[...]

[QUOTE] The bill’s author, Sen. Mark Steffen, is a physician and is currently under investigation by Kansas medical authorities.

Shocker! Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz are Russian stooges

Lock him up! Please!

Meadows sure has a propensity to show he is unlawful.

Hand me my smelling salts, r336.

MAGA women deserve an ewww:

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Marsha Blackburn, Ginni Thomas, Sidney Powell, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Nikki Haley, etc.

Gang of Putin 8

[quote]Best way to deal with Putin: punch him in the nose.

My goodness, Lindsey. We don't want to ask too much of you. Give Pooty one of your famous slaps to his face.

Madison Cawthorn's been spending all those Putin checks on FOOD!

[quote] As the nation’s historically Black colleges remain on edge after receiving dozens of bomb threats in recent weeks, federal law enforcement officials said they have identified six suspects who they believe are responsible for most of the racially motivated crimes.

[quote] More than a third of America’s 101 historically Black colleges and universities have been targeted by calls or emails threatening to set off bombs on their campuses since early January, with the vast majority arriving during the celebration of Black History Month in February. The threats are being investigated as hate crimes.

[quote] At a congressional hearing Thursday, federal law enforcement agencies said they are working aggressively to make arrests in the 59 cases, calling the case their “highest priority.” All six suspects are juveniles, according to the FBI.

Rep Gwen Moore to Jim Jordan

LOUISIANA

[quote] "I started to pray about how we could protect our children here from inappropriate conversations until they are able to dissect it and old enough to understand it," Horton explained. "I talked to my pastor and he challenged me and said, 'we definitely need to do this.'"

They are so desperate for a scandal to sink into.

Heaven help the next Andrew Cuomo or Jesse Jackson, Jr--the right will eviscerate them irreparably no matter how large or small the mistake.

[quote]Nearly 30 companies are “digging in,” defying public demands to exit Russia or reduce their activities in the pariah state, according to a list kept by a professor with the Yale School of Management. Among those operating undeterred: Authentic Brands’ Reebok, Halliburton, Koch Industries, LG Electronics, and Subway, which has nearly 450 franchised locations in Russia.

Of course Charles Koch would be leading the list.

[quote] I’m Dr. Karen Berg, a diagnostic radiologist in a Level 1 ER, and a KY state senator. KY Republicans are trying to pass a copycat Mississippi style anti-choice bill. I’m leading the charge to stop them.

Roger Stone Has Insane New Plan To Make Trump President Again

As Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Confirmation Hearing Opens, the Republicans Launch their Attacks

Listening to a lullaby.

Witness Says Trump's Chief Of Staff Helped Plan March To Capitol

[quote]Witness Says Trump's Chief Of Staff Helped Plan March To Capitol

And just who are these so-called "witnesses"?

Armed Allies Of Mike Lindell Going Door To Door To Harass Voters

First it was birth control, the gay marriage.....now the GOP wants to overturn the court's decision on interracial marriage

I guess they're going to try kidnapping now

Miss Lindsey cursing at the Jackson hearing and then storms off after Durbin corrects her. She used the F-word again which is so unlady-like.

Yay for Utah

[quote] Utah's Republican Governor Spencer Cox, as he vetoes a ban on trans athletes passed by the state legislature, notes 75,000 high school athletes and only four are transgender. "Rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few."

Donald Trump Appeals Judge's Order Directing him to Submit to Deposition by NY AG Tish James

Good lord...

In today's kidnapping and sedition news

Guess who's lying now...

Gerrymandering sucks

Ha ha

Donald Trump Flips (Politically) on Mo Brooks. Could it be that Mo Brooks has Flipped on Trump?

Oh, Lady.

Prosecutor's Resignation Letter Insists Trump Is Guilty Of Multiple Felonies: NYT

Terrifying Republican Bill Would Make Your Voting Records And Address Public

^ That sucks

Of course an anti-choice Republican paid for a woman to have an abortion

Unemployment is lower than it has been in decades

Texts between Ginni Thomas and Mark Meadows

Yes, r373, Ole Ginni was quite the insurrection promoter. 1/06 investigative committee needs to have her testimony.

Garland won't do shit about any of these ringleaders.

Merrick Garland is showing no evidence of investigating and indicting DJT and cronies for inciting the 1/06 insurrection. He has more important things to do such as lining-up commencement speechs for this spring.

I've pretty much decided I'm just going to start voting Republican.

Obviously this is what people like Biden, Garland, Bragg, etc... want.

Fuck America, why care anymore? They sure don't.

I'll vote Republican, break laws, grift people and get away scott free.

Why waste energy trying to be a decent human being anymore when even the opposition is hell bent on steering us off the cliff.

See what I mean... Biden even wants Trump back in there... cause he (you and I) knows Trump would win again.

"Biden says he would be 'fortunate' if Trump ran against him again"

President Joe Biden on Thursday dismissed the challenge posed by a potential rematch with Donald Trump in 2024, saying he'd be "very fortunate" to face Trump again despite polling suggesting that such a contest would be very close.

The remarks are especially notable coming during an emergency overseas trip with Western allies, many of whom fear a return to the America First — and largely anti-NATO — politics of Trump at a time of heightened anxiety about European security.

Between meetings with world leaders in Brussels to coordinate the global response to Russia's war with Ukraine, Biden was asked in a news conference if he was concerned about whether American foreign policy would remain stable if someone else became president.

Biden told reporters that he's not thinking about 2024.

[quote]cause he (you and I) knows Trump would win again.

Reread it, dumbass, or correct your statement.

$4+ gas, sky high groceries, rising interest on mortgages, credit cards.... and you seriously don't believe Trump would overcome that small amount in the electoral college to win?

How about we add in that small little bit of restrictive voting laws the GOP has been enacting in the past year and you still honestly believe Biden would win re-election against Trump?

Gas prices were higher when Dumbya was president. Y'all are dumb.

Biden was giving Trump credibility as a viable candidate. He should have said something along the line that "Trump is dangerous to democracy, and the Republicans would be making a huge mistake in nominating him again".

Today:

Jared, you in danger, gurl

Freepers trying to ban LGBT books

Contempt: After Admitting Election Plot On TV, Trump Aide Faces Contempt Vote

More GOP corruption

Schock has no shame

^ Oops, Cawthorn, NOT Schock. Got my GOP assholes mixed up for a sec

The less said about Schock's asshole the better, r388.

I find it a topic very open to discussion r389.

[quote]I find it a topic very open to discussion

24/7

Joe: Thomas, Meadows Texts Are Most Damning Indictment Against Trump WH So Far

I'm telling Donald Trump isn't running it just a grift

The grift didn't stop him from running the last few times.

Teacher Caught On Tape Leading Preschoolers In An Anti Biden Chant

Fuck Texas, Part 8756677

Pelosi

Republican Congressman Convicted Of Multiple Felonies

[quote]Republican Congressman Convicted Of Multiple Felonies

Praying the judge is a smart man and let's this poor misguided man off with a light sentence (I'd personally recommend a 3 month probationary period).

Manhattan DA Gives Clear Sign He Will NOT Prosecute Donald Trump

Frustrating bad news:

[quote] The investigation appears to be examining whether Mr. Benjamin directed state funding in some way to benefit Mr. Migdol in exchange for the contributions.

Damn! That Miss Lindsey gets around the world. Qatar?

At least Lindsey stays out of South Carolina.

Once again, Dems prosecute Dems while allowing the GOP to skate by on their crimes.

Ted Lieu & Eric Swalwell are asking Merrick Garland to investigate Russian war crimes.

Since Garland appears he has determined there are no domestic Republicans to investigate, he has plenty of time to investigate Putin, though he is not the State Department, Defense Department, or the WH National Security Advisor.

I'm sorry.

I'm far too busy investigating Democrats to be bothered with patriotic Republicans and Russians.

Ha!

January 6 Congressional panel announces they seek to interview Ginni Thomas:

Trump most likely committed felonies (in "No shit, Sherlock" news...)

More on the January 6 committee's decision in interview Ginni Thomas:

Congress to Hold Navarro & Scavino in Contempt, Refer them to DOJ for Prosecution. Will DOJ Indict?

[quote]Will DOJ Indict?

What do you think?

Hahahaha

Republicans claim to be the party of fiscal responsibility

At this point, expecting Garland to act has lost confidence.

I don’t even think Garland is alive. I think he just a mummified corpse sitting at a desk somewhere, drawing a paycheck.

He certainly acts like it.

I just read the Meidas Touch post where the DOJ has hired 131 lawyers to prosecute Jan. 6th no matter the level of involvement.

Re: R410. Wondering how the 1/6 Commission got the emails?

This is the answer:

[quote]Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) said flatly: “Attorney General Garland: Do your job — so we can do ours.”

Instead of writing fluffy speeches for upcoming college commencements, do your job first for which you are receiving fat paychecks, Merrick.

WHET to FCI?

Fear, intimidation, ideology, closet Republican, undisclosed cash flow, laziness, ineptness, enchanted with Miz Lindz, a promise to McTurtle; whatever the damn reason, do your damn job or resign now!

Trump erased 7 hours of phone calls

Garland is another Federalist Society hack.

Why didn’t we get Sally Yates instead?

Cause Biden is not interested in arresting or prosecuting Trump.

Hell, Joe wants him back in the Oval Office in 2025.

R424, because Biden is a cop and has the power to personally arrest people *rolls eyes*

What are the chances that two of the most loathsome creatures in this country just HAPPEN to have the exact same gripe...

...on the same day (without being bankrolled/scripted by the same people).

Why the fuck would Biden talk to cretins like Cruz and Rittenhouse? I call that good taste

Ron de Santis is a stupid fat fuck

Lá Lindsey fibbing on Twitter.

Expel them

Josh. Josh

Growing frustration with Merrick Garland not doing his job.

Is Garland, single handily, letting Trump & his corrupt cohorts get away with everything.

His DoJ is focusing, instead, on Hunter Biden. What next on his Garland's plate? Dig-up Hillary's old Emails again and rehash Benghazi?

Garland's DoJ pursues Hunter Biden but not Trump?

In Madison Cawthorn news....

Trump asking Putin to dig up dirt on Biden

[quote]Trump asking Putin to dig up dirt on Biden

Who needs Putin when you already have Merrick Garland doing that job.

Frankly, might as well just go ahead and replace Biden with a Republican right now.

That seems to be what the Dems want most.

Republicans continue to limit free speech while grandstanding against cancel culture

[quote]McCarthy Also says Cawthorn admitted his orgy & cocaine allegations were exaggerated/untrue.

Uh huh. Sure he did. Sure he did.

[quote]exaggerated/untrue

So which is it?

[quote]So which is it?

All was a bit exaggerated other than Miss G Thang did the usual "pull a train" (slang).

Shocker! Republicans were wrong about ivermectin

CBS getting shit for hiring Mulvaney

There are plenty of Republicans with political connections CBS could have hired that weren't a direct part of Trump's scandalous administration. Also, Mulvaney had a history financial shenanigans (land deal) that happened in SC years earlier.

News

Wow, shocker! Trump is hiding evidence

From the state that gave us Mitch McConnell

R446. Sounds like an early April Fools' prank from Merrick Garland.

Maybe DoJ is now making an improved effort.

Hackers tried to breach the email accounts of nine election officials

Russia loves Tulsi Gabbard and Tucker Carlson

Lachlan Murdoch's media, Fox News, hires Caitlyn Jenner as a contributor.

Cool, now Caitlin can be to the LGBT community what Clarence Thomas is to the black community

Will we get to see Caitlyn & Lindsey Graham together on Fox?

[quote]Will we get to see Caitlyn & Lindsey Graham together on Fox?

Just as long as it is not a wet t-shirt competition.

If it's a wet t-shirt contest, then invite Chris Christie so he can show off those magnificent juggs

I prefer Josh Hawley's perky nips.

Charles Koch has Putin's back.

[quote]Is Garland, single handily, letting Trump & his corrupt cohorts get away with everything?

Likely. I don't remember Garland being on Biden's initial shortlist of AG candidates. Garland must have huddled with republicans to draft a "hey, remember ME?" letter to Biden and all of a sudden that Catholic guilt set in and all of a sudden MG is AG. A republican plant doing nothing except looking like the Cheshire Cat.

Also, a tweet linked upthread has me asking since when is Lindsey Graham styled as His Excellency? Was that snark? So hard to tell these days.

[quote] BREAKING : THREAD : we learned yesterday that DoJ was investigating 1/6 rally organizers. NOW we are learning the probe goes even beyond that to include members of the executive branch, congress, and the false slates of electors.

Judge strikes down FL voter suppression law

Only 12 Republicans vote to lower the cost of insulin. Of course

Undocumented migration is going to lead to big losses for Democrats in November. Secretary of HS, Alejandro Mayorkas, policies of enacting less restrictions at border entry plus being lax on deportations is not a winner with voters. Democrats and Republican politicians refuse to reform policies in a bi-partisan.

I don't want to see GQP make gains, but what is happening with the illegal influx is being blamed on Biden.

Here's the deplorable Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, scoring political points off a couple recently murdered by an allegedly undocumented Haitian. A Florida State attorney, earlier, had dropped multiple drug charges on the suspect.

I wish more people could see DeSantis as a predictor in this situation, weaponizing a bad situation for political gain rather than having empathy for the family of the victims.

No Democrats have been invited on some of the Sunday talk shows for weeks.

None at all this week.

Network CEOs are Republican. Many are Lachlan Murdoch wannabes. They are gravitating toward imitating Fox. All these cable networks are fascinated with Lindsey Graham. He is just one Senator, an opportunist who will defy his stated principles, and craves the cameras.

These not-so-closeted-Republican commentators keep steadily taking jabs at Democrats on inflation, immigration, and crime; while letting Republicans present no policy proposals, and yap about bogus matters such as CRT and illegal voting. Democrats can't play defense. They have to go on offense to win.

R464, what influx of illegal immigrants? There isn't one.

Merrick Garland offered nothing new when pressed.

Obviously at R465 I meant to say "predator". (Apologies--I was typing on my phone while still groggy)

More importantly, I realize that this is obviously a coordinated strategy...and that is even more enraging.

Exciting change in my personal life? LOL

The dad of the woman who stole Nancy Pelosi's laptop was arrested for child porn

[quote]U.S. v. Fuck Face, et al.

Looks as if Fuck Face gave himself an appropriate name.

Trump & Ole' Ginni

They loved to gossip. Ginni gave him lists of people who are, or who she suspects of being, "never Trumpers".

Freepers trying to use the government to punish speech they don't like

Trump Supporter Says Space Force Will Overturn 2020 Election

Clarence Thomas needs removed.

Where are Democrats protesting, demanding his resignation?

[quote]Where are Democrats protesting, demanding his resignation?

And in your dream world....that would magically make him resign, r479?

R480 is correct. You can't shame him into stepping down, he has no shame

Trump's Coup Attempt May Have Involved Up To 300 Republican Politicians

Not even trying to hide the racism anymore

Unhinged, Dangerous People Invited to Speak at Trump Rally

Marge Taylor Greene - even crazier than usual

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calling GOP Senators Supporting Jackson 'Pro-Pedophile' Slammed By Mystal

Break out the sad violins for Kevin Sorbo

Such nice fellows. I'll stick those referrals into the file cabinet under "in-active" along with the others.

Trump admits: "I didn't win the election." How this & other statements will be used against him

January 6th Committee Zeroing In On Ted Cruz's Schemes

A list of 675 Republican Sex Offenders

^ Wow, that list is horrifying. So many of them are vocally anti-gay and a lot of them seem to be anti-choice loons, too

I guess Ginni and Clarence are against clean water, too

Marjorie Taylor Greene continues to be crazy

(presumably) adding to the list at R491:

Bernie Kerik's best man

R493 Federalists Society judges all rule pro-corporate. They oppose anti-polution and environmental protection regulations.

Jobs, Income, GDP Shockingly Higher Under Democratic Presidents

R497, true, but dim people will pretend Biden is responsible for inflation rather than greedy business owners

Grand Jury Subpoena May End Up At Trump’s Footstep

Republicans Cry About 'Groomers' As Their Party Votes To Legalize Child Marriages

Oh, cool, now I can take a 15-year-old Russian hooker as my fourth wife

In new Tennessee legislation, one can be a 60 y.o. & marry a 10 y.o. as long as it is heterosexual.

Books can be banned for children, but not marriage.

GOP Forced To Amend Bill That Would Have Legalized Child Marriage In Tennessee

[quote] Then, a local newspaper published audio recordings in which Bonaccorso, the longtime mayor of Clark Township, N.J., called Black people the n-word and “spooks.” He also slammed women working as police officers, saying they were all “disasters.”

[quote] On Tuesday, Bonaccorso admitted to using “hurtful and insensitive language.”

[quote] “It was wrong. I am embarrassed and ashamed to have spoken that way about a race of people,” the mayor said in a nearly five-minute video posted to the town’s official YouTube channel.

[quote] Bonaccorso’s apology came a week after NJ Advance Media released the audio recordings and reported that Clark Township had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to hide them from the public. Since they came to light, the mayor and other town leaders have faced mounting pressure. On Wednesday, Gov. Phil Murphy (D) called on Bonaccorso, a Republican who has served as mayor since 2001, to resign immediately.

JoeMyGod:

[quote] In addition to the hush money, the whistleblower was allowed to stay on the payroll without working, earning $289,700 over two years. Three suspended police officers involved in the scandal have so far been paid a combined $763,000.

Republicans Grow Angry As Trump Continues To Hoard Campaign Cash

Republicans like to complain about gas prices.....but reject attempts to lower them because they want Biden to get blamed

Trump being fined $10,000 a day until he turns over documents

Republican Governor Slams MyPillow CEO Over 'Crap' Pillows

Trump Says Saudi Arabia Treated Poorly by US in Sick Interview

Tennessee Republicans

MyPillow Mike Lindell Served with Lawsuit on Camera

Trump aide sentenced to jail for child porn

A list...

FBI investigating the docs Trump stole from the White House

Is DOJ Investigating Boxes of Classified Documents Trump Unlawfully Took to Mar-a-Lago?

"Ivanka & Jared Incriminated Donald Trump… And I Will Tell You How…" - Glenn Kirschner

Hawaii senator Brian Schatz rips Josh Hawley a new one

From r518...

What’s with her hand one might ask

R519 Marsha isn’t in the video at 518.

What Don Jr texted to Mark Meadows

I didn't say she was, r520. It was posted in the thread.

[quote]What Don Jr texted to Mark Meadows

The poor stupid thing.

Proud Boy pleads guilty, will testify against others

In terms of intelligence & integrity, Miss Marsha is on the level with MTG & Boebert. Her tweets are just as stupid.

No surprise:

Merrick Garland stalls and stalls. He looks as if he wants to run out the clock and frustrate the House 1/06 Committee with their investigation. He refuses to even move on Meadows.

This will be a disaster for democracy and the criminal justice system.

Texas woman charged with murder for having an "illegal abortion"

"We Build the Wall" grifter pleads guilty

NY DA Bragg tries to double-talk his way out of his decision to end the Trump criminal investigation

This Bragg matter appears shady. Wrong guy in the wrong role at the wrong time.

Fi$hy.....

Ha ha

Don Jr.'s Deeply Treasonous Texts Make him a Charter Member of his Father's Election Conspiracy

Shocking Study Shows Fox News Viewers Can Be De Radicalized In Days After Switching News Sources

Doctored

GQP politicians don't want Trump & cohorts investigated; instead, they want the DoJ to investigate aborted fetuses in Washington, DC. First, if abortion crimes were committed in D.C., isn't that the job of D.C. Metropolitan Police to investigate, and not the DoJ? Second, none of these Republicans appear to support child care services after babies are born.

[quote]GQP politicians don't want Trump & cohorts investigated; instead, they want the DoJ to investigate aborted fetuses in Washington, DC.

Sounds like a plan to me!

I'll get right on it.

Does James Lankford have 110 fetuses stashed in his closet?

Know the 21 Republicans in Congress who are in Putin's camp.

[quote]Altogether, that’s 21 Republicans who have opposed, or at least sought to constrain, aid to Ukraine or sanctions on Russia.

J6 Committee Has the Goods on Trump But Debates Timing of Criminal Referral to DOJ for Prosecution

Referring to Merrick Garland will achieve what? He needs to act on these referrals or declare he has no intention to do so. These delay and/or dismissive tactics benefit no one beyond Trump, his cohorts, and his political allies.

McConnell Blames Biden For Price Hikes As Price Gougers Shower Him With Cash

'This Is Extraordinarily Damning': Texts From Don Jr. Set Out Strategies To Fight Election Outcome

[quote]'This Is Extraordinarily Damning'

Wanna bet?

Garland is working against the 1/06 investigation committee and the House Oversight Committee, according to the Chair.

It's Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi

De Santis trying to carve up predominantly black districts to keep the GOP in power

De Santis throws you out for asking too many questions

But his phone records

I wonder if Jason Sullivan provided the BBC for Roger Stone's MMF threesomes?

More Republican voter fraud

Hey, Virginia, this is what happens when you vote GOP

Trump Allies Begged Homeland Security To Confiscate Voting Machines

Even Republicans are calling out Greg Abbott

Major Trump Scandal FINALLY Getting Investigated

Gas companies are gouging people while hiding price hikes behind "inflation"

[quote]Major Trump Scandal FINALLY Getting Investigated

Not if I have anything to do about it!

Alabama’s Evil Governor BANS Treatments For Transgender Youth

More crap from Youngkin

Youngkin deceived a lot of voters. In actuality, he's DeSantis 2.0 with a dose of Abbott.

Greg Abbott is busy sabotaging the economy to try to make Biden look bad

America First!

Marjorie Taylor Greene Comes Out AGAINST US Troops

NC removes fraudster Mark Meadows from the voter rolls

Trump Lays Groundwork for 2024 Health Excuse

The same guy from R565

You would think republicans would be dedicated users of Spanx.

From r565...

Republicans admit that Greg Abbott is engaging in sabotage at the border

Utah Senator Mike Lee helped Trump overturn the election

Guess who is supporting John Eastman, the lawyer who helped Trump try to overturn the election? Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz!

Pot paging kettle

Mike Lee to the White House: "Please tell me what I should be saying"

[quote]Mike Lee to the White House: "Please tell me what I should be saying"

Poor stupid thing.

Guess who is responsible for introducing Trump to "The Kraken"

If you want to donate to the Dem running against Lee

Rep. Raskin says J6 committee has evidence of crimes that have "not yet been alleged"

Marjorie Taylor Greene says people who join the military are throwing their lives away

Guess Republicans don't support the troops anymore

Interesting thread - some fundie bigotry, plus hints that Ron de Santis was with a mistress when he was "missing"

Stephen Miller Testifies to J6 Panel: How might he have criminal exposure? Let us count the ways.

Trump and gang insurrection behavior will end up in the report in the fall by the Congressional 1/06 investigation committee. It stops there. Garland and Wray have shown nothing but delay until the clock runs out.

Independent, R576.

If I understand correctly, the Democrats aren’t reikiing a candidate o better increase the chance of ousting Lee.

Fielding ^

Don't dismiss the effect that the televised hearings will have, r581.

[quote]Trump and gang insurrection behavior will end up in the report in the fall

Sounds like good timing to me.

Sinema Tells Business Group She'll Block Progress To Protect Their Tax Cuts

Oklahoma Republicans Pass Law Making You Carry Your Rapist's Baby

[quote]Oklahoma Republicans Pass Law Making You Carry Your Rapist's Baby

I would just leave it on the bench of the nearest bus stop.

Two-day junket to Tainwan led by Lindsey.

^Taiwan

Mike Lee isn't a fan of democracy

Kevin McCarthy stumbles over BASIC question live on air

Say...WHAT, r591???

Skin in the Game

Still Loyal to Putin

Joe: Rep. Roy Should Be Ashamed Of Himself For Texts On 2020 Election

J.D Vance once called Trump "America's Hitler".....now he's pretending to love him

Reporting Asks: "Why Hasn't Trump Been Indicted Yet? We Have Five Theories."

It's In The Plan

Here's a link to that Treason #51 thread...