Friday Talking Points -- History In The Making
History was made this week, as Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman ever confirmed to a seat on the Supreme Court. It's rare that such a milestone is reached, and it is unquestionably worth celebrating when it does finally happen. Especially since the first Black woman ever to become vice president was the one presiding over the Senate as it cast this historic vote.
In unrelated news, the nation's first Black president visited the White House this week for the first time in five years to give a speech at a signing ceremony for an executive order which will close a loophole in the Affordable Care Act. This will provide access to health insurance for more than one million Americans, so it is also well worth celebrating.
Congress even actually managed to do something this week, too (right before disappearing for yet another multi-week vacation), as the Senate unanimously passed two bills sanctioning Russia for its brutal invasion of Ukraine which are now heading to President Joe Biden's desk. For all the talk from Republicans about Biden somehow "moving too slowly" on aid to Ukraine, it's worth noting that this is the first time Congress has gotten its act together on the crisis since before it began. All previous attempts to legislate any sanctions or aid at all have failed, due to Republican resistance.
And in a little-noticed highpoint to the week, a Republican governor spoke to the lighthearted Gridiron Club dinner and called Donald Trump "crazy." Well, he actually went a bit further than that (note: emphasis and substitution with dashes are both in original):
[New Hampshire Governor Chris] Sununu set up his joke at the Gridiron dinner by citing the possibility that Trump would return to the presidency after the 2024 election. He cited the "experience," "passion" and "sense of integrity" [Donald] Trump demonstrated in his tweets.
"Nah, I'm just kidding," Sununu said. "He's f---ing crazy."
Sununu added: "The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy. And I'll say it this way: I don't think he's so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution. But I think if he were in one, he ain't getting out."
Sununu was the featured Republican jokester at the event, while Representative Jamie Raskin spoke for Democrats. Raskin began with: "That was a total riot, by which I mean a normal tourist visit. I haven't heard a Republican use the f-word that much since the Nixon administration."
Meanwhile, it is becoming more and more evident that Trump's new social media network "Truth Social" is going down in flames. Executives are fleeing the sinking ship like the rats they are, but so far Devin Nunes has stuck around to supervise the miserable failure.
In other Trumpian news, both Jared and Ivanka have now testified before the January 6th committee.
So all in all, a pretty good week all around!
The Senate confirmation vote for Jackson was actually surprisingly bipartisan, with three Republicans (Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitt Romney) joining with all the Democrats in making history. Of course, some Republicans were not happy about this at all, such as Marjorie Taylor Greene, who tweeted in disgust:
Murkowski, Collins, and Romney are pro-pedophile.
They just voted for #KBJ.
Now, you'd think that would almost automatically win the "stupidest and most vile thing a Republican said all week" award, but she had plenty of competition this week. Like this gem from Lauren Boebert:
Next year, the woke Disney lobbyists will ask Congress to extend Micky [sic] Mouse's trademark.
I think not.
Of course, many chimed in to point out that there's a whole song that just about everybody knows by heart that teaches exactly how to spell Mickey's name correctly, but the real facepalm part of Boebert's comment is that she was quite likely talking about Mickey's copyright, not his trademark. And the obvious fact that Republicans have now completely gotten on board with the idea of "using government power to punish corporations for exercising their free speech rights," which is just downright bizarre when you consider how hard the GOP fought to create this right in the first place. Free speech for corporations (and lots of campaign donations from them, of course) is fine and good, as long as they agree with you -- but woe to those corporations who don't. And, proving for the umpteenth time that pretty much anything the Republicans ever accuse Democrats of is nothing more than pure projection, what Boebert is obviously rooting for is to "cancel" Mickey Mouse. Or "Micky"... whatever....
Then there was this, from Representative Lisa McClain, who has only served 14 months and has already developed the ability to just shamelessly lie, straight through her teeth. As a warmup speaker at a Trump rally, she told the whopper that Osama Bin Laden was killed while Donald Trump was president (it was actually Barack Obama), and spewed this jaw-dropping falsehood as well: "We went from an economy that was booming to a shambles. What we have now is a shambles. It's a complete mess. Unemployment? Forty-year high." Um, no. It's the opposite, in fact -- unemployment is approaching an all-time low.
Greene had to up her game, obviously, which she did with this other entry for the stupidest thing a Republican did or said this week. We find that we cannot improve upon the level of snark in the Daily Beast report about it, so here you go:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) downplayed the violence at the Capitol, voted against awarding congressional medals to Capitol Police officers injured in the insurrection, and ranted that the agency is like the "gazpacho" (presumably a reference to Nazi Germany's Gestapo). But now she wants to them to devote resources to investigating comedian Jimmy Kimmel's joke that Will Smith should slap her. "[T]his threat of violence against me by @jimmykimmel has been filed with the @CapitolPolice," she tweeted Wednesday. Greene has, among other things, harassed a school shooting survivor, posted a mock-up pic of her holding a machine gun near lawmakers' heads, and liked a Facebook post about executing Democrats.
Maybe we should just start calling it the "Utterly Shameless GOP Award," for brevity's sake. Or, in this last case, maybe the "GOP Snowflake Award"?
Let's see, what else has been going on? Top Trump aides Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino were both held in contempt by the House of Representatives and referred to the Department of Justice for possible prosecution, adding their names to the list of those who feel they have some sort of right to just blatantly ignore subpoenas (spoiler: they don't).
But we're in such a good mood this week that we think we'll end it by noting that there was some "fox news" from the U.S. Capitol this week, as an actual fox was finally caught who had been aggressively biting people for days. Upon testing the fox was discovered to be rabid and had to be put down. [Readers should feel free to make their own comparisons with the capitalized version of that phrase which appeared in quotes. Ahem.]
Since (as we have previously noted) Ketanji Brown Jackson is supposed to be apolitical, we cannot in good conscience give her an award with "Democrat" in the title. We could give the nod to Joe Biden for nominating her or for Barack Obama for finally appearing at the White House again, but this week we've got something better.
Two Democrats this week, speaking from their respective chambers of Congress, showed how Democrats should be painting the Republican Party in general, and individual members in particular.
The first came from Representative Jamie Raskin, but we're going to save the actual content of what he said for the talking points section, so we'll just hand him an Honorable Mention and move on.
The second is the hands-down winner of the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week, Senator Brian Schatz of Hawai'i. He spoke during the debate over the two anti-Russia measures (which both eventually passed unanimously), and he absolutely dismantled the supposed opposition to the idea of sanctioning Russia which came from Senator Josh Hawley. The entire video is well worth watching, even though it is over two minutes long.
For those who don't have the time, here is the full text of what Schatz had to say:
So, what Senator [Josh] Hawley wants is to go through his litany of criticisms of the Biden administration, and the truth is that every senator has that right without blocking the logistics guy from the Department of Defense. He could've brought his floor charts out here and given a withering speech about all of the things he thought went wrong.
But he's doing a very specific thing. He is damaging the Department of Defense. We have senior D.o.D. leaders, we have the Armed Services Committee coming to us and saying, "I don't know what to tell him, I don't know how to satisfy him, but he is blocking the staffing of the senior leadership at the Department of Defense."
And this comes from a guy who raised his fist in solidarity with the insurrectionists. And this comes from a guy who, before the Russian invasion, suggested that maybe it would be wise for Zelenskyy to make a few concessions about Ukraine and their willingness to join NATO. This comes from a guy who just about a month ago voted against Ukraine aid! He's saying it's going too slow. He voted "no"! He voted "no" on Ukraine aid and now he has the gall to say it's going too slow!
And this final insult is that until, what, Secretary [Lloyd] Austin resigns? That's not a serious request. People used to come to me during the Trump administration all the time. "Do you think Trump should resign? Do you think Tillerson should resign?"
That's a stupid -- "Of course I think all the people I disagree should quit their jobs and be replaced with people I love. Of course I think they should all resign." That's not how this world works. That is not a reasonable request from a United States senator that "Until the secretary of defense quits his job, I'm going to block all of his nominees." That's preposterous!
And coming from a person who exonerated Donald Trump for extorting Zelenskyy for withholding lethal aid? They withheld lethal aid until, unless Zelenskyy would release false smears against Joe Biden's son. And then he voted to exonerate President Trump for this. And so spare me the new solidarity with the Ukrainians and with the free world because this man's record is exactly the opposite.
I yield the floor.
When interviewed later, Schatz described what the writer called the "loudness gap" between how the two parties manage to get their messages out to the people:
"Democrats need to make more noise," Sen. Brian Schatz told me. "We have to scream from the rooftops, because this is a battle for the free world now."
. . .
Schatz, for his part, points to some vexing complications. Biden was elected president in part to turn down the volume in our politics, and surely moderate voters want this. But one side hasn't gone along.
"The central selling proposition for a lot of moderate voters was that they could put Biden in place and then stop worrying about politics," Schatz told me. Yet the noise from "the MAGA movement continues to grow."
This obliges Democrats to raise the noise level themselves, Schatz continued, particularly when occasions such as this Hawley moment present themselves.
"Voters who pay a normal amount of attention to our politics take their cues from elected officials as to how outrageous something is," Schatz told me. "If we don't seem particularly perturbed," he continued, then they'll assume that a given standoff or situation is "no big deal."
He's right. Democrats need to rediscover the power of righteous indignation and shout it from the rooftops much more often and effectively than they have so far managed to do.
We're with Schatz: let's close the loudness gap. The media is just never going to address this stuff unless you draw their attention to it in dramatic fashion. Which Schatz did, admirably well. Which is why he's our easy choice this week for the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week.
[Congratulate Senator Brian Schatz on his Senate contact page, to let him know you appreciate his efforts.]
We were all prepared to hand the Most Disappointing Democrat Of The Week to Andrew Cuomo this week, but as it turns out he did not actually file the necessary paperwork to throw his hat into the ring in the Democratic primary for governor (his old job), so we are left without anyone to give the award to.
No other Democrat massively disappointed us this week, so we're putting the award back on the shelf until next week, unless (as usual) someone's got a nomination to suggest in the comments.
Volume 657 (4/8/22)
Our talking points are fairly negative this week, perhaps to counterbalance the positive nature of the rest of this column. Enjoy responsibly, and we'll try to be a bit more upbeat next week, we promise.
History calls, only three Republicans answer
Obviously, this is the biggest political news of the week.
"I am proud and pleased to see the first Black woman successfully confirmed to the highest court in the land, as are tens of millions of my fellow Americans. We made history this week, smashed a glass ceiling, and Joe Biden fulfilled a campaign promise to make the Supreme Court a lot more representative of what America truly looks like. The Republican Party -- what was once a very long time ago the 'Party of Lincoln' -- fought this nomination tooth and nail, however. When history called, only three Republican senators answered. The other 47 are now on the record on the wrong side of history, plain and simple. The attacks against her nomination sunk to a new low and were both scurrilous and completely unjustified. She weathered this storm with poise and composure, which are exactly the qualities I would like to see more of on the high court. I just hope that a day comes when the Republican Party realizes what a huge mistake it made this week by standing firmly against progress and against Black women, but I'm not exactly going to hold my breath waiting for it, if you know what I mean."
The Trump-Putin axis
This is where we return to the aforementioned Jamie Raskin.
"While Jamie Raskin was speaking in support of legislation to punish Russia for its inhuman invasion of Ukraine, he was actually heckled by (you guessed it) Marjorie Taylor Greene. His response was, and I quote:"
The gentlelady said something about the Russian hoax -- I accept the heckling, Mr. Speaker. If she wants to continue to stand with Vladimir Putin and his brutal, bloody invasion against the people of Ukraine, she is free to do so, and we understand there is a strong Trump-Putin axis in the gentlelady's party.
"He's right. That's exactly what it is -- a Trump-Putin axis. And it has infected the Republican Party to an alarming degree. This week a nonbinding resolution was passed by the House stating America's support for both NATO and for democracy. An astounding 63 Republicans voted against it. This should be shocking, but these days -- sadly -- it is not. It is just another indication of the moral decay which has infected the GOP right down to its very core. The Trump-Putin axis within the Republican Party is wrong, it is frightening, and it is downright dangerous, period."
Fraud, fear, and fascism
Raskin wasn't the only one coming up with brilliant snappy slogans this week.
"Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison had a different way of putting it this week, one that also gets right to the heart of the matter. He condemned the Republican Party as a whole by stating: 'It is a party built on fraud, fear, and fascism.' That sounds like overblown rhetoric or hyperbole, but upon examination it is neither. It is the honest truth, these days. Republicans not only believe that anything they can do to grab or retain political power is fair game, but that when they do get such power they should begin exercising it by punishing their political enemies to the absolute maximum. The way to tell whether their party's leader is lying is to note whether his lips are moving or not. They have doubled down on the Big Lie that caused the January 6th insurrection. They are absolutely shameless in proclaiming up is down and that their emperor's new clothes are gorgeous, instead of non-existent. The entire substance of their campaign strategy is to whip up fear over non-existent boogiemen they use to scare the voters. So Harrison is right -- the Republican Party these days is built entirely upon fraud, fear, and fascism, and nobody should be shy in calling it out."
No moral redlines at all
They'll even prove it, if you listen closely.
"Mitch McConnell was interviewed this week and asked point-blank where his moral redlines were. He had no answer. None. He was prompted to explain how he could reconcile denouncing Donald Trump's 'disgraceful dereliction of duty' on January 6th and stating baldly that Trump was 'practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day' with now being able to support him if he becomes the 2024 nominee of his party. Again, McConnell had no answer to this at all. There it is in plain language, folks -- McConnell and far too many of his fellow Republicans will put party over country in a heartbeat. Nothing matters to them but gaining political power. There simply are no Republican moral redlines left -- anything goes, as long as it is coming from a fellow Republican. This is so disgraceful and disgusting it is hard to even find the words to describe such spinelessness and ruthlessness, but that's what the leader of the Senate GOP just flat-out admitted."
More voting fraud found!
When it comes to projection, this one just seems to keep popping back up over and over again.
"The Republican Party is convinced that if they just look hard enough, somehow they'll find a widespread conspiracy to commit massive voter fraud. Well, of course the 'massive' part just doesn't exist, but what's interesting to me is that as more individual cases of voter fraud appear, all of them seem to be committed by Republican voters. And not just anonymous voters either, but ones very close to the Republican leadership. A few weeks ago it was revealed that Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff, is under investigation for committing fraud by registering to vote in North Carolina when he had no residence there at all. This week we find that another former Trump administration official voted twice in the 2016 primary -- in two different states! At the time, he was Chris Christie's campaign director, so it's pretty hard to argue he didn't understand the voting laws. He's now running for a House seat, because no Republican is ever going to denounce any actual voter fraud coming from within their own party -- they're too busy looking for some non-existent grand conspiracy by Democrats. Whenever Republicans loudly accuse Democrats of anything underhanded, it's a pretty sure bet it's nothing more than projection, because they feel so guilty about stuff they themselves are wantonly doing."
Speaking of projection...
This one is ugly and brutal -- but Democrats certainly weren't the ones who opened this can of worms, so it has to be seen as fair game at this point.
"In the Supreme Court hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, the phrase 'child porn' was used a total of 165 times. Also mentioned repeatedly were 'pedophile' and 'predators' and 'prepubescent.' Contrast that to the sentence handed down this week to a former Republican National Committee aide and GOP staffer who admitted to being part of a child porn trading ring, possessing over 150 child porn videos, both receiving and distributing such images, seeking out images of the rape of children (some as young as babies), and fantasizing online about killing children while abusing them. He will spend the next twelve-and-a-half years in prison -- a sentence handed down by a judge appointed by a Democrat. So maybe if Republicans are obsessed with jailing kiddie porn criminals, perhaps they should clean their own house first."
Hard to imagine...
Speaking of unspeakable images...
"This week, Ted Cruz spoke about an upcoming appearance he will be making at Yale University. At first he seemed to suggest that the university would require him to be in a 'smoking jacket with maybe a Sherlock Holmes pipe and maybe some Madeira,' but then he mused about what he really envisioned: 'Or, I don't know, has it gone more hippie than that? Like, nude and taking peyote or something?' Trust us, Ted, nobody wants to see that. In fact there are many who are already convinced you are the personification of a bad acid trip -- so please, for everyone's sake, keep away from the psychedelics and keep your damn clothes on. Please!"
-- Chris Weigant
Follow Chris on Twitter: @ChrisWeigant
Cross-posted at: Democratic Underground
@cw,
it's okay, you can give most disappointing to andrew cuomo any time you like.
JL
p.s. you've still been horribly remiss in refusing to address the political applications of pie.
because pie is yummy.
I just don't get it ... I mean, everyone loves pie, of some sort, right?
yes.
“Today, Michiganders and Americans — especially our children — are living through the normalization of political violence. But we must be honest about what it really is: the result of violent, divisive rhetoric that is all too common across our country. There must be accountability and consequences for those who commit heinous crimes. Without accountability, extremists will be emboldened.”
-Michigan Governor Whitmer after failure to convict 4 men charged in kidnapping and conspiracy charges..
Shit, Gov.. You Democrats have been "normalizing political violence" for the past 22+ years (collectively) with your Democrat BLM and AntiFa riots..
If you want to see what the problem is when it comes to normalizing political violence.. Look in the mirror.. :^/
Since I know ya'all don't like it when I post entire articles, allow me to sum up the following for you...
We are witnessing the final days of reproductive freedom in America
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/08/oklahomas-move-to-ban-abortions-is-a-prelude-of-america-without-roe-v-wade
"Waaaaaaaaaaa WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa We won't be able to kill innocent defenseless babies!! Waaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaa We won't be able to SHOUT OUT our abortions!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAA WWWAAAAAAAAAAA We won't be able to CELEBRATE our infanticide WAAAAAAAAA wwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
That sums up the article for you...
This has been a public service announcement from Weigantia.. :D
Remind me again how Democrats are going to be fine in November??
A sour and angry America poised to punish Dems this fall
Biden and his top advisers know that the window to change the economic narrative through executive action is rapidly closing.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/09/angry-voters-biden-inflation-midterms-00024218
I seem to have forgotten.. What with all the FACTS that prove the contrary.. :D
Okay, I have absolutely no memory of tapping out [7] ...
... I mean [6].
I'm pretty sure I didn't do it. I was in bed at that time.
That doesn't even sound like something I would tap out, no offense to pie lovers.
Whoaa.. That's creepy :D
Very.
Maybe you have split personality.. Maybe when you sleep your alter ego takes over and professes their love for President Trump.. :D
Good God!
hehehehehehe
Pie is magical
Abcarian: Amid Florida's fight with Disney over trans rights, a Disney family member comes out as trans
https://news.yahoo.com/abcarian-amid-floridas-fight-disney-100029466.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
And this Groomer ^^^ wants to force trans pain and hurt on 4, 5 and 6 yr olds.. :^/
What *IS* it about Democrats that they hate kids so much??
'Meet The Press' panel slams Democratic messaging on 'culture wars': 'Real problem for Democrats' in midterms
Democrats 'allow their messaging to almost be defined by the other side,' one panelist said
https://www.foxnews.com/media/meet-the-press-panel-slams-democratic-messaging-on-culture-wars-real-problem-for-democrats-in-midterms
Like I said.. Not MY predictions..
It's DEMOCRAT predictions.. :D
there are people literally dying in ukraine. that anyone whatsoever even cares what disney thinks of gender identity is what ought to be offensive.
JL,
Agreed...
So get Disney to stand down, quit interfering in the affairs of the state of FL and just concentrate on entertaining people..
Shutting down schools?? Stoopid
Shutting down economy?? Stoopid
Masking Children?? Stoopid...
Democrats did more harm than good with their covid hysteria...
This is documented FACT...
Irony at it's finest..
Democrats' 2022 midterm election scare tactics: this desperate move won't save them
Democrats are beginning to really worry about the 2022 elections. And they should..
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-2022-midterm-elections-scare-tactics-newt-gingrich
The ONE thing Biden could do to help Democrats in November is the ONE THING that the Democrat Party won't ALLOW Biden to do.. :D
Thereby dooming the entire Democrat Party in November..
I love the smell of irony in the morning.. :D
Democrats have decreed that the COVID political action has now become a DETRIMENT to Democrat chances in November..
Due to this reason, Democrats have decreed that COVID is no longer a threat..
COVID.. The First Official POLITICAL Pandemic...
So as it went in Pennsylvania, so as it goes for the rest of the country.. :D
Pennsylvania's dramatic shift rightward is a warning sign for both parties about overreach
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania — When Ken Miller changed his party registration from Democrat to Republican in September 2020, he said he wasn’t doing it for Donald Trump. He had not voted for Trump or Hillary Clinton in 2016. Rather, he said, he was doing it for himself and his community after watching Democrats govern during the pandemic.
“I am tired of what I am seeing," he said. Democrats appeared to ignore people like Miller, viewing his vote as replaceable by someone in their theoretical ascendant Democratic coalition of young people, women, intellectuals, and nonwhite voters. But the thinkers in Washington may have been too clever by half.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/pennsylvanias-dramatic-shift-rightward-is-a-warning-sign-for-both-parties-about-overreach
Democrats are going to be massacred in November and it's their own damn fault...
It's what happens when their political Party went with the Hate America and Hate Cops agenda...
I mean, let's face reality, people..
The House is gone.. It's going to go GOP.. This is nearly universally accepted as fact by EVERYONE with more than 2 brain cells to rub together...
The Senate?? That's as good as gone as well..
Democrats face steep odds in bid to keep Senate
Democrats are staring down an increasingly difficult Senate landscape as national political headwinds threaten to sweep away what they believe is their best chance to hold at least one chamber of Congress.
With hopes for holding their House majority dimming quickly, Democrats see this year’s Senate map as a relative bright spot, given the fact that they’re defending fewer seats than Republicans and believe they have a strong class of candidates.
But nationally, they’re up against a brutal political landscape — President Biden’s approval rating is well underwater, inflation is the highest it’s been in decades and Republican voters appear far more motivated than Democrats — raising the prospect that some factors that will determine the Senate majority are outside the party’s control.
https://thehill.com/news/3262798-democrats-face-steep-odds-in-bid-to-keep-senate/
The chances of Dems keeping the Senate will depend on Biden's approval numbers..
Apparently, those numbers have not found the bottom yet.. :D
So it's looking like Democrats can kiss the Senate good-bye as well.. :D
LATEST ELECTION POLLS
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/elections/
Look at all the RED in those polls!!!! :D
Just a few little blue specks in a sea of RED... :D
Yep, that's what November is going to look like for Democrats..
A few blue specks in a tsunami of RED... :D
The Hunter Biden Laptop...
The GIFT that KEEPS ON GIVING.. :D
Hunter Biden frequently covered family expenses, texts reveal
https://nypost.com/2022/04/09/hunter-biden-frequently-covered-family-expenses-texts-reveal/
Now that WaPo and NY TIMES has authenticated the laptop, the floodgates are opening.. :D
As it turns out, clamping down on guns won't impact Crowd Based Mass Shootings...
Sacramento sheriff: Downtown shooting that killed six is result of 'treating criminals like victims'
Sacramento shooting suspect was released from prison after serving less than half his sentence
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sacramento-sheriff-downtown-shooting-is-result-of-treating-criminals-like-victims-and-victims-like-criminals
But clamping down on Democrat Party Anti-Cop Pro-Criminal policies WILL prevent or help prevent Crowd Based Mass Shootings..
"The best predictor of future behavior is past conduct, and violent people, they're going to be violent when they get out, and that's what we've seen here.
Every crime has a victim and these victims are racking up, sometimes minorly and sometimes catastrophically, like we saw in Sacramento [on April 3]. This is the latest, but it unfortunately won't be the last. Because if we don't change the way California and the rest of this nation treats criminals… then this is only going to be a continuing trend."
-Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones
The problem here is Democrat Party's PRO-Criminal and ANTI-Cop policies...
Looks like Elon's goal is to take over Twitter.. :D
Elon Musk scares liberals, Twitter as he pursues free speech
Establishment liberals are not happy, as a recent Washington Post column demonstrates
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/elon-musk-scares-liberals-twitter-free-speech-liz-peek
It's going to be SOO MUCH FUN to see President Trump re-instated to Twitter and see Twitter grovel before the great man.. :D
"Musk’s appointment shows that we need regulation of social-media platforms to prevent rich people from controlling our channels of communication."
-WaPo Columnist Ellen Pao
Says the Left Wing Moron who works for Billionaire Jeff Bezos' Washington Post.. :^/
What *IS* it about Democrats that they are stark raving MORONS???
Anyone?? Anyone?? Buehler??
So get Disney to stand down, quit interfering in the affairs of the state of FL and just concentrate on entertaining people..
I mean, as things stand now, Disney is on track to lose it's special status in FL which will cost Disney TENS OF BILLIONS a year in taxes and fees...
Which will go to enriching the great state of Florida.. :D
WIN WIN :D
Elon Musk declines to join Twitter board of directors
'I believe this is for the best,' Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal said
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/elon-musk-declines-to-join-twitter-board-of-directors
Twitterati just got played by Elon Musk!!! :D
Let's make baby-killing fun and easy for everyone!!! :^/
Maryland Dems override governor's veto to fund abortion training, allow non-doctors to perform abortions
The law establishes a $3.5 million program to make sure there are enough 'health professionals to provide abortion care'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maryland-dems-override-governors-veto-to-fund-abortion-training-allow-non-doctors-to-perform-abortions
Over 80% of Americans support abortion restrictions..
Democrats wonder why they are going to be booted out of office en-masse in November??
It's mind-boggling...
again, real people are getting killed, why the preoccupation with the deaths of human goldfish?
again, real people are getting killed, why the preoccupation with the deaths of human goldfish?
Real people are getting killed.. Why the Democrat preoccupation with celebrating a completely and utterly racist event???
The war in Ukraine is completely and utterly the fault of Joe Biden and the Democrats..
Disney's woke policies are completely and utterly the fault of Joe Biden and the Democrats..
You see the connection??
Everything BAD in this country is because of Joe Biden and the Democrats..
Once they are removed, then America can start being great again...
why the preoccupation with the deaths of human goldfish?
Interesting way of mitigating infanticide.. :^/
Democrats risk repeating errors from VA gov race by siding against parents' rights
The Democrats’ nationwide push against bills like the one backed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis may not resonate with Americans
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-risk-repeating-errors-from-va-gov-race-by-siding-against-parents-rights
Picture perfect textbook Democrat insanity..
Trying the same thing over and over hoping for a different result.. :^/
https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/04/918/516/cartoon-041122.jpg?ve=1&tl=1
Yea.. Let's cause a BIGGER catastrophe at the southern border..
That will sure endure Americans to the Democrat Party.. :^/
Apparently, Democrats have made the calculus that they can overcome American voters with illegal immigrant voters..
Great plan! :^/
Pie is magical
People are dying in Ukraine!! How can you talk about magical pie when Ukrainians are dying!!!???
:D
The Memo: Bad economic news haunts Democrats ahead of midterms
President Biden and other Democrats are confronting a stark truth — they’re getting blamed for what’s bad in the economy and getting no credit for what’s good.
The dynamic could spell electoral doom in November.
The Democrats’ failure to get voters to recognize the upside of the economy is not for lack of trying.
https://thehill.com/news/administration/3263015-the-memo-bad-economic-news-haunts-dems-ahead-of-midterms/
Americans simply DON'T LIKE DEMOCRATS... And, come November, Americans will express that dislike with their votes..
When ya'all Democrats hate on America, Americans take that personally..
As Democrats will learn in November..
When the GOP take over Congress, will they play by the PTDS infused rules that Democrats created???
Oh gods, I hope so!!
I WANT to see a monthly impeachment of Joe Biden..
I WANT to see House Committees that crawl up Joe Biden's ass, Hunter Biden's ass and Nancy Pelosi's ass for the corrupt dealings and 6 Jan incompetence respectively...
It's going to be a fun 2 years of Biden impeachments and Democrat-targeted investigations..
All topped off with the 2024 election that will see President Trump back in the Oval Office...
It's gonna be fun!! :D
Yes.. yes.. yes.. Let's make it ALL so....
Yes.. yes.. Make it ALL happen..
Show Democrats and America haters they kind of world they created...
"afw'ein Mnhei'sahe"
-Romulan Proverb, roughly translated to the latin term "sans humanite" which means, "I will give them no pity, they deserve no mercy and it serves them right!"
Here's An Idea, Harry
[ Posted Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 – 17:11 UTC ]
http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/05/15/heres-an-idea-harry/
Ahhh the Golden Age of Weigantia... :D
Funny thing is, I haven't changed a bit since then.. :D
It's a good read.. Especially JL's Monkees pun.. :D
Democrats weighed down by Biden scramble for message
Democrats are scrambling for a message to break through to voters as the days tick down to the midterm elections and President Biden’s approval rating remains mired at around 40 percent.
https://thehill.com/news/senate/3262997-democrats-weighed-down-by-biden-scramble-for-message/
Biden as President is the WORST thing that has happened to the Democrat Party since Odumbo.. :D
My Dear Michale, it looks like you invested six hours into posting right-wing crap that no one here reads. Why bother? Are you trying to win hearts and minds? Or is this about owning the Libs? Or what?
Daily Beast contributor accosts Asian man at bar, mistakenly thinking he's Andy Ngo
"I just ran into Andy Ngo at a bar in New Orleans," Benson reported to Twitter. "I politely told him he's a 'garbage person.' Lol." The man was not Andy Ngo.
https://thepostmillennial.com/daily-beast-contributor-harasses-asian-man-at-bar-mistakenly-thinking-hes-andy-ngo
What IS it about Democrats that they are such hateful morons???
Pie would bring the war to a swift and decisive end.
Yer obsession with pie is offensive considering all the death that is occurring in Ukraine..
Pie won't stop Russian aggression...
Only NATO can stop Russian Aggression...
But Biden has contaminated NATO...
NATO was stronger with President Trump at the helm, pie be damned!!!
Israeli forces under 'no restrictions' against Palestinian terrorists - Gantz
The IDF's involvement in stifling terror is "dictated only by the operational need," Defense Minister Benny Gantz said.
https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-703857
As it should be..
Israel has a blank check to deal with terrorism up to, but not including, terrorism itself..
Given that Democrats and Palestinians support terrorism, Israel will always have the moral, ethical and LEGAL high ground...
Israel will try and limit collateral damage..
But, considering that THIS is the "government" that the Palestinian people choose, Israel is really under no moral obligation to make any major effort to protect the people who CHOOSE a terrorist government.....
But, considering that THIS is the "government" that the Palestinian people choose, Israel is really under no moral obligation to make any major effort to protect the people who CHOOSE a terrorist government.....
Dresden comes to mind...
Yer obsession with pie is offensive considering all the death that is occurring in Ukraine..
Perhaps, but not nearly as offensive as your obsession with human goldfish, or with Mickey Mouse's sexual identity, or Don's obsession with, well, himself.
Perhaps, but not nearly as offensive as your obsession with human goldfish, or with Mickey Mouse's sexual identity, or Don's obsession with, well, himself.
Which simply shows the obsession of political agenda's that ya'all entertain that are anti-America....
I, of course, don't suffer from that as my Pro America bona fides are well established.. :D
The would have been NO Ukraine War is Joe Biden had lived up to his duties as POTUS..
But incompetence in Afghanistan beget Ukraine..
Democrats need to accept responsibility of their incompetence...
Courtesy Of The Red White And Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNrdmjcNTc&list=RDMM&index=2
LinkedIn reinstates Air Force vet's post after wrongfully calling it 'hate speech,' apologizes
Air Force vet says 'freedom has been secured' after LinkedIn reinstates wrongfully removed post
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/linkedin-reinstates-air-force-vets-post-hate-speech-apologizes
It's amazing that it's almost ALWAYS Conservative PRO AMERICA accounts that are ALWAYS restricted by Left Wing social media...
There is a reckoning coming...
Elon Musk not joining Twitter's board could lead to 'Game of Thrones' style battle: analyst
Musk owns a 9.2% stake in social media platform, making him company's largest shareholder.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/elon-musk-twitter-game-of-thrones-style-battle-analyst
I LOVED Game Of Thrones!!!
Bring it on!!! :D
For you, MC... :D
The Democrats Are Not Dead Yet
Despite conventional wisdom, the party is not doomed in November’s midterm elections. The economy, Covid-19, the invasion of Ukraine, and the January 6 insurrection are all wild cards.
https://newrepublic.com/article/166065/democrats-not-dead-yet
Just to give ya hope to see it dashed when nothing breaks the Democrats' way... :D
I am cruel that way... :D
And for Democrats..
Axios, Bloomberg, others forecast 'nasty' March inflation report: 'Number likely to be ugly'
'Looks to be a doozy,' Axios warned
https://www.foxnews.com/media/media-forecasts-nasty-march-inflation-report
The hits just keep on comin'!!! :D
Philadelphia reimposes indoor mask mandate in response to rising omicron BA.2 cases
Philadelphia appears to be the first major city to reimpose an indoor mask mandate
https://www.foxnews.com/us/philadelphia-reimposes-indoor-mask-mandate-rising-omicron-ba-2
Democrats just DON'T want to give up totalitarianism...
This is why they will lose in November..
Americans are sick and tired of Democrat dictatorship....
NJ Gov. Murphy willing to 'entertain' changes to gender identity lessons for 2nd graders
Gov. Murphy says parents 'deserve' say in gender lessons
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/phil-murphy-new-jersey-gender-identity-school-education-elementary
Anyone who wants to teach sex education and gender issues to 4, 5 and 6 yr olds is a Groomer...
Pure and simple...
http://mfccfl.us/TheLeft.jpg
How can ya'all help but not be... disgusted... at what the Democrat Party has become?? :^/
Because THAT ^^^^^ is how patriotic Americans see today's Democrat Party....
Obviously no one here who would find this acceptable is a parent.. :^/
In NYC masks are optional now, but most of us are still wearing them.
Here, too.