Friday Talking Points -- Overreach And Backlash
Of all the different types of cycle that exist in politics, the one of overreach and backlash is one of the most interesting. We may be about to see one of these cycles happen in very accelerated fashion (since it usually takes years or even a few subsequent elections to fully materialize), although since we're at the beginning of the cycle it is impossible to now know how it will all play out.
This cycle began with the leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito which would entirely overturn Roe v. Wade and send the question of abortion back to the state legislatures to grapple with. Conservatives have had this as a goal for at least four decades, so it was seen by many as the last step on a very long road.
But it's not a last step at all, because it will usher in an entirely new era of each state choosing what laws to accept when it comes to abortion. And like it or not, the whole "laboratories of democracy" theory will play out -- some liberal states will have extremely liberal abortion laws, some conservative states will have Draconian laws against abortion, and other states will choose some sort of middle route. This process has not only already begun, it has actually been going on for a long time, as states anticipated the possible end of the Roe era.
Republicans now have the "dog who caught the car" syndrome, though -- they have achieved their overarching goal and are now left unsure what exactly to do about it or what comes next. All of a sudden all those state-level laws are not just going to be vehicles for political posturing any more, they are going to directly affect women's lives. All of a sudden, things have gotten very real, because the courts will no longer save them from the worst of their own excesses. Their rhetoric is now going to become a new reality, in a matter of weeks.
This is where the overreach is already happening. Back when Republicans tried to pass antiabortion laws that they thought might stand a chance of being acceptable to the Supreme Court's interpretation of Roe, certain safeguards and limitations were written into the laws. Things like exceptions for rape and incest victims. Or bans on charging the women seeking abortions with violating any laws.
That was then, this is now. Now more and more states aren't even bothering with rape or incest exceptions, and some would even do away with the exception for saving the life of the mother -- meaning a pregnancy that threatens the mother's death cannot be aborted even to save her life. Louisiana's legislature just contemplated (and then stepped back from the brink of) passing a law labelling all abortions "homicides," which would have meant not only the doctor but the woman seeking the abortion could have been charged and thrown in jail for doing so.
These are extreme laws, but they all follow from the central idea that if aborting a baby is "murder," then how can you have any exceptions which legally allow it? If you start with that moral position (as many Republicans do) then morally the rest follows.
Red states are currently in a frenzy of lawmaking, and to some extent they're each trying to outdo each other in their condemnation of abortion. They no longer just want to restrict it, they want to outright ban it. Restraint and consideration for nuance is being left by the wayside. But, as mentioned, these are no longer just "messaging" laws passed to entice the Supreme Court into paring Roe back anymore, they are going to be reality in these states, as soon as July.
Abortion is, of course, a polarizing political issue. Many support abortion rights wholeheartedly and many condemn it without exception. But there is a huge mass of people in the middle who have somewhat mixed feelings over it. This is where the political messaging war will be fought, this summer and this fall.
Republicans are hoping mightily that this battle doesn't even materialize, so they can just sweep the whole subject under the rug and run the campaign against Joe Biden that they were planning on running. "Nothing to see here, folks, let's talk about inflation instead," in other words. Or they're going to try (as they're already beginning to) to paint Democrats as the "extremists" on the issue, by pressing Democrats to state what limitations on abortion they support -- and then turning around and accusing: "Democrats want abortion-on-demand right up until labor starts!"
Democrats are going to be pointing out the fact that the Republican Party now clearly stands -- and has for a long time -- for abolishing all abortion nationwide. "They will not be content with banning abortion in red states, they are going to do so everywhere, first chance they get!" will be the line of attack. Democrats will also go after the extreme nature of the state laws either being proposed, passing, or sitting dormant on the books already.
Democrats have the advantage here, since what they are warning against is indeed the reality of the situation, whereas what Republicans are warning about is nonsense that no Democratic politician supports. But having the truth on your side doesn't always mean you win the messaging battle (see: Donald Trump's entire term of office).
The key demographic here -- the battleground where this will mostly be fought out -- isn't just women. The real key is suburban women. Because suburban women know all about abortion. My uneducated guess is that the vast majority of all suburban women have personal experience with abortion, either firsthand or through someone they know. Whether in high school or college or through friends or coworkers, most of these women have at least seen someone they know go through it. It is personal to them, no matter their beliefs about it.
These women think about abortion in the context of: "What would have happened to that girl if it hadn't been available -- her life might have turned out radically differently." They also think about it in the context of their own daughters.
Republicans have recently had an enormous attrition problem with suburban women, pretty much ever since Donald Trump took office. Democrats have capitalized on this, but everyone knows it might just be a temporary effect -- they might all go back to being reliable Republican voters if Trump's name is not on the ballot. The GOP thought it had made inroads by fearmongering over schools ("Your children are being brainwashed by lefties!"), but this could now be at risk.
We can probably expect to start seeing more articles exploring this, which take the time to ask some suburban women what they think of Roe being overturned and whether they'll be voting Republican in November. Because in their rush to outdo each other, the state-level Republicans are in the midst of a rather large political overreach.
Democrats have already started pointing it out. Senate Democrats released a new ad this week that puts the issue front and center. It's a pretty simple equation to draw -- a vote for Democrats is a vote to preserve women's rights, while a vote for Republicans is a vote to burn down women's rights. Similar ads will soon be appearing in races all over the country, assumably.
Will a backlash against Republicans materialize at the ballot box in November? No one can say, at this point. Will it be big enough to save Democrats in the midterms? Again, it is impossible to say. But it is a whole lot more possible that Democrats might not be in as bad a position heading into those midterms now than they were before that opinion leaked. Because, once again, these are no longer just "messaging" laws being passed. They will have real-world consequences, starting this summer, and some of those stories are going to start being told by the media. Women will have the chance to see the results of this Republican overreach before they vote. It is no longer a hypothetical exercise, it will be reality.
But enough future speculation, let's take a look at the week that was in politics. America passed a grim milestone this week, reaching one million COVID deaths. There is a slow surge in cases happening, but so far it appears not to be anywhere near as bad as Omicron or Delta were, which is good news.
Senator Rand Paul pulled one of his signature hissy fits by singlehandedly blocking a new round of aid to Ukraine. Remember when Republicans were all incensed that Joe Biden wasn't sending military aid to Ukraine fast enough? Yeah, those were the days.... The bill will pass next week, but the delay might interrupt the pipeline of aid, which would all be Rand Paul's fault.
We were heartened to see that the punk group Pussy Riot successfully escaped Russia and are now planning on touring, outside of Vladimir Putin's petulant reach. Also to see First Lady Doctor Jill Biden meeting with Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska in a surprise Mother's Day visit to Ukraine -- because it is so good to see an American presidential wife care about people other than herself once again, obviously. But the most heartwarming news from the region this week was seeing bomb-sniffing dog Patron getting a medal from Volodymyr Zelenskyy and then falling asleep at his own press conference.
In primary season news back here at home, a Trump-endorsed candidate lost in the Nebraska governor's contest, while Trump's pick in the Pennsylvania Senate race appears to be faltering. So there's that to look forward to, next Tuesday.
On the Democratic side, the biggest primary news this week was the announcement of the 20 entries for early-voting states in the 2024 presidential primary calendar. We wrote about this earlier in the week, if anyone wants to read a wonky dive into the contenders' chances.
In legal news, a new federal grand jury has already issued its first subpoena in its investigation into those piles of boxes Trump hauled off with him to his Florida resort -- you know, the ones that contained classified material? Meanwhile, the House January 6th committee issued subpoenas to five prominent Republicans (including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy), to compel their testimony about what they knew before and during the insurrection attempt against Congress. Seeing as how Republicans have now given up all pretense of being the "law and order" party, it is not expected that any of them will show up to answer questions under oath, however.
In economic news, inflation may have already peaked. Last month's number ticked down from the month before, the first such reduction since late last year. Nobody's sure whether this will continue or not, especially with the price of gasoline spiking back up, but it was a lot better news that "inflation continues to skyrocket," that's for sure.
And finally, in the "things we never in a million billion years thought we'd see" file, we have the news that Rick Perry is now apparently a champion for the therapeutic use of psychedelics. First it was John Boehner becoming a lobbyist for cannabis and now this? Rick "Oops" Perry, erstwhile Dancing With The Stars contestant and Republican presidential candidate, is now advocating for psychedelic mushrooms?!? There's really only one proper comment to make, upon hearing this news, so we'll just end with it and move on:
Wow, man. What a trip!
One historical note before we get to the current awards: Ten years ago this week, then-Vice President Joe Biden got out in front of his boss Barack Obama on the subject of gay marriage. Up until that point, Obama had not publicly embraced the cause (likely because he thought it was too controversial a position to take). But Biden forced his hand, and within days Obama also "evolved" into supporting marriage equality. We wrote about this way back in Friday Talking Points, Volume 210, in case anyone wants a stroll down Memory Lane. And yes, it has been only ten short years since many Democrats shied away from the issue and wouldn't publicly state their position, or else flat-out opposed gay marriage. Somehow it seems like it's been longer than that, but maybe that's just us.
This week we'd like to give a sort of "thank you for your service" Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week award, to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. Today was Psaki's last press briefing, as she moves on to a new (and more lucrative) career path in life.
Psaki was a breath of fresh air after the stench of all of Trump's press secretaries and the three-ring circus the pressroom became under them -- one of whom didn't even bother to hold a single press briefing during her entire stint. Psaki, on the other hand, brought intelligence and sanity back to the job.
Psaki is obviously whip-smart and feisty enough to take on all comers. This included all the right-wing media "reporters" who gibbered and whined all their pet conspiracy theories on a daily basis. She became known for her epic takedowns of such idiocy, delivering her signature "Psaki bombs" with delightful regularity. She even managed to charm the recipient of many of these Psaki bombs -- Peter Doocy of Fox News -- so much that today he issued his first tweet in two years' time, posing amicably with Psaki (who knew she was so short?!?) and wishing her good luck.
Psaki brought charm and wit to one of the toughest political jobs in Washington. She has a first-rate mind and a brilliant way with words, and we look forward to seeing her on television in a different role in the near future. As we look forward to also hearing that she finally has enough free time on her hands to learn how to play Wordle.
[Full disclosure: We admit that we have been previously accused of being partial to redheads, to which we plead nolo contendere. Ahem.]
For over a year of service to both Joe Biden and the nation, for being a breath of fresh air in the White House briefing room, for all those hilarious Psaki bombs, and mostly for bringing intelligence and honesty back to the job after so long, we hereby award Jen Psaki this week's Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week on her way out the door. You will be missed, Jen, by millions.
[Congratulate White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the official White House contact page, to let them know you appreciated her efforts.]
While the Senate did vote this week on the Women's Health Protection Act, which would have not only codified Roe v. Wade but also swept aside all the unnecessary and punitive red-state laws restricting abortion access, and while one Democrat did not vote for it (Guess who? We'll give you precisely one guess....), in anticipation we already handed Senator Joe Manchin a Most Disappointing Democrat Of The Week last week for the same thing, so we're not going to repeat ourselves.
Other than that, however, we find we just weren't that disappointed by any Democrat this week. Of course, as always, we might have missed or forgotten about someone, so feel free to make your own nominations in the comments.
Volume 662 (5/13/22)
Happy Friday the 13th! Except for friggatriskaidekaphobes, who would obviously cringe at the use of that word "Happy," there....
Whether you're superstitious or not, though, here are this week's talking points for you. As always, use responsibly!
$30 a month internet
This was a piece of little-noticed good news this week.
"I'd like to thank President Joe Biden for getting the internet providers to agree to offer reduced-cost high-speed internet service to low-income households. Soon families who qualify will be able to get this service for thirty dollars a month or less. There will be a website -- GetInternet.gov -- which will allow people to easily see if they qualify and what providers are near them. Because as we all saw during the COVID pandemic lockdowns, if a child can't access the internet from home it drastically limits their ability to participate in modern life. For the first time, low-income families will be able to get high-speed internet for a reasonable price, due to President Biden's actions."
America's daughters will have less freedom than their mothers
This one we're taking directly from a letter Nancy Pelosi sent out to her Democratic House members, since it states the case for people to vote this year so well.
With this draft ruling striking down the nearly fifty-year-old precedent of Roe v. Wade and undermining the Constitutional right to privacy, Republicans would rip away women's right to make the most intimate and personal decisions. If handed down, this decision by GOP-appointed Justices would mean that, for the first time in our history, America's daughters will have less freedom than their mothers.
Republicans have made clear that their goal will be to seek to criminalize abortion nationwide. Republican state legislators across the country are already advancing extreme new laws, seeking to arrest doctors for offering reproductive care, ban abortion entirely with no exceptions, and even charge women with murder who exercise their right to choose. These draconian measures could even criminalize contraceptive care, in vitro fertilization and post-miscarriage care, dragging our nation back to a dark time decades into the past.
Make no mistake: once Republicans have dispensed with precedent and privacy in overturning Roe, they will take aim at additional basic human rights. At this pivotal moment, the stakes for women -- and every American -- could not be higher.
Overwhelmingly unpopular
Hammer this home, because Republicans are already afraid of it.
"Poll after poll after poll all show how overwhelmingly unpopular the Republican Party's position on abortion truly is. Something like two-thirds of the nation thinks abortions should be legal for all, perhaps with some reasonable and medically-appropriate restrictions. Republicans want to make abortion illegal for everyone, with no exceptions. They want to throw women and doctors in jail. The draft opinion that leaked cited one legal 'expert' from the eighteenth century who later presided over a trial where he sentenced two women to death for being 'witches.' It also -- astonishingly -- cited a legal 'expert' from the thirteenth century! That's right, Republicans don't just want to take us back to the 1950s, they want us to return to the 1250s. I wish I were making this up, but sadly, I am not."
Violence is not the answer
When they go low, don't follow them.
"I would also like to take this opportunity to denounce the firebombing of an anti-abortion group's office in Wisconsin this week. A group calling itself 'Jane's Revenge' took credit for this action and threatened more such actions across the U.S. They cited the antiabortion movement for its own violent tactics, which have indeed included firebombings and even assassination in the past. But two wrongs don't make a right. Violence from either side is absolutely unacceptable, period."
Poor Susan....
Got your pearls all ready to clutch? Then here we go!
"Senator Susan Collins who somehow believed all the Republican nominees to the Supreme Court when they lied their faces off to her about Roe v. Wade during their confirmation process is now in a tizzy because some of her neighbors are reminding her that she is somehow supposed to be pro-choice. Someone drew a very polite message in chalk on the sidewalk in front of Collins's house asking her to please vote for the Senate bill which would have codified Roe into federal law. Not only did Collins vote against this bill, she actually called the police on the people who had written her a message in chalk. She apparently demanded that the local public works department spend taxpayer money to wash off the free speech from the public sidewalk in front of her house, and that someone be charged with some sort of crime for doing so. We hereby award Senator Collins with the Snowflake Of The Year award, for her microscopically-thin skin."
More (Republican, of course) voter fraud!
Here we go again.
"Why is it that pretty much every time an actual case of actual voter fraud happening is reported, it turns out it was perpetrated by Republicans? You'd think there's some sort of pattern here or something, right? This week it was revealed that some GOP operatives in Pennsylvania were filling out voter registration cards with their group's own post office box listed as the address on it. Sounds like someone was getting ready to do some ballot-box stuffing in next week's Republican primary, right? I mean, I'm just sayin'... every time you hear about something like this, it almost always seems to be Republicans doing it. I wonder why that is...."
Hurricane gun
Hoo boy. It's been over a year since he's been in office, and the tell-all stories just keep right on coming!
"It seems that Donald Trump was somehow convinced that China had a 'hurricane gun' that they could use to create massive hurricanes and then somehow point them at the United States, in order to cause chaos. Trump asked about it several times, wondering if it was somehow an act of war that we could retaliate against. This is during the same period he was also reportedly wondering if he could use nuclear weapons against hurricanes. No word on whether he actually thought the Chinese guy with the hurricane gun operated it from his lair inside a dormant volcano or not, but at this point it seems Trump would believe just about anything, so it wouldn't really surprise me."
-- Chris Weigant
Follow Chris on Twitter: @ChrisWeigant
Cross-posted at: Democratic Underground
@CW,
the most disappointing democrat, as usual, is yourself, for your continued failure to recognize the brilliance of pie-based voting, be it in the sky or at the ballot box.
You make a good point, Don ... no, you make a very good point!
Democrats should paint the Republican position as not just heartless, but unmanly. "Republican men have made it clear that any man who can overpower their wife has a right to decide who she bears a baby by. Their wife doesn't have a right to decide, and they don't even have a right to decide themselves. And if their 13-year-old daughter gets pregnant from a rape, they're going to force her to bear the baby despite the threat to her health, and, in fact, her life. Gee, where I come from a man was supposed to provide his wife and daughter with a little more physical protection than that.
It does seem that way ...
By the way, exceptions to save the life of the mother are likely to be no exception at all in many cases. If a woman is at risk of death from giving birth but not definitely going to die, then she has to go ahead and go into labor and be dying before the exception can be invoked, at which point quite possibly nothing can be done.
But having the truth on your side doesn't always mean you win the messaging battle (see: Donald Trump's entire term of office).
Trump won the messaging battle?
Trump campaigned as, well, Trump and earned all the lousy press he got starting before he took office. A million women showed up to protest against him the day after, he never cracked 50% and he motivated 81 million Americans to vote for Joe Biden.
Not only could the Democrats have run a tunafish sandwich against Trump and won they could have even run Hunter Biden's tunafish sandwich and still won.
So I don't think Trump won the messaging battle.
But the most heartwarming news from the region this week was seeing bomb-sniffing dog Patron getting a medal from Volodymyr Zelenskyy and then falling asleep at his own press conference.
As much as I try to stay on top of everything Ukraine I must report a dearth of reporting on bomb sniffing cats pitching in to their part. Just calling balls and strikes here.
Patron fell asleep because it's all in a good day's work, ho hum.
If a cat took a break from eating dead Babushka and sniffed out a bomb it would expect the entire Ukrainian nation to make it into a Catgod or something. Harumph.
Signed --
Hillbilly et Dog
Okay, I get the redundancy hesitancy with plugging DINO Manchin in MDDOTW, so I have an alternative...
Future Most Disappointing Democrat(s) of the Election Cycle
Any Democratic candidate that doesn't ram abortion down their Repug opponent's throat.
Ms Psaki is 5' 5" tall (taller than the average woman by a full standard deviation).
Who knew Doocy was so tall?
Yunno what is really REALLY sad??
Biden's handlers and their ULTRA-MAGA/MAGA KING debacle wasn't just some off the cuff error by Biden..
No, Ultra MAGA was a thought out process that was focus grouped for 6 months prior to it's unveiling..
Biden's new 'ultra-MAGA' label came after six months of liberal-funded focus group research: Report
The president's new slogan was quickly embraced by Republicans
https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-ultra-maga-liberal-focus-group-research
Get that?? Biden's handlers actually THOUGHT IT THRU before they frak'ed up so badly and misread the nation..
That tells ya all ya need to know about how bad and incompetent Biden's handlers are..
" 'Ultra Make America Great Again' is supposed to help… Democrats? Anyway, congrats to the consultants who were able to cash checks for this."
-Washington Examiner reporter Jerry Dunleavy
Biden's handlers got took.. The "progressive" group that did the research on Ultra MAGA was actually a GOP group working undercover to sabotage Democrats.. :D
And it WORKED perfectly! Biden's handlers have their own DEPLORABLE moment. :D
And now we learn that your MIDOTW recepient blatantly lied thru her teeth..
Saki had claimed that Biden came up with the ULTRA MAGA thing all by himself..
Which is weird because ya'all have stated unequivocally that lying is bad and that people who lie are bad people..
Oh wait.. THAT only applies to GOP people who lie...
Ya'all give AWARDS to Democrats who lie..
Silly me.. :^/
Hypocrisy. It's not a bug in Democrat programming. It's a feature
"What is wrong with the Democratic establishment? They think every problem can be fixed by spending money on consultants and better messaging, while completely resisting substantive changes."
-RealClearInvestigations Senior Writer Mark Hemingway
That's the Democrat Party.. It's ALL about messaging..
Actually DOING something competently is apparently not within their skill set.. :eyeroll:
So.... Something like creating ULTRA MAGA took SIX MONTHS to come up with by some of Biden Handlers' best people..
No wonder Afghanistan was such a cluster-frak...
The fact that Biden's handlers completely mis-read the American people and what does and does not work is not very surprising to REAL Americans...
Russ,
If you were being told that your race was 70% more likely to experience a use of force against them than others, it might be your focus as well.
Except, as the FACTS clearly show (not to mention ya'all have an experienced LEO telling ya for almost 2 decades) that claim is complete and utter BULLSHIT..
THAT'S the point...
We need someone to do a study on how socio-economic factors cause different sentences for the same crime. That’s where the damage is truly being done.
Someone already did that study.. And it proved beyond ANY doubt that the MOST relevant factor in sentencing guidelines is not race but prior record..
Bill Maher condemns protests outside Supreme Court justices' homes, calls out White House: 'It's wrong!'
The HBO star knocks Dems for abandoning the Clinton-era abortion mantra 'safe, legal and rare'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-protests-supreme-court-justices-homes
Who could have POSSIBLY predicted that it was DEMOCRATS who brought about throwing RvW on the trash heap of history with their #CELEBRATE infanticide and #SHOUTOUT their baby killing!!???
Oh... Wait.. :^/
Democrats could have had their SAFE LEGAL AND RARE baby killing if they would have just been content to having their baby killing SAFE, LEGAL AND RARE...
But Democrats just HAD to be stoopid and push and push and push until NOW they'll have, in Red State.... Nothing..
ZIP... ZERO... ZILCH.... NADA....
No baby killing allowed in CIVILIZED states...
In Democrat states?? They can kill each other off to their hearts' content...
That means less Democrats in this country.. ALWAYS a good thing..
And in the NOW THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT!!! section..
Netflix tells employees to quit if they’re offended by new culture memo
'Not everyone will like — or agree with — everything on our service,' the memo states
https://www.foxbusiness.com/entertainment/netflix-tells-employees-quit-offended-culture-memo
NETFLIX is saying what Disney should have said..
"If ya don't like our business practices.. QUIT!! You want to walk off the job in protest?? Keep walking and don't come back.."
THAT is how you deal with whiney bitchy moron Democrats who think their feelings are somehow relevant in the area of Business.. :eyeroll:
And THAT'S the way you do it people...
It's really a novel concept amongst Democrats..
DO YOUR JOB AND SHUT YOUR MOUTH.. IF YA DON'T LIKE IT.. QUIT!!!
THAT is how a REAL business handles people's "feelings"...
Elon is a GENIUS!!! :D
Twitter Boss Tries to Calm Nerves After Musk’s Latest Chaos
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/twitter-boss-tries-to-calm-nerves-after-musk-s-latest-chaos/ar-AAXflV5
Driving TWITTER down so he can get a better deal.. :D
Left Wingers are so easy to manipulate.. :D
Reversing DEI
MIT, caught in a bind, reintroduces standardized testing.
https://americanmind.org/salvo/reversing-dei/
So.. MIT did away with STANDARDIZE TEST RESULTS for admissions because, apparently, MIT thinks that tests are too hard for minorities..
Sure, MIT got a lot more minorities into their school.. But they were FAILING because they couldn't handle the workload..
WHO WOULDA THUNKED THAT!?? Who could POSSIBLY have realized that those who do poorly in testing would do poorly at MIT...
WOW!! MIND BLOWN!!! :eyeroll:
This is the problem with racists.. They see RACE in everything they see and everything they do...
And THIS is the result.. :^/
The Democrat Party.. STILL the Racist Party...
Amid the baby formula shortage, SC mom goes viral for post about 'frantic' dad at the grocery store
Mom Sara Owens is pleading for fixes to what 'shouldn't happen in America'
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/baby-formula-shortage-sc-mom-viral-dad-store
This is what Joe Biden's & Democrat America looks like..
But hay.. At least we don't have mean tweets, eh?
:eyeroll:
https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-6a4f6aad5b5feaf0bf351ef220c16e50
Welcome to Democrat Party America :^/
Friday Talking Points -- Overreach And Backlash
Ironic, the title of this commentary..
Because it is COMPLETELY and UNEQUIVOCALLY because of Democrat overreach and backlash that Democrats are in such a sorry state moving into the mid-terms..
And with Democrats doubling down on Trump/Abortion stoopidity, it's only going to get worser and worser for Democrats.. :D
Whitmer Hoax Defendant: ‘We Beat Them. We Got Justice’
Historically, American juries have hesitated to find the nation’s top law enforcement agency guilty of setting up other Americans. But Brandon Caserta had the goods.
https://amgreatness.com/2022/05/12/whitmer-hoax-defendant-we-beat-them-we-got-justice/
A PERFECT textbook example of how Trump/America hate causes bad people to do worse things...
Milwaukee shooting near Bucks-Celtics game leaves 17 wounded, 10 in custody
Nine firearms were recovered from the scene, after dozens were seen fleeing
https://www.foxnews.com/us/milwaukee-shooting-bucks-celtics-game-wounded-arrests
A direct result of Democrats and their DEFUND, DEMORALIZE, DEMONIZE THE POLICE policies..
And things like this will CONTINUE to happen until the Democrat Party, AS A WHOLE, condemns the cop-hating progressives in their midst and CONTINUES to condemn them until the cop-hating progressives learn the error of their ways...
Well I decided to see how the other half lives So I'm posting from my cell phone
I don't like it
Well i love it. Now try posting some html :)
@m
The pendulum always swings both ways. The question really is which way it will be swinging in November. Overturning roe is the culmination of a forty year swing to the right. It will inevitably swing back; the only pertinent question is when.
P.s.
I'm doing all this on my phone
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That last one may not have posted right...
Try this link:
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The pendulum always swings both ways. The question really is which way it will be swinging in November. Overturning roe is the culmination of a forty year swing to the right. It will inevitably swing back; the only pertinent question is when.
Sounds like exactly what ya'all said during the Russia Collusion delusion?? :D
I think you are over-estimating the power of baby killing to motivate real Americans..
I'm doing all this on my phone
this
and this
and these
Show off.. :D
Democrats have lost Bezos.. :D
Twitter reacts to Jeff Bezos torching Biden's latest plan to tackle inflation: 'Dang they lost Jeff'
'The revolution devours its own'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-reacts-jeff-bezos-torching-bidens-latest-plan-tackle-inflation-dang-they-lost-jeff
yeah, on a keyboard it's
so........
much.......
easier!!!!!
y'know????
OK Now yer just rubbing it in!! :D
y'know????
OK, now THAT was funny!!! :D
Isn't this going to be SOOO MUCH FUN!!! :D
Unlike the President Trump impeachments, there are actually REAL CRIMES that Biden can be impeached under...
SO MANY CRIMES and INCOMPETENCE... :D
Ky. Christian school asks middle schoolers to write warning against homosexuality
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ky-christian-school-asks-middle-schoolers-to-write-warning-against-homosexuality/ar-AAXfzo5
So... Ya'all STILL OK with schools and teachers indoctrinating students???
A religious school, sure. It's their religion, they can write about whatever wizards and demons they want.
DH,
You left off that he was besties with a whore. And that the apostle John is always referred to as “the disciple Jesus loved”! Just two other things that make ya go, “Hmmmmm”.
A religious school, sure. It's their religion, they can write about whatever wizards and demons they want.
So, Democrats have NO PROBLEM with children being taught that gay = evil??
Com'on, JL..
I was born AT night.. Not LAST night.. :^/
Russ,
Which is proof positive that, when yer a hammer, everything looks like a nail.. :D
Prepare for arrival: Tech pioneer warns of alien invasion
https://dnyuz.com/2022/05/14/prepare-for-arrival-tech-pioneer-warns-of-alien-invasion/
REALLY interesting article..
FIRST CONTACT may not be what we think it will be..
Democrats Are Terrified to Talk About Abortion
https://amac.us/democrats-are-terrified-to-talk-about-abortion/
It's funny how Democrats can't actually talk about baby killing.. AKA abortion..
They have to dress it up with euphemisms like women's health or choice...
Baby killing has NOTHING to do with women's health... Unless of course Democrats mean the mental health of the woman who has to care for a baby...
And the only CHOICE involved is the Casey Anthony choice.. IE "Should I have suffer from a lack of social life?? Of course I shouldn't.. So I should be allowed to kill my baby..."
So, Democrats should quite trying to MARKET or SPIN their baby killing and call abortion for what it is..
Killing an unborn baby...
If Democrats stuck with the FACTS of what abortion is really all about, then baby killing would be condemned by 100% of Americans..
Wait, what am I saying.. Baby killing IS condemned by 100% of Americans..
Being as anti-children as Democrats obviously are..
I simply can't imagine how they can sleep at night.. :^/
I mean, honestly.. Democrats wanted to CODIFY a Casey Anthony Law...
How utterly repugnant is that....
Democrats SUPPORT killing a baby while the mother is being wheeled into the delivery room...
How utterly sickening is that!!???
Any Weigantian support this???
GOP: Pelosi, Other Top Dems to Be Subpoenaed If Republicans Win House Back
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/subpoenas-republicans-midterms-gop/2022/05/13/id/1069836/
Looks like the GOP is going to have their OWN 6JC... :D
And they will investigate what REALLY needs to be investigated..
The complete and utter failure and incompetence of Democrats in the House that DIRECTLY led to the 6 Jan riots..
I am SURE that everyone here will join me in supporting THIS 6JC...
Right??? :D
Democrats can't win with President Trump voters..
Biden hemorrhaging Trump voters who supported him in 2020
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/biden-hemorrhaging-trump-voters-who-supported-him-in-2020
Ergo... Democrats CAN'T win.. :D
"Hay!!! I got a great idea!!! Let's borrow Fidel Castro's political slogans!! THAT will bring hispanic American voters back to the Democrat Party!!!"
-Democrat "Leadership"
Democrats Borrow Castro Slogan for Their Outreach to Latino Voters
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/chris-queen/2022/05/14/democrats-borrow-castro-slogan-for-their-outreach-to-latino-voters-n1597940
Obviously Democrats are TRYING to lose big in November.. :D
Speaking of hispanic Americans...
So much for the mythical claim of Republican Cult Of Economic Failure or whatever the fable is.. :D
Democrats are incompetent.. This much is fact...
More and more, groups normally aligned with Democrats are choosing to vote Republican...
So, Democrats have NO PROBLEM with children being taught that gay = evil??
@m,
i can't speak for any democrats other than myself. while i abhor that homophobic philosophy personally, i very much believe in the first amendment right of religions to teach whatever they please.
JL
@dh,
pie does the same thing except more effectively. plus it's tastier, and instead of being half-baked it's baked all the way. i know you're very resentful of pie's superiority over OD, but you should really get over that and join the american pie council.
JL
JL,
i can't speak for any democrats other than myself. while i abhor that homophobic philosophy personally, i very much believe in the first amendment right of religions to teach whatever they please.
Yer right.. I wish all Democrats had your live and let live and ALL RIGHTS are for EVERYONE philosophy...
But as TWITTER proves beyond ANY doubt, MOST Democrats don't feel that way..
Wisconsin middle schoolers accused of sexual harassment for using wrong gender pronouns
Lawyer argues use of incorrect gender pronouns does not violate Title IX
https://www.foxnews.com/us/middle-schoolers-sexual-harassment-gender-pronouns
Get that??
According to DEMOCRATS, following the SCIENCE and using CORRECT and FACTUAL pronouns NOW constitutes sexual harassment??
Does ANYONE here really need any more facts to show Democrats have totally lost ALL SENSE of reality???
Anyone??? Anyone??? Buehler??
Backlash”
[1] nypoet22 wrote:
@CW,
the most disappointing democrat, as usual, is yourself, for your continued failure to recognize the brilliance of pie-based voting, be it in the sky or at the ballot box.
My Dear Husband, let's not lose our heads over this matter of no bread. We'll just let them eat cake!
Marie A.
If parents got sued every time one middle schooler was cruel to another, half the moms in the country would be defendants. Two thirds post Roe v Wade.
@dh,
I don't care about your demands. I do care about pie.
Pie upstages suckers suchas yourself.
;)
JL
@caddy,
don't overthink non-interesting sayings about pie upstaging thoughtless zealots.
happy sunday night, hellooooo canada.
@don,
thanks for starting off the festivities early. i wouldn't touch that link with a ten foot pole and angiographic gloves, but as thanks,
here's a song about something you truly deserve
JL
and in other news...
happy 181st birthday, giovanni bolzoni!
(this arrangement of his minuetto really is quite good)
also born may 15, brian eno
https://youtu.be/yFz50q_QmfE
[72]
I understand what's at play here and I do try to not violate the Prime Directive. Sorry.
No Miss Canada?
A party with just boys is boring.
Once again, Democrats prove that they and their elitist WE KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU attitude are their own worst enemies..
Whoever thought that this LATINX crap was a good idea should be fired..
WOW....
In 2008, hispanics went for Odumbo 71%....
Today, Biden has only a 26% approval rating with hispanics...
The Democrat Party is dying... Period..
A PERFECT example of how Democrats' attempts to change definitions always comes back and bites them on the ass... :D
Democrats wanted to change the definition of Latina and Latino to yank out the gender aspects of the definitions..
Democrats forgot to ASK those latinas and latinos if they WANTED the definition changed..
And NOW Democrats are pariahs amongst hispanics..
I remember when Democrats were so giddy.. They thought they would take over the country on the strength of their minority support..
But they assumed they didn't have to actually EARN minority support..
So, now hispanic and black Americans are turning to the GOP..
Because the GOP *HAS* earned that support.. :D
The Buffalo Shooter Isn’t a ‘Lone Wolf.’ He’s a Mainstream Republican
The right-wing extremists who control the modern GOP are all gripped by a racist delusion. The shooter is just the latest to act on it
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/buffalo-shooter-white-supremacist-great-replacement-donald-trump-1353509/
And the guy that shot up the Republican Baseball Practice was mainstream Democrat..
One has to wonder what the author's point is..
Let the Democrat come-uppance begin!! :D
Michael Sussmann's trial to begin in first case brought by Special Counsel John Durham
Durham has charged Sussmann, a former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer, with lying to FBI
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michael-sussmann-to-stand-trial-first-case-brought-special-counsel-john-durham
One needs to keep in mind.. These aren't PROCESS CRIMES that Democrats are being charged with.. Unlike President Trump officials who were simply charged with bullshit PROCESS CRIMES, these are actual crimes committed in the course of the huge fraud/con that was the Democrat Russia Collusion delusion..
These crimes actually MEAN something...
What is a process crime you might ask?? I am glad you asked..
Say there was a murder and Joe Blow was a suspect. When the police questions Joe Blow he said he was up in the mountains camping..
This turned out to be a lie.. Joe Blow was boinking the dog in a trailer park in Des Moines..
But after an investigation, the REAL murderer is caught and Joe Blow is exonerated..
But Joe STILL committed a crime by lying to the police..
That is a PROCESS CRIME. An act that is technically a crime, but a crime brought about by the investigation and not the actual incident..
Most prosecutors will ignore process crimes as a way to mitigate the fallout of their false accusation..
In the case of the Russia Collusion delusion, Democrats were DESPERATE to pin SOMETHING... ANYTHING on President Trump officials, so they prosecuted process crimes..
This lame and total bullshit persecution was compounded by extorting President Trump officials by threatening family members with persecution to extract a "confession".. As was done in the General Flynn persecution..
All told, this is a sad sorry example of exactly what Democrats with their PTDS is all about..
"Jim — it’s Michael Sussmann. I have something time-sensitive (and sensitive) I need to discuss. Do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow? I’m coming on my own — not on behalf of a client or company — want to help the Bureau. Thanks."
-Clinton Attorney Michael Sussmann
This was a lie. At the time, Sussmann was on the payroll of the Hillary Clinton thru the Perkins Coie law firm..
Lying to the FBI is a crime. WHY Sussmann lied is even MORE of a crime..
I'll be watching the trial and will give updates as time permits..
NO CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY OR COORDINATION...
Democrats' own golden boy stated this as FACT...
The Russia Collusion Delusion con will go down in history as the WORST case of PTDS ever recorded..
This is coming at the WORST possible time for Democrats..
Democrats were hoping to make everything about baby killing..
But Karma has deigned that Democrats will be thwarted in trying to change the narrative.. :D
CHEATERS NEVER PROSEPER
Karma is making sure of it.. :D
Will this be the final straw that breaks the Clinton Hegemony back??
CW-
The “Dog has caught the car” metaphor is not quite appropriate. The situation is better described as “The dog thinks it can drive the car.”
TS,
That more appropriately describes the Democrat Party...
I get it.. I really do..
Democrats are pissy that they won't be able to kill babies anymore...
So they have to create an elaborate fantasy to somehow make it seem that RvW being thrown out is a GOOD thing..
I get it..
[86]
Mueller didn't find evidence of collusion because collusion is not a real crime. It's a political slogan. He did find ten instances of possible criminal conduct, said he couldn't indict per that DOJ memo and also said he was not exonerating Trump. Dunno why you brought this example of Trump douchebaggery up.
For the record Mueller could also go unsuccessfully search for unborn babies because that's not a real word. It is also a political slogan.
Roe reversal: Nebraska Gov. Ricketts vows to protect 'pre-born babies' if Court strikes abortion ruling
Ricketts pledged to convene Nebraska Legislature to defend 'pre-born babies' if Supreme Court strikes Roe
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/roe-nebraska-gov-ricketts-vows-protect-pre-born-babies
If only Democrats had been satisfied with SAFE, LEGAL, RARE....
But, due to Democrat overreach in #SHOUTOUT their infanticide and #CELEBRATE their baby killing, they are now suffering the backlash of having RvW thrown on the trash heap of history where it belongs..
Democrats.. Their own worst enemies..
MC,
Mueller didn't find evidence of collusion because collusion is not a real crime. It's a political slogan.
Which is what *I* said back before Mueller revealed his STUNNING rebuke of Democrats and their Russia Collusion Delusion..
YA'ALL claimed that collusion WAS a crime and that President Trump was going to jail for that "crime"..
For the record Mueller could also go unsuccessfully search for unborn babies because that's not a real word.
Do you REALLY want to compare Republican "made up words" to DEMOCRAT made up words??
Let's start with "non binary" and move on from there. :D
One of y favorite Democrat made up words is "intersectionality"...
That's right up there with LATINX for stoopidity and banality.. :D
TheStig wrote:
CW-
The “Dog has caught the car” metaphor is not quite appropriate. The situation is better described as “The dog thinks it can drive the car.”
Yup. There was never any reason to write off the Dem's midterms prospects (unless you need to manufacture fake pleasure over something that hasn't happened) and the leaked RvW memo will prove much more the nuclear bomb than the Repugs ever imagined. Michale, I'd bet money on this if only you hadn't welched in 2020.
Naw, it was Repugs who endlessly chanted "no collusion."
[95]
I thought we agreed to not hold non binary man bun crowd crap against us Libs if we didn't hold the Jews will not replace us crap against you Con's. I know, it's sooo hard no to, but still.
My favorite Republican made up word is "job creators" - since lower taxes on billionaires actually do the opposite.
Aaand what the hell does intersectionality even mean and why should I care?
MC,
Naw, it was Repugs who endlessly chanted "no collusion."
IN RESPONSE to Democrats screaming hysterically ABOUT collusion...
Everyone here in Weigantia was screaming about Russia COLLUSION.. *I* was the one who said that collusion is not a crime..
I thought we agreed to not hold non binary man bun crowd crap against us Libs
We wouldn't HAVE to agree on it if Democrats didn't make up the word..
Aaand what the hell does intersectionality even mean and why should I care?
You'll have to ask Democrats what it means.. They invented the term..
As to why you should care?? It's YOUR Democrats..
My favorite Republican made up word is "job creators" - since lower taxes on billionaires actually do the opposite.
Not factually accurate..
If business people pay less in taxes, they have more profit to hire people..
"A rising tide lifts all boats.."
-Democrat JFK
Michale, I'd bet money on this if only you hadn't welched in 2020.
I didn't welch.. I paid the terms of the bet.. I just altered who the beneficiary was..
I am sure you can't argue with WHO received the donation.. Right???
But hay.. If you REALLY want to make a wager, we can use the T-SHIRT bet that JL and I use..
Or the GALT bet that the late CW and I did.. :D
COLLUSION COLLUSION COLLUSION
http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/09/27/ftp544/#comment-145238
Ya'all are on record for TWO YEARS screaming hysterically how Collusion was a crime and President Trump is going to jail for that crime..
We even had the even MORE hilarious CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT COLLUSION :D
Oh it was a fun time in Weigantia.. :D
Suffice it to say that EVERYONE in Weigantia was screaming hysterically about COLLUSION and how President Trump is going to be successfully impeached and will be frog marched out of the Oval Office in cuffs..
RIGHT up to the point that Mueller released his report and said.. NOPE.. No collusion.. :D
I had always stated that if Mueller released his report on a Monday, it was very bad news for President Trump..
If he released it on a Friday, it was very bad news for Democrats...
Suck ass, Dims!!! :D
http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/03/19/elizabeth-warren-not-afraid-to-be-bold/#comment-132255
Ahhh The memories. :D
Pete Buttigieg told baby formula shortage 'lie': Rep. Kat Cammack
The Florida GOP lawmaker argued the Biden administration of being 'out of touch'
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/pete-buttigieg-baby-formula-shortage-lie-kat-cammack
"Yesterday I was on the border myself and the facts on the ground are exactly how we have been stating them. Last week, I received text messages and photos from Border Patrol agents showing a stockpile of baby formula and there was complete outrage from the White House, CNN and other liberal outlets claiming that we were lying, so I decided to go down myself and film it. Lo and behold, not only was there stocked warehouses, but there were multiple stocked warehouses that have been not only filled with baby formula, diapers, wipes and clothing, but they have been doing this for months and there's more en route.
This just points again to how out of touch this administration is and they could stop this with a simple policy change. And to the Secretary of Transportation's remarks that they have been on top of this from day one: That is a lie. They canceled 43% of this manufacturer's production with no plan to backfill that market share that they make up. So, how have they been on top of this? Because moms for months have been saying it was getting harder and harder to find formula. This is just another example of the broken administration that doesn't know how to govern."
-Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla
This is just sad...
Democrats hoarding baby supplies for illegal immigrants while American babies go without..
Why do Democrats hate American babies???
Fairfax Public Schools consider rule suspending students for 'malicious misgendering'
The offense carries with it suspension of up to five days 'if frequency and intensity are present'
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fairfax-schools-rules-suspend-students-malicious-misgendering
WOW...
Democrats want to punish students for adhering to SCIENCE.. :eyeroll:
And for the Democrat Party....
Draft of NY congressional redistricting map 'absolutely brutal' for Dems
A final map is due at the end of this week
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/draft-of-ny-redistricting-map-absolutely-brutal-for-dems
The hits just keep on comin'!! :D
MSNBC host compares Buffalo supermarket shooter to Kyle Rittenhouse
One user wrote that 'this is what happens when Kyle Rittenhouse is the hero and Colin Kaepernick is the villain'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/leftist-twitter-compare-buffalo-supermarket-shooter-kyle-rittenhouse
Only a DEMOCRAT could possibly see a connection between the Buffalo shooting and the Kyle Rittenhouse shooting..
:eyeroll:
It's as I said.. When yer a racist, EVERYTHING looks like racism. :^/
Can I assume from the lack of comments that ya'all are simply uber-discouraged that Democrats are taking hit after hit after hit after hit and there doesn't seem to be a bottom in sight???
"Jim — it’s Michael Sussmann. I have something time-sensitive (and sensitive) I need to discuss. Do you have availability for a short meeting tomorrow? I’m coming on my own — not on behalf of a client or company — want to help the Bureau. Thanks."
-Clinton Attorney Michael Sussmann
This was a lie. At the time, Sussmann was on the payroll of the Hillary Clinton thru the Perkins Coie law firm..
It sure looks like Sussmann was simply saying that he, personally, was wanting to talk to the FBI and was not speaking as an attorney on behalf of any client.
Lying to the FBI is a crime. WHY Sussmann lied is even MORE of a crime
And if that were true, wouldn’t they have charged him with that crime? If they don’t, they cannot charge him later as that would be double jeopardy.
Whether based on science or not, it's still bullying.