TFG45, Deplorables, Despicables, the Hoodwinked

[bodysong]

The Former Guy 45, Deplorables, Despicables, the Hoodwinked

During remarks on the Senate floor on Monday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
called former President Donald Trump “despicable” for spreading the “big lie”
that the election was stolen due to voter fraud.

"Donald Trump lied over and over and over again, poisoning our democracy,
lighting a fire beneath Republican state legislatures, who immediately launched
the most sweeping voter suppression effort in at least 80 years."
- Senator Chuck Schumer

Chuck Schumer ✓
Twitter › SenSchumer

Donald Trump lost an election legitimately He can’t face that—that it was his failure
So he lied and lied He created the Big Lie and it's spurring on GOP legislatures to
voter suppression This Senate will vote tomorrow on moving forward on critical
voting rights legislation

50 minutes ago

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This farm barn pile of pre-compost began, when formerly-Republicans under Trump
insisted that there was voter fraud. Trump appointed a commission to find it, and it
came up empty.

If formerly-Republicans could get away with it, they would shout these words -

"Fuck the Constitution to hell, "Because we need to cheat to win, all of you poors
shall lose your right to vote."

It has already been noted that formerly- Republican politicians are willing to
discard the rural vote, in order to suppress the vote. "Trump's naive "Hoodwinked,"
are the first to be betrayed. They do not understand that the media on their TV
has been taken over by liars. The government does not protect the poors from evil.
In California, the state government was successful in protecting pregnant women
from liars. The liars took their case to court, and screamed about their right to lie.
The women's rights to protect their right to remain alive, and in good health, lost
out to the liars.

¯\_('/')_/¯

 

[ShyBiGuy954]

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The burial date would be 1/6, not 1/20.

 

[bodysong]

The first thing formerly-Republicans did, before they "came out,"
as Trump's loyal operatives - was break the gentleman's agreements
among all Senators and Congress Critters, to not abuse failsafe provisions,
or destroy emergency measures built into the system.


Even though Trump used a sledge hammer on anything vulnerable,
Grandpa Joe Biden is attempting to preserve the Presidency for the
future generations of America.

That's right, in order not to destroy something important, Trump is getting away with
shit he said.

This scam has served Trump throught his adult life - shave his pubes and grab
the other guy by the shorthairs. He took that scam to the Oval office.

FFS, rightwing Media clownette, Kellyanne Conway's words come back to haunt us -
"because Trump is president, everything he does is presidential."

More fuckery, of TFG45's regime

Trump wanted his Justice Department to stop “Saturday Night Live” from teasing
him. “In March 2019, the then-president of the United States had just watched
an episode of the long-running, liberal-leaning NBC sketch comedy series
(it wasn’t even a new episode, it was a rerun), and grew immediately incensed
that the show was gently mocking him,” the Daily Beast’s Asawin Suebsaeng
and Adam Rawnsley report. “Trump went farther than simply tweeting his
displeasure with the late-night comedians and SNL writers’ room. ...
According to two people familiar with the matter, Trump had asked advisers
and lawyers in early 2019 about what the Federal Communications Commission,
the courts systems, and — most confusingly to some Trump lieutenants —
the Department of Justice could do to probe or mitigate SNL, Jimmy Kimmel,
and other late-night comedy mischief-makers.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...ggests-democrats-need-new-voting-rights-plan/

“Can something else be done about it?” Trump allegedly asked.

“I’ll look into it,” the source, described as having a legal degree, reportedly
responded before telling The Daily Beast that they, in fact, never “looked into it.”

Trump apparently didn’t understand that “SNL” is clearly a satirical show, and satire
is not subject to the same “equal time” rules governing certain political speech on TV
and radio.

- NY Daily News

 

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TFG45, Deplorables, Despicables, the Hoodwinked

Formerly-Republicans continue on their merry way, following their well worn path.
They take their chances, and gamble on defiance. Does not matter to them, if it
is illegal, or against the Constitution.

U.S. sues Georgia in start of push to protect voting rights

Aaron Rupar ✓
Twitter › atrupar

(graphic- a pic of Andre the Giant, from the early world of TV wrestling)

Republicans finding out Biden isn't planning to cancel the rest of his legislative agenda
in exchange for some token votes on an infrastructure bill

16 hours ago

Vice President Kamala Harris visited the US/Mexico border on Friday
She said that El Paso is the site of the "launch" of the child separation program.

Defiant Homeland Security Secretary Defends Family Separations

2017 Kirstjen Nielsen begins her field test of child separation in El Paso.

Americans are left with the the image of a crying terrified toddler.
Thousands of traumatised toddlers, separated from their parents.
Some land in prisons for children, that are so poorly run, all there
is, are the guards. The medical attention the children get, is sedatives.

(The sad fact, that in June 2021 illegal immigrants from Trump's incomplete
border fence system are suffering head injuries. They crack their skulls,
just like the sedated children in Kirstjen Nielsen's care.)

Trump's Dog Kennels for Kids

The childcare given to toddlers and babies, is from the jailed children.
Far from the lie that America was sold by American formerly-Republican women,
This was no upper-class daycare, or summer camp. It was a dog kennel meant for strays.

Trump treated them like dogs. Trump never liked dogs.

 

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formerly-Republicans are determined to hang onto, and add to,
as many Senators and Congress Critters, as they can.

FormerGuy45, Trumpie Pants, is out there stumping in the hot sun, for candidates,
and not himself, because there are a number of current formerly-Republicans that
have stuck their necks out, and only they know why. Could be because they have
voters in their area, that have lost their toleration of Trump's trick of promising the
moon and stars, and leaving their pockets emptier than before they shook Trump's
hand. Trump fucked over many supporters, and their villages, hamlets, and towns.
Could just be the candidate wanted to present the voters a candidate that appealed
to voters that did not want to vote for a Democrat, but did not like voting for just
another corrupt servant to Trump. Or, perhaps, the Trump machine told them to
fall on their sword, so that formerly-Republican could pretend that there are sane
Republicans remaining under the GOP Big Tent. These days, who would know ?
2021, and the GOP Big Tent is the Fortress of Secrecy.

The MAGA machine has pulled off a Trump trick. The parts of the country that
always took pride in being Republican, their churches, their bibles, their guns,
their unified towns, have found that MAGAand Trump has them by the short hairs.
They cannot turn against their way of life, and vote Democrat. There are no
Republicans left to vote for. The offerings are formerly-Republicans, or nothing
at all.

Under the GOP Big Tent, are unhinged fanatics of many stripes, that do not
give-a-fuck about anything but punishing Democrats for opposing their will,
and not letting them make their fantasy of the death of American Democracy,
and the rise of American Fascism come true.

The fantasy fanatics walked away from Trump's Potemkin perfomance, dissappointed.
Trump did not shout that he would be their President, again.

It is true that there is only a thin slice of the voter population whole that tips
the balance. Every voter counts.

Why would states that have a formerly-Republican hierarchy put so much effort
into shoving voters out their opportunity to vote ? FFS, they are cutting off
Democrat officials from of their right to participate, and blocking them off from
powers of their office. (Which will be restored, once a corrupted MAGA -friendly
official can be shoved into place.)

 

[bodysong]

Who's really trying to defund police?

Chris Wallace takes to task Republican Rep. Jim Banks

June 27, 2021

It seldom takes much to put a Republican in his or her place. Simple facts
do it on most occasions, and Fox News anchor Chris Wallace had plenty
of them for GOP Rep. Jim Banks on “Fox News Sunday.” Wallace responded
to Banks' accusation that Democrats opposing police brutality are to blame
for increasing crime rates with a clip of the top Democrat, President Joe Biden
promoting his $350 billion anti-crime plan.

“That means more police officers, more nurses, more counselors, more social workers,
more community violence interrupters to help resolve issues before they escalate into
crimes,” Biden said.


Wallace pointed out that Banks opposed the spending, which was part of the American
Rescue Plan, as well as every other Republican in Congress. “Congressman Banks, you
voted against that package, against the $350 billion, just like every other Republican in
the House and Senate, so can't you make the argument that it’s you and the Republicans
who are defunding the police?” Wallace asked.

- Daily Kos

 

[Champakian]

Refusing to throw more money at a perceived problem is not "defunding."




We need to empty more broken windows policing; it has been proven to work.

 

[RobDownSouth]

We need to empty (sic) more broken windows policing; it has been proven to work.

America rejected "over policing" of #ThosePeople last November by a margin of seven million votes. Get over it.

 

[ll74]

 

[pecksniff]

We need to empty more broken windows policing; it has been proven to work.

In NYC, it always caused more problems than it solved. Everybody hates it.

 

[bodysong]

Guess who voted against removing treasonous slave masters from the US Capitol?
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), the No. 3 House Republican, was among the 120
(formerly) Republicans who voted no. Yep, the newly minted Traitor Trump
sycophant who unseated Liz Cheney in House leadership, voted with the
Confederacy.

- Crooks and Liars

 

[bodysong]

Despite the body count and missing people of the collapse
of Champlain Towers South condo building, Trump and Florida
GOP are sticking to their plan of staging their fundraiser on Saturday.
Trump Rally on the Sarasota Fairgrounds on July 3rd Robarts Arena

To add to the ugly, Team Trump has a relief aid scam.
The survivors of Surfside disaster will never see a penny.
The relatives of the dead must look somewhere else for help.

Governor DeSanti's office put out a statement Wednesday denying
that DeSantis wants to postpone the rally.

"Save America from Government"
T-shirt

Miami Herald ✓
Twitter › MiamiHerald

Surfside's Building Department was plagued by disorganization and lack
of communication — so much so that former town manager Guillermo
Olmedillo placed the department under administrative review, according
to a Jan. 2019 memo obtained by the Miami Herald.

37 minutes ago

Most Florida counties don’t require condo inspections.
After Surfside, how sick is that?
| Editorial

Miami Herald
11 hours ago

 

[bodysong]

formerly-Republican Rep. Kat Cammack of Florida, has a gig

Named To "Future Of American Freedoms" Task Force By Republican Leader McCarthy

Meanwhile, she is reminding Trump fans that $10, 000 dollars are needed
before the rally in Florida begins.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has seven panels in mind.
Who needs policy, if TFG45 remains in the driver's seat of the GOP ?

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio to lead the Looney Lunacy party members

(What happend to Rep. Kat Cammack's Campus Free Speech Caucus ?)

She is one of the many formerly-Republcans that voted to keep Confederate statues in the Capitol.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is appointed to 'Freedom of Worship' Task Force

Rep. Roger Williams (Texas)

Rep. Lauren Boebert

Rep. Andrew Clyde (Georgia) ("terrorist rioters at the Capitol are tame toursists")
and Rep. Ralph Norman (South Carolina) ("terrorist rioters at Capitol are Antifa")
have seats on the "American Security"panel.

Rep. Devin Nunes is the head of the "Healthy Future"panel. Killing Obamcare is a
top priority. Joined by Rep. Burgess Owens (Utah) ?

Rep. Burgess Owens ✓
Twitter › RepBurgessOwens

Thanks to @GOPLeader for selecting me to serve on The Future of American Freedoms
task force. I look forward to working with @Jim_Jordan and the team to develop
policies that strengthen our country's foundational freedoms and ensure the American
dream is even more accessible.

13 hours ago

Rep. Ron Johnson ("peaceful protesters marching on the Capitol")

 

[bodysong]

July 1, 2021

McCarthy threatens committee assignments.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is attempting to enforce unity in his caucus
and not for the side of law and order and democracy.

"...at a private meeting with freshman House Republicans, he promised to blackball
any of them who took a seat on the new select committee investigating the Jan. 6th
Capitol attack. They would not receive any committee assignments from Republican
leadership, McCarthy told them.

(source- Punchbowl News)

Whether that would extend to stripping any committee assignments from Republicans
who accept seats on that committee—the two most likely are Reps. Liz Cheney of
Wyoming or Adam Kinzinger of Illinois—isn't clear, but that certainly is an implied
threat. To which Kinzinger had a salty response:

“Who gives a shit?” Kinzinger told reporters, per @AnnieGrayerCNN,
when asked about McCarthy’s threat that members who accept any Pelosi
request to serve on Jan. 6 select committee will lose rest of their committee
slots
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 1, 2021

- Daily Kos

Manu Raju ✓
Twitter › mkraju

Just asked Cheney if she’s concerned she might lose her committee assignments
over taking Pelosi’s appointment to serve on Jan. 6 select committee. Says oath
is more important. Also says she has NOT been told she will lose her committee
spots

3 hours ago

June 29, 2021

Intellectually and morally bankrupt Rep. Kevin McCarthy
makes farce of Congress with new 'policy' panels

June 29, 2021

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is apparently going to try to answer
the new House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection with a
bunch of task forces, elevating some of the very members who could become
targets of investigation. He's announced seven new "issue-specific task forces"
which are supposed to "identify and develop policy solutions to the issues
facing the American people."

(Are w expected to believe that sound policy shall result from these panels ?)

You know it's total bullshit when you see the "Future of American Freedoms" group
which is supposed to be "defending foundational American freedoms, including the
freedom of speech, freedom of worship, and the right to bear arms" and "restor[ing]
American ideals like the rule of law and separation of powers." It's headed up by Rep.
Jim Jordan, who is well known for his serious, policy-minded approach to his job,
and includes both Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert.

It will also counter "liberal cancel culture." So, the insurrectionist wing of the caucus
will be in charge of freedom and the rule of law, god help us, which will probably
just end up with a recommendation that every citizen be gifted with an AR-15 at
birth.

- Joan McCarter

- Daily Kos

 

[bodysong]

July 3, 2021

"Witnesses said a man was driving erratically, doing figure 8s and at one point
got out of the SUV and appeared agitated, before accelerating toward pedestrians
near the Washington Monument... "

Tom Lynch
Twitter › TomLynch_

#BREAKING: The driver who witnesses say accelerated toward pedestrians
near the Washington Monument Saturday has been charged with Attempted
Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, according to U.S. Park Police.
@nbcwashington @CoryNBC

(link to NBC Washington)

12 hours ago

Tom Lynch
Twitter › TomLynch_

Witnesses said a man was driving erratically, doing figure 8s and at one point
got out of the car and appeared agitated, before accelerating toward pedestrians
near the Washington Monument Saturday night.

(link to NBC Washington )

20 hours ago

OK, Tell me why the SUV ended up in the pedestrian walkway ?

Trump sold fear to a wider audience, for four years.

July 2, 2021

To be on the safe side, the Department of Homeland Security issued a warning
about a possible violent militia rally on July 4 in Washington, D.C."

(Trailer trucks full of explosives on the move ? yup.)

¯\_('/')_/¯

 

[bodysong]

Trump has been complaining to people about his lawyers for several weeks,
as he did throughout his presidency, and part of the public statements
that his own lawyers were making was that he wanted someone "out there."
Tonight he did it himself.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 4, 2021

Maggie Haberman ✓
Twitter › maggieNYT

Trump appeared to acknowledge the tax schemes that his company and Weisselberg
were charged with while trying to argue it isn't illegal. After decades of conflating
legal problems with PR problems, this is now an actual indictment, not a theoretical
charge

(link to Washington Post)

24 hours ago

 

[bodysong]

confirmation-

July 4, 2021

An arrest has been made after a vehicle was reportedly driven toward a crowd
of pedestrians on the Washington Monument grounds on Saturday evening,
the U.S. Park Police said.

The vehicle struck a security barrier about 7:30 p.m. on the southeast side
of the grounds and no pedestrians were injured, the park police said.

The park police said Jack Joseph Dessin, 38, of New Jersey, was arrested on charges
of assault with a dangerous weapon (automobile) and destruction of government
property.

Photos were posted on Twitter on Saturday night of a vehicle that came to rest
near a low retaining wall around the monument.

Two or more signs appeared to be fastened to the vehicle. It was not clear what they said.

(American flag drooping, attached to car)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...905b82-dc87-11eb-bb9e-70fda8c37057_story.html

(the vehicle is stopped inside the pedestrian walkway, after hitting the wall)

hints of a perhaps, disordered mind at the wheel-

Witness Michael Vachon rescued the driver from the vehicle after it smashed
into a wall near the monument, according to WRC. After Vachon inquired
about the driver’s situation, the motorist told him he was “dying.”

“And he said, ‘The government is attempting to assassinate me.’
‘The government isn’t trying to murder you,’ I say.
Vachnon said, ‘Lie down.’

When another bystander questioned him about his motivation, he retorted
with expletives regarding Facebook, Google, and Twitter, according to WRC.

https://washingtonnewsday.com/us-po...t-claimed-that-the-government-wants-him-dead/

What led to a sudden decision to drive the vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians ?
Nearly got one, but missed by a foot.

Erratic.

 

[bodysong]

An unauthorized 4th of July parade took place in Creswell, Oregon on Sunday

No parade permits given. A big "fuck you," to city council.

Far Right Extremists make shift parade.

10 participants rode horses through the streets in violation of a city ordinance.

https://www.rawstory.com/proud-boys-parade/

The Portland Mercury:

The death toll from the heatwave has risen to 59 people in Portland's Multnomah County
and over 80 in Oregon statewide: State and county officials say the number of heat-related
deaths may continue to climb into next week, particularly because the isolation that
factored into many of the deaths also impedes authorities’ ability to find the people
who died. Multnomah County Health Officer Jennifer Vines is asking people to
continue to check on their neighbors, especially if they live alone.

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/20...ompares-his-top-chef-journey-to-dragon-ball-z

https://www.portlandmercury.com/blo...eatwave-hotline-issues-and-air-travel-is-back

Willamette Week ✓
Twitter › wweek

Officials said Saturday that the 64 deaths from extreme heat last weekend
were most prevalent at the southeast edge of Portland, in a section of the
city that previous reporting has shown contains more than its share of concrete
and far fewer trees.

(link)

8 hours ago

 

[Bud_Spencer]

An unauthorized 4th of July parade took place in Creswell, Oregon on Sunday

No parade permits given. A big "fuck you," to city council.

Far Right Extremists make shift parade.

10 participants rode horses through the streets in violation of a city ordinance.

https://www.rawstory.com/proud-boys-parade/

The Portland Mercury:

The death toll from the heatwave has risen to 59 people in Portland's Multnomah County
and over 80 in Oregon statewide: State and county officials say the number of heat-related
deaths may continue to climb into next week, particularly because the isolation that
factored into many of the deaths also impedes authorities’ ability to find the people
who died. Multnomah County Health Officer Jennifer Vines is asking people to
continue to check on their neighbors, especially if they live alone.

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/20...ompares-his-top-chef-journey-to-dragon-ball-z

https://www.portlandmercury.com/blo...eatwave-hotline-issues-and-air-travel-is-back

Willamette Week ✓
Twitter › wweek

Officials said Saturday that the 64 deaths from extreme heat last weekend
were most prevalent at the southeast edge of Portland, in a section of the
city that previous reporting has shown contains more than its share of concrete
and far fewer trees.

(link)

8 hours ago

Oh noes! And to think that BLM and Klantifa were so fastidious in pulling permits for all of their riots, arson and assault!

 

[bodysong]

Trump's devoted servant, Rudy "Colludy" Giuliani, left out in the cold.

Trump is upset that Rudy had the audacity to ask to be paid for his work
on the election challenge, according to a new book.

source- The Times of London

Michael Wolff’s soon-to-be-published book -
“Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency,”
Business Insider posted a story on the British newspaper’s report
(which requires a subscription to read.)

In January, The New York Times reported that Giuliani had asked to be paid $20,000
a day for his work after the Nov. 3 election. That same month The Washington Post
reported that Trump had instructed his aides not to pay Giuliani’s legal fees after his
second impeachment.

- Daily Kos

 

[bodysong]

ah, poor Rudy "Colludy" Giuliani and his delusions of grandeur.

One of the ways that someone can become a member of the Washington, D.C. Bar is
passing the bar exam in another state and then applying to become a member in Washington.

As BuzzFeed reporter Zoe Tillman pointed out, that means Giuliani will also
be suspended in Washington, D.C.

- Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/rudy-giuliani-bar-suspension/

Zoe Tillman ✓
Twitter › ZoeTillman

Now that Rudy Giuliani has been suspended from practicing law in NY
( link @mimms Buzzfeed News.) he's been suspended in DC, where he
was also licensed

4 hours ago

 

[LincolnDuncan]

ah, poor Rudy "Colludy" Giuliani and his delusions of grandeur.

One of the ways that someone can become a member of the Washington, D.C. Bar is
passing the bar exam in another state and then applying to become a member in Washington.

As BuzzFeed reporter Zoe Tillman pointed out, that means Giuliani will also
be suspended in Washington, D.C.

- Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/rudy-giuliani-bar-suspension/

Zoe Tillman ✓
Twitter › ZoeTillman

Now that Rudy Giuliani has been suspended from practicing law in NY
( link @mimms Buzzfeed News.) he's been suspended in DC, where he
was also licensed

4 hours ago

Who would hire him any way other than Donald Demented?

 

[bodysong]

Selections from J.D. Vance’s reworked, pro-Trump edition of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

- Alexandra Petri

(He repents of his error — the error was criticizing Donald Trump, in any way!)

After deleting his old anti-Trump tweets, “Hillbilly Elegy” author and Senate candidate
J.D. Vance has been on an apology tour.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/08/jd-vance-anti-trump-hillbilly-elegy/

George Takei ✓
Twitter › GeorgeTakei

(graphic- Pic of Trump, that does not like what he is hearing, and has his
"you will regret this," expression in his eyes.)

Oh, NOW they realize they're being grifted?
Better late than never I suppose...
4 hours ago

 

[bodysong]

Maggie Haberman ✓
Twitter › maggieNYT

As Trump issues statements denying specifics on the Bender book
(which Bender has made clear he stands by), Trump has notably
not addressed the Hitler anecdote.

5 hours ago