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The Pennsylvania House passed a bill to allow child sexual abuse survivors to sue their abusers. Eighty Republicans voted against that.

Don’t forget.

 

Last week GOP Representative Thomas Massie did something Congress has avoided doing when he stood on the House floor and publicly named 14 people he says should be investigated and prosecuted as Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirators:

Jes Staley, Leon Black, Les Wexner, David Copperfield, Lapo Elkann, Tom Pritzker, Glenn Dubin, Frédéric Fekkai, Edoardo Teodorani, Jean-Luc Brunel, Daniel Siad, Ramsey Elkholy, Prince Andrew, and Lesley Groff

Massie took those names to the floor of Congress, put them into the public record, and is still pushing.

Massie is backing the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, which would give victims, state attorneys general and members of Congress legal standing to challenge the Justice Department in court over withheld or improperly redacted records. It would also give state and local prosecutors access to unredacted files when they are investigating possible violations of state law. Massie says the DOJ is still withholding more than 3 million Epstein-related files and he’s trying to open another legal path to get at them.

This is what congressional oversight is supposed to look like. Whatever you may think about Massie, he deserves credit for refusing to let this disappear.

But then … Speaker of the Huse, Republican Little Mike’s Johnson has canceled final two weeks of September sessions and plans to stop voting on anything after September 14, leaving DC until after the Midterms in November.

And all because Thomas Massie’s bipartisan push to force action on the unreleased Epstein files is gaining signatures.

Johnson and his GOP band of pedophiles and pedophile protectors were elected to govern, not run from accountability or work to only protect the Rapist In Chief.

Vote Blue.

 

The Republican Governor of Wyoming has asked the State Attorney General to look into the conduct of the Regime’s Department of Justice’s election observers deployed to the state for the recent primary election.

This is the Resistance.

 

While a group pf MAGAts were protesting in Portland recently, about 23 of them parked their cars at a local Fred Meyer’s store parking lot. They unloaded guns and body armor and batons from the January Sixth Collection™ and then carpooled to downtown Portland. To incite racist violence.

Fred Meyers had every single car towed at $1,000 a pop.

That’s the Resistance.

 

United Healthcare Group posted $6.25 billion in profits in the last quarter while also denying 32% of all prior authorization claims.

The made billions while denying one of every three medical requests.

People paid their premiums and United Healthcare Group denied their claims and kept their money.

This is American healthcare and it’s time it stopped.

 

NBC News has reported that Social Security benefits will be cut for tens of millions of retirees in late 2032 unless Congress takes action.

But if Bernie Sander’s Social Security bill is signed into law, Social Security would be solvent for another 75 years, benefits would go up by $2400, 91% of Americans would not pay a penny more in taxes and the wealthy would finally pay their fair share by scrapping the cap on all taxable income.

Vote Blue for change.

 

Cankles has literally done nothing his entire second term except rename things for no reason, enrich himself and his fellow pedophiles and rapists, get us into a war he’s too stupid to get us out of, and spend our money on tributes to himself.

That’s all.

 

Remember the Big Beautiful Bill now known as the Big Beautiful Delay since it doesn’t take effect until after the 2026 Midterms so as not to hurt Republicans who supported before the election? Here are some of the cuts coming after November …

Medicaid work rules.

Flood aid restrictions.

Clean energy credits end.

Student loan changes.

Affordable housing cuts.

Rural hospital funding declines.

The GOP hopes you forget these cuts and vote for them in November.

Spread the word.

Vote Blue for Change.

 

Major John "Alex" Klinner was from Trussville, Alabama. He joined the Air Force through ROTC and flew tankers for eight years, four deployments, 362 combat hours. On March 12 his KC-135 went down in western Iraq and Klinner and five other airmen died. He left his wife, Libby, and three children under three; Alabama lowered its flags; thirteen thousand strangers sent his family more than a million dollars.

On March 18, Cankles and DUI Hire Pete Hegseth stood on the tarmac at Dover Air Force Base as Alex Klinner came home. Pete Hegseth stood there. They knew his name in March. But last weekend, Libby Klinner posted this:

"The Air Force recently told me that because we haven't officially declared war, my kids and I aren't eligible for some benefits. So not only was my husband killed in a war he never wanted to participate in, but now the benefits we're left with are being dictated by semantics and public perceptions. Six months of a war that we can't call a war."

Her husband died under hostile fire in a combat zone but the paperwork won't use the word ‘war’ and this week the Vice President proved Libby right when he said:

"I wouldn't call it a war."

The same week, the Commerce Secretary said there had been no American deaths in it at all even though eighteen Americans are dead. Six of them died on Alex Klinner's plane.

On Thursday, CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Vance at the White House whether he and the President would personally ensure the Klinner family gets every benefit it is owed and he didn’t even know her name:

"Obviously, our hearts break for every single person who has lost their lives in this operation. We want to be as helpful as we can and make sure she gets everything she is entitled to."

Her name is Libby Klinner. Her husband's name is Alex. The only word this administration won't say is war.

 

People are tired of the politics …

Tired of whether or not a child gets lunch being political.

Tired of whether or not a person gets medicine being political.

Tired of whether or not a family gets to stay housed being political.

Tired of whether or not clean water is worth protecting being political.

It all feels political because this Regime has turned basic human decency, basic human needs, into  something you have to vote for.

Make it stop.

Spread the word for the Midterms that the Regime has already slowed down the United States Postal Service to rig the election so here’s what you need to do:

Vote early and in person.

Mail your ballots at least two weeks before election day.

Use drop boxes to get your ballot in.

And if you live in a rural area where polling places have been closed, offer to drive your friends and neighbors to the polls.

We all must stand together.

 

And lastly … Labor Day is a perfect time to remember that Congress hasn't raised the federal minimum wage in 17 years.

That’s all, except …

The Funny Papers

Gary Huck, Clay Bennett, Bill Day, Steve Sack, Rick McKee, Nick Anderson, Michael de Adder, Dennis Goris, Daniel Boris, Bill Bramhall, Adam Zyglis, Mike Luckovich, Tim Campbell,

Why Is It ...

… that when I look back at all the successes and failures in my life I cannot help but be proud that the potty training stuck

… that I wonder what life would be like if I didn’t overthink everything. I think about that all the time.

… that I am an adult the same way a lawn chair is furniture; I mean, it’s technically true but no one’s impressed and I’m not very stable

… that I lovelovelove when my mere presence pisses someone off

… that since gas has gotten so expensive I’ve decided I’m just gonna drink energy drinks and run everywhere

… that some of you have no idea that you aren’t worth the fuck that made you

… that in high school I could eat a Gordita Supreme and a dozen Krispy Kremes at midnight and lose three pounds but these days I go up an entire pant size every time I swallow my spit

… that when confronted with a problem my go-to mantra is, Whatever. Fuck it. I tried. Not worth it.

… that no one understands that I am happy to apologize for being a bitch as soon as they apologize for bringing the bitch out in me

… that I hate when people accuse me of lollygagging when I am quite clearly dilly dallying

I Didn't Say It ...

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Reverend William Barber, holding the entire regime, and everyone who surrounds this criminal president, accountable for what he’s done:

“Please don’t just blame [Cankles] for where we are now. Name all those who have lied for him, upheld him, covered for him, put false religion around him. Now that we’re in this illegal war of choice, there must not be selective amnesia. Anyone who didn’t speak up bears the blame.”

I heard on the news yesterday that more and more in the GOP are turning on him.

Too fucking little; too fucking late.

His lapdogs and sycophants might try to play a new card but for his entire first time and half of this term they’ve done nothing while he robbed this country, enriched his family, and painted DC good. I don’t want to hear from the regime about how they “knew.”

Again, fuck off.

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Bernie Sanders, Democrat Senator from Vermont, on greed and the 1%:

“Sergey Brin is leading a $90 million as campaign to stop California’s 5% billionaire wealth tax. He is $133 billion richer since [Cankles’] election. But that’s apparently not enough. He’d rather children lose access to healthcare than pay his fair share. Greed is a sickness.”

Think of what good could be done with $90 million other than spending it so you don’t have to pay higher taxes.

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David Eby, Premier of British Columbia, on the Lunacy of Cankles:

“I feel sorry for Americans. If you can’t be friends with Canada, then you almost certainly do not have a friend anywhere in the world. And that is a very lonely place to be. There is not a chance in hell that US alcohol is going back on the shelf in British Columbia. This feels like an increasingly desperate  and flailing approach to relationships with our country. There is no reason to believe that this is the bottom in terms of where he is willing to go. The one way to embolden a bully is to capitulate. And I don’t think we should embolden [Cankles], who is clearly a bully.”

America will have its work cut out for our government when the criminal is gone and the US tries to reemerge onto the world stage.

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Ellie Murray, British-Canadian epidemiologist, science communicator, and assistant professor at the Boston University School , on the lack of food safety regulations:

“Some of y’all forget the reason we have food safety regulations is because companies used to do things like adding chalk to soiled milk so it looked normal. Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.”

Every single day some food product, from lettuce to avocados to blueberries to eggs and so much more, are deemed dangerous to eat. When was the last time, before the Regime, you heard about the dangers of our food? And to have a government not care?

That’s what happens when you let fools and morons and rapists and criminals and pedophiles and drug addicts run the show.

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James Talarico, Democrat candidate for Senator from Texas, :

“I wish our government would go after pedophiles the way they go after brown men headed to work at 7AM. I wish this government would close the billionaire tax loopholes like they’re closing public schools across the nation. I wish this government would fund our healthcare like they fund forever wars in the Middle East that no one asked for.”

C’mon Texas, don’t you wish the same things?

Then vote Blue. The Republcians have been in charge of Texas for thirty years and is Texas at all where you want it to be?

Then vote Blue all the way around.

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Bobservations

Carlos thinks he’s funny. He’s a lot of things, sweet and smart and kind but he’s acquired taste of funny; he likes to make up jokes … like the email he sent to his friend Ellen who had a birthday last week. He wrote her a poem about aging joke and, yes, those can be funny if you’re turning forty or fifty, but when you’re turning 70+ a joke about how you started your life in diapers and you’ll be ending your life in diapers, is not necessarily funny to everyone.

Ellen was not amused—but to be fair, Ellen has no sense of humor.

But then later that same day I was purging the kitchen of things we didn’t need, don’t use, don’t want and I came across this oddly-shaped whisk; it looks like a large cone-shaped spring on a handle—perhaps a potato masher—and we don’t use it so I opted to donate it. Then Carlos saw it and said maybe he’d send it to his friend Byron who might like it as a sex toy, and I said:

“Honey. Honey. Sweetie. You’re not funny. You’re cute as a bug’s ear, sweet as all get out, and kinder than a pack of singing nuns in a Disney movie, but you’re not known for the funny.”

He put down the whisk.

This Tribute to Cats [and Dog]  is from March 2011 …  Caturday....With A Small Dose Of Dog[?]urday

Tuxedo and Max Goldberg like to sneak off for a 'nap'. Yeah, that's it......nap.

My two handsome men!

Consuelo Roca Jones. Hey, if she doesn't know I'm taking her picture, I don't get the stink eye!

And speaking of stink eye, Tallulah was giving it on the down-low when I caught her playing with Consuelo's toy.

And Ozzo, poor Ozzo. He begged not to be included on Caturday. He.Begged.

JD Vance gave a speech in which he noted that “we are about to celebrate the 25th year” of 9/11.

Celebrate? I think you mean commemorate dumbass because we are not celebrating the murders of 3,000 Americans.

Ever.

Sixteen years ago, Google pulled its search engine out of China because they chose not to submit to an authoritarian government.

Today they are renaming lakes because a fascist, sitting on the toilet at 2AM, told them so.

I have been watching Westies about New York in the 70s and the Irish and Italian mob going head-to-head. It’s good; gritty and dirty and then, of course, hot.

And by hot I mean that guy up there, Tom Brittney, who plays James, the good bad guy. He looks good in his jeans and even better out of his jeans..

Smolder. 

Just as I have never called that bloated, farting, diaper-shitting, racist, rapist, pedophile, grifting criminal my president,. I will never call the Gulf of Mexico by any other name, nor will I ever call Lake Ontario anything other than Lake Ontario. And the Kennedy Center will always be the Kennedy Center.

This is all a deflection for his inept ability to fix the economy, stop a war he started for no reason, and keep us from finding out how many young children he raped on Epstein’s Island.

Flock CEO Garrett Langley thinks you don’t deserve the right to privacy so his Flock Cameras are going up everywhere to watch you, but … Langley has blurred his house in Google maps because he thinks he deserves the right to privacy.

Think on that. 

Clark Bockelman is a thirty-four-year-old American high-fashion model who rose to prominence in the early 2010s due to his classic blond, muscular, "all-American" look … so, Would You Hit It?

Architecture Wednesday: Two Holes of Water Road Compound

This East Hampton Compound sits at the end of a white pebble driveway amid beautifully manicured grounds where a covered porch opens to a gracious foyer, introducing interiors that balance sophistication with exceptional craftsmanship. An additional adjoining lot with a letter of buildability can support a substantial home, pool, tennis, and garage, completing this four-acre compound situated between East Hampton and Sag Harbor Villages and just moments from beautiful ocean beaches.

The home features six Bedrooms and seven bathrooms spread out over 5,300 square feet. The main level features a spacious living room with two French doors, a marble-mantel wood-burning fireplace, and an effortless sense of light and scale. The eat-in chef's kitchen by showcases high end appliances, a generous center island with seating, and a walk-in butler's pantry with two wine cellars … one can never have enough wine … and a pantry painted head-to-toe in carmine red.

The dining room, with arched doorways, hand-painted walls and ceilings, and an abundance of windows and French doors, is just off the kitchen while the library is wrapped in floor-to-ceiling bookshelves providing a sophisticated, cozy retreat. The first-floor primary suite features French doors opening to a private patio, beamed ceilings, built-in closets, a glass-enclosed office, and an elegant bath with a pedestal tub and marble shower.

Additional highlights on this level include a stone-tiled mudroom connecting to the two-car garage, a custom laundry room, and a full bath with custom tiles and a marble sink. A spindle staircase leads to the second floor, which offers a second primary suite with beamed tray ceilings, six windows, and an en suite bath with an alcove soaking tub and custom vanity. Three additional en suite guest rooms and a landing area with built-in seating complete this level.

The 2,200 square foot basement level continues the home's sense of luxury with a large media room, dining area lined with bookshelves, kitchenette with stone counters, and a second laundry room. A sixth bedroom, seventh bathroom, gym, custom built-in seating, and a linear wet bar complete the space.

The landscape surrounds the property in natural beauty with hundreds of trees, including 30-foot Lebanese cedars, Asian pines, and gingkoes. A heated Gunite pool and spa are bordered by crepe myrtles, boxwoods, wisteria, and stone fruit trees and the patio offers multiple areas for entertaining, while a hidden path leads to an outdoor shower and a separate outbuilding housing a large sauna.

All for just a smidge under ten million!

As always, click to emBIGGERate …

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