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Will Ganss, out ABC producer and Good Morning America correspondent, condemning his hometown in Texas for considering revoking anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people:

"What I know to be true because I grew up in Arlington, Texas, is that every person deserves to feel safe, no matter who they love or what their preferences might be. In fourth grade, I got my ass absolutely kicked during a game of football at recess, and I ran immediately to my elementary school library because my librarian made sure that I knew that there was a safe space for me there. I'm still in touch with my elementary school music teacher because she cares about my success and safety and happiness as a human being. These are Arlington, Texas values. Arlington is a community that is filled with faith and filled with compassion and, yes, filled with queer people. I know because I am a person who is faith-filled and compassionate and queer, so before the vote on November 18, I would encourage you to reach out to your city council members, to your mayor and let them know how you feel about this. Y'all know I don't post a lot of stuff like this, but the younger version of me needs this version of me to say something."

Spot on. Good on Ganss for speaking up and out.

The Arlington City Council will vote on a revised ordinance November 18, which would remove “gender identity and expression” and “sexual orientation” as protected characteristics. The vote comes after the council temporarily suspended the clause in September due to threats from Cankles’ Regime.

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Mark Pocan, out Democrat Representative from Wisconsin, blasts Cankles’ trade war and his misguided priorities:

“Of course it’s going to hurt us. You can’t throw tariffs around indiscriminately and then not negotiate because you’re mad about a pushback from one of the countries that you’re having a trade war with. People are paying too much for groceries, for durable goods; inflation is up from September, all because of Trump’s tariff taxes on all of us. It does have a negative effect on Americans, and it has a negative effect on Canadians. The president needs to be more mature and go back to negotiations. He’d be better off if he just took away this irresponsible use of tariffs since Congress is supposed to have that responsibility. And let’s get back to helping lower the cost for Americans.”

Get back to helping ALL Americans, not just the grifters and con artists and dog killers and rapists and heroin addicts.

All those elected people work for We The People and we need to remember that we have the power to change this but we have to get up, stand up, speak up and VOTE!

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Charlie Angus, former Member of Canda’s House Oof Commons, on Cankles AI sh*t-show:

“This is a guy who showed an AI video of himself dumping diarrheas on his own citizens. So the fact that he’s freaking out because we showed a video that just had Ronald Reagan speaking shows  he’s not trustworthy.”

He’s a narcissistic child; a clueless moron.

Not trustworthy? He’s a criminal, a rapist, a racist and ….

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Letitia James, New York’s indicted attorney general, spoke at a campaign rally for mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, and did not mention the name of the President but took him on nonetheless:

“I will not bow, I will not break, I will not bend, I will not capitulate. I will not give in. I will not give up. You come for me, you gotta come through all of us. I won’t give up and I won’t give in. So we have no time to linger and focus on pettiness and revenge. We’ve gotta press on, press forward, continue the journey, claim the victory … and so I fear no man.”

Of all the things Cankles most fears it a woman of color standing up to him, and James is doing all of that and I stand with her every step of the way.

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Ariana Grande, actor and singer, speaking to The Cult:

“I want to check in with [his] voters. I have one very genuine question: it's been 250 days. Now that immigrants have been violently torn from their families and communities have been destroyed, now that trans people have been blamed for virtually everything and live in fear, now that free speech is on the brink of collapse for us all—has your life gotten better? Have your groceries gotten cheaper? Has your health insurance premium gone done? Has your work/life balance improved? Can you take a vacation yet? Are you happier? Has the widespread suffering of others paid off for you in the way he promised it would or are you still waiting?"

Good on Grande for speaking out; she has a sizable social media presence and her standing up and resisting could reach a whole new audience … younger people who are the future of America.

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Erik Bottcher, out New York City Councilman, running for the seat of retiring Congressman Jerry Nadler, and raising nearly $700,000 in campaign funds in his first 24 hours:

“This congressional district has a proud tradition of representatives who’ve fought for LGBTQ+ rights, from Bella Abzug to Jerry Nadler, but we’ve never actually had one of our own at the table. And there’s an old saying, ‘If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.’ Our community is under attack in terrifying ways, and it’s time to take the gloves off. I love my country, and right now it’s being torn apart by [Cankles] and his neo-fascist forces. This is the moment for all Americans, especially those of us in public service, to stand up and fight back. I’m out in the community day and night, every day of the week. People want real representation. They want to know and feel connected to the people who speak for them. That’s been at the heart of my work in City Council District 3, and it’s exactly what I’d bring to the 12th District if I run. I’ve spent my life serving my community, and serving in Congress would be one of the highest honors imaginable.”

This historic, grassroots-driven achievement marks the biggest first-day total in New York State history and one of the biggest nationwide. Bottcher is one of the city’s most visible LGBTQ+ officials and a rising star in Democratic politics.

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Bobservations

As I’ve said before, Carlos and I love Jeopardy and watch it most nights, playing along. But the other night we got stumped by the final Jeopardy question:

“Missionary William Ellis  reported in 1825 that ‘his bones were preserved and considered sacred’ by the people of Hawaii.”

I said:

“Father Damian”

“Who?”

“Father Damien, Part of Hawaii was a leper colony back in the day so they’re probably honoring him.”

“Oh—”

“Or it’s King Kamehameha.”

And both were wrong; it was Captain Cook, leading Carlos to say:

“Who?”

“Captain Cook. He was an explorer in the Pacific.”

“Captain  Kirk? From Star Trek?”

“What!??!! Captain Kirk? From a TV show? They saved his bones from when he died in 1825 even though he was in a TV show in the 1960s? Oh my god, do you think Star Trek was real and Kirk and the Enterprise traveled back in time to 1825 to explore the Hawaiian Islands?”

“I’m not talking to you for the rest of the night.”

I thought that was best.

This Tuxedo Says is from May 2021 …

"Tuxedo doesn’t wanna tell y’all how to vote, but he does think you’ve been getting it wrong for years."

And while he’d never tell you how to vote, he would demand that you, ahem, CAST A GODDAMNED VOTE!!

Texas Governor Hot Wheels followed Florida Governor Gogo Boots' lead by demanding that all rainbow Pride crosswalks be painted over because he Hates The Gays.

So, in a statement of support for the LGBTQ community, Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas decided to paint their front steps leading to the church in rainbow colors. Senior Pastor Reverend Rachel Griffin-Allison called it a demonstration of faith and inclusivity, conveying that every person is created in God’s image and deserves dignity and belonging. The church sees this not as a political stance, but as a commitment to love and support marginalized communities.

It's a sign of Resistance, too.

Many in The Cult have begun ranting that Obama built a basketball for anywhere between $200M and $376M court while president and that’s no different than Cankles erecting The Jeffrey E[stein Ballroom.

But here’s the deal, you neanderthals … no offense to actual neanderthals … Obama converted an existing outdoor tennis court into a basketball court by painting new lines and installing a couple of hoops and it cost nowhere near the hundreds of millions y’all claim.

He didn’t fucking bulldoze a house.

We had a small glitch with the kitchen this week. A cabinet felt off-center and there were some panels that weren’t the right ones, so I called the company and their contractor and designer came out to talk it over. Luckily, our contractor was here—he’s doing tiles work and installing new lighting—so we all were able to talk it out and get the problems solved … but not the problem of my mouth … so when their contractor asked if  one line on the wall was straight and Craig, our contractor, said there were no straight walls in any house he’s ever worked in, and I said:

“There’s nothing straight at all about this house.”

The designer, Carlos and I chuckled; the contractors didn’t get the joke. But as they were leaving the designer joked about not having a negative review on Facebook from me, and I said:

“I would never leave a bad review on Facebook. I’d just firebomb the office and torch the business to the ground.”

She laughed; I didn’t … for a couple of moments!

Gabriel Burger is a Brazilian model based in São Paulo—which we know makes him one of Maddie’s favorites—but Would You Hit It?

Architecture Wednesday: White Lion Court

This White Lion Court building on Garrett Street was once the recording studio of The Pet Shop Boys and now this sublime former warehouse is anonymously set behind a walled courtyard and contains approximately 4,400 square feet of versatile internal space in addition to a substantial south-facing roof terrace.

Victorian in origin, the building was once associated with the Whitbread Brewery though it has also been a smithy, a stable and fodder store, an engine house, sawmill and workshops. Much of the intention of the designer was to draw out as much of the history and character as possible by exposing the original brickwork, roof trusses and massive timber beams.

Despite the proud announcement of its number on Garrett Street, the high yellow-stock brick wall and timber-gated entrance reveals little of the rare house that lies beyond. Step through the humble trade door, which rests within a vehicular gate, and you enters a partially cobbled, concrete courtyard to a front door of towering glazing. Beyond the threshold, a wide hallway leads ahead to a cloakroom, guest bathroom, two offices—one with its own shower room—and the other with a small kitchen, which opens up to the former, though still soundproofed, recording studio.

A weathered timber staircase rises through the center of the home to the first floor, where a breathtaking open-plan reception area that spans some 55 feet beneath lengths of exposed timber beams; the room contains a kitchen at one end, a dining area in the middle, and living space on the other end with double doors on to a substantial south-facing roof terrace.

A rich and eclectic material palette has been employed throughout, including reclaimed timber paneling, teak counter tops, polished concrete, patterned Moroccan tiles, blackened steel, colored and reeded glass and even fossil limestone flooring retrieved from the renovation of London Heathrow’s Terminal 2; all the external doors and windows have been replaced with double-glazed Crittall steel.

On the second floor are two further bedrooms at first-floor level, both en suite, and an open plan studio and office, which can double as a fourth bedroom. Towering vaulted ceilings are clad in white timber and electric skylights pour light from above. The principal bedroom occupies the western side of the plan and is arranged around an open dressing room and large bathroom.

Garrett Street is a quiet lane that runs parallel to Old Street and is popular with architects and design studios, and is renowned for the quality and variety of its bars, pubs and restaurants, most notably the nearby St. John and Luca. The Barbican Centre, with its world-class cultural program of cinema, music, theatre, talks and exhibitions, is a few minutes’ walk from the house while at the end of the road is Whitecross Street, which holds a weekly lunchtime food market.

And it could be yours for £6,000,000 or $8,234,000 USD.

As always, click to emBIGGERate …

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Ain't That America XXI

Another week down, and part of the White House has fallen, along with our democracy ... and we elarn that Cankles is hoping to make money because he was invetsigated for a crime ... and he takes OUR money and gives it to another country while Americans in need of healthcare or food porgrams will go without so ...

... this comes as no surprise as we see the daily piles of literal rubble at the White House but nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the US is headed in the wrong direction, fueled by dissatisfaction with Cankles’ impact on the economy, immigration, race relations and the nation’s global standing. Six in 10 Americans say the state of race relations in the US has mostly changed for the worse since the beginning of the year and that cuts in federal funding of health care programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act have gone too far.

But wait, there’s more … as Americans struggle with rising costs Cankles has decreed that the federal government owes him “a lot of money” for prior Justice Department investigations into his actions and insisted he would have the ultimate say on any payout because any decision will “have to go across my desk.”

Yes, Americans are suffering, while he gives $40,000,000,000 to Argentina and now he’s saying that We The People owe him $230 million in damages related to the FBI’s 2022 search of his Mar-a-Lago property for classified documents and for a separate investigation into potential ties between Russia and his 2016 presidential campaign.

But wait, there’s still more … the White House said last week that it will submit plans for Cankles’ “Jeffrey Epstein Ballroom”—not the actual name—project to a body that oversees federal building construction, even though demolition work has already begun.

Yet many people … count me in …  are sickened by images of the White House walls crumbling after Cankles lied that the project would not interfere with the existing landmark.

But wait, I’m not finished … The Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD have reduced the amount of information they share with their American counterparts, citing political developments in the United States under Cankles and growing concerns over the politicization of intelligence and “respect for human rights.”

The Netherlands is will instead focus on European cooperation because they can be trusted.

And still more … after the peace agreement and another Nobel Peace Prize beg Israel has once again started bombing Gaza after Hamas militants fired anti-tank missiles at Israeli soldiers. The clashes were the most serious escalation since the ceasefire came into force proving that no one on either said knows what the hell “cease fire” means.

And then … Idaho consumers are getting the nation’s first look at price increases hitting Affordable Care Act [ACA, or Obamacare] marketplace plans as the federal tax credits that helped to trigger the Cankles and GOP Government Shutdown™ expire.

On average, gross premiums, or the overall cost of the premium, have gone up about 10% and the net premium, or the amount the consumer pays after the tax credit has been applied, has increased about 75%.

And lastly … in addition, millions  of low-income Americans will lose access to food aid on November 1, when half of states plan to cut off benefits also due to the Cankles and GOP Government Shutdown™. Twenty-five states are issuing notices informing participants of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP]—the nation’s largest anti-hunger initiative—that they won’t receive checks next month.

But the ballroom and the payout for investigations into Cankles crimes …

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed a lawsuit to try to force House Speaker Mike “Little Man” Johnson to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, the Arizona Democrat who won her late father’s seat in a special election nearly one month ago.

Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, has said he will seat Grijalva once Senate Democrats agree to reopen the government but the two have nothing to do with one another and Johnson is trying to hold off on a vote to release the Epstein files as Grijalva could be the deciding factor.

Cankles biographer Michael Wolff sued First Slovenian Hooker Lady Melanie to stop her from filing a defamation suit over his statements about Melanie and Cankles’ relationship to convicted pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Wolff, a journalist whose upcoming book is tentatively titled “The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania _____ (Redux),” claims Melanie’s lawyers sent a letter threatening to sue him for over $1 billion in damages and demanding he apologize for suggesting online that she is playing a behind-the-scenes role in the Cankles’ Regimes’ messy handling of the Epstein files.

Oh Melanie, admit it … we already know the truth.

The NFL is not considering dropping Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime headline performer, commissioner Roger Goodell said this week:

“It’s carefully thought through. I’m not sure we’ve ever selected an artist where we didn’t have some blowback or criticism. It’s pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people that are watching.”

Good on the NFL for not caving.

Former special counsel Jack Smith has offered to testify in open hearings before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees about the federal investigations into Cankles’ handling of sensitive documents and alleged efforts to subvert the transfer of power after the 2020 election,.

Get the popcorn ready because Jack Smith has zero fucks to give.

Faux-Christian KKKarolying Leavitt’s tirade against the “Democrat activist” judge at the center of a deportation-related court conflict was interrupted by an awkward exchange after she falsely said, again, that Barack Obama first appointed him.

“It’s very clear that this is an activist judge [U.S District Judge James Boasberg ] who is trying to usurp the president’s authority. Under the Alien Enemies Act, the president has this power and that’s why this deportation campaign can be continued. This judge, Judge Boasberg, is a Democrat activist. He was appointed by Barack Obama. His wife has donated more than $10,000 to Democrats and he has consistently shown his disdain for this president and his policies and it’s unacceptable.”

Leavitt was then interrupted by NBC’s White House Correspondent Garrett Haake, who had asked the initial question about the deportations. He said Judge Boasberg “was originally appointed by George W. Bush and elevated by Barack Obama. I just felt like I should correct that.”

Leavitt ignored the correction and changed the topic cuz that’s what she does when she’s caught in a lie. And good on Garrett Haake for calling her out.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, AKA Snake Oil Salesman and administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, suggested Cankles has a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act — but provided no specifics about the proposal.

I wonder if it was the plan he promised every single lying year of his first term, or in nearly every single speech he gave while running in 2020—and losing—and running again in 2024 when he said he had a “concept of a plan.”

Hey Mehmet, take two Tylenol and try again.

Cankles’ plan to double the size of the ICEstapo has met a foe more powerful than any activist group … the ICEstapo personal-fitness test which more than 65% of applicants have failed, impeding the DogKiller’s plan to hire, train, and deploy 10,000 deportation officers by January. Applicants must do 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes but they can’t.

But when your leader’s boss is a bloated gasbag  of orange flesh telling you about getting in shape this is what happens.

Speaking of a bloated gasbag  of orange flesh, last week Cankles’ boarded Air Force One using the small stairs due toALLEGED  “increased security measures” at Palm Beach International Airport but in reality maybe the gelatinous tub of flesh can’t hike the long stairs.

House Speaker Mike Johnson doubled down on his criticisms of millions and millions of protesters at last weekend’s “No Kings” rallies across the nation, decrying the widely peaceful demonstrations as evidence of “a rise of Marxism in the Democratic Party.”

Funny, cuz the last time we saw a MAGAt demonstration they broke into a federal building, broke window, busted door, stole government documents and equipment, smeared feces on the walls and threatened to kill the Vice President.

But go ahead, Little Johnson, tell us how dangerous the No Kings protests were.

The Resistance is out there and growing.