GOP Dumpster Fire: Liars, Con Artists, Anti-Trans, Anti-Women and Anti-Education

There’s an old saying about when someone shows you who they are, believe them; and when someone says something, openly and publicly, believe that, too, and not the spin machine that envelopes the liar afterwards.

Here are a few examples of liars, and morons, and weirdos showing us who they are …

After The Felon asked his racist question at the NABJ—“When did she turn Black”—I didn’t think he could get any more disgusting, but then last week he sank even lower.

He spoke of giving Miriam Adelson, who funneled millions into his 2016 campaign—the Presidential Medal of Freedom and called it the “equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor” but better because “everyone [who] gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they’re soldiers” is in either in very bad shape because they’ve been shot or they’re dead.

Yes, a woman who gave money to elect him gets an award that’s better than an honor given soldiers who gone above and beyond the call of duty to help their fellow soldiers.

This is what happens when you raise a five-time draft dodger narcissist to power. Don’t do it again.

After casting his ballot in the Florida primary The Felon took questions reporters and one asked about his claim that crowds at Kamala Harris’ rallies had been manufactured by AI.

“Well, I can’t say what was there, who was there. I can only tell you about ours. We have the biggest crowds ever in the history of politics. We have crowds that nobody’s ever seen before. And we continue to have that. We have a level of enthusiasm that nobody’s seen before.”

Sure DonOld … of note is that now The Felon’s campaign will by using blackout curtains at his rallies to close off the view of all the empty seats.

JD “Couchfucker” Vance claims Kamala Harris wants to give $25,000 to undocumented immigrants to buy American homes and that will exacerbate the housing shortage in this country.

The FACTS are that the Biden-Harris administration proposed providing $25,000 in down payment assistance for 400,000 first-generation home buyers and a $10,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers. The plan is only available to “working families” who have paid their rent on time for at least two years and the proposal says not one word about aiding undocumented immigrants.

Once again, guyliner wearing, couch fucking, drag loved JD is not telling the truth.

The Felon’s campaign was forced to pay more than $82,000 in advance for a recent rally in Asheville, North Carolina because the ALLEGED billionaire has a long history of failing to pay cities for billed rally fees. In fact, when he left the White House in disgrace in 2021 it was with at least $850,000 in unpaid rally debt.

Most of his bills remain unpaid.

You gotta have friends… which may explain why The Felon chartered a private jet recently that once belonged to his friend Jeffrey Epstein. A campaign official said they had “no idea” the Gulfstream G550 was once owned by one of the country’s most infamous sex traffickers.

Uh huh; but it raises another question: what happened to the ALLEGED billionaire’s plane?

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration seeking to block a rule that requires nursing homes to have a minimum level of nurse and aide staffing to care for patients.

You read that right: Texas does not want to be told that nursing homes should have a minimum level of nurses and nurses’ aides on staff to care for the nation’s elderly.

This is what they fight against.

The Felon claims a President Kamala Harris—and doesn’t that sound fabulous—would take away your private health care but Americans would be provided with free healthcare.

Remember this is the same guy who promised for four years to repeal ObamaCare and give Americans the very best healthcare and then never got it done.

Also this week, at yet another disastrous press conference, The Felon talked about the price of groceries and inflation and proved his point with TicTacs.

He held up a container of TicTacs you can buy anywhere, saying that was what you used to buy, and then held up a novelty size box of TicTacs and said that was what was being sold for the same price.

He’s a moron or a liar or Demented DonOld.

President Biden repealed The Felon’s ban on transgender Americans joining the military. The ban took effect in April 2019 and Trans personnel who were already serving were allowed to continue, but new recruits were locked out. The decision to allow already serving trans military personnel to remain only came after The Felon lost four successive court cases.

This week The Felon spoke on this topic and said he never ever never said they would be kicked out of the military but then a Tweet from 2019 reappeared from his:

“After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals top serve in any capacity in the U.S. military.”

The draft-dodging liar has spoken and we remember.

Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told her local newspaper that she would be open to serving in the former president’s cabinet should he win again this November. That is a complete turnaround from what she said the day after the insurrection when she resigned from her post in protest following what she called an “unconscionable” attack on the U.S. Capitol building by The Felon’s supporters.

Why does she want to go back now? She wants to eliminate the Department of Education.

There was no shortage of lies during The Felon’s fluff piece interview with Elon Musk this week but there was one claim that seemed as though it deserved its own special place in the spotlight; the two asshats were talking about geopolitics when The Felon—because he knows nothing about geopolitics—switched the topic to global warming saying:

“The biggest threat is not global warming, where the ocean’s going to rise one, one-eighth of an inch over the next 400 years. The big — and you’ll have more oceanfront property, right?”

Sadly this is how this Adderall-addicted, racist, rapist, traitorous, felon thinks.

Former House Speaker, who ran out of his job with his tail between his legs, Kevin McCarthy  says that former President Barack Obama is secretly running Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign:

“Some of Obama’s [key people such as] David Plouffe and others are now working on the campaign. You’re getting the Obamas shifting from running the White House to now running this campaign.”

Clearly the dementia within the GOP is contagious and spreading ....

Also during his interview with Musk, The Felon said they could “meet next time in Venezuela” if he loses November’s election:

“If something happens with this election, which would be a horror show, we’ll meet the next time in Venezuela, because it’ll be a far safer place to meet than our country.”

The Felon—a criminal—says Venezuela has released violent criminals from its jails and sent them to the United States to reduce its own crime rate.

Texas GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration again over federal workplace protections for transgender employees. The lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC]) and the Justice Department [DOJ] argues that agency guidelines clarifying what constitutes harassment under federal law are unlawful and asks the court to permanently block them.

The EEOC guidelines,--which are not legally binding—state that denying employees accommodations based on their gender identity—including intentionally misgendering transgender workers or denying them access to restrooms that match their gender identity—is unlawful workplace harassment.

Of note, Paxton is working along with the Heritage Foundation, proponents of Project 2025.

In another case of JD Vance’s weirdness is his take on elderly women, post-menopausal women who are unable to give birth to children and therefore of little use to America should be used as babysitters and nursemaids to children:

“There’s sort of all the classic stuff that grandparents do to grandchildren … that’s the whole purpose of the post-menopausal female, in theory.”

Of note is that Vance’s mother-in-law took a sabbatical from her role as a biology professor at the University of California, San Diego to help raise his youngest child at the time.

Remember, this is a party that promises but never delivers, a party of demented old men, and mascara-wearing RuPaul wannabes who hate women, the elderly, the LGBTQ+_ coimmunity, brown people and members of our military.

We don't need that so ...

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As I said earlier in the week, last Friday Carlos and I had an appointment with the tax accountant to get our taxes done. Carlos said the appointment was at 9AM … and you know where this is going.

I took the morning off—well, I took the whole day because …—and we had breakfast, took showers, got our papers ready. At 8:45 I yell…

‘LET’S GO!!!’

Carlos comes down the hall and grabs his things and off we go. The accountant’s office is here in town so it’s a quick drive, and when we pull up, I notice the ‘Open’ sign is off.

“I guess she doesn’t open until 9?”

“I think so, but our appointment is at 9:30.”

“9:30? You told me 9AM!”

“I’m pretty sure I told you 9:30.”

Here we go into that usual argument where I remind Carlos that I have a better memory and don’t forget dates and times and such. Finally, I say:

“Why, if I knew the appointment was at 9:30, would I hurry you out of the house at 8:45?”

“I figured you wanted to spend some quality time with me. A little romantic moment—”

“In the parking lot of a tax accountant at 8:45AM? You need to work on your game.”

Worse yet was he suggested we go to the gas station on the corner for coffee while we wait.

Gas.Station.Coffee? I could never!

The Elton John biopic Rocketman starring Taron Egerton, Richard Madden, and Jamie Bell is getting a lot of buzz, but the word I’m worried about is that Paramount is pressuring filmmakers to cut a very gay, very nude sex scene from the film so it will get a PG-13 rating.

Seriously? A film about Elton John and you’re gonna cut a nude same-sex love scene? And a nude love scene between Taron Egerton and Richard Madden?

I.Will.Not.Have.It.

Earlier this week we talked Chick-fil-A and their continuing anti-LGBTQ donations. Well, at least one place is taking a stand.

The San Antonio City Council, on a 6-4 vote, removed a planned Chick-fil-A location from an airport concession agreement after a councilman flagged the company’s anti-LGBTQ activity.

Good. Bye.

Proving he’s one of the biggest idiots in the GOP, Kentucky Governor, and anti-vaxxer, Matt Bevin decided to prove he’s also unfit to be a parent when he revealed that he forced all nine of his children to purposely contract chickenpox.

“Every single one of my kids had the chickenpox … They got [it] on purpose because we found a neighbor that had it and I went and made sure every one of my kids was exposed to it, and they got it. They had it as children. They were miserable for a few days, and they all turned out fine.”

Medical experts were quick to point out how stupid this is because purposely exposing children to chickenpox can lead to pneumonia, cause secondary skin infections, encephalitis, and death.

But, hey, Bevins saved a few coins on vaccinations so what’s the issue, right?

How to Get Away with Murder actor Jack Falahee recently showed off a new tattoo on Instagram. Lotsa people wondered what it meant, including Falahee’s mother, who asked the significance, leading him to reply:

“[It’s] how many people I’ve murdered.”

His mother responded:

“Oh [How to Get Away with Murder]?”

“No, just in general.”

Falahee has the same warped sense of humor that I have, and I love it.

And he's kinda hot.

This week Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education said:

“Make no mistake: we are focused every day on raising expectations and improving outcomes for infants and toddlers, children and youth with disabilities, and are committed to confronting and addressing anything that stands in the way of their success.”

Then she cut $17.6 million in federal funding for the Special Olympics.

Fuck Betsy Devos.

Apparently one does not kiss the Pope’s ring any more, though his ass may be another story.

But I digress … during a recent mass at Holy House of Loreto in Italy, Pope Frankie Says Relax specifically asked the public not to kiss his ring and no one listened, so he whipped his rung hand away from all who came close and bent down to kiss it.

He didn’t let anyone taste it, not even the tip, and gave no reason why.

I have a few, go figure … first up is 27-year-old Hasan Piker is both hot and political, being a part of the YouTube channel, The Young Turks. Hasan was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey and graduated from Rutgers with a B.A. in political science and communication.

I, personally, would find it hard to concentrate on what he’s saying … cuz I’m shallow like that.

Also, Beau Mirchoff, from Now Apocalypse, is back because ...OMG ... and we also have Devon Long, who plays Otto on the show. It looks like gay Otto and straight Ford, might have a little sump’n-sump’n going on but even if they don’t the scene where Ford, in a wee speedo, applied sunscreen to Otto, also in a wee speedo, was pretty steamy.

Just saying.

Betsy DeVos' Gun Violence Commission Ignored Guns, While Punishing Minority Students

Shortly after seventeen people were murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the _____ administration, and their lack of interest, concern, care, empathy with those who had died, came under fire for doing nothing to protect students.

But then some of those surviving students became activists, outspoken, loud, who condemned the White House for their inaction, and suddenly _____ thought he might need to do something.

You know, cuz ignoring dead students isn’t a good look on anyone, even the Fat Bastard. So, ____commanded Betsy DeVos, his ill-equipped, laughably unqualified, woefully inept Secretary of Education  to create a commission to study the epidemic of gun violence in schools and come up with recommendations to make schools safer.

Kinda like allowing the wolves to run the hen house. Except, slower, and lazier. See, it took Betsy a while to set up her commission—she was probably hoping the activist students would get tired—but when she finally did get around to appointing members to her team, she named four _____ Cabinets Secretaries— herself, the Attorney General, HHS Secretary Alex Azar, and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen—no Democrats, no students and not one single expert on gun violence.

Then, while testifying before Congress, DeVos admitted that her commission on gun violence in schools would not focus … not focus … on the role of guns in school shootings. Yes, they would study gun violence without studying the role of guns. But then it got worse.

While her commission worked … and I jest in saying that … Betsy DeVos announced a plan to allow schools to use federal funds to buy guns because more guns is always the answer, especially when you, your boss and his entire administration is beholden to the once-deep pockets of the NRA.

And then it got worse … more worse … even worse. This week _____ and DeVos are using that school safety commission to rescind or roll back Obama-era guidelines that were designed to protect Black and other minority students from racially-motivated punishments, while suggesting they are responsible for a rise in school violence.

Yes, this is what DeVos concluded from her year-long study of gun violence in schools … that Obama-era guidelines needed to go; not guns, but a set of criteria to make sure minority students were not unfairly disciplined. Not a word about guns, or the murder of students in schools.

Oh, and that whole subject about how black and minority students are responsible for gun violence in school? Complete and utter bull shiz; the Parkland shooter is white, as are most school shooters, but, hey, let’s blame it on the black and brown kids so we can satisfy our base. But facts are facts, Betsy, and these are facts:

Black and brown students are three times more likely to be punished.

Black and brown girls are suspended six times more than white girls.

Black and brown boys are suspended three times more than white boys.

This is just another way to attack those students who are considered ‘other,’ or, you know, not white.

Remember that Betsy DeVos' first act on the job was to rescind Obama-era guidance protecting the civil rights of transgender students. She then rescinded guidance protecting students with disabilities. DeVos has worked to expand protections for accused rapists—like her boss—and others accused of sexual misconduct, including assault and harassment.

This has nothing to do with guns, nothing to do with students being murdered in schools, but everything to do with undoing the work of our first black, and best, presidents, and targeting any and all minority students as the problem.

This is the racist agenda of _____ and Betsy DeVos, plain and simple. And when we oust the Fat Bastard from office, it’s gonna take a lot of work putting this country back together again.

NCRM

Guarding Betsy Costs $20 Million

Just days after _____ crony Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Education Secretary she was heckled by protestors, and prevented from entering, the Jefferson Academy, a public middle school in Washington.

And instantly DeVos began receiving around-the-clock security from the U.S. Marshals Service; it’s unclear who made the request but newly ousted Attorney General, and Keebler Elf, Jeff Sessions, granted the protection … protection that will cost We the People almost $20 million through September 2019.

The cost of security provided for Betsy, and let’s be clear, it’s because people yelled at her, was $5.3 million in 2017, $6.8 million for 2018, and an estimated $7.74 million for 2019.

The Marshals Service will ultimately be reimbursed by the Education Department; taking money from education to protect a rich white woman who’s scared of crowds.

And it isn’t lost on many people that DeVos’ security far exceeds the $3.5 million spent on security for ousted  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt; an EPA inspector general report revealed that the price tag for Pruitt’s security detail was "not justified" and far exceeded the security costs incurred under past EPA heads.

And yet for Betsy … because people shouted … $20 million.

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