GOP Dumpster Fire: Racists, Liars, Grifters and Some Good News

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 …

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group AKA Truth Social slumped to their lowest level ever last week, the first trading day that its biggest shareholder—The Felon—is free to sell his stake in the company.

And we should trust our economy to that?

The Felon wants to impose a temporary 10% cap on credit-card interest rates but is it a good idea?

While borrowers in lower- and middle-income households who carry balances would benefit the most from caps on credit-card charges they would also be the first ones that banks would stop lending to if The Felon’s cap were passed.

So, yeah, another bad idea from Mister Bankruptcy.

In recent years Republicans have made up rules or redefined existing policies to push through their agenda, remember in 2016 then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to allow a hearing on President Obama’s nominee to SCOTUS,  Merrick Garland, by falsely claiming lying that it was a “rule,” but in 2020 McConnell rescinded the non-existent rule when The Felon nominated unqualified Amy Coney Barrett to the court.

Now, according to Senator Tommy Tuberville, there is another never-before-heard-of practice that says the Federal Reserve cannot lower interest rates before an election; and he is outraged because it’s a win for Biden and a win for the American people …

Tuberville claims this was only done, not to help the people, but to help Kamala Harris win in November and says the “nation’s central bank has no business moving rates this close to an election and is clearly trying to tip the balance in favor of Kamala Harris.”

Of note: The Felon nominated Powell, a Republican, to the chairmanship in 2018 and he confirmed in an 84-13 vote, “one of the widest margins of confirmation for a Trump nominee.”

Sorry, Tommy, you lose … you’re a loser.

Springfield City Manager Bryan Heck told the Wall Street Journal that he received a call from one of Sofa Loren’s staffers, who asked if the rumors true of pets being taken and eaten were true, and Heck replied:

“No. There was no verifiable evidence or reports to show this was true.”

But JD Vance still ran with the story and doubled down on the lie, and then even The Felon, in his disastrous cry-baby debate performance shrieked:

“They’re eating the dogs!!!”

This campaign runs on nothing; no solutions, just lies; no problems solved, just racist tropes.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr claims to be the great hope for the future of America if The Felon wins in November:

“I don’t have a post for myself that’s picked out. I know that I’m going to be deeply involved in helping to choose the people who can run FDA and NIH and CDC in a way that restores public health.”

Yes, the man who dragged a dead bear off a roadway and drove the carcass into Central Park as a joke, the man who heard about a dead whale on a beach and his first thought was to take a chainsaw and hack the whale’s face off, the man with the brain worms, is saying he’ll save America.

From himself?

During a stop in the automaking state of Michigan The Felon repeated false claims lied that Chinese automakers are putting up large factories in Mexico and vowed to slap 200% tariffs on any vehicles the un-built plants make and ship to the United States.

Facts: the tariffs would be paid for by anyone who bought a Mexican-built Chinese car.

Facts: there are no Chinese automobile factories in Mexico.

Michelle Morrow, the Republican QAnon candidate for North Carolina superintendent of public instruction, falsely claimed lied week that the “+” in LGBTQ+ indicates support for pedophilia. She used this nonsense bull shit to attack her Democratic opponent, Mo Green, for having accepted the endorsement of LGBTQ+ advocacy organization Equality North Carolina.

In case you’re unsure—and I don’t think you are—the “+” in LGBTQ+ indicates the inclusion of people whose sexual orientation or gender identities don’t fit neatly into categories like lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer/questioning like those who are asexual, nonbinary, intersex, etc.

At the ballot box, give Michele Morrow a “-” sign.

This week Senator John Foghorn Leghorn Kennedy of Louisiana baselessly accused an Arab American witness— Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, a nonpartisan national civil rights advocacy organization—of supporting terrorists during a Senate hearing, and as she called out his blatant Islamophobia, the GOP senator told her to “hide her head in a bag.”

That’s the GOP … racist AF.

Even though The Felon says he will have the government pay for IVF treatments, this week Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would have created a right to access IVF treatments and mandated that insurance plans cover the practice, deriding the vote as a political ploy.

It’s the GOP playing politics with women’s healthcare so … VOTE THEM ALL OUT.

Two huge advocates of Free Speech lies, Elon Musk and Representative  Marjorie Taylor Greene took to Twitter—I call it that because Elon hates that people still call it Twitter—to share a rumor that police claim an explosive device was discovered near the Long Island site where The Felon was set to hold.

Police reported the rumor of a bomb threat was not true was a lie but these two morally bankrupt asshats still ran with it because lies are all they offer.

In  another case of lies and stupidity, Sofa Loren AKA JD Vance told voters in North Carolina to start knocking on doors and posting on social media to get out the vote for The Felon because the campaign can’t count on the media or “big tech oligarchs” to help them.

Funny, though, that “big tech oligarchs” Elon Leon Musk and major venture capitalist and top Vance donor David Sacks lobbied for Vance as The Felon’s running mate.

I guess JD forgot about that. He also forgot that he begged his BFF, “big tech oligarch” Peter Thiel, who bankrolled Vance’s ascendancy to the Senate, to fund the failing GOP campaign.

The Ohio Christian Coalition, representing the Christian faith in that state, issued a scathing letter in defense of Haitian migrants in Springfield and decried the false statements lies spewed by both Sofa Loren and The Felon that Haitian immigrants in Springfield were eating pets and wildlife:

“We are disturbed and outraged by the reports that have masqueraded as news regarding many of our siblings in Springfield, Ohio. Public and prominent figures have intentionally crafted untruths that have assaulted the culture and character of Haitians residing in Springfield.”

Last week a coalition of Ohio’s Catholic bishops issued a similar letter.

Congressional Republicans in Texas will spend millions on television ads targeting Democrats for supporting pro-LGBTQ+ legislation.

The National Republican Congressional Committee unveiled its first Texas ad of the general election accusing Democrat Representative Vicente Gonzalez of pushing “sex changes for kids.”

Following suit, because he also has no real plans to offer, other than running off to Mexico when the power goes out in Texas, Raphael “Ted” Cruz unveiled his campaign’s biggest ad buy yet for two ads accusing challenger Democrat Representative Colin Allred of supporting legislation that allows men to use women’s restrooms and not knowing “the difference between boys and girls.”

Once again, the GOP runs on lies and fears not solutions and plans.

The Felon spoke this week of rebuilding “our roads, bridges, highways, and airports” even though during his last four years in office, while he promoted every other week as infrastructure week, he never had anything more that a “concept” of a plan; but then he said this:

“I used to go to school on the subway … my parents would drop me off at a subway and I’d go to Union Turnpike, or I’d go to wherever. They had no fear that I was going to be disappearing! They would take me to a subway, put me on, and say, ‘Bye darling, bye.’ If you do that today, you have about a 75% chance that you’ll never see your child again. What the hell has happened here? What has happened?”

That fat gelatinous bastard riding the subway? Bitch, please.

JD Vance, AKA Sofa Loren, claims that:

“Kamala Harris has granted mass amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. Now I happen to think what Kamala Harris has done is not just wrong it is illegal! So when Kamala Harris uses an illegal action to give amnesty to aliens, that does not make them legal immigrants, it makes them illegal immigrants unless you’ve lost all common sense.”

Someone needs to tell JD, since he longs to be Vice President, that vice presidents have no power to grant anyone amnesty, much less “millions of illegal immigrants.”

JD told us he makes up stories and here he goes again.

This week  over 700 high-ranking national security officials endorsed Kamala Harris saying they have concerns over The felon’s “scary authoritarian streak” and adding:

“Vice President Harris has all the leadership qualities needed to be a strong commander in chief. She’s prepared. She’s strategic. She’s understands all sides of an issue. We saw as much during the debate.”

The letter endorsing Harris consists of 741 former high-ranking national security officials, including 233 general and flag officers, 15 four-star generals, 10 former cabinet secretaries and 10 service secretaries as well as leaders who served in Republican administrations.

But hey, The Felon and Sofa Loren have Kid Rock and Tulsi Gabbard.

After calling it a “dangerous practice,” Kentucky Governor, Democrat, Andy Beshear signed an executive order to ban conversion therapy on minors in his state.

Beshear said attempts to alter a young person’s gender expression or sexual attractions have “no basis in medicine”—a view supported by experts in medicine and mental health but not shared by GOP Representative Josh Calloway, a Baptist preacher, who vows to “stop this governor from pushing his harmful far-left agenda on struggling kids.”

As of now  Kentucky is the 24th state to ban the ex-gay torture of minors.

Oh, and Josh? God is watching, sees your bigotry and intolerance, and She is not happy.

Former six-term South Carolina Republican Congressman Bob Inglis added his name to the growing list of Reagan- and Bush-era conservatives who will vote for Kamala Harris ; Inglis is the state’s first prominent Republican to back Harris:

“[The Felon] is a clear and present danger to the republic. He’s disqualified based on character and rationality, so I’ll be voting for Kamala Harris. I feel sorry for him. He’s really quite a sick puppy. He’s been unfaithful to three wives. Why would we, at the altar with him as the fourth, think that he’s going to be faithful to us? Talk about irrationality. He needs some help.”

Snap.

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  LGBTQ+ community, immigrants, education and members of our military.

We don't need that so ...

Tuesday Thought #3

Hope For Haiti: Jennifer Hudson and Christina Aguilera

My girls, JHud and Xtina, singing like nobody else can.
And, if you haven't, or even if you have, please donate to any number of charities offering rescue and recovery. There's much more work to be done in Haiti, which is still suffering from the original earthquake and all its aftershocks.

Take A Letter, Pat Robertson

I saw this over the weekend at Sean's blog, Just A Jeep Guy, and loved it, so I thought I'd drag it over here for anyone who may have missed it. The woman who wrote this is brazilliant!

Dear Pat Robertson,

I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I'm all over that action.

But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I'm no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves folks desperate and impoverished. Sure, in the afterlife, but when I strike bargains with people, they first get something here on earth -- glamour, beauty, talent, wealth, fame, glory, a golden fiddle.

Those Haitians have nothing, and I mean nothing. And that was before the earthquake. Haven't you seen "Crossroads"? Or "Damn Yankees"? If I had a thing going with Haiti, there'd be lots of banks, skyscrapers, SUVs, exclusive night clubs, Botox -- that kind of thing. An 80 percent poverty rate is so not my style. Nothing against it -- I'm just saying: Not how I roll.

You're doing great work, Pat, and I don't want to clip your wings -- just, come on, you're making me look bad. And not the good kind of bad. Keep blaming God. That's working. But leave me out of it, please.

Or we may need to renegotiate your own contract.

Best,

Satan

LILY COYLE, MINNEAPOLIS

The letter originally appeared HERE

Help

I just read that over $10 million has been raised via the text donations. Great news, but more is needed. For some other groups who needs goods and donations for the Haitian earthquake victims go HERE

More Ways To Help

Here are some organizations you can contact to offer help [supplies and monetary donations] to aid in the recovery efforts in Haiti following the earthquake:

ActionAid has been in Haiti since 1996, working with over 30,000 people. They are on the ground and urgently working to help save lives in the short term, while also looking to provide assistance to Haitians to rebuild their lives.
AmeriCares has been providing humanitarian aid to Haiti since 1984 and they are already working with partners on the ground to deliver humanitarian aid and disaster relief. AmeriCares has started assembling a $3.2 million airlift of medicines, hospital supplies and other critical medical aid.
Oxfam has had a sustained presence in Haiti and the 200 staffers currently stationed in the country, including a highly trained emergency response team of 15, are rushing to meet the basic needs of people who may have lost everything.
PlanUSA as released $100,000 of emergency funds and is on the ground to help deal with the immediate aftermath of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti yesterday evening.
UNICEF's response, coordinated with other UN agencies and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent, is aimed at children and women, who are the most vulnerable in times of crisis. Children under 18 make up nearly 50 percent of Haiti’s 10 million population.
CARE is deploying additional emergency team members to the devastated city of Port-au-Prince in Haiti. CARE has also launched an international appeal for funds for Haiti that will support immediate emergency operations. CARE plans to start food distribution using stocks of high-protein biscuits from its warehouses in Haiti. CARE is coordinating with other UN agencies and aid organizations to assess damage and on-the-ground needs.
Mercy Corps has experience responding to previous earthquakes, most recently in Padang, Indonesia last September, and they are currently deploying staff to Haiti.
Partners in Health reports that “Over the past 18 hours, PIH staff in Boston and Haiti have been working to collect as much information as possible about the conditions on the ground, the relief efforts taking shape, and all relevant logistics issues in order to respond efficiently and effectively to the most urgent needs in the field. At the moment, PIH’s Chief Medical Officer is on her way to Haiti, where she will meet with Zanmi Lasante leadership and head physicians, who are already working to ensure PIH’s coordinated relief efforts leveraging the skills of more than 120 doctors and nearly 500 nurses and nursing assistants who work at Zanmi Lasante’s sites.”
SOS Children's Villages, since 1979, has provided nurturing families, education, and medical care to orphaned and abandoned children in Haiti. Now that disaster has struck, the organizations is multiplying their efforts to provide relief to thousands of children and families in need.

It really doesn't take a lot of money....ten dollars is enough; but if you have tents, or blankets, those things really help.

Here's How To Help:

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Here's how you can help those suffering from yesterday's earthquake in Haiti:

From the AP: "The State Department said those interested in helping immediately may text 'HAITI' to '90999' and a donation of $10 will be made automatically to the Red Cross for relief efforts. The donation will be charged to your cellphone bill. The department also suggested contacting agencies such as the Red Cross or Mercy Corps to help with relief efforts."

Or donate to the Red Cross directly.