Showing posts with label Indictment. Show all posts
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Monday, September 16, 2024

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 …


At first glance, these new billboards in Arizona look like Chick-fil-A’s iconic “Eat Mor Chikin” promos but instead of cows, the billboards feature four cats dressed in cow costumes with the tagline:

“EAT LESS KITTENS. Vote Republican!”

Arizona’s GOP designed about a dozen of these billboards in response to false claims shared by some Republicans—like DonOLD and Sofa Loren—that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating Americans’ pets.

Seriously. This is a campaign talking point?

The Felon promoted a social media account that wrote that “the election must be too big to rig” above an image of a flag with the words “Trump or Communism.” The account is filled with extremist content such as:

“Jews have been capitalizing on n****rs for thousands of years.”

“Adolf Hitler was right.”

“[The Holocaust was] the Holohoax. 6 Million never happened.”

That’s DonOLD’s base.

A Governor Ron “Gogo Boots” DeSantis-appointed member of the Broward County School Board who was rejected this week for election to the board will become a member of the Florida Board of Education instead as a DeSantis appointee.

He doesn’t care what the people of Florida want.

The Felon has announced that, if he is elected, he would stop sending California federal firefighting aid unless Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom agrees to The Felon’s tax cut for the wealthiest Californians.

Yes, he did, and I prefer a president for ALL the people, not just the richest people.

According to two new analyses from the Penn Wharton Budget Model—from the Wharton School where The Felon ALLEGEDLY graduated—says his campaign promises would send the national debt soaring much faster than Kamala Harris’ would.

The Felon’s campaign promises would increase the national debt by $5.8 trillion over 10 years, while Harris’ would cost $1.2 trillion.

No choice, here … Vote Blue.

Republican officials in 24 states asked the Supreme Court to halt a Biden administration effort to reduce emissions of the planet-warming gas methane, adding to a series of emergency appeals challenging environmental regulations.

Methane, the main component of natural gas and a byproduct of fossil fuel drilling, is a powerful source of climate pollution with more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide during its first two decades in the atmosphere.

But the GOP doesn’t care.

Anyone who has spent time reviewing The Felon’s campaign spending reports would conclude they’re a governance nightmare. There is so little disclosure about what happened to the billions raised in 2020 and 2024 that donors can’t possibly know how it was spent.

Federal Election Commission campaign disclosure reports from 2020 show that much of the money donated to The Felon campaign went into a legal and financial black hole reportedly controlled by The Felon’s family members and close associates.

Yes, they gave the money to a mob family.

In yet another word salad by Demented DonOLD told a rally goer of his plan to fight inflation:

"You take a look at bacon and some of these products, and some people don't eat bacon anymore. And we are going to get the energy prices down. When we get energy down—you know this was caused by their horrible energy. Wind—they want wind all over the place, but when it doesn't blow we have a little problem.”

He also lied that food prices have gone up “50, 60, 70 percent" when in reality, food price inflation in the US is now only slightly higher than it was at the end of The Felon’s Administration in January 2020.

The Felon’s running mate JD Vance Sofa Loren is urging Silicon Valley billionaire, homosexual and JD’s BFF, Peter Thiel to “get off the sidelines” and financially support the GOP ticket.

Perhaps the two could meet, say in a basement, on a couch or something to discuss this further.

A week ago The Felon signaled that he could vote to end Florida’s six-week abortion ban when it comes up in a referendum election later this year.

But his base went nuts and now he will vote to  keep the ban. He doesn’t care about women; he cares about getting elected to save himself from prison.

Utah’s Republican Governor Spencer Cox, who vowed not to vote for The Felon right before he vowed to vote for The Felon is using a photo of him and The Felon at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony.

And since federal law prohibits campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, Cox’s campaign has apologized for politicizing the graveside ceremony.

Too little too late.


More than 200 Republicans who previously worked for either former President George W. Bush, the late Senator John McCain or Mitt Romney from Utah have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in an open letter.

The GOP touts its roster of Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr. and … Kid Rock.

Prosecutors filed a superseding indictment in the federal criminal case against The Felon after the Criminal Supreme Court granted the former president substantial immunity.

A spokesperson for Special counsel Jack Smith said the superseding indictment was presented to a new grand jury one that had not previously heard evidence in the case and it “reflects the Government’s efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Court’s holdings and remand instructions.”

Smith has been consulting with other officials inside the Justice Department for weeks about the case, which accuses the former “president” of leading a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election and disenfranchise millions of voters culminating in a violent attack on police at the US Capitol in 2021.

CBS News host Major Garrett is tracking a surge in voter registration in key groups ahead of the November election.

Key groups like young Black women where registration is up more than 175%; registration has also increased among young Latinas.

Women will win this for Kamala.

A new lawsuit brought by the Democratic Party and backed by the Harris-Walz campaign has been filed to challenge recent changes to Georgia’s election certification rules.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger called the board’s actions an “11th-hour effort to impose new activist rulemaking” and said earlier this month that refusing to certify election results is unlawful.

Naturally, The Felon has praised the board’s three Republicans as “pit bulls fighting for honesty, transparency and victory.”

The Arizona Police Association [APA] is throwing its weight behind Democrat Representative Ruben Gallego in the state’s Senate race, despite endorsing Kari Lake in her losing gubernatorial bid last cycle. APA President Justin Harris said:

“As a Marine combat veteran, we know Congressman Gallego understands the complexities of modern policing in American society today, while at the same time recognizing the public’s expectations. The APA does not take our endorsements lightly; we recognize the importance of having a U.S. senator that can bring people together to improve society for all and we believe Congressman Gallego will be that U.S. Senator.”

Get ready for another year’s long whine fest from Kari Lake about how the election was stolen … I mean, she’s still fighting the fact that she lost the vote for governor in 2020.

Colorado Republicans have voted to remove Dave Williams, their party chairperson, amid mounting criticism of his leadership, including recent posts where he attacked the LGBTQ+ community and accusations that he had fueled divisions within the party.

Williams, a hardline state representative, elected to helm the Colorado GOP last year, was ousted two months after dozens of state Republican Party members signed a petition to hold the vote. He is refusing to step down, claiming that the vote was “illegitimate” because that’s the GOP way.

In a 3-1 opinion, the New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld a school district's policy that aims to support the privacy of transgender students, ruling that a mother who challenged it failed to show it infringed on a fundamental parenting right.

That mother of a Manchester School District student sued after inadvertently discovering her child had asked to be called by a name typically associated with a different gender.

Her child had asked. And the mother sued. Who’s grooming who?

A school district in northeast Florida has been ordered to put back in libraries three dozen books as part of a settlement reached with students and parents who sued over what they said was an unlawful decision to limit access to dozens of titles containing LGBTQ+ content.

Just another smack in the face to Governor Gogo Boots who signed the ban into law.

More than 30 House members, including a half-dozen Republicans, signed a bipartisan pledge to uphold the results of the 2024 election amid an increased focus on Congress’ role in certifying the vote.

A pair of House centrists, Reps. Josh Gottheimer, the Democrat from New Jersey, and Don Bacon, the Republican from Nebraska, have worked for months to organize their “unity commitment”—an agreement to “safeguard the fairness and integrity” of this fall’s presidential election. Five other Republicans Representatives also signed on: Brian Fitzpatrick [PA], Mike Lawler [NY], Lori Chavez-DeRemer [OR], Nick LaLota [NY] and Anthony D’Esposito [NY].

The Arizona Supreme Court won’t consider a bid by the head of the Arizona Republican Party to void executive orders issued by Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs designed to make registration and voting easier—at least not now, and possibly not ever.


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 ...

Thursday, August 24, 2023

Bobservations

I don’t really have a Carlos story this week, but I have one about Rosita and Tuxedo and MaxGoldberg, and a conversation Carlos and I had. It feels like a reincarnation story, except that Rosita was born before Max and Tuxedo passed, so maybe it’s more of a friendly possession tale?

We have decided that Rosita is somehow possessed by both Max and Tuxedo because of very specific things she does that they did. Both MaxGoldberg and now Rosita love to crawl onto Carlos while he’s sitting in a chair, put their butts down on his stomach, and then lay their front paws across the arm of the chair while he pats them. I look at them and I see Max … and then the other morning while having breakfast, Rosita them jumped behind Carlos on his chair, which is also something Max used to do.

As for the Tuxedo connection, one of his favorite spots to nap, and he was the only cat we’ve had do this, was to jump onto the clothes hamper, and then leap to a closet shelf six feet off the ground, curl up and nap; and not too long after bringing her home, I found Rosita in the same spot. And this week, Rosita has been disappearing for a few minutes and then coming back out to us with wet paws and a wet head; just like Tuxedo who would get into the tub after we’d showered and let the water dripping from the shower head drench him, which is what I found Rosita doing this morning.

Add all that up with the fact that Rosita looks a little like a Tuxedo cat, except she’s gray, and that MaxGoldberg was a gray cat and … yes, Carlos and I are slightly nuts.

This Tuxedo Repost is from March 2011, shortly after we adopted Consuelo Roca Jones and wondered how the two boys would take to another cat:

"Tuxedo Caturday

I LOVE  that face!

We were worried about Tuxedo getting on with Miss Jones when she came to live with us. He was leery of MaxGoldberg when Max first came along—though they are best buddies now. He was leery of Tallulah when she first moved in and is still leery of her now because she's one crazy bitch. So, when Consuelo moved in, we watched him, but then he started playing with her and chasing her and letting her chase him; it's like he's her big brother.

Just adorable."

Tuxedo was always easy going with the other cats and with people who came into our house; he was never the cat who hid, he was the cat who came out to say ‘Hello.’

Hundreds of law enforcement officers responded to an active shooting situation in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood yesterday after Allegheny County Sheriff’s deputies went to a residence to serve an eviction notice and the suspect began shooting.

Just another day in the United States of Guns.

In South Carolina, where it’s not the heat but the stupidity, the state’s new all-male Supreme Court reversed course on abortion and upheld a near-total abortion ban.

Women, rise up.

Yesterday Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell and Jenna Ellis turned themselves into Georgia police for their part in The Big Lie to circumvent a free and fair election.

Rudy looks three sheets to the wind, while Sydney has mastered the Kraken face, and Jenna Ellis seems to be reliving her prom photo. Now we’re just waiting for Mr-former-fake-one-term-twice-impeached-currently-four-time-criminally-indicted-not-my-president-gurl—hat tip to Randy Rainbow—to step up for his mugshot and there are already bets on what color orange his mug might be:

Marm-a-Lago Orange +500

Geriatric Ginger +600

Presidential Pumpkin +600

Ballot-rigged Bronze +700

Twitter Tan +800

MAGA Mango +800

I kinda like MAGA Mango personally. What’s your bet?

Kristi Maris, a teacher at a Christian school in Texas, was fired for attending a drag show and sharing pictures of it on social media.

Yes; Maris was fired from First Baptist Academy, where she had taught physical education for 19 years, after watching a drag show at the Houston’s Hamburger Mary’s restaurant with a coworker and her adult daughters; her co-worker was also fired … for what they do on their day off with their grown children.

Fuck Texas.

Hamburger Mary’s has organized a GoFundMe to support Maris and her colleague, raising over $10,000 so far. In addition, the restaurant will also host a fundraising event for the pair on August 3.

Laura Ann Carleton, a store owner in Lake Arrowhead, was murdered in her shop after a man shot and killed her over her displaying a Pride Flag. Deputies found Carleton dead, and then chased the suspect, armed with a handgun, down and shot him and killed him.

This is Hate, y’all, plain and simple, and I’ll explain why: had that guy killed Carleton because he wanted the money in the cash register, which would have been hateful, but he murdered her because she flew a Pride flag; that’s Hate. And what makes it even more vile is that Laura Ann Carleton was a straight, married woman with nine children who just happened to be an LGBTQ+ ally.

This is a Hate Crime.

This overweight guy was watching TV when a commercial came on for a guaranteed weight loss of 10 pounds in a week. So the guy, thinking what the hell, signs up for it.

The next morning an incredibly beautiful woman is standing at his door in nothing but a pair of running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads:

"If you can catch me, you can have me."

As soon as he sees her, she takes off running. He tries to catch her but is unable. This continues for a week, at the end of which, the man has lost 10 pounds.

He then opts for the next weight loss plan, 15 pounds in a week. And the next morning an even more beautiful woman is standing at the door, in similar conditions. The same happens with her as the first woman, except he almost catches her. This continues for a week, at the end of which he, as suspected, weighs 15 pounds less.

Excited about this success, he decides to do the master program but before he signs up, he is required to sign a waiver and is warned about the intensity of this plan. Still he signs up and the next morning, waiting at the door, is a hulking ripped muscle man with nothing but a pair of running shoes, a raging erection, and a sign around his neck that says:

"If I catch you, you're mine!"

The man was supposed to lose 25 pounds in the week; he lost 34.

Funny, it didn’t work that way for me …

This is Marin Barba-Rosie who was spotted by a photographer while working as a waiter on a beach in Italy but that’s not important … Would You Hit It?