I Didn't Say It ...

Elena Kagan, US Supreme Court Justice on the ruling regarding the Voting Rights Act:

“The Voting Rights Act … was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers. In ushered in awe-inspiring change, bringing this Nation closer to fulfilling the ideals of democracy and racial equality. And it has been repeatedly, and overwhelmingly, reauthorized by the people’s representatives in Congress … I dissent, then, from this latest chapter in the majority’s now completed demolition of the Voting Rights Act.”

How simple is this: make voting easier and fair for all Americans regardless of color or gender or age or sexual orientation.

Voting by anyone eligible to vote should be the easiest fucking thing to do.

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Rick Wilson, political strategist, pundit and author, on Cankles’ newest push for the ballroom:

“As America’s economy teeters on the brink due to [his] insane tariffs, calamitous war with Iran, and his deeply incompetent Administration, I think I speak for the majority of Americans when I say FUCK YOUR BALLROOM.”

Seriously,  this is akin to Marie Antoinette and her “let them eat cake” remark. Americans can’t afford food or gas or healthcare or energy bills and this regime wants to build a $300 million ballroom because a diaper-wearing, racist, rapist, predator, con artist has a fragile ego?

Fuck that.

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Don Lemon, journalist best known for being a host on CNN, on the right pushing the idea that dangerous political rhetoric is coming from the left:

“I cannot say with a straight face that Democrats saying [Cankles] is terrible for this country is the same thing as [Cankles] standing in front of a crowd on January 6th and telling them to march to the capitol and fight like hell. I cannot say those things are equivalent because they are not. I am so sick of false equivalence. It drives me fucking crazy because that is bullshit. Because these things are not equivalent.”

No one on the left has celebrated the death of other politicians or celebrities; no one on the left has mocked the disabled in front of a crowd; no one on the left has called for destroying an entire civilization.

All we are saying is, ahem, FUCK TRUMP.:

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Jimmy Kimmel, responding to Melanie and Cankles ‘ calling for him to  be fired … again:

“It was five days ago. It was a pretend roast. I said, ‘Our First Lady, [Melanie’s] here. Look at her, so beautiful. [Melanie] you have a glow like an expectant widow’—which was obviously a joke about their age difference and the look of joy we see on her face every time they’re together. It was a very light roast joke about that fact that he’s almost 80 and she’s younger than I am [Melanie is 56]. It was not, by any stretch of the definition, a call to assassination. And they know that.”

Melanie is still riding the wave of bad reviews from her “documentary” and bad reviews from her incredibly awkward White House press conference on Epstein and now her idiotic tone-deaf reaction to a joke from BEFORE Correspondent’s Dinner.

Take a seat Melanie; why not put your architecture degree … hold for laughter … to good use and design and build a changing station for Cankles’ “accidents; that’s needed more than any ballroom.

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Melanie Stansbury, Democrat Representative for New Mexico, on the irony of King Charles reminding us of democracy:

“Imagine getting in a time machine and going back to 1776 and telling the Founding Fathers that the King would be one day reminding America about the importance of democracy and our checks and balances. That is the timeline we’re living in.”

The King has to remind a US president what America was founded on and stands for because the president is a drug addled narcissist.

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I Didn't Say It ...

Bill Clinton, enraging the GOP by releasing a full breakdown of his Epstein deposition:

"I just finished testifying in front of the House Oversight Committee. I did it for two reasons. First, I love my country, including our Constitution and America was built on the idea that no person is above the law, even presidents, especially presidents, and that we should all live under the same set of rules. This kind of democracy requires every person to play their part and I hope that by being here today, we can bring ourselves just a little further away from the brink and back to being a country where we can disagree civilly and we can search for truth and justice, and that it outweighs the partisan urge to score points and create spectacle. The second reason I was there is that the girls and women whose lives Jeffrey Epstein destroyed deserve not just justice, but healing. They've been waiting too long for both. Though my brief acquaintance with Epstein ended years before his crimes came to light, and though I never witnessed during our limited interactions any indication of what was truly going on, I offered the little I do know in the hopes that it would help prevent anything like this from ever happening again. I also have to say something personal. Republicans made Hillary testify yesterday, and she had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Nothing. She has no memory of ever even meeting him. She neither traveled with him nor visited any of his properties. So whether ten people or ten thousand people were subpoenaed, concluding her was simply not right. So here's what I told the committee: First, I had no idea the crimes Epstein was committed. No matter how many photos they show of me, I have two things that at the end of the day matter far more than any interpretation of 20-year-old photos. I know what I saw, and more importantly, what I didn't see. And I know what I did, and more importantly, what I didn't do. I saw nothing and did nothing wrong. As someone who grew up in a home with domestic violence, not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he was doing, I would have turned to him myself and led the call for justice for his crimes, not the sweetheart deal that he got. But even with 20/20 hindsight, I saw nothing that ever gave me a real pause. We're only here today because Epstein hid it from everyone so well for so long. And by the time it came to light with his 2008 guilty plea, I had long stopped associating with it. When the video of my testimony today is released, I hope it will motivate everyone to go in front of Congress to say what they know. I hope it will motivate the Justice Department to finally release all the files and to ensure that this never happens again. The survivors deserve that."

Forcing Clinton, a former president, to testify means that Cankles, the real predator and child rapist and friend of Epstein, fair game and should be forced immediately to explain his Epstein relationship under oath.

The same goes with calling Hillary; the committee picked the wrong First Lady: drag that Slovenian Hooker into the room.

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Zohran Mamdani, New York City Mayor, on Cankles’ illegal war:

“Today’s military strikes on Iran—carried out by the United States and Israel—mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war. Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief from the affordability crisis. They want peace. I am focused on making sure that every New Yorker is safe. I have been in contact with our Police Commissioner and emergency management officials. We are taking proactive steps, including increasing coordination across agencies and enhancing patrols of sensitive locations out of an abundance of caution. Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city—you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.”

This is how a leader responds; Mamdani listens to We The People and knows we don’t want a war. And then he assures the people of NYC, including Iranian New Yorkers, that he will work to keep everyone safe.

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Pat Ryan, Democrat Congressman from New York, taking on GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin for his interview with Fox News where he discussed what war is actually like:

“Hey [Senator Mullin] what the  actual fuck are you talking about? Did I miss the part of your bio where you served in combat (or served in uniform at all??). Call of Duty doesn’t count. I served two combat tours in Iraq. I’ve seen what happens when a lying, chicken-hawk President beats the war drums. I ran for Congress and serve on the Armed Services Committee because I refuse to let the country I love repeat those mistakes. It’s why we passed the War Powers Act (after Vietnam) in the first place. So that before the President sends our troops into harm’s way, he has to make his case TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.”

Bumpkin Markwayne gave an interview with Fox News where he spoke of war, and the smell of war, and how you never forget it, even though he’d never, ever been to war.

Perhaps he was talking about the war in the White House for people who don’t want to sit close to a smelly, farting, dirty diaper wearing racist rapist?

Now that would stink!

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Ted Lieu, California Democrat Representative, on the chaos and mishandling of helping Americans get out of the Middle East for Cankles’ illegal war:

“Dear Secretary Rubio: You told Americans to depart now via commercial means when you know many airports [and] airspace are closed. You must immediately schedule US evacuation flights for the stranded Americans in danger. You should have thought of a frickin’ plan first!”

Rubio, as Secretary of Foam Parties State should have been thinking of Americans in the region and had a plan to get them out before Cankles decided to drop bombs.

Nowe those Americans are at risk in this illegal war.

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Rick Wilson, political strategist, media consultant, author based and former member of the GOP, on Cankles’ illegal war:

“Just so we’re clear, the number of Americans who approve of [Cankles’] war is 27%. So we’re also clear, the number of Americans who approved of the Vietnam War at its end in 1974 was 29%”

The war will not improve his ratings, nor will it stop the Epstein scandal, all it does is prove how woefully inept and stupidly dangerous Cankle sis to America and the world.

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Pete Buttigieg, future President of the United States, on Cankles illegal war of defection:

“The President has launched our nation and our great military into a war of choice, risking American lives and resources, ignoring American law, and endangering our allies and partners. It does nothing to help with the urgent problems here at home that Americans face every day. This nation learned the hard way that an unnecessary war, with no plan for what comes next, can lead to years of chaos and put America in still greater danger.”

Common sense again.

Cankles illegally started a war, and in the first hours killed schoolchildren, put Americans trapped in that region at risk, all because he wants you to stop talking about how he raped a young girl on Pedophile Island.

Make it make sense.

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Hillary Clinton, former US Senator and Sectary of State, at her closed-door testimony into the Epstein Scandal:

“You have held zero public hearings, refused to allow the media to attend them, despite espousing the need for transparency. You have made little effort to call the people who show up most prominently in the Epstein Files. And when you did, not a single Republican member showed up for Les Wexner’s testimony. This institutional failure is designed to protect one political party and one public official, rather than seek truth and justice for victims and survivors.”

Wexner has been known as a primary source of Epstein's money and power but the GOP didn’t want to question him so they went after Hillary, who didn’t know Epstein. 

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Mark Foster, holder of six world titles, 11 European championship gold medals, two Commonwealth gold medals, and a five time Olympic swimmer, has come out as gay:

“I was a little apprehensive but years ago I would have been fearful of how I would be judged. Maybe that’s me being older and having a long time to get used to the idea. I went to the Attitude awards last month and gave Greg Louganis an award. I spent time with him and his partner and was backstage with Prince Harry and Kylie Minogue. I have a weird and wonderful life meeting all these people. They know about me–well, Prince Harry doesn’t–and I felt such warmth and togetherness. I thought: ‘I’ve been tiptoeing in the shadows but now’s the time to come out.’ I wish I’d done it was when I was 21 and met my first partner. But I wasn’t ready. Sharing stuff was always the problem. I’ve got used to avoiding the truth and I never spent much time looking in the mirror. It’s a fear of being vulnerable because if you open yourself up you could be hurt.”

But when you think about it, coming out ends the hurt. The pain is caused by the hiding and the self-inflicted shame.

Welcome out, Mark, and please accept as our gift a copy of The Gay Agenda and the Offical Coming Out Toaster Oven.

PS He’s a hot silver fox.

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George Brandis, Australian Attorney General, speaking before the marriage equality bill passed its second reading without objection:

“I want to reflect for a moment on the message this will send, in particular, to young gay people. To the boy or girl who senses a difference from their friends, which they find difficult to understand and impossible to deal with. How many hundreds of thousands of young Australians have known that fear? How many have lived with it, silently and alone? How many have failed to come to terms with it, and been overborne by it? By passing this bill, we are saying to these vulnerable young people ‘there is nothing wrong with you’. You are not unusual, you are not abnormal, you are just you. There is nothing to be embarrassed about, there is nothing to be ashamed of, there is nothing to hide: you are a normal person, and like every other normal person, you have a need to love. How you love is how God made you. Whom you love is for you to decide, and others to respect. Australia may have been slow to reach this day. But when that day did come, it came triumphantly, it came joyously, and most importantly it came from the Australian people themselves.”

I still cannot believe Australia doesn’t yet have marriage equality. I thought they’d beaten the US to the punch.

Still, good on Brandis for his statement and his common sense and understanding that gay people are no different, other than in who we love, that straight people.

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Rick Wilson, media consultant and … wait for it … Republican political strategist, calling White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders a "serial congenital liar":

“The reason she does that is because her job is contingent upon her being a serial congenital liar in defense of Donald Trump’s latest outrages. I mean, she probably has some tiny, shriveled husk left in her soul where she realizes this is the wrong thing to do. But she does it anyway because otherwise they’ll replace her. Few presidents go out and sling overt racial code words like that, few presidents go out and crap on the dignity and legacy of people like these code talkers, these heroic veterans, and then send their press secretary out to answer questions in a way that isn’t saying, ‘Wow, the president regrets what he said today, he made a mistake, he truly wishes he had not said that.’ Instead she goes out, tries to bury people in an avalanche of horse shit every day, because this is her job.”

Word. It’s an administration filled with liars, from the top down …

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Daniel Day-Lewis, brilliant actor, on why he’s quitting acting:

“I knew it was uncharacteristic to put out a statement But I did want to draw a line. I didn’t want to get sucked back into another project. All my life, I’ve mouthed off about how I should stop acting, and I don’t know why it was different this time, but the impulse to quit took root in me, and that became a compulsion. It was something I had to do. I need to believe in the value of what I’m doing. The work can seem vital. Irresistible, even. And if an audience believes it, that should be good enough for me. But, lately, it isn’t. I’ve been interested in acting since I was 12 years old, and back then, everything other than the theater—that box of light—was cast in shadow. When I began, it was a question of salvation. Now, I want to explore the world in a different way.”

I have always loved DDL, for his acting, his accent, his beautiful eyes, that shy smile, and now this?

Yeah, for the second time this week, I’m’a need to take some time.

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Ridley Scott, film director, on replacing Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer in his film All the Money in the World:

“I sat and thought about it and realized, we cannot. You can’t tolerate any kind of behavior like that. And it will affect the film. We cannot let one person’s action affect the good work of all these other people. It’s that simple.”

And I said it before, I would lovelovelove to see Plummer win an Oscar for the role that Kevin’s actions had erased from the film.

Karma… bitch.

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Ann Curry, Matt Lauer's former Today co-anchor who may have been fired at Lauer’s suggestion, on Matt’s own firing for being a perv:

"The women's movement got us into the workplace, but it didn't make us safe once we got there. And the battle lines are now clear. We need to move this revolution forward and make our workplaces safe. Corporate America is quite clearly failing to do so, and unless it does something to change that, we need to keep doing more ourselves. I admire the women who have been willing to speak up both anonymously and on the record. Those women need to keep their jobs, and all women need to be able to work, to be able to thrive, without fear. This kind of behavior exists across industries, and it is so long overdue for it to stop. This is a moment when we all need to be a beacon of light for those women, for all women, and for ourselves."

As usual, Curry takes the high road, though I bet there was plenty of pleasure at Matt’s downfall.

Again,  karma … bitch.

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