Monday, April 14, 2025

Ain't That America II ...

Well, what a week or so it's been in America; Pam Bondi is bought and paid for; DOGE is corrupt; the CDC has given up on the Norovirus, too; books are being banned; Black history, AKA American History, is being erased; The Felon proves again that he's an angry little racist; Leon bought the presidency and made billions for himself; The Felon denied FEMA aid to hurricane victims; Linda McMahon proved you can be an uneducated tool and still run the Department of Education ...
And then Warren Buffet has an idea, and it will take We The People to get it done ...

In 2013, Florida AG Pam Bondi announced a fraud investigation into The Felon University. A few days later, The Felon Foundation gave $25,000 to a Bondi re-election group. Bondi then announced she would not investigate The Felon University. It is illegal for tax-exempt charities to engage in political activity and The Felon paid a $2,500 fine. A Bondi advisor said Bondi had solicited the contribution. If done as a quid pro quo that would be illegal.

The Felon and his daughter-wife Ivanka Felon then donated $500 each to Bondi’s campaign. In 2014, The Felon and his daughter-wife Ivanka Felon donated $125K to the Florida GOP, which helped with Bondi’s campaign. The Felon rented out Mar-Illegal to Bondi at a $135K discount for a fundraiser where he was a “special guest.”

Bondi spoke at the Republican National Convention in support of The Felon and now she works as his personal AG.

An unsigned agreement between DOGE and the Department of Labor provides significant insight into the working protocols between DOGE and federal agencies. Notably, the agreement calls for the Department of Labor to reimburse the DOGE up to $1.3 million for work done by four DOGE affiliates.

The agreement is backdated to start on January 20, the day The Felon was inaugurated, and ends on July 4, 2026—a timeline consistent with the executive order that created DOGE.

Paying DOGE an estimated $1.3 million for the services of four employees over that timespan would establish an annualized pay of about $217,000 … more than $20K above the pay scale for career civil servants. Musk has repeatedly claimed that DOGE workers would not be paid.

The fraud is coming from inside DOGE.

All of the full-time employees in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program are now off the job, gutting the agency’s ability to investigate outbreaks and conduct health inspections on cruise ships. The cuts to the program’s inspectors baffled CDC officials since the staff is not paid for by taxpayer dollars but through fees from cruise ships companies.

All this, as the U.S. has been battling a record surge of norovirus, largely driven by a new strain of the virus.

A Florida law that has pushed public schools to remove thousands of books, including literary classics, from their shelves could get even more restrictive as Republican lawmakers move to close a “loophole” they say still allows volumes depicting nudity or sexual conduct to remain on campuses.

New bills backed by GOP legislators would mean school districts could no longer consider a book’s artistic, literary, political or scientific value when deciding whether to keep it. Instead, any book that “describes sexual conduct” could face removal … books like “No David!” by David Shannon, showing cartoonish bare bottoms out of fear they depict the prohibited “sexual conduct” and classics such as Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” and Ernest Hemingway’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls” also have been pulled.

The asshat behind the bill, wingnut Clay Yarborough says if he took photos of some pages in the targeted books, he would “go to federal prison” for child porn.

Seriously.

An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the racist regime; also gone are references to “enslaved” people and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

The webpage now leads with commemorative stamps of various civil rights leaders with text including the phrase “Black/White Cooperation.”

Whereas previously, the article started with a description of enslaved peoples’ efforts to free themselves and the organization of the Underground Railroad after the Fugitive Slave Act, the article now starts with two paragraphs that emphasize the “American ideals of liberty and freedom” and do not specifically mention slavery.

It starts with erasing history …

A portrait of The Felon that depicts him raising his fist after that publicity stunt staged attempt on his ear is replacing an image of former President Obama in a prominent spot inside the White House.

Someone’s tiny orange mushroom dick is twisted …

PS Why would anyone hang a picture in their house of the moment after a gunman tried to kill them unless ... oh yeah, staged shooting.

Leon Skum bought the presidency for The Felon for an estimated $300M but what did he get for his money other than a room at Mar-Illegal and rides on Air Force One?

Well, SpaceX—best known for its exploding rockets—landed a $5.92 BILLION contract with the Pentagon for Space Force rocket launches—the largest contract among the three firms who secured deals to send satellites into space.

While Leon Skum and DOGE cut essential services to We The People he gets a taxpayer funded windfall.

After helping to elect The Felon to the presidency in 2024, and after the devastating damage from Hurricane Helene, this week The Felon denied North Carolina’s request for more FEMA relief calling it “unwarranted.”

But his golf weekends are fully taxpayer funded …

This week, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, the former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO who is now charged with making decisions for 100 million American school children, repeatedly referred to AI technology as “A1.”

Yes, the steak sauce.

“Kids are sponges. They just absorb everything. It wasn’t all that long ago that it was, ‘We’re going to have internet in our schools!’ Now let’s see A1 and how that can be helpful.”

For McMahon it proved how inept and incompetent and in desperate need to be reschooled she is, but for Kraft Heinz’s A.1. steak sauce, it was free product placement and the brand jumped on Instagram with a spoofed ad for a McMahon-inspired A.1. bottle:

“For educational purposes only.”

And the post was captioned:

“You heard her. Every school should have access to A.1.”

The Felon only hires the “best” people …

Warren Buffett has a simple fix to end the deficit and it’s good:

"You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. Fair is fair. How does this sound?

1. No Tenure/No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

2. Congress—past, present & future—participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 12/31/2025. The American people did not make this contract with Congress. Congress made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their terms, then go home and back to work.

The 26th amendment—granting the right to vote for 18-year-olds—took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple. The people demanded it. That was in 1971 before computers, email, cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, 7 took a year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.”

Sounds good to me …

40 comments:

  1. As long as the country is filled with gullible idiots who can plain as day see these going ons, like the Pam Bimbo snippet, and yet still support those power-hungry bastards with no moral fiber or taste, they will continue to get away with their wacky, stupid, hairbrained agenda.

    And the trump supporters prove they are idiots once again...denied FEMA aid to hurricane victims, who are themselves many of the victims. So fuck them and let them go without.

    Linda McMahon ...what did you expect from an old grubby whore?

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    1. It's scary who supports him to their own detriment and who he hires just because they gave him money or saved him from a lawsuit.

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  2. From afar, it is helpful to read of what is happening without having to wade through media. Thanks Bob.

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    1. I try to avoid most of the media because even some of the so-called mainstream doesn't really tackle this regime!

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  3. Warren, a real billionaire.

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  4. Anonymous9:40 AM

    the dog's mother
    xoxo :-)

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  5. I despair, I really do. Over this side of the pond we wonder how soon it will be before war is launched upon us by Donald Duck's best buddy Putrid.

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    1. We wonder how long under he bankrupts the entire country and then lies about it.

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  6. I've seen that Buffet idea several times over the years. It's brilliant and would sure keep (most of) them in line.

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    1. I'd like to see Dems work toward that ideal.

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    2. One wonders if they would have the intestinal fortitude to do that.

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  7. Cleora Borealis10:21 AM

    👍Buffet!
    🤔 Linda McMahon is an unqualified dipshit who donated and ass-licked her way into a Cabinet position. No question! I cringe, though, at our society's need to claim superiority over others through sound bites. I got a chance to see a longer version of the McMahon Q&A. Up until her A1 brainfart, she was pretending all the right things. She supported equitable funding for public schools, wants to see even more celebration days and months for all demographic groups as learning opportunities, and even used AI correctly at least once. Maybe it is because I am now in my 70s, too, and felt embarrassed for McMahon. I know if my brainfarts were ever made public, you would never see me out in that public again! 🥵
    🤪 Speaking of unqualified dipshits, Musk cannot hide behind brainfarts. We all know he bought the President and believes he purchased the entire country. He and his little incel bruhs are clearly grabbing as much 💰 as possible! And, he has no shame in his lies about DOGE savings or about now admitting he can't save any money! During the campaign, Musk promised $2TRILLION in waste reduction. After the election, Musk claimed this figure was really only $1T and on March 27, in an interview with Bret Baier, he repeated that amount and said it would easily be achieved before his position ends in "64 days."
    But, just 14 days later, at the April 10 Cabinet meeting, Musk admitted he will have only $150 BILLION in savings by the end of this fiscal year [and none of THAT is verifiable!!]. 🤬 Trump calmly accepted that new tiny figure and then he and Musk and Musk's snotty kid boarded Air Force One to attend a UFC fight!! This ain't a real government!! 🤯
    The kicker is that after Musk reported his ridiculously small amount of waste savings, he announced "And I mean, some of it is just absurd ‒ like people getting unemployment insurance who haven't been born yet." 🤪🤯 WTF?! Are these the unborn children of the 350 year-old dead guys who are still getting their Social Security checks?! Government by Ketamine is literally a trip!! 😵‍💫😵‍💫

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    1. Like Loen bought a presidency Linda bought an office for which she is woefully unqualified.
      Leon couldn't even find waste in his own Toy President's golf trips. He is also unqualified for anything other than setting cars ao fire and exploding rockets.

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    2. And I forgot ; "Government by Ketamine is literally a trip!!" 😂😂😁😁😁😁😁😁😆😂🤣🤣😅😅😁😂😆🤣😂😂

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  8. “Ivanka Felon” 🤣 and sorry not sorry that North Carolina is now experiencing the FAFO consequences of their ridiculous choice.

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    1. I cannot use their last name, so she and the rest will have the surname Felon.
      I feel bad for people struggling in NC being punished for the way morons voted.

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  9. I love the A1 sauce for the uneducated McMahon.
    Warren Buffett for President.

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    1. Buffets too old, but we need to have people listen to him.
      As fro McMahon, you can't fix stupid. I saw a video of her discussing the A1 and one of the moderators covered her mouth to keep from laughing.

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  10. Anonymous11:42 AM

    You couldn't make it up. Oh, wait, they did!

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  11. Warren Buffett must be a COMMUNIST!

    This whole A1 steak sauce thing is hilarious. Bravo to Heinz for jumping on the opportunity. Linda McMahon is obviously an idiot.

    What is "sexual conduct" anyway? Is a kiss sexual conduct? Are they going to ban all books with kissing? What about hugging? What about romance? What about skinny dipping? Sunbathing? The library's going to be empty.

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    1. Or Buffett just wants all the people treated equally and not voting themselves raises and healthcare and pensions for life while their constituents suffer!
      Amazing that the Secretary of Education is that stupid.
      It's all rhetoric ... it's gay people and trans people.

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  12. I am surprised that you didn't also mention Marjorie Taylor-Green boosting her personal wealth by using foreknowledge to "gamble" on the stock market. She wasn't the only one.

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    1. Large Marge is a target and everything she does is a crime so I avoid speaking of her; she's so delusional she thinks nothing she does is wrong.

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  13. Warren Buffet is right.
    But that would NEVER happen in America: the corrupt Repugs (and one or two of the Dems) would not allow that to happen. They are in politics FOR the money.
    The Felon's administration is a concert of grifters, opportunists, liars and thieves. Only the best, my nose.

    XOXO

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    1. But if We The People drmand it and vote out those politicians who ignore it, then maybe we can affect change. But we need to stand up and speak up and vote.
      xoxo

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    2. Agreed, you all need to vote, including all those who DIDN'T last time. Shame on all of you.

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  14. I hope I will be alive to see the day when the MAGA movement bites the dust. I sometimes worry that it will be around for a long time to come as there are so many idiots in this country that keep voting these people into office. I love Warren Buffet’s ideas. I saw this somewhere a few days ago and it really got me to thinking!

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    1. I think MAGAts are slowly turning away from him, at least the ones who can think for themselves. But there will always be a MAGAt faction in this country so we always need to be diligent.

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  15. Warren Buffet is spot on, sweetpea! The rest of this post is why I carry my US passport with me ALL THE FUCKING TIME! xoxo

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    1. Scary times, so we need to get Democrats in office on board to get this Congress Grab Bag Bull Shiz in check.
      xoxo

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  16. And on top of all of this, Warren pays his taxes. So does Bloomberg.

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    1. Right? I mean, I imagine he gets some good tax breaks but he pays taxes.

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  17. I do like Warren Buffett so very much, a fair and honourable man.

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  18. I vote for Mr. Buffett's plan. Now we know El Salvador won't return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. Of course, orange buttface is fine with that. He was only supposed to facilitate the return. That's all. He also wants to send U.S. citizens to prison in El Salvador. We are not safe. No one is safe.

    Love,
    Janie

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    1. Not prisons, but concentration camps since it's done without due process.
      Let's do that to this entire regime ...
      xoxo

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  19. Gasp! Is Warren Buffet a socialist?!? I’d say Communist, but the one in Russia is now Trump’s pal.

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    1. Just a smart man, apparently, which is sorely lacking in the GOP.

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