Friday, May 7, 2021

Fox News made me do it: Capitol attack suspect pulls ‘Foxitis’ defense

Anthony Antonio, who faces five charges over role in January riot, ‘started believing what was being fed to him’, lawyer says


Can’t one of these billionaires just buy Fox and throw it away? - Jay Arnold





The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

IDEA: If you incite an attempted overthrow of the U.S. government, you lose your Secret Service protection. - Middle Age Riot

 



The Former Guy Gets Caught By FEC
After a New York Times investigation highlighted how former President Donald Trump’s campaign used a shady fundraising tactic — prechecked recurring donation boxes — the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has taken a rare unanimous vote to recommend to Congress that they pass a law banning the practice.



Wouldn't it be ironic if that Chinese Rocket landed on Mar a lago? - Peter Chan


 




Republican Shenanigans

Elise Stefanik is relentlessly sucking up to Trump because that really paid off for Mike Pence. - Andy Borowitz


 


 

The Feds Need To End This Comedy of Errors



Has anyone checked on Caitlyn Jenner’s hangar neighbor? 
Did he make it to Sedona, Arizona?
Has he avoided seeing the homeless? - Jo


 


 


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"The truth shall set you free.”
The modern Republican Party: “Hold my beer.” - Dan Rather

 



Rock The Voter News

The Republicans are out of control because they have paid no price for their evil. - David W. Pippy tweet

 


 

Apparently, Gov. DeSantis' Former Staffers Are Suffering From PTSD
A number of former staffers for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) have reportedly formed a “support group” in which they reflect on their hardships and difficult experiences from their time working for the governor...







Trump keeps comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln.  Really?  Well, I would like to point out that none of Lincoln's followers carried Confederate flags. - Stephen Colbert


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Business/Tech News

I hope after the red states secede from the Union, we’ll still have an open-door immigration policy for all their best and brightest to move to the good states, like we do now. - Jay Black

 


 

What We Know About Jeffrey Epstein's Relationships Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg
Melinda Gates met with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein alongside her husband Bill in New York City and soon after said she was furious at the relationship between the two men, according to people familiar with the situation.



If they really did find fungi on Mars, can they please call them Marshrooms. - George Takei

 



Thursday, May 6, 2021

South Carolina House votes to add firing squad as execution method

The South Carolina House voted Wednesday to add a firing squad to the state's execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs — a measure meant to jump-start executions in a state that once had one of the busiest death chambers in the nation.


Again, Republican "Christians" are not following the teachings of Christ.






Happy 4-month anniversary to Lauren Boebert live-tweeting Nancy Pelosi's whereabouts during a f*cking insurrection. how is this noxious gun-worshiping bobblehead still a member of congress. - Jeff Tiedrich






Young Guns Are Going To Mess Up Texas, Even More.
The Texas Senate has voted to advance a bill that will allow people to carry handguns in the state without a license, setting up the state to be the largest in the country to allow permitless carry.


Let’s be honest: The toxic blight of Fox News can’t keep going on like this if we’re going to keep our democracy. - Steven Beschloss 






Republican Shenanigans

Caitlyn Jenner to Hannity: "My friends are leaving California. My hangar, the guy right across, he was packing up his hangar and I said, where are you going? And he says, 'I'm moving to Sedona, Arizona, I can't take it anymore. I can't walk down the streets and see the homeless'"










Imagine being so out of touch you go on national television to talk about how you feel bad for your rich friends because they have to look at poor people. - Ida Skibenes


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Liz Cheney is urging Republicans not to abandon the rule of law. Unfortunately, for the past decade, she’s portrayed the rule of law as an mere inconvenience invoked by weaklings, and the Trumpified party that now exists is the one she helped build. - Adam Serwer

 



It Would Be Nice If The Arizona Private Vote Counters Get Raided By The Feds









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I'm a small business owner. We've received 300 applications per job opening this year. We pay a living wage with benefits.

There is no labor shortage. There's a shortage of people willing to work for $7.25/hour with no benefits for power-hungry bosses. - Dan Price






Business/Tech News

If a bakery can deny a wedding cake to a gay couple, then Facebook can deny anyone an account. See how this works? - Mohamad Safa






This Is The Result When Critical Thinking Skills Are Absent
A Twitter account reportedly created by the staff of former President Donald Trump has been suspended a day after its creation.


‘Care To Explain?’ Ask Conservative Parents After Finding Vaccine Card In Son’s Underwear Drawer. - The Onion




Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Catholic bishops risk own-goal by attacking Biden on abortion rights

... administration, Biden is under fire from American Catholic bishops who argue his support for abortion rights should make him ineligible to receive communion ...

I’m grateful to Biden for so many things, including the ability watch The Handmaid’s Tale as entertainment, not as a potential foreboding reality. - Emily Bandwin

 


 

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans
Liz Cheney should take Kevin McCarthy quail hunting. - Irishrygirl

 



Well, Well, Well. Here Comes Da Judge.
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release a March 2019 legal memo clearing former President Trump of potential obstruction of justice charges following the Mueller investigation, with the judge accusing former Attorney General William Barr and agency lawyers of deceiving the public.



The short version: the Mueller Report found that Trump committed 11 federal felonies and Barr covered it up, exactly as many of us said 2 years ago. For 2 years, those who said the Mueller Report found crimes took s*** because Barr lied to a federal court. - Seth Abramson

 




It's way too underreported that Victoria Toensing phones were also seized by the FBI. - Scott Steadman


 



Republican Shenanigans

McCarthy Blasts Liz Cheney For Refusing To Accept Trump As Her Personal Savior. - Andy Borowitz

 



Please, CNN, Get Rid of Santorum.
CNN analyst Rick Santorum's claim that he misspoke during a recent speech where he said there was “nothing here” when the United States was founded did little to diminish anger against him. The National Congress of American Indians on Tuesday renewed calls for CNN to fire the former Pennsylvania senator. The group's president, Fawn Sharp, called Santorum arrogant for comments made to Chris Cuomo on Monday night. 

It turns out Republicans don't understand the 1st Amendment any better than the 2nd. - Middle Age Riot



 

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Rock The Voter News

The only way expanded background checks take away your 2nd amendment rights is if you're:

1. a criminal, 
2. insane, or 
3. a terrorist.  

And if you're all 3 of those things, you're probably already a lobbyist for the NRA. - John Fugelsang

 


 

Liz Cheney Is Just Gonna Sit Back and Watch


Just a gentle reminder that somewhere right now, George Clooney is quietly toiling away at his docuseries to expose what really happened with Jim Jordan during the OSU Wrestling scandal. - Jake Lobin

 


 


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Business/Tech News

 

President Biden: "I think it's 35 or 30 corporations didn't pay a single solitary penny last year and they're Fortune 500 companies. They made $400 billion. They paid no taxes. How can that make any sense?"

 



Trump Banned From Facebook For Another 6 Months
Former President Donald Trump will remain banned on Facebook for now, the Facebook Oversight Board announced Wednesday, adding that Facebook must review the matter in the next six months to determine a defined penalty.


Trump Says Social Network He Just Told Eric and Don Jr. To Invent Will Be Much Bigger Than Facebook. - Andy Borowitz






I admit it: part of me was hoping the second vaccine would turn me into a handsome patriotic super soldier. - Conan O'Brien


 


 



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