Biden says political disagreements with DeSantis ‘irrelevant,’ plans to visit Florida

Biden says political disagreements with DeSantis ‘irrelevant,’ plans to visit Florida

President Biden on Thursday said that his political disagreements with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) are irrelevant during the Hurricane Ian response efforts, adding that he plans to visit the state when he can.

Republicans: "It isn't Socialism if you're helping me." - Middle Age Riot

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Every Russian State TV Program 'Feasting' on Tucker Carlson's Suggestion Biden Sabotaged Nord Stream Pipeline: Report
• Michael Flynn Predicts State Governors Will Soon 'Declare War' in Shocking Arizona Campaign Speech
• Ron Johnson Wails 'I Wasn't Involved' Through Relentless Interrogation on Fake 2020 Electors Plot
• Army doctor, anesthesiologist charged with conspiring to give US medical documents to Russia
• Hurricane Ian: 'Fatalities are in the hundreds,' sheriff says

The sun rose today on devastation in Florida. It’s harrowing and tragic. Let’s show the world what can happen when we pull together to help those in need. - Dan Rather

Joe Biden didn’t even ATTEMPT to save Florida from Hurricane Ian by drawing a new path with a Sharpie. - Michael Harriot

Republican Shenanigans

• New Trump Filing Shows a Staggering 200,000 Pages of Documents Were Seized in FBI Search of Mar-a-Lago
• Trump Team Bitterly Complains to Judge Dearie About DoJ Making 'Antagonistic' Comments - And Publishing Trump Complaints
• 'Do You Still Believe The Election Was Stolen?' Reporters Confront Ginni Thomas As She Goes In And Out Of Jan. 6 Testimony
• Republican states target Biden student loan forgiveness plan in new lawsuit
• Trump-McConnell feud takes new turn with Electoral Count Act
• Judge tosses Sidney Powell’s countersuit against Dominion Voting Systems
• “Don’t Say Gay” Florida Rep Loses Home In Hurricane
• Marjorie Taylor Greene’s husband files for divorce

Fellas, I don’t want to create a stampede, but Marjorie Taylor Greene is now available. - George Takei

Justice Alito Is One Arrogant Pr*ck
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the decision earlier this year overturning Roe v. Wade, told The Wall Street Journal that implying the court is illegitimate “crosses an important line.”

Justice Sam Alito decrees questioning the integrity of the Supreme Court 'crosses an important line', within hours of a Supreme Court justice's wife - Ginni Thomas - testifying about an attempted insurrection. Got it. - Don Lewis

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Rock The Voter News

• Cook Report shifts three governors races in Democrats’ favor
• Senate passes short-term funding bill to avert shutdown
• Democrats scrap plan to vote on stock trading ban before elections
• 'The View' Hosts Butwhatabout Biden's 'Where's Jackie?' Gaffe: 'Trump Thought Frederick Douglass Was Still Alive!'

Beto O’Rourke just finished speaking to a standing room only audience in a large auditorium at Texas A&M University, the most conservative school in the country. He got a standing ovation. Young people are going to save our democracy in Texas and the USA! - Jim Butler tweet

Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold

James Madison defeated DeWitt Clinton in 1812 to secure a second term in the White House. To commemorate his inauguration, a craftsman from Paris made him a crystal flute. The flute eventually made its way into the possession of the Library of Congress and sat unplayed until this week, when Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden invited Lizzo, a classically trained flautist, to blow a few notes and even take the piece of history onstage during her concert in Washington, D.C.

Conservatives are none too pleased!

Hey wingnuts, please forward to me a list of acceptable things that a black woman can do, so I can crumple it up and throw it the fu*k away. - Jeff Tiedrich

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Business/Tech News

• July 4 parade shooting victims sue gun maker
• Lordstown Motors starts making electric trucks at Ohio plant
• Study: Methane emissions may be five times higher than previously thought
• Melania Trump markets new Christmas ornaments, NFTs

Looks like congress doesn’t have enough votes to ban individual members of congress from trading stocks. - OutspokenTM tweet

It's True. Everything Trump Touches, Dies.

A company that organized a lucrative series of post-White House paid speeches for former president Donald Trump is now struggling to pay vendors, investors and employees, angering Trump allies who supported the effort.

The American Freedom Tour, which struck a multimillion-dollar deal with Trump after he left office, has lost two top executives and canceled events in a number of locations as it has failed to pay its bills

JOE BIDEN: "And wasting Florida's money to traffic humans and then asking me for money makes you what, Ron?"

RON DESANTIS: "A very bad boy." - Mrs. Betty Bowers

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Odd News

• Shark Apparently Seen Swimming in Flooded Streets of Fort Myers As Hurricane Ian Made Impact
• Half of world’s bird species in decline due to human actions: report
• Hiker missing for days is found in ‘thick vegetation’ on Arizona mountain, rescuers say
• Members of extreme Jewish sect escape Mexican shelter
• 12 siblings in Spain break world record with combined age of over 1,058 years
• Man becomes the second-ever to kayak from California to Hawaii

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Iguazu Falls located on the border of Brazil and Argentina, with a rainbow thrown in for good luck.


Peace.

Hurricane Ian's "extremely dangerous" eyewall moves onshore in southwest Florida

Hurricane Ian's "extremely dangerous" eyewall moves onshore in southwest Florida

Hurricane Ian's "extremely dangerous" eyewall was moving onshore in southwest Florida late Wednesday morning, just hours after it grew into a Category 4 storm. It was packing sustained winds of 155 mph — making it just shy of a Category 5 hurricane, which is the most powerful storm possible.

My heart breaks for all those in the path of this monster hurricane.

When the hurricane hits Florida, federal aid will flow into help — paid for by tax dollars from Americans across the country. Airplanes will be full of supplies, not stunts. There will be no "us" and "them." Because this is how America should act, and most Americans know it. - Dan Rather

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump Republicans

• Study Finds Millions Would 'Participate In The Use Of Force To Restore Donald Trump To The Presidency'
• Trump pondered targeting Mexican drug labs with bombs: book
• Wild scenes in Russia after Putin calls up 300K troops
• Coons: Nord Stream pipeline leaks likely ‘an act by Russia’
• US Embassy in Russia tells Americans to leave the country

Thank God we don't have a president who will try to fight a hurricane with nukes or paper towels. - TrendingLiberal tweet

DeSantis Appointee Resigns Due To KKK Ties, In Other Words, He Got Caught.

A Florida official appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis abruptly resigned on Friday after a photo that appeared to show him in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood surfaced.

Jeffery Moore was sworn in as a member of Gadsden County's board of county commissioners on August 3. DeSantis had appointed Moore, a resident of Havana and a former tax law specialist with the Florida Department of Revenue, to be a county commissioner in July.

I will never get used to the casual cruelty of the MAGA GOP.  It takes your breath away. - Victoria Brownworth

Republican Shenanigans

• Prominent Lawyer Gets Alarming Traction on Twitter For Accusing Maggie Haberman of a Felony Over Trump Reporting
• Trump told Chris Christie that he would condemn white supremacists but not right away because 'a lot of these people vote': book
• Stephen Miller Rips McConnell's 'Political Cowardice' for Not Threatening to Shut Down the Government Before Midterms
• DeSantis Spokesperson Reportedly Deletes Tweets Blasting ‘Fake News’ OAN After Big Donation From Network Chief
• Trump told guests he wasn’t using same White House toilet as Obama: ‘You understand what I’m talking about’
• Jake Tapper Rips Dems for Using His Words Out of Context, Corrects Record Since They 'Cannot Be Counted On'
• 'We did some character building': Twitter storm erupts after Lara Trump sends her son out into rain

I don’t know what’s worse - that Lara Trump did this to her child, or that she filmed it and then posted it as some sort of brag. - JoJoFromJerz tweet

John McCain Approved

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is leading Republican challenger Blake Masters by 10 points in his bid for reelection, according to the latest Marist Institute for Public Opinion poll.

With the midterm elections just around the corner, 51 percent of registered voters in Arizona say they support Kelly while 41 percent are backing Masters.

I’m not a journalist, so I can’t say whether Maggie Haberman is doing her job appropriately.

I am a lawyer, though, so I can say her failure to report Trump’s felonies upon discovering them — saving them for her book instead — appears to be misprision, which is itself a felony. - Tristan Snell

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Rock The Voter News

• Harris calls China's behavior 'disturbing' and reiterates US support for Taiwan in speech
• Majority of voters in poll support making it harder for politicians to override election results
• Abortion rights group NARAL launches final midterm push
• Women Have Swung Toward Democrats Since The Dobbs Decision

Vote for Democrats: because you don't know the name of Biden's lawyer. And none of his lawyers have ever been to prison. - BlackKnight10K tweet

Fox News & Lou Dobbs Hit With Defamation Suit

A federal judge this week allowed a Venezuelan businessman’s defamation lawsuit to continue against Fox News and host Lou Dobbs over statements accusing the man of helping rig the 2020 presidential election.

Majed Khalil filed the suit last year, alleging statements made on Dobbs’s Twitter account and by Sidney Powell on Dobbs’s show defamed Khalil by accusing him of executing an “electoral 9/11” and helping change ballot counts in voting machines.

Still waiting for the media to cover Donald J. Trump's stolen documents in any way close to how they covered Hillary Clinton's emails. - ethanpersists tweet

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Business/Tech News

• Biden warns oil and gas industry not to hike energy prices over Hurricane Ian
• Lawsuit accuses WarnerBros. Discovery of misleading shareholders on HBO Max subscriber numbers
• Meta, YouTube failing to crack down on Brazilian election misinformation: report
• Fox Meteorologist Inadvertently Draws a Penis with His Telestrator During Hurricane Ian Forecast

Engineer: Wow, that train is fast.

Elon Musk, tears forming in his eyes: My imaginary one is faster. - xaviersonline tweet

Saudis & Fox Are Sitting In A Tree -- K - I - S - S - I - N - G
LIV Golf is nearing a deal to purchase air time for its tournaments on U.S. cable television, multiple sources have told Golfweek. The potential agreement — which is still being finalized — is with Fox Sports 1.

All I can say is thank God Biden is POTUS, because if it was a Blue State fighting material disaster and there was a Republican POTUS, there would be no funds. - Woman In The Moon tweet

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Odd News

• Researchers in China have found a major catch of fish fossils, including the oldest teeth from any species
•  Robot runs 100 meters in 24.73 seconds, breaks world record
• Alzheimer's drug offers 'most encouraging results to date'
• Woman Struck By Lightning Has Clothes Melt, Apple Watch Explode
• Florida Man Goes Wakeboarding In Flooded Street During Hurricane Ian

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A 200-Year-Old Wisteria Tree In Japan looks a bit like heaven.

Peace.

Roger Stone lays out plan to invalidate 2020 election in exclusive CNN footage: 'Gonna be really nasty'

Roger Stone lays out plan to invalidate 2020 election in exclusive CNN footage: 'Gonna be really nasty'

On Monday's Don Lemon Tonight, CNN aired exclusive footage of Roger Stone, longtime Republican operative and confidant to former President Donald Trump, laying out the

"F*ck the voting, let's get right to the violence. Shoot to kill. You see an Antifa. Shoot to kill. The key thing to do is to claim victory..no, we won....sorry, f*ck you"

- Roger Stone heard on tape, giving 1/6 instructions

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump Republicans

• Medvedev makes forecast about nuclear strike on Ukraine
• Orthodox Church leader says Russian soldiers dying in Ukraine will be cleansed of sin
• 24 Secret Service Phones From Jan. 6 Were CONFISCATED By Criminal Investigation
• Justice Department files revised inventory of items seized from Mar-a-Lago
• Republican Toomey blasts Biden's 'irresponsible' use of Cold War-era defense law
• Joe Rogan Clarifies His 'Shoot the Homeless People' Comment In Conversation That Ends With Joke About Drowning Them Instead

The thing that scares me the most about GOP fascism, is that it works in Europe where your population on average is a lot more cultured & educated than the morons in USA that have spent 20 years watching Fox News & living in the (mostly) cultural deserts of the suburbs. - Noel Casler

Putin Grants Edward Snowden Citizenship In Order To Send Him to Ukraine, Probably.
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who fled the U.S. in 2013 after leaking classified information about U.S. government surveillance programs, responded on Monday to his newly granted Russian citizenship, which he received as the result of a decree from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

If the FBI wants to find the classified documents from the empty folders in Trump's office, they should start by searching Maggie Haberman's house. - BlackKnight10K

Republican Shenanigans

• Court hands partial win to Trump in rape accuser’s defamation suit
• Ex-Staffer Says DeSantis TORCHES Trump in Private: 'Moron Who Has No Business Running For President'
• Complaint about ‘Bible Release Time’ in KY school district leads to investigation
• Republican Congressman Says He Googled Hunter Biden Aide: 'She's a Very Attractive Girl, So I Started Looking Even More'
• Kellyanne Conway Blasts John Fetterman for Flying a Marijuana Flag Because 'There's Been a Doubling of Overdose Deaths'
• Ex-GOP Congressman Believes Sitting Reps Louis Gohmert and Paul Gosar Have 'Serious Cognitive Issues'
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Kicks Gun Safety Activist
• Marjorie Taylor Greene's INSANE Hog Hunting Commercial

Republicans then:

"Let's go Brandon!"

Republicans now:

"Oh, sh*t, look at Brandon go." - Middle Age Riot

Run, Ken, Run!

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fled his home when faced with a subpoena following a lawsuit by abortion rights groups, according to an affidavit by the man trying to serve it. 

According to the affidavit, first obtained by the Texas Tribune, Paxton escaped in a truck driven by his wife, Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton after the process server, Ernesto Martin Herrera, arrived at his home.

News is what someone wants suppressed. Everything else is advertising. - Katherine Graham, owner of the Washington Post during Watergate

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Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The missing documents from the 43 empty “CLASSIFIED” folders seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago are most likely directly linked to Saudi Arabia paying Jared Kushner $2 billion and Steven Mnuchin $1 billion. - Andrea Junker

Rock The Voter News

• Readout of President Joe Biden’s Calls with Florida Officials on Hurricane Ian Preparation
• President Joe Biden hosts World Series champion Atlanta Braves at White House
• Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan will cost $400 billion, budget office says
• Democrats Release Government Funding Bill

Migrants Thank DeSantis For Moving Them Thousands of Miles From Hurricane. - Andy Borowitz

Apparently, Merrick Garland Thinks Mississippi Water Is Against The Law. He's A Busy Man!
The Justice Department threatened possible legal action against Jackson officials Monday if they don’t agree to negotiations to fix the city’s beleaguered water system, warning that “an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health exists.”

Y'all should've started evacuating Florida when DeSantis got elected. - Liam Nissan  

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Business/Tech News

• Half of homebuyers want to live in a place where abortion is legal: survey
• Biden administration invests $2.8 billion in ‘climate smart’ farming 
• Union urges Congress to pass measure expanding collective bargaining rights for VA staff
• Lawmakers raise concerns about Chinese-based firm’s acquisition of land near US military installation

Dark Brandon destroyed an asteroid yesterday. His powers grow stronger. - Jack Cocchiarella

Zuckerberg Is Paying Attention? After All These Years?

Meta removed a Chinese influence network that attempted to inflame political tensions on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter ahead of the midterm elections.

The accounts impersonated Americans to target people on both sides of the political aisle over hot-button issues such as abortion access and gun rights and polarizing public figures including President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

On this date in 1984, President Ronald Reagan vetoed sanctions against South African apartheid.

Worth remembering, no? - John Fugelsang

I was raised Catholic, which probably explains a few things about me, and yesterday I was wondering how long it had been since I've been to confession.

At this point, if I were to go to confession NOW, I would probably need at attorney with me.

I'm just pointing this out...- Anthony Pratscher

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Odd News

• See video of the moment NASA's DART spacecraft crashed itself into an asteroid and its livestream cut out
•  Animal tranquilizer tainting drug supplies in US
• Overdue VHS tape returned to Kansas library after 19 years
• Daredevils walk slackline over active volcano for Guinness World Record
• South African woman sets world record for eating chicken feet

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Sanibel Island seashells in Florida. One of my favorite beaches, it's all white sugar sand and shells.

Peace.