Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Trump Pleads the Fifth Over 400 Times, Rages at New York AG’s ‘Witch Hunt’ In New Deposition Video

Trump Pleads the Fifth Over 400 Times, Rages at New York AG’s ‘Witch Hunt’ In New Deposition Video
A newly-obtained video shows former President Donald Trump railing at New York Attorney General Letitia James (D-NY) while repeatedly refusing to refusing to answer questions under the Fifth Amendment.


The mob takes the Fifth Amendment,” Donald Trump said in 2016. “If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?

 





 Your reminder that the email lady testified under oath for 11 straight hours and never once invoked the fifth amendment. - Jeff Tiedrich tweet







The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

Well, we finally know what it would take for Fox News to *NOT* take the side of cops who just killed an unarmed black man. - John Fugelsang






Apparently, Mar-a-Lago Uses Rent-a-Cop Security
Court filings from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida revealed that another person was arrested for sneaking into Mar-a-Lago where former President Donald Trump lives.
The man, 25-year-old Joshua Warnock was observed entering the area on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, at approximately 12 p.m. and "walking up the pool deck staircase adjacent to the family suite."









The fact that there’s even a small possibility that Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene could be in charge of the nuclear football is the most frightening thing I can think of. - MayoIsSpicyy tweet






Republican Shenanigans

Rep. George Santos is too much of a liar for the Republican Party, which is like being too tall to play basketball, too wet to be a fish, or too dumb to wear a MAGA hat. - Middle Age Riot








I Raise My Glass To Toast The GOP Investigations: May You Be As Successful As Benghazi!
House Republicans will push their long-planned investigations into the spotlight this week with hearings on the U.S.-Mexico border and COVID-19 relief spending programs, providing a first glimpse of how GOP leaders will use the biggest tools they have against Democrats and the Biden administration — and how they will set the tone for the 2024 election cycle.



The GOP & the NRA remind you we've got a mental illness problem, not an AR-15 problem.

Oh, and the mentally ill should totally be able to buy AR-15s. - John Fugelsang







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Today, I signed the PRO Act into law.
 
Your reproductive freedom will stay protected in Minnesota. - Gov. Tim Walz tweet





American "Healthcare" Is A Scam
In 2021, the U.S. spent 17.8 percent of GDP on health care, nearly double the average of 9.6 percent for high-income countries, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund. Health care spending per capita in the U.S. was three or four times greater than for countries like South Korea, New Zealand and Japan.


America has become a reality show called "Food, Medicine, Rent - Pick 2." - John Fugelsang



 



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Donald Trump was never going to get along with anything called "the intelligence community." - Middle Age Riot





The EPA Chooses Alaskan Salmon Over Mine







I'm pitching my new NPR Biblical quiz show "Wait Wait Don't Smite Me." - John Fugelsang







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Monday, January 30, 2023

Republicans are mostly ignoring a $9.4 million sexual assault lawsuit against the Trump-aligned head of CPAC

A GOP staffer accused CPAC head Matt Schlapp of sexually assaulting him, filing a $9.4 million lawsuit. "I will never forget the look on Matt's face as he did what he did," the staffer



The Jefferson Davis Confederacy is in charge of the House of Representatives. - Brandon Unger tweet






The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans


In case anyone’s forgotten, the murder of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police officers is why Colin Kaepernick took a knee. - D Lindsey tweet




















Apparently, the DOJ Told Jim Jordan to FO
The Justice Department on Monday rebuffed a broad request from the House Judiciary Committee to provide further details about the special counsel investigation into the mishandling of documents during President Biden’s time as vice president, saying that doing so would risk releasing information central to the case.


Trump says he is committed and he really should be. - Andy Borowitz






Republican Shenanigans

CNN lurched rightward under the ownership of a Trump-lovin billionaire

Gave Trump hundreds of millions of dollars in free airtime

Scandalized Biden’s classified docs & Hunter

Aired puff pieces on DeSantis

It just suffered its WORST ratings in 9 yrs

Karma’s a bitch ain’t she? - Lindy Li tweet






Trump Says DeSantis Lacks the Classified Documents Necessary to Be President. - Andy Borowitz



Apparently, CBS Reporter Fears The Further Spread of COVID
CBS’s Margaret Brennan took House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to task with an intense questioning over Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s conspiratorial Covid claims...“She compared mask requirements to the type of abuse Jews were subjected to during the Holocaust,” Brennan noted. “She called for [Anthony] Fauci to be arrested and imprisoned, and she spread conspiracy theories. How is anyone supposed to take that work seriously and find that work credible?”








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“Jill Biden doesn’t deserve to be called doctor.” - the network that airs Judge Jeanine. - OhNoSheTwitnt tweet






Apparently, Joe Biden Is Concerned About Contraception Availability
The Biden administration is proposing an expansion of contraceptive coverage, including removing moral exemptions finalized under the Trump administration that made it easier for private health plans and insurers to exclude coverage of birth control.
















Matt Gaetz had $482,321 in PPP loans forgiven.

And Matt Gaetz doesn't even own a company.

Stop listening to these lying crooks talking about the "swamp" --they ARE the swamp. - Mrs. Betty Bowers tweet







Apparently, Republican Governors Want Americans To Drink Dirty Water
The Republican Governors Association (RGA) called on the Biden administration to delay implementation of the revised Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule until the Supreme Court rules this summer in a case pertaining to the Clean Water Act (CWA).



In 1939 the New York Times predicted that the television would fail because the average American family wouldn't have enough time to sit around watching it. - Amazing Facts tweet




Friday, January 27, 2023

On Trump's Social Network: Ads for Miracle Cures, Scams and Fake Merchandise

Between posts about conspiracy theories and right-wing grievances was an unusual advertisement: a photo of former President Donald Trump holding a $1,000 bill made of gold...


Most Republicans want the government out of their lives.

It’s why they keep voting for the most incapable people to run it. - 7 veritas4 tweet





The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

Bill Barr is every bit as much a charlatan and bullsh*t artist as Donald Trump. The chickens are coming home to roost. - Jack Hopkins tweet






I Won't Watch That Brutal Beating
After-school activities in Memphis were canceled and President Joe Biden called for peaceful protests ahead of the Friday release of footage of a traffic stop that led to the death of a 29-year-old Black driver.



Black men are scared to death of being brutalized and killed by cops during a routine traffic violation. CAN YOU BLAME US⁉️ - Christopher Webb tweet







Remember, the Holocaust didn’t start with gas chambers in Auschwitz.

It started with politicians dividing the people with “us vs them”. 

It started with intolerance and hate speech. 

It started when people stopped caring, became desensitized, and turned a blind eye.

Remember. - Andrea Junker tweet


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Discovery of George Santos’s Racist Jokes Could Save His Career as Republican. - Andy Borowitz


Spoiler Alert: Trump Did It.
One of the enduring mysteries surrounding the chaotic attempts to overturn Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 presidential battle has been solved: who made a secret $1m donation to the controversial election “audit” in Arizona?








National Archives Missing Several Documents From President Millard Fillmore. - Andy Borowitz




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Your reminder that Paul Pelosi was savagely beaten by some MAGA moron and the top three Republican responses were to blame antifa, to accuse the Pelosis of staging it, and to imply that the Pelosis had it coming to them. ace job, you f*cking ghouls. - Jeff Tiedrich





The Beginning Of The 2 Year Nonsense Amendments






Do you think Lauren Boebert has ever sat down and read a copy of the New York Times, or The Economist, or even the placemat in front of her at a Cracker Barrel? I'm still shocked at the level of anti-intellectualism in the GOP. They're all just so....dumb. - Noel Casler




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I heartily endorse Mike Lindell for RNC Chair and Marjorie Taylor Greene for trump’s waddling mate. Let the GOP crank the insanity up to 11 and destroy themselves once and for all. - Scary Larry tweet



Damn the DOJ. Just When I was Looking Forward To Upgrading My AR-15. 😏
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Thursday that it has received a temporary court order blocking two firearms companies from selling a device that officials say converts AR-15-style rifles into machine guns. 






People like Kimberly Guilfoyle shouldn't be allowed on the furniture. - Liam Nissan