Friday, February 24, 2023

Special counsel investigating Trump asks federal judge to compel Mike Pence to give Jan. 6. testimony

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith has asked a federal judge to compel former Vice President Mike Pence to testify before a federal grand jury about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, a senior law enforcement official confirmed to NBC News on Friday.


"It is Mr. Pence who has chosen to politicize the subpoena, not the D.O.J.”- conservative judge J Michael Luttig






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People like MTG in re: #Ukraine.  The aid is not pallets of cash. It’s in the form of military equipment, assigned a value, that is donated.  

That equipment is usually older and would be replaced in the next few years anyway, at a cost . 

I’m sure she doesn’t understand this. - Adam Kinzinger tweet







ANOTHER Federal Judge Rules Against Trump
A federal judge has agreed to permit former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page to take sworn testimony from former President Donald Trump for two hours as part of their long-running lawsuits related to Strzok’s firing in 2018 after Trump repeatedly and publicly pilloried the pair.







Seriously, instead of seceding from the US, why not just go be ignorant in a totally different country? - John Fugelsang







Republican Shenanigans

Alex Murdaugh Calls George Santos as Character Witness. - Andy Borowitz





Apparently, Catholic Priests Aren't The Only Pedophiles








"He's the gay guy, so we gotta give him something, let's make him Transportation Secretary" -- Donald Trump Jr on Newsmax







Transgender Bathroom Hysteria - brought to you by the party of Dennis Hastert, Jim Jordan, Josh Duggar, Roy Moore & Larry Craig. - John Fugelsang


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Academic v DeSantis
Julian Davis Mortenson, a professor at the University of Michigan School of Law, ripped apart Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' new bill regulating higher education, which he said was a full-frontal attack on academic freedom...Among other things, Mortenson noted that the bill states that "all colleges and universities are forbidden to spend any money to fund pedagogy, programming, or activities that 'espouse diversity, equity, and inclusion.'"







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Business/Tech News

It turns out that regulations keep people safe.

Who could have guessed? - John Collins






Cry Me A River








Former Republican House Speaker, Paul Ryan: "If we nominate Trump again we are going to lose...We lost with him in 18', 20' and 22'. We know this. He will cost us another election."








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Thursday, February 23, 2023

Florida county Republican Party votes to ban the COVID-19 vaccine


Florida county Republican Party votes to ban the COVID-19 vaccine
The "Ban the jab" resolution passed with a majority vote in the Lee County Republican Party and will now head to Governor Ron DeSantis' desk.
This comes after a member of the Lee County Republican Party wrote a resolution for the executive committee to consider. Joe Sansone argued the risks of the COVID vaccine are not worth it.


Fauci in a new paper: “Covid vaccines elicit incomplete and short-lived protection against evolving virus variants.”





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It’s easy to mouth off about a “national divorce.” The real work is to strengthen national unity. - Steven Beschloss tweet





Trump Brings Trump Water To Ohio. Don't Drink It. It's Expired!






Republican Shenanigans


Pretty please with sugar on top stop looking for magical unicorn republicans. There are no magical unicorn republicans. They’re fascists. Anti-democracy, anti-science, anti-history, anti-education, pro-violence, religious zealot white supremacist fascists. With ALL the guns. - Scott Linnen tweet





Surprise, Surprise. Kevin McCarthy Makes Lame Excuse.



Fox News Announces Acquisition of Kevin McCarthy. - Andy Borowitz









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Cyndi Lauper and Laura Dern have something to say...




Pete Buttigieg Mildly Baits Trump
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday called on former President Trump to support the Biden administration in reversing Trump-era deregulations in the wake of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals in Ohio.






The CEOs who 
cut your salary & benefits
bought off your politicians
poisoned your air & water
& outsourced your jobs
remind you: 
Unions are the bad guys. - John Fugelsang






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Trump Visits Ohio To Show Solidarity With Toxic Substance. -Andy Borowitz



Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Trump repealed rail-safety requirements as president

Donald Trump's regulatory rollbacks included the repeal of new braking requirements for certain trains hauling highly hazardous freight put in place by th...



Donald and Melania are Boris and Natasha, but dumber. - Middle Age Riot






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Putin Says War in Ukraine Would Be Over If He Were Still in White House. - Andy Borowitz


Uh, Oh. Jared & Ivanka Subpoenaed By Jack Smith. He's Not Fooling Around.







"Ukraine is not our friend, and Russia is not our enemy." – Paul Gosar, friend to our enemies



Republican Shenanigans






Last year, Marjorie Taylor Greene was removed from House committees for advocating violence against her colleagues. 

Now she is calling for secession and civil war.

I don’t think she has learned her lesson. - 7veritas4 tweet








Trump To Hold Rally At Ohio Train Derailment Site. Probably.
Donald Trump’s visit to the site of a toxic train derailment in Ohio is offering a political opening to battered Biden administration officials — by calling new attention to the former president’s record of rolling back regulations on both rail safety and hazardous chemicals.



Donald Trump is heading to East Palestine, Ohio today to comfort the people suffering from the train derailment by sharing how the 2020 election was "rigged" and how he's really the biggest victim of the train accident. - Dean Obeidallah 








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Please stop voting for people who are eagerly awaiting the rapture. - John Collins tweet






There's A Sane Federal Judge In Texas
 A Texas federal judge on Tuesday refused to set an accelerated trial schedule for a lawsuit by anti-abortion groups seeking to end U.S. sales of the abortion pill mifepristone, in a case that could severely disrupt access to medication abortion nationwide.


Amy Coney Barrett Searches Bible For God’s Opinion of Internet. - Andy Borowitz


Jimmy Carter and Willie Nelson, back in the day.



We Put A Man On The Moon, Robots On Mars But Our Rail System Is From A Century Ago!









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Time To Deflate Photo

The Serengeti in Tanzania. 

Peace.