Sen. Durbin pans Thomas’s ‘shameless lifestyle’ after latest report he accepted lavish gifts

Sen. Durbin pans Thomas’s ‘shameless lifestyle’ after latest report he accepted lavish gifts

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) heaped criticism on Justice Clarence Thomas on Thursday after a report showed Thomas accepted more vacations and lavish gifts from billionaire benefactors than had previously been known.

Justice Thomas could not be reached for comment. He’s on vacation. - Claude Taylor

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• 'These People Are Afraid': George Conway Says Republican Pols Are Terrified Of Their Own Voters, 'Who They Know Have Weapons'
• ‘Time Is Right For a Presidential Assassination’: Utah Man Who Threatened to Kill Biden and Trump Prosecutors Shot Dead in FBI Raid
• FBI agent told Congress probes into Giuliani, Trump allies were suppressed
• Michigan mom is charged with buying guns for son who threatened top Democrats, prosecutors say
• Prosecutors compare Nogales rancher to Unabomber as his texts cite 'mowing down migrants'
• 'Circular saw blades' divide controversial Rio Grande buoys installed by Texas governor

Clarence Thomas has committed more tax fraud and tax evasion than Hunter Biden. - SgtJoker

Donald Trump knows he will lose in a head-to-head matchup with Joe Biden in the general election, which also ensures his eventual incarceration. His goal is now chaos and violence. He's got no other options left. - Liam Nissan

Two Alabama Dock Suspects Surrendered
A pair of suspects wanted for beating up a Black ferry co-captain and instigating a massive riverside brawl on Saturday in Montgomery, Alabama, finally surrendered to authorities on Wednesday night after a brief period on the lam.

Republican Shenanigans

• House GOP will subpoena Biden family, says Republican chairman
• Giuliani claims ‘dog ate my homework’ in Smartmatic case, lawyers say
• Judge Reminds Anti-Abortion Attorneys That No Women Helped Draft Utah's Constitution in 1895
• Chris Christie Scolds Hugh Hewitt for Asking Him About Trump's Fat-Shaming Insults: 'I Don't Know Why Smart Folk Like You Take Him Seriously'
• Video shows Greene questioning witness, not Merrick Garland crying | Fact check
• Fox Analyst Draws Laughter From Host By Managing To Make Biden's Weather Channel Interview About — Hunter Biden?
• This doctor said vaccines magnetize people. Ohio suspended her medical license.

MAGA: We miss the mean tweets.

DOJ: We didn’t miss a single one. - JoJofromJerz

Trump Just Said No To GOP Pledge

Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday he won't sign a pledge to support the Republican nominee if he loses the GOP presidential primary, flouting a requirement for appearing in the first debate later this month.

If I knew being a Supreme Court justice came with so many freebies, I would've been one. - Rex Huppke

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden signs disaster declaration for Hawaii over deadly fires
• All Massachusetts public school students will now be entitled to free lunch
• IRS can’t find millions of sensitive tax records: watchdog

Hey, Joe, Don't Let The Door Hit You In The Ass On Your Way Out...

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) says he is “thinking seriously” about leaving the Democratic Party and declaring himself an independent before the 2024 election, when he will have to decide whether to run for a fourth Senate term or wage a third-party bid for president.  

Imagine if Hunter Biden accepted the gifts Clarence Thomas did, Republicans would've impeached everyone, including Biden's dog. - Alex Cole

Clarence Thomas Hikes Price of Supreme Court Decisions to Keep Pace With Inflation. - Andy Borowitz

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Business/Tech News

• Cuban oil tankers becoming regular visitors to Mexican ports
• California agency to vote on San Francisco robotaxi expansion amid heavy opposition
• Average Manhattan monthly rent rises to record $5,588
• Twitch streamer ‘beyond disappointed’ after giveaway caused chaos in NYC

There hasn’t been a single case of windmill cancer since Joe Biden took office. - John Collins

Until The Interest Rates Are Lowered, The Real Estate Slump Will Linger, IMHO.

Homebuyers must wait longer for relief on mortgage rates, which rose to within a hair of 7% this week.

The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage reached 6.96% this week, up from 6.90% a week ago, according to Freddie Mac. That matched the highest level of the year, which previously occurred in mid-July.

Isn’t it fun watching the Republicans burn their whole party down. - gggirl924 tweet

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Odd News

• Russia will launch Luna-25, its 1st moon mission since 1976, today
• A frigid apocalypse doomed early humans in Europe
• 800-pound 'Butter Cow' sculpture returns to Illinois State Fair
• Texas woman says she was attacked by snake and hawk at same time
• A hungry snake tried to eat a porcupine. It didn’t go well, Israel photo shows

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The height of this mountain is 168 meters and the Yunshang waterfall flows from the top of the Yunmen Mountain, in China. Interesting observation deck.

Peace.

Trump Attacks Georgia DA Fani Willis, Baselessly Claims She Had An Affair With a Gang Member

Trump Attacks Georgia DA Fani Willis, Baselessly Claims She Had An Affair With a Gang Member

Former President Donald Trump launched a personal attack on Fulton County DA Fani Willis on Tuesday, calling her a “racist” and accusing her of having an affair with a gang leader she was investigating.

“And I probably have another where they say there’s a young woman, a young racist in Atlanta, they say racist,” Trump declared, referring to a likely fourth indictment.

Breaking: Fani Willis is about to drop the hammer on Trump world with at least a dozen indictments, ranging from conspiracy charges to possibly even RICO. I bet this news has Georgia on Republican's minds. - BlackKnight10K tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• FBI agents kill man who threatened Biden
• Most Alabama voters want Tuberville to drop military hold: poll
• 'It All Started In Kabul': WaPo Columnist On Fox News Claims Biden 'Could Lose Presidency' Because Of Afghan Withdrawal
• WH Torches Hunter Biden Probe In Scathing New Memo: GOP 'Now Admit They Haven’t Uncovered Any Proof' Implicating Biden

I know what presidential opinion polls show, but I don't think folks realize just how pissed off we are about fascism in this country. Good job doing democracy Ohio. - Jennifer Mercieca

 

Jack Smith Is As Busy As A Beaver
Newly revealed court documents show that Special Counsel Jack Smith obtained a search warrant months ago for Donald Trump’s Twitter account, and the social media company was slapped with a fine when they delayed in their compliance.

So Special Counsel Jack Smith wants to slide into Trump's DMs? 

This is gonna be quite the reveal, isn't it? - Victoria Brownworth

If there were some big conspiracy against Trump he’d probably be in a Guantanamo-like facility. There’d be no trials. And we’d likely never hear from him again. So spare me this fake victim storyline. If Trump didn’t commit so many crimes, he wouldn’t be in this mess he created. - Scott Dworkin

Republican Shenanigans

• 'Impeachment Should Not Be Political': Moderate House Republicans Throw Cold Water on Potential Move Against Biden in New Report
• Ex-Trump Official Produces Private Email Live on CNN Undermining Keith Kellogg’s Trump Endorsement
• 'How Could He Possibly Support Him?' Blitzer Baffled By Pence Saying Trump Is Unfit For Office While Also Blindly Pledging To Back Nominee
• Pence swipes at Ramaswamy over 9/11 comments
• 'Say It To My Face': Chris Christie Challenges Trump After Ex-President Cracks Weight Joke About Him
• 'Don't Take the Voters for Granted': Fox & Friends Pleads for Trump to Show Up for Fox's 2024 Republican Debate
• North Dakota eases supervision of student teachers to address shortages
• Clarence Thomas’ $267,230 RV and the Friend Who Financed It
• Pastor alarmed after Trump-loving congregants deride Jesus' teachings as 'weak'

Clarence Thomas’s RV Stranded After Engine Runs Out of Caviar. - Andy Borowitz

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Don't Mess With Texas Ohio
Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected a Republican-backed ballot measure Tuesday that would make it harder to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, delivering a major win for reproductive rights supporters.

Ohio Republicans Baffled By Voters’ Desire For Control Over Own Lives. - Andy Borowitz

Police Are Searching For Man Who Wielded Folding Chair In Alabama Dock Fight

Police say additional charges are likely as they investigate a large, chaotic caught-on-video brawl at a riverfront dock in Montgomery, Alabama. Police want to interview a man who wielded a chair during the brawl, Montgomery Police Chief Darryl Albert said.

Thoughts & Folding Chairs to Ohio Republicans Tonight. - Mrs. Betty Bowers

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Rock The Voter News

• Historic Supreme Court case could imperil the entire US tax code
• COVID hospitalizations jump again: Maps show where it’s worst
• Civil rights groups challenge Tennessee GOP-led redistricting maps
• Dianne Feinstein Hospitalized After Falling at Her House

The reason Dianne Feinstein won't resign is because Mitch McConnell won't allow Democrats to replace her on Committees. So, instead, an incompetent, frail 90 year old woman has to spend the rest of her life dealing with Republican BS. The Party of making peoples' lives miserable. - Henry M. Rosenberg

And Republicans Will Still Run As Anti-Abortion Candidates. Good.

A large majority of Americans said abortion is an important issue for them in a new The Economist/YouGov survey.

The poll, published Wednesday, found that 77 percent of respondents said abortion rights are either very or somewhat important, while 23 percent of those surveyed said the issue is not very important or unimportant to them. 

Alito thought destroying Roe would cement his legacy

Instead Republicans are getting humiliated in one election after another

Instead women & young ppl are voting in massive numbers

Instead we are seeing everyday how disgustingly corrupt SCOTUS is

Opus Dei Alito thought WRONG. - Lindy Li tweet

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Business/Tech News

• Pence unveils plan aimed at making US top global energy producer 🤣
• Billy Porter: ‘I have to sell my house’ because of Hollywood strikes
• Majority of Americans are concerned about rapidly developing AI: poll
• Hate-speech watchdog being sued by Musk says it will defend suit ‘vigorously’
• Elon Musk's Chinese double is in training should he be asked to fight Mark Zuckerberg

Dictator DeSantis Strikes Again!
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) suspended Democratic State Attorney Monique Worrell on Wednesday for an alleged “neglect of duty.”... Worrell was elected to serve as the state attorney for Florida’s 9th Judicial District in 2020, and was running for reelection in 2024.

Sam Alito: hey if you f*ckers want abortion you can vote for it

Voters: cool, will do. - morningloria

 

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Odd News

• NASA just found a question mark in space. What exactly is it?
•  Strange Ecosystem Found Thriving below Seafloor Hydrothermal Vents
• Coast Guard rescues people fleeing into ocean to escape Hawaii wildfires 
• Watch: Dog chases bear away from where Connecticut toddler was playing
• Camper on hammock bitten by bear in southeast Colorado

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Towering Icebergs in Greenland.

Peace.

Republicans are talking up the possibility of impeaching Biden. Is it what voters want to hear?

Republicans are talking up the possibility of impeaching Biden. Is it what voters want to hear?

Bill Mehlem recalls a time when his politics generally aligned with conservatives, enthusiastically backing Republicans such as John McCain during his 2008 presidential campaign.

They have to impeach Biden or else people will realize they didn’t find anything in their investigations. - Josh Marshall

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• 'My Blood Ran Cold': Ex-Trump Official Horrified By 'Criminal Plot' to Have Military 'Turn Their Guns on Civilians to Facilitate a Losing Candidate'
• Frank Luntz Bashes Trump for Leading His GOP Followers to Be 'Pro-Putin': 'This is Not the Party That I Joined 40 Years Ago'
• Bill O’Reilly Pronounces Mike Pence The ‘One Guy That Can Convict Donald Trump' With His 2020 Testimony
• Chip Roy Absolutely Loses It on Biden AND Fellow Republicans Over Border Crisis: This President Can 'Go Straight to Hell!'

Christian Nationalism is just White Supremacy in Bible drag. - Mrs. Betty Bowers

Alabama Brawl. Crackers Lost.

Police in Montgomery, Alabama, issued four arrest warrants for suspects who attacked a Black dock worker in an altercation that led to brawl at a dock at Riverfront Park.

There are four active arrest warrants and "there's a possibility more will follow after the review of additional video," a police spokesperson told ABC News. Police did not release the identities of the suspects.

Trump’s Lawyers Employ Rarely Used “Just Kidding” Defense. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• Pence urges Ohio voters to pass measure that could hurt abortion rights push
• Ron DeSantis Replaces His Campaign Manager in Latest Staff Shakeup
• Vivek Ramaswamy Overtakes DeSantis as Bettors' Second Choice to Win the GOP Nomination
• Wild Poll Out Of Arizona Shows Kari Lake Crushing GOP Senate Primary, While Sinema Plays Spoiler
• Ex-Trump Lawyer Shoots Down Defense Against Indictment By Comparing Trump to 'Gang Leader' Telling Henchmen to Rob a Bank
• Ted Cruz Implores CNN To Move Out Of The U.S. After Reporting On Family Moving to Italy

Don’t ever think that Chris Christie is a hero for talking out about Donald. He was stuck so far up Donald ass trying to get a job but Donald didn’t hire him. This is why he’s doing it. He damn near ruined Jersey when he was governor. Imagine what he could do to the country. - gggirl924 tweet

Bill Maher Caught The Dennis Miller Disease
Political satirist Bill Maher dropped his take on “Barbie” this week in a lengthy rant on Twitter slamming the film for perpetuating what he called the “Zombie Lie” that the patriarchy is still suppressing women.

Considering the nature of Trump’s indictments and 78 felony charges, it’s a wee bit f*cked up that he’s free to host a LIV golf tournament with the Saudis at Bedminster this weekend. - Hamish Mitchell

I just heard someone say that they aren’t indicating trump in the middle of his campaign, he’s campaigning in the middle of their indictments. - JoJofromJerz

DeSantis Shakes Up Campaign By Replacing Self With Appealing Person. - Andy Borowitz

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden formally designates new Grand Canyon national monument
• 'McCarthy Keeps Lying!' Biden Spox Lashes Out Over Fox News Interview on Hunter Probe
• CNN Shades U.S. Women's Soccer Team Critic Alexi Lalas With Brutal Graphic Comparing His World Cup Stats to Megan Rapinoe's

Trump Says His First Amendment Rights Are Being Violated According to Original Copy of Bill of Rights In Mar-a-Lago Bathroom. - Andy Borowitz

This Great Military Strategist Has Something To Say
Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has been making the media rounds this week, and despite denying that he’s a politician, he has a lot of involvement and opinions about politics. One such opinion is that the United States should stop sending money to Ukraine because it “can’t win.”

If men could get pregnant, the Plan B pill would be available in ranch, bar-b-que, and xtreme nacho. - Middle Age Riot

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Business/Tech News

• Stocks fall as Moody's bank downgrade adds to August woes
• The Death of Remote Work? Zoom orders workers to return
• More than half of Gen Z says renting is a better option than buying a home
• Manchin hails anniversary of Inflation Reduction Act after battling with Biden over law

I’ve got Trump fatigue. America has Trump fatigue. The world has Trump fatigue. Lock the f-cking grifter up already. - Paul May

Another GOP Christian Politician Caught Lying
Rep. Carolina Amesty, who touted her success as a business owner and educator in her campaign for the Florida House last year, filed false information with the state about her family’s small Christian university, claimed to run a thriving restaurant that actually was closed and failed to ensure taxes were paid on the $1.3 million home she lived in, an Orlando Sentinel investigation found.

Being in my twenties in the seventies was a lot better than being in my seventies in the twenties. - Bob Golen

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Odd News

• Nasa asteroid strike unleashes boulder storm ‘as deadly as Hiroshima’
• Carbon dioxide, not water, triggers explosive basaltic volcanoes
• Powerful sun storm knocks out radio transmissions across North America
• Tampa Mayor Catches Over $1 Million of Cocaine During a Fishing Trip in the Florida Keys
• Bear crashes Colorado wedding, raids the dessert table

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This photograph captures the amazing amount of life found in a splash of seawater. It was taken by photographer David Liittschwager in 2006 for National Geographic.

Peace.