Jan 6. Jail Time: Proud Boys Cry Over the Consequences of Their Own Actions

Jan 6. Jail Time: Proud Boys Cry Over the Consequences of Their Own Actions

A day of historic accountability for the crimes of Jan. 6 Thursday left a pair of rough-and-tumble Proud Boys in tears. On Friday, a third Proud Boys convict choked up before he learned he’ll be spending a decade in behind bars.

I remember like it was yesterday how pissed I was in November 2016.

Furious. We ALL were.

But we never stormed the Capitol.

I have zero sympathy for the seditious traitors joining the FAFO club now.

"Stand back and stand by," lol. - mmpadellan

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Trump Campaign Staffer Caught on Camera on January 6 Urging 'Piece of Sh*t' Cops to Hang Themselves
• Rudy Giuliani Baselessly Claims Brian Kemp May Be 'One of the Biggest Lawbreakers in Georgia History,' Says Republicans Were Dumb to Reelect Him

MAGA: “It’s civil war.”

Me: “Your bio says you’re from Alabama. You guys suck at civil war.” - Lakota Man

Will Tucker Carlson's Words Get Him Assassinated?

Tucker Carlson’s lengthy interview with comedian Adam Carolla this week was picked up by Russian state propagandists and has led to claims on Russian state TV that Carlson will soon be assassinated. Carlson has become a regular fixture on Russian state-controlled television, which replays his criticisms of President Joe Biden and U.S. support for Ukraine.

Republican Shenanigans

• Tucker Carlson Says Fox News Is 'Run By Fearful Women' and Praises the Murdochs While Opening Up About Firing
• Pro-DeSantis ‘Never Back Down’ Super PAC Backs Down, Quits Door Knocking in Four Key States
• Trump Adviser Roger Stone Embraces Left-Wing Conspiracy Theory, Declares Brian Kemp Likely Stole Election From Stacey Abrams
• Right-Wing TV Host Insists He Wasn't Duped By Fake Trump For Nearly 17-Minute Interview
• Matt Schlapp Hired Priest to Perform Exorcism at CPAC HQ Following Staff Resignations

Republicans will call for "mental competency tests" for candidates over age 65, but then they ask you to vote for Herschel Walker with a straight face. - Liam Nissan

Alito and Thomas Have Something To Say, Sorta.

Conservative Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are increasingly going on offense as they seek to push back against a firestorm of ethics controversies.

When Thomas’s annual financial disclosure was released Thursday, the justice’s personal attorney simultaneously circulated an unusual six-page statement tearing into “left wing” groups that he said had “weaponized” ethics against Thomas.

Alito and Thomas Write Opinion Declaring That Yachts Are People. - Andy Borowitz

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden WH Lashes Out at Marjorie Taylor Greene's Impeachment Threat — Rips 'Extreme' Republicans
• Key Democrat slams Clarence Thomas disclosures: ‘Clean-up on Aisle Three’
• Schumer to blame House Republicans for any government shutdown

I am glad to hear that Judge McAfee has decided to allow Donald Trump’s court proceedings in the Georgia election interference case to be broadcast live — allowing for greater transparency in the judicial process. 

Every American deserves to see justice being done. - Adam Schiff

Jamie Raskin: I'll See You A Hunter Biden and Raise You a Jared Kushner
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, joined MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Thursday night to discuss his recent request that Congress subpoena documents related to Saudi Arabia’s $2 billion investment in Jared Kushner’s advisory fund immediately following Kushner leaving the White House.

Remember how Elon Musk announced he would fund the legal costs for anyone who got fired for their tweets? Well there's a guy being executed in Saudi Arabia over his tweets (9 followers) and Elon is the executioner's (Prince Bonesaw's) close personal friend and business partner. - Liam Nissan

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Business/Tech News

• Acting Labor secretary: ‘I don’t have an intention of going anywhere’
• Biden suspends Trump-era authorization to ship natural gas by rail
• California regulators approve expansion of contentious natural gas storage facility
• Tesla discounts Model S by $30,000, and Model X by $41,000

I remember when we as a country used to just have our WTF moments. 

We are soon approaching a WTF decade. - TG

The Aliens Did It!

After months of media scrutiny and whistleblower testimony before Congress, the Department of Defense has pledged transparency on what it knows about UAPs (or UFOs).

The Pentagon’s new website that will both provide and collect information about unexplained phenomena went live on Thursday night and promptly crashed...

My teen said she wants to go to the mall with me so we can spend time together, and then the credit cards in my purse laughed and laughed. - Krista Belleriba

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Odd News

• SpaceX scrubs launch of missile-detecting satellites for second day
• Russia Says It's Actually Good That Its Lander Crashed Into the Moon and Blew Up
• An ‘ancestral bottleneck’ took out nearly 99 percent of the human population 800,000 years ago
• Mexican city creates record-breaking ball of quesillo cheese
• Florida woman in hospital gown arrested after allegedly stealing ambulance

Time To Deflate Photo

A bamboo tunnel somewhere in China.

Peace.

Gov. Kemp Soundly Rejects MAGA Legislator's Push to Oust Fani Willis in Fiery Presser: 'We Will Not Be Engaging in Political Theater'

Gov. Kemp Soundly Rejects MAGA Legislator's Push to Oust Fani Willis in Fiery Presser: 'We Will Not Be Engaging in Political Theater'

During what was called a “remarkable press conference” by local reporters, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) slapped down any suggestion of holding a special legislative session to oust District Attorney Fani Willis, as proposed by right-wing state Senator Colton Moore.

The bottom line is that in the state of Georgia, as long as I'm governor, we're going to follow the law and the Constitution. - Gov. Brian Kemp

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Proud Boy Joe Biggs gets 17 years in prison, 2nd-longest Jan. 6 sentence
• Trump Pleads Not Guilty in Georgia, Waives Arraignment
• Raskin Officially Asks House Republicans to Subpoena Jared Kushner's Advisory Firm For Saudi Investment Docs
• Trump dismissive as New York attorney general accuses him of inflating his net worth by $2 billion
• Ramaswamy Pledges To Give Russia All Territory It’s Taken From Ukraine and Claims the U.S. Bombed the Nord Stream Pipelines

TRUMP:  “How could he break into my Twitter account…what could be possibly find out?”

JACK SMITH:  I’ll tell you…in March.

Alabama AG Is Gonna Make A Bunch of Enemies
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) argued in a court filing Wednesday that he can file criminal charges against people who assist those getting abortion care outside the state.

I despise the man, but the fact that the Republican Party will continue to put Mitch McConnell out there day after day when he’s so clearly not well is reprehensible and extremely on brand for them at the same time. - JoJoFromJerz

Republican Shenanigans

• McConnell ‘medically clear,’ says Capitol doctor 
• Karl Rove Absolutely Nukes Vivek Ramaswamy in Scorching WSJ Op-Ed: 'Glib, Shallow, Overbearing, Smooth-Talking Biotech Entrepreneur'
• Trump Lashes Out At DeSantis as He Manages Hurricane: ‘What a Shame for Florida!’
• 'You Loot, We Shoot': Ron DeSantis Issues Warning to 'Potential Looters' Following Hurricane
• MAGA Guest Tells Fox News, 'Mitch Is Very Much Expendable' Hours After McConnell Freezes Up
• Geraldo Rivera: Trump ‘made me dump him’

Shrewd stock promoter that he is, Vivek Ramaswamy surveyed the political marketplace and thought: "I wonder if Donald Trump's mistake here was actually *under-estimating* the ignorance and gullibility of the Republican primary electorate?" - David Frum

Is Clarence Thomas Getting Nervous About His Uncovered Freebies?
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has released his first financial disclosure form since his friendship with Harlan Crow was thrown into the national spotlight. The form shows at least three new instances of Thomas receiving generosities from the Republican megadonor who appears to have been his benefactor the last few years.

I say we start a Go Fund Me and buy Clarence Thomas back. - Liam Nissan

It cracks me up that republicans think we’re trying to prevent trump from being the nominee. 

Like, no. By all means. Please pick the loseriest loser in all of politics! I’d love nothing more than to hand him his ass again. -  MuellerSheWrote

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden speaks with DeSantis, approves Florida disaster declaration for Hurricane Idalia 
• Biden going to Florida on Saturday after Hurricane Idalia 
• Biden says he has no concerns about McConnell’s health after speaking to him
• ICE sends deportation flight to Haiti after warning US citizens to evacuate

I honestly feel awful for @LeaderMcConnell.  You don’t want to see anyone go through this. Let alone in front of the world. - Bakari Sellers

Fetterman Praises Biden On Marijuana Decision

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) praised President Biden and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday after the department sent its recommendation to reschedule marijuana to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), a key step in reducing federal regulations on the drug.

Biden asked the HHS to look into rescheduling last year, and the department’s recommendation now goes to the DEA, which has final say.

I think it’d be cruel and unusual to put Donald Trump in jail.

Imagine those poor inmates who have to listen to his whining 24x7? - Captain Obvious

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Business/Tech News

• Trump Goes On Truth Social Bender, Posts 31 Videos In 5 Hours
• US commerce secretary warns China will be 'uninvestable' without action on raids, fines
• Federal authorities investigating Tesla over secret project to build Austin home for Musk: report
• X, formerly known as Twitter, will collect user biometric data, job and education history

BREAKING: President Joe Biden has not waived his upcoming arraignment because he has no upcoming arraignments because he has not been indicted four times on 91 state and federal charges - Rex Huppke

Biden Has Been Busy, First Marijuana, Now Guns

The Biden administration Thursday announced a new proposed rule to clarify the definition of being “engaged in the business” of dealing in firearms. 

The Justice Department’s rule would clarify who is engaged and thus is required to be a licensed firearms dealer and run background checks. It outlines what criteria people would have to meet, such as offering for sale any number of firearms and repetitively offering for sale multiple firearms of the same mark or model, or firearms that are in their original packaging.

Great news: Judge Scott McAfee who is presiding over Donald Trump & his 18 co-defendants’ trial just announced there WILL be a YouTube live stream for ALL the hearings & trials related to the Trump case in Georgia. Transparency matters. This is exactly how it should be. Bravo. - Victor Shi

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Odd News

• Only 1,280 Breeding Humans Once Roamed Earth, Gene Study Shows
• Finland counted its bomb shelters and found 50,500 of them
• More than dust found in 200-year-old West Point time capsule after all
• Driver with Adult Bull in Passenger Seat Pulled Over by Nebraska Police: ‘Some Citable Issues’
• Woman's 5-ft mullet earns Guinness World Record -- it's been growing for 33 years

Time To Deflate Photo

NASA’s James Webb Telescope captures the clearest image ever of the Whirlpool Galaxy.

Peace.

Tree falls on Ron DeSantis’s mansion with his family inside as Hurricane Idalia rocks Florida

Tree falls on Ron DeSantis’s mansion with his family inside as Hurricane Idalia rocks Florida

Casey DeSantis, the wife of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, told her followers on X/Twitter that a 100-year-old oak tree toppled over onto the governor's mansion in Tallahassee.

She said she and her children were home at the time the tree came down, but no one was injured.

"Knock on wood, we won't have a big storm this summer.” 

- Florida Governor and Republican nominee runner up Ron DeSantis

Odd aside: When I was living in NW Florida my GOP racist county commissioner was living in the neighboring county on the beach, which would've disqualified her to serve. Welp, no matter, because a hurricane completely destroyed her beachside home AND to top it off, two decades later, another beachside home of hers was flattened by another hurricane. AND I also lived right behind the Florida Governor's Mansion in a ratty garage apartment while in college.

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• ‘You Have No Choice’: Trump Tells Glenn Beck He Will Absolutely ‘Lock People Up’ If Returned to White House
• 'I Don't Want To Have To Draw My Rifle': MAGA Lawmaker Suggests Trump Prosecution Could Lead To Civil War
• Tucker Carlson's Latest Go-To For Attention? Trump Getting Assassinated
• Trump Ominously Warns ‘Be Careful What You Wish For’ In New Rant Over Criminal Trials

Convicted felons give Trump advice for going to prison. - The Onion

Apparently, MAGA Conservatives Are Preparing For Insurrection II
With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump, recruiting thousands of Americans to come to Washington on a mission to dismantle the federal government and replace it with a vision closer to his own.

Welcome to America, the only country where "maybe Nazis shouldn't have access to weapons of mass death" is a controversial statement. - Jeff Tiedrich

Republican Shenanigans

• House GOP chairmen demand DOJ documents related to Hunter Biden special counsel appointment
• Giuliani liable for defaming Georgia election workers, judge rules
• Glenn Beck Claims Sen. Mike Lee Has Been Pushing Him to Run For President
• 20-Year-Old Clip Of Ramaswamy Resurfaces In Which He Asks Presidential Candidate, ‘Why Should I Vote For the One With the Least Political Experience?’
• Trump Posts Video of Authoritarian Dictator Praising Him for Being the Only Man Who Can Save 'Human Beings'
• Roger Ailes' Widow Says Murdochs Don't Love or Understand America 'Because They Weren't Born Here'
• Anti-abortion activist who kept fetuses at home convicted of blocking access to DC clinic

Donald Trump was never our best, he’s just the guy who was elected by our worst. - John Collins

Tennessee Republicans Are Trying To Silence Democrats. Don't They Remember What Happened Last Time?
Republican lawmakers voted Monday to temporarily silence a Democratic member of the so-called Tennessee Three during an already tense House floor session after determining the young Black member violated newly enacted rules designed to punish disruptive members.

Majority of Republican Voters Believe Trump Weighs 215 Pounds. - Andy Borowitz

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Rock The Voter News

• Bernie Sanders urges left to back Biden to stop ‘very dangerous’ Trump
• Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to call on Democrats to codify 'Obamacare' into state law
• 'He's Aged': Tapper Grills KJP About President's 'Stamina' and Tells 49-Year-Old, 'Biden's Been In Politics Literally Since Before You Were Born'

So, Republicans saying Blacks will bond with Trump now that he has a mug shot (“just like them”) — is probably the most insidiously racist comment I’ve ever heard in my entire life. - Lakota Man

Uh, Oh, Mitch McConnell Freezes Up Again

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appeared confused before freezing once again in front of a gaggle of reporters Wednesday.

NBC News’ Ryan Nobles described the scene.

“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze again while taking questions from reporters in Covington, KY. McConnell didn’t respond to a question on re-election. 

Has anyone tried unplugging Mitch McConnell and plugging him back in? - Jeff Tiedrich

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Business/Tech News

• Harris, Yellen tout unions' economic benefits with new Treasury report
• Burger King must face lawsuit claiming its Whoppers are too small
• CNN Will Hire Ex-New York Times Chief As Next CEO: Report
• US says it and partners have taken down notorious 'Qakbot' hacking network

Ramaswamy sold defective drugs & funded Martin Shkreli, the Pharma bro

Kyrsten Sinema fought to keep drugs expensive & is one the biggest recipients of Big Pharma bribes

Manchin’s daughter jacked up EpiPen prices by 400%

They’re all funded by the SAME people. - Lindy Li

The Great Elon Musk Flip Flop

Have you heard the one about the tech billionaire who purchased a massive social media platform under the guise of “free speech” before ruining said platform with inexplicably dumb decisions? Oh, you have? Well, there’s more to it.

Elon Musk’s social media network X (formerly known as Twitter) has announced that it will begin labeling messages that spread election misinformation. As Matt Binder noted on Xitter, this is the same thing that Twitter did before Musk purchased the company for over 40 BILLION dollars, which was just one of many examples he — and his dopey minions — used as an example of violating free speech.

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NOTICE:

Luna is doing fine! I hope it lasts!!!


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Odd News

• Supermoon plus Idalia could raise tides even higher
•  Scientists just solved the riddle of a dead star that burps ultra-hot "cosmic cannonballs" of matter
• Hackers Force Shutdown of Two Key Astronomical Observatories
• German wild boars have become radioactive thanks to nuclear testing
• Five million bees fall off back of truck in Ontario

Time To Deflate Photo

This is the flower of a Snake Gourd.

Peace.

Back to square one

 Luna's stitches opened. The vet has sutured her back together. I pick her up in a couple of hours.

I will post a new edition tomorrow if all goes well with my sweet but crazy Luna.

Peace and Love.