Frontrunner Trump's absence at 'hot mess' 2nd GOP debate leaves Haley, DeSantis and Scott to spar for 2nd place

Frontrunner Trump's absence at 'hot mess' 2nd GOP debate leaves Haley, DeSantis and Scott to spar for 2nd place

The second debate of the Republican presidential primary took place on Wednesday evening at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. As with the first debate, frontrunner Donald Trump was absent, giving the event an undercard feel. Leading in both national and early-state polls by margins that seem insurmountable, the former and potentially future president instead went to Michigan to hold a rally with automotive workers.

Shout out to Joe Biden for managing to win another Republican debate without even participating in it. - OhNoSheTwitnt

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• GOP Witness Jonathan Turley Tells Congress 'Current Evidence' Does Not Support Biden Impeachment
• Jim Jordan’s dishonest argument of wrongdoing by Biden
• Cassidy Hutchinson Recalls White House Lawyer Telling Her ‘We Cannot Pardon Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Gynecologist’
• House bill would reduce defense secretary’s salary to $1

Jim Jordan pushing Russian disinformation about Biden and Ukraine is so on brand. Smiles in the Kremlin today. - David Corn

I Bet Tiffany Is Glad She Wasn't Involved In The Family Business
New York Attorney General Letitia James plans to call former President Donald Trump and three of his adult children to testify at his civil fraud trial set to begin in New York next week, court documents showed.

Donald Trump thinks he's going to win the 2024 election and then pardon himself.

I hate that dumb son of a bitch. - MayoIsSpicyy

Biden Sends Commander to Testify at Impeachment Hearings. - Andy Borowitz

 

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump Calls on RNC to Cancel All Future Primary Debates 'So We Can Train Our Fire' on Biden
• Dana Perino Confronts Mike Pence on Obamacare After He Dodges Question: ‘You Did Not Deliver’
• Chris Christie BOOED For Delivering Direct Message to ‘Donald Duck’: ‘I Know You’re Watching — You’re Afraid!’
• Nikki DESTROYS Vivek Over TikTok Explanation: ‘Every Time I Hear You I Feel a Little Bit DUMBER’
• Tensions erupt between McCarthy and Gaetz at closed-door House GOP meeting as shutdown nears
• McCarthy attorney sends cease-and-desist over anti-Gaetz campaign

The fact that Republicans are criticizing Taylor Swift simply because she encouraged young people to register to vote really does tell you everything you need to know about them. - Gavin Newsom

I Wish We Could Deport Greg Abbott

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) took a swing Wednesday at President Biden over the migrant crisis after busing more people to New York a few days ago.

“The lead importer of migrants to New York is not Texas; it’s Joe Biden,” Abbott said at a Wednesday event at the Manhattan Institute in New York, according to The Associated Press.

Federal agencies got the “hey we’re probably shutting down” notice today and the House GOP is busy on their Biden fishing expedition instead of keeping the government open. 

Periodic reminder to stop electing these people. - Angry Staffer

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Rock The Voter News

• Schumer: McCarthy went ‘back on his word’ in spending deal with Biden 
• Biden Campaign Lashes Out at Trump's 'Low-Energy Incoherent Pathetic' Non-Union Speech
• Biden to Attack 'Dangerous' Trump and 'Extremist' MAGA Base at Arizona Event Honoring John McCain
• Gavin Newsom Says GOP Debate Was ‘Maybe a Vice Presidential Debate’ At Best: ‘These Guys Are Getting Lapped’ by Trump
• More people concerned about Biden’s cognitive health than Trump’s: poll

Republicans Demand Biden Tell Them Why They Are Impeaching Him. - Andy Borowitz

Casually Dressed Senator Sends Case of Bud-Lite To James Comer

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) sent a tongue-in-cheek present to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Thursday as Comer held the first hearing for Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

Fetterman shared on X, formerly Twitter, that his staff dropped off a case of Bud Light for Comer and his team.

Unless Senator Menendez is coming today to resign, I am not interested in hearing his 'explanation' for gold bars stashed in a mattress.

We’re past the point of his tough talk and defiance, given the scope and scale of his alleged corruption. - Senator John Fetterman

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Business/Tech News

• The average long-term US mortgage rate reaches highest point in nearly 23 years, hitting 7.31%
• Costco says its one-ounce gold bars are selling out fast
• X should turn profit next year, CEO says
• Delta CEO says carrier went 'too far' in SkyMiles changes, promises modifications after frequent flyer backlash

Ron DeSantis: “[Donald Trump] owes it to you to defend his record where they added 7.8 trillion to the debt. That set the stage for the inflation that we have now”

Tuberville Needs To Look In A Mirror
Top Biden administration officials on Thursday struggled to fend off accusations and incendiary questions from House lawmakers who accused them of poor decision making and political bias in establishing a headquarters for U.S. Space Command.

Republicans: We want to invade Mexico

Also Republicans: Why don't latinos like us? - Santiago Mayer

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Odd News

• Turns out Earth Has an Eighth Continent.
• NASA-Led Study Pinpoints Areas of New York City Sinking, Rising
• Mystery As Hundreds More Fairy Circle Sites Found Across The World
• Australian strongman pulls 44,753-pound hydraulic crane
• Florida woman found in alligator's jaws was arrested for trespassing two months ago
• Man Denied Entry to Philadelphia Phillies Game for Trying to Bring His Emotional Support Alligator

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I'm guessing, but is this the Native American version of glamping? Either way, I'd love it!

Peace.

New York judge finds Donald Trump liable for fraud

New York judge finds Donald Trump liable for fraud

A New York judge found Donald Trump and his adult sons liable for fraud and canceled the Trump Organization’s business certification, a shocking ruling that poses an existential threat to the former president’s financial empire as he runs for a second term in the White House.

Trump University Graduates Outraged They Were Never Taught to Defraud Banks. - Andy Borowitz

Letitia James, after dissolving the Trump Organization, has made criminal referrals:

“We are referring those criminal violations that we have uncovered to the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the Internal Revenue Service.”

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Trump Flies Off the Handle In All-Caps Screed Railing Against Judge Who Ruled He Committed Fraud: ‘THIS IS NOT AMERICA’
• 'That is Absolute BULLSH*T!' CNN's Chris Wallace Strikes Nerve By Dragging Oliver Stone For 'Fawning' Over Putin
• 'Wait Til Melania Finds Out He's Worth 800 Bucks!' View Hosts Gleefully Roast Trump Over Fraud Ruling

North Korea Returns U.S. Defector

Army Pvt. Travis King is back in U.S. custody after North Korean officials released the service member who crossed into their country in July.

Senior administration officials confirmed he was safely in American hands and was in good health and spirits. King, who is currently headed back to the U.S. mainland, is happy to return and is looking forward to seeing his family, they added.

Judges: Donald Trump is a fraud and a rapist 

Press: Any verdict on Biden’s age? - Adam Parkhomenko

Republican Shenanigans

• New Poll: 79% of Republicans in Iowa Considering Candidates Other Than Trump
• McCarthy told conference he won’t allow vote on Senate stopgap: GOP lawmakers
• Chip Roy Blames Imminent Govt. Shutdown on Biden and the Democrats: ‘That’s the Simple Truth’
• ‘Uh…’: McCarthy Backtracks On Menendez Resignation After Being Reminded George Santos Is Also Under Indictment
• House Debate Stalls as Lauren Boebert Scrambles to Find Amendment on Phone
• House Republican Castigates GOP Hardliners Such as Matt Gaetz For Being 'Stuck On Stupid' Amid Looming Government Shutdown
• Cassidy Hutchinson says she’ll be ‘fully cooperative’ on Trump prosecutions

Btw, this isn’t a government shutdown about spending. I was part of one of those. This isn’t that. This is a shutdown about retribution. About revenge. About protecting the leader of the Republican Party. - Joe Walsh

This Is The Result of Drinking Too Much Kool-Aid!
More than half of Republicans see former President Donald Trump as a person of faith, a higher percentage than those who said the same of more vocally religious politicians such as former Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), a recent poll found.

One man, Kevin McCarthy, is responsible for the looming government shutdown, because he won’t bring to the House floor a funding bill supported by a majority of senators from both parties, the administration, and a majority of House members. It’s the Speaker’s Shutdown. - Bill Kristol

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden tops Trump by 5 points in new survey
• Biden Goes Directly After Trump In New Campaign Ad Heavy On Unflattering Golf Clips — Light On 91 Criminal Charges
• Menendez ordered to turn over personal passport at arraignment
• Hillary Clinton's Secretary of State Portrait Unveiled 10 Years After Tenure

Hillary, you look mahvelous!

So far we got fraud and rape. Can’t wait for the other 91 felonies. - Ellen Barkin

I Am On Commander's Side!

President Joe Biden's dog Commander bit another Secret Service officer on Monday, according to a statement from a Secret Service spokesperson...This would be the 11th known instance of Commander biting a Secret Service officer and acting aggressive.

Anyone who has ever owned a dog knows how intuitive they are.

If *two* different dogs (Major and Commander) bite *only* Secret Service agents, they are detecting a threat.

Trust dogs. - Steven Senski

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Business/Tech News

• United Auto Workers Threaten More Strikes Starting Friday If Negotiations Stall
• Trump visiting Michigan to deliver speech to auto workers
• Trump slams Biden ahead of president’s visit with striking autoworkers
• Hyundai and Kia warn of potential fires in 3.3 million vehicles

Not to be the journalism police, but I don’t think you should publish pieces saying Trump is going to “address striking autoworkers” when he is not in fact going to address striking autoworkers. What are we doing here? - Chris Hayes

I hope the IRS and the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser accept the Trumps' public representation that Mar-a-Lago is worth over 1 billion dollars at tax time. - Mrs. Betty Bowers

FYI: Inflation is very high here in Costa Rica. Everything from food, rent, real estate, cars, gas, has slowly skyrocketed since the pandemic

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As A Former Educator, I Fully Support This

Lawmakers predicted that AI tutors will revolutionize education in the United States during The Hill’s “Making the Grade: Solving the U.S. Math Problem” event Tuesday evening. 

Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, said artificial intelligence will revolutionize education with startups deploying emotion recognition to create AI tutors.

Curious where those journos who reported that it was BREAKING news that the son of a Presidential candidate unlawfully owned a gun for 11 days 5 years ago are on the news a Presidential candidate engaged in long term fraud? - emptywheel

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Odd News

• Record-Setting NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Return from Space Mission
•  September full harvest moon last supermoon of 2023
• Mysterious antimatter observed falling down for first time
• German engineer's custom Nerf gun fires 11 darts per second
• Canadian man eats 135 Carolina reaper peppers in one sitting

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Northern Africa and the Mediterranean Sea from Space to remind us of how miniscule we are.

Peace.

Biden strikes with UAW members: ‘You deserve a hell of a lot more’

Biden strikes with UAW members: ‘You deserve a hell of a lot more’

President Biden made an unprecedented stop Tuesday, joining the picket line with striking autoworkers and marking the first time a sitting president has done so.

CNN: As Biden prepares to join striking autoworkers on the UAW picket line, he has yet to address rumors that he is now one day older than he was yesterday

Axios: Biden meets with UAW strikers, but can his frail arms lift a strike sign?

New York Times: AGE!

Fox News: OLD! - Rex Huppke

Yikes.

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Cassidy Hutchinson Recounts the Moment on Jan. 6 Trump Made it Clear He Was 'Okay' With Pence Being Hanged
• ‘We Are Killing People!’ Cassidy Hutchinson Chokes Up Over Jan. 6/Covid Deaths She Blames On Trump
• 'Did You Not Realize You Were In a Cult?' The View Presses Cassidy Hutchinson On Why She Didn't Abandon Trump Sooner

This is your periodic reminder that people encouraging, flirting with, or openly fantasizing about Biden challengers are helping Trump. - Rick Wilson

Supreme Court Tells Dumbass State To Do What They Were Told To Do

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency bid from Alabama, setting the stage for a new congressional map likely to include a second Black majority district to account for the state’s 27% Black population.

"I never dated Matt Gaetz. I have much higher standards in men." - Cassidy Hutchinson

Republican Shenanigans

• Republican Senator Goes to Bat For Bob Menendez, Takes Swipe At Justice Department
• Far-Right Reporter Insists Trump 'DID NOT BUY A FIREARM,' Totally Contradicting What He Said on Tape Just Hours Earlier
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Deletes Tweet Commemorating Yom Kippur With a Hanukkah Menorah
• Curt Schilling Shares Post Claiming Jews Are 'Dominating' the Country When 'They Didn't Even Found' It
• RFK Jr. further embraces conspiracies: ‘I don’t know what happened on 9/11’

Majority of Americans Believe Boebert and Giuliani Have Ruined Groping. - Andy Borowitz

-Hi, this is Marjorie Taylor Greene; is Jared Kushner in?

-No, Ms. Greene; this is Yom Kippur.

-OK can I leave a message, Mr. Kippur? - John Fugelsang

Hunter Is Suing Giuliani.

Hunter Biden is suing former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and another attorney over alleged computer fraud violations and data access related to his laptop.

Giuliani provided a hard drive to the New York Post in October of 2020, just weeks before the general election took place, which included a massive tranche of embarrassing photos and details presented by the NY Post as a “smoking gun” as proof that President Joe Biden was involved in Ukrainian corruption.

Anyone out there NOT suing Rudy Giuliani? - 7Veritas4

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Rock The Voter News

• 'Giant Warped Double-Standard': Senior Biden Official Lashes Out at Media After Trump Rant About Whale-Killing Windmills
• James Carville Warns ‘Somebody Better Wake the F*ck Up’ When It Comes to The 2024 Election
• Senate Democrats (Including Cory Booker) Flood the 'Menendez Should Resign' Bandwagon: He's 'Broken the Public Trust'
• Nearly 18M adults in US have struggled with long COVID: survey
• Unveiling ceremony for Hillary Clinton’s State Department portrait

Today Hillary Clinton received an official portrait at the State Department

Trump has a mugshot. - Palmer Report

 

This Should Be Front Page News Considering He Is F-ing Crazy.

Donald Trump’s on the warpath against his mortal enemy again, and it made a big splash on social media.

The former president raged during a campaign speech in South Carolina that “windmills” are driving whales “crazy.”

“Windmills are causing whales to die in numbers never seen before. Nobody does anything about that,” he declared.

“They’re driving the whales, I think, a little batty,” he said.

The media is going to f*ck America up…beyond repair. - Kim

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Business/Tech News

• UPS planning to hire 100,000 holiday workers starting with higher pay
• SAG-AFTRA votes for strike against video game makers
• JPMorgan Chase settles Epstein lawsuit with US Virgin Islands for $75M
• ChatGPT given the ability to talk

Furious Rupert Murdoch Returns to Fox After Network Accidentally Broadcasts Fact. - Andy Borowitz

I Declare Myself A Swiftie

Just days after Taylor Swift attended Sunday’s Kansas City Chiefs game, her influence is already starting to have a massive impact on the NFL.

Swift — amid rumors that she and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce are dating — sat with Kelce’s family in one of Arrowhead Stadium’s suites during the game. Fox’s broadcast fully leaned into the narrative, showing multiple shots of Swift after plays involving Kelce. When the tight end eventually scored a touchdown, the broadcast immediately switched to a shot of the suite where she was seen cheering...

Taylor Swift is the world’s 5th largest economy.

She is a force of nature who creates her own weather pattern.

She will determine the outcome of the next Super Bowl and Presidential election.

She is one badass singer songwriter. - Billy Baldwin

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Odd News

• Yearly peak sea ice around Antarctica hit record low levels: research
• Asteroid named for Egyptian god of chaos and darkness set for spacecraft flyby
• Massachusetts IHOP server gets $1,300 tip
• 'Probably haunted' sign posted outside funeral home for sale
• AI girlfriends are ruining an entire generation of men

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Pink sunflowers do exist, I had no idea. They are called Midnight Oil for some reason.

Peace.