Happy Halloween

Trump Pledges to Invent the U.S. If Elected Again: 'We're Gonna Have a Great Country – It's Gonna Be Called the United States of America'

Former President Donald Trump promised to invent the country he led as president for four years, stating, “It’s gonna be called the United States of America.”

Happy Halloween to decent people who pretend to be monsters once a year, as opposed to monsters who pretend to be decent people all the time. - Middle Age Riot

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Defense Secretary Austin Warns Iran to End Attacks On US Forces Or Else: 'If This Doesn't Stop, Then We Will Respond'
• Israel confirms an IDF attack caused the massive blast at Gaza's largest refugee camp that has reportedly left many people dead and injured
• 'What Has Been Going on is Horrific': Veteran Israeli Journalist on Netanyahu's Failures
• Former Biden State Dept. Official Tells CNN, 'Human Rights Violations' Are Taking Place Against Palestinians Using Arms From U.S.
• Lindsey Graham Calls the U.N. 'The Most Anti-Semitic Body on the Planet' After General Assembly Votes for Ceasefire Resolution
• Virginia’s attorney general opens probe into pro-Palestine nonprofit 
• 'You're the Terrorist!' Cops Drag Screaming, Fake-Blood-Drenched Protesters Out of Blinken's Senate Hearing
• Chris Christie Says It's 'Deadly' for Trump That Mark Meadows Has Agreed to Testify: 'He's Going to Be Convicted. It's Over.'

McConnell not backing down after Speaker Johnson proposes Israel-only bill. McConnell says Israel/Ukraine are “intertwined” and demand a comprehensive U.S. response. - Andrew Desiderio

Carter Center Calls For Cease-Fire

The Carter Center, a human rights nonprofit organization founded by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, former first lady Rosalyn Carter, called for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

“This weekend, Israeli forces moved into Gaza and intensified their devastating attacks. Israel, like all nations, has a right to defend itself; it also has the obligation of proportionality under international law. Violence will only beget more violence,” ...

I stand with the Israeli people, but NEVER with Netanyahu.

I stand with the Palestinian people, but NEVER with Hamas. - DrJackBrown

We don’t have to choose between defending Israel and aiding Palestinian civilians. We can and must do both. - Secretary Antony Blinken

Republican Shenanigans

• Kayleigh McEnany Goes Full Dear Leader Praising 'Kind, Joyful, Humble' Mike Johnson and His Belief in 'God Leading the Way'
• 'Daddy Told Me To Do It!' Jen Psaki and George Conway Laugh Out Loud At Prospect of Trump Kids Ratting On Him In Fraud Trial
• Billionaire Republican donor abandons the GOP: 'Trump belongs in jail'
• George Conway Says Trump Is 'Gonna Have to Liquidate Everything – Including Places Like Mar-a-Lago'
• Officials who refused to certify election now under investigation by Arizona AG
• Man charged with threatening Fani Willis over Trump election
• Trump lawyer whines that ex-president has so many trials it's impossible to attend them
• Kinzinger Recalls Letter from Family Disowning Him: 'They Said I've Lost the Trust of Great Men Like Sean Hannity'
• 'How Tall Are You, Governor?' Podcast Host Challenges DeSantis to Wear Normal Shoes to Prove He's Not Lying About Height
• GOP chief who said Black people belonged in Wakanda and women should make sandwiches quits
• Hawley, Mayorkas get personal at hearing: ‘Despicable’

If you’re a republican, please don’t bring your kids to my door, asking for handouts. - Kyla Lacey

Mike Johnson Going as Woman with Rights for Halloween. - Andy Borowitz

Cocaine Addled Witness Should Be Something To Behold

Donald Trump Jr., the son of former President Donald Trump, told Newsmax on Monday that prosecutors want to throw his father in jail “for a thousand years, and/or the death penalty.”

After The Balance host Eric Bolling asked Trump Jr. whether he had been asked to testify as part of his father’s civil fraud case, he replied, “Yeah, I’m going in, I believe, on Wednesday. So you know, we get to continue yet another sham.”

The hats are red to match their necks. - Liam Nissan

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden campaign uses Trump 2016 rally with Michigan autoworkers to tout record
• Biden’s support among Arab American voters plunges since Israel-Hamas war
• Wisconsin's Democratic governor sues Republican Legislature over blocking basic functions

The creepy billionaires paying for ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’ for certain Supreme Court justices are not happy about our move toward subpoenas. Their wild and overheated responses signal that there’s a lot to discover!! - Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (I-RI)

I'm So Old That I Remember When Jeb Bush Purged Black Voters in 2000

A group of Democrats is once again urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate whether Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin had thousands of voters illegally purged from the state’s rolls. 

Earlier this month, Virginia’s eight Democratic members of Congress asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate whether Youngkin’s administration had removed more than 10,000 voters who’d had their voting rights restored. 

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Wow, Elon Musk spent over $44B so people would laugh at his dumb jokes, and it didn't even work. - Liam Nissan

Business/Tech News

• Industry experts tell lawmakers AI regulation, education key to reduce threats
• New York Judge Dismisses Fox's Attempt to Subpoena George Soros in Smartmatic Case
• Disney warns that if DeSantis wins lawsuit, others will be punished for 'disfavored' views
• Saudi Arabia Likely to Host the World Cup in 2034

This Halloween, I'll be giving all my candy to the richest child in the neighborhood. I'm sure it will trickle down to all the other kids. - Jeff Tiedrich

Russian Spies In Texas? Yep.
The U.S. sued a software company targeted in a massive Russian cyber espionage campaign Monday.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suit against Texas-based SolarWinds is seeking civil penalties, reimbursement of “ill-gotten gains” and the removal of the company’s top security executive, Tim Brown, according to The Associated Press.

Last Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Health Care plan.

I never made it out of the House. - John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• Eerie new NASA image shows "ghostly cosmic hand" 16,000 light-years from Earth
• A massive comet some say looks like the Millennium Falcon may be visible from Earth next year
• Pennsylvania gets closer to getting rid of 1965 frozen dessert law
• Electronic wolves with glowing red eyes watch over Japanese landscapes
• Reported house fire was an 'amazing' Halloween display

Time To Deflate Photo

The shoe of a Roman legionnaire, found during the excavations of a military camp near the German city of Saalburg. Ca. 100 BC - 100 AD. I think they are adorable.

Peace.

White House warns Biden would veto House appropriations measures

White House warns Biden would veto House appropriations measures

The White House on Monday issued veto threats against two GOP-led House appropriations bills expected to come up for a vote this week as lawmakers seek to avoid a government shutdown in November.

Americans beg God to rapture Mike Johnson. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Crowd storms airport in Russia over arrival of plane from Israel
• Israeli soldier held hostage by Hamas freed during ground operation
• Netanyahu Pressed Hard By Australian Reporter On ‘So Many’ Civilian Deaths In Gaza: ‘Are You Inflicting Collective
• UN agency sees ‘worrying’ sign ‘civil order is starting to break down’ in Gaza
• A Lawyer Who Confronted John Fetterman Over Gaza Ceasefire Stance Gets Ejected By Staff
• 12 dead, scores injured in Halloween weekend mass shootings
• Piers Morgan Confronts Vivek Ramaswamy on 'Medieval Barbarism' of His Proposal to Put Hamas Heads on Spikes

The older I get, the more I understand people who live in cabins in the middle of nowhere and choose to not talk to another human for like 20+ years. - Alex Friedman

I can't fathom that with all the pain, suffering, and need in the world, that some people wake up every day with guns as the thing they are most passionate about protecting.

What a terrible way to live. - John Pavlovitz

It’s not a protest when they storm an airport looking for Jews. It’s a pogrom. Same goes on the Cornell campus when there are death threats against Jewish students.

We need to call out anti-semitism, not tiptoe around it. - George Takei

I Believe That The Evangelical Speaker Wants To Shut Down The Government Because Jesus, Somethin' Somethin'...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) are headed for a showdown over emergency funding for Ukraine and funding the government beyond Thanksgiving, two tough issues that will test their ability to work together.  

Must we really repeat the mistakes of the 1930s and hope again naively that annexation and war in Europe is “not our problem”? Can’t we study this history and do better this time around? - Michael McFaul

A Memory from 1994

The Jewish are coming! The Jewish are coming! Shouted my 9 year old son as he was playing with his green army men at the beach, in an elaborate sand castle battlefield.

Of course, I asked him what he was talking about and he gave me a simple explanation. He said he saw on the news that Jewish policemen were discussing whether to continue shooting the rock throwing Palestinian kids with real bullets or replace them with rubber bullets. "They're shooting kids, Mom!"

I saw the same report on CNN. 

That is one of those family stories that has been retold numerous times.

I imagine that some of those rock throwing Palestinian kids, who were shot at, grew up and joined Hamas.

What a terrible bet Netanyahu made on Orban-Trump-Putin. - David Frum

Republican Shenanigans

• Swalwell testifies in 14th Amendment case to disqualify Trump
• Hot Mic Catches Trump Being Told He's in a Different City Than the One He Thought He Was Addressing
• 'What a Low Bar!' Fox & Friends Mocks Kamala Harris Telling 60 Minutes 'Joe Biden is Very Much Alive'
• Judge sets trial date in Texas AG Paxton’s long-delayed fraud case
• House GOP campaign arm reports best online fundraising day in 18 months
• Outraised and embattled, Lauren Boebert heads back to Colorado with a revamped campaign strategy
• Mike Johnson explains his ‘adopted’ Black son’s low profile
• Kelly Johnson, who is married to House Speaker Mike Johnson, practices a form of Christian counseling that classifies people into 'choleric', 'phlegmatic,' and other ancient personality types purportedly ordained by God

They’ve attacked her relentlessly on social media. Tried to smear her character and reputation.

This week the Trumps will face her in person. 

In court. Under oath.

They will bear witness to Letitia James torching their Empire of Lies. - 7Veritas4

Arkansas Not Fond Of Trump's Former Press Secretary

The Arkansas Poll, the University of Arkansas’s much-respected annual survey of the political mood of the state, is out today, and the news for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders isn’t great: 39% of Arkansans say they disapprove of her performance, the highest of any governor since the poll began in 1999. Among self-identified “very likely” voters, it’s 40%

Followers of Donald Trump refuse to walk away from him. Staying is easier than admitting they are wrong. 

Followers of David Koresh refused to walk away from him. Staying was easier than admitting they were wrong. 

 Cults never end well…no matter how they begin. - Jack Hopkins

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Rock The Voter News

• Senate Democrats press Biden administration to cover over-the-counter birth control
• 'Of Course It's Rigged': Dean Phillips Says He's Not Just Running Against Biden But the DNC 'Machine'
• Jen Psaki Says New GOP Speaker Should 'Scare' Everyone Because He's a 'Christian Fundamentalist'

My God, I’ve had it w/ trump. Who, in their right mind, could want this off the wall maniac for President? Judges need to STOP playing to his guy. If he breaks the gag orders, put the bastard in jail. Just LISTEN to him, he’s TELLING you he’ll be a dictator. WAKE THE HELL UP. - GranpaDennisP

Why Are Putin Sympathizers Serving In The U.S. Government?
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) bizarrely claimed that Democrats “created” the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East after he was asked about his Senate holds on military promotions due to his stance on the Pentagon’s travel reimbursement policy for out-of-state abortions.

We live in a society where a network called "The History Channel" can run a 2-hour prime-time special on Zombies. - John Fugelsang

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Business/Tech News

• Outlook for oil prices ‘would darken quickly’ if Israel-Palestine conflict escalates: World Bank
• Biden administration puts $1.3 billion toward new power lines
• UAW, General Motors reach tentative deal to end six-week strike
• FDA: Stop using these 26 eye drop products

Mike Johnson Says Separation of Church and State Was Inserted into Constitution by Satan. - Andy Borowitz

Apparently. Musk Is Turning X into XXX. It Is Getting Porny There, IMHO.

Elon Musk’s grandiose plans for X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, have expanded into the dating realm, according to a report from Business Insider.

The website cited two sources who were present during an all-hands video call on the one-year anniversary of Musk’s acquisition of the social media platform for $44 billion.

George Conway: “I believe Donald Trump will be spending the rest of his life in prison.”

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Odd News

• Chinese astronauts harvest tomatoes, lettuce in space
• Dust drove dinosaurs’ extinction after asteroid impact, scientists say
• Arctic blast to plummet temperatures to freezing in every state except Florida
• 1 in 4 US medical students consider quitting, most don’t plan to treat patients: report
• Thrift store begs people to stop donating 'used and unused' sex toys

Time To Deflate Photo

Luckily, the photographer had a second camera.

Peace.

White House hits Johnson over claiming gun violence was a matter of the ‘heart’

White House hits Johnson over claiming gun violence was a matter of the ‘heart’
The Biden administration hit back Friday on Speaker Mike Johnson’s recent comments that placed blame for mass shootings in the United States on Americans’ “hearts,” calling the remarks “offensive.”

Now is not the time for prayers.  Now is the time to get military grade weapons out of civilians hands. - Bob Golen

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• New House Speaker Tells Hannity, 'Go Pick Up a Bible Off Your Shelf and Read It – That's My Worldview'
• Johnson calls to ‘bifurcate’ funding for Ukraine, Israel
• John Kirby Defends Biden Calling Death in Gaza the 'Price of War': 'What's Harsh' Is Hamas 'Using People as Human Shields'
• Israel says ground offensive to destroy Hamas tunnels will be long and difficult
• 900 US troops deployed to the Middle East as attacks on American forces rise

Mike Johnson Says Fact That He Got Job He Was Unqualified For Proves God Answers Prayers. - Andy Borowitz

The only way we'll stop the carnage in this country is to stop electing Republicans. - John Pavlovitz 

Street Art in Gaza by Banksy

Thoughts & Prayers This Doesn't Turn Into Another Middle East Quagmire
U.S. fighter jets launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week.

Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know. - Pema Chodron

Republican Shenanigans

• Congress sees approval rating slide to 13 percent
• Mitt Romney Reveals Most Republicans Didn’t Impeach Trump Because They Feared Violent Attacks from His Supporters
• Conservatives Flame Nikki Haley For Proposal to Crack Down on Speech About Israel
• Comer calls on Raskin to ‘apologize’ for ‘disinformation’ in Biden family investigation
• 'You're Obviously Far Behind Trump': CNN's Kaitlan Collins Grills DeSantis On Failure to Go After Trump's 'Character'
• Intruder arrested twice at Los Angeles home of RFK Jr.
• Trump Jr. calls RJK Jr. a ‘Democrat plant’

So, the Speaker of the House of Representatives thinks the Earth is 6,000 years old and all the plants and animals on the planet only exist because of Noah’s Ark. That’s where we are at. - Ron Filipkowski

I Wonder What Ivanka Will Wear At Her Father's Fraud Trial

Ivanka Trump must testify at her father’s New York civil fraud trial, the judge overseeing the case ruled on Friday.

New York Judge Arthur Engoron denied a motion from Ivanka Trump’s attorneys to quash a subpoena for her testimony, though he said her testimony should not be scheduled before Wednesday to give her time to appeal his ruling.

Funny thing is if Jesus came back the Evangelical Christians would be the ones to crucify him. - James Scott

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden's New Primary Challenger Effusively Praised Him Earlier This Year
• House Democrat Reads Blistering Resolution to Censure Marjorie Taylor Greene on House Floor: 'Has Repeatedly Called for Violence'
• Democratic Rep Implores New Speaker to Bring Gun Legislation to the Floor Instead of Prayers: 'You Can Fix This'
• New education commission will advise White House on equity

What is it with Americans? 

You either give mentally unstable people guns or elect them to congress . - Amanda Thomas

Christofascist Says Biden Is In A Cognitive Decline

New House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Fox News on Thursday night that he sees a “cognitive decline” in President Biden, echoing one of the network’s frequent criticisms of the president.  

“Do you see in Joe Biden a cognitive decline? And if so, is that a danger to the country?” Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Johnson.

This is not a Christian country, it's a country that has some Christian people in it. 

Mike Johnson was not chosen by f-cking God to lead the House. He was chosen by a deranged, bigoted, sexist, homophobic, rapist prick. - Morgan J. Freeman

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Business/Tech News

• White House announces push to convert empty commercial buildings to housing
• Court indefinitely blocks Gulf oil leasing deadline set for Nov. 8
• Adderall shortage causing long-term problems for students with no end in sight
• Bankman-Fried takes the stand, but judge sends jurors away

Elon doesn't want you to know that the Lewiston, Maine mass shooter, Robert Card, retweeted him more often than anybody else. - Liam Nissan

At Least Senate Democrats Are Trying To Do Something About Tuberville's Blockade

Senate Democrats are working with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and a handful of Republicans on a rarely used procedural tactic to defeat Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) blockade of more than 360 military promotions, a stalemate that has consumed the Senate for months.

Prayer is the only thing we can do, unless the tragedy is something serious like a Bud Light ad from an influencer we don’t like. - Gary Peterson

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Odd News

• Marsquakes and meteorite hits show Mars has a dense liquid metal core
• NASA Captures Ghoulish Face Found On Jupiter, See The Creepy Photo
• 92-year-old man hikes Grand Canyon rim-to-rim
• Florida man's injurious day-long crime spree ends with failed carjacking at Starbucks drive-thru, police say
• First ever Florida Man games will feature beer belly wrestling and 'evading arrest' obstacle course

Time To Deflate Photo

The quality craftsmanship of a 2000 year old Roman Mosaic on the bank of the river Euphrates, Turkey.

Have a lovely and peaceful weekend, everyone.