#192

We should be so lucky.

But then, 1Nut would blame Dems if he hung himself, and Bev would question why it happened on a Tuesday.

Democrats ridicule Florida's "DeSantis Dummymander"

"Florida is not going to make a meaningful difference as it relates to their efforts to rig the midterm elections," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told reporters at a press conference on Monday.

CJ Warnke, a spokesperson for the Jeffries-aligned House Majority PAC, said in a statement to Axios that "Meatball Ron's Dummymander will not save Republicans," drawing on the derisive nickname President Trump gave DeSantis during the 2024 Republican presidential primary.

: "What the DeSantis Dummymander might lead to is that ... based on our analysis of the map, there are anywhere between 3 and 5 additional seats that Democrats can pick up if we get a turnout that mirrors 2018 or 2020," Jeffries said Monday.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) told Axios there is "no question" Democrats can hold onto some of the seats Republicans are targeting.

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee executive director Julie Merz said in a statement: "Republicans should be careful what they wish for."

Putin pledges support for Iran in talks with FM Araghchi

#161

The Whataboutisms just get dumber and dumber.

Nothing Bubba or Obama of any other Pres has done comes anywhere close to Trump.

But hey, trolls' gonna troll.

#156

Whining about his own stupid Whatabountisms?

A new low on the ol' Retort?

What more about a Convicted sexual assault finger raping, victim defaming, convicted Fraud, and Impeached President on testimony of his own DOJ that he ordered them to Rig the Election... do you need, Bonzo?

Like I said, everyone knows that, and a lot more, including his brotherly love of a Pedophile Ring Leader, among other things.

You should just stop while you are miles behind any semblance of credibility.

Says the President who was Convicted of Sex Abuse for finger-raping a woman... and then convicted for defaming her.

Trumpers are SO proud!!

"The United States Is Betraying Its Afghan Allies. The World Will Take Note.

If Afghan partners " whom the world witnessed standing with U.S. forces for two decades " can be transferred to the DRC, what assurance can the United States credibly offer to those it will rely on in the future?

Reports that Afghan evacuees currently housed in Qatar could be transferred to the Democratic Republic of the Congo mark a deeply troubling shift in U.S. asylum and migration policy " one that should raise alarm bells not only for those concerned about the fate of Afghans, but for anyone invested in human rights, the integrity of U.S. asylum systems, and the United States' credibility as a global partner."

"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump's national security team met Monday and was discussing Iran's proposal. But she offered no detail about the discussion or how the proposal was received. She said Trump would address it later.

The Iranian proposal would push negotiations on the country's nuclear program to a later date. Trump said one of the major reasons he went to war was to deny Iran the ability to develop nuclear weapons."

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Yes, but will they promise to stop the Lego War, which they are winning?

Bev would make more sense if he just posted random words... oh, wait, just gave away his secrets.

- Okay...but you're going to have to be more specific.

No, I don't; anyone with at least half a brain knows exactly what I mean.

And the rest are either Trump Cultists... or people who obfuscate for him and them because they have no other way to make themselves even vaguely relevant on these pages.

Trump has done a lot of things no other Pres would even dream of being crude, corrupt, or insane enough to do.

Whitewashing the Orange Oligarch is hard werk.

JFK Pissed off powerful Establishment people.... Trump has pissed off everyone but his most cultish Base.

medium is being bad media!

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes. And when we look closely at how fascism rose in 1930s Germany " and compare that to the political climate in the U.S. today " it's hard to ignore the echoes.

The parallels aren't about destination, but about method. About how democracies erode. About what gets normalized " until it's too late.

Even J.D. Vance " now Trump's Vice President " once made that connection himself. Back in 2016, he described Trump as possibly "America's Hitler."

He said it privately, before his political pivot, back when he was still warning about the dangers of personality cults and populist rage."

Didn't the Kirk murder have to do with him not being quite Fuentes Nazi enough?

Republicans have made the Military Industrial Complex Great Again!

Despite Ike's Warning.

: Acting Attorney General Blanche suggests overly critical' reporters fuel violent rhetoric

) Ronettes 1965 Short Interview on Hullabaloo.

#17

Chinese comedy.

One supposes then, that whenever law enforcement pays a tipster, they are funding crime.

"The Florida Constitution imposes restrictions on partisan gerrymandering.

In a letter to lawmakers, DeSantis' team argued that population changes in the state since the 2020 census and a pending Supreme Court decision in a redistricting case out of Louisiana justified the state redrawing its maps, although the high court has yet to render judgment in that case."

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They will, of course, do it anyway.

And good on Virginia for fighting fire with fire.

"But that's more fantasy than history. If our country's founders, who were unhappily familiar with Europe's state churches, wanted to create a "Christian nation," they could have written Christian dogma into the Constitution.

Instead, they included a ban on any official national religion and an explicit ban on any religious test for public office.

That's why it was so wrong for Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), chair of Trump's "religious liberty commission," to say this month that separation of church and state is "the biggest lie that's been told in America since our founding."

In fact, it is a fundamental American promise that protects religious liberty for everyone. It's a principle we should be celebrating as we commemorate the 250th anniversary of our declaration of independence from England and its official church.

Instead, the Trump administration is teaming up with a bunch of right-wing Christian nationalists for a May 17 event on the National Mall that is supposed to "rededicate" America to God."

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"I am no preacher, but what I have learned in my Baptist Church about the Old Testament prophets makes me suspect that God may not look very favorably on being asked to bless a government that is busy slamming its doors to refugees and taking food out of the mouths of hungry people while its corrupt leaders manipulate the system to enrich themselves."

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lots more at theHill link, including James Talarico.

Jefferson Airplane @ #42

Jorma and Jack (also Hot Tuna) are still around...

this is a few years ago

Drunks are easier to hit... Kegsbreath could have been second on his List.

Spirit Quest

Jesse Welles

2 days ago

"Spirit Quest"

Hieroglyphic Stevie Nixes burn their incense to the rumours in the sky
In the backyards of America I am stumbling seven white claws in my eyes
Tenuously reading what the tarot card conveys
What her ancient mystic crystals say
So expensive sitting sunning on the sill
Pray for good vibes all you want it don't ever pay the bills
No t shirt and a bad ass vest
I get it, I too am on a spirit quest

I watched cosmic cowboys take heroic doses in the temple of the bar
Some of us will get so high to find we haven't traveled very far
They say the most of us must become the least
I get the notion that they will not go in peace
I've seen the liberteens as pious as the monks
I'm gonna worship the possums and the snakes the woodpeckers and the skunks
If you're offering absolution, I'll confess
I'll eat your donuts, I'm on a spirit quest

Ain't it funny how the things you thought you needed were just prisons of the mind
Yea chains and regulations of sensations till you're blind in all three eyes
There are secrets, there are things I cannot see
I'm quite convinced that they're right in front of me
I'm gonna light a candle on the altar in my chest
And let it shine through my eyes on this weird and broken mess

Love is simple, everything is, I guess
I don't know, I'm on a spirit quest