Friday, October 14, 2022

Requiem For a Knucklehead


 

In a stunning bit of news that even shocked the likes of me (I've become somewhat unshockable these days) Donald Trump was subpoenaed yesterday to testify under oath before the January 6 committee. Watch again as this deranged piece-of-shit attempts to prove to the people of America that he is above the law. I was tempted at first to name this piece "Requiem for a Deranged Piece-of-Shit" but thought better of it at the last moment. My bad.

Yesterday's hearings proved - beyond a fraction of doubt - that Trump knew damned well that he had lost the election fair and square, but that he went on with his attempted coup regardless of the facts. Please bear in mind that virtually all of yesterday's damning testimony came from Republicans - Trump supporters who went to Washington in January of 2017 believing in Donald Trump. A small number of them may be accused of trying to save their own asses but all of them were credible. Donald J. Trump will be remembered in history, primarily, as the first former chief-executive to die in the custody of the federal authorities. 

QUESTION: Do I seriously believe that Trump should go to jail?

ANSWER: No.

EXPLANATION: "Jail" is where you go when you've had one-too-many on a Saturday night and you accidentally back your car into the plate glass window of the local pharmacy. Donald Trump needs to go to federal prison for the rest of his life.

So there.

Twenty years ago, I would find myself at times bolting up out of as dead sleep in the middle of the night and saying aloud: "My goodness! A half-witted frat boy from Crawford, Texas is president of the United States"! What a difference two decades makes. huh? George W. Bush is starting to look like George Washington. For all his flaws and utter incompetence, it must be grudgingly conceded that -
at the very least - Bush had some smart people behind him. That cannot be said about Donald Trump. That is all the argument you need for the abolition of the electoral college: the worst president (at the time) in living memory (Bush 43) and the worst president in American history (have a guess) lost the popular vote; Trump being the only president in history to lose the popular vote twice.

Fifty years from now the president of the United States, whomever he or she will be - whom in all likelihood hasn't even been born yet - will still, on a daily basis, be dealing with the damage that Trump did to his once great nation all of those decades before. What will the future generation of historians say about this generation of Americans who were foolish enough to send a so obviously unqualified a man to the White House? We can't sooth ourselves with the rationalization that at least he lost the popular vote in 2016. That doesn't cut it. It should have been a landslide. 

It's not certain if yesterday's hearing will be the last one. If Trump honors the subpoena it will probably be the first time in his life that the old dingbat ever does anything honorable. If he doesn't show up he should be charged with contempt of congress. Either way, the rest of 2022 promises to be mighty interesting.

Tom Degan, Goshen, NY


94 Comments:

At 11:56 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's how the GOP will 'clean up the mess Biden and Pelosi have made'
https://www.wnd.com/2022/10/scalise-gop-will-clean-mess-biden-pelosi-made/

Trump to Accept Jan 6 Committee Subpoena on One Condition: He Testifies on Live TV..

 
At 12:59 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...


GOP "plan":
Cut taxes for the rich, and "pass bills" that suppress voter rights, deny the majority vote winner if he's a Democrat, deny fair representation for Blacks, gut Social Security and Medicare.

They have NOTHING to benefit anyone but the rich, racists, and theocrats.

Trump would NEVER agree to live testimony.
He knows he would perjure, lie, or take the Fifth dozens of times.
He's bluffing and stalling.

 
At 1:03 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Steve Scalise on June 9, 2022:

"Was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi involved in the decision to delay National Guard assistance on Jan. 6?"

Video of Steve Scalise on Jan. 6, 2021:

*Watches Nancy Pelosi on the phone call for National Guard assistance during the Capitol attack*

Vern thinks this sleazeball's "plan" will help Americans.

 
At 2:04 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

Time for the DOJ to indict T****.

And "New York Attorney General Letitia James filed court papers Thursday seeking to stop former President Donald Trump from transferring assets from his namesake real estate company, the latest move in her civil case alleging years of fraudulent practices.

The motion for a preliminary injunction says Trump Organization representatives created a new company with the same name in Delaware six days before James' office brought the suit. The company then filed paperwork to register Trump Organization II LLC in New York on Sept. 21, the same day the civil action was filed."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/ny-attorney-general-moves-stop-trump-org-transferring-assets-rcna52084

The grift never stops.....

 
At 2:07 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

WND "Christian Journalists" amplifying Trump's Lies. Proud to be a member of T**** Social.

 
At 2:11 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

Tom,

Well said! Keep shining the light on the facts and the truth.

 
At 3:37 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Still waiting for Anonymous Vern to admit Trump lost a fair election to Biden.

 
At 3:55 PM, Blogger Darrell Michaels said...

I guess cognitive degradation is something not isolated only to Joe Biden. It seems to be affecting many leftists everywhere.

Trump is out of office, and good riddance. I pray he doesn't run again. That said, the left thinks Biden is "doing a good job".

Biden is obviously suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's and should be removed on 25th amendment grounds for that alone. His bumbling and constant missteps are dangerous and our enemies are taking notice. He has proven repeatedly that he is not in full control of his faculties and should therefore not be sitting in the oval office.

That said, the huge amount of corruption that the Biden crime family has perpetrated makes Trump look like an amateur. 10% to "the big guy" on Hunter's bribery deals with the Chinese should land that SOB in prison alone. Never mind the corruption with Biden and the Ukrainians, Russians, and so on. But the left doesn't care, just as long as we have abortion on demand and can bow at the tax-payer funded alter of climate change. The hypocrisy of the left is breathtaking.

 
At 4:17 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Darrell is airing his radical Right grievances again. He has ZERO evidence of Biden's "crimes" but willfully ignores Trumps crimes committed in broad daylight.

And Darrell admits he would vote for Trump, despite his PRAISE for his thugs terrorizing Congress and beating cops.

Darrell isn't at all concerned about Trump stealing secret documents for his personal leverage and profit. All of these are REAL crimes.

He surrendered his conscience to Trump. Despite all evidence, recounts, the courts, and being told by Trump's own AG, Homeland Security, and White House Counsel, he can't admit his hero lost a fair election to Biden, because it hurts his FEELINGS.

He has no evidence of "10% to the big guy", either. Just FEELINGS, aka indoctrinated hatred.

Robert Maguire Research Director at CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) explains “the big guy” for the people not duped by Trump and blinded by hate:

Since we appear poised to start fresh Hunter Biden news cycle, some reminders are in order:

1) Hunter has no role in his father's administration
2) Hunter does not run a business that his father profits from as president that's used as an influence machine for special interests.

Also worth noting that Joe Biden hasn't spent his livelong days as president tweeting incessantly about the investigation, calling on his AG to do something about the Trump holdover in charge of the investigation or firing his AG to get someone who will.

And AG Garland has made clear the administration will not influence the case.

There are going to be plenty of people who are going to try to contrast this to the criticisms that Trump's children faced when he was president. They will surely suggest that the ethics issues raised by Hunter's conduct is worse. They are not even close.

Ivanka and Jared were given high-level executive branch jobs—and security clearances—which they were wholly unqualified for. Like their father, they brought innumerable conflicts of interest into office with them, and they scoffed at even basic ethics rules.

Don Jr and Eric ran a business that their father constantly traveled to and still profited from as president. Those businesses were used by foreign governments, wealthy donors, and special interests to enrich the Trumps while trying to curry favor with the Trump administration.

Neither of these situations is remotely similar to Hunter Biden's, as it relates to his father's presidency.

And to be clear, I'm only speaking about this as it relates to his father's administration. If Hunter committed crimes, he should be prosecuted for them like anyone else.

The "wHaT aBoUt tHe '10% fOr tHe BiG gUy' eMAiL???" gang has logged on. So please enlighten me: - Explain the subsequent "my Chairman" email and his "emphatic NO" response - Why hasn't any of this shown up in Biden's tax returns/financial disclosures?

Biden has released more than a decade of tax returns. As VP and POTUS, his taxes are automatically audited BY LAW. He files personal financial disclosures under penalty of perjury and posts them on the White House website. Where is the hard proof?

Again, a subsequent email refers to "my Chairman" whom Hunter says he gave "an emphatic NO." This was confirmed by none other than Fox News

Hey kudos for at least admitting you don't have evidence. If any does arise, I will gladly join the chorus calling for accountability.

Yes. Bobulinski did indeed say that Joe was the "Big Guy." Yet it was later confirmed (by FOX) that Joe was the "Chairman" referenced in a subsequent email, in which he gave "an emphatic NO" to being involved.


I guess cognitive degradation is something not isolated only to Joe Biden.

 
At 7:08 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Cassidy Hutchinson’s sworn testimony reveals Trump said to Mark Meadows, “I don't want people to know we lost, Mark. This is embarrassing. Figure it out. We need to figure it out. I don't want people to know that we lost.”

Vern and Darrell prefer to take Trump's word over all evidence, recounts, the courts, and being told he lost by Trump's own AG, Homeland Security, and White House Counsel.

He is their infallible messiah who cannot be contradicted.

But Trump hates the same people they hate, and that's what really matters to them. They MUST believe every lie.

"One day Trump will be gone, but their dishonor will remain."

 
At 6:37 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

There are several reasons Trump should have gone to prison, many for his executive orders which ratcheted up the environmental assaults on all of us.

Biden, not to be outdone, recently signed his own executive order to accelerate biotech experimentation and development. If you have missed it, there was a recent virus outbreak. There is an abundance of circumstantial evidence indicating a laboratory leak was responsible for the pandemic. United States government agencies were (and are) funding dangerous gain-of-function experiments where new viruses are developed. One of these laboratories is in Wuhan China, and is the probable origin of the virus.

Excellent students get ninety-nines on their exams - yet they are still wrong one percent of the time. One-hundred percent containment of pathogens is impossible. The inescapable conclusion is the more experimentation which create lethal pathogens, the greater the risk and frequency of devastating accidents. By itself, Biden's executive order suggests he too belongs behind bars - perhaps in a psychiatric ward for psychotics...

 
At 7:29 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

I share Anonymous 6:3's skepticism of gain of function research, but the US didn't fund whatever caused the pandemic.


https://theintercept.com/2021/09/09/covid-origins-gain-of-function-research/

NIH DOCUMENTS PROVIDE NEW EVIDENCE U.S. FUNDED GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH IN WUHAN
U.S.-funded experiment in China posed biosafety risks but did not cause Covid-19 pandemic, scientists say.

"Scientists unanimously told The Intercept that the experiment, which involved infecting genetically engineered mice with “chimeric” hybrid viruses, could not have directly sparked the pandemic. None of the viruses listed in the write-ups of the experiment are related to the virus that causes Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, closely enough to have evolved into it."

Despite issues where I disagree with the president, I also don't see Biden's executive order leading to a viral pandemic or as an indication of mental illness:

https://www.medtechintelligence.com/news_article/pres-biden-issues-executive-order-on-advancing-biotechnology-and-biomanufacturing/

Pres. Biden Issues Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing

 
At 8:19 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

>"Scientists unanimously told The Intercept that the experiment, which involved infecting genetically engineered mice with “chimeric” hybrid viruses, could not have directly sparked the pandemic. None of the viruses listed in the write-ups of the experiment are related to the virus that causes Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, closely enough to have evolved into it."

This statement may be perfectly true - yet it 'proves' nothing, moreover, it says nothing about any number of other experiments that likely take place at this lab.

Regarding one's state of mind, we are Americans and doing something for money changes our perception about it. Consider how we regard hit men vs. serial killers. Or a pharmaceutical company that fuels an opioid epidemic resulting in hundred thousand needlessly dead. The executives of those companies are still eating caviar - and we accept it. What the fuck?

 
At 8:44 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

One more thing, one of the rationals used to justify gain-of-function experimentation is to 'create dangerous pathogens in order to develop a vaccination to control it in case nature produces a similar pathogen'.

The fact is nature is complex and there is absolutely no way to predict what it will throw at us. A virus is hugely complex and there is simply no way to predict what dangers may emerge - other than to create them yourself. Who could possibly want that?

The fact is creation of pathogens for any reason can easily be redirected as biological warfare development.

There are very sound reasons why humanity has attempted to restrict or prevent the development of bio-weapons or gain-of-function experimentation.

 
At 9:56 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Anonymous,

Yes, the serial killers include the Purdue/Sackler Oxy-Cartel, but they're doing just fine.

They're part of the oligarchic corporate Owner Class. Owning the Republican Party and at least half the Democrats has assured their lock on our three branches of government.

Agreed. Nuclear/Bio/Chemical weapons, as well as contamination of the environment, are humanity's keys to self-extinction.

Humans would be wise to remember the words of Wendell Berry. “Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.”

 
At 10:05 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I want to add to the list.
• The fossil fuel industry is bent on increasing the consumption of fuel – even though this hastens the arrival of catastrophic climate change.
• Agriculture and the chemical industries have degraded the quality of the foods we eat. Take glyphosate – which is proving to be a dangerous cancer causing agent (although industry to this day has prevented official classification). This chemical is encountered in most of the processed food we eat.
• Both of the fossil fuel and agricultural industries are deeply involved in bringing about and perpetuating the problems in the Ukraine. GMO technology and chemical agriculture expanded rapidly after the 2014 coop. How many cases of non-hodgkins lymphoma were caused by the rapid increase of glyphosate in Ukraine foodstuff shipped across the world? Now as an offshoot, the risk of nuclear exchange is heightened. (Note, I am not a Putin apologist. He is a fossil fuel oligarch too).

Yea, you might argue that this is good for the economy – particularly if you were a tycoon with holing in these industries, but the bottom line is this lowers the quality of life for most people – and the more rapidly the hazards of climate chaos arrive the sooner more people will be killed (and in the case of glyphosate, already have).

Since the arrival of biotechnology, and the increasing industrialization of food, the wholesomeness and quality has diminished – and who hasn’t noticed that it doesn’t taste as good? In the same time-frame, cancers and other health problems consistently escalate.

We are going in the wrong direction. Say what you want about the capitalists and their minions taking us there, but I don’t think it is unfair to call them psychotic...

 
At 12:04 AM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Yup, as John Lennon sang in "Gimme Some Truth":

I’M SICK TO DEATH OF HEARING THINGS FROM
UPTIGHT SHORT-SIGHTED NARROW MINDED HYPOCRITES
ALL I WANT IS THE TRUTH, JUST GIMME SOME TRUTH
I’VE HAD ENOUGH OF READING THINGS BY
NEUROTIC PSYCHOTIC PIG HEADED POLITICIANS
ALL I WANT IS THE TRUTH, JUST GIMME SOME TRUTH

 
At 7:55 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dave, I see you beat me to it on all of the points on that last post, so yes, I agree...

 
At 8:53 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Everyone should watch the interview of Francis Boyle who drafted the ‘Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act’ passed in 1989. He has some views that we will not agree with, however the topic of the interview is an impending WHO treaty. The treaty would allow a non-United-States agency to override our nation’s law and constitutional protections. If anything, the pandemic demonstrated that CDC pandemic responses had many missteps (in fact its director Rochelle Walensky said exactly that – although the agency restructuring she calls for may be be a power grab that may not be in ‘our’ best interests).

Anyway, watch the video near the top of the linked page – the treaty would adopt some policies that have profound effects of overriding and restricting our constitutional rights.

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/manmade-pandemics-cola/

 
At 11:44 AM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Conservatives and the KKK: Spot The Difference

https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1581314204073459712

 
At 11:39 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did everyone feel concerned about democracy in America today ?
I feel very scared about it because of the January 6 hearing today !
Liz Cheney is very worried about our democracy & Trump is to blame.
Forget high gas prices, high food prices & the worst inflation in a long time. Forget the broken border & millions of illegals coming into the country. Forget the high rate of crime & criminals being freed after committing major crime.
Worry about us losing our democracy or republic because of January 6 & Trump & Trump followers !
Biden personally asked the Saudis to cut oil production after the elections or after a month ! Forget quid pro quo & asking a foreign government to influence the elections !
Biden will punish the Saudis & reward the Iranian government that is brutally killing its own people.
This man really cares about Americans & other people ! Just vote for the democrats, they really care !

 
At 11:33 AM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...


Biden asked Saudis for a delay in oil production cuts.

Guess who really asked them to cut production?

Vern's criminal hero:

"Just spoke to my friend MBS (Crown Prince) of Saudi Arabia, who spoke with President Putin of Russia, & I expect & hope that they will be cutting back approximately 10 Million Barrels, and maybe substantially more which, if it happens, will be GREAT for the oil and gas industry!"

Vern's hero also stole top secret documents, but he's above the law to his cult.

Spot the hypocrite:

Aug. 18, 2016:
At a campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina, Trump said, "On political corruption, we are going to restore honor to our government. In my administration, I'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law."

Sept. 19, 2016:
At a campaign event in Fort Meyers, Florida, Trump said, “We also need the best protection of classified information. That is the worst situation. Hillary's private email scandal, which put our classified information in the reach of our enemies, disqualifies her from the presidency. Totally."

Oct. 17, 2016:
Trump tweeted, "Wikileaks proves even the Clinton campaign knew Crooked, mishandled classified info, but no one gets charged? RIGGED!"


Anonymous loves his fellow racist enemies of democracy and would admire these guys too:

In 1941 Hitler said, “I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so."

On October 10, 1936 Heinrich Himmler created the Reich Central Office for Combating Homosexuality and Abortion, or Special Office (II S), a sub-department of Executive Department II of the Gestapo.

 
At 11:50 AM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Anonymous Vern's hero threatens Jews:
“No President has done more for Israel than I have. Somewhat surprisingly, however, our wonderful Evangelicals are far more appreciative of this than the people of the Jewish faith, especially those living in the U.S...Jews have to get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel — Before it is too late!”

They whine when someone compares this cult to Nazis. Fine. Nationalist Christians can be called "Nat-Cs" for short.

 
At 1:28 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Still waiting for Dave to admit Stacy Abrams did not win her election.

36 Shot During Weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago

Average American Is Losing $34K and Everything Else on Benedict Biden’s Watch

Biden Crime Family’s Foreign Influence Peddling Threatens America’s National Security

V.P. Harris said Joe Biden is a racist.

 
At 2:40 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11323677/Outrage-Boston-University-CREATES-Covid-strain-80-kill-rate.html

The US is going to commit worldwide genocide. Why are those researchers smiling?

 
At 2:47 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

We are one Supreme Court ruling away from ending democracy:

https://seanmungerhistory.substack.com/p/2022-americas-last-semi-free-election

 
At 7:08 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Biden family biz got $40 million from Russian oligarch
Whistleblowers charge FBI sat on evidence Joe Biden knew.

 
At 7:11 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Arizona Democrat Guillermina Fuentes Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail for Ballot Harvesting.

Democrat Squad Member Cori Bush Has Spent $500,000 of Campaign Funds on PRIVATE Security in Two Years but STILL Insists on Defunding the Police

 
At 7:29 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

But there is no crisis, remember?

Biden DHS suddenly begging for govt volunteers to go to Southern Border and cook, clean, etc to ‘support migrants’. No one is being asked to secure the border. They just want volunteers to manage the ‘migrant’ chaos from NOT securing the border.

 
At 7:32 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

Anonymous alleges misdeeds, but does not substantiate them as usual. Just another superfluous useless rant.

 
At 7:33 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

CBS Poll: 65% Of Americans Say Economy Is Getting Worse Under Biden, Plurality Blame Democrats…

Miss the Trump economy yet?

 
At 7:35 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Poll: Only 33% Of Voters Would Vote For Biden If Election Were Today… Must be due to the "great" job he is doing, LMAO.

 
At 7:39 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just another superfluous useless rant.,,,Prove it JustMusing.

We impeached a President based on alleged misdeeds. Remember? Now there's was a threat to our democracy.


The truth is out there.

 
At 11:18 AM, Blogger JustMusing said...

Anon: I don't need to prove a thing here; you just did it for me. Not a single link.

 
At 1:40 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

JustMusing, have you ever heard of Google? JustAsking

Biden: ‘Our Economy Is Strong as Hell’ – 89% of Voters: No, It’s Not
89% of voters say the U.S. is either “very likely” (43%) or “somewhat likely” (46%) currently in a recession, according to a new national opinion survey, conducted October 4-11, 2022 for The Federalist by Susquehanna Polling and Research, Inc.
(LOOK JUSTMUSING YOUR SOURCE...stop your whining)

That includes 84% of voters who approve of Biden’s job performance, 84% of those who have a favorable opinion of him, and 82% of self-identified Democrats, who all think the U.S. is in a recession.

What’s more, voters largely say the U.S. economy has deteriorated over the last half-year.

The truth is out there.

 
At 3:59 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...


Yeah the truth is out there; it's JustNot coming out of your mouth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susquehanna_Polling_%26_Research

Republican leaning orgs all the way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Society

"In January 2019, The Washington Post Magazine wrote that the Federalist Society had reached an "unprecedented peak of power and influence." Of the current nine members of the Supreme Court of the United States, six are current or former members of the organization (Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and Amy Coney Barrett).[1][11] Politico wrote that the Federalist Society "has become one of the most influential legal organizations in history—not only shaping law students' thinking but changing American society itself by deliberately, diligently shifting the country's judiciary to the right."[12]

No Bias there, eh? Of course the ReThugs had to cheat to do it.

 
At 5:14 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Just Musing,
Anonymous Vern can't escape the convenient set-up for Republicans. They are running on “crime” while flooding the streets with guns.
They are arsonists blaming the fire department.
It's what they always do. Nothing is their fault.

 
At 7:41 AM, Blogger rustcoal said...

Durham's witch hunt netted a big goose egg just like the republicun party, a big goose egg. Excuse me the trump party.

 
At 1:47 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

A bad time for being in the Trump Cult.

First Durham falls flat, and now this:
DOJ Prosecutors say they now have enough evidence to charge Donald J Trump with Obstruction of Justice after investigating his theft of Top Secret/Classified Documents.

Ruh, roh!

 
At 5:01 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Ruh, roh, Part II:

It looks like he will be charged with Obstruction of Justice and Conspiracy to Defraud the United States.


A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of emails from John Eastman, a former Donald Trump attorney, to House investigators, saying the communications were made in furtherance of a crime related to Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election.

“The emails show that President Trump knew that the specific numbers of voter fraud were wrong but continued to tout those numbers, both in court and to the public,” Judge David O. Carter wrote.

“The Court finds that these emails are sufficiently related to and in furtherance of a conspiracy to defraud the United States,” he added.


 
At 5:07 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Ruh, roh, Part III:

E. Jean Carroll attorneys have asked for Trump's DNA.

Anonymous Vern better send his Master and Savior more money.

 
At 12:24 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who's you favorite spokes person on the hit TV show "The View'?

 
At 9:06 AM, Blogger rustcoal said...

Who needs a Putin commie lover like kevin mccarthy when you have Luke Skywalker sending drones to Ukraine.

 
At 12:47 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Anonymous Vern’s fellow Trumper “patriot”:

Nick Fuentes, friend of Marjorie Taylor Greene & Paul Gosar, taking the lead of MAGA Christian Nationalist hate club, unleashed his own rant last week telling Jews to "get out fuck out of America": "You serve the devil. You serve Satan. ... I piss on your Talmud."

Sounds about white, amirite, Vern?

 
At 1:33 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Vern's allies are coming out of the woodwork:

Dalton Clodfelter, white nationalist livestreamer and friend of Nick Fuentes, got into some Holocaust denial: "Can we talk about the Holocaust, please? Can we just have a discussion about it and why maybe some of the numbers are inflated? Like just question it."

Clodfelter, who has said he's a former member of the Proud Boys, made the comments in response to a fan who goes by the name PatriotGroyper1488 and who said he planned to spit on the graves of Holocaust victims. The fan used the term "Holohoax," which Clodfelter said was "kek."

Clodfelter was among those listed as "special guests" of the "America First" conference that Fuentes organized in February. The conference included appearances from two Republican members of Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar, as well as other elected officials.

Vern, like his fellow Proud Boys allies, deny Biden beat Trump in a fair election.

Just don't call these white Nationalist Christians Nazis. They are White Nat-Cs.

 
At 5:40 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Which of you liberals are opposed to grade schools having drag queen shows in their local tax payer funded school for the students?

Dave?
Rustcoal?
Justmusing?
Tom?

Instead of focusing on an ex President, why do liberals ignore current events hurting their children?

Do liberals support abortion as a way of ending inflation like Stacy Abrams does?

Unwoke Black Man Obliterates School Board Over Groomer Curriculum

https://rumble.com/v1oxdwy-unwoke-black-man-obliterates-school-board-over-groomer-curriculum.html

Will any of the liberal keyboard warriors who visit this blog respond?

 
At 5:47 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

What is Wrong With This World That Parents Would Hand Their Children Over to Sex Perverts?

https://disntr.com/2022/10/20/what-is-wrong-with-this-world-that-parents-would-hand-their-children-over-to-sex-perverts/

 
At 5:58 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Democrats are the knuckleheads, Dem Rep. Jim Clyburn Admits Democrats “Knew” Inflation Would Result From Their Big Spending…

SOURCE...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3LI9SuDpCQ&t=46s

so when you can't afford a tank of gas, or to heat your home this winter, or or buy food
just remember it's all the fault of white racism and Donald Trump and the GOP.

LMAO

 
At 6:35 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

According to the State Department's grant list, a grant in the amount reported by Fox was awarded to the Centro Ecuatoriano Norteamericano (CEN) on September 23 as part a public diplomacy program.

The grant listing on the USAspending.gov website says that the funds, which began September 30 and will run through to August 31, 2023, will allow the recipient, CEN, to "host 3 workshops, 12 DRAG theater performances, and produce a 2 minute documentary."

It says that the program the funding is tied to aims: "To support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives, advance national interests, and enhance national security by informing and influencing foreign publics and by expanding and strengthening the relationship between the people and government of the United States and citizens of the rest of the world."

CEN has been awarded a total of $57,200 from the federal government over four transactions, which include infrastructure updates to the center, speaker programs and workshops.



 
At 7:11 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Did you see the Republican who wants to protect kids from "leftists" got caught masturbating outside a pre-school? At around 4:30 Monday afternoon, in broad daylight, a cop witnessed Randy Kaufman in his car "manipulating his genitals" with several preschool age children in sight.

Did you know what the greatest threat to children is?

April 22, 2022, at 7:38 a.m. FRIDAY, April 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) –

Guns have surpassed road crashes as the leading cause of death among U.S. children and teens. Gun-related deaths rose 29% among 1- to 19-year-olds from 2019 to 2020, according to a new University of Michigan study.


Republicans are running on “crime” and "but the children!" while flooding the streets with guns.

They are arsonists blaming the fire department.

List of Republican pedophiles:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ffc3YJrWIAAKex7?format=jpg&name=medium

 
At 10:32 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good to see Dave supports Drag Queen shows held at school, as expected.

List of Democrat pedophiles

https://www.ranker.com/list/democrat-sex-scandals/web-infoguy

https://newstalk1130.iheart.com/featured/common-sense-central/content/2017-11-21-the-long-list-of-democrats-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/

Partial list of Democrat pedophiles.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980959/posts

But really the most important thing is what do

Dave?
Rustcoal?
Justmusing?
Tom?

Think about drag queen shows being held at public schools?

No answer must mean they support them. Last chance fellows.

 
At 10:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dem Rep. Jim Clyburn Admits Democrats “Knew” Inflation Would Result From Their Big Spending…

 
At 11:40 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

All we need to know about Vern is he is more upset by drag queens than by kids being slaughtered by his precious assault rifles.

 
At 11:09 AM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Not too crazy for Vern, though:


CNN Business

The right-wing channel Newsmax has banned Lara Logan from its air after she went on a QAnon-style rant during an appearance on the network this week.

In a bizarre interview, Logan told host Eric Bolling that “the open border is Satan’s way of taking control of the world,” and later added that the world’s elites “want us eating insects [and] cockroaches” while they “dine on the blood of children.”

Newsmax rebuked Logan in a sharp statement to CNN on Thursday evening.

“Newsmax condemns in the strongest terms the reprehensible statements made by Lara Logan and her views do not reflect our network,” a network spokesperson said. “We have no plans to interview her again.”

 
At 11:16 AM, Blogger rustcoal said...

Pence implied he would rather support some other candidate other than trump in 2024. The images of the gallows at the Capitol riots and the humpers chanting "hang Mike Pence" prolly had something to do with his preferences.

 
At 11:21 AM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Rustcoal,
We all know damn well Pence would vote for a criminal traitor like Trump over any Democrat. It is the authoritarian way.

 
At 3:05 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dave is a Groomer.

Poll: Only 31% Agree Biden Is Giving Attention To Most Important Issues Facing Americans…Guns are not on the important list. But when you are desperate you bring up anything to deflect from your positions failures. Today it's guns next it will be Trump, then the rich, the GOP and racism.

I wonder if Pete Buttigieg supports Drag Queen shows in grade schools like Dave does? Not one democrat, not one liberal, not one progressive, not one socialist has spoken out against Drag Queen shows in public grade schools. Their silence speaks volumes.

 
At 3:30 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Yup. Like I said, Vern's not bothered at all by the mass slaughter of school kids. More money for the NRA. THAT's what's important to him.

Maybe he's related to a Uvalde Capt. Joel Betancourt who ordered a strike team to wait more than 70 minutes into the attack.

God bless the NRA, amirite, Vern?

 
At 5:55 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Poll: Nearly 80% Of Voters Oppose Transgender Procedures On Minors…yup and I know the names of some of the 20%.

 
At 5:57 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dem Rep. Jim Clyburn Admits Democrats “Knew” Inflation Would Result From Their Big Spending…ready for higher heating bills this winter, higher food costs this winter?

Thanks to Biden and his fellow liberal progressive democrats.

 
At 11:22 AM, Blogger rustcoal said...

Saudi-Aramco now owns the largest refinery in the US, trump could of blocked the sale but didn't. Does this reflect the high cost of diesel fuel and the resulting spike in the cost of goods?

 
At 12:10 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

Dave,

Anon just keeps throwing Q crack pot shite against the wall that was never built and wonders why it doesn't stick.

Help us build the wall T**** and cronies said, but, no, they just pocketed the hard earned suckers money and walked away.

Anon should ask JFK junior WTF happened when he shows up in Texas or Pennsylvania or Nevada.
https://www.salon.com/2022/10/08/how-a-qanon-influencer--hints-he-may-be-jfk-jr--became-central-to-denial/

Or ask Lara Logan what's for dinner once she cleans out her loony bin locker at Newsmax and leaves the building.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/newsmax-cuts-ties-with-lara-logan-after-her-qanon-inspired-on-air-rant-about-world-leaders-drinking-the-blood-of-children-and-making-people-eat-insects/ar-AA13g42P

But I know what Anon is really afraid of;

"GROSS: So one more question for you. In a few years, the U.S. will no longer be a white majority country. And that demographic change is likely to affect politics. What do you think the effect will be?

MILBANK: Well, I think that demographic change is already affecting our politics. It's a backlash against the rising multicultural America that is bringing out white evangelical Christians to vote in extraordinary numbers, non-college educated white voters. You know, that is very much the backlash that drove Donald Trump to power. In the long run, this will be resolved. We will be a multicultural country. You can only defy gravity for so long. So in the long run, I am optimistic that we will overcome the current strife that we are dealing with. The problem is it's a long time between now and then. And unfortunately Republicans, in order to hold on to power, are basically destroying the fundamentals of democracy of one man, one vote to sustain power over the near term.

GROSS: Are you concerned that by the time we're no longer a white majority country, that democracy will be sufficiently destroyed, that the multicultural nature of our country won't register at the polls?

MILBANK: Well, I'm very concerned about that. And that's why I've written this book. You know, in the very long run, it becomes undeniable that this will be a multicultural America. But if we are not - if we reach that point and we are no longer a democracy and we've turned ourselves into a North American version of Hungary, where there is no longer a free press, well, we have to just keep fighting so that we don't reach such an eventuality. And that's what I'm going to do."

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/09/1116281152/how-the-republican-party-came-to-embrace-conspiracy-theories-and-denialism




 
At 12:19 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

It's not world leaders drinking the blood of children and making people eat insects that one needs to worry about.

Bacteria have a taste for people and they don't care who you are, where you live, how you vote, how big your bank account is, or your political affiliation.

https://gizmodo.com/florida-flesh-eating-bacteria-hurricane-ian-1849669035

 
At 1:01 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lie: Biden Claims He Was “Full Professor” At Univ. Of Pennsylvania…

Reality: He never taught a single class

Truth: Dem Rep. Jim Clyburn Admits Democrats “Knew” Inflation Would Result From Their Big Spending…ready for higher heating bills this winter, energy shortages this winter, higher food costs this winter food shortages this winter?

You can give thanks to Biden and his fellow liberal progressive democrats.

Drag shows held grade school in front of kids is multicultural? Who knew?

I wonder if Pete Buttigieg supports Drag Queen shows in grade schools like Dave does? Not one democrat, not one liberal, not one progressive, not one socialist has spoken out against Drag Queen shows in public grade schools. Their silence speaks volumes.





 
At 5:05 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Only bigots howl about drag queens being some "threat" to kids. The same bigots will deliberately ignore school shootings and the FACT that the leading cause of death in children is by firearms.

They all bow to their sacred gods at the NRA, for they must be appeased by the blood of innocents.

 
At 9:10 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dave supports groomers. In fact he may be one.

 
At 9:12 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

If you hate Trump after this 24 month shitshow, your commitment to stupidity is impressive.

 
At 9:53 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Biden on His Unconstitutional Student Loan Bailout: “It Passed. I Got it Passed by a Vote or Two” – But Congress Has Never Voted on It

LIAR.

 
At 10:36 AM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Racist liar says, "Dave supports groomers".
He thinks sending an armed mob to the Capitol to overturn an election is "constitutional" and it's stupid to hate him for it.
Typical White Nationalist Christian, aka Nat-C.

 
At 1:57 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dave supports groomers, he has NEVER spoke out against them or Drag Queen shows at public grade schools. He has never spoke out against Sex Reassignment Surgeries On Children…

The fact is not one LIBERAL PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT has. Is it because they support Drag Queens show for minors, Groomers, or Sex Reassignment Surgeries On Children? Or is it because they are afraid to upset their base voters, Homosexuals by speaking out against these things?

As to Dave's continuing to beating the dead horse of Jan 6th, it seems he doesn't know or refuse to admit that polling show voters rank Jan 6th the 19th (nineteenth) most important thing in their reason for voting.

That's after number

1. (one) Inflation caused by the Democrats (per Dem Rep. Jim Clyburn)

and

2. (two) CRIME Example..Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago Sees Over 50 People Shot Last Weekend.

Hey Dave WHO was it that sent an armed mob to the Capitol to overturn an election? Give us some names and evidence.

 
At 3:57 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/10/politics/jan-6-us-capitol-riot-timeline/index.html

Anon wants to deflect and forget WHO fomented an insurrection, but WHO will soon be indicted and convicted just like his rabid Nazi racist followers have.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/interactive/2022/jan-6-capitol-riot-charges-sentences/

 
At 3:59 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

Anon's Leader:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/24/2130884/-Woodward-s-tapes-of-Trump-reveal-what-we-already-knew-he-s-a-damaged-nasty-ignorant-piece-of-work?utm_campaign=trending

Piece of work? Nah, POS.

 
At 4:03 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

The do nothing RepubliKKKon party still offering zero to the American People except a dictatorship, allegience to Putin, and tax cuts for the wealthiest.

If you want your Social Security that you worked and paid for to be stripped away, then vote for the hollow party:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/19/2129984/-Republicans-are-offering-Americans-nothing-literally-nothing

 
At 4:15 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

Not White? Well good luck to you if the Anglo-Saxon party takes over in 22 and 24.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/04/republicans-america-first-caucus

 
At 5:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Daily Kos, now that's a great source...and Vanity Fair, fear mongering opinion piece, but not a fact.
Mean while here's facts...not opinion.

(Reuters)—U.S. business activity contracted for a fourth straight month in October, with manufacturers and services firms in a monthly survey of purchasing managers both reporting weaker client demand, the latest evidence of an economy softening in the face of high inflation and rising interest rates.

A reading below 50 indicates contraction in the private sector. Outside the slump during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, business output is retreating at the swiftest pace since the 2007-2009 global financial crisis, by S&P Global's measure at least.

"The U.S. economic downturn gathered significant momentum in October, while confidence in the outlook also deteriorated sharply," S&P Chief Business Economist Chris Williamson said in a statement. "The decline was led by a downward lurch in services activity, fueled by the rising cost of living and tightening financial conditions."

Thanks to the liberal progressive democrat policys of the past two years.


BTW whites currently make up over 76% of the US population. So it seems that the "Anglo-Saxon" party is already in control.

Playing of the race fear mongering card by JustMusing.




 
At 5:58 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

MSNBC tries to push the January 6th scam on a focus group and they are not having their nonsense pic.twitter.com/DAIjuYRPen

 
At 6:07 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Vern is defending the man who PRAISED thugs for terrorizing congress and beating cops.
That ALL we need to know about his character and values, or lack thereof.

Vern ignores the primary reason for inflation.
Surprise! It isn't Biden.

It's record corporate and Big Oil profits due to GREED.

On 4-2-2020 Trump tweeted: “Just spoke to my friend MBS (Crown Prince) of Saudi Arabia, who spoke with President Putin of Russia, & I expect & hope that they will be cutting back approximately 10 Million Barrels, and maybe substantially more which, if it happens, will be GREAT for the oil and gas industry!”

This is the guy HE wants back in power.

Vern ignores the Republican plan for inflation:

1. Cut taxes for the rich
2. Eliminate Social Security
3. Eliminate Medicare

Right. Like that'll lower costs for elderly Americans.

"Let them die" is their answer. Always.

Vern's also ignorant of the fact inflation has been falling since June.

Inflation rates since June:
June- 9.1
July-8.5
August-8.3
September-8.2

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/

 
At 6:27 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

During a press conference earlier this year, a reporter asked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell about how Republicans would govern if they reclaimed both congressional chambers in the upcoming midterm elections.

“That is a very good question,” McConnell replied. “And I’ll let you know when we take it back.”

Gee, I wonder why he's not talking...

A little-noticed budget document, the Blueprint to Save America, released in June by the Republican Study Committee, details the group’s priorities.

Raising the Social Security eligibility age

Blocking prescription drug pricing reform

Ending birthright citizenship

Eliminating government agencies:

The National Labor Relations Board
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Kneecapping the EPA and rolling back climate change initiatives

The RSC opposes Biden’s decision to reenter the Paris Climate agreement, an international treaty to rein in global warming. And it supports a bill that would prohibit federal dollars from supporting the treaty’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The RSC also backs reducing the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget, including by ending all EPA grant programs and shuttering the agency’s regional offices.

Restricting abortion nationwide

Reversing federal recognition of transgender Americans

Expanding gun rights
The group would also effectively remove silencers from regulation under the National Firearms Act, and block state laws that “regulate, tax, or prohibit the possession” of silencers.

Slashing programs that help low-income families
The RSC endorses a slate of actions that would gut social welfare programs supporting low-income families. It would eliminate the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program, which helps poor families heat and cool their homes. And the group proposes converting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as food stamps) and school meal programs into discretionary block grants, where states would administer their own food assistance programs with fewer federal funds. The RSC would ax an initiative that allowed schools in very low-income areas to provide free meals to all students.

RSC members also favor converting the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) into a block grant supported by less federal investment. They recommend “rebalancing the federal burden of these support programs down from the average 62 percent to a 50/50 split with the states.”

House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth argues the RSC’s push to reduce federal funding assisting low-income families with children is hypocritical, given the group’s efforts to restrict abortions. “The same people who want to prevent abortion,” he says, “have repeatedly and consistently reduced care for the people who would potentially result from those unwanted pregnancies.”

THEY DON"T GIVE A DAMN WHO THEY HURT!

 
At 7:04 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

So Vern says facts are not facts. That's risible and straight out of KellyAnn Conway's playbook of alternative facts and basically JustBecause he says so.

MTG, Paul Gosar, and Gohmert did circulate material championing “a common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions.”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9480913/America-Caucus-Marjorie-Taylor-Greene-Paul-Gasar-common-respect-Anglo-Saxon-traditions.html

As well as some really dubious craptastic screeds:

Speaking of Virginia, in 2017, Representative Gosar suggested that the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville was a “false flag” operation “created by the left.” Meanwhile, Greene has famously suggested that Muslims shouldn’t be allowed to serve in government and that the California wildfires were started by Jewish laser beams.

Then are these guys:

"The Anglo-Saxon Club of America was founded in Richmond, VA by John Powell and Ernest Sevier Cox, both of whom were white supremacists. The purpose of the Anglo-Saxon club was to preserve Anglo-Saxon civilization in the United States and to participate in the “intelligent selection and exclusion of immigrants.”"

The rest of the baloney garbage is here: https://punchbowl.news/wp-content/uploads/America-First-Caucus-Policy-Platform-FINAL-2.pdf

The farce is deep with this one.



 
At 7:08 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

Dave,

Had to fix this one: A little-noticed budget document, the Blueprint to Save America

is actually the white print to Save America for themselves and their corporate masters.

 
At 8:59 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Major Poll Watchers Keep Shifting Races Toward Republicans

 
At 12:38 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Turning America into the Sub-Sahara, that's the left's goal, right Dave.

 
At 3:23 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

Hey Vern, WHO failed to get ahead of the corona virus in the US? Plans were in place for a pandemic, but WHO failed to use them?

Bleach boy, that's WHO.

Over one million dead and a wrecked economy. You're still doing the KellyAnne alt-reality shtick.

"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it". George Santayana

Got your covid, flu, and other boosters yet Vern? Naw, 'cause it ain't real; your dear leader told you so.


 
At 3:50 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

A new national poll from Summit.org in partnership with McLaughlin and Associates shows that American voters do not support transing kids. A majority also feel that the current transgender craze is not a natural phenomenon. A vast majority of voters, 69% of those with an opinion, attribute the rising rate of transgenderism among minors to undue influence from social media and the culture. Only 31% felt that the increase is due to children feeling more comfortable questioning their gender identity.

Among voters with an opinion, 75% also believe that the transgender movement has gone too far by encouraging underage minors to use drugs and surgery to transition to the opposite sex. The results came out just days after President Biden told trans activist Dylan Mulvaney that no state or individual has the right to stop the medical transition of minors. This is just another issue where Democrats are wildly out of touch with voters because they govern according to Twitter and TikTok.

LMAO Hillary Clinton: “Right-wing extremists already have a plan to literally steal the next presidential election”.

 
At 3:57 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I thought fear mongering about stealing elections or election fraud was forbidden by the left. They go on and on about ‘election deniers’ and how that’s destroying democracy or something. Except if they are doing the deniers.

Typical of the left, they do what they accuse conservatives of doing, just ask Hillary.

 
At 4:11 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

Instead of raging Headlines, full context is better:

"I know we're all focused on the 2022 midterm elections, and they are incredibly important. But we also have to look ahead because, you know what? Our opponents certainly are. Right-wing extremists already have a plan to literally steal the next presidential election. And they're not making a secret of it. The right-wing controlled Supreme Court may be poised to rule on giving state legislatures the power to overturn presidential elections. Just think, if that happens, the 2024 presidential election could be decided, not by the popular vote or even by the anachronistic electoral college, but by state legislatures, many of them Republican-controlled."

Anon is supporting stealing the election by states and the will of the voters to decide the outcome. Love you some authoritarianism Anon.

 
At 4:17 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SEGvCVS8_8&t=28s

What do the Republicans want?

To sink all boats, except the Yachts.

 
At 12:36 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

Trump’s African American Bigot:

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/holocaust-museum-of-la-flooded-with-antisemitic-messages-after-offering-kanye-west-a-private-tour/

Holocaust Museum of LA flooded with antisemitic messages after offering Kanye West a private tour

I'm sure "Ye" is just as good a Christian as Vern.

 
At 5:06 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

“Kari Lake’s campaign manager likened all Native Americans to bloodthirsty savages who engage in human sacrifice in a racist tweet mocking the concept of Indigenous People’s Day.”

No wonder they get triggered when we call them racists. They have ALWAYS hated the truth.

 
At 9:47 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

https://homelessonthehighdesert.com/2022/10/26/800-republican-pedophiles-2/

Speaks for itself.

 
At 12:16 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...

More hate, crime and fascism from Republicans:
The campaign headquarters of Arizona’s Democratic candidate for governor and current Secretary of State Katie Hobbs was broken into this week, a campaign official and law enforcement told CNN on Wednesday.
Nicole DeMont, who manages Hobbs’ gubernatorial campaign, told CNN in a statement that “Secretary Hobbs and her staff have faced hundreds of death threats and threats of violence over the course of this campaign.

 
At 12:24 PM, Blogger Dave Dubya said...


Republicans want to change directions. Don't let them.

Inflation is decreasing and the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in the third quarter, marking its first increase in 2022 and a sharp turnaround after six months of contraction — despite lingering fears that the country is at risk of a recession. The third-quarter gross domestic product figures, released Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, provide an upbeat snapshot less than two weeks before midterm elections.

 
At 12:45 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-job-growth-solid-september-unemployment-rate-falls-35-2022-10-07/

"Non-farm payrolls increase 263,000 in September
Unemployment rate falls to 3.5% from 3.7%
Average hourly earning rise 0.3%; up 5.0% year-on-year
Average workweek unchanged at 34.5 hours

WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in September, while the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%, pointing to a tight labor market which keeps the Federal Reserve on its aggressive monetary policy tightening campaign for a while.

Though the 0.2 point decline in the jobless rate from 3.7% in August was partly because of people leaving the workforce, the Labor Department's closely watched employment report on Friday also showed fewer Americans working part-time for economic reasons last month. The labor market continues to show resilience despite the Fed's stiff interest rate hikes."

 
At 1:41 PM, Blogger JustMusing said...

CNBC:

"The GDP release this morning was a goldilocks number for risk assets,” said Cliff Hodge, chief investment officer for Cornerstone Wealth. “Top line growth was solid, though consumption decelerated, it was still positive, highlighting resiliency in the major driver of the US economy. GDP was also helped by a normalization of trade. The major bright spot however, was in prices. The GDP Price index slowed dramatically quarter over quarter and came in below expectations. This is another sign pointing to the likelihood that the worst of inflation may be behind us.”

 

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