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… Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) travelled to GA to campaign with Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) today as both potential presidential candidates hammered Trump, the Republican Party, and Ossoff’s opponent, Rep. Mike Collins.

Ossoff:

  • “Remember the president promised to bring down prices on day one? What’s the other promise he made? He said he wouldn’t take us to war. I would ask the president’s few remaining supporters to contrast his promises with the results you have been delivered and to vote accordingly.”

  • “Over these next 3 months we face what for many of us is the most profound civic obligation of our lifetimes. And on election night, when you start to see the results come in, I know that you don’t want to be asking yourselves what more you might have done.”

  • “The first thing that I want you to hear from me is that I’m your servant. I work for you. You are the boss. And whenever and however I can be of service to you, I want you to reach out to me and let me know. Because my fundamental purpose in this office is to support you and help you and solve problems for you so that you and your families and this community can flourish.”

  • Brian Kemp was right about Mike Collins. Remember how hard the governor worked to prevent this guy from getting the Republican nomination? Coach Dooley would’ve been an honorable opponent, not a sitting congressman who is surrounded at work and at home by neo-Nazi ideology and white nationalism.”

  • “Because I don’t think anything illustrates the times more aptly than that the draft-dodging crook president who has plunged our nation recklessly into a war he knows not how to end or to win tried to imprison this man who embodies American heroism: a decorated combat veteran, naval aviator, astronaut, space shuttle commander, US senator. Trump tried to lock him up for daring to state in public a fundamental principle of military law.”

… Sen. Mark Kelly:

  • “Trump said I should be hanged, executed, and prosecuted. The guy couldn’t even get the order right.”

  • “It is not only Mike Collins. You see this in Texas with Ken Paxton. Another person who has no business running for the Senate, who was impeached by his own party because of corruption. So how did this happen? I think it happens when the country elects a man convicted of 34 felonies.”

… As Republicans were screaming for an apology from Ossoff for his Natalie Harp comment at a rally this weekend, he went on MS NOW where he was asked about it by host Jen Psaki:

  • “We’re in wartime. The commander in chief has mired us in this geopolitical disaster. People have lost their lives. Our naval logistics are frayed. The global energy system is in crisis. And he retreats into this bubble of West Wing aides who are his security blanket to make him feel good about himself, to reassure him that he’s doing a great job, to help him while he designs his new ballroom.”

  • “They have treated the lives of our service members as pawns in a geopolitical game in which they are in way over their head. And this debacle, this fiasco, this fundamental failure of the basic obligations of the commander in chief is something that will define Trump’s life, presidency and legacy for all time. And they know that. And that’s why they’re lashing out in this way.”

  • Psaki: “The reason I asked about Natalie Harp is because it’s kind of raised this question out there. More questions about her. You specifically mentioned her, and I just wonder why? Ossoff: Well, I’ve heard this particular aide referred to as his security blanket. And I think we could say that about any number of the senior aides in the WH. They’re not telling him what he needs to hear. They’re telling him what he wants to hear.”

  • “Those sailors out on the Lincoln, they do their jobs with excellence and dedication every single day. They didn’t sign up for luxury. They signed up to defend the country. And the president, surrounded by enablers in the West Wing, is playing golf, is trading stock, and is decorating his ballroom. It’s a disgrace.”

… Politico: “GA Democrats and others who have worked with Ossoff - or seen him behind-the-scenes - say he is meticulous about how he communicates and oversees all the details of his campaign’s work. Michael Vainisi, a content strategist who has worked with Democratic presidents and senators in the past, described Ossoff’s speeches as ‘optimized for clipping.’”

… “Ossoff’s speech over the weekend was no exception: From a Midtown Atlanta rally stage, he quipped of Trump, ‘He doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace, gifted by the Emir of Qatar.’ He was referencing Natalie Harp, the president’s executive assistant.”

… “The one-liner has since drawn backlash from Republicans - but also over 5 million views on X.”

Sarah Matthews, former Trump Dep. press secretary, on CNN: “They tried to get Harp to not stay at Bedminster that summer while they were on the campaign trail, because even campaign staff recognized that it was a weird relationship between the two. So what did Natalie Harp do? She found a workaround. She stayed in the women’s locker room all summer long. So I think that it’s fair to point out the sycophancy of her in particular, and their close relationship.”

… Miami Herald: “Michael Caruso, a former state legislator whom Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed as Palm Beach County’s clerk of courts and comptroller, was arrested early Tuesday morning on allegations of molesting a child. The 67-year-old Republican is running for re-election in Nov to retain the top county post that DeSantis appointed him to last August. No other Republican is contesting him.”

… Florida Politics: “Palm Beach County Clerk Mike Caruso, a former state rep. and steady ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis, has been arrested on charges related to child sexual abuse. DeSantis suspended Caruso shortly after. Caruso has been charged with 5 felony counts: Kidnapping, lewd or lascivious molestation, lewd or lascivious exhibition, luring or enticing a child, and child abuse.”

… “The victim was Caruso’s grandson, to whom Caruso “enjoyed regular and unsupervised access as a family member, including periods alone with the child in Orange County, in Palm Beach County, and aboard a family vacation in August 2025.”

… “Caruso has been a consistent supporter of the Governor, who appointed Caruso as Clerk exactly one year ago, on Aug. 18. He was running for re-election at the time of his arrest. Caruso represented House District 87 from 2018-2025, when the Governor tapped him to replace former Clerk Joe Abruzzo, who vacated the post for a job as Palm Beach County Administrator.”

… “A father of 7, Caruso is married to Tracy Caruso, an editor for conservative media outlet Florida Jolt. Caruso’s previous wife, Beverly, the mother of all his children, accused him of sexually assaulting a child, according to 2012 divorce filings in Palm Beach County. Caruso denied wrongdoing.”

… This keeps happening with “Christian conservatives.”

… NOTUS: “Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talaricos campaign hired a staffer from Republican Sen. John Cornyn. Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for 5 years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico’s campaign.”

… Smith: “I’ve worked for Republicans like Senator Cornyn my entire career, but this year I’m proud to be joining James Talarico’s campaign. Instead of playing partisan politics, Talarico speaks to the needs of everyday people who day in and day out work too hard for too little. In the Senate, James will fight to lower costs for all 31 million Texans, whether they’re Republicans, Democrats, or independents, so that Texans of all ages have a fighting chance at the American Dream of starting a family, owning a home, and leaving a little behind for their children.”

… “Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power. I’m encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box.”

… Fox senior political analyst Karl Rove, who is from TX, was asked about the race:

  • Host: ”James Talarico making this concentrated effort against Ken Paxton. Paxton is not raising as much money as he should. Maybe not on the campaign trail as much as he could be and pummeled by negative ads. So is that a true toss-up?”

  • Rove: “I think it is. The state is Republican in nature. But this is an unusual race. You are right, Talarico had over $70 million raised and Paxton had $9 million plus. The week before the Fourth of July, Paxton was in Iceland with his new girlfriend. On July 4th, a day where he could be campaigning at Fourth of July celebrations all across TX, he was in London.”

  • “So he needs to get out on the campaign trail and he is not going to change as a fundraiser. So this is going to be one that will depend mightily upon the decision of Trump to spend or not spend the half a billion plus dollars that he has in his two super PACs. If he does spend he can even it up. If he doesn’t spend this could be a really bad night for Republicans in TX.”

… CNN pollster Harry Enten on the new Reuters/IPSOS poll: Enten: “Trump net approval hits a term two low, 31 points underwater. At the beginning of term two he was at +6 points. Now he’s 37 points from where he was. Trump was unpopular going into the midterms during his first presidency, but not anywhere as unpopular as this - he’s doing 19 points worse.”

… Economist Philip Pilkington: “It has been 18 days since the US Treasury undertook an all-hands-on-deck bailout of the yen. The intervention has now been completely wiped out and the Japanese are going to start considering liquidating US Treasuries to get the situation under control.”

Scott Bessent was a currency trader for decades in the private sector, now he is currency trading with our money. When does all the winning start?

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… Deadline: “ABC filed an unprecedented First Amendment lawsuit against the FCC on Tuesday, claiming that its investigations and regulatory actions are part of a Trump admin ‘retaliatory campaign’ to curb the network’s free speech. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in DC, also seeks to halt a proceeding in which the agency and its chairman, Brendan Carr, demanded that it put its 8 stations up for early license renewal. That followed Trump‘s attacks on the network, including its late night host, Jimmy Kimmel.

… ABC: “Acting through the FCC, the Admin has waged a retaliatory campaign against ABC for a single reason: it disapproves of what ABC broadcasts.”

… “The lawsuit is heavy in references to Trump’s attacks on the network and calls for its to lose its licenses, including his complaints over the way that ABC News moderated the 2024 presidential debate, during an attack on a news reporter who asked about releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files, and in a Truth Social post in which the president complained about late-night shows being ‘100% negative’ to him.”

… “The lawsuit also cited Carr’s warning to ABC last Sept, after Kimmel made a joke tied to the investigation into the assassination of Charlie Kirk. On a podcast, Carr said that ‘we can do this the easy way or the hard way,’ adding that companies could take action ‘or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.’ Two major station groups with network affiliates said that they would not air the show, and ABC pulled Kimmel from the air for several days before restoring him to the air.”

… Former FCC official Gigi Sohn: “People need to understand what a big deal this is. Disney is doing what many of us had urged for many months - taking on the FCC‘s weaponization of its regulatory power. To show what a courageous move this suit is, not ONE broadcaster defended Disney in the FCC‘s proceeding forcing Disney to renew its licenses early. That’s apparently because the Chair threatened them not to. But there’s been a general caution from regulatees to poke the FCC.”

… Meidas digital editor Acyn is now doing one of my favorite posts each day, where he tracks coverage of Fox for their broadcast days from noon to 10 PM. I think it is very valuable to know what they are talking about on the network each day since they essentially set the agenda for the Republican Party and have tremendous influence on Trump and members of his admin.

… Mentions tracked on Fox:

Iran: 96
Socialism: 84
DSA: 57
WNBA: 30
El-Sayed: 26
Fauci: 26
Communism: 19
Sophie Cunningham: 16
Mamdani: 12
Hasan Piker: 11

… Acyn: “This mention count is kind of interesting in a way, but also misleading because it suggests that Iran was a subject talked about across all Fox programming, and it was not. Iran was mostly discussed across their daytime programming (America Reports, The Story, Will Cain, The Five, and Special Report), but seemed to vanish after that. The coverage on Iran was mostly driven by Trump’s comments, the deadline on the MOU expiring, the Strait of Hormuz, a WSJ article, and a Jared Kushner interview.”

… “On the other hand, socialism was discussed across every Fox show tracked. The Five, The Ingraham Angle, and Hannity opened their shows discussing socialism and Democratic candidates. WNBA mentions were back up due to Sophie Cunningham singing at a bar and a story about fans at a WNBA game being asked to cover their XX-XY shirts.”

… Fox host Sean Hannity on his show: “If the socialists get their way they will eliminate the senate, they will pack the courts - even govt guaranteed food. On top of that they will take over every corporation.”

Jared Kushner yesterday on Fox: “Iran is engaging in a very strong way and that is quite positive. We are having very positive and active conversations - probably more robust than it’s maybe ever been.”

… Trump posted today: “There are no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled, with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Naval Blockade remains in full force and effect. The Hormuz Strait is open and operating. All water mines have been removed or detonated.”

… NBC: Russia has begun shipping explosives, ammunition, and drone parts across the Caspian Sea to help Iran replenish its missile and drone stocks following strikes by the US and Israel. According to a European govt document, the maritime route allows both nations to transfer military cargo directly between Russian and Iranian ports.

… The landlocked Caspian Sea is bordered by 5 countries: Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan. Because Western navies, including the US Navy, do not operate in these waters, they cannot interdict shipments moving between the two allies. In late March, Israel targeted the Iranian port complex of Bandar Anzali on the Caspian coast. Israeli officials said the facility was used to transport weapons from Russia. Shipments through the port restarted shortly after the operation.

… The reliance on this supply route highlights a growing strategic alliance between Moscow and Tehran. Reports from Financial Times previously indicated that Russia began sending drones back to Iran while sharing satellite imagery, intelligence, and targeting data to hit US positions in the Middle East.

… But whenever Trump is asked about Russia helping Iran, he says Putin gave him his word that this is not happening and he believes him.

… Financial Times: Rodney Mims Cook Jr, Trump’s ballroom commissioner, was given a diplomatic passport and extensive briefings before Russia’s flagship economic forum, where he met Kremlin officials and was assigned a diplomatic security detail. At a question-and-answer session with Putin the next day, Cook passed on a “good hello from your friend, President Trump”, adding: “We have a lot of ideas to talk about between our two capital cities in the next week.”

… Putin thanked Cook and said he “pushed the puck back” to Trump. Cook sourced a hockey puck from a friend and placed it on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office “much to Trump’s amusement”, he said. “So the message was conveyed.”

… Nothing to see here.

… Politico: “Weeks after being rebuked by Trump for dropping cases related to alleged damage to the Reflecting Pool, US Attorney for the DC Jeanine Pirro is going to unusual lengths to try to keep behind bars a woman accused of vandalizing a memorial elsewhere on the National Mall.”

… “A magistrate judge ordered Melissa Farris released from custody, rejecting prosecutors’ request that she be kept in jail while she awaits trial on two felony charges. Pirro’s office alleges that the KY woman spray-painted and dumped a foaming substance into the World War II memorial last week.”

… Less than 3 hours after that hearing concluded, prosecutors from Pirro’s office filed a 30-page appeal, asking Chief US District Judge James Boasberg to overrule the decision: “The defendant is an exceptionally high risk of flight. This was a brazen attack on one of the Nation’s most sacred monuments—an enduring symbol of freedom and a solemn tribute to the sacrifice of so many.”

… “Prosecutors acknowledge that when she Ferris turned herself in Friday at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, VA, she said she was homeless and that an encounter with police in DC earlier last week resulted in her being cited for stringing up her hammock in a public park. The videos Farris streamed online contain rambling grievances against the federal govt.”

… “Prosecutors say signs she appears to have left at the World War II memorial urged others to call their state and federal representatives about the ‘Ford green energy grant.’ In one video, she makes a vague complaint about infrastructure, lowers her shorts and appears to urinate on a wall. ‘I’m pissing on your city,’ she says.”

… A homeless person with mental health issues. Crime of the century.

… CBS: Pete Hegseth campaigned in Iowa for Republican candidates. “It is highly unusual for a current defense secretary to campaign for candidates. Previous secretaries rarely if ever attended events for candidates while defense secretary. Earlier this year, Hegseth also visited northern KY to support Republican Ed Gallrein in a primary against Rep. Thomas Massie.”

… WaPo: “Pete Hegseth is traveled to Iowa in his ‘personal capacity,’ the Pentagon said, further fueling speculation that the former Fox personality is mulling a run for president at some point.”

LA Times: “A poll claiming LA Mayor Karen Bass was leading Councilmember Nithya Raman by a wide margin - and picking up support from most voters who backed Spencer Pratt in the mayoral primary - was bogus, the company behind the poll acknowledged Monday.”

… The fake poll by Median Strategies showed Bass leading Raman by nearly 12 percentage points ahead of the Nov. 3 mayoral runoff. But Monday, in response to repeated inquiries from The Times, the company said the purported ‘poll’ was nothing of the kind. The company sent this email:

  • “Median Strategies was created as a short term social experiment to examine how purported polling information could enter and spread through the political information ecosystem without independent verification. We are not seeking publicity or attribution for the individuals involved and are declining interviews.”

… The phony poll also claimed that 16% of its respondents said they had voted for Pratt, and that of those voters, about 85% were planning to vote for Bass in the general, while about 7% would support Raman. Bass cheered the results after the fake survey was released last week: “Doing the work, showing up, and gaining momentum. Let’s do this, LA!” The post has since been deleted.

… “Median then released a poll on the WI gubernatorial race showing Democratic socialist Francesca Hong up by more than 20 percentage points. Hong ended up losing. The next day it released its LA mayor’s race poll.”

… Pollster Adam Carlson:Who knows what their specific motive was here, but doing this kind of thing seems like an easy way to manipulate prediction markets and then afterwards try to escape any responsibility by saying it was a ‘social experiment’ all along. Worthy of investigation whether these folks traded on any prediction markets on LA Mayor or WI governor.”

… MS NOW: “The Trump admin’s findings that 3 Ivy League schools violated civil rights law by tolerating antisemitism were predetermined by political priorities that blew past the evidence and cast aside standard investigative procedures, according to a whistleblower account provided to Congress.”

… “The disclosure, by Haley Van Erem, a veteran DOJ civil rights attorney, involves investigations into whether Harvard, Brown and Columbia universities broke the law by allowing antisemitism to flourish on their campuses. The whistleblower account comes just days after a federal judge dismissed a DOJ lawsuit against Harvard that was based on the investigation, which was conducted by HHS and lawyers detailed from the DOJ.”

… “Both Brown and Columbia reached settlements, with Columbia agreeing to pay $200 million over 3 years and Brown agreeing to spend $50 million on Rhode Island workforce development, with no admission of wrongdoing. Harvard fought and won.”

Jamie Raskin, ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to DOJ Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon:

  • “Antisemitism at American universities and medical schools is real. But your ‘investigation’ into antisemitism was fake, a pre-baked frame-up operation thoroughly political in nature.”

  • “Before an actual investigation took place and regardless of what you actually found, the whole project was designed to harass professors and administrators at major universities, to curtail their freedom of speech and academic freedom, and to strip targeted institutions of hundreds of millions of dollars in grants that they had already been awarded on the merits of their applications.”

… Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza settled a federal defamation lawsuit with Mark Andrews, a GA man falsely accused in the movie ‘2000 Mules’ of illegally harvesting ballots during the 2020 election. The confidential settlement was reached just before trial, following D’Souza’s acknowledgment that he was wrong and his public apology to Andrews.”

… They are still working on the Reflecting Pool. This was today.

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COMMENTS: 

Melissa Farris said she was pissing on a city. Donald Trump is pissing on the whole country!

Maybe even the whole world!!

I cannot thank you enough Ron for going through the political updates and keeping us informed on the truth where this evil regime is concerned. You and Meidas do the world a great service. Thank YOU!

OMG, another one!:

… “A father of 7, Caruso is married to Tracy Caruso, an editor for conservative media outlet Florida Jolt. Caruso’s previous wife, Beverly, the mother of all his children, accused him of sexually assaulting a child, according to 2012 divorce filings in Palm Beach County. Caruso denied wrongdoing.”

GOP = Grifters & Pedophiles—and in spite of that previous charge he was hired? This appears to be a requirement for all Republican candidates: you must be a crook and/or a sicko child molester or rapist.


It’s a prerequisite to running as an R.


Absolutely. Decent people would hold these crooks and sickos to account.


MAGA= Anti-Family...Pro-Pedophilc....Death Cult


MAGA = Minor Assaulting Groping Assholes


But ....trans people!


lol. Always the fallback for these rubes, along with "socialists, antifa, and communists."


It's epidemic among Republicans. Remember the Zieglers?  

Moms for Liberty Co-Founder Admitting to Threesome Sparks Backlash - Newsweek

https://www.newsweek.com/moms-liberty-co-founder-admitting-threesome-sparks-backlash-1849054

(December 2023) 

Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler's admission to having a sexual relationship with the woman accusing her husband of rape has sparked backlash online Saturday, with many labeling the Florida political leader a hypocrite.

Bridget Ziegler's husband, Christian Ziegler, is the head of the Florida Republican Party and is currently embroiled in a sexual assault investigation. On Friday, it was reported that an unnamed woman claiming to be a friend of the Zieglers filed a report with the Sarasota Police in early October claiming that Christian Ziegler had come to her apartment and raped her, after a planned threesome between the victim and the couple fell through after Bridget Ziegler became busy at the last minute.

//snip// 


Yes, I do remember. The list is long. It kinda makes sense because the Dems tend to be liberals, more tolerant, and less likely to be sexually repressed. Sexual shame and repression tends to lead to perverted sexual appetites.


Rapists and pedophiles never have just one victim. It's an ironclad rule. If the justice system would take these cases seriously and act on on the first one and stop the rapist, so much harm could be prevented.


You are right,Ron…”This seems to keep happening with “Christian conservatives.”

DeSantis ally Caruso was also a close friend of the despicable Rep. Randy Fine.

https://cbs12.com/news/local/us-rep-randy-fine-caught-snooping-inside-homes-mailbox-tmz-video-no-federal-charges-ring-camera-video-front-porch-ormond-beach-postal-service-mail-gop-primary-battle


As you often say…”only the best people”.

”This seems to keep happening with “Christian conservatives.”

I have yet to hear of any liberal atheists getting busted for molesting children.


Maybe those people criticizing Ossoff for the travels with Natalie comment can explain why there were at least two cabinet members on the sacrificial plane and Harp and Walt Nauta on the safe plane.

Also, I’m sure they were all just as critical of Trump’s many insults directed at reporters.


What gets me is that they are making a huge case out of basically nothing. He said "travels with Natalie." So?


I love it when maggots lose their shit. It’s always over something innocuous. Come November their little heads will really explode.


They are whiny little cry babies. All the times they acted so tough. Maga tears 😢 😭 sweet.


I sincerely hope so. Maybe it will shake them out of their fog.


It’s the defenders of Trump that seem to be doing the insinuating.


Was Karolying Leavitt on that plane with Rubio?


yes. So was Stephen Miller!


Jared: We’re having great talks with Iran

The Orange Maniac: We’re having no talks with Iran

Folks, I’m tired.


I feel you. This is why I pretty much skip Iran "news."


I only believe what Iran says.


… WaPo: “Pete Hegseth is traveled to Iowa in his ‘personal capacity,’ the Pentagon said, further fueling speculation that the former Fox personality is mulling a run for president at some point.”

Ain't never gonna happen, Kegsbreath. Hard to believe you're clueless enough to even imagine it is.


He’s truly delusional. He has no constituency and no one likes him.


In Harry Enten's poll for cabinet members, kegsbreath was the lowest at -22. They were all in the negative.



Wow. You mean lower than RFK Jr?


Yes, he was the lowest. It was strange to see all of their pictures lined up with negative numbers under them.


Makes sense now that even some MAGAs are catching on thanks to his dismal performance in Iran, which is now affecting their bank accounts so profoundly.


I saw a report that he travelled in a military plane!


His grandson? There is truly no bottom with these sick people.


Nope


“Pete Hegseth is traveled to Iowa in his ‘personal capacity,"

He was flown there on a military plane.


Hegseth is now campaigning and last week he was in Panama promoting the use of US troops in Latin American countries to fight drugs, while two things were going on: One, his Navy's logistics support for his "warriors" was FUBAR. And Hegseth's not on it. Two, the Treasury Dept. decides to eliminate the requirement under the law, which has not been repealed, to require full disclosure of the beneficial ownership of shell corporations. If you, Sec. of Defense Hegseth, a so eager to fight drugs, why don't you go to your Treasury Secretary and say, "WTF are you doing giving drug dealers and gangs the opportunity to hide behind shell companies?"


Ron quoting Jamie Raskin:

“Antisemitism at American universities and medical schools is real. But your ‘investigation’ into antisemitism was fake, a pre-baked frame-up operation thoroughly political in nature.”

“Before an actual investigation took place and regardless of what you actually found, the whole project was designed to harass professors and administrators at major universities, to curtail their freedom of speech and academic freedom, and to strip targeted institutions of hundreds of millions of dollars in grants that they had already been awarded on the merits of their applications.”

//end//

In a word: Extortion. Business as usual for the trump administration.


It's interesting how Republican politicians (and "pastors") keep getting arrest for molesting kids, but they tell us that trans women are the problem. I'm still looking for a case of a trans woman molesting a child anywhere.


"If he doesn’t spend this could be a really bad night for Republicans in TX.” Karl Rove on Paxton.

But a big shit kicking win for Texas. Yahoo.....Go James.



If Karl Rove is worried, I'm cheering.


Lord, imagine Kegsbreath as President! No thanks! He has royally effed up the job he’s got and is another damn liar! Thanks, Ron 😎

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Ossoff: “The first thing that I want you to hear from me is that I’m your servant. I work for you. You are the boss.”

BRAVO! Someone finally remembered.


Hannity seems to be on a roll. I think it's ironic that he says democrats will take over every corporation.

Ummm isn't that exactly what this Admin is doing right now?.

Intel, mp minerals, etc

He's a propagandist and a liar.




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