Ann's Mega Dub

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Mark The Perv Robinson

From earlier tonight, that's Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Dancing With Himself"

The crooks and the liars. People like Mark Perv Robinson. Remember him? The perv from North Carolina. He is the Lt Governor and he wants to be the Governor. But the MAGA moron loves his porn. And left comments on it. Who does that? So he described himself as "the Black Nazi" and, honestly, it only went even more down hill after that. He's announced today that he is suing CNN. Sarah K. Burris (Raw Story) reports that he and his attorney held a press conference today announcing that he was suing CNN:

The pair were then immediately put on the defensive.

In a video clip, an unnamed reporter could be overheard asking: “So you’re saying that a national, a global news organization is conspiring with a third-party outfit to throw an election which was already looking like this person was not going to win?”

Another reporter in the crowd asked, if Robinson had as much proof as he was claiming, why was he standing just with his lawyer instead of being flanked by supportive Republican colleagues?

Joseph De Avila (Wall St. Journal) notes:

The Robinson scandal threatened to upend his campaign, which was already struggling against Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein. An Elon University poll released before the CNN report showed Robinson trailing Stein by 14 points.

A more recent survey by Emerson College and The Hill, released Thursday, found Stein up 16 points.

Several top Robinson campaign staffers resigned after CNN published the article. Many Republicans, including Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, have withdrawn support for Robinson.

The scandal also risks dragging down former President Donald Trump’s campaign in North Carolina, a pivotal swing state in the upcoming Presidential election. Trump once called Robinson “Martin Luther King on steroids.”

Trump didn’t mention Robinson or the scandal during his Wilmington, N.C., rally last month.

Imagine that.

This is C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot:"

Tuesday, October 15, 2024. Every day the stakes in this election get higher.

Let's open with this from Kamala Harris noting a passing:

Lilly Ledbetter was a tireless leader in the fight for equal rights.

After finding out that she had been systematically underpaid for nearly two decades compared to her male colleagues, Lilly became an advocate for equal pay. Her efforts contributed to the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which strengthened protections against pay discrimination, and which was the first bill signed into law during the Obama-Biden Administration.

I have always believed when we lift up the economic status of women, we lift up the economic status of families and communities – and all of society benefits. That’s why I co-sponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act in the United States Senate, a bill that Lilly was a powerful supporter of, and which would further increase pay transparency. And that’s why I continue to fight for the Paycheck Fairness Act – to honor Lilly’s legacy, and continue building a more fair and equitable future for women, and all Americans.

Lilly’s advocacy has improved the lives of millions, and will inspire generations to come. Doug and I send our condolences and prayers to the Ledbetter family.

That's a passing of a life that mattered because she stood for something. The United States is supposed to stand for something and if we allow our democracy to pass in this election, I wonder who would be left to note it.

He is the most dangerous person ever. I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize he is a toral fascist. He is the most dangerous person to this country.

That's what Gen Mark Milley, former Joint Chiefs of Staff, told journalist Bob Woodward who discussed his new book WAR with Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC last night.

Steve Benen (MSNBC) notes:

Milley’s assessment of the Republican candidate is rooted in first-hand experience: Trump handpicked Milley to serve as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the general worked alongside the then-president for more than a year.

“No one has ever been as dangerous to this country as Donald Trump,” the general told Woodward. “Now I realize he’s a total fascist. He is the most dangerous person to this country.”

Milley went on to note that he feared a possible court martial in a second Trump term — despite the fact that he’s now a civilian — and those concerns are well grounded. After all, according to Trump’s former Defense secretary, Mark Esper, Trump set out to have two highly decorated retired military leaders — Stanley McChrystal and William McRaven — court martialed for saying things about the former president that he didn’t like.

(It was, of course, impossible to court martial civilians in private life, so the then-president talked to military leaders about the Pentagon recalling the retired general and admiral to active duty so that Trump could formally punisPeoh him.)

As for Milley, Trump used to target the retired general with juvenile taunts — calling the general a “dumbass” and an “idiot” — but it was last fall when the Republican falsely accused Milley of having committed a “treasonous act” in the wake of Trump’s 2020 defeat. “[I]n times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!” Trump wrote on his social media platform.

The accusations were bonkers, though Milley felt the need to take “adequate safety precautions” to protect his family in the wake of the Republican’s radical offensive.

Or put another way, civil life in the United States now involves a former president falsely accusing his former handpicked Joint Chiefs chair of treason, forcing the decorated former general to fear that a politician’s enraged followers might harm his family. The former president’s political party doesn’t find any of this alarming, and Americans might soon return him to power.

People need to grasp that this not normal, this is not politics as usual. When Liz Cheney or Adam Kinzinger speak out, they know they're risking their own safety -- from the nuts in Donald's cult to Donald himself if he becomes president again. This isn't minor, this is about democracy, this is about the country we're going to live in and what type of country it is.

Christopher Mathias (HUFFINGTON POST) explains:

Part of Milley’s warning about Trump revolves around the former president’s promise to get revenge on his perceived political enemies. Trump has frequently told his supporters on the campaign trail: “I am your retribution.” Milley, who clashed with Trump in the White House and who has since been publicly critical of the current Republican presidential nominee, told Woodward that he’s afraid of being recalled from retirement to be court-martialed if Trump wins the election next month.

According to the Guardian’s report on Woodward’s book, Milley warned his former colleagues in Washington that Trump was “a walking, talking advertisement of what he’s going to try to do,” adding: “He’s saying it and it’s not just him, it’s the people around him.”

Milley was pointing in particular to how Steve Bannon — who rose to White House strategist after chairing Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, and who is now in jail for being found in contempt of Congress — has threatened him. “We’re gonna hold him accountable,” Bannon has said of Milley.

Woodward’s book also details a tense Oval Office discussion Milley had with Trump and his second secretary of defense, Mark Esper. Trump reportedly wanted to get revenge on, or potentially court-martial, William McRaven, the retired Navy admiral who led the 2011 mission in which al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed. Trump was enraged that the retired admiral publicly criticized him.

Milley told Woodward he was able to mollify Trump by saying he would “take care” of it but then warned McRaven and other former military commanders to keep off the “public stage” for a while and ease up on their criticisms of Trump.

The Trump campaign did not respond to a HuffPost request for comment about Milley’s reported comments to Woodward.

Milley’s stories about Trump in the White House are similar to recollections from other military figures, including retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, who was Trump’s chief of staff. As noted by the Guardian, Kelly said Trump reportedly insisted that generals should be “like the German generals” serving under Adolf Hitler during World War II, who were “totally loyal.”

On the campaign trail this year Trump has said he’d be a “dictator” on his first day in office. He has also repeatedly used explicitly fascist rhetoric while talking about immigrants in the United States.

Milley is not alone in his assessment that Trump is a fascist.

Robert Paxton, considered one of the foremost scholars of fascism, initially declined to call Trump a fascist during his rise to the White House in 2016, but he changed his tune after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

“Trump’s incitement of the invasion of the Capitol on January 6, 2021 removes my objection to the fascist label,” Paxton wrote at the time. “His open encouragement of civic violence to overturn an election crosses a red line. The label now seems not just acceptable but necessary.”

That's pretty serious but MEDIA MATTERS' Tyler Monroe notes the media silence that has greeted this:

National broadcast news networks and print outlets buried recent comments from Donald Trump’s former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff retired Gen. Mark Milley calling the former president “fascist to the core.” Almost all broadcast news shows and the major newspapers ignored the comments, with only NBC’s Meet the Press and The Washington Post covering Milley’s “fascist” remarks.

Reporting surfaced on October 11 that Milley called Trump “fascist to the core” in comments reported in journalist Bob Woodward's upcoming book War. The comments were the latest in a long back and forth between Milley and Trump, with the former president previously suggesting Milley be executed for his comments that Trump was “shameful” and “complicit” in the January 6 attack.

Broadcast and print news almost completely ignored Milley’s characterization of Trump as “fascist.” From October 11, when the comments were first reported, through 12 p.m. ET on October 14, ABC’s Good Morning America, World News Tonight, and This Week; CBS’ Mornings, Evening News, and Face the Nation; and NBC’s Today and Nightly News all failed to mention Milley's comments. Among corporate broadcast news programs, only NBC's Meet the Press discussed the comments at all, with anchor Kristen Welker asking former Rep. Liz Cheney about Milley's comments.

Media Matters also reviewed print articles across five of the top U.S. newspapers by circulation for coverage of Milley's comments and found only one article in The Washington Post mentioning them. The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal all failed to cover Milley's comments calling Trump fascist.

On the October 11, 2024, edition of All in with Chris Hayes, Ian Bassin stressed the need for the American press to put the comments from Milley on “banner headlines.”

Milley's description of Trump as a fascist is just the latest example of a former Trump official denouncing the extremism of the former president.

Greg Sargent (THE NEW REPUBLIC) notes this morning:

Over the weekend, J.D. Vance tried to argue that Donald Trump will not target his political enemies if he’s reelected president. Yet at around the same time, Trump was confirming the opposite point with a new rant Fox News, declaring flatly that he’ll use the military to target the “enemy within.” Indeed, Trump regularly says openly at his rallies that in a second term, he will persecute unnamed enemies of MAGA. We talked to Politico reporter Myah Ward, author of a great new piece on what he’s been saying at these rallies, about how blatant he is now being about his second-term intention to grotesquely abuse presidential power. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.

With all that's going on, you'd think FAIR would be very busy noting how the news outlets work overtime to make Donald sound sane and to ignore his racist threats but, as a former FAIR staffer pointed out to me last night on the phone, FAIR apparently can no longer cover more than one topic. And everything it's done in October -- which we're halfway through with -- has been on Gaza.

Donald's made very clear what he plans to do -- kill Palestinians -- but let's all pretend that didn't take place and let's all pretend -- like FAIR does -- that things are safe and sound in the US and we can put all of our attention across the ocean because we're not in the midst of an election -- certainly not one that'll determine whether we remain a democracy or become a fascist state.

Matthew Chapman (RAW STORY) reports:

Former President Donald Trump's one-time National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is ramping up his apocalyptic rhetoric to a new and dangerous extreme, Ja'han Jones wrote for MSNBC's "ReidOut Blog."

Flynn, who was fired from Trump's administration and took a plea deal for lying to federal investigators about his ties to Russia before being pardoned by Trump, has since descended into extreme conspiracy theory circles, in particular forming close ties to the QAnon movement, which believes Trump must save America from Satanic child sex trafficking cannibals. He has previously suggested the U.S. should undergo a military coup like that in Myanmar.

His latest rhetoric suggests he hasn't backed down from that position at all, Jones wrote.

Flynn recently spoke at the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival, sponsored by a radical schismatic sect of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, which worships the AR-15 as a holy instrument ordained by God. And when an attendee in the crowd asked him about the possibility of military tribunals and executions of Trump's enemies, Flynn promised a lot more than that if the former president secures victory.

“I think a lot of people actually think like you do, and I think that that’s your right and our privilege. ... There’s a way to get after this, but we have to win first,” said Flynn. "I’m about winning. We have to win. And these people are already up to no good. So, we gotta win first. We win, and then, 'Katy, bar the door.' OK? Believe me: The gates of hell — my hell — will be unleashed."

Let's wind down with the speech Kamala gave on Sunday in North Carolina:

THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, church. Good afternoon.

Oh, please have a seat. Please have a seat. (Laughter.)

Bishop O’neal, I thank you so very much. We — we’ve had some time to visit before we came out into the sanctuary, and I just thank you for the leadership that you have provided for so long.

You know, in times of crisis, and — and we’re looking at the images of the aftermath of the hurricane. But it — it is easy in these moments of crisis to — to question our faith, to sometimes lose our faith for a moment, because what we see is so hard to see that we lose faith or a vision of those things we cannot see but must know. (Applause.)

And you are such a leader in all of those ways, and I thank you. (Applause.) I’m honored to be with you. I’m honored to be with you. I’m honored to be with you. Thank you.

And, KCC family, thank you for welcoming me today. (Applause.) (Laughs.) Thank you. And thank you for the opportunity to allow me to worship with you. It does my heart and soul good.

So, scripture teaches, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” (Applause.)

So, I first encountered the words of Galatians as a young girl at 23rd Avenue Church of God in Oakland, California, which is where I sang in the children’s choir and first learned the teachings of the Bible. My earliest memories of those teachings are about a loving God, a God who asks us to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, to defend the rights of the poor and the needy.

And so, at an early age, I learned that faith is a verb. It is something we show in action and in service. And we show it by heeding the words of my pastor, who Bishop spoke with yesterday, Reverend Dr. Amos C. Brown, who often invokes the words that we all know: One must do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God.

That truth is important at all times and especially in moments of difficulty and disaster, especially in moments like this, as we navigate storms that have inflicted so much harm across our country.

And to all those who have loved ones who have been affected by Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene, Doug and I, my husband, are holding of you close in our hearts and in our prayers. And we are thinking of everyone who has been affected by these storms.

Now, I know Helene’s impact was further west, but I also know that the people of Greenville, like all Americans, have been inspired by the way communities are coming together, Bishop, in the wake of these storms. Amid ruined homes, downed power lines, swollen rivers that have been choked with debris, we have seen — we have seen children rescued by neighbors in a kayak; we have seen those who have lost everything gathering donations for others.

You know, it’s been my experience to see that in a moment of crisis, isn’t it something when you know that, often, it is the people who have the least, give the most? (Applause.) Right?

Moments of crisis, I believe, do have a way of revealing the heroes among us, the angels among us, and of showing us all the best of who we are. And these hurricanes have revealed heroes around all of us, heroes who do not ask the injured or stranded whether they are a Republican or a Democrat — (applause) — but who simply ask, “Are you okay?”; who ask, “What can I do to help?” — heroes who, as I like to say, see in the face of a stranger, a neighbor.

Yet, church, there are some who are not acting in the spirit of community. And I am speaking of those who have been literally not telling the truth — lying — about people who are working hard to help folks in need; spreading disinformation, when the truth and facts are required. And the — the problem with this, beyond the obvious, is it’s making it harder, then, to get people lifesaving information, if they’re led to believe they cannot trust.

And that’s the pain of it all, which is the idea that those who are in need have somehow been convinced that the forces are working against them in a way that they would not seek aid.

And let’s let that sink in for a moment. Right now, fellow Americans are experiencing some of the most difficult moments in their lives. Yet, instead of offering hope, there are those who are channeling people’s tragedies and sorrows into grievance and hatred. And one may ask, “Why?” And I think, sadly, frankly, the motives are quite transparent: to gain some advantage for themselves, to play politics with other people’s heartbreak. And it is unconscionable.

Now is not a time to incite fear. (Applause.) It is not right to make people feel alone. That is not what — and this is a church full of leaders — that is not what leaders, as we know, do in crisis.

Now is a time to bring folks together, to come together, to be there for one another, and follow the example of all of the heroes all around us. And now is the time to live up to the fundamental values that reflect our nation at its best: the values of compassion and community and honesty and decency — the values that define the people of Greenville, the — the people of North Carolina, and — and the people like a fellow who I met recently. His name is Eddie Hunnell. And I’m going to tell you a quick story about Eddie Hunnell.

So, I met him in Charlotte the other week. He was visiting Grassy Creek for his son’s wedding when he saw a woman in the raging floodwaters. First, he tried to rescue her by canoe. When that didn’t work, this ma- — a perfect stranger, he’s watching — he jumped in the river and pulled her ashore.

And when I talked with Eddie about his act of courage, here’s what he said to me. He said, “Well I didn’t feel I had a choice.” But, of course, he had a choice. Of course, he had a choice.

But his choice was to take a risk for the sake of another. Didn’t even reflect on the risk he might have been taking. (Applause.) Right?

His choice was to follow his conscience. His choice was, in the words of Isaiah, to be “a refuge for the needy in their distress.” (Applause.) He chose to remember that we are all in this together.

And if that is true during a terrible storm, it is also true when the storm passes. (Applause.) It is true in our everyday lives.

When Paul wrote his letter to the church in Galatia, he knew folks might feel the weight of the burden of doing good, that they may feel a temptation to turn away from others in their time of need, to believe, “What does it matter?” But Paul reminded them and us that God calls us not to become weary of doing good.

Because we each have the power — God tells us this — the power, each one of us, to make a difference. And that tells us that the measure of our strength will be clear when we see what we can do to lift other people up — (applause) — just as Eddie did and as the heroes and the angels in this church and all over are doing after these storms. Across North Carolina, Florida, and impacted communities, we are witnessing faith in action. (Applause.)

So, I close with this. Let us continue to look in the face of a stranger and see a neighbor. (Applause.) Let us recognize that when we shine the light in moments of darkness, it will guide our feet onto the path of peace. And let us always remember that while weeping may endure for a night, joy cometh in the morning. (Applause.) (Laughs.)

Thank you. May God bless you. And God bless the United States of America.

Thank you, church. (Applause.) END

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Monday, October 14, 2024

Only JD dare kiss that face

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S MEGA DUB & THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS & THE COMMON ILLS -- THE KOOL AID TABLE

THE BUNKER IS MAR-A-LAGO BUT THE ORANGE FOUNDATION HAS FILLED IN FOR THE TOOTHBRUSH MUSTACHE.

YES, KIDS, DONALD STANK ASS TRUMP HAS MORPHED INTO HITLER -- AS MANY PEOPLE ARE FINALLY STARTING TO REALIZE. THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH TALK AROUND DONALD STANK ASS TRUMP SINCE 1983 AND THE RUMORS THAT DONALD WAS SCREWING THE EDGE OF NIGHT'S LARKIN MALLOY BECAUSE IVANA'S IMMENSE BELLY TURNED HIM OFF (SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH ERIC). (THOSE KIND OF RUMORS SWIRLED AROUND HITLER AS WELL.)

STANK ASS STARK RAVING TRUMP SPENT THE WEEKEND INSISTING THAT THE U.S. WAS "INFESTED" WITH IMMIGRANTS, "ALL THE SCUM THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT HATE OUR COUNTRY."

IN FAIRNESS TO STANK ASS, SOME SAY IT SOUNDED BETTER IN THE ORIGINAL GERMAN.

NOT ONLY HAS STANK ASS PRAISED HITLER ("HITLER DID SOME GOOD THINGS") HE ALSO DOES A MEAN GOOSE-STEP AIDED BY THE FACT THAT HE KEEPS S**TING HIMSELF IN PUBLIC WHICH LUBRICATES HIS FAT UPPER THIHGS AND ALLOWS HIM TO SWING THOSE LEGS HIGHER AND HIGHER.

OF COURSE, HE ALSO USES THE LOOSE, WATERY STOOLS ON HIS FACE TO DARKEN HIS SKIN WHICH IS WHY ONLY MISS SASSY JD VANCE DARES TO KISS HIM ON THE MOUTH.

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

There is so much at stake this election cycle.

Joe Arpaio did not just racially profile and abuse immigrants. What he did was target people he suspected were immigrants. That was bad enough. But in order to target Latino immigrants, he had to target all Latinos -- and did. Let's not pretend otherwise.

Let's not pretend that will not happen again if Donald Trump claws his way back into the White House.

The video below got a lot of attention this weekend.

Miss Sassy JD Vance sat down with Lulu Garcia-Navarro and apparently thought she'd break under pressure. We noted her back when she was covering Iraq -- as an unembeded reporter. You have to wonder about Vance and his tiny brain that he walked into that interview after also have been a reporter from Iraq and he didn't know a damn thing to expect.

Repeatedly, she asks him if he would have certified the 2020 election and repeatedly he refuses to answer.

He also looks a lot fatter doesn't he? Guess that's why they were using AI on his face -- to make it slimmer -- after his debate with Tim Walz.

He didn't do much better on Sunday when he faced off with Martha Raddatz on ABC's THIS WEEK. A warning before you stream, when JD Vance tries to smile, he looks like a small child sitting on the toilet and struggling to get a poop out. Again, you have been warned.

Corbin Bolies (THE DAILY BEAST) reports:

JD Vance couldn’t muster up a defense of Donald Trump’s repeated mischaracterizations of migrant issues in Aurora, Colorado, on Sunday, so he resorted to a familiar one for a successful author: semantics.

This Week host Martha Raddatz questioned Vance about Trump’s Springfield, Ohio-esque assailment of the town and the subsequent pushback by its Republican mayor Mike Coffman. Trump had claimed the city was “conquered” by Venezuelan gangs, while Coffman said Trump’s descriptions “have been grossly exaggerated and have unfairly hurt the city’s identity and sense of safety.”

Hannah Demissie (ABC NEWS) notes it and other moments as well.

Let me be clear, he's smarmy little liar, a tiny hen-pecked man trying to play big boy on the national stage and, no, it doesn't work for me.

So I can't get through that entire segment but what I can get through goes to the lies he keeps telling over and over that no one's calling him on.

He says immigrant problems are due to all the executive orders Kamala Harris issued.

Why does no one scream liar in his face when he does that?

The vice president of the United States does not issue executive orders. That right is reserved for the president. He does this all this lie all the time.

Only the president.

Do you get that?

Because I don't see anyone in the media who does grasp that.

Miss Sassy may be lying -- and should be confronted -- but then again maybe JD is just that damn stupid.

If that's the case, he especially does not need to be running for office because he doesn't understand how the government works.

Kamala Harris has issued zero executive orders. When he claims she's issued even one, he's lying.

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Thursday, October 10, 2024

Dystopian Days

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S MEGA DUB & THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS & THE COMMON ILLS -- THE KOOL AID TABLE

IT'S THE YEAR 2029 AND GOLDEN TOILETS DUBBED "TRUMPERS" ROAM WHAT WAS ONCE THE UNITED STATES EATING CHILDREN AND, YES, CATS AND DOGS. PEOPLE HAD PRAYED FOR YEARS THAT IF ONLY THEY COULD SURVIVE UNTIL JANUARY 2029 THEY WOULD BE FREE OF DICTATOR DONALD TRUMP.

BUT THAT WAS NOT TO BE. WHEN HE WON THE 2024 ELECTION, HE REFUSED TO LEAVE. HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS NATIONALIZING THINGS.

NOT CORPORATIONS -- KNOW HE WAS ALWAYS FOR THE EXTREMELY WEALTH.

HE NATIONALIZED EVERYTHING ELSE. HE STARTED WITH OUR STATE PARKS AND OTHER FEDERAL LANDS BY STATING, "IN THE NAME OF THE GREAT DONALD TRUMP AND WITH MY SEAL OF APPROVAL" A TWO-POUND PERSONAL TURD STRAIGHT FROM THE ASS OF THE ASS "I CLAIM THIS FOR TRUMPLANDIA."

THE PRESS LAUGHED AND CHORTLED AND SOME WENT TO THE TROUBLE OF EXPLAINING WHAT THE DIFFERENT SHADES OF TURDS MIGHT MEAN. JONATHAN TURLEY, POSING AS A LEGAL SCHOLAR, INSISTED THAT AS LONG AS THE TURD WAS CORN FREE, IT WAS LEGAL. BUT IF THE TURD HAD CORN? JONATHAN TURLEY SAID HE WOULD EAT HIMSELF.

WHICH HE DID.

WITH GREAT ZEAL AND RELISH.

AT LEAST EIGHTY TIMES OVER.

SO DONALD TRUMP WENT AROUND 'NATIONALIZING' OTHER THINGS. EVENTUALLY, HE GOT TO 'NATIONALIZING' CONGRESS.

FINALLY, A FEW PUSHED BACK AND SAID THAT SURELY THIS WAS NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CONTITUTION -- NOT EVEN IN THE FORMER UNITED STATES NOW KNOWN AS TRUMPLAND.

JONATHAN TURLEY SHOOK HIS HEAD VIGOROUSLY INSISTING THAT IT WAS LEGAL AS HE CONSUMED A PARTICULARLY LENGTHY TURD.

SEXY BEAST -- AS DONALD TRUMP NOW INSISTED ON BEING CALLED; FULL TITLE "THE SEXY BEAST OF THE WORLD AND UNIVERSE" -- INSISTED IT WAS FULLY LEGAL. HE POINTED OUT THAT HE NOT NATIONALIZED THE SUPREME COURT AND HE TOOK THE CASE TO THEM.

THEY FOUND IN HIS FAVOR WITH BRETT KAVANAUGH PRAISING "THE FLAVOR" OF SEXY BEAST'S URINE AS HE DOWNED BOTTLE AFTER BOTTLE OF IT.

IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT THE UNITED STATES AND DEMOCRACY OFFICIALLY ENDED.

AND THE ABANDON HARRIS MOVEMENT ISSUED A STATEMENT, "WE ARE HOMOPHOBES WHO LOATHE ALL LGBTQ+ PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE EXTREMISTS IN OUR RELIGION. WE NEVER LIKED AMERICA AND OBVIOUSLY NEVER CONSIDERED OURSELVES AMERICANS SINCE WE PLACED WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AHEAD OF WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY. WE ARE PLEASED WITH SEXY BEAST AND LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING SEXY BEAST FOR ALL ETERNITY PLUS TEN YEARS MORE."

PERENNIAL GREEN PARTY JOKE JILL STEIN DECLARED THAT SHE WAS THRILLED WITH TRUMPLAND AND GLAD THAT ALL THE PEOPLE WITH SKIN NOT LIKE HER OWN WERE BEING ROUNDED UP. "THIS WILL BRING ABOUT THE REVOLUTION! AND I WILL LEAD IT!" SHE EXCLAIMED A DAY BEFORE SHE WAS PUBLICY EXECUTED. TO BE CLEAR, NO ONE BELIEVED SHE COULD LEAD ANYTHING -- LET ALONE A REVOLUTION. SHE WAS KILLED JUST BECAUSE SEXY BEAST FOUND HER FACE SO UGLY.

THERE WAS SOME HOPE -- AMONG THE MOST EXTREMELY NAIVE -- THAT OUR BRAVE PUBLICATIONS AND PROGRAMS MIGHT CHALLENGE SEXY BEAST AND ARGUE FOR THE RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY AND OF THE UNITED STATES. BUT INSTEAD, IN THESE TIMES, DEMOCRACY NOW!, THE NATION, THE PROGRESSIVE AND OTHER ISSUED A STATEMENT: "WE GLADLY ACCEPT CREDIT FOR DESTROYING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THAT WAS OUR PLAN ALL ALONG. DEATH TO REALISM! DEATH TO REALISM! DOWN WITH FREEDOM! DOWN WITH EQUALITY!"

PEOPLE BEGAN TO WONDER WHAT THE POINT IN EVEN LIVING NOW WAS AS AMY GOODMAN RENAMED HER LOUSY PROGRAM THE WHORE AND PROPAGANDA REPORT AND SPENT HOUR UPON HOUR TRASHING KAMALA HARRIS AND TELLING THE WORLD THAT HARRIS WAS DEAD.

BUT DEEP IN THE HEART OF AMERICA, A FEW STALWARTS REMAINED HOPEFUL AND BELIEVED HARRIS WAS ALIVE AND THAT, SHORTLY, SHE WOULD SEE TO IT THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS TRIED FOR TREASON IN A REAL COURT -- NOT A TRUMPLAND COURT -- A REAL COURT. THE ONLY QUESTION WAS: IF SHE WAS ALIVE WOULD THE PROGRESSIVE, THE NATION, IN THESE TIMES, ZNET, DEMOCRACY NOW! AND SO MANY OTHERS BETRAY HER AND THE UNITED STATES AGAIN?

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

It's amazing to watch this election cycle. Robert Kennedy Jr. thinking he can deny attempted rape accusations -- as though William Kennedy Smith never happened? Thinking he can be accused of assaulting the baby sitter and still go around to the press and get away with insisting he never said he was a choirboy? Maybe even more amazing would be that media outlets would speak to him after that or his denial of the known affair with the reporter -- the one that got her fired but he can go on TV and just insists he never speaks about his personal life.

It's really something to see.

There's freak show Jill Stein. Let's zoom in on the Green Party v.p. slot. No, not Butch Ware, but the v.p. she wanted to start with: Abdullah Hammoud. She had to move back from that choice and she finally selected Butch Ware.

But for awhile she wanted Abdullah Hammoud. And he was a rising star for some unknown reason. The right-wing doesn't really like him. Some elements of the left have promoted him. And, golly gosh, MOTHER JONES is now.

And the real reason is why?

He's anti-genocide?

So am I. So are most people. There's not really a big pro genocide group in the US. That's why so many refuse to apply the term genocide to what's taking place in Gaza. But that is genocide. And the genocide has flared and increased as it does every now and then -- but even in what passes for 'peace' has been a genocide against the Palestinian people.

The problem with Abdullah for Jill was first off that he was too young to be her running mate -- had she won (I know, I know, stop laughing, we're just making a point) and been sworn in January 20th then died in her sleep the night of, Abdullah would have been too young to be president. He's the Mayor of Dearborn but he's too young to be the president of the United States.

So that was the main problem but what finally had Jill relinquish her fantasy were two Green Party big wigs who pointed out to her that Abdullah was the Mayor of Dearborn.

And if you've read the fawning coverage over him, you might just be nodding blankly like Jill did.

But what Green Party thinkers understood -- and finally got through Jill's thick head -- was that the Green Party could not build a future with Abdullah because he is Mayor of Dearborn.

Dearborn is where many Muslims joined the hate brigade with the fright wing. It is very anti-LGBTQ+ at this time. That coincides with Abdullah's term as Mayor. Like all Democrats representing that area in any form, he was called out by a number of Muslims who felt he was pro-gay because he was a Democrat.

Is he?

As Mayor he hasn't helped the LGBTQ+ population.

Common sense would dictate that when you do a lengthy interview with him, you get him on the record.

But no one does and MOTHER JONES didn't.

I'm not promoting homophobes. I'm not promoting politicians who betray Americans.

MOTHER JONES seems to be okay with it.

They and others create this myth of Abdullah. And I'm not a myth maker.

Tim Walz did awful in the debate and I said so.

The open prejudice and hatred that LGBTQ+ people face now since Abdullah became mayor is not something that you overlook.

And it's amazing how much attention he's gotten from left media for his attacks on Joe Biden and now on Kamala Harris with no one wanting to put him on the record about the hate in Dearborn that has only increased in the last two years, at the efforts to ban books, to strip away rights.

Shame on MOTHER JONES.

Abdullah's the new Rocky Anderson and if you're asking "Who?" -- exactly. THE NATION and others spent forever trying to make Rocky happen. He never did. He became famous for being a mayor in leftist circles and then he never delivered on anything.

Kamala Harris has done an amazing job. Unlike others in the 2024 election cycle, she hasn't had a year or more to build a campaign. She had to hit the ground running She'd done and is doing an incredible job.

And that bears stating since this is a left site and I am a leftist.

I thought THE NATION was left and THE PROGRESSIVE and MOTHER JONES and go down the list. But I see all these attacks on her. And we're 25 days away from the end of the election -- voting's already taking place, November 5th will be the final day of voting -- and they're running garbage articles? They're attacking her.

She's not doing this and she's not doing that!

I've never in my life seen the left media pile on a Democratic Party presidential candidate like this. It's appalling.

But fortunately, she doesn't have to depend upon them.