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This is such unbridled horseshit. I live in fucking California, and I'm not sure if I've ever seen a Fuck Trump shirt/flag/bumper sticker/whatever in person. I can't go a day without seeing Let's Go B

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Did not have former Skid Row lead singer Sebastian Bach talking shit to MAGA cult members on my bingo card. But here we are.  

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Yep. I was a George Will/Ronald Reagan/Al Laffer conservative.  I genuinely thought that if you cut taxes for the upper classes, then they would spend and invest and the economic result of that w

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this country is rotting from within. want to win an election? go all in against gays and minorities. that's the only fucking platform you need to run on to win an election. the more vile and intolerant the platform, the better the chance of winning. 

I mean..... I THOUGHT It was that.

But now, I think it's even simpler: be the stupidest fucking human imaginable.  Be dumber than dirt, call all of your opponents socialists and pedophiles, and collect your winnings.  It's a winning strategy for the GQP, and will continue to be.

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I haven’t heard that. It certainly hasn’t made it into his campaign ads which are all about how he’s more Trumpy than Josh Mandel. They’re both tools and I’m constantly assaulted by their campaign ads. It’s excruciating. 

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I would consider myself overtaxed.  I pay higher effective federal rates than folks like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and corporations like ExxonMobil, Amazon, etc...

 

 

Um, I highly doubt you're middle class, dear.

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The dodo.

Triceratops.

Passenger pigeons.

 

Sorry, I thought we were listing things that were extinct.  If we're not, then thanks for at least giving me a chuckle today.  "Intelligent and educated Republicans."  Man, you almost had me there for a second.

Pos rep for listing three groups of dinosaurs that are all extinct.  

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So paleontologists are really ornithologist medical examiners. 

Never thought of it that way, but the ones that work on non-avian dinosaurs kind of are. There's lots of paleontologists that work on other animals too though, both vertebrate and invertebrate.

Historically, a lot of ornithologists hated the idea that some dinosaurs evolved into birds, feeling that it somehow made birds less special. That said, the evidence is overwhelming and has been for decades. I'd guess the upcoming group of ornithologists is far more receptive. 

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On 4/10/2022 at 8:16 PM, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

Ladies and gentlemen ... your Republican Senate candidate from Georgia ----- where he does not live, by the way:

 

 

Motherfucker can't even grow a mustache and those stupid fucks want to put him in the Senate?

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Walker will win.  Because Warnock is literally everything our country should hope for in a senator: smart, educated, from humble roots, understanding and empathetic, an actual Christian who walks the walk.

And in this timeline, we do NOT deserve that.  We deserve a walking, non-sentient ball of drool and CTE, and that's exactly what we're going to get, and we're going to get it good and hard, with no lube.

Warnock’s Ph.D is from the Columbia University associated Union Seminary. Can’t have that kind of Christianity representing Georgia.

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"Look, obviously Jesus didn't expressly carry a firearm or come out in support of the Second Amendment.  But we know where he would have come down on the issue of right to bear arms.  It's pretty much right there in the bible as far as individual liberty and right to defend one's self and his home and family."

"Oh, so like the bible is a living, breathing document open to new interpretations across the ages?" 

"Well yeah, if you want to put it like...sure.  Me and JC would agree with that."

"So like the Constitution could be like the bible then?  It could evolve as time goes on to meet the needs and freedoms of people?"  

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“Jesus, Guns, Babies” are the three words you need to know if you want to understand the ideology and rationalizations of the modern GOP, which is now a radicalized and weaponized movement seeking to create and impose a white Christian utopia in America and abroad.

“Jesus Guns Babies” is the campaign slogan of Kandiss Taylor, a Republican candidate for Governor in Georgia, who was also an educator for over two decades and doesn’t believe in commas. In fact, the ethos of “Jesus Guns Babies” was recently further expanded upon by Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who is running the National Republican Senatorial Committee, in his publicly derided 11-point plan to “save America.” His brilliant vision devotes separate bullet points for God, guns (the second amendment), and, of course, babies and the promotion of a nuclear, heterosexual family, which he believes is “crucial to civilization.” Apparently, he also believes in hurting those very same families with increased taxes and killing off Medicare and Social Security, which explains why his plan was greeted like a wet fart in the wind.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-jesus-guns-babies-slogan-by-republicans-is-a-weaponized-movement

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I'm not going to watch that, but I'm going to comment that I know it was girls he was molesting and not boys, because he's being protected by the Republicans. If he was fucking boys he'd be out on his ass.  I guess the moral of the story is, don't do anything that could make people think you are gay, and you are good to go to be as reprehensible as you want to be in all other areas and keep your power.  It's a bonus if you treat females like objects as well.  

Every time I see a new story about the latest Republican battshittery it makes me want to continue to speak to my parents less and less.  And shit like this is hard to forget about when I know they are going to keep right on voting for it.

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Former President Trump on Tuesday knocked his old friend Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate — who Trump once appointed as a U.S. attorney — for doing “absolutely nothing” to push his bogus claims of widespread election fraud.

In a statement riddled with baseless claims of election fraud, Trump declared that he will not endorse Bill McSwain in the upcoming GOP primary in the Pennsylvania governor’s race.

“He was the U.S. Attorney who did absolutely nothing on the massive Election Fraud that took place in Philadelphia and throughout the commonwealth,” Trump said.

“Do not vote for Bill McSwain, a coward, who let our Country down,” he added. “He knew what was happening and let it go. It was there for the taking and he failed so badly.”

McSwain formerly served as served as the chief federal prosecutor in Philadelphia under the Trump administration during the most crucial days and weeks of the former president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

McSwain has campaigned on his ties with the former president, touting his term as U.S. attorney and airing campaign ads that show both of them pictured together.

McSwain also sent a letter to Trump last year seeking his endorsement in the governor’s race. In his letter, McSwain accused former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr of stonewalling his Big Lie-related investigations.

He supported the Big Lie, McSwain just apparently did not Big Lie hard enough — and it seems his efforts to get Trump’s backing have failed. In his Tuesday statement, the former president insisted that McSwain “should have done his job anyway” even if Barr dissuaded him from pursuing baseless voter fraud allegations.

“Many of the U.S. Attorneys were probably told not to do anything by Barr,” Trump said. “Hence, our Country is going to hell.”

Last weekend, the former president announced his controversial endorsement of celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz in the hotly contested GOP primary for Pennsylvania Senate.

However, Trump has not endorsed a candidate in the crowded GOP primary to succeed Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolfe (D).

 

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Must wait until after the midterms. Can’t aggravate the MAGA voter base.

Here’s a status:

https://www.wane.com/news/when-will-harriet-tubman-be-on-the-20-bill-family-grows-impatient/

The plan was halted by President Trump’s Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who said as far as he was concerned, Jackson would remain on the $20 bill. President Trump suggested that Tubman be put on the $2 bill instead, and even installed a portrait of Jackson in the Oval Office, which would later be removed by President Biden.

On the issue of controversy, Lisa Page, the interim Director of Africana Studies at George Washington University, said, “I think Americans are still ashamed of the legacy of slavery and will continue to be ashamed of slavery. She [Harriet] was called Moses for all of her work in abolition, she was a spy for the Union army, she did all kinds of things to liberate Blacks in America.”

President Biden promised to accelerate the plan to replace Jackson on the $20 bill, and Representatives Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, and John Katko, R-N.Y., put forth a letter to the Biden administration asking for an accelerated timeline on the issue, but nothing has developed further. The slow process has been particularly frustrating given that Biden was largely supported by women and people of color in his effort to become president.

The process, however, is more difficult than may be initially perceived by the public, as new currency has to be outfitted with world-class anti-counterfeit traits. Additionally, the American Council of the Blind successfully sued the Treasury Department in 2002, demanding that the department includes a tactile signifier, similar to Braille, for the blind and visually impaired. A federal judge agreed, and the decision was made to include such an element in the next revision of the U.S. currency.

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The Republican chairman of a Virginia electoral board has stepped down after a racially charged Facebook post he made about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and others came to light last week. 

David Dietrich, the former chairman of the Electoral Board in Hampton, resigned Saturday — two days after his social media posting was discovered and prompted Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) and other GOP lawmakers to call for his removal. 


In a post from February 2021, Dietrich targeted Austin and retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré — both Black men — in a post, using the N-word and calling for “a good public lynching.” 

The ranting post was written shortly after Austin ordered a stand-down across the Defense Department to address extremism in the ranks, a decision made following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Trump. 

Dietrich’s post said that Austin’s decision was meant to “remove conservative, freedom-loving Americans” from the military. 

Dietrich also targeted Honoré, who House Speaker Navy Pelosi (D-Calif.) appointed to conduct a review of the Capitol’s security failures during the insurrection.  

“Even in light of those truly irresponsible, mean-spirited, indeed, wicked comments, [Austin is] going to be focused on leading the department forward and trying to continue to set an example going forward. That’s where his head is,” Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Tuesday when asked about the Pentagon chief’s reaction. 

“No matter who you are … where you came from, what your background is, he believes that if you’re qualified and you want to serve this country, you should be able to do it. And you’ll be able to do it without fear of discrimination or harassment,” Kirby said. “In his view, there’s no place in the Department of Defense for comments like that, for the actions that come from comments like that.” 

Austin previously pledged during his confirmation hearing that he would fight to “rid our ranks of racists and extremists.” The Pentagon has struggled with the issue over the years as it has little information about how deep the problem runs, making it difficult to create a plan for action. 

Dietrich’s resignation came after Youngkin called for his removal from the board.

“As governor, I serve all Virginians. I won’t accept racism in our Commonwealth or our party. The abhorrent words of a Hampton Roads official are beyond unacceptable and have no place in Virginia,” Youngkin wrote on Twitter Saturday. 

The Republican Party of Hampton released their own statement on Facebook along with a screenshot of the offending post, saying the “abhorrent and unacceptable racist language” has no place in the GOP or the Commonwealth.  

“Dietrich’s appointment was appalling but not shocking. . . . I’m relieved he has resigned. I didn’t feel safe & didn’t feel our voters were safe,” Rebecca Winn, vice-chair of the board, wrote on Twitter.  

For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill.

 

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Anew class action lawsuit filed by an investor in Trumpworld’s favorite “Let’s Go Brandon” meme coin claims that some of the token’s key players orchestrated a pump-and-dump scheme.

The news marks the latest bit of drama that has plagued the coin since its inception last year and which has persisted since the cryptocurrency relaunched in February. A number of former President Donald Trump’s most loyal fans bought into the crypto hype, only to see the value of their investments plummet.

Attorneys for the plaintiff, an investor in the coin named Eric De Ford, claimed that the token’s executives and insiders “made false or misleading statements” and “disguised their control over the [c]ompany.” Ultimately, the 79-page suit filed in Florida alleges, those insiders “cynically marketed the LGB Tokens to investors so that they could sell off their portion…for a profit,” even as the selloff caused the value of the coin to drop precipitously for the remaining crypto holders.

The defendants included the Trumpy hedge funder James Koutoulas, NASCAR, and conservative media personalities Candace Owens and David Harris Jr., among others.

Koutoulas fired back at the allegations in text messages to The Daily Beast. “The plaintiff’s behavior frankly, is disturbing—almost like a stalker,” he wrote.

Koutoulas sent a document that showed apparent email exchanges between De Ford and other individuals affiliated with the coin in February, in which De Ford said he was “inspired by what this token can do for our nation” and offered to help market the coin for free. Evidently his perspective on the coin’s management quickly changed.

“One moment he’s praising our vision and offering to promote the coin, now suddenly, he’s filed a bizarre conspiracy claim,” Koutoulas said.

In a statement, a lawyer representing the plaintiff, Aaron Zigler, sought to rebut Koutoulas’ version of events. “We are disappointed to learn that Mr. Koutoulas would resort to such a misleading characterization of the facts in this case in what appears to be a desperate attempt to continue to prop-up the value of the token and to scare away other defrauded investors from seeking their day in court,” he wrote.

“That a litigant and lawyer like Mr. Koutoulas would expose himself to potential defamation claims and bar discipline in response to being named in a thoroughly researched and well-founded federal lawsuit is consistent with the same poor judgment alleged in the Complaint,” he added.

Some of Trumpland’s most vocal influencers got behind the coin and subsequently were named in the class action suit, including Owens and Harris. Donald Trump Jr.—who has hawked the coin publicly—wasn’t named, however.

“This #ad has one purpose and it’s to let you know that free speech is about to make a major comeback. Stay tuned @letsgo,” Trump. Jr. wrote in an April 7 tweet that garnered over 30,000 likes.

A source close to Trump Jr. with direct knowledge told The Daily Beast that Trump Jr. hasn’t entered into any agreement with the Let’s Go Brandon coin.

Owens billed the lawsuit as a frivolous filing that “borders on hilarity.”

“For starters, I was not paid a single red cent ‘to promote’ the LGB coin,” she told The Daily Beast. “Beyond that, I myself lost money on the coin which removes me unequivocally from any notion of an inside ‘pump and dump’ scheme.”

Harris did not immediately respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment.

The original Let’s Go Brandon coin was inspired by a televised mishap at a NASCAR race last year. After driver Brandon Brown won the event, the crowd loudly chanted “F*ck Joe Biden,” which an NBC reporter inaccurately relayed as “Let’s Go Brandon.” The slogan soon caught on as a pro-Trump rallying cry and a critique of what his fans perceived as media bias.

For a time, it looked like the cryptocurrency would become an official sponsor of Brown’s NASCAR team, but the deal was ultimately kaboshed. That caused the token’s price to fall, and the class action lawsuit claims that insiders made things worse by selling their stakes. (The suit further alleges that NASCAR didn’t adequately distance itself from the crypto token; the company did not respond to a request for comment as of publication time.)

By February, the coin’s market value had fallen more than 99 percent from its peak—leading a number of its key players to hash out a plan to rebrand and relaunch.

The aggressive marketing strategy hasn’t slowed. Last month, when former President Trump appeared on Harris’ podcast, he was presented with 500 billion of the new Let’s Go tokens by Koutoulas. The value of those coins then stood at a measly $45,000; prices have stayed roughly flat over the past 30 days.

“Sounds good to me!” Trump replied. “I don’t know exactly what it means, but it sounds good to me.” It is unclear whether the former president ultimately accepted the tokens.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

 

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Today I was walking back from my neighborhood 7-11 and as I crossed the street by the Lutheran church at the end of my street, a minivan with a bunch of Trump stickers ON THE SIDE WINDOWS pulled out of their parking lot in front of me.  An old lady was driving and she waved at me.  I also noticed a Ted Cruz sticker, and one that said, "Jesus wants you to pray for Trump."  And that really pissed me off.  So instead waving back, I flipped her off.

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Today I was walking back from my neighborhood 7-11 and as I crossed the street by the Lutheran church at the end of my street, a minivan with a bunch of Trump stickers ON THE SIDE WINDOWS pulled out of their parking lot in front of me.  An old lady was driving and she waved at me.  I also noticed a Ted Cruz sticker, and one that said, "Jesus wants you to pray for Trump."  And that really pissed me off.  So instead waving back, I flipped her off.

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Today I was walking back from my neighborhood 7-11 and as I crossed the street by the Lutheran church at the end of my street, a minivan with a bunch of Trump stickers ON THE SIDE WINDOWS pulled out of their parking lot in front of me.  An old lady was driving and she waved at me.  I also noticed a Ted Cruz sticker, and one that said, "Jesus wants you to pray for Trump."  And that really pissed me off.  So instead waving back, I flipped her off.

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Well well well....Trump's candidate in Georgia is getting....trounced.

Goes to show that Trump is losing his influence in the GOP slowly but surely, which scares the piss out of the liberals.  

I've always known that the Dems need Trump a lot more than Republicans and if when Desantis becomes the leader of the GOP the Dems are good and properfucked worse than South Austin's mom.  

Completely agree with Delano Squires here - 

 

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Well well well....Trump's candidate in Georgia is getting....trounced.

Goes to show that Trump is losing his influence in the GOP slowly but surely, which scares the piss out of the liberals.  

I've always known that the Dems need Trump a lot more than Republicans and if when Desantis becomes the leader of the GOP the Dems are good and properfucked worse than South Austin's mom.  

Completely agree with Delano Squires here - 

 

Good for you fucks finally starting to see that the whiny, pussy-grabbing, make-up wearing fatso that loses at everything is bad for your party.  We can rename this thread the "The GQP: Desantis Death Cult."  It'll be the same shit except you'll no longer be led by one of the dumbest people in the history of American public life. The moment you drop Trump is the moment you'll be in a much better position to ride the worldwide authoritarian wave to unchecked, permanent power.  I'm sorry to see that the secret's out. 

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Well well well....Trump's candidate in Georgia is getting....trounced.

Goes to show that Trump is losing his influence in the GOP slowly but surely, which scares the piss out of the liberals.  

I've always known that the Dems need Trump a lot more than Republicans and if when Desantis becomes the leader of the GOP the Dems are good and properfucked worse than South Austin's mom.  

Completely agree with Delano Squires here - 

 

lmao the aggy is off the charts in this post

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