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Pathological liars gotta lie lie lie lie lie.... --
Jesus H. Christ pic.twitter.com/9UyU5uokCq
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) February 3, 2024
Top issue for Dems and Independents: preserving democracy. --
Voters say the most urgent issue facing the country today is preserving democracy in the United States, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 3, 2024
24% of respondents listed that as their top issue. It was the top issue for both Democrats and Independents.
They also want to aid our enemies, sink affordable health care, and plunder the environment --
The twin crises for the Republican Party are a strong economy and Democrats’ willingness to reach a border compromise.
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) February 3, 2024
Think about it. Good news for America is bad news for the GOP. That says plenty about the GOP.
Trumpers keep spending their money on things a child could have told them. --
A political action committee closely tied to Donald Trump's re-election bid recently spent close to a quarter of a million dollars to investigate the quality of work of his legal team which has now suffered two losses to E. Jean Carroll and her attorneys.https://t.co/9FxTv525CJ
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) February 3, 2024
War criminal Vladimir Putin: Russia's new Joseph Stalin, ready to purge society. --
Putin commented “the time has come to cleanse Russian society of pro-Western elements. “‘All this scum that’s always present in any society is being slowly, slowly washed away.”’ https://t.co/JWcasqPu5v
— John Sipher (@john_sipher) February 2, 2024
Like the Malignant Loser, Netanyahu wants to hold power to stay out of prison. --
The people who think Biden can just easily make Netanyahu agree to end the war in Gaza are naive or dishonest. Netanyahu doesn’t want to end the war; October 7th destroyed him, next election he’ll lose, & staying PM is his way to avoid prison. He ain’t going easily.
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) February 2, 2024
Right-wing evangelicals have a pedophile problem, part infinity. --
Virginia evangelical pastor, Rodney Locklear, has been arrested for abducting & raping a child. pic.twitter.com/4jKiLDJH2O
— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) February 2, 2024
Kentucky church youth leader & high school teacher, Kevin Lentz, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sending a 9 yr old sexually explicit material & persuading them to create & send multiple sexually explicit videos & images of themselves. pic.twitter.com/LdP2hTe3AH
— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) February 2, 2024
True fans don't let banners get in the way. --
— Out of Context Human Race (@NoContextHumans) February 3, 2024
Nobel Prize economist Paul Krugman:
“Let’s be honest, this is a good economy.”
So declared Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, in his news conference on Wednesday after the Fed’s latest policy meeting. He’s right, even if the public isn’t fully convinced (although the gap between economic perceptions and reality seems to be narrowing). In fact, Powell is clearly wrestling with a dilemma many countries wish they had: What’s the right monetary policy when the news is good on just about all fronts?
Contrary to what you may have heard, this is not a “Goldilocks economy” — get your children’s stories right, folks! Goldilocks found a bowl of porridge that was neither too hot nor too cold. We have an economy that is both piping hot (in terms of growth and job creation) and refreshingly cool (in terms of inflation)...
Krugman goes on to discuss the specific good news (inflation now at 2%, wage growth up, GDP at 3.3%, and the stock market booming). He concludes by noting that, in our hyperpartisan times, President Biden won't get credit from the vast majority of MAGAt Republicans for any economic successes; if they could undercut the economy like they're trying to undercut immigration reform, they would. So, says Krugman,
... I don’t expect Biden to ride to easy victory on the strength of economic success. But the economy is doing well enough that Donald Trump is back to insisting that the unemployment numbers are fake and claiming, ludicrously, that he somehow deserves credit for a rising stock market...
Having the flailing cult leader- before- party- before- country saying bullshit nonsense like that is the best indication that "this is a good economy." Thanks, Biden!
BONUS: A little trolling is in order.
We’re sorry this is happening to you, @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/8erZgRFPZ4
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) February 2, 2024
BONUS II: Why oh why has the "Feels vs. is" negative public perception lingered? Oh --
We’re sorry this is happening to you, @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/8erZgRFPZ4
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) February 2, 2024
In a move that would have been thought impossible perhaps a decade ago, Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, today will have its first member of the Irish nationalist party Sinn Féin as its First Minister, Michelle O'Neill. Sinn Féin's political goal is the reunification of Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland to its south, something they have been fighting for since the end of World War I. From the Washington Post:
"O’Neill, 47, will make history as Northern Ireland’s first republican leader, from a party that wants north and south to come together, someday, as a single country.
'It represents truly historic change in the north and across the island of Ireland,' she said in a statement to The Washington Post.
Calling it a 'good day for democracy,' O’Neill noted that the restoration of government 'respects the result' of the May 2022 election — when Sinn Féin for the first time won the largest share of seats in the assembly and the right to hold the first minister job under Northern Ireland’s delicate power-sharing agreement.
But O’Neill also emphasized that she will be 'a First Minister for All' — that means unionists and republicans, Protestants and Catholics, those who want a 'United Ireland' and those who want to remain 'British Forever' (alongside a growing number in the middle ground)." (our emphasis)
As a mark of how head spinning this is, O'Neill's father and two cousins were in the Irish Republican Army, fighting against the Northern Ireland government and British soldiers stationed there years ago. Thirty years of bloody conflict in Northern Ireland between Protestants and Catholics, which was referred to there as "the troubles," largely ended with the 1998 Good Friday Agreement as a result of Clinton Administration diplomacy.
(photo: O'Neill arriving to be sworn in as First Minister. Getty Images)
We're continuing our Saturday morning hiking videos with one by William Mangar, who takes us on a stunning hike through the Ecrins National Park and the Ecrins Massif in the French Alps (watch full screen!).
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The hits just keep coming --
Obviously, more bad news for Biden. https://t.co/C0lfygoGQF
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) February 2, 2024
Party over country, cont. --
Child tax credit bill faces GOP block because it makes Biden "look good" https://t.co/piJTuWXAG5
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) February 2, 2024
In a fleeting moment of mental clarity, he sees the writing on the wall --
Sources tell Axios that Donald Trump believes he'd likely be convicted if the Jan. 6 case comes to trial later this spring in Washington. If that's delayed, he could face a guilty verdict in the Manhattan hush-money case.
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) February 2, 2024
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No truer words were ever spoken --
NEW: In private, here is how President Biden refers to Donald Trump:
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) February 1, 2024
“What a sick fuck”
“What a fucking asshole this guy is”
Behind the scenes with Biden’s pure disgust for his predecessor - and what truly sets him off https://t.co/bS0zYZrEw8
Only the best people. Whoda thunk it?! --
Surprised he didn’t try to appoint him to the Supreme Court. https://t.co/HyT9m4zAIF
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) February 2, 2024
This very disillusioned participant with the Trucker’s Convoy said she just realized that the people who organized it don’t really care about America and are just grifting con artists. Go figure. pic.twitter.com/xCVmsQXPia
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 2, 2024
What do the tortured history of Pa.'s Levittown "model suburb," a MAGA-flavored beheading, and the right's hating on Taylor Swift have in common?
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) February 2, 2024
I tie it together in an essay on how entrenched misogyny escalates into deadly violence, threatens democracy⬇️https://t.co/82LziG6dYY
A baffling strategy --
“We don’t want a seat at the table & we don’t want our voices heard” continues to be a baffling strategy to me. https://t.co/LxvmpWI6ha
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) February 2, 2024
What's that Musk-y smell? Another recall you say? --
For the second time in less than two months, Tesla is issuing an over-the-air software update after a safety recall of almost all its vehicles in the United States. https://t.co/82wSF0H9Bp
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 2, 2024
Just asking (Happy Friday and sign him up!) --
URGENT: NBA Teams need to do the right thing and sign Tony Snell now!
— Oddball w/ Amin Elhassan and Charlotte Wilder (@oddballhoops) February 1, 2024
"I'm asking for just one moment. Can we be humans to help him?"@DarthAmin and @TheWilderThings call for an NBA team to add Tony Snell to their active roster by Friday (2/2) to help him enter the NBA Players… pic.twitter.com/6X90I4TI81
Let's kick off Black History Month with music from one of the greatest American composers, pianists and band leaders, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington. Although considered "the most significant composer" of jazz music, Ellington thought of his compositions as "beyond category." We're featuring one of his compositions with his frequent collaborator Billy Strayhorn, a song he often closed his concerts with -- 1953's "Satin Doll." Hope you enjoy.
FBI agents apparently missed a locked closet in the Malignant Loser's residence at Merde O'Lardo during their execution of a search warrant in August, 2022, according to information obtained by ABC News. The report also indicates that the FBI failed to search a "hidden room" connected to the Malignant Loser's bedroom. The lawful search was conducted weeks before the appointment of Special Counsel Jack Smith, whose team is now questioning several witnesses.
Investigators believe that the Malignant Loser had the lock changed on the closet while his lawyer was in the basement of the estate searching in a storage room. These investigators later learned from employees at the estate that the FBI had missed some rooms in the search.
The intriguing question now is who tipped Special Counsel Smith that the FBI missed those rooms, as noted by former Justice Department official and New York University law professor Andrew Weissmann:
The reports that the FBI missed a “hidden” room at MAL makes me wonder how the FBI now knows that. Sounds like an insider has tipped the FBI off to that. Ie another cooperating witness.
— Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads)🌻 (@AWeissmann_) February 2, 2024
It would be irresponsible not to speculate, and our guess is the Malignant Loser's spouse, Melanoma Melania, who seems perturbed at the Malignant Loser for another sexual assault that's costing them money this time, with the trial happening as her mother passed away. The look she gave him as she left her mother's funeral separately from him is priceless:
Keep in mind. FBI Trump holdover D’Antuono initially blocked the search of Mar a Lago, then finally relented to DoJ prosecutors. Then he wanted to alert Trump to the search. Then he agreed but not if the FBI wore their uniforms. I’m not surprised the FBI “missed” some rooms. https://t.co/VA0Jv2AOJz
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) February 2, 2024
This is something we've been calling on for years, and finally the nomination is in:
Democrats nominated Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen (WCK) for the Nobel Peace Prize, just after a House GOP lawmaker nominated former President Trump for the prestigious award.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) along with Reps. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) nominated the celebrity chef and his not-for-profit non-government organization (NGO) in a letter addressed to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citing his “innovative model” and his impact as a “global phenomenon” by providing more than 350 million dishes worldwide made by locals.
“During many dark and difficult times, the impact Chef Andrés and the World Central Kitchen has been extraordinary,” the lawmakers wrote in the letter.
“All are in awe of how, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Chef Andrés quickly marshaled the effort to provide 40 million meals to feed the hungry across the world,” they added.
They also commended him for helping to feed the National Guard soldiers in 2021 amid the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, how his NGO distributed hot meals and grocery kits in Kyiv during the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war and the aid the group offered to displaced Palestinians amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.
Andrés is a Washington, D.C.-based restaurateur whose disaster relief fund gives out meals during natural disasters, namely starting off right after the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010.
The well-known chef, who operates a two-Michelin-star restaurant as well as several Bib Gourmands, has built his NGO into an organization that topped $500 million in annual revenue in 2022...
One of the nominees he's up against is the treasonous- narcissistic sociopathic moron- serial sexual assaulter, who was shamefully nominated by MAGAt New York Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney.
Chef Andrés is one of the most selfless humanitarians on the planet, and through his World Central Kitchen he's saved countless lives around the world during wars and pandemics. If he's not deserving of the prize, no one is.
(Photo: Chef Andrés serving meals in Covid- ravaged India in 2021/ José Andrés Group)
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First Tay Tay, now MAGA tin foil hatters have another wild conspiracy--
The "Alina Habba was a deep state plant to destroy Donald Trump" theory has entered the building. pic.twitter.com/32s6nzgHq3
— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) January 31, 2024
Lol - I wonder who forced Trump to hire Alina Habba. For the guy who's going to save us from the deep state, he sure gets fooled by the deep state a lot 🤣
— narcissist chronicles (@narcissistchro1) January 31, 2024
Reporter: “Are you thinking of trying to use campaign funds to pay some of the penalties?”
— Republican Accountability (@AccountableGOP) January 31, 2024
Trump: “What penalties?”
Reporter: “In the New York fraud case and the defamation case.”
Trump: “I didn't do anything wrong. I mean, that's been proven as far as I'm concerned.” pic.twitter.com/pmw7AJt4Fh
Check out this latest Quinnipiac poll --
Latest national poll: President Biden leads Trump by 6 points. pic.twitter.com/kHvDBaQtvl
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) February 1, 2024
Black History Month has arrived. Learn more at TheKingCenter.org --
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— The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center (@TheKingCenter) January 31, 2024
The Malignant Loser has nailed down the incestuous, forced birth loser demographic --
A Colorado firefighter was arrested in child exploitation sting — Joe Hawkins wanted to create an “incest family” and impregnate a 9 year old girl and her mother simultaneously.
— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) January 31, 2024
Naturally, he looks like this. pic.twitter.com/N1fkx4f6Iv
The European Union steps up with major aid to Ukraine --
The European Union agreed on a funding deal worth more than $50 billion for Ukraine in a crucial summit on Thursday that comes at a pivotal moment in the war. https://t.co/1Gfi637fIf
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) February 1, 2024
Meanwhile, Russia's Black Sea fleet going from a surface fleet to an underwater one --
Missile boat "Ivanovets" is finished. Russia’s fleet is bolstering its underwater presence pic.twitter.com/ezltS2JMhm
— Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) February 1, 2024
Never play leap frog after 20 beers. --
— The Devil Had Other Plans (@had_devil) January 31, 2024
Failed trial lawyer and Melania imitator and wannabe mistress of the Malignant Loser Alina Habba looks like she's out of a job, as soon as he can line up a new loser for the appeals phase of his cases. From former Trump White House legal counsel Ty Cobb responding to Erin Burnett, CNN, about how Habba has handled both his business fraud and his sexual assault and defamation cases:
“I think she’s handled it in the mafia way. She's done his bidding. She’s articulated his political narrative of victimization and unfairness in the judicial system and made some outlandish claims including the conflict claims and she lost. So, she is a loser. I’m not surprised that Trump is looking for appellate representation.”
The unhinged Malignant Loser will continue to lose in court and hire other losers to represent him. The lawyers worth their law degree won't touch him or stay (unless he pays them in advance). Habba learned the hard way.
The folks at The Lincoln Project know how to create vivid and hard hitting ads (something the Biden campaign might learn from). They're the opposite of the quaint "when they go low, we go high" ethos of white glove Dems. We'll be seeing lots more in the next 10 months.
We quote at length Rex Huppke who has actions for MAGAt Patriots to take as they see the booming Biden economy and suspect what's really going on:
... It’s clear Democrats are manipulating the economy and making it the strongest economy in the world in order to fool voters into thinking Biden is a competent president.
Don’t believe me? If you own stocks or have a 401(k), just look at your balance and you’ll see EXACTLY what these cheaters are up to. They’re trying to buy your votes by putting more money in your pockets. That’s cheating. DON’T BE FOOLED!
It’s clear true Trump supporters cannot be party to this kind of liberal skullduggery. So in response to this distressing spate of positive economic news, I hereby call on all MAGA faithful to remove themselves from the CORRUPTLY BOOMING BIDEN ECONOMY.
If you have a 401(k), you need to immediately cash that out and either donate the money to President Trump’s reelection campaign/legal defense fund (he will give it back to you, with interest, once elected) or invest those funds in somethings sensible, like digital Trump Trading Cards.
Next, you must quit your job. It’s on us to help President Trump’s campaign by bringing those unemployment numbers back up to where we think they should be under an incompetent president who doesn’t know what day it is.
If you aren’t willing to quit your job, you must at least refuse any pay raise you’re offered. Only a squishy lib would allow himself to get paid more while a DEMONcrat is in office.
Lastly, it is ABSOLUTELY imperative that you not feel confident about the future. America is a terrible place. It is falling apart. The economy is in shambles and your personal economic situation is a garbage fire.
Darkness is everywhere. Living is anguish. All hope is lost.
Only by embracing these America-first beliefs, and believing Trump is the one person who can fix everything and make life perfect, will you be able to declare yourself a true MAGA loyalist.
So get out there, fellow patriot, and disconnect from Biden’s economy. Sell stocks, put your retirement money in Trump’s coffers, embrace the gloom.
When it comes to Biden’s hot economy, remember this: Go broke or you're woke.
There's not much advice we can add to that, except "Do it, MAGAts! Act now! Your cult leader will approve and accepts cash, check or credit!"
BONUS: Check out Simon Rosenberg's takes on the idiocy.
(Photo: the cult leader will be thrilled when you pay his lawyers and go broke! / Matthew Putney, AP)
