This is a chart compiled by Judd Legum and Rebecca Crosby at Popular Information showing the top 50 corporate donors to election- denying Christofascist Republicans since January 6, 2021:
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To the extent practicable and you're able, please consider withholding your consumer dollars from amoral funders of insurrectionists and their fellow travelers.
Supporting the workers' families who perished on Key Bridge --
. @MayorBMScott did set up a fund to support the families of those who died in the Key bridge disaster in Baltimore. I just got the link. Whatever your means, please help out. These were decent young, hard-working men supporting their families https://t.co/IlFCjxsPAK
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) March 28, 2024
Biden Administration pledges all out effort to recover from the bridge collapse --
The path to recovery will not be simple or quick. But we will come together around Baltimore, and we will rebuild together. pic.twitter.com/uPevuhNQ8r
— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) March 28, 2024
Going after the insurrection plotters --
NEW: In a 128-page decision following lengthy trial proceedings, a California court recommends John Eastman be disbarred. pic.twitter.com/oKibKlWz8J
— Lisa Rubin (@lawofruby) March 27, 2024
Our broken media, NBC's Carrie Budoff Brown's false equivalence edition --
Wow. Carrie Budoff Brown has really outdone herself. (Also, last I checked, @jrpsaki hasn’t made a living off undermining American democracy.) https://t.co/u2kWjdRajM pic.twitter.com/ZXKeK4BmV5
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 27, 2024
Looks like Dumbya took Trump's bait (from 2022). Still a moron. --
George W. Bush holding Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA Bible, which has now been endorsed and promoted by Trump. pic.twitter.com/7XJxbupcV7
— PatriotTakes πΊπΈ (@patriottakes) March 28, 2024
Have they been using Trump's Orange Calf bible? --
Nebraska pastor, Jeffrey Duncan, has been sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for sexually abusing a child. pic.twitter.com/iKangbyYPu
— πππ€π¬ (@antifaoperative) March 27, 2024
Kansas pastor, William Dodd, has pled no contest to raping a child under the age of 14. pic.twitter.com/NCSSiUnU2h
— πππ€π¬ (@antifaoperative) March 27, 2024
They're also claiming credit for what they didn't do --
To be clear, the very same Republicans who voted against legislation to fix our roads and bridges, are complaining that the Democrats haven’t done enough to fix our roads and bridges.
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) March 28, 2024
Let us not speak ill of the dead....oh what the hell --
My obituary of Joe Lieberman, American Blowhardhttps://t.co/Ih6jGnp66x
— Erik Loomis (@ErikLoomis) March 28, 2024
Right winger Matt "Fap Fap" Schlapp lives on to molest another day --
The guy who accused Matt Schlapp of groping him got a $480k settlement to issue this statement and drop his case. Apparently the fact that the money came from ACU’s insurance company is the technicality they’re using to deny a payout. https://t.co/yrqgkfXdYd pic.twitter.com/2GYHS52qmM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 28, 2024
Check out the face at the end --
A smile for your timeline.. π pic.twitter.com/tqsKHQ9AuW
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) March 28, 2024
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BONUS: Jeff Bender at McSweeney's has more features of the Orange Calf's Bible.
(Credit: The Independent Tennessean Facebook, which has more along these lines at the link)
In a deal that represents a turnaround for the city of Washington, D.C., and a stinging defeat for Virginia's slick MAGA Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, the owner of the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards has dropped Virginia as their new home and will remain in the Nation's capital. From the Washington Post:
"D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and Ted Leonsis, owner of the Wizards and Capitals, signed a deal Wednesday that — if approved by the D.C. Council — would keep the teams in downtown D.C. until 2050, abruptly ending the owner’s planned move to Virginia.
Under the terms of the deal, D.C. will spend $515 million over three years to help Leonsis modernize the arena, and Leonsis will sign a new lease keeping the teams in D.C. for 25 more years.
The agreement includes other provisions that address some of Leonsis’s concerns about the state of downtown, which has struggled to recover from the pandemic, and allow his company, Monumental Sports & Entertainment, to expand in the city."
Leonsis was strongly courted by Youngkin, who wrapped his reputation around securing the move to Northern Virginia, touting the move's job and economy-boosting potential. When the Virginia legislature took a look at the backroom deal, they balked at the public price tag and the disruption to the local community, which overwhelmingly lined up against the proposal.
Youngkin, who played college basketball, is one of the many hungry MAGAt office holders who would like to inherit the Malignant Loser's mantle. No doubt he has Presidential aspirations for a 2028 run, but it looks like with this reputation-tarnishing development, D.C. Mayor Bowser has dunked on him.
(photo: Youngkin's premature celebration, Bowser's calm victory. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images, Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)
The fascist conspiracy loons are howling again, and it's not even a full moon:
Conspiracists and far-right extremists are blaming just about everything and everyone for Tuesday morning’s Baltimore bridge collapse.
A non-exhaustive list of things that are getting blamed for the bridge collapse on Telegram and X include President Biden, Hamas, ISIS, P. Diddy, Nickelodeon, India, former president Barack Obama, Islam, aliens, Sri Lanka, the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, Wokeness, Ukraine, foreign aid, the CIA, Jewish people, Israel, Russia, China, Iran, Covid vaccines, DEI, immigrants, Black people, and lockdowns.
By far the most popular conspiracy theory among the paste- eaters is that it was a "black swan event" (for you normal people the linked article translates this as an event triggered by the "deep state" signalling "an imminent revolution, a third world war, or some other apocalyptic catastrophe"). In the truly apocalyptic catastrophe of the Malignant Loser becoming President again, this brain- damaged conspiracist is going to hold a key position:
One of the first people to call the bridge collapse a black swan event was disgraced former US national security adviser Michael Flynn. “This is a BLACK SWAN event,” he wrote on X. “Black swans normally come out of the world of finance (not military) … There are harbor masters for every single one of these transit points in America that are in charge of assuring the safety of navigation … start there.” Flynn’s post has been viewed 7.2 million times.
To be clear, Baltimore's Francis Scott Key bridge was struck in a supporting pier by a container ship, MV Dali, that preliminary reports indicate suffered a catastrophic loss of power affecting its ability to steer. But, fevered fascist brains can't miss an opportunity to find someone or something buzzing around in their empty heads to pin the blame on. Funny how it's usually someone or something they already fear and despise.
BONUS: More evidence of conspiracist brain worms here.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has decided against running as the No Labels candidate for president after spending time and money gaming out the prospects of a centrist third-party bid against President Biden and former president Donald Trump.
The decision leaves the group with few remaining high-profile options for candidates, despite widespread public concern over the two major-party contenders. [Ed.: well, at least the fascist one]
“I appreciate the encouragement I’ve gotten to pursue a third-party candidacy,” Christie said in a statement to The Washington Post on Wednesday. “While I believe this is a conversation that needs to be had with the American people, I also believe that if there is not a pathway to win and if my candidacy in any way, shape or form would help Donald Trump become president again, then it is not the way forward.”... (our emphasis)
Christie is displaying an admirable self- awareness and sense of duty to guard our democracy against the Malignant Loser.
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New York Magazine's Jonathan Chait, writing today in the magazine's Intelligencer section. The conclusion:
"What’s unusual about Trump is not that a politician got into legal trouble, or even that a professional scammer went into politics, but that a political party allowed a crook to rise to its top. That, in turn, reveals the deeply unhealthy state of the GOP, not any extralegal steps being taken by his opponents.
Before he won the Republican nomination the first time, Republicans were perfectly aware that his decades of bilking customers and counterparties, lying to everybody, and surrounding himself with known criminals posed a series legal risk. Now that that risk has gone from theoretical to actual, and it is being shared by the Republican Party, they seem to believe it’s not fair to hold him legally accountable.
But no plot was necessary here. The law finally catching up to a lifelong crook is utterly predictable." (our emphasis)
Please read Chait's entire article, which documents the initial revulsion with the Malignant Loser by his now-captive party, knowing that he was deeply corrupt, and how they are now standing with him and repeating his lie that the Biden Administration / "deep state" is fighting him through "lawfare," using law to improperly persecute opponents.
Judge Merchan is done with the Malignant Loser's delaying tactics --
News
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) March 26, 2024
The judge presiding over Trump's NY criminal case REFUSES to budge from his order forcing lawyers to ask his okay to file any more motions.
He also WARNS Trump's lawyers to obey that order, citing his "power to punish for a criminal contempt."
Doc https://t.co/wcRnROFm8z pic.twitter.com/YwJDoUulhd
$uckers will be $uckers --
"Divorced from fundamentals."
— Matt Egan (@MattEganCNN) March 26, 2024
"Untethered to its underlying business."
"No way to square the current stock price."
Truth Social owner Trump Media is now public. Experts warn its valuation defies logic.https://t.co/cIB6MbY6dD $DJT $DWAC
Under the radar testimony --
This is as close as we may get to a trial, before the general election, of the Trump-DOJ plot to aid Trump's overthrow of the presidential election. ⬇️π https://t.co/v2AjO6CU99
— Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads)π» (@AWeissmann_) March 27, 2024
Loons will be loons, racists will be racists, cont. --
Usual Cast Of Far-Right Characters Declare ‘WW3,’ ‘Black Swan Event’ Over Bridge Collapse https://t.co/cDKMLLWhm6 via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 27, 2024
Calling the Black mayor OF BALTIMORE the "DEI Mayor" is actually a useful illustration of what they actually mean by the term. https://t.co/yPNP2rTFSN
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 26, 2024
Shoe Bible pitchman clueless about his product --
Since Trump is now selling Bibles, here is a montage of clips of Trump giving us his vast and extensive knowledge of the Bible. pic.twitter.com/VKXQdT5wLA
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 26, 2024
Happy Holy Week, Donald. Instead of selling Bibles, you should probably buy one. And read it, including Exodus 20:14. pic.twitter.com/SzMwevnXeG
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) March 26, 2024
Democrat runs on women's reproductive rights, flips Alabama House swing district --
BREAKING: Democrat @marilynforAL has defeated Republican Teddy Powell, who just conceded in the special election for Alabama House District 10, a Huntsville-area swing district, by what looks like will be a pretty big margin (district was Trump +1, Doug Jones +5 in 2020) pic.twitter.com/XBTv9trUeK
— Grace Panetta (@grace_panetta) March 27, 2024
We'll take the votes π over the polls, too --
Galen: Every election Trump has gone into so far this year, he's losing 20-30% of his own base, these are not good numbers. I’ll take the votes over the polls pic.twitter.com/GIdtOKlT6m
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 27, 2024
We did Nazi that coming (yes, we did) --
Those seeking employment at the RNC after a Trump-backed purge of the committee have been asked in interviews if they believe the 2020 election was stolen, according to people familiar with the interviews, making the false claim a litmus test for hiring. https://t.co/ttbAfNjcQO
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 27, 2024
Deadbeat Mein Pillow getting evicted from warehouse --
Mike Lindell's MyPillow is getting evicted from its Minnesota warehouse after the company failed to cough up over $200,000 in unpaid rent https://t.co/y4Fj3a7l9K
— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) March 27, 2024
"Old" car recycled --
workshop recycling of an old car π pic.twitter.com/aqgqFqNhzn
— Interesting Channel (@ChannelInteres) December 31, 2023
Americana / folk singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield performs under "Waxahatchee", named after a river in her native Alabama. Her latest album, "Tiger's Blood", was just released to very positive reviews. Here's the lyric video for the title track from that album. Enjoy.
After a revolt of NBC and MSNBC News staff and anchors caused the cynical suits at the network to pull the plug on pathetic Trumpist shill Ronna Romney McDaniel, she's now facing ostracism from his cult. The Malignant Loser, who forced her out of her RNC position after making her drop her middle name, has made it clear there's no forgiveness in his diseased, Bible- hawking heart for McDaniel, as he posted on his failing and delusional social media site:
"Wow! Ronna McDaniel got fired by Fake News NBC. She only lasted two days, and this after McDaniel went out of her way to say what they wanted to hear. It leaves her in a very strange place, it’s called NEVER NEVERLAND, and it’s not a place you want to be."
He followed with his patented ALL CAPS rant about leftists, NBC, ratings and overpaid talent. Clearly, the Malignant Loser was stung by McDaniel's acceptance of NBC's offer to be a "contributor" and may have expected her to spout MAGAese. When she shifted gears to please NBC, it failed. Now, she's out in the cold politically, but at least she can go back to using her middle name, Romney.
A reminder that "everything Trump touches dies."
(photo: Happily cheerleading for the Malignant Loser. AP)
Stephen Colbert covers the Malignant Loser's latest overvalued IPO and the company and Yass-hole behind it, the Malignant Loser comparing his travails to Christ, crank RFK Jr.'s running mate, and simpleton comments by James Carville. Good stuff as usual.
Conde also apologized to employees “who felt we let them down” and took “full responsibility” for the hiring... (our emphasis)
Now do Conde and Carrie Budoff "Bugger off" Brown, the NBC News execs who thought it was a great idea to hire the fake electors conspirator.
Donald Trump is peddling a new version of a Bible published by Grammy-winning country singer-songwriter Lee Greenwood.
In a three-minute, 15-second Holy Week message posted Tuesday on his Truth Social account, the former president and presumptive 2024 Republican nominee wrote "Let's Make America Pray Again" and accompanied his message with a video touting a "God Bless the USA Bible," which costs $59.99.
"It's very important and very important to me," Trump says in the video. "I want to have a lot of people have it. You have to have it for your heart, for your soul. Many of you have never read them and don't know the liberties and rights you have as Americans, and how you are being threatened to lose those rights.
"It's happening all the time," he continued. "It's a very sad thing that's going on in our country. But we're gonna get it turned around. Religion and Christianity are the biggest things missing from our country." [Ed. -- at this point, if the Bible is to be believed, he should have combusted.]
According to a website for the Bible for sale, the product includes a handwritten chorus to "God Bless the U.S.A." by Greenwood, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance. The only offering is the King James version, with no other versions available. [snip]
The promotional messaging by Trump and Greenwood on social media comes one day after Trump seemingly compared his legal plight to Jesus Christ's persecution. In connection with his New York state civil fraud case, in which his bond was reduced from the $464 million he originally owed to $175 million, Trump shared a Bible verse, Psalm 109:3–8, on his Truth Social account. It was sent to him by an undisclosed individual. [snip]
"Unrepentant grifter Trump is so desperate for cash that he's selling a 'God Bless the USA' Bible," wrote the X account Project Lincoln. "How much money do you think Trump gets off each sale?"
"One day after he compared himself to Jesus Christ, Trump is now selling a $60 'Trump endorsed' Bible," Republicans Against Trump posted. "Grifter gonna grift."
X user Ben Howe responded by quoting another Bible passage, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, which states: "For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds."... (our emphasis)
They'll sell like the devil.
“... Although this Court did not issue an order restricting Defendant’s speech at the inception of this case, choosing instead to issue an admonition, given the nature and impact of the statements made against this Court and a family member thereof, the District Attorney and an Assistant District Attorney, the witnesses in this case, as well as the nature and impact of the extrajudicial statements made by Defendant in the D.C. Circuit case (which resulted in the D.C. Circuit issuing an order restricting his speech), and given that the eve of trial is upon us, it is without question that the imminency of the risk of harm is now paramount...” -- Acting Justice of the Supreme Court of New York Juan Merchan issuing a gag order (pdf) on the Malignant Loser for his inflammatory and dangerous blathering concerning his hush money for porn stars case in Manhattan. This should be the template for every trial in which the deranged, lawless Malignant Loser is a defendant. He's a risk to the courts and to public safety, and he needs to be stopped.
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