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September 13, 2022

Infiltrated': GOP senator angered that Democrats are allowed to participate in American life

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) is angered Democratic voters are allowed to go to church, college, and be employed by those institutions and even the federal government, saying they have “infiltrated” these essential areas of American life and many others.

An elections and COVID conspiracy theory promotor, Senator Johnson, appearing on far-right-wing talk show host Mark Levin’s Sunday night Fox News show, declared, “what this entire election is about is fighting for freedom.”



On Sunday Johnson suggested to Levin that liberals, Democrats, and anyone on “the left” as he put it, do not have an inherent right to participate in American life on an equal footing as Republicans.

And he accused Democrats of “infiltrating” American life four times.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/infiltrated-gop-senator-angered-that-democrats-are-allowed-to-participate-in-american-life/ar-AA11KfRQ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=5f3f11e6983f48a4852553fb5f73eda7

September 11, 2022

Missouri representative, Grain Valley School Board member offers AR-15 as raffle prize in fundraiser

Missouri representative, Grain Valley School Board member offers AR-15 as raffle prize in fundraiser

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Missouri state representative is raffling off an AR-15 as part of his re-election campaign.

Jeff Coleman, a Republican who represents Grain Valley and parts of Blue Springs, is holding a “BBQ in the Park” campaign fundraiser on Sept. 30. The header on the event page mentions a drawing for an AR-15, though the text of the page describes it differently:

“Silent Auction items will be available to bid on as well as a drawing for an unnamed piece of defensive equipment that you can place on a rack in the back window of your pickup truck or a rack in your den,” the page reads.

KCTV5 reached out to Coleman and to his campaign to ask about the raffle and did not receive a response. He recently supported an array of pro-gun measures in Missouri, and his biography on the state’s website says he is “a proud member of the NRA.”


https://www.kctv5.com/2022/09/09/missouri-representative-grain-valley-school-board-member-offers-ar-15-raffle-prize-fundraiser/

What the HELL?

September 6, 2022

Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county's


Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county's elections office before voting machine breach

CNN) A Republican county official in Georgia escorted two operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump into the county's election offices on the same day a voting system there was breached, newly obtained video shows.

The breach is now under investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and is of interest to the Fulton County District Attorney, who is conducting a wider criminal probe of interference in the 2020 election.

The video sheds more light on how an effort spearheaded by lawyers and others around Trump to seek evidence of voter fraud was executed on the ground from Georgia to Michigan to Colorado, often with the assistance of sympathetic local officials.


https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/09/06/politics/surveillance-video-voting-machine-breach-coffee-county-georgia/index.html
September 4, 2022

4 lunatic trump voters on Face The Nation

These are typical trump voters

September 1, 2022

A storm is coming: It might sweep Trump and the GOP into history's dustbin

A hopeful Solon opinion…

A storm is coming: It might sweep Trump and the GOP into history's dustbin

Longtime White House correspondent Brian Karem writes a weekly column for Salon.


A recent NBC poll reports that "persuadable" voters — which means registered voters who are not core Democrats or Republicans — are "breaking toward the party controlling the White House and Congress," which would be the Democrats.

The Hill recently published an opinion piece that said the GOP's embrace of extremism has dimmed its midterm hopes. Perpetual Republican cheerleader Anne Coulter just announced the political demise of Donald Trump, using the words millions have already mouthed: "Trump is done."



Bottom line: Any person capable of cogent thought is fleeing Trump and the Republican party. Anne Coulter proves that even those not capable of cogent thought are fleeing Trump.

Trump is done. Trumpism? Well, waiting in the wings is Ron DeSantis, who already prides himself on limiting access to the media. Even those who love him hate him. Fortunately for the rest of the world — that is, the world outside Florida — DeSantis currently has the popularity of a malignant tumor. Of course, that's never stopped the Republicans. They excel at finding malignancies and helping them metastasize in the body politic.



There's little hope for what's left of the GOP. We're watching it die, in a coming tempest that will reshape the political landscape for a generation. It looks to be Ron DeSantis' party now — and he's a true menace.
There's little hope for what's left of the GOP. Lindsey Graham will probably soon be an inmate in a rubber room, or wearing orange. Mark Meadows has gone MIA. Jim Jordan was recently seen on television sporting so much flop sweat that he looked like he just walked out of a college locker room. Jeffrey Clark got dragged out of his house in his pajamas. Rudy Giuliani is the target of a criminal investigation in Georgia. A 23-year-old assistant turned the tables on the former president in a highly publicized edition of the Jan. 6 hearings, and Donald Trump is apparently so upset that he's painting his walls with ketchup after being stupid enough not to return government documents — and lying about them repeatedly while also saying they were planted by the FBI and he declassified them anyway — maybe after he traded them for favors.

We are watching the Republican Party in its death throes.


Must read the whole article to get the best stuff

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/a-storm-is-coming-it-might-sweep-trump-and-the-gop-into-history-s-dustbin/ar-AA11lEeu?cvid=ceb6cf2c838a46a7ad1f0dc1c9b65623&ocid=winp2sv1plusent

August 29, 2022

Latinos for Trump Leader Warns Trump Has 'Offended the Lord,' Must 'Repent'

The leader of the Latinos for Trump political organization says that the former president's recent troubles stem from a lack of religious outreach.

Bianca Gracia is the president of Latinos for Trump, a group founded in the summer of 2019 by conservative activist Marco Gutierrez, to help mobilize Latino voters toward Donald Trump. On Thursday, Gracia appeared on the conservative podcast, The Jeff Dornik Show, which claims to focus on "exposing election fraud, COVID-19 and the danger of the vaccines, our constitutional rights being stripped away, an America First agenda and rooting out the RINOs from the Republican Party."

During the interview, Gracia said that Trump's recent issues stemmed from his recent lack of focus on religion and reaching out to faith leaders. Emphasizing that point, the episode's title was, "Latinos for Trump President Bianca Gracia Believes There May be a Reason God Doesn't Want Trump to be President."

Video at link.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/latinos-trump-leader-warns-trump-has-offended-lord-must-repent-1737635%3Famp%3D1

I am going to go laugh my a$$ off now

August 16, 2022

Florida judge to hold hearing Thursday on request to unseal Mar-a-Lago affidavit

CNN)The federal magistrate judge who approved the Mar-a-Lago search warrant will hold a hearing Thursday at the court in Florida to discuss requests to unseal investigators' probable cause affidavit, which the Justice Department has opposed releasing.

A federal judge on Friday unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's resort in Palm Beach, Florida, a move the Justice Department backed, but on Monday, the DOJ said it opposed releasing the affidavit specifically in an effort to protect witnesses and keep grand jury proceedings confidential.
"Disclosure of the government's affidavit at this stage would also likely chill future cooperation by witnesses whose assistance may be sought as this investigation progresses, as well as in other high-profile investigations," the Justice Department wrote. "The fact that this investigation implicates highly classified materials further underscores the need to protect the integrity of the investigation and exacerbates the potential harm if information is disclosed to the public prematurely or improperly."
Media organizations, including CNN, had asked for the affidavit to be unsealed after the search last week at Trump's Palm Beach, Florida, club and residence.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/16/politics/mar-a-lago-affidavit-request/index.html

August 12, 2022

Nuclear Documents? Boom!

CNN) The FBI sought to locate classified documents related to nuclear weapons, among other items, when agents searched former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, this week, people familiar with the investigation told The Washington Post.

The people did not offer additional details to the Post about "what type of information the agents were seeking" or whether any such documents were recovered, according to the paper.

The revelation adds key context to the Justice Department's extraordinary decision to search the home of a former president.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/08/11/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-search-nuclear-classified-documents/index.html


August 10, 2022

Utah-based company ripped out 'Made in China' tags, replaced with 'Made in USA,' officials say

An apparel company known for inflammatory apparel championing the Second Amendment and Donald Trump has been fined after the Federal Trade Commission found the company falsely claimed its imported apparel is made in the U.S.

Utah-based Lions Not Sheep and its owner, SeanWhalen, were slapped with a $211,335 fine last week after the FTC found the company removed “Made in China” tags, replacing them with fake “Made in the USA” labels, according to a FTC news release.

https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/money/business/2022/08/08/made-china-made-usa-tags-swap/10264036002/?fbclid=IwAR0_PpL4_hKC8Q-WaMtn04g6HMAjRBkHNx-opfZ5d182CNTqa_5MhidRAsY&fs=e&s=cl#l6nu05t70v3fcicbybwi

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