Source: Washington Post

Former U.S. senator Robert J. Dole, who overcame the hardships of dust bowl Kansas during the Depression and devastating injuries in World War II to run three times for the presidency and serve more than a decade as the Senate Republican leader, died Dec. 5 at 98.

The Elizabeth Dole Foundation announced the death but did not provide an immediate cause. He announced in February that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer.

Mr. Dole was often critical of the Republican Party after leaving office, telling audiences that it had become too conservative, with far-right positions that recalled those of his former rival Patrick J. Buchanan. But he remained loyal to the party and, in 2016, became the only former GOP presidential candidate to endorse Donald Trump, whose campaign advisers included former Dole lieutenants such as Paul Manafort.

Despite the harsh turn his party took under Trump, he said in an interview in July with USA Today that he regretted the former president’s loss in November but broke with him over claims of election fraud and was “sort of Trumped out.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/bob-dole-dead/2021/12/05/3b90ed00-0e55-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html

Whenever I pull up a progressive video on GoogleTube this weekend, I get a pre-viewing ad from AmeriKKKan FreeDUMB Tour about their upcoming event in my city (Jacksonville FL) next month.

Is this happening to anyone else?

Hard to tell if this is a trolling exercise -- trying to get progressives to protest this October 8-9 event, featuring (DJT Junior) and a whole sordid list of other speakers -- as opposed to a more likely case of really inept targeting of online advertising.

Tempted as I am to show up at the Prime Osborn Center in my "Only You..." t-shirt, I have much better things to do with my time. (It's been almost a year since I've worn it. 'Bout time, doncha think?)

Source: The New Yorker

Glad they're focusing the blame on (mo)Ron DeathSentence!

The Lincoln Project has produced an ad focused on the Florida Goobernor's homicidal behavior and speech. Finally!



Keep 'em coming, TLP!

From KTLA-TV, Los Angeles (posted July 24):


As tempting is to say "Serves you right!" or some other snide comment, I have to wonder how many other people were exposed to the virus by HARMon. How many patients had to cling to life waiting for a bed in that ICU, or for access to a respirator? And how are the hospital staff coping with this latest wave?