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January 22, 2024
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/fascist-fuckfaces-shocked-to-discover
Should DUers waste one minute feeling sorry for Ron DeSantis? Oh hell no, he was done before he started. Most of us knew he'd never win a primary outside of Florida. Well OK, he might have won Alabama, but who cares about that?
Tiedrich also has some EXCELLENT comments about the word salads that Chump is barfing out these days. It's worth a click to read further on his daily blog.
Today's Tiedrich rant: fascist fuckfaces shocked to discover their fascist fuckfacery isn't popular
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/fascist-fuckfaces-shocked-to-discover
Ron DeSantis is pouring himself a big mug of sad right now and he has no one to blame but his own fascist self. when schools in Florida started banning the dictionary, Puddingfingers fully expected to be hailed as a liberator and greeted with flowers.
what happened instead is that Ronny got the shit mocked out of him — and now Team Ron is starting to rethink this whole let’s-outdo-the-Nazis thing.
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boo fucking hoo, Team Ron. if you’d spent ten minutes outside the wingnut grievance bubble, you’d have known that banning the dictionary because little Janey might use it to look up the word ‘penis’ is nighmarish authoritarian bullshit that most people find repellant.
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what happened instead is that Ronny got the shit mocked out of him — and now Team Ron is starting to rethink this whole let’s-outdo-the-Nazis thing.
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Florida Republicans might be backing off support for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ notorious book bans after being caught off-guard by national backlash, according to a report. The state’s Republican legislature is starting to worry the action has gone too far, reported Politico, with lawmakers considering new rules to limit how many challenges can be brought.
boo fucking hoo, Team Ron. if you’d spent ten minutes outside the wingnut grievance bubble, you’d have known that banning the dictionary because little Janey might use it to look up the word ‘penis’ is nighmarish authoritarian bullshit that most people find repellant.
Should DUers waste one minute feeling sorry for Ron DeSantis? Oh hell no, he was done before he started. Most of us knew he'd never win a primary outside of Florida. Well OK, he might have won Alabama, but who cares about that?
Tiedrich also has some EXCELLENT comments about the word salads that Chump is barfing out these days. It's worth a click to read further on his daily blog.
January 19, 2024
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/a-pastor-was-arrested-for-saving
This is a great rant by Jeff Tiedrich and it's definitely worth a click to read the rest of it. I know we're not all Christians here on DU, and some of us aren't worshippers of any kind.
But we all understand that a pastor's calling is to follow the teachings of Jesus and to show charity for all people, even those who can't afford food or housing. Pastor Chris Avell of Bryan, Ohio is to be commended for going above and beyond, but instead he wound up arrested and charged with a misdemeanor.
WTF? Oh that's right, the old charitable Jesus has been replaced by MAGA Jesus. He's similar to this one you might remember from a few years ago...
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Tiedrich excoriates those lawyers who create public nuisance laws to prevent charity towards freezing homeless folks. Tiedrich's rant today is awesome!
Today's Tiedrich rant: a pastor was arrested for saving homeless people from freezing. what the fuck have we become
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/a-pastor-was-arrested-for-saving
here’s a heartwarming story from our nation’s heartland.
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I’m sorry, a pastor was arraigned for doing what? you read that right.
this past week, as much of the country suffered sub-zero temperatures, Chris Avell, a pastor in Ohio, looked at the weather report, looked at all the unhoused people in his neighborhood, and rightfully concluded that a lot of them were going to freeze to death unless somebody did something.
Pastor Avell decided that he was going to be that somebody, and opened the doors of his church to anyone who needed shelter — and his neighbors were all no, absolutely fucking not. they went to the police and said arrest this guy and the police were all arrest him? for what?
so some fuckface lawyer with too much time on their hands pored through every law on the books, and lo and behold, came up with this:
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Chris Avell, pastor of Dad’s Place in Bryan, Ohio, was arraigned in court last Thursday because he kept his church open 24/7 to provide warmth to the unhoused.
I’m sorry, a pastor was arraigned for doing what? you read that right.
this past week, as much of the country suffered sub-zero temperatures, Chris Avell, a pastor in Ohio, looked at the weather report, looked at all the unhoused people in his neighborhood, and rightfully concluded that a lot of them were going to freeze to death unless somebody did something.
Pastor Avell decided that he was going to be that somebody, and opened the doors of his church to anyone who needed shelter — and his neighbors were all no, absolutely fucking not. they went to the police and said arrest this guy and the police were all arrest him? for what?
so some fuckface lawyer with too much time on their hands pored through every law on the books, and lo and behold, came up with this:
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Ohio law prohibits residential use in first-floor buildings in a business district. Since the church is zoned as a Central Business, the building is restricted from allowing people to eat or sleep on the property.
This is a great rant by Jeff Tiedrich and it's definitely worth a click to read the rest of it. I know we're not all Christians here on DU, and some of us aren't worshippers of any kind.
But we all understand that a pastor's calling is to follow the teachings of Jesus and to show charity for all people, even those who can't afford food or housing. Pastor Chris Avell of Bryan, Ohio is to be commended for going above and beyond, but instead he wound up arrested and charged with a misdemeanor.
WTF? Oh that's right, the old charitable Jesus has been replaced by MAGA Jesus. He's similar to this one you might remember from a few years ago...
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Tiedrich excoriates those lawyers who create public nuisance laws to prevent charity towards freezing homeless folks. Tiedrich's rant today is awesome!
January 19, 2024
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette link: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2024/01/19/inflation-bob-casey-senate-2024-election/stories/202401160152
Good on you Senator Casey!
And let's hope the Supreme Court doesn't kneecap the Government Accountability Office like it's trying to do for the other regulatory agencies that Americans rely on for stability.
Sen. Bob Casey asks congressional investigators to look at 'greedflation'
The senator, up for re-election, blames the run-up in prices on corporate greedPittsburgh Post-Gazette link: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2024/01/19/inflation-bob-casey-senate-2024-election/stories/202401160152
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey has asked the investigative arm of Congress to investigate what he says is corporate greed costing American families thousands of dollars in jacked-up prices.
Mr. Casey, D-Pa., asked the Government Accountability Office to examine how “greedflation” is hitting consumers’ pockets and to evaluate measures that could help raise awareness. He has blamed inflation on company price hikes to increase profits, not President Joe Biden’s policies. “These corporate strategies to hide price increases and raise the unit cost of everyday items like food and household products are hurting families in Pennsylvania,” he wrote to the GAO.
“And consumers are noticing, as evidenced by a November 2023 poll in which 50% of U.S. respondents noticed food product sizes getting smaller, while prices remained the same. The American people should not have to tolerate corporate executives squeezing them for every last nickel and dime.”
Mr. Casey has been focused on this issue for some time, even as Republicans work to lay the blame for inflation at the president’s door. Economists see pandemic-related spending meant to stabilize the economy as a factor, along with war-impacted supply chains and steps taken by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
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Mr. Casey, D-Pa., asked the Government Accountability Office to examine how “greedflation” is hitting consumers’ pockets and to evaluate measures that could help raise awareness. He has blamed inflation on company price hikes to increase profits, not President Joe Biden’s policies. “These corporate strategies to hide price increases and raise the unit cost of everyday items like food and household products are hurting families in Pennsylvania,” he wrote to the GAO.
“And consumers are noticing, as evidenced by a November 2023 poll in which 50% of U.S. respondents noticed food product sizes getting smaller, while prices remained the same. The American people should not have to tolerate corporate executives squeezing them for every last nickel and dime.”
Mr. Casey has been focused on this issue for some time, even as Republicans work to lay the blame for inflation at the president’s door. Economists see pandemic-related spending meant to stabilize the economy as a factor, along with war-impacted supply chains and steps taken by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
Good on you Senator Casey!
And let's hope the Supreme Court doesn't kneecap the Government Accountability Office like it's trying to do for the other regulatory agencies that Americans rely on for stability.
January 19, 2024
DVR alert - are you a fan of Steven Wright the standup comic?
Steven Wright will be a guest on Stephen Colbert's Late Show tonight on CBS.
Most of us get the Late Show at 11:35 Eastern time, or 10:35 Central time.
I can't stay up that late any more, but I DVR Stephen Colbert and watch the next day. Stephen Wright is a national treasure, (droll and funny) but I haven't seen him on TV for several years.
January 18, 2024
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/e-jean-carroll-trial-day-two-alina
It's a two-fer today... Tiedrich rants on BOTH Chump and his lawyer Alina Habba, and I can't figure out which rant is more hilarious.
My take-away from all of this: Judge Lewis Kaplan is BADASS!
Today's Tiedrich rant: E. Jean Carroll trial, day two: Alina Habba fucks up and Donald Trump melts down
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/e-jean-carroll-trial-day-two-alina
Alina Habba thought she could fake being smart. it turns out she can’t even fake being a lawyer. yesterday was Day Two of the Yes, You Fucking Well Did Rape Her Trial and Little Ms. Dipshit was a five-alarm disaster. it’s as if Dunning and Kruger ran a law school and Alina still managed to graduate dead last in her class.
you have to wonder, did Joey Tacopenis engineer this on purpose — did he wait until the very last minute to quit because he knew it was a sure way to humiliate Habba and get back at Trump for months of god knows what kind of mistreatment?
at any rate, a grateful nation tips its hat to you, Joey. because oh my god, what a technicolor spectacle we got. .... [Tiedrich reviews the Day One debacle.]
day two opened with Alina still trying to get the trial postponed. why? because Donny wanted to — he claimed — attend the funeral of his mother-in-law, who had just fucking up and died only a few days earlier. the thing is, Judge Kaplan had already denied repeated requests for postponement. remember this, from Tuesday?
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you have to wonder, did Joey Tacopenis engineer this on purpose — did he wait until the very last minute to quit because he knew it was a sure way to humiliate Habba and get back at Trump for months of god knows what kind of mistreatment?
at any rate, a grateful nation tips its hat to you, Joey. because oh my god, what a technicolor spectacle we got. .... [Tiedrich reviews the Day One debacle.]
day two opened with Alina still trying to get the trial postponed. why? because Donny wanted to — he claimed — attend the funeral of his mother-in-law, who had just fucking up and died only a few days earlier. the thing is, Judge Kaplan had already denied repeated requests for postponement. remember this, from Tuesday?
It's a two-fer today... Tiedrich rants on BOTH Chump and his lawyer Alina Habba, and I can't figure out which rant is more hilarious.
My take-away from all of this: Judge Lewis Kaplan is BADASS!
January 17, 2024
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/e-jean-carroll-trial-day-one-donald
I'm hoping that this entire shitshow will ultimately lead to an even bigger payday for Ms. Carroll. She entirely deserves it.
Today's Tiedrich rant: E. Jean Carroll trial, day one: Donald Trump continues to be a fucking idiot
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/e-jean-carroll-trial-day-one-donald
yesterday was Day One of the Yeah, You Definitely Raped Her Trial and Little Donny Fuckface continued to dick around as if consequences couldn’t possibly happen to him.
Trump’s inability to just the shut fuck up and stop badmouthing E. Jean is what’s landed him in a courtroom for a second civil defamation trial, and yet the stupid shit doesn’t know when to quit.
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have at it, brainiac — keep digging that hole. after all, continuing to defame someone while you’re on trial for defaming them worked out so well for Rudy Giuliani, right?
but it was ace parking garage lawyer Aline Habba who was the real star of the day, earning herself a chewing out from Judge Lewis Kaplan. there’s no nice way to dance around how thoroughly over her head the parking garage lawyer is right now. because, you see, she really is literally a parking garage lawyer.
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Trump’s inability to just the shut fuck up and stop badmouthing E. Jean is what’s landed him in a courtroom for a second civil defamation trial, and yet the stupid shit doesn’t know when to quit.
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Trump unleashes Truth Social attacks against E. Jean Carroll while in court
In a series of posts on his Truth Social on Tuesday, as he was arriving in the courtroom and while he was seated with his attorneys, without his phone, Mr Trump repeated false claims that are at the center of the defamation cases against him, including his claim that he has never met Ms Carroll, and called the case an “unAmerican injustice” and that he was “wrongfully accused”.
He called the case “attempted EXTORTION” based on “fabricated lies and political shenanigans.”
have at it, brainiac — keep digging that hole. after all, continuing to defame someone while you’re on trial for defaming them worked out so well for Rudy Giuliani, right?
but it was ace parking garage lawyer Aline Habba who was the real star of the day, earning herself a chewing out from Judge Lewis Kaplan. there’s no nice way to dance around how thoroughly over her head the parking garage lawyer is right now. because, you see, she really is literally a parking garage lawyer.
I'm hoping that this entire shitshow will ultimately lead to an even bigger payday for Ms. Carroll. She entirely deserves it.
January 16, 2024
Link: https://imgur.com/gallery/n0NwVEI
Imgur is similar to TikTok but it has more still images than videos posted on there. Many are of a humorous nature, or things that younger Americans would find humorous. I'm trying to say that it's mostly NOT political or partisan.
Found on Imgur 😎
Link: https://imgur.com/gallery/n0NwVEI
Imgur is similar to TikTok but it has more still images than videos posted on there. Many are of a humorous nature, or things that younger Americans would find humorous. I'm trying to say that it's mostly NOT political or partisan.
January 16, 2024
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/a-bunch-of-dipshits-held-a-caucus
Tiedrich heaps insults on Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamey and Nikki Haley, in addition to scorching his all-time favorite target Chump. Once he's warmed up on the Repukes of Iowa, he continues to the lawyer who's managing Chump's defense on the E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit. Next he goes after RFK Jr. in another classic rant.
Today's Tiedrich rant: a bunch of dipshits held a caucus
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/a-bunch-of-dipshits-held-a-caucus
at long last, the Iowa Republican Caucus happened.
the good news is that 49% of the voters rejected a rapist who stole our nation’s most-closely-held nuclear secrets and bragged about having done so to cronies at his unspeakably tacky Florida golf motel. the bad news is that 51% of the voters chose a government-overthrowing 91-count felony factory who shits into a diaper.
there’s no dancing around the fact that Agolf Shitler fucking crushed his opposition, beating lizard-from-outer-space-in-an-ill-fitting-human-skin-suit Ron DeSantis by 32 points.
did Ronny Dee take his better-than-expected second-place showing in stride? no ma’am, he most certainly did not. his team reacted in the most Republican way possible, by claiming the caucus was rigged....
good lord, is there anywhere on earth a bigger fucking bunch of sore loser crybabies than your modern-day Republicans? you’ll never hear any of them say “yeah, I got the shit kicked out of me seven ways from Sunday, oh well. I’ll get ’em next time.” no, it’s always rigged! so unfair! wah wah wah!
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the good news is that 49% of the voters rejected a rapist who stole our nation’s most-closely-held nuclear secrets and bragged about having done so to cronies at his unspeakably tacky Florida golf motel. the bad news is that 51% of the voters chose a government-overthrowing 91-count felony factory who shits into a diaper.
there’s no dancing around the fact that Agolf Shitler fucking crushed his opposition, beating lizard-from-outer-space-in-an-ill-fitting-human-skin-suit Ron DeSantis by 32 points.
did Ronny Dee take his better-than-expected second-place showing in stride? no ma’am, he most certainly did not. his team reacted in the most Republican way possible, by claiming the caucus was rigged....
good lord, is there anywhere on earth a bigger fucking bunch of sore loser crybabies than your modern-day Republicans? you’ll never hear any of them say “yeah, I got the shit kicked out of me seven ways from Sunday, oh well. I’ll get ’em next time.” no, it’s always rigged! so unfair! wah wah wah!
Tiedrich heaps insults on Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamey and Nikki Haley, in addition to scorching his all-time favorite target Chump. Once he's warmed up on the Repukes of Iowa, he continues to the lawyer who's managing Chump's defense on the E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit. Next he goes after RFK Jr. in another classic rant.
January 15, 2024
Critics Choice Awards 2024: Winners List
(link) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2024-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-1235787712/
The Winners for the Critics Choice Awards 2023 were just announced a few hours ago. Please click on the link to see the full list of nominees in every category. Here are the winners only.
2024 Critics Choice Award Winners list
FILM
Best Picture - Oppenheimer
Best Director - Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
Best Actor - Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
Best Actress - Emma Stone (Poor Things)
Best Supporting Actor - Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
Best Supporting Actress - Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
Best Young Actor/Actress - Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers)
Best Acting Ensemble - Oppenheimer
Best Original Screenplay = Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach (Barbie)
Best Adapted Screenplay - Cord Jefferson (American Fiction)
Best Cinematography - Hoyte van Hoytema (Oppenheimer)
Best Product Design - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer (Barbie)
Best Editing - Jennifer Lame (Oppenheimer)
Best Costume Design - Jacqueline Durran (Barbie)
Best Hair and Makeup - Barbie
Best Visual Effects - Oppenheimer
Best Comedy - Barbie
Best Animated Feature - Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse
Best Foreign Language Film - Anatomy of a Fall
Best Song - "I'm Just Ken" (Barbie)
Best Score - Ludwig Goransson (Oppenheimer)
TELEVISION
Best Drama Series - Succession
Best Actor in a Drama Series - Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Best Actress in a Drama Series - Sarah Snook (Succession)
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
Best Comedy Series - The Bear
Best Actor in a Comedy Series - Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Meryl Streep (Only Murders in the Building)
Best Limited Series - Beef
Best Movie Made for Television - Quiz Lady
Best Actor in a Limited Series - Steven Yeun (Beef)
Best Actress in a Limited Series - Ali Wong (Beef)
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series - Jonathan Bailey (Fellow Travelers)
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series - Maria Bello (Beef)
Best Foreign Language Series - Lupin
Best Animated Series - Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Best Talk Show - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Best Comedy Special - John Mulaney: Baby J
January 14, 2024
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/texas-guardsmen-watched-as-a-woman
Tiedrich compares Greg Abbott to a "tribal warlord." He compares Texas to "Somalia." Tiedrich is quite impassioned over the unjust treatment of these poor desperate immigrants and the pathetic negligence of the Texas governor.
Today's tiedrich rant: Texas Guardsmen watched as a woman and two children drowned. what in the actual fuck
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/texas-guardsmen-watched-as-a-woman
the states’ rights crowd has an awesome new right that they’re super fucking proud of: the right of the state to prevent anyone from helping as a woman and two small children drown.
wait, what? are you telling me that Greg Abbott’s border goons prevented the federal government from saving the lives of three human beings? they “physically barred” them?
step aside, there are people drowning here.
no. fuck you. I work for Greg Abbott.
what in the utter heartless fuck is this bullshit?
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Texas “physically barred” Border Patrol agents from trying to rescue migrants who drowned, federal officials say
- A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday while trying to enter the U.S. near a section of the southern border where Texas National Guard soldiers have prevented federal Border Patrol agents from processing and rescuing migrants.
wait, what? are you telling me that Greg Abbott’s border goons prevented the federal government from saving the lives of three human beings? they “physically barred” them?
step aside, there are people drowning here.
no. fuck you. I work for Greg Abbott.
what in the utter heartless fuck is this bullshit?
Tiedrich compares Greg Abbott to a "tribal warlord." He compares Texas to "Somalia." Tiedrich is quite impassioned over the unjust treatment of these poor desperate immigrants and the pathetic negligence of the Texas governor.
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