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#3104446 15-Jul-2023 16:56

Kari Lake is the failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate. Her lawyer is Alan Dershowitz is called “Captain Underpants”

Raw Story: Alan Dershowitz mocked for defensive tweet after he's named in damning new Epstein documents

Trump-defending attorney Alan Dershowitz on Friday posted a defensive tweet hours after he was named in newly unsealed documents pertaining to the late alleged child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

According to the documents, victim Virginia Giuffre alleged that Epstein required her to "have sexual relations with Dershowitz on numerous occasions while she was a minor," while also alleging Dershowitz "was an eye-witness to the sexual abuse of many other minors by Epstein and several of Epstein's co-conspirators."

Additionally, Giuffre claimed that Dershowitz worked on a plea deal for Epstein to avoid getting implicated himself as a co-conspirator in the late billionaire's crimes.
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Many of Dershowitz's Twitter followers ... mocked him as "Captain Underpants" in his replies, a reference to his past claims that he kept his underwear on when he received a massage from a young woman at one of Epstein's properties.
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#3104604 16-Jul-2023 09:26

State guard set up by DeSantis is being trained as personal militia, veterans say | Ron DeSantis | The Guardian

A Florida state guard established by the rightwing governor, Ron DeSantis, under the guise of a civilian disaster relief force is instead being trained as an armed, combat-ready militia under his personal command, according to military veteran recruits who have quit the program.

Several veterans resigned after an encampment last month having become concerned at the “militaristic” training and “abuse” one disabled veteran suffered at the hands of instructors, according to an investigation by the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times.

Promoted by DeSantis as an “emergency focused, civilian defense force” when it was established in June 2022, the state guard has quickly morphed into something quite different, the report found.

I can't stress enough how terrifying it should be that DeSantis, an even righter-wing presidential candidate than Trump, is fielding a literal army over 1500 strong with a budget of $100mi. January 6th could very well end up looking like a walk in the park.

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#3104609 16-Jul-2023 09:57

The DeSantis SS will be assisted by Moms for Liberty:

Moms for Liberty is an American right-wing political organization that advocates against school curriculums that mention LGBT rights, race and ethnicity, critical race theory, and discrimination.

Multiple chapters have also campaigned to ban books that address gender and sexuality from school libraries ...

Founded in 2021, the group began by campaigning against COVID-19 protections in schools, including mask and vaccine mandates.

wiki Moms for Liberty

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#3104614 16-Jul-2023 10:10

Moms for Liberty is the group who quoted Hitler on their newsletter.

Literal nazis.

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#3104627 16-Jul-2023 11:32

And people objected when I said Americans were stupid and ignorant!

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#3104632 16-Jul-2023 11:44

Rikkitic: And people objected when I said Americans were stupid and ignorant!

That's a silly comment. There are 330 million people in USA. Trump and his apprentice DeSantis are encouraging the worst of the worst.

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#3104635 16-Jul-2023 11:55

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Rikkitic: And people objected when I said Americans were stupid and ignorant!

That's a silly comment. There are 330 million people in USA. Trump and his apprentice DeSantis are encouraging the worst of the worst.

If my memory (unreliable) is correct, author John Fowles made the observation in The Magus that the tragedy of Hitler's Germany was not that one man had the courage to be evil, but that so many lacked the courage to be good. DeSantis appears to be in the process of assembling an army of brown shirts and the stupid! ignorant! fascist women are celebrating the fact while doing everything they can to undermine democratic institutions and beliefs. It is way past time for some of those purportedly non-stupid 330 million people to stand up and say this crap has gone far enough.

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#3104640 16-Jul-2023 12:10

Rikkitic: If my memory (unreliable) is correct, author John Fowles made the observation in The Magus that the tragedy of Hitler's Germany was not that one man had the courage to be evil, but that so many lacked the courage to be good. ...

John Fowles The Magus Quotes

"I suppose one could say that Hitler didn't betray his self."

"You are right. He did not. But millions of Germans did betray their selves. That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good.”

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#3104686 16-Jul-2023 12:24

Another hit from the stupid ignorant anti-knowledge anti-science thugs taking over America!

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#3104700 16-Jul-2023 13:02

Rikkitic: Another hit from the stupid ignorant anti-knowledge anti-science thugs taking over America!

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#3104711 16-Jul-2023 13:22

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Rikkitic: Another hit from the stupid ignorant anti-knowledge anti-science thugs taking over America!

This is one of the better ones I have seen. +11

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#3104851 16-Jul-2023 20:01

Jake Angeli-Chansley inside the Capitol during the riot of 6 January 2021

BBC News - The 'QAnon Shaman' and other Capitol rioters who regret pleading guilty

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A growing number of Capitol rioters have gone back on their guilty pleas and apologies - including one of the most recognisable faces from 6 January.

Standing in court, Jacob Chansley seemed like a changed man.

Shorn of the horned headdress, furs and face paint that helped earn him the nickname the QAnon Shaman, he was pleading guilty to obstructing an official proceeding. The charge stemmed from his part interrupting a joint session of Congress, and carried a maximum prison term of 20 years.

"I am truly, truly repentant for my actions, because repentance is not just saying you're sorry," he said. "Repentance is apologising and then moving in the exact opposite direction of the sin that you committed."

A judge called his apology "the most remarkable I've heard in 34 years" and sentenced him to 41 months in prison - considerably less than the maximum allowed.

Now more than a year-and-a-half later, he is out of jail early, and his remorse is gone. ...

His about-face is such that he is even taking his case back to court to ask his guilty plea to be reversed. ...

He has used his notoriety to boost his profile since exiting prison. He has a podcast, runs online courses and sells merchandise on his website - including selling $44 flags, $33 t-shirts and $17 mugs.

He is also back to spreading conspiracy theories online, insisting that he is only trying to spread the truth about a variety of government plots. ...

EDIT: 21 July 2023: Chansley's request to reverse his earlier guilty plea was firmly rejected by the same judge who sentenced him in 2021.

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#3104884 17-Jul-2023 00:02

Here's something I expected you'd never see from me: a quote from Bible.com

"a hypocrite is someone who feels repentant on Sunday for something they did on Saturday that they fully intend on doing again on Monday."

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#3104905 17-Jul-2023 07:57

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#3105401 18-Jul-2023 11:04

The NY Times - Opinion - It’s Getting Really Awkward for Speaker Kevin McCarthy

17 July 2023

Some days, Speaker Kevin McCarthy must look out over his House conference in awe and think: Are you maniacs trying to lose us the majority?

Thursday may well have been one of those days, as hard-right crusaders larded up the National Defense Authorization Act with divisive, culture-warring amendments taking aim at abortion access, transgender medical care and diversity training. ... After much drama, and much futile pleading by Mr. McCarthy with his right flank, the House passed the bill Friday, 219 to 210, on a mostly party-line vote.

Rest assured, the spectacle is far from over. ...

There is no point in feeling sorry for Mr. McCarthy. He’s a political creature. Coming into this job, he knew the risks of negotiating with, and bowing to, ideological terrorists. ...

His party is earning whatever electoral comeuppance it gets. But it is shameful that the rest of America may wind up forced to pay a price as well.

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