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#3105723 18-Jul-2023 20:21

A couple of stories about a deplorable (mostly, Ron De Santis):

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/623674-ron-desantis-doesnt-see-federal-role-in-providing-healthy-school-lunches/ >> while talking about school lunches, he uses a word salad to talk around answering a simple question

https://newrepublic.com/article/174327/ron-desantis-ron-desantis-problem >> he needs to be a bit more likeable to get anywhere in 2024.

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#3105833 18-Jul-2023 23:25

Rolling Stones: ‘Sound Of Freedom’ Is a Superhero Movie for Dads With Brainworms

The QAnon-tinged thriller about child-trafficking is designed to appeal to the conscience of a conspiracy-addled boomer

“BASED ON A true story,” I heard from somewhere across the theater.

The familiar words had appeared on screen, and an elderly man had taken it upon himself to read them aloud, to the rest of a sizable audience seated for a matinee showing of the anti-child-trafficking thriller Sound of Freedom, starring Jim Caviezel. For the seasoned moviegoer, this phrase is a joke — we know that cinema will stretch almost any “truth” to the breaking point — and the rank insincerity of such a pronouncement is the foundation of the prankish opening titles of Fargo. But this crowd, I could tell, would view the events depicted over the next two-plus hours as entirely literal.

Caviezel ... has become a prominent figure on the conspiracist right, giving speeches and interviews in which he hints at an underground holy war between patriots and a sinister legion of evildoers who are harvesting the blood of children. It’s straight-up QAnon stuff, right down to his use of catchphrases like “The storm is upon us.”
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Ballard himself has dabbled in Q-adjacent conspiracy theories, such as the Wayfair trafficking hoax, while his organization has far-right affinities and a long record of distorting its botched “raids,” which rely on bizarre tactics like asking psychics where to find victims for rescue. Ballard, Caviezel, and others of their ilk had primed the public to accept Sound of Freedom as a documentary rather than delusion by fomenting moral panic for years over this grossly exaggerated “epidemic” of child sex-trafficking, much of it funneling people into conspiracist rabbit holes and QAnon communities. In short, I was at the movies with people who were there to see their worst fears confirmed.
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#3105899 19-Jul-2023 11:07

The NY Times - Michigan Charges 16 in False Elector Scheme to Overturn Trump’s 2020 Loss

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The Michigan attorney general announced felony charges on Tuesday against 16 people in a case involving Trump supporters’ attempt to overturn the state’s 2020 election results by convening a false slate of Electoral College electors.

Each of the 16 defendants has been charged with eight felony counts, including forgery and conspiracy to commit forgery, for allegedly signing documents attesting falsely that they were Michigan’s “duly elected and qualified electors” for president and vice president. ...

Among those facing felony charges was Meshawn Maddock, a Trump ally and a former co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party.

BBC News - Michigan attorney general Dana Nessel files charges in fake elector scheme (free link)

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#3105966 19-Jul-2023 15:28

The Independent - Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks special counsel Jack Smith as ‘little b****’ for Democrats

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Marjorie Taylor Greene has lampooned yet another of her perceived opponents with the “little b***h” insult she appears to be growing increasingly fond of – this time lambasting Special Counsel Jack Smith.

The Georgia Republican representative was previously removed from the House after referring to her GOP colleague Lauren Boebert as a “little b***h” – but this time aimed her verbal abuse at the special counsel responsible for investigating former president Donald Trump’s alleged retention of classified documents and role in the January 6 insurrection.

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#3105968 19-Jul-2023 15:40

Has she looked in the mirror lately?
Who am I kidding, she probably does every day to tell herself how great she is. Just like Dear (orange) Leader 🙄

Also - Ron De Santis may have shot himself in the foot on CNN: https://politizoom.com/watch-desantis-nail-his-own-coffin-shut-on-jake-tappers-show/

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#3106021 19-Jul-2023 17:39

Also...things are getting pretty bad, aren't they? https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/its-getting-worse-isnt-it

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#3106162 20-Jul-2023 09:17

Another humiliation for poor old Ron: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/ron-desantis-cnn-interview/674751/

(also readable here: https://feedly.com/i/subscription/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FTheAtlantic)

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#3106187 20-Jul-2023 10:31

The Florida State guard set up by DeSantis is being trained as personal militia. They are going to be wearing brown shirts.

In the cartoon below DeSantis is dressed as a storm trooper, colloquially called Brownshirts Braunhemden

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#3106188 20-Jul-2023 10:35

Snopes: Did Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Issue Statewide Ban on Pink Floyd?

The band had recently changed its social media logo to include a rainbow.

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#3106216 20-Jul-2023 13:09

Spoiler: No.

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#3106334 20-Jul-2023 16:45

A presidential pardon gone wrong ...

The NY Times - Ponzi Schemer Freed From Prison by Trump Faces New Fraud Charges

July 19 2023

A convicted Ponzi schemer, whose prison sentence President Trump commuted in one of his last official White House acts, is facing new fraud federal charges of bilking investors in a series of phony deals.

The man, Eliyahu Weinstein, was serving a 24-year sentence in connection with two Ponzi schemes, when Mr. Trump freed him from prison in January 2021. One scheme involved defrauding members of his tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community out of more than $200 million.

On Wednesday, federal prosecutors in New Jersey charged Mr. Weinstein, 48, along with four other men, with defrauding at least 150 people out of $35 million. ...

Mr. Weinstein was one of many who received clemency from Mr. Trump by skipping the official process and relying on well-connected lobbyists and lawyers to obtain relief.

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Trump issued a total of 143 pardons during his four years in office: one in 2017, six in 2018, eight in 2019, twelve in 2020, and 116 in January 2021.

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#3106385 20-Jul-2023 19:36

Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.

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#3106619 21-Jul-2023 11:38

Politico - McCarthy’s secret promise to Trump

20 July 2023

SCOOP: McCARTHY’S SECRET PROMISE - After Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested on national television last month that Trump may not be the GOP’s best presidential candidate in 2024, the former president was furious - and wanted the California Republican to rectify the slight immediately.

“He needs to endorse me - today!” Trump fumed on his way to a campaign event in New Hampshire ... McCarthy, after all, had indicated to Trump’s team that he would do so eventually. Why not clean up the mess and announce his support now?

But the House GOP leader - who has felt compelled to stay neutral during the primary so as to not box in his own members - wasn’t ready to do that.

Instead, to calm Trump, McCarthy made him a promise, according to a source close to Trump and familiar with the conversation: The House would vote to expunge the two impeachments against the former president, he told Trump. And - as McCarthy would communicate through aides later that same day - they would do so before August recess.

That vow - made reflexively to save his own skin - may have bought McCarthy some time, staving off a public war with the man who almost single-handedly rehabilitated his entire career and ensured he won the gavel in January. But it has also put McCarthy in a bind - and Trump world plans to hold him to his promise. ...

The speaker has denied that he made such a promise to Trump at all, according to one source. From McCarthy’s point of view, he merely indicated that he would discuss the matter with his members - putting him and Trump on a collision course.

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#3106623 21-Jul-2023 11:50

As someone who witnessed the tragic assassination of Bobby Kennedy on television in 1968, I cannot begin to find words to express my overwhelming disappointment and deep regret at the behaviour of his son. Clearly the death of his father and subsequent lack of him as an adolescent severely warped his development. Bobby actually worked with Joe McCarthy in his youth, but he was clearly evolving into something much more than that when he was killed. Many people saw him as the great liberal hope. His death ended the American dream for a lot of them.

Regrettably, RFK jr is a nut case. He doesn't even look like his father, who was quite handsome and had an appealing manner. He spouts really crazy nonsense. He sounds like a meat grinder chewing on metal. There is nothing, nothing at all, of the father in the son. Except the name. Which he dishonours.

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#3106627 21-Jul-2023 11:57

I bet his uncle John would have been dismayed to see what his nephew's become too 😢

Seriously, RFK Jr is an embarrassment. I don't think Joe has much to worry about but should still keep one eye on him just to make sure.

As for the Republican side, at the moment the nomination looks like Trump's to lose. But if he gets put forward again, I suspect he won't do too well in the general election.

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