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#3031983 4-Feb-2023 21:25

Kyanar:

kingdragonfly: Time: A Brief history of presidential candidate Nikki Haley's biggest flip flops on Trump

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is set to formally announce her presidential bid two weeks from now, multiple outlets including the Post and Courier, CNN, and Politico reported Tuesday. If no one else jumps into the race before then, she will be the first prominent Republican to challenge former President Donald Trump, who launched his presidential campaign in November.

...Over the past several years—before, during, and after taking a position in his Administration—she’s flip-flopped on Trump multiple times, oscillating from criticizing the 45th President to praising him.
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What are her chances though? The United States has never elected a female president, and given the propensity of the Republican party to oppress women wherever possible, are Republicans ready for a female president?

Perhaps if she lets Trump "Grab her by the P****" live in stage she may gain some followers (stalkers).

You, let the republicans see that she is no "horseface", and is "Trumps type" and how "She lets him do it", so they know who will really be in charge.

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#3032165 5-Feb-2023 14:32

The NY Times - George Santos Is Accused of Sexual Harassment in His Capitol Office

04 Feb 2023

A prospective congressional aide has accused Representative George Santos of ethics violations and sexual harassment, according to a letter the man sent to the House Committee on Ethics and posted to Twitter on Friday.

The man, Derek Myers, briefly worked in Mr. Santos’s office before his job offer was rescinded earlier this week, according to the letter.

Mr. Myers said in the letter that he was alone with Mr. Santos in his office on Jan. 25 when the congressman asked him whether he had a profile on Grindr, a popular gay dating app.

Then, he said, Mr. Santos invited him to karaoke and touched his groin, assuring him that his husband was out of town. ...

He just keeps digging himself in deeper. 🙄🙄🙄

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#3032317 5-Feb-2023 21:53

CNN's SE Cupp reacts to GOP criticism of President Joe Biden's handling of the suspected Chinese spy balloon

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#3032490 6-Feb-2023 14:21

The NY Times - Former Trump Executive, Already Jailed, Could Face More Fraud Charges

02 Feb 2023

Manhattan prosecutors this week warned that they might file new fraud charges against Allen H. Weisselberg, a longtime top executive at Donald J. Trump’s real estate business - increasing pressure on Mr. Weisselberg to cooperate in a broader investigation into the former president ...

Mr. Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s former chief financial officer, is already serving a five-month sentence in the Rikers Island jail complex after pleading guilty to unrelated tax fraud charges.

While he testified against the company at its trial on the same charges last year, he has for years refused to turn on Mr. Trump directly.

But as the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, jump-starts his office’s effort to indict Mr. Trump, his prosecutors are using the prospect of additional charges to exert leverage over Mr. Weisselberg ...

The potential charges center on insurance fraud and could lead to a significant prison sentence for Mr. Weisselberg, who is 75.

Another turn of the screw ... 😐😐😐

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#3032950 7-Feb-2023 16:59

Lots of talk about deplorables from this week guest host, from the very funny Chelsea Handler.

The previous host Trevor Noah has left "The Daily Show".

Biden Murders a Chinese Spy Balloon & Marjorie Taylor Greene Hates Her Job

Chinese spy balloon shot down in South Carolina
Marjorie Taylor Greene complaining about her job
George Santos accused of groping an aide
US Mount Washington being reportedly colder than Mars, at -43C.

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#3033019 7-Feb-2023 19:17

Apologies this time to Eric Clapton (and Bob Marley, of course)

I shot the bal-loon
But I did not shoot the satellite
I shot the bal-loon
But I didn’t shoot the satellite

All around in my home town
China wants to track me down
They’re looking for me from the sky
That big balloon that just won’t die
Balloon that just won’t die
But I say

I shot the bal-loon
But I swear it was in self-defence
I shot the bal-loon
And they say the Chinese took offence yeah

That bal-loon was always tracking me
For what I don’t know
Every time I’m up in space
It’s right there right in my face
It’s there right in my face
I say

I shot the bal-loon
But I swear it was in self-defence
I shot the bal-loon
But I swear it was in self-defence
Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah
but then I saw that damned bal-loon
Aiming to track me down
So I shot, I shot it down
I say

I shot the bal-loon
But I did not shoot no satellite
I shot the bal-loon
But I didn’t shoot the satellite

PRC if you spy on me
Your balloon will cease to be
every day it goes up in the sky
one day it will fall down and die
one day it will fall down and die
I say

I shot the bal-loon
But I did not shoot the satellite
I shot the bal-loon
But I did not shoot no satellite

Plesse igmore amd axxept applogies in adbance fir anu typos

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#3033278 8-Feb-2023 10:54

For those Republicans looking towards Ron De Santis instead of Trump - he may not quite be the saviour you think he is. Be careful what you wish for.

https://www.salon.com/2023/02/07/florida-is-officially-a-laboratory-for-fascism-in-the-us/

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#3034678 10-Feb-2023 17:14

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/09/santos-charged-theft-2017-dog-breeders-00082091

Colour me unsurprised.

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#3034893 11-Feb-2023 09:58

While so far most posts in this thread are about American politicians, could this apply to Kiwi ones too?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131161959/this-time-aaron-gilmore-didnt-want-to-be-served

You might remember this former National MP - drunk as at a hotel in Hanmer Springs in 2013 and demanding more alcohol, he yelled at a waiter "do you know who I am?". Came 9th out of 10 candidates in the recent Wellington local body elections. Now trying to dodge paying his debts.

Anyone (in Wellington or elsewhere) had any dealings with this guy? He seems to be as dodgy as hell.

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#3035086 11-Feb-2023 17:26

Daily Beast: Why Right-Wingers Are Obsessed With Making ChatGPT Say Slurs>

What if there was an atomic bomb about to detonate and kill millions of people—and the only way to defuse it was to have an Artificial Intelligence chatbot say a racial slur?

This is the example a host of conservative pundits are using this week to explain the dangers of AI being infected with a “woke mind virus”—including Twitter owner Elon Musk, who also posted his concern about the patently ridiculous scenario.
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#3035285 12-Feb-2023 08:15

Taliban Office Complaints

Real Time with Bill Maher

Afghanistan's Taliban are having a difficult time transitioning from fighting the infidel to an everyday office grind.

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#3035310 12-Feb-2023 10:57

Maher's two jokes near the end about sexual harassment, and Jews, were both off color. That's not surprising at all for Maher. Like others I'm just not a fan.

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#3035468 12-Feb-2023 16:57

Another incoming Republican with a fertile imagination ...

The Washington Post - The making of Anna Paulina Luna

10 Feb 2023

Luna’s sharp turn to the right, her account of an isolated and impoverished childhood, and her embrace of her Hispanic heritage have surprised some friends and family who knew her before her ascent to the U.S. House this year.

She is part of a new class of House Republicans that includes many elected to public office for the first time, including Rep. George Santos (N.Y.), whose fabrications about his biography emerged after his election.

During her first week in Congress, Luna was part of a small group of Republicans who refused to elect Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as House speaker, before earning major concessions and eventually switching her vote.

Since her election to Congress, Luna has drawn attention for declining to attend a White House reception for new House members because of the event’s covid-19 protocols, arguing in favor of allowing House members to carry firearms to committee meetings and accusing a reporter of sexually harassing her ...

She has compared Democrats’ approach to human trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border to human rights abuses in China, called on the United States to stop sending tanks to Ukraine, and suggested criminalizing taxation. ...

"a new class of House Republicans" - indeed! 😉

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#3035483 12-Feb-2023 17:23

It is just another banana republic heading towards the fall of Rome. Any day now there will be fist fights in the House and a horse will be elected to the Senate.

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#3036324 14-Feb-2023 12:02

The NY Times - George Santos and the Case of the Missing $365,000

Feb. 13, 2023

Representative George Santos has spent his campaign money in plenty of conspicuous ways, from lavish hotel stays in Las Vegas and Palm Beach, Fla., to an unusual slew of payments for exactly $199.99 - two cents below the threshold where receipts would be required.

But deep within Mr. Santos’s campaign filings, The New York Times found another eye-catching number: $365,399.08 in unexplained spending, with no record of where it went or for what purpose. ...

Campaigns do not need to itemize or provide receipts for expenses of less than $200.

But if they spend more than $200 with a single vendor - even spread over several transactions - they would be required to go back and itemize each expenditure.

If Mr. Santos were to suggest that the unexplained $365,000 was spent in increments of $200 or less, he would have had to do business with more than 1,800 separate entities ...

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