Top 10 Conservative Idiots #16-14: Raging Bullshitter Edition

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Top 10 Conservative Idiots #16-14: Raging Bullshitter Edition

Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Yoooooooooooooooooooooo!!! What’s up Santa Ana, how you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Great! We are home! It is so good to be home after being on the road for so long. We’re here and we’re ready to wrap up Stupidest State and declare our champion! So we got to have a frank discussion about the long term future of our fine little program, are we ready for that? OK good! Look, our plan since the beginning was to bring you the free funny as long as we possibly could. But it seems like more and more those days are getting harder to come by. The 2024 election is nearing, and we’re hoping that the United States does the right thing and flushes Trump, Fox News, and the right wing fascist turds down the proverbial toilet. Yes, like after the 2020 election cycle, in January we’re planning to take an extended hiatus. And we are going to do a post inauguration special, when, hopefully, it will all be over, and Trump gets the heave ho that he once again greatly deserves. And this time we hope he brings a lot of high profile people down with him. You never know what’s going to happen. The truth is, we don’t know what’s going to happen to the Top 10 beyond the next season. But if it becomes a problem where we can’t bring you the quality of free funny that you’ve come to expect over the last 8 years, then we will consider ending the show. when it does, you will be the first to know! By the way, we apologize for the delay. We had hoped to go live with news about Trump's guilty verdict. But unfortunately the internet went out in the whole building where our home office in Santa Ana is located. But trust us, he's guilty. He can fuck right the fuck off. And so can all the idiots who donated to his campaign. You're throwing your money away for the world's biggest con artist! And trust us, a Special Report on this subject will be incoming on June 13th. OK that’s enough of the intro, we have a lot of idiocy to get to! But first, John Oliver is back and he delves into the topic of corn production, which is way scarier than it sounds:

So where do we begin this week? Well in the number one slot this week, we have to talk about Trump’s absolutely, colossally epic fail when he gets out of his bubble and goes to the Libertarian Convention in Washington DC. In the second slot this week is also that guy who we inexplicably used to call president, and we have to talk about this video that he posted that’s been making the rounds on social media, and if it wasn’t any clearer that he plans to go full Nazi if given a second term, then his “Unified Reich” video will scare the shit out of you! Taking the third slot this week is Nikki Haley (3) – who, after all of the trash talking against Orange Turd, and even taking votes away from him in the primaries, has decided to endorse him, which is a sign that they’ll all soon fall in line or be ostracized from their nightly appearances on Hannity. In the number four slot this week are MAGA supporters (4) who, on this Memorial Day, decided to slap our veterans in the face by attempting to sneak in a memorial for January 6th insurrectionist Ashlii Babbitt into Arlington National Cemetery, and thankfully got turned away at the door, but there’s no bottom for these clowns. In the number 5 slot this week is a new edition of We’re All Gonna Die (5) and yes, that turbulence you recently experienced on your most recent flight is getting worse, and no, we don’t know what can be done about it! Taking the sixth slot this week is our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in “Holy Shit” (6) and this week, the Christian nationalists of the United States have been talking a good game about bringing authoritarianism to the US, but one pastor from Texas has a plan that’s so jaw-dropping, shockingly evil that it has to be seen to be believed! In the number 7 slot this week is a new Beating A Dead Horse (7) – so an artist used modern technology to create a ”portal” of sorts between New York City and Dublin, Ireland and well, the result was an incredibly mixed bag – it was either a success or a failure depending on which way you look at it! In the number 8 slot this week is our weekly venture into the never-ending world of online tin foil hat nuttery in Conspiracy Corner (8) and this week, Marjorie Greene, along with some of the more vocal members of the MAGA Qongress, have dropped an absolutely batshit theory that the FBI raid on Mar-A-Lago back in January was a death sentence for Trump, but where’s the proof? We want to see it! In the number 9 (NEIN!!!) slot this week, we have a new "I Need A Drink" (9) - look, people, if you're going to hold a party based on the popular kids' show Bluey, at least do some research, because the last thing you want to be known for in the Q Anon era is being people who are known for scaring kids. Finally this week, it’s the Stupidest State 2024 Championship Round! Arizona. Alabama. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS! We’re live in Los Angeles at the fabulous Crypto.com Arena with the matchup, the trophy presentation, the post-game celebration, and of course that song that we all know and love! And to cap off this season, we promised we’d have a big guest for this send-off! And that guest is the one, the only Green Day! Buy their new album Saviors or you’re no friend of this program! Enjoy! And as always don’t forget the key!

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It seems to be a huge trend these days to get out of your comfort zone. There’s tons of commercials, and clickbait articles and social media posts that suggest that getting out of your comfort zone is good for you. And it is. That is, unless you’re Donald Trump. While the legal atrocity of the MAGA 3 ring circus inside and outside of the Trump trial in New York City continues to drag on for *YET* another week, Trump decided to get out of his comfort zone and his Fox News bubble, and went to the Libertarian Convention in Washington, DC. Where he just got his ass handed to him. In more ways than one. Last week’s misadventure, wasn’t just a mere humiliation, it was an annihilation! It started with our favorite election disrupter and alt right conspiracy theorist RFK Jr. Which look, we have talked a lot of shit about RFK Jr, in the last year, but this might be one of the few moments of clarity he’s had lately. Maybe, just maybe, this is how we get Trump to shut the fuck up.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his supporters have reportedly handed out rubber chickens to attendees of the Libertarian Party convention ahead of former President Donald Trump's speech Saturday night in Washington, D.C.

The squawking rubber chickens have "Debate Bobby" written on them and are presumably intended to heckle and mock the presumptive Republican nominee as he looks to court right-leaning libertarian voters.

The stunt faced backlash on social media from Trump supporters.

"I am told @RobertKennedyJr is handing out rubber chickens to use as noise makers during President Trump's speech at the Libertarian National Convention tonight. Kennedy supporters plan on booing Trump and disrupting his speech," far-right activist Laura Loomer posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday.
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-rages-rfk-fake-chicken-stunt-donald-trump-libertarian-speech-1904773

Yeah so maybe that’s how you shut up the loudest and most obnoxious in the room – give everyone in the audience noisemakers! You know, we talk a lot of very well deserved shit about Libertarians, but here’s one thing I will say about them that’s positive – they get it. They get the underlying danger that the United States is currently facing, with the rise of neo-fascist religious authoritarianism and what Vladimir Putin’s true intentions are. They also get that we shouldn’t be fighting each other over culture war issues. So because of that, the guy who we inexplicably used to call president, got exactly what he deserved when he started opening his big fat mouth.

Donald Trump, the former US president, has suffered the rare humiliation of getting booed and heckled during a raucous speech to the Libertarian National Convention.

Trump’s rocky ride at a Washington hotel on Saturday night, including cries of “Bullshit!” and “Fuck you!”, underlined the challenge that the Republican presidential nominee faces to broaden his appeal both left and right on the political spectrum.

“The fact is we should not be fighting each other,” Trump pleaded. “If Joe Biden gets back in, there will be no more liberty for anyone in our country. Combine with us in a partnership – we’re asking that of the libertarians. We must work together. Combine with us. You have to combine with us.”

The appeal went down like a lead balloon as delegates booed, jeered and shouted insults. It was a stunning rebuke for a man who has become accustomed to cult-like rallies where his every word is cheered to the echo.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/26/no-wannabe-dictators-donald-trump-booed-at-libertarian-convention

Thank you Nelson! So how did the Libertarians vote and pick their nominee, you might ask? Well, true to their word, they rejected Trump’s attempt to court the center-right and center-left voters, and they also rejected RFK Jr’s attempt to become their nominee. So who did they pick? They picked Chase Oliver – a Libertarian party activist who got 1% of the vote in the 2020 election. But this convention was absolutely wild and it definitely sent a message that there needs to be more party representation in the United States. But how much could that 1% of the vote matter? Well if the United States is indeed as divided as Fox News says we are, it could be a lot!

The Libertarian Party on Sunday nominated party activist Chase Oliver for president, rejecting former President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after they each spoke at the party’s convention.

Third parties have rarely been competitive in U.S. presidential elections and the Libertarian candidate four years ago won 1% of the vote. But the party’s decision is getting more attention this year due to the rematch between Trump and Democratic President Joe Biden, which could hinge again on small vote margins in a handful of contested states.

“We did it! I am officially the presidential nominee,” Oliver posted Sunday on X, formerly Twitter. “It’s time to unify and move forward for liberty.”

Trump appeared Saturday night in Washington at the convention to give a speech that was repeatedly booed by many in the room. It did not pay off with the endorsement he requested, though his Republican allies on Sunday praised him for choosing to go before an unfriendly crowd.
https://apnews.com/article/libertarians-chase-oliver-trump-rfk-9bb7450f2e10cb811a1de641098c77c8

So what did we learn from this? Getting out of your comfort zone? Good. Getting out of your comfort zone if your name is Donald J. Trump? Not so good. In fact, it was absolutely disastrous, catastrophic, even. He should probably stick to his pre-determined bubble of ass kissers and yes men – Fox News, Steve Bannon, Mike Lindell, what have you. Because, while we hear about Trump’s garbage 24 hours a day and see the Fox News clips posted all over our social media feeds, the truth is that the Libertarian Convention said what we’re all thinking – Trump is very unpopular and the world knows it. He can be beaten again. But don’t, for any reason, use this as an excuse to throw your vote away, because Fox News may decide to do it for you.

It is nothing short of amazing that no one informed Donald Trump before he made a desperate personal appeal for the support of the Libertarian Party that Libertarians have never particularly liked him. But Trump got the message loud and clear when he appeared Saturday at the party convention in Washington and was greeted by boos, shouts of “hypocrite,” and a sign that declared, “No wannabe dictators.”

Trump put himself in a bizarre position when he showed up for the Libertarian convention at the Washington Hilton. Asking for an endorsement from a party that he refused to join, even though that refusal disqualified him from being the party’s actual nominee, was definitionally weird. Yet a woefully ill-prepared Trump seemed to believe that his mere presence would win the delegates over.

He got that call dramatically wrong.

By the time the convention balloting began Sunday, Trump barely registered. He won just six write-in votes in the first round of votingfor 0.65 percent of the total. This scorching rebuke came despite the former president appearing at the convention in front of a giant “Become Ungovernable” banner, promising to appoint a Libertarian to his cabinet, and claiming that, with his many recent indictments, “If I wasn’t a Libertarian before, I sure as hell am a Libertarian now.”
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/trumps-outreach-to-the-libertarians-was-an-absolute-trainwreck/

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It does seem like all of the absolute worst rumors we’ve heard about what could happen under a second term of Orange Turd could come true, and we haven’t even begun to scratch the surface of the level of crimes against humanity that this administration will commit, and with a willing Congress and Senate, there’s no telling how far they’ll go. Terrorist organization, er, right wing think tank, the Heritage Foundation, already unearthed their extremely controversial Project 2025 (see: Idiots #15-14 ). Which, that itself, is a gift to their underling Steve Bannon, and he’s been in his social media hidey hole making some extremely vague threats and saying the quiet part out loud about what this next administration hopes to accomplish and MAGA’s shockingly evil end game plans. Last week on Trump’s personal social media hidey hole, Truth Social, he posted a video that has sounded the alarm about how extreme he’s become and what could happen should he worm his way back into the White House. And it’s every bit as scary as it sounds!

A video Donald Trump posted on his social media platform about a "unified reich" has drawn criticism from those likening it to Nazism.

Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee for November's presidential election and, with less than six months to go, he is stepping up his campaigning via rallies and social media. Posting on Truth Social, the former president shared a video suggesting there will be a "unified reich" if he wins the 2024 election.

In the 30-second clip, the unknown video narrator asks "what happens after Donald Trump wins," while a number of mocked-up newspaper headlines appear in the background. One says "industrial strength significantly increased driven by the creation of a unified reich."

The word "reich" is associated with Nazi Germany's Third Reich, although there is no suggestion that Trump was overtly referencing Nazi Germany.

Karoline Leavitt, Trump's campaign press secretary, told Newsweek: "This was not a campaign video, it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word, while the [former] President was in court. The real extremist is Joe Biden who has turned his back on Israel and the Jewish people by bowing down to radical antisemites and terrorist sympathizers in his party like Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez."
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-unified-reich-video-social-media-1902831

Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Oh come on, how could you not interpret that as anything but Nazi? He is basically just saying the quiet part out loud. And if you for some reason come across Steve Bannon’s channel, he’s making some extremely terrible threats that could show where they’re going. Between this and Project 2025, there’s no doubt that a 2nd Trump administration would not only move the US in a very far right authoritarian direction, it would plunge our country into a new dark age that it might not recover from. The signs are there, well, almost!

“This was not a campaign video, it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word, while the President was in court,” Karoline Leavitt, a campaign spokesperson, said in a statement. “The real extremist is Joe Biden.”

The video was met with immediate condemnation by both the Biden campaign and Republicans on Capitol Hill, including some of Trump’s staunchest allies like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).

“I don’t know why you would say such a thing,” said Graham, who told POLITICO that the staffer who posted the video “should be dealt with.”

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) also called out the video, saying, “to use that term in this day and age is simply inappropriate, and it’s got to be corrected.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/21/trump-unified-reich-truth-social-00159233

Yeah because random social media accounts are always a great source of information run by perfectly sane individuals, right? Well, since the GOP has become the Trump party, they won’t call him out for this no matter what happens. And the good news is that the White House is investigating where this social media atrocity came from, who made it, and how it got directed to that guy who we inexplicably used to call president. Because the fact that it got posted and amplified sends an extremely powerful message – whether it was intended to or not. And being amplified by someone who has Fox News as his own personal 24 hour a day megaphone, means that some individual or group out there will misinterpret this and twist this message. And on the internet, there is no such thing as a take back.

The White House blasted former President Trump on Tuesday after he shared a video on Truth Social that referenced a “unified Reich” if he won a second term, calling it “dangerous and offensive.”

“It is abhorrent, sickening, and disgraceful for anyone to promote content associated with Germany’s Nazi government under Adolf Hitler,” White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement.

“Any Antisemitic dog whistling is dangerous and offensive – and profoundly un-American,” he added.

While Bates’s statement did not reference Trump by name — Hatch Act laws prevent White House officials from weighing in on the election — the Biden campaign was more direct.

“Donald Trump is not playing games; he is telling America exactly what he intends to do if he regains power: rule as a dictator over a ‘unified reich,’” Biden campaign spokesperson James Singer said in a statement.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4676730-white-house-trump-shared-video-unified-reich-sickening/

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Come on, people! Don’t be a stupid, be a smarty, come and join the MAGA party! It’s springtime for Trumpler! Now you might be wondering – who made this atrocity and how did it get circulated? Well guess what? It wasn’t made in America, we can rule that out. In fact we can trace the origins to a Turkish graphic designer. STEVE BANNON??? And he would have got away with it too, if it wasn’t for those meddling kids! Oh wait, we can’t Scooby Doo that one because unfortunately it wasn’t Steve Bannon. Damn it.

The phrase “unified Reich,” which appeared in a video posted by the Trump campaign and caused a firestorm of controversy, appears to have originated as placeholder text in a collection of video templates created in 2023 by a 30-year-old Turkish freelance graphic designer.

The video, posted and subsequently removed by the Trump campaign earlier this week, included imagined headlines that newspapers might run if former President Donald Trump is reelected. Among them: “What’s next for America,” under which the fictional article displays language that many associate with Nazi Germany, including the phrase, “creation of a unified Reich.”

The reference was condemned by President Joe Biden, and the Trump campaign said it didn’t create the video – it was reposted by a staffer who didn’t see that particular text.

Bizarrely, the fake article’s text appears to trace its origins to a graphic designer named Enes Şimşek who lives near Istanbul.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/24/media/trump-unified-reich/index.html

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OK, we get it. The 2024 election is going to be the rematch that nobody asked for, or wanted in the first place. While the GOP, and more specifically Fox News and other right wing, far right, and super far right news outlets are working overtime to ensure that their MAGA god emperor is back in the White House, so corruption reigns supreme again, there was a glimmer of hope! Unfortunately, it was just that – a glimmer. A twinkle. A sparkler. Because for a while, it seemed like a rift was happening that could have torn the GOP apart at the very seems! It seemed like voters were growing increasingly concerned about Donald Trump’s increasingly erratic, out of control, and borderline Nazi-eseque behavior, and it was costing him some votes. And that someone who could have ripped the GOP between those who wish to live in reality again, and brainwashed MAGA Q-ultists, was former South Carolina governor and UN Ambassador Nikki Hayley, who’s been attacking Trump at the jugular, and let’s be honest, that’s a fairly big attack for a jugular of that size!

In her first public remarks since dropping out of the presidential race, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said on Wednesday that she would be voting for former President Donald Trump in the general election.

The announcement, which occurred during an event at the Hudson Institute, came two months after she left the race for the Republican nomination and chose not to immediately endorse Trump.

She compared Trump and his policies to President Joe Biden’s saying that while “Trump has not been perfect on these policies… Biden has been a catastrophe.”

However, her endorsement of the former president—who she served as Ambassador to the United Nations under—came with another message: reach out to those who voted for and continue to vote for her.

“I will be voting for Trump,” Haley said. “Having said that, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech. Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me and not assume that they're just going to be with him.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nikki-haley-test-drives-a-lukewarm-endorsement-for-donald-trump?ref=topic

Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Oh come on! It’s like you know how you make fun of someone so many times, you wish you could thank them for all the good times you’ve had? Well, instead of doing that, Nikki Haley decides to just keel over and accept that Trump is going to be the inevitable nominee for the GOP for the 2024 election. And let’s face it, sooner or later, Fox News will be reeling them all in line, or they’ll risk their nightly appearances on Hannity, because the GOP doesn’t really do any real, actual work. They just go on talk shows and complain. But this decision was not met lightly, oh no, in fact it’s even split her own supporters down the middle! If Trump wants to be Raging Bull, like in this bizarre painting of him taking down Robert DeNiro because he got called a bad name, then let's call Trump the "Raging Bullshitter". HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Gotta love our graphics department!

Sarah Matthews, an ex-spokesperson for former President Trump, criticized former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley for choosing to “bend the knee” and vote for her former boss.

“She was building momentum, and she really could have been, maybe in a post-Trump Republican Party, been the leader, but instead, she chooses to bend the knee, kiss the ring, like every other Republican seems to do,” Matthews said Sunday in an interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki.

“I mean, Donald Trump said it best: They always bend the knee. And it’s just disappointing, but again, not surprising,” she added, referencing the former president’s comments after securing the endorsement of House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) in January.

Haley, who ran the most successful challenge to Trump and outlasted all of the other GOP primary contenders, said last week she’ll vote for the former president over President Biden in November.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4687648-sarah-matthews-donald-trump-nikki-haley-2024-endorsement/

Look, I don’t know how much I need to hammer this point home, but I’m going to hammer it every single time. OK phrasing, thank you sir. But look, people, there’s a mad man in Moscow, sitting in the Kremlin right now, plotting how to take over Continental Europe, and it starts with Ukraine. It can end at Ukraine, if we unite against this psychopath who’s out for world domination. But we’ve got to come to terms and stop with the culture war bullshit! But now this begs the question – could Trump nominate Hayley to be his running mate? Someone who has experience at the UN and can deal with Vladimir Putin and his never-ending madness? Maybe.

Donald Trump is getting clear advice from a sizable number of Hill Republicans, even some MAGA loyalists: Pick a running mate who can attract more wary GOP voters on the center-right.

Some of them even want him to consider a rival he’s publicly ruled out, Nikki Haley — who recently revealed she’d be voting for him. And if Haley can’t make an improbable comeback, many Republican lawmakers want to see Trump pick one of two other former opponents with the same outside-of-MAGA allure: Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) or Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).

“People in these primaries are still voting for Nikki Haley. I think that we need to be focused on that group of people. I hope we get a vice president that will appeal to that group,” Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said. “Then those folks will start coming home.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/26/trump-running-mate-haley-gop-00159747

So while Nikki Hayley is starting to rip apart the GOP at the seems and could also be a potentially disastrous choice for Trump’s VP nomination, an opportunity has arisen. Hayley voters have felt betrayed by this decision, and rightfully so! How do you capture the “never Trump” crowd? Well that’s exactly what our current president, Joe Biden, tends to find out. Because while Nikki Hayley dumped them for Fox News and Trump, Biden sees a potential eye for a pickup here. Now this is effective campaigning right here, and we do have to give credit where credit is due! Pass the popcorn, it’s going to hurt in November when these voters switch!

Soon after former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley announced Wednesday she would vote for former President Donald Trump this November, the Biden campaign held a virtual meeting with her supporters on that very evening.

Several Haley supporters, including some of her former state leadership team and members of the "Women for Nikki" coalition, joined the call from across the country. The meeting was arranged by Robert Schwartz, the executive director of the anti-Trump Haley Voters Working Group.

The deputy political director of the Biden campaign, Juan Peñalosa, joined the call to stress how important the Haley coalition's support would be to defeating Trump and addressed the differences Haley supporters have with Mr. Biden, according to Schwartz. He said that while some of Haley's voters might be open to voting for the president, there are strong policy disagreements.

"A lot of them have not said that they're going to vote for Joe Biden; a lot of them are actually considering writing in Nikki Haley," Schwartz said. "There's a wide range of views, but it's certainly not preaching to the converted."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nikki-haley-trump-vote-biden-campaign-woos-supporters/

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January 6th, 2021, may have been the absolute peak of conservative idiocy, though new peaks and lows are being reached on an almost daily basis. In fact we’ve even devoted entire segments to this atrocity in American history. For those of you who still don’t know what happened, it’s when Trump held a rally while the vote to certify Joseph R. Biden as the 46th president of the United States was happening, then Trump led an angry mob to the Capitol, where they ransacked the place, smeared poop on the walls, and wanted to kill half of Congress and their own president. We’ll probably never hear the end of this incident, and we’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of who was actually involved. But one person who’s been made a MAGA cause celeb for the insurrectionists was Ashlii Babbitt. Yes, if MAGA were like a real life version of Fight Club, Ashlii Babbitt would be their Robert Paulsen. Yes, since she was killed at the hands of Capitol Police on January 6th, Ashlii Babbitt has been made a celebrity for the MAGA cause, and last week, during Memorial Day, an absolutely new low was reached. But then again, there is no bottom for these lunatics, it’s practically a black hole at this point.

Supporters of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot attempted to place a memorial stone at Arlington National Cemetry yesterday for those who died while storming the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

The group, however, was turned back at the gate, according to its live stream.

The stone, dubbed the Ashli Babbitt Memorial Stone, attempted to honor Babbitt, Benjamin Phillips, Rosanne Boyland, and Kevin Greeson, who all perished when former President Donald Trump supporters attempted to disrupt Congress’ certification of the election for President Joe Biden.

Babbitt was infamously shot and killed by Capitol Police inside the building. Boyland reportedly died of an amphetamine overdose, while Greeson and Phillips suffered heart failure.

Aa pointed out online, the stone has a typo, misspelling the name of Boyland as “Roseanne.” It’s “Rosanne.”
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/ashli-babbitt-stone-jan-6-memorial-day-arlington/

Her name is Ashlii Babbitt. Her name is Ashlii Babbitt. Her name is Ashlii Babbitt. The cultists are so damn insane, and are just getting nuttier. But this might be my favorite part of this story. Is apparently someone – allegedly Ashlii Babbitt’s own mother – defiled the stone that was attempting to be delivered to Arlington National Cemetery, with – wait for it – dog feces. To which we ask – why? And also, what’s the MAGA obsession with poop? It’s certifiably insane. We can’t help but wonder what their thinking is, but considering the fact that this particular interview delves into MAGA cultist nonsense, we’re guessing they probably weren’t thinking.

A memorial headstone for the Donald Trump supporters who died during the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol in 2021 was defiled with dog feces, according to Ashli Babbitt's mother.

On Memorial Day, a group attempted to lay down a stone at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia to honor those who died during the Capitol riot: Babbitt, an Air Force veteran and reported advocate of the QAnon conspiracy theory who was shot by a police officer while storming the building, Kevin Greeson and Benjamin Philips, who died of natural causes, and Rosanne Boyland, whose death was ruled an accidental drug overdose.

It was previously reported that Boyland's name was misspelled on the engraving, reading "Roseanne" instead.

The stone was created by Ben Pollock, father of two people who were arrested in connection to the January 6 attack. The group was turned away at the gates of the cemetery, according to a livestream.

According to Micki Witthoeft, Babbitt's mother, a "pink-haired" woman rubbed dog feces on the memorial stone as it was being driven around Washington, D.C., in the back of a truck.
https://www.newsweek.com/january-6-memorial-stone-defiled-dog-feces-ashli-babbitt-1905830

But here’s the thing – while Ashlii Babbitt is being made a cause celeb for the MAGA and more specifically, the Q Anon movement, we’re learning more and more about the events that led to her untimely death. What the MAGAs still don’t get is that she was part of the plot to overthrow the government and overturn a free and fair election. There’s absolutely no depths of depravity that MAGA won’t sink to for their cause, and a very poorly attended one at that. And somehow, there’s over 1,000 forums dedicated to the January 6th causes that we’re just finding out existed. See? This is why we call it a violent overthrow attempt.

Supporters of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol scheduled a march in support of right-wing MAGA activist Ashli Babbitt for Memorial Day.

For the second year in a row, MAGA followers planned to gather in Washington, D.C. to march in remembrance of Babbitt, who was shot to death after breaking into the Capitol on Jan. 6.

The groups organizing the event vowed that the march would be peaceful. They included 4ashli.com, americanpatriotrelief.com, stophate.com, americanproject.com, patriotmailproject.com, jopatriotnews.com, and deb4freedom.com.

The march was set to begin at 3 p.m. at the Peace Monument in D.C. Demonstrators said they would walk to the "D.C. Gulag, in remembrance of Ashli Babbitt and others who gave all in service of this great Country."
https://www.rawstory.com/ashli-babbitt-march/

OK, MAGAs – listen up! Look, you can peddle all the hate and conspiracies you want, you can threaten all the violence you want, you can peddle Ashlii Babbitt as a MAGA hero (she isn’t). But in the end of the day, the thing that helps the most is to take a deep breath, pull your heads out of your collective asses, and take some personal responsibility for once. You know who really killed Ashlii Babbitt? Her name is… Ashlii Babbitt. Had she not fallen into the desperate wormhole of right wing, far right, and ultra far right wing propaganda, and been radicalized by that shit, she would still be alive today. It’s not so much the propaganda itself, it’s about choices, and she made some poor ones.

The first time Celeste Norris laid eyes on Ashli Babbitt, the future insurrectionist had just rammed her vehicle three times with an SUV and was pounding on the window, challenging her to a fight.

Norris says the bad blood between them began in 2015, when Babbitt engaged in a monthslong extramarital affair with Norris’ longtime live-in boyfriend. When she learned of the relationship, Norris called Babbitt’s husband and told him she was cheating.

“She pulls up yelling and screaming,” Norris said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, recounting the July 29, 2016, road-rage incident in Prince Frederick, Maryland. “It took me a good 30 seconds to figure out who she was. … Just all sorts of expletives, telling me to get out of the car, that she was going to beat my ass.”

The attack on Norris is an example of erratic and sometimes threatening behavior by Babbitt, who was shot by a police officer while at the vanguard of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Former President Donald Trump and his supporters have sought to portray her as a righteous martyr who was unjustly killed. The officer who shot her was cleared of any wrongdoing by two federal investigations.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ashli-babbitt-jan-6-insurrectionist-portrayed-as-martyr-by-some-had-violent-past

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Hey everyone, guess what? We’re all gonna die! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! WOOOOOO. WOOOO. WOO. So what’s going to kill us all this week, you might ask? It’s airplanes, again! But no, it’s not because the door of your 737 fell off during your flight to Boise, it’s because of extreme turbulence, caused by – wait for it – climate change denial! Yeah keep watching Fox and believing Rupert Murdoch’s big lie that climate change is a hoax. And last week, there were not one, but two major incidents that actually made the news. Pro tip: you don’t want to be the guy who makes the news in this story. But the first happened on a flight from London – Singapore aboard Singapore Airlines. Now let’s state some facts and get this out of the way – the guy that died on that flight did not die from the turbulence. Come on, at least read the articles beyond the headlines, people, can we do that before we go screaming that everyone is going to die horribly? Yeah that’s excessive media fearmongering for you!

A British passenger has died and seven people have been critically injured after a flight from London to Singapore was hit by turbulence.

Passengers onboard the Singapore Airlines plane told of a “dramatic drop” that launched those not wearing a seatbelt into the cabin ceiling.

The airline said the Boeing 777 carrying 211 passengers – mostly from Australia, Britain, New Zealand or Singapore – and 18 crew members encountered severe turbulence on its way from Heathrow. The aircraft was diverted to Bangkok, where it landed at 3.45pm local time (0945 BST) on Tuesday.

Neighbours paid tribute to Geoffrey Kitchen, from Thornbury, Gloucestershire, on Tuesday night. The retired insurance professional with a “passion for theatre”, died after leaving from Heathrow on Monday night.

Kitchen, 73, and his wife were on their way to a holiday in Australia via Singapore, neighbours told the Guardian. According to Thai authorities, he had a heart condition and probably had a heart attack.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/21/severe-turbulence-london-to-singapore-flight

Yeah so let’s think about this here for a minute. Guy was 73 years old. Died of a heart attack. On a plane, while the plane was experiencing excessive turbulence. Cue the media fearmongering machine! That means excessive turbulence is going to kill us all! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! But that fateful flight from London wasn’t the only international flight that gained international attention. There was another flight last week, from Doha, Qatar to Dublin, Ireland, actually caused people on board to get injured! Now, before you go screaming bloody murder, calm down, take a deep breath, and actually read the article past the headlines!

Twelve people were injured during a Qatar Airways flight hit by turbulence while en route from Doha to Dublin on Sunday, officials said.

The flight QR107, which landed in Dublin just before 1 p.m. local time, experienced turbulence while airborne over Turkey, Dublin Airport officials said in a statement. The aircraft was met by emergency personnel, including airport police and fire and rescue.

Six passengers and six crew members reported injuries from the flight.

"The Dublin Airport team continues to provide full assistance on the ground to passengers and airline staff," the statement said.

The airport did not provide details on the severity of the injuries.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/turbulence-hits-qatar-airways-flight-to-dublin-injuring-12-people/

So there’s not one, but two major incidents that require attention! And no, you can’t go blaming Boeing and their need to fellate the shareholders at the expense of their customers, though that certainly doesn’t help things. You know who you should blame? Climate change deniers. Look, we cannot escape the fact that the earth is getting hotter, and that overpopulation is going to lead to more incidents going down the road. So instead of blaming the planes or the pilots, or going full racist and blaming airline DEI hiring policies, do yourselves a favor – turn off Fox! Read, think, evolve, and then pull your heads out of your asses! Seriously, it’s not the planes, it’s the environment!

When you look up, the sky may seem calm – still even – but air is always on the move. Fluid, it flows like water, with eddies and currents, sometimes smooth and serene, sometimes tumultuous and violent. Turbulence is one of the most unpredictable of all weather phenomena. And research shows that severe turbulence is becoming more likely as the planet warms.

If an aircraft strikes it, the most turbulent air can cause injuries or even death, as well as structural damage to planes. On Tuesday, a Singapore Airlines flight from London encountered severe turbulence: 31 people were injured, and one died. Passengers aboard the Boeing 777-300ER told the BBC the plane began to tilt and shake, before dropping suddenly, and "people and objects were thrown around the cabin".

Could there be better ways to predict and cope with turbulence? Some researchers believe that answers lie in the animal world.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240524-severe-turbulence-climate-change-singapore-airlines

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Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! It’s time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and it’s time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:



My fair congregation! Please be seated! You know, we come to the end of our season. And my GAWD, what a season it’s been! But I do need to address something up front. We’ve been accused of spending too much time talking about one subject. That subject is the rise of Christian nationalism and authoritarianism around the world. And it’s not just limited to the United States. Look at countries like the Philippines, India, Turkey, Italy, Hungary, and Argentina, that flipped hard authoritarian and haven’t looked back. Now the authoritarians are coming for the United States and Canada, by targeting the godliest among us. And these aren’t people who worship GAWD or JAYSUS! No, they worship the unholy Dark One! I of course speak of a man so foul, so profane and disgusting that his name dare NOT be spoken in my church! So could a hard authoritarian government happen in the United States? One pastor in Texas has a plan to implement it, and it’s so shocking and disturbing that it cannot be allowed to go unchecked!

Joel Webbon is a Christian nationalist pastor at Covenant Bible Church in Texas and the founder of Right Response Ministries. Through his ministry, Webbon organizes events like “Blueprints for Christendom 2.0: Seven Doctrines for Ruling the World,” which took place earlier this year and featured militant Christian nationalists like Doug Wilson and Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers as speakers.

Webbon also hosts a podcast called “Theology Applied,” which he uses to promote his far-right theology, as he did during a recent episode in which he declared that the American people have become such “degenerates” that the Constitution is no longer adequate and therefore they must be governed by a Christian dictator who “just rules with an iron fist.”

Last month, Webbon delivered a sermon called “Why Many Christians Don’t Want A Christian Nation,” during which he laid out this theocratic worldview in greater detail, asserting that people are too stupid and cowardly to govern themselves and thus must ruled by a Christian leader who “comes in with a sword” and forces everyone to, at the very least, “pretend to be Christian.”

“The average person is a coward. They are,” Webbon declared. “And the average person is not intelligent. They’re not. And the average person is not a free thinker.”
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/men-must-be-governed-the-christian-nationalist-worldview-laid-bare-by-pastor-joel-webbon/

What the hell is this guy smoking? The average person *IS* a free thinker. The average brainwashed MAGA / Fox bot is not. They do not believe in free thinking, group speak, or GAWD forbid, someone have an opinion that’s different from theirs. This is not how cults think or operate. This kind of extremism is sadly, thriving in the church right now! And you really, just really got to wonder why people would spend what precious free time they have listening to this monster? But here’s the thing – people don’t like authoritarians and tyrants! History has not been kind to the likes of Julius Caesar or King Louis XIV. Tyrants and tyranny don’t have good endings. And this is absolutely shameful coming from the most freedom loving freedomers who ever freedomed. Really wonder how the “do not comply” crowd is going to appreciate this one.

Earlier this month, Right Wing Watch posted a couple of clips of far-right pastor Joel Webbon laying out his Christian nationalist vision for America in which this nation is controlled by a Caesar-like dictator who “rules with an iron fist” and forces everyone to at least “pretend to be Christian.”

In response to Right Wing Watch’s post, Webbon dedicated an entire episode of his podcast to insisting that his call for dictatorship was being misrepresented because, he claimed, he was merely speaking descriptively (i.e., explaining what could happen) and not prescriptively (i.e., explaining what should happen).

We’re not sure we buy that defense, especially given Webbon’s explicit declaration that “men must be governed” and “you need a Caesar-type” dictator to do that governing could certainly be interpreted as a prescriptive statement.

We are even less convinced by that defense after watching the rest of Webbon’s podcast as he very clearly laid out a prescription for how he’d like to see his Christian nationalist worldview implemented.

“I love the Constitution,” Webbon claimed. “I absolutely love it. If there was anything that I would do to the Constitution at all—if revival swept through the land, or we got an American Cesar and he was Christian … One of the first things that I would advocate for is not even changing the Constitution, but simply adopting to the Constitution a preamble of the Apostles’ Creed.”

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/joel-webbon-provides-a-prescription-for-christian-nationalism/

If the church is indeed changing and it’s changed to this, I want it to change back! Because need I remind you, my fair congregation, that this is not what GAWD or JAYSUS had in mind, and our founding fathers put into place rules in our Constitution to prevent tyrants like this from ascending to power! It does not work that way, I can guarantee that! My favorite part of that sermon is that he says “Other than that, I love the Constitution.” Uh……… no, you don’t. But Webbon isn’t the only one spreading Christian nationalist falsehoods. There’s people like Rick Green and Dusty Deevers. These people are certifiably insane and shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near power!

Next to the myth that the Bible was the source most frequently cited by the Founding Fathers, there is no claim that Christian nationalists love citing more than that Benjamin Franklin’s call for prayer played a pivotal role in the Constitutional Convention.

This false claim is a staple of Christian nationalist propaganda, so it was no surprise to see Rick Green repeat it during a recent “FlashPoint” event, though he did add a few new wrinkles to the myth.

Green, founder of Patriot Academy and a co-host of the radio program “WallBuilders Live” with religious-right pseudo-historians David and Tim Barton, bills himself as “America’s Constitution Coach” despite his tendency to routinely misrepresent basic facts about the Constitution, which he did again on “FlashPoint.”

“Franklin was the one in all of this disunity and all of this fighting and all of this trying to create this new government really in almost a secular way, he was the one to finally stand up and say, ‘What are we doing?'” Green claimed. “He stood up and he said, ‘In the beginning of the contest, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room.’ And what he was really telling those guys was, ‘When the wolf was at the door and we were in danger [in 1776], we cried out to God and we said, “We can’t do this without God.'”
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rick-green-spreads-false-christian-nationalist-history/

No it’s not all over, it’s just getting worse, my fair congregation! So how much worse is it getting, you might ask? Well as long as MAGA psychos like David Barton, who keeps peddling lie after lie about our founding fathers is at the helm, we can expect things to get much worse. And the scary thing is that people keep believing what he says. Which goes to show the old saying that if you repeat the lie long enough it eventually becomes fact. And that’s a really scary thought! But this country will survive long after these wretched men are gone, and we will be a free country, not an authoritarian nightmare hellscape, because that’s not what our founding fathers had in mind!

For the last several election cycles, Christian nationalist pseudo-historian David Barton has been traveling the country as part of a “Faith Wins” campaign aimed at mobilizing conservative Christians to vote and get involved in politics.

Earlier this month, the “Faith Wins” campaign briefly merged with the “Courage Tour,” which was launched by Christian nationalist and unabashed Trump cultist Lance Wallnau for the purpose of training conservative Christian activists how to gain political power now in preparation for ruling and reigning when Jesus Christ returns.

When the “Courage Tour” made a stop in Michigan, Barton was among the featured speakers and, predictably, he used his time on stage to spread Christian nationalist disinformation that had first been debunked by Right Wing Watch back in 2022.

“What I’m going to show you is the report of the superintendent of education in public schools in New Jersey in 1816,” Barton said. “They’re talking about the first and second classes—we would call it first and second grades—here’s what they’re learning … It says, ‘All the scholars of the first and second classes commit to memory portions of New Testament or Psalms, a lesson of the catechism, and several hymns and the texts of the preceding sabbath.'”
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/david-barton-keeps-spreading-false-christian-nationalist-history/

All right, folks, that’s it for us, we’re outta here for the summer! In the meantime, I am pleased to announce that Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons is getting renewed for a third season that will premiere at the end of September! We’ll be back in July. Mass has ended, may you go in peace! That’s it this week for:




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Art is subjective. Doesn’t matter if it’s a Banksy painting that destroys itself, or an insane rap beef, or a comedy routine, or even something fully generated by artificial intelligence. The latest experiment in art is happening in New York City. It’s also happening in Dublin, Ireland. It’s called “The Portal”. And The Portal bills itself as a continuously operating between New York and Dublin. But those taking advantage of this new technology are finding themselves in a bit of a pickle. And, as you can guess, in the era where people have devices in their pocket capable of accessing the entire wealth of knowledge of human civilization, but they mostly use it to send each other cat videos and call each other “cucks” on games of League Of Legends, you can bet that the Portal is attracting some pretty interesting characters. And it’s certainly not what the creators of the Portal had in mind when they first started this project. But here’s what it is all about.

There is a groundbreaking “portal” that connects two iconic cities and transcends barriers. New York City and Dublin officials unveiled a technology sculpture in their cities. The Portal connects people in the city that never sleeps with the Republic of Ireland’s capital.

The two cities simultaneously debuted the public technology sculptures, NYC Portal and Dublin Portal, collectively called “The Portal.” A livestream allows real-time interactions between New Yorkers, Dubliners, and the many tourists in each city. It’s a testament to how far technology has come and the power of art that goes beyond physical barriers.

Each portal is set up at an iconic location in the two areas. NYC Portal is located on the Flatiron South Public Plaza at Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and 23rd Street. It’s next to the famed Flatiron building. Halfway around the globe is Dublin Portal which faces the capital’s main street, O’Connell Street. The portal’s setup offers viewers in NYC a look at the city’s famous GPO building and the Spire together.

This isn’t the first time a series of portals connected people from thousands of miles away. In 2021, the organization behind it all, Portals.org, installed portals in Vilnius, Lithuania, and Lublin, Poland. Right now, only the NYC and Dublin portals connect to each other. However, the founder of Portals wants the two to connect with the originals in Lithuania and Poland in the future.
https://www.tomorrowsworldtoday.com/creation/new-portal-sculpture-builds-virtual-bridge-from-nyc-to-dublin/

Yeah that’s pretty much what it is like. So of course, as you can imagine, people were taking advantage of the situation. And of course one woman, who called herself a “model” in New York City flashed her breasts to the other side of the portal. Of course, she did it to advertise her Only Fans channel. But this might be my favorite part of this whole story. She says that – I’m quoting – “they’re just a pair of nice breasts”. Of course they are! Did they ever doubt the existence of the breasts? And there weren’t any kids around… sure, in New York City? Right. But my favorite part of the explanation is that she said it was because the people who were offended don’t get laid. And she’s probably right!

A model who flashed her breasts in New York to onlookers at the Portal in Dublin says she “really didn’t care” about people finding it insensitive or inappropriate.

Ava Louise, 25, appeared on Piers Morgan’s Uncensored show to discuss the incident, one of a number that led to the temporary closure of the installation that provides a link between the Irish capital and the Big Apple. Speaking on the show, Louise said she had “no shame at all” about the act and claims to have made $100,000 in a week off the back of it. She said she did it solely to market her OnlyFans channel and “could care less” about any potential negative reaction.

Challenged by Morgan on whether such an act was suitable given there could have been children looking on and whether she “embarrassed her country”, Louise responded: “I think Americans do way worse than show their boobs. Who doesn’t love boobs? I’m sure you love boobs Piers, I love boobs. They’re just a pair of nice boobs, it’s not offensive.

“There were no kids that I could see and everyone seemed to really enjoy it.” She added: “I could care less, Piers, I really didn’t care, it’s just a great pair of boobs that I wanted to share with the world.
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/model-who-flashed-dublin-portal-29239388

Oh sure, it starts with the boobs, who knows where it goes from here! So of course, the natural solution is to completely shut down the entire portal. Which, once again, we can chalk up to one person just has to ruin it for the rest of us! Never mind that there’s already similar portals operating in Lithuania and Poland. But come on, there’s hundreds of examples of public nudity that have been put on display going back to ancient civilizations. Come on, Michaelangelo’s David, does that ring a bell? But apparently it wasn’t just that one display of public nudity, there were other problems that led to it being shut down – Nazis! Yes, you gotta draw the line somewhere!

Go back hundreds, if not thousands, of years and you’ll find plenty of outward-facing displays of public lewdness, from the graffiti near Hadrian’s Wall that, uh, resembles genitalia, to rumors of a woman’s many lovers in Pompeii. A glance at the city’s recent cultural history bears out the same impulses: In 2008, a similar project to the Dublin portal called the Telectroscope, this time connecting Brooklyn to London through a spyglass-looking feed, resulted in a lot of awkward waving between cities and people taking their shirts off. Or consider the slightly better-regulated Hole in Space that connected Los Angeles to New York in 1980, in which “one group in Los Angeles arrived on its second evening with a large image of Ronald Reagan, to which a New Yorker crassly responded by turning around and sticking his behind in the air, exclaiming that president is the ‘biggest charade [he’s] seen all year.’” The possibility of being seen in these particular ways seems to attract us to trouble-making. You can’t go past the ABC News desk by Lincoln Center without someone sticking their tongue out or flipping the bird. When the High Line first opened, the windows of the Standard Hotel became a venue for public sex, a tacit agreement, maybe, between watchers and the watched.

While no one is defending the swastikas or anything that has wound up devolving into actual hate speech at the installation, there is a shared, perverse camaraderie in witnessing this type of behavior. When Gylys’s website announces his portals exist to show that we “all share more than what separates us,” maybe what we share isn’t, like, love and peace and kindness and friendship across the oceans — or at least not just those things — but also the urge to do something very stupid. A year ago, Gylys installed a portal that connected his hometown of Vilnius and Lublin, Poland. The Reddit comments about those portals feel sweet and familiar: “I was in Vilnius with my two friends. There was just one person on the other side waving … so we gave them the finger.”
https://www.curbed.com/article/nyc-dublin-portal-shut-down-obscenity.html

Yeah so people, listen up. Sure, it may be fun to screw with the Portal, but really it’s a bad idea and it makes us look bad to our host city. So do you think having a 24/7 livestream crowd cast is going to be a good idea? It sounds good on paper and it was pretty awesome for a few hours. But reopening it and only during the day could be either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on which way you look at it, but will it really keep the trouble makers and agitators out? It could, but it could also draw even more attention to itself. So before you go booking that trip to NYC or Dublin to see this thing, just remember don’t make an ass of yourself or flash your boobs. Just don’t.

Less than a week after the portal art installation connecting New York City and Dublin, Ireland via a 24/7 video livestream was shut down due to "inappropriate behavior," the exhibit has been turned back on and has new, more limited hours.

The portal livestream restarted Sunday at 9 a.m. New York time and 2 p.m. Dublin time, according to a release from the Flatiron NoMad Partnership. It will have specific hours of operation in the coming weeks, with the livestream running daily from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. in New York City, and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Dublin.

"The overwhelming majority of people who have visited the Portal sculptures have experienced the sense of joy and connectedness that these works of public art invite people to have," Flatiron NoMad Partnership said in a release.

Now that the portal has reopened, Flatiron NoMad Partnership said it has taken steps to limit instances of people stepping on the portal and holding phones up to the camera lens. Now, if that happens, it will " trigger a blurring of the livestream for everyone on both sides of the Atlantic."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/20/portal-new-york-dublin-reopens/73766498007/

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Welcome back to our segment that attempts to explain the unexplainable, Conspiracy Corner! Of course conspiracies exist when people simply don’t want to read the article past the headlines and just flat out make shit up. We of course are coming to you live from our underground doomsday shelter from deep within the New Mexico badlands. Undisclosed location, of course! Let me just adjust my trusty tin foil hat for maximum government interference. Ah, there we go! They are trying to read yours and my thoughts after all! So this week, the MAGA 3 ring circus known as the Trump Trial is entering its’ third week, and with the prosecution wrapping up deliberations, an absolutely bizarre new conspiracy theory has emerged as MAGA and Fox News work into overdrive doing damage control for their beloved cult leader. That theory? That the Mar-A-Lago raid back last February wasn’t just searching for classified documents, it was a death sentence for Trump! And of course, like everything that the MAGAs do, there’s no proof of it whatsoever.

Donald Trump’s campaign has issued another extraordinary fundraising request to supporters by doubling down on a false claim that his rival Joe Biden was prepared to hurt or kill him by authorizing the use of deadly force during an FBI search for classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago compound in August 2022.

The claim has become a currency among some Trump supporters and is widely described by them as an “attempted assassination” – but rests on a misquoted section of FBI policy in a legal motion. Moreover, Trump was not even in Florida during the search.

The revival of the claim came late on Sunday in the form of an email to supporters headlined: “This is an Alert from Donald Trump.” “DEADLY FORCE? Biden authorized it. They brought guns to the raid on Mar-a-Lago!” it read.

“I’m sick and tired of the Radical Left destroying this country and trying to destroy me,” it continued, before detailing raids, indictments and arrests Trump claims he has been subjected to for political purposes.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/27/trump-fbi-mar-a-lago-search

Seriously, dude, get overyourself. That isn’t the “radical left” that’s destroying this country, it’s you, and your lackeys, and your deranged cultists, and your favorite news network. Of course that didn’t stop him from using the message to beg for donations. And come on, anyone who is still giving money to this clown after all this – you’re only hurting yourself! But like Tommy Tuberville last week, there was no blatant sucking up to the MAGA machine than Virginia senator Tim Scott put on. The one thing about all of these noisemakers? You can instantly tell who’s on Murdoch’s payroll and who isn’t, just by the blatant sucking up they do to dear leader.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), one of the candidates at the top of Donald Trump’s vice-presidential shortlist, refused to condemn the former president’s false allegations that the FBI was “locked & loaded ready” to take him out during the 2022 raid of his Mar-a-Lago property.

In a fundraising email sent last week, Trump claimed the FBI agents who searched his Florida home for classified documents he took with him upon leaving the White House were prepared to shoot him, in a move he alleged was orchestrated by President Joe Biden in order to intimidate him.

“It’s just been revealed that Biden’s DOJ was authorized to use DEADLY FORCE for their DESPICABLE raid in Mar-a-Lago,” the email reads. “You know they’re just itching to do the unthinkable… Joe Biden was locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger.”

Trump appeared to be twisting the essence of standard language used in the search warrant that authorizes the use of deadly force only if necessary. Attorney General Merrick Garland said this “standard operations plan for searches” was even used when the FBI searched Biden’s home for documents, and called Trump’s claims “extremely dangerous.” (Biden was under investigation over his handling of classified documents but was ultimately not charged.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tim-scott-trump-fbi-classified-docs_n_66543a8fe4b0f35da18a3da3

Yeah so it’s insane how much the GOP has both succumbed to the rise of the MAGA cult and how much they’re trying to distance themselves from it. But, like most of the most hair-brained MAGA schemes and conspiracy theories, this one, just like the other ones, falls completely flat on its’ face. Of course, Trump and his MAGA cohorts would resort to using overstated hyperbole in his speeches and social media posts, because that’s all they got. But let’s not let these weird things called “facts” get in the way of some good old fashioned outrage and talking points! Because what’s the point of having your own personal 24/7 outrage machine without some outrage to go with it?+

The policy statement on the “use of deadly force,” which appeared in an operations order for the Mar-a-Lago search, is not evidence of a plot to kill Trump. It is a Department of Justice policy that is standard to include in such documents.

“The FBI followed standard protocol in this search as we do for all search warrants, which includes a standard policy statement limiting the use of deadly force,” the agency said in a statement. “No one ordered additional steps to be taken and there was no departure from the norm in this matter.”

As it appears in the operations order, the policy stipulates in part that Department of Justice officers “may use deadly force only when necessary, that is, when the officer has a reasonable belief that the subject of such force poses an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to the officer or to another person.” The policy is in the department’s Justice Manual with only minor differences in wording to what is included in the order and is summarized on the FBI’s website.

Frank Figliuzzi, a former assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI, reiterated in an X post what the agency said in its statement.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-fbi-maralago-search-672e97d19032de0947f108e4911f191e

But it gets weirder, my friends! So much weirder! Yeah the GOP and especially the MAGAs, they talk some good shit, but shit talking is all they got. Trump can whine, cheat, steal, distort facts, and weaponize his idiot cultist fans all he wants. But again, as we say on this program time and time and time again, is that there’s outrage, and then there’s facts. Trump has his bizarre cult and his 24 hour a day news network megaphone, but we’ve got facts and evidence that goes against the 24 hour outrage machine. And of course, those facts say different than what Trump and his loony followers do. That speaks volumes.

Donald Trump has lashed out once again at Joe Biden and the US Department of Justice after it was revealed that classified documents were found stashed in his bedroom at Mar-a-Lago.

The former president, in a typically loud post on his social media platform Truth Social, claimed that FBI agents had been authorized to use “deadly force” during the “unconstitutional” raid of his Florida property.

Four documents marked “classified” were found in Mr Trump’s bedroom, according to a newly unsealed opinion by US District Judge Beryl Howell.

The 87-page document found prosecutors had presented compelling evidence that the former president had knowingly stashed national security documents in his home and then tried to conceal them when the DOJ tried to retrieve them.

In her opinion, Judge Howell wrote: “Notably, no excuse is provided as to how the former president could miss the classified-marked documents found in his own bedroom at Mar-a-Lago.”
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-classified-documents-maralago-bedroom-b2549067.html

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[font size="8"]I Need A Drink: The Bluey Experience

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Hey everyone, I don’t know about you, but I could really use a drink!



So of course, you know by now that the idea of this segment is that we have some drinks, and while we are drinking, we talk about literally anything in the news as long as it doesn’t relate to politics. Because, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there’s a lot of really dark shit in the news right now. So we feel that the best course of action is to belly up to the bar, crack open a cold one or two, and escape reality for a bit. And don’t worry, my sober brothers and sisters, we got you covered! Just grab a glass of your favorite coffee, tea, or energy drink and come get wired with us! This week, we have to talk about two things. The first is the inexplicably popular children’s television program Bluey, the show is a hit with both kids and adults alike. The second, remember that disastrous attempt to cash in on the new Wonka movie in Ireland (see: Idiots #16-5 )? Well, it turns out that combining those two things probably not the best idea! So tell me, bartender, what goes well with a story about Bluey? The Bluey Cocktail? It’s basically just Blue Curacao? Eh… I’ll stick to my usual Jack Daniels mixed with Jack Daniels. I call it the Double Jack. So yeah this week it turned out that a planned Bluey-themed museum experience similar to what happened in Ireland a couple months ago, was absolutely disastrous. And if there’s one thing you don’t want to be known for in this day and age, it’s frightening children.

A restaurant in Las Vegas hosted what some people described as an "extremely disappointing" "Bluey" meet-and-greet event that left kids upset and their parents angry.

"Thanks for ruining my 3 year olds day!" one person wrote on Facebook.

A Dirt Dog restaurant promised screenings of the Australian kids-TV series, face painting, games, giveaways, and snacks, as well as the opportunity to "meet Bluey and friends."

But when parents took their kids to the free event at the restaurant, part of a national hot-dog chain, on Saturday, they weren't impressed with what they saw.

Some visitors said on social media that they had to line up in the sun because the event was flooded with "Bluey" fans, only to discover that the titular character was being played by a man in a onesie, which one Facebook user called a "Temu Bluey costume."
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/kids-thought-were-going-meet-110823944.html

Oh they ruined more than just that kids’ day, believe me! And like I said, if there’s one thing you don’t want to be known for, in an age where everything kids do is put under watchful eyes, is be the guy who’s known for scaring kids. Well, the adults who were in attendance taking their kids to meet “Bluey” were in for a shock, too. And seriously, how did the people who ran the restaurant not even remotely check to think that this might have been a terrible idea? Well, the idea was so terrible that not only did the producers of Bluey file a cease and desist order, the BBC basically ordered all future Bluey events that this restaurant had canceled. That’s some pretty serious shit!

A popular Las Vegas restaurant chain was issued a cease and desist after it hosted a calamitous Bluey themed event for families.

Dirt Dog put on a free event on May 11 that advertised games, treats, face painting, and the chance to meet Bluey - a popular Australian children's cartoon dog.

However, the operation went downhill when hundreds of parents and children lined up down the block to meet Bluey, only to be greeted by 'a guy in a onesie,' as described by one off-put customer.

The restaurant offered to host a redo event, but will no longer be able to because the shows exclusive licensee BBC Studios order a cease and desist of the event.

They said the unauthorized event is 'likely to cause confusion and harm BBC Studios, Ludo Studio, and the BLUEY franchise,' according a copy of the letter obtained by FOX5.
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/restaurant-sent-cease-and-desist-after-disastrous-bluey-themed-event/ar-BB1naju8

I don’t think that glass is big enough! So they must have pissed off the BBC something fierce in order to get that kind of response! So let that be a lesson to all you janky Bluey party planners out there – don’t scare kids or you’ll face the wrath of the corporate attorneys! But seriously, did we learn absolutely nothing from other party disasters that didn’t go as planned, like the Fyre Festival or the Wonka Experience? Oh who am I kidding? Of course we didn’t. At least the biggest difference between the Bluey Disaster and the Wonka Experience, is that at least the Bluey Disaster didn’t charge anybody admission to the festival.

A Bluey-themed event held by a Las Vegas location of the hot-dog restaurant Dirt Dog is in the running for the latest Wonka Fyre Fest. If you recall, a Scottish “Wonka” experience went viral earlier this year for its slipshod quality with badly costumed actors and almost no set decoration in the massive space. Like that event, Dirt Dog’s Bluey party had a massive turnout of people who were apparently disappointed to discover that the Bluey actor was a restaurant employee wearing a blue onesie. The children in attendance were not impressed. “I was mad. He looked unexpected,” Sophia, a child who attended the event, told Fox 5 Las Vegas. “We could see his beard.”

Parents also had complaints about the amateur face painter as well as the lack of catering and capacity issues. As one parent, Stephanie Hernandez, told the TV station, “The kids were distraught. Some kids were crying. Some kids were upset, crying in their parents’ shoulders.”

There are a few key differences, though, between the Bluey Bummer and the Wonka Experience. Most important, the Wonka Experience charged families €35 a head and seemingly used AI-generated images to advertise the event. On the other hand, Dirt Dog threw a free Bluey promo party, where it sounds like they promised guests a Bluey, a face painter, and sweet treats. According to Fox 5, one of the restaurant’s employees personally baked 125 cupcakes, more than enough for the “maybe 50 to 60 people” they were expecting. Taj Wilder, a marketing spokesperson for Dirt Dog, said that although the event had about 3,000 RSVPs, that’s usually not reflective of actual turnout. The restaurant just didn’t count on the power of Bluey. “Now knowing who Bluey is, we would have planned ahead and would have had security,” said Wilder.
https://www.thecut.com/article/bluey-event-at-las-vegas-restaurant-controversy-explained.html

It’s after 6, what am I, a farmer? So I have many questions about this. The first is, why? The second is – how the fuck could you not know who Bluey is? We do have this new thing called a “search engine”, where you can “search” for “information” that would be pertinent to the party that you’re planning to throw. You don’t throw a Luau without at least knowing what a Luau is, right? Right? Well, at least after all that disaster, there’s at least going to be a happy ending to this story is that the restaurant that was at the center of it all, is getting a do-over and they’re going to be doing it over correctly this time, at least we hope!

A Las Vegas restaurant has announced a make-up “family day” to meet the real Bluey, after an initial event left families underwhelmed and photos went viral.

FOX5 told you about the small Bluey-themed event held by Dirt Dog that unexpectedly attracted thousands of families on social media for interest. Hundreds of people crowded the restaurant in anticipation of a professional “Bluey” meet-and-greet but were instead greeted by staff running the event, donning homemade costumes, running a face-painting station and making homemade treats.

The event was intended for regular customers of the restaurant off Rainbow Road, but unexpectedly attracted thousands.
https://www.fox5vegas.com/2024/05/23/another-bluey-family-day-set-las-vegas-restaurant-after-previous-event-went-viral/

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16 states will enter and only one state will become the new Top 10 Conservative Idiots Stupidest State!



Well folks, here we are! It’s the Stupidest State 2024 championship round! Last week Arizona fought off a strong challenge from South Dakota to take the crown for the Flyover League, while Alabama routed Texas to take the Flyover League crown! We’re live at the home of champions, you know it as the House That Kobe Built, the home of the Lakers and Kings, the crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles! And it all comes down to this! Arizona. Alabama. One of these two will be crowned our new 2024 Stupidest State Champion! They will receive the coveted DeLay Trophy and be crowned with the title, and we’ll finish the tournament by singing that song that we all know and love! Let’s end the introductions and get right to the floor, shall we?

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[font size="4"]Alabama: [/font]

The Yellowhammer State made it to the top of the pack for one reason and that was January’s ruling on in vitro fertilization. We haven’t even begun to assess the damage it’s doing to not only Alabama, but the entire United States. It also shows that the sheer, unabashed cruelty of the pro life death cult that’s usurped the GOP is just getting started. In case you’re wondering how far they’re willing to go to, they’re not going far enough in their opinion. In fact, one of the measures being floated by some batshit insane right wing state senators in Alabama is to prosecute women who might be even thinking about traveling out of state to have an abortion. Yeah that’s some jaw-dropping, stunning evil that’s propelled Alabama to the top of the Flyover League!

Not content to prevent women from obtaining abortions in his own state, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is doing his best to prevent them from traveling to states where the procedure remains legal. Fortunately, a federal judge just ruled that the Constitution won’t let him. Unfortunately, we might have more of this kind of zealotry heading our way.

Marshall’s antiabortion fervor illustrates one of the many shortcomings of the leave-it-to-the-states approach endorsed by, among others, former president Donald Trump. In Alabama, abortion is prohibited, except where there is a serious risk to maternal health. But in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Marshall threatened to prosecute anyone who helped Alabama women obtain abortions elsewhere, asserting that could amount to a “criminal conspiracy” under state law. … “An elective abortion performed in Alabama would be a criminal offense; thus, a conspiracy formed in the State to have that same act performed outside the State is illegal,” Marshall asserted in court papers.

Just because an abortion might be legal elsewhere, Marshall argued, doesn’t prevent prosecution. “Alabama can criminalize Alabama-based conspiracies to commit abortions elsewhere,” he proclaimed. Marshall didn’t threaten to prosecute the women themselves — Alabama’s abortion law doesn’t criminalize women who obtain the procedure, at least not yet, only those who perform it or otherwise help them. But organizations and individuals who provide funding and advice to women seeking abortions out of state filed suit in federal court, asserting that Marshall’s threat of prosecution was unconstitutional.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/16/trump-abortion-alabama-marshall/

But like we have stated currently and in the past that the pro-life death cult isn’t stopping at just merely outlawing abortion, oh no. They are just getting started. With the activist justices in SCOTUS overturning Roe V Wade, it basically gave the pro-life death cult a blank check to go ahead and enact the most draconian and batshit abortion rulings not seen since the 1850s. Yes, the cruelty of the religious right is moving full steam ahead and we’re going to see some 21st century solutions to 18th century problems that nobody is going to like. But this is why we need to stop listening to people like the Tommy Tubervilles of the world!

The recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are legally protected children is highlighting how support for the idea that a fetus should have the same rights as a person underpins far less dramatic laws and proposals from abortion foes across the U.S.

Lawmakers in at least six states have proposed measures similar to a Georgia law that allows women to seek child support back to conception to cover expenses from a pregnancy. Georgia also allows prospective parents to claim its income tax deduction for dependent children before birth, Utah enacted a pregnancy tax break last year, and variations of those measures are before lawmakers in at least four other states.

Including legislation that makes harming or killing a fetus a crime, several dozen proposals falling under the broad umbrella of promoting fetal rights are pending in at least 15 states, according to an Associated Press analysis using the bill-tracking software Plural.
https://apnews.com/article/embryos-ivf-abortion-personhood-laws-ffe4f4d326469a97fef999254ca86eea

And by the way, remember when we said that the sheer, unrelenting cruelty of the pro-life death cult is just getting started? While they’re coming up with new ways to torture and abuse pregnant women, there’s a SCOTUS case coming up that could make Roe V Wade look like a shot in the arm. So while we hope the religious right is sleeping easier with their ill gotten gains, we can only hope that cooler heads prevail. But then again, with this Supreme Court, you never know which way they’re going to rule, on, well, just about anything.

The long arm of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization recently grasped another area of reproductive health care: in vitro fertilization (IVF).

On February 16, 2024, the Alabama state Supreme Court issued a first-of-its-kind decision that overruled a lower court’s dismissal and held that stored embryos are afforded the same legal protection as children under the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act of 1872. The practical impact of the decision is that it allows legal action to be taken against medical professionals performing in vitro fertilization, which involves a series of medical procedures that can potentially lead to a pregnancy. The decision sparked outrage across the country. That outrage encouraged the Alabama Legislature to pass a bill that is narrow in scope to protect IVF providers from civil and criminal liability for embryo loss or damage during IVF treatments. On March 7, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed the legislation into law.

However, the Alabama IVF case is not a one-off and did not occur in a vacuum; it is one of many legal cases that highlight not just how far-reaching the consequences of the Dobbs decision are, but also how the politicization of the judiciary is hastening the politicization of medicine. In Dobbs, the ultraconservative Supreme Court majority voted along the lines of their personal and political ideologies and upended decades of legal precedent by overturning Roe v. Wade. If not for this radical majority—notably solidified with three recent far-right appointees by former President Donald Trump—it is unlikely that the constitutional right to abortion would have been eradicated in Dobbs.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-the-alabama-ivf-ruling-is-connected-to-upcoming-supreme-court-cases-on-abortion/

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When we started this tournament this year, we knew it would come down to which state had the crazier abortion ban – Alabama’s IVF ruling, or Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban. Well if you were to do a ven diagram on the subject – they’re both products of MAGA, Fox News, and the Heritage Foundation. So it basically created a toxic nightmare of anti-abortion insanity. There is a difference between the two states, however. There is a difference between the two states. While Arizona’s abortion ban featured some MAGA lunatics speaking in tongues on the Senate floor, their governor is Katie Hobbs. While Alabama’s governor is the Fox News installed, MAGA backed Kay Ivey. So while Alabama is moving increasingly backwards on the subject, Arizona actually took a step forward.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday signed repeal legislation of a long dormant, near-total abortion ban that was recently revived by the state Supreme Court, stirring widespread controversy and debate.

"While I'm proud to sign this bill and provide a moment of relief for Arizonans, we still have work to do," she said at a ceremony, flanked by state legislators and abortion access advocates.

Hobbs' signature will reverse the pending reactivation of the restrictive abortion law that dates to 1864 -- but it won't do so immediately.

Instead, the ban, which was ruled last month to be enforceable by the Arizona Supreme Court in light of the U.S. Supreme Court overruling Roe v. Wade in 2022, cannot be struck down by the new repeal law until 90 days after the Arizona Legislature adjourns its session by the end of June.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ariz-governor-signs-repeal-1864-abortion-ban-law/story?id=109874146

See? This is why we say elections matter! Just imagine what would happen if MAGA / Q backed Kari Lake were in charge of Arizona? Things would be even worse! But that being said, while Trump is dealing with his ongoing trials in Georgia and New York, the people who helped him scheme to overturn the 2020 election are facing some problems of their own. It wasn’t just one of the Arizona fake electors who got indicted a month ago, it was ALL of them! And their hair-brained scheme is going to cost them big time, and we’re not going to hear the end of it. Of course it’s lost in the current MAGA 3 ring circus, but it needs more air time!

Nine Arizona Republicans and two Trump aides pleaded not guilty in a Maricopa County court Tuesday to criminal charges stemming from a plan to keep Donald Trump in the White House by falsely certifying he won the state in 2020.

"I drove two and half hours for this," said Stuart Green, who is retired and lives north of Sedona, before he entered the courtroom to watch. "I wanted to see the faces of the people who tried to end our democracy."

Eighteen people were indicted by a grand jury in April in connection with a plan for Arizona's Republican electors to pretend Trump won the state's popular vote. All face nine felony counts, including conspiracy, forgery and fraud. If convicted, they could face time in prison. But state law allows for less severe penalties, including probation, depending on a defendant's circumstances, like past criminal history.

After his clients — fake electors Kelli Ward and Michael Ward — entered their pleas, attorney Brad Miller said prosecutors have not yet clearly defined what they had done that was criminal under state law. ... “They haven’t been charged with the crime of alleging that the election was stolen,” Miller said. “We want to make sure that the facts of the allegations match the crime.”
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/21/fake-electors-trump-aides-to-enter-pleas-in-maricopa-county-court/73675956007/

Now, now, we’re not here to judge. Are they guilty? Yeah they probably are. But this is something that is probably going to go all the way to the top and be tied to the 1,000,022,343,035 indictments that Trump is currently facing, and some point, he’ll probably add Arizona to the list of states he’s frequently traveling to. And also at some point, the fuel’s going to run out on that private jet he owns. But one of the more vocal idiots of this entire scam, Rudy Guiliani, doesn’t know when to shut the fuck up. And fresh off being served at his 80th birthday party, he might be the first to do time, and the rest will surely follow him!

The judge granted the prosecution's motion for Giuliani's release conditions to require the former mayor to show up in person in Arizona to be booked within 30 days, as well as a $10,000 secured appearance bond, after the state detailed to the court how Giuliani has "shown no intent to comply with legal process" after avoiding accepting service of the indictment.

Prosecutors notably asked for a cash bond, but the judge allowed Giuliani to provide a secured one.

Giuliani responded over Zoom to prosecutors, who described him as "uncooperative" and saying he was aware of the indictment, by saying, "I haven't been hiding from anyone." He blamed the difficultly for accepting service because of the threats he's faced. Giuliani called the indictment a "complete embarrassment."

At one point the judge cut Giuliani off as started going into a meandering story about the history of alleged threats that have been made against him. "I don't want to have to mute you," the judge said.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/rudy-giuliani-expected-arraigned-arizona-election-interference-probe/story?id=110436094

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Wow, what an exciting game this has been! Arizona has the ball, up by 5. Score is tied at 90 with a minute to go. Arizona has the ball. For three… YES!!! A foul has been called. Arizona up… they shoot… the first one is in! Second one… oh it’s a miss. Arizona up by 4 with 30 seconds to go. Alabama calls a timeout. Alabama has the ball now… they shoot… it’s in! Arizona back with the ball… they answer on a rebound! And that’s the game! We have a new champion! Arizona has won! Final score: 96 – 92! They are celebrating on the court, they are our new 2024 Stupidest State! Cut that net, guys! You earned it!



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Wow, what an exciting tournament this year has been! And this year’s tournament was off the chain – every one of the matchups completely sold out. As usual, I want to thank all of our staff, our crew, all of the states that participated, the NFFSA Association, and of course we wouldn’t be here without you guys – our fans! We’ll be back next year with an even bigger tournament and we can’t wait for all the exciting changes that we have in store. Congratulations to Arizona for winning it all, you’re a shining example of conservative idiocy. You were originally eliminated, challenged Florida, and won and not only that, fought your way to the top of the league! This win was very well deserved. You guys earned it!

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All right folks, let’s close up this season by singing that song that we all know and love! See you next year!

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[font size="4"]Green Day[/font]

All right folks! Let’s get this post season party started! My next guest – you know them, you love them, their latest album is called Saviors! You can see them on tour this September playing their albums Dookie and American Idiot in full. Playing their song “Look Ma, No Brains!”, give it up for the one, the only Green Day!

Well, that does it! That wraps her up for this season! We’re back July 18th with a brand new edition and trust us, we’ll be addressing our long term future in the meantime. Until then stay safe, have a great summer everybody! See you in July!

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Initech Productions: Yes, We Got The Memo

[underpants]

1. I know you'll get the reference

[Top 10 Idiots]

2. Ha ha ha!!!

Our favorite headline from this whole thing was:

"Home Alone 2: Lost In New York Star Donald Trump Found Guilty On All 34 Counts"

And we also love the story that came out yesterday about how Daniel Stern managed to con Trump out of a $7,000 bar tab while filming the movie:

https://pagesix.com/2024/05/20/entertainment/home-alone-star-ran-up-7k-bar-bill-on-donald-trumps-tab/

[underpants]

3. Oh that's hilarious. Can I post it as a thread?

If it hasn’t been already?

[Top 10 Idiots]

4. Sure!