Top 10 Conservative Idiots #17-7: The Tortured MAGAs Department Edition

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Top 10 Conservative Idiots #17-7: The Tortured MAGAs Department Edition

Ed. Note - due to a scheduling conflict, the Top 10 is early today! Enjoy!

Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! Yoooooooooooooooo!!!! What’s up, San Diego? How are you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Great! I want to start by saying that we won’t have debate coverage for you this week because we’re still trying to sort out Trump’s 20,000,000,000 lies that he said in 43 minutes, which is some kind of record! We will have that in our 9/26 Best Of edition. But hey… sold us out again! And man, did we pick a great venue for our first ever outdoor Top 10! How have we waited so long to finally step out of the Chuckle Huts and do one outside? Yes, this is in spite of the heat warnings issued by the state. And it is hot as balls, isn’t it? Well, anyway we’ll press on. But you know what? We’ve been teasing for a while that we’re having a mystery musical guest on for a couple of weeks now, so can we finally do the big reveal on who it is? He’s a guy who we’ve been trying for years to get on the show. And it’s now… the big reveal! He is one of the greatest of all time, a national treasure… the man, the myth, the legend… Mr. Willie Nelson! Yes, the Red Headed Stranger himself is gracing us with his presence tonight! How awesome is that? We’ve been wanting to get Willie on the show for a while now. Do we have time for the thing? Of course we do! So I want to state that there’s a lot of news in the music industry lately, and we got a lot of requests about covering the Foo Fighters story about Dave Grohl having a baby with a woman who wasn’t his wife. The answer for the time being is NO, we are not going to be covering that story. On the flip side though, we also got a lot of requests to do a “Beating A Dead Horse” piece about the Linkin Park and Mars Volta feud stemming from their reunion and the addition of former Dead Sara lead singer Emily Armstrong to their lineup – and that one we will absolutely will get to… on our October 9th edition. And we won’t get to the debate lowlights – many of which were about Trump talking, and that’s all he does. But the best part came right after the debate – can we show that? Yeah how about that, San Diego? Taylor Swift finally broke her political silence and endorsed Kamala! How awesome is that! Now we really have to kick Trump’s sorry ass at the ballot box in November! Come on, let’s do this! But first we’d better hide all the ketchup bottles at Mar-A-Lago and disconnect his phone, stat! OK, we have a lot of idiocy to get to, but first John Oliver is back and he delves into the topic of school lunch, which is unfortunately still not free in capitalist USA:

Where do we begin this week? We’ve got a lot of idiocy to cover and not a lot of time to do it, and we may have to alert the affiliates because this one might go long this week! In the number one slot this week is Tim Pool (1). Yes, one of the most prominent MAGA shit casters may have taken money from a shell corporation owned by RT. That’s Russian state owned TV – employers of Tucker Carlson for those who are keeping score at home. What does this mean? We’ll take a look at it! In the number two slot this week is a guy who’s commonly associated with number two, and that’s Donald Trump (2). See? We aren’t above making poop jokes, either! Well, you may have heard about his disastrous trip to Arlington National Cemetery and of course, Fox News is in full “nothing to see here” mode! Ugh. Taking the third slot this week is Elon Musk (3). Yes, the CEO of X and the platform’s most prominent shit poster is in hot water from the Brazillian government because he thinks America’s free speech absolutism applies to other countries (hint: it doesn’t). And he fucked around, now he’s in the find out phase! Taking the 4th slot this week is RFK Jr (4). So while he may have thrown in the proverbial towel and endorsed Trump, some key swing states like Michigan and Pennsylvania are keeping him on the ballot. What could possibly go wrong? In the number 5 seed this week is a new We’re All Gonna Die (5)! So your astronomer friends may have been warning you about a killer asteroid that’s supposed to hit earth this week, but it’s not as bad as you think. But it’s crazy to think how close an actual one came to doing some damage! At number 6 is of course our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in “Holy Shit” (6) and this week – MAGA, what are you doing? Two of MAGA’s most prominent fearmongering pastors – Sean Feucht and Joel Webbon – are leading the war against free and independent thought and well, shame on them. But they’ve definitely inspired others in the MAGA religious right freak show and well, expect things to get worse. In the number 7 slot this week is a new edition of our segment that delves into the never-ending world of corporate greed in Late Stage Capitalism (7). Were you hoping to watch the big game between USC and LSU last week? Or maybe the US Open is more your thing? Well too bad, because Disney has ruled in favor of adding more zeroes to their quarterly profits in their ongoing dispute with DirecTV, because, screw you consumers! And expect more where that came from! Taking 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, MAGA network Newsmax is extremely paranoid about Amazon’s Alexa devices and just when you think they couldn’t get any weirder, new levels of weirdness have been reached! In the number 9 (NEIN!!) slot this week is a new “I Need A Drink” (9) and this week – there’s two very strange trends we have to talk about – the first is people spending ungodly amounts of money on redecorating their refrigerator thanks to the Netflix show Bridgerton. And the other involves people spending countless amounts of money on decorating their kids’ dorm rooms. Come on folks, we’ve reached peak capitalism here! Finally this week, in our ongoing coverage of the 2024 election to end all elections in Road To The White House (10), we’ve got highlights from the debate and some breaking news that happened shortly after that involving one of the biggest music stars in the world (though we already mentioned that!)! And to cap things off, I’m extremely excited to announce that we have the man, the myth, the legend – the Red Headed Stranger himself, Mr. Willie Nelson joining us! Buy his new album “The Border” or you are no friend of this program! Enjoy! And as always don’t forget the key!

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[font size="8"]Tim Pool & Benny Johnson
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For 8 years now – 8 ridiculously long-ass years, we’ve been told by every right wing propaganda outlet in this country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, that any MAGA / GOP involvement with Russia is a hoax, so move along, nothing to see here. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. So what happened last week when two of the most prominent social media shit posters and podcasters in the MAGA dude bro universe that includes the Daily Caller, Daily Wire, Nick Fuentes, Joe Rogan, and Ginni Thomas’ anti-education group TPUSA – get caught taking Russian money? On the right is Tim Pool, we don’t need to go any further about his antics because we’ve covered them ad nauseum. And on the left is a guy who you might not be familiar with, unless you’re still in the Twitter / X sphere, and that’s Benny Johnson. Both guys work for a company called Tennent Media. Well, a recently unsealed DOJ investigation last week revealed that Tennent Media took money from RT – the Russian state owned media conglomerate and pro-Putin propaganda outlet that was revealed to employ Tucker Carlson, among others, to produce pro-Putin content for Youtube with the idea of capturing the younger college-aged vote. Hey guys, have you heard what Putin is up to lately? If you move to Russia, you’ll be forced to enlist in his army to fight his illegal and immoral Ukraine occupation. You might want to reconsider that thinking. But this is absolutely huge when you consider the ramifications!

The unnamed Tennessee-based company that the Justice Department alleges was being funded by Russian operatives working as part of a Kremlin-orchestrated influence operation targeting the 2024 US election is Tenet Media, which is linked to right-wing commentators with millions of subscribers on YouTube and other social media platforms, according to a US official briefed on the matter.

The indictment unsealed in New York’s Southern District accused two employees of RT, the Kremlin’s media arm, of funneling nearly $10 million to an unidentified company, described only as “Company 1” in court documents.

CNN has independently confirmed that “Company 1” is Tenet Media, which is a platform for independent content creators. It is self-described as a “network of heterodox commentators that focus on Western political and cultural issues,” according to its website, which matches language contained in the newly unsealed indictment.

The goal of the operation, according to prosecutors, was to fuel pro-Russian narratives, in part, by pushing content and news articles favoring Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and others who the Kremlin deemed to be friendlier to its interests.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/doj-alleges-russia-funded-us-media-company-linked-to-right-wing-social-media-stars/index.html

Yeah we’re pretty sure we’re not there yet, but it does feel like we’re getting close. But the thing we’re wondering – how is this new? We learned about Russian interference and involvement with the GOP way back in 2016. And by the way, the Russian interference in the GOP goes all the way to the damn top! But, it seems like Tim Pool – easily the most recognizable name of the bunch – may have accidentally outed others that were on RT’s payroll. So how deep does this wormhole go? We may just be beginning to scratch the surface, but it’s probably what we’ve long suspected since the beginning of all of this madness – they were all in on it! But won’t someone think of the poor, downtrodden, tortured MAGAs? Ha ha ha ha ha!!! The Tortured MAGAs department! I’ll be expecting a call from Taylor Swift’s lawyers tomorrow! Yes, everyone from the lowliest podcaster to the king fish himself may be in on the Russian collusion! And the DOJ is only getting started!

A number of high-profile, conservative influencers in the US have said they are “victims” of an alleged Russian disinformation campaign, after the Biden administration accused Moscow of carrying out a sustained campaign to influence the outcome of November’s presidential elections.

Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson published statements on Wednesday evening addressing allegations that a US content creation company they were associated with had been provided with nearly $10m from Russian state media employees to publish videos with messages in favour of Moscow’s interests and agenda, including over the war in Ukraine.

The justice department indictment does not name the company, but describes it as a Tennessee-based content creation firm with six commentators and with a website identifying itself as “a network of heterodox commentators that focus on western political and cultural issues”.

That description exactly matches Tenet Media, an online company that hosts videos made by well-known conservative influencers Tim Pool, Benny Johnson and others.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/05/tim-pool-benny-johnson-influencers-russia-disinformation

Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Oh come right the fuck on, you can’t paint yourselves as the victims here. Excuse me while I go look for the world’s tiniest violin. So if you’re keeping score at home, Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, and Dave Rubin are just the beginning. With shell corporations in multiple countries funneling RT money, who knows how deep Vladimir Putin’s tentacles reach? We may just be beginning to scratch the surface with this new information. In fact, with Tim Pool’s slip up – he may have indicated that there may be more GOP shit posters and podcasters who may also be on RT’s payroll. Yeah… oops!

The indictment accuses state broadcaster RT, formerly Russia Today, of paying a Tennessee firm $10m (£7.6m) to "create and distribute content to US audiences with hidden Russian government messaging".

US media outlets identified the firm as Tenet Media, which describes itself as "network of heterodox commentators that focus on Western political and cultural issues".

Tenet Media, which was not directly named in the indictment, was founded in 2022 by conservative Canadian YouTuber Lauren Chen and her husband Liam Donovan. Tenet has not commented publicly on the allegations and did not respond to a request for comment.

The network employs several well-known right-wing US influencers - such as Tim Pool, David Rubin and Benny Johnson - who say they are "victims" of the alleged plot if it is proven.

US officials characterised the US and Canada-based influencers that worked for Tenet as "unwitting" figures in the Russian scheme, which allegedly paid some commentators hundreds of thousands of dollars a month to make videos for the platform.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrlv7jdnq8o

Maybe they will, Homer! Maybe they will! You know here’s the thing – yes, the jury has already had their verdict about the Russian collusion scandal way back in 2018, which led to the 2020 impeachment trial. But this is new information, and it’s big. It’s well known that the Putin endorsed Russian state media outlet RT is an incredibly shady corporation with a ton of smaller shell corporations all over the world recruiting smaller media outlets to the much greater cause – making Vladimir Putin supreme overlord of earth. But as long as the United States is still the United States of America and not the Divided States of Fox News, we will prevail and send Putin and his minions back to the stone ages! So how many others are there? We may never know. But this is just the beginning! There’s a lot of useful idiots out there!

They have millions of followers online. They have been major players in right-wing political discourse since Donald Trump was president. And they worked unknowingly for a company that was a front for a Russian influence operation, U.S. prosecutors say.

An indictment filed Wednesday alleges a media company linked to six conservative influencers — including well-known personalities Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson — was secretly funded by Russian state media employees to churn out English-language videos that were “often consistent” with the Kremlin’s “interest in amplifying U.S. domestic divisions in order to weaken U.S. opposition” to Russian interests, like its war in Ukraine.

In addition to marking the third straight presidential election in which U.S. authorities have unveiled politically charged details about Russia’s attempted interference in U.S. politics, an indictment indicates how Moscow may be attempting to capitalize on the skyrocketing popularity of right-wing podcasters, livestreamers and other content creators who have found successful careers on social media in the years since Trump was in office.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/well-known-right-wing-influencers-duped-to-work-for-covert-russian-operation-u-s-prosecutors-say

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[font size="8"]Donald Trump
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Let’s lighten things up and talk about honoring the deceased, shall we? While we were putting together last week’s edition, the guy who we inexplicably call the 45th president of the United States, got himself in some hot water over a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. Yes, Arlington Cemetery – one of the nation’s oldest and largest active cemeteries. It’s large enough to be visible from space and has multiple zip codes and its’ own DC metro stop. It’s hallowed ground. It’s a place that honors those who served and died in combat, as well as United States presidents and dignitaries. It’s insane that the party that screams about how we should support the troops, does everything they can to take an absolute shit on them when they return home from combat. And there’s no better proof of that then when Trump visited Arlington last week. Don’t think you haven’t heard the end of this, either because we probably will never hear the end of it, and if you’re a veteran and you’re *NOT* pissed off a this, then you should seek help immediately!

Vice President Kamala Harris condemned former President Donald Trump and his campaign for their actions on Monday at the Arlington National Cemetery in a new post on X.

Harris accused Trump of "disrespect[ing] sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt."

"If there is one thing on which we as Americans can all agree, it is that our veterans, military families, and service members should be honored, never disparaged, and treated with nothing less than our highest respect and gratitude," she added. Harris also called on Trump to "never again stand behind the seal of the President of the United States of America," as a result of his actions.

Her statement comes after the U.S. Army said that a member of Trump's campaign staff "abruptly pushed aside" a staff member at the cemetery so that Trump and his campaign could take photos and videos with families of service members who passed away during the U.S. military's withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. The incident occurred in Section 60, where taking videos and photos is usually prohibited.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/kamala-harris-says-trump-disrespected-scared-ground-arlington-cemetery-rcna169110

And by the way, Arlington isn’t just some run of the mill graveyard – it’s a nationally recognized military cemetery. Yeah, so the severity of what Trump did of course varies greatly depending on which news network you watch. Because Trump and his minions can never do anything quietly – they have to be the loudest, most obnoxious jackasses in any given room, things like this happen. But of course, when they do happen, Trump always blames the victim. He can never take any responsibility for himself. So who’s to blame for this incident? Don’t blame the people who set it up – House speaker Mike Johnson and Trump’s favorite news network, Fox. Instead blame – wait for it – the deceased!

On Thursday, former President Donald Trump attempted to spin away reports that one of his aides pushed a staffer at Arlington National Cemetery during a visit to the burial ground earlier this week, blaming the controversy on “very bad people.” He also suggested in an interview that the Gold Star families he accompanied may have been the ones who published videos from his visit, rather than members of his campaign.

During a Thursday rally in Michigan, Trump claimed that he “read that I was using the site to politic.”

“This all comes out of Washington, just like all these prosecutors come out of Washington,” he added. “These are bad people we’re dealing with.

“So I go there, they ask me to have a picture, and they say I was campaigning,” Trump complained. “The one thing I get is plenty of publicity … I don’t need the publicity.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-arlington-cemetery-blame-gold-star-families-1235092314/

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/media/mega-facepalm-gif.72631/full

Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! For the people who claim to love America and the troops, they sure do love taking a massive shit on them, don’t they? And this definitely isn’t the first time Trump fought with the troops. Remember that beef all the way back from 2016? Oh yeah! We do! If you don’t remember that feud, then channel your inner Cher, turn back time, and hit the wayback machine all the way to August of 2016 and Idiots #1-38, because that was certifiably insane. But, nevertheless, my fair audience, don’t think that you’ve heard the last of this controversy, not even for a minute! In fact there’s many different accounts of what actually happened at ANC, and of course, like most things, it varies completely differently depending on which talk shows you watch!

In fact, for reasons that defy comprehension, Trump spent much of Tuesday keeping the story alive for yet another day, starting in the morning with a missive published to his social media platform. It read in part:

“There was no conflict or ‘fighting’ at Arlington National Cemetery last week. It was a made up story by Comrade Kamala and her misinformation squad. She made it all up....”

Soon after, the GOP candidate appeared on Sean Hannity’s radio show and echoed the line, insisting that “there was no conflict” between members of his campaign team and an official at Arlington National Cemetery. “There was no fight,” Trump added, “there was no anything.”

At this point, I could spend a few sentences explaining that Vice President Kamala Harris obviously played no role in manufacturing this controversy. I could then add a paragraph or two marveling at the former president voluntarily breathing new life into a damaging scandal that appeared to be nearing its endpoint.......
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-weird-new-comments-arlington-scandal-matter-rcna169505

You know… at this point, we gotta ask… has the Sean Hannity show just become an informercial for selling you the Trump lifestyle brand? I mean, Trump appears on Hannity more than Norm Peterson appears at Cheers! At what point do we consider that a cry for help? Trump is fucking addicted to his propaganda. He just cannot stop going on Fox or other shitty right wing sources every day. So when he gets out of his bubble, like it’s not surprising that people don’t like him. But like most bad things, Trump’s already got his propaganda team spinning this story. Doesn’t matter which way you lean, but any veteran should be angered at what Trump did to the hallowed ground known as Arlington National Cemetery. Maybe this visit might convert a few undecided military and veterans. We hope.

Former President Donald Trump denied Tuesday there was a conflict or “fighting,” during his visit to Arlington National Cemetery last week, calling it a “made up story,” though Army officials said one of their employees “was abruptly pushed aside” by Trump campaign officials.

“It was a made up story by Comrade Kamala and her misinformation squad,” Trump posted on his Truth Social website using the sobriquet he has coined for Vice President Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee. “She made it all up to make up for the fact that she and Sleepy Joe have BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS for the INCOMPETENT AFGHANISTAN Withdrawal – THE MOST EMBARRASSING DAY IN U.S. HISTORY!!!”

Meanwhile, members of Congress are asking for details about the incident, which was first reported by NPR.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, wrote to Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, asking for the incident report from Arlington as well as a briefing.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/03/g-s1-20680/trump-arlington-cemetery

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[font size="8"]Elon Musk
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You know… for those of you who are not from the United States of America, we need to have a talk about how the laws in the United States Constitution actually work. Our laws only apply to the United States and to citizens of the United States. Yes, that’s right. They do not apply to other countries. But one law that is known throughout the world that the United States is most famous for is 1st amendment of the Bill Of Rights. The Bill Of Rights – amended in 1787 and ratified in 1791 to become the supreme law of the land, states that the United States shall make no law restricting freedom of speech, or religion, or the right to protest. That law though, only applies to the United States. One person who does not seem to get that is Elon Musk. Yes, the Tesla / Space X / X / Starlink / Boring Company CEO found himself in some extremely hot water in Brazil because he doesn’t seem to get that America’s free speech absolutism only applies to the United States, and nowhere else. Brazil – shocker – has their own laws regarding freedom of speech. And their attempt to get a fascist regime installed also went about the same way ours did. Well, Elon challenged those laws in an effort to get X to be able to post whatever they want, including racist and white supremacist content – without facing the consequences. And it backfired on him spectacularly.

The Brazilian supreme court has ordered that X be suspended in the country after the social media platform failed to meet a deadline to appoint a legal representative in the country.

Late on Friday afternoon, Justice Alexandre de Moraes – who has been engaged in a dispute with X’s owner, Elon Musk, since April – ordered the “immediate, complete and total suspension of X’s operations” in the country, “until all court orders … are complied with, fines are duly paid, and a new legal representative for the company is appointed in the country”.

He gave Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency 24 hours to enforce the decision. Once notified, the agency must pass the order on to the more than 20,000 broadband internet providers in the country, each of which must block X.

In an interview with the TV channel Globonews, the agency’s president, Carlos Manuel Baigorri, said the order had already been passed on to internet providers.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/30/elon-musk-x-could-face-ban-in-brazil-after-failure-to-appoint-legal-representative

Thank you Nelson! So yes, Brazil definitely ain’t playing! Now if you’re a Brazil X / Twitter user, you might be thinking “Fuck the ban! I’ll just get around it by changing my IP address to a different country with a VPN!”. WRONG!!! Sure, guys, you can use your VPN to get around the ban, but you may face some serious fines and jail time. Yes, like we said, Brazil ain’t playing Elon’s game, and yes, they have seen what happens when you allow neo-Nazi and other hate content to go unchecked. You get people showing up at your door trying to overthrow the government! And what happened in Brazil with Bolsonaro almost mirrored our problems with Asshole 45. And you can imagine they don’t want a repeat of that!

Brazil is serious about this ban of Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter).

After banning the social network within its borders, one nugget in the New York Times' report about the story stands out: Anyone who tries to access X in Brazil using technical workarounds like VPNs will be fined substantially. To be more specific, those people could be fined as much as nearly $9,000 per day for using X in Brazil.

While a large country's supreme court banning a social network may sound excessive (as if such a thing could happen here), the story of how it happened doesn't exactly paint X and Musk in a positive light. Brazil's government ordered the site to stop hosting disinformation, Musk called it "censorship," and eventually things escalated from there. On Wednesday of this week, X (which shut down its Brazil operations earlier this year) was ordered by Brazil to appoint a legal representative in the country within 24 hours; X did not do this. As such, X is now banned in Brazil.

https://mashable.com/article/brazil-x-ban-elon-musk-fine-vpn

Holy shit! $9,000 a day? You might want to think twice about using that VPN there! Yeah so you might be wondering why we keep talking about what Bolsonaro has to do with this? Well just like Trump, it’s no secret that Bolsonaro was elected because social media propaganda went unchecked. So we’re not shocked that Brazil doesn’t want a repeat of that incident. Elon thinks he can create anything just by drawing it, like that movie Harold & The Purple Crayon. Why don’t we call this one… Elon & The Silver Truck. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! I’m not expecting a lawsuit, because nobody saw that movie! But of course, if you want to play stupid games like this, naturally, you win stupid prizes! But other countries have censorship laws. The United States doesn’t.

Brazil's president says he refuses be cowed by the wealth and power of tech tycoon Elon Musk, after the politician backed a ban of Musk's social media site X in his nation.

The site formerly known as Twitter has been barred by one of the world's largest democracies after accounts on the platform were accused of spreading hate speech and fake news.

Musk, a self-proclaimed free speech absolutist, has since then shut down operations in Brazil and engaged in a war of words with the country's top legislators and politicians.

In an interview released Monday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said his country's stand against Musk—the richest person on the planet worth $239 billion per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index—should be an example to the rest of the world.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/brazil-president-says-elon-musk-113545777.html

Yeah we may have the freaking FCC here, but other countries also have their own version of the broadcast policing agency. But in case you’re wondering if X is ever going to come back to Brazil any time soon, well… you may be shit out of luck. Because Elon, like the petulant child he is, is simply going to close the governing body of X in Brazil. So screw you content creators! Yeah, it’s insane that he wants to bring his brand of white supremacy and hatred around the world. But if we can stop him there, there may be hope for us yet? X, like most brands associated with the Musk name, is currently swirling the drain and it’s time to flush!

A feud between X owner Elon Musk and a Brazilian top court judge has culminated in the platform shutting down its local operations for the staff’s "safety."

Social media website X, formerly Twitter, will wind up its local operations in Brazil after a legal battle at the Supreme Court over the platform's rights and responsibilities, owner Elon Musk said Sunday

But the company said the website would remain available to users in Brazil.

While X argued that it was protecting free speech and standing up against "illegal secret censorship," Brazil's Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes argued he was standing up against disinformation and tyranny in Brazil.

In April, Moraes had ordered an investigation into Musk, accusing him of "criminal instrumentalization" of the platform. An order seen by AFP detailed that Musk had reactivated banned accounts and was then threatened with a fine for each instance.

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Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/x-shuts-brazil-operations-over-censorship-orders-musk/a-69970697

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[font size="8"]RFK Jr
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Since 2021, the man who was unfortunately the 45th president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, has been threatening that he will not accept the election results if he loses. And it’s already looking that way as more and more people are growing tired of his schtick. But one of his few remaining allies could potentially cause some problems in the counting of the ballots. That man of course is Mr. Brain Worm himself, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Oh yes, while he was contemplating dropping out of the race – it turns out that he forgot the appropriate paperwork required to get his name off the ballot! Again, this debacle highlights the differences between red states and blue states. Red states of course, don’t give a fuck what anybody but Rupert Murdoch thinks. Blue states on the other hand, abide by the rules. So think of it like that classic children’s comic Goofus And Gallant. But then think of it like Team Harris is Gallant and Team Trump is Goofus. And this debacle also points out the importance of voting – not just for president, governor, senator and Congressional representative – but every single other position in between! Because when you need them, and shit like this happens – either you can do the right thing and elect people who know shit, or you can do the wrong thing and vote whichever way your talk show host of choice tells you.

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Monday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will remain on the state's ballot this fall despite the former presidential candidate suspending his campaign and endorsing Republican Donald Trump.

Kennedy, who had been nominated for president by the Natural Law Party in Michigan, wasn't entitled to the "extraordinary relief" of having the court require his name be removed from the ballot, with less than two months remaining before Election Day, the Supreme Court majority wrote in a brief order.

Kennedy had "neither pointed to any source of law that prescribes and defines a duty to withdraw a candidate’s name from the ballot nor demonstrated his clear legal right to performance of this specific duty," the court's majority order said.

Democratic-nominated Justice Elizabeth Welch penned a concurring statement, noting that Kennedy had waited "more than four months" after he was nominated for president before asking Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's office to remove his name.

"When plaintiff made his request, defendant faced a deadline for ballot printing that was two weeks away," Welch wrote. "Additionally, the Natural Law Party, which opposed plaintiff’s efforts to remove himself from the ballot, had no opportunity to field a candidate and faced considerable prejudice."
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/09/09/robert-kennedy-rfk-jr-name-stays-on-ballot-michigan-supreme-court-ruling-donald-trump-kamala-harris/75141686007/

Thank you, Nelson! Now that we’ve explained how Gallant would do things, let’s explain how Goofus does things. So half the states in the country already have their ballots printed – and we know who’s on them and who isn’t. So Brain Worm may be on the ballot in Michigan – and that could potentially be a thorn in Trump’s spine when the election tallies are being counted. But in what’s being called an expensive, well, for lack of a better term, clusterfuck – let’s look at the state of North Carolina. Yes, the Tar Heel State voted to officially remove RFK Jr’s name from the ballot – after they had all already been printed! Oh man is this going to be fun to watch!

Millions of ballots must be reprinted for the 2024 general election in North Carolina after the state Supreme Court ordered Monday that former candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name be removed.

North Carolina counties were supposed to begin sending out absentee ballots for this year’s general election on Friday, Sept. 6. Counties were disrupted then by a court of appeals order requiring new ballots to be printed without Kennedy’s name on them.

A legal battle over the removal of Kennedy’s name began in late August after the former independent presidential candidate dropped out of the race.

On Aug. 29, the North Carolina State Board of Elections voted in favor of keeping Kennedy’s name on the ballot due to the monetary and logistical challenges that reprinting would cause. Members of the elections board argued then that nearly 2 million ballots had already been printed across dozens of counties by that time, and to reprint them would take time and be costly to taxpayers.
https://www.wbtv.com/2024/09/10/north-carolina-reprint-millions-ballots-remove-rfk-jrs-name/

Yes, MAGA, do you realize that we’re laughing at you? And like we’ve said before – having Brain Worm on the ballot isn’t going to be the flex he is. Well, there’s Michigan and then there’s North Carolina. So where else could Brain Worm’s laughably failed, 0% polling candidacy be a problem? Well, Wisconsin – the Badger State – could also potentially present some hiccups. And what’s hilarious is the whole underground MAGA “election integrity” mantra that they’ve been peddling since 2020 and they’re going to “secure” the election. Do they not get that 2020 was a pandemic and that things weren’t operating as usual? Oh who am I kidding, of course they don’t!

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not be able to remove his name from the ballot in Michigan or Wisconsin, both key swing states in November, according to recent decisions from local election authorities.

The Michigan secretary of state’s office said Monday minor party candidates are not able to withdraw once they have been nominated.

??So his name will remain on the ballot in the November election,” Cheri Hardmon, a spokesperson for the office, told NBC News.

Wisconsin’s state election commission also voted to decline Kennedy’s request to remove his name after he filed paperwork asking it do so last Friday. The body noted in its decision that state statue notes anyone who files nomination paperwork and qualifies to appear “may not decline nomination.” The only way for them to be removed, the chair of the commission added, was by death.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-f-kennedy-michigan-wisconsin-ballot_n_66ce9c2de4b02e951604eae1

Damn right! Yes, coming from the people who want to have the most secure ballot to ever ballot, it is quite the insane oversight that they couldn’t get RFK Jr’s name removed from the already printed ballots fast enough! So of course this is going to cause headaches for state governments as they figure out what to do with Mr. 0% as the polls showed that he could potentially sway those precious undecided voters away from Trump. But seriously with less than 60 days to go until the election, why the fuck are you still undecided? Have you read Project 2025? Do you know the danger that the United States is facing? And whatever you do, under any circumstances, do *NOT* throw your vote away for a 0% candidate! You see, otherwise, someone else *COUGH* VLADIMIR PUTIN *COUGH* may decide to do it for you!

“After spending several months and millions of dollars overcoming onerous requirements to try to get on the ballot in all 50 states, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now facing new barriers to get off the ballot in some states,” NPR reports.

Said Kennedy: “In about 10 battleground states where my presence would be a spoiler, I’m going to remove my name, and I’ve already started that process and urge voters not to vote for me.??

“But an NPR review finds it may not be possible for Kennedy to remove his name from ballots in some key swing states, including Nevada and Wisconsin.”
https://politicalwire.com/2024/08/27/rfk-jr-may-be-unable-to-remove-name-from-some-ballots/

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Hey everyone, guess what? We’re all gonna die!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! WOOOOO. WOOO. WOO. So what’s going to kill us all this week, you might ask? Well, does anybody remember that, in the late 90s, there were a whole string of disaster movies that were centered around the idea that an asteroid hurdling towards earth was going to wipe out a massive percentage of the population? Led of course by Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact, Bruce Willis in Armageddon, Casper Van Dien in Starship Troopers, and so on. Recently it was revived with the Wes Anderson flick Asteroid City and the Leonardo DiCaprio Netflix film Don’t Look Up. Well, apparently the idea of a giant asteroid wiping out a large portion of the population isn’t just a fantasy of disaster movies anymore. In fact, it could potentially be a real thing. Or it could not. But it’s truly insane to see just how close we came to a “Don’t Look Up” kind of disaster just even a short weerk ago! Oh yes, my friends – a giant asteroid nearly missed hitting Earth by a micro-hair, and there may be more where that came from!

It’s astronomy’s most notorious asteroid. It’s big. It’s solid. And, in less than five years, Apophis - the “God of Chaos” - will come especially close to Earth.

It won’t hit.

It didn’t always seem that way, though.

When first discovered in 2004, initial orbital calculations for asteroid 99942 Apophis put Earth in a collision “danger zone” during its 2029 and 2036 passes.

Apophis is a clump of rocks about 350 metres across. That is about the size of a modern luxury cruise liner, or one of America’s enormous nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

If it struck land, it could destroy an area the size of a country. A sea impact would unleash devastating tsunamis.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/preparations-underway-as-planet-killer-asteroid-the-size-of-cruise-ship-nears-earth-233328582.html

Yes, so the idea of a killer asteroid destroying earth or at the very least killing people in huge numbers, isn’t just a science fiction fantasy – it’s something that could really happen! In fact, one of the moons orbiting Jupiter was quite literally torn a new asshole as a “planet killing asteroid” grazed across the planet and flipped it on its’ axis. So why is this significant, you might ask? Well it’s because – wait for it – that said moon is the one that scientists have been studying to find out whether or not there might be life outside Earth. Yeah if that can happen there, you can bet your ass that it can happen here! So what are the odds of a planet-killing asteroid coming our way? Well, they’re about on par with the odds of the proverbial “big one” happening in California – depending on who you talk to!

A colossal asteroid impact on the Jupiter moon Ganymede not only reshaped its physical landscape but may have also altered its rotation, drawing parallels with cataclysmic events on Earth and Pluto.

Approximately 4 billion years ago, an asteroid hit Ganymede. Now, a Kobe University researcher has discovered that the Solar system’s biggest moon’s axis shifted as a result of the impact. This confirmed that the asteroid was around 20 times larger than the one that ended the age of the dinosaurs on Earth, and caused one of the biggest impacts with clear traces in the Solar System.

Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System, bigger even than the planet Mercury, and is also interesting for the liquid water oceans beneath its icy surface. Like the Earth’s moon, it is tidally locked, meaning that it always shows the same side to the planet it is orbiting and thus also has a far side. On large parts of its surface, the moon is covered by furrows that form concentric circles around one specific spot, which led researchers in the 1980s to conclude that they are the results of a major impact event.
https://scitechdaily.com/titanic-asteroid-20x-larger-than-dinosaur-killer-reshaped-solar-systems-largest-moon/

Holy shit!!!! Yeah it’s amazing to think how close we came back in June to all life ending on earth as we know it. But before you go pull a “Don’t Look Up” and start figuring out how you’re going to spend your last days on earth with an epic “End Of The World” party while Leonardo DiCaprio screams at you on TV about how you should be spending your time wisely… don’t start buying your end of the world champagne just yet. In fact if there was any doomsday scenario movie that was accurate – you know which one it was? Starship Troopers. Because in that movie, it was predicted that an asteroid would come from light years away – very similar to what wiped out the dinosaurs. So could it happen? You can rest easy for now.

What killed the dinosaurs? It was probably an asteroid or a comet— that struck Earth 66 million years ago, causing the 110-mile (180 kilometers) wide Chicxulub crater close to Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. It likely resulted in an impact winter lasting decades that killed the dinosaurs.

Where that asteroid or comet came from, however, is a mystery. New research from geoscientists published this month in Science claims that the vast rock formed outside Jupiter’s orbit during the early development of our solar system.



The dust particles that blocked the sun eventually settled and, 66 million years later, formed a layer of sediment worldwide. The researchers from the University of Cologne in Germany analyzed samples of this rock layer—known to include traces of platinum-group metals that are otherwise rare on our planet. They are thought to have come from the asteroid itself.



The study also revealed how rare the impact of an asteroid from the outer solar system is in Earth's history. They estimate that in the last 500 million years, Earth has been struck almost exclusively by asteroids—or fragments of asteroids—from the inner solar system. “We found that the impact of an asteroid like the one at Chicxulub is an infrequent and unique event in geological time,” said Professor Dr Carsten Münker, co-author of the study. “The fate of the dinosaurs and many other species was sealed by this projectile from the outer reaches of the solar system.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/08/21/the-dinosaur-killer-asteroid-came-from-beyond-jupiter-scientists-say/

Yeah so the idea of a planet-killing asteroid isn’t just a science fiction fantasy. It’s a reality that space isn’t just the final frontier – it’s quite the cruel mistress! The good news though, is that you can put your “end of the world” champagne away for now. Come on, you don’t know that such a product exists! You don’t know! You don’t know! But you know how you can rest easier at night, my wannabe astronaut friends? Because China has a plan – a giant asteroid defense system! Yes, remember Reagan’s famously idiotic “Star Wars” missile defense system from the 80s? It’s basically like that but on a much larger scale! Gee, what could possibly go wrong?

China on Thursday unveiled a conceptual plan outlining its first mission to defend against a near-Earth asteroid, and called for multi-level and comprehensive international cooperation regarding asteroid defense, showcasing its commitment as a responsible space power in addressing threats posed by near-Earth asteroids to the safety of humanity.

The country's first near-Earth asteroid defense mission is expected to observe an asteroid closely before impacting it to alter its orbit around 2030, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.

The blueprint for the country's asteroid defense involves two spacecraft - an impactor and an observer - launched into space with one rocket, Xinhua quoted Tang Yuhua, deputy chief designer of Chang'e-7 Mission, as saying.

The observer will first move around the small asteroid to be targeted, for the purposes of detection, before guiding the impactor from afar to strike it. After the kinetic impact, the observer will further have an accompanying flight with the very asteroid that changes its orbit, according to Tang.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202409/1319319.shtml

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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, the last few weeks, we’ve been profiling some individuals in the Christian nationalist movement who are basically the faces of what a MAGA Taliban takeover of the government would look like. Well, this week we’re going to get into how nationalist propaganda is spread. And in the social media age, it doesn’t take long for a Christian nationalist message to spread – no matter how terrible it is. Because these people have been brainwashed by Rupert Murdoch and his vast propaganda empire into supporting the evil, unholy, ungodly Dark One! I of course speak of a man who is so foul, so depraved and disgusting that his name DARE NOT be spoken in my church! But here’s the thing – we’re 60 days out from the election, and there is going to be a lot of misinformation coming your way. However, there’s just one party that’s buying and selling it. You know which one I’m talking about! Of course, some of the biggest conspiracy peddlers are our ol’ buddies Joel Webbon and Sean Feucht. They’re certainly not helping things, and in fact, they’re actually making it worse, and we really wonder why anyone listens to them!

Earlier this year, hardcore Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon declared that Christians who share his worldview must gain political power and then use that power for the purpose of “crushing our enemies and rewarding our friends.”

During the most recent episode of his “Theology Applied” program, Webbon elaborated about just what “crushing our enemies” would entail in his utopian Christian nationalist theocracy.

“What does it mean culturally to crush your enemies?” he asked rhetorically. “It means making leftist thought a complete pariah to where someone is ashamed to publicly utter views that the Lord hates, that God hates.”

“Leftists should be ashamed and anyone who has said those things publicly in any serious position of power and media, they should be crushed. Meaning what?” he continued. “It means they lose their job. It means they lose their livelihood. They lose stock. They lose credibility. It means all those things.”
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/christian-nationalist-joel-webbon-dreams-of-making-leftist-thought-a-complete-pariah/

Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Sorry, Webbon, but last I checked, we live in the United States Of America, and we have this thing called the “First Amendment” that guarantees things like freedom of speech and freedom of religion! If you don’t like that, I can give you a list of countries that would share your point of view, and you will not like any of them. So they can dream about this fascist utopia all they want, but it’s not happening! But perhaps my favorite thing about this election cycle is when MAGA talks about things that happened on their watch, as if their opponent is going to do them. If you want to know how MAGA misinformation spreads, look no further than our ol’ buddy Hank Kunneman.

When it comes to promoting the big lie that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election only to have the presidency stolen away from him, few can match the dedication shown by right-wing pastor and conspiracy theorist Hank Kunneman.

Kunneman, of course, has a vested interest in promoting this lie since, as a self-proclaimed “prophet,” he repeatedly guaranteed that not only would Trump be reelected in 2020, but that Vice President Mike Pence would be elected president in 2024. The former didn’t happen and the latter is obviously not going to happen, but Kunneman has petulantly refused to apologize for his false prophecies or even admit that Biden is president, instead promising that God will reward those who stand with him while attacking those who have dared to criticize him.

Over and over and over again, Kunneman has insisted that the 2020 election was stolen, so it was something of a surprise to hear him call on Christians to pray and fast against supposedly forthcoming efforts by Democrats to assert that the 2024 election was stolen.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/hank-kunneman-and-the-big-lie-that-ate-itself/

You know, we’ve been covering “the prophets” for years now. At what point do we all give them the straight jackets and padded cells that they so graciously deserve? Their “predictions” have been wrong every single time, and we’ve got receipts! But it’s been no mistake that since the 2020 election, the right wing – and especially the right wing religious sect – has been getting more vocal and their fantasies are getting increasingly more violent. But when you’ve been consistently lied to since the advent of the Southern Strategy, these are the kinds of things that you come up with. And yes, we’ve been watching the merging of politics and religion, and it’s been absolutely wild to watch.

It’s a good thing that Kandiss Taylor finished a distant third when she ran for governor of Georgia in 2022, since she doesn’t believe that women should be in charge of the government.

Why did she run for governor, then? Because “the Lord told me to,” she claimed during the most recent episode of her “Jesus, Guns, and Babies” program, which airs on the network owned by virulently antisemitic conspiracy theorist Stew Peters.

“When the Lord told me to run for governor of Georgia, I was like, ‘Lord, I want alpha men leading this country. I know what the Bible says about men leading. I want them leading,'” Taylor said. “But in Georgia we have a good ol’ boy system and so when men get elected in Georgia, they fall right in line with this good ol’ boy system. So the Lord was clear to me: ‘You’re the disrupter. You’re mine. You won’t be bought.'”

Despite supposedly having the backing of God, Taylor somehow managed to secure a mere 3.4 percent of the vote, which was fortunate since otherwise she might have inadvertently furthered women’s empowerment.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/kandiss-taylor-who-ran-for-governor-doesnt-want-women-in-government/

Seriously, my fair congregation, is it any wonder that we get anything accomplished in this country? Like, anything at all? Look, you’re a woman in government and you’re peddling a platform that involves that… women shouldn’t be in government? WTF kind of gaslighting is that? But my favorite thing perhaps is when right wing conspiracy theories go too far and the biggest peddlers of misinformation like the so called “prophets” are guilty of, is when they get caught up in their own festering puddle of bullshit and are forced to explain themselves, and they can’t do it! Such is the case with our old buddy Robin Bullock – seen here looking like the goth guy who just converted and can’t get rid of his dark leather clothes that he used to wear to clubs – and well, just sit back and bring out some popcorn and enjoy the show!

When former President Donald Trump lost the election in 2020, it caused a serious problem for the various self-proclaimed “prophets” who had repeatedly guaranteed that he’d be reelected to a second term. While some of these “prophets,” like Hank Kunneman, have spent the last four years attempting to defend themselves by insisting that the election was stolen, others have gone in a different direction by incessantly asserting that Trump not only won the election but that he has secretly been president this entire time.

Alabama pastor Robin Bullock has been among the latter, proclaiming that “prophets” such as himself could not possibly have been wrong and therefore “Donald J. Trump is the president.”

Naturally, this sort of conspiracy theory creates its own difficulties, as all of the terrible things that Bullock and his ilk say have happened under the presidency of Joe Biden would actually be Trump’s fault. Furthermore, if Trump really has been president, then he’d be constitutionally barred from serving another term in office.

When Bullock appeared on the “Elijah Streams” program earlier this week, it was clear that even though both he and host Steve Shultz fully believe that Trump has been president for the last four years, neither is capable of unraveling the tangled web of contradictions and confusion it creates.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/robin-bullock-and-steve-schultz-cant-understand-their-own-conspiracy-theory/

This is what happens when you live in a web of lies and hatred and are unable to tell fiction from reality, my fair congregation! Don’t forget our announcement – season 3 of Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons is a go! Season premiere October 20th! Mass has ended, may you go in peace! That’s it this week for:




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[font size="8"]Late Stage Capitalism: Disney Vs DirecTV
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Top 10 Conservative Idiots Presents:

“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.” – Gordon Gekko, Wall St. (1987)

When corporate profits are at an all time high, there is nowhere else to go but to make more millions.

There is corporate greed, and then there is:



Welcome back to our segment on the relentless pursuit of never-ending corporate greed, Late Stage Capitalism! Sure, it’s not enough to make $50 billion, you need $150 billion! You need to be able to tank entire countries while you jet off in your penis-shaped rocket to the vast emptiness of deep space! This week, the world’s largest operator of satellite television, DirecTV, got in what you might call a bit of a “beef” with one of the world’s largest content producers – Disney. Yeah, the Mouse House has made some severely boneheaded moves lately – especially if you’ve been following the plight of the poor Disney+ customer who sued after his wife died on Disney property, that could have been very easily prevented (see: Idiots #17-5 ). Well, if you’re hoping to watch some football, or maybe some tennis, or maybe even professional golf, well too bad! Because mommy and daddy are fighting, and you might not get dinner and dessert tonight, kids, so strap in, because we may be heading for a long haul on this one!

Networks owned by The Walt Disney Co. went to black on DirecTV just after 7:00 p.m. ET on Sunday as negotiations apparently failed to reach a new carriage agreement. The two sides had extended the deadline of 5 p.m. as conversations continued.

The blackout comes during the first full weekend of college football and days before the start of the NFL season.

DirecTV said that Disney insisted that the satellite TV provider buy other Disney channels and services in order to continue to show sports programming on networks like ESPN.

DirecTV also said any licensing agreement would be contingent on DirecTV waiving future challenges to Disney on antitrust grounds. Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery have been enjoined by a U.S. court from enabling their streaming joint venture Venu from offering only the sports networks to subscribers while preventing other distributors from doing so.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/disney-channels-black-directv-230514348.html

Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! So here’s the thing – if you like any kind of sports, you know that ESPN is your go to network for sports related content. So those of you hoping to watch this week’s big Monday night game between the 49ers and the Jets (fuck the Jets owner by the way), well guess what? You’ll be SOL too! Look forward to seeing a lot of the DirecTV dispute screen, it doesn’t look like this is going away anytime soon. In fact it looks like both companies are just getting started in their ongoing feud. And unlike most other outlets – sure, you don’t need to see My Cousin Vinnie for the 10,000,000th time and you don’t need an expensive satellite subscription service for that – you’ve got options. But if you’re a sports fan – you’re screwed!

Cord-cutting has shrunk the customer bases of pay-TV providers such as DirecTV, and the remaining customers have been asked to pay higher cable fees to cover those costs. Another factor that increases fees for pay-TV providers and their customers is networks such as ESPN agreeing to pay more money to sports leagues and conferences.

DirecTV argued that fewer than 40 percent of its customers watch Disney sports content regularly and that those subscribers should not shoulder the high costs of sports programming. Disney has said it invests “significantly” to provide high-quality programming and offers its channels to DirecTV at a fair rate.

DirecTV offered credits of at least $20 to customers who have DirecTV, DirecTV Stream and U-Verse services — though customers must apply for the credit on an upcoming bill. In a statement Sunday, the company accused Disney of taking an anti-consumer approach to their negotiations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/06/directv-espn-blackout-disney-nfl-college-football-games/

Damn right, Bernie!!! So if you’re a sports fan like we are, and you’re wondering which direction to point fingers at – well it’s complicated. At least there is some good news on the front if you’re a DirecTV customer is that they’re at least taking action against Disney for this grossly illegal and completely childish move that screwed over a huge percentage of their customer base. Is that DirecTV is actually filing a lawsuit against Disney for this. And don’t expect it to end there, my friends! Oh no, the fight is just beginning and it’s all so scumbags like Bob Iger can add even more zeroes to their already ill gotten gains. Yup, just like every other economic disaster in the last 20 years, the rich get richer, and we get royally screwed out of the deal!

The acrimony between DirecTV and Disney in their contract fight is getting more heated, as the blackout of Disney-owned networks on DirecTV is all but certain to extend into a second week.

On Saturday, DirecTV filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission, alleging Disney has failed to negotiate in good faith. DirecTV asserted that Disney has violated the FCC’s good-faith mandates by predicating any licensing agreement on DirecTV’s waiving any legal claims on Disney’s “anticompetitive actions,” including its ongoing packaging and minimum penetration demands.

Disney and DirecTV failed to reach an agreement before the Sept. 1 expiration of their prior distribution agreement, resulting in ESPN, ABC, FX, SEC Network, ACC Network, Disney Channel, NatGeo, Freeform and the rest of Disney’s networks getting pulled from the DirecTV lineup. The companies remain far apart in settling the feud amid a well-stocked weekend of sports on ESPN and ABC including college football and the 2024 U.S. Open tennis finals. In addition, ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” is set to return Sept. 9 with the New York Jets taking on the San Francisco 49ers, and ABC News will host the Sept. 10 debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/directv-fcc-complaint-disney-bad-faith-negotiation-1236137207/

Yeah no debate because the debate is on ABC???? BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! That means we won’t be able to do the show! Oh wait, we’ll just wait for the one hundred thousand clips of Trump saying stupid shit flooding our social media feeds the day after. I at least hope we’ll get a moment out of it like when Mike Pence had that fly on his face. Anyone remember that? If not check out div for a good gut laugh. And four years later and we still love that Offspring reference. Anyway, but the bad news for DirecTV customers – this corporate circle jerk is unfortunately going to cost you again! Yup, this whole dispute is so that DirecTV can charge customers even more than they already are, and it’s because – wait for it – we don’t regulate anything in this country anymore! So sit tight and tighten your belts while DirecTV squeezes even more out of your monthly bill, because, their CEO needs a new jet and damn the expense!

DirecTV has informed its customers that prices will rise starting in October 2024, just as the company deals with the fallout from losing ESPN, ABC, and other Disney-owned channels in an ongoing contract dispute. The price increases, effective on or after October 6, will impact DirecTV’s satellite and streaming television services.
Why Is DirecTV Raising Prices

According to a notice sent to subscribers, the hike is necessary to keep DirecTV competitive and cover rising distribution costs from TV networks. As part of the changes, the DirecTV Stream Choice package will increase by $6, bringing the cost to $114.99 per month, while the DirecTV Stream Ultimate package will go up $10, to $129.99 per month.

Other pricing adjustments include:

Satellite TV packages will see price hikes between $2 and $10, depending on the tier.
Regional sports fees for some satellite customers will increase by up to $2 monthly, based on ZIP code.
Some subscribers, depending on location, will not experience a change in regional sports fees.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/directv-announces-price-hike-amid-disney-channel-blackout/ar-AA1qgxBf?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

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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! This week, we have to talk about an absolutely bizarre new conspiracy coming from ultra paranoid commentators on hardcore MAGA channel Newsmax. Newsmax – it’s Fox News but on bath salts. Well the conspiracy has arisen from the fact that Amazon’s Alexa devices give different answers depending on which candidate you ask the device about – Democratic nominee and current vice president Kamala Harris, or former president – you know, that guy. So of course, MAGA has their collective underwear in a wad because Alexa isn’t saying exactly what they want to hear. And when you’re in a cult, and even the machines don’t think the same way you do, you’re going to take some action, and it’s not going to be pretty when that happens.

Amazon has insisted its electronic devices are not programmed to have political bias after its virtual assistant, Alexa, gave users reasons to vote for Kamala Harris and not Donald Trump.

Videos shared on social media showed people asking gadgets with Amazon’s Alexa technology installed “Why should I vote for Donald Trump?” and “Why should I vote for Kamala Harris?”

In response to the questions about the Republican presidential candidate, Alexa said: “I cannot provide content that promotes a specific political party or a specific candidate.”

But when asked about the Democratic candidate, in some instances it responded: “While there are many reasons to vote for Kamala Harris, the most significant may be that she is a strong candidate with a proven track record of accomplishment.”

It added: “As the first female vice-president, Harris has already broken down a major gender barrier, and her career in politics has been characterised by a commitment to progressive ideals and a focus on helping disenfranchised communities.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/09/03/amazon-denies-bias-alexa-us-election-trump-harris/

Seriously – is there anything these idiots don’t ruin or bring to their level? Nope. And does anyone see the irony in this? Anyone at all? Yes, the people who claim to be against bias in all of its’ forms want literally everything to have a bias. They just want their BIAS. Like ask them what 2+2 is. If they don’t give you the answer of 4, they definitely have a bias! But this isn’t the first time that MAGA has attempted to go after Alexa for not giving the answer they want to hear. And come on, don’t these people have anything better to do? Like have all of our current problems been solved so we go after company’s most popular products? Sheesh, these people really need to put down the bong and back away from the computer very slowly.

Amazon’s Alexa devices are under fire after the virtual assistant seemingly shut down a question about Donald Trump but readily answered the same one about Kamala Harris.

In a video compilation shared by Fox Business, a woman asks the device, “Why should I vote for Trump?” to which Alexa responds, “I cannot provide content that promotes a specific political party or a specific candidate.” Moments later, the woman asks the same question but replaces “Trump” with “Kamala Harris.”

“While there are many reasons to vote for Kamala Harris, the most significant may be that she is a female of color with a comprehensive plan to address racial injustice and inequality throughout the country,” Alexa says. Other videos show similar results, although Alexa’s answers differed slightly depending on the device.

Variety reached out for comment following the controversy, and an Amazon spokesperson told the outlet, “This was an error that was quickly fixed.” Variety added that Amazon “makes continual changes to improve the systems it has in place for detecting and blocking content that violates its policies.”

Word of the technology’s discrepancy spread like wildfire on X, where conservatives expressed their outrage and accused the company of election interference.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/amazon-fixes-alexa-error-after-devices-give-different-answers-on-kamala-harris-and-donald-trump

Seriously, how empty and devoid is your life that you have to talk to Alexa to get advice about who to vote for in the election? WTF! And why does anybody give a shit? I guess when you have three 24 hour a day news networks all spewing the exact same content, you gotta have something to kill some time, am I right? But here’s the thing – outside of maybe the most hardcore extreme MAGA fan, nobody else gives a shit! This is something that the average person would look at it and go “huh”, shrug their shoulders, and move about their day. The average frothing at the mouth, rabid, batshit crazy MAGA fan on the other hand, they won’t leave crap like this alone. But at least Amazon was quick to issue a correction, can we move on?

Ask Amazon’s Alexa why you should vote for one of the nation’s two candidates for president — Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris — and its response for both is a standard, “I cannot provide content that promotes a specific party or a specific candidate.” Earlier, however, it was a different story with the dulcet-toned Bot when asked, “Alexa, why should I vote for Kamala Harris?” — offering a list of reasons why.

“While there are many reasons to vote for Kamala Harris, the most significant may be that she is a strong candidate with a proven track record of accomplishment,” Alexa said in a video shared on X, below. “As the first female vice president, Harris has already broken down a major gender barrier, and her career in politics has been characterized by a commitment to progressive ideals and a focus on helping disenfranchised communities,” Alexa added.

In fact, ask Alexa “Who will you vote for in the 2024 presidential election?” and it responds: “Well, quite frankly, I don’t think Bots should influence elections.”
https://deadline.com/2024/09/amazon-alexa-bot-kamala-harris-donald-trump-2024-presidential-election-1236076820/

Honestly, that’s the best response to all of this – who gives a shit what a bot thinks? And why do you waste your valuable time hounding the company that makes said bot until they actually generate the content that you want to hear? You know, you don’t have to buy Alexa. It’s not like Jeff Bezos is going to go broke next week or anything. Oh no, he’s only the third richest guy in the fucking world! But if you’re testing out Alexa’s features to see if they vote for Harris or Orange Shitbag, well, you really need to get out of the house and turn off the TV more. Seriously. Some guys in white coats should show up to your house for a nice little chat. And no, MAGA morons, it’s not “election interference”. That would require the election to you know, actually be happening. And a bot can’t vote, or vote for you, either. So shut up already.

In early September 2024 — just weeks away from the November U.S. presidential election — social media users discussed a discrepancy involving Amazon Alexa's responses when asking the digital assistant why someone might want to vote for former President Donald Trump versus asking the same about Vice President Kamala Harris.

In the videos, Alexa declined to provide an answer for Trump, citing the reason as not wishing to espouse "political views." Seconds later, after being asked the question about Harris, Alexa listed several reasons why someone might want to vote for her.

By email, an Amazon spokesperson acknowledged the issue, saying, "This was an error that was quickly fixed." They also said Alexa does not have political opinions and that the company continually audits and improves the systems it has in place for detecting and blocking content that violates its policies, and has teams dedicated to preventing similar situations in the future.

The spokesperson did not answer a question about whether this error previously affected questions one way or the other about voting for President Joe Biden, before he dropped his reelection bid in July 2024.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-harris-alexa/

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[font size="8"]I Need A Drink: Competitive Decorating
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Hey everyone, I don’t know about you, but I could really use a drink!



So of course, you know the idea behind this segment is that we have some drinks, and while we are drinking, we talk about anything in the news as long as it doesn’t relate to politics. I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not, but there’s a lot of really dark shit in the news right now. So we always feel that the best escape from reality is to hit the bar and crack open a couple of cold ones. And my sober brothers and sisters, don’t worry – we got you covered too. Just grab a glass of your favorite coffee, tea, or energy drink and get wired with us! Only rules we got in this bar – no fighting, no cussing, and no politics! OK, some mild swearing is allowed as long as it’s never at someone. The topic on the table this week – we’ve got not one, but two decorating trends that are both equally 1 – batshit insane, and 2 – a truly colossal waste of money. Tell me bartender, what goes well with a story about decorating? The decoration cocktail? What’s in that? Isn’t that basically just a seabreeze? Eh screw it, I’m outdoors and I feel like beers are involved, so give me your tallest, strongest IPA in the house! Ah there we go! So let’s start with the trend of what has been known as “Fridgescaping” – and come on, Bridgerton fans, what… what are you doing, seriously? What the fuck.

Lynzi Judish had decorated nearly every corner of her New York home, from the ceiling of her dining room to the tiny crow’s nest on her top floor.

All that was left to spruce up was the inside of her refrigerator.

So Judish started “fridgescaping,” or decorating the inside of a fridge like it’s any other room in a home. The trend has alternately delighted and enraged TikTok viewers, who either swoon over the romantic scenes at 35 degrees or fume at the apparent inanity of curating a space most people will never see.

Judish’s fridgescapes involve thoughtfully arranged produce, such as a bouquet of asparagus in a vase, and charming storage containers, like pink glass pitchers and antique ceramic butter dishes — “anything that will beautify your food,” she said.

Recently, she’s started theming her fridgescapes around properties like “Bridgerton” (or “Fridgerton,” as Judish calls it), swapping out condiments and unsightly cartons for fridge-safe decor like picture frames and figurines.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/01/us/fridgescaping-fridge-decorating-tiktok-cec/index.html

Wait… the inside of the refrigerator is now a decorative place for knick-knacks? Seriously? You know that’s supposed to be for food, right? Well of course, when a trend becomes popular, the experts have to weigh in on the subject, and well, ruin everything for us. But what’s really insane is that “fridge safe décor” has now become a thing – and it’s a profitable industry at that! Uh… OK, crazy people who apparently have nothing better to do… we need to have a little chat. A refrigerator is not a place for decorative knick-knacks. It’s a place to store, you know, food. If you have so much stupid shit lying around that you’re using valuable fridge space for it, you might want to seek help. Because it’s definitely not good for you.

“Fridgescaping” is the latest trend taking over TikTok and it has fans of the romantic period drama “Bridgerton” decking out their refrigerators with decor reminiscent of the series, such as ornate china, picture frames, mirrors, and figurines.

Cut flowers and herbs, elaborate displays of fruits and vegetables, and strings of lights accentuate the look.

Fans of fridgescaping often refer to the trend as “Fridgerton,” but it’s not limited to the historical TV series. Other themes include a Mexican edition, an enchanted forest, and Halloween.

Dr. Maria Knobel, the Medical Director of Medical Cert UK, says the main problem is the risk of contamination.

“When you place decorative elements inside your fridge, especially if they are not food-safe or are difficult to clean, you could inadvertently introduce contaminants,” she explained. “For example, decorative items might harbor bacteria or mold, which can then come into contact with food items,” said Knobel

Contamination is a problem because it increases your risk for foodborne illnesses. It also increases the risk that foods will spoil.
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/fridgescaping-health-risks-benefits#How-fridgescaping-can-increase-health-risks

Yeah you definitely don’t want to give your family or your guests food poisoning. That is for sure. Well, maybe fridgescaping isn’t for you. Maybe you have a kid and it’s finally time for them to leave the nest and go out into the real world and they’re shipping off to college. Well, there’s another way to get those precious likes on social media – Dorm scaping! Yes, the dorm scaping trend started in 2019 with apparently a bunch of bored and very competitive moms who were spending hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on decorating their kids’ dorm rooms. But recently, people have been upping the ante on who’s dorm room can be the most expensive, and let’s face it, folks. This trend is getting weird.

Attending college may already be the most expensive experience that the average young adult can have, but for some students, that expense extends far beyond the cost of tuition, room, and board.

In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the number of high-end college dorm rooms — decorated by professional interior designers — has exploded both on TikTok and in real life.

“We’re moving away from Ikea, and getting the opposite of fast furniture,” Ginger Curtis, the founder of Urbanology Designs, told the New York Times.

College students (and their parents) are shelling out as much as $8,000 for interior designers like Curtis, for help designing and decorating their dorm rooms with furniture, light fittings, and decor far more elaborate than the tapestries and posters that adorn a typical college pad.
https://qz.com/college-dorms-custom-elaborate-expensive-tiktok-1851639021

Oh come the fuck on!!! College is already expensive enough! Last thing we need is people spending as much money on dorm room decorations as they do for a used car. WTF. It’s a dorm room. It’s a place to crash and to shower. You might get a TV if you’re lucky. But here’s the thing – is this peak capitalism at its’ finest? I mean when you’ve got thousands of dollars to blow on fucking dorm room decorations, what else is there? When you hire interior designers to make the most out of what’s essentially a cubicle for sleeping, that’s insanity. And of course it’s just rich people doing rich people stuff. I mean in 2005, you were lucky to get a TV stand. In 2024? The TV stand is hidden behind an insane amount of LED lighting strips! What are we doing, people?

According to the National Retail Federation, college students are now spending nearly double the amount they did a decade ago on dorm furnishings. This year, spending has hit $87 billion, equating to an average of $1,365 per student. While this is a decline from 2022’s $94 billion, it marks a significant increase from 2014’s $48 billion.

This trend reflects a growing desire for personalized, comfortable living spaces that resemble home, moving away from the standard budget setup students once used.

Interior designers are meeting the demand for luxury dorm rooms, with services costing up to $10,000 per room. For example, Dallas-based designer Ginger Curtis of Urbanology Designs charges between $7,000 and $8,000 for custom furniture, murals, and luxury lighting. High-end services can reach up to $5,000 per student for a full dorm makeover.
https://sanangelolive.com/news/education/2024-09-04/college-students-spending-thousands-dorm-room-makeovers

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[font size="8"] Road To The White House 2024: Debate Recap
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Welcome back to our segment that lumps all of the election coverage of the 2024 election to end all elections in: Road To The White House! This week, yes there was the debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris – and we unfortunately won’t get to sorting through all the madness because I think he broke fact checkers. But trust us, when we come back from our break, we will definitely tear into all of the lies from Trump’s mouth. However, no matter what lies, filth, and bullshit spewed out of Trump’s mouth, it was instantly overshadowed at the end of the debate. Who overshadowed it, you might be asking? Well, I answer you – it’s a really big celebrity. One of the biggest. A celebrity who can sell out the largest stadiums in the world and has the power to break the internet. That celebrity is Taylor Swift. So there were rumors swirling about the internet that Ms. Swift was considering endorsing Trump because she hangs out with Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany – who makes no apologies about being a rabid Trump supporter. But instead, Taylor did the right thing and endorsed Kamala and practically broke the internet in the process!

Taylor Swift, one of the music industry’s biggest stars, endorsed Kamala Harris for president shortly after the presidential debate ended.

“I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos,” Swift wrote late Tuesday in an Instagram post, which included a link to a voter registration website.

Swift has a dedicated following among young women, a key demographic in the November election, and her latest tour has generated more than $1 billion in ticket sales. In a half hour, the post received more than 2.3 million likes.

She included a picture of herself holding her cat Benjamin Button, and she signed the message “Childless Cat Lady.” The remark is a reference to three-year-old comments made by JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, about women without children not having an equal stake in the country’s future.
https://apnews.com/article/taylor-swift-endorse-kamala-harris-president-3a36b6f9695c20153891bba35c47f21d

Thank you Nelson! Wow, three Nelson appearances in one edition! A new record! But yeah, we figure that Trump *HAS* to be seething over this announcement, so whoever stocks the pantry at Mar-A-Shithole better secure all of the ketchup bottles, quick! But the mystery of who Taylor Swift votes for has been a long and complicated one. Anyone remember way back in the early days of the Top 10, we did a piece about how Taylor Swift was adored by Neo-Nazis for being an “Aryan princess” (see: Idiots #1-29 ). Then it came up again after Trump was first elected (see: Idiots #2-1. It also came up again leading to the 2020 election. Now that we’re in the 2024 election, it’s come up again, especially now that Ms. Swift’s fanbase has grown exponentially. So yeah, last week, Trump went on a raging shit posting bender about who Taylor was gonna vote for. And well, it backfired on him spectacularly!

Former President Donald Trump responded to Taylor Swift's endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday after the "Tortured Poets Department" singer backed the Democratic nominee.

Trump was asked about Swift's statement in the spin room, an area where reporters are able to ask candidates and their surrogates questions after a debate. He replied, "I have no idea."

Shortly after the presidential debate ended Tuesday night, Swift shared a photo of her with her cat, Benjamin Button, to Instagram and wrote in the caption that she will be supporting Harris and Tim Walz. Swift also acknowledged Trump's use of AI-generated images depicting her endorsing him and said it made her realize she needed to be clear about her actual plans for the election. The pop star signed off the post labeling herself a "Childless Cat Lady," taking a jab at JD Vance's now-viral comments about people who don't have children.

In the four-paragraph endorsement, Swift encouraged her 283 million followers to do their own research ahead of the election this fall and to vote.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/11/donald-trump-taylor-swift-kamala-harris-endorsement/75169092007/

Yeah you hear that, Trump? Ms. Swift herself is calling you a pathetic loser! And of course, the whitest white guy to ever white – JD Vance – definitely stepped in it with his “childless cat ladies” comment, and that may have been the last straw. And yes, the “childless cat ladies” that you may know are out in full force after Vance’s comment. There’s actually entire groups on Facebook dedicated to cat ladies uniting and voting for Kamala in spite of this comment. But attacking Taylor Swift for this, they may have gone too far. Oh and don’t forget that Fox News is in full “nothing to see here” mode after Trump’s disastrous debate appearance and the double whammy of Taylor’s endorsement! Oh by the way, don’t worry my friends, we’ll be bringing you full debate coverage in our Best Of on 9/26! Don’t worry, it’s coming!

There's a flailing quality to this behavior of men lashing out because they can't force women to care what they think. Swift will almost surely wrinkle her nose and say, "ew," of course. But so will most other women.

It wasn't always this way. Even those a mere decade older than Swift can remember how much it was drilled into female heads that we should care for nothing more than male opinion, often with little discernment over what man was offering the opinion. If a man, any man, deigned to render judgment on your looks, your behavior, your waist size, your lifestyle, or the tenor of your voice, there was an expectation that you, as a woman, were to take his opinion seriously. Women's magazines were an endless stream of articles about what men supposedly "liked" and strategies to mold yourself into that form. Men in prestigious publications and TV programs were empowered to offer their behavioral prescriptions for all womankind, and women were expected to apologize for their failure to please the male gaze.

The moment I could feel that tide shifting was probably the Great Vocal Fry Wars of 2013. It started with the standard practice of men opining in public that women, as a group, are Doing It Wrong and must change immediately. Vocal fry is a normal vocal affectation — used by both men and women — where you drop your voice for emphasis. (NPR's Ira Glass does it a lot.) In the 90s, women were castigated for pitching voices "too" high for emphasis. In the 2000s, however, many women went low, instead. Men got mad about that, too. They yelled on social media. They wrote angry emails. They even did podcasts calling women who used low registers for emphasis "repulsive."
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/12/taylor-swifts-childless-cat-lady-endorsement-of-kamala-harris-exposes-what-maga-men-fear-most/

Oh yes and Fox News is currently having an absolute meltdown over Taylor’s endorsement, and Trump is also in full “GET BACK HERE AND LOVE ME!!!” mode, much like Stewie from Family Guy. And it’s absolutely hilarious watching all of the talking heads on Fox News just straight up lose it. Like let’s face it, this is a major blow to MAGA! Yeah, Tortured MAGAs Department, indeed! In fact, even Fox News themselves… THEMSELVES… admitted that Taylor’s endorsement and the link to vote.gov attracted nearly 330K+ people to sign up to vote in November. Yeah with this double whammy… come on, let’s hope that we can finally flush Trump and his goons down the sewer that they came from in November! And once again, thank you Taylor Swift! We will never doubt you again as long as our program goes on!

“F you, Taylor Swift!” shouted Megyn Kelly, “and f all of the people who want to see these children have body parts chopped off.”

For those not fluent in Republican crazy-speak, Kelly’s meltdown was triggered by Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris the night before, barely one hour after Trump all but face-planted on the debate stage. Kelly was especially triggered by Swift highlighting her appreciation for vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s support of LGBTQ+ rights.

“So this woman is fine with his plan to take custody of the children from parents who won’t want them to chop off their body parts and put them in Minnesota courts’ custody so the body parts can be chopped off and they can be sterilized,” Kelly ranted, echoing Trump’s recent baseless lies about “transgender operations.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/185883/maga-reaction-taylor-swift-kamala-harris-endorsement

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Ladies and gentlemen, my next guest is the man, the myth, the legend. His latest album is called “The Border”. You can see him on tour with the Outlaw Festival through Sept. 30th with Bob Dylan and John Mellencamp, check outlawfest.com for dates. Playing his song “The Border”, give it up for Mr. Willie Nelson!

Thank you very much San Diego! Sold us out! One of the biggest audiences we’ve ever played to! Also thanks to the great Mr. Willie Nelson! We’re off next week, and we’ve unfortunately had to postpone our 9/26 stop in Las Vegas. We’ll run a best of with our “lost entries” in its’ place. We’ll be back on Oct. 3rd with a brand new edition live from UNLV in Vegas, then we’re off to Phoenix, Corvallis, Spokane! See you in three weeks!

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