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Mortos's JournalHillary was wrong!
When Hillary Clinton called a very small subset ofTrump supporters "deplorable," she was pilloried by the right and some members of the mainstream press. How dare she imply that some of the people who supported Trump were less than God-fearing, hard-working, patriotic Americans?
After watching these people, this cult, who literally believes Trump has been chosen by God, for the last 6 years, I must say that Hillary was far too diplomatic. These maniacs aren't a basket of deplorables, they are bushels and bushels of despicable, disgusting, hateful, bigoted, misogynistic, racist, violent, idiots. They laugh when their leader makes fun of a woman he was held liable for sexually assaulting, they clap and cheer when he insults women's weight, intelligence, looks, or calls them "nasty." They swallow his lies with gluttonous glee like state fair corndogs.
Nothing Trump does is disqualifying to them; stealing and refusing to return top secret government documents, sexual assault, taking shitloads of money from foreign enemies, lying, cheating, racism, sexism, praising dictators and fascists, xenophobia, cursing, fucking a porn star (while married), fucking a playboy model (while married), dining with literal Nazis, promising to pardon domestic terrorists, insurr-fucking-rection!
These utterly disqualifying and vile characteristics and practices aren't a bug, they are a feature for the guffawing, slack-jawed, idolatry-worshipping, Trump-flag-waving, XXXL MAGA sweat-stained shirt-wearing, imbecilic hypocrites who make up at least 35% of the American electorate.
A basket of deplorables supporting Trump would be somewhat understandable. A deplorable person attracts or molds others of his ilk (look at his fucked up kids and the coterie of con men, leeches, and acolytes who fill his resort), but the sheer number of human garbage that follows this piece of shit and literally prays to their warped version of Jesus for his return indicates a malignant flaw in the American politic. One that may very well metastasize and kill our democracy if we don't fight like hell to prevent Trump's return.
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I am terrified of Trump and what his rabid band of violence-prone MAGAts will do if (and for the love of God, when) he loses again. I am more terrified of what will happen if he wins. You should be, too.
Guns don't kill people
https://twitter.com/ShannonMFox4/status/1655677749627957252My response to a right-winger saying it isn't the guns.
That assault rifle in Allen, Texas killed 8 people and critically wounded another 7 in less than 3 minutes. If we didn't allow people to buy weapons of war and stockpile thousands of rounds of ammunition, lock and load 30-to-45-round magazines, and fulfill their sick neo-Nazi fantasies by slaughtering innocent people at a mall, including those sweet babies in the picture, while we bemoan the "lone-wolf-crazy-bad-guy-with-gun" and send useless thoughts and prayers it would be much more difficult for "mentally ill," (I assume you include white supremacy, misogyny, Neo-Nazis, and racism as categories of mental illness because Mauricio was into all those things) madmen to do this...every day...In America.
No other country in the world has anywhere near the number of mass shootings than we do in America. Not one. There have been 199 mass shootings in America in 2023 alone. Today is the 129th day of the year. That is more than one every day. The rest of the world has mentally ill people. They just don't arm them with high-capacity killing machines with fewer and fewer restrictions like we do here in 'Murica! Australia had one mass school shooting in 1996 and then promptly banned the type of weapon the mass murderer used. They haven't had one since. America has a school shooting every few weeks. And we do nothing because innocent children's lives are not as important as the unfettered right to worship guns.
Let me ask you something. I assume you are a Second Amendment supporter. Do you think we should limit any type of "arm" that Americans should be able to bear? Should the craziest person in your community be able to buy a fragmentation grenade, surface-to-air missile, M61 Vulcan machine gun, bomb drones, bio-weapons, or nukes? Because all of those are "arms" and, according to you,the right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed (forget that well-regulated militia part). Should guns be allowed at Trump rallies and the NRA convention (they aren't). I will believe Republican politicians believe that the right to bear arms is absolute when they allow them into their workplaces with no restrictions the way they allow them at malls, movie theaters, grocery stores, parks, and public streets.
The next mass shooter is planning a massacre right now. He is assisted in gaining the tools he will use to slaughter as many people as possible by people who make inane arguments and laws that put the blame on everything but the gun of choice of mass murderers.
Why do right-wingers try so hard to prove that mass shooters are not like them?
The Allen, Texas mass shooter, Mauricio Garcia, was a huge fan of Nazis, white-supremacist ideology, and race wars. My right-wing boss almost immediately stated that the shooter was "dark skinned" and the shooting was retaliation for the subway murder of a homeless Black man in New York. Never mind that the motivation makes zero sense. Right-wingers will furiously try to change the subject of white supremacy when associated with (and it usually is) mass shootings. They will never denounce white supremacy is wrong or denounce apocalyptic race war ideologies. Why? Because they believe them to be true. They are ideologies they not only accept but embrace.
Aric Toler put together a devastating collection of proof of Garcia's embrace of white supremacist ideology, which the shooter documented with hundreds of posts and photos detailing his connection to the right wing.
You can read some of it here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TZw4IZO1dMCZ7CbAGsiyoC6kDNQZBOIqFB9-xOWJGRE/edit#heading=h.ml51komrc6yx
BREAKING: The jury agrees that the government has proved the existence of a seditious conspiracy.
Source: Kyle Cheney Twitter
Proud Boy leaders found guilty of seditious conspiracy
Read more: https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1654139236147134465?cxt=HHwWgoCwueG31_QtAAAA
Kyle Cheney
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NOW: Proud Boy Ethan Nordean *convicted* of seditious conspiracy.
(Other defendants to follow in this order: Biggs, Rehl, Tarrio, Pezzola)
Kyle Cheney
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BIGGS: Guilty
Kyle Cheney
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REHL: Guilty
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TARRIO: GUILTY OF SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY
Thank you, Mr. President, Mr. Carter... Jimmy.
The living embodiment of kindness, humility, and a Christ-like life (Beatitudes Jesus, not the prosperity gospel one), Jimmy Carter has exemplified this advice:
“Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”
I hope he is comforted by those he loves, and those he loves are comforted by a life and legacy of genuine integrity as he ends this journey.
May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest, Mr. President.
https://www.cnet.com/news/politics/jimmy-carter-enters-hospice-care/
More lies from Republican Congressman Elect George Santos
It appears almost everything in the "about" section of congressional candidate George Santos' campaign website was a lie.
A blurb about his mother reads, "George’s work ethic comes from his mother, who came from nothing, but worked her way up to be the first female executive at a major financial institution. On September 11, 2001, George’s mother was in her office in the South Tower. She survived the horrific events of that day but unfortunately passed away a few years later."
Reports from his former roommates and friends say that George's mother was a housekeeper.
“You’re sitting here bragging about all this money you’re making,” Mr. Morey-Parker said. “Then why is your mother a housekeeper (in 2014)?”
So his middle-aged mother went from a housekeeper in 2014 to "the first female executive at a major financial institution" but died a few years after 2001? WTF?
I can't wait for this pathological liar's press conference.
Here's hoping law enforcement and the FEC looks into how this dipshit, who couldn't pay his Discover card payment or rent, loaned his campaign $700k of his own money.
Campaign Website: https://georgeforny.com/about/
Newest NY Times revelations: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/nyregion/george-santos-republican-resume.html
An Unarmed Retired Army Major and Combat Veteran Disarmed and Beat the Club Q Shooter
This guy is a hero. A combat Army veteran officer tackled and beat the armed 6'3, 300-pound Club Q mass shooter with the killer's own pistol. The mass shooter was also stomped into submission by a drag performer wearing high heels.
"When the shooting started, Mr. Fierro said, he hit the floor, pulling a friend down with him. As bullets sprayed, he saw the gunman move through the bar toward a door leading to a patio where dozens of bar patrons had fled. Mr. Fierro, who served in the Army for 15 years, said he raced across the room, grabbed the gunman by a handle on the back of his body armor, pulled him to the floor and jumped on top of him."
"As the fight continued, he said, he yelled for other club patrons to help him. A man grabbed the rifle and moved it away to safety. A drag dancer stomped on the gunman with her high heels. The whole time, Mr. Fierro said, he kept pummeling the shooter’s head while the two men screamed obscenities at each other."
Thank you, Maj. Richard M. Fierro.
By the way, you can order stuff from Maj. Fierro's brewery business to show your appreciation. I ordered three t-shirts for under $40 (shipping included).
https://www.atrevidabeerco.com/
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/21/us/colorado-springs-shooting-news#colorado-springs-shooting-club-q-hero
Why can't someone else make a knockoff Twitter platform?
Trump's truth social blatantly ripped off Twitter's design and layout without repercussions.
Why can't someone give people an alternative to Musk's new toy?
I left Twitter the day musk carried that stupid sink into the offices. I now have Community Social, which is pretty good but glitchy lately (I assume because of an influx of Twitter refugees). I tried Mastadon but didn't like the format.
How hard can it be to duplicate Twitter if the morons who work for Trump could pull it off?
My right-wing boss who predicted a red tsunami yesterday said
...the election results last night were like a kick in the balls.
That, friends is a win for Democrats and democracy.
Do the Debbie Downers posting here today not realize that what was predicted was a Republican landslide based on history and polling and what happened was the Democratic Party held its own and overperformed expectations, even Eeyore-like predictions from Democrats? Red wave, more like a red ripple.
Democrats won governor seats in three states formerly held by Republicans. We won the Pennsylvania senate seat after Fetterman was torn down by everyone, including his own party, for his debate performance. Maggie Hassan (NH), Michael Bennet (CO), and Patty Murray (WA) easily defeated their Republican challengers in races predicted to be close. and The House is still competitive. We will probably hold onto the Senate, which means President Biden can nominate federal judges and have them confirmed, including any vacancies in the Supreme Court (come on, arteriosclerosis). Even a slight win in the House by Republicans should chastise them and keep them from going nuts with conspiracy theory investigations. Any bullshit impeachment quests are probably off the table, thanks to these results.
AND it looks like Lauren Boebert will lose her seat.
Finally, Trump and his gallery of cretins lost BIGLY! And because they did, Trumplestiltskin will go "death con 3" on Desantis, tearing apart the Republican party during the next presidential primary. He will actively undermine Desantis and turn his crazy cult against him. Trump will announce his run within a week. He will make it his quest to destroy Desantis, who appears to be the right-wing nutty heir apparent based on his successes in Florida. Trump loves vendettas and is "screaming at everyone" after last night's election results. He needs to work on his nickname for Ron, though; DeSanctimonious has six syllables; his cult of morons, imbeciles, and lunatics can't pronounce that many in one word. Watching Trumplicans unleashed on Desantis in Florida is going to be delicious.
Great fucking night for Democrats. Take the W!
Hear me out.
I am notoriously bad at predicting elections. See my previous posts; Why Kerry Will Win, or Hillary, Our First Female President! But there is something non-tangible that is making me optimistic about this election.
There is nothing I can point to specifically that gives me hope. Recent polling shows Dems losing the House and probably the Senate. But I feel a strange sense of calm as we all wait for the polls to close and for ballots to be counted. I feel something that I can't explain, it is not confidence exactly; it is... a feeling of anticipation and faith that there is a silent majority who have grown tired of the relentless right-wing attacks on bodily autonomy, LGBTQ folks, the right to vote, social safety-nets, and democracy itself.
I am probably wrong (again). I will probably be disappointed (again). And I will probably be searching for a place to flee this goddamn country that I love because fascists and Trump cultists will have taken over. But maybe things will turn out alright. Maybe, we will be pleasantly surprised as the votes are counted.
Another thing I have noticed is my radical right-wing associates are on edge. They are talking about muskets, civil war, and violence if the election doesn't go their way. I think they are scared and are trying to convince themselves there is a red tsunami about to take place, but know, deep down, they are on the wrong side of history, and there is the very real possibility that the very same people they seek to marginalize; women, LGTQ, people of color, immigrants, the elderly, sick, poor, and politically opposed will quietly rise up and kick their aspirations of a conservative, white-supremacist, (anti) Christian theocracy to the curb.
I guess we shall see when ALL the votes are counted.
Please get out and vote no matter where you live or what the polls say. I live in one of the country's reddest, most right-wing states, and I still proudly, stubbornly cast my ballot this morning.
To quote Churchill at a time when another darkness and evil looked poised to defeat decent people, "Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never." And Bill Clinton, "I still believe in a place called hope."
Good luck, Democrats, and Godspeed.
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