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Joinfortmill
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March 22, 2024
My words: What the Holy F*ck? Didn't NBC do enough damage with the f*ing Apprentice and it's castoff series for a goddamn decade?
'NBC News was hit with widespread criticism for hiring former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel as a commentator....'
'What a disgraceful move': NBC scorched for hiring 'nonstop liar' Ronna McDaniel
https://www.rawstory.com/ronna-macdaniel-nbc/My words: What the Holy F*ck? Didn't NBC do enough damage with the f*ing Apprentice and it's castoff series for a goddamn decade?
'NBC News was hit with widespread criticism for hiring former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel as a commentator....'
March 17, 2024
'Trump demands immunity for 'events that cross the line' hours after 'bloodbath' comments'
'Hours after he set off a firestorm when he insisted during an Ohio rally there would be a "bloodbath" if he is not re-elected, Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform to post an all-caps rant demanding complete presidential immunity once again....
In his all-cap screed, he began, "A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MUST HAVE FULL IMMUNITY, WITHOUT WHICH IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM/HER TO PROPERLY FUNCTION. ANY MISTAKE, EVEN IF WELL INTENDED, WOULD BE MET WITH ALMOST CERTAIN INDICTMENT BY THE OPPOSING PARTY AT TERM END. EVEN EVENTS THAT 'CROSS THE LINE' MUST FALL UNDER TOTAL IMMUNITY, OR IT WILL BE YEARS OF TRAUMA TRYING TO DETERMINE GOOD FROM BAD. THERE MUST BE CERTAINTY."
He then added, "EXAMPLE: YOU CAN’T STOP POLICE FROM DOING THE JOB OF STRONG & EFFECTIVE CRIME PREVENTION BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GUARD AGAINST THE OCCASIONAL 'ROGUE COP' OR 'BAD APPLE.' SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH 'GREAT BUT SLIGHTLY IMPERFECT.' ALL PRESIDENTS MUST HAVE COMPLETE & TOTAL PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY, OR THE AUTHORITY & DECISIVENESS OF A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE STRIPPED & GONE FOREVER."...Aiming his final comment at the court, he ended, "HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE AN EASY DECISION. GOD BLESS THE SUPREME COURT!"
Wow! Trump is scared, very, very scared...
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-immunity-rant/'Trump demands immunity for 'events that cross the line' hours after 'bloodbath' comments'
'Hours after he set off a firestorm when he insisted during an Ohio rally there would be a "bloodbath" if he is not re-elected, Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform to post an all-caps rant demanding complete presidential immunity once again....
In his all-cap screed, he began, "A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MUST HAVE FULL IMMUNITY, WITHOUT WHICH IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM/HER TO PROPERLY FUNCTION. ANY MISTAKE, EVEN IF WELL INTENDED, WOULD BE MET WITH ALMOST CERTAIN INDICTMENT BY THE OPPOSING PARTY AT TERM END. EVEN EVENTS THAT 'CROSS THE LINE' MUST FALL UNDER TOTAL IMMUNITY, OR IT WILL BE YEARS OF TRAUMA TRYING TO DETERMINE GOOD FROM BAD. THERE MUST BE CERTAINTY."
He then added, "EXAMPLE: YOU CAN’T STOP POLICE FROM DOING THE JOB OF STRONG & EFFECTIVE CRIME PREVENTION BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GUARD AGAINST THE OCCASIONAL 'ROGUE COP' OR 'BAD APPLE.' SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH 'GREAT BUT SLIGHTLY IMPERFECT.' ALL PRESIDENTS MUST HAVE COMPLETE & TOTAL PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY, OR THE AUTHORITY & DECISIVENESS OF A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE STRIPPED & GONE FOREVER."...Aiming his final comment at the court, he ended, "HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE AN EASY DECISION. GOD BLESS THE SUPREME COURT!"
March 17, 2024
DeSantis signs legislation to authorize the release of Jeffrey Epstein grand jury documents
“The public deserves to know who participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking,” DeSantis said in the news release Thursday. “Nobody should be protected from facing justice due to their wealth or status, and those who harm children should be exposed and punished to the fullest extent of the law.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/04/donald-trump-teenage-rape-accusations-lawsuit-dropped
Woman who accused Donald Trump of raping her at 13 drops lawsuit
'...A woman who had accused Donald Trump of raping her when she was a 13-year-old dropped her lawsuit against the Republican nominee...This week she abruptly canceled a plan to speak publicly about the allegations, and another attorney, Lisa Bloom, cited “numerous threats” against her client...“She has been here all day, ready to do it, but unfortunately she is in terrible fear,” Bloom said on Wednesday. Bloom’s mother, Gloria Allred, is an attorney representing several women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct...'
Trump, DeSantis and the Jeffrey Epstein Papers (in case you're wondering why Trump is attacking DeSantis)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4498582-florida-desantis-legislation-authorize-the-release-jeffrey-epstein-documents/DeSantis signs legislation to authorize the release of Jeffrey Epstein grand jury documents
“The public deserves to know who participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking,” DeSantis said in the news release Thursday. “Nobody should be protected from facing justice due to their wealth or status, and those who harm children should be exposed and punished to the fullest extent of the law.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/04/donald-trump-teenage-rape-accusations-lawsuit-dropped
Woman who accused Donald Trump of raping her at 13 drops lawsuit
'...A woman who had accused Donald Trump of raping her when she was a 13-year-old dropped her lawsuit against the Republican nominee...This week she abruptly canceled a plan to speak publicly about the allegations, and another attorney, Lisa Bloom, cited “numerous threats” against her client...“She has been here all day, ready to do it, but unfortunately she is in terrible fear,” Bloom said on Wednesday. Bloom’s mother, Gloria Allred, is an attorney representing several women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct...'
March 16, 2024
Boeing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
My words: This video was previously posted by 'littlemissmartypants'. It didn't seem to be getting the visibility it should. Please watch it. We have an aviation problem, dare I say, crisis.
Beware of the Boeing 737 Max..among others
&t=585sBoeing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
My words: This video was previously posted by 'littlemissmartypants'. It didn't seem to be getting the visibility it should. Please watch it. We have an aviation problem, dare I say, crisis.
March 15, 2024
Harry does an excellent analysis of the ruling. Well worth the 15 minutes.
'Judge McAfee issues WEIGHTY ORDER on motion to disqualify Fani Willis' Harry Litman - 16 min
&t=617sHarry does an excellent analysis of the ruling. Well worth the 15 minutes.
March 15, 2024
'...the following US carriers aren't using the Boeing 737 MAX on their flights:'
Allegiant Air*
Delta*
Frontier Airlines
Avelo Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines
JetBlue
Spirit Airlines
Sun Country Airlines
*Allegiant has 50 orders of the Boeing 737 MAX - deliveries were expected to begin in 2023.
*Delta Air Lines has 100 orders of the Boeing 737 MAX - deliveries to begin in 2025.
'Which Airlines are Not Flying the Boeing 737 MAX?'
https://www.alternativeairlines.com/airlines-not-flying-boeing-737-max'...the following US carriers aren't using the Boeing 737 MAX on their flights:'
Allegiant Air*
Delta*
Frontier Airlines
Avelo Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines
JetBlue
Spirit Airlines
Sun Country Airlines
*Allegiant has 50 orders of the Boeing 737 MAX - deliveries were expected to begin in 2023.
*Delta Air Lines has 100 orders of the Boeing 737 MAX - deliveries to begin in 2025.
March 12, 2024
My words: Yup, dissembling before our eyes.
'WHO OWNS TRUMP AND HOW SICK IS HE? (HE MISPRONOUNCED 'PUTIN') Countdown with Keith Olbermann'
&t=120sMy words: Yup, dissembling before our eyes.
March 12, 2024
My take is a bit different from Scarborough: Trump is in melt-down mode and he's going to get much worse. I'm glad Kelly finally spoke out, but, hey, he gets no hero prizes from me. VOTE.
'What a sick, warped individual': Trump hammered over new report of dictator praise'
'Reacting to a new report that Donald Trump has demonstrated an inordinate amount of affection for Nazi leader Adolph Hitler, the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson called out the former president for being “warped.”
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” kicked off Tuesday by discussing former White House chief of staff John Kelly reportedly having to talk Trump down after he stated, “Hitler did some good things.”
“It's just sick. It amazes me, and I'm sure it amazes General Kelly and amazes a lot of other people. That more Americans, that all Americans don't see this in Donald Trump and don't fear it and reject it.”'
'What a sick, warped individual': Trump hammered over new report of dictator praise'
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-hitler-2667491556/My take is a bit different from Scarborough: Trump is in melt-down mode and he's going to get much worse. I'm glad Kelly finally spoke out, but, hey, he gets no hero prizes from me. VOTE.
'What a sick, warped individual': Trump hammered over new report of dictator praise'
'Reacting to a new report that Donald Trump has demonstrated an inordinate amount of affection for Nazi leader Adolph Hitler, the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson called out the former president for being “warped.”
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” kicked off Tuesday by discussing former White House chief of staff John Kelly reportedly having to talk Trump down after he stated, “Hitler did some good things.”
“It's just sick. It amazes me, and I'm sure it amazes General Kelly and amazes a lot of other people. That more Americans, that all Americans don't see this in Donald Trump and don't fear it and reject it.”'
March 11, 2024
My Words: WTHF? Better late than never, I guess.
'In an interview with CNN, Kelly recounted how the former president would praise Hitler for his economic record while also saying he "did some good things" despite being one of the worst mass murderers in the history of the world...
Trump also said that Hitler enjoyed "loyalty" from his top generals that the former president himself did not enjoy....“He would ask about the loyalty issues and about how, when I pointed out to him the German generals as a group were not loyal to him, and in fact tried to assassinate him a few times, and he didn’t know that,” Kelly said.
“He truly believed, when he brought us generals in, that we would be loyal — that we would do anything he wanted us to do."'
'Trump's envy of Hitler revealed by his own ex-chief of staff'
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-hitler-2667483329/My Words: WTHF? Better late than never, I guess.
'In an interview with CNN, Kelly recounted how the former president would praise Hitler for his economic record while also saying he "did some good things" despite being one of the worst mass murderers in the history of the world...
Trump also said that Hitler enjoyed "loyalty" from his top generals that the former president himself did not enjoy....“He would ask about the loyalty issues and about how, when I pointed out to him the German generals as a group were not loyal to him, and in fact tried to assassinate him a few times, and he didn’t know that,” Kelly said.
“He truly believed, when he brought us generals in, that we would be loyal — that we would do anything he wanted us to do."'
March 11, 2024
My words: A feast of history on the corruption of the GOP. Grab a cup of coffee, find a comfortable chair, and read all about it. I lived through this and can only say, how soon we forget. Here's' just a taste of what's presented:
Thom Hartmann:
'Don't be fooled: The crocodile tears of those like Bill Barr & the “ex-Republicans” longing for a return of their “Grand Old Party” are still the con of Iran-Contra, Bush v Gore & Citizens United…' Thom Hartmann
'With nepo-daughter-in-law Lara Trump taking over the GOP, Donald Trump has essentially declared the “old Republican Party” — the party of Reagan and Bill Barr — dead, arguing that it no longer exists in the form it’s taken since the 1970s...While many in the GOP love the nativist, authoritarian turn the party’s taken, others — like former Attorney General Bill Barr — are mourning the loss of the old guard, calling Trump’s actions “despicable” and “nauseating.”
But what is — or was — the old GOP that Bill Barr so loved? While not as openly fascist as the MAGA movement, the Republican Party of the past five decades or so was frighteningly corrupt and based, itself, on lies and corruption.
Just this week, The New York Times revealed how Bill Barr apparently inserted himself into a Justice Department criminal investigation of a billion-dollar corporation for allegedly corruptly hiding their income offshore to avoid paying their fair share of taxes...But helping out alleged tax cheats is just the tip of the iceberg of “old GOP” corruption and lies since the days of Nixon and Reagan.
— They lied that if we cut taxes on the morbidly rich, the benefits would “trickle down” to everybody else.
— They lied that if labor unions were destroyed, “job creators” would create “prosperity” and pay workers better.
— They lied that if “originalist” judges were put on the Supreme Court, the rights to vote, abortion, and birth control would be protected.
— They lied that Reagan’s 1983 decision to stop enforcing our anti-trust laws would make business “more efficient” and create opportunities for entrepreneurs and locally-owned businesses.
— They lied that if we forbade the federal government from negotiating drug prices, consumers and taxpayers would save money.
— They lied that if we privatized Medicare, like George W. Bush did in 2003 with his Medicare Advantage scam, the system would save money.
— They lied that racism was “over” in America with the election of Barack Obama, so if the Supreme Court simply let former Confederate states do whatever they wanted, there would be no more suppression and purging of Black voters.'..
But most important, the Bill Barr old-school Republicans lied that they’d protect our democracy and bring honesty and integrity to American politics. Barr’s own history is probably the best example of how dangerous and destructive that lie has been.'
'How the Corrupt "Old GOP" & Bill Barr Laid the Foundation for Today's MAGA Movement' Thom Hartmann
https://hartmannreport.com/p/how-the-corrupt-old-gop-and-billMy words: A feast of history on the corruption of the GOP. Grab a cup of coffee, find a comfortable chair, and read all about it. I lived through this and can only say, how soon we forget. Here's' just a taste of what's presented:
Thom Hartmann:
'Don't be fooled: The crocodile tears of those like Bill Barr & the “ex-Republicans” longing for a return of their “Grand Old Party” are still the con of Iran-Contra, Bush v Gore & Citizens United…' Thom Hartmann
'With nepo-daughter-in-law Lara Trump taking over the GOP, Donald Trump has essentially declared the “old Republican Party” — the party of Reagan and Bill Barr — dead, arguing that it no longer exists in the form it’s taken since the 1970s...While many in the GOP love the nativist, authoritarian turn the party’s taken, others — like former Attorney General Bill Barr — are mourning the loss of the old guard, calling Trump’s actions “despicable” and “nauseating.”
But what is — or was — the old GOP that Bill Barr so loved? While not as openly fascist as the MAGA movement, the Republican Party of the past five decades or so was frighteningly corrupt and based, itself, on lies and corruption.
Just this week, The New York Times revealed how Bill Barr apparently inserted himself into a Justice Department criminal investigation of a billion-dollar corporation for allegedly corruptly hiding their income offshore to avoid paying their fair share of taxes...But helping out alleged tax cheats is just the tip of the iceberg of “old GOP” corruption and lies since the days of Nixon and Reagan.
— They lied that if we cut taxes on the morbidly rich, the benefits would “trickle down” to everybody else.
— They lied that if labor unions were destroyed, “job creators” would create “prosperity” and pay workers better.
— They lied that if “originalist” judges were put on the Supreme Court, the rights to vote, abortion, and birth control would be protected.
— They lied that Reagan’s 1983 decision to stop enforcing our anti-trust laws would make business “more efficient” and create opportunities for entrepreneurs and locally-owned businesses.
— They lied that if we forbade the federal government from negotiating drug prices, consumers and taxpayers would save money.
— They lied that if we privatized Medicare, like George W. Bush did in 2003 with his Medicare Advantage scam, the system would save money.
— They lied that racism was “over” in America with the election of Barack Obama, so if the Supreme Court simply let former Confederate states do whatever they wanted, there would be no more suppression and purging of Black voters.'..
But most important, the Bill Barr old-school Republicans lied that they’d protect our democracy and bring honesty and integrity to American politics. Barr’s own history is probably the best example of how dangerous and destructive that lie has been.'
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