US Politics

[HardCoreBlue]

Just now, JCon said:

She's going to hold on. 

I’m not agreeing with you until I hear the big boned person sing.

[Tracker]

Alex Jones ordered to pay another $473 million in damages to Sandy Hook families
   
A judge on Thursday ordered far right-wing extremist, conspiracy theorist, falsehoods promoter for profit, and Infowars founder Alex Jones to pay an additional $473 million for his lies in a case involving the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

The new $473 million order comes on top of the nearly $1 billion in damages he was ordered to pay last month.

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4 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Howler monkey up by just under 400 votes. Welp.

Yup recount incoming but she is ahead and people in her district are stupid 

[HardCoreBlue]

3 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Yup recount incoming but she is ahead and people in her district are stupid 

And dangerous. Not a great combo.

[Tracker]

1 minute ago, HardCoreBlue said:

And dangerous. Not a great combo.

And own guns. Lots of guns. Fanaticism, rage and firearms. Party time.

[Tracker]

74% Of Jewish Voters Supported Democrats In The Midterm And 76% Blame Trump For Rising Anti-Semitism
 

– Jewish voters continue to vote overwhelmingly Democratic, back Joe Biden and support the Democratic Party amid the national polarization dividing the country. Biden has a 70 percent job approval rating among Jewish voters, far exceeding his 42 percent approval among the general population (Real Clear Politics average). Jews also have positive views of the Democratic Party (66 percent favorable/32 percent unfavorable) and voted for Democrats by a 74 to 25 percent margin.

-The state of democracy and abortion dominate the issue environment,
underscoring Jewish priorities amid America’s cultural battles. More than half of Jewish voters (55 percent) cite the state of democracy as one of the two most important issues impacting their vote, followed by abortion (40 percent). There is a large drop-off to the next tier of issues, including inflation and the economy (27 percent), climate change (19 percent), and crime (16 percent).

– Antisemitism weighs heavily on the minds of American Jews and they hold Trump and his Republican allies responsible. An astonishing 97 percent of Jews say they are concerned about antisemitism in the United States, including 85 percent stating they are very concerned. o When asked how responsible Trump and his allies in the Republican Party are for a rise in antisemitism, 76 percent say they are responsible (including 67
percent very responsible). This is most pronounced among older Jews (79
percent among voters 50 years and older). Similarly, 76 percent say Trump and his allies in the Republican Party are responsible for a rise in white supremacy.

Israel was also a low-priority issue for American Jewish voters, and the poll revealed that Trump has a 79% unfavorable rating with American Jews.

Republicans will probably be surprised to learn that proclaiming to love Israel while anti-Semites are running their party will not fool Jewish voters.

https://www.politicususa.com/2022/11/10/jewish-voters-poll.html

[HardCoreBlue]

7 minutes ago, Tracker said:

And own guns. Lots of guns. Fanaticism, rage and firearms. Party time.

Not a great scene if you're sane.

[Tracker]

Things Sure Don't Seem To Be Going Well At Twitter.  "Bankruptcy isn't out of the question," Elon told employees Thursday.

Welcome to the new Twitter. Here, everyone can be anyone and for the low, low price of $8, the company will give you a veneer of legitimacy to back it up ― at least temporarily.

Nearly two weeks into the company’s Elon Musk era, half of the employees have been laid off (prompting a class action lawsuit), large advertisers have paused their spending (leading to a “dire” financial situation), and Twitter’s previous system for verifying that people are who they claim to be has been deliberately demolished.
That means anyone can now set up an account pretending to be anyone else, and pay $8 for the checkmark that used to signify the account had been verified, but now means nothing.

[HardCoreBlue]

10 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Things Sure Don't Seem To Be Going Well At Twitter.  "Bankruptcy isn't out of the question," Elon told employees Thursday.

Welcome to the new Twitter. Here, everyone can be anyone and for the low, low price of $8, the company will give you a veneer of legitimacy to back it up ― at least temporarily.

Nearly two weeks into the company’s Elon Musk era, half of the employees have been laid off (prompting a class action lawsuit), large advertisers have paused their spending (leading to a “dire” financial situation), and Twitter’s previous system for verifying that people are who they claim to be has been deliberately demolished.
That means anyone can now set up an account pretending to be anyone else, and pay $8 for the checkmark that used to signify the account had been verified, but now means nothing.

Oh I’m sure the mastermind genius is up to something. He’s a billionaire, we are to look up to him. Look how clever he is triggering all those radical lefty libtards.

Edited November 11, 2022 by HardCoreBlue

[Tracker]

Apparently the US Supreme Court Judges no longer feel a need to appear impartial:

Four Supreme Court justices under scrutiny for attending right-wing gala

Four U.S. Supreme Court justices attended the black-tie dinner gala at the first Federal Society convention since the court overturned Roe vs. Wade in its controversial Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health decision.

Associated Press correspondent Mark Sherman reported Justices Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh were in attendance at the group's 40th-anniversary celebration

Sherman noted it is four-fifths of the majority of the court that overturned Roe. Controversial Justice Clarence Thomas was the fifth. Three of the four justices in attendance were nominated by Donald Trump.

"Leonard Leo, [Federalist Society] co-chair, helped Trump vet judicial nominees. Group says it's independent of partisan politics," Sherman reported. "But there is close alignment with GOP priorities."

Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance wondered if the justices at the dinner had forgotten their job.

"As with so many of our institutions, the judiciary can only do its work when the public has confidence in it," Vance noted. "Some of our judges seem to have forgotten that and that they have life tenure to serve the American people, not the political agenda of the people who put them in place."

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15 minutes ago, Tracker said:

serve the American people, not the political agenda of the people who put them in place.

How quaint.  That illusion went out the door ages ago.

[Tracker]

   
Donald Trump's Thursday meltdown on his Truth Social website had already made its way into court proceedings in Florida just one day later.

"Former President Donald Trump's post-election screed labeling Florida's governor 'Ron DeSanctimonious' didn't go unnoticed by Andrew Gillum or his Miami lawyers," the Tallahassee Democrat reported. "In addition to saying he helped 'fix' DeSantis' campaign after it had 'completely fallen apart,' Trump said he also got the feds to intervene 'when votes were being stolen' in Broward County."
Gillum was beaten by Ron DeSantis in the 2018 midterms.

"David Markus and Katherine Miller, who are representing Gillum on federal public corruption charges involving donations to his gubernatorial campaign, didn't fire back at insults Trump hurled at Tallahassee's former mayor," the newspaper reported. "Instead, they cited Trump's statement in a motion filed Friday in federal court saying it further supported their request for a hearing on whether the federal government selectively prosecuted Gillum because of his race."

In a series of posts imitating a Twitter thread, a feature Trump's Truth Social does not support, Trump had harsh words for DeSantis.

Trump complained that Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and New York Post had gone "all in" for DeSantis, who Trump described as "an average Republican governor with great public relations."

"I was all in for Ron, and he beat Gillum, but after the Race, when votes were being stolen by the corrupt Election process in Broward County, and Ron was going down ten thousand votes a day, along with now-Senator Rick Scott, I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended, just prior to them running out of the votes necessary to win," Trump claimed.

Gillum's lawyers seized on Trump's social media remarks in their filing.

"Former President Trump's posts raise serious questions about how exactly Trump 'fixed' DeSantis' campaign and what Trump directed the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office to do, and whether there is any connection to the FBI's investigation and later prosecution of Gillum," Gillum's lawyers argued.

The attorneys said Trump's Truth Social post demonstrates a "prima facie case of selective prosecution (at a minimum for political purposes), because Donald Trump confirms that he took action through the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office."

According to The Washington Post, Trump's claims of sending federal agents to intervene in the election are "also almost certainly false."

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Trumps daughters wedding is going to full of shits and giggles as Trump has locked himself in the bathroom

Oh so happy

[JCon]

Truth Social may be out of money? Incredible. 

[iHeart]

wow even Ann Coulter's had enough of his crap (sorry sweetheart you're still not redeemable)

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[HardCoreBlue]

18 hours ago, Tracker said:

   
Donald Trump's Thursday meltdown on his Truth Social website had already made its way into court proceedings in Florida just one day later.

"Former President Donald Trump's post-election screed labeling Florida's governor 'Ron DeSanctimonious' didn't go unnoticed by Andrew Gillum or his Miami lawyers," the Tallahassee Democrat reported. "In addition to saying he helped 'fix' DeSantis' campaign after it had 'completely fallen apart,' Trump said he also got the feds to intervene 'when votes were being stolen' in Broward County."
Gillum was beaten by Ron DeSantis in the 2018 midterms.

"David Markus and Katherine Miller, who are representing Gillum on federal public corruption charges involving donations to his gubernatorial campaign, didn't fire back at insults Trump hurled at Tallahassee's former mayor," the newspaper reported. "Instead, they cited Trump's statement in a motion filed Friday in federal court saying it further supported their request for a hearing on whether the federal government selectively prosecuted Gillum because of his race."

In a series of posts imitating a Twitter thread, a feature Trump's Truth Social does not support, Trump had harsh words for DeSantis.

Trump complained that Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and New York Post had gone "all in" for DeSantis, who Trump described as "an average Republican governor with great public relations."

"I was all in for Ron, and he beat Gillum, but after the Race, when votes were being stolen by the corrupt Election process in Broward County, and Ron was going down ten thousand votes a day, along with now-Senator Rick Scott, I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended, just prior to them running out of the votes necessary to win," Trump claimed.

Gillum's lawyers seized on Trump's social media remarks in their filing.

"Former President Trump's posts raise serious questions about how exactly Trump 'fixed' DeSantis' campaign and what Trump directed the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office to do, and whether there is any connection to the FBI's investigation and later prosecution of Gillum," Gillum's lawyers argued.

The attorneys said Trump's Truth Social post demonstrates a "prima facie case of selective prosecution (at a minimum for political purposes), because Donald Trump confirms that he took action through the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office."

According to The Washington Post, Trump's claims of sending federal agents to intervene in the election are "also almost certainly false."

The counter, as this is social media this is all just entertainment, no one is to believe this. And the judge nods their head in agreement.

[the watcher]

On 2022-11-10 at 11:46 AM, Tracker said:

But the US military has 750,000,000,000 to play with. But America cannot afford a good public education system, clean drinking water for all or universal healthcare. And veterans' services are inadequate to the extent where more US servicemen have been lost to suicide since the Iraqi war than died in the war. The same is true for those who served in Viet Nam. Helluva war-glorifying system.

It's all about making money for those in power. There's no profit to be made in helping veterans cope once they have been used up and spit back out.

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40 minutes ago, the watcher said:

It's all about making money for those in power. There's no profit to be made in helping veterans cope once they have been used up and spit back out.

Thank you for your service bs and F*** Off and die already so we can stop pretending to care

[iHeart]

Dems keep the senate now if only the Dems can pull some sudden wins out of their asses for the house

[Noeller]

Saw a great quote that overturning Roe v Wade was the worst thing to happen to the GOP since Trump.... 

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[TrueBlue4ever]

They shouldn’t dismiss the runoff in Georgia. With Manchin as a Republican swing vote often and Dem in name only, they could use the extra seat. 

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1 minute ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

They shouldn’t dismiss the runoff in Georgia. With Manchin as a Republican swing vote often and Dem in name only, they could use the extra seat. 

I think Warnock wins the run off especially if kiss of death Trump shows up at a Walker rally