As of this writing, Matt Gaetz is about a 3-1 dog for confirmation by the Senate according to Polymarket, the online betting site that favors Republicans, and was bullish on Trump winning the election.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries yesterday rejected the idea that voters delivered some kind of mandate to Trump and the Republicans, arguing that the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the House means that nothing will get done in Washington without Democratic support.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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During a House Oversight hearing on FEMA's response to recent hurricanes, Rep. Lauren Boebert tried to unnerve FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell, by regurgitating Trump's lies that FEMA was playing politics and not helping Republicans in crisis.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
We've discussed Don Jr's (alleged!) abuse of cocaine before, well, because it's evident in his video rants, and now, at the SpaceX launch on Tuesday, too.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareRep. Tom Tiffany thought he had the perfect double own on them dang libs when he squatted over his phone and xitted this post out:
Biden admin a month ago: Sorry, we don't have enough money to help American hurricane victims.Biden admin yesterday: We are building a passenger train in Lima, Peru.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Yes, we know Donald Trump plans to skip public background checks on his nominees and we know he’ll try to appoint them no matter what is found. We also know, especially with potential Attorney General Matt Gaetz, there is almost certainly a lot to be found.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareOn this day in 2024 I decided we needed more Bowie.
Dame: Democracy Is Dying in Broad Daylight.
driftglass: At The David Brooks Navel Observatory.
Rising tensions in Europe as a fiber-optic cable was cut between Germany and Finland. Via Gizmodo:
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe game begins for the task of running the Democratic National Committee. We don't know who else is considering a run yet, but whoever it is, the question will be: Who's best at rebuilding?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
I’m beginning to lose count of how many cabinet picks by President-Elect Sexual Abuser seem to have a similar predisposition. We have Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Robert F. Kennedy and now Linda McMahon.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIf they want to stop Matt Gaetz, a Democrat needs to stand up on the floor--and show the guts in breaking precedent, collegiality, and tradition, with the truth that Republicans have shown breaking all rules, decorum and LAWS.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
In the most despicable fashion, Fox News host Jesse Watters sided with Rep. Nancy Mace's disgusting resolution targeting Sarah McBride, the first transgender person elected to Congress, by attempting to ban transgender women from using the women's restroom in the Capitol.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAs the gentle reader is assuredly aware of, one of the GOP's latest faux outrages is claiming that FEMA ran out of money and couldn't help victims of the Hurricane Helene.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
You love to see it! Senate Dems will vote late into the night Monday in a frantic effort to confirm as many Biden’s nominees to the federal judiciary as they can before the Chaos Demon takes over in January.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Michael Gableman, the former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice whom Robin Vos has hired to do a fraudit of the 2020 presidential election, was slammed with a 75-page ethics complaint on Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareKeeping in line with his cauldron of shit cabinet selections, Trump chose Dr. Oz to be in charge of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid services.
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Just after Indiana Republican county commissioner John Jessup won the election, he pleaded guilty in a Nevada sexual assault case. And now, he will be forced to resign without serving in his elected role.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Donald Trump's new immigration czar Tom Homan told Fox and Friends that if any Democratic mayor, chief of Police, or governor blocks his efforts to deport anyone they will be charged with a felony.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The adage that in wartime you can have either guns or butter, but you can't have both never seemed more vividly illustrated than in Russia recently where the high cost of butter has thieves stealing it so often that protective covers had to be placed on it in supermarkets.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareOn this day in 1983, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” premiered in Los Angeles. Directed by John Landis (An American Werewolf in London, Three Amigos, Trading Places), the video paid homage to some of Hollywood’s biggest horror films, including a voiceover from one of the genre’s OG icons, Vincent Price.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Republicans are so pathetic, they're almost certainly going to block a bill they already passed because Herr Goldenhair has ordered them to do so. Why even show up? Just let Trump vote directly on legislation and everyone else can stay home!More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Continuing with his WTAF tour of cabinet nominees, The Orange Felon has named former reality star and fake lumberjack Sean Duffy as his Secretary of Transportation:
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareMike Lindell is lobbying hard for The Orange Felon to appoint him to head up election security, saying that his team is ready to plug in and get to work immediately.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Indiana residents were met with Ku Klux Klan flyers scattered about on Sunday night and Monday morning, calling for the mass deportation of immigrants. I wonder who inspired that. I'm sure it's just a coinkydink that the felon confirmed he would declare a national emergency to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations of migrants living in the U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
As the last votes continue to get tallied across the country, one thing is clear: Donald Trump’s victory on Nov. 5 is nowhere near the “mandate” Republicans are claiming.
On Monday, CNN data reporter Harry Enten broke down Trump's incredibly weak popular vote victory.
Pete Hegseth, Fox News host, preeminent Trump fluffer and now nominated to be the Secretary of Defense, joined a Christian nationalist podcast to explain how he can turn Christian schools into boot camps tp launch an insurgency against the US.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
As you probably already know, The Donald has selected the infamous Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator. What you may not remember is that he is an enthusiastic shill for Medicare Advantage.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
CNN contributor Anna Navarro took apart Donald Trump's ludicrous pick to be the next Attorney General by describing a little recent history that involved a former president and his nominations.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
"We were flooded with phone calls from people all day, literally around the world.”
Sure, Jan.
Source: Daily Beast