Politics Up Close And Almost Personal

Trump continues to fill his cabinet with unqualified asshole loyalists. Today he announced that he was nominating Rep. Matt Gaetz to be his new Attorney General. The entire political infrastructure is in shock over this one. Being under investigation for sexual activities seems to be one of Trump's prerequisites to be in his cabinet. Politico, "One senior Republican Hill official said the Gaetz decision was an “absolute gut punch.” Axios reported: We wanted him out of the House

Google searches for the term “tariff” spiked after the election, as well as searches for “Trump’s tariff plan” — spiking more than 1650 per cent since the election. Searches for “who pays tariffs” have risen 350 per cent since the election. See? They're not uninformed voters -- they just waited to become informed until the election was over.

No sooner did I say that Ol' Pornstache himself, Eric Hovde, had to shit or get off the pot by either conceding or asking for a recount, that he replied by standing up and shitting himself. In an almost five minute long video, the California carpetbanker launched into his own version of the Big Lie.

Behind the scenes, President Joe Biden’s team has been preparing for his big final weeks in office, regardless of who won the 2024 election. “The schedule will be robust and he plans to leave it all on the field,” White House communications director Ben LaBolt told NBC News in September. During his speech to the nation last Wednesday, Biden addressed some of his administration’s final priorities, including a focus on infrastructure spending, which was a major legislative accomplishment of his presidency. "We're going to see over a trillion dollars' worth of infrastructure work done, changing people's lives in rural communities and communities that are in real difficulty," the president said.

Four women who were denied abortions in Idaho -- which has a nearly total abortion ban-- tearfully testified on Tuesday in a case that seeks to clarify medical exceptions. They testified about their nonviable pregnancies as part of a lawsuit filed by women who were unable to receive abortions due to Idaho's total ban.

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