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Sen. Lisa Murkowski Says She ‘Could Not Vote’ For GOP Front-Runner Donald #Trump | HuffPost Latest News
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lisa-murkow

Sen. Lisa Murkowski Says She ‘Could Not Vote’ For GOP Front-Runner Donald Trump
The Alaska Republican urged voters to not give up on former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s candidacy.

Back to the original #BigLie:
Once upon a time, 2000 years ago, a guy we call "Joseph" didn't want to tell his girlfriend's dad that he'd knocked her up. Hakeem would have been big mad. So they made up a story wherein she'd basically been raped by a ghost (who, by the way, also happened to create the whole world; pretty spiffy!).
Over the centuries, this big…

Trump compares himself to Jesus Christ – again
‘He’s playing to a growing GOP faction that wants America to be [a] white Christian Nationalist state, with Donald Trump as a divine ruler,’ says Robert Reich, Clinton’s labour secretary

'Literal neo-Nazis': #GOP lawmaker accused of making anti-Semitic comment about reporter - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-collins-anti-semitic-reporter/…

'Literal neo-Nazis': GOP lawmaker accused of making anti-Semitic comment about reporter
Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) appears to be in deep trouble after a comment he made on social media on Sunday.Collins, who caused a blowup on the social media site X in February following a post in which he suggested immigrants should be given rides on "Pinochet Air," responded to a post from what one re...

“We … oppose legislation which makes our nation more #democratic in naturex, is the new official position of the #Republican Party in #Washington State.
Step 1: Stop the election of

Many GOP billionaires balked at Jan. 6. They’re coming back to Trump.
Trump’s team has used a soft touch with the billionaires and has shown more sophistication than some expected
At the center of some of the discussions has been top Trump aide #Susie #Wiles, who often comes armed with data and is viewed as “imp…

Many GOP billionaires balked at Jan. 6. They’re coming back to Trump.
Elite donors are rediscovering their affinity for the former president over taxes — even as he vows to free Jan. 6 defendants, promises mass deportations and faces 88 felony charges.

The Libertarian Party stopped being #libertarian a few years ago, but now it is also no longer meaningfully a political party. #uspol

Typical American #prudishness? No, the efforts to ban nudism are part of the #GOP s panic campaign against #LGBTQ and sexual self-determination, under the pretext of protecting children from sexual assaults by…

“We are devolving into a democracy, because congressmen and senators are elected by the same pool,” was how one GOP delegate put it to the convention. “We do not want to be a democracy.”
#USPolitcs #GOPFascists

The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracy
Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, putting it right in the party platform.

Ted Cruz tries to hide the GOP IVF ban in a load of BS. Can your BS-Meter spot it? #IVF #RoeYourVote
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GOP tries to hide its IVF ban in a load of BS.
The GOP is scared. They’re afraid of how angry voters are over abortion bans and terrified that their extremism will finally do them in.

It’s Nuts That #Trump Will Have Classified Intelligence Briefings Again
https://www.thedailybeast.com/its-nuts-that-trump-will-have-cla…

It’s Nuts That Trump Will Have Classified Intelligence Briefings Again
When he clinches the GOP nomination, the ex-president—currently under indictment for taking, hiding, and refusing to return classified docs—will have access to that info again.

“He focused on issues like infrastructure & downplayed the importance of reproductive rights. ‘It's certainly an issue that needs to be dealt with,’ he told Politico, ‘but not our top issue. I don't think that this is the issue that wins or loses the race.’ That calculus turned out to be wrong, & Lands just gave Democrats good reason to believe Powell will be only the 1st of many Republicans to pay the price at the ballot box this year.”

Alabama Democrat flips GOP seat after campaigning against threats to IVF
Democrat Marilyn Lands defeated Republican Teddy Powell on Tuesday in a nationally watched special election for a GOP-held seat in the Alabama House of Representatives. While Republicans will ...

I'm disappointed - We are in an election year, and I, like many, are frustrated by the ballot choices. I will hold my nose and vote #Democratic as the #GOP has demonstrated how much of a threat they pose to all but the wealthy - and how they will mobilize the rest with

I'm disappointed - We are in an election year, and I, like many, are frustrated by the ballot choices. I will hold my nose and vote #Democratic as the #GOP has demonstrated how much of a threat they pose to all but the wealthy - and how they will mobilize the rest with

“No way my guy lost! I voted for him nine times!”
Also, this fellow is lurching toward the bad-at-crime category of white collar crime.
#Georgia #GOP

GOP official who claimed 2020 election was stolen voted illegally 9 times, judge rules
Brian Pritchard, first vice chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine, as well as investigative costs and be publicly reprimanded.

The GOP’s #IVF flip-flopping shows it’s caught in its own trap | The Hill
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/4505023-the-gops…

The GOP’s IVF flip-flopping shows it’s caught in its own trap
It’s also just the latest example of the strategy in today’s GOP; say one thing and do another whenever it’s politically expedient.   

#KernCounty District Supervisor Zack Scrivner is now under investigation for sexual assault of one of his four children. The #GOP politician is nephew of Kern County DA and was said to be "suicidal" after his aunt alerted sheriffs he was bleeding from stab wounds after a confrontation.

Supervisor Scrivner under investigation for accusations of sexual assault by his child
UPDATED (10:27 P.M.)Disturbing details were revealed today at a news conference about why law enforcement were called to Kern County Supervisor Zack

If you want to know where the 'pro-life' movement is headed, watch this
Texas Democrats have released a leaked video, saying it shows Texas
👉Republicans supporting the death penalty for women who seek abortions 👈 at a meeting held by an anti-abortion group.
The video shows Hood County Constable #Scott #London

Texas GOP Meets Group Suggesting Death Penalty for Women Who Seek Abortions
A leaked video appears to show Republican officials at a meeting held by an anti-abortion group pushing for women to be prosecuted for having abortions.

“We are devolving into a democracy, because congressmen and senators are elected by the same pool,” was how one GOP delegate put it to the convention. “We do not want to be a democracy.”
#USPolitcs #GOPFascists

The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracy
Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, putting it right in the party platform.

[Reposting poll to see how results evolve]
Does the US Republican Party fit the concept of a criminal organization (like the Mafia in the 1930s, the Mexican drug cartels, etc)? #GOP #OrganizedCrime #USPolitics

How the GOP / republican party became the party of Putin. I have no doubt historians will see this as one of the biggest intelligence wins of Russia/Putin.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-gop-is-the-party-of-putin

The GOP Is the Party of Putin
The Russians’ takeover of the Republican party is arguably the most successful influence operation in history.

Bylaws
#GOP

Closed Minds, Closed Schools: GOP’s Religious Education Plan
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/05/31/closed-minds-closed-schools-gops-religious-education-plan/

Closed Minds, Closed Schools: GOP's Religious Education Plan
Make sure that the taxes you pay go to support a quality public education for your kids not religious indoctrination.

#Parody #NYTimesPitchbot
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Did the House GOP tarnish its brand by getting its act together enough to pass some bills last week?

Texas #GOP Meets Group Suggesting Death Penalty for Women Who Seek #Abortions
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Texas GOP Meets Group Suggesting Death Penalty for Women Who Seek Abortions
A leaked video appears to show Republican officials at a meeting held by an anti-abortion group pushing for women to be prosecuted for having abortions.

At Texas GOP convention, Republicans call for spiritual warfare
At the three-day convention, delegates moved the needle further to the right, preaching #Christian #nationalism and approving rules that would give them
💥unprecedented control of elections.💥
From his booth in the exhibit hall of the T…

At Texas GOP convention, Republicans call for spiritual warfare
At the three-day convention, delegates moved the needle further to the right, preaching Christian nationalism and approving rules that would give them unprecedented control of elections.

Remember: Every mile of land lost by #Ukraine this month to Russian invaders is the direct result of #GOP intransigence and refusal to stand by our allies just so they could make Biden look bad.
Every Republican legislator is a threat to national security. Every. Single. One. Treat them as such.

I love Dana Nessel.
As reported by Michigan Public, the only reason she was able to look at Lecherous Lee’s “non-profits” was clues provided by his sister-in-law, secondary to accusations that he had sexually assaulted her as a minor.
His pedophilic rape wasn’t prosecutable for lack of evidence, but it is good to see a full-spectrum slimeball going down for simple corruption because a woman stood up for herself.

News Views (@newsviews@mastodon.world)
Attached: 1 image Dana Nessel Levels 13 Criminal Charges Against Former Michigan GOP House Speaker Lee Chatfield Michigan's AG Dana Nessel announced multiple criminal charges against the state's former GOP Speaker of the House, Lee Chatfield, and his wife Stephanie. Chatfield is accused of using nonprofit funds for https://newsviews.online/2024/04/16/dana-nessel-levels-13-criminal-charges-against-former-michigan-gop-house-speaker-lee-chatfield/ #crime #DanaNessel #GOPCorruption #LeeChat…

The GOP-run Supreme Court may end up protecting Trump, but they aren't going out on as many limbs for the insurrectionists who weren't elected president.
"Two recent #SCOTUS actions have opened the door to a new legal frontier in which local and state officials can be disqualified from office for life for engaging in

Supreme Court opens new frontier for insurrection claims that could target state and local officials
Two recent U.S. Supreme Court actions have opened the door to a new legal frontier in which local and state officials can be disqualified from office for life for engaging in “insurrection” or providing “aid and comfort” to enemies of the Constitution. The Supreme Court recently said states could not use the 14th Amendment to remove candidates for federal office. But in a separate case this week, it rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of of…

How Republicans texted and emailed their way into a money problem
In the years after Donald Trump lost the presidency to Joe Biden, Trump sent 🔸so many emails 🔸and text messages asking for money that Republican consultants warned his mailing lists could become #useless.
The former president’s friends told him that they were being asked for too much, too often, and Trump himself ordered aides a…

How Republicans texted and emailed their way into a money problem
Small-dollar donations to Donald Trump and the GOP are way down since 2019 and 2020. But the former president’s team says they see a turnaround.

I'm beginning to understand why #GOP #Republicans #MAGA say "they all do it" ( Yes, #Democrats have their …

A 9/11 Charity Provides a Financial Safety Net to a Giuliani Firm
Five months after filing for bankruptcy, the former New York City mayor disclosed his company’s income from a foundation established to honor a firefighter killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

I'm beginning to understand why #GOP #Republicans #MAGA say "they all do it" ( Yes, #Democrats have their …

A 9/11 Charity Provides a Financial Safety Net to a Giuliani Firm
Five months after filing for bankruptcy, the former New York City mayor disclosed his company’s income from a foundation established to honor a firefighter killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

First, buses don’t land. Well, the one in “Speed” did, but that was special effects. Otherwise, buses don’t land. But that’s on The Hill, and that’s dumb.
Which means everything about this — including this ridiculous fear stoking, hot button spewing, bulk mailer distributing, send-me-money-because-I’ve-scared-you state rep — is dumb.
Except Gonzaga. #Gonzaga is usually awesome. Poor Go…

Isabella DeLuca, former intern to GOP representatives #LeeZeldin and #PaulGosar, has been arrested for her participation in the #January6th

Social media influencer is charged with joining the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol
A conservative social media influencer has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and passing a stolen table out of a broken window, allowing other rioters to use it as a weapon against police. Court records unsealed on Monday show that Isabella Maria DeLuca is charged with misdemeanors, including theft of government property, disorderly conduct and entering a restricted area. She was arrested last Friday in Irvine, California. DeLuca has more than 333,000 followers on the platform formerl…

Watch this space.
#GOP
#Reichsparteitag
#2024GOPConvention

Republicans schedule votes about fridges and dryers but can't schedule a vote about Ukraine. This inaction kills innocent civilians in Ukraine.
#GOP #Republicans #USA

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#BlueWaveRising #BidenHarris4More

All Aboard: the Training Series - What's at stake with the extreme MAGA GOP agenda · Mobilize
As Joe and Kamala say, it's time to “finish the job!” All aboard! We are thrilled to invite you to the last of a three part training series on messaging and having effective conversations on the phones, at the doors, and with our friends and family about the upcoming election. This third session will focus on how to have persuasive conversations with voters that show what's at stake with the extreme MAGA GOP agenda this year. Please RSVP to receive Zoom details. **Check out the other…

#Parody #NYTimesPitchbot
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House Republican Mike Gallagher has announced that he will resign before the end of his term, which will leave the House GOP with a single vote majority. Here's why that's bad news for…

In 2022, #Royce #White
—a former first-round NBA draft pick and George Floyd protest leader
—ran in the primary for #Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District
as a far-right Republican and disciple of

Royce White—Steve Bannon protege who called our reporter a "cuck"—endorsed by Minnesota GOP for Senate
The former NBA player and Black Lives Matter protester leader became a MAGA star spewing galaxy-brain conspiracies about Jews. Now, he's got the stamp of approval from the GOP.

Mehdi Hasan:
"Chris Sununu is the self-styled ‘moderate’ #Republican governor of New Hampshire. He has spent the past few years lambasting former president Donald J. Trump. Sununu has called Trump “f**king crazy” (April 2022), a “loser” (April 2023), a “coward” (January 2024), and an “asshole” (February 2024).
On Saturday,

"Today he is a baby, tomorrow he is a fighter"
Mehdi’s Monday Memo on the latest call for genocide, plus new GOP cowardice

An #Arizona grand jury has indicted 11 people in the #Trump fake-electors conspiracy, including former state GOP chair Kelli Ward.

The odds of a brokered convention are non-trivial.
#GOP
#Reichsparteitag
#2024GOPConvention

Republican calls to "reform" #Social #Security got fresh attention when the House Republican Study Committee (RSC), which includes more than 170 GOP lawmakers, released a #budget

GOP faces internal battle over raising age for Social Security
Republicans are battling among themselves over whether to push reforms to reduce Social Security spending, with some conservatives rallying around the idea of raising the retirement age. Republicans pushing reforms to Social Security argue that raising the retirement age would not cut benefits and would be phased in slowly so as not to affect people…

The GOP-run Supreme Court may end up protecting Trump, but they aren't going out on as many limbs for the insurrectionists who weren't elected president.
"Two recent #SCOTUS actions have opened the door to a new legal frontier in which local and state officials can be disqualified from office for life for engaging in

Supreme Court opens new frontier for insurrection claims that could target state and local officials
Two recent U.S. Supreme Court actions have opened the door to a new legal frontier in which local and state officials can be disqualified from office for life for engaging in “insurrection” or providing “aid and comfort” to enemies of the Constitution. The Supreme Court recently said states could not use the 14th Amendment to remove candidates for federal office. But in a separate case this week, it rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of of…

#tool Stefanik Files Ethics Complaint Against Jack Smith - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2024/04/stefanik-files-ethics-complaint-against-jack-sm…

Stefanik Files Ethics Complaint Against Jack Smith
Fox News reports: House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is filing an ethics complaint against special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday, accusing him of violating Department of Justice (DOJ)

@…
Oh, I definitely need to do the #AltText for this one! Here we go:
This is hilarious. Somebody posted the transcript of this video as if it were failed students paper, as a joke.
In response, @CLT_GOP said it must be a CMS student paper because…

"This assault began last August, after Schwalb announced he was investigating the Federalist Society for alleged self-dealing. Leo is accused of using millions of dollars in tax-exempt organization funds to prop up his private consulting firm, CRC Advisors."
#Trump’s 'court whisperer' unleashes #GOP

Trump’s 'court whisperer' unleashes GOP assault on DC attorney general investigating him
GOP activist Leonard Leo is co-chair of the influential Federalist Society, which has produced all six of the Supreme Court of the United States' (SCOTUS) conservative jurists — including Chief Justice John Roberts. And ever since the office of Washington, DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb started i...

#Project2025 focuses on packing the next GOP administration with extreme loyalists to former President Donald Trump. 
The plan aims to reinstate #ScheduleF, a Trump-era executive order that makes federal employees fireable at-will, stripping tens of thousands of employees of civil service protections.
…

A guide to Project 2025, the extreme right-wing agenda for the next Republican administration
Project 2025, a comprehensive transition plan organized by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to guide the next GOP presidential administration, is the conservative movement’s most robust policy and staffing proposal for a potential second Trump White House — and its extreme agenda represents a threat to democracy, civil rights, the climate, and more.  Project 2025 focuses on packing the next GOP administration with extreme loyalists to former President Donald Trump.  The plan …

#Montana PSC District 4, which includes Missoula and extends to Canadian border
#MTPol #MTPSC

A must-read.
Texas isn't the only state pushing for an end to no-fault divorce--Nebraska, Mississippi, & Louisiana are, too, & many more will follow. Red states want to trap women in pregnancy & in marriage, & they don't care how many of us die as a result. They're misogynists & abusers, & they want to take us back to a time when (white) men had all the power & we had none. #GOP

The right's war on divorce—and its costs
To enshrine a traditional idea of marriage, there is a state-level push against no-fault divorce. It would harm victims of abuse.

#Democrats lock on #Latino vote that they took for granted has apparently expired, along with most of the party's former core principles.
While #Republicans are clearly defined, no one's quite sure what a Democrat is…

Latino voters are swinging back toward Trump and the GOP
Baker is a graduate student at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and a former active-duty Marine. CHARLESTON, S.C. – Inside a vendor’s booth at Charleston’s renowned City Market, Ingrid Ginn gripped a small pair of needle-nosed pliers, twisting a gold wire around itself to finish off a pair...

PowerPoint 'accidentally sent to Dem lawmakers' reveals Arizona #GOP strategy to 'dilute votes' on #abortion - Alternet.org
https:…

PowerPoint 'accidentally sent to Dem lawmakers' reveals Arizona GOP strategy to 'dilute votes'
Arizona Republicans, including far-right U.S. Senate hopeful Kari Lake, have been in damage-control mode following a recent ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court — which upheld a draconian 1864 law that makes abortion illegal in almost all cases. Lake, who still identifies as "pro-life," came out agai...

Maybe #KatieBritt should look closer to home for sex criminals…
“An Alabama politico who worked on multiple GOP campaigns and led a local Young Republicans chapter is accused of sexually torturing and murdering another man. Kyle Hayden Lewter, 36, was charged with killing Derek Franklin Walls, 54, during a ‘physical alteration’ last Thursday in Madison County.”

GOP Operative Accused of Sexual Torture and Murder in Alabama
Police alleged that Lewter, 36, knew the victim and got into a deadly fight with him.

Outsiders with Deep Pockets: GOP’s Super Rich Carpetbagging Senate Candidates
#ShadySheehy #MTPol #BlueWaveRising

Outsiders with Deep Pockets
Recognize GOP carpetbaggers for who they are: outsiders with deep pockets who represent billionaires, not the people of the state where they are running.

Former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has become a lightning rod in GOP circles.
Rashida Jones,#MSNBC network president, responded to backlash in the wake of a Friday announcement by NBC News that former Republican National Committee Chairwoman #Ronna

Don't dig too deep, #GOP; you might not like what you find...might be one of your own
WATCH: House GOP launches new probe of #Jan6, starting with police response to pipe bombs | PBS NewsHour

WATCH: House GOP launches new probe of Jan. 6, starting with police response to pipe bombs
House Republicans are launching a vast reinvestigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, seeking to push the blame away from Donald Trump, who has been indicted over his actions or his supporters in the mob siege trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Maybe #KatieBritt should look closer to home for sex criminals…
“An Alabama politico who worked on multiple GOP campaigns and led a local Young Republicans chapter is accused of sexually torturing and murdering another man. Kyle Hayden Lewter, 36, was charged with killing Derek Franklin Walls, 54, during a ‘physical alteration’ last Thursday in Madison County.”

GOP Operative Accused of Sexual Torture and Murder in Alabama
Police alleged that Lewter, 36, knew the victim and got into a deadly fight with him.

The GOP's tax bill was written by LOBBYISTS and CORPORATE EXECUTIVES. They're not working for YOU, they're working for THEIR DONORS.
#BidenFightsPriceGouging

How GOP Megadonor #Jeffrey #Yass Can Clean Up on #TikTok’s Forced Sale
The Pennsylvania billionaire has former TikTok detractors backing off a ban, but he’ll be sitting pretty if a US takeover happens. 
A top Republica…

How GOP Megadonor Jeffrey Yass Can Clean Up on TikTok’s Forced Sale
The Pennsylvania billionaire has former TikTok detractors backing off a ban, but he'll be sitting pretty if a US takeover happens. 

House Republicans are panicking about their shrinking majority after Rep. #Ken #Buck (R-Colo.) said he will #resign at the end of next week, stunning GOP leadership.
Why it matters: Republicans' razor-thin margins have created headach…

House GOP panics as another Republican sprints for the exits
Ken Buck's resignation "complicates matters" for Republican leadership, one GOP lawmaker said.

Add another one to the list…
“Luis Borunda, a former deputy secretary of state under [Governor Larry] Hogan, was charged with two counts of distribution of child pornography, sexual exploitation of a child, and possession of child pornography”
#Trump previously appointed Borunda to his 2017 “election integrity committee.”

Former GOP Official Accused Of Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Images
Former Maryland Deputy Secretary of State Luis Borunda was first arrested last year after allegedly trying to meet with an investigator posting as 13-year-old girl.

Greg Bluestein on X: "A GOP member of Fulton County's elections board is refusing to certify primary election results unless given access to detailed voting data, in a move that Democrats worry could jeopardize certification of November’s general election results. #gapol

Republican member of Fulton elections board won’t certify primary results
A Republican member of the Fulton County elections board is refusing to certify primary election results unless given access to detailed voting data, in a move that Democrats worry could jeopardize certification of the November general election.

Just a reminder to those who forgot:
👉 Donald Trump doesn’t care for the nation’s #veterans, and he never did.👈
A montage of the notorious draft dodger’s old musings on the military went viral on Memorial Day.
The audio medley, assembled by The Daily Show, featured the
voices of several network anchors reporting on 🔸just how little the presumptive GOP presidential nominee actually …

Watch: Video Shows Trump’s Revolting Approach to Respecting Troops
The former president’s own words come back to bite him.

Obama was the best president of my lifetime, but a lot of Democrats don’t seem to know that.
The influence of GOP media has a long reach. In subtle ways, such as language and framing, it seeps into everything from the New York Times to liberal social media. It seems to have convinced a number on the left that Obama was evil.
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#ushistory

GOP Map Of Shame: Forced Birth For Child Rape Victims #RoeYourVote

GOP Map Of Shame: Forced Birth For Child Rape Victims
No child rape victim should be forced to carry a pregnancy to term. Vote for President Biden and Democrats to protect women and girl's rights.

#Trump negotiated with #terrorists.
The U.S. departure from Afghanistan, marked by scenes of desperation and violence, continues to be a political challenge for Biden, who has defended his decision-making and blamed Trump for boxing him in by signing a deal with the Taliban that agreed to withdra…

Generals who carried out Biden’s Afghan exit face new GOP scrutiny
Retired generals Mark Milley and Kenneth McKenzie discuss President Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan before the GOP-led House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Glad to have caught Betsy Russell at #Osher yesterday. Lots of stories about covering the idiocy which is the GOP supermajority in the statehouse from the trenches. The antiquated IT at the Moronic Inferno is, of course, a systemic problem... And there are LOTS of problems! (That said, they've dug themselves into this hole, and I'm just eating

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday 🌟removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies 🌟
— a move supporters said was unrelated to recent scrutiny about the 🔸health of the state’s senior senator, Republican leader Mitch McConnell.🔸
The GOP supermajority Legislature easily #overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s

Kentucky GOP lawmakers remove Democratic governor's role in filling US Senate vacancies
Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have removed any role for the Democratic governor in filling a U.S. Senate vacancy. The GOP supermajority Legislature on Friday easily overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of the measure. The legislation calls for a special election to fill any Senate vacancy from the Bluegrass State. The special election winner would hold the seat for the remainder of the unexpired term. How a Senate vacancy is filled carries greater importance at a time when the Senate is close…

The rare gambit that could force the House to pass Ukraine aid
One #discharge #petition, from House #Democrats, would force a vote on the Senate package.
Another, from a small group of

Analysis | The rare gambit that could force the House to pass Ukraine aid
A couple of discharge petitions were launched this week. They rarely succeed, but this situation and this GOP majority aren’t normal.

Rep. Ken Buck (Colo.) became the first GOP member to sign the House Democrats’ Ukraine aid #discharge #petition on Thursday, just one day before he is set to retire from Congress.
The discharge petition, formally launched earlier this month by House Democrats, is an attempt to force consideration of a Senate-pas…

#Florida #GOP passes 'vicious' bill banning mandatory water breaks for workers - Alternet.org
https://www.

Florida GOP passes 'vicious' bill banning mandatory water breaks for workers
Displaying "punitive cruelty" toward Florida residents who work outdoors, the Republican-controlled state House on Friday approved a bill that would ban local governments from requiring that workplaces provide water breaks and other cooling measures.The state Senate passed the measure on Thursday, w...

These three Senators are our LAST LINE OF DEFENSE against the GOP. Please see:
#Democratic

Leonard Leo, the wealthy neo-conservative Catholic puppet master.
Leo has funded 60 of over 80 #Project2025 initial advisory groups,
including over half the Advisory Board in 2022,
using hard-to-track dark money.
Leo's world is a tight knit, overlapping network of friends, Christian Right activists,
and GOP lawyers at The

Project 2025: Leonard Leo Funded Scheme
Project 2025: Leonard Leo's Scheme To Impose A Christian Dictatorship

#VoterFraud, and like it usually is, not Democrats:
Michigan Republicans' Senate nominee petitions 'infected' with fake signatures: complaint - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com…

Michigan Republicans' Senate nominee petitions 'infected' with fake signatures: complaint
A complaint filed with Michigan election officials by Democrats urges an investigation of several Republican Senate candidates for alleged signature fraud, reported Bridge Michigan on Friday."In a Friday letter to the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, attorneys for the Michigan Democratic Party an...

When a top Republican says Russian propaganda has infected the GOP
The GOP chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
— Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tex.)
— said that #Russian #propaganda had “infected a good chunk of my party’s base.”
McCaul suggested conservative media was to blame.
“There …

Analysis | When a top Republican says Russian propaganda has infected the GOP
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul is the latest to point out the problem in his party.

#GiftLink 🎁
GOP chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee: **McCaul’s comments on GOP and Russian propaganda are latest to express concern** - The Washington Post
https://wapo.st/4apytjs

Analysis | When a top Republican says Russian propaganda has infected the GOP
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul is the latest to point out the problem in his party.

Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015
#Tim #Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL who is the #Republican candidate in a U.S. Senate race in

Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015
Tim Sheehy, a charismatic former Navy SEAL, has cited a gunshot wound he received in combat that he said left a bullet in his right arm as evidence of his toughness.

House Republicans are considering
👉inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu to address Congress.
It's a response to criticism of Netanyahu from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) last week.
🔸Netanyahu is slated to address the Senate Republican lunch on Wednesday virtually.
The idea was discussed at a closed-door Republican Conference meeting on Wednesday …

Scoop: House GOP weighs inviting Netanyahu to address Congress
"It was suggested by several folks to the speaker," said one Republican lawmaker.

Increased Execution Agenda: Inside Republican Project 2025
#Project2025…

Mass Execution Agenda
Get to know the horrors in Project 2025, and the GOP plan for an execution spree if Trump wins.

North Carolina, you can do better than this cretin
'Cowardly': NY Times pummeled for ignoring NC GOP nominee’s #Hitler and #Holocaust remarks - Alternet.org

'Cowardly': NY Times pummeled for ignoring NC GOP nominee’s Hitler and Holocaust remarks
Mark Robinson is a “political firebrand” and a “fiery outsider eager to dive into the culture war,” according to a New York Times profile published just hours after the Republican North Carolina Lt. Governor won the GOP nomination to become the Tar Heel State’s next governor. The Times neglects to m...

“Without confirming or denying the existence of any associations or communications, #CIA did not prevent or seek to prevent #IRS or #DOJ from conducting any such interview. The allegation is false,” CIA Director of Congr…

'The allegation is false': CIA debunks GOP's Hunter Biden witness claim in new letter
In a letter sent to House Oversight Chair James Comer and House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, the CIA refuted their claim that the agency intervened into their investigation of Hunter Biden by blocking IRS and DOJ investigators from interviewing a witness related to the probe. “Without confirming or d...

Increased Execution Agenda: Inside Republican Project 2025
#Project2025…

Mass Execution Agenda
Get to know the horrors in Project 2025, and the GOP plan for an execution spree if Trump wins.

Sen. Lisa #Murkowski, aghast at Donald Trump’s candidacy and the direction of her party, won’t rule out bolting from the GOP.
The veteran Alaska Republican, one of seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial amid the aftermath of January 6, 2021, is done with the former president and 🔹said she “absolutely” would not vote for him
Murkowski said: “I am navigatin…

She's just saying the quiet part out loud...
Neo-Nazi GOP candidate pledges to ban same-sex marriage & "exile all Jews" - #LGBTQ Nation
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Neo-Nazi GOP candidate pledges to ban same-sex marriage & "exile all Jews" - LGBTQ Nation
Her views are increasingly common in the Republican party.

She's just saying the quiet part out loud...
Neo-Nazi GOP candidate pledges to ban same-sex marriage & "exile all Jews" - #LGBTQ Nation
https://www.

Neo-Nazi GOP candidate pledges to ban same-sex marriage & "exile all Jews" - LGBTQ Nation
Her views are increasingly common in the Republican party.

Trump in court for hearing on classified documents charges
Presumptive GOP presidential candidate D. J. Trump attended a court hearing Thursday where his lawyers tried to convince a federal judge to throw out the charges against him for #mishandling highly #classified

What to know ahead of Trump’s classified documents hearing Thursday
A hearing in Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida on Thursday will focus on his claims that he is protected by the Presidential Records Act.

The Justice Department charged #Alexander #Smirnov last month with #lying to the FBI when he alleged that President Biden and his son Hunter were involved in a bribery scheme in Ukraine.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is now asking …

Scoop: Raskin presses GOP on "sinister" disinformation on Biden
House Democrat wants Republicans to reveal why they relied on the allegations of a now-indicted FBI source.

#Tulsi #Gabbard Tells Donald Trump Jr. How Badly She Wants To Be His Dad's Running Mate
“I’d be honored to actually be in a position to help President Trump execute his policies ... bringing the experience that I have had of being on the front lines of many of these battles and actually understanding what we’re …

Tulsi Gabbard Tells Donald Trump Jr. How Badly She Wants To Be His Dad's Running Mate
The former Democrat gushed over the prospect of running with the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee.

Former Vice President #Mike #Pence on Friday said he “cannot in good conscience” endorse presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, a stunning repudiation of his former running mate and the president he served with.
“Donald Trump is pursuing and articulating an agenda that is at odds with the conservative agenda that we gover…

“I’m a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order,” #Mike #Pence said at his first appearance with Trump in New York in 2016, driving home the gravity of his judgment.

Eight years later, Pence is asking the conservatives who followed his lead to turn away from Trump’s policy prescriptions
— becoming…

Mike Pence pushes a post-Trump path for conservatives and GOP
The former vice president, who won’t vote for his old running mate, believes many in the conservative movement have lost their way to populism.

Attacks on fair representation in GOP-majority state legislatures like in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana may be facing a reckoning for their #gerrymandered #maps that violate the Voting Rights Act.
Newly implemented maps in these southern states could result in more equal opportunities for fair representation in…

Redefining “Politicians” in 2024
Opinion | It is abundantly clear that the composition of the U.S. government does not mirror the diversity of the American people.

Scott MacFarlane on Twitter: "Per multiple sources, House Judiciary Committee's GOP-led "subcommittee on weaponization of the federal government" stages hearing Thursday into the federal probe of #Jan6 Officer Michael Fanone is expected to be a "rebuttal witness" against any claims Jan 6 was peaceful"

Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) on X
Per multiple sources, House Judiciary Committee's GOP-led "subcommittee on weaponization of the federal government" stages hearing Thursday into the federal probe of January 6th Officer Michael Fanone is expected to be a "rebuttal witness" against any claims Jan 6 was peaceful

Lawmakers begin efforts to move around Johnson, force vote on Ukraine aid
Pressure is mounting for Speaker Mike #Johnson (R-La.) to address aiding foreign allies as House Democrats and Republicans tee up opposing measures that would supersede House GOP leadership and trigger votes on bills funding #Ukraine,

Lawmakers begin efforts to move around Johnson, force vote on Ukraine aid
Over a month after the Senate approved a $95.3 billion national security package, the House remains indecisive about how — and whether — to aid allies at war.

Scott MacFarlane on Twitter: "Per multiple sources, House Judiciary Committee's GOP-led "subcommittee on weaponization of the federal government" stages hearing Thursday into the federal probe of #Jan6 Officer Michael Fanone is expected to be a "rebuttal witness" against any claims Jan 6 was peaceful"

Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) on X
Per multiple sources, House Judiciary Committee's GOP-led "subcommittee on weaponization of the federal government" stages hearing Thursday into the federal probe of January 6th Officer Michael Fanone is expected to be a "rebuttal witness" against any claims Jan 6 was peaceful

It's Trump's party, but a notable minority aren't on board
Trump's primary wins were largely decisive, but they weren't overwhelming.
As political scientist Seth Masket explained, Trump hardly garnered the unified support expected for an incumbent-like figure.
#Haley exceeded polling expectations in several contests, and earned a substantial share of the vote against Tru…

Haley's campaign exposed cracks in Trump's GOP
Her run also underscored a narrow path for women in the Republican Party.

Bernie Sanders’s private warning to Biden about the 2024 campaign
Pointing to the portrait of Roosevelt that hangs above the Oval Office’s fireplace, Bernie #Sanders quoted to Biden a line from a 1937 address by #FDR, still two years from the end of the Great Depression:
“I see one-third of a nation ill-housed…

Bernie Sanders’s private warning to Biden about the 2024 campaign
The Vermont senator and onetime presidential hopeful has urged the White House to articulate a clearer contrast with the GOP.

I see some big gold letters going on the headquarters spelling out T-R-U-M-P because it belongs to him now...
RNC taps ex-#Trump staffer 'to watch the money': report - Alternet.org
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RNC taps ex-Trump staffer 'to watch the money': report
One day after former President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, officially became co-chair of the Republican National Committee alongside North Carolina GOP Chair Michael Watley — the committee has named former Trump deputy assistant Sean Cairncross to manage the organization's finances, ...

New Hampshire Gov. Chris #Sununu on Sunday reaffirmed his support for Donald Trump in the 2024 general election -- while trying to stand by some -- but not all -- of his past criticism of the criminal defendant.
Sununu, a Republican who had endorsed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley over Trump in the GOP primary,
was repeatedly pressed by anchor George Stephanopoulos about his previous state…

Chris Sununu now says Trump shouldn't drop out if convicted but stands by his past criticism
"For me, it's not solely about him," the New Hampshire governor said.

Far-right candidates took notable wins in state elections on Super Tuesday, further confirming the Republican ascendancy of supporters of Donald Trump, the probable GOP nominee for president, at the expense of more traditional conservatives.
The highest-profile victory went to #Mark #Robinson, the lieutenant governor…

Mike Johnson’s groveling meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday:
It was a deeply weird affair. With Trump hovering watchfully over Johnson, the House Speaker said that in campaigning, he’s discovered that people across the country just happen to be thoroughly obsessed with precisely the same thing that preoccupies Trump.
“Everywhere we go, one of the first questions that people ask about is this issue of #election

Trump’s Weird Moment With Mike Johnson Reveals a Deeper GOP Sickness
Many prominent Republicans in competitive races are in full thrall to the deranged election-denialism that Donald Trump has required of them.