President Trump and US politics catchall

[Rhubarb & Custard]

Who could've predicted that Russell Brand will become the voice of reason in 2023?

Nobody sane. I wouldn't as this point willingly listen to him again so there's some chance it has happened and I'll never know, but it seems far more likely he remains a piece of shit grifting off right wing grievances. If you only care about the money then fair play, he's certainly coining it in as the English Alex Jones

[troglodiet]

Who could've predicted that Russell Brand will become the voice of reason in 2023?

Nobody sane. I wouldn't as this point willingly listen to him again so there's some chance it has happened and I'll never know, but it seems far more likely he remains a piece of shit grifting off right wing grievances. If you only care about the money then fair play, he's certainly coining it in as the English Alex Jones

Okay. So you don't like RB, definitely fair enough as I never liked him in his younger years. I started watching his videos on spirituality and especially his sobriety, which I admit is something personal for me.

Now watch the video and comment only on the clips played in the video; comment on the issue, not the person.

[Kiwias]

Who could've predicted that Russell Brand will become the voice of reason in 2023?

Nobody sane. I wouldn't as this point willingly listen to him again so there's some chance it has happened and I'll never know, but it seems far more likely he remains a piece of shit grifting off right wing grievances. If you only care about the money then fair play, he's certainly coining it in as the English Alex Jones

Okay. So you don't like RB, definitely fair enough as I never liked him in his younger years. I started watching his videos on spirituality and especially his sobriety, which I admit is something personal for me.

Now watch the video and comment only on the clips played in the video; comment on the issue, not the person.

I turned it off after he claimed that the losing side always whines about voting machines, unfair blah blah blah, as I can distinctly remember every losing presidential candidate before Trump conceding the election within 24 hours of the final vote tally.

[Kiwias]

There has been a lot of criticism of the Democrats for being too woke and focusing on issues that the vast majority of Americans find peripheral and unnecessarily divisive, while the GOP focused on core issues such as the economy, the border, and national security, with a special focus on crime.

But there seems to have been a change in recent months, with the GOP going overboard on legislation regarding transgender healthcare, on top of their nationwide attacks on abortion, an issue that hits to the heart of many female voters. All the while, the Democrats are aiming at passing bills to benefit the economy and workers.

Next year's elections will be interesting.

[Niegs]

[Rhubarb & Custard]

Who could've predicted that Russell Brand will become the voice of reason in 2023?

Nobody sane. I wouldn't as this point willingly listen to him again so there's some chance it has happened and I'll never know, but it seems far more likely he remains a piece of shit grifting off right wing grievances. If you only care about the money then fair play, he's certainly coining it in as the English Alex Jones

Okay. So you don't like RB, definitely fair enough as I never liked him in his younger years. I started watching his videos on spirituality and especially his sobriety, which I admit is something personal for me.

Now watch the video and comment only on the clips played in the video; comment on the issue, not the person.

I'm not interested in his videos period, and still less if he's going to bang on about spirituality and/or sobriety. He's a piece of merde as a person and I've no interest in helping him monetise his content, I accept if he ever improves as a person I'll miss out, and I'm okay with that

[Gumboot]

There has been a lot of criticism of the Democrats for being too woke and focusing on issues that the vast majority of Americans find peripheral and unnecessarily divisive, while the GOP focused on core issues such as the economy, the border, and national security, with a special focus on crime.

But there seems to have been a change in recent months, with the GOP going overboard on legislation regarding transgender healthcare, on top of their nationwide attacks on abortion, an issue that hits to the heart of many female voters. All the while, the Democrats are aiming at passing bills to benefit the economy and workers.

Next year's elections will be interesting.

Yep, the choice has never been clearer on so many issues. Sadly, the folks who could actually make a big difference if they voted probably won't vote, again. Or the GOP will just find a new way to silence their voices, like more underqualified xtian judges.

[TB63]

Loved one of the comments..

I’d shake my fist in the air out anger but it’s kinda busy right now.

[Gumboot]

Loved one of the comments..

I’d shake my fist in the air out anger but it’s kinda busy right now.

She should've stuck to space lasers.

[Kiwias]

There has been a lot of criticism of the Democrats for being too woke and focusing on issues that the vast majority of Americans find peripheral and unnecessarily divisive, while the GOP focused on core issues such as the economy, the border, and national security, with a special focus on crime.

But there seems to have been a change in recent months, with the GOP going overboard on legislation regarding transgender healthcare, on top of their nationwide attacks on abortion, an issue that hits to the heart of many female voters. All the while, the Democrats are aiming at passing bills to benefit the economy and workers.

Next year's elections will be interesting.

Yep, the choice has never been clearer on so many issues. Sadly, the folks who could actually make a big difference if they voted probably won't vote, again. Or the GOP will just find a new way to silence their voices, like more underqualified xtian judges.

I have read several articles suggesting that there could well be unexpectedly high turnout among first-time voters and women, largely positive for the Democrats.

[troglodiet]

Nobody sane. I wouldn't as this point willingly listen to him again so there's some chance it has happened and I'll never know, but it seems far more likely he remains a piece of shit grifting off right wing grievances. If you only care about the money then fair play, he's certainly coining it in as the English Alex Jones

Okay. So you don't like RB, definitely fair enough as I never liked him in his younger years. I started watching his videos on spirituality and especially his sobriety, which I admit is something personal for me.

Now watch the video and comment only on the clips played in the video; comment on the issue, not the person.

I'm not interested in his videos period, and still less if he's going to bang on about spirituality and/or sobriety. He's a piece of merde as a person and I've no interest in helping him monetise his content, I accept if he ever improves as a person I'll miss out, and I'm okay with that

Period. End of discussion. Because reasons.


I said I started following him due to stuff that's important to me. I did not suggest anybody should embrace those topics.

This video consists of numerous clips, this time from Team Blue, of politicians complaining about the various voting systems, including Dominion.... questioning the integrity of the machines and how easy it is to hack. Yes by those nasty Russians.

Exactly what Team Red does. And Tucker and Fox did.

Both teams are shit. Easy to see that.

[fishfoodie]

Oh what a tragedy, the shitgibbon has lost yet another SLAPP lawsuit designed to deny his decades of criminal behaviour, & this time he gets to pay the legal fees of those he sued, or he faces going to gaol himself !

Judge Tosses Trump’s Lawsuit Against NY Times, Orders Him to Pay All Legal Fees

A New York judge has tossed out Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times, and ordered the former president to pay all attorneys fees, legal expenses, and associated costs.

Trump filed the lawsuit in 2021, alleging that the newspaper, three of its reporters and his niece Mary Trump engaged in an “insidious plot” to obtain his private records for a Pulitzer-winning story about his tax issues.

While the court tossed out Trump’s claims against the newspaper and its reporters, the claims against the ex-president’s niece have yet to be ruled upon.

“The New York Times is pleased with the judge’s decision today,” a paper spokesperson wrote in a statement to The Daily Beast. “It is an important precedent reaffirming that the press is protected when it engages in routine newsgathering to obtain information of vital importance to the public.”

The twice-impeached former president’s claims against the defendants “fail as a matter of constitutional law,” New York Supreme Court Justice Robert R. Reed wrote in his ruling filed on Wednesday afternoon, deeming the paper’s newsgathering as being at “the very core of protected First Amendment activity.”
....

https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-tos ... legal-fees

[Hal Jordan]

If he pays at all, it will be from grifted donations from the cretins who hurl money at him.

[TB63]

Un-fucking-believable what this twat says, and his gullible, conceived at a family reunion, supporters will believe this..

[fishfoodie]

If he pays at all, it will be from grifted donations from the cretins who hurl money at him.

If he has two brain cells to rub together, he'll be careful doing that in future.

Word is that Jack Smith the Federal Prosecutor is interested in where the money he grifted immediately after Jan 6th went to !

The orange turd might just view it as money he can spend any way he likes, but the law calls it Wire Fraud.

[Guy Smiley]

Proud Boys... seditious boys

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/04/poli ... cy-verdict

Four members of the far-right Proud Boys have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy by a jury in Washington, DC, for their roles to forcibly prevent the peaceful transfer of power from then-President Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 election.

Proud Boys were 'Donald Trump's army,' prosecutor says in closing arguments of seditious conspiracy trial



The guilty verdict marks the third time that prosecutors have secured convictions for seditious conspiracy in the Justice Department’s historic prosecution of those who breached the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

A fifth defendant, Dominic Pezzola, was found not guilty of seditious conspiracy after the jury returned for several more hours of deliberation on Thursday. Unlike the other defendants in this trial, Pezzola is not alleged to have a leadership position in the organization and was inactive in Proud Boys group chats.

All five defendants were found guilty of other charges related to January 6, including: obstruction of an official proceeding; conspiracy to prevent an officer from discharging any duties; obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder; and destruction of government property and aiding and abetting.

Each of the defendants were convicted of at least one charge that carries a 20-year maximum prison sentence, and could face a lengthy amount of time behind bars. A sentencing date for the five defendants has not yet been scheduled. District Judge Timothy Kelly said it is likely to happen in late July.

[TB63]

[Guy Smiley]

Pardon the pun... but Holy fucking Shit

[TB63]

President Trump Arrives in Scotland, Greeted In Royal Manner (Video)

President Trump has just touched down in Scotland where he is set to open up a new golf course at the Menie Estate near the city of Aberdeen.

Trump arrived in Scotland around 11:30 am and was greeted in a royal manner by several bagpipers.

According to CBS, after walking down the red carpet President Trump shared, “It’s great to be home,” before he entered his vehicle

Chump! The 2 pipers were hired by Chump, as was the red bath mat...And those in the know have been posting something about what was played on the bagpipes as not being entirely respectful...

[Tichtheid]

President Trump Arrives in Scotland, Greeted In Royal Manner (Video)

President Trump has just touched down in Scotland where he is set to open up a new golf course at the Menie Estate near the city of Aberdeen.

Trump arrived in Scotland around 11:30 am and was greeted in a royal manner by several bagpipers.

According to CBS, after walking down the red carpet President Trump shared, “It’s great to be home,” before he entered his vehicle

Chump! The 2 pipers were hired by Chump, as was the red bath mat...And those in the know have been posting something about what was played on the bagpipes as not being entirely respectful...

Glaswegian comic Janey Godley went to welcome Trump to Scotland a wee while ago

[fishfoodie]

The orange turd on a tour of places where he pays more tax than the place he's running for President of....

and this is while his UK & Irish properties are losing money.

[TB63]

Crooked Joe Biden has still not visited the incredible Patriots of East Palestine, and Mayor Pete couldn’t get out of there fast enough. But that’s ok — our movement will be their voice, and we will NEVER forget them. JD Vance has been working hard in the Senate to make sure nothing like this EVER happens again, and that’s why it’s so important for Congress to pass his Railway Safety Act. JD’s terrific bill has my Complete and Total Endorsement!!!


Did you forget something you orange lying Shitgibbon?..

Among the biggest relevant regulatory rollbacks Trump has conveniently remained mum over is the 2018 scrapping of a 2015 Obama-era rule requiring advanced braking technology on trains transporting particularly hazardous materials. That rule would have required compliance by certain trains by 2021 and others by 2023, but as Fortune reported at the time, Trump’s Department of Transportation decided that “the cost of installing these more sophisticated brakes outweigh[ed] the benefit.”

[Rhubarb & Custard]

The requirements under Obama weren't for an advanced braking system. The requirements under Obama represented small (pathetic) progress from the still worse standards Trump returned train companies to, but they sure as shit weren't advanced.

[TB63]

During former President Barack Obama’s administration, the Department of Transportation enacted a rule requiring high-hazard cargo trains to be equipped with electronically controlled pneumatic brakes by 2023, allowing them to brake faster.

The Trump administration repealed this rule, citing government reports that found the cost of requiring these kinds of brakes was not economically justified.

Even if this safety rule had still been in effect, it would not have applied to the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, because it was not categorized as a high-hazard cargo train.

Yank trains us a purely pneumatic braking system. The problem with this is the length of the trains, if the brakes are applied by the lead unit, it can take literally minutes to reach the rear of the carriages, which will apply force to all those in front thus causing these multiple derailments..

[Rhubarb & Custard]

The Obama regs required the train companies to be be less antiquated by some small measure. There would be quite some distance to go before the regs would have been advanced/progressive

So Obama deservers criticism for his piss poor requirements of the train companies. Trump deserves more criticism still for rolling back even the piss poor requirements Obama, and reasonably one can also pile in on Biden for doing nothing about the situation whatsoever

[TB63]

The Obama regs required the train companies to be be less antiquated by some small measure. There would be quite some distance to go before the regs would have been advanced/progressive

So Obama deservers criticism for his piss poor requirements of the train companies. Trump deserves more criticism still for rolling back even the piss poor requirements Obama, and reasonably one can also pile in on Biden for doing nothing about the situation whatsoever

Hmmmm. Forgot about this did you?

I applaud the bipartisan group of senators for proposing rail safety legislation that provides many of the solutions that my administration has been calling for. This legislation provides us with tools to hold companies accountable to prevent terrible tragedies like the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine and to make those communities whole.

This legislation strengthens safety requirements for all trains carrying hazardous materials, and phases in newer, safer tank cars over the next two years, not over the next decade. It will increase safety by requiring hotbox detectors every 10 miles to prevent derailments like the one that we saw in East Palestine. It increases HAZMAT fees for railroads to pay for grants to train state and local firefighters and other first responders to respond to hazmat incidents. The legislation will also dramatically increase fines for safety violations from the current cap of $225,000 to the greater of $1 million or 1% of a railroad’s annual operating income, which for the largest carriers like Norfolk Southern could be more than $50 million.

[tabascoboy]

The jury awarded the writer almost $5m in damages for the battery and defamation charges

[fishfoodie]

Sleepy Joes new Campaign slogan.

"Not a Rapist !, Not a Traitor !, Not an Crook !"

1st one is now a matter of public record, I expect #2 & #3 to be the same soon.

[JM2K6]

Except no, he specifically wasn't found guilty of that.

[fishfoodie]

Except no, he specifically wasn't found guilty of that.

Sexual abuser doesn't have quite the right cadence

Plus, I don't think 99% of people draw the line between sexual battery /abuse & rape that legal eagles do !

[fishfoodie]

Meanwhile, Lachlan is doing nothing to deminish his reputation for being thick as pigshit*

No one was expecting an apology and in fact Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch applauded “the highest journalistic standards” displayed at Fox News, saying the near $800 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems was a business decision made to resolve the dispute and “avoid the acrimony of multi-year litigation.”
....

Asked about upcoming litigation with Smartmatic, another manufacturer of electronic voting systems that says if was defamed by Fox News, Murdoch called the two cases very different – implying Fox would have a better chance the second time around. He anticipated a trial wouldn’t start until 2025**.

“I am obviously limited about what I can say about any ongoing litigation, but I can make the following comment, in regard to Dominion,” he said. “We always acted as a news organization reporting on the newsworthy events of the day, which certainly included allegations being made by the president of the United States and his lawyers.”
...

https://deadline.com/2023/05/fox-news-l ... 235360371/

* Sorry to any pigs I have offended by comparing their excreta to Lachlan Murdoch

** That's funny, because I anticipate F*x shareholders running LM out of the CEO's office if he's idiotic enough to fight this case, & not take any reasonable offer of a settlement with Smartmatic, because they just want this shit to end !!!

[fishfoodie]

Walter Mitty <del><del><del><del><del><del> sorry, George Santos, has been charged by the Justice Dept, so I hope Kev McCarthy has enjoyed his brief stint as Leader of the House, because it isn't going to last much longer, & the thick fucking prick isn't going to get a 2nd chance !

[fishfoodie]

I did the sums on just how much time George Santos* is facing, & it's a very, very long time

What are the counts Santos faces?

The Republican congressman has been charged with 13 counts. Here's what each of them alleges:

Counts one through five: wire fraud - Santos allegedly sent emails and texts falsely claiming that money raised would be used for his House campaign
Counts six through eight: unlawful monetary transactions over $10,000 - on three separate occasions, Santos allegedly electronically transferred more than $20,000 of funds into his bank account
Count nine: theft of public money - between June 2020 and April 2021, Santos allegedly stole public funds from the government
Counts 10 and 11: fraudulent unemployment benefits - between June 2020 and April 2021, Santos "knowingly and intentionally devise[d] a scheme" to defraud the New York State Department of Labor, prosecutors say
Counts 12 and 13: prosecutors allege he made false statements to Congress on income disclosure forms

Total potential time: 182 Years !!!

The commentators I've seen immediately home in on the top 8 counts, Wire Fraud is potentially a 20 Year sentence, & they don't charge you unless they have all the evidence, because it comes with a paper trail. The Money Laundering is the same, 20 Years, & a slam dunk to prove.

That's 160 years in charges that the greenest prosecutor in NY can make stick.

If he doesn't take a deal he'll die in prison.

[Kiwias]

A comment from Tucker Carlson regarding the launch of his new whatever it is going to be called.

"At the most basic level, the news you consume is a lie — a lie of the stealthiest and most insidious kind. Facts have been withheld on purpose along with proportion and perspective. You are being manipulated."

[Uncle fester]

A comment from Tucker Carlson regarding the launch of his new whatever it is going to be called.

"At the most basic level, the news you consume is a lie — a lie of the stealthiest and most insidious kind. Facts have been withheld on purpose along with proportion and perspective. You are being manipulated."

Eerily accurate description of his own show on faux.

[Thor Sedan]

It is funny watching Newsmax and OAN wobble heads having to praise CNN.

trump's cult members are now having to bow down at the feet of the previously fake news CNN feet.

F**k them all.....the US deserves to go down the toilet at this point.

[Kiwias]

A comment from Tucker Carlson regarding the launch of his new whatever it is going to be called.

"At the most basic level, the news you consume is a lie — a lie of the stealthiest and most insidious kind. Facts have been withheld on purpose along with proportion and perspective. You are being manipulated."

Eerily accurate description of his own show on faux.

He proved that irony is not one of his skills.

[TB63]

[fishfoodie]

This time she needs to stop fucking around & sue him for $500 Million

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/nyre ... ation.html

[AF73]

A comment from Tucker Carlson regarding the launch of his new whatever it is going to be called.

"At the most basic level, the news you consume is a lie — a lie of the stealthiest and most insidious kind. Facts have been withheld on purpose along with proportion and perspective. You are being manipulated."

Eerily accurate description of his own show on faux.

“The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought"
- President Kennedy, Commencement address at Yale University, 1962