Bullies

Politico just put this story up: Gaetz to be featured speaker at pro-Trump women’s group event Rep. Matt Gaetz, mired in an ongoing federal sex trafficking investigation, is headed to former President Donald Trump’s resort in Doral this Friday where he will be a featured speaker at a summit hosted...

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  • April 6, 2021

More NYC stories of anti-Asian hate. Because bullies and haters come in all shapes and sizes. TRIGGER WARNING NYPD says 65-year-old Asian American woman was walking to church this morning when suspect assaulted her and said “f*** you, you don’t belong here.” Happened in front of 360 W. 43rd St....

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  • March 30, 2021

The exponential jump in right-wing extremists groups began at the beginning of the first Obama Administration. It seems these ‘unregulated’ militias apply the wording in the 2nd amendment selectively. The opposition to the last administration started with a million women who donned distinctive pink woven caps and dared the former...

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  • January 29, 2021

The Washington Post is my go-to online news source — unless you count Daily Kos, of course, at which I loiter like a teenager contemplating his 11th Mountain Dew Baja Blast refill on a Saturday afternoon at Burger King. I prefer The Post because it appears to irritate Donald Trump even more than The New...

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  • January 16, 2021

Democratic Analyst Karen Finney would have none of it as she challenged former GOP NJ Governor Chris Christie to knock sense into their Party. Karen Finney checks Chris Christie x x YouTube Video See full episodes here. Earlier on This Week's panel, Chris Christie attempted to absolve himself from the...

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  • November 22, 2020

One thing I’ll never understand until the day I die is how so many people ascribe “toughness” and “manliness” to Donald Trump. (I’ll also never quite get how someone who clearly looks more like an adobe hut than a human being could garner so much support, but hey, one thing...

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  • November 16, 2020

Lemmings, with the Secret Service locked and loaded. Was this also a protest of DC gyms’ occupancy limits? x This loser parade must’ve left their self respect at home. https://t.co/ztC8SLOMUC— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) November 14, 2020 x MOMENTS AGO: Trump supporters rush to see the president's motorcade driving by. pic.twitter.com/h0brs4gfC0...

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  • November 14, 2020

I know many are hearing the same thing in other states but here in Florida, it is ridiculous and with DeSantis heading the ignorance,  the careful are being harrassed. x Beautiful state. I enjoyed myself in Florida last week. Hardly any masks worn either. People respect one another’s personal space...

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  • September 17, 2020

Well, this sure isn’t good news for the guy who won Michigan by the gross, spray-tanned skin of his weird, wobbly dentures. Seems another GOP stalwart has jumped off the Donald Trump boat parade and onto the Biden juggernaut.  The Detroit News: Republican former Gov. Rick Snyder said Thursday he...

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  • September 3, 2020

In the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, the story is known for a blonde mane, braggadocio, getting caught by lies, abuse of a child, and finally a disastrous end. Although a fairy tale, the Grimm fable was more a nightmare for little German children.  That brings us to present-day...

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  • August 10, 2020

This was as low down as a species could go.  Notice I did not say human.  Donald Trump said as a diversion of course, but was faith shaming and worse than that, doing exactly what God said not to do.  “Judge not lest ye be judged”. Matthew 7:1-3 He is all...

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  • August 7, 2020

Here’s the latest news out of Georgia: Investigative journalist Jon Ossoff has grown his fundraising lead in the final stretch leading up to the June 9 Democratic U.S. Senate primary. Ossoff’s campaign raised $739,362 between April 1 and May 20, according to the final campaign-finance report filed with the Federal...

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  • May 31, 2020

Damn straight: Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden accused President Trump of “all-out assault on the media” during World Freedom Press Freedom Day on Sunday. The former vice president criticized Trump’s treatment of the press in a campaign statement, saying his rhetoric threatens the freedom of the press as his “repeated efforts to demonize the...

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  • May 3, 2020

MSNBC Host Nicolle Wallace did not allow a professional sycophant, a doctor, who attempted to give the president a pass on using UV rays inside the body to cure COVID-19. MSNBC Host corrects Trump sycophant in real-time Watch the full episode here. One of the reasons that Donald Trump and...

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  • April 28, 2020

The Iowa caucus was informative in terms of the current status of low information voting, no different than Rush LImbaugh expressing his horror at Buttigieg kissing his husband following the debate. Accordingly The Trump media operation “reveals” he’s tolerant of voting for someone gay, so how does the hypothetical of...

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  • February 14, 2020

There is a dark cloud over this country.   A deep sinking sense of doom and that comes from fear and uncertainity.  Am I trying to be fatalistic.  NO.  I am trying to wake you up and see the writing on the wall.   He is one dictator with a bunch of...

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  • February 8, 2020

I was interested in just who Jay Sekulow is.   I found out he is a very busy man.   He is so busy that he is the perfect person that Trump would have picked to be Chief Council.   He is an entertainer, an activist and reported to be one of the...

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  • January 26, 2020

Donald “Tiny, Little, Delicate Christmas Whoville Snowflake — the Very First Snowflake of This Wondrous Christmas Season” Trump apparently didn’t like getting his fee-fees hurt while the popular kids talked about him behind his back at the recent NATO summit. The Daily Beast reports that Trump recently lit into Emmanuel Macron and Justin...

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  • December 12, 2019

Kellyanne Conway bullies a Washington Examiner reporter over a story mentioning she was being considered to become WH Chief of Staff. This is a transcript of the telephone conversation between Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president of the United States, and Caitlin Yilek, breaking news reporter at the Washington Examiner. […] [This portion of the call...

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  • October 24, 2019

I was angry when President Obama did not see that the Tea Party was rooting deep in this country’s governing ability.  Many did not think that Don’t tread on Me meant much more than a bunch of angry racist, homophobic, in your face, gun totin group that would fade away.   That...

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  • September 18, 2019

Many will prefer that we do not elevate the likes of Joe Walsh. I will say more about this at the end of the piece. Walsh did not mince his words as he entered the race. He is redefining himself as the brave one who is just doing what many...

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  • August 25, 2019

What a difference a new administration makes. After spending years as self-appointed patrollers of so-called political optics, relentlessly ticketing Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for supposedly major and minor infractions, the D.C. press has dropped that pursuit under Donald Trump. No longer obsessing over how things look or bemoaning a...

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  • August 4, 2019

This story was posted in the Daily Mail today: Trump axed Iran deal to spite Obama: How the British ambassador called the President's actions 'diplomatic vandalism' fueled by 'personality reasons' – as revealed in more explosive cables that have sparked a free speech row while Iran tensions mount Now, we...

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  • July 14, 2019

I missed most of the hearing today but caught this link and it was awesome.  When dems stand up to these bullies and remind them that WE the People are who legislators represent, then we get somewhere.  No more of this, my good friend, crap.  People who embrace or enable...

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  • July 12, 2019

Received this e-mail from Democracy for America: Our House majority is in jeopardy. The GOP is spending buckets of dark money dollars to flip vulnerable seats red and take back the House in 2020. That’s why we’re announcing three more endorsements today to protect and expand the House Majority in 2020....

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  • June 26, 2019

Received this e-mail today from former Columbus, GA Mayor Teresa Tomilson’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: Teresa Tomilson (D. GA) Finally, after more than seven months, Georgia farmers, and all those who suffered from the devastation caused by Hurricane Michael are getting the disaster relief they deserve. It’s been 239...

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  • June 7, 2019

Received this e-mail today from former Columbus, GA Mayor Teresa Tomlinson’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: Teresa Tomilson (D. GA) Finally, after more than seven months, Georgia farmers, and all those who suffered from the devastation caused by Hurricane Michael are getting the disaster relief they deserve. It’s been 239...

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  • June 7, 2019

photo: Harriet Ross Tubman • Public Domain • CC BY-SA 4.0 In solidarity,  Debra Schrishuhn for Alan, Mike F, Janis, Mike H, Dan, Shayna, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA National Team Join Us Honoring Harriet Tubman! Harriet Tubman is a true American hero—from her years guiding people out of...

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  • June 5, 2019

Pete Buttigieg is pretty much the polar opposite of Donald Trump. He’s charming. He’s knowledgeable. He’s intelligent. He’s measured. He speaks in complete sentences. And there are no McNugget sauces gradually coagulating within the long-forgotten interstices of his lardy torso. He also has a solid plan for approaching his debates...

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  • May 23, 2019

After to years of looking incredibly like Inspector Clouseau while they obstructed themselves while they had total control of the government, the GOP in the House has gone back to the more familiar and comfortable position of obstructing Democrats instead. But there seems to be something a itte bit reckless...

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  • April 10, 2019

I used to get teased at school because my ears stuck out. Of course, I was 5 — and the people making fun of me were neither septuagenarians nor the president of the United States. Eventually, my head grew into my ears and I got over it. And my bullies probably...

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  • April 9, 2019

Arkansas State Rep. Alan Clark proposed a bill, currently being considered by the State Senate committee on education, that will punish school districts by cutting their National School Lunch funding if they’re struggling with reading over a period of time.  Do I have to tell you the party he belongs to? Alan Clark (R-Lonsdale, AR) To be clear,...

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  • February 23, 2019

This really isn't that complicated. There are only two possible outcomes to the Kavanaugh nomination  Either Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed, or he won't. There are only two sides here, Democratic and Republican, and each outcome will provoke a largely predictable reaction from each side. This isn't pure speculation, there...

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  • October 4, 2018

Rand Pual is on a tear about how we can’t trust the intelligence agencies — they have too much power, and they were such bullies overthrowing other peoples elections and governments.  And that Brennon is a COMMUNIST! By why is Senator Rand Paul going the full monty on defending Trump and...

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  • July 17, 2018

Betsy thinks this is all that’s required to be an educator. To the Republican Senators who intend to vote for Betsy Devos’s confirmation as Secretary of Education because she bought the office in the 2016 election: “I have decided to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying...

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  • February 6, 2017

Originally posted at Eclectablog. On Monday of this week, Donald Trump revoked the media credentials of journalists working for the Washington Post covering his events. This follows on the heels of his blacklisting of multiple other national media outlets including Gawker, BuzzFeed, Foreign Policy, Politico, Fusion, Univision, Mother Jones, the...

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  • June 16, 2016

Over 5,000 people signed a CREDO mobile petition in just a few days asking Attorney General Lisa Madigan to halt logging and review the permit for a Peabody Strip Mine near Equality, Illinois. The petitions asks: Due to the extraordinary number of unaddressed issues and permit inconsistencies and errors, we...

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  • March 20, 2014