All This Voter Fraud

There has been a fake story for decades now of voter fraud…..dead people voting, immigrants voting, voting more than once and the mail-in vote….and then there is a crap about gerrymandering (but that is another post)…..

You know there is voter fraud and most of the time it is some GOPer trying to game the system…although ‘liberals’ are said to to be the culprits.

If Republicans are really looking for election fraud, they might want to check on their own party members.

In Massachusetts, the State Ballot Law Commission ruled last week to disqualify Republican candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general from the state’s primary election after they submitted allegedly forged signatures to get their names on the ballot.

Adam Roof, executive director of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, had filed objections to the veracity of the signatures collected by the campaigns of Anne Manning Martin, who is running for lieutenant governor, and Michael Walsh, who is running for attorney general.

Candidates needed to gather 10,000 signatures to appear on the primary ballot. The commission invalidated 1,279 of Martin’s 10,692 signatures and 1,021 of Walsh’s 10,677 signatures.

In Martin’s case, signature gatherer Joe Bronske allegedly used a list of registered Republican voters to forge hundreds of signatures. The allegedly forged signatures were first noticed by another Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, who had also hired Bronske and found he’d collected signatures from deceased voters. When deposed by an attorney for Shawn Oliver, one of Martin’s opponents, Bronske repeatedly pleaded the Fifth Amendment, suggesting he had “something to hide,” according to the ruling.

https://newrepublic.com/post/212823/republicans-massachusetts-florida-election-fraud

These con artist will do whatever they can to rig the vote…..saying lost ballots, rigged voting machines, lousy count, etc…..and so far these ‘guardians of democracy’ (that is above sarcasm) have found very little voter fraud other than the morons in their own party.

There is NO wide spread voter fraud…..only small pockets of conservs trying to rig the vote in favor of conserv candidates…..but yet we must hear the same lies uttered every election trying to convince the people of wrong doing in the voting process but the only wrong doing is by those that accuse.

I find it all too humorous that whatever the Repubs say the Dems are doing is exactly what the GOP is doing….anyone else noticed this?

The GOP is a laughable collection of idiots….to prove my assertion….

The letters also asked the state officials to explain how they intend to comply with federal law and ensure noncitizens do not cast ballots. Each state was given five days to respond.

“Any election officer, including the chief election officer of the state, who knowingly retains noncitizens on the state’s [state voter registration list] or facilitates noncitizens in receiving and casting ballots could be subject to criminal liability,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon wrote in identical letters sent to officials in Arizona, Michigan and Maine that were reviewed by CBS News. She added that it is also a crime for two or more people to conspire to deprive people of their constitutional rights.

“We encourage you to contact us to discuss what steps your state should take to maintain clean voter lists as required by law,” she wrote.

President Trump has claimed for months that people who are not U.S. citizens frequently vote in federal elections, even though instances of noncitizen voting are extremely rare.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-threatens-criminal-action-against-states-that-allow-non-citizens-to-vote/

FYI there is NO proof that any of this has happened on a scale that would make a difference…..but yet the GOP and Donny keeps scratching hoping for a scab.

What a bunch of worthless morons.

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Who’s The Worse Person In History?

Here is a question that ought to light up the social media goons.

A poll was recently taken and the question was asked….is it Attila, Genghis, Hitler, who?

One in 34 Americans – across the full political spectrum – now names a sitting president as the worst American in history. Not a serial killer, not a war criminal, not a figure safely buried in the past. The person currently holding the most powerful office on earth.

YouGov conducted its poll ahead of the 250th anniversary of the United States – a moment when Americans were being asked to step back and take the broadest possible view of their national story. Founding fathers, abolitionists, civil rights leaders, and accused predators were all on the table. And a sitting president landed at the top of the worst list anyway.

The question YouGov put to Americans wasn’t framed around partisan scores or job performance. It asked something bigger: looking back across 250 years of American life, who is the worst person this country has produced? The answer, from more than a third of respondents, was Donald Trump. The poll appeared on both a “greatest” and “worst” Americans list, a sign of how Trump remains one of the most polarizing figures in the country. No previous president in the poll’s history had managed that particular distinction – except one.

Read On…..

A New Poll Just Named the Worst American in History

What say you?  Who will be named the worse person in American history?

Let’s take a poll….

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FEMA To The Rescue

FEMA that government organization that comes to the aid of cities and states that suffer from some sort of disaster like hurricanes, massive cold, etc.

But if you live in a Blue State then you will suffer because you did not vote for Donny….kinda like Puerto Rico that is still waiting for help from Donny’s first term.

President Trump rejected FEMA disaster aid requests from four blue states last Friday, after accepting the aid requests of six red states just two days before, according to Politico. This continues his blatant trend of prioritizing petty political beef over sorely needed FEMA funding—putting Americans at risk in the process.

New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island were all denied after requesting a total of $227 million in aid following the brutal blizzard in February. All four states were well past the damage threshold required to trigger aid consideration.

“After months of waiting, President Trump today denied our request for a Major Disaster Declaration following the blizzard that pummeled New York City, Long Island, and the Mid-Hudson in February of this year,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement last week. “New York’s communities … deserve to have access to every resource available to recover and rebuild. Instead they have a President who is turning his back on his home state.… We will appeal to ensure New Yorkers receive the federal assistance they deserve.”

Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and the rest of the state’s congressional Democratic delegation similarly condemned Trump.

“After months of inaction, on July 2, President Trump denied Rhode Island’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration related to the record snowfall and cold temperatures,” the delegation wrote on Monday.

https://newrepublic.com/post/212851/trump-denies-disaster-aid-four-democratic-states

There you go Donny’s revenge…..if your state went for the other guy then you better hope there is no disaster on the horizon for your state for if there is you will probably get the ax from any disaster relief funds.

This is total crap and anyone that agrees with Donny is lower that a day old turd.

Apparently if you live in a Blue State you are not an American and not eligable for any assistance after a disaster….this should be unacceptable to ALL Americans.

I live in a hurricane zone but I guess we are lucky for the idiots of this state went for Donny in the last couple of elections.

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Is Newsom The Best For 2028?

The Dems are scrambling to find the perfect candidate for the general election in 2028…..many people like California’s Newsom (I am not one of them)…my daughter is on that bandwagon and we argue a lot over her support for Newsom.

Personally I think he is a phony….yes he has done some amazing things in California and has stood up to Donny but that does not impress me that much….I think he is a Clintonian big business Dem.

Now a recent action on his part makes my case for me….

A world-renowned economist and expert on wealth inequality castigated California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday for working to kill a proposed tax on billionaire fortunes in the Golden State, warning that the Democratic leader and likely 2028 candidate appears bent on handing President Donald Trump “an unexpected ideological and political victory.”

Gabriel Zucman, a research professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, pointed to a recent Bloomberg story detailing Newsom’s “last-ditch pressure campaign” to prevent a healthcare union-led initiative from appearing on California voters’ ballots in November.

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In a lengthy thread posted to X on Monday, Zucman wrote that he is “shocked” by Newsom’s “efforts to defend Peter Thiel and Mark Zuckerberg at the expense of Californians’ health,” referring to two of the state’s most prominent billionaires. Thiel has donated millions to an industry group looking to defeat the ballot initiative, which would use revenue from the wealth tax to offset the impacts of federal Medicaid cuts approved last year by Trump and congressional Republicans.

“Yet you are now devoting all your energy to preventing this ballot initiative from taking place and denying Californians the opportunity to express their democratic will this November,” Zucman wrote. “You have chosen to protect California’s billionaires at the expense of Californians’ health.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/gavin-newsom-billionaire-wealth-tax

This proposed protection of billionaires is why he is not suitable for the candidacy.

That one subject is the biggest sticking point for voters…..the unbridled wealth that these fools are accumulating and paying no taxes.

This is why it is an issue and why is Newsom aiding these parasites?

Eighty-eight corporations that paid no federal income tax last year spent roughly $852 million on US campaign contributions and lobbying during recent election cycles, a report published Thursday revealed.

The report, “The Current Price of Zero,” was authored by Eileen O’Grady, a researcher at Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division. The publication draws upon an analysis published in April by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) showing that at least 88 of the nation’s largest companies paid no federal corporate income tax in fiscal year 2025, despite reporting combined US pretax income of around $105 billion.

“Using data from OpenSecrets, which compiles and publishes campaign finance and lobbying data, we found that from the 2020 election cycle through the 2024 cycle, these 88 companies have spent nearly $852 million on lobbying and campaign contributions,” O’Grady wrote. “We highlight the companies that spent the most money on lobbying, hired the most lobbyists, lobbied specifically on tax issues, and contributed the most cash to political campaigns.”

The federal corporate income tax rate is 21%, indicating that the 88 companies in the report dodged a combined $22.1 billion in taxes last year. Additionally, they received $4.7 billion in tax rebates, bringing their total tax breaks to approximately $26.7 billion.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/tax-dodging-corporations-spend-big-on-lobbying

Parasites!

And these are the types that Newsom is running interference for in the California legislature.

This makes him unacceptable as a candidate for me….period.

Is this what you look for in a candidate?

Even though I have pointed this out it will be forgotten in the future if he is a candidate…..that is truly sad.

Any deep thoughts here?

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Has Democracy Changed?

We have just celebrated our 250th year of existence and we have a complete idiot as leader and things have changed in this country….that brings us to the question has Trump changed democracy forever?

This is what 11 historians have to say about the question…..

 

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/07/04/america-250-round-up-00981023

 

Do you agree with these findings by historians?

What do you think….has Donny changed the definition of democracy?

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Dreams Of 2020

It has been six long years since Donny and the GOP started their attack on the results of the 2020 vote…..fraud has been the rallying cry and they, GOP, have tried every move they could think of to try and get the voter reversed.

Just yesterday another of their silly attempts was crapped on by a federal judge…..

A federal judge in Georgia has shut down a Justice Department push to dig back into the 2020 vote in Atlanta’s Fulton County, ruling that a subpoena for information on local election workers went too far and wasn’t justified. US District Judge William Ray called the request’s scope “staggering” and said the DOJ’s interest in enforcing it didn’t outweigh the burden on the county, especially since “the statute of limitations for any possible crime arising from the 2020 Election has long expired,” CNN reports. The April subpoena sought the names and contact information of every 2020 election worker in the county, including volunteers and county employees.

In his order, Ray said federal investigators claimed Fulton County may not have kept ballot images as long as required and that some seized ballots “look suspicious.” But he questioned whether a valid grand jury was actually behind the subpoena, noting no evidence that the grand jury itself sought the workers’ personal data.

  • “In these hyper-political times in which we currently live, there are sure to be some who disagree with this decision because they believe the allegations of fraud in the 2020 Election and believe that ‘light’ should be brought to those claims,” Ray wrote, per the AP. He said those allegations can be investigated, but not through the grand jury process, “which exists to investigate potential crimes and to bring viable indictments.”
  • “Everyone, whether you support the President or you do not, or whether you believe the 2020 Election was fair or believe that it was not, should be concerned about the DOJ’s ability to utilize the power of the Grand Jury to appropriate your private information without a legitimate purpose,” the judge wrote.
  • Ray was appointed by President Trump, who has long claimed, without evidence, that voter fraud was behind his 2020 loss in Georgia.
  • The ruling comes as the DOJ faces setbacks in court while pressing state and local officials on election practices, CNN reports. Its Civil Rights Division has recently warned that officials who let noncitizens remain on voter rolls or cast ballots could face criminal charges and has notified several Michigan cities it plans to send federal election monitors for upcoming contests. The FBI has reportedly made the Georgia investigation a top priority and has asked field offices to supply hundreds of analysts.

It is time to put this silliness to bed.

After 6 years and nothing gained then you are just wasting time and resources….there are REAL problems in this country in search of solutions….why not try that for a couple of years?

But since the DoJ is having a hard time with this issue they have moved to yet another strain on our rights….the act of dissent….

In two instances in western New York, ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility — which has apparently switched from serving as an internal watchdog to targeting online critics — has tried to force people who posted criticisms of ICE to sign a “Warning Notice” admitting that their criticisms were unlawful.

David Streever of Rochester, New York, sued ICE on Monday in federal court in D.C., alleging that ICE’s OPR violated his First Amendment rights when it went to his home last month and then tracked him down while he was traveling to issue him a “Warning Notice” about a critical email he sent to then-acting ICE Director Todd M. Lyons. He refused to sign it.

“Like many Americans, I was deeply upset after the shootings in Minnesota and I felt compelled to do something,” Streever said in a press release about his lawsuit. “Writing an email to the head of ICE seemed like the least I could do to express my sense of outrage. I never dreamed it would lead to a knock on my door by federal officers or descending on my hotel in the dark of night.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/ice-takes-on-new-role-in-suppressing-dissent

I like being the one to point out to this mental midgets that dissent has made this nation!

Dissent is one of this nation’s defining characteristics. Every decade since the earliest days of colonization, Americans have protested for just about every cause imaginable, and every time they did, defenders of the status quo denounced the protesters as unpatriotic and in more recent times as un-American. But protest is one of the consummate expressions of “Americanness.” It is patriotic in the deepest sense.

Even before the United States was conceived, there was dissent. During the 17th century religious dissent played a significant role in the planting and development of the English colonies. In the 18th century political dissent led to the open rebellion that resulted in the birth of the United States. In the 19th century dissenters demanded the abolition of slavery, suffrage for women, fair treatment of Native Americans, and the banning of immigrants. And they protested against the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War (on both sides), and the Spanish-American War. In the 20th century dissenters organized to prohibit alcohol but also demanded workers’ rights, women’s rights, African American rights, Chicano rights, reproductive rights, and LGBTQ+ rights. They also protested against every war (declared and undeclared) fought by the United States. In the 21st century dissenters have protested against abortion, NAFTA, globalization, the Iraq War, the PATRIOT Act, the National Security Agency, bank bailouts, and out-of-control deficits. Most recently dissenters have mobilized to protest against systemic racism, sexual harassment and assault, and Congress’s inability (or refusal) to enact meaningful legislation to address climate change and gun violence. And then there are those who, despite their real grievances, having fallen for the widespread disinformation circulating on untrustworthy internet sites, raise their voices in protest on the basis of conspiracy theories, lies, and a distorted view of American history. Clearly, dissent has many faces.

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-dissent-shaped-america/

I do not care how hard they try to control dissent as long as I am breathing I will dissent whenever there is a need…..and brother there is a dire need today!

Got anything to add?

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Where’s Proof Of Life?

One of the mysteries of DC….other than the mental capacity of Donny….is the saga swirling around Mitch McConnell….

Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized for three weeks, and his staff still won’t say why. The lack of transparency has led to all kinds of speculation about the 84-year-old Kentucky senator and his prospects for returning to the chamber. What we know:

  • Hospitalization: McConnell was admitted on June 14, and emergency dispatch recordings suggested that first responders performed CPR on an unconscious male at the senator’s Washington address, reports the New York Times. McConnell’s name is not mentioned in the recordings. A dispatcher also speculated about a “cardiac arrest.”
  • Few details: McConnell’s staff acknowledged the hospitalization without providing details. The only other statement came Thursday: “The Senator continues to improve, and is working closely with his staff on Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session,” it read in its entirety, per the Washington Post.
  • Rumor mill: In the absence of concrete info, unsubstantiated speculation is rampant, and it’s coming from high-profile figures. The far right’s Laura Loomer wrote that McConnell “is allegedly in a vegetative state.” Steve Bannon used his platform to amplify claims “that McConnell remains in office to avoid triggering a special election that could allow Thomas Massie to run as an independent.” The Daily Beast has a roundup.
  • Not so fast: But longtime Kentucky political observer Al Cross rolls his eyes at the rumors. McConnell’s staffers are “causing themselves problems by not saying more about it, but he’s always been very private about his health matters,” Cross tells the Hill. (McConnell had polio as a child and has had a number of health issues in his later years, per the AP.) Cross’ hunch is that McConnell will return to the Senate. He is due to retire this year, in any event.
  • Two friends: Fellow GOP Sens. John Thune—the majority leader—and John Barrasso told reporters they had spoken to McConnell the day after his hospitalization. McConnell is “clearly dialed into what’s going on,” said Thune. Still, McConnell’s absence has already delayed work in the Senate Appropriations Committee, where Republicans need his vote. A prolonged absence would shrink the GOP majority in the Senate to 52-47, which could complicate some votes.

Fascinating stuff, huh?

But there is more and it is getting good now….

A number of MAGA figures are demanding that Sen. Mitch McConnell’s aides provide proof that the 84-year-old is still alive nearly a month after he was hospitalized.

Speculation about the Kentucky Republican is continuing to intensify as his team refuses to provide new information about his treatment, his condition, or whether he will ever be able to return to work after he was hospitalized on June 14.

McConnell’s team has repeatedly issued the same statement, saying he “appreciates the outpouring of support” while he continues treatment after he was found unconscious and requiring CPR at his Washington, D.C., home following an apparent cardiac arrest.

The mystery surrounding the seriousness of McConnell’s condition escalated after it emerged that the senator’s wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, 73, traveled to Beijing and met with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng three days after McConnell’s hospitalization.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-demands-proof-of-life-for-mitch-mcconnell/

Fascinating stuff, as I said…..

What do you think is going on behind those gilded doors?

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Underwater World

I do not normally write about the climate stuff basically because any sane person realizes that this planet is doomed without some serious changes.

I saw this article and wanted to share it with my readers because 2030 is not that far away.

Climate change is not just about warmer summers and unpredictable weather. It also causes rising sea level, which is an especially real and present danger for coastal cities worldwide. Rising sea levels, driven by melting ice caps and expanding warm water, are putting many cities at risk. Here are 12 cities that could be underwater by 2030.

 

https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/12-cities-that-may-be-underwater-by-2030-11-247774/

 

This does not bode well for the planet if some iconic cities are that close to flooding.,

Any thoughts about this prediction or the climate stuff in general?

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Let’s Look At The Dems And Their Possibilities

We all know that the mid-terms are less than 6 months away and the voted in the primaries has already began….and the Dems are making some in-roads into taking back Congress.

But is it sound Democratic polices or just a dislike of Donny?  Sorry to say it appears the hatred of Donny and his policies that is driving this bus.  But will the hatred of Donny save us?

My opinion is the rise of Dems will do little to save us from the damage of Donny.

But here is an opinion on this phenom….

All told, Democrats already seem as though they’re headed for a great midterm election. Voters already troubled by the state of the economy now have the impacts of Donald Trump’s teeter-tottering war in Iran to contend with, and polls tell us they aren’t happy ⁠– per poll averages from the analyst Nate Silver, nearly 55% of Americans oppose the war in Iran, 61% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy, and 57% of Americans disapprove of Trump overall. As it stands, Democrats have a six-point advantage in generic congressional ballot polling over Republicans.

And Republican hopes that a mid-decade redistricting rush would save their tight majority in the House have been frustrated. The partisan gerrymandering war of the last several months peaked with the victory of a ballot measure in Virginia that allows the state’s Democratic legislature to draw maps that would eliminate three Republican seats and a riposte by Florida Republicans who approved their own map that could allow Republicans to gain as many as four seats in that state – mere hours after the supreme court struck down provisions in the Voting Rights Act banning racial gerrymandering.

While the redistricting battles will drag on, electoral history and Trump’s standing give Democrats plenty of reason to presume it will take the House in November ⁠– on average in elections since the end of the second world war, the president’s party tends to lose well over 20 House seats in midterm elections and Republicans currently hold the chamber by just three. And given polling for competitive races in Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, and elsewhere, even the Senate may now be in Democrats’ reach.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/04/democrats-trump-election-voter-poll

Some voters see the likes of the mayor of NYC, Bernie and AOC, among others as the true intent of the Democratic Party and also see them as the savoir of a struggling party.

Progressives are gaining in all quarters….as a hard Leftist I see this as a positive change….but there is so much to be done will it be enough?

This year marks 250 years since the first American Revolution. Yet the American ruling class has no grounds for celebrating the occasion. The country they have ruled for a quarter millennium is teetering on a catastrophe.

As they survey the state of the nation from the bird’s-eye view of their skyscraper penthouses and corporate boardrooms, from their gilded halls of power, and their remote luxury islands, they see a picture of decline. As they look at this country’s position in the world, the mood of its population, perception of its institutions, quality of its political leadership, and its economic trajectory, they have no reason for optimism in the years ahead.

We are living through a historical pivot. On the global stage, US imperialism has lost the hegemonic grip it once held. In the space of 25 decades it has matured from colonial infancy, to unrivaled colossus, to the irreversible frailty of senile decay. Its strength has waned for decades, but in the 2020s, the gradual downward slope has started to tip into free fall. When future historians look back on the country’s curve of rise and decline, they’ll identify this decade as the tipping point.

Capitalism’s historical mission has come and gone. The next American revolution is approaching.

I say bring it on!

Get money out of politics, silence special interests and lobbyists, enact term limits and mandatory retirement requirements….work on things that will make any change permanent for that is what Donny and the Bros are attempting to do as I type.

It is time to make this country a great nation…..a beacon of democracy and freedom that it use to be….

Change is good and NOT to be feared.

Bring on the new American revolution.

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Thoughts On The Nation

Recently 4 past presidents had their say about Donny and his governing style….on the nation’s 250th birthday these men looked at what awaits the country in the near future.

Four former presidents delivered similar warnings on 250th birthday of the US: American democracy doesn’t run on autopilot. Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton each marked the milestone with calls for civic engagement and a renewed commitment to democratic norms, the Hill reports. Their messages:

  • Biden cast the Declaration of Independence as an unfulfilled promise and stressed that democracy must be fought for and earned repeatedly, while maintaining that Americans are less divided than they appear.
  • Obama described the country as a “work in progress” and said every generation must advance unfinished efforts to improve the nation.
  • Bush, asked what the next 250 years require, emphasized voting and participation even when election outcomes disappoint, calling the ballot a “powerful freedom.”
  • Clinton issued the sharpest critique, citing “deep division” and unnamed leaders who weaponize institutions and try to rewrite history, but he said the country’s strengths can still repair its flaws.

Okay these guys put lipstick on that floundering pig.

Biden needs to wake up and see that the nation is more divided than ever.

Obama was just plain optimistic maybe he should have given that advice to the Dems in Congress for the past decade.

Bush needs to tell this stuff to the party he represented in the past for they are doing all possible to end the ‘power of freedom’ that is the vote.

And then there is Clinton who need not preach to the nation after he and his minions have done what we are facing now to this country.

That is about all I have to say about the 4 past presidents and their attempt to look like they can make a difference….they cannot.

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