Tag: Right Wing Nuts

MTG Rides Again

There are times when MTG speaks and sounds like she has lost her ever-loving mind and then on rare occasions she makes some sense…..believe it or not.

One of her more recent pronouncements makes sense in a weird sort of way….

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revived her calls for a “national divorce” on Monday, ominously warning that the American right and left have “nothing left to talk about.”

Greene sparked controversy in February of 2023, when she wrote on X, “We need a national divorce.”

“We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says this. From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s [sic] traitorous America Last policies, we are done,” Greene added.

Greene was quickly denounced at the time. Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) slammed Greene’s call to split the country as “evil,” and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) added that “Secession is unconstitutional. No member of Congress should advocate secession, Marjorie.”

Greene’s post on Monday included much of the same sentiment as her previous comment, although this time she clarified she wants the dissolution of the union to be “peaceful.”

“There is nothing left to talk about with the left. They hate us,” Greene wrote on X, adding:

“What will come from Charlie Kirk being martyred is already happening. It is a spiritual revival building the kingdom for Christ. But it will happen on the outside, not within the halls of our government. Democrats are hardened in their beliefs and will flip the switch back as soon as they have power,” she added in her lengthy post.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls For United States to Be Split Up, Declares Country ‘No Longer Safe’ For Anyone

Her original thought was interestinmg and then she had to go off into Looney Tunes town…

All this red meat bullshit is doing nothing to further this country into that ‘greatness’ that all talk about but somehow cannot find a way to do so…..besides I would say this country is already divided and that will take decades to repair if ever.

So is she stating the obvious?

Any thoughts for the readers….all will be considered and appreciated…..

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“lego ergo scribo”

I Hate Redundancy

But sadly that is how you get mental midgets to pay attention…..just keep bombarding them with the facts….some times redundancy is necessary and this is one of those times.

I have tried to explain antifa to the unwashed masses but they7 still keep going on and on about something they know nothing about….so as an FYI I offer these links for people that have an open mind to check out the situation (comments will be very telling I believe)…

https://www.commondreams.org/news/antifa-protest

https://www.wonkette.com/p/trump-has-no-idea-what-antifa-is

https://reason.com/2025/09/18/what-does-it-mean-for-trump-to-designate-antifa-a-terrorist-organization/

This whole affair shows just how badly Donny and his ilk will lie to try and look as if they care….and two it shows just how f*cking gullible his rabid supporters truly` have become.

I see Donny’s favorite authoritarian, Orban, has followed suit……

Hungary will replicate a policy announced Thursday by US President Trump and designate antifa a terrorist organization, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday. Antifa, short for “anti-fascist,” is an umbrella term for loosely affiliated far-left-activists and groups that resist fascism, fascists, and neo-Nazis, especially at demonstrations. It resembles more an ideology than an organization, though some have embraced militant tactics. Orbán, a right-wing populist and strong Trump ally, said in comments to state radio on Friday that he was “pleased” by Trump’s announcement that he plans to designate antifa as a “major terrorist organization” in the United States, the AP reports.

“Antifa is indeed a terrorist organization,” Orbán said. “In Hungary, too, the time has come for us to classify organizations such as antifa as terrorist organizations, following the American model.” It was unclear what prompted Orbán’s decision to make the move. Antifascist groups rarely engage in political actions in Hungary, where Orbán and his party have held near-total power for more than 15 years. Yet in his statements Friday, Orbán referenced a 2023 incident in which antifascist activists engaged in assaults against several suspected participants in an annual far-right event in Budapest.

One of the alleged assailants, Italian antifascist activist Ilaria Salis, was jailed in Hungary for over a year following the assaults, resulting in a diplomatic dispute between Rome and Budapest over her treatment in detention. Salis was released to house arrest in May 2024 before winning a seat in the European Parliament, as a result of which she gained legal immunity. Hungary continues to demand that she be returned to face trial, where prosecutors have sought an 11-year sentence. Orbán on Friday bemoaned Salis’ release, saying antifa had “come to Hungary and beaten peaceful people in the street, some were beaten half to death, and then they became European members of parliament and from there lecture Hungary on the rule of law.”

Birds of the feather sort of thing.

Here are those organizations that Little Donny puts on his hate list….

Here are the groups Trump has designated as terrorist organizations

You decide.

Donny and his merry band of slugs want to go after progressive donors as well…..saying they are fomenting the hatred….but can he prove that?

High-ranking members of the Trump administration, including Vice President JD Vance and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, are accusing certain progressive organizations of encouraging violence against right-wing public figures and suggesting they played a role in Kirk’s death.

Miller, for example, has likened those groups to “a vast domestic terror movement.”

Vance has said the government will “go after the NGO network that foments, facilitates and engages in violence,” in a reference to nonprofits he alleges are supporting illegal activities.

President Donald Trump has blamed Kirk’s death on “a radical left group of lunatics” that doesn’t “play fair.” He has stated that they are “already under major investigation,” although no such probe has been disclosed to date.

Trump has raised the possibility of criminal charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as the
RICO statute, which is typically used to prosecute gangs and organized crime rings.

But, to be clear, the Trump administration has not yet produced evidence to support any of its allegations of wrongdoing by nonprofits and their funders.

https://www.salon.com/2025/09/19/will-trumps-threats-against-liberal-organizations-after-kirks-death-succeed_partner/

Why this urgent need to ‘go after’ his detractors?

President Donald Trump announced in a social media post on Wednesday night that he is “designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.” He made the same declaration in 2020 amid the Black Lives Matter protests against the police killing of George Floyd, with no real effect on the ground.

But Trump’s new declaration came with another, more specific order: “I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices.” And that may be the real significance of his decision.

There is no such thing as a domestic terrorist organization list in the United States. When Congress debated the first counterterrorism legislation in the 1990s, the Clinton administration and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) pushed for sweeping domestic police powers. It was Republicans who opposed those measures at the time because they worried that counterterrorism would be weaponized against the right.

https://reason.com/2025/09/18/what-does-it-mean-for-trump-to-designate-antifa-a-terrorist-organization/

But that did not answer the question….why this urgent need?

This is one opinion….

President Donald Trump is aware that public opinion on him is getting worse and worse by the day — and he’s desperate to consolidate authoritarian control over government — and do things like lock up his political adversaries — before polls get to the point that his underlings stop listening to him, argued former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum for The Atlantic.

“President Donald Trump is worried that Attorney General Pam Bondi is moving too slowly to prosecute his political adversaries on fake charges,” wrote Frum. “Trump has good reason to be concerned. He is carrying out his project to consolidate authoritarian power against the trend of declining public support for his administration and himself. He is like a man trying to race upward on a downward-moving escalator. If he loses the race, he will be pulled ever deeper below — and the escalator keeps moving faster against him.”

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674016258/

Personally most of the MAGA will stick with him…..so I do not think this article is going to be accurate….I can only hope I am mistaken.

It is official Donny has ‘sanctioned’ a non-existent group….want to see how this plays out.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Let’s Ban Weather Modification

There has been a wealth of bills flying around to ban experiments in controlling the weather…..there is no experiments to control the weather…..but that does not stop the GOP from using it as a tool for crowd control.

Republicans across the country are working hard to pass bills banning something that the fringe corners of the internet told them to be afraid of: weather modification.

Weather modification refers to geoengineering processes such as solar radiation modification and cloud-seeding that are used to counter the effects of global warming and drought, respectively. These processes have been woven into right-wing conspiracy theories that the government is able to control the weather, and MAGA lawmakers—fearful that the Democrats could rule the heavens and summon a deluge to wipe them out—have started to take action.

Republican lawmakers in nearly 20 states have introduced legislation to prevent weather modification. Some of the laws allude to “chemtrails,” a conspiracy theory that planes aren’t leaving “contrails” of condensation in the atmosphere but are spreading chemicals on an unsuspecting public. In two states, Florida and Tennessee, those bills have passed and been signed into law.

In July, right-wing concerns about weather modification reached a new fever pitch.

Earlier this month, Environmental Protection Agency head Lee Zeldin announced an effort to “compile everything we know about contrails and geoengineering” and release it to the public.

Days later, Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tim Burchett introduced the Clear Skies Act, a bill that would levy steep penalties for anyone who “knowingly conducts weather modification,” including geoengineering, cloud seeding, solar radiation modification, and the release of aerosol to “influence temperature, precipitation, or the intensity of sunlight.”

After Hurricane Helene struck the southeast United States in October, Greene boosted the right-wing conspiracy theory that the Biden administration had used weather manipulation to target Republican areas ahead of the U.S. general election. “Yes they can control the weather,” Greene wrote in a post on X at the time. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/198565/republicans-introduce-bills-weather-modification-conspiracy-theory

Another waste of time and resources…..but then that is what the GOP does best.

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“lego ergo scribo”

From The Mind Of Elmo Musty

Elmo Musty?

That is my name for that wiz kid Elon Musk.

Anyway from his so-called genius mind comes a statement that will make one question his mental process….

Do you remember his idea of sending his sperm to Mars so he can populate the new planet?

Well now he would like it if he could get pregnant…..

The sexual tension between Elon Musk’s posting disease and his obsessive transphobia is at an all-time high now that the billionaire has admitted he wishes he could get pregnant.

In a post on X-formerly-Twitter, the site owner enthusiastically agreed with a random user who joked about the multi-hyphenate and father of 12‘s ardor for reproduction.

“Can we all agree that if men giving birth was possible,” the user wrote, “Elon would be on his 17th pregnancy.”

Quote-tweeting that jape, which was itself a reply to one of his own posts that included the pregnant man emoji that right-wingers so love to dunk on, Musk responded: “1000%.”

Obviously, trans men can and do get pregnant, and that simple reality seems to make reactionaries like Musk lose their minds.

But within this exchange, paired with the context of Musk’s fertility obsession, there lies something unexamined: a seeming desire for motherhood, or at least for the experience of breeding from a vantage point the South African-born edgelord will never experience.

While the world is still quite far from achieving pregnancy in people assigned male at birth (AMAB), some scientists contend that uterus transplants could achieve this result — if only cisgender men were bold enough to dream outside of their biology.

That said, the concept of “MPREG,” the netspeak abbreviation for male pregnancy fantasies and associated fan artwork, might fulfill some of Musk’s reproductive urges — and Grok, X’s in-site AI, readily produced just that type of imagery.

https://futurism.com/elon-musk-pregnant

Sorry I could not resist this story…..

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

They Eat Their Own

Cracks are forming!

One of the more interesting stories last week was that of two of Trump’s minions in the House that are sniping at each.

MTG and Laura Loomer are at each other’s throat…..

An online war of words—including accusations of racism and antisemitism—has broken out in Donald Trump’s inner circle, sparked by a post mocking Vice President Kamala Harris’ heritage. After Harris posted a photo of herself visiting her grandparents in India as a child on Sunday, Laura Loomer—a right-wing conspiracy theorist with a history of saying such things—wrote that the election of Harris would mean the White House will smell like curry and other unamusing references to India and its people, the Hill reports. “This is appalling and extremely racist,” Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on X in response. Loomer called Greene a “raging antisemite.”

There was more. Loomer brought up Greene’s divorce, saying she’s “a poor excuse for a Christian.” The lawmaker said the post about Harris, which Loomer defended as a “funny joke,” doesn’t reflect “who we are as Republicans or MAGA. This does not represent President Trump. This type of behavior should not be tolerated ever.” Greene later said that when Loomer puts up posts that are “flat out racist, hateful, and make President Trump look bad, she needs to be responsible and delete them.” Loomer declined.

While the back-and-forth was proceeding, Loomer was visible at the side of Trump, flying with him to New York and Pennsylvania to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Wednesday. She also was on Trump’s plane when he traveled to Philadelphia for his debate against Harris on Tuesday night. Another Trump ally, Sen. Lindsey Graham, suggested the presidential candidate put more distance between himself and Loomer, per the Wall Street Journal. “The history of this person is just really toxic,” Graham told the Huffington Post. He said Trump “would serve himself well to make sure this doesn’t become a bigger story.”

Is this a good sign?

If only more Trumpian toadies would start attacking each other…..maybe then some of the low intellect supports would see just how ridiculous their support truly is.

But I will not hold my breath!

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

“High Status Males”

I have always thought that Elon Musk was pretty much a douche bag from the start of his loud mouth beginnings.

But he exceeded himself when he decided to buy Twitter and make it his personal platform for stupid. And then his idiotic endorsement of Trump just added to me dislike of this individual and it has not slowed down at all.

One of his latest moronic ramblings…..

Elon Musk has used his large platform on X to promote a theory that a free-thinking “Republic” could only exist under the decision-making of “high status males” – and women or “low T men” would not be welcome in it.

On Sunday, Musk re-posted a screenshot of the theory – which appears to have been conceived on 4chan in 2021– on the social media site.

The theory, written by an anonymous user, suggests that the only people able to think freely are “high [testostrone] alpha males” and “aneurotypical people”, and that these “high status males” should run a “Republic” that is “only for those who are free to think.”

“People who can’t defend themselves physically (women and low T men) parse information through a consensus filter as a safety mechanism,” the post reads.

“Only high T alpha males and aneurotypical people (hey autists!) are actually free to parse new information with an objective ‘is this true?’ filter,” it adds. “This is why a Republic of high status males is best for decision making. Democratic, but a democracy only for those who are free to think.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-trump-harris-high-status-males-4chan-b2606617.html

What a misogynistic prick!

This from the same egotistical a/hole that wants to send his sperm to Mars so he can populate the planet…..and this from the guy the endorsed Trump and is rewarded with the possible seat of power within a Trump admin…..

If Donald Trump wins the election, he will have a big job for Elon Musk. In a speech at the Economic Club of New York on Thursday, Trump said Musk will lead a commission that will save “trillions of dollars” in government spending. “I will create a government efficiency commission tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government and making recommendations for drastic reforms,” Trump said, per CNN. He said it was the “suggestion of Elon Musk, who has given me his complete and total endorsement.”

Musk floated the idea during a talk with Trump weeks ago, in which Trump praised him as the “greatest cutter” of employees. “I look forward to serving America if the opportunity arises,” Musk said in a post on X Thursday. “No pay, no title, no recognition is needed.” Asked by the BBC if the role had been formally agreed on, campaign adviser Brian Hughes said, “It is premature to discuss any prospective personnel in the next administration, but we welcome the enthusiasm and support of Elon Musk.”

  • Conflicts of interest. The Wall Street Journal notes that while it’s not unusual for business leaders to serve on advisory groups, the proposed role will raise many conflict-of-interest issues. Musk’s companies are regulated by numerous federal agencies and SpaceX’s biggest customers include NASA and the Pentagon. “Musk’s business interests are so broad and so intermingled with the federal government, it’s hard to imagine guardrails that could address his conflicts,” says Washington University law professor Kathleen Clark, who specializes in government ethics.

Just what this country needs a ‘purge czar’….someone that will lead the witch hunt in DC to rid people that will oppose Trump.

At what point does the idiot voter see the ludicrous ideas of Musk and his new master Trump propose?

Be Smart!

Learn Stuff!

Vote from knowledge not from social media!

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Vance Is A Piece Of…

++++Note–This will be my only post today because I am having a procedure done as an out patient and I am not sure how long I will be at the hospital….hopefully I will be back in true form Friday.++++

There is a person running for the second highest office in the land that can be est describe as a POS. His positions are so out there that they are looking back at pathetic.

Pretty much everybody is aware of his feelings about women and immigrants but he just keeps opening mouth and lying and when not lying is inserting foot into that mouth.

His thoughts on child day care…..

In his latest comments on parenthood and young families, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance on Wednesday weighed in on how to best help parents who struggle to pay for childcare—but instead of offering a policy solution, the U.S. senator from Ohio punted the obligation to grandparents and other extended family members across the country.

At an event hosted by right-wing activist Charlie Kirk of Turning Point Action in Mesa, Arizona, Vance replied to a question about lowering childcare costs by saying he wants to “make it easier for families to choose whatever model they want.”

But Vance appeared to base his answer on the assumption that what families want—and what they haven’t already considered on their own—is childcare help from their family members.

“One of the ways that you might be able to relieve a little bit of pressure on people who are paying so much for daycare is make it so that—maybe, like, grandma or grandpa wants to help out a little bit more, or maybe there’s an aunt or uncle who wants to help out a little more,” said Vance. “If that happens, you relieve some of the pressure on all the resources that we’re spending at daycare.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/jd-vance-on-childcare

Vance hates immigrants so bad that he is accusing them of dog-napping…..

Police in Springfield, Ohio, have issued some unusual words of comfort for residents: Despite rumors to the contrary, they haven’t received any reports of pets being abducted and eaten, reports the Springfield News-Sun. The claim originated in a viral, unsubstantiated post on a private Facebook group of Springfield residents (screenshot here) that pointed the blame at the city’s growing population of Haitian immigrants. The claim has since gotten a boost from figures including JD Vance. Details:

  • Vance: “Months ago, I raised the issue of Haitian illegal immigrants draining social services and generally causing chaos all over Springfield, Ohio,” tweeted Vance, the running mate of Donald Trump who represents Ohio in the Senate. “Reports now show that people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country. Where is our border czar?” Elon Musk was among those picking up on the pet-eating claims.
  • Not happening: Springfield city manager Bryan Heck shot down the claim, as did police: “In response to recent rumors alleging criminal activity by the immigrant population in our city, we wish to clarify that there have been no credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community,” Heck wrote in an email to the Hill. He added, however, that the rumors distracted from the city’s real “problems with housing, resources for our schools, and an overwhelmed healthcare system” because of the immigrant influx.
  • New arrivals: The city does indeed have a large Haitian population, with city officials estimating that 20,000 Haitians have arrived since the pandemic, reports the New York Times. A city FAQ explains they arrived legally under the Immigration Parole Program and were allowed to apply for temporary protected status (TPS). They are working legally “in various industries that are in great need of workers,” says the FAQ page.
  • The strain: The influx represents a sizable bump to Springfield, which had a population of about 58,000 in the 2020 census. “By most accounts, the immigrant community has helped revitalize the town,” per the Times, but, as Heck noted, it has put a strain on existing housing, schools, and hospitals.
  • Vance, Cruz: “Senator Vance has received a high volume of calls and emails over the past several weeks from concerned citizens in Springfield: his tweet is based on what he is hearing from them,” says a spokesperson, who blamed VP Kamala Harris for the White House’s immigration policies. In June, the US extended the TPS designation for Haiti, notes the Hill. GOP Sen. Ted Cruz also piled on, notes the Washington Post. He reposted a meme showing frightened cats with the text, “Please vote for Trump so Haitian immigrants don’t eat us.”

In true form….Repubs do what they do best LIE….and LIE again!

Anyone that votes GOP is a bigger problem than the candidates.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

A Call To Arms?

We do not need Paul and his horse anymore for we have the internet and social media.

Of course I am referring to the re4sponse from MAGA loyalists after the conviction of their hero recently…..

Is it truly a call to arms?

After a jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges yesterday, Bronze Age Pervert, the alter ego of the edgelord influencer Costin Alamariu, retweeted one of his own posts from March. It is a movie clip depicting a scene of armed men storming buildings and gunning people down. In the text accompanying the post, Bronze Age Pervert jokes that the clip is real footage of a “well-planned neutralization operation” that will take place after Trump wins his reelection campaign.

The MAGA faithful are once again on the internet threatening violence. Lots of Republicans, of course, responded to Trump’s felony verdict with simple outrage rather than calls for a “neutralization operation.” But more extreme language has appeared all across the right-wing posting ecosystem. Some Proud Boys chapters responded with the word “war” on their Telegram channels, as reported by Wired, and Reuters found instances of Trump supporters calling for violence against jurors and the judge in the case, as well as calls for civil war and insurrection.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/05/trump-trial-maga-internet-violence/678571/

The rhetoric is getting very disturbing…..

As supporters of Donald Trump flood right-wing platforms with threats against the jurors and judge following guilty verdicts Thursday in his criminal case regarding hush money payments, fears are growing that the influence the Republican presumptive presidential nominee has over his supporters will soon lead to violence.

“Until and unless he accepts the process, the extremist reaction to his legal troubles will be militant,” Jacob Ware, a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, toldReuters.

The former president gave no sign of accepting the legal process Friday as he held a press conference at Trump Tower, repeating claims that the case had been “rigged.”

Shortly after a New York jury announced its verdict in the case regarding documents that were falsified to cover up payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniel just before the 2016 election to keep her from publicizing an alleged sexual encounter she had with Trump, right-wing websites like Gateway Pundit, Truth Social, and Patriots.Win saw an uptick in violent posts from users.

One commenter called for “someone in NY with nothing to lose” to “take care of” New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, while another on Gateway Pundit directed a threat at any and all opponents of Trump.

“Time to start capping some leftys,” said the user. “This cannot be fixed by voting.”

The reaction is a direct result, said Ware, of Trump’s “insistence that he is being mistreated.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-supporters-2668430042

Social media could possibly make the reality of violence very likely….for we know how some creeps take all this tough talk to heart.

Just a hint at what they propose….

Shortly after a New York jury announced its verdict in the case regarding documents that were falsified to cover up payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniel just before the 2016 election to keep her from publicizing an alleged sexual encounter she had with Trump, right-wing websites like Gateway Pundit, Truth Social, and Patriots.Win saw an uptick in violent posts from users.

One commenter called for “someone in NY with nothing to lose” to “take care of” New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, while another on Gateway Pundit directed a threat at any and all opponents of Trump.

“Time to start capping some leftys,” said the user. “This cannot be fixed by voting.”

The reaction is a direct result, said Ware, of Trump’s “insistence that he is being mistreated.”

https://www.alternet.org/violent-trump-supporters/

Even more calls for violence….

“Pick a side, or YOU are next,” wrote conservative talkshow host Dan Bongino on the Truth Social media platform in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions.

The replies were even more so.

“Dan, seriously now,” one user wrote in response to Bongino. “I see no way out of all this mess without bloodshed. When you can rig an election, then weaponize the government and the courts against a former President, what other alternative is there? I’m almost 70 and would rather die than live in tyranny.”

That’s a common version of how many people on the US right reacted to the ex-president’s verdict, drawing on a “mirror world” where Trump is seen as the selfless martyr to powerful state forces and Joe Biden is the dangerous autocrat wielding the justice system as his own personal plaything and a threat to US democracy.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/02/far-right-mobilizing-biden-presidency

How likely will all this escalate into a situation of terrible conflict?

Will the idiots heed this call to arms?

In the days of my ‘pinko’ ways we were accused of wanting to destroy democracy and now the very people doing the accusing are doing what we were accused of wanting.

We never wanted to destroy democracy….but my accusers cannot say that.

Thoughts?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

A “Post-Birth Abortion”

WTF?

I would like to point out that there is already on this….it is called murder…..or if you need the official academic term it is infanticide.

A post-birth abortions is murder, right?

This stupidity came out of the mouth of a person who personifies stupid, Ron DeSantis.

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a recent interview that some states allow abortion after an infant has already been born.

CNN host Jake Tapper asked DeSantis whether he would support a federal abortion ban as president. DeSantis, who signed Florida’s contested six-week abortion ban in April, said he would be a “pro-life president,” but gave no direct answer.

“In some liberal states,” he said, “you actually have post-birth abortions and I think that’s wrong.”

Some on social media thought DeSantis misspoke, but the post-birth abortion claim is something that Republicans and anti-abortion activists have repeated for years, before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

The claim was wrong then, and it is wrong now: Willfully terminating a newborn’s life is not legal in any state.

…

When asked for evidence to support his claim, a DeSantis campaign aide pointed us to two resources, neither of which established that states sanction killing newborns.

One was a press release outlining Republican support for a bill advocates say would require infants get medical care after attempted abortions. Opponents say the new bill is redundant under the “Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002.“

The other was a webpage from the Charlotte Lozier Institute, an anti-abortion organization, that explored cases in which it said abortion attempts failed and babies were born. But it contained a number of irrelevant or erroneous citations. For example, one 2018 study that it cited referred to second-trimester abortions in Europe, not the U.S., and found that half resulted in live births, with most babies dying within minutes. The study’s authors said the abortions were sought because of anomalies or genetic abnormalities. The gestational age represents a range when many fetuses cannot yet survive independently.

https://www.wlrn.org/government-politics/2023-07-25/desantis-false-claim-post-birth-abortions

What sort of moron believes this shit?

NO one advocates the killing of newborns….NO ONE!

Infanticide is illegal in all 50 states…..in case you are an idiot.

These anti-choice people will make up shit and have it become everyday….this has been picked up by another Floridian, Marco Rubio, another drooling half-wit.

This is pure bullshit….like everything else that comes from the mouth of a Republican. and the supporters that buy into manure.

When characterizing a Repub all I can say is….’ignorance in and stupid out’.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Dems To The Rescue

Freedom Caucus ideologue MTG has made it clear that she does not want Speaker Johnson to remain in the position and she will lead the charge to oust him from the speakership.

But it looks like her effort was dashed ……Johnson was saved by the Dems….

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s attempt to oust Speaker Mike Johnson was met with boos, laughter, and 359 votes against in the House on Wednesday, quelling the Georgia Republican’s long-threatened revolt. Greene’s measure won the support of only 10 other Republicans and 32 Democrats, 163 of whom backed keeping Johnson while seven voted present. GOP members booed as Greene introduced her measure earlier in the day, the Washington Post reports. When Majority Whip Steve Scalise immediately moved to kill it, nearly all members yelled their approval, with only the voices of Greene and GOP Rep. Thomas Massie heard to say “nay.” Laughter followed.

“This is the uniparty for the American people watching,” Greene said as she was being booed. Afterward, Johnson expressed appreciation to the members who declined to end his speakership after six months. “Hopefully, this is the end of the personality politics and the frivolous character assassination that has defined the 118th Congress,” he said. “It’s regrettable, it’s not who we are as Americans, and we’re better than this.” He had the support of Donald Trump, who posted online Wednesday that “this is not the time” for a motion to vacate. Trump called Johnson a “good man who is trying very hard,” per CBS News.

ohnson and Greene had met a couple of times this week, though he denied negotiating with her to keep the job. Demands by Greene and Massie, per the Post, included that Johnson act to:

  • Allow no more aid to be sent to Ukraine this year.
  • Put only bills on the floor that most Republicans support.
  • Move to defund all Justice Department investigations of Trump.
  • Pass a dozen individual spending bills or institute a 1% reduction across government agencies.

Johnson did not give the pair an answer.

Did Trump in his insistence that the GOP unite help save Johnson’s job?

Did the Dems save Johnson’s speakership out of the kindness in their hearts?

Did the Dems get anything for their help?

Is MTG done with her symbolic antics?

How much more time will be wasted in the attempts to make a Speaker resign?

Do they not realize that the country is circling the drain and they play games.

Once again please tell me what we pay these slugs to do.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”