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February 20, 2024
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/no-imbeciles-donald-trump-isnt-the
There's much more on this rant but I can't make it fit in 4 paragraphs. Please click on the link and read the rest.
I don't know how anyone could mistake Chump for Putin ... he's not even Putin-Lite. I mean think about it, Chump can't afford to pay his lawyers and court fees, he has to get the wingnuts to pay them. Meanwhile Putin is literally the wealthiest man in the world, and almost all of it was stolen from the Russian people.
Great rant!
Today's Tiedrich rant: no, imbeciles, Donald Trump isn't the American Navalny -- he's the American Putin
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/no-imbeciles-donald-trump-isnt-the
the prison murder of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has given the dumbest assholes in the universe a shiny new talking point that they can’t shut the fuck up about.
here’s Pantload Emeritus of the Republican Party, Newt Gingrich, to lay it out.
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that’s so much fucknuttery packed into one tweet, but the gist is that Trump is a political prisoner just like Navalny, and Joe Biden is the moral equivalent to Vlad Putin. perpetual failed candidate and perennial Trump bootlicker Lee Zeldin picked up the ball and ran with it.
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here’s Pantload Emeritus of the Republican Party, Newt Gingrich, to lay it out.
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“Navalnys death in prison is a brutal reminder that jailing your political opponents is inhumane and a violation of every principle of a free society. Watch the Biden Administration speak out against Putin and his jailing of his leading political opponent while Democrats in four different jurisdictions try to turn President Trump into an American Navalny. The hypocrisy and corruption of the left is astonishing.]
that’s so much fucknuttery packed into one tweet, but the gist is that Trump is a political prisoner just like Navalny, and Joe Biden is the moral equivalent to Vlad Putin. perpetual failed candidate and perennial Trump bootlicker Lee Zeldin picked up the ball and ran with it.
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“As the world reflects on the murder of Alexei Navalny at the hands of Putin, it’s worth remembering that Democrats are actively doing Biden’s bidding as they also try to imprison his chief political opponent, Donald Trump, remove him from the ballot, and ensure he dies in prison.”
There's much more on this rant but I can't make it fit in 4 paragraphs. Please click on the link and read the rest.
I don't know how anyone could mistake Chump for Putin ... he's not even Putin-Lite. I mean think about it, Chump can't afford to pay his lawyers and court fees, he has to get the wingnuts to pay them. Meanwhile Putin is literally the wealthiest man in the world, and almost all of it was stolen from the Russian people.
Great rant!
February 19, 2024
Philly Inquirer link: https://www.inquirer.com/business/philadelphia-water-rates-bills-epa-delaware-river-20240219.html
Your water bill could increase $265 a year under proposed EPA rule, Philly water department says
Philadelphia Water Department says new river water standards could cost it $3 billion.Philly Inquirer link: https://www.inquirer.com/business/philadelphia-water-rates-bills-epa-delaware-river-20240219.html
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) says that a proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule to increase a clean water standard in the Delaware River would cost it $3 billion to comply — a cost customers would bear.
“Without significant financial support from the state or federal government, that cost will be passed on to customers in Philadelphia’s neighborhoods through higher water bills for years to come,” PWD said in a statement issued Sunday, just days before public comments close on the federal proposal.
It estimates that the proposed regulations would cost customers an additional $22.17 per month on their water bills, not $1.50 per month as calculated by EPA. That comes out to about $265 a year, PWD said in the statement.
PWD serves over 2 million people in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, and Bucks Counties by drawing water from the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers and cleaning it to EPA drinking water standards.
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“Without significant financial support from the state or federal government, that cost will be passed on to customers in Philadelphia’s neighborhoods through higher water bills for years to come,” PWD said in a statement issued Sunday, just days before public comments close on the federal proposal.
It estimates that the proposed regulations would cost customers an additional $22.17 per month on their water bills, not $1.50 per month as calculated by EPA. That comes out to about $265 a year, PWD said in the statement.
PWD serves over 2 million people in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, and Bucks Counties by drawing water from the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers and cleaning it to EPA drinking water standards.
February 19, 2024
Spotlight PA link: https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/02/pennsylvania-state-senate-elections-2024-democratic-majority-flip-republican/
Please click on the link to see detailed analyses. The best chance to flip the Senate (per Spotlight PA) will be these Senate districts:
SD-15
Democratic candidates: State. Rep Patty Kim; Harrisburg pastor Alvin Taylor
Republican candidates: Dauphin County Treasurer Nick DiFrancesco, Army veteran Ken Stambaugh
SD-37
Democratic candidate: Nicole Ruscitto, educator and former local township councilor
Republican candidate: State Sen. Devlin Robinson
SD-45
Democratic candidates: State Rep. Nick Pisciottano; social worker Makenzie White; former Duquesne Mayor and environmental organizer Nickole Nesby
Republican candidates: Security services business owner Jen Dintini; local GOP committee member Kami Stulginskas (Spotlight PA could not identify a website or social media account for this candidate.)
SD-49
Democratic candidates: Erie County Democratic Party Chair Jim Wertz; Selena King, a former staffer for U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.)
Republican candidate: State Sen. Dan Laughlin
Pa. election 2024: The state Senate races to watch as Democrats seek the majority
Spotlight PA link: https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/02/pennsylvania-state-senate-elections-2024-democratic-majority-flip-republican/
HARRISBURG — Democrats want to flip the Pennsylvania Senate this November, and party backers are eyeing a handful of districts as key to taking control of the chamber for the first time in 30 years. Political insiders told Spotlight PA that only a small number of districts, mostly in Western and central Pennsylvania, are competitive in this year’s state Senate elections.
In addition to picking up those seats, Democrats will also have to fend off Republican challengers in vulnerable districts where residents have increasingly voted for GOP candidates. Because of the high stakes, political observers expect these races to draw big money and national interest, which happened in 2022 when a flood of cash helped Democrats flip the state House.
Republicans hold 28 state Senate seats to Democrats’ 22. GOP control of the chamber is the norm. Except for a brief 16-month interlude in the 1990s, Republicans have held a majority in the upper chamber since 1980. The chamber’s 50 senators serve four-year terms, and half the body stands for election every two years. In presidential election years like 2024, lawmakers in odd-numbered districts are on the ballot.
If Democrats flip the upper chamber and hold onto the state House, the party will control the governor's mansion and the legislature in 2025, a so-called “trifecta” that would pave the way for lawmakers to pass a far-reaching agenda over Republican objections.
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In addition to picking up those seats, Democrats will also have to fend off Republican challengers in vulnerable districts where residents have increasingly voted for GOP candidates. Because of the high stakes, political observers expect these races to draw big money and national interest, which happened in 2022 when a flood of cash helped Democrats flip the state House.
Republicans hold 28 state Senate seats to Democrats’ 22. GOP control of the chamber is the norm. Except for a brief 16-month interlude in the 1990s, Republicans have held a majority in the upper chamber since 1980. The chamber’s 50 senators serve four-year terms, and half the body stands for election every two years. In presidential election years like 2024, lawmakers in odd-numbered districts are on the ballot.
If Democrats flip the upper chamber and hold onto the state House, the party will control the governor's mansion and the legislature in 2025, a so-called “trifecta” that would pave the way for lawmakers to pass a far-reaching agenda over Republican objections.
Please click on the link to see detailed analyses. The best chance to flip the Senate (per Spotlight PA) will be these Senate districts:
SD-15
Democratic candidates: State. Rep Patty Kim; Harrisburg pastor Alvin Taylor
Republican candidates: Dauphin County Treasurer Nick DiFrancesco, Army veteran Ken Stambaugh
SD-37
Democratic candidate: Nicole Ruscitto, educator and former local township councilor
Republican candidate: State Sen. Devlin Robinson
SD-45
Democratic candidates: State Rep. Nick Pisciottano; social worker Makenzie White; former Duquesne Mayor and environmental organizer Nickole Nesby
Republican candidates: Security services business owner Jen Dintini; local GOP committee member Kami Stulginskas (Spotlight PA could not identify a website or social media account for this candidate.)
SD-49
Democratic candidates: Erie County Democratic Party Chair Jim Wertz; Selena King, a former staffer for U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.)
Republican candidate: State Sen. Dan Laughlin
February 18, 2024
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/fork-over-364-million-you-fraudulent
Note: Tiedrich's regular Saturday rant "This Week in Stupid" will run tomorrow because the latest happenings mentioned here take precedence over the weekly stuff.
Bonus visual, courtesy of Jeff Tiedrich:
There's so much in today's rant, but I'm only allowed to post the first 4 paragraphs. So please click on the link and read the rest of this post. It's very smart, entertaining and there's no extra charge for Tiedrich's sprinkling of f-bombs!
Today's Tiedrich rant: fork over $364 million, you fraudulent fuck
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/fork-over-364-million-you-fraudulent
Note: Tiedrich's regular Saturday rant "This Week in Stupid" will run tomorrow because the latest happenings mentioned here take precedence over the weekly stuff.
so, the shit finally hit the fan. yesterday afternoon, Judge Engoron dropped the hammer and found Little Donny Fuckface, his two shithole sons — Individual-1 Junior and The Dumb One — and skeevy accountant Allen Weisselberg liable to the tune of 364 million bucks.
additionally, Trump is forbidden from heading any New York-based corporation for three years, and is forbidden from receiving loans from New York banks.
I don’t know what happened here. Donny had a foolproof strategy of acting like a childish asshole during the trial — sighing, waving his arms, keeping up a running commentary, and occasionally bolting from the courtroom — and somehow all this failed to charm the judge. maybe it was all the times Trump called Engoron a socialist maniac that failed to win the day. or maybe it’s simply that Donny is a life-long conman and fraudster, and he finally got caught. settle in as we explore the shit-blizzard of financial ruin that’s about to bury Trump.
first of all, the cash Trump has to come up with is a lot more than $364 mil. it’s actually closer to $450 million. you see, interest on the judgement accrues from when the fraud occurred — not from the time of the trial. so Trump is already on the hook for interest going back years.
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additionally, Trump is forbidden from heading any New York-based corporation for three years, and is forbidden from receiving loans from New York banks.
I don’t know what happened here. Donny had a foolproof strategy of acting like a childish asshole during the trial — sighing, waving his arms, keeping up a running commentary, and occasionally bolting from the courtroom — and somehow all this failed to charm the judge. maybe it was all the times Trump called Engoron a socialist maniac that failed to win the day. or maybe it’s simply that Donny is a life-long conman and fraudster, and he finally got caught. settle in as we explore the shit-blizzard of financial ruin that’s about to bury Trump.
first of all, the cash Trump has to come up with is a lot more than $364 mil. it’s actually closer to $450 million. you see, interest on the judgement accrues from when the fraud occurred — not from the time of the trial. so Trump is already on the hook for interest going back years.
Bonus visual, courtesy of Jeff Tiedrich:
There's so much in today's rant, but I'm only allowed to post the first 4 paragraphs. So please click on the link and read the rest of this post. It's very smart, entertaining and there's no extra charge for Tiedrich's sprinkling of f-bombs!
February 16, 2024
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/holy-shit-comer-fudds-star-witness
This story just gets better and better. But I can't make it fit into 4 paragraphs, so please click on the link to read the rest. It's another classic Tiedrich rant! Funny, smart, and a few f-bombs thrown in.
Happy Friday, my friends!
Today's Tiedrich rant: holy shit, Comer Fudd's star witness just got arrested for lying to the FBI
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/holy-shit-comer-fudds-star-witness
the news just keeps getting worse for Comer Fudd, the beady-eyed dipshit whose goal in life as House Oversight Chair is to impeach Joe Biden.
yesterday, Alexander Smirnov — holy fuck, now there’s a Bond Villain name if ever there was one — was merrily going about his business, traipsing through Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, when he was surrounded by a bunch of FBI agents who were all nah bro, you’re not getting on that plane — in fact, guess who these handcuffs are for.
why does this suck for Corn Pone Jimmy? because Smirnov was Comer’s star impeachment witness, and he got nailed for inventing all the “evidence” he gave to Comer.
Smirnov, you see, is the dude who first claimed that Burisma founder Mykola Zlochevsky gave $5 million bribes to both Joe and Hunter Biden — and Smirnov supposedly had the evidence to prove it — making Smirnov ground zero for the whole impeachment story. except now it turns out that Smirnov made all that shit up and lied to the FBI about it — and it turns out the FBI really fucking hates it when you lie to them.
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yesterday, Alexander Smirnov — holy fuck, now there’s a Bond Villain name if ever there was one — was merrily going about his business, traipsing through Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, when he was surrounded by a bunch of FBI agents who were all nah bro, you’re not getting on that plane — in fact, guess who these handcuffs are for.
why does this suck for Corn Pone Jimmy? because Smirnov was Comer’s star impeachment witness, and he got nailed for inventing all the “evidence” he gave to Comer.
Smirnov, you see, is the dude who first claimed that Burisma founder Mykola Zlochevsky gave $5 million bribes to both Joe and Hunter Biden — and Smirnov supposedly had the evidence to prove it — making Smirnov ground zero for the whole impeachment story. except now it turns out that Smirnov made all that shit up and lied to the FBI about it — and it turns out the FBI really fucking hates it when you lie to them.
This story just gets better and better. But I can't make it fit into 4 paragraphs, so please click on the link to read the rest. It's another classic Tiedrich rant! Funny, smart, and a few f-bombs thrown in.
Happy Friday, my friends!
February 15, 2024
Philadelphia Inquirer link: https://www.inquirer.com/news/ss-united-states-joe-biden-navy-congress-20240215.html
Archived (no paywall) link: https://archive.ph/NMYo0
If you're like me, you probably thought this headline was a metaphor for Biden saving "our American democracy." Am I right? But no. there actually is an oceanliner called the SS United States, and it's in dire condition.
If only it weren't already election year ... this is an issue that President Joe Biden could really get behind!
Will Joe Biden save the SS United States? Its supporters are making their case.
Caretakers of the SS United States hope to transcend partisan politics and get the president or Congress to champion their ship.Philadelphia Inquirer link: https://www.inquirer.com/news/ss-united-states-joe-biden-navy-congress-20240215.html
Archived (no paywall) link: https://archive.ph/NMYo0
If you're like me, you probably thought this headline was a metaphor for Biden saving "our American democracy." Am I right? But no. there actually is an oceanliner called the SS United States, and it's in dire condition.
The caretakers of the SS United States, once known as the Queen of the Seas, have sent out an SOS to the highest office in the land as the vessel faces the threat of eviction.
In addition to President Joe Biden, the SS United States Conservancy has sent a plea for help to the U.S. Secretary of the Navy and members of Congress, describing how the ship is “under the imminent threat of eviction and destruction,” appealing to their patriotism.
“Indeed, it would be a global embarrassment if the nation’s Flagship were to face destruction during this time of grave geopolitical uncertainty abroad,” read the three-page letter. It’s the latest effort to find the ship a champion to save it from the scrapyard.
For decades, redevelopers and what would eventually become the conservancy have struggled to repurpose the 1,000-foot vessel that still holds the transatlantic speed record it broke in 1952. Proposals such as making the ship into a cruise line or time-share condos fell by the wayside over the years as financing failed to materialize. Still, the conservancy has always argued the ship is a slice of American history and should be repurposed, saving the ship from destruction on more than one occasion through fundraising efforts.
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In addition to President Joe Biden, the SS United States Conservancy has sent a plea for help to the U.S. Secretary of the Navy and members of Congress, describing how the ship is “under the imminent threat of eviction and destruction,” appealing to their patriotism.
“Indeed, it would be a global embarrassment if the nation’s Flagship were to face destruction during this time of grave geopolitical uncertainty abroad,” read the three-page letter. It’s the latest effort to find the ship a champion to save it from the scrapyard.
For decades, redevelopers and what would eventually become the conservancy have struggled to repurpose the 1,000-foot vessel that still holds the transatlantic speed record it broke in 1952. Proposals such as making the ship into a cruise line or time-share condos fell by the wayside over the years as financing failed to materialize. Still, the conservancy has always argued the ship is a slice of American history and should be repurposed, saving the ship from destruction on more than one occasion through fundraising efforts.
If only it weren't already election year ... this is an issue that President Joe Biden could really get behind!
February 13, 2024
Variety link: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/travis-kelce-my-dead-friend-zoe-financed-energy-tax-credits-1235908057/
Maybe Taylor Swift will be cast in a small role?
Travis Kelce's Debut as a Film Producer Is Also the First Movie Financed by Joe Biden's Green Energy Tax Credits
Variety link: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/travis-kelce-my-dead-friend-zoe-financed-energy-tax-credits-1235908057/
Joe Biden didn’t score an endorsement from Taylor Swift on Super Bowl Sunday, as some had predicted. But her boyfriend Travis Kelce is using the president’s renewable energy tax credits to finance the film “My Dead Friend Zoe.”
The SXSW-bound indie, which stars Natalie Morales, Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman and Sonequa Martin-Green, marks Kelce’s first foray into movies, with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end serving as an executive producer. The investors in the low-budget dark comedy, which include Kelce, are the first to take advantage of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act to finance a film. (“My Dead Friend Zoe” cost less than $10 million.)
The Inflation Reduction Act, which was passed in August 2022, marks “the single largest investment in climate and energy in American history, enabling America to tackle the climate crisis, advancing environmental justice, securing America’s position as a world leader in domestic clean energy manufacturing and putting the United States on a pathway to achieving the Biden-Harris Administration’s climate goals, including a net-zero economy by 2050,” according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s web site. “My Dead Friend Zoe” used money generated by green energy entrepreneur Mike Field’s sale of surplus tax credits. (Field is also a producer on the film.)
“Hollywood is risky, right? On a scale of one to 10, Hollywood, it is a 9.5. Especially in terms of independent film,” says “My Dead Friend Zoe” producer Ray Maiello, who runs California-based Radiant Media Studios with Field. “These federal tax credits take the risk down to like a five.”
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The SXSW-bound indie, which stars Natalie Morales, Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman and Sonequa Martin-Green, marks Kelce’s first foray into movies, with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end serving as an executive producer. The investors in the low-budget dark comedy, which include Kelce, are the first to take advantage of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act to finance a film. (“My Dead Friend Zoe” cost less than $10 million.)
The Inflation Reduction Act, which was passed in August 2022, marks “the single largest investment in climate and energy in American history, enabling America to tackle the climate crisis, advancing environmental justice, securing America’s position as a world leader in domestic clean energy manufacturing and putting the United States on a pathway to achieving the Biden-Harris Administration’s climate goals, including a net-zero economy by 2050,” according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s web site. “My Dead Friend Zoe” used money generated by green energy entrepreneur Mike Field’s sale of surplus tax credits. (Field is also a producer on the film.)
“Hollywood is risky, right? On a scale of one to 10, Hollywood, it is a 9.5. Especially in terms of independent film,” says “My Dead Friend Zoe” producer Ray Maiello, who runs California-based Radiant Media Studios with Field. “These federal tax credits take the risk down to like a five.”
Maybe Taylor Swift will be cast in a small role?
February 13, 2024
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/democrats-wake-the-fuck-up-and-learn
There's so much more to this rant, but I can't make it fit in 4 paragraphs. It's worth a click to read the rest on Jeff Tiedrich's daily blog "Everyone is Entitled to My Own Opinion."
Today's Tiedrich rant: Democrats, wake the fuck up and learn how to fight
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/democrats-wake-the-fuck-up-and-learn
Robert Hur’s biased and unprofessional hit job on Joe Biden didn’t happen in a vacuum. this high-minded mania that Democrats have for allowing themselves to get played by right-wing Special Counsels goes back at least 30 years.
in 1994, the wingnut howler-monkey infrastructure was shrieking for an investgation into a land deal in which Bill and Hillary Clinton lost money. then-Attorney General Janet Reno, wanting to appear all fair-minded and non-partisan and shit, appointed a Republican Special Counsel, Robert Fiske, to head what became known as the Whitewater Investigation.
Fiske concluded that the Clintons had done nothing criminal, but the panel of three ultra-conservative judges who oversaw the Counsel were all fuck no, you useless dick, “innocent” not the answer we’re looking for and — because this is how the Special Counsel thing worked back then, thanks to a law signed by Bill Clinton, who also didn’t want to appear partisan — they fired Fiske and replaced him with pantysniffing prig Kenneth Starr.
Starr, of course, quite famously wasted tens of millions of taxpayer dollars and turned the failed-land-deal investigation into a prosecution and impeachment over a blow job. (fun true fact: did you know that the Starr Report — which was pretty much low-grade pornographic filth from cover to cover — was partially authored by none other than Brett Kavanaugh, the future Supreme Court Justice who was so blackout drunk all the way through prep school and college that he literally has no idea how many women he assaulted? weird how the same shitweasels keep popping up every time there’s fuckery afoot.)
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in 1994, the wingnut howler-monkey infrastructure was shrieking for an investgation into a land deal in which Bill and Hillary Clinton lost money. then-Attorney General Janet Reno, wanting to appear all fair-minded and non-partisan and shit, appointed a Republican Special Counsel, Robert Fiske, to head what became known as the Whitewater Investigation.
Fiske concluded that the Clintons had done nothing criminal, but the panel of three ultra-conservative judges who oversaw the Counsel were all fuck no, you useless dick, “innocent” not the answer we’re looking for and — because this is how the Special Counsel thing worked back then, thanks to a law signed by Bill Clinton, who also didn’t want to appear partisan — they fired Fiske and replaced him with pantysniffing prig Kenneth Starr.
Starr, of course, quite famously wasted tens of millions of taxpayer dollars and turned the failed-land-deal investigation into a prosecution and impeachment over a blow job. (fun true fact: did you know that the Starr Report — which was pretty much low-grade pornographic filth from cover to cover — was partially authored by none other than Brett Kavanaugh, the future Supreme Court Justice who was so blackout drunk all the way through prep school and college that he literally has no idea how many women he assaulted? weird how the same shitweasels keep popping up every time there’s fuckery afoot.)
There's so much more to this rant, but I can't make it fit in 4 paragraphs. It's worth a click to read the rest on Jeff Tiedrich's daily blog "Everyone is Entitled to My Own Opinion."
February 12, 2024
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/republicans-are-a-bunch-of-gutless
Bonus screenshot:
Lots more on today's Tiedrich blog, with insults for Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and the NY Times! It's worth a click to read the rest of Tiedrich's rant. I'm just wondering when our US military leaders are going to finally - once and for all time - tell Chump to pound salt.
Today's Tiedrich rant: Republicans are a bunch of gutless fucking cowards
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/republicans-are-a-bunch-of-gutless
Marco Rubio went on Jake Tapper’s show yesterday, and he was asked to comment on Little Donny Mobfuck’s boast that he would encourage Russia to attack NATO countries — that Russia could “do whatever the hell they want.”
Rubio forcefully denounced Trump, pointing out that Trump’s threat, if made good on, would embolden a despot, destabilize the world, break treaties and upend a 75-year commitment to defend our allies. he also called Trump a reckless moron who smelled like a butt, and refused to endorse him for president.
ha ha! just kidding! none of that shit happened. in fact, what Rubio did tell Tapper is that Trump was just blowing off steam. lovely deflection there, Senator. no, Trump doesn’t talk like a traditional politician, he talks like a mob boss wanna-be with a fresh load in his diaper.
in fact, you couldn’t find a single Republican willing to criticize Trump. usually, you can’t keep these attention-hungry fuckers off the Sunday shows, but those that weren’t shoving their heads in the sand had their fingers in their ears and were shouting LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU.
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Rubio forcefully denounced Trump, pointing out that Trump’s threat, if made good on, would embolden a despot, destabilize the world, break treaties and upend a 75-year commitment to defend our allies. he also called Trump a reckless moron who smelled like a butt, and refused to endorse him for president.
ha ha! just kidding! none of that shit happened. in fact, what Rubio did tell Tapper is that Trump was just blowing off steam. lovely deflection there, Senator. no, Trump doesn’t talk like a traditional politician, he talks like a mob boss wanna-be with a fresh load in his diaper.
in fact, you couldn’t find a single Republican willing to criticize Trump. usually, you can’t keep these attention-hungry fuckers off the Sunday shows, but those that weren’t shoving their heads in the sand had their fingers in their ears and were shouting LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU.
Bonus screenshot:
Lots more on today's Tiedrich blog, with insults for Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and the NY Times! It's worth a click to read the rest of Tiedrich's rant. I'm just wondering when our US military leaders are going to finally - once and for all time - tell Chump to pound salt.
February 12, 2024
This in-depth analysis on Spotlight PA explains how Heather Honey's false analogies and incorrect calculations led to several US states leaving the ERIC system after the 2020 election. It's worth a click on the OP link to understand Spotlight PA's explanation of the election data with bar charts and line graphs.
This Pa. activist is the source of false and flawed election claims gaining traction across the country
Spotlight PA link: https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/02/pennsylvania-heather-honey-donald-trump-election-integrity-eric-analysis/
On Jan. 6, 2021, as former President Donald Trump rallied his supporters, he used a statistic that, though false, was making the rounds: "In Pennsylvania, you had 205,000 more votes than you had voters," he screamed, throwing his arms wide open in front of thousands of angry followers. "This is a mathematical impossibility unless you want to say it's a total fraud."
The number appears to be the work of Heather Honey, a Pennsylvania-based "election integrity" investigator whose research has achieved a remarkable level of national salience among the far right, despite being replete with errors. The 205,000 figure, for example, is “false” according to the Department of Justice, and was based on incomplete data the state says can’t be used for this type of analysis. Honey herself has revised the discrepancy downward. While Honey’s current estimate is almost half of what it once was, it’s still inaccurate and the original number is also still routinely cited as fact.
“There were 202,377 MORE ‘votes’ cast, than actual REAL VOTERS THAT VOTED,” reads a November 2023 post on X from a popular rightwing account. It was reposted more than 13,000 times.
Honey has been among the most effective advocates for right-wing election talking points. Time after time, her research has fed into viral allegations about election integrity, fueling conservative pressure campaigns, forcing fact-checkers and public officials to attempt to piece together a more accurate picture and undermining confidence in long-trusted election practices. Often, her conclusions are misleading or based on incomplete information.
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The number appears to be the work of Heather Honey, a Pennsylvania-based "election integrity" investigator whose research has achieved a remarkable level of national salience among the far right, despite being replete with errors. The 205,000 figure, for example, is “false” according to the Department of Justice, and was based on incomplete data the state says can’t be used for this type of analysis. Honey herself has revised the discrepancy downward. While Honey’s current estimate is almost half of what it once was, it’s still inaccurate and the original number is also still routinely cited as fact.
“There were 202,377 MORE ‘votes’ cast, than actual REAL VOTERS THAT VOTED,” reads a November 2023 post on X from a popular rightwing account. It was reposted more than 13,000 times.
Honey has been among the most effective advocates for right-wing election talking points. Time after time, her research has fed into viral allegations about election integrity, fueling conservative pressure campaigns, forcing fact-checkers and public officials to attempt to piece together a more accurate picture and undermining confidence in long-trusted election practices. Often, her conclusions are misleading or based on incomplete information.
This in-depth analysis on Spotlight PA explains how Heather Honey's false analogies and incorrect calculations led to several US states leaving the ERIC system after the 2020 election. It's worth a click on the OP link to understand Spotlight PA's explanation of the election data with bar charts and line graphs.
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