The Republican Agenda 2021 and Forward

[lizkat]

I’m not sure about funding amounts on this, but I heard some of his supporters were mad at him for endorsing candidates who weren’t the most insane one running, still insane but not enough for his supporters. I really hope these “too insane for even Trump” candidates aren’t the ones killing it in funding.

I hope so too. I've misplaced my rose-colored specs, so I won't say that I assume the incumbent Rs are raising most of the dough.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

I hope so too. I've misplaced my rose-colored specs, so I won't say that I assume the incumbent Rs are raising most of the dough.

You’d like to hope these donors realize that civil war isn’t good for business, but these are the same people who for 40 years seem aloof to the fact that the money trickled down from their economics magically appears in their bank accounts and that people might be aware of or mad about that. They don’t seem to have the gift for long-term negative outcome for the masses prediction. And I guess who can blame them as the government has largely kept them shielded from such unpleasantness….so far.

 

[lizkat]

You’d like to hope these donors realize that civil war isn’t good for business...

This. Some of them are waking up pretty belatedly. All those times they may have posed for photo-ops somewhere when federal largesse was behind a grant, but the only people in the newspaper photos were local GOP officials and maybe a Republican state senator, all of whom were on record for decades as vehemently opposed to taxation (local or otherwise) and to federal spending bills.

Trump has stirred up fake civil war readiness among people deliberately held in ignorance of how the US economy actually works, for ill or for good, all these years. But to elect Donald Trump's anti-democratic picks in 2022 GOP primaries is not a solution. Those guys still want to burn all the barns down and then go in 2024 with a strongman to "fix this place up" -- and some of the incumbent Rs are not quite THAT crazy. It's probably why they'll win their primaries, and almost certainly why their fundraising is stronger. It's not just their incumbency. It's their stronger grip on reality and on the practical aspects of running a business or investing in the markets. None of those endeavors likes anarchy.

Most Americans with a dime to give to pols don't want to burn the barns down. Our system is a mess but it still beats a fascist dictatorship hands down. Businessmen in the USA complain about over-regulation, but they do not favor anarchy. The businessmen sucked in by Trump are starting to make the distinction, thanks to his crazier followers, and their wakeup call surely began on January 6, 2021.

 

[JayMysteri0]

Russia's calling again.

Who's answering?

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1488863281821356033/
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1488933744354504707/
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1488937713218826243/
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1488938145634828296/

 

[JayMysteri0]

A butterfly conservatory is shutting down due to right-wing harassment

The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, has been embroiled in political turmoil after fighting against the erection of a border wall.

www.npr.org

The butterflies will fly no more — or not in public view, anyway.

The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, has announced that it's closing its doors "for the immediate future" after ongoing harassment directed at employees and the center itself.

The center, a nonprofit nature reserve nestled near the U.S.-Mexico border, unwittingly became the subject of conservative conspiracy theories and political conflict in recent years, having been locked in a years-long legal battle with the Trump administration and We Build the Wall regarding a planned border wall.

The harassment grew so great that it led the board of directors of the North American Butterfly Association, which owns and operates the butterfly center, to decide on Tuesday to close the center's doors, according to a statement released Wednesday.

"The safety of our staff and visitors is our primary concern," Jeffrey Glassberg, the NABA's president and founder, said in the news release. "We look forward to reopening, soon, when the authorities and professionals who are helping us navigate this situation give us the green light."

Though it is unclear when or if the center will reopen, employees will continue to be paid in the interim, according to Wednesday's release.

The National Butterfly Center filed a lawsuit in 2017 after the Trump administration allegedly began construction of a wall, using chainsaws to destroy trees and other plant life, on center-owned property without permission. The 100-acre property is home to lush gardens and endangered plant life, as well as numerous nature trails that are the natural habitats of the more than 200 species of butterflies that live there.

If efforts to build a border wall on the center's property were to continue, it would greatly damage the environment and potentially harm numerous endangered species, the center has said. It would also essentially leave the center's property divided, NPR previously reported.

The center's closure announcement comes on the heels of a previous three-day shutdown Jan. 28 to 30 due to safety concerns. In a public statement, the center cited "credible threats" it was made aware of in relation to We Stand America, a right-wing rally set to be happening that same weekend in McAllen, Texas.

 

[GermanSuplex]

If Trump could ever manage to resemble the president Biden is today (literally today - I watched his jobs report speech and am watching him engage union workers in Maryland), he could have easily been a popular president with bi-partisan support. It’s so refreshing to have a sane and rational person who respects blue collar workers in the White House.

Sadly, republicans have learned they can turn out the majority of their supporters, even if they are a minority of Americans, and win on divisive social issues, many of them manufactured,

 

[Huntn]

Confirmation that the GOP is the maniacal POS political party. Yeah, I know it’s complicated maintaining “conservative” goals, keeping liberals at bay, it’s worth selling your soul to get your way. This stands unrefutable, undeniable, unspinable. If you are a real patriot there is simply no way you can condone such a position from a political party who claims to be patriots. Carpet baggers, yes, patriots no.

G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’​

G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’ (Published 2022)

The Republican National Committee voted to censure Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the inquiry into the deadly riot at the Capitol.

www.nytimes.com

The Republican National Committee voted to censure Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the inquiry into the deadly riot at the Capitol.

 

[GermanSuplex]

Confirmation that the GOP is the maniacal POS political party. Yeah, I know it’s complicated maintaining “conservative” goals, keeping liberals at bay, it’s worth selling your soul to get your way. This stands unrefutable, undeniable, unspinable. If you are a real patriot there is simply no way you can condone such a position from a political party who claims to be patriots. Carpet baggers, yes, patriots no.

G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’​

G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’ (Published 2022)

The Republican National Committee voted to censure Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the inquiry into the deadly riot at the Capitol.

www.nytimes.com

The Republican National Committee voted to censure Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the inquiry into the deadly riot at the Capitol.

This is the same RNC that originally denounced the attacks and violence.

They are heading towards a nasty in-fight. I think they will eventually discard Trump the moment it’s politically expedient to do so, and then they’ll move back towards the center far quicker than they’ve made this lurch into a cult of personality centered around a single person’s ego.

At least that’s my hope. Pence got a standing ovation after denouncing Trump’s assertion that he could have overturned the election. That’s a good sign. Not that I have a lot of love for Pence, who was part of the reason he found himself in the crosshairs of Trump’s scheme and his violent insurrectionists.

 

[JayMysteri0]

 

[JayMysteri0]

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1489364161440231426/

"We're all making choices"

WTF does that mean?

How about making right choices for those around you & your fellow citizens?

 

[Huntn]

This is the same RNC that originally denounced the attacks and violence.

They are heading towards a nasty in-fight. I think they will eventually discard Trump the moment it’s politically expedient to do so, and then they’ll move back towards the center far quicker than they’ve made this lurch into a cult of personality centered around a single person’s ego.

At least that’s my hope. Pence got a standing ovation after denouncing Trump’s assertion that he could have overturned the election. That’s a good sign. Not that I have a lot of love for Pence, who was part of the reason he found himself in the crosshairs of Trump’s scheme and his violent insurrectionists.

They were talking about this on MSNBC, that Trump pushed both Pence and Bar to their breaking point, and although they both demeaned and corrupted themselves in his name, they finally broke away.

Still the most depressing is that we arguably have 40% of the country, with the “right” motivation who are willing to support this kind of poisonous garbage if they think they will be rewarded with a personal advantage as their prejudices are fed.

After the 1950-60s-70s almost an Age of Enlightenment when it comes to Civil Rights and LGBT progress, after 200 years of disgraceful behavior (legacy of slavery and racial oppression) it is almost completely surreal that the GOP exists today as it exists, and has broad support, the extent to which liberal ideas, ideas that actually support democracy and the Constitution, something as basic as level playing fields and equality, separation of Church and State and real Religious freedom (freedom from religion if you so desire) makes a substantial portion of our citizens choke as if they are being held down made to swallow motor oil.

These people are pretenders, they talk the good talk when it comes to “American Ideals” and patriotism, support of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution while behind the scenes they are actively gutting these professed standards, cloaked in nonsensical double speak, or are cheerleading for it to happen in their political corner, while hoping no one notices before it’s too late. It’s as if they want to live an illusion, pretending they are good people, while actually feeding their dark selfishness.

This is national corruption when freedom becomes my freedom at your expense, when my religious freedom allows me to walk all over you, when my views frequently based on ignorance, racism, xenophobia, and my preferred religious fantasy, are the only important consideration and alternative opinions are to be actively squashed to the point that Democracy no longer exists, but I get my way or very likely after the shit has dropped I was so blinded, I had no idea this is what I’d end up with.

There is one huge thing Trump did for the country. He made it very clear, the true state of affairs, he tore off the veneer, and you can see all of the cockroaches scurrying about their work. He successfully encouraged all of the anti-democratic racist, philosophical fascists to stop hiding and present themselves to the country and the world letting us know what an illusion and fantasy the Beacon On The Hill actually is.

 

[Huntn]

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1489364161440231426/

"We're all making choices"

WTF does that mean?

How about making right choices for those around you & your fellow citizens?

It means what a clever way of saying Fuck You.

 

[JayMysteri0]

It does seem like a repeated thing, that the more vocal republicans seem to have a problem with documented history they don't care for.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1489702277048946698/

 

[JayMysteri0]

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1489994634994593797/

AMEN!

Keep in mind Mr. "corporations are people too", isn't the only coward standing off to the side while others take the bullets for what they all stood for once upon a time on Jan 6th.

It isn't just about the party whose committee excommunicated two other 'r's for wanting to really know what happened, it's about those like musco & the corporate freedom fighter who've stood by and let it happen.

 

[Huntn]

It does seem like a repeated thing, that the more vocal republicans seem to have a problem with documented history they don't care for.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1489702277048946698/

Reference the image: One way, anti-democratic, anti-equality, anti-Constitutional, Wanna-Be Facist LOSERS. The types who cause advanced civilizations to destroy themselves. Is there any surprise this group is composed all White Racist, Exceedingly Male, My Precioussss, LOSERS? No, no surprise.

 

[JayMysteri0]

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490704944218972161/

 

[JayMysteri0]

FFS
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490726818227408902/

National Archives seized 15 BOXES of official records from Trump home

The documents and gifts, which should have been turned over to The National Archives at the end of Donald Trump's presidency, were retrieved by the agency from his Mar-a-Lago estate.

www.dailymail.co.uk

• Documents related to a president's official duties must be handed to the National Archives at the end of their presidency
• Archives personnel found boxes of official documents at Trump's Florida home
• This raises questions about Trump's adherence to Presidential Records Act
• Documents were handed over to the panel probing the January 6 Capitol riot after the Supreme Court denies Trump's attempt to block their release
• Trump had a habit of ripping up official documents, causing his staff to have to tape them together or be turned over to the National Archives in pieces
• A weekend report revealed Trump also had documents put in burn bags to be incinerated at the Pentagon rather than preserved

"I'm the most transparent president in history"

"Improperly removed"

 

[SuperMatt]

Trump regularly and intentionally destroyed documents as President, in clear violation of the law, as outlined in this Washington Post article that was mentioned in the above post... here it is:

https://wapo.st/3suTFjA

(paywall removed)

Former president Donald Trump was known inside the White House for his unusual and potentially unlawful habit of tearing presidential records into shreds and tossing them on the floor — creating a headache for records management analysts who meticulously used Scotch tape to piece together fragments of paper that were sometimes as small as confetti, as Politico reported in 2018.
But despite the Presidential Records Act — which requires the preservation of memos, letters, notes, emails, faxes and other written communications related to a president’s official duties — the former president’s infrangible shredding practices apparently continued well into the latter stages of his presidency.

The National Archives on Monday took the unusual step of confirming the habit, saying in a statement that records turned over from the Trump White House “included paper records that had been torn up by former President Trump.” The statement came in response to a question from The Washington Post about whether some Jan. 6-related records had been ripped up and taped back together.

Some of the documents turned over by the White House had not been reconstructed at all, according to the Archives.

So, this illegal document destruction is not being covered at all by right-wing media. That’s funny, I seem to recall them being VERY ANGRY when somebody tore up a couple pieces of paper one time:

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1225255448745533440/

'Illegal' for Pelosi to tear up State of the Union speech, Trump claims

Republicans claim the Speaker violated the law by destroying an official document.

abcnews.go.com

So, it was supposedly illegal for her to tear up a copy of a speech, but not a peep out of them on this latest Trump story. Color me shocked...

I will be waiting with bated breath for Matt Gaetz to make sure Trump is held accountable for this, since “nobody is above the law” as he suggested then.

 

[Huntn]

FFS
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490726818227408902/




"I'm the most transparent president in history"

"Improperly removed"

Transparently corrupt, degenerative POS, and sad excuse for a humanoid-like entity, yes, that’s true.

 

[JayMysteri0]

Allow me to introduce you to a rabbit hole you can find yourself when an idiot speaks...

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490853141872771072/

Madison Cawthorn & wife to divorce after less than a year wed as he blames job

MADISON Cawthorn has announced he is divorcing his wife of less than a year and has blamed his role in Congress for the split. The Republican, 26, split up with Cristina Bayardelle after the pair w…

www.the-sun.com

Seems he didn't need the left for his marriage, just his new job.

So what's the rabbit hole?

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1490854333037965312/

Conspiracy theorists are convinced Madison Cawthorn married a Russian spy

Conspiracy theories about Russia and spies fly after clip resurfaces of Madison Cawthorn sharing how he met his now ew-wife.

www.dailydot.com

Earlier this month, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) revealed that he and his wife are splitting after seven months of marriage. The story attracted relatively little interest.

A resurfaced clip of Cawthorn talking about how the pair met has turned far more heads than their breakup. People are speculating that the circumstances may even be a national security concern. Cawthorn has characterized the accusations as outrageous and false. There’s no evidence that the speculation is anything but that.

Left-leaning conspiracy theorists wasted no time leaping on the rumors, however. In their minds, Cawthorn’s ex is a foreign spy and he is her target. This theory doesn’t make a lot of sense and there’s no evidence other than the admittedly strange circumstances of how and where they met to back it up.

In an appearance on the Daily Caller, Cawthorn said that he met an American Army captain in a Russian casino while on vacation.

“We hit it off, created a really great relationship, and stayed in contact for about a year and a half.”

Later, while in Miami, Florida, the Army captain invited him to participate in a CrossFit competition.

“It all was a sham. It was a fake CrossFit competition. He just wanted to put me in the same room with the girl who was eventually going to be my fiancée,” Cawthorn said.

“We did. Her and I hit it off. And it’s been a magical relationship ever since.”

“Madison Cawthorn’s divorce just went from boring information to national security concern,” tweeted Grant Stern, executive editor of Occupy Democrats.

“This does not sound a normal meet-cute story whatsoever. Very few of these stories involving Russia are,” Stern added.

You can't make this shit up. These nut jobs make my tiny brain hurt.

Ah well, MAYBE their stupidity will catch up to them

Madison Cawthorn backed the Capitol attack. Will he be barred from office? | Jan-Werner Müller

We should be cautious about barring people from seeking office. But in the case of pro-insurrectionists, there is a very strong case

www.theguardian.com