Jesse Dollemore tells us of Combover Caligula instructing his female minion Pam Bondi to criminally prosecute employers following some sort of DEI policy to hire minorities (I would say #47 is racist, but that should be patently obvious by now)...can’t hardly wait for the good ol’ days of
Plessy v. Ferguson, which was decided in 1896 (and yes, that’s definitely a bad joke I’ll admit)...to me, this actually illustrates the difference between the way Dems and Repugs approach politics; Dems, rightly, will go back and forth discussing and considering different opinions on an issue and come up with a consensus, whereas Repugs will take the most minute excuse possible and kick the metaphorical door wide open if it means cramming their agenda down our throats – in this example, the typically wrongheaded SCOTUS
Harvard decision from ’23 is used as a pretext for the jackbooted racial thuggery of Our Ochre Abomination (slightly NSFW/H).
And by the way, I’m glad Jesse ended this clip by getting after the Dems and telling them to act like an actual opposition party. With that in mind, I want to say something.
I’m keeping an open mind when it comes to Ken Martin, who won election as the new head of the DNC, and I was curious to hear what he had to say about the biggest issues we face and what the Dems plan to do in response. Well, I received an Email from him yesterday with a sentence noting that he was recently the head of the Minnesota Democratic Farm Labor party...and then he goes right to the pitch of “orange man bad, we need to build up the party infrastructure, give us money.” So basically, he sent me an Email that was boilerplate from what I’ve received from Jaime Harrison, Tom Perez, etc.
Here is my question in response...DID YOU LEARN A SINGLE GODDAMN THING FROM THE ELECTION LAST YEAR???!!!
I’m going to point out for probably the fiftieth time at least that PEOPLE WILL NOT VOTE FOR YOU IF THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT YOUR POLCIES ARE OR WHAT YOU PROPOSE TO HELP THEM!!! Gee, maybe Martin’s introductory Email could have been about how the Dems will always support women’s health care, trying to move to a renewable green energy economy (and good luck with THAT until 2028 at least), the right of workers to unionize, common sense gun laws, immigration reform for real including protecting birthright citizenship, student debt relief, LGBTQ rights, investment in infrastructure, and on and on. And yes, these positions are supported by the vast majority of this country (I would also add Palestinian human rights, but that’s just me I guess). And if you want to attack Trump, talk about fighting King Elon and DOGE (which, again, is illegally subverting the “power of the purse” given to our legislature according to the Constitution), protecting USAID for those around the world who need it (and our farmers who receive income from it), ensuring that Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security aren’t messed with by the “Xitter king” and his flunkies, etc.
So basically, Martin should take another shot at introducing himself and letting us know why we should care. If he actually were to do that the
right way, you just never know what kind of positive impact that might achieve. Of course, if he does it the
wrong way...
Update 2/12/25: And speaking of the "D" team doing things
the wrong way...
Judas H. Priest on a freaking pogo stick!!! (
here and
here).
Here is the Dollemore clip...
...and Brian Tyler Cohen tells us that it looks like “couch boy” put his foot in it by defending (sort of) one of King Elon I’s sycophants espousing (Asian) Indian-American prejudice, when –
whoops! – Vance’s wife is of Indian descent, which puts Vance’s kids in the same category...”the grass cheering on the lawnmower” indeed...and GREAT point by Cohen that, with USAID either greatly diminished or gone completely, China is indeed going to fill that void; of course, Bronze Beelzebub is completely incapable of learning ANYTHING, particularly the lesson that soft power, which China wields with expert precision, is what wins the day, as opposed to bluster and xenophobia...also well done by Cohen to defend the CFPB...
...and Lawrence O’Donnell recalls
Dietrich Bonhoffer’s quote that “against stupidity, we are defenseless”; I’m not sure I’d go THAT far, but Bonhoffer’s argument is solid...and God almighty, how bad off do we have to be for
David Brooks to actually make sense...I was wondering where O’Donnell was going by conjuring up The Sainted Ronnie R, but what O’Donnell said about #40 and Medicare was spot-on...and oh yeah, I’d almost forgotten how the Gropenfuhrer utterly punted on infrastructure during his first sorry term, and the actual infrastructure that IS being built is owed to Democrats (gee, ya’ think we could have done a better job getting that message out in the campaign last year, DNC and new chair the aforementioned Ken Martin??)...O’Donnell wraps this up with the completely-called-for indictment of our beyond useless corporate media, in particular the White House press corps, in not holding Our Treasonous Orange Pustule to account on the gutting of USAID and the potential of mass starvation in Sudan...
...and David Doel tells us that the government of Ontario, Canada (and Doug Ford – definitely not a lib) is in the process of cancelling a $100 million deal with Starlink, one of King Elmo’s companies...good point to note that Cantaloupe Capone did this tariffs thing once before and backed down;
hmmm...wonder why our glorious fourth estate in this country gave that the “memory hole” treatment? Don’t want to offend Dear Leader I guess...video also goes over some of Ford’s bad deals with US companies, to be fair...good background also on why awarding Starlink that much dough to begin with was an idiotic idea in the first place...and yeah, that rate of $160 an hour for hiring nurses is beyond absurd since nurses don’t actually get comped anywhere near that amount of dough (at least, not in the states – have to admit that I don’t know what the wage scale is for our neighbors to the north)...
...and Tennessee Brando provides an example of The Roger Ailes BS Factory doing what it does best...only Fix Noise could spin the attempt by Dem legislators to hold King Elon I accountable for trying to gut the Department of Education intro a headline of “Dems Ambush Education Dept. Amid Musk Meltdown” (well,
other wingnut media sites could be comparably bad, I’ll admit)...and kudos to the Dem Tennessee lawmakers for introducing the “Stop Elon Act” to keep “DOGE Boy” out of the federal payments system (slightly NSFW/H)...
...and for the second time in seven years, I can legitimately add this tune –
WAY TO GO BIRDS!!! FLY EAGLES FLY!!!
