An Alaska judge declined to bar an Oath Keepers member from public office, ruling that while the organization tried to violently overthrow the U.S. government, state representative David Eastman (R-Wasilla) did not take part in those efforts (read story here). In September 2022, a federal judge remo[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Repugnants’
Why the GOP has lost all credibility
Let’s skip their baseless election fraud claims, QAnon silliness, etc., and look at a concrete example of why nobody takes Republicans seriously anymore. CNN reported (here) on December 21, 2022, that “House Republicans on Wednesday released a report focused on security failures at the U[...]
How to remain an unpopular minority party
Republicans don’t believe in elections, so it’s not surprising they’re not trying to win elections. Just for fun, let’s list a few of the ways they’re making themselves unpopular and pushing away voters: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) claimed the Jan. 6 insurrection[...]
December 14th, 2022 - 1:07 am § in Politics, Republicans
DeSantis unveils his next stunt
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who wants to be president, “now wants to prosecute those who pushed the vaccines,” Huffington Post says. “In Florida, it is against the law to mislead, to misrepresent, particularly when you’re talking about the efficacy of a drug,” DeSantis told a gather[...]
December 7th, 2022 - 7:03 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
“Don’t say gay” bill author indicted for PPP fraud
Florida state Rep. Joseph Harding (photo, left), 35, of Ocala, “was indicted on six counts of wire fraud, money laundering, making false statements and other crimes,” for fraudulently obtaining $45,000 of Covid-19 relief funds, NBC News reported on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 (read story[...]
Ex-felon GOP candidate busted for voting illegally
Brian K. Pritchard (photo below), 56, presently of Cherry Log, Georgia, pleaded guilty in 1996 to three Pennsylvania felony charges of forgery and theft. He was still on probation when he registered to vote in Georgia in 2008, which made him ineligible to vote. That didn’t stop him from voting[...]
Rep. David Joyce is a moral midget
Rep. David Joyce (R-OH), appearing on a Sunday TV show, “repeatedly refused” to criticize Trump for saying the Constitution should be “terminated” to return him to power. Instead, he said he’ll “fall in behind” whoever the GOP nominates in 2024, and added that “he[...]
December 3rd, 2022 - 5:11 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Would you blame the cops if they beat the crap out of her?
I sure hope a video of this one surfaces. I want to watch it. Shannon Epstein, 25, is a niece of former New Jersey governor Chris Christie. She’s also a rotten person. Shortly after boarding a Spirit Airlines flight in New Orleans bound for New Jersey, she spotted a Latino family, approached t[...]
November 26th, 2022 - 8:18 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Guns aren’t free speech
“Firearms are frequently becoming part of political life as Republicans loosen restrictions on carrying guns in public,” Raw Story says (in a story here). “Across the country, openly carrying a gun in public is no longer just an exercise in self-defense — increasingly it is a soa[...]
GOP White House hopeful viciously attacks teachers
Mike Pompeo, who was Trump’s secretary of state, wants a big promotion. He wants to be president. A reporter asked him who the most dangerous person in the world is. I know what you’re thinking, and everyone else is thinking it, too. Having dealt with foreign policy, this presidential ho[...]