This New Jersey dude is running unopposed for a school board slot (read story here). The t-shirt and bloody knife come across as the latest iteration of rightwing Pelosi “humor”; and even though he denies knowing who “Nancy” is, I’d say it’s time for a write-in ca[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Repugnants’
November 3rd, 2022 - 3:18 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOP stunt only proved election security works
If Kimberly Zapata (photo, left) intended to demonstrate it’s easy to commit voting fraud, she failed miserably. All she accomplished was getting herself fired from her job as deputy director of the Milwaukee Elections Commission. Zapata had been a city employee about 10 years, but was promote[...]
Florida GOPers target ex-felons for voter suppression
In 2018, Florida voters restored ex-felons’ voting rights, except for murder and sex felonies (see story here). The GOP governor and legislature hate that law, but can’t repeal it, because it’s enshrined in the state constitution. So they first tried whittling it back, by tacking o[...]
October 31st, 2022 - 5:25 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Conservatives spread disgusting lie about Pelosi attack
Today, most political violence in America comes from the right, which isn’t surprising given their demonizing of opponents and violent rhetoric. So it’s not surprising they’re trying to dodge responsibility for the politically-motivated attack that put Nancy Pelosi’s husband [...]
October 24th, 2022 - 7:58 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Photoshopped campaign ads appear in N.C. races
Republicans, who have a long history of doctoring images to smear political opponents (see, e.g., article here), are doing it in several 2022 North Carolina races. See example below and read story here. In this case, the target of the smear is state Rep. Ricky Hurtado, who narrowly defeated a GOP in[...]
Racist threatens Amazon driver
A Jersey Shore man followed an Amazon delivery truck into a cul-de-sac, blocked it with his car, then approached the driver and asked him “why he was in his neighborhood.” Um, delivering packages? Doing his job? Feeding his family? “His” neighborhood? John Vincentini, 62, the[...]
The ghosts of segregation
“In 1962, a group of conservatives, intent on retaliating against desegregation efforts during the civil rights movement, funded one-way trips to the north for Black citizens, in what they called ‘Reverse Freedom Rides.’ Hundreds of Black Americans were transported to cities such [...]
Alabama GOP chair exempts himself from voter ID law
John Wahl, 36, the Alabama Republican Party chair, is the scion of a politically prominent northern Alabama family who claim they’re exempt from their state’s election law requiring photo ID to vote. A local news source says (here), “Under Alabama law, a person can vote without pho[...]
September 15th, 2022 - 2:58 pm § in Environment, Politics
Why nobody respects Congress
To keep this post readably short, I won’t go over the long history of colorful and vile characters who’ve served in Congress at one time or another. I’ll just say voters can elect anybody they want to, and sometimes do, and let it go at that. And also that polls through the years h[...]
September 14th, 2022 - 1:17 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Voting fraud unearthed!
Republicans insist there’s voting fraud, and even though our elections are generally secure, it’s hard to argue with them — because they keep committing it. Today’s story comes from Rensselaer County, New York (see map here), which includes the city of Troy, and politically l[...]