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Indra.'s avatar

A special thanks for “NO GODDAMN LINK”. I needed the smile.

sheryl jeffries's avatar

You nailed it again. I think Jake Tapper should be ashamed of himself. Trump is the dumbest person at the summit this week. He's going after Spain and Greenland again.

Gaines is pathetic too. I wish all the people would go away.

io bonini's avatar

Hey SJ., Shame? Tapper and the Maggots think that's an old timey cowboy.

sheryl jeffries's avatar

They are all pathetic. I wonder where Tapper is now with his little notebook. Trump screws up more in one day than Biden did in a month. It's infuriating

Leslie Pruski's avatar

I'm so shocked that Ken Paxton did something illegal regarding voting. Shocked, I tell ya!

I'd truly be shocked if he did something good. I'd be shocked if any Texas republican did anything good. Just one thing.

io bonini's avatar

Yes LP., Like Mitch...cycle off the planet for us.

Mary Louise Hegarty's avatar

Of all your great coverage today, I’d have to pick Note 19. "Public media must not lie. We apologize for doing so for many years." Hopefully, the US won’t go the way of Hungary under Orban. But we’re getting so close under this regime. Freedom of the press is basic to democracy!

io bonini's avatar

Hey MLH., So satisfying and so bittersweet. I printed that out for our house poster wall to keep our spirits up.

Thanks Sam & Adam for that photo.

Bubbajonz's avatar

Why won’t anyone do anything?

Impeach. Remove. Imprison. 🤬

io bonini's avatar

Hey Bj., Isn't that the head banging question we all keep asking...yelling into the void.

Reading all this shit and asking...everyday. I was surprised that "No Kings" didn't organize a national rally for the fourth. I'm guessing they would have had he whole country -30% of the Koolaide drinkers in the streets. we would have been there.

Barbara Lee's avatar

I’m still wondering why the hell Mitch’s wife Elaine is in China meeting with high level government officials?! And I don’t believe for one minute that Mitch’s condition is improving! Bullshit that people talked to him yesterday at length and he was doing great! He’s probably dead 💀

io bonini's avatar

Hey BL., She and her family have big money in China, that's why the VP of China met with her. Her & her family made bank when she was the secretary of Labor in the first regime.

Here is her Wiki page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Chao

She like all the rest of the regime is a piece of work.

Sal Teodoro's avatar

Tapper is a fucking idiot just as Loomer who spend weekends at Mitch McConnells. It’s fucking tiring listening to a squatter in the people’s house because that orange mother fucker didn’t win the 2024 election. If Democrats had done a hand recount of that election, we wouldn’t be in this alternate fucking reality.

io bonini's avatar

Hey ST....The Dem establishment, just doesn't see accountability as a thing...apparently.

But hey they are really good at letter writing.

Valerie's avatar

I would love for that to happen to all mainstream news broadcasts, Fox first. Take it off the air forever and fine those AHs for everything they have

Robin Richardson's avatar

I am experiencing PTSD from all the mentions of beating a dead horse. Twice I have had to beat one of my horses dying on the floor of his stall. We had to beat him to get him up and drag him out to put him down. I don't know where that saying comes from. I wish it'd go back.

djw's avatar

You might be too young . . . and I hate reading of your experience; I had enough trouble putting down a dog I loved. But the phrase just means to do something that is pointless. You beat your horse *before* he died; beating him afterward would have been a waste of your time. That's all it means.

Nancy Marzano's avatar

el -Sayed, of course.

A fighter.

Realist.

Susan's avatar

Who do they have to replace Platner? What are the options? Are the allegations true? Can he win over Collins? If so, we need him.

Jethro Tate's avatar

That's a joke, right? I think we already have enough rapists, nazis and anti-semites to go around. He is, was and always wii be a dreadful human. Don't believe the victims - I thought we had moved past that!!! And now he is holding up the process. Just one more proof of character.

io bonini's avatar

Hey JT., Maybe someone should check if he's on any Maggot dark money. Or, maybe he can get a gig with the current regime. Or maybe he won't quit if the Maggots give him some cash.

Here's hoping I'm wrong on all this thoughts.

Jethro Tate's avatar

Wow, I hadn't even thought of that. He is a thorough opportunist so your nightmare might be true!

io bonini's avatar

Hey JT. No proof of any of that yet. But as Mad Eye Moody from the Harry Potter books said;

"Constant Vigilance".

One of our posted sayings here in Cynic central. lol

Skepticat's avatar

Troy Jackson, Shenna Bellows, and Dr. Nirav Shah are good potential replacements, and this Maine voter would support any of them. There are a few others lining up, but none has political experience. There are some questions about the accuser's political motivation, but I don't know what is and isn't true—apart from the most salient detail, which is that we need to be shed of Collins. Maine politics never have been quite this bizarre!

io bonini's avatar

Hey Sc., What do you know about Andrea Laflame;

https://ballotpedia.org/Andrea_LaFlamme

I heard an interview with her back in April on the Daily Beans. I liked what I heard.

Skepticat's avatar

I'm embarrassed that I'm not familiar with her, but I shall do research. Write-in candidates aren't usually very strong, are they? I've been out of the country for nine months and am just getting my Maine feet under me.

io bonini's avatar

Lol Sc., No worries...just an enquiry. Here's hoping that you had a very good time wherever you were.

Skepticat's avatar

I have a little house in a tiny island in The Bahamas and am there most of the year, but Maine summers are wonderful. I just wish the politics were a bit less crazed at the moment!

io bonini's avatar

Sounds lovely...and yes...wouldn't it be nice if we could just get on with our Democracy...you know like we sorta used to. lol.

Tracey's avatar

Platner finally suspended his campaign! Phew!

Chrissy's avatar

I’ve met Haley a coupla times; I believe she’s a hard working woman and would do her best for Michigan. That being said; I’m unhappy with her taking aipac monies. I truly believe that Abdul el sayid is just the stronger, smarter, and more versatile candidate. BUT whomever wins this primary will have my old lady body out door-knocking or whatever is needed to beat Rogers’ dumbass!

Robin Richardson's avatar

I am 75 years old. I know what beating a dead horse means. If you spend a lifetime raising, rescuing and loving horses. That phrase hips hard!

Pamela Fender's avatar

You can email Platner's campaign (I did yesterday) to ask him to drop out of the race with NO conditions. Fuck him for even asking to vet a new candidate; HE WAS NEVER VETTED!!

info@grahamforsenate.com

Pamela Fender's avatar

I'm all in for El Sayed.