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GOP slouches into the crazy to be born as MAGA ~ GENERAL

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superrific said:
I got to give the guy credit. "Penis homes" adds some much needed creativity into the "Christian misogyny" discourse.

Reminds me of Melvin Udall from As Good As It Gets. Great character, whose most memorable moments come when being an absolute asshole.
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nycfan said:


Mike Jude GIF by Idiocracy

But, look, his fans love it. Luvvvvvvv it. And they get to celebrate a huge win.
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This is really where Trump can be labeled a genius. He saw the effect the McMahon's had with WWE and he ingrained it into politics and mainstream media. It will likely lead to the downfall of our democracy, but our country deserves everything coming our way.
 
bridgetender said:
This is really where Trump can be labeled a genius. He saw the effect the McMahon's had with WWE and he ingrained it into politics and mainstream media. It will likely lead to the downfall of our democracy, but our country deserves everything coming our way.
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Trump has turned our politics into a WWE, reality-style television show. Lots of melodrama, bluster, blowhard bragging and threats to his enemies, and it's all played to the lowest, most dumbed-down common denominator, just like most reality shows. Basically, we've reached the Roman stage of bread and circuses for the masses. And it will likely work until we face a national disaster like an economic depression or global confrontation like the Cuban Missile Crisis, in which case it will fall apart disastrously because the idiots running the government won't be able to deal with it. We've already had a bitter taste of that future in Trump's first term with his response to the pandemic. But the people loving this political reality show are going to have to learn that the hard way, so here we are.
 


There but for the grace of God go all us parents, I guess, but pretty extreme behavior for the son of a U.S. Senator. He reached beyond a point that Dad could protect him from the consequences.
 
nycfan said:


There but for the grace of God go all us parents, I guess, but pretty extreme behavior for the son of a U.S. Senator. He reached beyond a point that Dad could protect him from the consequences.
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Hmmmm...Looks as if he got the rich white boy deal. 28 years ... wellll, not really.
The judge added: “These are not mandatory minimums, which means that you’re probably going to serve a small portion of that 28 years and be out on parole, so that’ll ..."
 
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Something unequivocally consistent about maga - they take ZERO responsibility for their role in flawed society. I think the psychology of maga (not Gaetz, he’s just a sex pest sociopath) leads them to believe that if liberals evaporated in a poof! the world would be utopia, never mind the overwhelming evidence to the contrary (eg just look at fucking congress, Kansas (tax cuts), ttump’s covid bungle, blue vs red gdp (states or prez admins), etc etc etc). But, sure, it’s not all culture wars. Sure.
 
Wild story. Pro Publica has a great record of investigative reporting recently and this bears follow-up, but it feels … out there. I hope it is.



“… Posing as an ideological compatriot, Williams had penetrated the top ranks of two of the most prominent right-wing militias in the country. He’d slept in the home of the man who claims to be the new head of the Oath Keepers, rifling through his files in the middle of the night. He’d devised elaborate ruses to gather evidence of militias’ ties to high-ranking law enforcement officials. He’d uncovered secret operations like the surveillance of a young journalist, then improvised ways to sabotage the militants’ schemes. In one group, his ploys were so successful that he became the militia’s top commander in the state of Utah. …”
 
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Arkansas Supreme Court majority blocks chief justice's attempt to fire 10 judiciary employees • Arkansas Advocate

Some of the employees Baker tried to fire have pending human resources complaints against her “from recent incidents,” the majority of the court noted.
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Weird story.

Arkansas Supreme Court majority blocks chief justice’s attempt to fire 10 judiciary employees​

Chief Justice Karen Baker does not have the authority to fire certain employees, five justices said, calling her actions ‘retaliatory’​


“… Five of six associate justices — Rhonda Wood, Barbara Webb, Shawn Womack, Cody Hiland and Nicholas Bronni — issued an administrative orderFriday saying Chief Justice Karen Baker did not have the authority to fire 10 Administrative Office of the Courts employees for whom she’d prepared termination letters.

Some AOC employees, including the director, cannot be terminated without approval from at least four of the Supreme Court’s seven members, the five justices stated. Other workers cannot be fired without the AOC director’s approval, which Director Marty Sullivan did not give.

In addition to Baker, Associate Justice Courtney Hudson did not participate in the administrative order.

… Baker was sworn in Wednesday after becoming the state’s first elected female chief justice in November. Hiland and Bronni were also sworn in Wednesday as new appointees filling vacant Supreme Court positions, including Baker’s former seat.

On Thursday, Baker “confronted” Sullivan and Supreme Court Chief of Police Pete Hollingsworth “about their responses to Freedom of Information Act requests involving her” and said she was considering firing them, the administrative order states.

… On Thursday, Baker “confronted” Sullivan and Supreme Court Chief of Police Pete Hollingsworth “about their responses to Freedom of Information Act requests involving her” and said she was considering firing them, the administrative order states.

Baker could not be reached for comment Friday afternoon. Talk Business & Politics reported last month that Baker told Hollingsworth via voicemail that she did not want video footage of her entering Sullivan’s office when he was not present “going around.” Talk Business had requested the footage via FOIA, through which the video was publicly available.

Baker reportedly left Sullivan’s office “disheveled” and harassed AOC staff, and she brought both Hudson and Allison Hatfield with her to the office, though it was unclear whether they entered, according to Talk Business. Hatfield is a former law clerk for Baker and is now the Arkansas Department of Commerce’s chief of staff.

In response, a majority of the Supreme Court created a rule that justices cannot enter a locked office of anyone besides their staff without permission, Arkansas Business reported…”

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Wut? Is “looking disheveled” media speak for JBF? I don’t quite follow all the crazy here but short version the newly elected Chief Justice apparently burst in guns blazing and tried to fire everyone in the court’s employee with whom she has a beef.
 
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