GOP slouches into the crazy to be born as MAGA ~ GENERAL
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Let's not pretend that this started with Trump. It's at least as old as I am. Trump is just the boil coming to a head and needing lancing.
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It didn’t start with Trump: The decades-long saga of how the GOP went crazy
The modern Republican Party has always exploited and encouraged extremism.
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A random thought just struck me. The old adage is that "The last refuge of scoundrels is patriotism". That seems to have somehow morphed from patriotism to partisanship. Neither is a great look but the latter is definitely a degradation and more divisive.
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There are just no words.
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New NRA Chief Once Tortured a Cat to Death
Doug Hamlin pleaded no contest to brutally murdering a pet cat with his fraternity brothers as a student at the University of Michigan“…
According to a Monday report from The Guardian, the National Rifle Association’s recently crowned CEO, Doug Hamlin, once pleaded no contest to having brutally tortured a cat to death alongside several of his fraternity brothers at the University of Michigan.
In 1980, Hamlin and four of his Alpha Delta Phi fraternity brothers were sentenced to 200 hours of community service and a monetary fine after brutally murdering the organization’s pet cat, BK. At the time, Hamlin served as Alpha Delta Phi’s chapter president. …”
The torture to which they submitted the poor creature is detailed in the link. I won’t include it here.
New NRA Chief Once Tortured a Cat to Death
NRA CEO Doug Hamlin once pleaded no contest to brutally murdering a pet cat with his fraternity brothers as a student at the University of Michigan.
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What in the holy f*** is wrong with people?New NRA Chief Once Tortured a Cat to Death
Doug Hamlin pleaded no contest to brutally murdering a pet cat with his fraternity brothers as a student at the University of Michigan
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According to a Monday report from The Guardian, the National Rifle Association’s recently crowned CEO, Doug Hamlin, once pleaded no contest to having brutally tortured a cat to death alongside several of his fraternity brothers at the University of Michigan.
In 1980, Hamlin and four of his Alpha Delta Phi fraternity brothers were sentenced to 200 hours of community service and a monetary fine after brutally murdering the organization’s pet cat, BK. At the time, Hamlin served as Alpha Delta Phi’s chapter president. …”
The torture to which they submitted the poor creature is detailed in the link. I won’t include it here.
New NRA Chief Once Tortured a Cat to Death
NRA CEO Doug Hamlin once pleaded no contest to brutally murdering a pet cat with his fraternity brothers as a student at the University of Michigan.
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What the actual fuckNew NRA Chief Once Tortured a Cat to Death
Doug Hamlin pleaded no contest to brutally murdering a pet cat with his fraternity brothers as a student at the University of Michigan
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According to a Monday report from The Guardian, the National Rifle Association’s recently crowned CEO, Doug Hamlin, once pleaded no contest to having brutally tortured a cat to death alongside several of his fraternity brothers at the University of Michigan.
In 1980, Hamlin and four of his Alpha Delta Phi fraternity brothers were sentenced to 200 hours of community service and a monetary fine after brutally murdering the organization’s pet cat, BK. At the time, Hamlin served as Alpha Delta Phi’s chapter president. …”
The torture to which they submitted the poor creature is detailed in the link. I won’t include it here.
New NRA Chief Once Tortured a Cat to Death
NRA CEO Doug Hamlin once pleaded no contest to brutally murdering a pet cat with his fraternity brothers as a student at the University of Michigan.
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You can't reason with crazy. No matter what you throw at them, there's always that one extra step down the rabbit hole.
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His reality involves a completely different reality than the rest of us.
Also, if an undocumented immigrant had 34 felonies you think trump would want them still
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“A Whiteville woman was surprised when she went to her mailbox on Thursday and noticed a yard sign planted across the street from her home. “Illegals Welcome,” it read in large blue lettering, with an arrow pointed at her front door.
The woman, Laura — the Border Belt Independent is identifying her by her first name only to protect her privacy — put up signs in her own yard supporting Democrats Kamala Harris and Josh Stein. She figured the signs might stick out in deeply conservative Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina, but she didn’t expect them to become the target of anti-immigration rhetoric.
“If someone was really upset about my signs, they should’ve just come and talked to me about it,” she said. “The idea that you’re going to put up a sign to try and intimidate people is just un-American to me.”
At least two other signs were posted last week along Madison Street, the town’s main drag. One was near the home of Patricia Woodard, secretary of the Columbus County Democratic Party, who also had yard signs supporting Democratic candidates. Another was put near the party’s headquarters.
The homeowners and Democratic officials say they don’t know who placed the signs, which they described as clear attempts to intimidate voters. …”
The woman, Laura — the Border Belt Independent is identifying her by her first name only to protect her privacy — put up signs in her own yard supporting Democrats Kamala Harris and Josh Stein. She figured the signs might stick out in deeply conservative Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina, but she didn’t expect them to become the target of anti-immigration rhetoric.
“If someone was really upset about my signs, they should’ve just come and talked to me about it,” she said. “The idea that you’re going to put up a sign to try and intimidate people is just un-American to me.”
At least two other signs were posted last week along Madison Street, the town’s main drag. One was near the home of Patricia Woodard, secretary of the Columbus County Democratic Party, who also had yard signs supporting Democratic candidates. Another was put near the party’s headquarters.
The homeowners and Democratic officials say they don’t know who placed the signs, which they described as clear attempts to intimidate voters. …”
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“… The signs showed up a week after some people falsely claimed a video circulating on social media showed a busload of immigrants being dropped off in the small Columbus County town of Brunswick. Mayor Jason Elleby took to Facebook to set the record straight: The people in the video were employees of Dreamland Amusements who were there to work at the Columbus County Fair. …”
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“… The signs showed up a week after some people falsely claimed a video circulating on social media showed a busload of immigrants being dropped off in the small Columbus County town of Brunswick. Mayor Jason Elleby took to Facebook to set the record straight: The people in the video were employees of Dreamland Amusements who were there to work at the Columbus County Fair. …”
Political signs target Whiteville Democrats. They say it’s voter intimidation
At least three anti-immigration signs were placed in Whiteville near Democratic yard signs and the county's Democratic Party office.
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'Did not expect that': GOP Rep Luna speaks out after meeting with Biden on hurricane response
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna spoke with Fox News Digital about disaster recovery efforts in her area after Hurricane Milton.
Biden called Luna to listen and to set her straight about FEMA responses to Milton and Helene and seems to have (briefly no doubt) gotten through to an ultra-MAGA.
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"I have obviously been very critical of President Biden in the past, but I will say that him stepping in and taking control of the situation to assist for the right reasons was very honestly kind of shocking for me," Luna said. …https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/hurricane-milton-florida-power-outages-october-10
"Obviously, you know, we're still going to be holding FEMA accountable... But as far as I am seeing, FEMA has been very helpful, and I've been in direct communication with them. And they're absolutely going to assist, because President Biden has told them to do so." …”
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Where the media fails in situations like this is that after giving Youngkin numerous chances to respond to Trump's quotes, Trapper should respond:
"Governor Youngkin, I've read you these quotes numerous times and you've refused to accept them numerous times. Is that because you are too stupid to comprehend what I am reading you or because you prefer to obviously lie to protect former president Trump?"
Unless Youngkin reverses course and provides a reasonable answer, then:
"Governor Youngkin, unless you are prepared to engage with this interview in an honest way, there is no reason for us to be speaking. I would welcome you back when you are committed to being intellectually- and morally-honest with our viewers. Until then, I wish you well."
And then cut the interview.