Gem Girl
Pearl Clutcher
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Jun 29, 2014 19:29:52 GMT
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Post by Gem Girl on Apr 27, 2022 19:13:59 GMT
I still believe that T-rump must have made a deal with the devil. Nobody else would trust any agreement with him.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Apr 28, 2022 2:56:00 GMT
And how much will he tell.....? Central figure’ Rudy Giuliani to testify before Jan. 6 committee: report Bob Brigham April 27, 2022 Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to testify in May before the House Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, CNN reported Wednesday, citing "sources familiar with the matter." The expected appearance comes after months of negotiations between lawmakers and the former mayor of New York, who served as former President Donald Trump's personal attorney for much of his presidency," CNN reported. "Giuliani, a central figure in Trump's failed bid to overturn the 2020 election, was subpoenaed by the committee in January and has been engaging with lawmakers, through his lawyer, about the scope of the subpoena and whether he may be able to comply with some requests." *** Giuliani's subpoena mentions the fake electors scheme. "The Select Committee's investigation has revealed credible evidence that you publicly promoted claims that the 2020 election was stolen and participated in attempts to disrupt or delay the certification of the election results based on your allegations. Between mid-November 2020 and January 6, 2021 (and thereafter), you actively promoted claims of election fraud on behalf of former President Trump and sought to convince state legislators to take steps to overturn the election results," the committee wrote...... www.rawstory.com/rudy-giuliani-jan-6-committee/ |
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Post by aj2hall on Apr 28, 2022 3:38:10 GMT
So true www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/27/gop-no-longer-a-party-movement-impose-christian-nationalism/People might be confused about how a Republican Party that once worried about government overreach now seeks to control medical care for transgender children and retaliate against a corporation for objecting to a bill targeting LGBTQ students. And why is it that the most ambitious Republicans are spending more time battling nonexistent critical race theory in schools than on health care or inflation?
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To explain this, one must acknowledge that the GOP is not a political party anymore. It is a movement dedicated to imposing White Christian nationalism.
In a real sense, the MAGA response is an effort to conserve power and to counteract the sense of a shared fate with Americans who historically have been marginalized. The right now defines itself not with policies but with its angry tone, its malicious labeling and insults (e.g., “groomer,” “woke”), and its targeting of LGBTQ youths and dehumanization of immigrants. Right-wingers’ attempt to cast their opponents as sick, dangerous and — above all — not “real Americans” is as critical to securing power as voter suppression. |
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Post by aj2hall on Apr 28, 2022 12:05:37 GMT
Really great perspective regarding the McCarthy tapes and how Trumpers have taken over the Republican Party. On a side note - I’m irritated with people that worked for Trump and journalists waiting until a book is published to reveal the terrible things he did. In this case it’s Kevin McCarthy. Maybe if they had released the tapes sooner, Trumpers might not have gained as much power, Liz Cheney might not have been ousted, and those who voted to impeach might have had some cover and made a different decision regarding re-election. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-27-2022-wednesday?s=r |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Apr 28, 2022 15:26:06 GMT
More on the tapes.. now they are supposedly fake .. Brings to mind Giulani's 'the truth isn't t the truth'... McCarthy faced the GOP conference Wednesday after his private remarks were leaked and appears to have the party's continued support, and at least two Republican lawmakers claimed the recordings might have been deceptively edited.It was edited," said Rep. Maria Salazar, a former television news anchor. "You see, I know the art of editing, so I'm not sure in what context. But what I'm saying to you is that is not a matter of trying to find out it happened, what he said is the whole story. Don't you guys see it, what you guys are doing? You know, it's like, history will judge the news organizations 100 years from now.”Brzezinski was aghast by the remarks. "My god," she said. "I know her. She knows so much better." *** Another GOP lawmaker, Rep. Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin, also suggested that McCarthy didn't actually say what he was recorded saying. “You can’t believe anything you read in the paper today,” [/b]Grothman told reporters after the meeting, saying that the recording might have been “spliced.”[/b] www.rawstory.com/republican-lies-2657230052/#cxrecs_s |
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Post by onelasttime on Apr 28, 2022 16:39:07 GMT
4-28-2022
Somebody at the National Park Service has my kind of sense of humor.
Too bad people don’t actually read this warnings or if they do they ignore them. This guy was lucky..
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Post by onelasttime on Apr 28, 2022 16:41:54 GMT
He has an excuse for not remembering..
She does not…
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Post by onelasttime on Apr 28, 2022 16:44:32 GMT
Responses are great….
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Post by onelasttime on Apr 28, 2022 16:46:48 GMT
The Republican voters always pick the best and the brightest to represent them in Congress don’t they…
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Post by onelasttime on Apr 28, 2022 17:35:57 GMT
Meanwhile on the House Floor…
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Post by onelasttime on Apr 28, 2022 18:42:19 GMT
One doesn’t need a Pew report to understand how far right the right has gone.
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Post by aj2hall on Apr 28, 2022 19:41:09 GMT
Great perspective on the difference between inspiring leaders and politicians like Collin Powell and Madeline Albright vs the current Senators, especially Republicans www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/28/madeleine-albright-funeral-lesson/The funeral for Madeleine Albright on Wednesday was a moment to remember not only the first female secretary of state, but rather a whole generation of public servants. This includes a number of revered Americans who have died in recent years — including Arizona Sen. John McCain, Kansas Sen. Bob Dole, President George H.W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Colin Powell, the first African American secretary of state.
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We can be grateful if not awestruck for these lives well lived, and for the determination of these individuals to put country over partisan and personal concerns. But they also, sadly, remind us that the general quality of leaders (especially senators) has degenerated dramatically.
It is impossible to imagine a bipartisan outpouring of admiration in the future for the Republicans who currently spend their time performing for right-wing media and pretending that defeated former president Donald Trump is a stable genius. And it’s hard to fathom Cabinet members who carried water for an unhinged president being touted as great patriots by hundreds inside Washington National Cathedral.
It might behoove the current crop of politicians — who seem to think their greatest achievements are reelection — to think about the legacy they are leaving behind. They should consider some of the common attributes of those lives we have recently celebrated.
First, they were all decent human beings who observed rules of conduct.
Second, they extended themselves to others.
Third, they believed the United States was a force for good in the world and could live up to its promise. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Apr 28, 2022 20:02:03 GMT
aj2hall ^^^ that would be wonderful.. I was coming to comment where are these screwballs coming from. That they stand in the government hearings talking about people providing litter boxes in schools TODAY for furries... Minnesota Republicans repeated debunked tales about schools providing litter boxes for students who identify as cats during debate over the House education budget bill Wednesday. *** Unsubstantiated rumors about schools providing accommodations for students who believe they’re animals or identify as furries — a subculture of people who enjoy acting like and dressing up as animals — have spread across the country for months. The claims, all debunked, have been spurred on by social media posts, outraged parents and lawmakers in several states, often in connection with arguments that schools’ diversity and inclusion efforts have gone too far. www.rawstory.com/minnesota-republicans-falsely-claim-schools-are-providing-litter-boxes-for-students-identifying-as-cats/
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Apr 28, 2022 20:06:28 GMT
MTG and Jim Acosta .. what can go wrong?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Apr 28, 2022 20:21:59 GMT
This is a first... Nebraska GOP gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster is using a paid campaign TV ad to attack the Republican state senator who has sued him for sexual battery. Slama was one of eight women who told the Nebraska Examiner that Herbster had groped them at political events and beauty pageants at some point during the last six years. All of the women’s accounts were corroborated by witnesses or people the women spoke to immediately afterward. Slama was the only one of the eight women who spoke on the record. *** We live in a world where facts often mean very little in voters’ minds,” Barton said. “Campaigns with enough money can spin the narrative. It doesn’t matter so much what the facts are. It matters how you spin the narrative.” Barton said candidates have learned to confront serious allegations head-on. They would rather spin the response in their own words than have the news media or other campaigns do it, she said. *** It’s disgusting,” Linehan said. “It would be one thing if there was one victim here. There’s seven (more) victims. They’re all in their early 20s or late teens. He doesn’t go around to women in our age group, who would turn around and slap him.” www.rawstory.com/gop-candidate-targets-groping-accuser-in-paid-campaign-tv-ad-perhaps-a-first-in-nebraska/ |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Apr 28, 2022 23:36:28 GMT
Someone was not telling the truth last Friday at her hearing under oath... Marjorie Taylor Greene caught red-handed misrepresenting her relationship with MAGA rioter by CNNMatthew Chapman April 25, 2022 On Monday, CNN's Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck exposed a key false claim made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) in Friday's civil hearing on her eligibility to run for re-election — specifically, about her relationship with a man who participated in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. "Speaking at her hearing, Greene called Anthony Aguero, who CNN's KFile previously reported cheered on and justified the Capitol break-in, 'a distant friend,' and someone whom she had not spent much time with," said the report. "Greene said she was unaware Aguero called Greene one of his closest friends.""But in past deleted videos, saved by CNN from Greene's time as a political activist, she spoke extensively about her ties to Aguero, repeatedly boasting he was a 'dear, dear,' 'great, great,' and 'best' friend. Greene spoke about the considerable work the pair had done together, saying the two had 'gone to a lot of different events together and do a lot of work together,'" said the report. "Those extensive ties include a trip to the border with Aguero, attending Donald Trump's El Paso rally together, repeated dinners, visiting Washington, DC, together in February 2019, and taking photos at numerous events. Greene said the pair worked on an article together for a conservative publication on her border visit."www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-2657212110/ |
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Post by aj2hall on Apr 28, 2022 23:51:09 GMT
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Post by onelasttime on Apr 29, 2022 0:18:56 GMT
And people got hysterical because Hillary used her own server for emails. That was nothing compared to this..
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Post by aj2hall on Apr 29, 2022 12:20:27 GMT
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Post by onelasttime on Apr 29, 2022 14:47:41 GMT
4-29-2022
Only the best & the brightest…
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Post by onelasttime on Apr 29, 2022 14:52:22 GMT
If this is true then it proves my point Americans suck as voters. Especially if they elect people like in the post above.
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Post by onelasttime on Apr 29, 2022 17:23:42 GMT
Someone must have dropped this bitch on her head when she was a baby…
From the Washington Post…
”An Ohio lawmaker proposing a near-total abortion ban was given a hypothetical: A 13-year-old girl is raped and becomes pregnant as a result.
Would the Republican’s bill force that teenager to have her rapist’s baby?
Yes — and the resulting child would be an “opportunity,” state Rep. Jean Schmidt said this week.
“It is a shame that it happens, but there’s an opportunity for that woman, no matter how young or old she is, to make a determination about what she’s going to do to help that life be a productive human being,” she said.”
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Apr 29, 2022 18:09:35 GMT
And traumatize a 13 yr old child for life!!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Apr 29, 2022 18:23:57 GMT
Let us ban the books, but should we post porn? I'm not going to apologize.' Lakota school board member speaks after request for resignation Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer Lakota Local Schools board member Darbi Boddy says she is "not going to apologize" after posting a typo on a Facebook post that led to a website containing pornographic content. "I’m not going to apologize for putting these sites up and I don’t regret putting them up," Boddy wrote on Facebook Thursday afternoon. "A light needs to be shined on this material. I urge the community to examine them and ask yourself if you want to know whether they are in your school or not." Boddy's original post accused the district of teaching inappropriate sexual content in its curriculum, which the district has said is untrue. The school board held an emergency meeting Wednesday afternoon at which it voted to censure Boddy and requested her resignation. Boddy walked out in the middle of the meeting with her young daughter. www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2022/04/28/darbi-boddy-statement-after-lakota-school-board-asks-her-resign/9574436002/ |
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Post by Merge on Apr 29, 2022 19:49:23 GMT
Greg Abbott is literally defunding the police (DPS/state troopers) to help pay for his border stunt.
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Post by onelasttime on Apr 29, 2022 19:58:44 GMT
That would certainly solve the problem wouldn’t it. I hate photo ops as they don’t solve the problem.
The ONLY way to solve the problem of migrants seeking to enter the country is to find away to stop them coming and they only way is to solve the problems in their countries so they want to stay there instead finding a new country to call home.
This is not just a United States problem, it’s a worldwide problem. I see the UK is taking a lot of flake for making an agreement with Rwanda to ship migrants trying to get into the UK to Rwanda. And Greece has some island they ship migrants to.
But sure its easier to stage photo ops then actually find solutions to the problems.
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Post by onelasttime on Apr 29, 2022 22:10:15 GMT
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Post by aj2hall on Apr 29, 2022 22:18:06 GMT
That would certainly solve the problem wouldn’t it. I hate photo ops as they don’t solve the problem. The ONLY way to solve the problem of migrants seeking to enter the country is to find away to stop them coming and they only way is to solve the problems in their countries so they want to stay there instead finding a new country to call home. This is not just a United States problem, it’s a worldwide problem. I see the UK is taking a lot of flake for making an agreement with Rwanda to ship migrants trying to get into the UK to Rwanda. And Greece has some island they ship migrants to. But sure its easier to stage photo ops then actually find solutions to the problems. When I posted gun violence statistics the other day, the only countries worse that the US were Latin American ones, which tells you a lot about exactly where the problems are and what these migrants are fleeing. El Salvador, Guatemala, Venezuela, Columbia & Honduras are the highest. It's not a perfect match, but the number of migrants from those countries is significant. www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/11/09/whats-happening-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-in-7-charts/Most of the encounters with non-Mexicans in fiscal 2021 involved people from the Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. There were 308,931 encounters with people from Honduras last fiscal year (representing 19% of all encounters), 279,033 with people from Guatemala (17%) and 95,930 with people from El Salvador (6%). The Northern Triangle region has been a major source of migration at the U.S-Mexico border in recent years.
And I'm sure this statistic will surprise some conservatives, who probably imagine the number of unauthorized migrants to be much higher. Admittedly, the numbers are from 2017. www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/20/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/Most immigrants (77%) are in the country legally, while almost a quarter are unauthorized, according to new Pew Research Center estimates based on census data adjusted for undercount. In 2017, 45% were naturalized U.S. citizens.
And this statistic that conservatives conveniently ignore. The number of undocumented immigrants declined every year from 2010 to 2019 www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2021/03/10/illegal-immigration-in-america-has-continued-to-decline/?sh=328b3a484e14www.cfr.org/in-brief/why-central-american-migrants-are-arriving-us-border |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Apr 29, 2022 22:57:06 GMT
Ok.... I followed a link and another when I read that Maria Bartiromo(?) sent texts, in advance, to Meadows for former at the WH with the questions she was going to ask him. This is totally different. Isn't/wasn't Jay Sekulow Former's lawyer?!?!? Did he then become Hannity's or was he representing both, or is this reporting wrong? *** CNN Exclusive: New text messages reveal Fox's Hannity advising Trump White House and seeking directionBy Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb, Elizabeth Stuart and Brian Stelter, CNN Updated 4:47 PM ET, Fri April 29, 20 ****(Way down on the page) Prepping for a Trump interviewHannity's text messages to Meadows are of interest to the House select committee, which wrote to Hannity in January requesting an interview. That month, the panel released some of Hannity's texts to Meadows showing his concern about what would happen on January 6, 2021. After the letter was sent, Hannity's attorney, Jay Sekulow, told CNN, "We are reviewing the committee's letter and will respond as appropriate."www.cnn.com/2022/04/29/politics/hannity-text-messages-meadows-trump-white-house/index.html |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Apr 29, 2022 23:54:49 GMT
Michael Cohen says she lied in court!! Reuters reported that "Trump Organization general counsel Alan Garten testified as part of the attorney general's probe that Trump used post-it notes to communicate with employees, court records show." But Trump lawyer Alina Habba denied there were any post-its. The judge ruled against Trump, continuing $10,000/day fines until he complies with the subpoena. www.rawstory.com/michael-cohen-2657240725/ |
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