Priorities USA

Watch this ad (it’s only 30 seconds) produced by Priorities USA, largest Democratic PAC (political action committee), translation high value donor acquisitions in support of electing a Democratic president. By law, Priorities USA is legally prohibited from coordinating with candidates on their campaigns. As are Republican PACs Lincoln Project, America FIRST and so on. Political action committees can’t contribute money directly to politicians, what they can do is spend untold millions on advertising. We’ve all seen their ads, blah, blah, blah “paid for by” this, that or the other brand of concerned citizens.

Lead MSNBC story on Rachel Maddow tonight featured controversy surrounding this ad. According to Maddow it was the first of its kind to air on TV way back in March, airing predominantly in swing states – Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

 

 

Trump blew his comb-over, threatening to sue any television station airing the ad. Trouble is, State law in all but Wisconsin levy penalties and court costs against parties who waste court time, be it frivolous, harassment, for personal gain or plain old nonsense. What’s a Trump to do? Sue a tiny independent station in northern Wisconsin, duh! That’ll teach media not to mess with Trump. Sweet mercy, what a fool. Priorities USA immediately countered with deep pocket expansion of air time specific to this ad.

Here’s the thing, why splice together out of context Trump-bites for dramatic effect? What’s the point of giving Trump media attention when he calls bullshit on the above? Why create content where sites like PolitiFact (linked below) can shred it to pieces with “well yes, he said that but at different times and context”? All it does is piss him off. It’s like tossing an arsonist stranded in torrential rain with five gallons of gasoline, waterproof matches.

Trump is incompetent enough without giving him reason to toss a fit. There’s more than enough Trumpish zingers to go around without resorting to spliced jibber-jabber. Priorities USA, time for you and your kind to smarten up. Let Republican super PACs play dirty, all Democrats have to do is air unadulterated content. It’s not as if Trump absurdity is hard to find.

https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/mar/27/ad-watch-priorities-usa-trumps-coronavirus-respons/

In closing, acting like a four year old is not presidential Mr. Trump.

Reality Check

This Trump campaign ad attacking Biden is insane!

Panic Porn

Bill Maher nailed it with New Rule: Panic Porn. In a nutshell – if news media doesn’t tone down apocalyptic coverage of COVID-19 Trump will seize inevitable easing of restrictions as consequence of his great management during pandemic times. Take five minutes to ponder panic porn…..

Apple Of Your Patriot Eye

Dear Trump-Nation,

Trump is on his third chief of staff, fourth national security advisor, fourth defense secretary, fifth secretary of homeland security, sixth deputy national security advisor and seventh communications director. Would it offend you terribly if I asked how this resonates with you? Not wishing to upset sensibilities of card carrying Trump-nation supporters, is it presumptuous to ask how you rationalize the fore mentioned administration failures?

Understandably, fake news driven witch hunts weigh heavily on your minds. Fervent defense of Trump can’t be easy, I’m sure it takes a toll on your well being. After all, life is tenuous without personal health and safety. Speaking of health, do you know Trump’s administration fired the entire pandemic chain of command in 2018?  Fired and never filled the position of global health security expert until yesterday when he named Ken Cuccinelli (regular Fox News contributor and failed Virginia Republican candidate for Governer ) as head of Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force?

Far be it for me to criticize the greatest president in U.S. history, apple of your patriot eye for appointing a Lawyer turned politician to chair the coronavirus task force.  A man without a shred of science or medical training whose first challenge played out on Twitter, attempting to access the coronavirus map without success. (See link below)

https://theweek.com/speedreads/897826/member-trumps-coronavirus-task-force-asks-twitter-help-accessing-map-virus

 

Wind

Shout out to Scottie at https://scottiestoybox.com/2019/12/23/trump-tells-student-group-i-never-understood-wind/ for posting this Trump bag of wind. Take a deep breath, suspend belief and mark the words of the president of the United States of America.

“I never understood wind. I know windmills very much, I have studied it better than anybody. I know it is very expensive. They are made in China and Germany mostly, very few made here, almost none, but they are manufactured, tremendous — if you are into this — tremendous fumes and gases are spewing into the atmosphere. You know we have a world, right?”

“So the world is tiny compared to the universe. So tremendous, tremendous amount of fumes and everything. You talk about the carbon footprint, fumes are spewing into the air, right spewing, whether it is China or Germany, is going into the air,” he continued.

“A windmill will kill many bald eagles. After a certain number, they make you turn the windmill off, that is true. By the way, they make you turn it off. And yet, if you killed one, they put you in jail. That is OK. But why is it OK for windmills to destroy the bird population?” – Donald Trump, speaking this weekend to Turning Point USA.

Yikes!

Trump Fakes Orgasm

Just when you thought Trump couldn’t be less presidential, he fancies himself a comedian with this absurd outburst….

 

War Donkey

Allow me to introduce War Donkey – first place this Canadian goes for perspective on American politics. Copied below, a impeachment update posted tonight by War Donkey founder Dave Consiglio. “Impeachment Updates” reads like a comedy sketch, so warped it couldn’t possibly document reality. Time to stop laughing, clucking and wringing hands. Wake up America! This is real.

https://www.quora.com/q/war-donkey

Impeachment Updates

Dave Consiglio, Founder

Admin · Posted 4m ago

I haven’t posted in two days…and so of course about eighty things have happened…

Resignations

Acting DHS secretary Kevin McAleenan has resigned. He wasn’t even confirmed yet. He’s had the job since April, when Kirstjen Nielsen resigned.

Shepard Smith has resigned from Fox News. Apparently strain between the news and opinion sides of the network played a part.

Michael McKinley, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s chief of staff, has resigned.

John Huvane, CEO of Giuliani (yes that Giuliani) Safety and Security, has resigned.

Kurt Volker, US Envoy to Ukraine, has resigned.

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry is expected to announce his resignation. He apparently participated in the president’s dealings in Ukraine.

Court Rulings

Trump lost an appeal to keep his tax returns secret from a House subpoena.

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas found President Trump’s proclamation declaring a national emergency at the southern border to be unlawful, ruling that the use of funds for this project violates the Consolidated Appropriations Act.

Judges in three states ruled against a Trump policy that would withhold green cards to immigrants who receive public assistance such as Medicaid.

A court decision affirmed the Department of Energy’s obligation to publish its finalized energy efficiency standards.

Polling

Similar results have been obtained from other polls. At least a plurality, if not an outright majority of Americans, including increasing numbers of Republicans, agree that the president should be removed from office.

Arrests

The first arrests of Donald Trump’s impeachment crisis

Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, associates of Rudy Giuliani, allegedly funneled significant amounts of foreign money to President Trump and other Republicans and helped set up meetings in Ukraine regarding the Bidens.

Other news

Trey Gowdy, former Congressman, is joining Trump’s legal team. There are stories circulating that Trump may be parting ways with Giuliani.

Trump Leaned on State Dept. to Release Jailed Giuliani Client

Gordon Sondland, the American ambassador to the European Union, and Marie Yovanovitch, the former American ambassador to Ukraine, agreed to comply with a House subpoena and testify, defying a State Department order not to appear.

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If you haven’t already, or even if you have, please call (don’t email) your Representative and your Senators, be they Democrats or Republicans, and tell them you support impeachment. The numbers drive the decisions of your reps, and the more calls they receive from their constituents that support impeachment, the more they will realize their political futures hang in the balance.

Bray loudly, Donkeys. Let them hear your voices.

False Flag

Okay so you haven’t heard of the McFiles Network, few have, it boasts a paltry 12.7 thousand followers. Trouble is there are thousands of sites just like it. We ask ourselves how Trump prevailed in 2016, convince ourselves it couldn’t possibly happen again. News flash – it can and will if we don’t stop clucking sureties that conservative America knows better than to repeat itself.

Last week ultra right wing conspiracy theorists Chris McDonald and Mark Taylor broadcast blustering agreement that Hurricane Dorian is a “false flag” created by the deep state to distract Americans from the fact former FBI Director James Comey along with un-named high level members of Obama’s administration are destined to serve time in federal prison.

“When you get these stories and all of a sudden—boom—you’ve got an almost Category 6 storm, it does not take a genius to figure out it’s called a distraction and it’s called a false flag.”

“Absolutely, brother,” agreed Taylor. “These guys are going to be indicted, they are going to go to jail, they are going to go to prison so it’s coming, guys, we just have to be patient. But it’s not by coincidence that the hordes of chaos have been released because they know their time is short.”

Chris McDonald and Mark Taylor Agreed That Hurricane Dorian Is a ‘False Flag’

McDonald and Taylor support Trump, as do countless like minded right wing bulldozers. Unless America suspends belief, acknowledges mindsets of  formidable conservative brick walls and vows to extract voter outrage from every last citizen – Trump will stain the White House in 2020.

When in need of a stinging reminder, go to Right Wing Watch linked below –

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Now Be Fair

A few minutes ago my head exploded. Tempered debate of racism focused on recent Trump remarks suggesting four Congresswomen of colour go back to their native country. Polite reminders, all but one (Somali born representative Omar) were born in America, met begrudging acknowledgement. Then this, a comment so absurd violent brain splatter erupted without apology –

“Now be fair!

None of the 20 or so women that have accused Trump of sexual assault or rape are women of colour.

Surely this shows he greatly respects them compared to white women?”

Pardon me? Were you dropped on your head? WTF!!!!!

Trump Tweets That Democratic Congresswomen of Color Aren’t American

Ponder Oscar and Baby Valeria Ramirez

Salvadorian migrant Oscar Ramirez wanted a better life for wife Tania and baby daughter Valeria. Oscar sold his motorcycle, borrowed money from family, travelled over 1,000 miles to the international bridge at Matamoros, Mexico. The bridge was closed, aid workers told them to return the next day. They woke to a line hundreds long. Gazing across the Rio Grande, Brownsville, Texas trumpeted the American dream. Their dream to seek asylum in the “greatest” nation on Earth, their dream to work hard, buy a house, raise their family without fear.

El Salvador, the deadliest place on Earth not in a war zone, boasts a murder rate of 81.2 per 100,000 citizens. For perspective – U.S. murder rate is 5.2 per 100,000, Canada – 1.8 per 100,000. Why is El Salvador so dangerous? Ponder the link below –

http://theconversation.com/why-is-el-salvador-so-dangerous-4-essential-reads-89904

Oscar Ramirez wasn’t a drug dealer, gang member or criminal, all he wanted was a safe place to work hard, buy a home, protect his family. We’ll never know what went through Oscar Ramirez’s mind as he waded into the Rio Grande clutching baby Valeria, witnesses say he made it across, sat Valeria on the riverbank and went back for his wife. Little Valeria tried to follow, was swept away and both perished when Oscar tried to save her. Images of Oscar and Valeria face down in murky water, her tiny arm wrapped around his neck went viral, Homeland Security refused comment, Trump heaped blame on Democrats.

“If we had the right laws that the Democrats are not letting us have, those people, they wouldn’t be coming up, they wouldn’t be trying” – Trump said.

“Those people”? Pardon me Mr. Trump, have you forgotten the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson? How about “all men are created equal”? Let me help you, “those people” have inalienable rights, how dare you blame Democrats for your insanity. Your daddy would be so proud, bet you learned all about “those people” on his knee. Hey Mr. President, see these dead people?

Care to comment with a shred of humanity for victims of your asinine immigration tantrum? Oscar and Valeria whose only crime was hope, optimism and the American dream?

Never mind, it’s not your fault. You’re the greatest president in history, nothing else matters. You warned us, it’s the fault of bleeding heart liberals for not paying attention. Build a wall you said, insulate America from “those people”, let them languish in poverty and fear. The migrant crisis was completely avoidable, why didn’t we listen? Left wing nincompoops ruined everything, Democrats should be apologizing to you for their lack of vision. But for uppity Democrats all of America would play golf in MAGA hats, “those people” would understand “great” nations are reserved for great people. WTF?!!!!

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/26/736177694/a-father-and-daughter-drowned-at-the-border-put-attention-on-immigration