Trumpist Mike Johnson ladies and gentlemen

 New House Speaker Blamed School Shootings on Teaching Evolution and Abortion

NEWLY ELECTED HOUSE Speaker Mike Johnson is a hardcore Christian nationalist who has a history of spouting extreme right-wing views — including on mass shootings. The Louisiana Republican’s record on guns has come under scrutiny in the wake of a shooter killing at least 18 people in Maine on Wednesday, and in addition to opposing gun control legislation, the man who is now second in line for the presidency has blamed mass shootings on both teaching evolution and abortion.

Vile and ignorant. Frighteningly depraved people believe there must be a deity to deal out rewards and punishments in order for there to be "right and wrong."

EMPATHY doesn't come from religion and is vacant in right-wing policies. 

If you only choose not to murder people because you believe an invisible sky daddy will send you to eternal fires, then you are a terrible person. As an atheist, this line of argument from Christians pisses me off. I do not kill people because I KNOW that killing another person is simply wrong. Lacking belief in a deity puts me in the position of knowing that another sentient life is the highest form that I encounter, therefore, the impact I leave on other humans matters. I don't commit murder, rape, theft, etc. because they're wrong and have horrible impacts on other people. I don't need the threat of potential punishment to be the reason why I don't do these things. If that is all that's stopping him, then we should be terrified of people like him.

Then again, most horrible acts of violence are committed by people of faith.

‘I’ve prayed for each of you': How Mike Johnson led a campaign of election denial

One day before a mob bludgeoned its way into the Capitol, Rep. Mike Johnson huddled with colleagues in a closed-door meeting about Congress’ task on Jan. 6, 2021.

A relatively junior House Republican at the time, Johnson was nevertheless the leading voice in support of a fateful position: that the GOP should rally around Donald Trump and object to counting electoral votes submitted by at least a handful of states won by Joe Biden.

Is it just me, or when someone says “I’ll pray for you.” Is that not the most condescending shit you’ve ever heard?

Like they say “ ain’t no hate like Christian love”

Johnson is one of those types that truly believes every single thing that happens in his life is ordained by God and part of some grand plan. Someone like Jordan you can tell it is at least in their mantra, even if they don't profess it on a daily basis.

But this philosophy is so engrained with him that he invokes it publicly in virtually everything he does. He is gone in his own beliefs.

“I believe that Scripture, the Bible, is very clear: that God is the one who raises up those in authority,” Johnson said in his first speech after being elected speaker in a 220-209 vote. “He raised up each of you. All of us.”

He said this in 2022:

“The founders wanted to protect the church from an encroaching state, not the other way around,”

When he was actively trying to overturn the election, he based it on "God's discernment." I could go on for pages of alarming examples.

All of this has largely gone under the radar for the past several years, and that needs to end.

Reporters need to ask him every. single. day. why he led the efforts into the objection of electors on the morning of Jan. 7, and why he led efforts to support the Texas lawsuit and amicus brief.

Why did he tirelessly try to disenfranchise 81,000,000 voters, protect a serial criminal and sexual abuser, and end Democracy in America?

Let him give all the divine evangelical justifications he wants. But keep asking him over and over again. 

Trumpist Mike Johnson is the US House speaker. There’s plenty to fear

It’s Mike Johnson of Louisiana who, as one example of his profound unsuitability, brags that he doesn’t believe that human beings cause the climate crisis, though his home state has been ravaged by it. He is against abortion, voted against aid to Ukraine and stridently opposes LGBTQ+ rights.

Perhaps most notably, Johnson had a leading role in trying to overturn he 2020 election.

That means that the official second in line to the presidency “violated his oath to the constitution and tried to disenfranchise four states”, as the writer Marcy Wheeler neatly put it.

So abortion is so serious because this guy says we don't have enough people to work in our economy, but then he says we have a "border crisis" where people are coming here to work and they're stealing our jobs

Which is it? 

DeSantis plunder continues

‘That decision cost lives’: Covid data case further deflates Ron DeSantis’s campaign

A courtroom settlement over withheld Covid-19 data that critics say cost thousands of lives has deflated Ron DeSantis’s campaign trail persona as a courageous freedom warrior who kept his state open during a deadly peak of the pandemic.

It comes at a pivotal time for the Florida governor, whose teetering run for the Republican presidential nomination is mired in financial difficulties and collapsing poll numbers in early primary states.

State Surgeon General of Florida should be charged for altering covid reports that cause hundreds of preventable deaths.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/24/florida-surgeon-general-covid-vaccine-00093510 

Remember that this man was appointed to his position solely because he didn’t think people should do anything to prevent getting COVID.

And he refused to wear a mask when a state lawmaker he was meeting with asked him to due to the fact that she had breast cancer... and people with cancer have a significantly higher risk of getting seriously ill from covid.

Data supports it, more unvaccinated (Republicans?) died and continue to die from COVID every year. We have seen more COVID than flu cases this season. And the only ones that end up dying are the unvaccinated ones that refused to get the first round.

We're not even surprised anymore, just kind of shake our heads and find a room in the corner they can die in. Been lucky enough to get a few home with hospice. That opens their rooms for real patients who need to get better.

Conservative caused about 300k extra dead Americans through their support of the pandemic. They should be in jail.

It really is worse than that.

Trump and his team saw that COVID was going to hit the cities first...and hard.

They were hoping to have 20 million less Democrats to deny voting rights to.

Unfortunately for them, red area rates of sickness and death are FAR higher due to COVID after the first few months of the pandemic. It took a while for the bug to get out to rural America...but while urbanites masked up and distanced and washed hands, the red meat MAGA crowd had COVID PARTIES.

MAGA is too stupid to live...Evolution is going to eventually take its course.

Deranged Donald is Doxxing and admitting Obama was born in US

 Trump Shares Article Doxxing NY AG’s Address, May Violate Gag Order

Donald Trump shared a Substack article from far-right political activist and internet personality Laura Loomer on Truth Social Monday night that lobbed unverified accusations at New York Attorney General Letitia James, asserting that there was a connection between James and “Christian J. French, The Trump hating COO and heir to the Anti-Trump ‘Regional News Network.’” According to Meidas Touch, Loomer posted a New York City Buildings violation document and a loan modification form that listed what appears to be James’ home address in Brooklyn. This may violate Judge Arthur Engoron’s gag order, which prohibits Trump from attacking court staffers involved in his New York financial fraud case. While James is not a staffer, she is central to the indictment. James has been the target of Trump’s swipes before, mentioning in August that she received death threats during her prosecution against the former president.

It’s amazing how Trump’s right to terrorize anyone in his way outweighs the safety of every other person on the planet, time after time.

“Okay, we could lock him up.. or we could pay for 24/7 police presence to protect her from the supporters he riled up to harm her… let’s go with the protection detail. Somebody might get offended if we treat him like a criminal.”

In what possible way is this anything other than a call to assassinate James?

Didn't he JUST pull this bullshit with Obama's address, and some idiot with a gun got arrested driving around his neighborhood while livestreaming or some shit?

July 6, 2023 After Trump posted what he said was Obama’s address, an armed man was arrested there, prosecutors say 

Look, just like everyone else I've been fed up with Trump doing stupid illegal shit and getting away with it. Being president for most of that time afforded him a shield that he wouldn't have had otherwise, granted. But of course we're all tired of it.

But he's never done anything quite like this before. The other shit was heinous and illegal and flagrant, yes (and some of it he's on trial for), but when you go after the AG... the AG has the power to fucking end you.

Maybe if he were the President of the USA still he could maybe get away with it in some way, but as an average citizen? No. Doxxing the AG as a private citizen after being told not to by a court of law is not like any other crime he's committed... and he's going to regret it.

Trump’s New Conspiracy Theory: Obama Is Still President

Donald Trump is a man who knows the value of playing the hits. Sometimes that means spinning “Y.M.C.A.” and other Village People songs during his DJ sets at Mar-a-Lago. Other times he shows his respect for the classics less literally, as when he uses the slogan “Make America Great Again, Again,” dresses like it’s still the ’80s, and keeps repeating the unhinged conspiracy theories that got him where he is today.

To Trump’s credit, he has recognized that questioning whether Barack Obama was really born in the United States won’t get the base going the way it did over a decade ago. Instead, he has found a fresher way to stoke MAGA voters’ Obama-related fears: claiming the two-term former president still actively controls the White House.

Conspiracy theory or did his addled brain forget Obama isn’t in office. I mean didn’t he say once that he beat Obama in an election? And didn’t he also confuse Obama and Biden whilst saying one or the other is leading us to world war 2? I don’t think he’s conspiracy theory crazy, I think he’s nursing home crazy.

There's something about Obama that drives conservatives crazy... I just can't put my finger on it... 

Coincident in Trump family?

 Trump’s Secret Documents Case Just Got Worse For Him

Ever since investigators pulled a pile of sensitive government documents out of former President Donald Trump’s infamously chandeliered bathroom, a question has loomed over the resulting criminal case: Why on Earth did Trump want those documents, anyway? 

Now, prosecutors claim they have the answer. They haven’t publicly explained what it is. But they say they’re confident they can prove it in court. 

And what's going to be really funny is when Jack Smith simply plays a video of Trump explaining exactly why he kept the documents.

Anybody who thinks that's not what's going to happen has been living under a rock since 2015. 

The new court filing also says "But the fact is that the great majority of the allegations in the indictment—including allegations of the defendants’ conduct, knowledge, and intent—turn on evidence contained in the unclassified discovery, not the much smaller set of classified discovery."

The indictment includes several mentions of "did corruptly conceal a record, document, and other object, and attempted to do so, with the intent to impair the object's integrity and availability for use in an official proceeding [the grand jury]..."

A simple reading of the new court filing is that it states that they can prove that "Trump intended [to retain] them" to prevent a grand jury from indicting him for possessing and not returning classified documents.

It's jumping the gun to infer from the new court filing that Jack Smith knows why Trump took and kept them in the first place.

In other words, they can prove his intent to obstruct, not necessarily his intent with the documents.

Eric Trump Suddenly Quadrupled Property Value, Accountant Says

Eric Trump, the second eldest son of former President Donald Trump and the executive vice president of the Trump Organization, was behind the quadrupling of a Trump property in New York's value, according to the company's former accountant.

During his testimony in the $250 million civil fraud trial, former Trump Organization Comptroller Jeffrey McConney said that Eric was responsible for the jump in the value of the Seven Springs development in Westchester County, New York, testifying that it was after a phone conversation with the executive that a section of the estate went up in value from $25 million to $101 million.

 

Why is he still in the Congress then?

 Matt Gaetz Succeeds Ted Cruz as the Most Hated Man in Congress

Florida U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz is the most hated man in Congress right now.

He's ousted the speaker against the wishes of the vast majority of his party in the House. They are steamed, to put it mildly. During the debate on the House floor, Gaetz looked like a hyper sadist. The detestation toward him was immensely powerful and palpable. And through his histrionics, he's also supplanted the formerly most hated man in Congress.

That would be Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

motherfucker looks like both Beavis and Butthead at the same time

You gotta give him some props, though.

The only work he accomplished since being elected, is becoming more hated than CanCruz.

That takes effort and dedication. 

Matt Gaetz is getting Cawthorned.

Cruz is just a smarmy slimy piece of shit where Gaetz is a groomer smarmy slimy piece of shit. I can kinda see it

GOP Senator Drops NSFW Claims About Matt Gaetz In Wild CNN Interview

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) accused Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) of openly detailing his sexual experiences to fellow lawmakers in a bonkers interview with CNN on Wednesday. (You can check out his comments in the clip below.)

“He bragged about how he would crush E.D. medicine and chase it with energy drinks so he could go all night. This is obviously before he got married,” Mullin told CNN’s Manu Raju.

Ok, anyone else find it odd that NOW certain GOP’ers care about Gaetz’s alleged conduct? Suddenly, it matters to them after ignoring it for so long?

Imagine if Dems went around showing videos of sexual exploits on the house floor … nope. Best I can do is a video of AOC dancing, oh the outrage!

These fuckers with their phoney ethics and feigned patriotism. America deserves better. 

And also from Huffpost:

Former Mike Pence Aide (Marc Short ) Claims Matt Gaetz Likely Came To D.C. 'For The Teenage Interns'

Marc Short told CNN that Gaetz wasn't motivated by public service. "it’s more likely he came here for the teenage interns on Capitol Hill, to be honest.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marc-short-matt-gaetz-cnn-interns\_n\_651ddf94e4b0b44317301e7d

Deranged P01135809 Trump wants to execute people 2

 Trump Calls For People To Be 'Shot' If They Rob Stores In Terrifying Remarks

“We will immediately stop all of the pillaging and theft. Very simply: If you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you are leaving that store,” he said, drawing loud applause. “Shot!” he added for emphasis.

What if hey steal classified documents or try to overturn a democratic election?

If stealing food is a capital offense, what about tax fraud? Charity fraud? Education fraud? Election fraud? Insurance fraud? Contract fraud?

In republican America, the penalty for every crime committed by a not republican is punishable by death. Crime is legal for republicans.

 2024 polls: Majority of voters say Trump should be disqualified

Fifty-one per cent said that Mr Trump is prevented from running under the 14th Amendment because he was part of an insurrection following the 2020 election.

Before the survey respondents were asked about disqualifying Mr Trump, they were asked a number of questions concerning the Constitution and Mr Trump’s behaviour after the last presidential election.

We need a betting pool on which (if any) state chief elections officer becomes the first to deem trump ineligible for his state's printed ballot. 

If any other person came into the race and was found to be a rapist, bigot and is currently facing 91 felony counts there would be no way in hell they would be let to run. But because it's daddy trumpy he's given a shot. How, HOW can this be overlooked by so many.

The fact that there's even a single percent that says otherwise is a massive failure of civilization.

And that's just for his immediate and perpetual disqualification from holding any sort of public office.

Donald Trump should be fully held to account for all his numerous misdeeds and receive the penalties thereof in full. Just imagine what would have happened to you if you had done but a fraction of all the heinous shit that he's been up to over the past fifty years.

It has nothing to do with 1984 or whatever else the extreme right shartmongers would have you believe. It has to do with the fact that Trump and most of his immediate family are traitorous criminals who belong behind bars, far removed from society and any means to affect it. Permanently.

Deranged P01135809 Trump wants to execute people

Trump Goes Full Deranged, Suggests Charging People He Doesn’t Like With Treason

Donald Trump went over the edge over the weekend and began calling for his detractors to be prosecuted or even put to death.

“They are almost all dishonest and corrupt, but Comcast, with its one-side and vicious coverage by NBC NEWS, and in particular MSNBC, often and correctly referred to as MSDNC (Democrat National Committee!), should be investigated for its ‘Country Threatening Treason,’” he wrote on Truth Social Sunday night.

His entire platform is ‘Revenge’. Has no plan to fix problems, just to bully anyone and everyone not for him into submission; or death.

And 1/3 of the voting public is fine with it and the GOP will not complain.

The founders purposely defined treason because people like Trump existed throughout time.

Treason has been the excuse of all tyrants to attack anyone who goes against their wishes. Trump just proves again why he is a Tyrant to be shunned. 

If you still are supporting this monster, don't claim to be anything other then a fascist. No, you aren't a conservative. No you aren't wanting a return to an "old america".

Nothing in the annals of American history compares to rounding up everyone you don't like and charging them with treason with zero evidence other then "they didn't support me". Not even the height of the crimes committed during WW2 against asian americans compares.

I don't want to hear any more about "middle of the road" american who just want everyone to get along.

This guy is threatening this country with transformation into something resembling North Korea, and people are cheering him on ... still.

This is terrifying, of course, but also really sad.

I’m imagining asking Trump supporters if this is the nation they want, a singular dictator lashing out in personal vendettas and self-enriching instead of doing the work of the executive branch and upholding the constitution.

From everything I’ve seen, the answer is far too often yes. I don’t even know how to conceptualize what might be happening in their minds that they will so easily forfeit their hard-won republic.

And it is quite possible that it comes to pass. A single candidate can be defeated, but this is at least a third of our population cheering for the demise of representative democracy. To end The United States, as it were.

Even as I type this, I can hear the canned responses spattered through angry goatees. Freedom. Liberty. Restore, reclaim, take it back, stolen, rigged, all that. Not even addressing the original question. Is this how you pictured a more perfect union? Do you really consider the majority of voters in the country to be your enemy?

It’s just hard to understand when you’re not in the groupthink. It sounds insane, unhinged, malicious, spiteful. Like someone has convinced them to engage in willful self-destruction but also that it was their own idea.

Trump Floats the Idea of Executing Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley

That extraordinary sentence would be unthinkable in any other rich democracy. But Donald Trump, on his social-media network, Truth Social, wrote that Mark Milley’s phone call to reassure China in the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, was “an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH.” (The phone call was, in fact, explicitly authorized by Trump-administration officials.) Trump’s threats against Milley came after The Atlantic’s publication of a profile of Milley, by this magazine’s editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who detailed the ways in which Milley attempted to protect the Constitution from Trump.

If I said this about Trump I’d be arrested. He should be in jail, silently awaiting trials. Letting him get away with this is going to destroy us.

When Trump is heedlessly breaking laws and spouting treason, the paradoxical message is that if he ruled the way he wants to HE would not put up with this shit. He uses himself as both the model of the problem and the solution.

His implicit message is is that democracy is a failed form of government and a fascist tyranny is the 'way'. 

P01135809 

https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-georgia-surrender-indictment-08-24-23/index.html

What happened: The former president, wearing a dark blue suit and red tie, arrived at the Fulton County jail at around 7:30 p.m. ET. After he surrendered, he was placed under arrest and booked on more than a dozen charges. Jail records listed him at 6 foot 3 inches tall and weighing 215 pounds, with blue eyes and blond or strawberry hair. His booking number was P01135809. A mug shot was also taken.