Weekend Update: ICYMI – Odds & Ends

In case you missed it (but how could you?) – this was not a particularly good week for us Democrats, with Glenn Youngkin winning the governorship of Virginia.

BUT you might have missed this little tidbit:

ICYMI: Glenn Youngkin’s UNDERAGE Son Tried to Illegally Vote – NOT Just ONCE, But TWICE – in This Week’s Virginia Election

 

Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo provides the basics:

So it's interesting. Youngkin's underage son not only tried to vote illegally. He also tried to vote at a precinct where his family doesn't live. After being turned away once he returned to the same precinct where his family doesn't live and again demanded to vote.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 5, 2021

A little more details from WaPo:

About 20 minutes later, the teen returned, insisting that he be allowed to vote, saying that a friend who was also 17 had been allowed to cast a ballot.

Youngkin had emphasized “election integrity” as the centerpiece of his campaign to win the GOP nomination. He announced the formation of an “Election Integrity Task Force” of citizens who would work “to ensure free and fair elections in Virginia.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/glenn-youngkin-son-vote-election/2021/11/05/f5eb7ce0-3e62-11ec-8ee9-4f14a26749d1_story.html

Where’s the GQP outcry about election fraud?  Where’s the GQP outcry about illegal voting?  And why aren’t they calling for an “audit” to find that 17 y/o friend of Thomas Youngkin who DID vote – at least according to Thomas.

They obviously have NO knowledge about irony, but have an amazing familiarity with hypocrisy.

ICYMI: Melania Scowls and Rolls Her Eyes at TFG During World Series Game

This past week TFG & Melania went to the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves World Series game in Atlanta where the camera caught Melania trading in her smile for rolling her eyes, turning her head away and scowling.

This video got deleted from Twitter. You know what to do. pic.twitter.com/5VEKhU5z7y

— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 31, 2021

But it’s hardly the first time Melania has let her true feelings show.  We all remember her famous vanishing smile during the Inauguration …

 

Or when she slapped his hand away while visiting Israel …

And my favorite: Who can forget her most poignant plea for help from Michelle Obama disguised as a gift from Tiffany’s:

As long as we’re enjoying mocking TFG, let’s compare how his visit with Pope Francis went compared to Pres. Biden’s visit a week ago.

ICYMIT: Trump v Pres. Biden on Meeting Pope Francis

Trump’s meeting with the Pope did not go well …

Compared to Pres. Biden meeting with Pope Francis this past week:

Pope Francis was not the only one at the Vatican who was dumbfounded when dealing with TFG.  A reminder of what an honest reaction to utter incompetence gets from a totally unbiased translator back when Donnie visited the Pope:

Welcome to the Splash Zone, Italian Translator. pic.twitter.com/IDaBGd8LkM

— John Heilemann (@jheil) October 16, 2019

 

And here’s a side-by-side snippet comparing the same translator dealing with Biden compared to TFG:

Italian translator: Trump vs. Biden pic.twitter.com/bpQnSB4uNP

— The Recount (@therecount) October 29, 2021

What a difference having a caring, compassionate and competent President makes!

ICYMI: Biden Puts an End to Trump’s Weekly “INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK”

The other big story I’m sure no one missed was the ending of Trump’s FOUR-PLUS YEARS of promising “Infrastructure Week”.  But let’s review a snippet of TFG’s endless promise of “Getting it done”.

BOOM!! The Senate OKs Democrats’ $3.5 trillion infrastructure reconciliation bill, setting the stage for tuition-free pre-k, a Civilian Climate Corps, expanded Medicare benefits and more. #BidenDelivers
pic.twitter.com/SOfEpXznG7

— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) August 11, 2021

Oh, and when the GQP starts whining that Biden’s Infrastructure Bill and Build Back Better will cause inflation (and they will, because lies are all they have), just inform that SEVENTEEN Nobel Prize-Winning Economists disagree!

ICYMI: Nobel Prize Winners: Biden’s Build Back Better Social Safety Net Will EASE Inflation – NOT Cause It

Seventeen recipients of the Nobel Prize in economics signed a letter in support of President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better package on Monday. They refuted arguments made by Republicans and moderate Democrats that the massive “human infrastructure” bill—which would provide funding to expand education, health care, child care, and climate efforts—is far too expensive. 

The economists also came out in support of a proposed $2.9 trillion increase in taxes to pay for the program. The new rates, which would mostly impact the wealthiest Americans and large, multinational corporations, would represent the largest tax increase in decades. 

https://fortune.com/2021/09/21/nobel-prize-winning-economists-back-joe-biden-build-back-better-plan/

The signees, who are all currently employed as professors at the nation’s top universities, wrote: “Because this agenda invests in long-term economic capacity and will enhance the ability of more Americans to participate productively in the economy, it will ease longer-term inflationary pressures.”

That should bring you up to speed on those fun stories that might have slipped right passed you this past week.