Glenn Kirschner – With Trump’s COS Meadows’ Democracy-Ending PowerPoint, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like . . . RICO
MSNBC – TRMS – Details Of Intimidation Of Georgia Election Workers Puts New Scrutiny On Trump Campaign (Barf Bag Alert)
Thom Hartmann – The Reckoning Is Coming For The Media
The Lincoln Project – Hotline
Really American – GOP Initiates Trump 2022 ‘Slow Moving Coup’
SumofUs – The Tiger & The Buffalo spoof ad
Beau – Let’s talk about voting traditions in the US….
Glenn Kirschner – NY AG Tish James Subpoenas Trump; Will he Testify or Plead the 5th?
Thom Hartmann – Generals LIED To Congress About Trump’s Jan 6th Coup! (Politico is pretty right leaning, so this message has particular credibility)
Rebel HQ – AOC Bluntly Drops Truth On Coward Republicans
Ring of Fire – Trump Supporters Harassing People Door To Door Looking For Voter Fraud
John Fugelsang – Caffeinated – 10 Facts About ‘Illegals:’ A Guide for Racist Idiots
Puppet Regime – Xi’s Xmas Surprise
Beau – Let’s talk about the thing we missed in Crenshaw’s speech….
Yesterday, I visited Virgil.The sun wasn’t that bad in the morning, although I think I will start looking at the almanac hor how the time of sunrise moves. From four weeks ago to two weeks ago, the sunrise got ten minutes earlier. From two weeks ago to this visi, sunset got a total of two minutes earlier, and all of that was in the first few days – it’s been the same for nine days in a row. So I’m sort of expecting it to start getting later instead of earlier in a day or two. The days will still get shorter until the soltice, but all of that will come from the sunrise getting later, and none from the sunset getting earlier. The visit was good, and Virgil returns all greeting with thanks.
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From an email from Democracy for America:
[On Thursday,] at the direction of Mitch McConnell, Joe Manchin, and Kyrsten Sinema moved forward with a one-time exemption to the filibuster to raise the debt ceiling.
That’s right, Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, who have both previously stated that they would not support any filibuster exceptions under any circumstances, even to protect voting rights, just made an exception to the filibuster.
If Manchin and Sinema are going to make an exception to the filibuster when McConnell wants to, they should be bending over backwards to make that same exception to protect voting rights.
Join DFA as we tell Manchin, Sinema, and all Senate Democrats: If you’re willing to make an exception to the filibuster in order to raise the debt ceiling, you must make that same exception to protect voting rights.
Law & Crime – Our First Look at Josh Duggar Immediately After Child Porn Conviction and Months Ahead of Sentencing
Quote – Other court records indicate that the jury began deliberations at 12:17 p.m. on Wednesday. They asked for a recording of an interview with Duggar himself to be re-played — and it was, in its entirety — before jurors retired to deliberate once again. Court recessed for the day around 5:00 p.m. The jurors returned for about an hour and a hate Thursday before returning a verdict at 10:07 a.m.
Click through for more. This story just begs for snark, and both Wonkette and Crooka and Liars did not disappoint – but it’s also serious, so I decided to cover it from this source.
HuffPost – Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 ‘Agent Provocateur’ Is A Big Tucker Fan And An Amateur Cardinals Mascot
Quote – But the man is no fed. He is mainly known to St. Louis Cardinals fans as “Rally Runner,” HuffPost has learned, and he sprints around the outside of Busch Stadium during home games. Based on the man’s Facebook posts, he appears to have a fairly difficult life and has a tenuous relationship with reality. And he’s a huge Tucker Carlson fan.
Click through for more facts, and, sadly, more insanity (disturbing but valuable to grasp what we are up against.)
Food for Thought –
Mark Meadows In Contempt of Congress & With No Viable Executive Privilege, It’s Indictment Time
The Lincoln Project – Protect America
politicsrus – Protect Democracy HD
Rebel HQ – NDLB’s 2022 lineup is ready to send the GQP packing!
This Scene From The Titus Show Stuck with Trae Crowder Ever Since it Aired
Really American – Republicans COWER in Fear of Trump
Beau – Let’s talk about altering the Supreme Court…
Yesterday,I did the lst odds and ends of preparing for the drive.I sllao colected little advance material. Then I got to bed early. I will definitely pass greetings to Virgil today, I will drive carefully, and I will let you know I got home safe – it may not be the instant I get in the door as I’ll be eager to change clothes, but as soon as I get to the computer.
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Wonkette – When Will We Finally Accept That Trumpism Was Never About Economic Anxiety?
Quote – The Tea Party was a white, middle-class movement, and while not overtly violent, it was the product of racist backlash to Obama’s election. Republicans exploited the backlash, tip-toeing around the racism, for their immediate political gain. They cocked the weapon and handed it over to Trump, but we give him too much credit when we assume that if he hadn’t won in 2016, the problem would have gone away. (We can only imagine the violent backlash against Hillary Clinton.) A reported six out of every seven January 6 insurrectionists charged with crimes had no previous affiliations with extremist groups, such as the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, or the Three Percenters militia. This wasn’t a surprise to University of Chicago historian Kathleen Belew, who told Gellman: “January 6 wasn’t designed as a mass-casualty attack, but rather as a recruitment action.”
Click through for more. I’ve often thought that, had Hillary won, her Presidency would have been much like Obama’s, only with more backlash, because misgyny is deeper and stronger than racism. That doesn’t mean I don’t wish she had won – I do wish that, with all my heart. But it would not have derailed Trump**.
Crooks and Liars – Kelloggs To Permanently Replace 1400 Striking Workers
Quote – The decision follows months of bitter disagreement between the company and the union. The rejected offer would have provided cost of living adjustments in the later years of the deal and preserved the workers’ current healthcare benefits. But workers say they deserve significant raises because they routinely work more than 80 hours a week, and they kept the plants running throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
Click through. I don’t knowingly cross a picket line. Thankfully, one of the comments included a link to an article of everything they own.
Mother Jones – Baristas in Buffalo Just Formed the First Starbucks Union in the United States
Quote – In a watershed moment for the recent wave of pandemic-inspired labor organizing, workers at a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York, voted [December 9] to form the coffee chain’s first union in the United States. Despite months of opposition from party leadership, 19 workers at the Elmwood location in Buffalo voted in favor of unionizing in the election, conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. Only eight opposed.
Click through for story – If I had had to guess way in advance where this wou;d happen … Buffalo would not have been my first guess. But whatever. More power to them!
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Glenn Kirschner – Judge Sets Bannon Trial for July; Mark Meadows on the Verge of Being the Next Contempt Referral
Don Winslow – #SubpoenasNow
Meidas Touch – Shannon Watts responds to Judge Jeanine blaming liberals for school shooting
The Lincoln Project – Last week in the Republican Party…
Really American – Nunes RESIGNS To Run Trump “Media Empire”
Brent Terhune – Fox News Christmas Tree on Fire
Beau – Let’s talk about information silos and theories…. Oh my.
Glenn Kirschner – From Trump’s False Claim of Exoneration to Jeffrey Clark Pleading the 5th: A Legal Recap of Nov 2021
Thom Hartmann – War on Christmas Causing North Pole Labor Shortage?
Ring of Fire – Moms For Liberty Group Smacked Down In Tennessee For Suggesting Slavery Was A Positive Achievement
Cracked – If Crowdfunding Sites Were Honest
A football (or as we would say in the US, “soccer”) team in Russia (St. Petersburg) teamed up with local shelters to put some adoptable dogs into the spotlight at a game.
The Zenit players took to the pitch at the Gazprom Arena this evening accompanied by dogs from local shelters looking for a new home 🐶💙pic.twitter.com/bjFTvntw3i
— FC Zenit in English✨ (@fczenit_en) December 3, 2021
Beau – Let’s talk about a low to no snow future…. (I’ve been worried about this for several years now. It’s been hard to watch happening.)
Glenn Kirschner – Ethan Crumbley’s Parents Charged w/Manslaughter for Recklessly Enabling Son in High School Shooting
Thom Hartmann – Could Your Dreams Save Your Life??
Ring of Fire – Another Trump Supporter Has Been Arrested For Voter Fraud
Armageddon Update – The Lauren We Deserve
Rebel HQ – Trump Is Losing Everything He Loved
Rehabbed Raccoon Comes Back Every Night To Visit Some Unlikely Friends
Beau – Let’s talk about an update on a ruined Thanksgiving dinner….