A Republican to Republicans

Posted by TomCat at 11:44 am Politics

Jul 312020

The following is an editorial by MSNBC Republican host, Joe Scarborough. It is obviously directed to Republicans, but I can’t resist sharing it with you as well. If I had a nickel for every time I’ve disagreed with Joe over the years, I could finance a luxurious retirement for us all, but this time, I could not agree more.

What a tremendous burden it must be for you to still be defending President Trump. You have called yourself a constitutional conservative for decades, but now you sit silently as the president pushes to move this year’s election because he might lose. Even some Republican senators are speaking up. Why aren’t you?

Trump remembers how you ran interference for him when he claimed unlimited powers under Article II of the Constitution, so he thinks you will stay quiet. Remember your silence after Charlottesville? You eventually mustered the nerve to claim Trump never preached moral equivalence between torch-carrying Nazis and protesters. How unthoughtful it was of David Duke to expose you by praising the president’s putrid performance and thanking Trump for his “honesty and courage to tell the truth.” The former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard even bragged to reporters that Charlottesville represented a “turning point” for white nationalism. “We are going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump,” Duke proclaimed. “That’s why we voted for [him].”

Ouch. That one had to sting, but you kept on defending Donald…

…By this time, you began mindlessly regurgitating the former reality TV host’s propaganda about the “Russian hoax,” and hoped Americans would be stupid enough to ignore the mountains of damning evidence against Trump. Your singular focus turned to the Steele dossier’s most lurid tales, and you believed then, and now, that Christopher Steele’s fantastical claims could erase a multitude of Trump’s sins. You repeated the lies of Attorney General William P. Barr and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey O. Graham when they falsely claimed the FBI’s investigation began with Steele’s dossier. And you kept repeating this idiotic defense even after it became painfully evident that Trump’s team welcomed Russia’s interference in American democracy and then tried to cover it up. You still refuse to criticize the Trump team’s use of material stolen by Russia during the last month of the campaign, just like you and your president continue turning a blind eye to any Russian bounties.

None dare call it treason, but perhaps one day they will. [emphasis added]

Inserted from <Washington Post>

Please click through and read this editorial in it’s entirety. There is too much essential content to miss.

Here’s a related video.

Joe: ‘Donald Trump Will Lead To The End Of The Party Of Abraham Lincoln’

I could not disagree more with Joe on the opinions he shares about Democrats in this clip, but at least I can respect his integrity.

RESIST!!

Open Thread – 7/31/2020

Posted by TomCat at 11:43 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jul 312020

It’s another sweaty, stinky day here in the CatBox. I had a rough night last night, because I ate supper too fast and plugged my esophageal tumor. I spent most of the night imitating criminal Fuhrer Trump’s* AG. The blockage didn’t clear until this morning. Tomorrow please expect no more than an Open Thread or a Personal Update. It’s a WWWendy day and the TomCat could not be more stinky. I’ll try to swap the Politics Plus Poll, if I can, but it will probably have to wait until Sunday. TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:43 (average 4:51). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0731TrumpVirusMap

US Cases: 4,638,288
US Deaths: 155,371
World Cases: 17,553,155
World Deaths: 678,097
Trump’s* Share of World Deaths: 22.9%
US Share of World Population: 4.3%

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Morgan Freeman Reads Rep. John Lewis’ Last Words

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His own epitaph was a fitting memorial to a hero that will still be remembered as a hero one hundred years from now, if we can prevent the Republican attempt to convert the US from democratic republic to Nazi Reich. RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Group prepares for chance Trump refuses to concede election

For more information about the war game they took part in click here. If this doesn’t scare the shit out of you, WAKE UP! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of protest): The Chicks – Not Ready To Make Nice (Official Video)

Many, myself included, think that this song was partially directed at the Fuhrer of the 4th Reich, GW ChickenHawk, aka Crawford Caligula. He demanded that they back down on their true statement that his war for oil and conquest was fraudulent. How much worse is the Fuhrer of the 5th Reich? Support left wing protestors! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

The Trump* Election Evasion Plan

Posted by TomCat at 11:44 am Politics

Jul 302020

When criminal Fuhrer Trump* looks ahead to November, his prospects could not look more bleak. His Republican plague is sweeping the nation and even traditional Republicans are not buying his lies that it’s Obama’s, the Democrat’s, China’s, anyone but his fault. The economy, his so-called “pride and joy”, is worse than it was in the great depression. The polls are so bad that even Putin [R-RU] can’t steal this one for him. But he and the Republican Party still seek to establish a permanent, totalitarian, plutocratic 5th Reich, in which elections exist for show only.

When Joe Biden mentioned the possibility that Donald Trump would try to “kick back the election somehow” back in April, Washington Post pundit Henry Olsen was aghast. He called Biden’s statement an “unfounded accusation” and said this was “not only clearly over the line but also unmasks how low the supposedly moderate Biden will go to win.”

Olsen better be prepping that apology, because on Thursday morning Trump extended his rant about mail-in voting to the place where it was obviously going all along. After repeating his previous lies about mail-in voting being “inaccurate and fraudulent,” Trump delivered the punch line. Rather than allow mail-in voting, why not, Trump suggested: “Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote.” That safety would, presumably, be entirely up to Trump. Meaning that Election Day would be the second Tuesday after never.

As The Washington Post points out, Trump cannot actually change the date of the federal elections. Though Trump may believe that Article II provides godlike powers, picking the date for federal elections is actually the role of Congress. And that date is already set. Congress doesn’t have to vote to have the election on Nov. 3; it would have to vote to change it to any other date.

Still, this isn’t as comforting as it should be. Now that Trump has made an official salvo down the delay path, it’s certain not to be the last. And it’s easy to believe that Sen. Mitch McConnell and the other Senate Republicans who voted to give Trump a free pass on bribing foreign countries into lying about his opponent would happily go along with this scheme. After all, for McConnell, every day the election is delayed is another day in which a Supreme Court opening might occur.

Naturally, the Democratically-led House wouldn’t go along with this, but that’s still no guarantee. Trump doesn’t have to actually delay the election so much as delegitimize it. That’s the purpose of all his rants against mail-in voting in the first place: To raise doubts about the outcome of the election and position Trump to deny the results, no matter how clear. It’s quite easy to imagine Donald Trump pounding the podium in November, claiming that only those votes cast in a voting booth on that date really count. Or even that the whole date is “not legitimate.” Because he says so. And it’s extremely easy to imagine Ted Cruz, and Lindsey Graham, and McConnell backing that play… [emphasis added]

Inserted from <Daily Kos>

Trump Tweet Suggests Delaying Election Over Mail-In Voting Fraud Claims

This is the strongest indication yet that, unable to stay in power any other way, Trump* and the Republican Reich plan a coup, and that the Republican Nazi storm troopers terrorizing the people of Portland are practicing for that coup.

RESIST!!

Open Thread – 7/30/2020

Posted by TomCat at 11:44 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jul 302020

It’s another busy day here in the CatBox. Store to Door will be delivering my grocery order, and I have to unpack and store them. I’m still feeling quite tired after yesterday. May the Lord bless and keep you free of Trump’s* Republican plague! Update: I’m running late, because groceries are done.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:54 (average 4:32). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0730TrumpVirusMap

Click for interactive map.

US Cases: 4,571,065
US Deaths: 153,898
World Cases: 17,242,728
World Deaths: 671,262
Trump’s Share of World Deaths: 22.9%
US Share of World Population: 4.3%

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): 5 Key Demands for the New Coronavirus Bill

Of course the Reich on the Left, Robert Reich is right. Demands 1 – 5 are spot on. But the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, want to keep the money flowing from the poor to the rich, and Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch will never allow this a vote in the Senate. RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Rep. Louie Gohmert tests positive for Covid-19

This is exactly what I’d expect from Go-Go Goose-step Gomerde. It can only happen to a bigger asshole of he gives criminal Fuhrer Trump* a big sloppy French kiss! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of protest): Edwin Starr – War (Original Video – 1969)

Kudos to left-wing protestors! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Open Thread–7/21/2020

Posted by TomCat at 9:56 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jul 212020

It’s another hectic day here in the CatBox. I’m having a telephone visit with my nutritionist this morning, so that will kill my morning nap, and exacerbate my back pain. I guess they’re going to increase my Oxycodone instead of my Fentanyl patch strength. I disagree and will argue it at my next appointment. A patch gives constant pain relief, so increasing the strength lowers my overall pain level. Oxycodone gives yo-yo pain relief, as it is taken only when the pain level has risen, so I suffer needless pain. Please check your outhouse for Republicans. If one is hiding down there, go.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:34 (average 5:18). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Clinton had Lewinski. Putin [R-RU] had Trump*.

Trump* Virus Update:

0721TrumpVirusMap

Click through for interactive map.

US Cases: 3,963,376
US Deaths: 143,889

Short Takes:

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Veteran discusses getting hit by unmarked police in Portland

Our veterans deserve honor, praise, and gratitude from our people and government, but from the Republican Reich and their Nazi Gestapo, our veterans get hate, neglect and violence! RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): GOP Tested As Democrats Call Out Foreign Interference In Election

This is what a President sounds like and acts like. May God grant that we have a President in January, instead of the criminal Fuhrer we have now. May God also grant that the Republican Reich go the way of the Whig Party. But God can’t do it alone. She needs help from YOU! RESIST!!

From YouTube ( a blast from the past and labor): Arlo Guthrie/Alice’s Restaurant

Ah… the memories! Except for unmuzzled Republican Nazi Police Unions, support Labor! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Demise of the Fifth Reich?

Posted by TomCat at 10:18 am Politics

Jul 202020

Of course you know about the the Third Reich. In the Fourth Reich Fuhrer GW Bush, aka Crawford Caligula, attempted to establish permanent Republican rule. But when Bush and his Bankster cronies collapsed the economy, right before the 2008 election, Republicans decided it would be better to saddle Democrats with the problems Republicans had caused, obstruct Democrats’ plans to solve those those problems, and blame Democrats for them. That ended the Fourth Reich, but their scam worked. In the Fifth Reich, Republicans employed Russia to help steal the White House for an idiot puppet to employ and take the blame for all their most heinous policies, criminal Fuhrer Trump. Their leadership is totally incompetent and evil. Unless they hold power by force, fraud or both, the Fifth Reich will come crashing down. Hopefully, the Republican Party will too.

…In an opinion piece for CNN, Zelizer said that the GOP should be “terrified” by polling that shows the president may suffer a “historic” loss by Trump that may see the White House and the Senate go to the Democrats with more damage at the state level as Republican voters stay home and down-ticket Republican candidates suffer.

According to the analyst, “President Donald Trump’s reelection prospects look increasingly grim, with polls showing that his ticket is vulnerable in states like North Carolina, Ohio and Texas. According to one recent Fox News poll, Joe Biden has a two-point lead over Trump in Georgia—where a Democratic presidential candidate has not won since 1992,” and that will only be exacerbated by the fact that the GOP is not drawing in much in the way of voters of color who are fast becoming the most important voting block.

Pointing out that the landslide victory by Ronald Reagan set the stage for a conservative revival that still lingers today, the analyst claimed Democrats could be on the verge of claiming a massive victory in November — due to Trump — that could also have long-ranging reverberations…. [emphasis added]

Inserted from <Raw Story>

Click through for much more.

Here are a couple video clips to illustrate the situation.

Polls show Joe Biden is widening his lead over Trump

‘(Trump) may be discouraging turnout within his own party’: Nate Silver

I’m sharing this to encourage, but under no circumstances may this be an excuse for overconfidence or a reason to lessen our efforts. I don’t know whether I’ll live to see the demise of the Fifth Reich. In spite of increasing pain, I will keep fighting as long as I have breath. Are you with me?

RESIST!!

Open Thread–7/19/2020

Posted by TomCat at 8:01 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jul 192020

It’s a busy day, here in the CatBox, and this is my only article today. WWKiisten will be here soon to destink the thoroughly rancid TomCat, goop, and help with chores. WWWendy will be here again on Thursday. Tomorrow I may be running behind, as Diana, my palliative care nurse, will be coming to change my pain patch. Have a Republican-free Sunday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:11 (average 5:23). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

US Cases: 3,835,430
US Deaths: 142,883

Short Takes:

From Common Dreams: Consumer and workers’ rights advocates are warning that new details of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plan to shield businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits show just how far the Republican leader is willing to go to ensure corporations are not held accountable for endangering public health and safety.

“Congress must reject this dangerous proposal,” the National Employment Law Project said in response to a draft (pdf) of McConnell’s plan obtained by Politico and other outlets on Friday.

The draft, authored by McConnell and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas.), proposes relieving businesses, schools, churches, and other institutions of legal responsibility for workers, customers, and others who contract Covid-19 except in cases of “gross negligence and intentional misconduct”—a difficult standard to prove in court.

As the Associated Press reported, the Republican plan “offers a broad shield by requiring heightened pleading standards, stiffening burden-of-proof standards, and capping damages on awards. Employers would also be shielded from investigations by federal agencies.”

Additionally, McConnell and Cornyn’s plan would empower companies to move coronavirus-related personal injury and medical liability cases to more business-friendly federal courts. “Defendants are liable,” the draft states, “only if they failed to make reasonable efforts to follow applicable public-health guidelines.”

You know it’s evil coming from Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch, and co-authorship by Cornhole Cornyn makes it even worse. The Republican Reich wants to give corporate criminals license to kill workers using Trump’s Republican plague. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Elizabeth Warren Channel): Elizabeth Warren: “Corruption is a Public Health Risk”

In the Republican Reich, what you know hadsno value. It’s all about who and how much you pay . That’s why Republican politicians love to suck Koch. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from labor): Which Side Are You On — Pete Seeger

Except for unmuzzled Republican police unions, support labor! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Republican Gestapo in Unmarked Vehicles Kidnap Portlanders

Posted by TomCat at 11:39 am Politics

Jul 182020

Portland is in the news again, because criminal Fuhrer Trump* is attacking our city with his Republican Gestapo storm troopers. In the guise of protecting federal buildings and monuments, they are kidnaping peaceful demonstrators from the streets using unmarked vehicles, even when the demonstrators are nowhere near federal buildings or monuments.

In the early hours of July 15, after a night spent protesting at the Multnomah County Justice Center and Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse, Mark Pettibone and his friend Conner O’Shea decided to head home.

It had been a calm night compared to most protesting downtown. By 2 a.m. law enforcement hadn’t used any tear gas and, with only a few exceptions, both the Portland Police Bureau and federal law enforcement officers had stayed out of sight.

A block west of Chapman Square, Pettibone and O’Shea bumped into a group of people who warned them that people in camouflage were driving around the area in unmarked minivans grabbing people off the street.

“So that was terrifying to hear,” Pettibone said.

They had barely made it half a block when an unmarked minivan pulled up in front of them.

“I see guys in camo,” O’Shea said. “Four or five of them pop out, open the door and it was just like, ‘Oh shit. I don’t know who you are or what you want with us.’”

Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain protesters since at least July 14. Personal accounts and multiple videos posted online show the officers driving up to people, detaining individuals with no explanation of why they are being arrested, and driving off.

The tactic appears to be another escalation in federal force deployed on Portland city streets, as federal officials and President Donald Trump have said they plan to “quell” nightly protests outside the federal courthouse and Multnomah County Justice Center that have lasted for more than six weeks…. [emphasis added]

Inserted from <OPB>

Oregon and Portland officials are furious, because criminal Fuhrer Trump* is making the situation worse.

Unmarked Federal Troops Snatching Protesters Raise Local Alarm

These Republican Storm Troopers should be convicted of kidnapping and sent to prison!

Wheeler: Unidentified Feds Detaining Protesters Are ‘Making Things Worse’

These are not law enforcement officers. They are criminal Fuhrer Trump’s* Nazi Gestapo pigs! However, if criminal Fuhrer Trump* was not in power, other Republicans would have done this.

Every Republican in power is one Republican too many!

RESIST!!

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