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Friday, November 27, 2015

Alan Grayson rips Rubio for using Syrian refugees to score political points

Trump Probably Doesn’t Want You To Know Who’s Making His ‘GREAT’ Hats

The irony is deliciously palpable…
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In The Battle For The Soul Of The Republican Cabal, Trump’s “White Nationalism” Is Winning

Trump, who is running a blatantly racist and xenophobic campaign, holds a double digit lead in the wingnut pretender race. …

Thanksgiving week began with two national polls showing Trump holding a double digit lead over his nearest wingnut opponent. The two polls demonstrated the incredible resiliency of Trump’s campaign. With each outlandish statement Trump makes on the campaign trail, pundits predict his political demise, only to find Trump holding steady or gaining strength after each supposed gaffe.
What beltway pundits have not seemed to grasp yet, is that Trump’s racist slip ups and his verbal tirades are not a bug, but rather a feature of his campaign. Trump is running as a white nationalist, and his campaign appeals to racists, bigots, xenophobes and insecure white voters who are growing uneasy with an increasingly multicultural America.
Since Trump is a major party candidate, the media has been overly cautious in avoiding labeling Trump a racist, but his campaign has not been cautious about demonstrating that Trump is in fact, a racist. Trump’s blatant racism was on full display on Sunday when he tweeted bogus crime statistics from a neo-Nazi twitter user, falsely claiming that 81 percent of white murder victims are killed by black perpetrators. The real percentage is 15 percent. The vast majority of white murder victims (82 percent) are killed by other white people.
While Trump’s tweet elicited some shocked outrage, his racism has been on display throughout his entire campaign. So far, it is serving him well politically. He kicked off his campaign by accusing Mexican immigrants of being rapists and criminals, and he has called for revisiting Dwight Eisenhower’s “Operation wetback” to deport undocumented immigrants.
Furthermore, Trump has lied about witnessing New Jersey Muslims celebrating the fall of the twin towers on 9-11, using that malicious propaganda to malign Muslim-Americans. In addition to drumming up anti-Islamic and anti-Arab hysteria through lies, Trump has also called for tracking Muslims in America through a national database. He has also suggesting shutting down American mosques.

At a recent Trump event, a “black lives matter” protester was assaulted by several Trump supporters. Violence against “black lives matter” demonstrators has also spilled fresh blood on America’s streets, with anti-black assailants apparently opening fire on protesters in Minneapolis.
Trump’s pretender campaign has been dominated by ugly racist rhetoric and a slew of lies that promote a white supremacist agenda. Wingnut leaders should denounce Trump unequivocally, but many of them are silent or timid in their criticisms of Trump, because he is resonating with the wingnut base. Wingnut voters may reject the notion that they are white nationalists, but as long as Trump is leading the race while running an explicitly racist and xenophobic campaign, their claims to being anything other than white nationalists will ring hollow.

It's Been Fun. But Seriously, Folks, It's The Presidency.

Knowing they have nothing to offer their followers, the Republican cabal keeps coming up with irrelevant attention-getters, hoping nobody will notice.

Time For The Rest Of The Media To Label Trump As A Liar

Time For The Rest Of The Media To Label Donald Trump As A Liar

Rachel Maddow called it out. But other media outlets are shy about saying the word.

Trump’s “toothpaste politics”

Trump’s “toothpaste politics”

Trump lies faster than the media, and his opponents, can keep up.

Trump Campaign: We Gave You Proof Of Muslim 9/11 Celebrations But You Suppressed It

But of course, the Trump campaign can’t admit their narcissist lied….

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Fact Checkers Bust Trump For Two Racist Lies In Less Than A Week

This week alone, PolitiFact has already given Trump two Pants on Fire ratings, both stemming from his racist beliefs.…

Rarely has a politician consistently fared that well under a fact check, but things are particularly dire for wingnut front-runner Trump, who talks first and thinks later — if ever.

This week alone, PolitiFact has already given The Dumbass two Pants on Fire ratings, both stemming from his unfounded, conspiracy-oriented, racist beliefs.
The first was for a tweet in which the wingnut falsely claimed that blacks are responsible for 81% of white homicides. Not so. Who is to blame for white homicides? Well, this is awkward, but it’s white people.
Of course the perfidy goes deeper than just some inaccurate statistics. Trump tweeted those inaccurate statistics one day after a black activist was was shoved, tackled, and punched at a Trump rally in Alabama.
The Washington Post had a reporter in the crowd who reported that “one of the men put his hands on Southall’s neck and heard a female onlooker repeatedly shout: ‘Don’t choke him!'”
Trump’s reaction to this? Blame the victim and say it’s what he gets for exercising his free speech rights. From the Washington Post:

Trump said Sunday that the protester who interrupted his rally at a convention center here on Saturday morning was “so obnoxious and so loud” that “maybe he should have been roughed up.”

The agency cited in Trump’s image in crime stats doesn’t exist, so that’s comforting for a presidential contender, but it does explain why it’s so hard to get through to wingnuts. They live in a false construct supported by epistemic closure.
The year is also not over, but the stats cited by Trump are for “2015”, so that’s problematic. Actual stats are not released yet because, you know, the year isn’t over yet. But PolitiFact had a gander at 2014 and the actual number of whites killed by blacks is 15%, as opposed to Trump’s claim of 81%. Yeah, that’s a huge difference.
And it’s not a one-off. PolitiFact notes this has been the trend for decades, “Trump cast blacks as the primary killers of whites, but the exact opposite is true. By overwhelming percentages, whites tend to kill other whites. Similarly, blacks tend to kill other blacks. These trends have been observed for decades.”
It’s worth noting that Little Green Footballs traced the image Trump used and it led to a symbol of the neo-Nazi German Faith Movement with a bio warning, “Should have listened to the Austrian chap with the little moustache.”
So, neo-Nazi associations praising Hitler. Not a good look for a prestender candidate.
This earned Trump a Pants on Fire.
Then Trump got another one- two in one week, and we’re not done yet, it’s only Tuesday. On Saturday during a speech, Trump said, “I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering” (as the World Trade Center collapsed).
On This Week with George Stephanopolous Sunday, Trump doubled down, saying he witnessed “thousands and thousands” of Arab people in New Jersey cheering the fall of the World Trade Towers on 9/11.
When Stephanopulous seemed dubious, Trump countered, “It was on television. I saw it. It was well covered at the time, George.”
Oh, it was on “television”. AKA Fox News. AKA it didn’t happen that way. Yes, it turns out it is an urban myth, spurred on in part by “chain emails and perpetuated by shock jock Howard Stern’s radio show.” Doesn’t that just scream “pretenderish” to you?
PolitiFact wrote, “This defies basic logic. If thousands and thousands of people were celebrating the 9/11 attacks on American soil, many people beyond Trump would remember it. And in the 21st century, there would be video or visual evidence.” And thus they slapped Pants on Fire on Trump’s Arabs cheering in New Jersey urban myth.
Trump earned another Pants on Fire for this one. There were people cheering (sick), but they weren’t in the U.S..
So dies another two lies with the reality based community. Which of course excludes the Trump voters, lucky for him.
Perhaps this is what Trump means when he says he’s not a “politician” – he knows nothing about politics and doesn’t care to learn. So he will just believe whatever he wants to, and if you challenge him, well, that makes you an enemy deserving of being choked. For the freedom.

New York Times Shreds Trump’s ‘Racist Lies’ In Scathing Editorial

New York Times Shreds Donald Trump’s ‘Racist Lies’ In Scathing Editorial

New York Times Shreds Trump’s ‘Racist Lies’ In Scathing Editorial

The editors of the New York Times have recently taken Republican pretender candidate Trump to task for the racist comments he’s made about...

O’Reilly Obliterates Trump On-Air For Proving Liberals Correct

Bill O’Reilly Obliterates Donald Trump On-Air For Proving Liberals Right (VIDEO)

Trump gets a total roasting from O’Reilly for letting the liberals win.
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Montel Williams: 3 Glorious Days Of Smacking The Shit Out Of Trump Trolls On Twitter

Montel Williams: 3 Glorious Days Of Smacking The Sh*t Out Of Trump Trolls On Twitter (TWEETS)

Montel shows the uneducated, low information Trump bigot brigade why he’s the better man.

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Black Man Attacked At Trump Rally: They Called Me ‘Monkey’ And ‘Nigger’ As They Beat Me

Black Man Attacked At Trump Rally: They Called Me ‘Monkey’ And ‘N*gger’ As They Beat Me

The protester attacked by Trump supporters says the Republican’s fans prove “all lives matter” means “shut up, nigger.”

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Wingnuts Have a Very Twisted View of What Pro-Family Means

Wingnuts Have a Very Twisted View of What Pro-Family Means

Carson tells anti-choice cabal: Abortion is like slavery, not ‘an issue of women’s rights’

Ben Carson speaks at The Gift of Life Banquet in Nevada (screen grab)

Cruz knows less about climate science than the average kindergartner

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Scientists: Cruz knows less about climate science than the average kindergartner

Climate change is perhaps the most daunting global problem facing humanity. But when it comes to climate science, at least one candidate to lead the world’s most powerful nation is only as informed as the average kindergartner.

Cruz boasts about endorsement from anti-gay pastor and convicted stalker

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Cruz boasts about endorsement from anti-gay pastor and convicted stalker

Wingnut pretender candidate Cruz considers it a boasting point that a convicted stalker religious fanatic has endorsed him.

Jeb: We should check Syrian refugees’ names and birth certificates to determine if they’re 'christian'

Jeb Bush speaks to Fox News (screen grab)

Jeb: We should check Syrian refugees’ names and birth certificates to determine if they’re 'christian'

On Tuesday, Jeb (R) said he believes the quickest way to separate 'christian' Syrian refugees from Islamic Syrian refugees would be to ask them their names and have a look at their birth certificates.

Palin Gets SCHOOLED By Seth Meyers After She Defends Wingnut Refugee Bigotry

Sarah Palin Gets SCHOOLED By Seth Meyers After She Defends GOP Refugee Bigotry (VIDEO)

Meyers proves Palin doesn’t know a damn thing about what she’s talking about. This is a thing of beauty.

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Narcissistic Religio-Wingnut Preacher: Criticizing Me Is Just Like Criticizing Dog Himself

Narcissistic Republican Preacher: Criticizing Me Is Just Like Criticizing God Himself (AUDIO)

Narcissistic Religio-Wingnut Preacher: Criticizing Me Is Just Like Criticizing Dog Himself

The Republican cabal is really scrambling to secure the vote of religious bigots. Included in these efforts is, of course, courting the most extreme lunatic fringe religio-wing preachers...

Limbaugh's 'Waterboarding' Rationale Is So Stupid, It Hurts

Limbaugh justifies "waterboarding" by calling it the patriotic thing to do.

Facing A Budget Crunch, Alabama Cuts Voter ID Access While Keeping State Liquor Stores Open

"Is liquor more important than the right to vote?"

Thursday, November 26, 2015

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Petty Republicans Hate President Obama So Much They Even Oppose The Way He Pardons Turkeys On Thanksgiving

So, he pardoned TWO ...

As Thanksgiving Day approached, a new poll was released showing just how petty Republicans have become, and it’s embarrassing.

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Non Sequitur

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Merger of Drug Giants Pfizer and Allergan a Disaster for America

Sanders Slams Merger of Drug Giants Pfizer and Allergan as Disaster for America

‘Confront bullshit at every turn’

Americans Trust Hillary Clinton Over Any Republican To Handle Terrorism

According to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, Americans trust Hillary Clinton more than any Republican "to handle the threat of terrorism."…

When it comes to keeping Americans safe from the threat of a terrorist attack, a Washington Post-ABC News Poll released on November 23rd, found that voters trust Hillary Clinton more than any Republican pretender candidate. The survey asked voters who they trusted most “to handle the threat of terrorism,” and regardless of who she was paired up against, American voters answered “Hillary Clinton” every time.

When asked who they trusted more to handle the terrorist threat, Americans chose Hillary Clinton over Trump by a 50-42 percent margin. Clinton was also preferred over Carson (49-40), Cruz (48-40), Rubio (47-43) and Jeb (46-43).
The Republican candidates have engaged in a lot of tough talking rhetoric about bombing ISIL or shutting America off for Syrian refugees, but their bellicose posturing has not earned them the trust of the American people. Hillary Clinton remains more trusted than the Republican cabal when it comes to confronting the terrorist threat.
For Republicans who have spent the past several years trying to discredit Clinton through the Benghazi hearings and a relentless litany of attacks designed to paint her as weak on security, the poll must be very disconcerting. Fox News, AM Hate Speech radio, and Trey Gowdy’s investigative committee, have all failed in their efforts to get Americans to think the Republicans would do a better job than Hillary Clinton at keeping America safe .
The Republicans will almost certainly continue to try to hammer home the theme that they are the tough guys on the block who can take on the terrorists, and they will no doubt continue to try to portray the Democrats as weak on foreign policy and on protecting the homeland. However, Hillary Clinton is used to those lines of attack, and she is also aware that her steady resolve in the face of those attacks projects the very strength the wingnuts are desperately trying to say she lacks.
Americans recognize that in dangerous times, Hillary Clinton is a better choice to be commander in chief than any Republican. An endless barrage of wingnut attacks against Clinton have been unable to alter that perception. Americans still think Hillary is their best bet for dealing with the threat of terrorism.

North Carolina’s changes to early voting sites have dramatic racial disparity

Study: North Carolina’s changes to early voting sites have dramatic racial disparity

70 percent of black voters in North Carolina cast their ballots early in 2008 and 2012.

Congressman Keith Ellison rips Trump for inspiring attacks against minorities

Charles Koch Is Campaigning For 2016 Right Alongside The Candidates

Charles Koch Is Campaigning For 2016 Right Alongside The Candidates

Charles Koch made an appearance on Fox News to sell his ideas for gutting Social Security and Medicare.

Dallas Mayor Just Put Republicans To Shame ...

'I’m More Fearful Of Armed White Men Than Refugees'

Who do you think kills more Americans?
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Why Are Republicans More Afraid Of The NRA Than Terrorist Attacks?

With all this fear-mongering about one possible Syrian refugee being a terrorist, why don't Republicans care if terrorists get guns on America?

The Truth Hurts

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Rubio Calls Paris Terrorist Attacks “A Positive Development” For Americans

On Fox News Sunday, Rubio referred to the deadly Paris terrorist attacks as “a positive development,” because it would make Americans focus more on national security issues and the realities of terrorism. In one of the most brutally honest statements of the 2016 Republican pretender campaign, Rubio revealed his priorities by noting that the terrorist attacks might help give his campaign a boost.

Rubio stated:

I obviously am not happy about the events that happened last week in Paris. But I think it’s a positive development that it suddenly has forced Americans to confront more carefully the issue of national security because it is the most important thing a Pretender will do and it is the most important function of the federal government.

Perhaps recognizing that he had been a bit too candid in noting that he was exploiting the attacks for political gain, he went on to add:

I hope that we focus on that note more, not just for political advantage but because the world has become a very dangerous place.

Sure, Rubio qualified his comments by saying he was not happy with what happened in Paris, but the words “not happy” seemed rather mild words of disapproval for a brutal massacre that killed 129 people. Using the word “positive” to describe the attacks revealed Rubio’s political ambitions clearly exceed his capacity for empathy. Over the course of a long campaign, every politician is apt to make some verbal gaffes, but Rubio’s gaffe exposes a character flaw.

The idiot is a Machiavellian opportunist who is willing to exploit a tragedy, as long as he can use it in a way that advances his political career. The moron who no longer shows up for work regularly, because he is bored of casting important votes and tired of sitting through security briefings, wants to be pretender. He wants it so bad that he sometimes reveals how excited he is that horrifying global events might help give his campaign a boost. He wants to be pretender, but Americans should want somebody other than Rubio to lead the nation in these turbulent times.