Friday Stuff

Occupy Democrats (not sure who this gentleman is) tell us about Ursula von der Leyen, head of the EU, issuing a warning about Russia aimed at the world and, I would guess, you-know-who in particular (as well as Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus, who is pretty much the puppet of Vlad The Butcher)...U.S. Undersecretary of State For Political Affairs Victoria Nuland gives us a bit of the reality perspective on this also...

...and sticking with overseas matters, David Doel informs us of the ICC issuing an arrest warrant for our “ally” Bibi, along with former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant (here)...and not surprisingly, Bernie Sanders is standing tall on this issue...I know I sound like I’m wearing my tin foil hat, but I still say that Russia got some intel from #45 that went to Iran and Hamas that led to the 10/7 attacks...Netanyahu has gone into Gaza repeatedly and has only ended up killing innocent Palestinians, many of them kids, while not degrading Hamas (you want to “degrade” Hamas? Give them no reason to exist by addressing Palestinian issues)...and like Mike Figueredo, I think Doel goes a little far here saying that Biden should get an arrest warrant also...and OF COURSE incoming Trumper Mike Waltz says the ICC “has no credibility” – what the hell else can you expect?...



...and David Shuster of Rebel HQ lets us know that Trump still hasn’t submitted an ethics pledge stating he’ll avoid conflicts of interest, in compliance with a law passed over the 3400 cited violations from #45’s first term...and leave it to Rojo The Clown to reiterate what an unctuous bootlicker he truly is, and of course Thom Tillis thinks heads of the NLRB and CFPB are “hyper partisan” or some such nonsense, and apparently Tillis thinks it’s more important for Trump to do better than Obama when it comes to recess appointments; never mind how qualified these Trumpist life forms truly are (still amazes me how many people in this country lost their damn minds because we once elected an African American president)...and I will admit that Brian Kilmeade knows a thing or two about “clown cars”...



...and Miss Beau suggests going after Cantaloupe Capone by holding him to his promises in all the ways mentioned in this video (including capping credit card interest rates), ostensibly to help working people and families...I have every confidence that Trump will completely abandon any such promises, but I have low confidence that our side will make that case convincingly to voters, since it will need to be demonstrated repeatedly and most Dems in party leadership don’t have that kind of fight in them, I hate to say...she’s right I believe in the gap of sorts between progressive advocates (politicians and the “foot soldiers”) and the commentariat, which, for the most part, is looking for the next circular firing squad...love to be wrong...



...and I know we just concluded the holiday, but I still think this is a nice meditation from The Lincoln Project...



...and dear God, it really is that time of year again, isn't it?