Miranda Scholl of Rebel HQ brings us this video of AOC, in a congressional hearing, cutting through the BS that was flying around all over the place in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton and the aftermath (more here)...and I’m sure it’s no surprise to find out that Gym Jordan is completely and utterly wrong again when it comes to FEMA policy (that bit about the text supposedly telling FEMA workers to ignore the homes of Trumpers smells like a setup), and fortunately Summer Lee responds (and speaking of AOC, yes, I definitely think she's earned the right to chair the House Oversight Committee as noted here...no disrespect to Gerry Connolly...even though her bid apparently fell short, and if you want to blame the Dems for maintaining the geriatric status quo here, I'll reluctantly go along with that)...
...and David Pakman tells us that #47 and French President Emmanuel Macron did a “presser” when 47 went over for the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral...I can’t find the words to properly communicate my disgust that this life form will be on the world stage again for a minimum of four more years utterly embarrassing this nation because he has NO FREAKING CLUE about what he’s saying and continually makes up his bullsh*t, and I don’t mean Macron (slightly NSFW/H)...
...and speaking of disgust with Our Treasonous Orange Pestilence, I don’t agree with every word this man says in this incredibly NSFW/H clip, but boy do I understand the sentiment (and this goes along with it IMO)...
There is a brutal honesty to what this gentleman is saying — and I am frequently hearing the same sentiment. 😳👇 pic.twitter.com/XBTUdvsaJu
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) December 16, 2024
...and speaking of disgust, I’ve gone back and forth on this, but I have to say something...as noted here, President Biden granted clemency to about 1500 people (which a president has a right to do), but one of them was for Judge Michael Conahan, who was a central figure in the so-called “Kids for Cash” scandal in PA, with Conahan's sentence commuted by two years...Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! speaks with Sandy Fonzo, whose son Ed took his life after getting sentenced to juvenile detention by Judge Mark Ciavarella (more here)...Goodman also speaks with journalist Robert May, who made a 2013 documentary on the scandal (which was excellent, albeit gut-wrenching); May tells us that the two judges didn’t technically take bribes to incarcerate kids per se (mainly to help the for-profit-prison-builder pal of Ciavarella – yet another reason why for-profit prisons should NEVER, EVER EXIST!), but their actions amounted to the same thing as incarcerating kids for cash, so the label is pretty much accurate...I’ve defended “No Malarkey Joe” plenty of times, but in commuting Conahan’s sentence, he screwed the metaphorical pooch...
...well, in spite of that story, I’m going to present these holiday selections anyway because I think we all need them to lighten the mood a bit...I definitely do anyway.
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