Monday Stuff

Richard Ojeda of Rebel HQ brings us a clip of Rachel Maddow discussing polling indicating how far out of step #47 is with public opinion on the Russia/Ukraine war...yep, we understand that Our Ochre Abomination is dancing to the tune of Vlad The Butcher on this; ”this isn’t just reckless, it’s strategic surrender” indeed (and apparently, having someone wait an hour is one of the moves by the "Moscow munchkin" to try and show dominance)...Ojeda does a great job of laying out all of the utter military madness proposed by Our Treasonous Orange Pustule, which is of course is about an unpopular as you can imagine, but Ojeda is also correct unfortunately that those supporting Our Whining Orange Man-Baby will truly be the last ones to admit that they got utterly played...



...and Jesse Dollemore discusses the wingnuts supporting the death penalty for anybody hurting a Tesla vehicle (and we’re talking about Harris Faulkner of Fix Noise, who is conversing with #47 spokes-liar Karoline Leavitt...big surprise I know), but if that vehicle kills somebody, then that’s just capitalism...huh? And yes, these individuals are just SO FULL OF FAITH, aren’t they (full of something I suppose, but I’ll leave that up to you, dear reader)...



...and Faiz Shakir of More Perfect Union lets us know that Combover Caligula fired an administration lawyer for doing his job, and that person would be Alvaro Bedoya of the FTC, who was fighting against corporations trying to ransack our economy...Bedoya gives important background on the Robinson-Patman Act, one of the most enforced laws at the FTC, aimed at protecting independent retailers (and why does it not surprise me in any way to hear about this Act getting attacked by the administration of The Sainted Ronnie R?)...and we lost 100K independent retailers since 1980 when R-P stopped bring enforced, huh? Doesn’t sound like “morning in America” to me...



Also, on an unrelated note, I just want to mention that some environmental outfit called Earth Justice recently ran ads on sites such as Daily Kos and Crooks and Liars thanking Brian Fitzpatrick for his supposed good legislative record in support of environmental issues. I wonder if the idiots in this group know that Bri-Fi voted for HR 4394, about which we know the following from here...

“This legislation, along with the many harmful proposed amendments to it, includes countless provisions that would lock in fossil fuel infrastructure, increase our dependence on foreign energy, and cede leadership in clean energy innovation to our competitors – all while raising energy costs for everyday Americans,” according to the League of Conservation Voters and 24 other environmental groups.

Want to know a big reason why Bri-Fi manages to get sent back to Washington every two years? It’s because of nonsense like this, that’s why.

Fortunately, we can indeed fight back against our utterly rigged political institutions (which give us milquetoast individuals like Bri-Fi), and one way is to involve ourselves in the process as much as our money and our means allows (writing to newspapers, talking with family and friends, canvassing, making calls, sending out postcards, peacefully protesting, etc., to say nothing of running campaigns ourselves if we’re able), and that’s a message also from Bernie Sanders and AOC, who recently drew big crowds at rallies in Arizona and Colorado, telling those to do what they can (and that goes for all of us) to fight the “pay no price, bear no burden” one percent bastards who would take everything from us if they could...oh, and by the way, this should also be a kick in the ass to Dem “leaders” Schumer and Jeffries on Capitol Hill...and speaking only for myself, I would like to add that some of the most uplifting feelings of accomplishment I’ve ever experienced have come from doing the “nuts and bolts” political organizing stuff I mentioned above, so I think this is a great strategy by Bernie and AOC to try and spur that along (David Doel tells us more – additional info is here)...



Update 3/26/25: And speaking of Bri-Fi, apparently he had yet another “tele-town hall” recently so he wouldn’t have to come out of his hidey hole and actually face voters. The only way to put a stop to this nonsense is by voting him out once and for all next year.

...and Robert Reich lets us know that the fight against Mango Mussolini isn’t over – far from it...video is a great reminder of all of the regular contests and special elections coming up this year, including Susan Crawford vs. Trumpist Brad Schimel for the Wisconsin Supreme Court...and Florida will hold two contests for the U.S. House with the vote on 4/1...click here to support Gay Valimont in FL-01 and click here to support Josh Weil in FL-06...



...and here's a bit of an uplifting newer number for a rainy day in these parts - hope it spurs on all of us to keep up the fight.