Monday Stuff

Kyle Kulinski tells us the awful news that ICE/DHS has “disappeared” at least 4,200 people...I didn’t know we were deporting people to Libya – one of these days (and assuming Dems ever return to power), we ABSOLUTELY MUST hold these psychopaths to account for this cruel madness, or else it will keep coming back in an ever more insidious form with more and more groups of people at risk...I’m going to be careful here and agree somewhat with what Kyle says about it taking as long as it has for violence against the forces sent to terrorize our cities, though of course I don’t condone it (either the occupation or the violent response) and I know Kyle doesn’t either (NSFW/H)...



...and there is at least the possibility of a mass exodus from the U.S. House with the ’26 elections looming, and one of those calling it quits is Repug Rep Troy Nehls of Texas, who once said here that, if he were alive during Biblical times, Charlie Kirk would have been the 13th disciple – a pretty good response to the attempt to sanitize what Kirk actually said and did is here...



...and Mike Figueredo of The Humanist Report brings us more on the TN-07 U.S. special election (vote is tomorrow) between Repug Matt Van Epps and Dem Aftyn Behn...I think you can indeed measure how close this race truly is by the degree of absolute absurdity in the “oppo” stuff that is being dug up against Behn...and yes, I know how this pattern usually goes, especially down south (race is close, RNC and like groups drop millions in attack ads all over the place, Repug wins in a walk), but we’ll see if that holds up again this time around (I often wonder where this country would be if independent voters truly did their homework from election to election and didn’t just vote based on “vibes,” which I think happens way too often)...great point by Figueredo about how all of the gerrymandering BS could backfire on the Repugs (and I’m not going to give Carville any credit because he has been WAAAY LATE on the issues that matter and spent years talking/writing smack about progressives, to say nothing of those idiotic remarks earlier this year about Dems doing nothing in response to the utter economic collapse of this country...NSFW/H also)...



...and Mr. Newberger provides a response to our (perhaps) war criminal in charge of the DoD (more here)...



Update 12/2/25: Uh oh, it looks like "Whiskey Pete" screwed the metaphorical pooch (here).

...and I’ll be honest – given the utter awfulness of our ruling regime, I went back and forth on whether or not I should include the seasonal selections I put up here right about now, but in the end, I decided that I’m not going to let these SOBs ruin my holiday (that’s my position at this moment), so I’m just going to include them as per usual.