Friday Stuff (updates)

(If you don't speak out against them, Bri-Fi, then you're complicit in these acts from the people in your party.)

To begin, Trae Crowder tells us about the sick, twisted scheme of Repug Guvs Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron #DeathSantis of Florida to fly 50 illegal immigrants from Texas to Florida to Martha’s Vineyard, with Abbott apparently flying some also to D.C. to the residence of VP Kamala Harris (mildly NSFW/H)...I mean, I know it’s not a news flash to point out how depraved conservatives are, but imagine being told that there’s a job for you in Boston, then you fly about 3-4 hours, and then get dropped off on an island where you don’t know ANYBODY, and you’re left to walk for about 3 miles to shelter (and the people living on the island don’t know you’re coming)...I’ve also read estimates that this cruel idiocy cost Florida taxpayers about $8 million and Texans $12 million (Update below: For #DeathSantis, this cost about $613K from a $12 M fund)...more on this here, here, here, here, here, and here...I also read that Charlie Crist, running against #DeathSantis for FLA governor, is going to ask the Justice Department to investigate since this is human trafficking...to help, click here...



...and Ana and John tell us about the Feds seizing the cell phone of cracked-out pillow guy Mike Lindell...c’est dommage, wingnut – yeah, what does it tell you about Lindell that all he had to do was wipe his phone, but he wasn’t even smart enough to think of that...



...and remind me to NEVER visit Florence County, South Carolina...at least, not if I can help it, because the cops might try to stomp my head in while they yell at me to “stop resisting” (yeah, it was a little odd for that guy to be filming the building, but he wasn’t breaking any law, apparently, and he was on public property)...David Shuster tells us more...



...and Beau tells us that “Dark Brandon” struck again, apparently averting a national rail strike, with the estimable help of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh (and Bernie Sanders standing up for workers again here)...



...and Thom Hartmann talks about the lady in Louisiana who was pregnant with the fetus that didn’t have a skull (I know I mentioned this previously) and how she could have been impacted by Huckleberry Graham’s potential nationwide abortion ban...and I haven’t heard anything from Silent Brian on this either (and I’m DEFINITELY not holding out much for Chuck Schumer to do what he’s supposed to as well)...



...and the very latest from Second Thought asks Why Is College So Expensive (and yep, the line goes straight back to The Sainted Ronnie R and Tricky Dick - more here...”If you think that ‘woke culture’ is what’s suppressing free speech on college campuses, consider how much more it hurts free speech to keep millions of working class Americans out of the conversation entirely.”...as I watched this clip, I recalled all of the trash columns J.D. Mullane wrote for the Bucks County Courier Times making fun of a liberal arts education...I don’t know if he’s still cranking out that drivel, but if he is, I wouldn’t be surprised)...



....and I’ve had this kicking around for a little while, and I really should get to it now – Hollywood actress Marsha Hunt recently passed away at 104, and the clip below tells us about her commendable activism while the studio system reigned and they really discouraged her from standing up...



...and speaking of activism (and with the Trae Crowder clip in mind along with the linked articles on the immigrant/MVY debacle), I thought the following tune from Jackson Browne and Sangre Machehual was appropriate for the occasion.



Update 1: I think DHS has ended up with a bit of egg on its face over this sick, cruel stunt from #DeathSantis and Abbott, but after watching this clip, I think one message should be loud and clear to these two; time to lawyer up, assholes!

Update 2: So #DeathSantis paid a firm $615,000 for relocation, huh? (here). That rounds off to $12,300 per refugee, as Charlie Crist says. Curious to know what Florida taxpayers think of THAT.

Update 3: Oh, OK...so, before we pile onto DHS, Ryan Grim reports that #DeathSantis TOLD the immigrants to change their addresses for USCIS (here...I probably should have picked that out earlier from the clip, but Grim did fortunately).

I think we’re getting to the point with this story where the U.N. Commission on Human Rights needs to weigh in.

Update 4: I know it shouldn’t come as a news flash that conservatives are monumentally bigoted and STOO-PID. However, the total shitposting about Martha’s Vineyard in the wake of this stunt from #DeathSantis and Abbott is plummeting to new lows even for them. And just about everything they say can be easily disproven by some of the easiest Google searches in recorded human history...too damn many to list here.