Friday Stuff

John and Jessica Burbank tell us of someone involved in the 1/6 insurrection who was sentenced to 7 years in prison, and the family of this person wants Combover Caligula to be sentenced also (yep, them and about a hundred or so million other people at least, I would guess...great catch by Burbank on Edward Bernays, by the way)...



...and when it comes to the bottom feeders who cheer on the moral and intellectual decay of this country that led to the 1/6 riot (as well as other awful consequences), this Daily Show clip tells us that there’s no separation between “Tuckums” and his far right pals and David Duke and the KKK (and there’s no separation with this Hungarian autocrat either)...



...and if, after watching those CPAC nut jobs give Viktor Orban a standing “O” for invoking racial purity, you STILL want to turn the crazy meter up higher, I give you this from that loon Lauren Boebert, who says that an assault weapons ban will lead to eating dogs (oy!)...



...and Beau discusses former White House Counsel under Trump Pat Cipollone getting a subpoena (trying to get to one of the main sources of this insanity) – I thought these points were particularly interesting: 1) The DOJ usually defends executive privilege as opposed to going after a member of the executive branch that invokes privilege in withholding testimony (so, partly for that reason, they’ll know how to get through Cipollone’s arguments against testifying on certain points); and 2) The fact that the DOJ is looking at Cipollone DEFINITELY means they’re looking at the Gropenfuhrer also...



...and Sam and Emma of The Majority Report discuss that corrupt U.S. Senate Repug guttersnipe RoJo trying to cut Social Security – GREAT analysis...



...and I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History,” and I know I’m REALLY late with this since I originally included this video on 7/31/11, but I think it’s pretty timely given the prior clip...Bernie Sanders talks about Chucky and Dave Koch doing their demonic best to try and dismantle Social Security (more here...and it’s just Chucky now of course, though, given his funding against efforts to combat climate change, he wants to help burn down the whole damn planet, not just seniors in this country who would be made to work until 70 at least if Koch had his way)...



Update 8/7/22: More here.

...and I’m going out of order again with putting up Second Thought videos, but I’m doing that because it has a lot to do with what I posted about here, with the title of “Why Are Dems Funding Far-Right Candidates?” (and I’m sure the other side has been doing comparable stuff for awhile, but that doesn’t justify the scheme as far as I’m concerned)...unfortunately, I think he makes a great point about how, when capitalism fails, it’s replaced by fascism and not socialism, as we saw with Hitler and Mussolini around WWII of course, and how Dems are, arguably, playing into that with that ridiculous strategy to support Trumper lunatic Doug Mastriano and his wretched ilk...another terrific analysis of our political and economic structure in this country IMO – the goal of the political class (including our bought-and-paid-for corporate media) is to preserve the wretched status quo for our economic class, ultimately – maybe not a “news flash” but important to consider all the same...



...and given the temperature in these parts, I think this tune definitely fits...please keep hydrated and look out for anyone you know of who could be oppressed by the heat (elderly, homebound, kids, pets, etc.).

Wednesday Stuff

This clip form More Perfect Union tells us about a potential rail strike that could affect about 115,000 workers; the Biden Administration is trying its hand at mediation to arrive at a contract that would avert a work stoppage (definitely not a good result for most of us while trying to head off a recession, but it’s still important to support the workers striking for equitable pay, time off, benefits, safer working conditions, etc...there is a history behind rail strikes of course – the illustration above shows the U.S. Army breaking up the 1893 Pullman Strike...the work action ultimately led to the signing into law of recognition of Labor Day by President Grover Cleveland the following year, as noted here...probably a few weeks early in pointing this out I know)...



...and Farron Cousins tells us about the DCCC and other like-minded organizations using their funds to hype election-denying pro-MAGA candidates (“gobsmacking” and “dunderheaded” doesn’t even begin to describe this as far as I’m concerned; I had a lot more to say about this here)...



...and it seems that TX guv Greg Abbott was busy at a Huntsville fundraiser hosted by his pal Jeff Bradley after the Uvalde school massacre (and Bradley got a little bitchy when questioned about it apparently – Ana with Jessica Burbank...more here)...



...and David Pakman tells us about Kansas – Kansas! – voters defeating an anti-abortion amendment...I pretty much agree with Pakman’s coverage here, since I’ve seen pretty much the same anecdotal analysis elsewhere also – you can be sure that the other side is going to look at this and try to change their messaging for future upcoming contests on this issue, but it’s pretty damn hard to get around the inescapable fact that the “shadow docket” SCOTUS took away a hard-earned right enjoyed by nearly half of this country for about the last 50 years...



...and keeping with the theme of the prior clip, Sam and Emma and the Majority Report crew discuss the consequences of the Dobbs ruling in polling data so far, also considering the good news from Kansas last night, though nothing is “written in stone” of course as the panel says; they may be correct that, tragically, more stories of women probably dying of sepsis from untreated ectopic pregnancies will emerge, combined with the likelihood that that will impact public polling and support for abortion...still unbelievable that we’ve reached this barbaric state in this country, but the fundamentalist nut jobs have been itching for this fight for 50 years – now let them live with the result...and yeah, GREAT point that “Caribou Barbie” once railed about “death panels” from Obamacare – well, what the hell do you call what we have now based on this...highlighting the following below...

...here is the video...



...and happy birthday to the incomparable Tony Bennett.

Tuesday Stuff

Farron Cousins tells us about Our Treasonous Orange Pustule of a Former *President deciding to bury his first wife on his golf course in NJ for tax breaks...Bedminster to be exact; I’ve given up thinking “oh well, he can’t go any lower than this,” because he always ends up proving me wrong - wonder if you have to take a penalty stroke if your ball hits the marker?...



...and Don Winslow recently produced another great video on the Georgia U.S. Senate contest between Dem incumbent Raphael Warnock and Repug challenger Herschel Walker (to help Warnock, click here – Walker needs help also, but more of a medical variety I would say having nothing to do with a job in public service)...



...and John, Jessica Burbank and Ramesh Srinivasan discuss an anti-oil company ad; yep, these price-gouging criminals are more responsible for inflation than anyone else (and let’s not forget the horrible SCOTUS ruling in the West Virginia case, as noted here, and how trying to emasculate the EPA from regulating pollution plays into this)...



...and David Pakman tells us about that OAN loon Alison Steinberg pleading for libs to watch her channel, given that her trash network has been pretty much de-platformed by all the major telcos by now – couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch...



...and Sam and Emma and the crew from The Majority Report tell us about Trudy Busch Valentine running in the Dem U.S. Senate primary from Missouri (vote is today), who apparently doesn’t know what Citizens United is...just say “oops” and get out (support Lucas Kunce instead)...



Update: Busch Valentine won - ugh!

...and Beau gives us his take on Biden taking out Ayman al-Zawahiri (here)...yes, there are always going to be unintended consequences when stuff like this happens, but Beau makes a hell of a good argument IMO for killing this absolutely horrible bad actor in that region...



...and Brian Tyler Cohen gives us an excerpt of Job Stewart talking to Chuck Todd about U.S. Senate Repugs voting down the PACT Act, in particular "Cancun" Cruz; I believe the “party of Lincoln” will indeed come back to this and help pass the bill, given how mercilessly they’re getting roasted on this, which is completely deserved (NSFW/H, with a GREAT finish by Cohen IMO)...



Update: The bill finally passed - and that worthles POS Toomey STILL VOTED NO!!

...and with the thermometer ticking upward again, I'm in the mood for a beach tune, so here goes.

Monday Stuff

I think the title of this Don Winslow video says it all – 7 Years, No Indcitment...



...and as long as the Gropenfuhrer remains free to walk among non-criminals, he poses a threat to our way of life, as Thom Hartmann tells us...kudos to Hartmann for continuing to point out how Our Ochre Abomination was motivated by the former leader of Nazi Germany (including the threat to put “undesirables” in internment camps...great stuff from Hartmann here also)...



...and Brian Tyler Cohen gives us a clip of Dem Ohio U.S. House Rep (and Senate candidate) Tim Ryan blasting the “party of Lincoln” over their opposition to the CHIPS Act (Bri-Fi voted Yes because he’s not a total idiot, despite his other issues...to do something about him, click here – more here)...



...and speaking of Republicans Behaving Badly, this from Meidas Touch tells us about members of the “party of Lincoln” currently blocking the PACT Act in the U.S. Senate (more here)...



...and John and Jayar tell us about Matt Gaetz making fun of pro-abortion activist Olivia Julianna – an update appears below (kudos)...

In the same week I raise $2 million for abortion funds, I get to stand alongside such fierce advocates like @JasmineForUS @CandaceValenTX and a true Texas legend @wendydavis.

Texas women will not stand for this. We are fighting back, and we will win. pic.twitter.com/3hJ0MUA0EI

— Olivia Julianna 🗳 (@0liviajulianna) July 31, 2022

...and Ana K., Rayyvana and Mark Thompson of TYT discuss Josh Hawley’s screed about masculinity, as if Hawley would have the first clue about that (GREAT point about what a joke the “fidelity” thing is given that Hawley was fronting for Mango Mussolini, he of the many women suing him for all manner of sexual misconduct)...



...and this next clip pays tribute to someone who stood for something that Hawley and his ilk will never be, and that is truly a role model – RIP Nichelle Nichols, who of course portrayed Lt. Uhura on “Star Trek: The Original Series” (clip is from “The Search For Spock,” which I think had some inspired moments, but also some other stuff that required suspending belief, to be kind...and also, though he and the Celtics beat the Sixers pretty regularly, I have to pay tribute to Bill Russell as well, who truly was a warrior, you might say)...



...and I don't think the first clip in this post required much of an explanation, and I believe the same holds true for this fairly current musical selection.

Sunday Stuff

John I. and Abelina Sabrina of The Damage Report tell us about Chick-Fil-A putting up a posting on social media advertising a job that pays in sandwiches in lieu of actual money...not surprised that this is illegal, but it’s also laughably ridiculous given that company’s profitability and alleged religiosity...



...and Sam and Emma of The Majority Report tell us about “Strip Search Sammy” Alito taking a victory lap of sorts over the Dobbs SCOTUS ruling that eviscerated Roe (and yeah, I guess those in attendance, in lieu of laughing or applauding, could have just rattled their jewelry and that would have been good enough...yep, Alito sure turned the cringe meter up to 11, didn’t he...more here...and yes, I linked to this on Friday I know)...



...and I had to include this clip from David Doel also about John Fetterman’s contest with Mehmet (“CALL ME DOCTOR, DAMMIT!”) Oz, who apparently went on a European vacation while Fetterman expanded his lead...yes, this is encouraging, but as Doel points out, we have a loooong way to go until November, and the “party of Lincoln” can run a whole bunch of BS attack ads until then, but as long a Fetterman keeps driving the narrative, that will put him in a good position (and that indeed is a lesson for other Dem candidates...and kudos to Little Steven of course too...to help, click here - mildly NSFW/H)...



...and there’s a possibility of rain in these parts for overnight, but other than that, I think the title of this tune fits for the temperature at the moment.