Friday Stuff

Kyle Kulinksi tells us about an Irish politician putting “Bibi” on blast over his latest murderous Gaza incursion...and I guess, when we see awful stories like this, we’re not even supposed to care anymore? If so, what concentric circle of hell are we actually living in?

Yeah, let’s just reward this butcher with an address before a joint session of Congress (here). What’s the dif, right? (NSFW/H)...



...and Sam and Emma of The Majority Report discuss Portland, Oregon nurse Monica Johnston, who worked with a team inside Gaza to try and treat Palestinians who have been blown to pieces...this clip should be required viewing for everyone in this country (including this guy)...



...and I know I’ve kind of dumped on Sharon Reed a bit in the past to be honest because I don’t think she’s brought a lot to the table with her videos, but I think she does good work here presenting the utterly ruinous bill to despoil thousands of acres of public lands for mining presented by the beyond-wretched Paul Gosar of Arizona, and Reed contrasts that with great work by Katie Porter, presenting an amendment that would ensure accountability to the Repugs’ typically awful bill...she kind of gets in a dig at corpora-Dems at the end, but I’m OK with that because she’s basically right (and this is more "on the nose" lunatic behavior from Gosar also)...



...and Beau lets us know that scandal-plagued-Dem Bob Menendez of New Jersey will run for another term in the U.S. Senate as an independent, now that Andy Kim has won the nod to run as the Dem (here)...if this move ends up splitting the vote enough to actually hand this seat to a Repug and Dems lose the Senate, Menendez should be publicly tarred and feathered...



...and it looks like Judge Winebox made a fool of herself yet again, claiming that President Biden supposedly was looking for an invisible chair to sit down during the D-Day proceedings yesterday or thereabouts, when in reality (if you let the video play out a few more seconds), he, President Macron of France and others were about to do the same thing when Defense Secretary Austin got ready to speak...yeah, there’s definitely no bar too low when it comes to trying to tar #46 with made-up nonsense (David Doel tells us about it...”commander-AND-chief??” Huh???...also NSFW/H)...



...and this clip from More Perfect Union discusses how a private equity company took over the Alamo Drafthouse movie theaters and led to ruinous consequences, though there have been positive developments on the organizing front, with theater workers in New York and Colorado voting to join a union...



...and I wish we had a commentator in this country who can “bring it” like Jonathan Pie “across the pond” does...he lets us know what an abysmal record the Tories have on immigration, among other issues (yet another NSFW/H clip)...



...and I think this is an appropriate seasonal selection – hope you’re able to enjoy nice weather wherever you are.

Thursday Stuff

Even though I’m definitely not a fan of this network, I thought this was a pretty well done clip to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion during World War II...more here (I think the editorializing runs on a bit at the end of the video, though, to be honest)...



...and I thought this was a well-done CBC report on the observance...



...and yes, I liked this Lincoln Project ad, though the problem with that group as far as I’m concerned is that they still seem to believe in these mythical “Eisenhower Republicans” who haven’t existed for decades...don’t try telling Repugs to do the right thing, because they won’t; VOTE ALL OF THEM THE HELL OUT OF OFFICE!!!...



...and turning to more contemporary military matters, Beau tells us that Generalissimo Trump’s new campaign promise is to basically get rid of the generals...among Beau’s many good points is the fact that being “woke” is pretty much a necessity when embedded with indigenous overseas populations, since you’ll need these folks for intelligence...yes, we need to fight Our Treasonous Orange Nightmare with all the lawful means at our disposal, but he has a long way to go to try and bend our government to his foul instincts (doesn’t mean he won’t try, of course)...



...and Thom Hartmann tells us that it looks like Combover Caligula could be on the hook for about $454 mil to New York state from (alleged!) fraud and ongoing litigation; Thom also asks some good questions about putting up the bond for #45’s various legal escapades...definitely need to “follow the money” a lot more closely when it comes to Our Treasonous Orange Pustule (And Convicted Felon)...



...and Jesse Dollemore introduces us to somebody named Julie Green, claiming to speak for The Almighty; she is all full of righteous indignation over the guilty verdict in the Stormy Daniels hush money payoff case...I wouldn’t even imagine tempting fate like she does, but apparently the crazy train has already left the station (slightly NSFW/H)...



...but you’d better not tell Green and her fellow sycophants about the post-conviction polling, which has nothing but bad news for Bronzer Beelzebub (Farron Cousins discusses the findings)...we still have over five months to go in the campaign and it’s going to be a fight every step of the way, and unfortunately voters tend to forget...just need to reinforce the bad messaging on #45 with good messaging on “No Malarkey Joe” (and speaking of our lackey for "Vlad The Butcher," let's not let this get the "memory hole" treatment concerning Murdoch Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich)...



...and I thought this tune was appropriate for today's anniversary.

Wednesday Stuff

Robert Reich tells us about some important SCOTUS-related history on rulings that have led to corporations acquiring outsized influence in our elections, at the expense of voters victimized by the equally awful Shelby County v. Holder decision, to say nothing of the rest of us (knowing our Philistines in robes, I’m sure more legal atrocities will be forthcoming, and believe me when I tell you that I want to be wrong)...



...and Chris Hayes discusses U.S. Senate Repugs lining up behind Our Treasonous Orange Pestilence (And 34-Count Convicted Felon), as well as the response to Maryland Repug U.S. Senate candidate Larry Hogan when he tried to find what I guess you could call some kind of a diplomatic way to address #45’s criminality (to ensure that this vitally important U.S. Senate seat remains in Democratic hands, click here)...



Update: Absolutely beyond belief, even for these troglodytes in "the world's greatest deliberative body" (here).

...and I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 6/5/17...as noted here, there was a particularly horrific terror attack on London Bridge on 6/3 that year, but true to form, our brave Brit friends tracked down those responsible, meted out justice, and carried on (such attacks occurred with frightening frequency leading up the events of 6/3...I put up this video at the time, and I’d just like to include it again as a tribute to the land from which we’ve just returned, and that goes for the people too of course)...



...and don’t look now, but our neighbor to the south just elected a progressive woman as president, and apparently someone pretty eco-friendly also...would that we would do the same...and by the way, AMLO is this guy (slightly NSFW/H)...



...and David Doel informs us here that “Bibi” and his bloodthirsty Israeli pals have been using fake online accounts to influence opinion on their latest incursion into Gaza (particularly aimed at U.S. lawmakers)...yeah, as the “X” poster said, if Russia, North Korea or Iran had done this, there’d be plenty of outrage, but likely bupkes since it’s coming from our “ally”...



...and happy belated 80th birthday to Roger Ball of the Average White Band.

Tuesday Stuff

Ali Velshi gives us a bit of a history lesson on immigration going back about 100 years or so...“America must be kept American” according to President Coolidge in ’23, keeping out Asians more than any other group, though they weren’t the only ones...Velshi uses some pretty solid economic arguments to support his claim as to how necessary immigration is to maintain our quality of life in this country, aside from the arguments about altruism and basic human decency...important to remind us all about this while the “party of Lincoln,” led by their convicted felon of a presidential candidate, screeches exactly the opposite...didn’t see Velshi’s follow-up segment (and BTW, The Great Depression didn't hit until 1929)...



...and John and Yasmin Khan tell us that “the land of the yellow rose” is trying to get laws passed mandating the death penalty for abortions despite polling to the contrary, along with a ban on in vitro fertilization, and also requiring bible study for elementary school kids...The Eternal Molly Ivins once referred to Greg Abbott-stan as the breeding ground for bad government, or words to that effect, and I see absolutely nothing that would make me change my opinion on that (more here)...



...and Trae Crowder informs us that the wingnuts are still contorting themselves to try and justify the actions of Our Treasonous Orange Pustule – more here ("All pride, no shame - what else needs to be said" indeed...NSFW/H)...



...and Anthony Vincent Gallo (I think that's his name) of Occupy Democrats reminds us that litigation is still ongoing across multiple states concerning the fake electors scheme in ’20...even though our beyond a joke “fourth estate” is paying little heed to that story as well as others that cast the “R” party in a negative light, we need to be mindful of this heinous garbage...



...but if you’re in the mood for news that’s actually good (and who isn’t), Farron Cousins tells us that Minnesota just passed a law making book bans illegal, as opposed to the idiocy going on in red states...



...and I have only this to say to the son of Repug U.S. House rep John Rose; a grateful nation thanks you :- )...I wouldn’t be surprised if someone approaches him with an offer for a late-night talk show after this...



...and Beau gives us an update on Marjorie Traitor Greene’s antics during the hearing with Dr. Fauci, to say nothing of Greene’s same-party playmates...one of Beau's many good points is that, if the “lab leak theory” stuff was somehow ever proven to be right, then #45 withholding funds from the WHO to try and contain the leak makes Dementia J. Trump look even MORE culpable...



...and I thought this was kind of a dreamier newer tune, which works for the summer as far as I’m concerned (and I’ll be getting into more seasonal selections before long).

Monday Stuff

Jesse Dollemore brings us the sorry tale of MAGA freaks losing it in NYC after the verdict against Mango Mussolini, in which the convicted felon was found guilty on all 34 counts in a hush money election- year payoff to Stormy Daniels...and isn’t it precious for the guy to claim that we should love everyone while also saying “go ‘f’ yourself and your mother” (NSFW/H)...



Update 6/7/24: I see the YouTube "sensibility police" have struck again for the prior clip, which they seem to be doing with ever-greater frequency...ridiculous.

...and Brian Tyler Cohen lets us know that some of the same execrable bipeds I just alluded to are, predictably, trying to dox Judge Merchan, Alvin Bragg, and the trial jurors (Marc Elias is absolutely right about trying to get everyone to tamp down the violent rhetoric, but yeah, good luck with that...and in the matter of how #45’s conviction may affect his polling, I think this is food for thought...this too)...



Update: This too.

...and when it comes to wingnut BS, David Shuster blows up some typically incorrect talking points, specifically related to crime as well as the economy, which is actually doing well under “Dark Brandon”...



...and Mike Figueredo gives us more reasons why every single goddamn Democrat should oppose AIPAC, particularly since that group also embraces Trumpsters, but good luck with that also...of all of the members of “the squad” seeking re-election, Jamaal Bowman and especially Cori Bush have the biggest fights on their hands (Schumer’s “we stand with Israel” clip with “MAGA Mike” made me want to puke, as did Nikki Haley’s little “bomb” message)...I think Figueredo goes a little hard on Jill Biden to be honest, but yeah, I have to admit that he does have a bit of a point (NSFW/H also)...



...and the following clip from More Perfect Union discusses what it’s really like to work at Apple...looks like a facility in Towson, MD voted to join a union a couple of years ago, but the company is dragging its feet every way possible to avoid entering into serious negotiations, even to the point of proposing new benefits but saying, “well, because you have this union here, we can’t implement these benefits,” which is illegal as hell according to Biden’s NLRB (one of the many reasons to support #46 is that none of us can imagine how corrupt that agency would be in a disastrous return of Our Treasonous Orange Pestilence)..



...and you can chalk this up as another newer tune I’ve been meaning to get to – kind of a nice, little tribute clip, and we find out the details at the end.