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  1. stumbler

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    Its a good laugh to me when trolls that stalk your every post call you a "camp follower."
     
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    [QUOTE="stumbler, post: 14952809, member: 36538"]Traitor Tubervilng (and anyone who supports him) is still holding about 11 four star generals but the Senate can vote for their promotions one at a time if they have to. But once he finally caved on his grandstanding stunt it only took the Senate a matter of a few hours to approve about 430 promotions.



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    FILE - Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks to reporters as he and other senators arrive at the chamber for votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Tuberville announced on Tuesday, Dec. 5, that he’s ending his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, following heavy criticism from many of his colleagues in the Senate and clearing the way for hundreds to be approved. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate in a single stroke Tuesday approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a monthslong blockade of nominations over his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy.

    Tuberville had been under pressure from members of both sides of the political aisle to end his holds as senators complained about the toll it was taking on service members and their families, and on military readiness.

    President Joe Biden called the Senate's action long overdue and said the military confirmations should never have been held up.


    “In the end, this was all pointless. Senator Tuberville, and the Republicans who stood with him, needlessly hurt hundreds of servicemembers and military families and threatened our national security — all to push a partisan agenda. I hope no one forgets what he did,” Biden said in a statement released by the White House.

    Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer teed up the military confirmations for a vote just a few hours after Tuberville emerged from a closed-door lunch with fellow GOP senators and told reporters he’s “not going to hold the promotions of these people any longer.” He said holds would continue, however, for about 11 of the highest-ranking military officers, those who would be promoted to what he described as the four-star level or above.

    There were 451 military officers affected by the holds as of Nov. 27. It’s a stance that had left key national security positions unfilled and military families with an uncertain path forward.

    Tuberville was blocking the nominations in opposition to Pentagon rules that allow travel reimbursement when a service member has to go out of state to get an abortion or other reproductive care. The Biden administration instituted the new rules after the Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to an abortion, and some states have limited or banned the procedure.

    “Well, certainly we’re encouraged by the news,” Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said at a briefing Tuesday. “We continue to stay engaged with Senator Tuberville in the Senate directly, to urge that all holds on all our general flag officer nominations be lifted.”

    Critics said that Tuberville’s tactics were a mistake because he was blocking the promotions of people who had nothing to do with the policy he opposed.

    “Why are we punishing American heroes who have nothing to with the dispute?” said Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska. “Remember, we are against the Biden abortion travel policy. But why are we punishing people who have nothing to do with the dispute and if they get confirmed can’t fix it? No one has had an answer for that question because there is no answer.”

    For months, many of the military officers directly impacted by Tuberville’s holds declined to speak out, for fear any comments would be seen as political. But as the pressures on their lives and the lives of the officers serving under them increased, they began to speak about how the uncertainty surrounding their next move was impacting not only them, but their children and spouses.

    They talked about how some of their most talented junior officers were going to get out of the military because of the instability they saw around them, and they talked about how having to perform multiple roles because of so many vacancies was putting enormous additional stress on an already overworked military community.


    The issue came to a head when U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith suffered a heart attack in October, just two days after he’d talked about the stress of the holds at a military conference.

    “We can’t continue to do this to these good families. Some of these groups that are all for these holds, they haven’t thought through the implication of the harm it’s doing to real American families,” said Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa.

    In response to the holds, Democrats had vowed to take up a resolution that would allow the Senate to confirm groups of military nominees at once during the remainder of the congressional term, but Republicans worried that the change could erode the powers of the minority in the Senate.

    Tuberville emerged from his meeting with GOP colleagues, saying “all of us are against a rule change in the Senate.” He was adamant that “we did the right thing for the unborn and for our military” by fighting back against executive overreach. He expressed no regrets, but admitted “we didn't get as much out of it as we wanted.”

    “The only opportunity you got to get the people on the left up here to listen to you in the minority is to put a hold on something, and that’s what we did,” Tuberville said. “We didn’t get the win that we wanted. We’ve still got a bad policy.”

    In the end, Schumer said Tuberville ended up failing to get anything he wanted and held it out as a warning to others who might attempt similar efforts in the future to undo policies they oppose.

    “The senior senator from Alabama has nothing to show for his 10 months of delay. No law is changing in any way," Schumer said.


    Sen. Jack Reed, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said after the vote that the first thing he wanted to do was to apologize to the hundreds of officers whose promotions were stalled.

    “We have to recognize in the future, we can never do this again,” Reed said.



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    You may have seen some treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans trying to claim Traitor Tuberville had lots of support for holding our military hostage over his grandstanding ego and personal religious beliefs. But of course that was just a lie.




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    A compromise version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) reached by negotiators in the House and Senate dropped an amendment to block the Pentagon’s policy providing paid leave to service members who travel for an abortion.

    A draft version of the NDAA unveiled Thursday by the Senate and House Armed Services committees says House Republicans who passed the amendment over the summer agreed to drop the provision.

    The Defense Department’s policy, in addition to providing paid leave, reimburses travel costs for service members who need to travel for an abortion service.


    That policy was passed in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade case, which enshrined abortion rights across the country.

    But it led to furious anger on the right and a 10-month hold on more than 400 military promotions by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), who finally dropped his blockade this week on most of the officers.

    House Republicans passed the amendment to the NDAA along with several other contentious provisions on cultural battles in July.

    Dropping the amendment may lead to resistance to the NDAA in the House, especially among more conservative representatives.

    But lawmakers must reach a consensus with the Democratic-controlled Senate if they want to pass the Defense bill on time.

    Congress approved a short-term funding bill last month that keeps the Pentagon funded temporarily until February.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/defense-bill-drops-amendment-blocking-161249243.html
     
  3. stumbler

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    This is what happens when treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans go on TV and get their lies challenged. They end up looking like babbling fools. Which is something we see a lot around here.



    Sen. Ron Johnson Squirms When CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Asks Him To Back Up Claim
    Lee Moran
    Tue, December 12, 2023 at 5:57 AM MST·2 min read
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    CNN’s Kaitlan Collins made Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) flounder when she challenged him to provide evidence for his claim about Democrats on Monday’s episode of “The Source.”

    Johnson claimed Democrats had done the same “repeatedly in all kinds of different states“ during a back-and-forth about the 10 Wisconsin Republicans who, in 2020, served as fake electors for former President Donald Trump, who last week settled a lawsuit brought by the state’s legitimate electors in which they acknowledged President Joe Biden won the election.

    Those Republicans “did nothing different than what many Democrats have done in many states throughout our history,” Johnson argued.


    “They certainly did, senator,” Collins responded. “There were multiple slates of fake electors, including in your home state. They’re acknowledging that they were playing a role in trying to improperly overturn the election. That’s what they said.”

    Trump-loving Johnson, though, called it a “nuisance lawsuit” and again insisted Democrats have also declared themselves electors in several states.

    “Which ones, sir?” asked Collins.

    “I’m not prepared to give you the exact states, but it’s happened repeatedly. It has happened repeatedly. Just go check the books,” he replied.

    “Which books?” Collins fired back.

    Johnson floundered before telling Collins, “This wasn’t what this interview was gonna be about. I’ll come in, and I’ll provide you the information, but I’m absolutely certain about that.”

    “I look forward to your office sending that information,” Collins replied. “We’ll publish it if it’s accurate.”




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  4. silkythighs

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    Hitler believed the Fuhrer’s word was law; when he changed his mind, public policy changed. Amd only he had the ability to express the will of the nation and to satisfy the desires of the masses. Giving him the sole authority to solve the nation’s problems.

    Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer – "One People, One Empire, One Leader"

    Sound a lot like Trump and his trumptards.
     
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  5. stumbler

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    We see this here all day every day. Treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans will believe anything.


    Zelensky had to smack down debunked conspiracy theories at Capitol Hill meeting: Senator

    Sarah K. Burris
    December 12, 2023 3:08PM ET


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    Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) told reporters that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky faced off against conspiracy theories while meeting members of Congress Tuesday — including one that he used aid from the United States to buy a $75 million yacht.

    The Associated Press reported in September that a conspiracy theory broke out on social media when someone posted a YouTube video claiming "Ukrainian President Zelensky uses proxies to hide ownership of two yachts worth $75,000,000."

    The account hasn't posted any other videos. According to the BBC, the source was "very suspect" and has no other presence anywhere online.

    The company selling the yachts also confirmed to the AP that it wasn't true.

    “We can confirm that the yacht has not been sold and therefore remains for sale," the company's spokesperson, Nicci Perides, told the AP.

    ALSO READ: Mention ‘Liz Cheney 2024’ and things get very, very awkward on Capitol Hill

    But the conspiracy that spread online is now apparently influencing whether or not Republicans will back Zelensky's request for funds necessary to continue fighting off Russia.

    Fox reporter Chad Pergram paraphrased Tillis saying in passing that, "It was helpful that President Zelensky focused on some of the myths around yachts being bought with the money coming from the United States."

    Tillis went on to say that he and others are aware of what is happening on the ground in Ukraine and he is confident that the money is being sent properly. He cautioned that if lawmakers failed to support Ukraine, the U.S. would be spending a lot more money if they walked away from them.



    https://www.rawstory.com/ukraine-funding-republican-conspiracy-theories/
     
  6. stumbler

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    Treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans just can't stop saying the quiet part out loud and revealing their true motives.



    'Trump 2024, baby!' GOP congressman blurts out motive for Biden inquiry

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    December 13, 2023 1:56PM ET


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    A Republican congressman was caught on camera giving away his real goal at the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

    Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), one of Donald Trump's strongest allies in the U.S. House, was asked Tuesday on Capitol Hill what he hopes to gain from the inquiry into the president and his family's business dealings, and video obtained by Rolling Stone shows him appearing to admit it's political theater.

    “All I can say is: Donald J. Trump 2024, baby!” Nehls replied.



    Rolling Stone contacted Nehls, who suggested Trump as a potential House speaker after Kevin McCarthy was ousted, for comment, and he was a bit more reserved than he was in the video.

    Republicans, “Will follow the rule of law and go where the facts lead us," he said.


    https://www.rawstory.com/troy-nehls-trump/
     
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      The stupid speaks for the stupid!

      Give us a little squack, Parrot!
       
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    The stupid speaks for the stupid!

    Give us a little squack, Parrot!

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      No thank you! You might get all the others to do that, but I'm no pushover...
       
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  9. shootersa

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    According to the news reports here in new zealand, the house voted 221-212 to investigate biden because the stupid fuck and his stupid son opened their big yaps and all but dared to be investigated.

    The kiwis have little use for biden.
     
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      Kiwis have little use for anyone; they’re a happy little microcosm in and of themselves. Be envious.
       
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      Kiwis are far and away the friendliest people we've met.
       
      shootersa, Dec 15, 2023
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      I'd emigrate in a new york minute if I could figure out how to get them to let me in, and I have family there. It's wonderful. I hope you're having a great time. :)
       
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      We are having the 45th wedding anniversary trip of a lifetime.
      And we already checked, at least generally we meet the requirements to immigrate.
      Guess the kiwis dont talk to the aussies about americans ......:)
       
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  10. stumbler

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    This governing shit is just too hard. Let's just go on vacation. Fuck the country.


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    Congress departs without a deal on Ukraine aid and border security, but Senate will work next week
    STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM
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    Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Senators met earlier with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he issued a plea for Congress to break its deadlock and approve continued wartime funding for Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)













    WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress was departing Washington on Thursday without a deal to pass wartime support for Ukraine, but Senate negotiators and President Joe Biden’s administration were still racing to wrap up a border security compromise to unlock the stalemate before the end of the year.

    The Senate planned to come back next week in hopes of passing the $110 billion package of aid for Ukraine, Israel and other national security and finalizing a deal to place new restrictions on asylum claims at the U.S. border. But the House showed no sign of returning to push the legislation through the full Congress.

    Lawmakers leaving the impasse unresolved through the holidays would mean the Biden administration would have to rely on a dwindling supply of funds for Ukraine. The wartime aid has so far been vital to Ukraine's defending against Russia's invasion, but an emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier Thursday recommitted to his goals in the war.


    Repelling Russia has been one of Biden's chief foreign policy goals. But the Democratic president is facing stiff opposition from Republicans in Congress — both from populist conservatives who no longer want to fund the nearly two-year-old conflict and GOP senators who have been traditional allies to Ukraine's defense but insist that the U.S. also enact policies aimed at cutting the historic number of migrants who are arriving at the U.S. border with Mexico.

    Top Biden administration officials were expected to continue meetings with Senate negotiators in hopes of reaching a deal in principle. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, rescheduled the Senate to return to Washington on Monday to give negotiators more time.

    "We have to get this done,” Schumer said, adding that he would push for a Senate vote on the funding package next week even if an agreement is not in place.


    In an earlier speech on the Senate floor, Schumer said that the deadlock in Congress has left “Putin mocking our resolve.” He cast the decisions facing lawmakers as a potential turning point of history: “There is too much on the line for Ukraine, for America, for Western democracy, to throw in the towel right now."

    But the House ended work and departed for the holidays, with Republican Speaker Mike Johnson showing no sign he will have members return until the second week of January.

    In fact, Johnson’s office sent around a clip from a Zelenskyy interview suggesting aid could wait until the new year.

    Senate Republicans also expressed doubt there was time left this year to both reach an agreement and work through writing the text of legislation, with Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio saying there would be a “revolt” by Republicans if they were forced into a quick vote.

    A core group of Senate negotiators and Biden administration officials were expected to work through the weekend narrowing a list of priorities aimed at curtailing the number of migrants applying for asylum at the U.S. border.

    “We are making progress, I feel more confident today than I did yesterday,” Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona independent who has often been central to Senate deal-making, told The Associated Press.


    Faced with historic numbers of migrants at the U.S. border with Mexico, the White House has negotiated a change to the law that would allow Homeland Security officials to stop migrants from applying for asylum if the number of total crossings exceeded a certain capacity.

    Negotiators have also considered several other policies that resemble those pursued under former President Donald Trump's administration, including detaining people who claim asylum at the border and granting nationwide authority to quickly remove migrants who have been in the U.S. for less than two years.

    Sinema declined to discuss details of the talks but said her aim was to craft a package that has both the policy and funding to “create an orderly, safe, secure and humane process" for seeking asylum or immigrating for “other legal reasons.” She added that negotiators understand they will lose support from wings of both conservatives and progressives, but were aiming to pass the package in the Senate with majorities of both parties.

    “There will probably be folks on the edges of the political spectrum who are not happy with a solution that secures our border, brings order and is humane,” Sinema said.

    In one friction point in talks, the White House has resisted Republican demands to curtail a humanitarian parole program that has allowed tens of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to enter the U.S., often at ports of entry other than the border, according to several people familiar with the talks who discussed them only on the condition of anonymity.

    Still, immigration advocates have been dismayed at the White House's concessions in the talks.

    Sen. Alex Padilla, the California Democrat who has spearheaded Senate resistance to the plans, said he has told Biden “to be careful because Republicans are hellbent on dragging us into harmful policy territory.”

    Congress has struggled for decades to find any agreement on border and immigration policy, yet Republicans argue that the Biden administration opened the door for a policy negotiation both by including border-related funding in the national security package and openly calling for Congress to take up reforms.

    But the complicated and contentious nature of the issue prompted many GOP senators to conclude that there would be no deal for Ukraine aid this year, even as they pledged to prove Putin wrong for doubting U.S. support for Ukraine.

    “Sometimes democracies take a little more time, but the resolve is real,” said Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D.

    Some Democrats fretted that leaving the funding deadlock hanging for weeks could precipitate the deal's collapse.

    “Actions speak louder than words,” said Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/congress-departs-without-deal-ukraine-200448300.html
     
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    Said it many times before, these fucks on both sides of the aisle quit taking care of our business a long time ago.
     
  12. stumbler

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    Son of Republican senator charged with homicide

    Amy Dalrymple, North Dakota Monitor
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    The son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer is now charged with homicide in the death of a Mercer County sheriff’s deputy.

    Ian Cramer, 42, is accused of killing Deputy Paul Martin during a high speed chase on Dec. 6. Cramer initially was charged with manslaughter, but amended court records signed Thursday elevate the charge to homicide while fleeing a peace officer, a class A felony.

    The homicide charge carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, while the manslaughter charge Cramer initially faced carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors also filed additional charges related to illegal drug possession.

    Mercer County State’s Attorney Todd Schwarz said in a motion that he was requesting to file amended charges because of additional evidence.

    Sen. Cramer, R-N.D., has said his son suffers from mental disorders that include paranoia and hallucinations. The Dec. 6 incident began when Cramer’s wife, Kris, took their son to the emergency room because of concerns for their mental health.

    After his mother got out of the vehicle, Ian Cramer got behind the wheel and drove off, according to a statement from Sen. Cramer.

    Ian Cramer fled from law enforcement, reaching speeds of over 100 mph, court records say.

    Martin was preparing to deploy a tire-deflation device to stop the chase. Cramer’s vehicle veered and crashed head-on into Martin’s unoccupied patrol vehicle, according to court records. The patrol vehicle struck Martin, who was standing behind it. Martin was taken by ambulance to Lake Sakakawea Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

    Cramer also is charged with fleeing a peace officer, preventing arrest and reckless endangerment, all felonies. He also faces misdemeanor charges related to the possession of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license.

    A judge previously set his bond at $500,000 cash and ordered a mental health evaluation. A hearing on the amended charges is scheduled for Monday.

    Kevin McCabe, the attorney appointed by the court to represent Cramer, was out of the office Thursday and not available for comment.

    Sen. Cramer has not issued a public statement since his initial statement on Dec. 6. A request for comment to Cramer’s office was not immediately returned.

    Mourners paid tribute to Martin during a funeral Wednesday in Beulah. Martin had an 18-year law enforcement career.

    North Dakota Monitor is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. North Dakota Monitor maintains editorial independence.


    https://www.rawstory.com/kevin-cramer-2666594947/
     
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    Florida judge’s son is a neo-Nazi patron: data leak

    Jordan Green, Investigative Reporter
    December 15, 2023 7:04AM ET





    A 24-year-old man who is the son of a Florida judge purchased a T-shirt supporting a Greek neo-Nazi political party, according to a Raw Story analysis of data leaked from an online store that distributes racist music.

    Stephen Whyte of Bradenton, Fla., confirmed to Raw Story that he purchased a Golden Dawn shirt from the online store Midgård in October 2020. The purchase was made only weeks after a Greek court convicted high-ranking members of the neo-Nazi party, Golden Dawn, of attempted murder and other crimes.

    Stephen Whyte’s father, Matt Whyte, is a circuit court judge in Manatee County, on Florida’s west coast south of Tampa. The leaked customer registry indicates that Stephen Whyte used his parents’ home address to order the T-shirt.

    “This is his son. I ordered the T-shirt in 2020,” Stephen Whyte confirmed in a phone text message to Raw Story.

    ALSO READ: Nazis bullied a conservative Tennessee town. Locals punched back. Trump should be worried.

    After confirming that he bought the Golden Dawn T-shirt in a phone text to Raw Story, Stephen Whyte did not respond to subsequent voicemails and texts seeking an explanation for the purchase.

    Matt Whyte, who hears felony criminal cases in Manatee County, declined to comment through a court spokesperson.

    “As a general practice, no judge answers questions about anything because someone will find it and say, ‘You can’t preside over this case because you’re biased,’” said Donna Rhodes, the public information officer for the 12th Judicial Circuit Court, which includes Manatee County. “Judges need to remain neutral. Because they’re neutral, no one should know their opinion on anything…. The less somebody knows about judges, the better it is. Nobody can say they’re biased.”

    Whyte was appointed to the bench in 2019 by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and ran unopposed in a nonpartisan election to keep his position in 2022.

    The leak last week by AFA Sweden, an anonymous anti-fascist group, made public the names, addresses and phone numbers of thousands of customers of the online shop Midgård, which is based in Sweden.

    ALSO READ: Neo-Nazi leader says he's banned from U.S. military bases

    The manifest includes thousands of customers in the United States who mostly bought recordings of racist bands that play hardcore punk and NSBM, or national socialist black metal. At least one customer purchased an English-language edition of Mein Kampf, the autobiographical manifesto of Adolf Hitler.

    The blue Golden Dawn T-shirt displayed on the Midgård website advertises the item as a way to show support for the neo-Nazi group while pledging that profits from the T-shirt sales go “directly to Golden Dawn in Greece.”

    Stephen Whyte bought the shirt on Oct. 14, 2020, according to the leaked information. His purchase came a week after NPR and other news organizations reported that Golden Dawn was declared to be a criminal organization by a Greek court, and that 68 party members were convicted of crimes that included murder and attempted murder.

    The neo-Nazi party took third place in Greece’s parliamentary elections in 2015 by riding a wave of discontent over the government’s handling of the 2008 global financial crisis.





    But by 2019, revelations about its track record of atrocities, including a near-fatal assault on Egyptian fishermen by Golden Dawn members, and the murder of Pavlos Fyssas — a rapper, hip-hop promoter and antiracist campaigner who performed under the name Killah P — caught up with Golden Dawn. Voters roundly rejected the party in 2019, and during the following year, party leaders found themselves facing long prison sentences.

    It’s not clear whether Whyte is involved in neo-Nazi activity beyond his apparent support for Golden Dawn, and it is also not clear whether he still lives with his parents. According to his Facebook page, he enrolled at State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, in 2017, but it’s unknown whether he was awarded a degree.

    Beginning in December 2019, his Facebook page lists his occupation as “professional poker player,” and a social media post shows him working in his grandparents’ Greek restaurant in December 2020. The restaurant closed last year.


    https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/florida-judge-son-nazi-shirt/
     
  14. stumbler

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    There are two things to note here. First treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans had their chance to vote to convict Trump for his attempted coup and armed violent deadly insurrection. And then they would not have to keep running from him because he would have been barred from holding office again. But the treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans were too gutless to stand up to him.

    And then there is the glaring and just laughable hypocrisy of trying to say we are a nation of laws. That is just a hilarious thing for any of them to say. If they really believed we are a nation of laws Trump would not be leading the treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republican field while he facing 91 criminal indictments. Even after he has already been proven a rapist and fraud in courts of law.

    Any mention of "moral high ground" is also just as funny. Treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans have proven over and over again they have no morels or values. They shit on them, wiped their asses with them, and threw them all away for just one man. Trump.



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    Tue, December 19, 2023 at 4:00 AM MST·4 min read
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    Senate Republicans on Monday recoiled at former President Trump’s comments at a rally in New Hampshire over the weekend, where he said the thousands of immigrants streaming into United States on a daily basis are “poisoning the blood of our country.”

    They also balked at Trump quoting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s criticism of the American political system as a defense against the 91 felony counts he is facing in Washington, D.C., Miami and New York.

    “I think it’s unhelpful rhetoric,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s (Ky.) leadership team, when asked about Trump’s claim that immigrants are “poisoning” the country.


    Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), another member of the Senate GOP leadership team, said, “Obviously, I don’t agree with that.”

    “We’re all children of immigrants,” she said. “It’s just part of his campaign rhetoric, I guess. I don’t know, I can’t explain it.”

    Asked about Trump citing Putin to argue that the criminal charges against him show the “rottenness” of the American system, Capito said: “I can’t be accountable for what he says.”

    Senate Republican Whip John Thune (Ky.), the No. 2-ranking member of the Senate GOP leadership, said Trump’s rhetoric crossed the line, even though he and many Republicans agree that the surge of migrants across the Southern border has become a major national security problem.

    “My grandfather was an immigrant so I don’t agree with that sentiment,” he said.

    Thune, however, said that Biden has failed to enforce immigration laws by releasing thousands of migrants who cross the border illegally into the country on a daily basis.

    “We are a nation of immigrants, we’re a welcoming country, but we’re also a nation of laws,” he said. “We can’t allow this just rampant violation of law at the Southern border. It’s out of control. It’s insane.

    “We’re not enforcing the rule of law in our country and I think it’s wrong and it sends all the wrong signals to the rest of the world,” he said.

    Trump’s comments gave new political ammunition to President Biden and other Democrats to use in next year’s campaign and put other Republicans immediately on the defensive.

    “Donald Trump channeled his role models as he parroted Adolf Hitler, praised Kim Jong Un, and quoted Vladimir Putin while running for president on a promise to rule as a dictator and threaten American democracy,” a spokesperson for the Biden-Harris campaign said.

    Trump praised North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, as well as Hungary’s and China’s authoritarian leaders, Viktor Orban and Xi Jinping.

    Asked about Trump quoting Putin, Thune — the Senate GOP whip — replied simply: “Putin’s a thug.”

    Senate Republicans have clashed with Trump before over Putin — notably McConnell, who called Trump out in 2018 for cozying up to the Russian president at U.S.-Russia summit in Helsinki.

    McConnell told reporters bluntly that allies in the European Union such are America’s “friends” while “the Russians are not.”

    The Senate GOP leader also took then-President Trump to task in 2017 for downplaying Russia’s human rights record and arguing that the United States has its own record of extrajudicial killings.

    McConnell declared that Putin was “a thug,” arguing “I don’t think there’s any equivalency” between the human rights records of the United States and Russia.

    Trump’s declaration that immigrants are “poisoning” the nation’s “blood” and his invocation of Putin as a character witness were the latest bombshells he dropped on the campaign trail.

    In November, he blindsided GOP lawmakers by pledging he would renew his effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act if elected to another term in the Oval Office.

    One Senate Republican aid on Monday observed “it’s not fun” having to scramble on a weekly basis to react to Trump’s steady stream of provocative statements on the campaign trail, which veer from the Senate GOP’s strategy of focusing on inflation, border security and other issues where they think their party has a clear advantage over Democrats.

    Even Republican senators who are not Trump fans have tried to soften their criticism of the former president, recognizing that he’s likely to be their party’s nominee for president next year, given his commanding lead in the polls.

    Early this year, McConnell adopted a policy of not commenting on any of the Republican candidates running for president, a blanket approach that seems designed to fend off questions about Trump’s latest outrageous statements and legal problems.

    Trump’s rhetoric about the need to protect the purity of the country’s blood has drawn comparisons to Nazi propaganda during the 1930s and World War II, complicating Senate Republicans’ efforts to seize the moral high ground on antisemitism by denouncing pro-Palestinian rallies on college campuses.

    Yale professor and fascism expert Jason Stanley told Reuters that Trump’s language was similar to the rhetoric Hitler used in “Mein Kampf” when he warned about Jews poisoning German blood.


    https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-republicans-recoil-trump-poisoning-110000981.html
     
  15. stumbler

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    Tommy Tuberville suggests he'll back down as Senate pushes on military promotions: report

    Sarah K. Burris
    December 19, 2023 1:35PM ET


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    MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA - AUGUST 4: U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) introduces former U.S. President Donald Trump during the Alabama Republican Party’s 2023 Summer meeting at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel on August 4, 2023 in Montgomery, Alabama. Trump's appearance in Alabama comes one day after he was arraigned on federal charges in Washington, D.C. for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. (Photo by Julie Bennett/Getty Images)


    Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has staked his reputation on his protest against military promotions prompted by the Pentagon's abortion policy — but now there's a vote on it, he's suggesting he'll back down.

    Tuberville was miffed that the military allows soldiers to have time off to have an abortion. They also pay for their travel if the medical procedure can't be done in the state where they are stationed, meaning pregnant soldiers seeking abortion services are allowed travel funds to go out of state.

    Tuberville used his filibuster power in the U.S. Senate to block hundreds of military promotions over the past year, that led to compromising the nation's military readiness.

    In one case, the head of the Marines was doing his job as well as his deputy's because a promotion was being held — a work an 18-hour work day that critics blamed for a heart attack. Tuberville responded by saying he works just as hard and never had a heart attack and later told military leaders to "delegate" like he does.

    After a year's worth of frustration, the Senate was considering making dramatic changes to marginalize Tuberville. He quickly backed off.

    ALSO READ: How Republicans paved the road to Texas with misogyny

    At the beginning of December, lawmakers on both sides were able to convince Tuberville to stop his protest. Still, he held onto barring promotions of four-star generals, though allowed others to move through.

    The Senate is now considering an extended session to push through the rest of the military officials.

    According to CNN's Manu Raju, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that the Senate “will not leave town” until the final 11 military nominees blocked by Tuberville are confirmed.

    And Tuberville said he might decide just to back down completely, making that unnecessary.

    You know, sooner or later we're gonna let them go through, you know?" he told Politico Tuesday.

    "I've given 99 percent of them. But you'd think they would say OK, what are we gonna do to get these last 11? I've heard from nobody.

    He said he might not object because “we're to the end of the year."

    Reporters speculated if Tuberville would turn up at all, as he apparently missed a vote Monday. He was in D.C. on Tuesday though.



    https://www.rawstory.com/tommy-tuberville-bails/


    But now for bonus points.



    GOP senator: 'I'm mad' Trump's Nazi-esque rhetoric 'wasn't tougher'

    Brad Reed
    December 19, 2023 2:12PM ET


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    https://www.rawstory.com/tommy-tuberville-2666670210/


    And Tuberville is being just as stupid and ignorant about that as he was with his grandstanding destructive hold on promotions. He and a few other treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans are trying to normalize Trump's fascist rhetoric but Trump has now gone too far and its starting to take hold and wake Americans up the threat to our democracy he is posing.
     
  16. shootersa

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    Hey american hater, do you still like calling America a "shithole country" and a "banana republic", then try to wrap yourself in the flag and tell everyone what a God fearing patriotic 'merican you are?
     
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  17. stumbler

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    GOPer crashes and burns on TV after blaming Democrats for Trump's 'blood poisoning' speech

    Adam Nichols
    December 19, 2023 6:45AM ET


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    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 08: House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic member Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) questions witnesses during the subcommittee's first public hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 08, 2023 in Washington, DC. Witnesses and members of the subcommittee aired and debated their disagreements about the possible origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus and whether it came from nature or a laboratory in China. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)


    A GOPer tried to turn Donald Trump’s widely-reviled “poisoning the blood” speech onto the Democrats late Monday — and was shot down on live TV by a CNN host.

    “Well, I don’t think that’s what he was saying,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) told anchor Abby Phillip when she was asked about the speech Trump gave at a rally Saturday which many have said echoes Adolf Hitler’s “blood poisoning” reference in Mein Kampf.

    "You know, when they let — I think the real number is like 15, 16 million people into our country — when they do that, we got a lot of work to do. They’re poisoning the blood of our country,” Trump said.

    Phillip asked Malliotakis directly: “Is Trump right that immigrants are poisoning the blood of this country?”

    But the congresswoman tried to deflect.

    “I don’t think that’s what he was saying,” she said. “When he said ‘they are poisoning,’ I think he was talking about the Democratic policies. I think he was talking about the open border policy.”

    “You know, what’s actually poisoning America is the amount of fentanyl that’s coming over the open border," she added, trying to steer the conversation.

    But Phillip wasn’t standing for that, blasting Trump’s “rhetoric of Hitler and Mussolini."




    “Congresswoman,” she said, “You're saying that's what you think he is saying. But he was pretty clear, he was saying that the immigrants that are coming in, he says that they are poisoning the blood of the nation.”


    “He never said immigrants are poisoning, though,” Malliotakis said. “He didn't say the words immigrants, I think he was talking about Democratic policies.

    Clearly frustrated, Phillip hit back: ”He was talking about people.”

    Malliotakis then tried to explain that Trump really loves immigrants.

    “He was married to immigrants,” she said. “He’s hired immigrants.”

    Watch the video below or at this link.




    https://www.rawstory.com/poison-in-the-blood/
     
  18. stumbler

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    It is difficult to convey just how bad and destructive Tuberville's phony, treasonous ego driven grandstand blocking military promotions really is. But perhaps at the top of the list is this is the first time one Senator has used our military for political props. Tuberville objected to one DOD policy and took our entire military hostage truing to force his own personal religious beliefs. Blocking the promotions of all officers even though they had noting to do with it.

    There is no doubt, none, that Tuberville's grandstanding political stunt hurt our troops, their families, military readiness, national defense, and national security during an international crisis and two ongoing wars. But it also created what our military tries to avoid the most; chaos. Our military is based on running like a well oiled machine depending on regular order and orderly transitions from one officer to the next. And Tuberville disrupted that orderly transition which might have had ramifications we don't even know about.



    Top general warns U.S. military will lose talent because of GOP blockade on promotions
    One Democrat called the holds imposed by Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama to protest the military's abortion policies “reckless.”
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/co...e-talent-tuberville-promotion-block-rcna93735


    And for what? Absolutely nothing. Except the attention he craved and the funds he tried to raise off it. At a cost of proving treasonous conservative/America Hating/Republicans do not give a fuck about our military, our troops, our national defense, and national security.


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    Coach Tommy Tuberville routed in a 0-436 loss after the senator failed to prevent a single military promotion
    Madison Hall
    Updated Thu, December 21, 2023 at 8:18 AM MST·2 min read
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    • The Senate has confirmed every military promotion previously held up by Sen. Tommy Tuberville.

    • Tuberville conceded earlier in the month that nothing came out of his monthslong hold.

    • A GOP senator continues to block a handful of officers from promotion over their views on diversity.
    With the Senate confirming the promotions of the final 11 remaining military officers on Tuesday night, it's now official: Sen. Tommy Tuberville, the storied former Auburn football coach, went 0-436 in his bid to prevent defense officials from getting promoted to try and get the US military to adjust its abortion policies.

    Tuberville's hold began in February, months after the Department of Defense adjusted its policies to allow service members to get reimbursed when traveling out of state to receive abortion-related services in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to dismantle decades of abortion-access precedent in mid-2022.

    The vast majority of promotions — 425 — occurred on December 5 after Tuberville finally relented on his block, though he still ensured that 11 four-star officers' promotions remained in jeopardy until Tuesday when he ultimately acquiesced to the demands from Democrats and an increasing number of members from his own party.

    Despite Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and a slew of other Senate Republicans protesting against Tuberville's hold, it was only the Democrats in the Senate Rules Committee who voted to advance a resolution in November that would've circumvented the block.

    When lifting the bulk of the withheld promotions earlier in December, Tuberville admitted to reporters that the hold was all for naught: The Department of Defense did not change a single rule or policy as a result of his actions.

    "We didn't get the win that we wanted," Tuberville said. "We've still got the bad policy."

    Tuberville's hold may be over, but one Republican senator is still blocking a handful of promotions for an unrelated reason: diversity initiatives.

    Sen. Eric Schmitt, the Missouri legislator behind the hold, has spent much of 2023 railing against diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in all facets of government.

    Read the original article on Business Insider


    https://www.yahoo.com/news/coach-tommy-tuberville-routed-0-165014480.html
     
  19. shootersa

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    GODDAM RIGHT!!
    We believe in abortion and fuck what the law says, we're gonna pay for abortions for military and anyone doesn't like it, fuck em.
    That about cover your stand on this, american hater?
     
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    I missed the part that mentioned the need for it because there are some superior officers that don't think twice about raping enlisted women and we need to make sure we can hide that shit.....
     
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