On a recent morning, I literally woke up with a song in my heart.
I would sing it, but you wouldn't want that. So please, use this orchestra and the lyrics below, and sing it loud!
"Indictment" by Little Sister Resister
sung to the tune of "Maria" from West Side Story
(Apologies to Steven Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein)
🎼 Indictment....The most beautiful sound I ever heard.Indictment, Indictment, Indictment, Indictment...All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word…Indictment, Indictment, Indictment, Indictment...Indictment! I just heard a word called Indictment,And suddenly I knewThe thug will get his dueNext year...Indictment! 🎵Jack just spoke a word of IndictmentThe fifth one that has beenFor the would-be 'Murican kingFinally...!Indictment!🎶 Say it loud and the jail doors are clashing –Say it soft and it's like ketchup splashing –Indictment…I'll never stop sayingIndictment!Indictment, Indictment, Indictment, Indictmeeeent...Indictment, Indictment, Indictmennnt, Indictment...Say it loud and the gavel is knocking –🎵Say it soft and it's like felons walking –Indictment…I'll never stop sayingIndictment!The most beautiful word I ever heard –Indictment.
Yes, Don the Con has been indicted for a fifth time! Another grand jury in Washington D.C. found ample evidence to charge him with crimes surrounding the January 6 insurrection.
It's a superseding indictment; they are the same charges as those that were filed before, but massaged a bit into something that complies with the recent Supreme Court's ruling that granted him immunity kingship.
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| Dave Whamond |
The case is still in Judge Tanya Chutkin's hands. You can read about the details in The Baltimore Sun or WaPo. Let's hope this one sticks!
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| Pat Bagley |
I've been away for a couple weeks and weird things just keep coming out. I'll try to catch up with the goings-on in Batshit Crazy Township, as well as give a rundown on the joyful, hopeful, normal campaign on the left.
The IncrediNormals
I missed most of the Democratic National Convention because I was traveling. I hope you caught some of the speeches, from Mayor Pete to AOC and Bernie Sanders.
Michele Obama gave a rousing and inspirational speech, and Barack Obama **sigh** I love the guy. He's such a smart speaker. And bonus! He made a "small crowds" joke. Watch his speech!
On the first night, Joe Biden handed over the reins with his moving, patriotic address, and of course, the woman of the hour, Kamala Harris, firmly took the reins on night four and started the gallop.
A bunch of Republicans took the stage to throw their support behind Harris, including former T**** press secretary and Melania aide Stephanie Grisham and former Pence advisor Oliva Troye.
One highlight was DJ Cassidy playing walk-up songs for each state's delegate announcing that state's votes. Li'l Jon even made a live appearance during Georgia's roll call with this rousing performance:
Lil Jon performs during roll call at the Democratic Convention pic.twitter.com/OYADgYt1qb
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 21, 2024
The most moving moment of the four-day convention, which the Repugs immediately tainted as only they can (more later), came when Gus Walz, Tim and Gwen Walz's 17-year-old neurodivergent child, expressed purest love and pride in an emotional moment.
Gus Walz has 1000 times the emotional intelligence that either of the GOP candidates have. You already know that, but you'll see more evidence below.
For the full Democratic National Convention, click these links:
"Weird" doesn't cut it anymore. It's just getting gross now.
It is hard – both emotionally and logistically – to document all the shit coming from the MAGAts, but for the past eight years I've been committed to documenting every nutty piece of feculence that emerges. And for the past couple of weeks, it has been absolutely fetid.
Bullies to the core. Forever.
As I said earlier, the Right in its infinite cruelty mocked Gus Walz after his heart-warming emotional reaction to his father's remarks on the DNC stage. The scummy Ann Coulter, for example, posted this on non-Twitter:
Coulter did remove the non-tweet after she found out that Gus is neurodivergent. But, really, should that matter? I, and many of you, were also expressing strong emotions during the DNC. Tears, laughter, all of it. No one should be mocked for it.
Two Chicago radio personalities also mocked Gus. They, too, apologized after learning Gus has some learning disorders. They lost their positions.
And Milwaukee radio talk show guy Jay Weber wrote this on non-Twitter: "Sorry, but this is embarrassing for both father and son. If the Walzs [sic] represent today’s American man, this country is screwed; ‘Meet my son, Gus. He’s a blubbering bitch boy. His mother and I are very proud.'"
There aren't words to tell you what I think about these people. Always punching down; it's the only way they can feel good about themselves.
More bullying.
Playground bully JD Vance dug up an old video of a 2007 beauty contestant's widely-mocked answer to a question during her pageant. You may remember the video: a Miss Teen USA contestant was asked a question about the woeful geography knowledge in the USA. Her response was just as woeful; she struggled to answer and was made the butt of jokes immediately.
Vance used the video to mock and attack Kamala's debate prep. The thing is this. Miss South Carolina, Caite Upton, had suffered savage bullying and mocking – online and in person – after her unfortunate answer 17 years ago. So much so that she contemplated suicide.
She expressed her dismay at Vance's use of the video as another version of online bullying. Here was a chance for Vance to show some humanity and contrition. But Vance, never the one to show regret nor apologize, especially to a *shudder* woman, continued his bullying by appearing on CNN and responding thusly: He brushed off the video as “a 20-year-old meme” and said Upton should “laugh it off."
"Politics has got way too lame. You can have some fun while making an argument to the American people about improving their lives. I’m not going to apologize for posting a joke – but I wish the best for Caitlin and hope she’s doing well.”
Classic abusive behavior.
Lewd is his middle name.
I hate to write about this one, but Diaper Don has spiraled into new depths. You didn't think it was possible to go lower, did you? Well, here we go.
IQ45 reposted a post that appeared on his social media site. A photo of Kamala Harris and Hilary Clinton was posted with the caption: "Funny how blowjobs impacted both their careers differently..." This candidate for president of the United States thought it appropriate enough to share.
By way of explanation (I hate to give it oxygen, but this stuff needs to be brought into the light), it is a reference, of course, to Hilary Clinton's husband's dalliance which led to his 1999 impeachment, and to Harris's brief romantic partner 20 years ago, former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown.
How presidential!
Then the visit to Arlington National Cemetery.
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| Darrin Bell |
My readers don't need to be reminded that Arlington National Cemetery is hallowed ground. It's obvious.
For others, though, there are rules and regulations and federal laws protecting the sanctity of the cemetery. There is even a sign on Arlington's grounds:
I know that none of my readers would take a selfie or video with a thumb's-up among fallen soldiers’ grave markers and then post it to social media as part of their campaign for public office, in direct violation of minimum decorum and respect, not to mention violation of the Hatch Act. But yet, here we are.
Not only that, but when confronted and reminded of the rules and the law, an Army cemetery official was verbally abused and physically assaulted. She was pushed aside and later called mentally ill for her efforts in trying to prevent desecration of the memory of the fallen, which was playing out before her.
And it goes on. The New York Times reported that cemetery official declined to press charges, because she feared retaliation from T**** or his minions. She understands that's what thugs do: bully and intimidate.
The Army chimed in, defending their official and condemning the campaign's actions. They issued a written statement about the incident. They do not do this often. For the Army to take to paper: it's big.
JD Vance again, managing to stick another foot in his ample mouth: "You guys in the media... You’re actin' like Donald Trump filmed a TV commercial at a gravesite."
The TV commercial at the gravesite:
He literally posted a video using the footage. pic.twitter.com/H94qjkdRaV
— Dr. Temper Tantrum, PVT (@DrTemperTantrum) August 28, 2024
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Kamala Harris did not immediately respond to the incident. Yet, the liars and grifters that are the MAGAt ticket, filled the void. JD Vance again. He lambasted Harris, saying at a rally that she can "Go to hell!" for the statement that she didn't give.
It's just gross. What universe are we living in? The Upside Down is creeping back, folks. Big time.
And the run-of-the mill weird...
Campaign stop at a local donut shop? Why sure!
This speaks for itself. So effing weird and cringey!
Contrast to Tim Walz's stop into a local food shop:
JD Vance's warped views of women and championship of toxic masculinity came more into focus. According to The Guardian, in a 2021 podcast, Vance "said that professional women 'choose a path to misery' when they prioritize careers over having children. ... he also claimed men in America were 'suppressed' in their masculinity."
He also attacked childless teachers in another 2021 interview, where he said that they “disorient” and “really disturb” him.
Go jump in a lake, JD.
This racist shit.
Meltdown on Convention Night.
The Rabid Yam called to whine on FAUX News on night four of the DNC.
Same ol' schtick.
They couldn't get him to shut up:
Trump is yelling and Fox anchors are powerless to stop him or ask him questions pic.twitter.com/dnE1Xzl5oK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 23, 2024
Until they cut him off 😂.
Fox anchors struggle to end the interview as Trump rants and raves pic.twitter.com/KDcftqYVEO
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 23, 2024
Mocking Kamala's "thank yous."
@donaldtrumppress Trump is the funniest person ever #trump #trump2024 ♬ original sound - DonaldTrumpPress
What a weirdo!
Delirious Don is Disintegrating.
His language is getting worse. His daily rants are getting more and more unintelligible. Take a bit from a recent Michigan campaign stop (thanks to MSNBC for this because I don't watch them oh my gawd are you kidding me?). Speaking about his opponent, Kamala Harris:
She destroyed the city of San Francisco, it’s — and I own a big building there — it’s no — I shouldn’t talk about this but that’s OK I don’t give a damn because this is what I’m doing. I should say it’s the finest city in the world — sell and get the hell out of there, right? But I can’t do that. I don’t care, you know? I lost billions of dollars, billions of dollars. You know, somebody said, ‘What do you think you lost?’ I said, ‘Probably two, three billion. That’s OK, I don’t care.’ They say, ‘You think you’d do it again?’ And that’s the least of it. Nobody. They always say, I don’t know if you know. Lincoln was horribly treated. Uh, Jefferson was pretty horribly. Andrew Jackson they say was the worst of all, that he was treated worse than any other president. I said, ‘Do that study again, because I think there’s nobody close to Trump.’ I even got shot! And who the hell knows where that came from, right?
Who the hell knows indeed.
We've known he is disordered for a long time. But now, finally, his cultists are noticing. The Guardian noted this from one voter:
“He reminded me why I’m not going to vote for him this time,” said Jenny, a local businesswoman who did not want to give her full name because she didn’t want to alienate customers.“I voted for him in 2016 and had a Trump flag in the front yard. I voted for him again in 2020 but didn’t put the flag out that time. I’ve been thinking of voting for him again because Biden’s been so bad for the economy and Kamala won’t be any better. But after listening to that, I’m actually afraid of Trump being president again. I don’t know what he was talking about half the time. Perhaps he was always like that but he seems worse, more unstable.”
If you can stomach it, here are some snippets:
lmao i totally forgot this is supposed to be an economic speech https://t.co/wZhNrlxwNH
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 29, 2024
He's confessing again.
What a maroon!
Criming and then confessing to the criming.
— Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) September 2, 2024
That’s a Trump specialty. https://t.co/mK3HiH76kc
MAGA Crunch.
It's real. It's a parody, but you can really buy it for the cool price of $24.99. Some in the MAGAverse don't understand the parody, which isn't too difficult to understand.
Let's work hard to make Cheetolini irrelevant.
Your regular reminder: Let's ACT!
- Help others register to vote. Did you know Texas purged its voter records and knocked a whole lot of people off the registration list? Beto O'Roarke is helping to get people registered and re-registered. If you can, please help out his organization, Powered by People: donate or volunteer! You can also help get voters to the polls by reminding your friends and family to check their registration status (check yours too!) no matter where they live. Or help the League of Women Voters with a donation or your time.
- Make a donation to the DNC, to the Harris/Walz ticket, or to a candidate that you want to see win. The fragrance of a flipped House of Representatives is getting stronger. If we can flip some seats and hang on to the Senate, a lot of good things can happen!
- Volunteer to make phone calls or knock on doors.
- Write postcards! Postcards to Voters still needs help keeping Floridians enfranchised, and I think soon they will start postcard campaigns for blue candidates. This organization writes only to registered Democrats, and it helps get the blue wave going!
- or do this:
- Most importantly, make a plan to vote. We must keep the momentum going and show up to the polls on November 5! This election depends on turnout! We need to make this a loud and clear message that we're not going to take it any more!
And now.... memes 'n toons
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A two-month throw-back:
RESIST!
