Monday, January 22, 2024

Donald Trump's Brain Has Turned to Mush


Donald Trump has always said ridiculous, nonsensical things. But his gibberish is getting more bizarre.

During the first year of Covid-19, we all remember him standing at the podium, seriously suggesting that Covid would be gone completely in a few months. "I want the churches packed for Easter," he actually said when he was downplaying it and pretending it was just like having a little cold.

When thousands started dying, he suggested, in his expert medical opinion, that you should try injecting disinfectant to cleanse the lungs in one minute. He went on to speculate that getting a bright light inside the body would kill Covid. Next was the dangerous pseudoscientific suggestion of taking Ivermectin, a horse de-wormer. Doctor Trump also suggested taking malaria pills known as Hydroxychloroquine. 

In the last several days, though, his rapidly deteriorating mind has produced these gems that slipped, unfiltered, from that diseased brain right out of his mouth: "You have to have I.D. to buy a loaf of bread. "I'm driving over a road where it's almost all paper. And you know, you can see paper. I know paper. I know cans." I see that whales are washing up on shore and dying because of windmills."

He's had an irrational hatred for wind turbines, or windmills as he calls them, for quite some time, claiming the sound they produce can give you cancer.

Add to that his recent comments claiming that he, as president, should be able to assassinate any of his opponents and get away with it with total immunity. He has claimed he beat Barack Obama in 2016. Thinks Jeb Bush got us into Iraq. Said he wants to be dictator. Stated he wants to "terminate the Constitution." Called instant replay "fashionable mactified fortion," as you can see in the clip.

Fashionable mactified fortion

Just days ago he claimed Nikki Haley turned down thousands of National Guard members on January 6th, confusing her with Speaker Pelosi, as he's often claimed, pretending she had the power to call out the National Guard.  She didn't.

And during a deposition he recently looked at a picture of his rape victim, E. Jean Carroll, and said "that's Marla, Marla Maples," mistaking her for one of his ex-wives.

Putting aside his long list of crimes against America -- like inciting riots, trying to overturn the election he lost, scheming to send fake electors to seven states, stealing nuclear documents and war plans, committing financial fraud in NYC, defamation against election workers -- the dementia and decay of his diseased brain makes him ineligible for the most important job in the world.

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Trump's Weak Iowa "Win"

 While the media is breathlessly touting Donald Trump's "blowout" in Iowa, it makes sense to look a little closer.

Iowa is a tiny state, but it's a very conservative, very rightwing, very white state. This is exactly the kind of state where Trump should've easily gotten 80% of the caucus votes. But he didn't, despite two-thirds of republicans there accepting, and swallowing whole, his Big Lie baselessly claiming he won the 2020 election but for the "fraud."

The fact is, Iowa had a very low turnout (15% of Republican voters), and only 51% of them picked Trump.

It had the smallest voter turnout in 25 years. 110,000 out of 2.5M voters showed up. Trump won about 51% of those 110,000 votes. 

In addition, Iowa is not known for picking winners. Huckabee, Santorum, and Canada's Raphael Cruz won primaries there before losing everything.

 All white Iowa and their Republican caucus does not in any way represent the USA.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump is back in court today (Tuesday) for his second trial in the sexual assault and defamation of author E. Jean Carroll.

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Hunter Biden Played Republicans Like a Fiddle



For years, Republicans have attempted to paint President Joe Biden as the opposite of what he is -- a smart, experienced, compassionate leader.  Because Donald Trump has been impeached twice, arrested four times in four different jurisdictions, and will be tried in court for his 91 felonies, they think it gives them permission to investigate and/or impeach Biden on a tit-for-tat basis. Problem is, they have nothing on which to base their impeachment. It's just a fever dream. Joe Biden has been in politics for 50 years and hasn't been involved in any of the alleged scandals they're dying to pin on him. 

Enter Hunter Biden, the president's only living son. As you know, five years of investigations of his business activities have produced nothing that satisfies them.

Yes, Hunter had a serious substance abuse problem which he readily admitted to. Yes, he illegally owned a gun for 24 hours. And yes, he owed money to the IRS. But he paid back the delinquent taxes in full, including penalties and interest, more than two years ago. 

Because of his drug and money woes, Hunter accepted help from his father in keeping up his truck payments. At the end of 2018, Hunter made three payments of $1380 to his father to reimburse him, and then took over making his own payments.

That's it. That's all they've got on him. It's important to note that Hunter Biden has never been in politics and never received a government paycheck. During the days of these three repayments, Joe wasn't in government either.

Hunter was on the board of Burisma and other foreign companies, which is perfectly legal. Donald Trump and many others also do business around the world. That didn't stop rabid, desperate Republicans from alleging -- without a shred of evidence -- that Hunter operated in an illegal manner. And they claim that he funneled millions to Joe Biden, again without a shred of evidence.

Republican House Oversight Chairman James Comer is on a crusade to find something serious to pin on Hunter Biden while attempting to create a reason to impeach Joe Biden. Comer offered Hunter a choice of a public or private hearing. When Hunter agreed to a public hearing, Comer suddenly decided it must be done behind closed doors. Not being able to take YES for an answer, he tried to hold Hunter in contempt of congress, despite Hunter actually showing up in December to answer any and all questions. During their hearing on Wednesday, Jan 10, again Hunter showed up ready and willing to be questioned in public. This threw the Republican-run committee into chaos. 

They never expected Hunter to call their bluff and show up twice to be interrogated in public!

Grandstanding for the cameras, and hoping for a sound bite on Fox that night, Nancy Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene began ranting, claiming Hunter "had no balls" to show up and answer questions, despite him being right there in the room at the time.

Representative Jared Moskowitz (D) Florida destroyed Republicans' threats to hold Hunter in contempt for not showing up -- again, with Hunter right there in the hearing room -- by offering to vote with their nonsensical contempt charge, if they would enter into the public record the list of Republicans who actually did refuse to honor Congressional subpoenas themselves, and charge them with contempt. Republicans who ignored subpoenas include Scott Perry, Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan, Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs, and ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Of course they refused because that's what cowards do. Moskowitz even offered to end the hearing and swear-in Hunter Biden to hear his testimony right then and there. Again they refused.

Watch Moskowitz's response here.

Attempting to hold someone in contempt for refusing to attend a congressional hearing, despite him being in the room at the time, and refusing to hear his testimony that they are allegedly dying to hear shows it's all just theater. It means they're liars. It's just a show to impress their Biden-hating base.