Steve Thomas

Kirk, I watched a little from the British House of Commons last night. Those guys are pissed. They've been down this road before with Hitler. Steve Thomas

https://www.rawstory.com/russia-sanctions-2656787558/ On Thursday, amid new announcements of sanctions on the Russian economy by the United States and NATO in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine, Dimitry Rogozin, the chief of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos, made an eyebrow-raising threat: that if the sanctions continue, Russia could stop maintaining the orbit of the International Space Station and allow it to crash into the United States. "If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States or Europe?" tweeted Rogozin in Russian. "There is also the option of dropping a 500-ton structure on India or China. Do you want to threaten them with such a prospect? The ISS does not fly over Russia, so all the risks are yours. Are you ready for them?" Steve Thomas

Yet another Republican running for Congress vowing to do "whatever it takes." https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1496915193623826444?ref_src=twsrc^tfw Steve Thomas

Two headlines on the same day: Trump shows off his ignorance as Russia invades Ukraine: columnist “Well, I think the whole thing, again, would have never happened," Trump claimed. "It shouldn’t happen. And it’s a very sad thing. But you know what is also very dangerous is, you told me about the amphibious attack by Americans, because you and everyone else shouldn’t know about it. They should do that secretly, not being doing that through the great Laura Ingraham. They should be doing that secretly. Nobody should know that, Laura.” Truck convoy leader 'has no idea where he is' and is 'driving in circles' around I-495 Sounds about right. Steve Thomas

I'm so confused. The right wing attacks "woke" liberals as being communists and socialists and say that's a bad thing. Then they support a communist dictator who invades an independent country with a democratically elected government freely chosen by the people and say that's a good thing. I'm so confused. Steve Thomas

On 2/22/22, Joe Biden announced sanctions against Russia's VEB Bank. That's really going to hurt Donald Trump. Now where's he going to get his money? Sanctions, spies, and oligarchs: Putin’s pet bank and its meeting with Jared Kushner By Max de Haldevang Geopolitics reporter March 27, 2017 https://qz.com/942624/sanctioned-veb-bank-handles-putins-pet-projects-has-close-ties-to-russias-security-services-and-met-with-trumps-son-in-law/ Steve Thomas

U.S. Supreme Court formally ends Trump's fight over Capitol attack records By Lawrence Hurley https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-formally-ends-trumps-fight-over-capitol-attack-records-2022-02-22/ “WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday brought a formal end to former President Donald Trump's request to block the release of White House records sought by the Democratic-led congressional panel investigating last year's deadly attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters. The court's decision to formally reject Trump's appeal follows its Jan. 19 order that led to the documents being handed over to the House of Representatives investigative committee by the federal agency that stores government and historical records. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Dec. 9 upheld a lower court ruling that Trump had no basis to challenge President Joe Biden's decision to allow the records to be handed over to the House of Representatives select committee. Trump then appealed to the Supreme Court.” “Trump and his allies have waged an ongoing legal battle with the House select committee seeking to block access to documents and witnesses. Trump has sought to invoke a legal principle known as executive privilege, which protects the confidentially of some internal White House communications, a stance rejected by lower courts.” This is going to open up a lot of things. People like Giuliani and Meadows and Bannon have refused to obey Congress’s subpoenas based on Trumps claims of Executive Privilege. I think the flood gates will finally open. Steve Thomas

Ukraine/Russia Don't forget the Cossacks. You cross the Dnieper River at your peril. Eastern Europe tends to swallow armies. Steve Thomas

Pat, Whenever I see Putin, I think of Peter the Great. Steve Thomas

- Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina - “"I think everybody wants to be on President Trump's bandwagon," Scott replied. "One of the things that I've said to the president is that he gets to decide the future of our party and our country because he is still the loudest voice."” https://www.rawstory.com/tim-scott-2024-vice-president/ Donald Trump gets to decide the future of our country because he has the loudest voice? Sure sounds like good qualifications to me. Steve Thomas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.227536/gov.uscourts.dcd.227536.66.0_6.pdf These cases concern who, if anyone, should be held civilly liable for the events of January 6th. The plaintiffs in these cases are eleven members of the House of Representatives in their personal capacities and two Capitol Police officers, James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby (“Blassingame Plaintiffs”). Taken together, they have named as defendants: President Trump; the President’s son, Donald J. Trump Jr.; the President’s counsel, Rudolph W. Giuliani; Representative Mo Brooks; and various organized militia groups—the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and Warboys— as well as the leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio. Plaintiffs’ common and primary claim is that Defendants violated 42 U.S.C. § 1985(1), a provision of a Reconstruction-Era statute known as the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. The Act was aimed at eliminating extralegal violence committed by white supremacist and vigilante groups like the Ku Klux Klan and protecting the civil rights of freedmen and freedwomen secured by the Fourteenth Amendment. Section 1985(1) is not, however, strictly speaking a civil rights provision; rather, it safeguards federal officials and employees against conspiratorial acts directed at preventing them from performing their duties. All Defendants have appeared except the Proud Boys and Warboys. Defendants have moved to dismiss all claims against them. After a full deliberation over the parties’ positions and the record, the court rules as follows: (1) President Trump’s motion to dismiss is denied as to Plaintiffs’ § 1985(1) claim and certain District of Columbia–law claims and granted as to Swalwell’s § 1986 claim and certain District of Columbia–law claims; (2) Trump Jr.’s motion to dismiss is granted; (3) Giuliani’s motion to dismiss is granted; (4) the Oath Keepers’ motion to dismiss is denied; and (5) Tarrio’s motion to dismiss is denied. Separately, Brooks has moved to substitute the United States as the proper party under the Westfall Act. The court declines to rule on that motion and instead invites Brooks to file a motion to dismiss, which the court will grant for the same reasons it has granted Trump Jr.’s and Giuliani’s motions Dated: February 18, 2022 Amit P. Mehta United States District Court Judge Steve Thomas

Oh goody. Let's all move to Georgia. Steve Thomas

- Tucker Carlson - February 16, 2022 “For a well-adjusted normal person, unwanted election outcomes are part of life. Voters don’t always do what you want them to do. It is frustrating, but that’s how it works,” Carlson said Wednesday. “In fact, when voters reject you, you get a chance to assess your own behavior. Chances are there is a reason that people didn’t want you in power and you now have time to think about what that reason might be. “That is a healthy process. So when you lose, it is hardly proof that the system is broken. In fact, it’s usually evidence that things are working exactly as intended.” Steve Thomas

Rudy Giuliani Reveals Location Of Secret 'Evidence' Stash And... Um... Wow. By Ed Mazza 02/16/2022 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rudy-giuliani-bedroom-evidence_n_620c9e79e4b01251308430bd "Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and attorney for Donald Trump, declared on Tuesday night that he has a stash of secret evidence against former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. And it’s in his bedroom. In an interview on the right-wing Newsmax network, Giuliani said he possessed about 1,000 pieces of evidence that no one has seen yet. “I happen to have it in my bedroom, or my den, actually,” he declared. “I’ve had it there for years.”” Please raise your hand if you would like to be the one to volunteer to search Rudy Giuliani's bedroom for evidence that he has had stashed there for years. ewwww... (Does this have anything to with the Lecherous paws of Beezebub? I forget.) Steve Thomas

Trump supporters invoke Beelzebub to argue against Michigan GOP's plan to count ballots: report by Bob Brigham February 15, 2022 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-michigan-gop-endorsement-convention/ “"Conspiracy theories peddled by some Michigan Republicans and allies of former President Donald Trump about voting machines in 2020 have come home to roost," the Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday. "For years, the party has used voting tabulators to count the ballots at its conventions. GOP leaders advocated for the continued use of tabulating machines. But Republicans who champion debunked theories about voting machines — fantastical claims of vote switching, counting half of a vote or hacked tabulators — want the ballots counted by hand this time. The party is compromising: they’ll use tabulators, but a newly created 27-person audit committee will review the results by hand immediately after the machine count." One group opposed to the plan invoked Satan. "Pure Integrity for Michigan Elections — one of many groups pushing for a so-called "forensic audit" of the 2020 election — has blasted the GOP plan. 'Grassroots groups would sooner stare into the glowering, red eyes of Beelzebub than to allow a Dominion, ESS, or Hart tabulator to run its lecherous paws over their sacred ballots,' reads a recent email from the group, referring to companies that manufacture ballot tabulators targeted by Republican election conspiracies," the newspaper reported.” Lecherous paws of Beezebub? Oh, dear God. Steve Thomas

https://www.newsweek.com/latinos-trump-head-says-god-will-deal-pastors-not-backing-her-1679109 Bianca Gracia, a candidate for a Texas Senate seat, recently warned pastors that if they don't vote for her, they'll be held accountable by God because he "appointed" her for the State Senate position. On Wednesday, Gracia told Christopher McDonald, host of The McFiles, that she told "some pastors" during a recent conversation that she'll only win if the "church shows up." If Christians don't rally around her, she said she told the pastors that they'll be held "accountable" because God "appointed and assigned" her the position. Qualifications? Who needs qualifications when you've got that going for you? PS: Please send me all your money to PO Box... I was assigned, don't you know. Steve Thomas

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And you've just had some kind of mushroom And your mind is moving low. Go ask Alice I think she'll know. When logic and proportion Have fallen sloppy dead, And the White Knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's "off with her head!" Remember what the dormouse said: "Feed your head. Feed your head. Feed your head" https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=%22Jefferson+Airplane%22+%22White+Rabbit%22#wptab=s:H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLRT9c3LDTNyLM0KCx-xGjOLfDyxz1hKb1Ja05eY9Tg4grOyC93zSvJLKkUkuJig7IEpPi4UDTy7GLSS0lNSyzNKYkvSUyyyk620s8tLc5M1i9KTc4vSsnMS49PziktLkktssqpLMpMLl7EKlyekVmSqlCUmJSUWaIAEQUAqC6msZEAAAA Steve Thomas

America. You gotta love it. It's the only country in the world where being a Roto-Rooter man requires Top Secret Security clearance. Steve Thomas

Donald Trump boards Air Force One after leaving his Daily Presidential Briefing.

DEFUND THE GAZPACHO POLICE! Steve Thomas

- Marjorie Taylor Greene - “"Not only do we have the D.C. Jail, which is the D.C. Gulag, but now we have Nancy Pelosi's Gazpacho Police, spying on members of Congress, spying on the legislative work that we do, spying on our staff, and spying on American citizens that want to come talk to their representatives. This government has turned into something it was never meant to be, and it's time to make it end." Down with Bouillabaisse! End the tyranny of Chicken Noodle Soup! (I wonder of she knows Thomas Massie) Steve Thomas

Now, this is interesting. Another Government Agency, who is not Congress, has referred Donald Trump to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution. These are not politicians. National Archives refers Trump's destruction of documents to the Justice Department by Sarah K. Burris February 09, 2022 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-national-archives-justice-department/ “There has been much debate over penalties for former President Donald Trump for knowingly destroying documents and then taking official documents to take back to Mar-a-Lago. The statute lists, among the punishments, disqualification from office, which has been the key piece anti-Trump activists cling to. The only way for that to be possible, however, is if the National Archives found the behavior to be so egregious that they referred it to the Justice Department. On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported that's exactly what happened.” "Archives officials suspected Trump had possibly violated laws concerning the handling of government documents — including those that might be considered classified — ...” Steve Thomas

Some people go ice fishing. Some people who go ice fishing build shanties. Some people who build shanties engage in prostitution. Therefore, ice fishing causes prostitution. At least that's what Hudson, OH Mayor, Craig Shuster says. Steve Thomas

https://www.rawstory.com/thomas-massie-2656608339/ By Bob Brigham "Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has both undergraduate and post-graduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), but the GOP lawmaker was ridiculed for his lack of reasoning after he posted an outrageous attack on Medicare." " Over 70% of Americans who died with COVID, died on Medicare, and some people want Medicare for All?" he asked on Wednesday." "NPR reported in December that "people 65 and up make up 75 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S." Medicare is the government health insurance program for Americans over 65, so of course there is a correlation. But it no way does it imply any causation." Thomas Massie went to MIT. Thomas Massie is stupid. Therefore MIT graduates stupid people. Steve Thomas