Steve Thomas

- Peter Dale Scott - "But the JFK plot was a coalition." And that is what has frustrated so many people over the years. Everybody has been looking for one cause and one group of people who were responsible, when in reality they should have been looking for the brandy snifter, cigar smoking coterie sitting in their plush leather chairs at the yacht club. Steve Thomas

'God's Army' trucker convoy heading to southern border on 'biblical' anti-migrant crusade by Brad Reed January 26, 2024 https://www.rawstory.com/army-of-god-trucker-convoy-heads-to-southern-border/ “"This is a biblical, monumental moment that’s been put together by God," one convoy member said during a recent organizing call. On that same call, writes Vice, another organizer argued that these actions needed to be taken because "we are besieged on all sides by dark forces of evil."” “"These latest developments have aroused civil war fantasies on fringe forums, as well as on the social media accounts of GOP lawmakers and right-wing political commentators," reports Vice. "And this all means that the border convoy is garnering more interest than it might have done a couple of weeks ago.” Steve Thomas

Texas Border Is 'Powder Keg' Situation, Republican Governor Warns Jan 26, 2024 https://www.newsweek.com/texas-border-powder-keg-situation-republican-governor-warns-1864191 Article talks about Joe Biden federalizing the Texas National Guard, and the Governor boosting the Texas State Guard. 25 Republican Governors have signed a statement supporting Texas over the Federal Government The Civil War was fought with State Militias. Steve Thomas

Joe Biden does have the authority to federalize State National Guards. Eisenhower did that to protect those little kids down in Little Rock in 1957. Biden could federalize the National Guards and order them to go home. I don't know what will happen if they refuse. Steve Thomas

- Donald Trump 01/25/24 - "Joe Biden has surrendered our Border, and is aiding and abetting a massive Invasion of millions of Illegal Migrants into the United States. Instead of fighting to protect our Country from this onslaught, Biden is, unbelievably, fighting to tie the hands of Governor Abbott and the State of Texas, so that the Invasion continues unchecked. In the face of this National Security, Public Safety, and Public Health Catastrophe, Texas has rightly invoked the Invasion Clause of the Constitution, and must be given full support to repel the Invasion.…" "We encourage all willing States to deploy their guards to Texas to prevent the entry of Illegals, and to remove them back across the Border," he continued. "All Americans should support the commonsense measures by Texas authorities to protect the Safety, Security, and Sovereignty of Texas, and of the American people." And, so it begins. Steve Thomas

Georgia GOP senators target American Library Association with new bill By Ty Tagami 01/25/24 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution https://www.ajc.com/education/georgia-gop-senators-target-american-library-association-with-new-bill/QNJGABPZC5AOVNEAJKCVOJUW5Q/ “Republicans in the Georgia Senate have turned a new page in the culture war over books. Nearly two dozen of them, including several high-ranking members, have signed onto legislation that seeks to ban government funding for libraries affiliated with the American Library Association, which they claim is influenced by Marxist ideology.” Yep. The freedom to read is definitely Marxist alright. Steve Thomas

National Republican Party Chair, Ronna McDaniel announces that the Republican Party selection process is over after one primary and orders Nikki Haley to drop out of the race. How about if we decide to let the people decide who they want as President, instead of the Party machinery telling the people who they can vote for? That sounds like Hungary or Russia or Venezuela or something. Steve Thomas

Texas Governor, Greg Abbott's one-page statement on Texas's constitutional right to self-defense. https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1750235544951349275?s=20 Taken right from the pages of John C. Calhoun. Steve Thomas

The Republicans in the Florida State Legislature introduced a bill that would set up a Legal Defense Fund to pay the legal fees of any Florida resident who tuns for President and gets into legal trouble. The money would come from things like fees imposed on people who get a drivers license and other tax revenues. How would you like knowing that your taxes are being used to pay for Donald Trump's legal costs? Ron DeSantis has vowed to veto that bill. Steve Thomas

Iowa has a Caucus. New Hampshire has the first Primary in the country. At one minute past midnight, the Town of Dixville has a tradition of being the first voting District in the first Primary in the country.They have bands and parades and everything. All six voters in the Town of Dixville voted for Nikki Haley. May this be the harbinger of good things to come. Steve Thomas

Get the f*** away from me. Donald Trump went to his mother-in-laws's funeral. Watch what happens afterwards. https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1748416643800162709 Steve Thomas

Gerry, I went through every male name I could find in the Mary Ferrell Dealey Plaza witness database, and I didn't find him. https://www.maryferrell.org/DealeyPlazaWitnessDB.html I skipped over names of people I recognized like Malcolm Summers and Officer Joe Smith, but perhaps I missed him. Steve Thomas

The Justice Department is hiding information that would help exonerate Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case. Therefore we demand that the Government turn over the communications from every employee in the National Weather Service and the School Lunch Program and their relatives and their friends who might have ever talked about the case with anyone. Oh, and by the way, it will take us 12 years to go through it all. Steve Thomas

And on the 8th day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a man who..." And so, he made a dictator. https://www.threads.net/@lincolnproject.us/post/C2K4XAzxNLX Steve Thomas

Iowa Republicans consistently pick losers. In 2008, they picked Mike Huckabee in 2012, they picked Rick Santorum In 2016, they picked Ted Cruz in 1988, they picked Pat Robertson Iowa is no big deal. Steve Thomas

Back in 2017, I wrote an essay in the Forum called, "Donald Trump Channels Eva Peron". https://educationforum.ipbhost.com/topic/23360-donald-trump-channels-eva-peron/#comment-342006 The thesis was that there are common elements that run through both. These are: I am you and you are me. Together, we fight the oligarchy. God is on our side. I would die for you. Ergo Will you die for me? Today, Trump's supporters have been asked that ultimate question. Steve Thomas

My new character witnesses are Lucky L., Johnny R. and "Momo" G. Steve Thomas

If we take Trump;s position, I wonder how long it will take before American politicians start falling out of windows. Steve Thomas

It had to come to this. It was inevitable. Heidi Stevens: In attempt to shield kids from sexual content, Florida school district bans dictionaries. Do better, grown-ups https://nordot.app/1118273226940596289?c=592622757532812385 “A school district in Florida has made the bold and bewildering decision to ban dictionaries (dictionaries!) from its libraries on the grounds that allowing children to read them violates a law aimed at protecting children from sexual content.” “The American Heritage Children's Dictionary, Webster's Dictionary for Students and Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary are among more than 2,800 books that have been pulled from Escambia County school libraries and placed into storage,” Judd Legum reports in Popular Information. “Along with dictionaries, the books removed from Escambia County school libraries as a result of this process include eight different encyclopedias, two thesauruses and five editions of The Guinness Book of World Records.” Escambria County is along the Gulf Coast, may 50 miles southeast of Mobile, AL. Those poor children. Steve Thomas

Trump said whoever ‘leaked’ info on his White House bunker stay should be ‘executed,’ new book claims By Devan Cole, CNN Tue July 13, 2021 “Then-President Donald Trump told a number of his advisers in 2020 that whoever leaked information about his stay in the White House bunker in May of that year had committed treason and should be executed for sharing details about the episode with members of the press, according to excerpts of a new book, obtained by CNN, from Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender.“ ““‘Whoever did that, they should be charged with treason!’ Trump yelled. ‘They should be executed!’” the book reads.” Trump wanted Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, Mark Milley executed. Wanting immunity for killing people is no idle threat. Steve Thomas

Trump Attorney Tells Judges Presidential Immunity Would Even Cover Assassinating Rivals, Selling Pardons U.S. presidents cannot be prosecuted for selling pardons or assassinating political rivals through SEAL Team Six, personal Trump lawyer John Sauer argued Tuesday Well, let's not be shy about the whole thing, right? Steve Thomas

Marjorie Taylor Greene slams "corporate communists". She learned all about that capitalism and communism stuff while sitting at er VFW daycare center signing books. Steve Thomas

NBC reporter fact-checks Trump at rally after ex-president 'cast shade on Abraham Lincoln' By David McAfee January 6, 2024 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fact-checked-by-nbc-reporter-slavery/ "Donald Trump on Saturday was fact-checked live by a NBC News reporter who was attending the former president's Iowa rally. Trump said at his rally that the Civil War, and therefore the existence of slavery as an institution, should have been "negotiated," instead of erupting in bloodshed. He also said that no one would have ever heard of Abraham Lincoln had he simply negotiated the conflict between slave states and non-slave states." Boy, he and Nikki Haley are sure laying the groundwork for another Civil War, aren't they? Steve Thomas

Marjorie Taylor Greene at her Pulitzer Prize winning book signing I thought the building blocks and the Barbie house were a nice touch. Steve Thomas

Trump warns of ‘big trouble’ as Supreme Court agrees to hear Colorado ballot case by Nick Robertson - 01/06/24 https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4392902-trump-warns-big-trouble-as-scotus-agrees-hear-colorado-case/ The Supreme Court is set to hear the Colorado case after the state’s Supreme Court determined last month that Trump should not be on the primary ballot due to his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection. “I just hope we get fair treatment,” Trump said at an Iowa rally Friday. “Because if we don’t, our country’s in big, big trouble. Does everybody understand what I’m saying?” Add the Supreme Court to his lit. Is there anybody in this country that Trump hasn't threatened? Steve Thomas