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Speaking at a rally for far-right “election denying” Arizona Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchum, retired Army three-star general, Trump National Security Advisor, and QAnon zealot Michael Flynn told the crowd that 90% of all agencies in the federal government must be eliminated.   Flynn then added a rather shocking assessment about how the concept of “states’ rights”   actually gives governors the right to declare war, and “we’re probably gonna see that.” Gee, he’s predicting states will declare war against the federal government?  A three-star general and former National Security Advisor, actually encouraging governors to take up arms against the United States?  Frankly, about the only thing missing from that speech was the phrase "Death to America!”  Perhaps someone might wanna remind Gen. Flynn that the Confederate States actually lost the Civil War.  Sometimes I wonder if Mike Flynn and Mike Lindell are in a competition to see who is actually more insane.   That sa

Former Department of Homeland Security official Miles Taylor told “Rolling Stone” that former President Donald Trump wanted to "punish" his political opponents in cities that Democrats controlled, telling Homeland Security official Taylor “I want you to get the worst of the worst - criminals, actual murderers, and actual rapists - who cross the [southern] border, and round them up.”   Taylor said that Trump “did not want to expel them, which is what you’re supposed to do in those situations,” but instead “He specifically said that he wanted us to put them on buses - to, and I quote, ‘destabilize’ those sanctuary cities.”   Trump had specifically targeted Los Angeles, Portland, Chicago, and New York City. Oh, I get it!  Trump told them “I want you to get the worst of the worst criminals, actual murderers, and actual rapists who cross the [southern] border.”  OK, but my question is, exactly how would you do that?  Ask them to fill out a form with a list of crimes and have the

In an extremely controversial move, Arizona Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson has lifted a 50-year-old injunction on an 1864 civil war-era state law that had been in place before Arizona was a state.  That law puts a near-total ban on all abortions in the state. Smart move Arizona!  Because there is nothing 21st-century Americans want more than for politicians to bring back oppressive civil war-era laws.  You know, laws written before women even had the right to vote and were still legally considered to be just property.  The idea of disenfranchising over half the population should prove extremely popular.  Hell, I’m sure this ruling has giddy Arizona politicians thinking, “Hey, maybe it’s time to revisit that whole ‘slavery thing’ again.” That said, I suppose extreme right-wing judges resurrecting civil war-era legislation shouldn’t be all that shocking, considering Justice Alito went back a full five centuries in his writing on the Dobbs decision to find something to

In a recent interview, US Senator James Lankford (R-OK) told Christian Nationalist Tony Perkins from the Family Research Council about how they were experiencing a massive drought in Oklahoma, and the week after they passed anti-abortion legislation, “we had the most overwhelming rainstorm that came across the state.”   No kidding?  If heavy rain is a “blessing,” then I’m guessing Puerto Rico must be feeling extraordinarily blessed lately.  Now, not to be critical, but Sen. Lankford’s God may have gotten just a wee bit too enthusiastic about all this anti-abortion legislation and overshot his mark a bit, because some of Lankford’s “overwhelming rain storms” ended up causing major flood damage in Oklahoma cities. Frankly, it isn’t as if this hasn’t happened before.  If I remember correctly, back in 2019, when Oklahoma was experiencing serious flooding throughout the state - Sen. Lankford was claiming “gay people are the cause of natural disasters.”  The funny thing is - shortly the

During a recent interview on Fox News with Sean Hannity, former president Donald Trump tried to defend stashing extremely sensitive classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort by saying he was the president, and the president can declassify, simply by “saying its declassified.”   Trump further added that “there doesn't have to be a process - there can be a process, but there doesn't have to be.”   Trump then told Hannity that if you're the president of the United States, you can actually declassify something “by just ‘ thinking’ about it.”   Oh, my word!  You mean to tell me Trump actually thinks he can declassify the government's most guarded secrets, simply by “thinking about them?”  Now, not to be critical, but it sure sounds like someone has been spending way too much of their spare time binge-watching old episodes of “I Dream of Jeannie.”  I mean, about the only thing he left out was that he also sprinkled the documents with “pixie dust!” This is enough to

Plant-based meat substitute producer Beyond Meat’s Chief Operating Officer Doug Ramsey has been arrested in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on charges of terroristic threatening and third-degree battery after getting into a road rage altercation during a parking garage fender-bender, and biting off the tip of another man's nose. Holy cow!  Wait a minute!  So, he gets in a “beef” with another driver, and bites off his nose?  Since when did cannibalism become a vegan choice?  Wonder if the judge will ask if his victim’s nose “tasted like chicken?”  Guess we can only hope Ramsey doesn't have a son named “Stew.”  All I can say is, this kind of behavior could make Beyond Meat’s stock take a huge “nose dive.”  Hell, if this keeps up, Beyond Meat’s gonna have to come out with a new product line called “Beyond Noses.” So, what’s up with this multi-millionaire biting off some guy’s nose over a silly fender bender?  I mean, who the hell does he think he is, Mike Tyson?  Then, after he gets re

Donald Trump’s former bodyguard and later Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office John McEntee - told the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection that Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz told him he wanted a preemptive blanket pardon in the investigation into his friend Joel Greenberg’s hiring of underage sex workers.   McEntee added Gaetz further claimed that while "he did not do anything wrong, but they are trying to make his life hell, and you know if the president could give him a pardon, that would be great.” Exactly, because nothing says you are innocent of a crime, like asking for a “ preemptive blanket pardon !”  Gee, funny how Matt Gaetz seemed to feel secure in the fact Trump would be just fine with the idea of pardoning someone being investigated for “sex trafficking minors.”  Hell, I’m old enough to remember way back to before the year 2015, when things like allegations of sex trafficking minors would mean the end of one’s politi

MAGA Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is certainly no stranger to controversy, claiming the Jan 6th rioters were actually “provocateurs” impersonating Trump supporters, then bragged he wasn’t concerned for his safety on Jan 6th, because the mob was comprised of “people that loved this country,” and not “Black Lives Matter” people.   Then, in February, he declared that Wisconsin already had enough jobs and therefore shouldn’t make a pitch to manufacture new postal vehicles, which would’ve created 1,000 new jobs.   Now, the MAGA senator is attacking both Medicare and Social Security benefits and their recipients, labeling those programs “reckless spending” and voting against a $35 cap on insulin, then suggesting “senior citizens need to go back to work.” Wait a minute!  The guy who celebrated the 4th of July in Moscow with Vladimir Putin a few years ago - said what?  Now, is it just me, or could it be that Sen. Johnson is waving his teeny weeny “Johnson” at America’s middle class again?  Not tha

Former President Donald Trump says he will sue both “Fox News” and “The Lincoln Project” over an ad The Lincoln Project ran on Fox News, which described Trump’s leadership PAC “Save America” as basically nothing but a Donald Trump slush fund, that’s collected hundreds of millions of dollars and allows Trump to actually use the donation money any way he chooses. Well, with the quality of the lawyers Trump is able to get to represent him these days, don’t expect to see Fox News or The Lincoln Project shaking in their shoes any time soon.  I mean, how much mileage can you actually get out of a lawyer you got off an ad on a bus stop bench?  Seems it’s getting more and more difficult these days for Mr. Trump, aka “The Boy Named Sue,” to find lawyers willing to work for free.  Hell, Trump’s such a grifter, I’m a little surprised that with the death of Queen Elizabeth, Trump hasn't tried to claim he is now the rightful King of England.   Of course, the truth is that Trump isn't goi

In a recent interview with “National Zero,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla) claimed that the DOJ and FBI are making a big deal out of nothing, and that any issues with the documents Donald Trump was hiding at Mar-a-Lago, are simply a “storage issue” and nothing else.   You know, that logic makes perfect sense when you think about it.  Just like if you robbed a bank.  You’re not really “stealing” the money; you’re just “storing” it in a different location.  Yes, and 9-11 was simply a “navigational error.”  The same goes for all those human body parts Jeffery Dahmer stashed inside his refrigerator.  Just another “storage issue.”  You see, it all works out well, assuming you do the math correctly.      Now, not to be overly critical, but it kind of sounds as if Sen. Rubio might have one of those nasty “storage issues” himself.  Because it appears his head is being “stored” all the way up Donald Trump's ass.  Meanwhile, I suppose about the only thing we can possibly hope for, is that the n

During an interview on the Wendy Bell Podcast, Donald Trump claimed he recently met with Jan 6’ers and is actually “financially supporting” some of them.   He then said if he wins re-election, he will be “looking very strongly at full pardons” for all Jan 6th defendants, along with “an apology” from the US Government. Now, wait a minute!  I don’t get it!  I thought Republicans told us the Jan 6th insurrection was basically a “false-flag operation,” and that the people who actually broke into the US Capitol Building to try and stop Joe Biden’s certification as president, were actually Antifa, BLM, and undercover FBI operatives.  Now, why would Donald Trump want to pardon or financially support them?  One thing’s for sure, he’s definitely not paying their legal bills.  Hell, he doesn’t even pay his own lawyers.  Anyway, after Trump claims he’s financially supporting Jan 6th defendants, a few minutes later he’s asking the audience for donations.  Kinda like “Patriots, all I need is y

In a prime-time address outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, President Joe Biden warned that Americans can no longer afford to pretend that democracy isn't under assault, adding that Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans are an extremist sect that is putting the U.S. in danger.   Biden went on to point out “History tells us that blind loyalty to a single leader and a willingness to engage in political violence is fatal to democracy.” In response, MAGA Republican talking heads like Tucker Carlson immediately took to the airwaves, attacking Joe Biden for giving a speech they labeled as “extremely divisive.”  Extremely divisive?  Oh, my word!  Where are the smelling salts and the fainting couch when you need them?  Well, what’s up with that, Brandon?  After all, everyone knows Republicans have always bent over backward to be cooperative and conciliatory. I mean, it isn’t as if Republicans have been repeatedly threatening judges, FBI agents, teachers, librarians, poll workers,