and, as always, this piece could have been twice as long, because there were that many assholes out there offering up their cheap thoughts and useless prayers
I'm not so sure that's true anymore. I think the loudest voices against gun control these days are the MAGAts. They think the libs want to take their precious weapons away. Isn't is sad that they can defend themselves with ideas to make our country safe for everyone with ammo like many of our civilized allies?
Block the roads now. Too much is at risk to wait! Mobilize Blue state National Guards when threatened. Wait until then. The invasion of one state by another is a call to state Governors to mobilize their National Guards to resist an UNLAWFUL assault. The U.S. military should not accept UNLAWFUL orders. The sooner we get this over with, the better. This confrontation is coming. It is coming! We are stronger now than we will be tomorrow. The confrontation is not a battle or a war. It is a standoff at State borders. One state would be trying to invade another. One is the offender. The other, the defender. We know TACO.
Also, the gerrymander fight is on. There is a new playbook. The old rules have been struck down by the Supreme Court. We need to change the gears here as fast as possible for deadly PREEMPTIVE strikes. Newsom has moved out on this already. Who is next? Hochul. Where are you? NO EXCUSE! Change your state Constitution. Pritzker. What are you doing?
Hochul and Pritzger are both at least being outspoken about our current state of fascism. They seem to be rallying the troops and are getting the fascist coup message out. That’s more than 20 or more other Democratic governors are doing with their ongoing silence.
For instance, here in Oregon our two Senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are outspoken and actively fighting against the coup. Yet, here in, Oregon, a Blue state that is greatly hated by Shitler, our governor has done nothing visible, nor audible to encourage our resistance. ICE is coming, we all know that, yet Governor Tina Kotek has nothing to say about it.
Literally thousands of long-haul trucks travel on our freeway from east to west and west to east. We can't stop that commercial traffic, it represents our life blood. It takes cargo to our major port, one of the largest in the us. I don't see how we can block the roads. It's all so depressing.
Who's going to do all this blocking, an inadequately armed and untrained fraction of the citizenry versus a military and para-military force equipped with tanks, assault weapons, drones, etc.? I feel Carl's rage 100% but not enough of the population is willing to sacrifice squat for freedom.
Seems that the Dems have come full circle. The Civil War was ostensibly fought by Dems to defend State's rights when in fact it was about abolition of slavery. But now it seems, Dems need to assert State's rights to defend against fascism. History is a loop.
Amendment 10: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
First thing I heard from the latest school shooing, a school I once attended, was the offering of “thoughts and prayers”…fuck straight off with that nonsense! Who in your gods name needs a semi-automatic rifle???
You are truly an empathetic, wise, brilliant man who still has humor in the darkest times. I, and so many of us, appreciate your hard work and it is very hard these days.
KKKoline the gift that keeps giving.Perhaps she should take a break over the holiday, spend some time with her grandpa’s best friend AKA her husband and maybe take her edge off. At her young age she sure acts like a condescending, entitled little biatch. Have a good holiday fellow travelers..
She will likely spend the entire weekend getting her grandpa’s best friend hard. Those satanic red fucks won’t ever take blue pills unless Peter Thiel or Scott Bessent orders it up for his own ass.
That ship sailed soon after the NRA became a political powerhouse, run by paid lobbyists and the Heritage Foundation. Lobbyists wrote most of the legislation we are now, unfortunately, governed by. Ever wonder why our tax code is so incredibly fucked up? It’s cuz it’s oligarch tax code, written by their paid lobbyists.
Dark money in American Politics. Tell me Supremes, how does it work for democracy?
The Six Shits on the Supreme Court do not like democracy and will never defend it. They're all about the U.S. being a "representative Republic," with the wealthiest and most privileged being the best represented.
Right on Walt, our elected leaders are too busy fundraising to actually write any laws. Lobbyists and moneyed special interest groups have been writing laws for decades!
And nobody in either party says a damn thing about it. Of course, if we weren’t living in the Upside Down, paid lobbyists writing legislation would be illegal.
The home-schooled morons that NEED A GUN to initialize their “personality” are a scourge on our entire planet. Their mantra, “Let’s go kill something!”
Left to nature, they would be dead within a week. Sorry, sad, weak-kneed spineless coyotes (sorry, coyotes) who need a gun to go through life. It’s pathetic and embarrassing to have these monsters in charge.
Hey now, let’s not disparage the homeschooling community. We homeschool and are nothing like these sickos. The number of secular, progressive homeschoolers is rapidly growing.
I appreciate you stating that, Heather. I believe home schooling may have started with only the best intentions. Unfortunately, the whole process is being co-opted by the fascists who are more concerned with the “dumbing down of America” than the education of our youth.
There are definitely those type of homeschoolers, too. But you’d be surprised how many of us care very, very much about educating our kids, especially when it comes to an accurate account of history and up-to-date science. Homeschooling gives us the freedom to tailor to our daughter’s learning style and accommodate her neurodiversity. We school year-round, so we don’t have summer brain drain. Long story short: We’re not all crazies who use homeschooling as an excuse for child labor or other such ridiculous things! Our daughter (9) is actually a VERY outspoken anti-Trumper. She’s been reading the news since she was 6, and thankfully she’s beyond her phase of verbally ranting at people wearing Trump hats when we’re out shopping. 😅
No, it’s not. My husband and I, and a slew of tutors, “home schooled” our son his jr. and sr. years of high school (long story). My granddaughter currently attends classes at a home-school co-op, for which I am eternally grateful, because our public schools are fucking dangerous and have gone to shit, and at least now I can feel reasonably reassured that she won’t be shot dead during algebra or English lit classes.
The point I tried to make, unsuccessfully, is that the homeschooling option has put another tool in the fascist toolbox. Mad respect for dutiful parents who make the time for and use their energy to properly educate their children. Still, despite the issues that exist in public schools, (bullying, social media, etc.), the socialization of our children is integral to their development as human beings. Just my $.02
As Cersei Lannister said in Game of Thrones (before decapitating a citizen challenger), "Information isn't power. Power is power." Guns do give these low-lifes power, but it's fleeting and vulnerable to annihilation by a bigger gun -- or suicide. This is the basis of American diplomacy and governance.
🎯 Well stated, Terri. That is the heart of the matter. Public schools, for all their faults, socialize kids. Teaches them to deal with others without a gun in their hand. These are critical skills that are obviously missing in their cult.
Yes it is so hard to understand their cult/thinking. It is hard to be sympathetic. How does that form? They have no understanding of others. No sympathy or kindness.
The republicans will never “get it.” On another note- jd couchfuck was in LaCrosse WI yesterday and avoided the protesters by going down a one way street- the WRONG way! Ick! I cannot stand anyone who supports this shitshow.
Try to have a peaceful Labor Day weekend everyone ❤️
Our country is in big trouble and has been for a very long time. According to the right-wing nutjobs, guns aren't the problem. Okay, then what IS the problem?! I'm sick and tired of their thoughts and prayers. I'm disgusted by their excuses. If we can't (at least) get assault style weapons off our streets, there's no hope for us. Being fearful all of the time is truly a shitty way to live. Gawd help us.
Which, in turn, is a resurgence (as from the Crypt of our unaddressed histories) of a patriarchal colonialist worldview. Toxic masculines and their replicant females are akin to blood thirsty revenants walking amongst us all.
Aren't we all? It takes an ungodly amount of stamina just to read about this Satanic administration. I can't even imagine how exhausted Jeff Tiedrich and my other Substack authors are. Major kudos to them all.
How delusional for Porky Piglet to criticize Jen Psaki, her predecessor as WH press secretary and a bonafide, competent professional who could roast Karolyin' on a spit for lunch.
I don’t know why the media even covers a Karoline Leavitt presser. She never answers a question, never tells the truth and just spreads misinformation. She’s the most defensive press secretary ever because she’s thin skinned, stupid and a toady for the president. Total waste of time. To paraphrase James Carville “it’s the guns stupid”
Unfortunately they're afraid to because they will be banned from the next presser. This is how authoritarians act and while we thought we knew what went on in Germany in the 30's and 40's, we're seeing it in America right now.
Just fucking sickening. NO other nation on Earth would tolerate this continuing travesty and the only reason this goes on is because of the craven cowards in the pedo protecting party
Thank you, Sharon. “Because money is more important than someone else’s children.”
This explains so much of what is wrong with this country. The climate crisis, especially. Then add in “Our Way of Life is more important than someone else’s children.” Or everyone’s children.
"Maria Butina developed a reputation in Russia for her love of guns - but it was her involvement with the National Rifle Association (NRA) that led to her getting in trouble with US authorities. At the end of 2018 she pleaded guilty to being directed by a Russian government official to "establish unofficial lines of communication with Americans having power and influence over American politics". -- BBC
It's not an accident who Butina and the rest of the Russian subversive elements target. Conservatives are most easily manipulated and turned against America because of their greed and hunger for power. How many conservative men did Butina seduce (bang) to achieve such success as she had?
There is a simple solution: Post crime scene photos of slaughtered children on billboards coast to coast. Assault weapons will be banned before the end of the week. Most people are oblivious to the fact that these weapons turn bodies into something akin to ground beef.
I have thought about the same thing for years! If people actually saw the damage that is done to a human body by an AR-15, maybe it would get through their thick schools that it's time to ban these types of weapons. And yeah, I know the spiel that handguns kill more people every year, but not normally in a mass shooting.
No doubt, but normal people would not. Normal people need to see what happens when multiple bullets fly into a little body. One glance and they would change their tune. If only one parent would permit the use of the photo or one cop would leak it, it would make a huge difference in attitude. IMHO
Not sure how well that would work, but it's worth a try. Personally, I think every AR owner should be forced to shoot a friend or family member (draw straws) on live broadcast video. If they can't bring themselves to do it, their AR is confiscated and destroyed.
Do you really think so? I know a LOT of AR owners, and some were active duty overseas. I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't shoot a loved one in order to hang on to an AR (or 3). (As far as enforcement, we only have to look at what ICE is allowed to do right now, for an example.)
It is dark, but I can't come up with any other answers that will jar these people enough to bring themselves to their senses about these weapons. Billboards full of gore sure isn't going to do it.
A Sandy Hook first responder, interviewed months--maybe a year--after the slaughter, said that, at the time of the killings, he was against releasing the photos of the murdered children; however, after seeing that Congress and the alt-right didn't care and weren't going to do anything, he said he'd changed his mind and that maybe everyone needed to see what an AR-15 does to the little body of a six-year-old.
Initially, I agreed with him. Now, I fear that the N(uts) R A(rmed) would actually enjoy getting to see the carnage.
"a metal dectector at the door of the church where these kids got shot would have done fuck-all, because the shooter was standing outside and firing through the windows."
Yes; shove them and scream at those who aren’t making laws to protect our children!
Use/share this spreadsheet (bit.ly/Goodtrouble) as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to those in your own state, and those in a committee that fits your topic. Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly. We deserve better ❤️🩹🤍💙
You nailed it again, Jeff! There is a substantial part of our polity for whom the whole concept of empathy is a weak and dirty thing. As long as they can keep their weapons of war, they don't care how many kids get perforated. They want what they want and don't you libs try to get in their way.
and, as always, this piece could have been twice as long, because there were that many assholes out there offering up their cheap thoughts and useless prayers
Thank you, Jeff, for typing out those repugnant Republicon comments, so I don’t have to listen to the lying screeches of MAGATS.
What Walt said!
Thoughts & prayers , is American slang for, " We don't give a fuck ".
Also means, "we're not going to do anything. "
Exactly Kristy, knowing that many of our elected representatives in this country receive massive sums of money from the NRA!
I'm not so sure that's true anymore. I think the loudest voices against gun control these days are the MAGAts. They think the libs want to take their precious weapons away. Isn't is sad that they can defend themselves with ideas to make our country safe for everyone with ammo like many of our civilized allies?
Block the roads now. Too much is at risk to wait! Mobilize Blue state National Guards when threatened. Wait until then. The invasion of one state by another is a call to state Governors to mobilize their National Guards to resist an UNLAWFUL assault. The U.S. military should not accept UNLAWFUL orders. The sooner we get this over with, the better. This confrontation is coming. It is coming! We are stronger now than we will be tomorrow. The confrontation is not a battle or a war. It is a standoff at State borders. One state would be trying to invade another. One is the offender. The other, the defender. We know TACO.
Also, the gerrymander fight is on. There is a new playbook. The old rules have been struck down by the Supreme Court. We need to change the gears here as fast as possible for deadly PREEMPTIVE strikes. Newsom has moved out on this already. Who is next? Hochul. Where are you? NO EXCUSE! Change your state Constitution. Pritzker. What are you doing?
https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/gerrymander-fight?r=3m1bs
Agreed , Carl, but let’s not throw shade at the few Dems that are actually fighting against the coup.
I missed the shade. Enlighten me.
Hochul and Pritzger are both at least being outspoken about our current state of fascism. They seem to be rallying the troops and are getting the fascist coup message out. That’s more than 20 or more other Democratic governors are doing with their ongoing silence.
For instance, here in Oregon our two Senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are outspoken and actively fighting against the coup. Yet, here in, Oregon, a Blue state that is greatly hated by Shitler, our governor has done nothing visible, nor audible to encourage our resistance. ICE is coming, we all know that, yet Governor Tina Kotek has nothing to say about it.
Thanks Walt, my sentiments exactly!!
Carl, you're on it! Block the roads now!
Literally thousands of long-haul trucks travel on our freeway from east to west and west to east. We can't stop that commercial traffic, it represents our life blood. It takes cargo to our major port, one of the largest in the us. I don't see how we can block the roads. It's all so depressing.
I didn't take it as blocking commercial traffic - just the military traffic... which would likely include airports.
Who's going to do all this blocking, an inadequately armed and untrained fraction of the citizenry versus a military and para-military force equipped with tanks, assault weapons, drones, etc.? I feel Carl's rage 100% but not enough of the population is willing to sacrifice squat for freedom.
I assumed it would be done by each state's own National Guard troops.
That’s a really good idea.
Ma be too late Carl and you are 100% correct. Good thinking
Seems that the Dems have come full circle. The Civil War was ostensibly fought by Dems to defend State's rights when in fact it was about abolition of slavery. But now it seems, Dems need to assert State's rights to defend against fascism. History is a loop.
Amendment 10: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Well done, Jeff!
I hate it here. 😭
Allow that anger and defiance, like mine has, boil over, it’s going to take all of us to stop this insanity Susan!
Christians and their false hopes and shitty narratives are explained here: https://substack.com/@thedruidwendy/note/c-150333101
First thing I heard from the latest school shooing, a school I once attended, was the offering of “thoughts and prayers”…fuck straight off with that nonsense! Who in your gods name needs a semi-automatic rifle???
It's a wonder they still have the gall.
Excellent work, Jeff. The last part you chose to repost was a flaming torch thrown at the criminal enterprise called the Republican Fascist Party.
You are truly an empathetic, wise, brilliant man who still has humor in the darkest times. I, and so many of us, appreciate your hard work and it is very hard these days.
KKKoline the gift that keeps giving.Perhaps she should take a break over the holiday, spend some time with her grandpa’s best friend AKA her husband and maybe take her edge off. At her young age she sure acts like a condescending, entitled little biatch. Have a good holiday fellow travelers..
"condescending, entitled". YES!
I'd like to slap that smug expression off that filler-filled face.
There's a whole bunch of them that need the living shit slapped out of them.
Starting at the top
Thats the damned truth.
I’m a good slapper, can I slap the shit out of someone Charles?
Oh Hell yes!😂😂
Have at it‼️P.L.E.A.S.E.
Not necessarily a prerequisite (a good slapper) but boy it sure adds to the fun
for/with certain “slappees”
As do our billionaire overlords Charles!
The queue for that goes all the way around the block. Snacks and water ARE authorized.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
😂😂👏👏👏👏👏👏
Every time I see her, same.
Filler-filled or fat-filled? Sure seems like a chubby face to me - not that there's anything wrong with that!
She will likely spend the entire weekend getting her grandpa’s best friend hard. Those satanic red fucks won’t ever take blue pills unless Peter Thiel or Scott Bessent orders it up for his own ass.
Well…”there ARE exceptions to every rule”
It would really be great if Republicans could one day start caring about children more than they care about guns.
They only care about children when they are in utero.
Like George Carlin said a hundred years ago: "If you're pre-born, you're fine. If you're pre-school, you're fucked."
I really miss George Carlin! He just told it like it was. No holds barred.
As did the journalist Tim Russert. Miss him too. Truth to power.
We sure could use him during these horrible times. We do have Jeff Johnson but he's a bit softer than Carlin.
No need to miss George. He lives on in UTube! All of his best stuff is out there and it is just as pertinent today as it was in the 20th century.
👏
That ship sailed soon after the NRA became a political powerhouse, run by paid lobbyists and the Heritage Foundation. Lobbyists wrote most of the legislation we are now, unfortunately, governed by. Ever wonder why our tax code is so incredibly fucked up? It’s cuz it’s oligarch tax code, written by their paid lobbyists.
Dark money in American Politics. Tell me Supremes, how does it work for democracy?
The Six Shits on the Supreme Court do not like democracy and will never defend it. They're all about the U.S. being a "representative Republic," with the wealthiest and most privileged being the best represented.
On target Walt🎯 especially the tax code
which is so pathetically screwed up it’s amazing the rich pay ANY TAXES at all!
Do they pay any taxes Dave? Records point out who doesn’t Dave!
Right on Walt, our elected leaders are too busy fundraising to actually write any laws. Lobbyists and moneyed special interest groups have been writing laws for decades!
And nobody in either party says a damn thing about it. Of course, if we weren’t living in the Upside Down, paid lobbyists writing legislation would be illegal.
That is not possible. They are composed of shit. Thoroughly through and through. No sympathy for anyone but themselves.
They are like frump. Just listen to them. Listen to him.
Unbelievable anyone could be that way inside.
How did the Corrupt Supreme 6 ever manage to rise to such a lofty position when they are enemies to our Constitution? It’s unfathomable.
Corrupt presidents who nominated them Walt!
But they had to progress through the ranks of other more talented and experienced jurists, didn’t they, Patrick?
Did the Heritage Foundation prop them up and make it all possible? I am not knowing, but, I am suspecting.
It amazes me how these Right-Wing "Christians" are so obsessed with guns. Is it a phallic thing?
The home-schooled morons that NEED A GUN to initialize their “personality” are a scourge on our entire planet. Their mantra, “Let’s go kill something!”
Left to nature, they would be dead within a week. Sorry, sad, weak-kneed spineless coyotes (sorry, coyotes) who need a gun to go through life. It’s pathetic and embarrassing to have these monsters in charge.
Hey now, let’s not disparage the homeschooling community. We homeschool and are nothing like these sickos. The number of secular, progressive homeschoolers is rapidly growing.
I appreciate you stating that, Heather. I believe home schooling may have started with only the best intentions. Unfortunately, the whole process is being co-opted by the fascists who are more concerned with the “dumbing down of America” than the education of our youth.
There are definitely those type of homeschoolers, too. But you’d be surprised how many of us care very, very much about educating our kids, especially when it comes to an accurate account of history and up-to-date science. Homeschooling gives us the freedom to tailor to our daughter’s learning style and accommodate her neurodiversity. We school year-round, so we don’t have summer brain drain. Long story short: We’re not all crazies who use homeschooling as an excuse for child labor or other such ridiculous things! Our daughter (9) is actually a VERY outspoken anti-Trumper. She’s been reading the news since she was 6, and thankfully she’s beyond her phase of verbally ranting at people wearing Trump hats when we’re out shopping. 😅
No, it’s not. My husband and I, and a slew of tutors, “home schooled” our son his jr. and sr. years of high school (long story). My granddaughter currently attends classes at a home-school co-op, for which I am eternally grateful, because our public schools are fucking dangerous and have gone to shit, and at least now I can feel reasonably reassured that she won’t be shot dead during algebra or English lit classes.
Do you really live in a town called “East Jesus?” Are there other directional Jesuses?
LOL no. “East Jesus” is the nickname my friends and I use to describe upper East Tennessee.
The point I tried to make, unsuccessfully, is that the homeschooling option has put another tool in the fascist toolbox. Mad respect for dutiful parents who make the time for and use their energy to properly educate their children. Still, despite the issues that exist in public schools, (bullying, social media, etc.), the socialization of our children is integral to their development as human beings. Just my $.02
I think their obsession with guns is because they feel inferior. Probably lack of ability to process info. Guns make them feel powerful.
And they become more stupid by leaving them unlocked and/or with ammo in them and they have children in the house. 400,000,000 guns … is that not
insanity? 400,000,000- more guns than people!
As Cersei Lannister said in Game of Thrones (before decapitating a citizen challenger), "Information isn't power. Power is power." Guns do give these low-lifes power, but it's fleeting and vulnerable to annihilation by a bigger gun -- or suicide. This is the basis of American diplomacy and governance.
🎯 Well stated, Terri. That is the heart of the matter. Public schools, for all their faults, socialize kids. Teaches them to deal with others without a gun in their hand. These are critical skills that are obviously missing in their cult.
Yes it is so hard to understand their cult/thinking. It is hard to be sympathetic. How does that form? They have no understanding of others. No sympathy or kindness.
This is Nazism all over again.
Dreadful.
You know how long that lasted and the cost.
"Lack of ability to process info", well said👏
pretty sure that’s got a lot to do with it.
Yes. A penis surrogate.
The republicans will never “get it.” On another note- jd couchfuck was in LaCrosse WI yesterday and avoided the protesters by going down a one way street- the WRONG way! Ick! I cannot stand anyone who supports this shitshow.
Try to have a peaceful Labor Day weekend everyone ❤️
Was he visiting his pre-council of Trent hero Raymond Cardinal Burke?
Our country is in big trouble and has been for a very long time. According to the right-wing nutjobs, guns aren't the problem. Okay, then what IS the problem?! I'm sick and tired of their thoughts and prayers. I'm disgusted by their excuses. If we can't (at least) get assault style weapons off our streets, there's no hope for us. Being fearful all of the time is truly a shitty way to live. Gawd help us.
"Being fearful all of the time is truly a shitty way to live."
You are so right... when I leave the house just to go to the grocery, I feel nervous.
I hate it here.
I'm a fighter, but I've been practicing my Spanish every day and looking to move to Spain. This is just no way to live.
HEY! Megan...me too. I'm going for 6 weeks starting mid-November. I'm practicing my Spanish like mad!
Uni, dod, tres… you got it down now, girl!
¡Estoy aprendiendo español! (I'm learning Spanish)
I practiced this phrase extra hard since I'll be saying it a lot when I get there! 🤦♀️ Also....Cerveza Por Favor 😂😂😂
?Donde esta el bano?
My hubby and I just ordered our passports (first time) because of Drumpf. They're coming soon.
Funny part, the Post Person at the Post Office said, "You forgot this section (indicating). Put down your trip dates and location."
I said, "We're not going anywhere. No money for a vaca. This is b/c of Trump."
The Post Person looked up and I thought I saw his mouth turn up. He didn't say a word. I think they might have to be non-political.
New Jersey has very strict gun laws, it helps a lot in the way I feel about being in public.
Missouri, right?
Im in Philly right now...I spend a lot of time here. Mailing address and farm is in Missouri where there are also TOO MANY GUNS.
And when I say I hate it here, I am referring to American Society.
Yes grocery stores and imagine having your kids go to school every day. Its nerve-racking.
One problem contributing to gun violence, or violence in general is an epidemic of toxic masculinity.
Which, in turn, is a resurgence (as from the Crypt of our unaddressed histories) of a patriarchal colonialist worldview. Toxic masculines and their replicant females are akin to blood thirsty revenants walking amongst us all.
Turn up the spotlights exposing them.
Life in the Upside Down, Megan.
Yup.
This is a spot on column.
I got nuthin. 😭😭
Oh... except KKKaroline Leavitt is a vile witch.
Try to have a decent weekend, everyone.
You’re too kind.
HA! I guess I am. 🤷🏼♀️ UGH. I'm exhausted.
Aren't we all? It takes an ungodly amount of stamina just to read about this Satanic administration. I can't even imagine how exhausted Jeff Tiedrich and my other Substack authors are. Major kudos to them all.
And the fatigue grows week by week.
Stamina... you're right. It's absolutely exhausting. Super grateful to Jeff and others who can keep up. Cause damn... I cant!
“KKKaroline Leavitt is a vile witch,” ain’t nothing, Susan.
I could go on...but we all know. 😂
She has earned the title of "see-you-next-tuesday", imho.
LOL! She definitely has!
How delusional for Porky Piglet to criticize Jen Psaki, her predecessor as WH press secretary and a bonafide, competent professional who could roast Karolyin' on a spit for lunch.
I don’t know why the media even covers a Karoline Leavitt presser. She never answers a question, never tells the truth and just spreads misinformation. She’s the most defensive press secretary ever because she’s thin skinned, stupid and a toady for the president. Total waste of time. To paraphrase James Carville “it’s the guns stupid”
The MSM is now bought and controlled by the billionaire oligarch class with their lips permanently attached to Trump’s fat ass. That’s why.
Plus she's a smug little princess. barf.
Someone needs to hit the verbal ping pong ball back - that’s about what it amounts to…
Unfortunately they're afraid to because they will be banned from the next presser. This is how authoritarians act and while we thought we knew what went on in Germany in the 30's and 40's, we're seeing it in America right now.
Just fucking sickening. NO other nation on Earth would tolerate this continuing travesty and the only reason this goes on is because of the craven cowards in the pedo protecting party
Because money is more important than someone else’s children.
Thank you, Sharon. “Because money is more important than someone else’s children.”
This explains so much of what is wrong with this country. The climate crisis, especially. Then add in “Our Way of Life is more important than someone else’s children.” Or everyone’s children.
This whole regime values money over everything. Morals, their own families and friends, their dignity, their consciences.....and on it goes.
And the whole conservative party
Money is more important to the GQP than anybody else, including their own families.
🎯
For some reason, the Russia-NRA connection comes to mind.
https://bsky.app/profile/chrisjustice01.bsky.social/post/3lxih5ikc2s23
Lots of guns will help America destroy itself. People forget the marriage of the NRA and Russia.
Another inroad by Ruskies to destroy Ahmerikans society.
Apart from oil and gas, Russia's primary exports are spies, bots, and great runaway ballet dancers.
"Maria Butina developed a reputation in Russia for her love of guns - but it was her involvement with the National Rifle Association (NRA) that led to her getting in trouble with US authorities. At the end of 2018 she pleaded guilty to being directed by a Russian government official to "establish unofficial lines of communication with Americans having power and influence over American politics". -- BBC
It's not an accident who Butina and the rest of the Russian subversive elements target. Conservatives are most easily manipulated and turned against America because of their greed and hunger for power. How many conservative men did Butina seduce (bang) to achieve such success as she had?
Along with unfettered AI.
This is what free-dum looks like
There is a simple solution: Post crime scene photos of slaughtered children on billboards coast to coast. Assault weapons will be banned before the end of the week. Most people are oblivious to the fact that these weapons turn bodies into something akin to ground beef.
I have thought about the same thing for years! If people actually saw the damage that is done to a human body by an AR-15, maybe it would get through their thick schools that it's time to ban these types of weapons. And yeah, I know the spiel that handguns kill more people every year, but not normally in a mass shooting.
Cops, trauma surgeons, and morticians know, but few others do
I think MAGA would find those pictures,sexually stimulating.
No doubt, but normal people would not. Normal people need to see what happens when multiple bullets fly into a little body. One glance and they would change their tune. If only one parent would permit the use of the photo or one cop would leak it, it would make a huge difference in attitude. IMHO
Not sure how well that would work, but it's worth a try. Personally, I think every AR owner should be forced to shoot a friend or family member (draw straws) on live broadcast video. If they can't bring themselves to do it, their AR is confiscated and destroyed.
Bold! but really, unenforceable - though undertakers would be getting rich!
Do you really think so? I know a LOT of AR owners, and some were active duty overseas. I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't shoot a loved one in order to hang on to an AR (or 3). (As far as enforcement, we only have to look at what ICE is allowed to do right now, for an example.)
Oh my, that's dark. It reminds me of The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson, except that ensuring a good harvest has nothing to do with it.
(never quite recovered from that short story, tbh)
It is dark, but I can't come up with any other answers that will jar these people enough to bring themselves to their senses about these weapons. Billboards full of gore sure isn't going to do it.
A Sandy Hook first responder, interviewed months--maybe a year--after the slaughter, said that, at the time of the killings, he was against releasing the photos of the murdered children; however, after seeing that Congress and the alt-right didn't care and weren't going to do anything, he said he'd changed his mind and that maybe everyone needed to see what an AR-15 does to the little body of a six-year-old.
Initially, I agreed with him. Now, I fear that the N(uts) R A(rmed) would actually enjoy getting to see the carnage.
"a metal dectector at the door of the church where these kids got shot would have done fuck-all, because the shooter was standing outside and firing through the windows."
You tell them, Jeff!
Idiots.
It's the guns.
GUNS. and the failure of society to raise men, who aren't mentally disturbed.
Yes; shove them and scream at those who aren’t making laws to protect our children!
Use/share this spreadsheet (bit.ly/Goodtrouble) as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to those in your own state, and those in a committee that fits your topic. Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly. We deserve better ❤️🩹🤍💙
You nailed it again, Jeff! There is a substantial part of our polity for whom the whole concept of empathy is a weak and dirty thing. As long as they can keep their weapons of war, they don't care how many kids get perforated. They want what they want and don't you libs try to get in their way.
Oh those pesky imotions. According to
Musk. Empathy is over - rated.
How on earth would he know ? Ghoul.
Emotions, I should use my stylus.
If guns aren’t the problem why have metal detectors?
/s
Ha ! 🎯
My thoughts and prayers are for meaningful federal action on assault weapons being banned.
I know— it’s an unrealistic dream.
Even though the stats clearly prove letting the ban expire FAILED… hm
This horror is perpetuated by those with worship of a second amendment that was never intended to be used this way.
My thoughts: Fuck all you low-lifes with your army grade weapons. Prayers: that you all shoot yourselves in the dick so you don’t procreate.