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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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A GOP State Senate Candidate Allegedly Punched A Democratic Opponent At An Abortion Rights Rally


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ARepublican candidate for Rhode Island state senate was arrested after allegedly punching a Democratic opponent in the face at an abortion rights rally outside the State House on Friday.

Jeann Lugo, 34, has been charged with disorderly conduct and simple assault. In a tweet before he deleted his account, he said he “will not be running for any office this Fall." The former candidate is also a police officer with the Providence Police Department and has been put on leave. He was off-duty at the time of the protest.

“The officer has served for 3 yrs and placed on administrative leave w/pay this morning, pending a criminal investigation and administrative review,” the police department said in a tweet on Saturday.

Video of the incident was captured by a local journalist and posted to Twitter. In the video, a verbal argument between protesters and counterprotesters escalates, and a counterprotester is punched in the face. That incident incites more chaos, and the video then appears to show Lugo punching Democratic candidate Jennifer Rourke.

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Rourke tweeted the portion of the video showing the alleged assault, adding, “I'm a reproductive rights organizer & State Senate candidate. Last night, after speaking at our Roe rally, my Republican opponent – a police officer – violently attacked me,” she wrote. “This is what it is to be a Black woman running for office. I won't give up.”

She told the Associated Press that she had been trying to escort out a counterprotester who'd agreed to leave before she was hit. She and Lugo were both running for their party's nomination for the same state senate seat, though she told the AP they hadn't interacted before.

"I’m disappointed he chose to use violence in this way," she told the AP. "As a police officer, he’s trained to deescalate. He did not do what he was trained to do."

The Providence Police Department, Rourke, and Lugo didn’t immediately respond to BuzzFeed News’ request for comment.

Two other people were also arrested at the protest on suspicion of disorderly conduct. Gov. Dan McKee on Sunday called the violence "outrageous" and said the individuals responsible must be held accountable.

Lugo has claimed that Rourke had become physical with him, which she has denied, the Providence Journal reported. The video also doesn't show Rourke acting violently.

"I'm not going to deny," Lugo told the Journal of the punching allegation. "It was very chaotic, so I can't really tell you right now. Everything happened very fast."

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

listen to the clips in the twitter window below, you find out how bad it is to not lie about the election even as a republican.




"Threats of violence over politics has increased heavily in the last few years. But the darkness has reached new lows," Kinzinger wrote on Twitter, describing the audio as "foul and graphic."


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then after the 4th of july shooting here is what a trump backed ill gov candidate says...

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-backed-illinois-candidate-says-081102468.html


Trump-backed Illinois candidate says ‘let’s move on’ just hours after parade shooting


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Hours after a mass shooting at a 4 July parade in Illinois left six people dead and dozens of others injured, state senator Darren Bailey asked Americans to move on and celebrate.

The Republican lawmaker said in a statement: “Let’s move on and celebrate the independence of this nation,” reported The Daily Beast.

“We have got to get corruption and evil out of our government.”

Mr Bailey is being backed by former president Donald Trump in the race for Illinois governor.

Mr Bailey who was speaking on a Facebook live from Skokie, a village around 20 minutes from Highland Park where the shooting took place, also praised law enforcement officials.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ohio Republicans failed in their effort to make it harder to protect abortion rights.

Now we need to make it possible for high school students in Florida to study Shakespeare.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

another right wing hero their speaker of the house.... and republican head of RNC.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/convicted-ex-ohio-house-speaker-moved-to-oklahoma-prison-to-begin-his-20-year-sentence/ar-AA1fTEbG?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=26884732ae414ec2a74317d581ab2f3a&ei=74

Convicted ex-Ohio House speaker moved to Oklahoma prison to begin his 20-year sentence


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Convicted former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been transferred to Oklahoma to begin his time in federal prison.

The 64-year-old Republican had been held in the Butler County Jail in southwestern Ohio since he was sentenced June 29 to 20 years for his role in the largest corruption scheme in Ohio history.

He was recently moved to the federal transfer center in Oklahoma City, according to Bureau of Prisons records. His attorney, Steven Bradley, said Householder was not granted a request to be released during his appeal.

Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges, a former chair of the Ohio Republican Party, were convicted in March of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise involving bribery and money laundering.


A jury found Householder masterminded and Borges participated in a $60 million bribery scheme that was secretly funded by Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. to secure Householder's power, elect his allies — and then to pass and defend legislation that delivered a $1 billion nuclear power plant bailout of two nuclear plants that were owned by a FirstEnergy affiliate. FirstEnergy also has admitted to its role.


Borges, 51, was sentenced to five years, which he is serving at the federal prison in Milan, Michigan, near Ann Arbor, bureau records show.

The government's investigation remains open.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

$1 billion bailout? Only Republicans have that much chutzpah.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 23, 2023 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

coming from the former horses mouth , he knows the facts and is not willing to lie at this point. Notice no repubican challenges him or anything he has said...

oh rightys are such victims... nope just liars liars wanting to destroy truth justice and America. for which no right-wingers stands...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/we-were-briefed-ex-gop-lawmaker-blows-up-popular-right-wing-conspiracy-theory/ar-AA1lXgYq?cvid=20b21e71901044c3d727414219e1ce5f&ocid=winp2fptaskbar&ei=4&sc=shoreline

'We were briefed': Ex-GOP lawmaker blows up popular right-wing conspiracy theory



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Former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-Ret.) on Saturday blew up a popular right-wing conspiracy theory, saying some who spread the misinformation were briefed alongside him on the facts.

Kinzinger, who has recently been in the news for jumpstarting a meme about how bad "Trump smells," took to social media to destroy the "Seth Rich" theory. The conspiracy theory, which some say helped propel Donald Trump to the White House, alleges that the slain Democratic National Committee staffer was killed because he was somehow involved in leaking stolen emails to WikiLeaks during the 2016 election campaign.


But as Kinzinger tells it, some who spread that theory are "knowingly lying" about it.


"Any Republican politician that lends credence to [Seth Rich] conspiracies is knowingly lying," Kinzinger wrote. "We were briefed as to how Russia got DNC emails. If they bother to care."

The former lawmaker then added that there is "always a victim narrative to profit from," calling them "[w]eaklings."

In a follow-up post on Substack, Kinzinger went even further regarding the "victim narrative."

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"The whining, weak, brittle, fragile, delicate, feeble, puny, victim mentality of the MAGA movement is one of the most transparently sad, snowflakey, and pitiful movements really in American history," he wrote. "The incessant whining followed by the usual deflection of some harsh attack that reasonable adults would eschew has really reached a boiling point in my tolerance of typical and normal political dialogue."

He added that he was initially attracted to Republicanism because of his "belief that a man could set his own destiny, defend his own family, live his own life, and leave others alone to live theirs."

"The MAGA movement has become an infectious disease of helplessness and victimhood unlike any I can remember. Donald Trump himself is a master victim, suing everyone, everything, yelling loudly about how he is a poor victim of the 'deep state,' Rinos, DOJ, FBI, China, Germany, Mars, the sun, and any other possible force of nature," he then added. "But his victim mentality has spread to the GOP at large, and its the most annoying and destructive force in the nation. Seriously. This infection has destroyed the GOP."



rights love to lie and love their liars...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-judge-says-ron-desantis-spread-false-information-on-trans-healthcare-and-says-there-s-no-rational-basis-to-ban-gender-affirming-care/ar-AA1lVTmf?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=f59db512a7b54882a01dc9b22b886290&ei=9

Florida judge says Ron DeSantis spread false information on trans healthcare and says there's no 'rational basis' to ban gender-affirming care

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Analysis Reveals How Much National Debt Trump Added During His Presidency


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The CRFB report states, “Of the $8.4 trillion President Trump added to the debt

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'These are your own words!' CNN reporter confronts GOPer who wanted Obama executed


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Michele Morrow — the Republican nominee for North Carolina superintendent of public instruction — had a testy confrontation with CNN journalist Shimon Prokupecz after a recent campaign event.

Prokupecz confronted Morrow in a parking lot after a campaign rally earlier this week to ask her if she still stood by her 2020 tweet calling for former President Barack Obama to be executed via firing squad on live television. She also tweeted in December of 2020 that Joe Biden — who was president-elect at the time — should also be killed, and referred to him as a "traitor."

"Do you still stand by your comments about former President Barack Obama and that he should be executed, calling for the death of other presidents? Do you stand by that? Do you stand by those comments?" Prokupecz asked, while Morrow's handler tried unsuccessfully to get in between him and the candidate.
READ MORE: GOP nominee for NC public schools chief endorsed 'pay per view' execution of Obama: report

"Do you stand by what you've said about the public education system in that it needs to be destroyed? Do you stand by that?"

"No comment," Morrow said.

"Do you understand the concern that people have with this nomination that you—" Prokupecz said before he was cut off.

"I have a question: Do you vote in North Carolina? Then keep your eyes on your own paper." She snapped (CNN is a broadcast network, not a newspaper).

READ MORE: 'Sheer insanity': NC Republicans on track to pass gerrymandered map erasing 4 Democratic districts

"Do you understand the concern people have with your nomination, and that the things that you have said?" Prokupecz asked again.

"People in New York have concern over my nomination?"

"People all across the country!" Prokupecz said.

"Really? Why are they concerned about North Carolina? Do you understand that education is a problem in this entire country? So maybe they need to focus on what's going on in your state of New York, which, by the way, is where I grew up," she said, pointing a finger at Prokupecz.

READ MORE: 'Divisive' far-right GOP gubernatorial nominee shows no signs of moderation

"I understand, but you have said such hurtful things too, in terms of the education system, about transgender students—" Prokupecz pressed before Morrow interjected again.

"—Everyone is so done with the 'gotcha' moments—"

"—This is not a 'gotcha'! These are your own words!" Prokupecz said as she tried to talk over him. "You have said that the former president—"

"—How do you know those are my words?" She then asked.

READ MORE: Why North Carolina Republicans are 'probably the most dedicated gerrymanderers': columnist

"Because you tweeted! Are those not your tweets? Do you deny saying that? You have an opportunity now. Do you deny saying that? Are you denying that you were saying that in those tweets? Have you talked about the indoctrination of children by teachers?"

"I am telling you—"

"Have you talked about that? Have you said that about students?"

"Have you seen any of me going to the school board for the last five years? Because you will have my answer," Morrow said.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

right wing hero to even today... it was two hours after the shooting that Jones claimed it was a liberal conspiracy and lie... and to this date right wingers still believe him and Sandy Hook is fake news.

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In "The Truth Vs. Alex Jones" a historic court win does little to repair the damage done to us all


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Some costs can only be fully understood through numbers. In chronicling the two defamation lawsuits brought against Alex Jones and his website, InfoWars, “The Truth vs. Alex Jones” is, in the most basic sense, a story of historic damages.

Nearly $1.5 billion in penalties was awarded to the families of the victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting by juries in Texas and Connecticut in 2022, rulings that were followed by Jones declaring bankruptcy.

These totals represent the largest defamation award in United States history. As things currently stand, the families haven’t seen a dime, and InfoWars is still spewing out misinformation daily. (This week Jones is recycling an old favorite: antisemitism.) Welcome to the American legal system if indeed this outcome surprises you.
That missive is one of many guiding filmmaker Dan Reed in his methodical survey of what Jones’ shameless and shameful conspiracy grifting has done to these fathers and mothers, to Newtown, Conn., and our democracy.

Some of his subjects recite, such as when the family’s lawyer Mark Bankston asks the Texas jury to focus on 24%, explaining that is the percentage of people in the U.S. who believe that the massacre at Sandy Hook was either definitely or partially staged.

By then we’ve learned that barely two hours passed between the shooting making national news and Jones telling his InfoWars viewers for the first time that the tragedy was a staged operation, a deep-state ruse to justify confiscating guns from private citizens. The day after the shooting he accused one of the grieving parents who made a televised statement on behalf of the families, Robbie Parker, of being a crisis actor. Parker, who was still in shock at losing his six-year-old daughter, nervously smiled before stepping up to a podium full of microphones. Jones and his followers have tortured him ever since.

“They are coming, they are coming, they are coming!” he fulminates in a clip the parents’ legal team plays for him during his 2019 deposition, at which he seems unmoved. The nonexistent “they” he refers to did not come for Second Amendment zealots. Instead, Jones’ followers, descended on Newtown, including one he financially backed to harass them at public meetings and their homes. To this day the victims’ parents receive death threats.

That ensures that the count that hits hardest isn’t displayed onscreen or said aloud. Reed makes us feel it instead – the anguish of 15 names of slaughtered children recited in succession, without pause, for 40 seconds.

These were the children whose teachers hid them in a bathroom, thinking they’d be safe, only to be murdered by the monster neither Reed nor Connecticut state police investigator Daniel Jewiss name, aside from referencing an evil that walked through the school’s front door. The strain in Jewiss’ voice all these years later is undeniable.

Compared with Reed’s previous work, which includes “Leaving Neverland” and “Four Hours at the Capitol,” “The Truth vs. Alex Jones” is more sharply targeted and careful not to entirely rely on the audience’s empathy. Remember those numbers: one in four people believe Jones, and he’s right to assume some of them are watching.

That may have informed his more fastidious approach to presenting the scope of Jones’ injury.


Most people know Jones evolved from a fringe cable access nutcase into one of the most influential voices in far-right politics. Reed, though, strategically includes an anecdote from a former producer featuring him warning his audience that corporations were poisoning babies with fluoridated water before the Sandy Hook segment.
How a man who exploited the basic human impulse to protect infants evolved into a pundit who convinced nearly a quarter of all Americans that 20 six- and seven-year-olds weren’t murdered in December 2012 and demonized their parents, can only be explained by greed.

But even here Reed stops short of expanding on a point that one ex-InfoWars employee touches on, which is that he cooks up alleged geopolitical fairy tales and fever dreams to sell supplements. “Did we think he wanted us to lie?” one asks. “Yeah, it was obvious.”

That much any sensible person knows, but Reed could have hammered on that point with more precision. The greater value in “The Truth vs. Alex Jones” rests in scenes where Reed speaks with true believers in the Sandy Hook conspiracy Jones wrought.

Look into the eyes of Kelley Watt, one of the conspiracy theorists Reed interviews, and you can tell she is convinced Lenny Pozner is lying about his child Noah having been shot to death.

She informs Pozner that the only way she’ll believe him is if he agrees to exhume Noah’s body. “I watch a lot of true crime, and they exhume bodies all the time. It’s not unusual,” she blithely says. “That’s all you can do.”

The contemptible cruelty of this thinking, let alone the obscene presumption that Pozner is obligated to prove to her that his child is dead, isn’t even shocking. Rather, it validates suspicions concerning the devotion that Jones’ cult, which shares significant overlap with that of Donald Trump, has to this lie.

Within all this, Reed captures the essence of what makes Jones so darkly compelling, irritating, and dangerous.

The second of the film’s two hours walks the audience through the court cases, spending the preponderance of the runtime in the Austin, Texas courtroom where the InfoWars host does a bang-up job of working Judge Maya Guerra Gamble’s last nerves. When he isn’t mugging for Reed’s camera he vacillates between a stony-faced refusal to admit guilt and an approximation of remorse. You can see that part is false, and you can understand why the other face he wears sells a lot of overpriced snake oil.

When Gamble isn’t reminding him that the courtroom isn’t his show, she’s heroically maintaining her composure when, at various moments, the plaintiff’s legal team presents her with clips of what Jones has said about her or one of the parents on his show days mere days before.


And yet, when Scarlett Lewis, the mother of Sandy Hook victim Jesse Lewis looks into Jones’ eyes from the stand, she shows us why this case has become an indicator of how lost so many people are.
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“Truth is what we base our reality on. And we have to agree on that to have a civil society,” Lewis says on the stand.

Sandy Hook is a hard truth, she tells Jones, reminding him that he has children too. “Having a quarter of Americans doubt that Sandy Hook happened or doubt the facts surrounding Sandy Hook is not conducive to keeping our kids safe.”

Yet, she says, “You keep saying it. Why? Why? For money?” Jones pretends to look pained because the true answer is yes.

The civil trials achieved the significant win of getting Jones on record as saying he believes the 2012 shootings “100% happened.” Through “The Truth vs. Alex Jones,” Reed shows us that more than a decade after the fact his saying it in court documents doesn’t matter. Lenny Pozner knows this, and so does Kelley Watt.

Lewis’ courtroom confrontation with Jones occurred not long after Jones called Jesse’s father Neil Heslin “slow” on his show. Still, she says while looking into her tormentor’s eyes, “I know you believe me. And yet, you’re going to leave this courthouse, and you’re going to say it again on your show.”

In response, Jones shakes his head pseudo-passionately.

“You’re saying no. You just did it,” she said. Later, he’ll apologize to Lewis and shake her hand, only to return to his studio and call the court proceedings a sham. That’s what his audience wants to believe, and they’re passionate about it to keep giving him to lie with little regard for the high price we’ll all pay in the long run.

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