And Let's not forget about the other Deplorables

[Araucaria]

Ryan Walters for demanding $3M for the purchase of Bibles for Oklahoma schools while conservatives refuse to pay teachers a living wage, and cry that free school lunches are not only a burden on the taxpayer, but a luxury that encourages the poors to forget their place.

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And for denying press access to public meetings and press conferences.

KFOR-TV Files Lawsuit Against Ryan Walters, Dan Isett Over Denied Press Access

KFOR-TV has filed a federal lawsuit against state officials who have repeatedly barred its journalists from public meetings and press conferences, according to a release on Monday.

www.news9.com

3 million for Bibles? You can get them from the Gideons for free. I smell a grift here.

 

[TX-Beau]

3 million for Bibles? You can get them from the Gideons for free. I smell a grift here.

It'll be the Toad bible they buy.

 

[KaraBulut]

Ryan Walters for demanding $3M for the purchase of Bibles for Oklahoma schools

3 million for Bibles? You can get them from the Gideons for free. I smell a grift here.

Probably the best solution to all of this is to have everybody argue about inclusiveness- every school should get a Qur'an, a Book of Mormon and a Bible. Christians will protest having a Qur'an in their schools.

From there the Christians can argue with of the dozen or so Bibles that different Christian denominations use. Catholics have one that they like. Older people like KJV (the Trump Bible is KJV, btw). Gideons switched from KJV and now distribute ESV, which many denominations don't like. The NIV crowd will want their favorite Bible.

A decade or so from now when they're all done arguing about it, Ryan Walters will be a long-forgotten nobody.

 

[rareboy]

From Brain Sims on FB:

"FABIAN BASABE (FL-106): As we kick off our month of highlighting Agenda PAC’s Hate Squad—the 10 most beatable anti-LGBTQ+ politicians in America—it’s time to talk about Florida’s very own “George Santos,” Fabian Basabe.
Few politicians are as deceitful as Basabe, who continues to make headlines for his lies, deception, and sexual harassment lawsuits. He’s facing one of the strongest challengers in the country, backed by Equality Florida, the Florida Democrats, and the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund. Basabe’s days in public office are numbered, and with Agenda PAC’s help, we’ll make sure of it.
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Let’s tell you more about him…

 

[KaraBulut]

It just keeps getting better and better...

Trump has endorsed a "parental choice" advocate, Corey DeAngelis PhD, author of books promoting the anti-public school propaganda that is funded by evangelical billionaires and groups like Moms For Liberty. It's a book used by social conservative activists to undermine the public school system. DeAngelis is a senior fellow at the American Federal for Children, which donates to candidates that support school vouchers to divert taxpayer money to religious schools.

DeAngelis is also an anti-LGBT activist. He has appeared on Fox News accusing schools of "focusing on LGBTs instead of ABCs".
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Well...

Dr DeAngelis has a porn past. He appeared as "Seth Rose" on the website GayHoopla. Described as a "hot otter", DeAngelis did a solo video, as well as a 4-man "jerkoff race" video for the studio.
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Anti-LGBTQ+ author put on leave from school choice group for alleged gay porn past

Corey DeAngelis has claimed that public schools are trying to ‘control the minds of other people’s children’

www.independent.co.uk

Seth Rose speaks:


Wanking off on video and getting paid for it is his business. However, taking up a career where Betsy DeVos is paying you to talk shit about LGBT+ people being a threat to school children... well, he ultimately set himself up for it all to blow up in his face.

And there's the small issue of hypocrisy... a lost concept in today's Republican Party. Corey got a hypocrisy facial.

We're not the person that parents need to be afraid of. Pervy hypocrits like Corey DeAngelis are the what parents should fear.

 

[rareboy]

^ Truth.

And these sociopaths somehow get into their heads that this is how they protect themselves.

While feeling guilty for their sins against their God and hating themselves..or maybe not (Insert J. Edgar Hoover and God knows how many other incredibly destructive closet cases).

The list would be too fucking long. I hate and I mean I HATE these self haters who ruin the lives of so many others while they think they are protected by some cloak of invisibility. I want to see them devastated and utterly broken...but like the Aaron Schocks and George Santos of the totally fucked up political scene, they will always skate.

In my younger years I not only knew but blew a number of Canadian pols who hid in plain sight like this and delighted in their outing and personal and political downfall if they were utterly hypocritical and campaigned against us. I enjoyed feeding the info into the whisper campaign against them.

 

[KaraBulut]

...In my younger years I not only knew but blew a number of Canadian pols who hid in plain sight...

Were they, too, the "victim of poor decisions and poor influences"?

This is where Alcoholics Anonymous has it right in getting people to own their poor decisions, instead of being a "victim of some unnamed person's poor decisions". DeAngelis was an adult. He can't blame "poor influences", especially since it appears that he whipped it out on video at least three times.

Someone still has some self-reflection due. He hasn't quite reached bottom, yet.

 

[Thad1527]

And actually, his sin isn't being in the porn video.

 

[KaraBulut]

From Brain Sims on FB:

"FABIAN BASABE (FL-106): As we kick off our month of highlighting Agenda PAC’s Hate Squad—the 10 most beatable anti-LGBTQ+ politicians in America—it’s time to talk about Florida’s very own “George Santos,” Fabian Basabe.
Few politicians are as deceitful as Basabe, who continues to make headlines for his lies, deception, and sexual harassment lawsuits. He’s facing one of the strongest challengers in the country, backed by Equality Florida, the Florida Democrats, and the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund. Basabe’s days in public office are numbered, and with Agenda PAC’s help, we’ll make sure of it.
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Let's drill down a bit on Fabián Basabe, another Florida piece-of-work.

He's a former reality star who moved to Florida.

Here he is dancing with former First Daughter, Barbara Bush back in the 90s:

He's from a wealthy family, although the source of the family's money is somewhat opaque. Basabe is married to a woman but the wife and a son spend most of their time in Europe. Basabe maintains a family home in Miami Beach but he apparently has a second residence there, too. That second residence plays a role in many of the allegations against him.

He was elected to the Florida House as a Republican in 2022, representing Florida 106 which is the barrier island to the east of Miami which includes everything from Aventura, all the way to the Miami Beach. The area is a mix of celebrities, ultra-wealthy mysterious South American millionaires, young trendy residents of high rise condos, Russian oligarch's mistresses and orthodox Jews.

The 2022 election was one of the closest in Florida. Basabe eked out a win with 50.2% of the vote.

Basabe voted in favor of DeSantis' "don't say gay" bill.

Fast forward to 2024 and Basabe has multiple allegations of getting young men drunk and taking advantage of them. The accusations include two former male aides who allege that Basabe sexually harassed them.

Basabe denies the allegations and says that it's all a plot against him by the gays who want revenge for his anti-gay votes. In spite of all of these allegations, Basabe won his August primary by 62%.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/fabian-basabe-florida-house-of-representatives-profile.html

Lawsuit: Aide Suspected Fabián Basabe Committed Sexual Battery

The lawsuit alleges the man started to cry after his friend found him naked in Basabe's bedroom and asked him what happened.

www.miaminewtimes.com

 

[KaraBulut]

So, Ms Stop the Steal's former campaign manager had her house raided because she's accused of election-tampering?

FBI raids home of Lauren Boebert's ex-campaign manager in Colorado election tampering probe [Salon]

Update:

Lauren Boebert's former campaign manager, Tina Peters, is going to jail for 9 years. Meanwhile, the rest of the liars and election deniers are still running around free... and one is running for President.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4914462-colorado-county-clerk-sentenced-election-breach/

A Colorado county clerk was sentenced to nine years in prison Thursday after spearheading a data breach scheme in the 2020 presidential election.

District Judge Matthew Barrett sparred with former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters during her sentencing for continuing to push discredited claims about rigged voting machines, and said she had not taken her job seriously...

Prosecutors alleged Peters stole a county employee’s security badge to help a man associated with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell gain access to the county’s voter systems to assist Lindell’s false conspiracies about the validity of the 2020 election results

The judge was particularly harsh on Peters, who he said had continued to be defiant and unrepentant in court. Before sentencing, Peters gave a 40 minute speech claiming that she was doing her job, defending the citizens of Mesa County and took no responsibility for her actions.

The judge referred to Peters as a charlatan and a fame-seeker before giving her a 9 year sentence in prison.

 

[rareboy]

If she has 2 million bux, Trump will pardon her if he steals the Oval office.

 

[rareboy]

Update:

Lauren Boebert's former campaign manager, Tina Peters, is going to jail for 9 years. Meanwhile, the rest of the liars and election deniers are still running around free... and one is running for President.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4914462-colorado-county-clerk-sentenced-election-breach/

The judge was particularly harsh on Peters, who he said had continued to be defiant and unrepentant in court. Before sentencing, Peters gave a 40 minute speech claiming that she was doing her job, defending the citizens of Mesa County and took no responsibility for her actions.

The judge referred to Peters as a charlatan and a fame-seeker before giving her a 9 year sentence in prison.

BTW. I hope Nana loves her time in the hoosegow.

 

[KaraBulut]

BTW. I hope Nana loves her time in the hoosegow.

I saw an interview with Peter Navarro yesterday... after he was released from Federal prison.

He's still claiming he has executive privilege and that he's going to take his case to the Supreme Court. The 4 months doesn't seem to have caused any self-reflection. He's 75 years old and his wife has divorced him. He claims to have spent a $1.7 million on legal fees.

It seems to be a character trait of these Trumpers- no capacity for self-reflection and no course correction on their self-destructive impulses.

 

[KaraBulut]

Her prices have gone up.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/03/politics/melania-trump-book-cnn-interview/index.html

Nearly two months ago, CNN reached out to Melania Trump’s book publisher to request an interview with the former first lady ahead of her upcoming memoir. After several exchanges about a possible interview, the publisher sent an unusual demand last week: an interview would cost $250,000.

 

[rareboy]

And it was only a matter of time....

 

[rareboy]

People hoarding toilet paper (again) in the US because of a dockworkers' strike.

Not figuring out that probably 99% of the TP used in Murica, is made in North Murica.

 

[Alistair]

People hoarding toilet paper (again) in the US because of a dockworkers' strike.

Not figuring out that probably 99% of the TP used in Murica, is made in North Murica.

Hoarding water too. God save America

 

[rareboy]

 

[rareboy]

It is all about the grift.

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7421928721545760030

 

[KaraBulut]

And it was only a matter of time....

41 Republicans from States in the path of Hurricane Helene voted against supplemental funding for FEMA in September, 2024, including still-unindicted Matt Gaetz whose district is on the Florida coast where Helene made landfall. Democrats should be running ads every hour in their districts.

Florida:
Representative Daniel Webster, FL 11th District
Representative Michael Waltz, FL 6th District
Representative Bill Posey, FL 8th District
Representative Cory Mills, FL 7th District
Representative Anna Paulina Luna, FL 13th District
Representative Laurel M. Lee, FL 15th District
Representative Matt Gaetz, FL 11th District
Representative Bryon Donalds, FL 1st District
Representative Kat Cammack, FL 3rd District
Representative Gus M. Bilirakis, FL 12th District
Representative Aaron Bean, FL 4th District
Senator Rick Scott refused to vote

Georgia:
Representative Richard McCormick, GA 6th District
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, GA 14th District
Representative Mike Collins, GA 10th District
Representative Andrew S. Clyde, GA 9th District

North Carolina:
Representative Dan Bishop, NC 8th District
Senator Ted Budd

South Carolina:
Representative Jeff Duncan, SC 3rd District
Representative Russell Fry, SC 7th District
Representative Nancy Mace, SC 1st District
Representative Ralph Norman, SC 5th District
Representative William R. Timmons IV, SC 4th District
Senator Tim Scott

Tennessee:
Representative Tim Burchett, TN 2nd District
Representative Andrew Ogles, TN 5th District
Representative John W. Rose, TN 6th District
Senator Marsha Blackburn
Senator Bill Hagerty