I Didn't Say It ...

Mark Kelly, Democrat Senator from Arizona, on Cankles’ threat to bomb Iran's civilian infrastructure:

“If those words become orders to destroy civilian infrastructure with no valid military purpose, it’s hard to see how they would not violate the laws of armed conflict. America leads best with strength, discipline, and professionalism. Illegal orders to make civilians suffer would be a black mark on our military and our country. ‘A whole civilization will die tonight' are words no President of the United States had ever spoken until this morning. [His] behavior is unhinged and making Americans less safe. After a 25-year career in the United States Navy, I have never met or served with anyone who so completely lacks the qualities of good leadership as [Cankles] does. If the President takes the actions he has threatened to take, countless Iranian civilians will die, it will massively escalate this war, and the United States will be seen as a country without a moral or ethical compass. That will make Americans less safe right now and risk the lives of thousands of service members. The consequences will have a lasting and damaging effect on our nation. [His] mistakes have led us to this perilous moment, but the solution is not to escalate even further. This must stop."

And the best way to stop it is to have the GOP strap on their balls and stand up for America against the lunatic. But since that’s unlikely to happen with the spineless GOP, then then next best plan is to Vote Blue No Matter who in the midterms and if Cankles hasn’t destroyed the country and/or the world, then we can remove him from office, try and convict him, and lock him up.

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Jasmine Crockett, Democrat Representative from Texas, of the firing of incompetent women from the regime, but keeping the incompetent men:

“Well, first it was Kristi Noem, now it’s Pam Bondi … it would be too much … that Pete [Hegseth] be next. I see a theme. He will throw the incompetent women under the bus a lot faster than the incompetent men. Let’s just agree that America needs a ‘do over.’ The President nominated these awful people, the Republican-controlled Senate confirmed them, and well … too many people thought we should give this much power to the pussy grabbing, 6-times bankruptcy filing, 34 count convicted felon bestie of Epstein.”

Cankles will always sacrifice the women in favor of his buddies so, again, let’s get Democrats in office and impeach DUI Pete and get him locked up, too.

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Yassamin Ansari, Democrat Representative from Arizona, on introducing articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Crimes and DUI Hire Pete Hegseth:

“What we have seen out of [The Regime] over this weekend has been absolutely horrifying and gut-wrenching. The threats against Iranian civilian infrastructure and the entire country of Iran are unreal and apocalyptic. Today, [Cankles] said, quote, the entire country could be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night. That was his quote. Iran is a country of 90 million people. Threatening them with annihilation is a monstrous war crime and puts them and American service members and Americans at grave risk. It also only serves the interests of the Islamic Republic regime, further entrenching their power, providing them with a convenient boogeyman while punishing the civilian population. As a chief enabler of this illegal war, Pete Hegseth is responsible for directing this insane military action against Iran, which has already killed thousands of civilians, led to the unnecessary deaths of American service members and displaced over a million people in the region. That's why I'm introducing articles of impeachment against Hegseth for repeatedly violating his oath of office and the constitution, including the disregard of Congress and willful targeting of civilian infrastructure in Iran, like water desalination plants, like hospitals, like schools and bridges. As the top official in the Department of War, Pete Hegseth has the duty to comply with the laws, lead by example for other military officials, and uphold his commitment to the Constitution above all else. He has done none of that. Instead, he has trampled on the most fundamental principles upon which the United States was founded upon, including the separation of powers, congressional oversight, and respect for the rule of law. That's why I'm calling for Pete Hegseth's impeachment and removal from office immediately.”

Ansari  is the only Iranian-American in Congress and is standing for her Iranian people and her American people, protecting both from a drunk warmonger. Pete has often said he wants to “kill Muslims” and now he is getting his way and is firing our generals in order to increase his control over the military and ensure his loyalists hold top positions.

Hegseth is the real terror threat against this country and needs to be removed.

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Pope Leo, on Cankles’ threat to wipe out Iran's civilization:

"Today, as we all know, there was this threat against the entire ​people of Iran, and this is truly unacceptable. There are certainly issues of international law here, but even more, it is a moral question concerning the good of the people as a whole, in its entirety … I would invite the citizens of all the countries involved to contact the authorities, political leaders, congressmen, to ask them—tell them to work for peace and to reject war always. Attacks on civilian infrastructure is against international law ... it is also a sign of the hatred, the division, the destruction that the human being is capable of."

I am no fan of the Catholic Church which has long its demons free rein within the church, but I will stand with them against the idea of destroying an entire civilization that has done nothing to me, has not threatened me.

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Andy Beshear, Kentucky Democrat Governor, after SCOTUS struck down Colorado’s ban on "conversion therapy" for minors:

"The Supreme Court is absolutely wrong. Torture is never free speech. It’s just torture. And faith has been used at different times to try to justify torture, and it’s always, always been wrong. If [the court] is going to show people hate, a governor's there to show them love. If [the court] is there to show them judgment, a governor's there to show them acceptance. We should always be in the suicide prevention business. Never in the suicide causing business … We should always stand up for our convictions, and we should always push back against discrimination. I don't like bullies, and so I'm always going to push back. I believe all children are children of God and I don't want people out there picking on kids, especially kids that already feel marginalized or at higher risk for suicide. [The Bible] says, 'Love your neighbor as yourself, not love your neighbor, unless.' I see you. I care about you. I know this hurts, but there are people out there that support you and want to lift you up. You are not alone. We have to elect people that are against discrimination. We have to create a check on the [regime] because right now Congress is not doing its job … I'm going to continue to stand with our LGBTQ+ community until everyone's rights are recognized and this current discrimination, especially by the very top of our federal government, ends."

Beshear is putting it in the simplest terms where it can make the most sense. Listen and understand; you don’t have to ‘understand’ trans but you have to treat all people with respect.

It’s just that simple.

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This Time I Did Say It ...

I was sad and discouraged on Wednesday; stunned, shocked, though I guess not surprised. I thought America had evolved from racist and misogynistic tropes and could elect a woman, and a woman of color, but men, who clearly vote with their dicks, couldn’t handle it; couldn’t handle the idea of a woman, with ideas, and plans, and hopes for the future being president.

So, they chose a rapist … I guess if he didn’t rape your wife or daughter he’s okay.

They chose a racist who has denied housing to Black Americans, who has called people like my husband drug dealers, murderers and rapist; who has called an entire country garbage by not standing up against the jackass who said it; who said Haitians eat dogs even after he was proven to be a liar; who says children are being forced to undergo gender reassignment surgeries in elementary school.

Liar.

They chose a traitor who praised Putin over his own country. They’re scared little men who chose a scared little man and I will not sit by and not speak up.

A “friend”—I put the word in quotes because I’m evaluating friendship in this case—and here’s a bit of what he said to me:

“If you want the country to be diverse, as it was intended, you have to understand diversity of people brings a diversity of beliefs and values. Agree to disagree and love each other. Also, just because you vote one way, doesn’t mean you support everything that party believes. I’m a gay marriage supporting, gun loving, marijuana legalizing, women’s choice (to a certain point), low tax and small government type of guy.”

He supports same-sex marriage but voted for a party that is intent on ending marriage equality, so um, yeah, Michael, you are not so gay-friendly.

But it’s not just same-sex marriage … annulling present marriages and prohibiting new ones. They will come for trans rights and deny healthcare to trans Americans;  and then it’s the drag queens. Eventually, they’ll get around to simply eliminating all equal rights for LGBTQ+ Americans in housing, employment, anywhere they choose. Now, of course, not everyone will abide by these ideals but the fact is this new regime will legitimize hate and discrimination.

He supports women’s choice “up to a point,” he says, and I wonder, and, as my Mom would say, excuse my French, “Who the fuck are you to decide which point?” You do not support a women’s right to choose and add a caveat to the statement; you either support women in every choice they make because it’s their body and their choice, or you do not support women at all.

Which brings me to low-tax and small government. How small  can government be when they are putting their hands all over a woman’s body, as a pussy-groper likes to do, and telling her what she can do with it? And when did The Felon say he was lowering taxes on anyone other than billionaires?

I want government to tell Michael that he has to have a vasectomy until he gets married and at that point he can have it reversed. That’s one way to prevent an unwanted pregnancy Mike … snip, snip. But that’s invasive on you, isn’t it?

I hope I am proven wrong, but please spare me your heterosexual “It’s not so bad” line. Everything is up for change unless you are a straight white Christian Nationalist male … and this will be felt for a very long time. I feel we are headed back to a very dark time in our history and when you think about how long it took us to even try digging out of it back then, think how hard it will be now. You don’t know just yet what you’ve done with your vote.

And Democrats; oh democrats. How many of you stayed home, again, because a woman was running? How many of you stayed home because of her laugh or the way she spoke, and figured other people would carry the party to victory. You clearly learned nothing from 2016 and so when times change and it gets dark in America and you come to me to complain  about this new regime. Forgive for saying:

“What the actual fuck did you do to change it?”

You chose the price of eggs over democracy; you male Democrats chose your fragile ego over freedoms for all; you ignored the woman who laid out plans for the middle-class, for small businesses, for women’s rights, for a bloated gasbag who admitted, admitted, that he has no plans, just the concept of a plan. You fucked America so kindly step aside and keep your mouth shut.

And so did the media. Oh, not Fox News because they’ve admitted in court they are not a news organization, but a  low brow, low intellect, conspiracy spreading gossip machine. But don’t you nod CNN, because you aren’t much better.

You let The Felon get away with saying whatever he wanted on your network without so much as a fact-check; you call his stories disinformation or misinformation which are big words for lies; lies. You never called him out on a lie, you never questioned his behavior. But god forbid Joe Biden take a pause in a sentence and the demented line pops up; the too old to be president line.

Sure, Joe stumbled and mumbled, but when The Felon turns a rally into a 39-minute dance break, or when he performs fellatio on a microphone stand or talks about the penis size of a dead golfer or cannot open a door on a dump truck you say nothing about his mental capacity.

Was that because the man in charge at CNN was a Felon supporter or because he was news, not for intellect, not for any redeeming value, but for being a pompous blowhard and you saw your ratings go up so you never questioned him, never called him out, never reported that what he said was a lie.

You’ve lost whatever credibility you ever had over your reporting of Demented DonOLD. But let’s move on … let’s look forward ….

As Kamala Harris said on Wednesday:

“The fight for freedom, for opportunity, for fairness and the dignity of all people, a fight for the ideals at the heart of our nation, the ideals that reflect America at our best—that is a fight I will never give up.”

And I won’t either. I ask for new Democratic leaders who speak truth to power, who call out the blatant lies of a criminal, of the far right, of that news entertainment show; I ask Democrats to show us better and give us better.

I need more Democrats like Pete Buttigieg and Hakeem Jeffries to speak up louder and longer; I see hope in Sarah McBride, the newly elected, first openly transgender member of Congress after winning Delaware’s only House seat: I see hope in Maryland’s Angela Alsobrooks, that state’s first Black senator; hope in Lisa Blunt Rochester, the first Black and first female senator from Delaware; hope in Emily Randall, the first out LGBTQ+ person elected to Congress from Washington State; hope in Yassamin Ansari, the first Iranian American woman to represent Arizona in Congress:  hope in Julie Fedorchak, the first woman to represent North Dakota in the House of Representatives;  hope in Julie Johnson, the first out LGBTQ person elected to Congress from Texas; hope in Jeffrey Graham, a local politician in Camden who has been elected to the Senate of South Carolina as a Democrat running on a platform of women’s right to make their own healthcare decisions.

I see hope there; I see change there; I see Democrats who will fight for equality and diversity and women and the people of color and Indigenous peoples and the LGBTQW+ community, and children in schools, and immigrants who many on the right forget built this country.

I need us to fight.

I need us to win.

I need us together.