Kevin Koster commented on Sen. Cassidy Pretends Democrats ‘Threatened’ By Amy Coney Barrett’s Faith
2020-09-26 22:57:18 -0400
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They’re playing this game because Diane Feinstein brought it up in her hearings in 2017, noting in an unfortunately clumsy manner that Barrett has indicated that she would prioritize her faith over her judicial responsibilities. Feinstein wasn’t attacking Barrett for being Catholic, but angry Right Wingers immediately seized on the soundbite to play it that way. (Feinstein’s point was that Barrett has extremist views and appears to be trying to justify them through her faith, which is a fairly dangerous combination to put on any court. It’s one thing to hold Right Wing partisan views. It’s another to try to hide them behind a church vestment while wearing a judge’s robe. The point is that Barrett is coming at important issues from a preset and partisan point of view that is unlikely to change and is devoted to the unraveling of key court precedents.)
The most important information about Barrett is found in her own writings, wherein she has discussed her disregard for precedent in the same kind of language as that used by Clarence Thomas. To both Thomas and Barrett, stare decisis does not apply if they personally disagree with the prior decision under discussion. This tells us exactly how she will rule on multiple decisions.
Democratic politicians and most citizens are correct to be extremely concerned about the new iteration of the Supreme Court that McConnell will now ensure – a 6-3 Hard Right tilt on nearly every consequential case and an occasional 5-4 Hard Right tilt on the few cases where Roberts wants to look after his eventual legacy. But the result will still be the same – Hard Right tilts on every major case from now until we have a change on the High Court. And this could take at least another 2 decades if everyone holds their seats – unless the Dems prevail this year and have the courage to deal with this problem before it deals with us.
The most important information about Barrett is found in her own writings, wherein she has discussed her disregard for precedent in the same kind of language as that used by Clarence Thomas. To both Thomas and Barrett, stare decisis does not apply if they personally disagree with the prior decision under discussion. This tells us exactly how she will rule on multiple decisions.
Democratic politicians and most citizens are correct to be extremely concerned about the new iteration of the Supreme Court that McConnell will now ensure – a 6-3 Hard Right tilt on nearly every consequential case and an occasional 5-4 Hard Right tilt on the few cases where Roberts wants to look after his eventual legacy. But the result will still be the same – Hard Right tilts on every major case from now until we have a change on the High Court. And this could take at least another 2 decades if everyone holds their seats – unless the Dems prevail this year and have the courage to deal with this problem before it deals with us.
Kevin Koster commented on RNC Shelled Out More Than $400,000 On Books By Hannity And Trump Jr.
2020-09-26 16:14:40 -0400
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This is a story that should be mentioned every time Hannity or O’Reilly tout how well they want everyone to think their books are doing. In reality, the books are mass-purchased by angry Right Wing organizations trying to pump up the sales numbers.
Kevin Koster commented on Hannity And Sen. Johnson Pretend ‘Hunterghazi’ Is A Real Scandal
2020-09-26 23:01:39 -0400
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Mike Pence just achieved his lifelong ambition with the infliction of Barrett onto the Supreme Court. There’s a reason he happily led a “prayer march” today. As far as he’s concerned, this is the big win – even if he loses his job after November 3rd, he figures nobody can take that away.
Kevin Koster commented on Trump-Appointed Judge Tosses McDougal Libel Suit Against Tucker Carlson – Because Nobody Should Believe Him
2020-09-26 22:59:40 -0400
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True. This would appear to be an even deeper concession, as they’re now directly admitting that Carlson’s comments cannot be believed or taken seriously. It was the only way out of the defamation suit, but it means that anyone speaking to Carlson is now free to remind him that even his current employer doesn’t believe the nonsense he regularly inflicts.
Kevin Koster commented on Sen. Lindsey Graham Begs For Money On Fox News
2020-09-26 16:01:47 -0400
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Graham is lying his head off. He’s still ahead in the polls and Harrison isn’t outraising by that much. Graham just wants to present himself as a victim so that he can get people to fork money over and make his election margin larger.
We can only hope that Harrison picks up enough momentum to send Graham to the Heritage Foundation or the Federalist Society as of January.
We can only hope that Harrison picks up enough momentum to send Graham to the Heritage Foundation or the Federalist Society as of January.
Kevin Koster commented on Carlson And Pirro Recast Vigilante Rittenhouse As ‘All-American’ Hero
2020-09-23 21:45:55 -0400
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I need to point out two simple things here:
1. Carlson snuck in a bit about the rioters being “mobs of Biden voters”. I wonder how he knows that. Did he go there and interview them? The looters and rioters here in Santa Monica weren’t the protestors, who demonstrated peacefully many blocks away from where the looters were attacking our stores. (And the looters and rioters actually behaved a lot more like angry Right Wing supporters of the Pence White House in that they were brazen and aggressive in their attacks)
2. How was Rittenhouse engaging in “self defense” when he illegally crossed state lines with a large firearm he had no license to carry? The fact that Pirro is trying to avoid stating this completely knocks her out of any sane legal discussion. Rittenhouse committed a felony before he ever got to Kenosha – and that initial felony points to his criminal intent, which he had made clear – to confront and shoot protestors. Now he can deal with the consequences of his homicidal behavior.
1. Carlson snuck in a bit about the rioters being “mobs of Biden voters”. I wonder how he knows that. Did he go there and interview them? The looters and rioters here in Santa Monica weren’t the protestors, who demonstrated peacefully many blocks away from where the looters were attacking our stores. (And the looters and rioters actually behaved a lot more like angry Right Wing supporters of the Pence White House in that they were brazen and aggressive in their attacks)
2. How was Rittenhouse engaging in “self defense” when he illegally crossed state lines with a large firearm he had no license to carry? The fact that Pirro is trying to avoid stating this completely knocks her out of any sane legal discussion. Rittenhouse committed a felony before he ever got to Kenosha – and that initial felony points to his criminal intent, which he had made clear – to confront and shoot protestors. Now he can deal with the consequences of his homicidal behavior.
Kevin Koster commented on Tucker Carlson’s Pathetic Excuse For Smearing Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Dying Wish
2020-09-23 21:39:15 -0400
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I’m no longer watching Carlson’s show. I just don’t have the time to deal with his viciousness until after the election is concluded. We could all write the monologues he’ll be delivering up to that day, including the gloating he’s getting ready to inflict about ramming Barrett into Ginsburg’s seat before November 3.
Kevin Koster commented on Chris Wallace’s Presidential Debate Topics Revealed
2020-09-23 21:36:36 -0400
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If Biden is thinking ahead, he’ll be able to salt those other topics into his answers, in spite of Wallace’s attempt to Fox News it up.
Kevin Koster commented on Trump Pretends To Honor Ginsburg – Then Smears Her Dying Wish As A Hoax
2020-09-21 19:32:25 -0400
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Possibly the most nauseating aspect of the past weekend has been the barely restrained glee we’ve been seeing from angry Right Wingers everywhere as they celebrate this moment. That, and the faint praise damnations from plenty of other angry Right Wingers who hated Ginsburg throughout her life and are happy to see that she’s gone.
This is truly a depressing moment in our history, as we watch the Right Wing literally bury the Supreme Court for easily the next 25 years. I truly hope that the people who told us the Supreme Court doesn’t matter and that the GOP would never try to throw out all those precedents have learned their lesson by now.
This is truly a depressing moment in our history, as we watch the Right Wing literally bury the Supreme Court for easily the next 25 years. I truly hope that the people who told us the Supreme Court doesn’t matter and that the GOP would never try to throw out all those precedents have learned their lesson by now.
Kevin Koster commented on Sen. Loeffler Hopes To Ram Through A Far-Right Ginsburg Replacement
2020-09-20 16:06:19 -0400
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This is a truly depressing moment. The Pence White House and angry Right Wingers in the Senate have made very clear that they intend to ram Barrett through into this seat as fast as they can, and definitely before the November 3rd election if they can get away with it.
The Dems do not have a single way to block this from happening. If they attempt to delay, McConnell or Graham will maneuver around them. If they attempt to boycott the hearing, McConnell and Graham will conduct them without the Dems. Simply put, the Dems have no say in what happens here and McConnell doesn’t need a single vote from them. That said, Joe Manchin voted for Barrett when she was appointed to her current inappropriate position. He may well do so again.
The only possible hope here is for 4 Republican Senators to show some backbone and hold to the same principle they voiced in 2016, so that the process could be held back until after November 3rd, so that we’ll know if the American people really support this approach.
And even in that scenario, we’ll still have another 6 weeks of potential for Barrett to be rammed through, even in the event of a crushing Pence loss and a switch in the Senate Majority for 2021. I note that even if Mark Kelly wins in Arizona (as appears likely), the notion that he gets seated early is based on everyone forgetting that the GOP governor, AG and county recorders will not simply gum up the works so that he doesn’t get seated until 2021.
I don’t like saying this, but barring a sudden and unexpected explosion of integrity from multiple Republican Senators, we’re very likely looking at Barrett successfully being rammed onto the high court within the next 4 weeks.
The Dems do not have a single way to block this from happening. If they attempt to delay, McConnell or Graham will maneuver around them. If they attempt to boycott the hearing, McConnell and Graham will conduct them without the Dems. Simply put, the Dems have no say in what happens here and McConnell doesn’t need a single vote from them. That said, Joe Manchin voted for Barrett when she was appointed to her current inappropriate position. He may well do so again.
The only possible hope here is for 4 Republican Senators to show some backbone and hold to the same principle they voiced in 2016, so that the process could be held back until after November 3rd, so that we’ll know if the American people really support this approach.
And even in that scenario, we’ll still have another 6 weeks of potential for Barrett to be rammed through, even in the event of a crushing Pence loss and a switch in the Senate Majority for 2021. I note that even if Mark Kelly wins in Arizona (as appears likely), the notion that he gets seated early is based on everyone forgetting that the GOP governor, AG and county recorders will not simply gum up the works so that he doesn’t get seated until 2021.
I don’t like saying this, but barring a sudden and unexpected explosion of integrity from multiple Republican Senators, we’re very likely looking at Barrett successfully being rammed onto the high court within the next 4 weeks.
Kevin Koster commented on Buck Sexton Fear Mongers About Democratic Riots Over Ginsburg (To Urge GOP To Ram Through Replacement)
2020-09-20 15:56:56 -0400
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Buck Sexton is a Glenn Beck acolyte. He started out filling in for Beck’s various programs on paranoia, and now he has his own platform to foment the nonsense. His entire approach is to pretend to be an expert (he’s not) while advocating the most extreme propaganda he can. In that way, he’s a low-level copycat of Glenn Beck, who is himself a low-level copycat of the more successful angry Right Wing AM radio guys he loves.
Kevin Koster commented on As Pandemic Still Rages, Trump Boasts He ‘Knocked Out Obamacare’
2020-09-14 17:18:31 -0400
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The point for angry Right Wingers is for there to be no health coverage other than what people can afford on their own. They never wanted to have a Medicare or Medicaid system to exist in the first place, and they certainly never wanted a public health service like the ACA to ever be enacted.
The attitude of the Right has been amply demonstrated on multiple occasions. Rush Limbaugh has openly stated that he figures that people with pre-existing conditions are akin to someone trying to get fire insurance for an already burning house. He’s also openly stated that people with less money should make do with lower quality healthcare, just as they make do with lower quality housing, food, etc. Angry pundits like Jason Chaffetz have opined that if people are having issues paying for healthcare, maybe they shouldn’t buy that new iPhone – as though that was the reason someone’s medical bills were overwhelming them.
And the best recent example we have of the Right Wing attitude came from a staffer in Thom Tillis’ office who was called by three-time cancer survivor Bev Weals. She was worried that given her husband’s layoff and the continuing COVID disaster, they might lose their coverage while she continues to need treatment. The Tillis staffer told her that she should think of the health coverage financial side as being akin to not being able to buy an expensive dress shirt if she couldn’t afford it. When she asked what she was supposed to, he told her that she’d have to find a way to pay for it. When she asked how that would happen during a pandemic, he told her that this sounded like something she’d have to figure out. I’ll at least grant him that he was being honest about the Right Wing approach here. They’re taking the technical position – it’s a YP.
The attitude of the Right has been amply demonstrated on multiple occasions. Rush Limbaugh has openly stated that he figures that people with pre-existing conditions are akin to someone trying to get fire insurance for an already burning house. He’s also openly stated that people with less money should make do with lower quality healthcare, just as they make do with lower quality housing, food, etc. Angry pundits like Jason Chaffetz have opined that if people are having issues paying for healthcare, maybe they shouldn’t buy that new iPhone – as though that was the reason someone’s medical bills were overwhelming them.
And the best recent example we have of the Right Wing attitude came from a staffer in Thom Tillis’ office who was called by three-time cancer survivor Bev Weals. She was worried that given her husband’s layoff and the continuing COVID disaster, they might lose their coverage while she continues to need treatment. The Tillis staffer told her that she should think of the health coverage financial side as being akin to not being able to buy an expensive dress shirt if she couldn’t afford it. When she asked what she was supposed to, he told her that she’d have to find a way to pay for it. When she asked how that would happen during a pandemic, he told her that this sounded like something she’d have to figure out. I’ll at least grant him that he was being honest about the Right Wing approach here. They’re taking the technical position – it’s a YP.
Kevin Koster commented on Pirro Slobbers Over Trump’s Meaningless Nobel Peace Prize Nomination
2020-09-14 16:54:12 -0400
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It’s interesting that Pence’s childish spokesman is so desperate to get a Nobel Peace Prize that he’s humiliating himself like this. It wasn’t that long ago that the angry Right Wing attitude about the Nobel Prize was that neither the nominations nor the actual awards were legitimate.
It wasn’t just that the Right Wing scoffed at President Obama winning the Peace Prize. They had previously made sport of Stanley “Tookie” Williams being repeatedly nominated for the Peace Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature in the early 2000s. Williams was a long-imprisoned convicted killer who had spent his years on Death Row trying to do meaningful things to help kids stay out of gangs and avoid the things he had done. The angry Right Wing response in Los Angeles was to ridicule the idea that he could say he was a Nobel Prize nominee. KFI AM Radio host Bill Handel made a point of having a local Republican congressman nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, just so he could announce himself as a “Nobel Prize nominee” and thus point out that Williams’ nominations were meaningless. Williams was of course put to death that year, to the immense satisfaction of angry Right Wingers all across Los Angeles, including Handel.
But now that Pence’s childish spokesman wants one, it’s suddenly a meaningful idea. At least it is until it becomes clear to the Pence White House that no actual award will ever be forthcoming for Pence or anyone else in this vicious group.
It wasn’t just that the Right Wing scoffed at President Obama winning the Peace Prize. They had previously made sport of Stanley “Tookie” Williams being repeatedly nominated for the Peace Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature in the early 2000s. Williams was a long-imprisoned convicted killer who had spent his years on Death Row trying to do meaningful things to help kids stay out of gangs and avoid the things he had done. The angry Right Wing response in Los Angeles was to ridicule the idea that he could say he was a Nobel Prize nominee. KFI AM Radio host Bill Handel made a point of having a local Republican congressman nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, just so he could announce himself as a “Nobel Prize nominee” and thus point out that Williams’ nominations were meaningless. Williams was of course put to death that year, to the immense satisfaction of angry Right Wingers all across Los Angeles, including Handel.
But now that Pence’s childish spokesman wants one, it’s suddenly a meaningful idea. At least it is until it becomes clear to the Pence White House that no actual award will ever be forthcoming for Pence or anyone else in this vicious group.
Kevin Koster commented on Fox News Fails To Defend Correspondent Jennifer Griffin From Trump Attack
2020-09-05 22:59:41 -0400
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Fox News is clearly trying to thread the needle here. They want credit for having Griffin confirm the story, but they don’t want to make too big a thing out of it for fear of upsetting the Pence White House. If Pence squeaks through again in November, they don’t want to be in a position where his gang abandons them in favor of OANN or Breitbart. And if Pence loses, they want to be able to tell everyone they covered this story because they’re “fair and balanced.”
I really don’t think they’re fooling anyone, but you never know.
The saddest part of this has been Glenn Greenwald jumping up and down to condemn the reporting on the story. Greenwald has his own axe to grind regarding Russian hijinks in the 2016 election, as his version of the story is a mirror of the Right Wing “hoax” variety. So when he heard that CNN, AP and even Griffin have “confirmed” this story, he immediately penned a vicious broadside at The Intercept, saying that nothing’s been confirmed but showing that he hasn’t read any of the coverage. In other words, Greenwald is commenting on a story of which he doesn’t know the contents. Had he taken 90 seconds to listen to Griffin’s comments here, he would have heard specifics that blow apart his entire premise.
I really don’t think they’re fooling anyone, but you never know.
The saddest part of this has been Glenn Greenwald jumping up and down to condemn the reporting on the story. Greenwald has his own axe to grind regarding Russian hijinks in the 2016 election, as his version of the story is a mirror of the Right Wing “hoax” variety. So when he heard that CNN, AP and even Griffin have “confirmed” this story, he immediately penned a vicious broadside at The Intercept, saying that nothing’s been confirmed but showing that he hasn’t read any of the coverage. In other words, Greenwald is commenting on a story of which he doesn’t know the contents. Had he taken 90 seconds to listen to Griffin’s comments here, he would have heard specifics that blow apart his entire premise.
Kevin Koster commented on Fox’s Griffin Has More: Trump Calling Fallen Troops ‘Suckers’ Not A One Off; He Always Described Vietnam Vets As ‘Those Who Couldn’t Get Out Of It’
2020-09-05 19:28:34 -0400
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This is looking worse and worse for the Pence White House. I have a feeling the rest of the Fox News gang is going to try to continue to ignore Griffin’s reporting, but we’ll have to see how it plays out. I’m already hearing stories about angry vets tossing their Trump 2020 signs.
Kevin Koster commented on Fox Host Touts Trump COVID ‘Success’: ‘11 straight days’ with new cases ‘under 50,000’
2020-08-30 12:07:05 -0400
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Cavuto’s smirk throughout this discussion is particularly scary. Fox News itself appears to be panicking over how 2020 has gone for the Pence White House, but various of its personalities are manifesting different reactions on camera.
In the case of Hannity and Carlson, you see an increasing level of anger, vitriol and open desperation that the election may not go their way. In the case of Laura Ingraham, you have the desperate laughter that catches at the wrong times. In the case of Cavuto, there’s just this odd smug demeanor. Maybe he knows something we don’t – or maybe he just enjoys throwing mud.
To be clear, for all the mudballs he was heaving at Biden, Biden was not the US President in January, February or March of this year. The actual president was Mike Pence, who completely bungled this situation, and Pence’s spokesman is continuing to claim that COVID will just “go away”. In the meantime, tens of millions of Americans are unemployed, tens of millions more are under-employed, and angry Right Wingers in the Senate and in the Pence White House have made sure that they will receive no help as we head through the fall.
One angry Right Wing congressman just proposed a bill where anyone protesting would be denied the $600 federal unemployment boost. Which would be funny if it wasn’t so vicious and if tens of millions weren’t hurting badly right now. Not to mention that nobody is receiving the $600 anymore, and thanks to angry Right Wingers like that congressman, nobody will be likely to do so at any point before 2021.
In the case of Hannity and Carlson, you see an increasing level of anger, vitriol and open desperation that the election may not go their way. In the case of Laura Ingraham, you have the desperate laughter that catches at the wrong times. In the case of Cavuto, there’s just this odd smug demeanor. Maybe he knows something we don’t – or maybe he just enjoys throwing mud.
To be clear, for all the mudballs he was heaving at Biden, Biden was not the US President in January, February or March of this year. The actual president was Mike Pence, who completely bungled this situation, and Pence’s spokesman is continuing to claim that COVID will just “go away”. In the meantime, tens of millions of Americans are unemployed, tens of millions more are under-employed, and angry Right Wingers in the Senate and in the Pence White House have made sure that they will receive no help as we head through the fall.
One angry Right Wing congressman just proposed a bill where anyone protesting would be denied the $600 federal unemployment boost. Which would be funny if it wasn’t so vicious and if tens of millions weren’t hurting badly right now. Not to mention that nobody is receiving the $600 anymore, and thanks to angry Right Wingers like that congressman, nobody will be likely to do so at any point before 2021.
Kevin Koster commented on Hannity’s Lawyer Raising Money For Kenosha Gunman
2020-08-30 11:44:53 -0400
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It’s no surprise that Lin Wood is chasing more ambulances here with the McCloskys and with unrepentant murderer Kyle Rittenhouse. Wood specializes in trying to go for the high profile publicity bait cases, demanding massive settlements for his nuisance suits and getting pittances instead.
Regarding Wood’s supposedly “incredible” track record, that actually doesn’t hold up if you look more closely. Wood says he did great for Richard Jewell back in the 90s/2000s over the coverage of that situation. And he did get a couple of settlements – including a larger one from NBC due to Tom Brokaw being stupid enough to say something totally unsupported on a network newscast. But most of the settlements were for peanuts, to make him and Jewell go away. And the key lawsuit was against the Atlanta Journal Consititution, which refused to settle and went to court to defend their principles. And the AJC WON THE CASE, humiliating Wood. The court’s verdict clearly stated that the AJC was not attacking Jewell or stating falsehoods but instead doing their job of reporting the news. Wood slunk out of that courtroom and hoped everyone would forget that moment.
More recently, Wood has gotten publicity for inflicting several nuisance suits on behalf of Nicholas Sandmann against various media companies. Wood has received very small pittance settlements from two organizations at this point, and the others look like they’ll take Wood to court if he doesn’t drop the nonsense. (The fact that the pittances were quite small became a major story about a month ago, when Wood threw a tantrum about being called out for it.)
As for Kyle Rittenhouse, he’s in extremely serious trouble, as is his mother. Rittenhouse was caught in the act of committing a serious felony just for carrying an AR-15 and for crossing state lines to bring it to Kenosha to kill the people he hates. But it gets worse – he’s a minor, and his mother drove him there. So they’re both looking at extremely serious criminal consequences. Wood can try to argue his way out of that, but the reality is that he will likely be filing nuisance suits for clients sitting behind bars for years.
Regarding Wood’s supposedly “incredible” track record, that actually doesn’t hold up if you look more closely. Wood says he did great for Richard Jewell back in the 90s/2000s over the coverage of that situation. And he did get a couple of settlements – including a larger one from NBC due to Tom Brokaw being stupid enough to say something totally unsupported on a network newscast. But most of the settlements were for peanuts, to make him and Jewell go away. And the key lawsuit was against the Atlanta Journal Consititution, which refused to settle and went to court to defend their principles. And the AJC WON THE CASE, humiliating Wood. The court’s verdict clearly stated that the AJC was not attacking Jewell or stating falsehoods but instead doing their job of reporting the news. Wood slunk out of that courtroom and hoped everyone would forget that moment.
More recently, Wood has gotten publicity for inflicting several nuisance suits on behalf of Nicholas Sandmann against various media companies. Wood has received very small pittance settlements from two organizations at this point, and the others look like they’ll take Wood to court if he doesn’t drop the nonsense. (The fact that the pittances were quite small became a major story about a month ago, when Wood threw a tantrum about being called out for it.)
As for Kyle Rittenhouse, he’s in extremely serious trouble, as is his mother. Rittenhouse was caught in the act of committing a serious felony just for carrying an AR-15 and for crossing state lines to bring it to Kenosha to kill the people he hates. But it gets worse – he’s a minor, and his mother drove him there. So they’re both looking at extremely serious criminal consequences. Wood can try to argue his way out of that, but the reality is that he will likely be filing nuisance suits for clients sitting behind bars for years.
Kevin Koster commented on Mick Mulvaney Calls Trump’s Hatch Act Violations ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
2020-08-30 11:34:47 -0400
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Mulvaney is hoping that we can’t remember years of Darrel Issa and Trey Gowdy frantically screaming in Congress at every single facet of the Obama White House, hoping they could find that magic bullet scandal to bring it down. He’s hoping that we can’t remember all the screaming by Jay Sekulow every other day on Fox News about how President Obama was about to be “IMPEACHED!” He’s hoping we can’t remember all the false outrage over Solyndra, over Joe Sestak, over the IRS and Lois Lerner, over Benghazi, over…
Kevin Koster commented on Mark Meadows Another White House Official Refusing To Denounce QAnon
2020-08-24 13:41:00 -0400
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Meadows was extremely busy lying and obfuscating to Chris Wallace, who was willing to allow Meadows to pretty much get away with all of it. Granted, Wallace gave it a veneer of “I’m making him answer a tough question” but in reality it was a softball approach.
Meadows is fully aware of who and what Qanon is, and he’s fine with the fact that an increasing number of angry Right Wingers think that Qanon is a great idea. He’s fine with the fact that more and more GOP candidates are openly joining Qanon. And he’s fine with having hate groups like Qanon, Proud Boys, the Europa group and the Boogaloo group raining terror around the United States. He’s also happy to blame the hate crimes on antifa, when in fact antifa has been DEFENDING communities from the vicious bigots Meadows supports.
And Meadows really couldn’t resist getting in that quick shot at the Mueller Probe, presumably to try to dismiss the devastating materials that came out last week, showing conclusively that Manafort was significantly and knowingly in contact with foreign agents. (In that respect, Meadows is in competition with Oliver Stone, who embarassed himself on Bill Maher’s show last week doing the same thing…)
We must not forget that Meadows also inflicted a particularly brutal series of lies in regards to the House passing an emergency funding measure for the Postal Service in light of the exposure of the Pence White House’s attempts to kneecap it. Meadows openly gloated about making sure the funding measure went nowhere and then began fabricating about the stimulus negotiations that he ruined. Meadows had previously made sure that no stimulus bill could be passed, thus allowing Pence’s childish spokesman to fraudulently claim HE was going to fix everything. Meadows had refused to negotiate in anything approaching good faith, choosing instead to yell at Nancy Pelosi and pound his hand on the table before stomping out of the room. Having succeeded in destroying the negotiations, he then gave himself a 2 week luxury vacation while insisting he was somehow “available” to talk. Then when he saw the House was trying to do something to save the USPS, he frantically ran back to the Capitol to interrupt the House vote and demand that Pelosi talk to him about an insulting proposal where the GOP would offer only half of the inadequate proposal he’d previously tried to force her to take. When that predictably failed, he scurried over to Fox News to make appearances like this one.
Mark Meadows has absolutely zero credibility in any of these matters. In that respect, he’s probably a good representative of the Pence White House and it’s childish spokesman.
Meadows is fully aware of who and what Qanon is, and he’s fine with the fact that an increasing number of angry Right Wingers think that Qanon is a great idea. He’s fine with the fact that more and more GOP candidates are openly joining Qanon. And he’s fine with having hate groups like Qanon, Proud Boys, the Europa group and the Boogaloo group raining terror around the United States. He’s also happy to blame the hate crimes on antifa, when in fact antifa has been DEFENDING communities from the vicious bigots Meadows supports.
And Meadows really couldn’t resist getting in that quick shot at the Mueller Probe, presumably to try to dismiss the devastating materials that came out last week, showing conclusively that Manafort was significantly and knowingly in contact with foreign agents. (In that respect, Meadows is in competition with Oliver Stone, who embarassed himself on Bill Maher’s show last week doing the same thing…)
We must not forget that Meadows also inflicted a particularly brutal series of lies in regards to the House passing an emergency funding measure for the Postal Service in light of the exposure of the Pence White House’s attempts to kneecap it. Meadows openly gloated about making sure the funding measure went nowhere and then began fabricating about the stimulus negotiations that he ruined. Meadows had previously made sure that no stimulus bill could be passed, thus allowing Pence’s childish spokesman to fraudulently claim HE was going to fix everything. Meadows had refused to negotiate in anything approaching good faith, choosing instead to yell at Nancy Pelosi and pound his hand on the table before stomping out of the room. Having succeeded in destroying the negotiations, he then gave himself a 2 week luxury vacation while insisting he was somehow “available” to talk. Then when he saw the House was trying to do something to save the USPS, he frantically ran back to the Capitol to interrupt the House vote and demand that Pelosi talk to him about an insulting proposal where the GOP would offer only half of the inadequate proposal he’d previously tried to force her to take. When that predictably failed, he scurried over to Fox News to make appearances like this one.
Mark Meadows has absolutely zero credibility in any of these matters. In that respect, he’s probably a good representative of the Pence White House and it’s childish spokesman.
Kevin Koster commented on Rolling Stone: Fox News And Sean Hannity Have ‘Escaped Any Accountability’ For Seth Rich Smears
2020-08-17 14:17:17 -0400
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There’s an easy way to rectify this.
Any time that Sean Hannity makes a public appearance to plug his show or his latest written screed, someone should ask him if he’s apologized to the Rich family yet and remind everyone of his continuing shame.
Similarly, anytime a Fox News representative tries to pretend to be fronting a legitimate organization, they should be asked about their conduct regarding the Rich family.
If the Right Wing is going to bring up debunked, 25 year old smears about any candidate who has the temerity to run for office, then the rest of us should be free to point out the truth about the terrible behavior of angry Right Wing pundits and propagandists.
Any time that Sean Hannity makes a public appearance to plug his show or his latest written screed, someone should ask him if he’s apologized to the Rich family yet and remind everyone of his continuing shame.
Similarly, anytime a Fox News representative tries to pretend to be fronting a legitimate organization, they should be asked about their conduct regarding the Rich family.
If the Right Wing is going to bring up debunked, 25 year old smears about any candidate who has the temerity to run for office, then the rest of us should be free to point out the truth about the terrible behavior of angry Right Wing pundits and propagandists.