I’ve always hated rutabaga. 
But how do you feel about Rudy-bagas?
Eastman also asked Giuliani to help him collect the $270,000 he claimed the Trump campaign owed him for his coup services.
I bet someone could set up a Gofundme for $270,000 to help poor Mr. Eastman recover his finances. The money would be held in escrow, and him getting the money would be contingent on full and complete testimony on all he knows, under oath. It could even be made contingent on his testimony leading to conviction of TMFWWNBN, and if that didn’t happen, the money would go to, say, the Capitol Police injured in the insurrection.
So cute how the magats only live to “own the libs”. It’s become comically obvious.
Nah, these are our two little monsters:
Ace went with his breeder last weekend to a dog show. He had quite a haul of ribbons.
Rutabagas remind me of “Call Any Vegetable” by Frank Zappa.
Wow. I’m not sure how you can (with a straight face) tell students Washington and Jefferson wanted to do away with slavery without adding (at a minimum), “but people are complicated, and Washington and Jefferson both owned large numbers of slaves.”
In a high school class, I don’t think it would be out-of-bounds to add that, “and genetic analysis conclusively proves that Jefferson was busy carrying on an affair with Sally Hemmings, his wife’s unacknowledged half-sister and a household slave. It’s not known if Mrs. Jefferson was aware of the affair, nor are Ms. Hemming’s attitudes known from contemporary writings. Looking through contemporary standards it’s clear there was a significant power imbalance in the relationship.”
ETA: Clarification that Sally Hemmings was a slave in the Jefferson household.
Here’s an idea – if you want to preserve your reputation (and dignity), DON’T. WORK. FOR. (that man’s name that I refuse to say or write). He is nothing but trouble, and any amount of “publicity” you get in representing him will eventually bite you in the ass.
WASHINGTON — Democrats on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday explored how to combat violent threats lodged against election officials, while Republicans questioned why the Department of Justice isn’t doing more to investigate threats against crisis pregnancy centers and Supreme Court justices.
During a hearing on protecting election officials, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr. discussed how the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force is prosecuting people who have threatened election officials. To date, the task force has investigated more than 1,000 complaints and has prosecuted five people.
The hearing comes as states are preparing for the November midterm election, which many election officials fear could prompt another surge in threats and harassment. A recent national survey found that 1 in 5 election officials say they are somewhat or very unlikely to stay in their jobs through 2024 due to the increased threats and political pressure.
The Senate panel called current and former election officials and members of law enforcement to discuss the threats and potential solutions.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson detailed her first-hand experience, including an incident in which people descended on her home and yelled threats and obscenities into bullhorns while she was putting her young son to sleep.
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Republicans repeatedly questioned why the Justice Department isn’t investigating threats that have nothing to do with election officials.Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas displayed photos of vandalized crisis pregnancy centers in several states, claiming that the politics of the Justice Department “happen to agree with the vandals” so there has been no prioritization of the incidents.
“I am highly concerned that this Department of Justice is politicizing the enforcement of justice,” Cruz said.
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Cruz also questioned why the Justice Department hasn’t done more to protect Supreme Court justices from protesters at their homes, who he claimed have been encouraged by Democratic rhetoric.
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the committee, started the hearing by discussing the pervasive threat of violent crime across the country, making no mention of threats to election officials.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee also spoke about attacks on churches, Supreme Court justices and crisis pregnancy centers, ignoring the topic of the hearing.
Two law enforcement witnesses, like Republicans, focused on general violent crime.
Michael Hurst Jr., a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, questioned whether the DOJ should devote its “finite time” to threats against election officials …
Democratic senators eventually called out Republicans for attempting to minimize or dismiss the legitimate threats facing people in the election community.
So, when she fails this test, can she then be kicked out of the House of Representatives?
The folks portraying things this way have an estranged relationship with the truth. This is just another day at the office for them.
To be honest, though, how much did we hear, growing up about Washington and Jefferson’s slaves - even about Sally Hemmings. I grew up in the mid-Atlantic and I don’t remember hearing about this until I was out of school (in the 70s).
We keep screeching about how public schools shouldn’t be trusted to teach our kids (but teachers should be allowed to carry personal weapons to protect against school invasions). The reality is, no, we shouldn’t trust ONLY schools to teach our kids. Families have that responsibility too. Too many want to abdicate that responsibility entirely or take it on entirely (home-schooling), but there is a happy medium. Really. And most want to ignore that, preferring to be on one side or the other of pendulum swing.
And here is precisely why the minimal representation of GQP’ers on the J6 committee is a blessing.
Just distract and demur from the real reasons the committee is meeting to throw red meat to the Right.
Yes. If Gym Neighbors and Bobbert were on the 1/6 committee they would have turned it into a farce.