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AZ State Rep Austin Smith collected signatures to get on the ballot to run for Congress. Just one problem... MTN: GOP Rep Drops Out of Race After Claim He Forged Signatures The complaint alleged that 9 full pages of signatures all appeared to be written by the same person and the handwriting appeared to match that of Smith himself. Under Arizona law, anyone caught forging signatures on ballot petitions are not eligible to run again for five years. Smith works as a Senior Director for Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA organization. Kirk frequently and falsely claims that Democratic candidates win using forged signatures on mail-in ballots, despite the fact that Republicans continue getting caught doing it.

I was recently astonished to find this on her Wikipedia page: She graduated from South Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia in 1992, and the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1996. I think she has a case for demanding her money back from U of G, since she obviously learned nothing.

If only we had more like Jared Moskowitz! Raw Story: House Dem files bill to make Marjorie Taylor Greene Putin's 'special envoy' to Congress

I don't think Empty Gee should be using words for which she does not know the meaning:

Whoa! Did Mike Johnson suddenly find his spine, and realize he is Speaker of the entire House???

Perhaps he was rushing to a cocaine orgy: Newseek: Madison Cawthorn Crashes Into Florida State Trooper's Car—Video

He was holding out for a mask that was "Nine-Nine-point-Nine" percent effective, but none met his requirements. :-(

L. Ron Hoover is going to be mighty upset!

It's all about religious freedom; The GOP is sponsoring these bills at the behest of The First Church of Appliantology.

In December there were a flurry of news articles here in CO about dismal USPS service in the CO mountain towns. Staff shortages seem to be the root cause. e.g. CBS News: USPS Inspector General: Colorado mountain towns have worse delivery than rest of state, country Latest idea is to ship all Western CO mail to Denver for sorting, which would mean delays: CO Sun: Postal Service floats idea of driving Western Slope mail to Denver and back before delivery

My best chuckle yesterday on another forum arguing this topic: "Apparently, Hunter's laptop is some sort of Rosetta stone for true conservatives."

They don't even vote for their own interests; They vote against their own interests, after listening to the GOP politicians who have no actual platform or policy, and just bang on and on about a fictional culture war to agitate their followers. Need proof the GOP has no platform? Just go read the 2020 GOP Platform. Go ahead; I'll wait. Funny thing is there are actual issues that are considered "left wing" that some on the extreme right agree with: <REDACTED> supports legal access to abortion, in part because he believes it would reduce the number of black and Hispanic people, which he says would be a "great boon" to white people. <REDACTED> also supports a national single-payer health care system because he believes it would benefit white people. Guess who? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_B._Spencer#Health_care But of course the GOP won't support either, because the former would upset the bible-thumpers, and the latter would upset the billionaire donors.

HuffPo: Police Report: Trump County Chair Threatened To Rape Boss's Wife, Then Kill Him One of Donald Trump’s county campaign chairs in New Hampshire lost his job as a police officer after threatening to kill his colleagues in a shooting spree, murder the department chief and rape the chief’s wife in retaliation for his suspension over his relationship with a high school girl, according to a newly released report from an internal affairs investigation. I hope he can still take her to the prom! Stone has remained in Trump’s camp since. Trump named him one of his 14 New Hampshire county and city chairs last June and praised him from the stage during a rally in Claremont five months later. Only the best people!

Last night's letter from Heather Cox Richardson goes into the history of the AZ law, and it is incredible: Heather Cox Richardson - Letters from an American - April 9, 2024

A non-scumbag, (who just resigned), makes some choice comments about a scumbag still in office: MTN: Fmr. GOP Rep Buck Calls Greene: 'Moscow Marjorie'

Omigawd! Carnegie was a Commie!!!

Newsweek: Letitia James to Begin Claiming Donald Trump's Properties She's going to grab him by the properties; Because when you're Attorney General, they let you do that.

Indiana provides an example of unintended consequences: ‘Severely decreased their sexual intimacy with their husbands’: Indiana appeals court uses Mike Pence’s religious liberty law to block abortion ban

This morning, this title just put a smile on my face: Jalopnik: Elon's Offering, But Automakers Aren’t Interested In Licensing Tesla’s Full Self-Driving System

I will argue that the biggest things damping Tesla sales are: 1. Tesla lying about range. 2. Tesla lying about capabilities of "Autopilot", (and Elmo making annual announcement that FSD will be here in "a few months", for ten years running). 3. Elmo being a gigantic all-around asshole. There is no way in hell I will ever own a Tesla as long as Elmo has any control over it.

But a much better strategy is give up the "my team" mindset and just cast your vote for the candidate who is best for the country. Tying your identity to a political party is just ridiculous.

Ukraine has apparently drawn inspiration from Mathias Rust. Forbes: Ukraine Packed A Cessna-Style Plane With Explosives, Added Remote Controls And Kamikaze’d It Into A Russian Drone Factory 600 Miles Away

A natural gas peaking plant does not need to use turbines. There is a big one near me that uses natural gas piston engines: https://www.power-technology.com/projects/plainsendnaturalgas/

More voter fraud found! GOP official who insisted the 2020 election was stolen voted illegally 9 times while on probation for forging checks: Judge

CO GOP has annoited its chosen one to replace Ken Buck, and it isn't Bobo. He must have been picked based on his lengthy rap sheet, (described in the article): CO Sun: Greg Lopez selected as Republican nominee for special election in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District to replace Ken Buck Expect hissy fit from Bobo in 3...2...1...