I'll enjoy hearing Trump rail about how his children should be off limits while he makes them executives in the Trump Organization and officials in the White House.

Even loathing Trump as much as I do, I have semi-seriously entertained the idea of selling Trump merchandise, might as well make him serve some good purpose.

Dirty money. I wouldn't do it. Don't feed the beast. That's the job of Fox News.

The grift is so good and pretty easy to come by. Twitter is a buzz right now with some woman who is supposedly running from Governor of Georgia with a campaign bus that says "Jesus, Guns, Babies". I live in Georgia and have never heard of her and I had no idea she was running for governor. That is how good her campaign has been so far. But now she has gotten the attention of progressives, who are sharing her name and picture all over the internet and making her something.
Conservatives play the Left like a fiddle. Even if this doesn't make her a legitimate threat to Kemp in the primary, she will definitely cash in on the notoriety all freely given by the "outraged." Do or say something triggering. Get Libs to share it all over. Profit.

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Are there any Republicans out there running on policy issues? It seems like every R candidate is out there trying to look as crazy as MTG since that's their base.

Why in the world would any of them run on policy?

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Well to give the Republicans credit they are running against tax dollars buying crack pipes. I don't know if that's actually happening or just something that could happen but there ya go.

Just saying it doesn't matter if candidate #1,234 gets attention for doing something crazy. The next candidate will likely be someone spouting the same nonsense. Pointing and laughing should be encouraged. It's cathartic.

It's not. It was a fabricated story by a far-right website.

But, hey, why fact check when you can just pass it around as maybe true to get that sweet, sweet adrenaline and hate flowing?

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I am so exhausted of the constant outrage machine.

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A sign policy doesn't matter is that they are all bragging about the projects brought to their district from the infrastructure deal they voted against.

Trump was right I guess.

Finally we have data! Amazon’s ultra-low prices from the US Postal Service are in fact below cost. And these sweetheart deals have prompted the USPS to RAISE prices to small & mid-sized businesses.

Important paper out from @HalSinger & @TedTatos https://t.co/n2b2En9j2x

— Stacy Mitchell (@stacyfmitchell) February 15, 2022

Same. It's interesting that there are so many people - older people, mainly, it seems - who are energized by it. These are people (like my parents) who fall asleep on the couch at 3pm yet find all sorts of energy to be angry at ghosts.

I find it curious, that the tone by Texas politicians in this article seems a lot more conciliatory towards rejected ballots, then the tone they struck when they passed their new voting requirements.

It makes me wonder if registered republicans are having more issues with the new ID requirement than registered Dems are. I would be interested in seeing the numbers.

Thousands of Texas ballots rejected as new voter ID law causes confusion

Looking at the stories, I think it's just a difference in who they are talking to. The local election officials in large cities are going to be Democrats who are frustrated with this process put in place by the GOP legislature.

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I will chime in and say that conversatives have turned outrage from the left into engagement from their base. Put kids in cages? Left outrage. Republicans point to the outrage and warn that the left is coming for their guns and jobs.

Wash and repeat. The left is great at identity politics and social media though which just causes more engagement for the other side.

Is this the place I'm supposed to come and say that people should probably be executed for classified materials ending up in Florida? It's totally the most appropriate punishment given the extent and seriousness of the crimes and it'll make people very impressed with my knowledge of crimes and punishment and my ability to to have discretion when considering all the information provided......just like fox news.

You have to go to Truth Social for that

The balls of this guy, Mr. Integrity (per his profile) begging for money to defend himself from having no integrity.

Dear patriots - I am being subpoenaed by the Kangaroo Court in DC. In order to hire a lawyer to protect me from Liz Cheney and Pelosi, I need an immediate $5k to put him on retainer. Please help me reach my goal by donating here. I appreciate you all. https://t.co/KCDiwgIWHi

— Mark Finchem (@RealMarkFinchem) February 19, 2022

So a self proclaimed business leader running for one of the top offices in the state doesn't have 5K in savings?

Also, doesn't gofundme take down these accounts?

I am sure he does, but why burn your money when you can grift the flock?

He is using the givesendgo "Christian" fundraising site. You can also leave him a prayer if you can't donate :)

I was pretty excited when I finally navigated through the buggy Truth Social app rollout today and registered an account. Only to be put on a waiting list.

he needs that money for blow and hookers

Click through this thread to see that it's still true, everything's a con.

Truth Social is going… as expected.

This is what happens when your devs are flunky’s who couldn’t cut it in Leadership Institute’s “How to copy and paste memes Charlie Kirk tweeted” seminar. pic.twitter.com/8hPvb7U20J

— John R. Eakin (@JREakin) February 21, 2022

For example,

"They're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems to us. "

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These people can't set up a webpage, and we put them in charge of the executive branch for 4 years.

I'm sure Devin Nunes is right on it

Who could have predicted this, outside of anyone with a brain?

Trump praises Putin's 'genius' incursion into Ukraine

If Trump were still president would the U.S. take part in this invasion? Or at least soften up defenses to setup the Russian march into Kiev?

lol

Breaking News: The prosecutors leading the Manhattan district attorney’s inquiry into Donald Trump have resigned. The D.A. is said to have doubts about the case. https://t.co/n6W30FopJw

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 23, 2022

Least surprising headline ever. People kept trying to convince themselves that Trump was actually going to face consequences. BS. Trump is going to be president again.

Unless he shuffles off this mortal coil

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Trump makes himself look like a weird, unhealthy clown, and yet I will probably count myself very lucky if I'm in his shape at 75 years old.

These people are beyond pathetic. An American promoting the Russian way of government over the American. Gee, I wonder what the difference could be?

It's a JOKE. On the left is Sergei LAVROV., Russian Foreign Minister, been there for 20 Years. Meanwhile, the people we call "Secretary of State" barely stay for a cup of coffee. Padding their Resume. Then cashing in. The Russians run circles around us. THE SYSTEM STINKS! pic.twitter.com/SsUNOULuOF

— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) February 25, 2022

Basically parroting trump without actually invoking him. I take that as a reference that the US should have one leader who can stay in power as long as Putin. trump has said as much before that it should be him, either saying his first term shouldn't count or that he should get to rule longer than typical.

Yes, "the system" of us electing officials every 4 years who may be from different parties stinks, and the Russian system of one autocratic leader is more preferable because... "consistency"?

I would totally believe that trump called putin and egged him on to do it.

it's all drugs and surgeries.
Possibly just a bunch of rats and crows in there manipulating his corpse like a puppet.

I'm sure the folks worried about election fraud will be all over this one.

BREAKING: Deception at the door: GOP registered more at least 141 voters in Hialeah and Little Havana as Republicans - without their consent, according to a @MiamiHerald investigation. Reporting by powerful newsroom team. https://t.co/PSzaUiLcNz

— Mary Ellen Klas (@MaryEllenKlas) February 25, 2022

We know after countless examples that if the GOP is accusing Dems of something they're already doing it. To the point that I think voter fraud could be a legitimate issue in '22 or '24.

I agree that anyone knowingly submitting false registration forms should send anybody to jail.

But I have to ask, what was what point of this? What does it matter if someone's party affiliation is changed (I mean this from the fraudsters perspective)? Why go through the effort of doing it? Is it some kind of dry run for something more serious? That's the only thing I can think of.

That's what I've been trying to figure out. It can affect your ability to participate in a primary if your state has a closed primary. Also, I suppose it could be used to suggest in a future election that something is fraudulent with vote totals if X percent of an area is registered GOP and votes don't align with registration percentages.

That's exactly what it is. The GOP has been openly crowing about having more GOP registration than the Democrats for the first time in Florida. You think that is just a coincidence? Falsely change registration and then use that as proof of "fraud".

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Romney: "Marjorie Taylor Greene & Gosar, I don't know them. But I'm reminded of the old line from Butch Cassidy where one character says, 'Morons, I have morons on my team.' I think anybody who would sit down w/ white nationalists at their conference is missing a few IQ points." pic.twitter.com/sCEM2rSaxl

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2022

On the one hand, it's good to see Cheney and Romney actually condemning this (never mind the low bar that we're all kinda surprised that it actually happened- that's just pathetic). Of course, these are the people who are persona non grata in the GOP. Romney is the token legacy RINO who makes the party look more respectable and adult than it is and Cheney is all but kicked out of the party because she dared to vote to impeach Trump after his insurrection. I don't suppose we've heard any peeps from anyone with power like McConnell, Cornyn, McCarthy, or Scalise? I mean, last I checked Greene and Gosar aren't even on committees because of previous infractions, right? Cynically, I'm sure they're all just planning on letting it blow over because everyone else is watching Ukraine.

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It's been the same for twenty years. I'm not sure who in the GOP is racist and who isn't, but I'm very sure that almost all of the GOP is willing to look the other way when it comes to racists because they value their votes.

What a party.

Wendy Rogers said white nationalists are ‘patriots’ and called for hanging political enemies

Florida has closed primaries and you have to register with the particular party within 29 days of the election. These people would show up and be told they can't vote in their election. Bit of disenfranchisement can help.

My guess is they just set bounties for "registering Republicans". Get $25 for every application you turn in. So they just committed the fraud for the money understanding that the current government is fine with it.

I think a lot of people still think (beltway pundits for sure) that the war going on in the GOP is between politicians who Norquist/Gingrich/Tea Party "defund the government" orthodoxy, and those who are willing to deal with Democrats mainly to advance some fiscal conservatism while giving some ground on social moderation.

No, the war in the GOP is between those actively looking to hamstring government by defunding it (with the clear added benefit of lowering taxes on the rich) who are also quite OK with using the social conservatives to this end, and a strong alliance of those who want to see democratic government dismantled in order to usher in a social conservatism more suited to the 19th century.