Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

The GOP couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Come on, man.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Bad news for Ron DeSantis is great news for America.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

I didn’t have alien invasion on my 2023 BINGO card.

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

The willow is too close to the house.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Take your GOP plan out of the witness protection program.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

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Forge around and find out — Michigan edition

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The AP is reporting that the state of Michigan is filing multiple felony charges for each of the 16 Republicans who signed a fake electoral vote certificate.

Forge around and find out --- Michigan edition

I AM SO NOT A LAWYER, but reading through the felony complaints, I would imagine there are strong incentives for people to plead and squeal.

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  2. 2.

    Elizabelle

    Excellent news.

    I am thinking of a vacay in Michigan, in the next year or two.  Have never been anywhere north of Traverse City.

    I would LOVE if Michigan sees an influx of blue $$$ not being spent in Florida.

    Got to reward courage, and good government.

  7. 7.

    Ken

    @twbrandt: Between that excuse, and the guy in the morning thread who says he accidentally voted in both Florida and Missouri, I’m finding it hard to decide which is dumber. I may have to wait for Popehat to weigh in.

  8. 8.

    oldster

    This increases by 16 the number of people who may be able to help Jack Smith make the case that tfg was actively agitating for insurrection. So, these two good-news stories may be related.

  13. 13.

    C Stars

    @Elizabelle: I’m just a week back from a visit in upstate Illinois. It was so lovely and we were lucky enough to be there mostly during a break in the smoke, and the weather was perfect. We ended up taking a vacation in Minnesota/Wisconsin last summer and it was also just extremely scenic and calm. I know those places are not Michigan but I sort of group them together as lake states with interesting geology and forests. We are thinking of going to Michigan next year (we live in CA)

    As for all the legal news, I am surprised at how little reaction I am having. They’re all just lying self-serving MFers from the top down. I’m out of emotions about it. I’m glad they’re getting a tiny drop of what they deserve but it won’t keep them from being sadistic antidemocratic jackasses.

  15. 15.

    Kay

    Kathy Berden
    Republican National Committeewoman from Michigan 🇺🇸🐘 Proud mom of 4; grandma of 10.

    Was it worth it, Kathy? You ruined your life for that sleazy, loathsome piece of shit who has no idea who you are.

  19. 19.

    Bupalos

    I’m actually more interested in there being some consequences down at this level of the insurrection than I am for Trump. Reason being that deterrence at the top level would really have to be the death penalty. When what you have to gain is the whole state, you’d need that kind of penalty for deterrence. And of course that isn’t on the table.

    Down here with the groundlings, where people are doing this “meh, should I, or shouldn’t I…” is where any felony conviction or serious fine or any actual consequences could make a real difference.

  21. 21.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Jake: “I ran out of gas! I had a flat tire!”

    Also Jake: “My car was stolen! There was an earthquake!”

    Sure, Jan

  25. 25.

    bbleh

    I would imagine there are strong incentives for people to plead and squeal.

    Well, we can at least be sure they’ll squeal.  It IS, after all, a weaponization of government as part of a political vendetta against citizens exercising their First Amendment Rights solely because of their political views.

    (Can I haz 6-figure rightwing think-tank salary now plz?)

  26. 26.

    dmsilev

    @Kay:

    Was it worth it, Kathy? You ruined your life for that sleazy, loathsome piece of shit who has no idea who you are.

    The really sad thing is that for some of them, they probably do think it was worth it.

  28. 28.

    Scout211

    I misread those two charges of “uttering and publishing” as “littering and publishing.”  I thought, “How dare they litter!”

    I guess I am just too used to GOP pols getting charged with all kinds of crimes these days.  But littering is beyond the pale! LOL

     

    @Kay: Thanks for the lovely Michigan election crimes hall of fame.

  29. 29.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @dmsilev:

    @Kay:

    There was a 50 something year old Jan 6th defendant, Audrey Southard-Rumsey, a respected piano teacher in her community, that Betty linked to downstairs who was absolutely unrepentant:

    During a dramatic 15-minute statement at her sentencing hearing, Southard-Rumsey pushed aside papers that included a set of prepared remarks. She instead blistered prosecutors, calling them “liars,” then accused a Capitol Police officer whom she’d allegedly confronted on Jan. 6 of being “terrified.”

    Turning periodically to face the prosecutors and the courtroom audience, who were seated behind her, Southard-Rumsey told the judge, “I wanted to tell you exactly what you want to hear, but I won’t. I won’t lie. There were vicious lies about me.”

    She accused Antifa of filming her amid the Capitol riot and said, “My whole dream of my life has been taken, because people have different politics than mine.”

    I don’t get some of these people honestly

  30. 30.

    Geminid

    @dmsilev: I think the ones who take a plea bargain won’t serve much time. That’s probably what the dairy farmer will do.

    The true believers who try to tough it out will be sorry, though.

  33. 33.

    Jharp

    @Elizabelle: I have. Dozens of times. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is spectacular. Keeweenaw Peninsula is super cool. And Mackinaw, though touristy, is pretty good.

  34. 34.

    Jharp

    @C Stars: I am a frequent visitor to Michigan and will likely retire there. The tourist towns are unlike the rest of the Midwest. The redneck factor is a fraction of 98% of the Midwest. The lakes are stunning. As is the natural beauty. I go to hunt for agates on the south shore of Lake Superior, the most spectacular body of fresh water on the earth. And two little known facts. The rocks along the shore are among the oldest on the earth. Like 2 billion years old or even more. Yet Lake Superior is only 11,000 years old. I’m heading up soon. Oh, and do the research on bugs. They can be awful in the more remote spots.

  35. 35.

    lowtechcyclist

    @Kay:

    Was it worth it, Kathy? You ruined your life for that sleazy, loathsome piece of shit who has no idea who you are.

    I’m sure she’ll be cheered up when the kids and grandkids she’s so proud of come visit her at the state penitentiary.

  36. 36.

    Elizabelle

    We might have to do a Michigan vacay BJ meetup!  And thank you for all the information about places to visit in The Rational State.

  37. 37.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):

    “My whole dream of my life has been taken, because people have different politics than mine.” 

    Oh yeah!  That’s it!

    On the Saturday after Inauguration Day 2016, we gathered in downtown to listen to speakers (including my Representative) and console each other.  We did not storm the Capitol building in DC out of anger that day, or earlier in the month!

  38. 38.

    lowtechcyclist

    @Scout211:

    I guess I am just too used to GOP pols getting charged with all kinds of crimes these days.  But littering is beyond the pale! LOL

    Remember how seriously littering was taken, once upon a time. :^)

    I went over to the Sergeant, said, “Sergeant, you got a lot a damn gall to ask me if I’ve rehabilitated myself, I mean, I mean, I mean that just, I’m sittin’ here on the bench, I mean I’m sittin’ here on the Group W bench ’cause you want to know if I’m moral enough join the army, burn women kids, houses and villages after being a litterbug.” He looked at me and said, “Kid, we don’t like your kind, and we’re gonna send your fingerprints off to Washington.”

  40. 40.

    Subsole

    @Kay:

    But it wasn’t for him, Kay. That’s what we keep missing.

    He was just the excuse. The man who gave them permission to finally put down the horrible, heavy burden of being human and stand there, purple-faced with their teeth bared and their eyes bulging, tendons on their necks standing out in self-satisfied vicious rage, and tell us what they really felt.

    These folks did it because they hate us. It’s hard for sensible, thinking people to understand just how much they fucking hate us.

  42. 42.

    Bupalos

    @Subsole:

    These folks did it because they hate us. It’s hard for sensible, thinking people to understand just how much they fucking hate us.

    I don’t think you really have any better understanding of “these folks” (is this a monolith?) Than anyone else. And the way this kind of take parralel’s the deplorables’ ridiculous “it’s has to be all about me” bitterness should be a warning that you may not be thinking clearly.

  45. 45.

    Citizen Alan

    @Bupalos: i genuinely believe the majority of the MAGA supporters would be perfectly fine with the mass extermination of at least some Dem constituencies.

  46. 46.

    yellowdog

    @oldster: I doubt that any of these low level GQP functionaries had any contact with TIFG. They couldn’t  provide evidence of his guilt.

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