While Kit Connor’s spicy Heartstopper scenes and Manu Ríos’ shirtless pics took over everyone’s social media feeds this week, the political power players were busy doing all sorts of things you may have missed. Here’s just a few of the stories that you really need to know about it…
GET READY: Melania said she “feels a responsibility” to “clarify the facts” about her miserable-seeming life in new tell-all. [Read more]
WHAT DO YOU THINK?! Does disgraced ex-president Donald Trump support marriage equality? [Read more]
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LADY MAGA: Lara Trump may have quiet quit her “job” at the RNC to focus on her terrible music career. [Read more]
THEY HAVE LOST THEIR DAMN MIND: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had no time for Fox News reporter Peter Doocy’s foolishness about Kamala Harris’ alleged fake accent. [Read more]
BYE FELICIA: Anti-LGBTQ+ Democrat Texas state Rep. Shawn Thierry announced she’s switching parties at a Moms for Liberty event. [Read more]
NURSE! The 78-year-old disgraced ex-president took his typical word salad to a new level of nonsense as he spoke gibberish trying to answer a specific policy question on child care.
STRAW POLL: Republicans questioned if Gov. Tim Walz is gay for drinking a milkshake with a straw? We’re not kidding! [Read more]
MAKING MAYOR PETE PROUD: Chasten Buttigieg slammed JD Vance’s terrible idea for lowering childcare costs in just 10 words. [Read more]
COUNTRY OVER PARTY: Former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney dropped the Republican bomb that her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, will be voting for Kamala Harris. Your move, George W. Bush!
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Rosie lends her support to this Democratic hopeful running in “blood-red” Kentucky
Nothing brings the people together like Rosie O’Donnell!
War On Free Speech
Sources say Hunter Biden threw in the towel to avoid a trial exposing Biden-China influence peddling, after prosecutors filed a “road map” glossary to trial exhibits:”CEFC China Energy””Patrick Ho””Kevin Dong””Mervyn Yan””Ye Jianming””State Energy HK””RosemontSenecaBohai””SinoHawk”
The Biden Crime Family needs to be prosecuted.
Diplomat
YaY Liz and dick!
Diplomat
Fix your moderation bs
abfab
KAMAL HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT 2024
VOTE BLUE!!
abfab
Who the eff is Kamal?
abfab
RFK Jr is a now part of the Jan 6th crowd. Figures.
abfab
“In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” Cheney said of the former president and Republican nominee. “He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He can never be trusted with power again.
“As citizens, we each have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our constitution. That is why I will be casting my vote for Vice-President Kamala Harris.”
Kangol2
“Sources say…” In other words, someone’s hearing voices in his own head or from the usual far-right subjects, which could be one in the same.
abfab
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will honor the LGBTQ+ community in a speech this weekend at one of the nation’s capital’s most anticipated events.
Walz will deliver the keynote address at the Human Rights Campaign’s National Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. This annual affair, hosted by the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, brings together activists, allies, and public figures to celebrate progress in LGBTQ+ rights and discuss the challenges ahead.
abfab
25 Years Ago, a Gay Student Sought Support. His School Turned to Tim Walz.
One student’s turbulent coming-out journey in the 1990s put Mr. Walz, then a football coach, at the center of gay rights in a Minnesota high school.
“It was important to have a person who was so well-liked on campus, a football coach who had served in the military,” said Mr. Reitan, now 42. “Having Tim Walz as the adviser of the gay-straight alliance made me feel safe coming to school.”
War On Free Speech
Congratulations! You are now political allies with Dick Cheney.
abfab
One of the loons^
War On Free Speech
Today the Harris campaign released a statement blaming Donald Trump for the Afghanistan withdrawal that was conducted seven months after he left office.
Add that to the list of Trump’s debate talking points. Unbelievable.
abfab
The Glen Greenwald wannabe^
Kangol2
Waron apparently is unaware that the Afghanistan withdrawal disaster is a direct result of DJT’s actions, including pushing to release the Taliban fighters who now run the country; signing a terrible peace deal with the Taliban befor Biden took office that was doomed to fail; propping up the puppet government that fell as soon as the US did pull out. In fact, DJT wanted to do what Biden did but had to be talked out of it. Biden followed DJT’s plan and it was, like most of DJT’s presidency, a chaotic mess. But the US was mired in Afghanistan for 20 years, thanks to George W. Bush. Count the dead and maimed US soldiers and Afghanis during that period. Let’s not forget that either.
still_onthemark
DJT is 78 and o b ese, look up the statistics on that. He may have “disavowed” Project 2025 but JD wrote the forward for it. And yes JD is w eird!
still_onthemark
“In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than D***** T****. He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He can never be trusted with power again.” – D! ck Cheney
Eternal.Cowboy
So Waron, it seems that you are still terrified of discussing policy and keep just leaning into those ad hominem attacks (a type of logical fallacy).
On the policy side, Trump negotiated with the Taliban in February of 2020. Inexplicably left the Afghan government out of the negotiations. During those negotiations he set a final withdrawal date of May 2021. Despite the Taliban not following the agreement and inviting Al Queda to join the Trump freed 5000 Taliban fighters and reduced American troops from 30000 to 2500. Biden pushed the date to August and was criticized by Trump for doing so.
While I think that the majority of the blame for the situation falls with George W Bush. He was the person that decided to unnecessarily invade the country and had no real plan for what to do after the invasion. I’d also argue that Obama, Trump and Biden all share culpability for the disaster as well. That said Biden had the least to do with it. His big mistake was honoring Trump’s decision to surrender to a terrorist group.
War On Free Speech
“…Trump negotiated with the Taliban in February of 2020.”
Did he negotiate to leave billions upon billions of arms and military equipment? Did negotiate the murder of 13 of our soldiers? Or was that the gross incompetence of Biden/Harris leadership and everything they touch?
abfab
Yes.
abfab
Trump and Harris Neck and Neck
AP
(have they even seen his neck)
KAMALA HAS GOT THIS!
VOTE BLUE ALL THE WAY
theherald
Are the sources in the room with you right now? Do you understand that if the DA had incriminating evidence against Hunter and Joe that it wouldn’t matter if he pled guilty to this tax charge? Your comment makes absolutely no sense.
abfab
“It is not helpful to talk about whether women have children or whether they don’t. I have said that and I will continue to say to Republicans, stop it, that’s not helpful.”
NikkiTikkiTavi
Eternal.Cowboy
Since you are asking the questions I’ll take that as a tacit admission that you don’t actually know what happened and just readapting talking points you heard but never bothered to fact check. That is really the only logical conclusion since the answers don’t help you much.
“Did he negotiate to leave billions upon billions of arms and military equipment? ”
This is a common criticism. The problem with it is that it not true. There has never been an accounting of the equipment left behind. So any price tag you put on it is one you made up or got from a dubious source. Not surprising given there have been plenty of false stories that have circulated on line with number ranging from 10-80 billion. None of them are factually backed up. Trump did negotiate to close five bases and draw down the troop presence in 135 days. Given that any equipment leaving the country would have to be flown out there was no way to take everything, particularly in that short of a period. Also, equipment that was in disrepair or wasn’t particularly usable would be left behind as a standard practice. There is no need to fly out office chairs, desks, TVs, and so on. So his negotiates did result in leaving equipment behind. That said, the military destroyed or disabled equipment used for combat. The idea the military just walked away form stockpiles of weapons is just goofy and It is hard to believe that anyone would be gullible enough to believe that.
“Did negotiate the murder of 13 of our soldiers?”
I would assume he did not actively negotiate for soldiers to be killed but given his contempt for the military I guess I wouldn’t find it surprising if he did. There were 11 deaths in 2020 and 13 deaths in 2021. I guess that two additional deaths is what you are using to make your claims of incompetence and you feel like 11 deaths represents total competent? That you have reduced people that died after volunteering to defend our country a fodder to score cheap political points is just gross. It is also totally in line wit the Trump so it checks out that you would support him.
The reality is that Trump negotiated a fairly poor deal and then never held the Taliban to it. For example the Taliban and the US were supposed to cease hostilities. The U.S. did but he Taliban not only continued but also their attacks went up by 70% and thousands of people were killed. Trump did nothing to address the increased attacks and just continued the troop withdraw. Trump ended sanctions against the Taliban so they were free to start importing weapons and could be funded by outside sources. Again, once it was clear the Taliban was not following the agreement Trump could have brought back the sanctions but he didn’t.
Trump ostensibly surrendered as the Taliban got everything they wanted and the U.S. got nothing. He betrayed the people of Afghanistan and the U.S. Military.
abfab
Cricketts. Waron is worried and in panic mode again. He needs new lies.
War On Free Speech
You certainly don’t believe in keeping things pithy.
I have told you before, I will no longer write long emails on this forum. They go into moderation and then are deleted never to see the light of day. Since you are a good automaton who spews the correct narrative it is something you don’t have to be concerned about. That never happens on a conservative website by-the-way.
abfab
Then stay on your conservative websites. Please.
Ronbo
I love how “War On…” can trigger our extremists. ^ I usually don’t agree with War On; but, it’s nice to see free speech being used to trigger thoughtful communication. S/