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November 25, 2024

Musk, SpaceX hit with sexual harassment lawsuit from 8 ex-employees. Probably he should join the Trump trans...NEVERMIND

SpaceX and CEO Elon Musk were hit on Wednesday with a lawsuit from eight former employees, who alleged they were illegally fired for raising concerns about sexual harassment and discrimination against women at the company.

Why it matters: The lawsuit comes just a day after a Wall Street Journal report alleged Musk has had sexual relationships with at least two SpaceX employees and has made sexually inappropriate comments toward other women at the company.

The women Musk allegedly had sexual relationships with included a former intern he later hired onto his executive team, according to the Journal's report.
After another alleged sexual relationship with an employee fell apart, the woman received "recriminations over text and email" as she left the company. She also signed an agreement prohibiting her from discussing her work for Musk.
Musk allegedly asked another woman employee to have his babies during exit negotiations in 2013.
Context: The suit stems from firings in 2022 after some employees helped write an open letter criticizing Musk's behavior in public and on social media.

The employees said Musk was a "frequent source of distraction and embarrassment" for them and a threat to the company's reputation and urged company executives to publicly condemn Musk's actions.
The same former employees are pursuing a National Labor Relations Board complaint against the company.
What's inside: In the lawsuit the former employees — four men and four women — alleged they were illegally fired after helping write the open letter to challenge "unlawful conduct" within the company.

The conduct highlighted in the suit included Musk allegedly "treating women as sexual objects to be evaluated on their bra size, bombarding the workplace with lewd sexual banter, and offering the reprise to those who challenge the 'Animal House' environment that if they don't like it they can seek employment elsewhere."
What they're saying: Paige Holland-Thielen, one of the plaintiffs, said in a statement that filing the lawsuit "marks an important milestone in our quest for justice," adding that she hopes it encourages SpaceX employees to keep "fighting for a better workplace."

Anne Shaver, an attorney with Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein representing the plaintiffs, said company management "knowingly permitted and fostered" a work culture "rife" with sexual harassment.
"To have been terminated for protesting SpaceX's utter failure to take basic measures to prevent sexual harassment is patently retaliatory, wrong, and actionable," Shaver said.
SpaceX did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.

Musk previously denied a sexual harassment complaint from a former employee in 2021, who said she was paid $250,000 by the company after he exposed himself to her and offered to buy her a horse in exchange for an erotic massage.

https://www.axios.com/2024/06/12/elon-musk-spacex-sexual-harassment-lawsuit

November 25, 2024

Convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket

“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”


AND JUST LIKE THAT ALL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HAITIANS EATING CATS AND DOGS ARE NOT LONGER ON THE FRONT PAGES--MISSION ACCOMPLISHED I GUESS

**Want A Better Economy? History Says Vote Democrat**

1. Personal disposable income has grown nearly 6 times more under Democratic presidents

2. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown 7 times more under Democratic presidents

3. Corporate profits have grown over 16% more per year under Democratic presidents (they actually declined under Republicans by an average of 4.53%/year)
Average annual compound return on the stock market has been 18 times greater under Democratic presidents (If you invested $100k for 40 years of Republican administrations you had $126k at the end, if if you invested $100k for 40 years of Democrat administrations you had $3.9M at the end)

4. Republican presidents added 2.5 times more to the national debt than Democratic presidents

5. The two times the economy steered into the ditch (Great Depression and Great Recession) were during Republican, laissez faire administrations

**Why Are Republican Presidents So Bad for the Economy?**
G.D.P., jobs and other indicators have all risen faster under Democrats for nearly the past century. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/opinion/sunday/democrats-economy.html

**U.S. Jobs, Income, GDP Growth 'Startlingly' Higher Under Democratic Presidents** https://www.newsweek.com/us-jobs-income-gdp-growth-startlingly-higher-under-democratic-presidents-analysis-1566313

**Over the last 6 decades--60 years or so, history has tended to favor Democratic presidents in terms of economic performance** https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/10/28/which-presidents-have-been-best-for-the-economy

**During the final 3 years of Barack Obama's presidency 2014. 2015 . 2016 , the number of jobs added was 1.5 million greater than the number added during Trump's first 3 years in office 2017 2018 2019** https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-created-more-jobs-trump

**Trump inherited a booming economy — and handed Biden a nation 'in shambles'** https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-inherited-booming-economy-handed-biden-nation-shambles-n1255033

**Trump to leave office with the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover** https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-leave-office-worst-jobs-030044152.html

Trump will be first president since WWII to lose jobs during tenure. The U.S. lost 140,000 jobs in December 2020 in the final jobs report of Trump’s presidency. This means the nation has about 3 million fewer jobs than it did 4 years ago UNDER THE BLACK GUY --OBAMA, meaning Trump will be the first president to lose jobs over his term since employment data was collected in this way. NBC News Now correspondent Simone Boyce explains how it all unfolded.

https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/trump-will-be-first-president-since-wwii-to-lose-jobs-during-tenure-

THERE WAS THE ..ING AROUND AND NOW THERE IS THE FINDING OUT

November 24, 2024

Republican John Jessup who won county seat pleads guilty to sexual assault of daughter--PROBABLY TRUMP WILL NOMINATE HIM

John Jessup to resign as commissioner in Hancock, Indiana, and faces prison after guilty plea over incident in Las Vegas

Days after winning elected office, a Republican politician in Indiana pleaded guilty to trying to sexually assault his daughter in Las Vegas and now must resign his position.

John Jessup, the commissioner of Hancock, Indiana, was charged in Nevada in June in connection with a sexual assault that occurred in January, reported the local Greenfield Daily Reporter newspaper and KLAS.

But he remained in office as a county commissioner, ran for a seat on the Hancock council, a distinct elected body, and emerged as one of three victors after collecting about 15,000 votes.

Records show Jessup, 49, pleaded guilty in Nevada court on 13 November to attempted sexual assault, which is a kind of felony that can carry multiple years in prison, according to state law.

Indiana prohibits convicted felons from serving in state or local elected offices, though a decisive majority of its voters on 5 November helped vault Donald Trump to a second US presidency just months after a New York jury convicted him on felony charges of criminally falsifying business records.

November 21, 2024

YES --TULSI IS A RUSSIAN ASS-et

Tulsi Gabbard---What the mainstream media wont say

1. Tulsi Gabbard's Financial Disclosures Leave Out Ties To right wing Koch-Funded Think Tank
https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/03/tulsi-gabbards-financial-disclosures-leave-out-ties-to-koch-funded-think-tank/


91. The Overwhelming Evidence in Support of Clinton’s Claims About Gabbard
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/10/22/the-overwhelming-evidence-in-support-of-clintons-claims-about-gabbard/


1. Tulsi Gabbard once touted working for anti-gay group that backed conversion therapy https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/13/politics/kfile-tulsi-gabbard-lgbt/index.html

99. Russia's propaganda machine discovers 2020 Dem contender Tulsi Gabbard https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/russia-s-propaganda-machine-discovers-2020-democratic-candidate-tulsi-gabbard-n964261


3. Tulsi Gabbard is rated "F" by Progressive Punch for voting with Republicans, despite the strong progressive lean of her district: https://imgur.com/wDhVNKq

6. Tulsi Gabbard was nearly a part of Trump's cabinet at Steve bannon's suggestion: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-rep-tulsi-gabbard-consideration-trump-cabinet/story?id=43696303


5. Tulsi Gabbard has also been praised multiple times by Steve Bannon, Trump's former strategist and prolific white nationalist propagandist: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/36352314/bannon-name-drops-hawaii-congresswoman-in-national-interview/

7. Tulsi Gabbard isn't anti-war. She's a self-described hawk against terrorists. Her narrow objections center around efforts to spread democracy: "In short, when it comes to the war against terrorists, I'm a hawk," Gabbard said. "When it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change, I'm a dove.": https://www.votetulsi.com/node/27796

8. Tulsi Gabbard copies the rhetoric of Republicans: Gabbard voted against condemning Bashar al-Assad, president of Syria, and was praised by conservative media for publicly challenging President Barack Obama over his refusal to use the term "Islamic extremism" when discussing terrorism: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/28/tulsi-gabbard-slams-obamas-refusal-to-say-islamic-/

9. Tulsi Gabbard also copies the policy of Republicans, voting with them to block Syrian refugees: https://medium.com/@pplswar/tulsi-gabbard-voted-to-make-it-virtually-impossible-for-syrian-refugees-to-come-to-the-u-s-11463d0a7a5a

11. Tulsi Gabbard has multiple connections to Hindu nationalists: https://readsludge.com/2018/12/26/tulsi-gabbard-took-thousands-from-members-of-right-wing-hindu-group/

12. Tulsi Gabbard frequently repeats Russian talking points and works to legitimize Assad: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/26/tulsi-gabbard-bashar-al-assad-syria-democrats

11. Tulsi Gabbard was one of only 3 representatives to not condemn Assad for gassing Syrian civilians and the only Democrat: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/121/text

16. Tulsi Gabbard has introduced legislation pushed by GOP-megadonor, Sheldon Adelson: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-adelson-idUSBREA2P0BJ20140326

18. Tulsi was later awarded a "Champions of Freedom" medal at Adelson's annual gala in 2016: https://www.thedailybeast.com/tulsi-gabbard-the-bernie-endorsing-congresswoman-who-trump-fans-can-love/

18. Tulsi Gabbard’s Deceptive Foreign Policy- The Hawaii congresswoman’s anti-interventionism masks an affinity for authoritarians, nationalists, and Islamophobes. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/tulsi-gabbard-president-foreign-islam/


19. Eight house Dems absent from Russian sanction vote. One of the eight was Tulsi Gabbard.--H.J.Res. 30: Disapproving the President’s proposal to take an action relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h42

20. Tulsi was too busy being on TV to vote for a bill giving back pay to furloughed employees during the the Trump Republican government shutdown http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll028.xml#NV

22. The 11 Gun Bills Tulsi GabbardWon’t Support — While ‘Standing With’ Senate Dems (In A Selfie) on blacklivesmatter blm detroit https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-11-gun-bills-tulsi-gabbard-wont-supportwhile_b_57635ad1e4b0092652d744e9

34. Why Do White Nationalists Like Tulsi Gabbard So Much--**The neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer took credit in April for Gabbard reaching the 65,000 donor threshold to qualify for the debates** https://forward.com/fast-forward/428962/tulsi-gabbard-neo-nazi-white-nationalist-support/

35. Trump confirms that Tulsi is not a Russian asset--lolgop Russian assset --code named "individual !" says what now
https://www.axios.com/trump-hannity-tulsi-gabbard-fox-news-13101b57-bac8-40d1-a976-67d4a5a7b552.html

98. **August 2019-Russian embassy defends Tulsi Gabbard. Have they done that for any other Democratic presidential candidate?



88. Tulsi Gabbard did not join a letter signed by 169 House Democrats condemning Trump adviser White Supremacist Monger Steve Bannon’s White House appointment https://mauitime.com/news/politics/why-didnt-rep-tulsi-gabbard-join-169-of-her-colleagues-in-denouncing-trump-appointee-stephen-bannon/)

99. Gabbard's Base: Overwhelmingly Male, Mostly Conservative https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/gabbards-base-overwhelmingly-male-mostly-conservative/?mobile=1

22. Democrats don’t like Tulsi Gabbard, but the alt-right does https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/what-california-can-learn-from-australias-fire-warning-system/democrats-dont-like-tulsi-gabbard-but-the-alt-right-does

31. Here’s Exactly How Much Russian Media Loves Tulsi Gabbard — and Hates Biden--The 2020 candidate's "slaming of U.S. establishment leaders is a wonderful vehicle for the Kremlin to divide the political left.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb5anj/heres-how-much-russian-media-loves-tulsi-gabbard-and-hates-biden

32. Tulsi Gabbard Is The Only Democratic Candidate That Russia Views Favorably https://www.politicususa.com/2019/11/23/tulsi-gabbard-only-democratic-candidate-russia-views-favorably.html

34. Buttigieg Slams Gabbard on Assad: I Have Better Judgement Than to Meet With 'A Murderous Dictator' https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/buttigieg-slams-gabbard-on-assad-1.8159812

53. Internet rips Tulsi Gabbard for ‘spewing’ Russian conspiracy ‘garbage’ about Syria https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/internet-rips-tulsi-gabbard-for-spewing-russian-conspiracy-garbage-about-syria/

47. Gabbard and her campaign staff have refused to talk about Robinson and what specifically he has done to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars,Robinson, who is Australian, does not appear to have any background in politics or digital advertising. https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/09/why-is-tulsi-gabbard-paying-this-obscure-consultant-big-bucks/

36. New York Times changes story admitting they misquoted Clinton saying ‘Russians’ were ‘grooming’ Tulsi Gabbard https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/new-york-times-changes-story-admitting-they-misquoted-clinton-saying-russians-were-grooming-tulsi-gabbard/

38. Tulsi Gabbard votes present on both counts of Trump impeachment--- she placed herself in a sort of no-man’s-land, where people paralyzed by fear of public opinion languish https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/18/politics/tulsi-gabbard-present-impeachment/index.html

39. **Trump Praises Gabbard for Not Voting to Impeach: “I Give Her a Lot of Respect”** https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/trump-praises-tulsi-gabbard-not-voting-impeachment.html

40. **Tulsi Gabbard missed 85% of House votes this fall 2019. Hawaii's ex-governor wants her to resign--immediately** https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-who-missed-85-of-house-votes-this-fall-should-resign-says-ex-hawaii-governor-neil-abercrombie/

41. She does not represent her district--Gabbard faces heat back home for present vote on impeachment--https://apnews.com/c9b93bfb34004616f04fd5fd1ae3709b

November 20, 2024

Y'all notice that with all the alleged sex crimes around Matt Gaetz....MOMS FOR LIBERTY ARE SUPER QUIET !!! HMMM

Congressman Matt Gaetz,

Occasionally takes to Twitter to post anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

He took the time to discredit Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post journalist who was dismembered by a hacksaw before he actually died, by Jared Kushner's buddies https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/10/18/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-is-a-terrible-person

He shared a video, with zero context or background, showing a random person handing cash to people in a crowd. He then recklessly questioned if this was another effort from Jewish billionaire George Soros,

Gaetz's aides once wrote a bill with help from a conspiracy theory subreddit devoted to white nationalism--Wired later discovered that a Gaetz staffer had crowd sourced ideas for the amendment on a subReddit forum which happens to be a cesspool of alt-right activity https://www.wired.com/story/republican-staffer-the-donald-resolution/

Gaetz’s record reveals an arrest for drunk driving --He didn't have his license suspended for a year when he refused the breath test — as Florida law dictates. And he didn't have that refusal used against him in a criminal proceeding. Charges against Gaetz were dismissed after events that included, among other things, the forced resignation of the arresting officer. https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/lawmakers-talk-of-mug-shot-raises-questions-about-dui-arrest/2166023/

Matt Gaetz invited a white supremacist to Trump's State of the Union https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/01/state-of-the-union-matt-gaetz-charles-johnson

Alleged-- Gaetz’s roommate at Florida State University was reportedly found dead under suspicious circumstances while they were undergraduate students, Law Enforcement investigated the death as a possible homicide but the agency was later politically-pressured to rule it a suicide

Matt Gaetz was involved in a gay relationship with a well-known pastor of an evangelical mega-church in Fort Walton Beach, But Matt Gaetz runs for the U.S. Congress as a traditional “family values” and anti-gay rights conservative http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/18966

Miami Democrats file bar complaint against Matt Gaetz for his classified facility raid https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/miami-democrats-file-bar-complaint-against-matt-gaetz-for-his-classified-facility-raid/

CNN legal analyst slams Matt Gaetz’s threatening tweet to Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/26/politics/matt-gaetz-tweet-michael-cohen/index.html

Rep. Matt Gaetz suggested a caravan of Honduran refugees was paid by George Soros to disrupt the U.S. election. And he only went further off the rails when challenged.

Republican. Matt Gaetz was literally the only person to vote against an anti-human trafficking bill https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2017/12/29/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-was-literally-the-only-person-to-vote-against-an-anti-human-trafficking-bill

Matt Gaetz Voted Against Paid Sick Leave in Florida But Takes Paid Leave From Congress https://theintercept.com/2020/03/12/matt-gaetz-florida-paid-sick-leave-coronavirus/

In the late 1970s, Matt Gaetz's father co-founded a nonprofit hospice companyVita'sas which they sold in 2004, In 2013, the Justice Department sueVita'sas, alleging that between 2002 and 2013, the company had defrauded Medicare by filing false claims for services never provided or for patients who weren’t terminally ill. The company settled the case in 2017 for more than $75 million, at the time the largest settlement ever recovered from a hospice company. https://homehealthcarenews.com/2017/11/75-million-settlement-reached-in-hospice-false-claims-case/

House Speaker Ray Sansom, a friend of Don Gaetz for whom Matt had worked as a legislative aide during law school. In April 2009, Sansom was indicted on corruption charges, accused of tweaking the state budget to funnel more than $25 million to Northwest Florida State College in Niceville. Of those funds, $6 million was earmarked to build a hangar at the Destin airport for a jet company owned by one of Sansom’s friends and donors, real estate developer Jay Odom. Odom was also a client of Matt Gaetz, who handled Odom’s hangar lease. (In 2013, Odom would be sentenced to six months in prison for illegally funneling $23,000 into former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s failed 2008 presidential campaign. In the past decade, Odom has contributed thousands of dollars to Gaetz’s political campaigns https://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/legislature/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-stands-his-ground-in-defense-of-controversial-law/2151199/

Republican Matt Gaetz mocked food stamp recipients (“Yesterday I saw a lady at Publix use her ‘Access’ welfare card. Her back was covered in tattoos. RT if u suppoentitlement reformorm.”) https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2017/08/22/florida-republican-doesnt-think-poor-people-should-have-soda

Republican Matt Gaetz questioned the literacy skills of 2 black Democratic colleagues https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article20029155.html

Don Gaetz, routinely wrote articles for the Pensacola News Journal but quit on the grounds that the paper was too mean to his son, Matt Gaetz https://www.pnj.com/story/opinion/2019/03/02/marlette-deja-vu-gaetz-gaffes-part-ii/3009927002/

3 months before declaring his candidacy for the state House, he sued Valparaiso on behalf Igloososa County and argued publicly that the city’s opposition could sink the F-35 program. In reality, the program couldn’t be reversed without an act of Congress. Gaetz’s lawsuit went nowhere. “It was a big waste of time and money, but it got him in the paper,” https://floridapolitics.com/archives/218599-email-insights-matt-gaetz-boasts-role-keeping-f-35-program-alive-eglin-air-force-base

Matt Gaetz co-sponsored bill to abolish the department of education https://thepulsepensacola.com/2017/02/gaetz-cosponsors-bill-eliminate-department-education/

A group of students from the University of West Florida, joining the school’s faculty, are calling on the university’s board of trustees to not choose Florida state Senator Don Gaetz--Matt Gaetz's father. as the institution’s sixth president. https://thepulsepensacola.com/2016/09/uwf-students-petition-gaetz-next-president/

Where did Matt Gaetz come up with all that money to run for congress? The obvious suspect was his dad. It would have been illegal for Don Gaetz to lend six figures to the campaign, but he appears to have found another way to funnel money to his son’s race.Matt Gaetz sold a house he owned for just under $100,000. Three months later, he sold several vacant lots he’d bought years earlier. All of Gaetz’s real estate was purchased by the same buyer: a company called Treveron, which, it turns out, is owned by his dad. http://wp.studeri.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Don-Gaetz-2013.pdf

When Trump called Haiti a “s--ithole” country in January 2018, Gaetz took to the airwaves to concur that Haiti was “deplorable,” full of “sheet metal and garbage.” https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/01/17/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-says-haiti-is-full-of-sheet-metal-and-garbage

The first bill Rcongressmancogressman Matt Gaetz ever introduced was a one-sentence measure disbanding the Environmental Protection Agency. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/congress-wont-terminate-the-epa/516918/

In his first term, Republican Matt Gaetz missed more votes than all but seven freshman House members

Matt Gaetz and his Coalition of the Stupid stormed impeachment proceedings to 'demand transparency' — except that's not what it's really about---The irony is that, according to Politico, “more than 45 House Republicans — nearly a quarter of the House GOP conference — already have full access to the depositions via their membership on one of the three committees leading the impeachment inquiry.” https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/matt-gaetz-scif-trump-impeachment-inquiry-republicans-storm-a9168646.html

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz accused of creating sex game with 'points' for sleeping with staff https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-gaetz-latvala-twitter-20200114-hrbeklwtxnbvfnbwvu57nlxvpy-story.html

Mar 10, 2020 - Rep. Matt Gaetz wore a gas mask on the house floor to mock the coronavirus situation--Apr 17, 2020 Florida now has 23,340 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 668 https://www.theroot.com/matt-gaetz-wore-a-gas-mask-on-house-floor-and-now-he-s-1842241582

Rep. Matt Gaetz hires ex-White House aide fired for white nationalist ties https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/19/matt-gaetz-aide-white-nationalists-1283314

Matt Gaetz’s antifa-detecting facial recognition story is complete nonsense---The company says the photo showed neo-Nazis and a QAnon figure
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/7/22218601/matt-gaetz-antifa-capitol-hill-riot-xrvision-facial-recognition-washington-times-story-false?ududjdj

Liz Cheney spokesperson tells Matt Gaetz to 'leave his beauty bag at home' as he heads to Wyoming https://news.yahoo.com/liz-cheney-spokesperson-tells-matt-165124740.html


Matt Gaetz 38 years old and His "adopted" Son, Nestor--adoptepaperworkpapaerwork, the brother of Gaetz's ex-girlfriend https://www.theroot.com/we-ve-got-to-talk-about-matt-gaetz-and-his-son-nestor-1846536883

November 15, 2024

Republicans wont release the ethics report on Matt Gaetz---Well then here's mine from his dead roommate to his dui

Sheetplorableyan Congressman Matt Gaetz,

Occasionally takes to Twitter to post anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

He took the time to discredit Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post journalist who was dismembered by a hacksaw before he actually died, by Jared Kushner's buddies https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/10/18/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-is-a-terrible-person

He shared a video, with zero context or background, showing a random person handing cash to people in a crowd. He then recklessly questioned if this was another effort from Jewish billionaire George Soros,

Gaetz's aides once wrote a bill with help from a conspiracy theory subreddit devoted to white nationalism--Wired later discovered that a Gaetz staffer had crowd sourced ideas for the amendment on a subReddit forum which happens to be a cesspool of alt-right activity https://www.wired.com/story/republican-staffer-the-donald-resolution/

Gaetz’s record reveals an arrest for drunk driving --He didn't have his license suspended for a year when he refused the breath test — as Florida law dictates. And he didn't have that refusal used against him in a criminal proceeding. Charges against Gaetz were dismissed after events that included, among other things, the forced resignation of the arresting officer. https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/lawmakers-talk-of-mug-shot-raises-questions-about-dui-arrest/2166023/

Matt Gaetz invited a white supremacist to Trump's State of the Union https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/01/state-of-the-union-matt-gaetz-charles-johnson

Alleged-- Gaetz’s roommate at Florida State University was reportedly found dead under suspicious circumstances while they were undergraduate students, Law Enforcement investigated the death as a possible homicide but the agency was later politically-pressured to rule it a suicide

Matt Gaetz was involved in a gay relationship with a well-known pastor of an evangelical mega-church in Fort Walton Beach, But Matt Gaetz runs for the U.S. Congress as a traditional “family values” and anti-gay rights conservative http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/18966

Miami Democrats file bar complaint against Matt Gaetz for his classified facility raid https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/miami-democrats-file-bar-complaint-against-matt-gaetz-for-his-classified-facility-raid/

CNN legal analyst slams Matt Gaetz’s threatening tweet to Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/26/politics/matt-gaetz-tweet-michael-cohen/index.html

Rep. Matt Gaetz suggested a caravan of Honduran refugees was paid by George Soros to disrupt the U.S. election. And he only went further off the rails when challenged.

Republican. Matt Gaetz was literally the only person to vote against an anti-human trafficking bill https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2017/12/29/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-was-literally-the-only-person-to-vote-against-an-anti-human-trafficking-bill

Matt Gaetz Voted Against Paid Sick Leave in Florida But Takes Paid Leave From Congress https://theintercept.com/2020/03/12/matt-gaetz-florida-paid-sick-leave-coronavirus/

In the late 1970s, Matt Gaetz's father co-founded a nonprofit hospice companyVita'sas which they sold in 2004, In 2013, the Justice Department sueVita'sas, alleging that between 2002 and 2013, the company had defrauded Medicare by filing false claims for services never provided or for patients who weren’t terminally ill. The company settled the case in 2017 for more than $75 million, at the time the largest settlement ever recovered from a hospice company. https://homehealthcarenews.com/2017/11/75-million-settlement-reached-in-hospice-false-claims-case/

House Speaker Ray Sansom, a friend of Don Gaetz for whom Matt had worked as a legislative aide during law school. In April 2009, Sansom was indicted on corruption charges, accused of tweaking the state budget to funnel more than $25 million to Northwest Florida State College in Niceville. Of those funds, $6 million was earmarked to build a hangar at the Destin airport for a jet company owned by one of Sansom’s friends and donors, real estate developer Jay Odom. Odom was also a client of Matt Gaetz, who handled Odom’s hangar lease. (In 2013, Odom would be sentenced to six months in prison for illegally funneling $23,000 into former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s failed 2008 presidential campaign. In the past decade, Odom has contributed thousands of dollars to Gaetz’s political campaigns https://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/legislature/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-stands-his-ground-in-defense-of-controversial-law/2151199/

Republican Matt Gaetz mocked food stamp recipients (“Yesterday I saw a lady at Publix use her ‘Access’ welfare card. Her back was covered in tattoos. RT if u suppoentitlement reformorm.”) https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2017/08/22/florida-republican-doesnt-think-poor-people-should-have-soda

Republican Matt Gaetz questioned the literacy skills of 2 black Democratic colleagues https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article20029155.html

Don Gaetz, routinely wrote articles for the Pensacola News Journal but quit on the grounds that the paper was too mean to his son, Matt Gaetz https://www.pnj.com/story/opinion/2019/03/02/marlette-deja-vu-gaetz-gaffes-part-ii/3009927002/

3 months before declaring his candidacy for the state House, he sued Valparaiso on behalf Igloososa County and argued publicly that the city’s opposition could sink the F-35 program. In reality, the program couldn’t be reversed without an act of Congress. Gaetz’s lawsuit went nowhere. “It was a big waste of time and money, but it got him in the paper,” https://floridapolitics.com/archives/218599-email-insights-matt-gaetz-boasts-role-keeping-f-35-program-alive-eglin-air-force-base

Matt Gaetz co-sponsored bill to abolish the department of education https://thepulsepensacola.com/2017/02/gaetz-cosponsors-bill-eliminate-department-education/

A group of students from the University of West Florida, joining the school’s faculty, are calling on the university’s board of trustees to not choose Florida state Senator Don Gaetz--Matt Gaetz's father. as the institution’s sixth president. https://thepulsepensacola.com/2016/09/uwf-students-petition-gaetz-next-president/

Where did Matt Gaetz come up with all that money to run for congress? The obvious suspect was his dad. It would have been illegal for Don Gaetz to lend six figures to the campaign, but he appears to have found another way to funnel money to his son’s race.Matt Gaetz sold a house he owned for just under $100,000. Three months later, he sold several vacant lots he’d bought years earlier. All of Gaetz’s real estate was purchased by the same buyer: a company called Treveron, which, it turns out, is owned by his dad. http://wp.studeri.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Don-Gaetz-2013.pdf

When Trump called Haiti a “s--ithole” country in January 2018, Gaetz took to the airwaves to concur that Haiti was “deplorable,” full of “sheet metal and garbage.” https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/01/17/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-says-haiti-is-full-of-sheet-metal-and-garbage

The first bill Rcongressmancogressman Matt Gaetz ever introduced was a one-sentence measure disbanding the Environmental Protection Agency. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/congress-wont-terminate-the-epa/516918/

In his first term, Republican Matt Gaetz missed more votes than all but seven freshman House members

Matt Gaetz and his Coalition of the Stupid stormed impeachment proceedings to 'demand transparency' — except that's not what it's really about---The irony is that, according to Politico, “more than 45 House Republicans — nearly a quarter of the House GOP conference — already have full access to the depositions via their membership on one of the three committees leading the impeachment inquiry.” https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/matt-gaetz-scif-trump-impeachment-inquiry-republicans-storm-a9168646.html

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz accused of creating sex game with 'points' for sleeping with staff https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-gaetz-latvala-twitter-20200114-hrbeklwtxnbvfnbwvu57nlxvpy-story.html

Mar 10, 2020 - Rep. Matt Gaetz wore a gas mask on the house floor to mock the coronavirus situation--Apr 17, 2020 Florida now has 23,340 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 668 https://www.theroot.com/matt-gaetz-wore-a-gas-mask-on-house-floor-and-now-he-s-1842241582

Rep. Matt Gaetz hires ex-White House aide fired for white nationalist ties https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/19/matt-gaetz-aide-white-nationalists-1283314

Matt Gaetz’s antifa-detecting facial recognition story is complete nonsense---The company says the photo showed neo-Nazis and a QAnon figure
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/7/22218601/matt-gaetz-antifa-capitol-hill-riot-xrvision-facial-recognition-washington-times-story-false?ududjdj

Liz Cheney spokesperson tells Matt Gaetz to 'leave his beauty bag at home' as he heads to Wyoming https://news.yahoo.com/liz-cheney-spokesperson-tells-matt-165124740.html


Matt Gaetz 38 years old and His "adopted" Son, Nestor--adoptepaperworkpapaerwork, the brother of Gaetz's ex-girlfriend https://www.theroot.com/we-ve-got-to-talk-about-matt-gaetz-and-his-son-nestor-1846536883

November 14, 2024

Tulsi Gabbard---What the mainstream media wont say

Tulsi is a Russian ASSet



1. Tulsi Gabbard's Financial Disclosures Leave Out Ties To right wing Koch-Funded Think Tank
https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/03/tulsi-gabbards-financial-disclosures-leave-out-ties-to-koch-funded-think-tank/


91. The Overwhelming Evidence in Support of Clinton’s Claims About Gabbard
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/10/22/the-overwhelming-evidence-in-support-of-clintons-claims-about-gabbard/


1. Tulsi Gabbard once touted working for anti-gay group that backed conversion therapy https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/13/politics/kfile-tulsi-gabbard-lgbt/index.html

99. Russia's propaganda machine discovers 2020 Dem contender Tulsi Gabbard https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/russia-s-propaganda-machine-discovers-2020-democratic-candidate-tulsi-gabbard-n964261


3. Tulsi Gabbard is rated "F" by Progressive Punch for voting with Republicans, despite the strong progressive lean of her district: https://imgur.com/wDhVNKq

6. Tulsi Gabbard was nearly a part of Trump's cabinet at Steve bannon's suggestion: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-rep-tulsi-gabbard-consideration-trump-cabinet/story?id=43696303


5. Tulsi Gabbard has also been praised multiple times by Steve Bannon, Trump's former strategist and prolific white nationalist propagandist: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/36352314/bannon-name-drops-hawaii-congresswoman-in-national-interview/

7. Tulsi Gabbard isn't anti-war. She's a self-described hawk against terrorists. Her narrow objections center around efforts to spread democracy: "In short, when it comes to the war against terrorists, I'm a hawk," Gabbard said. "When it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change, I'm a dove.": https://www.votetulsi.com/node/27796

8. Tulsi Gabbard copies the rhetoric of Republicans: Gabbard voted against condemning Bashar al-Assad, president of Syria, and was praised by conservative media for publicly challenging President Barack Obama over his refusal to use the term "Islamic extremism" when discussing terrorism: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/28/tulsi-gabbard-slams-obamas-refusal-to-say-islamic-/

9. Tulsi Gabbard also copies the policy of Republicans, voting with them to block Syrian refugees: https://medium.com/@pplswar/tulsi-gabbard-voted-to-make-it-virtually-impossible-for-syrian-refugees-to-come-to-the-u-s-11463d0a7a5a

11. Tulsi Gabbard has multiple connections to Hindu nationalists: https://readsludge.com/2018/12/26/tulsi-gabbard-took-thousands-from-members-of-right-wing-hindu-group/

12. Tulsi Gabbard frequently repeats Russian talking points and works to legitimize Assad: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/26/tulsi-gabbard-bashar-al-assad-syria-democrats

11. Tulsi Gabbard was one of only 3 representatives to not condemn Assad for gassing Syrian civilians and the only Democrat: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/121/text

16. Tulsi Gabbard has introduced legislation pushed by GOP-megadonor, Sheldon Adelson: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-adelson-idUSBREA2P0BJ20140326

18. Tulsi was later awarded a "Champions of Freedom" medal at Adelson's annual gala in 2016: https://www.thedailybeast.com/tulsi-gabbard-the-bernie-endorsing-congresswoman-who-trump-fans-can-love/

18. Tulsi Gabbard’s Deceptive Foreign Policy- The Hawaii congresswoman’s anti-interventionism masks an affinity for authoritarians, nationalists, and Islamophobes. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/tulsi-gabbard-president-foreign-islam/


19. Eight house Dems absent from Russian sanction vote. One of the eight was Tulsi Gabbard.--H.J.Res. 30: Disapproving the President’s proposal to take an action relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h42

20. Tulsi was too busy being on TV to vote for a bill giving back pay to furloughed employees during the the Trump Republican government shutdown http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll028.xml#NV

22. The 11 Gun Bills Tulsi GabbardWon’t Support — While ‘Standing With’ Senate Dems (In A Selfie) on blacklivesmatter blm detroit https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-11-gun-bills-tulsi-gabbard-wont-supportwhile_b_57635ad1e4b0092652d744e9

34. Why Do White Nationalists Like Tulsi Gabbard So Much--**The neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer took credit in April for Gabbard reaching the 65,000 donor threshold to qualify for the debates** https://forward.com/fast-forward/428962/tulsi-gabbard-neo-nazi-white-nationalist-support/

35. Trump confirms that Tulsi is not a Russian asset--lolgop Russian assset --code named "individual !" says what now
https://www.axios.com/trump-hannity-tulsi-gabbard-fox-news-13101b57-bac8-40d1-a976-67d4a5a7b552.html

98. **August 2019-Russian embassy defends Tulsi Gabbard. Have they done that for any other Democratic presidential candidate?



88. Tulsi Gabbard did not join a letter signed by 169 House Democrats condemning Trump adviser White Supremacist Monger Steve Bannon’s White House appointment https://mauitime.com/news/politics/why-didnt-rep-tulsi-gabbard-join-169-of-her-colleagues-in-denouncing-trump-appointee-stephen-bannon/)

99. Gabbard's Base: Overwhelmingly Male, Mostly Conservative https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/gabbards-base-overwhelmingly-male-mostly-conservative/?mobile=1

22. Democrats don’t like Tulsi Gabbard, but the alt-right does https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/what-california-can-learn-from-australias-fire-warning-system/democrats-dont-like-tulsi-gabbard-but-the-alt-right-does

31. Here’s Exactly How Much Russian Media Loves Tulsi Gabbard — and Hates Biden--The 2020 candidate's "slaming of U.S. establishment leaders is a wonderful vehicle for the Kremlin to divide the political left.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb5anj/heres-how-much-russian-media-loves-tulsi-gabbard-and-hates-biden

32. Tulsi Gabbard Is The Only Democratic Candidate That Russia Views Favorably https://www.politicususa.com/2019/11/23/tulsi-gabbard-only-democratic-candidate-russia-views-favorably.html

34. Buttigieg Slams Gabbard on Assad: I Have Better Judgement Than to Meet With 'A Murderous Dictator' https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/buttigieg-slams-gabbard-on-assad-1.8159812

53. Internet rips Tulsi Gabbard for ‘spewing’ Russian conspiracy ‘garbage’ about Syria https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/internet-rips-tulsi-gabbard-for-spewing-russian-conspiracy-garbage-about-syria/

47. Gabbard and her campaign staff have refused to talk about Robinson and what specifically he has done to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars,Robinson, who is Australian, does not appear to have any background in politics or digital advertising. https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/09/why-is-tulsi-gabbard-paying-this-obscure-consultant-big-bucks/

36. New York Times changes story admitting they misquoted Clinton saying ‘Russians’ were ‘grooming’ Tulsi Gabbard https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/new-york-times-changes-story-admitting-they-misquoted-clinton-saying-russians-were-grooming-tulsi-gabbard/

38. Tulsi Gabbard votes present on both counts of Trump impeachment--- she placed herself in a sort of no-man’s-land, where people paralyzed by fear of public opinion languish https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/18/politics/tulsi-gabbard-present-impeachment/index.html

39. **Trump Praises Gabbard for Not Voting to Impeach: “I Give Her a Lot of Respect”** https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/trump-praises-tulsi-gabbard-not-voting-impeachment.html

40. **Tulsi Gabbard missed 85% of House votes this fall 2019. Hawaii's ex-governor wants her to resign--immediately** https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-who-missed-85-of-house-votes-this-fall-should-resign-says-ex-hawaii-governor-neil-abercrombie/

41. She does not represent her district--Gabbard faces heat back home for present vote on impeachment--https://apnews.com/c9b93bfb34004616f04fd5fd1ae3709b

November 13, 2024

Trump taps Gabbard for director of national intelligence

Source: thehill

President-elect Trump announced Wednesday that former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard would serve as his director of national intelligence, a remarkable turnaround for a former Democrat accused of peddling Russian narratives.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/4989036-tulsi-gabbard-trump-intelligence/amp/



Tulsi is a Russian ASSet
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1. Tulsi Gabbard's Financial Disclosures Leave Out Ties To Koch-Funded Think Tank
https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/03/tulsi-gabbards-financial-disclosures-leave-out-ties-to-koch-funded-think-tank/



91. The Overwhelming Evidence in Support of Clinton’s Claims About Gabbard
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/10/22/the-overwhelming-evidence-in-support-of-clintons-claims-about-gabbard/


1. Tulsi Gabbard comes from a family of conservative activists, most famous for their opposition to gay marriage in Hawaii: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/05/tulsi-gabbard-president-sanders-democratic-party

99. Russia's propaganda machine discovers 2020 Dem contender Tulsi Gabbard https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/russia-s-propaganda-machine-discovers-2020-democratic-candidate-tulsi-gabbard-n964261

2. Tulsi Gabbard has said her personal views on LGBT equality haven't changed as recently as 2015: https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/tulsi-gabbard-a-young-star-headed-for-the-cabinet/62604

3. Tulsi Gabbard is rated "F" by Progressive Punch for voting with Republicans, despite the strong progressive lean of her district: https://imgur.com/wDhVNKq

6. Tulsi Gabbard was nearly a part of Trump's cabinet at Steve bannon's suggestion: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-rep-tulsi-gabbard-consideration-trump-cabinet/story?id=43696303


5. Tulsi Gabbard has also been praised multiple times by Steve Bannon, Trump's former strategist and prolific white nationalist propagandist: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/36352314/bannon-name-drops-hawaii-congresswoman-in-national-interview/

7. Tulsi Gabbard isn't anti-war. She's a self-described hawk against terrorists. Her narrow objections center around efforts to spread democracy: "In short, when it comes to the war against terrorists, I'm a hawk," Gabbard said. "When it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change, I'm a dove.": https://www.votetulsi.com/node/27796

8. Tulsi Gabbard copies the rhetoric of Republicans: Gabbard voted against condemning Bashar al-Assad, president of Syria, and was praised by conservative media for publicly challenging President Barack Obama over his refusal to use the term "Islamic extremism" when discussing terrorism: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/28/tulsi-gabbard-slams-obamas-refusal-to-say-islamic-/

9. Tulsi Gabbard also copies the policy of Republicans, voting with them to block Syrian refugees: https://medium.com/@pplswar/tulsi-gabbard-voted-to-make-it-virtually-impossible-for-syrian-refugees-to-come-to-the-u-s-11463d0a7a5a

11. Tulsi Gabbard has multiple connections to Hindu nationalists: https://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/curious-islamophobic-politics-dem-congressmember-tulsi-gabbard

12. Tulsi Gabbard frequently repeats Russian talking points and works to legitimize Assad: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/26/tulsi-gabbard-bashar-al-assad-syria-democrats)

11. Tulsi Gabbard was one of only 3 representatives to not condemn Assad for gassing Syrian civilians and the only Democrat: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/121/text)

16. Tulsi Gabbard has introduced legislation pushed by GOP-megadonor, Sheldon Adelson: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-adelson-idUSBREA2P0BJ20140326)

18. Tulsi was later awarded a "Champions of Freedom" medal at Adelson's annual gala in 2016: https://www.thedailybeast.com/tulsi-gabbard-the-bernie-endorsing-congresswoman-who-tru)

18. Tulsi Gabbard’s Deceptive Foreign Policy- The Hawaii congresswoman’s anti-interventionism masks an affinity for authoritarians, nationalists, and Islamophobes. https://www.thenation.com/article/tulsi-gabbard-president-foreign-islam/)


19. Eight house Dems absent from Russian sanction vote. One of the eight was Tulsi Gabbard.--H.J.Res. 30: Disapproving the President’s proposal to take an action relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h42)

20. Tulsi was too busy being on TV to vote for a bill giving back pay to furloughed employees during the the Trump Republican government shutdown http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll028.xml#NV)

22. The 11 Gun Bills Tulsi GabbardWon’t Support — While ‘Standing With’ Senate Dems (In A Selfie) on blacklivesmatter blm detroit https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-11-gun-bills-tulsi-gabbard-wont-supportwhile_b_57635ad1e4b0092652d744e9)

34. Why Do White Nationalists Like Tulsi Gabbard So Much--**The neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer took credit in April for Gabbard reaching the 65,000 donor threshold to qualify for the debates** https://forward.com/fast-forward/428962/tulsi-gabbard-neo-nazi-white-nationalist-support/)

35. Trump confirms that Tulsi is not a Russian asset--lolgop Russian assset --code named "individual !" says what now
https://www.axios.com/trump-hannity-tulsi-gabbard-fox-news-13101b57-bac8-40d1-a976-67d4a5a7b552.html)

98. **August 2019-Russian embassy defends Tulsi Gabbard. Have they done that for any other Democratic presidential candidate?
https://twitter.com/cherylrofer/status/1158370270752546816?lang=en)**

88. Tulsi Gabbard did not join a letter signed by 169 House Democrats condemning Trump adviser White Supremacist Monger Steve Bannon’s White House appointment https://mauitime.com/news/politics/why-didnt-rep-tulsi-gabbard-join-169-of-her-colleagues-in-denouncing-trump-appointee-stephen-bannon/)

99. Gabbard's Base: Overwhelmingly Male, Mostly Conservative https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/gabbards-base-overwhelmingly-male-mostly-conservative/?mobile=1

22. Democrats don’t like Tulsi Gabbard, but the alt-right does https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/what-california-can-learn-from-australias-fire-warning-system/democrats-dont-like-tulsi-gabbard-but-the-alt-right-does

31. Here’s Exactly How Much Russian Media Loves Tulsi Gabbard — and Hates Biden--The 2020 candidate's "slaming of U.S. establishment leaders is a wonderful vehicle for the Kremlin to divide the political left.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb5anj/heres-how-much-russian-media-loves-tulsi-gabbard-and-hates-biden

32. Tulsi Gabbard Is The Only Democratic Candidate That Russia Views Favorably https://www.politicususa.com/2019/11/23/tulsi-gabbard-only-democratic-candidate-russia-views-favorably.html

34. Buttigieg Slams Gabbard on Assad: I Have Better Judgement Than to Meet With 'A Murderous Dictator' https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/buttigieg-slams-gabbard-on-assad-1.8159812

53. Internet rips Tulsi Gabbard for ‘spewing’ Russian conspiracy ‘garbage’ about Syria

47. Gabbard and her campaign staff have refused to talk about Robinson and what specifically he has done to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars,Robinson, who is Australian, does not appear to have any background in politics or digital advertising. https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/09/why-is-tulsi-gabbard-paying-this-obscure-consultant-big-bucks/

36. New York Times changes story admitting they misquoted Clinton saying ‘Russians’ were ‘grooming’ Tulsi Gabbard

38. Tulsi Gabbard votes present on both counts of Trump impeachment--- she placed herself in a sort of no-man’s-land, where people paralyzed by fear of public opinion languish

39. **Trump Praises Gabbard for Not Voting to Impeach: “I Give Her a Lot of Respect”**

40. **Tulsi Gabbard missed 85% of House votes this fall 2019. Hawaii's ex-governor wants her to resign--immediately** https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-who-missed-85-of-house-votes-this-fall-should-resign-says-ex-hawaii-governor-neil-abercrombie/

41. She does not represent her district--Gabbard faces heat back home for present vote on impeachment--https://apnews.com/c9b93bfb34004616f04fd5fd1ae3709b
November 12, 2024

Biden funded new factories and infrastructure projects, but Trump might get to cut the ribbons

Source: coppercourie

All that’s left is for President-elect Donald Trump to put his name on it — if he wants.

Trump won the White House largely because of voters’ frustration with high prices and a sense that the United States needs major changes. But when he enters office in January, Trump will inherit an economy primed for growth.

The unemployment rate is low, inflation is easing, and President Joe Biden’s administration has teed up a ready-made list of infrastructure projects that could go from theoretical to reality over the next several years. There’s the TSMC computer chip plant in Arizona, the new Hyundai electric vehicle factory in Georgia and a modernized I-375 in Michigan, among thousands of projects under way that will take years to complete.

All of that means it could be Trump, rather than Biden, who gets to tell Americans that he built the country back better. If he decides to let the projects proceed, that is.

Biden, himself, acknowledged last week that the positive economic impacts from his policies would occur after his term ends in January.

Read more: https://coppercourier.com/2024/11/12/biden-funded-new-factories-and-infrastructure-projects-but-trump-might-get-to-cut-the-ribbons/?_gl=1*53nstb*_gcl_au*ODQ0ODg5OTg4LjE3MzE0NDg0NjA.*_ga*MTIyNjkwMDY1OC4xNzMxNDQ4NDYw*_ga_27FM4TPQF1*MTczMTQ0ODQ2MC4xLjAuMTczMTQ0ODQ2MC4wLjAuMA..

November 12, 2024

No, Trump Did Not Win in a Landslide--nor Did He Secure a Mandate

Source: thenation

The election math isn’t as bad as we thought. But the coming Trump administration is shaping up to be worse.
s blue Western states and cities finish counting votes, it looks like the popular vote “landslide” projected for Donald Trump last week turned out to be a trickle. When all the votes are counted, he will end up with a margin of roughly two points over Vice President Kamala Harris. Presidents Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Richard Nixon in 1972 won more than 60 percent of the popular vote; Ronald Reagan in 1984 won 58 percent. Those were landslides.

Don’t get me wrong: It was a bad outcome for Democrats. Trump won all seven swing states, netting himself 312 Electoral College votes (to Biden’s 306 in 2020). Democrats lost control of the Senate; the GOP now has 52 seats, and will likely wind up with 53 when the race between incumbent Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey and Connecticut corporate titan David McCormick is finally called (provisional ballots are still being counted). It will probably hold the House, by a slim margin.

So yes, none of this is good news. But it’s not the top-to-bottom repudiation of Democrats as it first looked like, and the way to respond is not to launch a civil war within the Democratic Party. Unfortunately, that has already begun. Centrists blame the doctrine of “woke,” with particular ire for trans Americans (we see you, New York Representative Tom Suozzi); leftists say Democrats abandoned the working class (we hear you, once again, Senator Bernie Sanders). Both positions are wrong. Others point fingers at the Harris campaign. Meanwhile, much of the media hypes Trump’s win as a landslide, which would seem to validate his racist, anti-worker agenda.


Read more: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/harris-trump-election/

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