A report card on the Biden administration

[Who_Me?]

His intent is to expand federal government, which he's already done by enabling people. There are so many job openings at restaurants around my area right now, but because of a lucrative unemployment plan and the federal bailout, nobody wants to work. My family has a blue collar labor staffing firm and they cannot get workers to fill needed positions. We're going the wrong way. Taxing for social giveaways is a sure way to make Biden a one term president. I hope that the country wakes up and sees these programs as a government overreach. Social programs don't work and if you think the rich folks and corporations are going to fund them you're nuts. Any corporate tax increase will just result in inflation given that corporations will just pass it on to the consumer.

 

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NPR reports, "A judge in North Carolina ordered law enforcement body camera footage of the death of Andrew Brown Jr. disclosed to his family, but not released to the public until completion of a state investigation into Brown's death.

Can you say coverup? The sheriff's department and the Pasquotank County lawyer are hoping this goes away.

It won't.

NPR continues its report. "In a hearing Wednesday morning before [Judge] Foster, Andrew Womble, district attorney for the First Prosecutorial District, argued against the release of the videos, saying doing so could interfere with the investigation. He instead asked the judge to "disclose" immediately any footage he deems to be "appropriate" to the Brown family.

"Attorneys for Brown's family said Monday they were frustrated so far only to be shown 20 seconds of body camera footage. Deputies' faces were blurred before the family viewed it.

"Womble asked the judge to release videos in 30 days but also said he would request another delay at that time if there's a "change in circumstances" and he believes criminal charges are required.

"Womble disputed the accounts of attorneys for Brown's family – who have called Brown's death an "execution." He said Brown's car moved and "made contact with law enforcement" before deputies began shooting." But he won't release the videos to verify what he said. Those who did see the video say something completely different. One can only assume Womble is lying in a continued campaign to protect the deputies.

Why would the public release of the body cam videos impede an investigation by the State Bureau of Investigations?

Neither Womble or the judge deal with that question. They just say it as if merely saying it makes it true.

Womble and the sheriff's department are not above the law. It is past time for the feds to step in and remind them of that fact.

 

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"Womble asked the judge to release videos in 30 days but also said he would request another delay at that time if there's a "change in circumstances" and he believes criminal charges are required.

Why would the public release of the body cam videos impede an investigation by the State Bureau of Investigations?

They are really strange in North Carolina.

NBC reports, "Five people, including two sheriff's deputies, were killed during an hourslong standoff in North Carolina, officials said Thursday morning.

"Sgt. Chris Ward and K-9 Deputy Logan Fox went to a home in Boone, about 102 miles northwest of Charlotte, on a welfare check around 9:45 a.m. ET Wednesday, according to the Watauga County Sheriff's Office. Someone reported that the homeowner and his family had not shown up to work or answered any calls. The deputies identified all vehicles on the property in the 500 block of Hardaman Circle and entered the house.

"That is when authorities said someone inside opened fire, striking both deputies and triggering a 13-hour standoff.

"Ward died after he was taken to Johnson City Medical Center in Tennessee, according to the agency. Fox died at the scene.

"Three other people, including the suspected shooter, were found dead inside the home after the standoff ended around midnight, authorities said."

 

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Now this is interesting.

USA Today reports, "Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten on Thursday released the names of seven deputies involved in the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. on April 21.

"All seven were placed on administrative leave after the shooting, but a review of body-camera footage [which we are not allowed to see] shows four of the deputies never fired a weapon, Wooten said in the release. Those deputies have been reinstated to active duty.

“More investigation is necessary into the three deputies who did fire their weapons and they will remain on administrative leave pending completion of the internal investigation and/or the criminal investigation being conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation," Wooten says in the release.

"Andrew Brown Jr. was shot five times – including once in the back of his head, a family-backed autopsy showed – as deputies were serving search and arrest warrants at Brown's home in Elizabeth City."

We have no reason to believe Wooten. We have reason not to because he is engaged in a coverup, and he has lied to the American people. He said last week how much he wanted the body cam footage to be released.

He still has not explained how a public release of the videos would hamper the investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation.

District Attorney Andrew Womble said he believes the State Bureau of Investigation will be able to complete its work, and that he can make any potential charging decisions within that time. But then he said "he was not releasing the footage out of caution, to prevent any potential threat to a fair and impartial trial if charges were to be brought."

Womble is tripping all over his many lies. Does he expect a possible trial to be over in 30 to 45 days?

I don't think so. The North Carolina authorities are making complete fools of themselves.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office.

60

… executive orders. Biden has issued more than 60 executive actions in his first 100 days – primarily aimed at curbing the coronavirus pandemic and dismantling many of former President Donald Trump’s policies.

Biden called the volume necessary to undo what he considers “bad policy” inherited from Trump, particularly on immigration.

11

… new border facilities. The Department of Health and Human Services announced or opened 11 new facilities to try to get kids out of Border Patrol stations with jail-like conditions that are not meant for minors. The Biden administration continues to wrestle with how best to solve the border issue.

200 million

… shots! The Biden administration doubled and surpassed its initial goal of 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in 100 days, reaching the 200 million benchmark on April 21.

53%

… approval rating. Biden’s approval rating sits at 53%, according to a new CNN/SSRS poll released Thursday. Among Democrats, that number is a sky-high 93%. Compare that with the meager 7% support from Republicans.

2

… biting incidents on White House grounds. Biden’s younger dog, Major, has had two well-publicized incidents of bad behavior. He has since been sent to training off the White House grounds.

Analysis: Biden's first 100 days, by the numbers

President Joe Biden marks his first 100 days in office on Thursday. Let's run the numbers on that milestone:

www.cnn.com

 

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Federal investigators on Wednesday seized cellphones and other electronic devices from Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City who became Donald J. Trump’s personal lawyer, stepping up a criminal investigation into Mr. Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine.

Giuliani was President Trump's personal lawyer, and he was heavily involved with Ukraine and the events leading up to Trump's first impeachment.

As Trump's personal lawyer, it follows that Giuliani was engaged in activities ostensibly to benefit his client. Please recall that Putin helped Trump become elected in 2016, and he tried to help him again in 2020.

The Post reports, "The FBI warned Rudolph W. Giuliani in late 2019 that he was the target of a Russian influence operation aimed at circulating falsehoods intended to damage President Biden politically ahead of last year’s election, according to people familiar with the matter.

"The warning was part of an extensive effort by the bureau to alert members of Congress and at least one conservative media outlet, One America News, that they faced a risk of being used to further Russia’s attempt to influence the election’s outcome."

Giuliani received the FBI’s warning while deeply involved with former president Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign and related activities in Ukraine to surface unflattering or incriminating information about the Biden family.

It would appear that, as President, Trump was cooperating with Russian intelligence.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

The sheriff's department and the Pasquotank County attorney general are looking very guilty of trying to hide a murder.

District Attorney Andrew Womble said he believes the State Bureau of Investigation will be able to complete its work, and that he can make any potential charging decisions within that time. But then he said "he was not releasing the footage out of caution, to prevent any potential threat to a fair and impartial trial if charges were to be brought."

Womble is tripping all over his many lies. Does he expect a possible trial to be over in 30 to 45 days?

We have no reason to believe Wooten. We have reason not to because he is engaged in a coverup, and he has lied to the American people. He said last week how much he wanted the body cam footage to be released.

He still has not explained how a public release of the videos would hamper the investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation.

It would appear I am not the only one disturbed by events in North Carolina, and the silence from the DOJ is deafening.

USA Today writes, "After deputies in North Carolina fatally shot a Black man last week, law enforcement offered promises of transparency. But few facts emerged – a void of information that raised suspicions and helped stoke national outrage, according to experts.

"Andrew Brown Jr. was killed April 21 as sheriff's deputies tried to execute drug-related search and arrest warrants at his house in the town of Elizabeth City. Since then, little official comment has followed, despite pleas from Brown's family and mounting legal pressure."

It seems the sheriff is acting as judge and jury where some of his deputies are concerned.

USA Today continues. "On Thursday, Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten released the names of seven deputies involved in the shooting, the most significant disclosure since the hours after the shooting. Four deputies have returned to active duty after a review of body camera footage showed they did not fire any shots, Wooten said."

Among the details that have not been made public: the body camera footage, a timeline of events and a justification for the shooting. Wooten has repeatedly cited ongoing investigations as the reason for scant details.

It’s a “recipe for unnecessary acrimony and conflict,” said David Snyder, the Executive Director First Amendment Coalition. Snyder said the case is a part of a longstanding trend among law enforcement to be “secretive without good reason.”

Time for the feds to step in. North Carolina authorities certainly can't handle the issues involved.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Vladimir Putin helped Trump win the Presidency in 2016. Putin tried to help Trump again in 2020, but to no avail. Trump lost.

According to Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise, the number one and number two Republicans in the House, the defeated Donald Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. The vast majority of Republicans agree with them.

Trump insists to this day -- contrary to the judgement of 60 court cases plus the Supreme Court, contrary to countless audits and investigations throughout the land, all of which found nothing to support voter fraud -- that voter fraud took place in the Presidential election.

However, all those Republicans who were elected on the same ballot are okay. Trump doesn't bother with the inconsistency. Why should he? His uninformed, intelligence challenged cult believes everything he says. Why bother with reality?

Trump insists that the American Presidential election on November 3, 2020, was steeped in voter fraud, and he began making that claim months before the election.

'We can't have an election stolen like this,' Trump said.

By the strangest of circumstances, the communist dictator of Russia is saying the very same thing.

The Insider reports, "Putin weaponized Trump's conspiracy theories about the election to denigrate the US's support of free and fair elections around the globe.

"Since Trump lost the election, he and his loyalists have made baseless claims of widespread voter fraud and election-rigging, and they've concocted a vast conspiracy in which the Democratic Party worked with "big tech" and "big media" to hand Biden the election."

A former President of the United States and the leader of the Republican Party is making the same argument about American elections as is the communist dictator of Russia. To make matters worse, the vast majority of Republicans, including McCarthy and Scalise, are too naive, too gullible, and too dense to understand the reality of the damage they are doing to their own party.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

According to Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise, the number one and number two Republicans in the House, the defeated Donald Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. The vast majority of Republicans agree with them.

A former President of the United States and the leader of the Republican Party is making the same argument about American elections as is the communist dictator of Russia. To make matters worse, the vast majority of Republicans, including McCarthy and Scalise, are too naive, too gullible, and too dense to understand the reality of the damage they are doing to their own party.

Beginning with their party leader, why is the Republican Party embracing a lie and attacking American Democracy?

Forbes reports, "Former President Donald Trump on Monday announced he’ll begin to use the term “the big lie” – commonly used by his critics to describe his baseless election fraud claims – to refer to the 2020 election results.

"In a statement sent through his political action committee, Save America PAC, Trump blasted his loss in November as “The Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020” and said it “will be, from this day forth, known as THE BIG LIE!”

I am not at all sure, Trump believes that (could he be that stupid?), but he knows his gullible, naive base will believe it.

According to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, 55% of Republicans believe his 2020 election loss resulted from illegal voting or election rigging. That would include a good many Republicans in Congress. The vast majority of Republican lawmakers go along with Trump and his "big lie."

Thus a major party is threatening American democracy, and those few who challenge the lie are in serious trouble with the party because they told the truth.

Liz Cheney is the perfect example. She tweeted, “The 2020 presidential election was not stolen. Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their back on the rule of law, and poisoning our democratic system.”

Cheney's leadership role in the House is threatened. Top allies of House Minority Leader McCarthy are vowing to oust Cheney

Still another example is Mitt Romney, who had the temerity to vote his conscience in Trump's second impeachment trial. Utah Republicans loudly booed Sen. Romney (R-Utah) at a state party convention Saturday.

Why do Republicans support a former President who lost the House, Senate, and the Presidency on his watch, then led an insurrection against his own government?

Why do Republicans support a habitual liar?

If elections are a sham, why vote? By claiming past elections were bogus, why is it the Republican Party is discouraging the Republican vote?

Why is the Republican Party attacking the very fabric of our democracy?

We will not get answers to these questions because Republicans do not discuss the Republican Party. Republicans prefer to talk about Democrats.

Also, there is an intelligence issue.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Why is the Republican Party attacking the very fabric of our democracy?

We will not get answers to these questions because Republicans do not discuss the Republican Party. Republicans prefer to talk about Democrats.

No response from Republicans.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Liz Cheney is the perfect example. She tweeted, “The 2020 presidential election was not stolen. Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their back on the rule of law, and poisoning our democratic system.”

Cheney's leadership role in the House is threatened. Top allies of House Minority Leader McCarthy are vowing to oust Cheney.

In terms of winning general elections, the Republican Party is in serious trouble. As shown, the GOP is embracing a lie and its leader is a former President who lost the House, Senate, and the Presidency on his watch, then led an insurrection against his own government.

Little wonder as to why Republicans don't wish to discuss the matter.

CNN reports, "Rep. Liz Cheney’s days as the No. 3 in House GOP leadership appear to be numbered, with speculation growing about her replacement and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy contending she has failed to do her job in driving the party’s message to take back the majority.

"Cheney has grown increasingly isolated within her conference amid her feud with former President Donald Trump, a battle that intensified after she was one of just 10 Republicans who backed his impeachment on a charge of inciting the January 6 insurrection and as she’s called out his lie that he actually won the 2020 election.

"But on Tuesday, McCarthy claimed her impeachment vote wouldn’t cost her the job. Instead, he said that she has not done enough to keep the party unified behind a singular message to win back the majority next year, the clearest sign yet that he might seek to oust her as soon as next week."

At a minimum, 65% of Americans know Cheney is telling the truth, including a significant number of Republicans who go through life with their eyes wide open, unlike Trump's uninformed cult.

How does a party win elections when it is on the wrong side of significant issues?

Answer -- it can't.

Biden and the Democrats have to be jumping with glee as the Republican Party is tearing itself apart.

 

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At a minimum, 65% of Americans know Cheney is telling the truth, including a significant number of Republicans who go through life with their eyes wide open, unlike Trump's uninformed cult.

How does a party win elections when it is on the wrong side of significant issues?

Answer -- it can't.

Despite all the harsh reality facing the Republican Party as described in the above posts, Republicans continue their silence. To be fair, there isn't much they can say.

"There's no concern about how she voted on impeachment. That decision has been made," McCarthy told Fox News Tuesday.

Wrong issue. The Republican House minority leader is misleading members of his own party. The issue is not about Cheney's impeachment vote.

She had tweeted, “The 2020 presidential election was not stolen. Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their back on the rule of law, and poisoning our democratic system.”

"We can't whitewash what happened on January 6. What he did on January 6 is a line that cannot be crossed," Cheney said.

Those are the issues, and McCarthy knows it. Members of Trump's cult listen to Fox. McCarthy didn't want them to know it. McCarthy knows Fox is a good place to tell his half truths to helpful correspondents.

What he said next is pure B.S. politicians are known for. "I have heard from members concerned about her ability to carry out the job as conference chair, to carry out the message. We all need to be working as one if we're able to win the majority," McCarthy said.

Before the Fox interview started, McCarthy was heard to say on a hot mic, "I think she's got real problems. I've had it with ... I've had it with her. You know, I've lost confidence."

All that is truly amazing. Liz Cheney is one of the most conservative Republicans in Washington who has voted with the Republican caucus over 90% of the time!

Clearly, McCarthy lied to members of his own party again. It is all about Trump, not Cheney's conservative leadership.

Rep. Liz Cheney’s days as the No. 3 in House GOP leadership appear to be numbered. It is likely that McCarthy and the Republican leadership in the House are going to cave in to Donald Trump. They are doing exactly what Trump wants them to do, and an invaluable member of the conservative caucus is shoved aside, causing irreparable harm to the Republican Party all for the sake of a loser and habitual liar.

As the GOP continues its attack on American democracy, Biden and the Democrats will forever be thankful for Trump and his leadership of the Republican Party.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

As the GOP continues its attack on American democracy, Biden and the Democrats will forever be thankful for Trump and his leadership of the Republican Party.

Praise the Lord!

The oversight board upheld Trump's ban on Facebook.

We have heard enough of that idiot's B.S., lies, and wild conspiracies. Four years of it, enough is enough.

NBC reports, "Facebook was justified in banning then-President Donald Trump from its platform the day after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, but it needs to reassess how long the ban will remain in effect, the social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board said Wednesday.

"The decision to uphold the ban is a blow to Trump's hopes to post again to Facebook or Instagram anytime soon, but it opens the door to him eventually returning to the platforms. Facebook must complete a review of the length of the suspension within six months, the board said."

“Given the seriousness of the violations and the ongoing risk of violence, Facebook was justified in suspending Mr. Trump’s accounts on January 6 and extending that suspension on January 7,” the board said in its decision.

"The board said that Trump “created an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible” by maintaining a narrative that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent," NBC added.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

A former President of the United States and the leader of the Republican Party is making the same argument about American elections as is the communist dictator of Russia. To make matters worse, the vast majority of Republicans, including McCarthy and Scalise, are too naive, too gullible, and too dense to understand the reality of the damage they are doing to their own party.

A+ major party is threatening American democracy, and those few who challenge the lie are in serious trouble with the party because they told the truth.

Liz Cheney is the perfect example. She tweeted, “The 2020 presidential election was not stolen. Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their back on the rule of law, and poisoning our democratic system.”

Trump blasted his loss in November as “The Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020” and said it “will be, from this day forth, known as THE BIG LIE!”

Why is the Republican Party attacking the very fabric of our democracy?

Liz Cheney wrote a blistering Op/Ed that was published today. She is not backing down. Indeed, she is fighting for the life of her party. Here is part of it.

In public statements again this week, former president Donald Trump has repeated his claims that the 2020 election was a fraud and was stolen. His message: I am still the rightful president, and President Biden is illegitimate. Trump repeats these words now with full knowledge that exactly this type of language provoked violence on Jan. 6. And, as the Justice Department and multiple federal judges have suggested, there is good reason to believe that Trump’s language can provoke violence again. Trump is seeking to unravel critical elements of our constitutional structure that make democracy work — confidence in the result of elections and the rule of law.

The Republican Party is at a turning point, and Republicans must decide whether we are going to choose truth and fidelity to the Constitution. In the immediate wake of the violence of Jan. 6, almost all of us knew the gravity and the cause of what had just happened — we had witnessed it firsthand.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) left no doubt in his public remarks. On the floor of the House on Jan. 13, McCarthy said: “The president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding.” Now, McCarthy has changed his story.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/05/liz-cheney-republican-party-turning-point/

Today, McCarthy is lying while bowing and scraping to the man who lives in Mar-a-Lago.

Ashamed of their party's performance, Republicans on this forum continue their silence. Their shame notwithstanding, they will continue to embrace their party's lies nonetheless.

That's quite a phenomenon.

 

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Republicans on this forum continue their silence. Their shame notwithstanding, they will continue to embrace their party's lies nonetheless.

The Republican Party no longer believes in democracy.

Republicans in several states are making it harder for Americans to vote. Then we have to take a serious look at the leader of the Republican Party -- Donald Trump.

Vladimir Putin helped Trump win the Presidency in 2016. Putin helped Trump again in 2020, but to no avail. Trump lost.

Sixty court cases, the Supreme Court, countless state audits, and the certification from all 50 states found no discernible election fraud.

For financial reasons Trump told the devout members of his cult that the election was stolen from him. In a statement sent through his political action committee, Save America PAC, Trump blasted his loss in November as “The Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020” and said it “will be, from this day forth, known as THE BIG LIE!”

Money from the devout is pouring into his PAC.

By the strangest of circumstances, the communist dictator of Russia is saying the very same thing about American elections. The Insider reports, "Putin weaponized Trump's conspiracy theories about the election to denigrate the US's support of free and fair elections around the globe."

The leader of the Republican Party is making the same argument about American elections as is the communist dictator of Russia. The vast majority of Republicans are too naive, too gullible, and too dense to understand the reality of the damage they are doing to their own party.

Trump and his Republican allies weren't through with their attacks on democracy. On January 6th, they staged an insurrection on our government with these words.

“We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”

“When you catch somebody in a fraud, you are allowed to go by very different rules."

“We fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”

"Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you. We are going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.”
************************************************************Donald J. Trump

Our capitol was ransacked by far right extremist groups loyal to Trump, and five people killed.

There is very little doubt. The Republican Party is a threat to our democracy.

How do we know that for sure? Republicans are extremely reluctant to talk about what their party is doing.

 

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There is very little doubt. The Republican Party is a threat to our democracy.

How do we know that for sure? Republicans are extremely reluctant to talk about what their party is doing.

Governor Ron DeSantis is Trump's heir apparent.

CNBC reports, "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law a sweeping election bill that has drawn accusations it will suppress voter turnout and already faces a legal challenge.

"DeSantis signed the bill, SB 90, in a closed-door event that blocked out all reporters and media coverage — except for Fox News, which in a live interview applauded the Republican governor for his response to the coronavirus pandemic."

 

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It is no surprise to anyone that Republicans refuse to talk about the Republican Party.

This thread proves it!

Of course, a major part of the problem is their lack of awareness. They have little or knowledge of events occurring around them. All they know is their blind devotion to Donald Trump.

Why is that? Trump lost the House, Senate, and the Presidency as the leader of the GOP, and, contrary to 60 court cases, the Supreme Court, countless state audits, 50 states' certifications finding no discernible election fraud, Trump promotes the "big lie" to his devout cult that knows no different.

We will never know why. As mentioned, Republicans avoid discussing their party.

The lack of awareness on the part of the grass-root Republican causes many severe inconsistencies.

Their hero has the same view on American Presidential elections as the communist dictator of Russia.

The Republican Party reveres the likes of Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene while punishing Representative Liz Cheney for telling the truth about the election and Jan. 6 insurrection. The same truth as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, but, unlike Cheney who has been consistent, McCarthy created "alternate facts."

The FBI is investigating Gaetz for engaging in a relationship with a woman under17, and is pursuing allegations that Gaetz may have used cash and drugs in his dealings with the young women. Greene was punished by the House for her lengthy history of extreme and violent commentary as she renounced her embrace of QAnon.

Cheney is the third ranking Republican in the House, but not for long. She likely will be replaced by Representative Elise Stefanik. The staunchly conservative Cheney voted with the Republican caucus 92% of the time. The staunchly conservative Club for Growth says “Elise Stefanik is NOT a good spokesperson for the House Republican Conference. She is a liberal with a dismal 35% conservative lifetime rating."

Doesn't make sense, right? Well, yes, it does if one is a Republican. Stefanik has been endorsed by Trump.

The Republican Party is in the process of mounting threats to our democracy.

Will any Republicans respond to the issues contained in this analysis? There are serious doubts.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

For financial reasons Trump told the devout members of his cult that the election was stolen from him. In a statement sent through his political action committee, Save America PAC, Trump blasted his loss in November as “The Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020” and said it “will be, from this day forth, known as THE BIG LIE!”

Money from the devout is pouring into his PAC!

NBC reports, "Liz Cheney may be done with former President Donald Trump, but her impending ouster from House Republican leadership is a clear sign, party insiders say, that the GOP isn't done with Trump.

"The calculation is that the party will be better off in the midterm elections embracing Trump than running from him, even if it means further alienating the kind of suburban voters who handed Democrats victories in 2018 and 2020."

"Removing Liz Cheney from leadership will give a boatload of ammunition to the GOP's critics," said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster.

So will the GOP leadership's embrace of a man who agrees with the communist dictator of Russia. Trump and Putin both agree on “The Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020.”

So does McCarthy, Scalise, and the vast majority of Republicans.

NBC continued, "Republicans plan to remove Cheney as chair of the House Republican Conference, the No. 3 position in House GOP leadership, in a move to demote the highest-ranking Republican who voted to impeach Trump early this year. She has vocally criticized Trump's "big lie" that the election last year was stolen."

Ayers warned that efforts to exile Cheney — the highest-ranking Republican woman in Washington and the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney — could further antagonize suburban voters, particularly college-educated women, who ditched the party because of their opposition to Trump.

Within four years the Republican Party lost the House, Senate, and the Presidency with Trump at the helm. Seven months later, without a shred of evidence and with 60 court cases going against him, Trump is still telling his flock that the election was stolen from him and used the lie to lead an insurrection against his own government.

The vast majority of American voters know all this. Democrats won't let them forget.

This begs a question. Why do McCarthy, Scalise, et.al. think they can win general elections by endorsing a known liar who has been impeached twice only to be exonerated by his own party by avoiding the evidence?

We won't get an answer because the GOP leadership only talks to safe venues (Fox), and Republicans on this forum don't talk at all.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

It would appear I am not the only one disturbed by events in North Carolina, and the silence from the DOJ is deafening.

Here is the latest from the good folks in Pasquotank County.

The Pasquotank County sheriff has advised several deputies who were involved in the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown to temporarily relocate. This seems to be proof that withholding body cam footage is causing the disagreements in the county to fester and get worse, not go away.

Then we are told that, as far as the sheriff knows, "the deputies took his advice."

No details. No explanation. Did they all move? We don't know. Just, the sheriff thinks the deputies took his advice.

Then we are told The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is still investigating.

Under current North Carolina law, a judge’s order is required to release body camera footage to the public. Now get this. The Pasquotank County Board of Commissioners on Thursday said it would like to see that changed by the General Assembly. Yeah, right. The commissioners seem to think Americans are idiots.

The sheriff reminds us again that he wants the public to see the unredacted footage, and Wooten has also said he supports amending North Carolina laws on releasing body camera footage to make the process more transparent.

Andrew Brown was shot and killed by Wooten's deputies on April 21. All this is pure B.S. because nothing -- I mean nothing -- has changed since April 21!!!

The sheriff, D.A., judge and county commissioners of Pasquotank County are engaged B.S. rhetoric and -- to our shame -- state and federal authorities are buying it.

No one cares about Andrew Brown and his family, and that is just plain wrong.

Pasquotank sheriff tells deputies involved in Andrew Brown Jr. shooting to temporarily relocate as safety precaution aided me in this report.

 

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The sheriff, D.A., judge and county commissioners of Pasquotank County are engaged B.S. rhetoric and -- to our shame -- state and federal authorities are buying it.

No one cares about Andrew Brown and his family, and that is just plain wrong.

WRAL in Raleigh reports, "The family of [Andrew Brown] who was fatally shot by sheriff's deputies in North Carolina viewed more than 18 minutes of body camera video of the encounter on Tuesday.

"Brown was behind the wheel of his car and outside his house in Elizabeth City when he was shot on April 21. Deputies working on a regional drug task force were serving a drug-related search warrant at the time.

"A prosecutor has said Brown’s car made “contact” with law enforcement officers before the shooting began. But Brown’s family and their attorneys have said Brown was driving away and died from an unjustified “execution."

"On Tuesday, Brown's family and attorneys said the new video showed he was trying to get away, posed no threat and had his hands visible when they unloaded too many rounds to count."

"There were so many shots, that we found difficulty in counting the number of shots that his vehicle received. At some point, there was a final shot that it appeared Mr. Brown had lost control," said attorney Chance Lynch.

Brown was shot in the back by the sheriff's deputies.

So, there are conflicting claims. The Brown family attorney is saying one thing, and the county sheriff, D.A., and judge are saying something completely different.

However, and this is important, it is the Brown family attorney who is demanding that all two hours of the body cam footage be made public, not the county sheriff, D.A. and judge.

Also, if the sheriff, D.A., and judge are telling the truth -- Brown threatened the deputies with his car -- why is it they will not allow the media to view the body cam footage?

The answer is, the three would have every reason make the videos public if they were telling the truth. That is obvious, but this was an execution. They lack the understanding that this will not away. The situation will fester and fester until the videos are shown.

Then the county sheriff, D.A., and judge will be in a heap of trouble along with the deputies who committed murder.