The Absurd GOP

[The Grand Nudger]

The legal right to revoke ratification, and the good ole extralegal (or natural, if we prefer) right of revolution the country was created by. That's what that line is based on, though it might not be a satisfying answer to the rhetorical question.

The matter wasn't settled until after the war, in 1869. Both things ruled unconstitutional, obvs.

[Thumpalumpacus]

When very stupid people make the claim that the Civil War wasn't about slavery, but about state's rights, I've found it very useful to ask them, 'State's rights to do WHAT, exactly?'

Boru

Those same dolts are most often unaware that the Confederate constitution directly and explicitly forbade member states from outlawing slavery or harboring fugitive slaves. In other words, states had no right to decide slavery for themselves.

States' rights. *snort*

[Nanny]

That fact no longer exists. It has been replaced by the inspirational stories from the Ministry of Truth and all contrary "facts" have been tossed in the memory hole. Now tune to Fox for the two minutes hate.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Former Arizona State Representative Eric Descheenie has joined the race for the US House. Arizona Republicans are claiming that Descheenie may be an illegal immigrant. He's a member of the Navajo Nation.

Let that level of stupid sink in for a moment.

Boru

[Fake Messiah]

Protesters of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins disrupted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday morning for the completion of a years-long road renovation in downtown Searsport.

They yelled over speeches by Collins, Maine’s Republican senator, and other officials and forced organizers to relocate the outdoor event to the inside of Town Hall. Collins eventually made some remarks celebrating the project and the federal funds that made it possible. She briefly acknowledged the protesters during her remarks — without responding to their specific attacks — and individually spoke to some of them afterward.

They argued that she was complicit in Israel’s war against Gaza and had given support to the recent Republican megabill that, among other things, cut Medicaid — although Collins voted against it.

The hijacking of the local event was an example of growing frustration with the Trump administration’s actions and with Collins, who has bucked the president on some occasions.

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/08/...l-support/

[Thumpalumpacus]

Putting pressure on Congresscritters is probably the last nonviolent avenue of blockage, and even that is questionable, because it assumes those legislators will actually listen.

[Rev. Rye]

So, the Kilmar Abrego Garcia has a new, ridiculous twist. Apparently, the Trump administration is giving him a really fucked up choice:
A) Plead guilty to human trafficking charges and get deported to Costa Rica.
B) Don't plead out and get deported to Uganda. A country he has zero ties with, and no guarantees of safety.

[Fake Messiah]

Leading Election Conspiracy Theorist Appointed to DHS Leadership Position

A leading election conspiracy theorist — described by the anti-voting lawyer Cleta Mitchell as a “wonderful person” — has been named to a new “election integrity” post at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

According to the leadership chart on DHS’s website, Heather Honey was appointed earlier this month as the deputy assistant secretary for elections integrity in the department’s Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans.

The position, which reports to David Harvilicz, DHS’s assistant secretary for cyber, infrastructure, risk, and resilience, appears to be newly created. No such role existed during President Joe Biden’s administration.

Honey has been involved in efforts to cast doubt on the 2020 election results. She has a long history of starting and promoting election conspiracies throughout Pennsylvania — including one spread by President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.

“In Pennsylvania, you had 205,000 more votes than you had voters,” Trump said at the Save America rally before rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, repeating a false claim that appears to have originated with Honey.

As the founder of PFE, Honey has led efforts to remove registered voters from the states’ voter rolls — using false and misleading data culled from unverified sources.

Honey also founded the Election Research Institute (ERI), an anti-voting research and advocacy organization that releases reports to support anti-voting policy positions.

Most recently, ERI was behind a conspiracy theory that Iran hacked Alaska’s elections in 2020 leading to a “significant increase in uniformed and overseas ballots.” The bogus report blatantly misinterpreted a 2020 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency report that identified Iran as a “threat actor” targeting state election websites.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-ale...-position/

[Thumpalumpacus]

Leading Election Conspiracy Theorist Appointed to DHS Leadership Position

A leading election conspiracy theorist — described by the anti-voting lawyer Cleta Mitchell as a “wonderful person” —  has been named to a new “election integrity” post at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

According to the leadership chart on DHS’s website, Heather Honey was appointed earlier this month as the deputy assistant secretary for elections integrity in the department’s Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans.

The position, which reports to David Harvilicz, DHS’s assistant secretary for cyber, infrastructure, risk, and resilience, appears to be newly created. No such role existed during President Joe Biden’s administration.

Honey has been involved in efforts to cast doubt on the 2020 election results. She has a long history of starting and promoting election conspiracies throughout Pennsylvania — including one spread by President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.

“In Pennsylvania, you had 205,000 more votes than you had voters,” Trump said at the Save America rally before rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, repeating a false claim that appears to have originated with Honey.

As the founder of PFE, Honey has led efforts to remove registered voters from the states’ voter rolls — using false and misleading data culled from unverified sources.

Honey also founded the Election Research Institute (ERI), an anti-voting research and advocacy organization that releases reports to support anti-voting policy positions.

Most recently, ERI was behind a conspiracy theory that Iran hacked Alaska’s elections in 2020 leading to a “significant increase in uniformed and overseas ballots.” The bogus report blatantly misinterpreted a 2020 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency report that identified Iran as a “threat actor” targeting state election websites.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-ale...-position/

An election-denier working for Trump ... how bizarre.

[Angrboda]

On Wednesday afternoon, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey delivered emotional remarks about the tragedy at a Catholic school in the city earlier that day. In the wake of the shooting—in which the gunman killed two schoolchildren and injured 17 others, before killing himself—Frey emphasized that platitudes about “thoughts and prayers” are not enough.

“And don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now,” Frey said. “These kids were literally praying! It was the first week of school. They were in a church. These are kids that should be learning with their friends. They should be playing on the playground. They should be able to go to school or church in peace, without the fear or risk of violence.”

Online, many on the MAGA right villainized the Democratic mayor for these remarks, mischaracterizing his comments on the insufficiency of hollow condolences as an attack on people of faith.

MAGA Loses It After Minneapolis Mayor’s Emotional Speech on Shooting