The Absurd GOP

[Fireball]

PIDOOMA

 The things I learn around here...I had to go look that up. And I really should have figured his statement was BS, because he is who he is.

[Silver]

Trump makes wild claim that school education is now ‘mostly transgender’

Pink News

[Fake Messiah]

Trump Wants to Deport Legal Migrants in Ohio Back to Haiti

Former President Donald Trump has promised to revoke the legal immigration status of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, and deport them back to Haiti if he returns to the White House.

Trump and 2024 running mate Senator JD Vance have repeatedly pushed evidence-free claims that Haitian migrants in Springfield, the bulk of whom are legally in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), have been abducting and eating pet cats and dogs.

In a new interview with NewsNation reporter Ali Bradley on Wednesday, Trump said that he was planning to effectively make the legal status of Haitian migrants in Springfield become illegal in order to deport them if he wins November's presidential election.

"Springfield is such a beautiful place, have you seen what's happened to it?" Trump said. "It's been overrun. You can't do that to people. They have to be removed."

"Absolutely I'd revoke [TPS]," he continued. "And I'd bring 'em back to their country."

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-wants-dep...ew-1963028

[Silver]

Parent’s attempt to force school to fly ‘straight Pride’ flags fails miserably

Pink News

[Thumpalumpacus]

People like Dull, as well as those still in their storm-damaged communities, are hungry for reliable information. When they turn to social media, they're finding mixed results. Some platforms don't have much news at all. Other platforms have enabled them to form groups that provide information and companionship.

And then there is X, formerly known as Twitter, where politically charged rumors flow freely. Emergency management researchers lament that the platform owned by Elon Musk, which was once considered a useful source of information in a disaster, is instead contributing to the chaos in Helene's wake.

[...]

The storm hit two swing states just a month before a close election, making criticisms about the response a tempting political line of attack.

On X, the top results for “Helene” have millions of views but are not always reliable.

"'$2.4 billion aid to Ukraine' vs 'No more aid for Hurricane Helene' - 3 days apart" pro-Trump account End Wokeness wrote alongside video clips of President Biden speaking on two occasions. The post received over 5 million views.

The text misrepresents one of the Biden videos.

[...]

Other videos on X made wilder claims.

"Don’t worry guys, weather modification isn’t real! It’s just a coincidence that Hurricane Helene is one of the most devastating 'inland damage storms' in history and that hundreds of pro-Trump counties are being massively impacted during the most important election of our lifetimes," influencer Matt Wallace posted alongside video footage of flooding.

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/03/nx-s1-513...cial-media

Meth is a helluva drug, kids.

[The Grand Nudger]

Yes they can control the weather (...) it's ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can't be done.

-Mad Marge, drawing big red dicks on weather maps.

Fine. I have questions. If so....

Who are They?
How do They do it?
Where is the weather machine and what is the military going to do about it?
Why have you been trying to defund FEMA?
When can we expect to see such a machine used to stop global warming?

[Pat Mustard]

The less fewer kids everyone has, the less future labor there is to make more money for the rich asshats.

Fixed your post for grammar snob reasons.

Sorry but people saying less when they should say fewer really gets my goat. If you can count something (e.g. pounds, dollars, euro) use fewer, if uncountable (e.g. the generic noun money) use less.

[arewethereyet]

Another headline - 

"Melania Trump gives robotic response when asked why husband returned to site of attempted assassination"

I'd like to note that they could have stopped after the fifth word.

Melania Trump gives robotic response when asked why husband returned to site of attempted assassination (msn.com)

[Mister Agenda]

GOP plan to reduce inflation: Raise tariffs against all of our trading partners and deport a fifth of constuction workers and over 40% of farm workers. I fear that if we hand the government back over to MAGA next month it will be too late to learn our lesson as a nation. On a more hopeful note, their incompetence at governing runs so deep that it may limit the damage.

[Angrboda]

There's always 2028 if they screw up. Given the perception of the economy and the post-pandemic surges at the border, it's amazing that the incumbent is neck and neck with the challenger.