Arrest Warrant Again Issued For QAnon Colorado Clerk

The Colorado Newsline reports:

An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for indicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters after she allegedly violated a protection order and her bond conditions by contacting an employee of the Mesa County elections division.

The warrant alleges that Peters sent an email on Wednesday to Mesa County Elections Director Brandi Bantz — with whom she is barred from having contact — seeking a recount of votes in the June 28 Republican primary for secretary of state. Peters lost that race.

Peters previously requested a recount from the secretary of state’s office but did not provide the roughly $250,000 necessary for the effort. Peters was on the verge of arrest last week as well after she violated the conditions of her bond and traveled to Las Vegas without court approval.

Read the full article.

Peters, an election conspiracy theorist who denies the results of the 2020 presidential election, is under a grand jury indictment for allegedly facilitating a security breach in her county’s elections office during a software update last year. She will be in Mesa County District Court for that case in early August.

crewman • 18 minutes ago

Clearly she should not be free on bail. She has no intent of respecting release conditions.

TnCTampa • 19 minutes ago

She playing the courts for a fool. To bad the judge doesnt seem to give a fuck or her ass would be in jail

Dan • 18 minutes ago

Why should she follow any conditions when it’s obvious the judge will never force her to adhere to the rule of law?

Ščŏŧŧ Ċ – 🇺🇦 🕊 • 14 minutes ago

But don’t they understand? She’s special, and she was robbed. She only lost that election because people liked the other candidates better, and that’s a violation of her Sincerely Held Beliefs?
Letting her win would make Baby Cheeses smile.

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Buford • 14 minutes ago

Indicted Colorado county clerk Tina Peters is in hot water again after, authorities say, she once more violated a court order…”

Tell me she’s white without actually telling me…

Let’s talk about 3 factions of republicans, Trump, Pence, and AZ….

Trump Wanted to Take Back Jan. 7 Speech Admitting Biden Would Be President

After reluctantly agreeing to transfer power, the former president told aides he wanted to give a new White House address doubling down on the lie that the election was “stolen”

A video of former President Donald Trump is played as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)A video of former President Donald Trump is played as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A video of former President Donald Trump is played as the Jan. 6 committee holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2022.

J. Scott Applewhite/AP

The day after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, then-President Trump released a video finally, reluctantly agreeing to a transfer of power to the “new” Biden administration. As soon as two days after the release of the White House video, however, Donald Trump wanted a mulligan.

A person with direct knowledge of the matter tells Rolling Stone that Trump told aides who were sticking by him that he wanted to deliver another speech to the nation, one in which he would double-down on the lie that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” via “fraud.”

The re-do speech, which Trump envisioned as a primetime address, would have been a tonal 180 from the video the White House posted the day following the Trump-inspired mob assault. The source adds that the president would have directly attacked the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s incoming administration, and vowed to supporters that he would continue “fighting” for them.

Since he left office, Trump has — in a way — delivered the follow-up address that he never got to give while in the White House, when lawyers and close advisers were warning him of his potential criminal exposure after the deadly riot. The twice-impeached former president has for months been repeating his anti-democratic lies in numerous speeches, rallies, interviews, and online posts. He has tried to argue that the violence at the Capitol took place independently of his actions. He has come out in favor of the Capitol rioters while promising to pardon them if elected to another term. He has cemented his lies about the 2020 election as widely-held mainstream conservative positions.

 

 

Trump’s push to deliver a second speech countering the one he gave on Jan. 7 came amid an internal struggle over his post-Jan. 6 messaging. The Washington Post, citing sources familiar with the work of the Jan. 6 committee, reported on Wednesday that the former president stubbornly refused attempts by staff to get him to condemn the rioters in the taped statement from the White House on Jan. 7

According to the Post, “over the course of an hour of trying to tape the message, Trump resisted holding the rioters to account, trying to call them patriots, and refused to say the election was over.” Trump was allegedly loath to call off the dogs and only agreed to do so after staff reminded him that Congress was considering invoking the 25th Amendment against him. 

The public could get a glimpse of outtakes from Trump’s attempts to deliver the address during Thursday’s primetime hearing, in which the committee plans to lay out what they say are their final public arguments in their case against Trump. The committee is expected to focus heavily on Trump’s inaction in the 187 minutes between Trump’s speech at the rally at the Ellipse, and his afternoon message telling the “very special” rioters to “go home.”

In a clip released on Thursday by committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh and former White House counsel Pat Cipollone testify that Trump remained in the presidential dining room watching news broadcasts of the riot unfolding at the Capitol.

 

The committee is also expected to detail how Trump reveled in the chaos and violence taking place at the Capitol. “He wanted to see it unfold,” Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) said this week, according to the Post. “And it wasn’t until he realized that it was not going to be successful that he finally stood up and said something.”

 

Celebs Flout CA Water Restrictions | Arnold Schwarzenegger Outed As A Face Farter

Please listen to this until it gets to Joe Biden.   It is not long.   This is why the Democrats are losing, why the young people don’t want to follow this party or vote for them.  It makes me sick.   Compare this to the fire brans on the other side, even to tRump.   We are so screwed in the elections.   Hugs

Sylvester Stallone is apparently ignoring California’s new rules aimed at conserving water during the current drought, and “End Of Days” star Arnold Schwarzenegger has been credibly accused of passing gas into a fellow actor’s face on the set of that film.

195 GOP Reps Vote Against Right To Contraceptives

The Huffington Post reports:

The House passed the Right to Contraception Act on Thursday ― a bill that codifies the right to birth control and other contraceptives amid fears that the Supreme Court may come for that aspect of reproductive health care next after the high court repealed Roe v. Wade’s protection of abortion rights last month.

The bill passed despite 195 Republicans who voted against the bill in a final vote of 228 to 195. Republicans who voted against the legislation included Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Jack Bergman (Mich.) and Joe Wilson (S.C.). Just eight Republicans voted in favor of the bill.

Read the full article.

 

Reasonoverhate • 2 hours ago

Marriage equality got more Rethuglican votes than contraception??? Did not have that on my 2023 bingo card…..

On a related note, WTF is wrong with these people?

Gustav2 Reasonoverhate • 2 hours ago • edited

It is not just the RCC that is against contraceptives. Many Evangelical churches and mega churches want younger women to stop delaying families and preach against it.

I once heard a mega church sermon blaming women for delaying families, and The Pill made them infertile. Of course the women had delayed pregnancies because they were educated and with their husbands were saving for the down payment on a house in the $$$$ suburb.

marshlc Gustav2 • 2 hours ago

Sure the RCC is against contraception, but the majority of American Catholics use it. Even among Evangelicals, this is an extreme position.

M Doyle Reasonoverhate • an hour ago • edited

Some popular forms of birth control work by preventing a fertilized egg from implanting in the womb. If they support this bill, it can be used to say they are not truly pro-life and support killing babies.

Chris Baker M Doyle • an hour ago

That’s probably the most likely explaination. Doesn’t Plan B work that way, and also IUDs prevent a fertilized egg from implanting. So they are more afraid of the Pro-Life people than the anti-gay people.

Perhaps the Federal Goverment, as they have classified Tomatoes as vegetables, can classify abortion drugs as ‘contraception.’

Rolf M Doyle • 20 minutes ago

I wonder if they want to outlaw vasectomies as well?
hahahahaha

band💋 Reasonoverhate • an hour ago

https://rules.house.gov/sit…

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Chuck in NYC Reasonoverhate • an hour ago

Seven Republicans not voting, the same number as not voting on marriage equality. Wondering now if it’s the same seven.

friendlynerd Reasonoverhate • an hour ago

Laws for thee but not for me

Raising_Rlyeh Reasonoverhate • an hour ago

That was my immediate thought as well. How the fuck is marriage equality more popular than contraception?

Jim Michaud Raising_Rlyeh • an hour ago

Because ME affects lots of conservative white men.

Bruno Reasonoverhate • 2 hours ago

It’s like a group insanity that’s infected the party to the very top level. They don’t seem to understand how unpopular allowing states to ban contraception is because they’ve gone down this rabbit hole of “but the poor little (zygote) babies!”

Bruno • 2 hours ago

GQP House who hate gays: 157
GQP House who hate women and their bodies: 195+

Roe v. Wade: Law Professors Break Down What Happened | The Problem With Jon Stewart Podcast

This is important to watch.   It quickly goes over what happened to create the Roe down fall, but then gets to the situation we are in and what is coming.   We are screwed.   As one of the people said, this is a results drive court, they have the result they want and they don’t care if the law allows it, they will simply cherry pick and force it into being the current law as they wish get the result they want.   In my opinion we now have a lawless court.   The second time in the US and we will have them for the next forty years or maybe forever if the Democrats do not develop a spine and either expand the court to return it to the rule of law or remove the illegal justices that are on the current court.    Hugs

Roe v. Wade has been overturned. So now what the hell are we supposed to do? The hosts of the Strict Scrutiny podcast — law professors Leah Litman, Melissa Murray, and Kate Shaw — are back to help Jon process the shocking decision. Writers Kris Acimovic and Tocarra Mallard also weigh in on why the Democrats answer to this crisis seems to be giving them $15.

GOP Rep Claims Birth Control Causes More Abortions

“Rather than work with us, Democrats again are spreading fear and misinformation to score political points. That opens the door further to extreme abortion-on-demand and their agenda. H.R. 8373 is a Trojan Horse for more abortions.

“It should be called the ‘Payouts for Planned Parenthood Act!’ It would send more taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood.” – GOP Rep. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, during today’s debate on codifying to right to access contraceptives.

Rodgers is a creationist nutbag who authored Washington state’s bill that would have outlawed same-sex marriage.

 

Sister_Bertrille • 20 minutes ago

Brushing and flossing cause cavities! Most people brush and floss. Most people get cavities. See!

SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad • 27 minutes ago • edited

Contraception can involve the penis.
Contraception can involve the vagina

This is morally reprehensible and has no place in decent society. Once people have access to contraception, they will have sex with animals and marry their toaster. Won’t someone think of the children?

– GOP Rep. Rep. Cathy [Monica Cole wannabee] McMorris Rodgers,

Meet John Doe • 36 minutes ago

Abortions increase when a woman cannot control her reproductive cycle.

BeccaM • 23 minutes ago

Their anti-freedom positions are so appalling, misogynistic, and hateful, Rethugs have no alternative other than to keep lying about the facts, lying about their own position, and lying about the position and goals of our side.

Just fucking blatantly lying.

Boreal • 27 minutes ago

They want to take away your freedom. That’s how dems need to frame this over and over and use the repig tactics against them.

The_Wretched • 32 minutes ago

“Rather than work with us, Democrats again are spreading fear and misinformation to score political points.”

Straight up gaslighting. Republicans never stop .

William • 32 minutes ago

Why aren’t these rethuglican women home taking care of their babies?

Unbordered American William • 31 minutes ago

That’s next on the agenda!

Elsewhere1010 • 35 minutes ago

So… not becoming pregnant leads to more abortions, just as shooting people with assault weapons leads to fewer deaths.

crewman • 35 minutes ago

This is 100% about one group forcing its filthy, disgusting morals on everyone else. Evangelicals are sick.

ChrisInKansas • 27 minutes ago

All they do is lie. I’m so fucking tired of all the lying.

boobert • 37 minutes ago

How did this become a republican crusade? You’d think no republican ever got an abortion or used birth control. I think they’ve lost their minds!

Random Observer boobert • 22 minutes ago

Read up on the history – Jerry Falwell / Paul Weyrich (Moral Majority) used abortion to drive evangelical votes to GOP when DOJ under Carter said “no government money for segregated colleges” like his “Liberty University” and Bob Jones University, which were “whites only”, even in the mid 70s.

TnCTampa boobert • 37 minutes ago

its a vote getter. it drives people to vote. just like going after gays when half them sucking dick down on DuPont circle

another_steve • 42 minutes ago

The November Democratic campaign ads write themselves.

“The Republican Party’s War on Women”

crewman another_steve • 40 minutes ago • edited

Not just women, men too. I am pretty sure there’s more than a few men who would not want to be forced into supporting a child they weren’t expecting or wanting with a woman they maybe weren’t really wanting to have a lifetime attachment to.

another_steve crewman • 37 minutes ago

Good point.

I tell ya, crewman… if you’re a woman, an LGBT person or a person of color and you vote Republican, you are clinically mentally ill.

You need professional help.

a Three Hour Tour

THREE HOUR TOUR – Gilligan’s Island Parody

Song Parody of “The Ballad Of Gilligan’s Island” words and music by Sherwood Schwartz and Georgy Wyle © 1963 parody lyrics by Roy Zimmemran and Melanie Harby © 2022 – FAIR USE

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale
Of a nearly successful coup
That started at the end of
Constitution Avenue

A congressman named Loudermilk
A MAGA guy obscure
Led twelve of his constituents
On a three hour tour
A three hour tour

One of the guys who was on that tour
Who’d learned his way around
Came back with the mob the very next day
And stormed the Capitol grounds

It wasn’t just a protest
That got somehow out of hand
But a violent insurrection
Meticulously planned

The president who would be king
Conspired to make damn sure
The rioters would lay siege that day
On a three hour tour
A three hour tour

The ship of state was nearly wrecked
By the lawlessness and guile
Of Loudermilligan
The Skipper too
The millionaire
And the wife
The movie star
The Professor
and Mary Ann
Here on Mutineers’ Isle



How Can We Improve The Economy? Start By Reining In The Power Of Corporations – Robert Reich on CNN

The U.S. is experiencing its highest rate of inflation in 40 years, and many corporations are using it as cover to jack up prices faster than their costs are rising. Democrats must show that they are on the side of the working class by reining in the power of these big corporations. There are a few ways they can do just that.

Why Joe Manchin is Wrong About Inflation and Why We Need a Windfall Profits Tax – Robert Reich CNN

CC is rather good on this one.   Hugs

Despite what Manchin and the corporate media are telling you, federal spending has actually declined. The subsidies that were part of the stimulus packages are over. If Joe Manchin was truly worried about inflation, he would support increasing taxes on corporations and the wealthy to tamp down overall demand – and he would support antitrust enforcement to break up monopolies who are raising prices even as they rake in record profits. Of course, he won’t do that — those monopolists line his campaign coffers.