Weekend Wrap Up
Weekend Wrap Up: June 09, 2024
Today’s blog will consist of both news and a free chat of sorts. As usual, post the headlines we may have missed and feel free to chit and chat and enjoy one another’s company! Happy Report MORE
Year: 2024
Space
NASA Astronaut Bill Anders Dead at 90 in Plane Crash
Major Bill Anders flew in space just once, and it was the first time humans ever left low Earth orbit. The “Genesis Flight” crew of Apollo 8 completed the first manned space mission to orbit MORE
Updates
South Korea strikes back at North Korea’s Recent Garbage Balloon Attacks by Restarting Border Loud Speaker Blasts of K-Pop
When a North Korean defected to South Korea and proceeded to send balloons full of pamphlets, candy, American dollars and USB drives back to the North, the North responded with trash balloons, the South responded MORE
Fundie Freaks
SPLC Report: Christian Supremacists (Fundie Freaks) Pose the Greatest Threat to Democracy
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released its annual report this week, The Year in Hate and Extremism 2023, which lists a new “Christian supremacist” movement as the biggest threat to U.S. Democracy that “you’ve never heard MORE
Environment
“Giant,” invasive, “flying” venomous Joro spiders are crawling up the East Coast
Joro spiders were first detected in 2013 in the land that gave us Marjorie Taylor Green, Georgia, probably transported from Asia. And they’re spreading. . . . NBC reports that “giant, venomous yellow spiders have MORE
In case you missed it:
Liveblog - ICYMI: June 08, 2024
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Fake News
The Price RW Media has Paid for Spreading Fake News and Misinformation
Since spreading the “The Big Lie” that The Felon Guy won the 2020 election and other bullshit related to COVID-19, mass shootings, President Biden, or whomever or whatever is their ‘flavor of the month,” RW MORE
Civil Rights
Shocking! Florida Among the Worst States for the LGBTQ+ Community
No More Closets! In their quest to become the Republic of Gilead’s capital, Out Leadership has released its 2024 equality report that shows Florida as one of the worst states where LGBTQ+ rights have deteriorated. MORE
Your Brain on MAGAt
MAGA Demands Mistrial After Judge Merchan Notifies of Troubling Facebook Post About Juror
MAGAts are calling for a mistrial in the Manhattan criminal case after Judge Juan Merchan, apparently out of an abundance of caution, notified both the prosecutors and defense counsel of a Facebook post alleging that MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: June 07, 2024
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No Fascist USA
Biden Storms Pointe du Hoc in Normandy as a Wake Up Call to Americans
President Biden’s commemorative speech at the historic cliffs of Pointe du Hoc in France was a plea to an audience back home in America on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Biden hailed the memory of MORE
2024 Election
Excessive Heat is the New ‘Orange Drink:’ MAGAts Hospitalized in Excessive AZ Heat Waiting for their KKKult Leader
Before attending a $300 per person fundraiser hosted by zillionaire, tech entrepreneur, David Sacks, at his palatial Pacific Heights home in San Francisco, CA, the convicted felon and former, disgraced (p)resident held a rally outside MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 23
Happy Friday News Viewers, and welcome to our Friday Open Forum where the topics are yours to choose and discuss, always within reason of course, according to the guidelines. This is the day after the MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: June 06, 2024
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Today in History
Biden in Normandy Reminds Us of the Cost of Freedom and Democracy
President Biden on Thursday commemorated the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the invasion of Normandy that liberated Europeans from Nazis, alongside French President Emmanuel Macron. Dozens of World War II veterans made the trek to France MORE
Justice
Steve Bannon Ordered to Go To Jail By July 1
Trump-appointed Federal Judge Carl Nichols ordered Steve Bannon to report to jail by July 1 to begin serving his four-month sentence for his Contempt of Congress conviction, after refusing to comply with a January 6 MORE
USA vs. TFG
NYPD Plans to Revoke TFG’s License to Carry a Gun
The New York City Police Department is preparing to revoke Donald Trump’s license to carry a gun, according to police officials. Trump had a concealed carry permit that was quietly suspended on April 1, 2023, MORE
Fake News
MAGAt Media Stops Distributing Fake Documentary, 2000 Mules; Finally Issues an Apology:
After facing a defamation suit filed by a Georgia man, Mark Andrews, who the movie portrays as a “mule” who “illegally deposit[ed] ballots into drop boxes,” Salem Media Group, a right-wing multimedia company, (Fake News) stopped distributing its MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: June 05, 2024
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News
US Senate to hold vote today on protecting rights to contraceptives
Right to Contraception Act of 2024 From The Guardian: “The US Senate will vote on Wednesday (today) on a bill that would recognize a legal right to contraception, weeks after Donald Trump made – and quickly walked back – comments MORE
D' OH!
Byron Donalds Suggests Black Families Were Stronger During Jim Crow Era
While campaigning for the presidential candidate who is a convicted felon in Philadelphia, Trump stooge and Florida Rep. Byron Donalds suggested that Black families were better off during the Jim Crow era. ”First of all, MORE
Wingnut Watch Wednesday
Colorado GQP Sends Out Email: “God Hates Flags,” to Commemorate Pride Month
The hate filled, fascist, theocratic/authoritarian/Fundie Freaks, GQP continues to demonize and call for violence against those they don’t like or who are different than them. This time, it’s Colorado: The Colorado GOP’s mass email titled MORE
The Press
The WSJ prints hit piece against President Biden parroting Kevin McCarthy
A new report from The Wall Street Journal has the White House on its heels Wednesday after it concluded Joe Biden is “slipping” mentally due to his age. But critics of Donald Trump outside of the White House say there’s a MORE
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Liveblog - ICYMI: June 04, 2024
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The Worst People in the World
January 6 Convict Removed From Fauci Hearing
Two pieces of human garbage somehow ended up sitting behind Dr. Anthony Fauci during Monday’s congressional hearing on the Covid-19 pandemic. As Dr. Fauci was describing the credible death threats against himself and his family, MORE