Notices by Burr Deming (burrland01@mastodon.world)

Used to be a Nazi salute could end a career.
Now, criticizing a Nazi salute has ended a career.
https://politicalwire.com/2025/01/25/station-fires-weather-forecaster-for-criticizing-musk/

Americans must now confront a new national security concern.

If anything should ever happen to Elon Musk, Trump would become President.

Tommy Christopher has it about right on the Hunter pardon. MAGA folk can spin it as a big win if mainstream media misleads and, so far, media have done just that.

Key example (from CNN legal analyst Elie Honig):
"Honig trashed the decision at length — then admitted in the fine print that 'There is a reasonable argument that in some respects, Hunter Biden was treated unfairly.'

"That’s Honig-ese for 'Hunter Biden was treated unfairly.'"
https://www.red-state-blues.com/2024/12/07/first-week-of-the-last-month-of-2024democrats-trump-weird-appointments-ending-the-hunter-hunt-project-2025-verified-musk-hall/#mediaite

Tommy Christopher provides network video as Jen Psaki lists a few good things about Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

Then she does an on-the-other-hand, there are those unfortunate details around that little sexual assault allegation thing.
https://www.red-state-blues.com/2024/11/30/thanksgiving-weekjfk-taken-away-annual-gratitude-landslide-slides-down-incoming-madcap-admin/#mediaite

Juliet at Decoding Fox News has prospective Defense Secretary Hegseth explaining how our military is no longer manly enough. We should stop wars like we did in Japan.

Key Hegseth televised quote:
We did that then because we had barrel-chested men saying 'we are going to win this war.

Key Juliet reminder:
"The U.S. military dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan."
https://www.red-state-blues.com/2024/11/30/thanksgiving-weekjfk-taken-away-annual-gratitude-landslide-slides-down-incoming-madcap-admin/#decodingfoxnews

As Trumpers boast of an election mandate, Kathy Gill, at The Moderate Voice, points out that actual voting counts show less than 50%. So what mandate?

Wikipedia‘s updated results back her up.
https://www.red-state-blues.com/2024/11/23/week-of-cabinet-cabaret-gaetz-in-gaetz-out-hegseth-noem-tulsi-oh-my#themoderatevoice

Well...
That's different!
Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) knows women!

Anyone who chooses to end a pregnancy:
- Hates America
- Hates her neighbors
- Hates babies
- Hates responsibility
https://politicalwire.com/2024/10/24/lawmaker-says-women-who-get-abortions-hate-the-country/

More fake Trump support?
https://politicalwire.com/2024/10/10/firefighters-were-not-holding-pro-trump-signs-at-rally/

"RFK Jr. Says Dems Spent Millions to Make Him Look Crazy"

RFK Jr has a valid point.

What a waste of campaign funds:
Paying so much for what is already there for free.

https://politicalwire.com/2024/09/28/rfk-jr-says-dems-spent-millions-to-make-him-look-crazy/

Kevin has it about right:

"If you're one of the lunatics who thinks Israel is an illegal colonial settler on Palestinian land and it's therefore righteous to seek its destruction, go block a freeway or set up a bunch of tents or do something else stupid and pointless

"On the other hand, if you're someone who thinks the West Bank settlements are wrong and Israel has a lot to answer for—well, I agree. If you think Benjamin Netanyahu is an odious piece of shit, preach it"
https://jabberwocking.com/what-do-you-expect-israel-to-do/

"The Trump on display on the campaign trail in the past month isn’t disoriented, unfocused, or undisciplined—he’s dotty, doddering, demented, possibly deranged, and clearly disturbed."
https://politicalwire.com/2024/08/20/the-biden-ing-of-donald-trump/

Trump campaign says hacked by Iranians.
Probably true.

Still...
...how about we wait for confirmation by intelligence services or other experts .
Reasonable to consider the source.
https://politicalwire.com/2024/08/11/the-hacking-of-presidential-campaigns-begins/

I haven't checked to see if this is really true.

I've been busy walking around the neighborhood meeting people.

A few are gleeful Biden was diagnosed with COVID. Seems to have proved something to them.

I understand the President's symptoms are light and he's doing well.
I'm glad.

I had COVID last year.
I'd been vaccinated. Symptoms for me were mild as well.

Over time, more than a dozen extended family members contracted COVID. Almost half died.

Of those deaths, none were vaccinated.
Two couldn't get the vaccine due to inept Missouri state administration of supplies.

Vaccination myths have killed.

Max’s Dad covers a tragedy in his area involving a MAGA type shooting at some Hispanic kids guilty of playing with a ball.

Key neighbor’s testimonial:
"I don’t care what police say. I lived next to the guy for 10 years and he wasn’t a racist…"

Key objection:
"…a guy screaming at Hispanic children and telling them to go back where they came from and to speak English sounds pretty damn racist to me."
https://maxdad.blogspot.com/2024/07/real-america-says-bienvenido.html

If I understand mr Trump -
He insists he knows nothing about the Project with which he says he disagrees.

That would be the Project which he says is "absolutely ridiculous and abysmal" (but he insists he has no idea what is in it).

And he says he has "no idea" to whom he is wishing luck.

President Biden posts a July 4th message of gratitude to those who have served in the US military for defending our nation.

News Corpse takes a look at mr Trump’s contrasting message, praising himself and attacking his enemies.

Key accuracy:
"It was a long, incoherent mess of hostility and narcissistic maliciousness. And true to form, Trump turned the holiday into an homage to himself and his own petty grievances."
https://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=62093

MAGA Republican says publicly singling out an individual for lynching does not count as a threat.
https://politicalwire.com/2024/06/27/arizona-rnc-delegation-chair-would-lynch-official/

It’s almost old news. A high ranking Christian leader has resigned after revelations that, years ago, he began assaulting a 12 year old victim.

The Life and Times of Bruce Gerencser prints a long defense of the perpetrator exactly as written by an associated pastor, attacking the victim, fiddling with definitions, looking to the Bible to minimize the horror.

Bruce asks what we are to make of a Christian leader who would defend such Christian leadership.

https://brucegerencser.net/2024/06/what-are-we-to-make-of-an-evangelical-preacher-who-defends-a-pastor-who-sexually-assaulted-a-twelve-year-old-girl/

In News Corpse, mr Trump instructs his devoted followers to hold massive demonstrations over his criminal trial. He is disappointed at the result.
https://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=61108