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No judges, no hearings, no due process, no rule of law
Jun 24th, 2018 12:02 pm | By Ophelia BensonTrump getting worse by the hour. Now he’s announcing that immigrants who cross the border illegally should have no due process.
We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country. When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back from where they came. Our system is a mockery to good immigration policy and Law and Order. Most children come without parents…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2018
He was saying it in Las Vegas yesterday:
… Read the restWhile in Las Vegas on Saturday, Mr. Trump told supporters that he thought the immigration system needed fewer judges — putting him in conflict with a proposal by Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of
Do your housework cheerfully as unto the Lord
Jun 24th, 2018 11:23 am | By Ophelia BensonA Good Christian Woman who goes by the name “The Transformed Wife” dispenses Good Christian Wisdom on Facebook (founded by Jesus shortly after he did the loaves and fishes trick). She dispenses it by writing it in writing in a little notebook and then taking a photo of the writing. So quaint yet tech-savvy at the same time! A couple of days ago she dispensed Ladies Serve Your Men Wisdom:
… Read the restDo you “expect” your husband to help w/ household chores? If you do, you won’t have a happy marriage b/c expectations destroy relationships. If he helps, great + if not, do your housework cheerfully as unto the Lord. Remember, you didn’t marry your husband to help w/the household chores.
Symptomatic
Jun 24th, 2018 10:35 am | By Ophelia BensonTrump loves shiny things. Really shiny. The shinier the better. Shiny shiny shiny.
… Read the restSince Bill Clinton occupied the White House, the commemorative medallions known as challenge coins have been stately symbols of the presidency coveted by the military, law enforcement personnel and a small circle of collectors.
Then came Donald J. Trump.
His presidency has yielded more — and more elaborate — coins that are shinier, flashier and even bigger, setting off a boom for coin manufacturers, counterfeiters and collectors, with one official Trump challenge coin recently fetching $1,000 on eBay.
Among those produced in recent months by members of a White House military unit is a coin featuring Mr. Trump’s private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, on the front, and
Ew lady dirt
Jun 24th, 2018 9:56 am | By Ophelia BensonAnother showy public display of women-loathing delays another El Al flight out of New York.
Last week, a scheduled El Al flight from New York’s JFK Airport to Israel sat on the runway for more than an hour after four ultra-Orthodox men refused to take their ticketed seats next to women.
It was not the first time this has happened at El Al, which was hit by a court ruling last year barring the airline from asking passengers to move based on gender.
Throw them off the damn plane, says I. No refund, no rescheduling.
El Al flight attendants struggled to resolve the fracas as the four men refused to speak to any of the stewardesses.
Put them off the … Read the rest
He said the staff is a little concerned
Jun 23rd, 2018 4:15 pm | By Ophelia BensonThe Post has details on what went down at The Little Red Hen. Nothing lurid, just what people were thinking and how it played out.
The owner was at home yesterday evening when the chef called to tell her Sanders was there.
… Read the rest“He said the staff is a little concerned. What should we do?” [Stephanie] Wilkinson told The Washington Post. “I said I’d be down to see if it’s true.”
It seemed unlikely to her that President Trump’s press secretary should be dining at a 26-seat restaurant in rural Virginia. But then, it was unlikely that her entire staff would have misidentified Sanders, who had arrived last to a table of eight booked under her husband’s name.
As she
Just kidding
Jun 23rd, 2018 10:35 am | By Ophelia BensonThat thing Trump said after his jovial meeting with Kim? “There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea”? Apparently it was one of his jokes.
US President Donald Trump has renewed sanctions on North Korea, citing an “extraordinary threat” from its nuclear weapons – just 10 days after saying there was no risk from Pyongyang.
“There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea,” he tweeted on 13 June, a day after meeting the country’s leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore.
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Democrats say the latest White House language contradicts the president’s earlier boasts about the success of the Singapore summit. In another tweet on 13 June, he said Americans could “sleep well tonight!”.
Democrats say? Come … Read the rest
If that’s her best…
Jun 23rd, 2018 10:22 am | By Ophelia BensonNo, that’s not true.
Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) June 23, 2018
I don’t really think it’s cool for restaurants to tell people to get out because they work for Trump, but her claim that she does her best to treat people respectfully is horseshit. She’s an adult, she can control what comes out of her mouth, and what comes out is not always respectful. Just … Read the rest
More overt every day
Jun 23rd, 2018 10:11 am | By Ophelia BensonToday in disgusting 2.
Nancy Pelosi introduces her campaign committee for the take back of the House. pic.twitter.com/yKDhkVubck
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 23, 2018
Immortality
Jun 23rd, 2018 10:10 am | By Ophelia BensonPresident Donald Trump appears to have autographed photos of deceased young people that were featured at a White House event Friday highlighting victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.
There were 11 photos total being held up by family members who had lost loved ones, and all of the photos bore Trump’s unmistakably scrawled signature in large-tipped black pen.
Autographing the photos was an unusual decision, in that it appeared to combine the celebrity element of an autograph with the solemn image of a dead loved one.
Typical of Trump though. Classic Trump. Trump all over.… Read the rest
Blood libels
Jun 22nd, 2018 4:34 pm | By Ophelia BensonUgh, god, this is so stupid and so vicious.
President Donald Trump on Friday put a spotlight on families who lost loved ones killed by undocumented immigrants — calling them victims of “permanent separation” — as he sought to shift the attention away from his administration’s recently halted policy of separating migrant families at the border.
Some undocumented immigrants turn out to be criminals…because some percentage of any large population will turn out to be criminals. Immigrants are in fact less likely to be criminals than non-immigrants.
… Read the rest“You know, you hear the other side. You never hear this side. You don’t know what’s going on. These are the American citizens permanently separated from their loved ones. The
This intense focus on immediate needs
Jun 22nd, 2018 11:52 am | By Ophelia BensonReturning to Jesse Singal’s Atlantic piece on children who say they are trans…
The current era of gender-identity awareness has undoubtedly made life easier for many young people who feel constricted by the sometimes-oppressive nature of gender expectations. A rich new language has taken root, granting kids who might have felt alone or excluded the words they need to describe their experiences.
I’m not sure about that – I’m not sure the new language is genuinely rich. Is it rich or is it impoverished to decide that if you don’t like lipstick and high heels then you are a boy? Is it rich to substitute the trans vocabulary for the feminist vocabulary? Is it better to find your True … Read the rest
Their phony stories of sadness and grief
Jun 22nd, 2018 11:20 am | By Ophelia BensonThis guy.
We must maintain a Strong Southern Border. We cannot allow our Country to be overrun by illegal immigrants as the Democrats tell their phony stories of sadness and grief, hoping it will help them in the elections. Obama and others had the same pictures, and did nothing about it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2018
Meeting
Jun 22nd, 2018 10:44 am | By Ophelia BensonMaajid Nawaz, the British Muslim reformer who recently recovered a large monetary settlement from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), is scheduled to meet with SPLC president Richard Cohen next week to demand an explanation for its decision to label him an “anti-Muslim extremist,” National Review learned Friday in an exclusive interview with Nawaz.
That is, to ask for an explanation. It sounds less pugnacious than that paragraph suggests.
… Read the restNow, Nawaz wants answers. He reached out to Cohen following the settlement and Cohen replied Thursday night agreeing to the meeting.
“I’m going to fly out to New York in the coming week or so for the specific purpose of meeting with [Cohen] in private for however long
A brag too many
Jun 22nd, 2018 10:11 am | By Ophelia BensonThe U.S. Marine who marched with neo-Nazis in last summer’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been found guilty in a summary court-martial after he reportedly bragged online about participating in the violence that day.
Lance Cpl. Vasillios Pistolis was convicted Monday of failing to obey an order or regulation and making a false official statement under Articles 92 and 107 in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to the 2nd Marine Logistics Group.
Perhaps the regulation was something to do with beating up civilians.… Read the rest
The people behind you have a bus to catch
Jun 22nd, 2018 9:50 am | By Ophelia BensonIt still amazes me to see how people get lost in the maze of Jargon Absolutism – of treating certain sanctified verbal formulas as if they were reality itself. Say it and it becomes true no matter how nonsensical the content.
#nonbinary #gender identities are valid. #nonbinary people exist within and contribute to our society, and yet their very existence is denied.
People who identify as #nonbinary or #genderneutral or #genderqueer or #genderfluid ought to be recognised.https://t.co/lkS6yzBBTK
— Dr Adrian Harrop (@DrAdrianHarrop) June 22, 2018
Blar blar identities are valid – the sacred formula is uttered and the molecules are changed. But what does it mean? What does it mean to say an “identity” is “valid”?
Identity can … Read the rest
She wore it at Andrews temp 81 Fahrenheit
Jun 21st, 2018 4:45 pm | By Ophelia BensonA skeptical world responds.
Which one is it? The First Lady's office said this was just a jacket. https://t.co/39AyQsg6tL
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 21, 2018
Sir, this directly contradicts what her spokesperson says (no message intended) and what we all know (that it was a true sentiment and the Trumps really don’t care). Get your story straight! https://t.co/QuB6O3jZL8
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) June 21, 2018
So the exact opposite of what her spokeswoman said? Gotcha. https://t.co/fjbquWomTC
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 21, 2018
… Read the restI was inclined to give the benefit of the doubt, but now it's just petulant and inappropriate. If the First Lady of the United States has something to say on a question of important policy, she
No it wasn’t an accidental wardrobe mishap
Jun 21st, 2018 4:26 pm | By Ophelia BensonTritler explains.
“I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?” written on the back of Melania’s jacket, refers to the Fake News Media. Melania has learned how dishonest they are, and she truly no longer cares!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2018
There was no hidden message
Jun 21st, 2018 1:09 pm | By Ophelia BensonAaaaaaaaaand this just in:
FLOTUS spox confirms Mrs. Trump wore a jacket to visit border kids that reads: "I really don't care. Do you?" Spox says: "It's a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas, I hope the media isn't going to choose to focus on her wardrobe." pic.twitter.com/Bp4Z8n455G
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 21, 2018
Well it’s certainly true there was no hidden message, it’s about as unhidden and overt and explicit as it could be.
I’m gobsmacked. What the hell was she thinking? What were the people around her thinking? What was anyone thinking?
Maybe they’re about to cut all our throats and that’s their mocking goodbye.… Read the rest
Scowl in place
Jun 21st, 2018 12:50 pm | By Ophelia BensonTrump still being a shit one day after brief attempt to look less like a shit; world unsurprised.
… Read the restA day after a rare retreat on the issue of separating immigrant children from their parents, President Trump lashed out angrily on Thursday at what he called “extremist, open-border Democrats” and again falsely blamed them for the political crisis that continues to roil his administration.
Mr. Trump, choosing hard-edged remarks at a cabinet meeting hours before the House was scheduled to vote on overhauling immigration laws, begged for Democratic support on the legislation even as he said Democratic lawmakers were causing “tremendous damage and destruction and lives.” And he repeated his false claim that Democrats forced family separations.
“They don’t care about
