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Jon Stewart just called out hypocritical complaints of so-called “cancel culture” from the right, saying the only real way a conservative can be “canceled” is if they dare to criticize a certain Mango Man. Via HuffPost: “This is their identity now, constant victimization,” said Stewart. “They say what they want and if you get upset about it, you don’t believe in freedom.” Stewart aired a video of Fox News’ Sean Hannity claiming he “just believes in freedom” and isn’t easily outraged.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, in a rare television interview with Rachel Maddow, expressed her determination not to let threats and pressure from Republicans at the local, state and federal level prevent her from doing her job. Via the Daily Beast: With that Georgia criminal case having ground to a halt amid a Trump appeal, Willis explained the effect of having personal security measures in place for an extended period of time. “It’s been happening since about a month after I took office—I began to get threats,” said Willis, whose term began in January 2021.

Rep. Andy Ogles is touting a new bill that he says would prohibit judges from issuing gag orders on defendants in most civil and criminal cases. Called the “Let Trump Speak Act,” it comes as Mango Man continues to stamp his tiny feet against the gag order in his New York criminal trial.

Trump posted a video to his social media site this Monday, talking about "what's next for America" if this fascist is allowed back into the Oval Office again, and if you look at the fine print, more than once it calls for a "unified reich." A video posted to Donald Trump's account on his social media network Monday included references to a “unified Reich” among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November. The headline appears among messages flashing across the screen such as “Trump wins!!” and “Economy booms!” Other headlines appear to be references to World War I. The word “Reich” is often largely associated with Nazi Germany’s Third Reich, though the references in the video Trump shared appear to be a reference to the formation of the modern pan-German nation, unifying smaller states into a single Reich, or empire, in 1871. This was quickly jumped on by the Biden-Harris campaign on Xitter:read more

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The Republican Party of Wisconsin had their state convention this weekend and what a shitshow it was! About the only thing they managed to do was showcase how deep their disarray really is. During the entire thing, party leaders repeatedly called for unity on all the different areas where there are internal riffs.