Happening just recently . . .

The verdict is in:

Count 1:  GUILTY!

Count 2:  GUILTY!

Count 3:  GUILTY!

Sentencing in 8 weeks

Police Lt. supports killer, gets fired.

THE HILL

A police officer in Norfolk, Va., has been fired after donating to a legal defense fund
for a killer, Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17 year old who travelled from out of county with a
miltary-style assault rifle and killed two Black Lives Matter protesters in Kenosha, Wis.

Lt. William Kelly made the $25 anonymous donation to the fund through GiveSendGo.
Kelly also reportedly left a message to Rittenhouse with his donation.

"God bless. Thank you for your courage. Keep your head up.
You've done nothing wrong," Kelly wrote, according to the GUARDIAN.
"Every rank and file police officer supports you."

Earlier this year, Rittenhouse was captured on video at a bar
wearing a T-shirt thatread “Free as (expletive)” and
flashing white supremacist signs, according to prosecutors.

MSNBC #1 most watched cable news network in 1stQ of 2021

In 2021, lawmakers in 34 states have introduced more than 80 anti-protest bills,
the vast majority of them drafted by Republicans. And so far, four Republican
governors have signed the measures into law, including in the state of Florida.

*Some might say "anti-protest" bills are attack against fundamental freedoms.

The GOP pride themselves as "protectors" of fundamental freedoms.....and yet....

Senate overwhelmingly passes hate crime bill
responding to anti-Asian violence

MSNBC #1 most watched cable news network in 1stQ of 2021

The Senate passed legislation targeting anti-Asian hate crimes after an uptick of
incidents during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lawmakers approved the measure in a 94-1 vote.
REPUBLICAN Sen. Josh Hawley, was the only member to oppose the bill.

DC statehood bill passes House for 2nd time,
legislation moves to split Senate

"Taxation without representation" is on Washington license plates because residents
pay taxes but are not represented with a vote in Congress, Pelosi noted.

Residents can vote in presidential elections. Norton is Washington's sole congressional
delegate, a position that allows her to draft legislation but NOT vote.

**The senate with a 60 vote threshold, is where the bill will die, repeatedly, for decades.

MyPillow Guy 'wins' in 41st Annual Razzie Award

The award for Worst Picture went to Lindell's documentary "Absolute Proof,"
which claims that a Chinese cyberattack flipped the 2020 election -- despite
there being no evidence to back up the claim. Lindell, a vocal supporter of
former President Donald Trump, also got a Worst Actor Razzie for the film.

the people rittenhouse attacked and shot were blm protestors

this makes an incredible number of the rumplickers happy

Trump's Big Lie just took another big hit

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, April 22

(CNN) Six days after Election Day 2020, then-President Trump tweeted this:
           "Nevada is turning out to be a cesspool of Fake Votes."
He added that WHEN the findings were released, "will be absolutely shocking!"

On Wednesday night, Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske, a Republican,
announced that her office had found ZERO "evidentiary support" 
for claims of fraud or bias in Nevada's 2020 election results.

That total rejection of Trump's claim that the state was a "cesspool of Fake Votes"
comes on top of a near-unanimous series of legal and political defeats in recent
months for Trump's Big Lie.

Despite that series of setbacks -- and the utter lack of any sort of proof
to back up Trump's wild claims -- the former president and many of 
his supporters continue to believe trump's Big Lie.   Six in 10 self-identified
Republicans said they believe that the 2020 election was "stolen"

Former Obama White House adviser arrested
for allegedly stealing over $200,000
from charter schools he founded

(CNN) A former White House senior adviser for the Obama administration
who helped found a network of charter schools is accused of allegedly stealing
hundreds of thousands of dollars from the schools and attempting to launder
the funds in order to get a lower interest rate on a mortgage for a Manhattan
apartment, according to federal prosecutors.

Seth Andrew was charged by prosecutors in the US Attorney's Office for the
Southern District of New York with wire fraud,  money laundering,
and making false statements to a bank.

DOJ repeals Trump's ban on grants to 'sanctuary cities'

The Justice Department has repealed a policy put in place during the trump-regime
that restricted so-called sanctuary cities from receiving federal grants for criminal
justice efforts.
Trump's policy cut off HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of dollars in funding to cities that did not
fully cooperate with "trump's Gestapo" US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

Trump's move received swift criticism from states and cities, and quickly became
the subject of litigation.

Texas medical examiner rules in-custody death
of BLACK male, Marvin David Scott III
. . . was a homicide

Thu April 29
• Scott died after being placed on a restraint bed, pepper-sprayed, and having
a spit mask put on his face while in custody at the Collin County Detention
Facility north of Dallas in March.

• Scott was arrested for possession of less than two ounces of marijuana

• 7 Collin County detention officers were fired and one resigned following Scott's death.

Texas GOP offical arrested
for role in trump-incited Capitol riot

Dallas (CNN) A Texas man arrested for storming the US Capitol and assaulting police officers
on January 6 also serves as a Republican Party precinct chair and has been an election poll
worker in north Texas.

Mark Middleton, 52, *REPUBLICAN* was appointed as the chair of Precinct 14 in Cooke County
in December, just a month after the presidential election, according to Chris McNamara,
chairman of the Cooke County Republican Party.
He was appointed by a committee of local Republicans to fill the vacant precinct officer position.

and another 

Reuters
Trump lashes out at McConnell again,
saying Republicans need new leadership

"We need good leadership. Mitch McConnell has not done a great job.
I think they should change Mitch McConnell," the former president said.

Asked about Trump's comments, McConnell told Fox News Channel:
  "We're looking to the future, not the past."

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Woman who called police on Black delivery driver 
faces hate crime charge, CA cops say

Republicans Attempt to censure Mitt Romney
for Trump impeachment vote, FAILS

The 711-798 vote rejecting by delegates at the Utah Republican Party
state convention rejecting the censure comes after a slew of state
Republican parties moved to censure or rebuke House and Senate
Republicans who voted to impeach or to convict Trump in January
over the Capitol Hill riot that month.

mconnell makes a good point

@fubah2

 Keep drinking the Koolaid and stop watching fake news!

@fubah2

Fox News Channel dominated the cable landscape during the month of April, finishing as the most-watched network in multiple categories, including primetime and total day viewers.

Fox News averaged 2.2 million primetime viewers in April to finish as the No. 1 network among all of basic cable from 8-11 p.m. ET. MSNBC averaged 1.6 million to finish second, as HGTV averaged 1.2 million to finish third.

Fox News also finished as the most-watched network among total viewers, averaging 1.2 million while no other basic cable channels cracked the one-million viewer plateau. MSNBC averaged 953,000 total day viewers while CNN settled for only 786,000.

never ends

some redneck morons at that speech actually booed the republican senator

Definitely a fractured party.  The Republicans  vs  the fascist-trumpers

@fubah2Joe Biden needs to stop lying about the cause of the border crisis and start fixing it
https://nypost.com/2021/05/01/joe-biden-needs-to-stop-lying-about-the-cause-of-the-border-crisis-and-start-fixing-it/?utm_source=email_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons

i read on a rightwing publication that the economist there was predicting 6.2 to 6.3% growth