From the lying, corrupt Republican politician files, etc.

Why are so many Republican politicians 

lying criminals?

What the hell is going on with all these Republican criminals being elected to office? Where is the mainstream media before these corrupt liars get elected? The NYT writes:

George Santos, whose election to Congress on Long Island last month helped Republicans clinch a narrow majority in the House of Representatives, built his candidacy on the notion that he was the “full embodiment of the American dream” and was running to safeguard it for others.

His campaign biography amplified his storybook journey: He is the son of Brazilian immigrants, and the first openly gay Republican to win a House seat as a non-incumbent. By his account, he catapulted himself from a New York City public college to become a “seasoned Wall Street financier and investor” with a family-owned real estate portfolio of 13 properties and an animal rescue charity that saved more than 2,500 dogs and cats.

But a New York Times review of public documents and court filings from the United States and Brazil, as well as various attempts to verify claims that Mr. Santos, 34, made on the campaign trail, calls into question key parts of the résumé that he sold to voters.

The NYT article goes on to point out that it could find no information to verify this thug’s claimed university education, his career as a seasoned Wall Street financier and investor, his family business, his 13 properties or his animal rescue charity. All of it appears to be vaporware lies. The NYT did find that he had criminal charges filed against him in Brazil for check fraud. Not surprisingly, that fun little tidbit was omitted from his personal disclosure statements. What a patriot!!

As usual for Republican politicians in this situation, Santos and his public relations firm (lying propagandists) fall back on the tried, true and effective KYMS propaganda tactic. His public relations firm, Big Dog Strategies, is a Republican-oriented political consulting group that handles crisis management. They all refuse to answer any questions. By golly, that’s first rate crisis management. With the KYMS shields up, people inclined to hate Democrats and liberals can give Santos the benefit of a doubt and feel good about electing a corrupt scumbag to congress. 

KYMS = keep your mouth shut

How many, if any, of these people 

is not a criminal?

CNN’s march toward Faux News Lite status

The Hill writes:

Chris Licht, who became CEO of CNN earlier this year, said he has been surprised by the “uninformed vitriol” directed at him from liberals as he attempts to shift the network’s editorial direction, in a series of interviews with The New York Times.

Licht took over the network in May, making a series of staffing and programmatic changes that have sparked buzz about Licht aiming for a more centrist slant.

“The uninformed vitriol, especially from the left, has been stunning,” Licht told the Times. “Which proves my point: so much of what passes for news is name-calling, half-truths and desperation.”  

But Licht has also faced the strains of a slowing economy and dwindling digital advertising, causing him to lay off some rank-and-file employees and make other major cuts.

Despite claiming that alleged uninformed vitriol from the left proves that much of what passes for news is name-calling, half-truths and desperation, Licht did not give one example of uninformed leftist vitriol. All he had to do to have any credibility on this was just specify three or four examples of what he is talking about. Either Licht is just making stuff up, and/or The Hill is incompetent in not asking and/or reporting some of what the alleged uninformed vitriol is. Absent that information, the public has to take his word for it. Since he is struggling with inadequate profit, one can reasonably conclude Licht is a liar.

See, that’s what happens when one loses trust. Here, the ruthless capitalist profit motive is front and center. We all know what happens to inconvenient fact, truth and sound reasoning when it gets in the way of profit. All Licht has to do is state examples of the uninformed vitriol he has experienced. Then we can decide for ourselves if he is full of crap or not.

From the thugs and scoundrels files

The Hill writes: 

Trump calls Jan. 6 panel members ‘Thugs and Scoundrels’ 

ahead of Monday hearing

The panel has also expected to issue symbolic criminal referrals on Monday, with multiple members arguing there is plenty of evidence that Trump is guilty of crimes.

“Republicans and Patriots all over the land must stand strong and united against the Thugs and Scoundrels of the Unselect Committee,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “It will be a dark period in American history, but with darkness comes light!!!”

The amount of projecting that goes on with fascist Republicans continues to be breathtaking. Those folks have zero shame and zero concern about their own hypocrisy and double standards. Truth Social is Lies Antisocial! Just like the fascist GOP!

From the crackpots galore files:

Musk gets voted out of Twitter power?

The AP writes:

More than half of 17.5 million users who responded to a Twitter poll created by billionaire Elon Musk over whether he should step down as head of the company had voted yes by the time the poll closed Monday.

There was no immediate announcement from Twitter, or Musk, about whether that would happen, though Musk said that he would abide by the results. 

The results of the unscientific online survey, which lasted 12 hours, showed that 57.5% of those who voted wanted him to leave, while the remaining 42.5% wanted him to say.

Even if Musk leaves, he probably won’t really leave. Instead, he can just hire someone else do his deranged crackpottery for him, e.g., bullshit Musk Twitter stuff like this from the AP article:

The action to block competitors was Musk’s latest attempt to crack down on certain speech after he shut down a Twitter account last week that was tracking the flights of his private jet.

The banned platforms included mainstream websites such as Facebook and Instagram, and upstart rivals Mastodon, Tribel, Nostr, Post and former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social. Twitter gave no explanation for why the blacklist included those seven websites but not others such as Parler, TikTok or LinkedIn.

A test case was the prominent venture capitalist Paul Graham, who in the past has praised Musk but on Sunday told his 1.5 million Twitter followers that this was the “last straw” and to find him on Mastodon. His Twitter account was promptly suspended, and soon after restored as Musk promised to reverse the policy implemented just hours earlier.

Are things in America more whacky than usual, or is it just me? Hm. I’m gonna go check out Mastodon, Tribel, Nostr and Post. Wonder how whacky they are going to be.