Bo Luxman

Lawyer, writer, progressive, dreamer, humanitarian. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Meet 91-year-old Former Republican Legislator Norma Anderson.

It wasn't Hillary Clinton or George Soros or Joe Biden who challenged Trump's candidacy in Colorado and got him thrown off the ballot.

It was THIS WOMAN along with others, mostly Republicans.

“He tried to overturn an election,” she said. “The very first time I ever ran, I didn’t win. I didn’t go out and try to change the election. I said, ‘Whoops, work harder next time, lady.’”

FACTS MATTER.

[😼 @dutchessprim]

Confessions of a MAGA kid.
It’s long but I know I’m not alone here.

My dad is under educated but extremely smart.

My mom is highly educated but naive.

When they both fell into MAGA the family thought it was a phase but they haven’t let up. When they got covid they took hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin.

It was then we knew we lost them but here’s the kicker.

My mom steers the ship, always has, and my dad followed her right off the crazy train cliff.

Not once did they see it was MAGA that was destroying our family. Not once did they step back and say “maybe we’re the problem”. Instead the two of them became martyrs for MAGA.

I’ve lost all respect for my parents but I still love them dearly. I dream of the day one of them wakes up and realizes they’ve been worshiping at an alter built with hate and ignorance. Until then, I’m left self orphaning myself because I can’t live in a world where they dive into delusion and everyone just has to accept it.

MAGA proclaims to be the party of “real American family values” but all it does is rip families to shreds.

My story isn’t unique and if you’re in this hellscape of a boat too, you’re not alone.

Fuck you @realDonaldTrump

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: ABC News humiliates MAGA Senator J.D. Vance live on air by cutting his microphone off after he begins lying about his own past remarks — giving viewers a much welcome break from his propaganda.

This is exactly how you deal with Republican liars...

Stephanopoulos was interviewing Vance on This Week and asked him about comments he made in the past about firing all civil servants. Before they dug in, Stephanopoulos played a recording of Vance talking.

"I think that what Trump should do, like if I was giving him one piece of advice, fire every single mid-level bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state. Replace them with our people and when the courts, because you will get taken to court, and then when the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did and say the Chief Justice has made his ruling, now let him enforce it," Vance told a radio show in 2021.

"Fire everyone in the government, then defy the Supreme Court?" Stephanopoulos asked in the new interview. "You think it's okay for the President to defy the Supreme Court?"

"No, no, George, I did not say fire everyone in the government. I said replace the mid-level bureaucrats with people who are responsive to the administration's agenda. That's called democracy," Vance lied.

"Every civil servant in the administrative state?" said Stephanopoulos.

"No George, I said the mid-level bureaucrats and one of the problems that we have in this government is we have people who don't actually—" said Vance.

"You said every civil servant in the administrative state!" interjected Stephanopoulos.

"Let me finish the answer," Vance said, before going on a rambling, whining rant about the "major problem" of bureaucrats supposedly not doing their jobs.

"If those people aren't following the rules, then of course you've got to fire them and, of course, the president has to be able to run the government as he thinks he should that's the way the Constitution works," said Vance. "It has been thwarted too much by the way our bureaucracy has worked over the past fifteen years."

"The Constitution also says the president must abide by legitimate Supreme Court rulings, doesn't it?" Stephanopoulos asked.

"The Constitution says that the Supreme Court can make rulings but if the Supreme Court — and look I hope that they would not do this — but if the Supreme Court said that the President of the United States can't fire a general that would be an illegitimate ruling and the president has to have Article II prerogative under the Constitution to actually run the military as he sees fit," said Vance. "This is just basic Constitutional legitimacy."

"You're talking about a hypothetical where the Supreme Court tries to run the military," he went on. "I don't think that's gonna happen George but, of course, if it did the president would have to respond to it. There are multiple examples throughout American history of the president doing just that."

"You didn't say military in your answer and you've made it very clear, you believe the president can defy the Supreme Court," said Stephanopoulos. "Senator thanks for your time this morning."

"No, no, no, no, no George," Vance said, at which point the show cut off his microphone and moved on.

It was a perfect handling of the situation. At a certain point, you just have to accept that Republicans like Vance have no interest in the truth. They will keep spewing their lies as long as someone will listen — thankfully Stephanopoulos had had enough.

Please retweet and ❤️ if you think that ABC News handled this perfectly — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: https://t.co/HnJzSKjCwX

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck threaten Donald Trump, put him on notice that he must stop using the audio from their movies in order to promote his campaign and fundraise money or else they will take serious action.

It all started shortly after Trump was slapped with a federal indictment for violating the Espionage Act, when Trump posted a campaign video on TruthSocial in which he played the victim and begged for donations from his gullible followers.

The problem is that Trump used audio in the video from one of Affleck and Damon’s movies titled Air, a biographical drama starting Michael Jordan.

Affleck and Damon’s studio just released this public statement calling out Trump and sending him a thinly-veiled threat that that they will take legal action if he does it again:

“We had no foreknowledge of, did not consent to and do not endorse or approve any footage or audio from Air being repurposed by the Trump campaign as a political advertisement. Specifically in terms of any and all rights available to us under US copyright and intellectual property law, we hereby, expressly give notice that in the case of any use of material from Air by the Trump campaign where approval or consent is required, we do not grant such consent.”

Please retweet and ❤️ to thank Ben Affleck and Matt Damon for setting Trump straight — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new Twitter competitor that is exploding in popularity because Elon Musk banned Tribel’s Twitter account — but he forgot to ban this link to download the new Tribel app: https://t.co/HnJzSKj4Hp

[Bo Luxman @BLuxman]

@OccupyDemocrats Trump is a crook and a thug. He should be locked up and hopefully, God willing, he will be soon!!
Terrible Rotten Ugly Monster Person!
(Or Moron Pig! Take your pick! 😮😃🤣🤣🤣 YOU’RE GOING TO JAIL DUMBASS!!!! Buh-Bye!! 🥳✌🏽)

[Bo Luxman @BLuxman]

Great job guys!! Enjoyed it! #PMSCFPESPN2 #Primetime #PatMcAfee ⁦@espn⁩ ⁦@PatMcAfeeShow⁩

[Michael Gennings @mbwgennings]

My new read. I’ve been a big James Garner fan most of my life. My fondness for him started with watching reruns of The Rockford Files. But truth be told I have liked him in everything I’ve seen him in over the years. Definitely an actor I’d have loved to meet.

[Trae Crowder @traecrowder]

ON THE NOT SO SUPREME COURT BEING REPEATEDLY AWFUL LATELY

[Golden State Warriors @warriors]

Steve Kerr on today's tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Jen Psaki announces that President Biden will "be happy" to sign a bill canceling $10,000 in student debt per person if Congress sends the legislation to his desk. RT IF YOU THINK CONGRESS MUST SEND THE BILL!

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

🇺🇸 THE YANKS HAVE DONE IT 🇺🇸

The USMNT is heading to Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup 🙌

[Paul Cogan @PaulCogan]

BREAKING: In a HUGE loss for Republican Senators Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, Lindsay Graham, and Josh Hawley, officials from the American Bar Association testify at Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing that ALL of their accusations against her are false.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: New York Times drops bombshell, reveals that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife Gianni Thomas was busy behind the scenes on January 6 “uniting feuding factions” of Trumpers “around the singular mission” of stealing the election. RT IF YOU WANT HER INVESTIGATED!

[Reuters @Reuters]

Rebuffing Texas governor, American Airlines, Southwest stand by vaccine mandate https://t.co/qGDQSDW0Rx

[Phil Mattingly @Phil_Mattingly]

American Airlines, the biggest U.S. airline, and No. 4 Southwest Airlines. will follow President Joe Biden’s mandate requiring that employees be vaccinated against Covid-19, defying an order from the Texas governor blocking such actions, via @business https://t.co/2wcMAJxDcP

[Ana Cabrera @AnaCabrera]

JUST IN: American and Southwest airlines say they will continue implementing vaccine mandate despite Texas’ move

The two major Texas-based airlines said the Biden admin’s demand that their workforces be vaccinated against the coronavirus supersedes a conflicting Texas order.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: American and Southwest Airlines announce that they will ignore Republican Governor Greg Abbott's foolish ban on vaccine mandates and will continue to enforce them in deference to the Biden administration's orders. RT IF YOU SUPPORT THEIR DECISION!

[Action News 5 @WMCActionNews5]

St. Jude CEO open letter on governor’s mask order

https://t.co/N4eUFkc2Cb

[Paul Mecurio @PaulMecurio]

This woman just turned 74 and came to @colbertlateshow taping tonight to tell me! Very cool person and so is her son who took her.