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Johnston's campaign haul for the Mayor's race now nearing $6 mill, with about $4 mill from the PAC Advancing Denver. Top 3 contributors to the PAC: Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn about $1.3 mill, Michael Bloomberg $500K, Kent Thiry $450K.
https://twitter.com/CPRMarkus/status/1661779929112137730
I don't have a horse in the race since I live in Jeffco but thought that had I still lived in Denver, I would probably vote for Brough.
But seeing that Mike Bloomberg saw fit to spend $500,000 on Johnston puts Johnston into a whole different and better light.
"Pride Month Is A Cynical Exercise In State-Enforced Homosexuality". Federalist Society:
Conservatism circles the drain of the culture wars. Apparently Obamacare will require us to have sex with someone of the same gender sometime in June.
More seriously, David Kurtz at TPM points out how radical the Supreme Court has become, but it isn't even Conservatism any more:
Typical load of Federalist Society horseshit. Extolling the "virtues" of "conservative jurisprudence," which is basically 19th century thinking and judges playing very bad, rank amateur historians. Not to mention the financial and ethical corruption the Court embraces more and more.
Skipping Friday and just going right into the weekend, Pols? I like your style.
Ian Millhiser tweets:
Thomas & Gorsuch Declare Child Labor Laws Unconstitutional. Ian Milhiser at Vox.com
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And the really scary part is that starting next to Ginni Thomas, Clarence is the more rational and stable one.
In 911 call, Lauren Boebert’s son accuses father of “throwing” him around the house
Boebert, who filed for divorce last month, said she has “taken action to ensure there are better days ahead for all of us.”
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/05/26/lauren-boebert-jayson-throwing-son-911/
and
Lauren Boebert Bristles At Biden Plan to Tackle Anti-Semitism: ‘They Want to Go After Conservatives’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/lauren-boebert-bristles-at-biden-plan-to-tackle-anti-semitism-they-want-to-go-after-conservatives/
CNN Poll: Biden has a lead over Democratic primary challengers, but faces headwinds overall | CNN Politics
RFK, Jr. is polling at 20%. He can probably nudge that up to 30% by rolling out his announcement that his cousin, JFK, Jr., will be his running mate.
Where they go one, they go all.
Just as I suspected . . .
ChatGPT is a Republican
Who knew that when they really want to, Republicans can actually grow some cojones and do the right thing …..
Texas House of Representatives votes to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton (msn.com)
If only they had done this with Trump in DC.
Texas Tribune clarifies the vote
So, it is increasingly clear:
REPUBLICANS ‘R’ REVOLTING
With Paxton, it is clear that the 24 Republican TX Representatives voting against impeachment and those beyond the House (Trump, Cruz, et al) supporting his continued tenure in office are the sort of Republicans who are revolting, in the sense of disgusting, sickening, or nauseating.
With the threats of retaliation from Paxton and Trump, it is clear there are two factions who will be embattled in upcoming elections. I’m expecting some sort of conflict, or as the thesaurus suggests, one side rebelling, rising up, taking to the streets, and perhaps even taking up arms against those who formed a majority to impeach.
If it pisses off the Free Dumb Carcass and if it pisses off the Squad, it can't be all that bad ….
Biden and McCarthy Reach Debt Ceiling Deal to Avert U.S. Default – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
IMHO, the cut to the increase in IRS funding was probably the worst part of the deal. Everyone is screaming about the debt, but they've decided to reduce funding for one thing that would actually bring in more money without raising tax rates.
Biden Holds a Royal Flush in Debt Limit Negotiations. Talking Points Memo.
Really interesting, new take claiming that Joe Biden has had the deck stacked all along.
From TPM Reader RC …
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FDFQ has a touching message of hope, respect, and patriotism on Memorial Day today.
His statement reads as follows:
" and fascist 'pigs' "
As he squints, through the mirror darkly.
…while sitting on his golden toilet!
But what's with the TP roll? I thought he uses White House memos to wipe his ass.
Oh, the vapors Lady G would face if locked up in a Russian jail ….
Russia issues arrest warrant for Lindsey Graham over Ukraine comments – POLITICO
Not so sure if I would describe the current military aid to Ukraine as "the best money we've ever spent" although I would agree that it is money well spent on a good cause. (Just because Blanche's hero speaks exclusively in superlatives doesn't mean that she has to do the same.)
Peskov is correct in that Lindsay Graham is a great shame as a senator although not for the reasons the Kremlin thinks.
Mobile home community residents are increasingly buying their own communities, or turning to nonprofits who buy them and make them into land trusts. In several communities such as Boulder and Steamboat Springs, the "Trailer Parks" are the only affordable housing for the people who make the town function : cooks, teachers, maintenance techs, hospitality staff. Sam Tabachnik's excellent Denver Post long form article details these efforts. It isn't paywalled from this link.
This communal land ownership is possible thanks to a bill from last year's legislature: 1201. Out of state investors can still triple the rent on the land the mobile homes sit on, and Governor Polis has threatened to veto any limit on this exploitative business model. Even limited "rent control" on land under a double-wide is too much restriction for our libertarian Governor.
Some folks here enjoy saying "trailer trash" to vilify these folks and to make themselves feel superior to them. But I have nothing but admiration for those who are buying up the land under their communities, trying to keep a little piece of the American dream possible.