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What could $5 million have done in Colorado, ( and five other states), if not used to boost Ron Hanks’ name recognition? What truths could have been told and messages spread, if our dollars and media hadn’t kept repeating the Big Lie? Yes, it was done to “choose the less electable opponent” for the Democratic nominee to run against, but it still seems like a boneheaded waste of money and media.
Our Democratic Establishment agrees.
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But would they be saying that if it had worked?
I’d like to think that they would. At any rate, I would. 5mil thrown away promoting a lie, and a divisive lunatic, even if indirectly, is too much.
They called Ron Hanks Too Conservative guess what every Republican is Too Conservative. I don't see anything that was out of bounds in the ads. They had a theory and they played it. We're past the primary… time to move on.
My shocked face….
Kiddie porn found on Alex Jones leaked messages. His response:
This, on the heels of launching an anti-LGBTQ campaign to recover his street cred.
Is there anything more predictable with this bunch of MAGAts? Their allegations are always, always an admission of guilt.
In email I could accept that Jones was the subject of a malicious sign-up or simply someone sending images as "hate" mail. Unless they were read and not deleted.
Agreed on the email part…text messages, not deleted (then blocked), are another kettle of fish.
Since mere possession is a felony, he could soon find himself indicted or charged by the feds or state.
Minor developments in the Tina Peters, RWNJ Mesa county clerk, saga in the past couple of days.
#BaklavaOfBullshit
What could possibly go wrong?
This is just false bravado. Loosely the same as, "There are no American tanks at the airport".
Never admit defeat. Never admit guilt. Flood the zone with lies and bullshit. Create your own reality and refuse to leave it.
This is their MO.
It will not change until they are locked up…and reporters stop talking to them.
JohnInDenver: the arraignment story you linked to is wrong. Peters was arraigned only on two misdemeanors in county court, stemming from her behavior of allegedly recording a county court hearing and later kicking a cop as she fought law enforcement seizure (per warrant) of her laptop.
Her indictment by the grand jury for a variety of 13 charges, some felonies, is being processed in District Court. She was to have been arraigned yesterday but it was postponed. A court clerk said the cases’ minute order shows no reason for the postponement and no new date has been set.
Mesa County’s 21st Judicial District gives new meaning to the adage that the wheels of justice turn slowly.
That’s no excuse for the error-filled story.
Let's see: story By MARIANNE GOODLAND marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
shows up in the Colorado Springs Gazette and Colorado Politics. and something called Newsline
Grand Junction Sentinel has a "Brief" that says the misdemeanor charges were answered and a 2 day jury trial is set for January. No mention of the other charges.
KREX / Westslopenow has a report that lays out the charges, shows some of the old tape, and explains the status: :
District 21 Docket for: Mesa County – Mesa County Justice Center shows Tina Peters with
Court Trial D392021CV30321Mesa CountyCourtroom 1212/20/22
Court Trial D392021CV30321Mesa CountyCourtroom 121/12/23
Pre-Trial Readiness Conference C392022M364Mesa CountyCourtroom 21/12/23
Pre-Trial Conference C392022M2137Mesa CountyCourtroom 21/25/23
Pre-Trial Conference C392022M364Mesa CountyCourtroom 21/26/23
Jury Trial C392022M364Mesa CountyCourtroom 21/27/23
Jury Trial C392022M364Mesa CountyCourtroom 2
ELSEWHERE on the judicial site we can find a page letting us know "21st Judicial District / Mesa County Cases of Interest
There are no cases at this time. "
The top two case numbers are for a civil case (the "CV" part of the case number), and it appears to be Thomas Peters v. Tina Peters. Her criminal case number is 2022CR371, and there appears to have been some sort of new appeal associated with it, case number 2022CA1295. That appeal was filed August 4th, by media hound Harvey Steinberg. Tina better keep fundraising if she wants to pay her lawyers (or, more accurately, have others pay them for her)
"Socialism" was a big scary word even in 1871. From Heather Cox-Richardson.
Powerful column in of all places, Phil Anschutz’s Denver Gazette. Liz Cheney, Profile in Courage
Interesting comments.
Contrast Rep. Cheney with the fast talking, craven “yes man” that is Fla. senator Rick Scott. His appearance on “Face the Nation” this morning was one incredible litany of spinning, deflecting, and outright prevarication.
He repeated, at least 4 times, “This is about Joe Biden”. With every invitation by Margaret Brennan to offer a morsel of admission that Democrats have had some victories, of late, Scott proved himself a hopeless, lying, fool.
It has gotten so pathetic over there, they have begun a new narrative…Republican women are better looking and more attractive than Democratic women. I am not kidding.
Even more nuts…the example they used was Marjorie Taylor Greene.
I was nauseated.🤮
Democratic women have multiple orgasms.
That's recycled. Professional troll Ann Coulter was doing that bit decades ago.
Never one to follow Coulter, I didn't know that.
Not sure why people keep calling him Ann, though. His name is Dan…innit?
😆
Oh, please don’t suggest that, Duke. The only transwoman I can think of who is that…I can’t even come up with a word, is Caitlyn Jenner. That one’s made a career of being and sounding like a dumb jock. Coulter is evil and devious, but far from stupid.
Sorry, skinny…didn't mean to offend.
Guilty of throwing cheap insults at a most deserving target. I shall remember your comment and try to do better.😇😉
I should hope they're better looking with all the money they pay to look like that. If I spent that much money on my appearance I could be a movie leading man material, even at my height (after all I AM 1 inch taller than Tom Cruise!)
Blanche has the Sunday morning vapors…
Republicans vow ‘hell’ for Democrats over economic bill
Despite her hissy fit, the IRA just passed. Now Miss Thing can get back on Grindr and look for a hookup for tonight.
This is how it gets done, people ….
Senate Democrats pass climate, tax and health care bill after marathon voting session (msn.com)
Everyone held her or his nose on the Dem side and voted for something which may not have been everything s/he wanted, but which did give the Dems a feather in their cap and some bragging rights going into the November election.
I'll bet the GOP was most pissed off by the fact the Dems were acting like Republicans …. falling in line instead of falling apart.
(Says the man who broke America)
Yep, "rob American families" … I'm sure we'll find out how at some point in the future.
Maya McGinnis of the [not especially friendly to Democrats] Committee for a Responsible Federal Deficit emailed IMMEDIATELY after Senate passage:
So, anyone who is a SINCERE deficit hawk can now wonder about why he or she or they should cast a vote for Republicans. THE ONLY PARTY TO GET SOMETHING DONE IS THE DEMOCRATS.
“THE ONLY PARTY TO GET SOMETHING DONE IS THE DEMOCRATS.”
Not entirely true. During its four years, the other party slashed taxes for rich people and placed a usurper, an alleged rapist, and an Aunt Lydia onto the US Supreme Court.
They also withdrew from the Paris Climate Accord, placed children in cages, metaphorically fellated Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Viktor Orban and Jaire Bolsonaro, and tried to shake down the president of Ukraine.
The other party accomplished many things few of which were positive.
But they had to lose the insulin price cap to get Sinema on board. She demonstrated who butters her bread.
Didn't the "carried interest loophole" survive because of her?
It did indeed. She arm-twisted them into leaving it alone. We gotta get that 51st vote so the Senate Dems can tell her to get bent.
When there is a 50/50 split, each senator could force concessions from the other 49.
Remember some of the unseemly stuff that had to be done to get the ACA across the finish line? The Louisiana Purchase? The Cornhusker Kickback?
The sausage-making process is not pretty.
Don’t put insulin on Sinema’s head …
Meteor Blades, at Daily Kos, says
So, blame 43 Republicans. Or maybe the Parliamentarian. Or those who set the rules for the carve-out of the filibuster in the “Reconciliation” exception. And certainly blame those who want to maintain the requirement of needing 60 votes to start to debate a bill (including, but not exclusively Sinema).
NY Times version of Sinema’s extortion:
Thoughts and Prayers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hk4TGuedxA
I liked a different take on Thoughts and Prayers – A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
its good enough to post twice, agreed!!!
somehow, mine view didn't have the Epoch Times lead-in that I saw on yours.
JohnInDenver: my error-spotting on Peters’ felony cases remain. KREX, that you cited, was spouting about a
grand jury trial’’ getting a continuance. What, pray tell, is a grand jury trial?
Court cases for felonies have F in their numbers.
We still don’t know why her felony cases were continued. She had been scheduled for arraignment last Friday. The court record still doesn’t contain an explanation nor is there a new date set.
Isn’t there a reporter left working in Colorado who knows the difference between county and district courts? Felonies and misdemeanors?
The grand jury returned a set of indictments on the election flustercluck. 7 felonies and 3 misdemeanors, if I recall aright. I'm assuming those are the ones the KREX standup report referred to.
The were separate from the misdemeanors dealing with the ipad in the courtroom foofaraw, which I think are the C392022M364 cases going to trial in January.
And then there is D392021CV30321 — and I took the CV as meaning a civil trial, — so maybe sometihng dealing with the divorce & the house?
Leaving another matter of C392022M2137 —
And now, the docket lists
9/7/22 4:00 PM1Hr PETERS, TINA Arraignment D392022CR371 Mesa County Courtroom 9 — that I assume is the (delayed) Arraignment on various tampering charges.