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blue-wave

(4,362 posts)
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 01:06 AM Feb 2019

Just one week in the Cra-Cra GOP world

"This week saw a barrage of scandals develop for members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet. House Democrats accused Education Secretary Betsy DeVos of obstructing a probe into her reinstatement of a shady private-sector college accrediting body. An investigation revealed Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao improperly coordinated meetings and funding for Kentucky on behalf of her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ financial disclosure was rejected by the Office of Government Ethics for misstating his financial transactions. And a federal judge ruled Labor Secretary Alex Acosta broke the law as a U.S. attorney by cutting a secret non-prosecution deal with billionaire and alleged child molester Jeffrey Epstein.

In another presidency, any one of these scandals might dominate the news cycle for a week. But in the Trump era, they barely register — and part of that may be because right-wing media personalities were too busy getting into trouble themselves."

Here are five of the craziest right-wing moments this week: (In the link)

https://www.alternet.org/2019/02/here-are-the-5-biggest-right-wing-outrages-of-the-week-a-terrible-week-for-trumps-cabinet-but-the-gop-has-been-distracted/



It's all meant to keep our heads spinning. Keep us distracted with fast and furious delusional republicon psychological projection. And they say with a straight face that the media is "left leaning." They are full of it and can kiss my you-know-what.

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Just one week in the Cra-Cra GOP world (Original Post) blue-wave Feb 2019 OP
that hurts my brain Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2019 #1
She claims blue-wave Feb 2019 #2
So, she is going to blame the right-wing personality in her to explain why Baitball Blogger Feb 2019 #3

blue-wave

(4,362 posts)
2. She claims
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 01:36 AM
Feb 2019

that she has multiple personality disorder. Per Bill Maher in the link: “It is not a mystery to me that a person with a mental illness could be taken in by a party that has lost its mind," Maher said.

https://mediacomtoday.com/news/read/article/newser-friend_bill_maher_cites_roseannes_history_of_menta-rnewsersyn/category/entertainment

Baitball Blogger

(46,756 posts)
3. So, she is going to blame the right-wing personality in her to explain why
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 11:25 AM
Feb 2019

she went all bent out racist?

I hope she has a liberal personality inside of her to fight her own demons.

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