The GOP Snowflake Thread

[ZoWie]

Next thing drumpf will insist he needs to build the ballroom so he can give all his right wing refugees a proper formal dress ball.

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Company led by Republican fundraiser pardoned by Trump wins $106m federal contract

The day before Donald Trump’s first term ended in 2021, he inked a pardon for Elliott Broidy, a scandal-plagued Republican fundraiser and former Republican National Committee official who had pleaded guilty three months earlier to trying to illegally lobby Trump and his administration.

Last month, a company headed by Broidy won a $106m contract from the Department of Justice, according to federal contracting records.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... y-contract

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Ivey calls Special Primary Election after court approves use of 2021 State Senate map

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WBMA) — Governor Kay Ivey on Friday announced a Special Primary Election for Alabama State Senate Districts 25 and 26 following a ruling by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals allowing the use of Alabama’s 2021 State Senate redistricting map.

The governor said the court’s decision clears the way for the state to move forward with elections under the Alabama-drawn map for the affected districts.

https://abc3340.com/news/local/alabama- ... of-appeals

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Louisiana Supreme Court upholds decision on merging clerk of court

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Supreme Court justices have voted to uphold a law that eliminated Calvin Duncan's seat as a criminal court clerk.

The dispute centers on Act 15, a state law passed just days before Calvin Duncan, the newly elected criminal court clerk, was set to take office.

https://www.wdsu.com/article/america-25 ... e/71464058

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Hegseth blocks promotion of several Navy officers to 1-star rank

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blocked the promotions to one-star admirals of several senior Navy officers who had already been selected for promotion by a board of senior Navy admirals, three sources familiar with the move told ABC News.

Secretaries of Defense have the authority to intervene in promotion lists for reasons of cause, but it is unusual to see Hegseth now having intervened in both the Army and Navy’s most recent promotions to the one-star rank.

https://abcnews.com/Politics/hegseth-bl ... =133498412

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FEC filings confirm GOP meddling in Dem primaries

A Republican-linked group was the sole funded of two pop-up super PACs that spent more than $4.3 million across a swath of Democratic congressional primaries to support candidates seen as less electable.

Democrats had speculated that the two groups, Real Change PAC and Lead Left, were Republican meddling as they spent heavily across Democratic primary races in Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Nebraska and Maine in recent months.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/2 ... s-00969281

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Or by cheating because that's what they do

Inside Republicans’ Plan to Win the Midterms

Donald Trump won the presidency in 2024 by turning out multitudes of people who usually don’t vote, in no small part because his campaign built an entire strategy around aggressively courting their support.

Republicans, including some involved in Trump’s campaign, now think they can use the same strategy to save the GOP’s control of Congress.

https://www.notus.org/2026-election/rep ... rnout-plan

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Protestors climb to top of Empire State Building

Crews respond as protestors climb to the top of Empire State Building in New York.

https://www.wcnc.com/video/news/live_br ... d50c1b3830

[ZoWie]

Saw that in the Nooz. They made it all the way to the top of the transmitting mast and waved at the news helicopters. That is no small feat. You go through several high-security locked doors, or you shimmy up the outside, 1000 feet above the street. Then you climb straight up. If you touch any of the antennas you get a nasty RF burn. Those are deep and heal very slowly.

Then you get arrested.

There are much simpler places to propose.

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Only The GOP thinks they're above the law

Louisiana high court issues stay in case against Attorney General Liz Murrill

The Louisiana Supreme Court issued a stay Friday morning in the indictment of state Attorney General Liz Murrill (R), less than a day after a New Orleans grand jury handed up the charges.

Murrill was charged with 16 counts of malfeasance in office and intimidation tied to alleged threats she made in letters sent to New Orleans officials in May.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-ba ... ourt-stay/

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Incline Railway conductor fired after viral 4th of July video; CARTA claims "zero tolerance" for "demeaning language"

UPDATE: Passengers aboard the Incline Railway when a viral video was taken on the 4th of July are now explaining the moments leading up to the camera recording, capturing what CARTA called “demeaning language.”

Father Charles Scherer and his son, Nathan, were visiting Chattanooga from Florida for the holiday. When they boarded the trolley, Nathan said the “disturbing comments” began.

https://www.local3news.com/local-news/i ... 07458.html

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Scoop: DNC officers asked to sign NDAs amid financial woes

The Democratic National Committee asked its leadership team to sign non-disclosure agreements before a recent meeting about the party's finances, two people familiar with the conversations told Axios.

Why it matters: The move — a break from past practice for such officers — underscored DNC chair Ken Martin's sensitivity about the party's money woes and the persistent criticism about his leadership.

https://www.axios.com/2026/07/16/dnc-fi ... terms-2026

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Pentagon proposes new secrecy power to withhold unclassified records from public-access laws

Washington — The Pentagon is asking Congress for broad new authority to withhold unclassified records from the public, a proposal that transparency advocates say could significantly reduce the public's ability to scrutinize the nation's largest federal agency and understand how billions of taxpayer dollars are spent.

The legislative proposal seeks to create a new section of federal law allowing the defense secretary to exempt certain "controlled unclassified information," or CUI, from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act if the U.S. military determines the records concern national defense vulnerabilities and concludes that the harm from disclosure outweighs the public interest.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pentagon-s ... ords-foia/

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I understand we have no say with other countries and their governments but i don't care if Trump is charge of the country and The GOP is in charge of The DOJ but if and when we regain the gavel and control both chambers we must go after the right wingers who are making an absolute joke of the international governments with them suppressing election laws, jailing political opponents etc Hungary was able to do that on their own voting out that bully Viktor Orban these clowns must pay a serious damaging price it's completely dead wrong.

Netanyahu rushes disputed laws to lock in allies before Israeli election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is passing laws aimed at strengthening his rightist-religious political bloc before tight elections in October.

At the center of the drive are measures to ensure military exemption for ultra-Orthodox men, along with curbing the attorney general’s powers and tightening government oversight of media.

https://www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/636544

[ZoWie]

It's all cyclical. A few years back, stopping the right would have been interfering with the laws of nature, but that was then and now that we've been in the extreme right part of the cycle for far too long, it's time to start the next one. I can't do it myself, however.

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Total exaggerations and bullshit lies

Rubio gathers countries on left-wing political violence as it becomes a Trump focus in elections

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday convened leaders from more than 60 countries to take part in the Trump administration’s latest effort to quell what it calls “left wing” political terrorism, a marquee issue for Republicans heading into the midterm elections.

This focus comes even as studies show that there are very few reported cases of such incidents in the U.S., especially compared to historically higher levels of far-right violence.

https://apnews.com/article/rubio-poltic ... 89ac07bb0b

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Israel’s parliament dissolves ahead of Oct. 27 elections

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s parliament dissolved early Friday after passing a marathon of bills in the last moments of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition.

The Knesset, which was scheduled to break for its summer recess on Friday, will not reconvene before the elections scheduled on Oct. 27.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-kness ... dium=share

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A true snowflake and a total scumbag

DHS Secretary Mullin threatens to prosecute election chiefs who refuse voter roll demands

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened top election officials in all 50 states and D.C. with criminal charges if they do not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to feed their voter rolls through a flawed federal database.

Mullin’s threats came just hours after President Donald Trump resurrected debunked claims of fraud in the 2020 election during a primetime address as part of his ongoing efforts to undermine U.S. elections before the upcoming midterms.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-al ... tion-save/

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Not a great idea if we win The Gavel and Congress Ortega must pay the consequences

Nicaragua's Ortega says 'never again' for elections after two decades in power

(Reuters) - Nicaragua's long-serving president Daniel Ortega said the Central American country will no longer hold elections, eliminating the possibility of an electoral challenge when his term ends next year and further entrenching the rule he shares with his wife.

Ortega, who has continuously held power since 2007 following an earlier presidential term in the 1980s, said the move will close off any path to the opposition, although he did not provide details about carrying out the ban.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/ni ... ngNewsVerp

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And the same goes for you Benjamin

Mayor Mamdani doubles down on threat to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

LOWER MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubled down on his threat on Monday, that he would not hesitate to order the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he attends the United Nations General Assembly in September.

"When someone is charged with an International Criminal Court warrant, it's something that should be taken seriously," Mamdani said.

https://abc7ny.com/post/mayor-zohran-ma ... /19546429/

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Federal judges allow new Tennessee congressional map that divides majority-Black district in Memphis

A federal judicial panel has allowed Tennessee to use a new congressional map that breaks apart a majority-Black district in Memphis, providing another legal victory for Republicans who hope to gain an additional seat in this year’s midterm elections.

A three-judge panel on Thursday declined to issue a preliminary injunction against the new districts, paving the way for them to be used in the Aug. 6 primary elections. Tennessee had revised its congressional districts in May, shortly after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/electi ... rcna588997

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Manchin launches effort to elect independent candidates to Congress

Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) is returning to politics by announcing a new organization aimed at recruiting and electing independent candidates to Congress.

Manchin, 78, launched the Independent Leadership Council (ILC), which is focused on building support and infrastructure for candidates running outside the Democratic and Republican parties in congressional races. He’ll lead the group alongside his daughter Heather Manchin, a former pharmaceutical executive.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5 ... t-council/

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WATCH: GOP Congressman Slaps at Democratic Staffer’s Phone in Wild Sidewalk Clash

An interaction between a Republican congressman and a Democratic staffer got physical when the lawmaker used his phone to swat away the phone of the tracker who was filming him.

The incident happened as Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) was walking down a sidewalk in Washington, D.C. Thursday with another man and they were approached by a Democratic staffer, according to a report by MS NOW Capitol Hill reporter Kevin Frey

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/wat ... alk-clash/

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They know it's DOA.

Some GOP senators say they will vote to cancel recess over SAVE America Act

Senate conservatives led by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) are calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to cancel the August recess so that they can debate the SAVE America Act, a sweeping election reform bill that President Trump has made his No. 1 legislative priority.

Tweeting at Thune, Lee warned on social media last week that he would “object to any effort to put the Senate into recess in August — at least until such time as the Senate has passed the SAVE America Act” and requested a roll call vote to adjourn the Senate for five weeks over most of August and early September.


https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/599 ... -mike-lee/

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Look who's talking about fomenting hate says someone who's committing a genocide in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is “fomenting hate” after the mayor accused the prime minister of being a war criminal.

“Look at what he’s doing. He’s fomenting hate. He’s supposed to be the mayor of all New Yorkers, Jews, Christians, Muslims, everyone,” Netanyahu told Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures” while discussing Mamdani.

https://thehill.com/policy/internationa ... ccusation/