“The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people.”
Sen. Mitch McConnell, about the mob of Donald Trump supporters who invaded the U.S. Capitol on January 6
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Worst Quotes of the Week – January 23, 2021
“A new report says that some far-right protesters have discussed posing as members of the National Guard to infiltrate the inauguration — the way Democrats infiltrated two weeks ago and put on MAGA clothing.”
Maria Bartiromo, claiming Capitol Hill rioters were actually Democrats disguised as Trump supporters
“Woke-ism, multiculturalism, all the -isms – they’re not who America is. They distort our glorious founding and what this country is all about. Our enemies stoke these divisions because they know they make us weaker.”
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, claiming multiculturalism is authoritarianism
“Looking forward to working on this important designation honoring one of the greatest Presidents in American History. This legislative session I will be sponsoring an amendment to rename U.S. Highway 27 as the ‘President Donald J. Trump Highway,’ This great highway runs through the heartland of Florida in the State that President Trump calls home.”
Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R-Fla.), on his proposed legislation to rename the U.S. 27 Route in Florida as the “President Donald J. Trump Highway”
Rep. Sabatini told the Orlando Sentinel that he chose Route 27 because it passes through Lake County, his home district.
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Best Quotes of the Week – January 23, 2021
“This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge. Unity is the path forward. And we must meet this moment as the United States of America. If we do that, I guarantee you we will not fail.”
President Joe Biden, in his inaugural address
“The idea that you can get up here and … let the science speak, it is somewhat of a liberating feeling.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaking about the COVID-19 pandemic during a White House press conference
“We cut taxes for $5 trillion, almost all of it to the wealthiest people in America. And we borrowed every penny to do that.”
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), criticizing the sudden concern about the U.S. budget deficit by his Republican colleagues during a U.S. Senate hearing
Bennet added that “we’ve made some poor choices in terms of what we’ve borrowed money to spend on. Two wars in the Middle East that lasted for 20 years that cost us something like $5.6 trillion, all of which was borrowed, none of which was paid for.”
“Opine all you like, but if you’re going to opine, begin with the truth and opine from there. When people begin with a false premise and lead people astray, that’s injurious to society and it’s the antithesis of what we should be doing: Those of us who are so honored and grateful to have a platform of public influence have to use it for the public good.”
Shephard Smith, former FOX News host and current CNBC anchor, on why he left FOX
Smith also revealed that he stayed at Fox News from its 1996 inception until 2019 to act as a counterbalance to the network’s right-wing leanings.
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Martin Luther King Day 2021
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.; Stride Toward Freedom, 1958
Image: Paul Daniels
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Photos of the Week – January 16, 2021
Yes, it’s been another crappy week here in the United States, with the ongoing madness of the 2020 presidential election, refuse of the January 6 Capitol Hill riots, and worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To help soothe everyone’s souls (short of providing free alcohol and unlimited sex), I present these pictures of baby goats.
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Word of the Week – January 16, 2021
Tohubohu
Noun
Hebrew, unknown origin
A state of chaos; utter confusion.
Example: After the tohubohu of this past week, I need some good music and great wine.
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Video of the Week – January 16, 2021
Donald Trump calling for peace during the presidential transition.
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Tweet of the Week – January 16, 2021
In response to the tweet from Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Taylor Greene wrote in an email: “Healthy people do not spread COVID. COVID positive people spread COVID. Everyone was exposed ALL week by the COVID positive members who Nancy Pelosi brought into the Capitol and into Washington DC.”
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Worst Quotes of the Week – January 16, 2021
“There’s no comparison. The disgusting events of January 6 do not threaten this country nearly as much as the suppression of free speech does.”
Dennis Prager, columnist and radio talk show host, on the January 6 riots
“What we have here is a classic collusive oligopoly, a kind of new wine in an old bottle. What we saw with this attack on Parler was chilling to me. It’s one thing to de-platform everybody for free speech. But, this was a pincer move where Google and Apple, [the] first part of the pincer, was to not allow Parler apps to be down.”
Peter Navarro, Director of the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing, on the move by various media firms to remove Parler from its platforms
Parler is a conservative alternative to Facebook and other social media venues. Apple and Google removed Parler in the wake of the January 6 Capitol Hill riots.
“We have an executive order – not from Congress or D.C., but from the desk of the CEO of heaven, the boss of the planet. He said from his desk in heaven, this is my will; Trump will be in for eight years.”
Brandon Burden, pastor of Kingdom Life in Frisco, Texas, in a sermon on Sunday, January 10
Burden had insisted that God told him Donald Trump – a serial husband, tax cheat and draft dodger who once grabbed about grabbing women by their genitalia – was destined to serve 8 years as President of the United States. The FBI has been in contact with Burden.
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Best Quotes of the Week – January 16, 2021
“He will go down in history as the worst president ever.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger, comparing the Capitol Hill riots of January 6 to Nazis attacking Jews in World War II-era Europe
“But maybe, just maybe, Mr. Cruz has finally overreached with this latest power grab, which is correctly seen as an attempt to corral Mr. Trump’s base for his own 2024 presidential ambitions. This time, however, Mr. Cruz was spinning, obfuscating and demagoguing to assist in efforts to overturn the will of the voters for his own ends.”
Mimi Swartz, in a New York Times editorial
“The White man’s audacity does not concede; it coerces; it demands.”
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