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RTH10260 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:32 am

Next fundraising scheme is to buy St. Helena from the French and offload their liability to a golf course far away....

Roger Stone wrote: President Donald Trump calls it on the nose. Ron DeSantis fat slow and dumb. The Yale Harvard governor will never be president. DeSantis opposes constitutional open carry. If you want to know where he was when he was missing ask Emerald Robinson. Or just wait for the video.https://www.axios.com/trump-privately-s ... 649d9.html

filly wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:32 pm Can someone explain the Emerald Robinson reference? Is Stone implying DeSantis was bopping her when he disappeared in December? I don't follow all of these right wing anti-vax people all that carefully, I know she got booted from Newsmax but that's about it.

Azastan wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:06 am

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:32 am

Next fundraising scheme is to buy St. Helena from the French and offload their liability to a golf course far away....

That would be an excellent scam on the part of the French.

Lansdowne wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 3:12 pm

Azastan wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:06 am

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:32 am

Next fundraising scheme is to buy St. Helena from the French and offload their liability to a golf course far away....

That would be an excellent scam on the part of the French.

If Trump the American tried to buy St. Helena from the French (which is of course a British possession), who would Boris Johnson go to war with? He desperately needs a Thatcher-style war in the South Atlantic at the present time, and some of his ministers have already discussed invading France so that would be a perfect time to distract attention from certain private parties.

In 1858, the French emperor Napoleon III purchased, in the name of the French government, Longwood House and the lands around it, the last residence of Napoleon I (who died there in 1821; his remains had been returned to France in 1840.) It is still French property, administered by a French representative and under the authority of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Lansdowne wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 3:12 pm

Azastan wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:06 am

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:32 am

Next fundraising scheme is to buy St. Helena from the French and offload their liability to a golf course far away....

That would be an excellent scam on the part of the French.

If Trump the American tried to buy St. Helena from the French (which is of course a British possession), who would Boris Johnson go to war with? He desperately needs a Thatcher-style war in the South Atlantic at the present time, and some of his ministers have already discussed invading France so that would be a perfect time to distract attention from certain private parties.

Roger Stone Rips into ‘Yale Harvard Fat Boy’ Ron DeSantis Amid Reports of Tensions With Trump
By Alex Griffing Jan 17th, 2022, 1:19 pm

Former Trump campaign advisor Roger Stone tore into Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) on Monday after an Axios report detailed former President Donald Trump’s frustrations with the governor. Axios reported Sunday night that Trump is “irked by DeSantis’ popularity and refusal to rule out running against him” in 2024. The report cited sources close to Trump, saying the former president has been “trashing Ron DeSantis in private as an ingrate with a ‘dull personality.’” Stone took the criticism a step further, writing on social media, “Trump sometimes President Donald Trump hits it right on the nose. Ron DeSantis Yale Harvard fat boy can’t get out of his own way. Not smart. Not honest and not going to be president.”

Stone, known for his conspiratorial rhetoric, added that DeSantis was “An unknown congressman with a bad haircut and an ill-fitting suit until Donald Trump made him governor.” Stone, who has been a Republican political consultant dating back to the 1970s, continued, “I know where he was when he was missing. Ask Emerald Robinson.” The idea that DeSantis was missing was a popular barb that emerged on the left in late December when critics asked “Where is DeSantis?” amid a spike in Covid-19 cases in Florida.

DeSantis, who was noticeably out of public view for several days, eventually returned to a public schedule and a spokesperson for the governor said he had been accompanying his wife Casey to her treatments for breast cancer. Emerald Robinson, the former reporter to whom Stone was referring, recently served as Newsmax’s Washington correspondent until she was fired for tweeting bizarre conspiracy theories regarding demonic trackers being placed on the Covid-19 vaccines. Stone’s ended with the hashtag “#FuckRonDesantis” and linked to the Axios article, without offering any further explanation as to what Robinson may know.

Mike Lindell Hires Axed Newsmax Host Who Claimed COVID Vax Has Satanic Trackers
‘A GREAT HOST’
Zachary Petrizzo Media Reporter Updated Jan. 17, 2022 6:32PM ET / Published Jan. 17, 2022 6:00PM ET

Stephen Maturen
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has hired former Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson, who was sidelined by the ultra-conservative cable network after pushing bonkers COVID-19 conspiracy theories. On Monday evening, the pillow executive told The Daily Beast that his web-based “Frank Speech” live-streaming platform had hired Robinson. “She has been hired as a host of a new show,” Lindell told The Daily Beast. “We are building a great TV network and she is a great host!” Late last year, the ex-Newsmax personality baselessly tweeted that the COVID-19 vaccines consist of a “bioluminescent marker” that has satanic properties. That false claim led her very own employer to distance themselves from her and later bench the right-wing star. In December, Newsmax announced that the network would not be renewing Robinson’s contact. “Emerald is still with Newsmax, however her contract ends in January and we will not be renewing it,” the network wrote in a statement. The move by Lindell comes as he remains at war with Newsmax, among other conservative media entities, who he believes are not paying adequate time on-air to bolster his 2020 “stolen” election claims.

“She has been hired as a host of a new show,” Lindell told The Daily Beast. “We are building a great TV network and she is a great host!”

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A plan by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would establish a special police force to oversee state elections — the first of its kind in the nation — and while his fellow Republicans have reacted tepidly, voting rights advocates fear that it will become law and be used to intimidate voters.

The proposed Office of Election Crimes and Security would be part of the Department of State, which answers to the governor. DeSantis is asking the GOP-controlled legislature to allocate nearly $6 million to hire 52 people to “investigate, detect, apprehend, and arrest anyone for an alleged violation” of election laws. They would be stationed at unspecified “field offices throughout the state” and act on tips from “government officials or any other person.”

DeSantis highlighted his plan as legislators opened their annual 60-day session last week.

“To ensure that elections are conducted in accordance with the rule of law, I propose an election integrity unit whose sole focus will be the enforcement of Florida’s election laws,” he said during his State of the State address. “This will facilitate the faithful enforcement of election laws and will provide Floridians with the confidence that their vote will matter.”

Voting rights experts say that no state has such an agency, one dedicated to patrolling elections and empowered to arrest suspected violators. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced the formation of a “2021 Texas Election Integrity Unit” in October, but that office is more limited in scope, has fewer than 10 employees and isn’t under the governor’s authority.

“There’s a reason that there’s no office of this size with this kind of unlimited investigative authority in any other state in the country, and it’s because election crimes and voter fraud are just not a problem of that magnitude,” said Jonathan Diaz, a voting rights lawyer at the nonprofit Campaign Legal Center. “My number one concern is that this is going to be used as a tool to harass or intimidate civic-engagement organizations and voters.”

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:46 am https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2 ... elections/

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A plan by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would establish a special police force to oversee state elections — the first of its kind in the nation — and while his fellow Republicans have reacted tepidly, voting rights advocates fear that it will become law and be used to intimidate voters.

Gregg wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:58 pm The Romans said the same thing about Jesus.

Florida could shield whites from ‘discomfort’ of racist past

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A bill pushed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in the nation’s past received its first approval Tuesday.

The Senate Education Committee approved the bill that takes aim at critical race theory — though it doesn’t mention it explicitly — on party lines, with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed.

Democrats argued the bill isn’t needed, would lead to frivolous lawsuits and said it would amount to censorship in schools. They asked, without success, for real-life examples of teachers or businesses telling students or employees that they are racist because of their race.

“This bill’s not for Blacks, this bill was not for any other race. This was directed to make whites not feel bad about what happened years ago,” said state Sen. Shevrin Jones, who is Black. “At no point did anyone say white people should be held responsible for what happened, but what I would ask my white counterparts is, are you an enabler of what happened or are you going to say we must talk about history?”