Will DeSantis overplay his faux dictator hand and end up turning enough people in Florida off of Republican governance to help at least purple up that state a bit? Florida so doubtful, but a girl can dream.
We're having similar problems in Minneapolis, though of course in a much lower-key and civil way because Minnesota.
We elected Mary Moriarty to be Hennepin County Attorney. She was the Hennepin County chief public defender. She had major run-ins with the former County Attorney. The public defender's office is under the overall direction of the County Attorney. Moriarty got crosswise with Mike Freeman, the former County Attorney, because Freeman gave the public defenders about a third the salaries, and about a third the support money per capita, as he kept for prosecutors. When she complained, Freeman pulled strings at the State level to get her disciplined. It didn't work.
Freeman's dad was a very popular MN Governor way back when. Freeman acted like the Governor's office was his rightful inheritance. We never elected him to that, and he resents it to this day. Freeman's also had a longtime problem with alcoholism, which is too bad. He's the guy who declined to prosecute Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd, reasoning no jury would convict. So Keith Ellison had to take over.
But Freeman has been wired in to the political elite since birth.
Anywho, the political elites Did Not Want Moriarty to be Hennepin County Attorney. Not At All. She overcame a couple challengers in the primary, and then won the General. The local political class was not happy and remains not happy.
Now she's doing what she campaigned and won by promising to do. She's cutting way back on, on the way to eliminating, trying children as adults no matter the crime. She's offering (heavily structured) plea bargains to defendants who show a real chance of not reoffending.
Naturally the cops, the corporates and the local media (but I repeat myself) are up in arms, and are goading the families of crime victims to demand vengeance, putting pressure on Moriarty.
Keith Ellison even scuppered a plea deal in an uncharacteristically cowardly political move, when the media heat got applied to him. It was a bad crime, but we elected Moriarty because we're sick of putting dumbasses in prison for long stretches on our dime, for them to come out and be unable to do anything but crimes while their families have to go on welfare in their absence, etc. Far better to put a bunch of conditions on them to stop being dumbasses and doing crimes, while contributing to society, we think.
But that doesn't suit the prevailing mythology that crimes are done not by dumbasses with poor impulse control and a cheap pistol; but instead by psychopathic criminal masterminds who are running cartels and are Black.
So while nobody is firing or suspending Moriarty, the political pressure through political, media, and finance structures is trying to prevent the will of the people from being put into effect. For fear and racism, largely; nothing to do with public safety or the greater good of the community.
DeSantis Shakes Up Campaign by Replacing Self with Appealing Person
By Andy Borowitz
ALLAHASSEE (The Borowitz Report)—In a campaign shakeup that he is calling a “game-changer,” Ron DeSantis is replacing himself with an appealing human being.
“In Iowa and New Hampshire, I’ve listened as voters have told me loud and clear what they want in a candidate,” he said. “And what they want is not me.”
I am definitely in the minority with this view. I think it's 50/50 right now.
Either early in the primaries which would not be as entertaining, or after he gets the nomination because that would be the ultimate classless, dickish move.
Speaking of politicians from Florida, this is a bit awkward.
From WaPo:
Tommy Tuberville: Florida’s third senator?
Tuberville’s office says his primary residence is an Auburn house that records show is owned by his wife and son. But campaign finance reports and his signature on property documents indicate that his home is actually a $3 million, 4,000-square-foot beach house he has lived in for nearly two decades in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., located in the Florida Panhandle about 90 miles south of Dothan.
<snip>
In a 2017 promotional video for ESPN, Tuberville says he retired to Florida, not Alabama.
“Six months ago, after 40 years of coaching football, I hung up my whistle and moved to Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, with the white sands and blue waters. What a great place to live,” he said, displaying a view over the ocean from the house.
The article does say that it is not clear that he is ineligible to be Senator, although I'm not sure how he can register to vote in Alabama. Not a good look though.
You were expecting the official Party of Treason to abide by the laws they use to club us over the head with? Who's gonna stop them? The very idea is a quaint, nostalgic ghost from another, better, era.
Sounds like the dude in the TN lege (Cameron Sexton, maybe), who, after orchestrating the Justins' temporary departure, got a flashlight up his ass by investigative reporters. Claims to live in Cooter-Ville, TN (where he's electable), but really lives in Nashville (where he isn't).
OT but easy to see why Clarence Thomas is always so exhausted and grumpy: All that jet lag from being flown around the World by rich guys can be a drag.......
Clarence Thomas’s R.V. Stranded After Engine Runs Out of Caviar
By Andy Borowitz
Madill, OKLAHOMA (The Borowitz Report)—Clarence and Ginni Thomas became stranded over the weekend after the engine of their quarter-million-dollar recreational vehicle suddenly ran out of caviar.
The R.V. was passing through Madill, Oklahoma, when the Thomases made the unfortunate discovery.
After their attempt to buy enough caviar in Marshall County for their beluga-powered motor home proved fruitless, the couple was forced to reach out to their roster of super-donor friends for a new shipment of roe.
Ginni Thomas said that the caviar mishap had ruined their summer vacation. “After a gruelling year as a Supreme Court Justice, this was the last thing I needed,” she said.
DeSantis has more of a Napoleon complex than actual Napoleon.
(and yes- I am aware that Napoleon was actually of normal height, and that his resentments had more to do with his Corsican ethnicity and his status as an outsider in both aristocratic and Republican circles)
The most interesting thing about it is that Napoleon was himself a sufferer of the Napoleon Complex. It was a complete coincidence that that was his name, and because he was the most famous of its sufferers people just assumed it was named after him.
So if Tiny D can fire a local elected official because he doesn’t like how she’s doing her job, does that mean Biden can fire Tiny D?
"Phoenix Irony" is Ron's Drag name.
I know it's true because I read it on the interwebs*
*just now, before non-posting
"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
If I had won that lottery earlier this week, bankrolling her governor bid would have been at the top of my list.
It just takes a few days...the stench will be quite powerful.
Will DeSantis overplay his faux dictator hand and end up turning enough people in Florida off of Republican governance to help at least purple up that state a bit? Florida so doubtful, but a girl can dream.
The Will of DeSantis must have priority over the will of the people. historical precedent:
Principles of Obedience, The Fuhrerprinzip
1. Hitler was the sole authority within the party
2. Hitler will not share power with anyone else within or outside of the party.
3. Hitler’s decision is final
4. Power was not devolved to others – Hitler was the guardian of power, acting in Germany’s best interests.
5. Others would act out and achieve his aims – this was called acting in the will of the Fuhrer.
We're having similar problems in Minneapolis, though of course in a much lower-key and civil way because Minnesota.
We elected Mary Moriarty to be Hennepin County Attorney. She was the Hennepin County chief public defender. She had major run-ins with the former County Attorney. The public defender's office is under the overall direction of the County Attorney. Moriarty got crosswise with Mike Freeman, the former County Attorney, because Freeman gave the public defenders about a third the salaries, and about a third the support money per capita, as he kept for prosecutors. When she complained, Freeman pulled strings at the State level to get her disciplined. It didn't work.
Freeman's dad was a very popular MN Governor way back when. Freeman acted like the Governor's office was his rightful inheritance. We never elected him to that, and he resents it to this day. Freeman's also had a longtime problem with alcoholism, which is too bad. He's the guy who declined to prosecute Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd, reasoning no jury would convict. So Keith Ellison had to take over.
But Freeman has been wired in to the political elite since birth.
Anywho, the political elites Did Not Want Moriarty to be Hennepin County Attorney. Not At All. She overcame a couple challengers in the primary, and then won the General. The local political class was not happy and remains not happy.
Now she's doing what she campaigned and won by promising to do. She's cutting way back on, on the way to eliminating, trying children as adults no matter the crime. She's offering (heavily structured) plea bargains to defendants who show a real chance of not reoffending.
Naturally the cops, the corporates and the local media (but I repeat myself) are up in arms, and are goading the families of crime victims to demand vengeance, putting pressure on Moriarty.
Keith Ellison even scuppered a plea deal in an uncharacteristically cowardly political move, when the media heat got applied to him. It was a bad crime, but we elected Moriarty because we're sick of putting dumbasses in prison for long stretches on our dime, for them to come out and be unable to do anything but crimes while their families have to go on welfare in their absence, etc. Far better to put a bunch of conditions on them to stop being dumbasses and doing crimes, while contributing to society, we think.
But that doesn't suit the prevailing mythology that crimes are done not by dumbasses with poor impulse control and a cheap pistol; but instead by psychopathic criminal masterminds who are running cartels and are Black.
So while nobody is firing or suspending Moriarty, the political pressure through political, media, and finance structures is trying to prevent the will of the people from being put into effect. For fear and racism, largely; nothing to do with public safety or the greater good of the community.
It's all about that prevailing mythology.
"Locking people up and treating them like shit has never worked, so we need to do it harder!"
I hope Moriarty is eating her Wheaties these days.
Me too.
Judd's take:
https://popular.info/p/the-truth-about-monique-worrell
And thanks to the GQP Legislature, we can't call him the 1 1/2 Term Governor. He doesn't have to resign to run (hah!) for Preznit.
Of COURSE he'll tell them to do that when he doesn't magically become President. And they will.
Okay, not that I want anyone to have to suffer under the DeSantis hellscape...
But, it might be teaching the country a lesson.
Isn't that what Trump was supposed to do? Teach us a lesson?
I don't think the lesson was learned.
Or maybe it was a different lesson than I'd expected.
I fear that the people who we would hope to have been taught are incapable of learning.
So, dumbasses, right? Those who could learn but refuse to, that is.
Dumb and proud about it.
That would make a great T-shirt. You could make a ton of money in MAGA circles at all the rallies.
Seriously!
DeSantis Shakes Up Campaign by Replacing Self with Appealing Person
By Andy Borowitz
ALLAHASSEE (The Borowitz Report)—In a campaign shakeup that he is calling a “game-changer,” Ron DeSantis is replacing himself with an appealing human being.
“In Iowa and New Hampshire, I’ve listened as voters have told me loud and clear what they want in a candidate,” he said. “And what they want is not me.”
DeSantis is destroying careers and lives to one-up the orange man for apparent votes from the Hordes of Haters.
Pretty much the definition of "self-absorbed asshole".
And every one of the things he's doing to try to get to the primaries will make him unelectable in the general.
Not that the GOP will pick anyone better, assuming Trump crashes and burns.
When Trump drops out, DeSantis becomes pretty much inevitable. This prospect fills me with glee.
Actually, I don't see Trump dropping out. This makes it VERY interesting....
I am definitely in the minority with this view. I think it's 50/50 right now.
Either early in the primaries which would not be as entertaining, or after he gets the nomination because that would be the ultimate classless, dickish move.
I'd go more with another white middle aged man with narcissistic personality disorder.
But your explanation works too.
Speaking of politicians from Florida, this is a bit awkward.
From WaPo:
Tommy Tuberville: Florida’s third senator?
Tuberville’s office says his primary residence is an Auburn house that records show is owned by his wife and son. But campaign finance reports and his signature on property documents indicate that his home is actually a $3 million, 4,000-square-foot beach house he has lived in for nearly two decades in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., located in the Florida Panhandle about 90 miles south of Dothan.
<snip>
In a 2017 promotional video for ESPN, Tuberville says he retired to Florida, not Alabama.
“Six months ago, after 40 years of coaching football, I hung up my whistle and moved to Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, with the white sands and blue waters. What a great place to live,” he said, displaying a view over the ocean from the house.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/10/tommy-tuberville-floridas-third-senator/
----
The article does say that it is not clear that he is ineligible to be Senator, although I'm not sure how he can register to vote in Alabama. Not a good look though.
You were expecting the official Party of Treason to abide by the laws they use to club us over the head with? Who's gonna stop them? The very idea is a quaint, nostalgic ghost from another, better, era.
Sounds like the dude in the TN lege (Cameron Sexton, maybe), who, after orchestrating the Justins' temporary departure, got a flashlight up his ass by investigative reporters. Claims to live in Cooter-Ville, TN (where he's electable), but really lives in Nashville (where he isn't).
Cooterville being an almost parody place name.
Florida and Alabama are practically the same place. Floribama.
Just bits of it are Floribama. Other northern bits are Florgia.
Only the southern half of GA. The rest of the state is Bulldog country.
“Elected officials are being taken out of office for political purposes, and that should never be a thing,” she said.
Deserves repeating.
If Bain was not also a political hack he would refuse the job. Judge is better than prosecutor after al. It's like a demotion for him
OT but easy to see why Clarence Thomas is always so exhausted and grumpy: All that jet lag from being flown around the World by rich guys can be a drag.......
Clarence Thomas’s R.V. Stranded After Engine Runs Out of Caviar
By Andy Borowitz
Madill, OKLAHOMA (The Borowitz Report)—Clarence and Ginni Thomas became stranded over the weekend after the engine of their quarter-million-dollar recreational vehicle suddenly ran out of caviar.
The R.V. was passing through Madill, Oklahoma, when the Thomases made the unfortunate discovery.
After their attempt to buy enough caviar in Marshall County for their beluga-powered motor home proved fruitless, the couple was forced to reach out to their roster of super-donor friends for a new shipment of roe.
Ginni Thomas said that the caviar mishap had ruined their summer vacation. “After a gruelling year as a Supreme Court Justice, this was the last thing I needed,” she said.
Not even getting into the "roe v bqwhetvr" jokes.
Seriously! Let me just have a weekend to myself with my quarter million dollar RV.
DeSantis has more of a Napoleon complex than actual Napoleon.
(and yes- I am aware that Napoleon was actually of normal height, and that his resentments had more to do with his Corsican ethnicity and his status as an outsider in both aristocratic and Republican circles)
Normal height wasn't very tall back then.
Sure, but it's difficult to resent being short when everybody else is the same height as you.
Except the Duke of Wellington, of course. He was famously 7'2".
Awol was I ere I saw Iowa.
Hmmmmm I'll allow it....
A pailndrome.
Had to cheat, Iowa != Awol. Maybe using the original 'Able was I ... ' , but with Iowa would have worked better.
Notcomment of the Day awarded early.
We're not even at Open Thread yet.
W/out a doubt!! (Needz moar "I.")
Oh cmon, I should win ar least one internet for that one, even if it doesn't make all that much sense.
Two (2) internets, IMHO!!
The most interesting thing about it is that Napoleon was himself a sufferer of the Napoleon Complex. It was a complete coincidence that that was his name, and because he was the most famous of its sufferers people just assumed it was named after him.
Kind of like how ironic it was that Lou Gehrig ended up with Lou Gehrig's disease. The universe has a twisted sense of humor sometimes.
DeSantis is perpetually jealous of Napoleon's peen (which was allegedly diminutive.)
I want DeSatan to have his Waterloo real soon.
WINNAR!!!
I was going to go there but decided to leave it for another non-commenter.
Next you'll be telling me George Washington didn't have wooden teeth.
Is ivory a kind of wood?
Tagua nut is the source of vegetable ivory
No, but I don't think they used ivory either.
In reality they were real teeth, pulled from his slaves' mouths.