You probably saw this coming., Donald Trump attacks mayor of San Juan in early morning tweets.

The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2017

...Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help. They....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2017

...want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort. 10,000 Federal workers now on Island doing a fantastic job.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2017

Of course this was in response to Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz's desperate call for help yesterday. So instead of getting these people the help they so desperately need, Trump decides to become defensive and attack this overwhelmed mayor personally.

That's real leadership. 

By the way Trump sent those disgusting tweets from the comfort of his private golf course in New Jersey. 

POS!

Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico slams response by FEMA, and begs for help.

The above comes after Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz responded with this after the acting head of Homeland Security suggested that what was happening in Puerto Rico was a "good news story."

“Dammit, this is not a good news story” It’s “a ‘people are dying’ story”: San Juan mayor slams acting DHS secretary https://t.co/q2mR2utu7k pic.twitter.com/GBx8K1hTW8

— CNN (@CNN) September 29, 2017

This is actually starting to look very muhc like Bush's completely ineffective response to Katrina, and this could be a defining moment in the Trump presidency.

P.S. The Mayor will be on with Rachel Maddow later on tonight. 

Oklahoma teacher takes to panhandling to raise money for school supplies and public awareness as well.

Courtesy of Fox 23 News: 

A Tulsa teacher is making a bold statement about the state of education as she pleads for money at a local intersection in order to pay for classroom supplies. 

Teresa Danks is a third grade teacher in the Tulsa Public Schools systems.

As a result of serious education budget cuts, Danks says she is now spending between $2,000 and $3,000 of her $35,000 salary on supplies for her students. 

Oklahoma ranks nearly last in teacher pay when compared to other states across the U.S.

There is nothing unusual about that by the way, a LOT of teachers are forced to spend their own money to make sure that their students have the materials that they need to learn in the classroom. 

And good for this teacher to bring attention to that fact, and to hopefully shame some of the politicians in her area to start adequately funding public education.

Irritated that it has been revealed that he is now under criminal investigation Donald Trump decides to attack Hillary Clinton. Seriously?

Why is that Hillary Clintons family and Dems dealings with Russia are not looked at, but my non-dealings are?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2017

Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, 'bleached' emails, & had husband meet w/AG days before she was cleared- & they talk about obstruction?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2017

Damn! Talk about desperation.

You know when I first read these tweets I thought I should go through them word for word to refute the obvious lies and exaggerations.

But then I realized that it would be a waste of time.

First off anybody who accepts the bullshit that Donald Trump routinely shovels on Twitter is too fucking stupid for facts to make any difference to them, and secondly most people already know that Trump is an asshole and are dismissing this out of hand.

However I thought I would point out that this defense, if you want to call it that, is reminiscent of the preschool child who gets caught with their hand in the cookie jar and immediately rats out their sibling for doing the same thing, only it is actually even worse because in this case Trump is throwing out misinformation to shield himself from any consequences for his actions.

What somebody needs to tell Trump is that if he wanted to continue to be an internet troll that constantly attacked Hillary Clinton he should have told his buddy Vladimir Putin to let her win the election and then he could ding her to his heart's content.

But like it or not this guy is the president now, and these actions are an embarrassment to the country and his outlandish behavior is bringing shame to the office that he fought so hard to attain.

What's more even IF every word that Trump tweeted were accurate, it STILL does nothing to negate the fact that Donald Trump is currently under federal investigation for attempting to obstruct another federal investigation into his, and his campaign's, ties to Russia.

Now I am not sure if Hillary will even bother to respond to this attack, but I think we all already know what her response will be.

Yep.

Is it possible to smell desperation in a tweet?

I would have had many millions of votes more than Crooked Hillary Clinton except for the fact that I had 16 opponents, she had one!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2016

Bernie Sanders must really dislike Crooked Hillary after the way she played him. Many of his supporters, because of trade, will come to me.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2016

As expected, the media is very much against me. Their dishonesty is amazing but, just like our big wins in the primaries, we will win!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2016

Crooked Hillary Clinton will be a disaster on jobs, the economy, trade, healthcare, the military, guns and just about all else. Obama plus!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2016

"sniff sniff"

Yep smells like somebody is pissing their super extra large, made in China, Trump brand silk boxer shorts alright.

By the way that last one sounds like an endorsement of Hillary to me. 

P.S. If you really want to freak the Donald out, just sidle up close to him and whisper "Elizabeth Warren" in his ear.

Apparently Sarah Palin's new motto is "Make me an offer."

Courtesy of Palin's Facebook page: 

🇺🇸🌟🚌ON THE ROAD AGAIN!! 🚌🌟🇺🇸 

This is the perfect time for a 🛣 road trip! Our family has enjoyed many of them - especially in this bunkhouse on wheels! Memories to last a lifetime in this beautiful rig; you can make your own positive, indelible memories in this motor home that we've enjoyed enormously. 

We've had to park our beloved Dynamax too far away from Alaska 🏔🐻so decided to let it go to others who have that same bucket list item we have: loading up the crew, hitting the wide open road, truly experiencing America! 🌟🇺🇸

(Have I mentioned how much I hate emojis? Cause I do.)

At the end of this post is a link to Premium Coach Group who is apparently selling this hunk of junk for the Palins.

So the Palins are selling the Arizona house, this beast of an RV, and apparently anything else they can find lying around.

Why do I get the idea that the Wasilla Wendigo is not entirely convinced that her "Palin Rules" reality show is going to solve her money issues?

I am starting to get a whiff of desperation.

Well it looks like Bristol will have to get busy and trap some other poor slob into paying child support, or else somebody in the family might be forced to get a...gasp....job!

GOP presidential candidate George Pataki declares war on religion. Well on one religion in particular.

We must declare war on radical Islam. @LorettaLynch I'm not edging toward violent speech, I'm declaring we kill them. Go ahead, arrest me.

— George E. Pataki (@GovernorPataki) December 4, 2015

How does one define "radical" exactly? And then, assuming one could accomplish that, how do we declare war on that religion exactly?

Apparently what got Pataki's panties in a twist was this comment from Loretta Lynch on Thursday:

Now obviously this is a country that is based on free speech, but when it edges towards violence, when we see the potential for someone to lift — lifting that mantle of anti-Muslim rhetoric or, as we saw after 9/11, violence against individuals who may not even be Muslims but may be perceived to be Muslims and they will suffer just as well, just as much. When we see that, we will take action….

Since 9/11, we’ve had over a thousand investigations into acts of anti-Muslim hatred, including rhetoric and bigoted actions, with over 45 prosecutions arising out of that…. 

I think it’s important, however, that as we again talk about the importance of free speech we make it clear that actions predicated on violent talk are not America they are not who were they are not what we do and they will be prosecuted, so I want that message to be clear also.

Now what Lynch was clearly talking about was the aggressive anti-Muslim rhetoric, and even attacks against Muslims in this country, in response to the Paris attacks and of course the more recent San Bernardino shootings.

And her contention is that it is irresponsible to inflame citizens of this country to take the law into their own hands, instead of reporting their concerns to the proper authorities.

And obviously that is the sober and responsible approach.

Clearly the fact that Pataki is now polling at right around zero, has caused him to become desperate enough to say ANYTHING to get his name recognition up out of the "Nobody fucking knows you" category.

Gee I imagine that if somebody reads that tweet and then kills himself some Muslims, that Pataki will no longer have to worry about nobody knowing who he is.

Idiot!

Can you smell the desperation?

Courtesy of an e-mail sent by SarahPAC treasurer Tim Crawford and posted over at US4Palin the heading of which was "We Need $10,000 Before Midnight!:

Dear [Donor], 

Today marks the end of the first quarter, and we need your help to show a strong financial standing. 

The far left is looking to us as a symbol of the “whackjobs“.  (Gee I can't imagine why.) We need to show them that we are strong and united in fighting their anti-American agenda. (WTF?) Our disclosure reports will send a message: that the conservative principles this country were founded on are alive and well. 

We have less than ten hours to go until the deadline. When the clock strikes midnight, we have to legally start tallying every donation. (Or else Sarah Palin's wing turns into a pumpkin.) We must make this one count, friends. Please show the strength of conservatives all around the country by donating now. 

Today, the liberal media has launched attacks against Sarah Palin and everything she stands for. If you agree with her, please donate now. Show the media that patriotism is not something to be ashamed of, but something to be lived out. We need your help by midnight to elect strong American leaders. 

Thank you for your support. And let us not forget what makes this country great: those that are willing to fighting for what they believe–you. 

Regards, 

Tim Crawford

Looks like this next quarterly report from SarahPAC is going to be even more disappointing than the last ones. By quite a margin too.

 Gee, what a shame.

I like how they make it seem as if donating to Palin is somehow supporting the very idea of conservatism, and protecting what they perceive as the values of this country.

For fuck's sake she is a washed up ex-politician, and a failed reality show star, NOT the second coming of Jesus.

Plans to shutdown the government in attempt to derail Obamacare were months in the making. Color me unsurprised.

Courtesy of The New York Times: 

To many Americans, the shutdown came out of nowhere. But interviews with a wide array of conservatives show that the confrontation that precipitated the crisis was the outgrowth of a long-running effort to undo the law, the Affordable Care Act, since its passage in 2010 — waged by a galaxy of conservative groups with more money, organized tactics and interconnections than is commonly known. 

With polls showing Americans deeply divided over the law, conservatives believe that the public is behind them. Although the law’s opponents say that shutting down the government was not their objective, the activists anticipated that a shutdown could occur — and worked with members of the Tea Party caucus in Congress who were excited about drawing a red line against a law they despise. 

A defunding “tool kit” created in early September included talking points for the question, “What happens when you shut down the government and you are blamed for it?” The suggested answer was the one House Republicans give today: “We are simply calling to fund the entire government except for the Affordable Care Act/Obamacare.” 

The current budget brinkmanship is just the latest development in a well-financed, broad-based assault on the health law, Mr. Obama’s signature legislative initiative. Groups like Tea Party Patriots, Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks are all immersed in the fight, as is Club for Growth, a business-backed nonprofit organization. Some, like Generation Opportunity and Young Americans for Liberty, both aimed at young adults, are upstarts. Heritage Action is new, too, founded in 2010 to advance the policy prescriptions of its sister group, the Heritage Foundation. 

The billionaire Koch brothers, Charles and David, have been deeply involved with financing the overall effort. A group linked to the Kochs, Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, disbursed more than $200 million last year to nonprofit organizations involved in the fight. Included was $5 million to Generation Opportunity, which created a buzz last month with an Internet advertisement showing a menacing Uncle Sam figure popping up between a woman’s legs during a gynecological exam. 

The groups have also sought to pressure vulnerable Republican members of Congress with scorecards keeping track of their health care votes; have burned faux “Obamacare cards” on college campuses; and have distributed scripts for phone calls to Congressional offices, sample letters to editors and Twitter and Facebook offerings for followers to present as their own.

I don't think this is particularly surprising to any of US who have been paying close attention to the behind the scenes manipulations by Freedomworks and the Koch brothers, or who remember that infamous secret meeting held, on the night of Obama's first inauguration,  by certain Tea Party and GOP types, which laid out their strategy for denying the President ANY POLICY that he wanted to get passed during what they believed would be his first and ONLY term as President.

Hell Freedomworks even advertised online what they would be willing to see done to stop this law from being enacted.

And this is what needs to be brought up EVERY time the media asks who should get the blame for this shutdown, or anybody attempts to suggest that it is the Democrats or President who is being unreasonable for allowing it to continue.

Essential but unpaid Weather Service employees in the Alaska bureau insert secret call for help in their nightly bulletin.

Courtesy of Raw Story:  

Someone at the National Weather Service’s Alaska bureau has a message for those who have shut down the government: “PLEASE PAY US.”

Check the left hand side and read down.

Raw Story contacted the Anchorage office, but was told that “no one wanted to comment right now.” 

Although many National Weather Service employees are considered “essential” and are therefore exempted from the furloughs caused by the government shutdown. 

However, as Dan Sobien, present of the NWS Employee Organization told Popular Science, these “essential” employes aren’t being paid. 

“There’s no money to pay them,” he said. “Nobody knows when anyone’s going to get paid.” 

In the meantime, these employees are being issued IOUs if they work despite the lack of compensation for their labor.

People need to be paid for their work, and asking them to work without compensation while the people who  caused this train wreck are still able to draw their pay is unconscionable. (And yes I know a number of millionaire lawmakers have said they will refuse their pay during the shutdown as well, in a purely symbolic gesture. But let's face it, MOST of these guys simply use their Congressional pay for cab fair, tipping doormen, and renting hookers anyhow. Nobody in THEIR families are going to go to bed hungry due to this shutdown.)

I have to imagine that if this thing goes on muhc longer there will be crowds of furloughed federal workers with torches and pitchforks at the ready.