Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

"123 House and Senate Republicans deny climate science"

"...climate deniers as lawmakers who say any of the following:  climate change is not real, it is not primarily caused by humans, the science is not settled on climate change, extreme weather is not caused by climate change or that climate change is actually beneficial."

"The Center identified both House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) as among the deniers."

"Their analysis also listed members who hold key positions with influence over climate and environment policy such as House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) as well as Reps. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) and Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) who are all top Republicans on subcommittees in charge of funding either the EPA and Interior Department or the Energy Department."

"Of the 123 identified senators and congresspeople, 90 have also denied the results of the 2020 election the report found."

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4778682-house-senate-republicans-deny-climate-science-analysis/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/18/politics/video/daniel-dale-rnc-day-3-fact-check-digvid

Just a snippet....

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

So the slowed down video circulating that actually shows the bullet and its path is a fake? Got it lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CfTFfKXTvM

Originally Posted by James Brown

Also, you are fussing over whether Trump was actually hit by the bullet of a shard?  Seems to me that a better thing to fuss over would be a long overdue cognitive test of the Commander in Chief and some transparency about his actual mental state.

I think both Trump and Biden ought to have the cognitive tests. 

And, as far as "fussing" goes, did you not see the clown show at the GOP convention last night with various GOPers walking around with a "Trump bandage" on their ears?...

Originally Posted by James Brown

I did not.  I am not the CNN junky you are!  But so what?  Silly patriotic garb is normal at conventions.  Also, the delegates at the convention are Trump fan-boys and fan-girls.  I would expect mild silliness under the circumstances.

...Dual cognitive tests - split screen, each candidate in a sound proof room.  I'm on board!  That would be TV worth watching!

Still not sure why bullet v. shard matters.  A man died.  Trump was missed by inches or millimeters.  What is the point of the bullet v. shard thing?   The story is an assassination attempt, a tragedy for the deceased and a once in a generation security lapse.

You are aware that some on the rabid right think the lax security was intentional?  I do not think that.  I think gross, lose your job grade incompetence is underlying the security failures, not malfeasance.  But the Secret Service sure made it easy for the conspiracy nuts to spin themselves into high gear.

" What is the point of the bullet v. shard thing? "

I think the point is we'd all rather have the truth. 

That said, unless proven otherwise, I believe it was a bullet and not shards of glass.

Originally Posted by James Brown

I agree the sloped roof comment is insane.  This article has a lot of pictures, including of two FBI agents standing casually on the roof of the warehouse the shooter used.  

https://www.ft.com/content/9acf8ed0-9b32-49cc-99e0-dbcab449ad13?segmentId=b385c2ad-87ed-d8ff-aaec-0f8435cd42d9

Couldn't get past the paywall but, from the perspective of an attorney, see:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46EPM5zU_X8

Greg, don't you think the same questions would arise if that happened to Biden? Don't you think that you'd be reading and perhaps even opining that if, in fact, it was a bullet instead of a piece of debris that it would have blown his ear off and the fact that it didn't indicates a debris field instead?

Bill Maher weighs in on the Trump assassination attempt:

" Bill Maher had choice words for former President Trump and his Republican supporters evoking religious symbols after last week’s failed assassination attempt."

"Maher, on Friday’s edition of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” highlighted examples of Republican lawmakers and Trump supporters that have indulged in “magical thinking,” saying God protected the former president last weekend when a bullet grazed his ear at a rally outside Pittsburgh."

“My point is that Donald Trump, even if you like him, is powerful enough as a past president, a likely future president, and to be perfectly frank, a cult leader,” Maher said. “America doesn’t need a demigod.”

"After the shooting, Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) posted on social media that “God spared Ronald Reagan for a reason” and “God spared Donald Trump for a reason” because “God doesn’t miss.”

"Maher questioned the post, saying “really? Tell that to John Lennon, Lincoln, JFK, RFK and Martin Luther King.”


“Trump didn’t survive the attempt on his life because of divine intervention,” Maher said Friday. “He survived because a virgin couldn’t hit the fattest president since Taft.”

“But Trump is alive because he’s a single luckiest motherf—er who ever lived.” 

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4783600-bill-maher-donald-trump-assassination-attempt-response/

Reports have been coming in that Trump's ear was hit by glass shards after a bullet hit his teleprompter and hence the real reason for no bonafide medical report:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Gn4Iw9eH4&t=408s

No, your not dreaming; it's a nightmare!

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4781772-boebert-president-trump-rnc-2024-milwaukee/