Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

The Ruskies are reporting he suffered a heart attack. 

Whatever the cause, he was a staunch supporter of Israel and Ukraine. He was also a staunch supporter of Trump although, in the past, he called him a xenophobic bigot, among other things. He got it right the first time...

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Looks like it was an aortic dissection, caused by atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Not a pretty way to go, unless you are lucky enough to lose consciousness pretty quickly. A warning to all of us to live a heart-healthy lifestyle and to take our statins if high cholesterol is a problem.

I wouldn't wish it on anybody, but it will be interesting to see how his sudden death shapes politics in the near term.

"...it will be interesting to see how his sudden death shapes politics in the near term."

Well, according to Thune and Trump, "it makes perfect sense for his sister to replace him"! In other words, (family) business as usual...

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

"...it will be interesting to see how his sudden death shapes politics in the near term."

Well, according to Thune and Trump, "it makes perfect sense for his sister to replace him"! In other words, (family) business as usual...

It's a done deal!:   "South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) has appointed Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), to fill the remainder of her brother’s term in the Senate on Monday following the GOP senator’s sudden death over the weekend."

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5966340-lindsey-graham-sister-senate/

Mr Smith went & Sis goes to Washington...

AND:  "Judge finds Trump, DOJ colluded with settlement behind ‘anti-weaponization’ fund"

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5966060-trump-irs-settlement-voided-federal-judge/

Let's have Todd Blanche confirmed as AG, too so this circus can continue....

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

It's a done deal!:   "South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) has appointed Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), to fill the remainder of her brother’s term in the Senate on Monday following the GOP senator’s sudden death over the weekend."

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5966340-lindsey-graham-sister-senate/

Mr Smith went & Sis goes to Washington...

AND:  "Judge finds Trump, DOJ colluded with settlement behind ‘anti-weaponization’ fund"

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5966060-trump-irs-settlement-voided-federal-judge/

Let's have Todd Blanche confirmed as AG, too so this circus can continue....

Plus, the military now gets mandatory testosterone testing by order of former Faux-news gameshow host, "Pete" Hegseth:

"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced a new effort to annually screen service members’ testosterone levels and offer testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), framing it as a way to keep troops on the “leading edge of lethality.”

“We have a sacred duty to maintain that advantage, which is why we must constantly look for new ways to optimize your performance, your resilience and your long-term health.”

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5969935-hegseth-testosterone-testing-dod/?__vfz=medium%3Dconversations_top_pages

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

This complete Loser Tim Walz was the Democrat candidate for President and ALL the lefties here including Jim Brown voted for Tim Walz.  Yeah you leftists have wonderful candidates.  You PROUDLY voted for the dumbest human ever to run for President, Kamala Harris and her even dumber 
VP candidate Tim Walz.  

Yes, judgment is excellent on the part of the Democrat party. I'm guessing that the converts to the Democrat party are proud as can be!  

The Laotian illegal repeatedly raped the 10 year old girl and Tim Walz, Keith Ellison, and the woman who is the Democrat Supreme court chief justice all conspired to pardon this piece of shit.

I guess this is just another example of the Democrat party welcoming every scumbag on planet Earth into their sick party of scumbags.  

So they welcome Nazis, illegal alien pedophile rapists, terrorist sympathizers, and terrorist apologists and character witnesses for convicted terrorists, and communists with open arms.  You leftists and JB have to be SO proud!! 

"Minnesota Governor Tim Walz did not pardon Tou Lue Vang on the basis that his crimes were "just a different culture." While Vang himself infamously used that cultural justification when interviewed by law enforcement decades ago, Governor Walz defended the unanimous board decision by citing the explicit support of the victim, Vang’s 20 years of rehabilitation, and the severe economic impact deportation would have on Vang's American-citizen children." AI

"Several individuals who participated in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot and were subsequently pardoned have faced subsequent convictions or charges related to child molestation and child sex crimes."

"Andrew Paul Johnson: A Florida man who received a pardon for his Capitol riot case was sentenced to life in prison in March 2026 after a jury convicted him of five counts of child sex crimes. Prosecutors said he had molested two middle-school-aged children and tried to keep them quiet by promising them a share of restitution money he claimed he would receive from the Trump administration for his Jan. 6 case."

"Daniel Tocci: A Massachusetts man whose Jan. 6 case was dismissed following presidential clemency was sentenced in March 2026 to four years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of over 100,000 images and videos of child sexual abuse."

"Andrew Taake: A Texas man who received a pardon after being convicted of assaulting Capitol police was arrested on charges of online solicitation of a minor shortly after his release.Investigations by news outlets and watchdog groups have highlighted this pattern, noting that at least several pardoned January 6 participants have been accused of or convicted of child sexual abuse or exploitation charges since the sweeping pardons."  AI

Oh, you didn't know that did you Rich? Do you still think they're "patriots" like Donald Trump?

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5972839-moreno-sanction-canada-wildfires/

You can't make this stuff up...

"A national survey from Emerson College Polling found 53 percent of voters sided with the generic Democrat, up 3 points from last month, while 42 percent sided with the Republican, up 2 points from last month."

"Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, noted female voters break for the Democratic candidate by a 27-point margin, “driving the Democrats’ significant lead on the ballot.” Men were more split, siding with the Democratic candidate by a 5-point margin."


"Pollster Nate Silver’s averages show Democrats with a 6-point lead, putting the party at 48 percent support to Republicans’ 42 percent."

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5984107-democratic-poll-leads-gop/

It'll be interesting to see if this trend holds up with more progressive candidates prevailing in the party.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/26/politics/fact-check-trump-wind-energy-tv

Delusional or cognitive impairment or a combo of both?

Our leading example of national dementia, Donald Trump, has once again disavowed reality by denying the consensus of our intelligence community that Iran is behind the recent series of cyberattacks on the water management systems in a number of states and, instead, insists it's the fault of Tim Walz. (Rich Davis believes that, too)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/31/trump-thinks-iran-not-responsible-for-minnesota-cyberattack/91122610007/

That said, I'm glad I masked during the pandemic and I continue to get a covid booster, along with my flu shot, as an annual preventive measure. Of course, that's also assuming RKF jr and his wormhole of a brain doesn't attempt to stop it from happening. 

In Richie's case, though, I think he shouldn't be mad at Fauci, he should be mad at his sister who reportedly convinced him to get an initial covid vaccination because his brother wound up in a hospital bed in Texas due to covid but, according to him, was miraculously saved by Ivermectin! 
Richie, however, learned his lesson and never got a covid booster after that and got covid instead. I wonder how many others he infected along the way...

I doubt Fauci was intentionally lying in his statements.  I think they reflected the massive convolution of problems accompanying the covid freight train barreling down the tracks at the time of the pandemic. In addition to the worldwide death rates, overrun hospitals, lack of staff and personnel and the like, there was and still is a myriad of right wing extremist misinformation regarding the pandemic and in the midst of all of it, Fauci disagreed with the Wuhan lab theory, considered it to be a conspiracy theory, and expounded his viewpoints about it in such a manner that, between his public statements and those in his personal diary, they can now be construed as a deliberate attempt to deceive and lie about the origins of covid. 

Given the complexities of the problems and issues surrounding the pandemic, I can see why he chose to invoke his fifth amendment rights given the zeal of the Rand Paul crowd to crown him as a scapegoat for all that went wrong during the pandemic. It's obvious Rand Paul and company were/are out to get the guy, one way or another.