Balloons and Gus Walz demonstrate the marked difference between Republican scum and virtuous Democrats

 Ann Coulter wasn't the only Republican making fun of Gus Walz after last week's raucous DNC.  A low-light low-life Wisconsin I Heart Radio jockey Jay Weber did as well and he was removed from air (perhaps temporarily).  Besides him and the numerous rightwing villains who made fun of Gus Walz and Tim Walz, Chicago's very own Amy Jacobsen (a knock off Coulter/Faux News blonde clone) decided making fun of children is the bedrock Republican principle which typifies the Modern GOP and is the foundation of ugly old weirdo Trump's clarion call to destroy the Nation and replace it with a Totalitarian MAGA paradise.

After the DNC ,Jacobsen spent her radio program mocking and mimicking Gus Walz, but besides spreading rightwing lies and agitprop via Talk Radio 560 The Answer Jacobsen was apparently the head coach for the Amundsen High School Boy's and Girl's varsity volleyball. 

Was in the operative word because Jacobsen was given the dignity to resign, a dignity she doesn't extend to children, after numerous parents complained to the school.

Amundsen Principal Kristi Eilers notified parents in a letter stating, “Effective immediately, Coach Amy Jacobson is no longer part of the athletic program at Amundsen.”

 Republicans are disgusting cretins and despicable cowards.  After they received blowback for making fun of Gus Walz, they all retreated to the defense we didn't know he was ADHD or mentally divergent.  As if, making fun of a "regular" child, is okay.  But, to Republicans it is because they are all in on making Trump President again so they can institute a Fascist Nation.  In fact that's the exact defense Jacobsen's on-air co-host used,

“I’m not a guy who would make fun of somebody with a learning disability or some sort of developmental condition,” Proft said. “It was not intentional, but I should have probably investigated it and known to exercise restraint there, and I didn’t, so I apologize.”

The Social Media age has resulted in an explosion of Republican influencers who infest Elon Muck's Twitter (X) like a horde of shit-eating flies.  Because of this each has to ramp up their rhetoric and make more and more over-the-top insults, provocations, conspiracies, slanders, and doxxing attacks all the way from senior Democratic officials to their families, to small town liberals, and anyone who impedes the rightwing agenda of enshrining the Rich and Racist into permanent power in America.

Now, juxtapose this with the story of the giant balloon drop at culmination of the DNC 2024.  I saw it live and was worried a bunch of Sean Hannity and knock-off Hannity clones on Faux News would start in with the limousine liberal crap and decry this giant environmental disaster and then I read what the community which gathered to prep the balloons had done,

For decades now, the celebratory balloon drop has been the metaphorical exclamation point that punctuates the end of every U.S. political convention, and Thursday night’s finale to the Democratic National Convention was no exception.

As the red, white and blue baubles — all 100,000 of them — rained down on delegates at the United Center, a few dozen of the country’s foremost balloon artists were logged onto Zoom for a watch party, thrilled to see their handiwork play out in front of a global audience.  

They’d gathered in Chicago last week, traveling from 18 states and Canada to pitch in on the DNC installation, inflating something like 1,000 balloons every 10 minutes. (All the balloons were made from a biodegradable latex obtained from rubber trees.) 

Besides the environmentally sound balloons the community gathered to help a local balloon artist fighting stage 4 cancer,

But there was so much more to the balloon drop than professional satisfaction. This job was personal.

Treb Heining, considered by many the king of balloon art, had assembled a hand-picked crew of his peers to work on the DNC installation, marshaling them not just for their skills. He brought them together in support of Tommy DeLorenzo, owner of Balloons by Tommy, one of the Chicago area’s premier balloon artists.

DeLorenzo has been battling Stage 4 lymphoma since 2022 and received a stem cell transplant on Tuesday. 

I can not express enough how disgraceful, dishonorable, debauched, despicable, Trump and his cabal of criminal con-conspirators are;  every thing Trump touches dies and he's got his hands wrapped around the throats of the United States of America.  If Traitor Trump and his vicious team of thieves, weirdos, racists, and cut-throats manages to steal back into the White House the United States will be finished and the ramifications for millions of people across the globe will be dire.

The ULTIMATE Revenge of the Thin Blue Line: 1968 Chicago DNC Redux That Wasn't in 2024

The other night I watched a dad coming from the protest with his little girl, giving a good hard few final snaps on the drum he was carrying, nodding at her in crisp salute, percussing his perspective into her little mind. This is not peaceful. -

Ridiculous John McWhorter a Professor at Columbia University doesn't like drums or dads!

After the Campus Protests this spring, McWhorter was writing about, and the over-the-top heavy-handed response from University Administrators and several Police Departments, Republicans and their Corporate Media allies geared up for the Ultimate MAGA reunion; Making The Chicago DNC 1968 Great Again.

And poof it fizzled and didn't happen...

I don't know who is more upset;  the Chicago (and Suburban Police held in reserve) hoping to descend on some protestors and club them like their grand daddies did, Republicans who were hoping to declare Democrat Crime and Democrat Jew-Haters or the Corporate Media who were giddy at the thought of protestors derailing the Harris/Walz freight train towards victory.

Ok! Honeymoons Over! We say it's over! Stop it!
Stop it right now! We in the Media say it's over!!!

The Corporate Media, Republicans, and Reactionaries in the Police wanted their very own Kent State, and their own 1968 DNC in 2024, so the Media could declare the Harris Honeymoon Over and now it's DEMS IN DISARRAY til Election Day and we need a Strongman like Dear Leader DonOld Trump to bring Order to this Nation.

Man you can see how much the Mainstream Press Corps and elite Journalists yearned for chaos and violence in Chicago.  It's dripping from the dozens of pieces they wrote and when it didn't materialize they were reduced to complaining their seats in the United Center were waaaaaaaaaaaay up in the 300 level and their free accommodations were so poor and the free dinner portions were so small!  

Fortunately, the Biden/Harris campaign team seems to have recognized the Corporate Media are not only not neutral, the Corporate Media is actively working for ugly weirdo Traitor Trump and the Republican Project 2025 Agenda.

But, besides the disappoint for the Republican Neo-Nazis, the other great outcome from the DNC 2024 Riots That Weren't was the utter inconsequential Dirtbag Left attack on the Democratic Party.  With the thought that Joe Biden would be accepting the nomination, the DNC and CeaseFire Now groups thought why would have up to 40,000 protestors making things miserable for "Genocide Joe" and the DNC; 

Then came Kamala Harris — and the protest fizzled.

Organizers anticipated there would be 30,000 to 40,000 protesters on hand for Monday’s kickoff. But only a few thousand showed up; police estimated 3,500.

“There were more reporters than protesters,” observed Bennett Weiss. He was there selling Gaza-related buttons, including one that, he said, describes himself: “Self-Ambivalent Jew Against Zionism.”

Instead, perhaps a few thousand showed up, and they were either non-entities or such idiots they made the Chicago Police look good in comparison!  This was a great success for the Chicago Police and showed what can happen with proper planning and training in Police Forces,

“Can we stop talking about 1968?” Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling asked at a news conference Friday. “2024 is the new standard, and the men and women of the Chicago Police Department set that new standard out in the field.” 

After their outside agitation failed, these groups demanded a speaking spot at the DNC which was rightly declined because why would anyone give the erstwhile Left a chance to derail the Triumphant Harris/Walz DNC?  

What a colossal failure by the erstwhile Left, I write erstwhile left because this is a group which voted for Trump in 2016, preemptively declared they would never support Joe Biden in 2020, and decided to rebrand on the fly from ABANDON BIDEN to ABANDON HARRIS because like a horseshoe many of those "leftists" hate the Democratic Party as much as Faux News and the rightwing propagandists like Charlie Kirk, Mike Pillow Lindell, and Jack Proboscis trying to desperately to get some soundbite from some Kefir wearing malcontent which they could use to label Doug Emhoff an "anti-Semite".  Instead, Mike Pillow Lindell was fighting with children and Jack Proboscis was reduced to crying don't say any naughty words during my disingenuous podcast!

Meanwhile, soon-to-be President Harris and Vice President Walz continue to take their message of Joy & Freedom, True Liberty & Real Patriotism directly to the American people and the Corporate Media are getting more and more desperate to blunt what looks to be a 21st century electoral blowout of the Dear Leader DonOld Trump.

Kamala Harris is for the American People; while the Corporate Media, Racists, Bigots, Thieves, Traitors, and the Evil Rich are for Trump: Choose Wisely

Trump just did a Lie Fest Rally for his SSupporters at Howell, Michigan 

Kamala Harris is going to win the Presidency.  Hope & Joy & Unity & Freedom surround this DNC and the Democratic Party Presidential ticket; the Corporate Media is furious and are determined to "Gouge" Her to help their Dearly Beloved Trump.

Now, unfortunately we are not living in a 538-Nate Silver simulation wherein Harris/Walz win 624 out of 1000 elections, thus making her the favorite.  Instead we are living in the Republican dominated American electoral system; in which, bad faith actors, villains, and outright Fascists have often seized levers of power and seek to ensure a Trump Victory by hook or by crook.  Harris and Walz are the underdog because all the anti-Democratic apparatus of Government will be turned against them.

But, for right now we are witnessing the sheer panic of the mendacious Media as they try desperately to blunt the momentum and energy surrounding the Harris/Walz campaign and the DNC.  They know they've got to do something to get Dear Leader Trump back into this race because it's trending towards an absolute blowout.

Everything coming from the major media outlets is an attack on Harris and/or Walz.  For instance, The Fucking New York Times has decided to agree with MAGA that not picking Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is a big Anti-Semitism by Kamala Harris and The Democratic Party.  I'm not going to list the reasons Gov Shapiro should or should not have been the VP pick, I'll just note how much vitriol and attacks Republicans subjected Governor Shapiro (and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg) to when the I-95 bridge collapsed and how little credit they gave them when it was fixed.

Of course, if Shapiro was the choice, this same writer would have claimed not picking Tim Walz would have been a slap to the Heartland and akin to HRC ignoring Wisconsin and middle aged white guys.

Trump Great Harris Gimmick
Me am neutral reporter!

As another example, the Corporate Media has been demanding details about Kamala Harris economic policy and when she mentioned "price gouging" aided Trump in reviving the moldering corpse of Communism (or Kamunism as the witty New York Post put it).  This is despite Trump taking credit as President for lowering the price of Insulin to $35.  Which isn't true since it was President Biden who accomplished this and would be by Traitor Trump's and the rightwing News Media's own definition of "communism".  (Trust the Indefatigable Driftglass to say this best with his post demolishing George Will) 

Meanwhile, Trump is never asked for any details of how he's going to accomplish his Economic policies.  The Corporate Media always, always, always pretends that Republican statements are the equivalent of actual policy achievements.  Trump spews some bullshit and caps it with I'll make American Economy Great Again and Kamala Harris will institute full communism immediately if not sooner and with over 100% of jobs going to migrants and blah blah blah blah blah blah

Meanwhile,  Draft Dodger Traitor Trump continues to shit all over Medal of Honor recipients and Veterans repeatedly and not only is this not a daily news story, it isn't even referenced.  Remember Trump doubles down on his lies and insults and this is strength to the Corporate Media.

Here's Elon Muck re-Xing some random graph 
which makes no reference but simply puts fake
numbers up.  The Corporate Media loves Trump
but, Republicans won't be satisfied until they
Bend the Knee 

The Corporate Media's job is to undercut Democratic candidates and to gloss over, excuse, and ignore Republican perfidy.  They are so in the tank for ugly weird DonOld Trump it's embarrassing but, thankfully Kamala Harris was well aware of the Media yearning for Trump and had everything ready to go that first day to fight this fight against not only the Treasonous Republicans but, their willing accomplices in the Corporate Media.

There's not much any of us can do (once you've cancelled your subscription you really can't cancel it again) to stop this shameful mistreatment and biased coverage of Harris in favor of ugly weirdo Trump;  the Corporate Media has made it crystal-fucking-clear they will not hold him to any standard (let alone the one they held President Biden and soon-to-be President Harris to) and they've made it abundantly obvious they intend to do everything they can to carry Trump back into the White House.

 

The Corporate Media knew they were going to have to help their Dear dear dear Leader Trump back into the White House they just didn't expect to have to do so much work and they are really angry.  It's out job to keep Corporate Media, racist white supremacists, and Elon Muck angry and bitter over another defeat of their chosen one.

The Chicago DNC Day 1 was the greatest opening day ever

That Old Joe magic was on display last night

This is not the DNC the corporate media and Republicans wanted.  This is not what they were promised!

Kamala Harris is going to be President of the United States.  

• No Way!!!
• Way!

"She tough, she’s experienced, and she has enormous integrity. Like many of our best presidents she was also vice president too..."  Joe Biden, gracious Statesman and American Hero.

After the greatest opening of any political convention in American history, with powerful speeches from American patriots Congresswoman AOC, Steve Kerr, Jason Isbell, Sean Fain, and Mighty Joe Biden himself.  Day 2 was a hell of encore amped off with a typical Barack Obama homerun.  Couple that with President Harris and Vice President Walz in Milwaukee posting out Donald Trump took women's rights from them and continues to shit upon Medal of Honor recipients to a packed stadium while the DNC was on-going was brilliant.  The Corporate media is frantic desperate to get their Dear Beloved Donald back into this race.  Every mainstream media outlet is just ignoring Trump's decline into complete abject insanity while they parse every syllable and punctuation by the speakers at the DNC.

But, the Corporate Media panic and flailing Trump/Vance Failing campaign weren't supposed to happen.  The Media thought there was no chance Joe Biden would place the Nation and Democracy above his personal ambitions.  After all, they don't and they wouldn’t!  So DC Pundits and the Courtier Corporate Press thought they could simply hammer Biden as old and befuddled (or worse) for months while ignoring DonOld Dementia Trump and work to depress Democratic voter turnout so that Republican bad actors at various levels could steal just enough and suppress just enough votes to put their Dear DonOld back into the White House.

Then poof... gone 

It's well known the mainstream media hates Kamala Harris and hoped their hamstringing Joe Biden would lead to an open convention with scenes of chaotic power brokering, venal backstabbing, and political intrigue so they could write their cherished DEMS IN DISARRAY story lines but, thanks to the political acumen and maneuvering of the Biden White House poof... gone as well.

So last night they hoped for large-scale riots and violence reminiscent of 1968 to declare we need strongman for these times not a dorito eating women who can’t handle her own coronation and instead we got the Greatest Opening Night of a political convention ever.  So the corporate media was reduced to whining it’s Too Long! <cry.emoji>

The Harris Walz campaign is already historic but once they win it’s going to be a campaign for all time. Overcoming a Fascist Wannabe.  Overcoming the a mendacious Republican Party of treasonous bigots and thieves.  Doing it will the Corporate Media is trying to hamstrung and undermine you and bolster your opponent at every turn.  Historic and we are witnessing political mythology.  Americans 100 years from know will see the Biden/Harris elections as a turning point against American fascism while placing this campaign into the pantheon of great moments in American history.

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz stand with American Patriots and Freedom Lovers instead of Traitors, Thieves, Foreign Dictators and Billionaire Plutocrats. But, it's far from over.  Republicans infiltrators and criminals are planning on undoing the will of the American people if possible and will, resort to violence they are thwarted.  But, it's time to put Trump into the ground "Night! Night!" and reclaim America from Republican traitors and fascists.  Let's Fucking Go!