Leftist Calls for a Purge
This week, Former New York Times reporter Paul Krugman said "we really need to do a thorough purging of the United States. We need a de-MAGAfication similar to the de-Nazification that we pursued successfully after World War II in Germany."
"The purge can be done peacefully like the one Stalin carried out in the 1930s to rid the Soviet Union of counterrevolutionaries or violently like the one carried out by Lenin in the years following the Russian Revolution," Krugman suggested. "Trump's MAGA minions know they are guilty of trying to undo the transformation of the United States initiated by former President Obama. If they admit their guilt and accept their punishments bloodshed can be kept to a minimum."
"If they deny their guilt and persist in their efforts to prevent the collectivization that the majority of Americans want, progressives will be justified to make open war on them," Krugman argued. "This will include assassinations, confiscation or destruction of property, imprisonment, and executions as necessary until all resistance is suppressed."
"As Stalin's armies encircled him in Berlin in April of 1945, Hitler acknowledged the superior strength of the communist regime," Krugman pointed out. "Realizing that there was no way out, he committed suicide in his bunker. I can easily envision Trump coming to the same realization and making the same choice rather than facing the humiliation and torture of being torn apart by the people he abused and oppressed during his two terms in office."
Reproductive Healthcare Leave Act Proposed
Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Az) has introduced the Reproductive Healthcare Leave Act, HR 8158. Ansari called it "part of my Healthy, Equity, Rights (HER) package. It covers pregnancy terminations, menstrual pain, miscarriages, menopause symptoms, endometriosis, IUD insertions, vasectomies, fertility treatments and biopsies. My bill has 28 co-sponsors."
Ansari said "pain related to periods, in particular, is something that I have dealt with for many, many years. Women's pain, whether from periods, from endometriosis, from the number of reproductive healthcare issues that exist, is severely underfunded and under-researched and therefore we don't have many solutions."
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich), a co-sponsor of this legislation, asserted "for too long women have been unfairly burdened with the task of bearing children. So far, technology has not devised a way to achieve reproduction of the human species without putting all the burden of gestation on women. The least we can do is spread the costs of easing women's pain over the entire tax-paying population. This legislation does that." The bill has also been endorsed by Planned Parenthood, the National Organization for Women and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Los Angeles Mayor Pulls Funds from July 4 Parade
Lydia Grant, president of the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council, announced that "funding for our annual Fourth of July parade has been pulled by Mayor Bass. We've been doing this parade for over 50 years. I was very shocked because the mayor herself said to contact her staff to get it done. Then they started ignoring us. This has never happened before."
Bass blamed Trump for the cancellation, saying "since President Trump has made such a big deal about this being the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence I felt duty bound to thwart his ambition to make this year's observation 'the biggest and best ever.'"
"A second factor that was brought to my attention is that the fourth of July means nothing to our huge population of Mexicans living in our state and city," Bass pointed out. "You know, our state and city used to be part of Mexico before the US took them by force after the Mexican-American War in 1848. I hope to be able to work with incoming Gov. Beccera to accomplish a reunification of our state and city with Mexico within the next four years."
Dem Undeterred by Platner Scandals
Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) brushed aside the negative aspects of his Party's prospective nominee for the US Senate seat in Maine, saying "yeah, he's had some troubling behaviors. First there was the Nazi tattoo on his chest. I mean, who does that? Then there is the revelation that he's been unfaithful in his marriage. This isn't so unusual. Congress has a special fund to pay off the women that are abused by its members. Finally, there is his boast that he would rape anyone who breaks into his house to demonstrate his dominance. These aren't the words that I would have chosen, but I understand the sentiment."
"On the plus side, though, Platner is solidly against Trump and his policies," Kim observed. "I think this more than outweighs any of the negatives of his behavior or character. General Patton was a 'magnificent bastard' who terrified the Nazis during WWII. So, I think Platner might be the 'magnificent bastard' Democrats can use. I can envision him raping Trump. That's the kind of fighter we need if we're going to oust the MAGA usurpers who are undermining the progressive agenda to bring democratic socialism to this country. What I hear from people in New Jersey and around the country is that they don't trust the US Senate right now, led by Republicans. I look forward to working with any Democrat that the voters of Maine choose to elect as their senator."
In related news, Platner has a 100% disability rating from the Veterans Administration (VA) and receives free health care and $4,800 per month. A spokesman for the VA questioned "whether a person with 100% disability would have the strength or agility to walk down the street, much less rape an intruder." Platner denied that he is 100% disabled, saying "claiming disability was the only way I could get the system to give me compensation I deserve for the damage done to my body in the Afghan War."
Dems "Don't Need Male Voters"
In a speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting in Washington, DC, Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham (NM) claimed "if women — Democratic women — just show up and vote, we're good. We don't need any of the men. We have more women and women of color elected in New Mexico than anywhere else in the country. We have the most female legislature."
"Don't get me wrong," the Governor said. "I want the men's votes. I am greedy. Losing anyone's vote — and that's been, I think, part of the Democratic Party's national branding problem. I just insist that the men know their place in the pecking order. Men need to disavow their allegiance to the ideal of rugged individualism. Our modern society doesn't need it and can't abide it. Everyone must play the role assigned to them by the social collective. Men need to support women's rights by fulfilling the demands they articulate in the public sphere and at home."
"As we saw in the 2024 election, men failed to do their part," Lujan-Grisham asserted. "Fifty-five percent of them voted for Trump. Fifty-seven percent of the women voted for Kamala. This disparity led to the election of the most despicable man to ever hold the office of President of the United States and enough Republicans in Congress to pass key portions of his awful agenda--huge tax cuts, deregulation, funding enforcement of our immigration statutes, and aggression against Iran."
The Governor admitted that "it is unlikely that men will simply do the right thing on their own initiative, but women control 100% of the vaginas. If men want to get at them they'll have to meet our demands."
Candidate Credits Bike Lane Policy for Late Surge
While election night vote counts on Tuesday night showed City Councilwoman Nithya Raman far behind in the race for Los Angeles Mayor, as we go into the 4th day of counting her numbers are picking up and betting odds markets predict she will overtake Spencer Pratt for second place and qualify for the November runoff.
Raman attributed her surge to her strong advocacy for bike lanes, saying "the people who mocked me will see that I have the winning formula for bringing the City back from the baleful performance of Mayor Bass and the whimsical delusions of low crime and sensible public spending of Pratt. Replacing roadway lanes with bike lanes will reduce pollution, lower street maintenance costs, improve people's health, and better the city in too many ways to mention."
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said he found Raman's "faith in bicycles amusing. I doubt that her bikeways advocacy accounts for even one percent of her votes. The decisive factor is given sufficient time our Party's ability to create enough votes to overcome any early leads of Republicans is certain. When I run for president in 2028 I will share this technique with others states so a debacle like the 2024 election of Trump will never happen again. In the meantime, knocking off Pratt and Hilton will help demonstrate why I should be the Democratic nominee for president in 2028."
CBS Star Denounces Boss, Gets Fired
Scott Pelley, a veteran of 37 years at CBS, denounced Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss for "interfering with my freedom to report the news the way I see fit. Her demand that I include both sides of contentious issues broke faith with the essential DNA of the '60 Minutes' program. For decades we were routinely allowed to determine what we reported rather than be compelled to give any attention to ideas or information we thought was out-of-line with our version of the truth."
"For my candor, I got fired by '60 Minutes' executive producer Nick Bilton," Pelley complained. "I have to say that this is probably the worst miscarriage of justice since Jesus was crucified. I was standing up for the truth as I saw it. Now I stand to lose the multi-million dollars in salary I was counting on to feed my family."
Bilton rejected Pelley's claim "that we were insisting that he insert falsehoods into his reporting. When we're reporting on political issues where there are major disagreements it is customary to allow each side an opportunity to voice their perspective. Mr. Pelley wasn't being asked to endorse views with which he disagreed. He wasn't being prevented from offering his own opinions. What he was being prevented from doing was omitting to mention views with which he disagreed. His strident opposition to incorporating anything with which he disagreed directly defied the standards Ms. Weiss is trying to instill in CBS News programs. Because of this, firing him became necessary."
