February 25, 2024 JMG Community, Open Thread
Variety reports: Kenneth Mitchell, known for his multiple roles on “Star Trek: Discovery,” died from ALS complications on Saturday. He was 49. On “Star Trek: Discovery,” Mitchell played Klingons Kol, Kol-Sha and Tenavik, as well as Aurellio. He also voiced several characters in an episode of “Star Trek: Lower Decks.” His other notable credits include portraying Carol Danvers’ father in …
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February 25, 2024 Hypocrisy, Trump cultists
Mediaite reports: Jimmy Kimmel and his staff got supporters of former President Donald Trump to engage in blatant hypocrisy in what was truly a wild segment of the ABC late night show. During his opening monologue Friday, Kimmel explained the premise of the bit — which was filmed in South Carolina ahead of Saturday’s primary. “We asked people who identified …
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February 25, 2024 Democrats, Republicans
NBC News reports: Steve Kramer, a veteran political consultant working for a rival candidate, acknowledged Sunday that he commissioned the robocall impersonating President Joe Biden with artificial intelligence, confirming an NBC News report that he was behind the call. Kramer expressed no remorse for creating the deepfake, in which an imitation of the president’s voice discouraged participation in New Hampshire’s …
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February 25, 2024 Extremists, Trump cultists
Real Clear Politics has the transcript: Onward to victory! Is there anything going to stop us from winning on 5 November of 2024? I can’t hear you. Is anything gonna stop us? In this very hall, the greatest president of the 20th and 21st centuries sat here and said he’s a political dissident, he’s persecuted. That is a mark upon …
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February 25, 2024 Christianists, Hate Groups
“The most loving thing you could possibly do would be not to go, and to condemn the relationship; that is loving. It’s not loving to help somebody celebrate stepping into the fury of God’s judgment. “This is not a time for you to celebrate, thinking that your affection for somebody is the means of their salvation. They will come to …
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February 25, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
ABC News reports: Judge Lewis Kaplan has declined to grant a stay of Donald Trump’s $83.3 million judgment in his defamation case and requested a written response from columnist E. Jean Carroll’s lawyers. “The Court declines to grant any stay, much less an unsecured stay, without first having afforded plaintiff a meaningful opportunity to be heard,” Kaplan wrote in an …
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February 25, 2024 Racism, Republicans
The New York Times reports: Justice Clarence Thomas recently hired a law clerk who was previously accused of sending racist text messages, resurfacing the controversy around her. Crystal Clanton will begin clerking for the justice in the upcoming term, according to the Antonin Scalia Law School, from which she graduated in 2022. In late 2017, a New Yorker story reported …
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February 25, 2024 Politics, Republicans
“Why has Henry Barbour, Republicans National Committeeman from Mississippi, become an ally of Joe Biden. Barbour’s two proposed RNC resolutions defy reality and only help President Biden. “It is ironic that Barbour would propose these anti-Trump resolutions as President Trump wins his fifth straight contrast (?) and is declared the winner in Nikki Haley’s home state one minute after the …
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February 25, 2024 Russia, Ukraine
Reuters reports: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion two years ago, giving the first official figure for more than a year. Zelenskiy told a news conference in Kyiv that he could not disclose the number of wounded because it would help Russian military planning. “31,000 Ukrainian troops have been …
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February 25, 2024 Christianists, Republicans
Charlotte’s CBS affiliate reports: A Union County pastor is under fire after a clip of his sermon went viral online, in which he blames rape victims for their attire. Pastor Bobby Leonard of Bible Baptist Tabernacle can be heard saying that he wouldn’t convict a rapist if the victim was wearing shorts. The clip, which has been viewed millions of …
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