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as usual he pulled it out of his butt, isn't that good enough?
According to a New York Times report, the Democratic National Committee can't pay its bills and Chairman Ken Martin is paranoid and unhinged. In other words, the committee is drowning in internal chaos.
This is threatening to blunt whatever momentum Democrats thought they had heading into the midterms, which are now just 100 days away.
PJ Media previously reported that the DNC put up its own DC headquarters as collateral for a $15 million line of credit last year. That was bad news on its own. But it's gotten worse. Party leaders have now asked vendors to hold off sending invoices until after the midterms, according to three people briefed on the discussions.
Ouch.
And then there’s the issues with Chairman Martin. According to the report, he has become isolated, anxious about his job security, and dependent on a shrinking circle of trusted aides. More than two dozen current and former Democrats and DNC officials described his behavior to the New York Times, most speaking anonymously because nobody wants their name near this dumpster fire.
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Just how unhinged has Martin become? Well, in early July, Martin allegedly threw his phone at a junior aide's desk while reprimanding him, prompting a formal HR complaint. Accounts differ on how hard he threw it, though everyone agrees it hit the desk, not the aide. Martin later met with HR about his behavior. The DNC declined to comment, and Martin declined an interview request.
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The big problem for the Democrats, of course, is the money gap with Republicans. President Donald Trump controls a $400 million super PAC. The Republican National Committee reported $128.5 million in cash on hand. The DNC is $2 million in debt. Before filing its July report, the DNC even transferred $1 million out of its 2028 convention fund to prop up its main accounts.
Notice that the meme-creator acnewsitics cited zero news sources, not even a non-credible annoymorously sourced hit-piece from some Prog online rag like HuffPo or Truth Out.
The WNBA only has two real stars with any meaningful popular following - Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham. Both of them built reputations as underdogs in a sport traditionally dominated by minority players espousing far-left politics. Both of them have been mistreated in the past by a league that tends to play nursemaid to those same players.
The WNBA has long been a cultural joke, not just because its reputation for low standards of athleticism, but because they are constantly whining about "equal pay", "social justice" and LGBT issues. ...
The national interest in Caitlin Clark transcends politics; people like her because she takes the game seriously and plays at a level far above most of her peers. Her mere presence on the court now often brings in double or even triple the normal WNBA viewership.
On the other hand, Sophie Cunningham has gained a reputation as an enforcer. While Caitlin Clark is being persistently battered with flagrant fouls disguised as "accidents", Cunningham has decided to dish out some fouls in return. The Martial Arts trained player has decided to "sweep the leg" on the league and she's no longer letting the abuse slide.
This month she went viral for pointing her finger in the face of a black player (DeWanna Bonner) after multiple fouls against Caitlin Clark without referee intervention. Bonner flipped out over the gesture and the WNBA was unhappy. A white girl pointing with condemnation in the face of a black player was viewed by the political left as unacceptable. The fans loved it.
This week, Cunningham was in the news again, this time because she took a public position on "trans women" (men) being allowed in women's sports. Cunningham argued that she doesn't hate trans people, but:
“I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that.’ I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”
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Rule #1 when dealing with the political left: Never apologize to the political left. It won't shut them up. They will smell blood in the water and attack even more aggressively. Cunningham seems to understand this rule well.
In response, the media has gone on the attack, admonishing Cunningham for her comments. Leftists on social media are calling for her to booted from the league. Some are burning her jersey in an effort to inspire a boycott of her merchandise.
“First-of-their-kind” transgender dolls — complete with removable genitalia — will debut in some Minnesota classrooms this fall to kids as young as 4 years old.
The paper dolls, with gender-neutral names like “Sam,” “Rory,” “Avery” and “Parker,” have removable internal and external genitals, along with more than 100 interchangeable pieces of clothing, accessories and hairstyles — like a trans Mr./Mrs. Potato Head.
The goal is for kids to “learn about the different options that exist for who they can be,” according to a therapist at the University of Minnesota Medical School, which spent over half a decade developing the controversial project funded by lefty Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz
While taking a hard line on Hendrix’s speech, the judge who ordered the sentencing in the Hendrix case, Christa Daily, has a track record of granting outrageous plea deals, letting convicted sex offenders off with light punishments and little to no jail time.
In January 2023, 54-year-old Thomas Lee Meyer was charged with possession of child pornography following an investigation by the Rochester Police Department. Investigators discovered “several child sexual abuse images of juveniles ranging in age from 6 to 8 years old” at Meyer’s residence. Meyer confessed to law enforcement that “he viewed thousands” of such images on his phone.
According to Minnesota law, possession of child sexual abuse material when the victim is less than 14 is a felony with a maximum penalty of a 10-year jail sentence or a $10,000 fine or both. But Daily allowed a plea deal that had a “stay of imposition for four felony charges of possessing pornographic work and dismisse[d] six other similar felony charges.” The deal let Meyer complete probation, a sex offender program, and 100 days of community service and have his felony charges dropped to misdemeanors. Daily did not have Meyer serve any jail time.
In a case of queer overreach so extreme that even the far-left Denver Public Schools board was forced to act, a lesbian-identifying Colorado teacher was fired this spring after repeatedly pressuring students to kiss same-sex classmates during supposedly instructional classroom skits.
Teacher Jennifer Honka was employed for the past eight years to teach French Language and Culture at Northeast Early College (NEC), a high school which is part of the Denver Public Schools district.
Tales of Honka’s inappropriate kissing assignments were a topic of gossip at the school going back several years. They were part of classroom skits engineered by the teacher to allegedly teach students about French language and culture. The skits were given titles such as “The Neighbors Saw Everything” and “The Boring Kiss,” and focused on characters who were dating. “The script for ‘The Boring Kiss’ includes three different moments when the characters are directed to kiss each other,” CBS News reported, making kissing a central feature of the assignment.
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