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The DUmpster / Re: Get off your butts Dems and condemn the attack
« Last post by SVPete on September 07, 2026, 02:26:40 PM »
The local MSM have tried a bit of six-degrees-of-separation, as noted below, but it's at a personal level, if it's at all relevant. I think it somewhere between plausible and likely that the guy paid a visit to the beer tent before heading to the Dem Party tent. Alcohol and wisdom are not frequent companions.
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The DUmpster / Re: Get off your butts Dems and condemn the attack
« Last post by Ralph Wiggum on September 07, 2026, 02:11:09 PM »
IMO, Gateway Pundit has been less than reliable as a source for many years - sometimes correct, often overstating or selective with facts, sometime just incorrect.

In this case, the truth of what happened is less than the partisan media are claiming, and more than HoftLand is saying. The guy went through the crowd aggressively, pushing people aside - more than Hoft admits, less than the MSM claim.

Then there's DU-grade fantasies of "what really happened". They probably have people claiming she was struck or other such nonsense.

Agreed, and I only glance at that site on occasion because it is the conservative version of the Huffington Post.

However, here's a site I trust:

Amy Acton’s ‘Assassination Attempt’ Narrative Is Falling Apart

You may have heard about the alleged assassination attempt against Ohio Democrat gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton over the weekend.

"While attending the Canfield Fair, an armed individual lunged at Dr. Acton, injuring multiple people. Dr. Acton and Eric are grateful for the swift and decisive action of law enforcement and are praying for the recovery of those injured. This kind of violence has no place in Ohio. Dr. Acton will always stand up to the chaos, hate and vitriol that pits us against one another," said Addie Bullock, communications director for the Acton campaign.

There's just one problem. This story is a complete lie.

That statement is carefully worded to make you think Acton was standing in a gunman's crosshairs. She wasn't. Acton was never touched, never injured, and never threatened.

An armed man pushed through a crowd at the Canfield Fair on Sunday, knocking down two elderly fairgoers before deputies tackled him and placed him under arrest. Within hours, her campaign and a sympathetic press corps turned an arrest for disorderly conduct into an assassination attempt.

The campaign lied.

Yet, the New York Times, of all outlets, couldn't even back up the Acton campaign's version of events.

"An armed man was arrested Sunday after forcing his way through a crowd toward Dr. Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, the authorities said," the paper reported. "Dr. Acton was giving a speech at the Mahoning County Democratic Party tent at a fair in Canfield, in the northeastern part of the state, when a man pushed through the crowd, knocking over two elderly audience members, according to the county sheriff, Jerry Greene, and two witnesses. The man did not draw his weapons, according to Sheriff Greene and the witnesses. Dr. Acton was not injured."

Had there been even a hint of evidence that this was an assassination attempt or some form of attack against a political candidate, you can bet law enforcement would have treated it as such. But, law enforcement officials made it quite clear there was no assassination attempt, and the suspect is facing misdemeanor assault charges.

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/09/07/amy-actons-assassination-attempt-story-is-a-complete-lie-and-we-have-the-receipts-n4956975
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Jeff Foxworthy reveals how 'redneck' insult inspired decades of comedy

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jeff-foxworthy-reveals-how-redneck-insult-inspired-decades-comedy

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During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 67-year-old actor and comedian discussed his new stand-up special, "The Joke's on Me," and recalled the time someone called him a "redneck" and how he turned what was meant to be an insult into a compliment.

He explained that "one of the nicest compliments" someone once gave him was commending his ability to turn what "was supposed to be an insult ... into a badge of honor."

"I said, 'Well, that's cool, because when people get offended, they act like if you gave rednecks a billion dollars, they wouldn't be rednecks,'" he said.

"I said they would still be rednecks. They would just have bigger boats, bigger trucks. I mean, more things to shoot at. They're happy with who they are. And I've always got asked, ‘How do you come up with that?’ And I'm like. There's no research going on. It's my family and my friend group that trust me."

Sometimes the best way to defang a stereotype-insult is to mock it three ways, hard, fast, and continuously.
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Breaking News / Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 9/7
« Last post by SVPete on September 07, 2026, 01:36:49 PM »
'Blatant Abuse of Public Trust': USCIS Officer Charged in Fraud Case

https://townhall.com/news/scott-mcclallen/2026/09/05/blatant-abuse-of-public-trust-uscis-officer-charged-in-fraud-case-n2682546

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A federal employee has been arrested related to a multi-year immigration fraud scheme in Texas.

Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu, a former Senior Immigration Services Officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Adeniyi Akeem Somoye were arrested on federal charges for their roles in an alleged multi‑year scheme to receive illegal gratuities in exchange for manipulating and expediting immigration applications.

A federal criminal complaint filed Aug. 31 charges the duo with conspiracy to receive illegal gratuities by a public official. Federal agents arrested both on Sept. 2.
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According to the complaint, from December 2019 through March 2026, Ganiyu used his official position to approve immigration applications — including Forms I‑130: Petition for Alien Relative; I‑485: Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status; I‑751: Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence; and N‑400: Application for Naturalization — in exchange for money.

2020, Covid shutdowns; 2021-2025, LIEden is President; 2025, Trump became President and Ganiyu got caught.
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The DUmpster / Re: Let's use this Labor Day to give a shout out to Omaha Steve,
« Last post by SVPete on September 07, 2026, 01:13:23 PM »
Speaking realistically, is OS more than a low-level union gadfly?
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The DUmpster / Re: Get off your butts Dems and condemn the attack
« Last post by SVPete on September 07, 2026, 12:54:02 PM »
If she were a republican she would have been shot and the dummies would be cheering! :thatsright: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:

Like they did and do with Charlie Kirk.
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The DUmpster / Let's use this Labor Day to give a shout out to Omaha Steve,
« Last post by CC27 on September 07, 2026, 12:50:03 PM »
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JMCKUSICK (7,637) Posts

Let's use this Labor Day to give a shout out to Omaha Steve,

our labor and union news guru who never seems to take a day off!

Here here OS! You're the very best!

Thank you for all you do.

https://democraticunderground.com/100221490805

Guru? Ignorant self-absorbed mini taco eating dip shit guru is more like it
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General Discussion / Re: About those ICC charges against Netanyahu
« Last post by SSG Snuggle Bunny on September 07, 2026, 12:41:11 PM »
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oy K. Altman
@RoyKAltman
Alice Nderitu. Most people don't know that name.

I talk about her all the time. Why is she important? She was one of the world's preeminent experts on genocide.

She's a Kenyan woman, not a Jew, not married to a Jew, obviously not Israeli.

She rose in the ranks of international communities around the world because of her tremendous expertise in this field.

And she she reached the pinnacle of this field. She became the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Crime of Genocide and the Prevention of Genocide.

She became the world's preeminent and most prominent source on whether genocides were happening around the world and how to prevent them.

And she was adamant and clear that there was no genocide in Gaza, that it was the furthest thing from a genocide, that Israel spent tremendous amounts of money and effort and had an entire organization of its government devoted to preserving and protecting the lives of uninvolved Palestinian citizens.

And then what did Alice Nderitu get for telling the truth at the United Nations?

She was fired. Her contract was not renewed, and someone who would toe the party line was placed there in her stead.

And it's the fact that no one even knows her name that shows you what it looks like to lose an information war in the West.


https://x.com/RoyKAltman/status/2095268023863005377
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The DUmpster / Re: Get off your butts Dems and condemn the attack
« Last post by SVPete on September 07, 2026, 12:32:23 PM »
IMO, Gateway Pundit has been less than reliable as a source for many years - sometimes correct, often overstating or selective with facts, sometime just incorrect.

In this case, the truth of what happened is less than the partisan media are claiming, and more than HoftLand is saying. The guy went through the crowd aggressively, pushing people aside - more than Hoft admits, less than the MSM claim.

Then there's DU-grade fantasies of "what really happened". They probably have people claiming she was struck or other such nonsense.
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Politics / Re: Pritzker Says ICE Needs Judicial Warrants. Angel Dad Debunks Him.
« Last post by Old n Grumpy on September 07, 2026, 12:28:25 PM »
Pritzger is a lying, corrupt tub of lard. :thatsright: :bird: :bird: :bird: :bird:
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