American Politics 3.0 - Back to Brunch

[SutterBrother]

I didn't know former Japanese politicians were so interested in hanging out with sex offenders.

No shame I guess.

[SutterBrother]

Ah - Taro Aso. He's one of "those"...

Asō has been attached to a number of controversies in his career. He conceded in 2008 that his family had benefitted from forced labor during World War II, although he has refused to apologize for it. Asō also had a reputation for political gaffes and controversial remarks.[5] He praised the Nazi Party for being able to stealthily modify the German constitution without alerting the general public, and once said "Hitler, who killed millions of people, was no good even if his motive was right". He later retracted the latter remark.

According to The Japan Times, Asō "raised eyebrows" in June 2018 when he stated that the large support towards the LDP among voters under 35 in the 2017 general election was due to that demographic being less inclined than older Japanese to read newspapers, which had been critical of Abe's handling of cronyism scandals.[52]

In May 2018, Asō downplayed alleged sexual harassment charges against his ministry's top bureaucrat by saying that "there is no such thing as a sexual harassment charge."[53] When asked to comment on a formal complaint submitted to his ministry on the alleged sexual harassment, Asō remarked that his "only thought was that it would have been easier to read if they used a bigger font[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_As%C5%8D

[MoneyGuy]

Fake president presents a fake White House key to a former Japanese PM for a photo op. Oh the hilarity. And stupidity.

[KelVarnsen]

Nazis hang out with other Nazis

[Looch City]

2 Nazis, 1 Trump

[activeStick]

That would be... some kind of video

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by activeStick

That would be... some kind of video

The crazy thing is it may actually exist, too.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

Ah - Taro Aso. He's one of "those"...



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_As%C5%8D

Sounds like a real Asō.

[Dion]

The RNC recently pledged to deploy 100,000 volunteers and attorneys to polling sites this year as observers to “protect the vote and ensure a big win.”

https://twitter.com/user/status/1782966418272624806

[MoneyGuy]

That has to be illegal, no?

Say you’re intending to steal an election without saying you’re intending to steal an election.

Will they be armed to endure compliance?

[activeStick]

They've done this before already...

[Dion]

Defamation suit from GA election workers (Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss) drives popular far-right website into bankruptcy

Mediaite reported Wednesday that the parent company for the Gateway Pundit – a far-right website known to spread false statements about the 2020 election, the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war — had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Florida. Gateway Pundit founder Jim Hoft wrote in a post to the site on Wednesday that parent entity TGP Communications was seeking bankruptcy protection due to "progressive liberal lawfare attacks."

Nonprofit group Protect Democracy, which is representing Freeman and Moss through its Law for Truth project, wrote that the Hoft brothers "knowingly disseminated blatantly false stories claiming that Ms. Freeman and Ms. Moss were involved in a conspiracy to commit election fraud, and continued to publish these untruths long after they were proven to be false."

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/polit...e1c22b2e&ei=29

[puffnstuff]

Arizona has entered the chat. Fake elector scheme there has resulted in a bunch of charges. Trump is one of the unindicted co-conspirators.