The Friday funeral procession for Al-Jazzera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank on Wednesday, got real ugly fast in Jerusalem on Friday as Israeli police waded into the crowd and began beating her actual fucking pall bearers with nightsticks.

Yet another major national news site has killed comments altogether as ABC News joins The Hill in murdering its Disqus community. Outside of the heavily curated New York Times and Washington Post, both of which use their own native comment CMS, along with Yahoo and Fox News with that “OpenWeb” piece of shit, no big name in news allows for comments anymore.

The Hill and ABC News are still listed at the bottom of the Disqus.com home page

ABC News joins The Atlantic, Politico, CNN, TMZ, and who the hell knows how many others to end comments completely in recent years while the Daily Caller, RT, and Daily Wire among others switched to inferior platforms (well, as of this writing they’re probably fully functional unlike Disqus which is being a pain in the ass today). Only the Gateway Pundit was the prodigal son here, having switched from Disqus to lousy “Insticator” and back again. Politics-wise, it would seem with Gateway, Breitbart, OAN, and a long list of others using the big D, that our universe is increasingly dominated by right wing audiences with only Political Wire, JoeMyGod, RawStory (ugh), Mediaite, Wonkette, and of course National Zero holding it down on the center-left.

ABC’s last Disqus thread is still up, so anyone who can spare a minute or two to invite some peeps into our family here, please do by all means. Just don’t have an emoji in your name, the assholes will pre-mod your comment. Most likely can’t use links either, so write it as “NationalZero dot com”.

Former Coffee County, Georgia Clerk Misty Hampton told the Washington Post that sometime in November or December 2020 she let some MAGA asshole upset over Trump losing the state into a server room to “investigate” the Dominion equipment there. Around the same time Hampton herself made a video saying the Dominion machines were vulnerable and had enlisted the conspiracy theorist, businessman Scott Hall, to show that “that this election was not done true and correct.”

Hampton also told the Post she was unaware of the Georgia Secretary of State office’s guidance on equipment security procedures but didn’t care anyway. “I don’t see why anything that is dealing with elections is not open to the public,” Hampton said. “Why would you want to hide anything?” Trump also won her county by 40%, so it’s not clear what she and Hall had hoped to find.

Joe Biden continues to put America LAST by shipping pallets of baby formula to the southern border as American families face empty shelves.

This is unacceptable.

American mothers and their babies shouldn’t suffer because of the #BidenBorderCrisis.https://t.co/zgWHz84lkZ

— Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) May 13, 2022

This evil cunt (apologies, but it’s appropriate here) knows exactly what she’s doing. She’s a new mom herself, probably has no trouble acquiring baby formula if that’s indeed what she uses. But she and her pal Greg Abbott and a shit ton of other Republicans know the frustration and anxiety that parents are no doubt feeling right now and channeling that into xenophobic rage. Who better to falsely blame for that than unworthy brown people who don’t belong here?

Now suppose you want to ask her or Greg Abbott or Congresswoman Kat Cammack to actually follow through on this. You could ask “So you want infants held in migrant detention camps to starve?”, “How much formula are you talking about here?”, “Would cutting them off actually make a dent in the nationwide supply shortage?”, “Isn’t your party in favor of locking up migrant children and babies?”, and so on and so forth. The best part for her is that she can just say this kind of shit and won’t respond to your reply asking such questions as she doesn’t give a fuck about you.

Because she’s a cunt. And she knows she is. She relishes her contempt for common decency, let alone Christian virtues of decency and honesty. A voter mom without baby formula envious of a non-voter mom locked up behind a chain link fence getting cheap powdered milk that Dollar Tree probably doesn’t even bother to pretend is for infants is useful to her if sufficiently propagandized.

“Russia is investing significant effort in the vicinity of Izium and Severodonetsk in an attempt to achieve a breakthrough towards Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. The primary objective on this axis is to envelop Ukrainian forces in the joint operation area, isolating them from support or reinforcement by units in the west of the country. Ukrainian forces successfully prevented an attempted Russian river crossing in the Donbas. Images indicate that during the crossing of the Siverskyi Donets river west of Severodonetsk, Russia lost significant armoured-manoeuvre elements of at least one battalion tactical group as well as the deployed pontoon bridging equipment.”

“Conducting river crossings in a contested environment is a highly risky manoeuvre and speaks to the pressure the Russian commanders are under to make progress in their operations in eastern Ukraine. Russian forces have failed to make any significant advances despite concentrating forces in this area after withdrawing and redeploying units from the Kyiv and Chernihiv Oblasts” says a British Ministry of Defense intelligence update.

The Biden Breakdown continues. In the Pittsburgh Airport they still are not delivering any newspapers. The understanding clerk told me they still can’t find the employees for 7 days of delivery. It’s not getting better it’s getting worse.

— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) May 13, 2022

This total monkey chode has to be trolling at this point. The CPAC chief was widely mocked on Tuesday for his tweet blaming Biden for an unspecified high end dishwasher model being unavailable, so it looks like he’s doubling down. Using his logic we should start crediting Biden for accomplishments like Taco Bell bringing back the Mexican Pizza, James Cameron finally releasing a trailer for Avatar 2, and Ukraine shooting down at least 200 Russian military planes. Well maybe that last one’s not so sarcastic, considering the Ukraine Ministry of Defense specifically mentioned US-made Stinger missiles (and British Starstreaks) in the announcement. Anyway, fuck Matt Schlapp.

“Today the Kemp for Governor campaign announced that former Vice President Mike Pence will rally with Governor Brian Kemp on Monday, May 23rd, to get out the vote for the May 24th Republican primary. ‘Brian Kemp is one of the most successful conservative governors in America,’ said Vice President Pence. ‘He built a safer and stronger Georgia by cutting taxes, empowering parents and investing in teachers, funding law enforcement, and standing strong for the right to life. Brian Kemp is my friend, a man dedicated to faith, family and the people of Georgia. I am proud to offer my full support for four more years of Brian Kemp as governor of the great state of Georgia!'”

“‘Marty, the girls, and I [Are Kemp’s daughters really that excited to meet Mike Pence?] are incredibly honored to have the support of Vice President Pence as we build on our campaign’s strong momentum through Election Day on May 24th,’ said Governor Kemp. ‘The Vice President’s leadership was instrumental in creating the most prosperous economy in American history, including here in Georgia, and his commitment to building a safer, stronger America represents the highest ideals of our party. We could not be more grateful for his friendship to our family and state, and we look forward to welcoming him back to the campaign trail in Georgia!'” says the press release from the Kemp campaign, ecstatic over the guy Trump fans tried to hang opportunistically using him in an intra-party proxy war against the Donald when the deal is pretty much already sealed and Kemp very likely to survive Trump-backed loser David Perdue’s primary challenge.

Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of usershttps://t.co/Y2t0QMuuyn

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 13, 2022

The Republican county commissioners in Otero County, New Mexico largely ignored an email last winter from a resident alerting them that at least one of the “canvassers” they hired to go door-to-door asking citizens who they voted for in 2020 was a convicted pedophile, the Daily Beast reports.

“My neighbor was a volunteer for [children’s aid group] CASA and she recognized someone who came to her door asking how she voted in November 2021 as someone who either was convicted or pleaded guilty to sex with a child. She is terrified. She has grandchildren she cares for. Did the County perform background checks on the volunteers going to voters’ homes?” wrote one voter in a February email to the commission. After some internal back and forth, the commission responded that the “canvassers” were volunteers and as such not subject to background checks.

The Daily Beast could not independently verify the allegation, however it’s probably got some element of truth to it given that the volunteers were recruited from a shady MAGA Telegram group called the “New Mexico Audit Force,” and the “audit” was spearheaded by none other than the now-famous “Cowboys for Trump” asshole Couy Griffin, the only currently still-serving elected politician convicted in connection to the Capitol riot (the other one was West Virginia state House Delegate Derrick Evans, who resigned just days after the insurrection). It’s also not entirely clear if the “audit” is even still happening at this point. EchoMail, a digital marketing company with no experience conducting real election audits, but some experience working alongside CyberNinjas on the now-infamous fake one in Maricopa County, Arizona, backed out of the Otero County “audit” in March, announcing they had found no evidence of fraud there in the 2020 election.

200 russian military planes have permanently landed thanks to the skills of the Ukrainian military. We thank our friends for the Stingers and Starstreaks. Waiting for the Patriots to follow. #ArmUkraineNow pic.twitter.com/ZbHhZzTVdg

— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) May 13, 2022

With the government of Finland endorsing its application to join the alliance, NATO members are looking for their first new member in two years, with a second suitor, Sweden, likely to follow close behind, the New York Times reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks at expansion of the NATO alliance as a threat to Russian security, the reason he invaded Ukraine eleven weeks ago.  Two NATO nations already border Russia:  Estonia and Latvia. Lithuania and Poland border an outcrop of land that provides access to the Baltic Sea.

Finland, with a one million-member military force, shares a 800-mile border with Russia and has been the target of Russian aggression in the past.  As Finland’s Parliament discussed its application this week, a Russian nuclear-capable bomber flew alarmingly close to the border.  Last week, a Russian military helicopter briefly flew into Finnish airspace.

The coordinated Fox/Trumpian campaign to slander a Republican candidate for Senate to provide an advantage for Donald Trump’s chosen dilettante continues into a second day, as Trump advisor and Fox host Sean Hannity spent his first segment attempting to undermine Kathy Barnette, who’s gaining ground on Mehmet Oz, who is not the favorite of MAGAnation.

Hannity’s desperation is so pervasive that he continues to undermine Trump’s 2016 talking points to portray Barnette as an unhinged individual who wanted to ban Muslim people from the United States and who believed Barack Obama was secretly gay. Or, things Greg Gutfeld would say.

Continue to pitch the debunked conspiracy theory that fake ballots swung the election to Democratic candidate Joe Biden, Republican gubernatorial candidate David Perdue lost his motion before a Fulton County judge to get the November 2020 election results nullified, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

In no uncertain terms, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert C.I. McBurney told the wannabe executive that he was acting purely out of “conjecture and paranoia,” and that his “quixotic journey will not take place” in his order dismissing the case.

In his case against 16 election and political officials, Perdue want the county to preserve the physical ballots for their “forensic investigator” to examine.  Perdue also wanted the judge to nullify the official tally, effectively negating the results of the presidential election in the state, a situation that has never happened before in the United States.

The Missouri House on Wednesday passed HB 2149, a renewal of the state’s pharmacy licensure procedures, normally a boring exercise in upkeep if not for this version’s proscription on questioning the miracle healing power of horse paste and the less trendy hydroxychloroquine it replaced in the hearts and minds of MAGA Land. “The [State Medical Licensing Board] shall not deny, revoke, or suspend, or otherwise take any disciplinary action against, a certificate of registration or authority, permit, or license required by this chapter for any person due to the lawful dispensing, distributing, or selling of ivermectin tablets or hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets for human use in accordance with prescriber directions. A pharmacist shall not contact the prescribing physician or the patient to dispute the efficacy of ivermectin tablets or hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets for human use unless the physician or patient inquires of the pharmacist about the efficacy of ivermectin tablets or hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets,” says page 32 of the bill.

A review of body cam footage recording the alleged traffic stop of the bus carrying the Delaware State women’s lacrosse team shows that the official account related by the Liberty County (Georgia) Sheriff’s office, Delaware Online reports.

Liberty County Sheriff William Bowman said in a public statement that “no personal items on the bus or person(s) were searched” during the April 20th traffic stop, which deputies reportedly conducted because the bus was not supposed to be in the far left lane of traffic, they said.

Civil rights advocates, however, say the stop seemed to be a classic attempt by police to harass the passengers and delay the bus’s release until a drug dog could be brought to the scene to conduct an “open air” search. 

Washington Post accused of activism for urging video game companies to take a stand on Roe v. Wadehttps://t.co/ETJRF1vDT1

— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 13, 2022

Plans for a sequel to the 1984 cult classic This is Spinal Tap will reunite director Rob Reiner with surviving members of the fictitious English heavy metal band Spinal Tap as they mount a farewell tour, Variety reports.

Lead singer David St. Hubbins, lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel and bassist Derek Smalls–portrayed by Michael McKeon, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer, respectively–have signed on for the sequel, which will likely be distributed in 2024.  The search for a drummer for the band–a position which has taken out some fine musicians under unusual circumstances–will continue.

The goal is to have a mockumentary done in the style of The Last Waltz, the award winning documentary of The Band’s final tour directed by Martin Scorsese, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of the original film.

Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee submitted her resignation to Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday without giving a reason why, WKMG reports. “Together, we protected and grew Florida’s competitive business climate… and strengthened Florida’s election systems. Because of your leadership, the Department of State is stronger and better than when we found it,” Lee wrote in her letter of resignation like a total kiss ass. It’s not clear if Lee was actually fired.

Asked by an intrepid reporter about her “no” vote on providing aid to Ukraine and sanctioning Russia, Neolithic hausfrau and “women of the people” getting into her chauffeured luxury SUV Majorie Taylor Greene (Q-Georgia) responds that she’s only concerned about the American people and that the reporter should only be covering “crisises” in America, not y’know, the Russian invasion of an emerging democratic government.  Obviously, Marge has had time to learn how to do everybody else’s job given that she’s got no real responsibilities of her own.

“Governor Greg Abbott and National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) President Brandon Judd today issued a joint statement on the Biden Administration providing baby formula to illegal immigrant holding facilities as American parents scramble amid a nationwide shortage of the product. ‘Children are our most vulnerable, precious Texans and deserve to be put first. Yet, President Biden has turned a blind eye to parents across America who are facing the nightmare of a nationwide baby formula shortage. While mothers and fathers stare at empty grocery store shelves in a panic, the Biden Administration is happy to provide baby formula to illegal immigrants coming across our southern border. This is yet another one in a long line of reckless, out-of-touch priorities from the Biden Administration when it comes to securing our border and protecting Americans. Our children deserve a president who puts their needs and survival first – not one who gives critical supplies to illegal immigrants before the very people he took an oath to serve'” says Governor Impotent Rage.