Yes they can control the weather.

Here is Obama’s CIA Director John Brennan talking about it.

Anyone who says they don’t, or makes fun of this, is lying to you.

By the way, the people know it and hate all of you who try to cover it up. pic.twitter.com/V0l0yts3dw

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) October 6, 2024

It will only be moments before the community note is pinned to this post from a 2016 address at the Council on Foreign Relations on the dangers of geo-engineering.  The technology former CIA Director John Brennan discusses–Stratospheric aerosol injection–is a theoretical way to reduce the effect of climate change over the long term; it doesn’t control the weather and it’s not a current technology being used.

“The streams of funding are different,” Preacher of the House Mike Johnson says reluctantly on the Fox propaganda network to hostess Shannon Bream after she points out the danger lies about FEMA funding are causing in hurricane stricken areas.  “That is not an untrue statement,” he adds, unable to say the words “Trump lied.”

Convicted felon former President Trump is doing his usual thing in Juneau, Wisconsin on Sunday, which we’ll run just on the off chance he finally strokes out and dies in front of his shitbag fans.

Iranian officials canceled all commercial overnight flights on Sunday through at least Monday morning, ABC News reports, a move that could be prompted either as a signal of pending additional missile strikes toward Israel or a precautionary measure to prevent commercial flights from being accidentally hit with anti-aircraft defense systems.

A spokesman for Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization said all flights were canceled until at least 8 a.m. local time Monday, saying it was only “due to operational restrictions.”

Good of North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis to compromise with the hateful white nationalist conspiracy horseshit being spread by convicted felon former President Trump and his minions but ALSO give a little shout out to the actual truth that the federal government is doing what it can to help his constituents struggling in the wake of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene.

Word is out and things are about to get HOT up in Greenville and Spartanburg Counties in South Carolina, as the state Forestry Commission on Saturday announced, as of 6AM Sunday, residents can set shit on fire again without fear of being prosecuted for starting a massive conflagration.

“The State Forester’s Burning Ban will be lifted for Greenville and Spartanburg counties, effective at 6 am Sunday, Oct 6. The Forestry Commission is lifting the ban after evaluating conditions in these counties and in consultation with county fire officials. The ban will remain in place for Aiken, Greenwood and Saluda counties until further notice. The ban was issued Tuesday to ease the strain on firefighting personnel and law enforcement officials – from both the Forestry Commission and from local fire departments – many of whom were dispatched to affected areas to assist with road clearing, damage assessment and related cleanup. Citizens who plan to burn storm debris in the counties no longer affected by the ban must make notification to the Forestry Commission, take proper precautions and conduct safe outdoor burning, staying with the fire until it is completely out”

Sucks for residents of Aiken, Greenwood and Saluda counties. No reckless pyromania for them yet.

Jesus Dork Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday bore false witness against thy neighbor and described Eric Trump as a “very intelligent person,” committing the sin of dishonesty to George Stephanopoulos. Johnson also lied about whether he would fuck around with the certification of the 2024 election if Vice President Kamala Harris defeats his Orange Lord and Savior next month.

“Fans have been clamoring for McDonald’s Chicken Big Mac – a twist on the original Big Mac that has been a fan favorite since 1968 – to debut in the US. After making appearances on McDonald’s menus around the world, US fans are now getting their chance to experience this limited time offer starting Oct 10, at participating locations while supplies last. ‘With the introduction of the Chicken Big Mac, we’re excited to pay homage to one of our most iconic menu items, the Big Mac, and introduce it to a whole new generation of fans,’ said Tariq Hassan, Chief Marketing Officer at McDonald’s. ‘By tapping into some of our fans’ biggest passions from dupe culture to live-streaming, we’re able to serve up more than just a sandwich. There truly is something for everyone to enjoy in this campaign and we’re bringing experiences that will surprise and delight them, all before the Chicken Big Mac hits restaurants,'” says McDonald’s in a press release more about a “dope” and “fly” marketing campaign for “urban, trendy” dickwads than the actual goddamned Chicken Big Mac.

It seriously better not just be fucking McChicken patties switched in for the “beef” patties. It probably is though. That would be so on-brand for McDonald’s to just mix together two items already on their menu and market it as “new.” The fact that there’s no “grilled” option is a tell that they’re going to go with the cheaper, lower-quality chicken product on their menu. If the patty is a smaller version of the full price crispy chicken sandwiches then yeah, this could be decent.

But McDonald’s guilty until proven innocent here. No marketing bullshit will save them.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Sunday refused to play defense against Fox News anchor Shannon Bream’s bullshit framing of an abortion question, making no apologies for fighting for women.

Actress Cheryl Hines, still holed up in Italy, is angrier at her dipshit husband Robert F Kennedy Jr over his pledge of fealty to convicted felon former President Trump than she is about his sexting relationship with reporter Olivia Nuzzi or his ongoing affairs with other women and is likely to file for divorce in the near future, the Daily Beast reports on this endless drama.

Totally meritoriously-hired RNC co-chair Lara Trump on Sunday womansplained to CNN’s Dana Bash that Lara’s home state Senator Thom Tillis is totally wrong when he says FEMA is helping people out in North Carolina, telling Bash she can “go online” to see examples of Tar Heel staters complaining that their lives are in ruin and they haven’t been getting assistance from the government.

Lara also got peeved at Bash for asking her why Trump said “So what?” when told that Vice President Mike Pence was nearly lynched on January 6th, 2021, complaining that Bash is just trying to stir shit up when “you have dog and cat euthanization rates at an all-time high” and there are people out there who miss the safety and security they felt when her demented father-in-law was president and because. Then Bash asked if the obese convicted felon would accept the result of the election if he lost, to which Lara answered with the conditional “if it’s a free and fair election” company line. It was all really not a good use of Lara’s time. Might’ve even cost Donald some votes.

With under a month left before the big day Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz are hitting the airwaves this week, with Harris going on The View, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and the Howard Stern Show just on Tuesday, on top of her Monday 60 Minutes election special interview and Thursday’s Univision town hall, per CNN’s Brian Stelter.

Sunday is when Harris’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast interview drops while Walz will sit for an interview on Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream later this morning and Jimmy Kimmel on Monday.

Jesus Dork Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Saturday told Politico’s Olivia Beavers that he will not be calling the House back in to session to vote on a FEMA disaster aid supplemental in the wake of the Hurricane, saying the cost of damages has to be “tabulated” before a supplemental is considered and that will “take weeks.” Sounds very political and strategic-y.

With just exactly a month left until Election Day, convicted felon former President Trump will make his return to Butler, Pennsylvania to relive the glory days of when he almost got his face blown off and then it seemed like he was completely guaranteed to win reelection. Since then things have changed a bit, but Donald knows a thing or two about wishful thinking.

“The depression is forecast to quickly intensify while it moves eastward to northeastward across the Gulf of Mexico and be at or near major hurricane strength when it reaches the west coast of the Florida Peninsula mid week. There is an increasing risk of life-threatening storm surge and wind impacts for portions of the west coast of the Florida Peninsula beginning late Tuesday or Wednesday. Residents in these areas should ensure they have their hurricane plan in place, follow any advice given by local officials, and check back for updates to the forecast. Areas of heavy rainfall will impact portions of Florida Sunday and Monday well ahead of the tropical system, with heavy rainfall more directly related to the system expected by later Tuesday through Wednesday.”

“This rainfall brings the risk of flash, urban, and areal flooding, along with minor to isolated moderate river flooding,” says the National Hurricane Center bulletin for Tropical Depression Fourteen.

The freaking weird saga of Trashelle Odom and Corey Lewandowski took a not-terribly unexpected turn Friday when the newly-divorced MAGA donor community socialite sat for an interview with CBS and revealed that, after the longtime campaign minion of convicted felon former President Trump had sexually harassed and assaulted her during a 2021 Las Vegas fundraiser for Corey’s other girlfriend, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, Corey’s lawyers had tried to pay her $30,000 to keep quiet even while publicly denying that he had cornered Trashelle, bragged about stabbing two people to death, the first one was when he was 10 years old, that his “dick is four inches bigger than a normal dick,” and could have sex for 12 hours straight, as well as groping her repeatedly.

Trashelle also revealed that Trump called her personally after the incident, told her Corey was drunk and that he would be exiled from “Trump world.” Then two months ago a friend called and told her that Corey was back on the campaign which Trashelle describes through tears as making her “very upset.” She doesn’t say anything more about Trump or Lewandowski, however, with the anchor saying afterward that Trashelle now has her own small business, and is done with politics. The anchor adds that neither the Trump campaign nor Lewandowski himself would respond to a request for comment. That’s kind of telling that Steven Cheung didn’t want to call Trashelle a lying bitch.

Anti-woke texting service “Woke Alert,” a free SMS-based newsletter for all your boycotting needs, has now turned their fire on oral nicotine pouch product Zyn because parent corporation Philip Morris – which also produces the Marlboro cigarette brand that probably literally killed tens of millions of smokers worldwide over the last century – has distributed some internal literature promoting the company’s embrace of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies in the workplace.

Further down in the wokeness advisory, Woke Alert writes that “Philip Morris also pushes gender ideology on its customers. Philip Morris partners with Stonewall, an organization which aims to promote a LGBTQ+ lifestyle among children and young people. Stonewall also encourages teachers to indoctrinate students on LGBTQ+ topics and incorporate it in their curriculum. The company also sponsored a LGBTQ+ summit featuring the Trevor Project’s CEO. The Trevor Project is a LGBTQ+ youth organization that offers an anonymous online chat forum that has already faced criticism for providing a platform in which adults can communicate to minors about sexuality.”

“This platform requires no age verification and allows children to participate without their parents’ knowledge,” the alert continued, emphasizing that the “problem” is not simply confined to the workplace and Philip Morris is working to indoctrinate children and so on. You will not be shocked to learn that Woke Alert in no way expresses similar concern for children acquiring and using Zyn.

Priorities, people.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk took to X on Friday afternoon to claim the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is "actively blocking" volunteers who try to help the struggling citizens of western North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene. MORE: https://t.co/2vlPW9siME pic.twitter.com/iaTIwz1ij5

— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) October 5, 2024

What Newsmax didn’t report is that Republican North Carolina state Senator Kevin Corbin on Thursday posted “Friends can I ask a small favor? Will you all help STOP this conspiracy theory junk that is floating all over Facebook and the internet about the floods in [Western North Carolina]. Example: FEMA is stealing money from donations, body bags ordered but government has denied, bodies not being buried, government is controlling the weather from Antarctica, government is trying to get lithium from WNC, stacks of bodies left at hospitals, and on and on and on. PLEASE help stop this junk. It is just a distraction to people trying to do their job. Folks, this is a catastrophic event of which this country has never known. It is the largest crisis event in the history of NC. The state is working non-stop. DOT has deployed workers from all over the state. Duke power has 10,000 workers on this. FEMA is here. The National Guard is here in large numbers. My Senate district is 8 counties and it takes 3 hours to drive across it in good weather… And this disaster is 25 counties in NC. This is going to take MONTHS if not years to overcome. Government will play a role in this cleanup. We are going to make sure the state chips in some massive money,” and so on.

How do we know Newsmax didn’t report on the message? Because a Google search of “state senator kevin corbin site:newsmax.com” returns just one June 20, 2023 article where he’s mentioned: “NC Legislature Pushes Limits on Trans Youth Rights Near Session’s End,” quoting Corbin as saying that the bill to restrict gender-transition health care and trans participation in sports “is not against anybody.” So that’s probably why they ignored Corbin. He’s on Team MAGA with other shit, but this week he was actually trying to make it easier for his constituents to get help.

• It’s nothing but sadism: intentionally telling the victims of a natural disaster that available aid isn’t there to take, lying to them to stoke anger among voters, but actually leading to despair for people already beaten down.  America should be better than that. 
• Melania can go on a book tour but not a campaign stop, eh?  #Priorities
• The other day, I got bitten by a praying mantis and I’m hoping it was radioactive so I develop awesome superpowers.  
• When the politician objects to fact-checking, realize he objects to it because he wants to lie to you without repercussions.  He needs to lie and he’s angry he can’t anymore.
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A video making its way around conservative social media propagandists “influencers” claims to show iconic comedian Bill Murray endorsing Donald Trump, saying, “He’s a different character than anyone that’s ever been a President of the United States, I think,” the image says. “What this [Trump] vote means is that the country is dissatisfied with the way that Washington has worked.”

The problem:  it’s an AI-created Deep Fake, reports Forbes.  Murray hasn’t made any endorsement in this election; the last time he made a public endorsement, it was for Ralph Nadar in 2000, so…