Peace mission 5.0
It was an honour to visit President @realDonaldTrump at Mar-a-Lago today. We discussed ways to make #peace. The good news of the day: he’s going to solve it! pic.twitter.com/AiTRsdexM5

— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) July 12, 2024

From a Hernando County, Florida Sheriff’s Office press release: “On 07-10-2024, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the out-of-state family member of a teenage female victim in reference to a sexual battery that had occurred a day prior at a residence in Brooksville. The victim, who resides in New York and was visiting family in Hernando County, was brought to the sheriff’s office by a family member upon learning of the allegations. The victim told detectives she was home alone with suspect, William Martinez DOB 11-29-1968, when the incident occurred. While alone with Martinez, the victim said Martinez offered her the frozen drink, which he had purchased a day prior at a local convenience store. The victim further advised the drink had a ‘funny’ taste.”

“The victim also said Martinez gave her a THC gummy. Martinez began to sexually batter her by touching her inappropriately and forcing her to touch him. Following the sexual battery, the victim stated she went to her bedroom and slept. Post Miranda, Martinez, a pastor at Kingdom of Hope Ministries in Weeki Wachee, denied all of the allegations made by the victim. Following questioning, Martinez was arrested on two counts of Lewd and Lascivious Behavior of a Victim over 12, and less than 16 and two counts of Sexual Battery Familial/Custodial of a Victim over 12, and less than 16.”

Martinez is apparently not a registered voter. However his apparent wife and “executive pastor,” Goddess Martinez, is a registered Republican. So they’re probably both MAGA, the sick fucks.

The far right Heritage Foundation, the Reich-y conservative cabal behind the famous “Project 2025” that convicted felon former President Trump has tried and failed to distance himself from as Dems have successfully called attention to the plans for an autocracy, are also sounding the alarm and confirming their own biases by pre-delegitimizing the outcome of the 2024 election, the Washington Post reports on a presentation delivered internally at their headquarters Thursday evening.

“As things stand right now, there’s a zero percent chance of a free and fair election,” said Heritage’s Oversight Project executive director Mike Howell. “I’m formally accusing the Biden administration of creating the conditions that most reasonable policymakers and officials cannot in good conscience certify an election,” he continued, with zero specifics about what the Biden Administration is actually doing, besides vague “psychological operations” and it’s all just a black mirror of the “war gaming” prominent Dems and Never-Trumpers held in the lead-up to the 2020 election.

“The upshot is that we will see a contested election the likes of which we’ve never seen,” said far right Texas academic Adam Ellwanger, who led Heritage’s simulations. “If we see the kind of manipulations that we saw in 2020, I wonder if average Americans who are supporters of the president [Trump] will swallow that so easily as they did in 2020.” In the tabletop exercises, former New Jersey Senator Robert Torricelli – a Democrat who quit in 2002 after he was implicated in some campaign finance scam – played Biden. Torricelli was able to order federal law enforcement to successfully rescue Barbra Streisand a day after she had been kidnapped by Hamas.

Seriously that was one of the scenarios the Heritage crew ran in their Dungeons and Dragons game, per the Post. Other quest scripts played included “Antifa-BLM protesters taking over a migrant detention facility. The FBI arresting Donald Trump two days after winning the election.” At no point was it explained why the first two could have had any impact on voting and turnout in November.

If the Democratic Party calls…sure, I’ll answer 🤙🏼 pic.twitter.com/akynVcOrOO

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) July 12, 2024

“REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS SHOULD ATTACH THE VERY IMPORTANT SAVE ACT TO THE NEXT CONTINUING RESOLUTION. STOP THE STEAL, GUARD THE VOTE. LET THE DEMOCRATS TRY TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE AGAINST THIS – NOT DOABLE!!” posted convicted felon former President Trump early Friday, evidently furious the Senate spiked his “signature legislation” on Thursday.

What’s stupid about this bill is that, at least as far as we can tell from the summary text, is that it “prohibits states from accepting and processing an application to register to vote in a federal election unless the applicant presents documentary proof of US citizenship,” meaning that it only worked for new applications going forward, not for existing registered voters. For that, the bill mandated “A State shall remove an individual who is not a citizen of the United States from the official list of eligible voters for elections for Federal office held in the State at any time upon receipt of documentation or verified information that a registrant is not a United States citizen,” in terribly non-specific language probably meant to facilitate mass purges – but how the fuck was that ever supposed to work in the swing states mostly currently controlled by Dem Secretaries of State?

A Wall Street Journal survey of economists finds 56 percent saying a win for convicted felon former President Trump in November would be worse for inflation versus just 16 percent saying Biden would be worse. The rest said there would be no material difference between the two.

Former third First Lady Melania Trump will reportedly make an appearance at the upcoming Republican National Convention, presumably in support of her unfaithful husband’s effort to regain the White House, ABC News reports.

Although she recently hosted a fundraiser for the LGBTQ Republican group Log Cabin Republicans at Trump’s Manhattan condo, Melania has largely stayed off the campaign trail and did not make appearances at any of her husband’s various court hearings.

Russia’s international terrorism threat continues to grow, and now the Kremlin is targeting the heads of European arms manufacturers.  US intelligence worked with German counterparts recently to stop an assassination threat against Armin Papperger, the CEO of Rheinmetall, a German company that manufactures artillery shells and tanks.

Per CNN, Russia sponsors various forms of terrorism and chaos in foreign countries, from politically-themed vandalism campaigns to amateur thuggery at pro-Ukraine rallies to arson at warehouses storing arms or ammunition destined for Ukraine.  The plot to assassinate Papperger, uncovered by US agencies, allowed the German government to provide protection for the executive and arrest the conspirators.

As presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee and incumbent President Joe Biden addressed the international press, answering questions about US foreign policy and political strategy, his assumed opponent, convicted felon Donald Trump continued his newfound career as a sneaker salesman.  Although Trump posted a couple of times about gaffes Biden made as he detailed foreign policy, the GOP will still nominate the sneaker salesman to occupy the Oval Office.

An official review of the Israeli military’s response to the October 7th Hamas attack found the military didn’t prioritize civilian lives, was slow to react to the reports of the attack, and waited for hours outside a kibbutz as Hamas terrorists murdered civilians, the Washington Post reports.

Rolling out the trite “severe mistakes and errors” were made, the military report detailed how Hamas surprised the Israeli Defense Force with the morning attack and then took excessive time to respond:  “From the afternoon hours onwards, forces were waiting outside the kibbutz while the massacre continued inside.  The IDF did not fulfill its mission to defend the residents in the most grave manner and failed in its mission.”

The Israeli media and public have increased calls for accountability for the military’s poor response to the attack, but the report does not assign blame to any specific individual or command.

Is Joe Biden fit to be president?  Will the democracy fall at the hands of a power-hungry felon?  Will Jodie finally tell Danny he’s gay?  This and other hilarities on the upcoming episode of  The Misadventures on the 2024 Campaign Trail.

As expected, convicted felon former President Trump’s lawyers on Thursday filed a motion to vacate his 34 guilty verdicts in Manhattan, arguing that the Supreme Court’s ruling blocking evidence from “official acts” now means the entire trial is moot, JustSecurity’s Adam Klasfeld reports.

Gentlemen in Fort Worth, Texas are no doubt devastated after their club was burned to the ground early Wednesday in a blaze fire officials tell the Star-Telegram is still under investigation.

The gentlemen’s club, which no doubt was a cherished spot for rakes to engage in spirited discussions about topics of economics, politics, philosophy, and scientific discovery whilst enjoying a drink and a cigar, was named “Baby Dolls,” which may have been some sort of cleverly ironic reference like “Bohemian Grove” or the “Hellfire Club.” Fortunately no gents were injured in the conflagration, though the club’s female employees who appeared nude to the merry andrews as part of their jolly bacchanalia involving tossing of dollar notes are sadly without employ.

President Biden has been one of our country’s most effective modern chief executives, and has truly delivered for Americans – signing into law a once-in-a-generation investment in our infrastructure, the most consequential bill ever to fight climate change and protect our water, lowering drug prices for seniors, and turbocharging the US semiconductor industry. But Democrats must have a nominee who can effectively make the case against Trump, and have the confidence of voters to handle the rigors of the hardest job on the planet for the next four years. For the sake of our democracy, and to continue to make progress on our shared priorities, it is time for the President to step aside as our nominee, but only if he does so in a press conference at Area 51 while showing Americans the crashed UFOs and alien bodies the military has been secretly storing there for decades.

It would be a powerful moment and cement his legacy as the greatest champion of UFO disclosure in global history. An American flag-draped flying saucer serving as the backdrop, Biden can go out proudly while showing a massive television audience all the bodies of aliens they have floating in tubular glass tanks. Passing the torch in such a setting would send a clear message that all those movies, comic books, and what not depicting dead extraterrestrials and their spacecraft at the base were right even if the producers obviously had to take some creative liberties on the specifics.

Most importantly it would be a great honor to the American servicemen and women who have shown incredible dedication to protecting Area 51 by summarily executing trespassers who were stupid enough to think they could just waltz in to a top secret military base. In the spirit of their service, Biden can show his commitment to service as well by doing a combination retirement and alien disclosure press conference at Area 51 because that would be really fucking badass.

National Zero will resume our regular news coverage after this heavy hearted editorial endorsing a total and complete disclosure of what the military has been hiding at Area 51 in Nevada.

Bahamian conspiracy theorist Sylvens Metayer is kind of like Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones, constantly ranting about a corrupt and unaccountable “Deep State” targeting him for his work exposing their atrocities… except for the part where shadowy forces probably are actually targeting the guy considering at least two bullets were fired into his apartment in Hollywood, Florida on Monday, striking him in the foot and face while he was streaming to fans, the Miami Herald reports.

“Hey, I got shot… I have been shot in the face,” Metayer said on the livestream after the bullets had crashed through the window. Metayer’s condition is unknown but it appeared the facial wound was relatively minor as he was still able to speak and see while a woman in the apartment called 911. The video is a little too dark to tell where he was hit but it seemed to be his left cheek.

Anyway, if the shooting was random local bullshit it would have been a hell of a coincidence considering that Metayer had been streaming for an hour at that point so anyone watching would have known he was at home and that – importantly – it came just days after he had obtained and shared audio recordings of Royal Bahamas Police Force Chief Superintendent Michael Johnson appearing to accept a bribe from an unnamed wanted criminal. Johnson’s boss, Bahamas Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander, this week announced an investigation into the audio. He should probably also look into who shot Metayer, see if maybe there’s a connection.

An Arizona judge on Tuesday gave permission to fake Trump 2020 elector Nancy Cottle to travel to Milwaukee starting Sunday to attend the Republican National Convention. It’s unclear if Cottle will have any formal role at the fan fest or if she’s just partying it up with her fellow coup plotters.

We just announced an upcoming hearing on the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Donald Trump immunity case.

This misguided ruling immunizes presidents who commit crimes – no matter how serious. They just need to claim they were “official acts.”

That’s incredibly dangerous.

— Senate Judiciary Committee (@JudiciaryDems) July 11, 2024

Also a reminder that Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has not to our knowledge made any filings in the 10 days and counting since the Supremes handed Trump that blank check.

Asked why she tweeted last year that public schools should have surveillance cameras installed in restrooms to prevent shootings, QAnon freak North Carolina state superintendent candidate Michelle Morrow told WFAE she really only said the cameras should be outside the entrances.

“The safety of our students is a top priority of mine,” said Morrow, who homeschooled her kids, in a statement. “Many families have shared with me that their children are afraid to go into the bathroom at school, leaving many to go the entire school day without using the bathroom. Surveying who goes in and out of the bathroom just like we do at other points of entry will help keep our students safe.”

Problem is she literally tweeted “My plan to stop people having guns in schools. 1. Controlled entry and exit doors (SRO’s and metal detectors) 2. Video surveillance in classrooms, hallways and bathrooms 3. Immediate expulsion for the remainder of the year for any violations 4. Charge parents if it is their gun,” in January 2023, emphasis ours on a policy proposal that’s more than a little incongruous with a candidate whose campaign website has a page headlined literally “PEDOPHILES IN NC CLASSROOMS.” On it, Morrow accuses incumbent state Superintendent Catherine Truitt of allowing at least two convicted pedophiles to obtain teaching jobs at public schools.

Truitt is not Morrow’s opponent in the general election in November however. She’s a Republican lame duck who has already been defeated by Morrow in the primary. Days after Morrow’s win CNN’s KFile found old tweets and Facebook posts of Morrow saying shit like Barack Obama should be executed by firing squad live on pay-per-view for “spying” on Trump and accusing actor Jim Carrey of consuming adrenochrome extracted from children in the satanic Hollywood cabal’s dungeons.

President Joe Biden’s internal campaign pollsters are now testing Vice President Kamala Harris’s support against convicted felon former President Trump, the New York Times reports on what they characterize as an extraordinary step for the campaign to be looking into if the veep is better off.

All of this in the context of the super-ultra-mega important solo press conference Biden has set for 6:30 PM EDT on Thursday which is being view by many in the party as – for fuck’s sake enough of this news cycle already. Yes, it’s a big deal and existential for democracy but how many different ways can the media say Biden is old and then how many times can they repeat the same goddamned point? Why’s it so easy for them to relegate Trump’s fascism and batshittery to the background noise while Biden’s age is like a freaking asteroid barreling toward the planet?

A Burkina Faso court on Thursday greenlit the ruling military junta to advance a new law criminalizing same-sex relations in the country if and when approved by the rump parliament and the national leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, the BBC reports on some new human rights backsliding.