What is it with the GOP and sex offenders?

A North Carolina pastor who led the opening prayer at a recent campaign stop for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley is a registered sex offender, who has been sentenced to prison twice. www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-se...

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— RoseMarie (@rosesbloom24.bsky.social) September 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM

Fuck Donald Trump

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EVERYONE in the GOP is a fucking asshole

For a class assignment, a 10yo kid in NC wrote to his congresswoman, GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx, about electric vehicles. At the end of her reply: “Ask your teacher to explain propaganda to you. ... Because they are too interested in indoctrinating you. How sad.”

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— The Downballot (@the-downballot.com) May 13, 2026 at 10:50 AM

Fuck Donald Trump

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For posterity: This is who MAGA is

US Citizen Violently Detained, Window Smashed During Morning Stop in Charlotte, NC

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— Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) November 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM

Fuck Donald Trump

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This agression cannot stand

Five alarm fire in North Carolina, where right-wing GOP majority on State Supreme Court just blocked certification of Democratic Justice Allison Riggs’ victory & appears to be laying groundwork to overturn the election www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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— Ari Berman (@ariberman.bsky.social) January 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM

Fuck Donald Trump

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Only way the GOP wins is by rigging elections

Pretty amazing that the House (likely 220R-215D) would have flipped to Dems this year while the White House/Senate flipped to the GOP, had it not been for Rs winning a majority on the NC Supreme Court in 2022, allowing GOP legislators to redraw three Dem seats into oblivion.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 28, 2024

Fuck Donald Trump

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Nothing about Trump is remotely human

Wow - Trump is asked about armed gunman threatening FEMA workers and refuses to condemn

“I think you have to let people know how they’re doing. If they’re not doing, if they’re doing a poor job, we’re supposed to not say it?

“By doing that, they’ll do a better job next time.” pic.twitter.com/RizjaXp0Pu

— Ian Sams (@IanSams) October 21, 2024

Republicans = Nazis

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emaycee

 

No mercy for the wicked

Elon Musk is charging hurricane victims $400 for emergency internet service.

In the time it took you to read that sentence Elon Musk made $4000.

Imagine being the richest man on the planet, and using your wealth and resources to exploit people in need instead of helping them.

— Melanie D'Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) October 8, 2024

Republicans = Nazis

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Another idiotic idea from Trump and Project 2025

While you're watching this, remember that Trump's Project 2025 would:
- Eliminates FEMA
- Eliminates the National Weather Service
- Eliminates federal-backed flood insurance
- Eliminates emergency disaster funding for state/local govtspic.twitter.com/gglQZ6onD0

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 30, 2024

Republicans = Nazis

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emaycee

 

If Kamala wins North Carolina, it's over

Today in North Carolina! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ffOpI5ky9i

— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) September 21, 2024

Republicans = Nazis

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emaycee

 

So addled he doesn't ever know where he's at

Trump: "Would that be ok, North Carolina?" (Trump is in Pennsylvania.) pic.twitter.com/KHCs5Kny3c

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 17, 2024

Republicans = Nazis

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There is zero hope and zero joy in the Trump campaign

LOL Trump is now trying to coopt the Harris-Walz "hope and joy" message

Good luck with that! Republicans & GOP propaganda media have spent years keeping people boiling in a toxic doom loop of anger, resentment, hate & fear. I'm sure they'll easily adjust to hope and joy.🙂‍↔️ https://t.co/qWEkRjE2uS

— 🇺🇦Paula Chertok🗽 (@PaulaChertok) August 14, 2024

Republicans = Nazis

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emaycee

 

Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. D--Livingston Taylor: Going Round One More Time

 Five hundred?  Who knew there were that many songs....

It's not often that my featured tunes have a similar link two weeks in a row, but as my fans (all three of you) may remember my introduction to last week's tune was a cover version of "Devoted to You" by James Taylor and his then wife Carly Simon.  My introduction to this week's tune was that its artist is the younger brother of the aforementioned James Taylor.  Read a couple of good reviews of this week's album back in the day and took a chance.  Our song of the week was my favorite...and it thus earns a coveted (or not) spot on Friday Night Jukebox....

Once again, I am amazed how an artist, in this case Livingston Taylor, can turn a modicum of commercial success into a career in music (with the caveat that having a massively musically successful brother probably didn't hurt--still, one has to have some talent to last fifty-four years).  Taylor has certainly branched out through the years--he's co-written two children's books and a textbook, hosted a television show, taught at the Berklee College of Music, and written theme songs for two Boston based television shows.  He's also had a documentary made of his career, Livingston Taylor--Life Is Good.  For the musical portion of his career, Taylor has released seventeen studio albums (with three charting, though none since 1973), and nine singles (with five hitting the charts, the highest peaking at #30).   

Fun Fact:  Taylor credits his older brother Alex for his becoming a performer.  Seems when Livingston was thirteen his brother came home one night with $20 earned from playing a frat party. Livingston promptly took up the guitar and was playing paid gigs in less than a year.

"Going Around One More Time" was the lead song on Taylor's 1978 LP, the reflectingly named Three Way Mirror.  The song was not released as a single, and the album never charted.  His brother James covered the song for his 1985 album That's Why I'm Here, and also did not release it as a single.

Every now and again, when I play my song of the week in preparation for the weekly posts, after I listen to it I wonder "Why did I add this song to the list?"  Every time, though, after a couple of listens it comes back to me, and happily by the end of the week I was singing "Going Round One More Time" again and again from the ear candy it had created in my brain.  The song is a whimsical take on the nature of love--how every time it doesn't seem worth the time and trouble, someone steps into our lives to make us forget all about the heartaches.  Much like his brother James, Livingston has a soft and sweet voice and uses it here to capture the vagaries (as well as the humor) of love.  He turns a nice phrase lyrically and writes a catchy tune musically--especially enjoy the repeating and repeating and repeating of the chorus as the end.  It's the kind of song critics hate...and the kind of song those of us who enjoy a nice slice of pop pie love.

Lyric Sheet:  "Round and round in a circle/Ah, it's always the same/One moment you swear you've had enough/The next you've got to know her name..."

Enjoy:

Bonus (brother's cover version):

Republicans = Nazis

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This isn't just MAGA, it's the entire GOP

Mark Robinson, GOP candidate for North Carolina Governor: “Some folks need killing. It's time for somebody to say it... It's a matter of necessity” pic.twitter.com/QvXuJczQ9P

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) July 5, 2024

Republicans = Nazis

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Rolling Meadows

Two-tiered Justice:

12 ppl in NC were arrested after voting while on probation, believing they were eligible to vote. Indicted, some took a plea deal.

Mark Meadows and wife lied on forms, illegally voted in NC. Not arrested.

He went on to try to disqualify 11,780 votes in GA. pic.twitter.com/g7upQdzZn9

— 〠Billy D Starchild (@BillyDStarchild) June 26, 2023

Republicans = Nazis

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Wonder if he's MAGA?

A police officer in North Carolina was caught in a recording being a racist POS. Sheriff Jody Greene allegedly said "fuck them Black bastards" and that he hates Black Democrats. The Ku Klux Klan took off their hoods and became police officers. pic.twitter.com/3JYudkxBKD

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) September 29, 2022

Republican = Traitor

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Man, this has catastrophe tattooed all over it

Madison County School District (NC) set to equip each school with an AR-15.

376 officers in Uvalde at the scene of the Robb Elem. massacre had handguns, rifles, body armor, and training. Still, 19 students and 2 teachers were pulverized by bullets. https://t.co/j8VrO19SaF

— Laura Burkhardt-Text ACT to 644-33 (@LauraAnnSTL) August 6, 2022

Republican = Traitor

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emaycee

 

Who the fuck would pay $4000 to see that pile of shit?

CANCELED: Trump rally in NC due to “unforeseen circumstances”. Trump, Trump Jr. & Ivanka ordered to testify to Leticia James’ office on Friday. Tickets were sold up to $3,995. No refunds are available, they can be used on Aug. 20 in Milwaukee, WI.

— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@NotHoodlum) July 12, 2022

Republican = Traitor

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emaycee

 

Republicans have cornered the market on stupid

 

Republican = Traitor

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emaycee

Says the guy who met his now ex-wife in Russia

Madison Cawthorn: “Zelenskyy is a thug. Remember that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt and is incredibly evil and has been pushing woke ideologies.” (First reported by @WRAL) pic.twitter.com/ZxzgYJqngu

— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) March 10, 2022

Republican = Traitor

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emaycee

 

Anybody who doesn't think the republican party is full of traitors is kidding themselves

Who among us hasn’t taken a boat into Russia to randomly meet an unnamed military officer at a casino, who then introduced us to a woman at a fake competition we married then divorced 8 months later while being a US congressman? Sounds like not a national security issue at all. https://t.co/VxsZiQzOWJ

— Justin Kanew (@Kanew) December 27, 2021

Republican = Racist

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emaycee