Resistance HQ Bulletin 21, Weekend Edition

… Trump said he will fire FBI Director Chris Wray because “when I was shot in the ear he said, ‘oh, maybe it was shrapnel.’” Wray still has 3 years left on his 10 year term.

… Former Trump NSA John Bolton says “it will be interesting to see when the rebels capture Damascus” in Syria what their government’s files show about Tulsi Gabbard and other Americans being compromised by Russia. Well, now they have. Can’t wait.

… Former dictator Bashar Assad is now in Moscow, where he will likely remain for the rest of his life. Easier for Tulsi’s travel schedule to have most of her friends in the same city.

… While attending a ceremony to reopen the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Trump weirdly attempted to do his signature hand-jerk arm-wrestle handshake with President Macron that he enjoys doing with our allies to try to symbolize his dominance over them. This time he took it to an absurd extreme that made him look petty and idiotic. Macon repeatedly tried to free his hand from Trump’s tiny pink paw.

… Meanwhile, Elon Musk was also in Paris at the ceremony as he continues to shadow Trump. Bolton: “It’s almost like Elon Musk has become Vice President.” Poor JD.

… NY Post headline: “Trump Dominates Macron During Tense Handshake.” That was really their headline this morning.

… CNN analyst Scott Jennings reacted to the handshake: “You can already see the attitude change of the American posture and the posture of the rest of the world.” It is a party that feeds off substance-free, empty symbolic gestures as policy because that’s all their empty-headed leader has to offer. It’s why they thought pretending to work at a McDonalds for 15 minutes shows Trump is a man of the people.

… I get it, enough people continue to buy the con to make it worth it to them to look like clowns to the rest of the world. As long as MAGA keeps showing up to vote and sending them a chunk of their social security checks they don’t care.

… President Zelensky also attended the Notre Dame ceremony in his customary military-style dress since his country is currently at war and under occupation. Roger Stone: “What a disrespectful slob! He couldn’t even wear a suit?”

… Russian state media then picked up on Stone’s comment, and posted a photoshopped pic of Zelensky in the same outfit as the United Heathcare CEO assassin on their RT account on Elon Musk’s X, demonstrating again how Russian propaganda coordinates with MAGA, and is amplified with Musk’s money.

… Trump said today he does not intend to try and replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell. In all non-economic posts, he has appointed radical right-wing chaos agents who want to tear down institutions. But when it comes to Wall Street, his government of 14 billionaires is full establishment with every appointment that deals directly with the economy. This government of gangsters will tear apart the social fabric of the country, but they fully intend to get rich while doing it.

… A court of appeals has upheld the Sandy Hook parents’ $965 million defamation judgment against Alex Jones.

… Charlie Kirk claimed that Justin Trudeau’s government just banned assault weapons and certain types of other firearms because they know they are going to lose in the next election: “Trudeau thinks that guns can be used to protect Ukraine’s freedom. So, what does it say that he wants those guns gone from Canada?” It says that Ukraine has been invaded by Russia and Canada doesn’t want their citizens killing each other. I’m not sure why that’s so hard for MAGA to understand.

… Joe Biden: “Since I took office, the economy has created more than 16 million jobs, with jobs created every single month.” Although Biden notes that these were created on his watch, he emphasized that the American people created these jobs. This is something Donald Trump would never do. While I think that humility and honesty are admirable qualities, at the same time Dems have to get better at taking credit for things. Trump takes credit for everything, we can do it sometimes.

… Rudy Giuliani’s former WABC radio co-host and long time “special friend” Maria Ryan has filed a lawsuit against station owner John Catsimatidis over their firing by the station. Rudy also has a lawsuit pending. One nugget in Ryan’s complaint is that she was only paid a paltry $200 a show. Sad!

… CNN’s primetime ratings are down 46% and MSNBC’s are down 52% since the election. Fox is up 7%. Meidas is doing quite well, thanks for asking.

… New Democratic Rep Kristen McDonald Rivet, a mother of six, explains how she won her race by 7 points in a district Trump won by 2: “We ran exclusively on pocketbook issues - more money in pockets, better paying jobs, and just being real. I go to the grocery store and I’ve got a 15-year old boy who drinks two gallons of milk in a week. So I care about the price of groceries.”

… Moms for Liberty founder Tiffany Justice endorsed Kash Patel for FBI Director with this claim: “One day, a mom spoke at a school board meeting and the next day she was making peanut butter and jelly in her house and the FBI called to talk about what she just said. The fact that the FBI was weaponized against parents is outrageous.”

… I covered more extensively than anyone the mayhem that was happening at school board meetings in 2021 where elected officials were being threatened in meetings, walking to cars, and outside their homes. DOJ ultimately issued a directive to start investigating the threats. Nobody was arrested and the nonsense stopped after the policy was (finally!) implemented.

… But Merrick Garland utterly and completely failed to publicly defend his policy or the reasons behind it and allowed Republicans to set this narrative that Tiffany Justice is now dredging back up to promote Kash. This, just like Mayorkas on the border, was a glaring communications failure that turned many Americans against the Administration.

… OK, I’m done venting now. When will they start listening to me, though?

… Rand Paul says as soon as Pam Bondi is sworn in as AG, he will make a criminal referral to DOJ to prosecute Dr. Anthony Fauci: “We sent it twice to Merrick Garland for lying to Congress. We will send those again.” He then claimed that Fauci caused the pandemic by financing gain of function research: “We’re going to get to the bottom of this.” He also said that he hopes Trump strips Fauci of government security “on day one.”

… On Meet the Press, Trump reiterated that he intends to end birthright citizenship, something his Republican allies claimed after the election that he really didn’t intend to do. When told that the 14th Amendment grants citizens to all persons “born in the US,” he said, “Well, we’re going to have it changed. We’ll maybe have to go back to the people. But we have to end it.”

… While he is working on that, he said that he will deport the parents of children born in the US.

… Lindsey Graham: “Trump is right to end birthright citizenship by executive order on Day 1.”

… Trump also said he has “no problem” releasing his medical records. He’s just never done it. And I don’t count Ronny Jackson’s BS or the doctor in New Jersey who wrote a two-page letter for him while Trump was in Florida. I’m sure he will release them in two weeks with his infrastructure and health care plans.

… Trump said he will pardon J6ers on his first day in office. He is apparently able to do that right away while we wait for the infrastructure and health care plans, his tax returns, and his medical records. However, he did say once again today that he has