Saturday, January 10, 2026

Guess what dumb bitch wins Idiot of the Week . . .

First up, the great Katie Phang.

 

 


Now for Idiot of the Week.  It goes to dumb bitch JD Vance.  For?  Stuff like this.



Dumb bitch, hate merchant, spanx wearing fatso, JD Vance.  John Grosso (NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER) observes:


Yesterday (Jan. 7), 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed in a residential  Minneapolis neighborhood by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. Good was a mother of three and an U.S. citizen.

Today, JD Vance has taken to social media to justify the shooting and blame Good for her own death.

Though the full circumstances of the situation are still coming to light, widely available video evidence shows the horrific moments before, during and after shots were fired into Good's car. Videos of the shooting and the ensuing aftermath are graphic and disturbing. After Good was shot, her car accelerates, slamming into another car and a pole. In one video, a person can be heard identifying themselves as a physician and offering to help only to be angrily denied by an unidentified ICE agent saying: "I don't care."

The Trump administration was quick to demonize Good. Within hours of the event and before a formal investigation could even be launched, Homeland Security Director Kristi Noem labeled Good's actions as an "act of domestic terrorism." President Donald Trump on Jan. 7 labeled her as "disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer." Trump went on to say that the ICE officer was lucky to be alive and "is now recovering in the hospital."


Are you getting how stupid JD Vance is?  If not, back to John Grosso's column:


As a Catholic, Vance knows better than to peddle this brand of gaslighting and agitation. Vance knows that, by virtue of her humanity, Good was endowed with inherent dignity, made in the image and likeness of God. Vance knows that only God can take life. Vance knows that protesting, fleeing or even interfering in an ICE investigation (which there is no evidence that Good did) does not carry a death sentence. Vance knows that lying and killing are sins.

Vance knows. He doesn't care. Vance’s twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity has been repudiated by two popes. His Catholicism seems to be little more than a political prop, a tool only for his career ambitions and desire for power.

The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel. Our only recourse is to pray for his conversion of heart.


As a Catholic,  I'm sick of this little bitch distorting my religion.  He needs to be excommunicated.  I'm not joking.  He is presenting as a Catholic -- he's been a Catholic for about five minutes -- and he is distorting our beliefs and our teaching.  Two popes have repudiated him -- Pope Francis and now Pope Leo.  Excommunicate Vance, don't let him speak for the Church or pose as a Catholic.  Whatever crap he was raised before distorted his damn mind.  We cannot allow him to pervert the Catholic faith.


Here's C.I.'s "The Snapshot:"


Friday, January 9, 2026.  Chump, Vance and Noem attempt to smear the reputation of the late Renee Nicole Goodman who was murdered by the US government on Wednesday.



Hearts are worn in these dark agesYou're not alone in this story's pagesThe light has fallen amongst the living and the dyingAnd I'll try to hold it in, yeah I'll try to hold it inThe world is on fire, it's more than I can handleI'll tap into the water, try to bring my shareI'll try to bring more, more than I can handleBring it to the table, bring what I am able
-- "World On Fie," written by Sarah McLachlan and Pierre Marchand, first appears on her album AFTERGLOW.

The US is on fire following the US government murder of mother of three Renee Nicole Gold.  Protests have erupted. 


Protests have taken place in multiple US cities after a woman was shot dead by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis.

Federal officials said Renee Nicole Good, 37, had tried to run over immigration agents with her car and that the officer had been acting in self defence.

The city's mayor, however, said the agent who shot her had acted recklessly, with other local officials saying Good had simply been "caring for her neighbours" when she was shot at close range.





Jacob Crosse and Joseph Kishore (WSWS) note, "The murder of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an agent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is generating growing outrage across the United States and around the world. The wanton, daylight execution of this mother of three encapsulates the criminality of the Trump administration and the Gestapo-style agents it has deployed in cities throughout the country."  YAHOO NEWS adds, "Late Thursday afternoon, Minneapolis residents gathered at the site of Renee Nicole Good's shooting for a vigil and planned anti-ICE protest, with dozens standing near a makeshift memorial for the victim, according to wire photos and local news reports."  MOBILIZE notes upcoming protests as early as tomorrow. Yesterday's protests included DC. Matt Nighswander (NBC NEWS) reports, "Demonstrators gathered near U Street and then marched tonight to the White House to protest the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an ICE officer in Minneapolis." 

 




 

 A classmate of Minneapolis shooting victim Renee Good has paid tribute to her, a day after she was killed by an ICE agent.

Willo Schubarth and Good, then named Renee Ganger, attended Colorado’s Coronado High School together and were in the same graduating class, CNN affiliate KRDO reported.

Laying flowers at the site where she was killed, Schubarth told KRDO that Good was one of the first people to reach out to him when he joined the school.


Molly Sprayregen (LGBTQ NATION) notes, "In the wake of the murder of queer woman Nicole Renee Good at the hands of an ICE agent, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) warned that ICE has now become an 'anti-civilian, paramilitary organization,” rather than only an anti-immigrant one'."  AOC is only one of many politicians speaking out this week against the murder.  

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Vice President JD Vance said today that Renee Nicole Good — a 37-year-old queer mother of three who recently murdered by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis — was part of a “larger, sinister left-wing movement that has spread across our country,” NOTUS reported.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also repeated the exact same language during a press briefing today. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has accused Good of “domestic terrorism.” Good’s mother said her daughter had never protested against ICE agents.

In a social media post, the president called Good “a professional agitator” who “viciously ran over the ICE officer.” He blamed the shooting on the “Radical Left.” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called the administration’s version of events “bulls**t.”

Analysis of multiple videos showing Good’s murder (conducted by The New York Times and The Washington Post) showed that the agent was not in the path of Good’s vehicle.


Hmm.  So, if you don't know, Chump had turned the investigtion over to the FBI and Minnesota law officials are being shut out  So the only one doing an investigation will be the executive branch.  In normal times, what Americans hear is, "I can't comment on an ongoing federal investigation."  But that's not happening here, is it?  Vance, Chump, Noam et al should shut their damn mouths.  But it's really important that they get the lies out there because you can't get away with killing an American citizen.  They think they can.  But they can't.  This never goes away.  

And that's point the late Senator John McCain repeatedly made to hundreds of people including me. He would say people think they can get away with it but they don't.  It discredits them and it follows them.  and he usually made those remarks in regrds Israel attack on the USS Liberty in 1967.  


This isn't going away and it will never go away.  This is now one more anchor on the historical legacy of convicted felon Donald Chump.  He killed an American citizen.  She was murdered.  And he's the one who put the gun in ICE agent Jonathan Ross' hand.  

Let's note some commentary on the murder.




 


 

 

 

 

 


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As we wind down we have two other things to note.  First, this from Senator Patty Murray's office:

Murray: “It is unquestionably an act of war to invade a foreign nation, kidnap a foreign leader, even a dictator, and leave dozens of bodies—including civilians—behind…This is the United States Congress. And we have a constitutional role to be a check on the President. Only Congress can declare war. And Congress did not authorize the use of force against Venezuela.”

ICYMI: Senator Murray Responds to Trump’s Illegal Military Operation, Address to the Nation

***WATCH: Senator Murray’s full floor speech***

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, took to the Senate floor to denounce President Trump’s brazen act of war in Venezuela and slam the Trump administration for instigating regime change and military strikes in Venezuela without any legitimate justification, consultation with Congress, or any kind of long-term strategy to deal with the fallout.

Following her vote to advance a War Powers Resolution she cosponsored, S.J.Res.98—that would block the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela unless authorized by Congress—Senator Murray urged her colleagues in Congress to assert their Constitutional role over the power to declare war and press forward to restrain Trump’s war-mongering and make sure he cannot put American boots on the ground without the approval of the American people and their representatives in Congress.

Today’s successful vote to advance this War Powers Resolution sets up further debate and amendments ahead of a vote on final passage, likely next week.

Senator Murray’s remarks, as delivered on the Senate floor today, are below:

“I am beyond outraged that President Trump would commit such a brazen act of war as he has done in Venezuela—with absolutely no notice—except to the oil companies they told and newspapers they leaked it to, no consultation with Congress, no legitimate justification for these unauthorized strikes, nor any kind of serious long-term strategy.

“It is unquestionably an act of war to invade a foreign nation, kidnap a foreign leader, even a dictator, and leave dozens of bodies—including civilians—behind.

“Would my colleagues still nod their heads and go along with it if a country tried to do this to American leaders? Of course not. So, we should stop playing dumb.

“Trump can’t just say magic words and pretend this wasn’t a major military operation.

“This is the United States Congress. And we have a constitutional role to be a check on the President. Only Congress can declare war. And Congress did not authorize the use of force against Venezuela.

“Now, I opposed the war in Iraq from the outset—and the parallels to what President Trump has kicked off in Venezuela are glaring. And I absolutely will not support any large-scale military conflict in Venezuela or a dangerous and expensive occupation.

“We have a President ignoring the problems he has caused in our own country, all to start a war no one asked for, with no legitimate justification, no concern for the servicemembers who are being put in harm’s way, and absolutely no long-term strategy.

“Seriously—the only thing that was clear after the briefing yesterday is that Trump has no serious plan. First, Trump was ‘just bombing alleged drug boats.’ Then, Trump was ‘just seizing oil shipments.’ And the next thing you know, this Administration is sending the military to abduct a foreign leader.

“So, I have to ask—what is next? And where is next? How far is this going to go? Because it is clear that this is not over.

“Not when Trump keeps saying we will run the country. What is Trump’s plan to ‘run’ Venezuela exactly? How long are we going to be there? How many of our people is he going to send? Who is even in charge? And how are we paying for this?

“There are no serious answers. The only thing we do know is why Trump is doing this—for oil. Because this clearly is not about ending tyranny and establishing a democracy, since Trump outright dismissed any possibility of helping the opposition party to build a true democracy.

“And it’s clearly not about drug trafficking—after all, not even a month before this, President Trump pardoned the former President of Honduras who was convicted of the same crime.

“But the real reason, it’s so painfully obvious this was always about the oil, why? Well, it’s pretty simple: Trump keeps saying it! He literally said, and I quote, ‘the difference between Iraq and this is that Bush didn’t keep the oil. We’re going to keep the oil.’ That was the President.

“Is this America First? Of course not! It’s Big Oil barons first. It is billionaires first. It is Trump first. First to rake in profits mind you—not first to put themselves in harm’s way.

“You can bet, when Trump says he’s not worried about boots on the ground—it’s because he’s not talking about his boots. He’s not talking about his kids—he is talking about yours.

“Congress cannot stand by and shrug our shoulders. We have a Constitutional responsibility here.

“It is important that a majority of Senators voted to rein in this President’s reckless actions. But if we want to put an end to this war-mongering—we need to keep pressing until we have a veto proof majority.

“Today’s vote is not the end of the line. So, I urge all my colleagues to join us in asserting our authority and continuing to send President Trump a simple message: no American boots on the ground. No trading blood for oil. No war.”

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