Lying Liars

In case you were unaware, Republicans are liars. If  their mouths are open, it’s a safe bet they’re spewing fabrications. Bank on it.

Borrowing from Mary McCarthy, who was snarking on Lillian Hellman, every word they utter is a lie including “and” and “the.”

This morning’s example?

KKKaroline Lievitt’s nephew’s mother has been snatched up by ICE.

The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.

Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana. 

Michael Leavitt released a statement Tuesday, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."

In a conversation with WCVB-TV sister station WMUR-TV, Michael Leavitt, a New Hampshire resident, said that his son lives with him and his wife full-time, but that Ferreira has maintained a relationship with her son. (source) 

ICE says she’s a criminal illegal alien and has a previous arrest for battery. Reality? She came here under DACA – the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the program that shielded immigrants from deportation.

"Bruna has no criminal record whatsoever," Pomerleau (her attorney) said. "I don’t know where that is coming from. Show us the proof. There’s no charges out there. She’s not a criminal illegal alien.”

Cross wearing KKKaroline is from New Hampshire, often referred to as the Alabama of New England. In the Live Free or Die libertarian delulu Heaven, she failed to get elected to public office and is still in deep debt. I think it’s safe to assume she was attempting to show off her proximity to power and do her brother Mikey a favor by getting rid of his pesky ex.
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Sometimes it’s really hard to know what’s satire and what’s real. After reading a bunch of Noel Casler tweets and threads, I looked at this Halfway Cafe post on Substack and I’m just not sure.

From a 2020 interview Noel Casler did with Greg Olear:

GO: Four of the biggest bombshells you often talk about on Twitter are Trump’s incontinence and use of adult diapers; his drug addiction; his STD; and his creepy relationship with his daughter, Ivanka—your former boss. 
Let’s take them one at a time. First, incontinence. To play devil’s advocate, why does it matter that he wears adult diapers?
NC: It matters because his incontinence stems from his decades of stimulant abuse and fast food diet. He pretends he’s the model of physical health, when instead his bodily functions are being dictated by his drug addiction—and he tries to cover it up. So it’s evidence of his incompetence, and one of the main reasons for the NDAs. The crew nicknamed CA (Celebrity Apprentice) “The Shitshow,” because he would soil himself during tapings, often after flying into a rage and cursing out the Script Dept. Because he couldn’t read a three-syllable word.

GO: Is Trump illiterate?
NC: He is severely dyslexic, and has been his entire life. Ivanka would joke about it off camera.

GO: The drugs are obviously a much bigger deal. Anyone who’s watched him during the last three years—and especially during the pandemic pressers—can see that there are times when his affect is radically different. The press will describe him sometimes as “subdued.” Can you detail what you’ve seen?
NC: He snorts Adderall as his maintenance high. When he gets too wired, this is tempered with benzodiazepines. There’s also a robust use of cocaine and methamphetamine in the Trump orbit, and I’ll leave it at that….NYC is also full of folks with anecdotes of Trump’s drug use. They come up to me and share stories all the time. Look into the Dr. Bornstein stuff if you want to know more, and ask yourself why Trump sent [his bodyguard] Keith Schiller to strong-arm the doctor and steal his medical records, shortly after being elected POTUS.   

GO: Next: Sexually transmitted disease. I don’t think this is important, except that it tells us something about his character, or lack thereof, if he has herpes and goes around having unprotected sex—and, even worse, sexually assaulting and raping women.
NC: Yes. “Captain Valtrex” was another nickname for him. He sent his secretaries to the CVS on 57th Street to pick up his scripts for that herpes treatment. He used the name “John Barron” on some of these prescriptions.

Now, compare this to the satire of Halfway Cafe: 

• Trump has never once ridden in a car with Melania or Barron because Melania forbids it.

• Trump is a big fan of the Swedish pop group ABBA, and on motorcade rides liked to blast “Dancing Queen,” and when he hears the lyrics, “You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen,” he tells the driver, “Epstein used to love this song.”

• The Secret Service had to start offering bonuses to drivers of the presidential limousine because Trump smelled so bad. The agents quietly went on strike in January at the start of his second term, and refused to drive him without extra “stench pay.” It made Trump furious because the strike made him miss a few days of golf.

• Following every meeting with an Asian diplomat or leader, Trump talks with an exaggerated Asian accent for fifteen minutes.


• Every Secret Service agent has heard Trump recommend they spend their next vacation in Moscow because “Russian girls are into some crazy stuff.”


SEE!? Satire is now indistinguishable from reality!