Monday's March of the Absurdities: How the GOP Snatches Defeat From the Jaws of Victory on Abortion

Here is how utterly bankrupt of political talent the Democrat party really is as we head into the mid-term elections:

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Crist is playing up his bipartisan background -- at times, even leaning into his Republican roots -- in hopes voters will rally around a familiar face with a track record of working across the aisle.

cnn.itTo defeat Ron DeSantis, Florida Democrats are coalescing around Charlie Crist and the Joe Biden playbook | CNN PoliticsDemocrats in Florida are desperate for power to slow the state’s rightward lurch, but they face a fundraising juggernaut and rising GOP star in Gov. Ron DeSantis. Democratic Party forces have coalesced around the campaign of Rep. Charlie Crist, who is chaneling President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign pl…

That’s right: Florida Dems are so desperate that they’re coalescing around tired old retread Charlie Crist to face the Ron DeSantis political juggernaut. This is not going to turn out well for the Democrats.

Cool.

I’m honestly not sure what to make of this clip of MSNBC’s depraved talking head Katy Tur:

The Hill @thehill

.@KatyTurNBC: "The trust in media, in newspapers and television, is hitting an all time low. People don't trust us. They don't believe us, and it makes me wonder if this job —as I'm currently doing it— is effective, but if it's doing more harm than good." youtu.be/D5UR-H2mO8A

"The trust in media, in newspapers and television, is hitting an all time low. People don't trust us. They don't believe us, and it makes me wonder if this job —as I'm currently doing it— is effective, but if it's doing more harm than good."

A studious absence of self-awareness is the hallmark of the modern young mainstream American "journalist." Is it possible that at least one of them might - emphasis on “might” - be working her way out of it into some sense of the reality of the damage she and her colleagues do to our society on a daily basis?

If so, it’s great to see, but I’m from Missouri on this one: Ms. Tur will have to show me, and I won’t be holding my breath waiting for that to happen.

This is how the Republican Party snatches defeat from the jaws of victory on the abortion issue:

Elizabeth Joh @elizabeth_joh

Idaho GOP platform on abortion ban: no exceptions, even to save a woman’s life

That is not just cruel, it’s incredibly stupid. Every poll taken on the abortion issue in recent times shows clearly that only tiny slivers of the American public are absolutists either way on the matter. 80-90% of the public has attitudes that lie somewhere in the great, vast middle.

The reversal of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court gives the GOP a golden opportunity to appeal to that vast middle by adopting abortion policies that are restrictive, but at the same time humane.

That is what most Americans have wanted one party or the other to do for the last half century, and the Democrats ultimately lost the fight by being too extreme at one end. Now, very predictably, Red State Republicans threaten to commit the same political malpractice at the other end of the spectrum.

Completely braindead stuff from Idaho.

The notoriously Biden-biased Fox News Poll came out on Sunday, and shockingly it can only get Old Joe to a meager 40%:

Wyatt Dobrovich @WyattDobrovich

NEW Fox News Poll President Biden’s Job Performance                              Approve     Disapprove Now                        40%                59% June 2022             43%                 57%

I had honestly assumed that Fox’s corrupt pollsters would dummy up something like 45% approval, just to present as outrageous an outlier as possible. The fact that they can only dummy up a 40% finding - still a significant outlier on the upside for Biden - tells you where the old weirdo really is, and it isn’t good.

Meanwhile, a climate change catastrophe is building down under:

Oh.

A new series debuts on Neflix this week:

Oh.

But enough levity for one day.

Let’s close things out with a must-read piece at ZeroHedge about how anti-nuke greens are destroying the European continent in real time:

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Anti-Nuke Greens Menace Europe

zerohedge.comAnti-Nuke Greens Menace EuropeGermany’s Economy and Climate Minister, a Green Party leader, lied about nuclear fuel rods...

Here’s an excerpt:

The German government is moving forward with plans to close its last three nuclear plants this December despite Europe being gripped by the worst energy crisis in 50 years. Robert Habeck, Germany’s Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, said there is no point in operating them because Germany lacks natural gas, not electricity.

“Nuclear power doesn’t help us there at all,” Habeck said on Tuesday.

“We have a heating problem or an industry problem, but not an electricity problem — at least not generally throughout the country.”

Besides, Habeck said, only Russia could provide Germany with the uranium fuel rods required to keep the nuclear plants operating, and there was no way to make sure the plants would be able to operate safely.

But none of what Habeck said was true. Coal, natural gas, and nuclear energy all generate electricity. Less nuclear means using more of coal or natural gas, which is why the German Cabinet, led by Habeck, just approved burning more coal.

As for safety, the leading provider of nuclear safety testing said Germany’s nuclear plants could keep operating safely after December. "The plants are in a technically excellent condition," said Joachim Buehler, managing director of TUEV. Buehler said that an extensive check, which is usually done every decade, could instead be done within a few months.

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Go read the rest. You’ll be glad - and angry - you did.

That is all.