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New Congressional Hispanic Conference Chair Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) plans to make the group of around a dozen Hispanic House Republicans a more vocal and organized bloc — building off the record Hispanic and Latino support for President Trump and the Republican ticket in the 2024 election. “Everyone talks about us, everyone likes to kind of [...]

This is an occasional roundup of people who voted for Donald Trump and are shocked to find out no one is immune from the damage and pain he causes. Many are now grappling with the consequences of their choice as it affects them and their loved ones—and possibly regretting their vote. The “Leopards Ate My Face” meme hails from this iconic tweet: It’s analogous to “Fuck Around and Find Out,” aka FAFO, and perfectly describes the new phenomenon of Trump voters unironically complaining about the consequences of their vote. It’s certainly my favorite genre of writing as of late (see here and here).The leopards are feasting as the Trump administration 2.0 gets underway, and I’ve rounded up a handful of recent examples.First up is this Trump-voting Latina on TikTok literally crying about Trump’s deportation scheme, set to the most maudlin music you can imagine. This is so crazy that we voted for Trump. We trusted in the word that he promised, as Latinos. This is crazy that starting next week, multiple cities will be hit by immigration. It is so crazy that multiple people are scared to go to work. Where I work at, a lot of Latinos did not go to work and that’s crazy because we have a living, too. I hate that I voted for him, now I am so scared for my family.We need to come together and do something about this.Trump made two consistent promises during this past election: that he would deport everyone, and impose tariffs. If she really “trusted in the word that he promised,” SHE WOULD’VE VOTED FOR KAMALA HARRIS. In a previous post, I featured another Latino who was shocked that Trump was anti-Mexican, with several people insisting it was a joke or satire. It is not. These clueless people actually exist. What did they hear that made them believe Trump would protect the Latino community or immigrants? It was certainly nothing he said, and not any of his speeches. In a follow-up post, the crying woman insisted, “It doesn’t matter who you voted for, they both was full of shit” because both-sides blah blah. She also said, “We’re supposed to be here for each other, support each other.” That’s great, but if she really meant that, she wouldn’t have voted for Trump, the literal opposite of “being here for each other.” Nom nom nom. Eat up, leopards. Next up is Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida, who suddenly wants Donald Trump to deport people—just not her people. As you know, on Monday, January 20, President Trump ended the program formerly known as the “Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV).” Following up on this, yesterday’s guidance expands expedited removal against these populations. Since many of these individuals currently reside in Miami, there are open questions on how exactly this will be implemented.Individuals must be afforded due process. I strongly urge you to ensure that all Cubans paroled in under the CHNV program eligible for or with pending applications for the Cuban Adjustment Act are protected from deportation until their cases are fully resolved. Additionally, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, and Haitians who arrived under the CHNV program, have no criminal record, and have applied for asylum through the proper legal channels, should also be protected until their cases are fully resolved.”The CHNV program began under former President Joe Biden, so it’s not surprising that Trump is targeting the immigrants protected by it. What is surprising is that one of Trump’s first actions effectively goes after the reliably Republican Cuban community. But it’s not as if Trump didn’t warn his voters with some very clear words: “I don’t care about you I just care about your vote.” Nom nom nom. Next up, this masterpiece of a headline: “Chair of Arab election campaign for Trump blasts president’s ‘wild’ call to relocate Palestinians.”Was there anything more self-defeating than the pro-Gaza community’s support for Trump, as they screamed about Genocide Joe and Killer Kamala? But this guy who was in charge of getting the Arab community to vote for Trump literally had the gall to say, “This is not what we voted for as Arab Americans for Trump.” Get ready to hear a lot more of “That’s not what we voted for!” from Trump-supporting Gaza activists. And every single time, it will be exactly what they voted for. Because for all of Trump’s faults and bluster, he was mostly truthful about his agenda, and he was never anything but hostile to the Palestinian cause. Meanwhile, his son-in-law Jared Kushner was fantasizing about beachside condos in Gaza as recently as last year. Harris would’ve been an honest broker in the conflict, while Trump will be happy to see Palestinians swept out of Gaza in favor of that sweet seaside real estate. There’s a reason right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did his part to help Trump get elected. I’m going to admit surprise at this next item. Check out this headline: “Oil Executives Fume as Trump Shakes Up Climate Rules Again.” The 47th president’s political agenda is nothing if not oil and gas friendly. In fact, oil and gas are among Trump’s top priorities, and he has wasted no time in making life easier for the industry players after four years of extra regulatory and political pressure under Biden. Yet oil executives' apparent frustration with Trump’s reversal of Biden policies is unlikely and perhaps surprising on the surface.Below this surface sits all the money that Big Oil invested in its own transition, under pressure, indeed, but quite a lot of money. The projects this money has been invested in may well become stranded assets now, in an ironic twist of environmentalists’ warnings that oil and gas fields are about to become stranded assets in a transitional world.“Big U.S. oil companies, however, believe the withdrawal only limits Washington's ability to influence an ongoing global energy transition and exposes them to an uneven regulatory environment, according to Reuters interviews with industry representatives,” Reuters reported. In other words, the U.S.’s ability to impact the climate frameworks, and the energy industry’s ability to lobby for its own interests, are all gone now. The world can proceed without the U.S., and create regulatory frameworks that transnational corporations will have to abide by anyway. Oh well. Maybe they shouldn’t have put all their eggs in the Republican basket. How about one more scrumptious headline? "’He's talking to the wrong people’: Gays For Trump Founder's Message to the President.”I can’t even. The leopards must be in a food coma.Thank you to the Daily Kos community who continues to fight so hard with Daily Kos. Your reader support means everything. We will continue to have you covered and keep you informed, so please donate just $3 to help support the work we do.

DORAL, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump made his closing pitch to Hispanic voters in South Florida on Tuesday, railing against the country’s “open borders” and warning that the U.S. political system could collapse in the same vein as Venezuela’s...

While pundits are focused on the presidential fight, control of Congress might be decided in the Pacific Northwest. Close House races could add two more seats to the GOP.

A subtle bipartisan shift in the language of immigration has opened the door to vilification and dehumanization.The post You Should Stop Calling Them “Migrants” appeared first on The Intercept.

President Trump could become the first Republican to win a majority of the Hispanic vote, and stands unparalleled in the support he has inspired among Hispanic voters.

Chief Justice Carlos Muniz pointed to potentially far-reaching future effects of the court’s decision on the constitutionality of a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature in 2022.

Residents have until 10 a.m. on Sept. 12 to vacate the hotel.

Some Republicans aren’t quite ready for that.

Rep. Carlos Gimenez said he wears the Cuba regime's derision of him like a 'badge of honor,' after reports surfaced the regime is again trying to interfere in elections.

A federal judge said that Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy has not been officially dismissed because the former New York City mayor has refused to pay administrative expenses — even though he seems to have the funds to do so.In July, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane said he would dismiss the bankruptcy case at the request of Giuliani and two former Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. Giuliani had initially declared bankruptcy after a court ordered him to pay Freeman and Moss $148 million for defamation.In a five-page order on Thursday, Lane noted that the order to dismiss the case had not been entered into the court record because Giuliani claimed he could not afford to pay related administrative expenses."The administrative expenses in question are the fees for the financial advisors retained by the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors," the judge's Thursday order said. "What little we know about the Debtor's financial situation makes his stance here more troubling.""Even assuming that the Debtor does not have the funds on hand to immediately pay these bankruptcy expenses, he certainly has considerable assets upon which he can draw to pay such expenses," Lane continued. "It is undisputed that he owns two apartments of considerable value."Giuliani's New York apartment was said to be worth $5.6 million, and his Florida apartment was valued at approximately $3.5 million.EXCLUSIVE: Trump ‘secretary of retribution’ won't discuss his ‘target list’ at RNCLane explained that the "most obvious path forward" would be to hold hearings to determine Giuliani's financial conditions and possibly force him to testify."[T]here may come a point when dismissal is no longer an option because the Debtor is unwilling to pay these administrative expenses, a necessary requirement under the law for dismissal of the case," Thursday's order said. "Under such circumstances, the Court may be forced to reevaluate the alternative of a Chapter 11 trustee to supervise the administration of the Debtor's financial affairs and to promptly liquidate assets such as the New York apartment as appropriate."Lane gave Giuliani and his creditors until July 31 to submit proposals for a path forward.

A GOP strategist unleashed an attack on Kamala Harris that was dripping in sarcasm Thursday after losing his cool over positive media coverage of the Democratic Party’s presumed presidential candidate.Doug Heye was on CNN as the vice president finished a rally speech in Houston. As his co-guest, Democratic Party strategist Maria Cordona, finished praising the candidate’s performance, Heye got flustered.Raising his voice, he said, “Everything we heard is 'Oh my god, Kamala Harris is the greatest thing ever. She's the greatest cook that we've ever had near the Oval Office. She knows more about wine than anybody other than maybe Thomas Jefferson. Everything she does is amazing.'“So we should just cancel the election because clearly she's going to win by 25 points?”He then tried to bring the CNN panel back from what he saw as rose-colored adoration.ALSO READ: ‘Creepy weirdos’: Senator fears Trump WH staff would destroy government from ‘inside’“The reality is, i'm not going to get in Donald Trump's head, don't want to be there, don't know what's in there. But he sees the same polling that we do," he said.“Kamala Harris is marginally less unpopular than Joe Biden. She's not winning in the polls. Maybe that changes in a week or two, or six or eight, but at this point, Donald Trump is still winning despite this barrage of nothing but positive press for Kamala Harris and has been marinated in the public's mind.”Cardona had set him off by suggesting that Trump was “going through a mental meltdown” because of his opponent's popularity.“Not just that she is incredibly accomplished as DA, AG, senator, VP,” she said, “but the fact that she is also very attractive. I mean, I have to say it.“...In addition to that, she's not only a woman, she's a woman of African American Asian descent, daughter of immigrants, Jamaican descent.I mean, it's it's this sort of cauldron of all of the things that Trump has nightmares about every single night.”Watch the video below or click the link here.

Appearing on MSNBC's "The Katie Phang Show," former GOP campaign consultant Tara Setmayer claimed the choice of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) should come as no surprise due to his attitude toward women's rights.Speaking with the host, Setmayer pinned the label "mega MAGA misogynist" before documenting the Ohio Republican's history and what could happen if the Trump team wins in November.According to both the host and Setmayer, the GOP convention was a decidedly anti-woman affair.Pointingto the choice of Vance as a running mate, Setmayer stated, "This is the direction they are going in."RELATED: Trump now bleeding support in GOP-dominated state as more women voters gravitate to Biden "It's a a big 'FU' to women whose rights are literally under assault," she continued. "This election is about life or death for women in America and the attacks on our freedom."For her part, host Phang once again noted that the Trump campaign, with the selection of Vance" is treating American voters as if they are dumb, a point she took up earlier on MSNBC's "The Weekend."Watch below or at the link. Tara Setmayer on JD Vance: ‘You have a full mega-MAGA-misogynist ticket’youtu.be

Taking to both TikTok and Instagram, Donald Trump's niece, psychologist Mary Trump, took some shots at MSNBC host Katy Tur for her commentary during the recently concluded Republican National Convention where she told viewers that she felt the former president appeared to be humbled after an assassination attempt one week ago.Tur, a frequent target on social media for what is considered to be her glossing over Trump's copious issues, this week told viewers she was seeing a Trump she had never seen before, telling co-host Chris Jansing, that the former president looked "serene" at the convention.According to Mary Trump, MSNBC viewers should be skeptical of Tur's observations about her uncle."Despite having no evidence for making this claim, Katy Tur of MSNBC said during Donald Trump's first appearance at the Republican convention, that he was humbled," Mary Trump observed.ALSO READ: How much access did $50,000 buy someone at the Republican National Convention?"Okay," she continued. "First of all, this is non-journalism, this is evidence-free supposition. Second, considering the man doesn't have an ounce of humility in his entire body, that is a bit of stretch — seriously.""I mean there is no circumstance under which this man has ever felt humility or been humbled," the ex-president's niece continued before showing a picture of a smirking Trump in his convention box. "That is the look of a man who is completely and pleasantly shocked he keeps getting away with everything," she pointed out.You can watch the video below which was also posted to X or at the link: — (@)

A multi-millionaire who was a key Donald Trump ally pushing election theft conspiracy rumors after the former president's 2020 loss is already laying the groundwork for 2024 chaos by providing financial support to groups pushing more fringe theories.According to a report from the Guardian's Peter Stone, former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne is sinking millions into the Pro-MAGA America Project which is then being dispensed to groups in the key states of Arizona and Michigan among others.In a previous interview, Byrnes was upfront in admitting that only $3 million of the $30 million funding for America Project came from the public while he donated the other 90 percent.According to the Guardian's Stone, "The America Project was launched in April 2021 by Byrne and Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to Donald Trump when he was president; both Byrne and Flynn have been vocal purveyors of falsehoods that Trump lost the 2020 election due to fraud. They were also both at a meeting with Trump and others in late 2020 to brainstorm ways to overturn his loss."ALSO READ: Trump now bleeding support in GOP-dominated state as more women voters gravitate to BidenThe report notes that tax records reveal the organization has "sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Arizona-based We the People AZ Alliance, and Michigan-based United States Election Investigation and Lawsuits Inc, triggering alarms by election watchdogs and some GOP veterans due to their incendiary election denialist stances and leaders."This has led Michael Beckel, research director at Issue One, to raise a red flag."At a time when people across the political spectrum should be standing up to defend the integrity of our safe and secure elections, election deniers have used the We the People AZ Alliance to further erode trust in elections," he warned.You can read more here.