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3 hours ago, immamac said:

So this has been bothering me for the last month. People say Billionaires as if it's some huge list of people. Just list the actual billionaires every time who are benefiting directly from some policy or whatever is going on. 

When you frame it as "the billionaires" it makes them seem like some huge group of people. It's just a handful of mostly horrible and evil pieces of shit. 

I don't disagree but was trying to come up with something that would fit on a bumper sticker.  Maybe replace "billionaire" with "E. Musk".  Dems need a simple relatable message to hammer over and over to the uneducated between now and midterms.

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4 hours ago, immamac said:

There are less than 430 US Billionaires. 

Name them every time. 

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Billionaires themselves are also wealthier, with two-thirds adding to their worth. The top 20 on the list gained the most, adding $700 billion to their combined worth since 2023. And the U.S. has a record 813 billionaires — the most of any country.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/forbes-list-of-the-worlds-billionaires-2024-more-than-ever-before-wealthier-arnault-elon-musk-jeff-bezos/

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1 hour ago, GenXer said:

The villain is Big Tech. Hammer away the message consistently now until July 2026. Big Tech controls you. Big Tech is stealing your money. Big Tech is stealing your freedom. Over and over. Big tech becomes this vague thing that is the reason for personal failures.

Too amorphous and survey results indicate most people like technology companies more than people leading them.  People like Tesla and Instagram but are wary of Musk and Zuckerberg.  
 

The other part that’s hard to square is, in general, surveys favor less regulation than more (on the companies themselves).  You’re better off making billionaires the villain.  My only qualm there is this has been a public issues for Dems since the 90’s at least and the fact it doesn’t resonate more might mean a) all the juice has been wrung out or b) it only works if you have someone really awesome selling it.  
 

That said, at least you’re trying an economic message, and the Dems HAVE to get back to pulling in a fair share of the working class.  

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13 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Too amorphous and survey results indicate most people like technology companies more than people leading them.  People like Tesla and Instagram but are wary of Musk and Zuckerberg.  
 

The other part that’s hard to square is, in general, surveys favor less regulation than more (on the companies themselves).  You’re better off making billionaires the villain.  My only qualm there is this has been a public issues for Dems since the 90’s at least and the fact it doesn’t resonate more might mean a) all the juice has been wrung out or b) it only works if you have someone really awesome selling it.  
 

That said, at least you’re trying an economic message, and the Dems HAVE to get back to pulling in a fair share of the working class.  

Make the billionaires the villain.  The blame-game has to be aimed at people, not ideas.

Use all the worst stories about them.  They don't have to be true.  In fact, ideally, they aren't true.  "Elon Musk had slaves."  "Elon Musk has stolen your private information and is selling it for profit."  DARE him to sue you, by the way.  Then.....DISCOVERY.  Into DOGE, Tesla....all of it.

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24 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Too amorphous and survey results indicate most people like technology companies more than people leading them.  People like Tesla and Instagram but are wary of Musk and Zuckerberg.  
 

The other part that’s hard to square is, in general, surveys favor less regulation than more (on the companies themselves).  You’re better off making billionaires the villain.  My only qualm there is this has been a public issues for Dems since the 90’s at least and the fact it doesn’t resonate more might mean a) all the juice has been wrung out or b) it only works if you have someone really awesome selling it.  
 

That said, at least you’re trying an economic message, and the Dems HAVE to get back to pulling in a fair share of the working class.  

The play is to splinter the OG maga from the tech bro maga.

Scare dems into voting because big tech is gonna steal your identity and take your social security. I’ve personally had my SSN stolen several years ago and some unknown big tech entity filed a false tax return for me without my knowledge. The IRS dedicates significant resources to combat this.

Making the villain an idea as opposed to one person makes the villain everlasting. Deep state, anyone?

Was the tesla survey taken recently? Doubtful.

 

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5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

They don't have to be true.  In fact, ideally, they aren't true

Nah, there’s plenty of meat without fabrication.  
 

If someone is checking my posting history they are going to have a deep sigh over yet another of my “I heard this on the Pivot podcast” recaps, but Scott Galloway’s quick and dirty analysis on the 2024 POTUS loss is that a lot of parents were seeing the impact of social media on the lives of their children and that heavily weighed into a vote for change.  
 

His quote was something to the effect of “social scientists 50 years from now are going to be shocked that we built software that so consistently delivers depression, increases the suicide rate of those who use it, allows rampant lies to be spread unchecked, including by automated bots and foreign actors who we know are antagonistic towards US interests, and the only, small effort to decency and good sense comes at the whim of billionaires who have no inner compass beyond profit.”  
 

Honestly, the beauty of 2025-2026 is you don’t have to make it about GM, or DuPont, PG&E, etc., these large corporations with boards and cogs and CEO’s in the shadows.  You can make it about Zuck, and Elon, and two of the most punchable faces in America.  

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34 minutes ago, GenXer said:

I’ve personally had my SSN stolen several years ago and some unknown big tech entity filed a false tax return for me without my knowledge. The IRS dedicates significant resources to combat this.

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47 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Make the billionaires the villain.  The blame-game has to be aimed at people, not ideas.

Use all the worst stories about them.  They don't have to be true.  In fact, ideally, they aren't true.  "Elon Musk had slaves."  "Elon Musk has stolen your private information and is selling it for profit."  DARE him to sue you, by the way.  Then.....DISCOVERY.  Into DOGE, Tesla....all of it.

 

32 minutes ago, GenXer said:

The play is to splinter the OG maga from the tech bro maga.

Scare dems into voting because big tech is gonna steal your identity and take your social security. I’ve personally had my SSN stolen several years ago and some unknown big tech entity filed a false tax return for me without my knowledge. The IRS dedicates significant resources to combat this.

Making the villain an idea as opposed to one person makes the villain everlasting. Deep state, anyone?

Was the tesla survey taken recently? Doubtful.

 

 

28 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Nah, there’s plenty of meat without fabrication.  
 

If someone is checking my posting history they are going to have a deep sigh over yet another of my “I heard this on the Pivot podcast” recaps, but Scott Galloway’s quick and dirty analysis on the 2024 POTUS loss is that a lot of parents were seeing the impact of social media on the lives of their children and that heavily weighed into a vote for change.  
 

His quote was something to the effect of “social scientists 50 years from now are going to be shocked that we built software that so consistently delivers depression, increases the suicide rate of those who use it, allows rampant lies to be spread unchecked, including by automated bots and foreign actors who we know are antagonistic towards US interests, and the only, small effort to decency and good sense comes at the whim of billionaires who have no inner compass beyond profit.”  
 

Honestly, the beauty of 2025-2026 is you don’t have to make it about GM, or DuPont, PG&E, etc., these large corporations with boards and cogs and CEO’s in the shadows.  You can make it about Zuck, and Elon, and two of the most punchable faces in America.  


Unlike the robber barons of the 1870’s to 1910’s, the tech baron bros of today do not control our raw materials used for buildings or transportation but the raw materials that fuel our economy today…. Attention.
Railroads networks? Try social networks.

Steel for infrastructure? Try Cloud services for internet infrastructure.

Oil for engines? Try AI search engines.

 Rapacious Wall Street financiers? Well…. Yeah. Seems to be a straight line. But also you’ve got so much more in hedge funds, private equity, and venture capital.

As bad as it was back then, democracy wasn’t threatened by controlling steel or trains or oil. 
But attention fuels democracy. The means of communication and the the distribution of information are vital for democracy to work. And they own that.

That’s what makes today so dire. 

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6 hours ago, immamac said:

There are less than 430 US Billionaires. 

Name them every time. 

That's still an astonishing number. When I was a little boy, there was a TV show called The Millionaire. And, of course there's

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A very funny moment in a surprisingly funny movie.

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6 hours ago, immamac said:

There are less than 430 US Billionaires. 

Name them every time. 

 

3% billionaire tax would be a good start. 10% on bonus pay 

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3 hours ago, GenXer said:

Republicans create a villain leading into each election cycle - obamacare, CRT, DEI, socialism, trans, antifa, caravans - using their propaganda outlets. Once the villain is established in the minds of the gullible, they connect the villain to the democrat candidate.

Dems need to utilize the same play.

The villain is Big Tech. Hammer away the message consistently now until July 2026. Big Tech controls you. Big Tech is stealing your money. Big Tech is stealing your freedom. Over and over. Big tech becomes this vague thing that is the reason for personal failures.

In Jun 2026, introduce the slogan - Fight Big Tech

In Aug 2026, hang the big tech albatross around every republican neck. Musk is the low hanging fruit here.

They've already got the hater vote. They created the Hater Party. 

I hate them, but it doesn't really seem to do much good. I will, however, maintain the disposition.

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Who gives a shit about any policy that affects less than 1k people. Just do it, no one cares. Hell, they only pretend to care because their accountant tells them to or something. These people don't know wtf is even going on with their money. 

Posted
4 minutes ago, immamac said:

430 people is astonishing? That's not even a fucking auditorium. You can fit that in a 100ftx60ft room. 

If I were speaking of a football game, that's correct. It's not astonishing. I wasn't talking about the relative size of crowds.

You and I seem to miss on a lot of things when we converse. How many billionaires were there 40 years ago? I doubt the number of football fans have grown by the same multiple.

Written without rancor.

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Just now, RomaVicta said:

If I were speaking of a football game, that's correct. It's not astonishing. I wasn't talking about the relative size of crowds.

You and I seem to miss on a lot of things when we converse. How many billionaires were there 40 years ago? I doubt the number of football fans have grown by the same multiple.

Written without rancor.

Ah yeah the amount of capital they control is absolutely fucking mind bottling. 

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9 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

They've already got the hater vote. They created the Hater Party. 

I hate them, but it doesn't really seem to do much good. I will, however, maintain the disposition.

I’m not talking about hate. I’m talking about fear.

The message: Be afraid of ai; it’s manipulating you. Be afraid of robotics; it’s taking your job. Be afraid of cloud computing; it has all your data and is selling it. Fight big tech.

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18 minutes ago, immamac said:

430 people is astonishing? That's not even a fucking auditorium. You can fit that in a 100ftx60ft room. 

or a much smaller hole, if you use a wood chipper

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1 minute ago, GenXer said:

I’m not talking about hate. I’m talking about fear.

The message: Be afraid of ai; it’s manipulating you. Be afraid of robotics; it’s taking your job. Be afraid of cloud computing; it has all your data and is selling it. Fight big tech.

All that shit scares me. I'm with you.

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41 minutes ago, immamac said:

430 people is astonishing? That's not even a fucking auditorium. You can fit that in a 100ftx60ft room. 

24 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

Or 4.5 cattle cars 

Or shower.

 

There are the "good" billionaires like Buffet, Mackenzie Scott (Bezos's ex), Melinda Gates etc. who donate heavily to charitable causes. But Elon and the Koch brother are welcome to reconsider their life decisions.

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16 minutes ago, Superhero said:

Or shower.

 

There are the "good" billionaires like Buffet, Mackenzie Scott (Bezos's ex), Melinda Gates etc. who donate heavily to charitable causes. But Elon and the Koch brother are welcome to reconsider their life decisions.

I’m somewhat of an acquaintance of a tech billionaire. Very unassuming guy. He wouldn’t catch a second glance from anyone. He rang the bell on wall street twice as the founder of both companies. Hard to imagine he’s evil. He made his money and is retired. I’ve spoken with him on several occasions. He’s a genuinely nice guy.

Posted
6 hours ago, Macanudo said:

Would it be wrong to refer to the Milk Men as Yell Fairies from here on out?

My gay son says, “yes”.

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2 hours ago, GenXer said:

I’m somewhat of an acquaintance of a tech billionaire. Very unassuming guy. He wouldn’t catch a second glance from anyone. He rang the bell on wall street twice as the founder of both companies. Hard to imagine he’s evil. He made his money and is retired. I’ve spoken with him on several occasions. He’s a genuinely nice guy.

Quisling

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6 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

Or 4.5 cattle cars 

 

6 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

or a much smaller hole, if you use a wood chipper

Yo can we conveniently “forget” to put Rihanna in these though?

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https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/25/2025-05128/termination-of-parole-processes-for-cubans-haitians-nicaraguans-and-venezuelans

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SUMMARY:

The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) is terminating the categorical parole programs for inadmissible aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela and their immediate family members (hereinafter referred to as “CHNV parole programs”) that DHS announced in 2022 and 2023. This Federal Register notice is intended to provide context and guidance to the public regarding the termination of the CHNV parole programs and related employment authorization.

DATES:

DHS is terminating the CHNV parole programs as of March 25, 2025. The temporary parole period of aliens in the United States under the CHNV parole programs and whose parole has not already expired by April 24, 2025 will terminate on that date unless the Secretary makes an individual determination to the contrary. Parolees without a lawful basis to remain in the United States following this termination of the CHNV parole programs must depart the United States before their parole termination date.

Also, on April 24 all parolees’ right to be employed in United States is revoked, and it is illegal for any employer to hire those people. 

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Posted
On 3/23/2025 at 2:41 PM, Bozo_Casanova said:

Did they know about the empathy? Did anybody tell them?

This has been going on for 30 years and I haven’t seen one campaign that led with “this place is dying and you voted for it.”

Who's going to campaign on that message?  You?  With your Harvard mouth?

Nobody who looks or talks like you would make it out of the primary in any rural Texas county.  That's because the only Democrats in rural Texas counties are Black or (increasingly rarely) Hispanic.  You're not going to win in a primary election against a Black or Hispanic candidate (depending on which part of the state you're in).

So you've got to have a Black or Hispanic Democrat carry that message.  And do you think any white rural Texas Republican voter is going to listen to that message from that messenger?  

On 3/23/2025 at 2:17 PM, Brisketexan said:


Or, counterpoint: allow Republican accelerationist destruction to do its thing and kill them in droves. An eliminated GQP vote is an eliminated GQP vote. And I’m done with giving a shit about them. What has empathy gotten us? Just taken advantage of.

And this is the underlying issue that is encapsulated in this thread--Democrats are just done with the whole democracy.  They're at the "they bought their tickets; they knew what they were getting into.  I say, 'let 'em crash'" stage.

A message of "empathy," even if it could be conveyed by a persuasive messenger to a persuadable audience, isn't in the cards.

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Failed GOP candidate turned attempted political killer. Why did he do it?
A federal jury in New Mexico found Solomon Peña, 40, guilty of orchestrating a shooting spree aimed at Democratic lawmakers, including two who certified his election loss.

A failed GOP candidate in New Mexico was convicted of orchestrating a shooting spree aimed at Democratic elected officials, including two who certified his election loss, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday.

Solomon Peña, who ran for a seat in the New Mexico legislature in 2022, was convicted at trial of over a dozen charges in organizing attacks on four lawmakers. His involvement included not just recruiting gunmen - who have already plead guilty - but he participated in one of the attacks using a machine gun, according to court filings. From jail he also tried having witnesses killed, federal officials said.

No one was hurt in the shootings, which occurred after Peña's November 2022 electoral defeat. He pressured members of the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners to refuse to certify the results of the election, but despite Peña’s pressure, the commissioners certified the results.

The dozens of bullets fired in the assaults hit houses, cars and even passed inside the bedroom of a 10-year-old girl, according to court filings and statements from police.

Bernalillo County Commissioner Adriann Barboa, who was the first official targeted and oversaw election certification at the time, celebrated Peña’s conviction but said his actions were symptomatic of a growing problem of political violence in America.

“We have to send a clear message that violence is not tolerable, period,” Barboa told USA TODAY. “Without these kinds of precedents set, people will continue to think that they can take the law into their own hands.”

The attacks came amid a rash of political violence across the nation, from an angry mob threatening the lives of top U.S. lawmakers certifying the 2020 presidential election results to the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last year.

Holland S. Kastrin, the acting U.S. Attorney for New Mexico, noted the high stakes of the case.

“A cornerstone of our freedoms is for all citizens, elected officials, and candidates for office to be able to participate in our democratic process safely and securely, without threats, intimidation, or the fear of violence or retaliation,” Kastrin told USA TODAY. “Peña not only orchestrated a violent conspiracy to undermine these bedrock principles but also sought to have witnesses against him murdered. We welcome the well-founded guilty verdicts which both hold the defendant accountable for his violent and reckless actions and affirm the rule of law.”

Peña and crew committed the shooting spree between Dec. 4, 2022 and Jan. 3, 2023. They also targeted a state senator, state representative and another county commissioners responsible for certifying election results.

The 40-year-old faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 60 years and a maximum penalty of life in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. A sentencing hearing has not been scheduled yet.

Accomplices Jose and Demetrio Trujillo plead guilty last year and will be sentenced in the spring, federal officials said.

Attorneys for Peña did not respond to requests for comment.

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‘Emboldened by the highest office’: Targeted lawmaker blames Trump
Barboa said she knew exactly what the attack was about the moment she discovered someone had fired upon her house.

“I knew right away it was political,” she said, recalling seeing the damage done by the bullets that whizzed through her living room and kitchen. “That year for the whole entire year we had election deniers coming to every meeting.”

The Democratic lawmaker laid the blame for the former GOP hopeful’s action squarely on the head of the Republican Party — President Trump.

“People don't think that voice from the White House will reach all the way down to someone like Solomon Peña but it does,” Barboa said. “This could have been so different for him if he had a leader saying something positive, something uplifting, something true.”

Who else was Peña after?
The lawmakers that the failed GOP candidate targeted included significant elected officials in New Mexico.

Peña and crew committed shooting at these lawmakers' homes on the following dates:

  • Bernalillo County Commissioner Adriann Barboa on Dec. 4, 2022: About eight rounds were fired at Barboa’s home, according to police. The shooting happened just after 3:30 p.m. and a pick-up truck was seen in the area by neighbors, according to a criminal complaint. A parked vehicle was also struck by gunfire.
  • State Representative Javier Martínez on Dec. 8, 2022: More than a dozen shots were fired at Martínez's home. His wife, the complaint reads, was home at the time of the attack and heard the gunfire erupt. Neighbors also told police they watched a pick-up truck speed away from the scene.
  • Former Bernalillo County Commissioner Debbie O’Malley Dec. 11, 2022: At least 12 rounds were fired at the home of then-Commissioner O’Malley, according to the complaint. The attack on O'Malley came just days after Peña arrived at her home. "Debbie recalled that he was upset that he had not won the election for public office," the complaint says. Video surveillance from her home showed Peña arrive at her house in a black 2022 Audi.
  • State Senator Linda Lopez on Jan. 3, 2023: Police said Peña accompanied his gunmen to Lopez's home and tried to shoot but his weapon - a machine gun - malfunctioned. Another man shot over a dozen rounds from a handgun, including into the bedroom of Lopez’s daughter. A preliminary investigation at the home found "sheet rock and dust was blown on Linda’s daughter‘s face in bed, resulting from firearm projectiles, passing inside her bedroom overhead."

Barboa and O’Malley - now a state senator - certified Peña’s loss in the November 2022 midterm elections.

Martínez became Speaker of the House for the New Mexico House of Representatives in January 2023.

“Solomon Peña’s conviction demonstrates that political violence has no place in New Mexico. My family and I are grateful that our justice system worked as it should to hold him accountable for his actions,” he told USA TODAY. “As an elected official, my focus is on making life safer, better, and more affordable for families in our state and ensuring New Mexico remains a place where we respect each other’s opinions and work together for the common good.”

What was Peña running for?
Peña - before orchestrating the shooting spree - was running for a seat in the New Mexico House of Representatives in the November 2022 midterm elections. 

He lost a race for House District 14 - which covers part of Albuquerque - against longtime incumbent Democratic state Representative Miguel P. Garcia. Peña got 26% of the vote.

After the November election, Peña had posted on social media it was “rigged” and he would not concede despite losing his bid for the statehouse in a district that has been held by Democrats for years.

On Nov. 15, he posted an image of himself in a “Make America Great Again” hoodie, saying “Trump just announced for 2024. I stand with him. I never conceded my HD 14 race. Now researching my options.”

A spokesperson for the Republican Party of New Mexico did not respond to questions about how Peña became a GOP candidate.

Peña comes 'knocking'
Senator O’Malley, the former commissioner, remembers she was asleep in bed when Peña fired on her house.

“I was just so surprised,” she told USA TODAY. “My husband and I sat up in bed at the same time. It seemed like someone was pounding on the door with their fist, ‘boom, boom, boom.’”

The shooting happened days after the shooting on fellow Commissioner Barboa’s house and O’Malley says her husband suspected a connection.

Later she realized it was the same man that had came knocking around the time of the election.

The two spoke at the gate outside of the house. He was "agitated" over the election results and denied losing. But she didn’t think him dangerous. 

“I thought well this guy is delusional but I didn’t think that would translate into what he ended up doing,” she said. “I think he really thought somehow he was going to be a hero because of his allegiance to Trump and he’s now facing a very long time in prison.”

 

 

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15 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Failed GOP candidate turned attempted political killer. Why did he do it?
A federal jury in New Mexico found Solomon Peña, 40, guilty of orchestrating a shooting spree aimed at Democratic lawmakers, including two who certified his election loss.

A failed GOP candidate in New Mexico was convicted of orchestrating a shooting spree aimed at Democratic elected officials, including two who certified his election loss, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday.

Solomon Peña, who ran for a seat in the New Mexico legislature in 2022, was convicted at trial of over a dozen charges in organizing attacks on four lawmakers. His involvement included not just recruiting gunmen - who have already plead guilty - but he participated in one of the attacks using a machine gun, according to court filings. From jail he also tried having witnesses killed, federal officials said.

No one was hurt in the shootings, which occurred after Peña's November 2022 electoral defeat. He pressured members of the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners to refuse to certify the results of the election, but despite Peña’s pressure, the commissioners certified the results.

The dozens of bullets fired in the assaults hit houses, cars and even passed inside the bedroom of a 10-year-old girl, according to court filings and statements from police.

Bernalillo County Commissioner Adriann Barboa, who was the first official targeted and oversaw election certification at the time, celebrated Peña’s conviction but said his actions were symptomatic of a growing problem of political violence in America.

“We have to send a clear message that violence is not tolerable, period,” Barboa told USA TODAY. “Without these kinds of precedents set, people will continue to think that they can take the law into their own hands.”

The attacks came amid a rash of political violence across the nation, from an angry mob threatening the lives of top U.S. lawmakers certifying the 2020 presidential election results to the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last year.

Holland S. Kastrin, the acting U.S. Attorney for New Mexico, noted the high stakes of the case.

“A cornerstone of our freedoms is for all citizens, elected officials, and candidates for office to be able to participate in our democratic process safely and securely, without threats, intimidation, or the fear of violence or retaliation,” Kastrin told USA TODAY. “Peña not only orchestrated a violent conspiracy to undermine these bedrock principles but also sought to have witnesses against him murdered. We welcome the well-founded guilty verdicts which both hold the defendant accountable for his violent and reckless actions and affirm the rule of law.”

Peña and crew committed the shooting spree between Dec. 4, 2022 and Jan. 3, 2023. They also targeted a state senator, state representative and another county commissioners responsible for certifying election results.

The 40-year-old faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 60 years and a maximum penalty of life in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. A sentencing hearing has not been scheduled yet.

Accomplices Jose and Demetrio Trujillo plead guilty last year and will be sentenced in the spring, federal officials said.

Attorneys for Peña did not respond to requests for comment.

 

There is a 500% chance that dude 1) is quickly pardoned and 2) appointed something like "Election Security Czar" in the Trump administration.

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8 minutes ago, Satchel said:

Now that Trump and his devotees have dropped any pretense of not being racist, and are having success in re-engineering the actual meaning of words, ( see diversity, equity, inclusion, woke…) the religious right has entered the fray. Empathy is now a sin:

https://albertmohler.com/2025/02/19/joe-rigney/

 

That guy...is insane and evil. If you want to get a snapshot of how he thinks (spoiler: everything is the fault of all those bitches), here you go:

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There is a reason that the empathetic sex that women are barred from the pastoral office, they were barred from the priestly office in the Old Testament for the same reason. Because priests and pastors, priests in the Old Testament, pastors and ministers and elders in the New Testament, are charged fundamentally with guarding the doctrine and worship of the church, of setting the perimeter for what is in and out. That’s the calling. And therefore the sex that is bent and wired towards care, nurture, compassion and empathy is ill suited to that role. So it’s no surprise that in a culture which has become dominated by feminism, it’s deep in the American system at this point, that in that same timeframe you would have an outbreak of empathy that would become the steering wheel by which every institution is hijacked.

Oh, and there's other stuff in there that's even worse.

He starts from a premise that is credible: that empathy run amok can be a bad thing......and then proceeds to twist the premise to justify his worldview that utterly justifies and explains away every cruelty to be visited on those he doesn't like.  It's the well-spoken rantings of a genuine sociopath.

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On 3/24/2025 at 11:19 AM, Disco Strangler said:

Bullshit.  They just ran out of time.

Ran out of nuts

23 hours ago, immamac said:

430 people is astonishing? That's not even a fucking auditorium. You can fit that in a 100ftx60ft room. 

 

23 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

Or 4.5 cattle cars 

How many pigs?

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

That guy...is insane and evil. If you want to get a snapshot of how he thinks (spoiler: everything is the fault of all those bitches), here you go:

Oh, and there's other stuff in there that's even worse.

He starts from a premise that is credible: that empathy run amok can be a bad thing......and then proceeds to twist the premise to justify his worldview that utterly justifies and explains away every cruelty to be visited on those he doesn't like.  It's the well-spoken rantings of a genuine sociopath.

You are so right. 

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2 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

Nobody who looks or talks like you would make it out of the primary in any rural Texas county.  That's because the only Democrats in rural Texas counties are Black or (increasingly rarely) Hispanic.  You're not going to win in a primary election against a Black or Hispanic candidate (depending on which part of the state you're in).

Nonsense. The meemaws, the aunties, and the tias all love my bright blue eyes and rakish, lopsided grin. 

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58 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

That guy...is insane and evil. If you want to get a snapshot of how he thinks (spoiler: everything is the fault of all those bitches), here you go:

Oh, and there's other stuff in there that's even worse.

He starts from a premise that is credible: that empathy run amok can be a bad thing......and then proceeds to twist the premise to justify his worldview that utterly justifies and explains away every cruelty to be visited on those he doesn't like.  It's the well-spoken rantings of a genuine sociopath.

Evangelical playbook. If something bad happens to you; accident, illness, rape, murder, etc. it's your fault because you aren't "Christian" enough.

Fucking shit head cunts that they are.

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1 hour ago, Satchel said:

Now that Trump and his devotees have dropped any pretense of not being racist, and are having success in re-engineering the actual meaning of words, ( see diversity, equity, inclusion, woke…) the religious right has entered the fray. Empathy is now a sin:

https://albertmohler.com/2025/02/19/joe-rigney/

 

You know, I was reading that interview, and many of the things they were saying at the beginning I agree with. I think there's almost a pretentious claiming of empathy where it's actually very difficult to attain. I love the word, personally. I think it's a great word and I'm grateful it's come into our vocabulary. 

He calls it The Sin of Empathy, and compares it to the sin of anger or fear. He then says there are times when anger or fear are not sinful, just as there are times when empathy is not sinful, but there are times when it is. 

There's a section in there where the author talks about saving someone from drowning while remaining on the boat or remaining tethered to shore that I absolutely agree with. A phrase I constantly use is "don't keep such an open mind your brain falls out." I do think boundaries can be extremely healthy, and sometimes those boundaries run counter to any aspirations of empathy. That's not always a bad thing.

Then it got into politics where it started defending the actions of the administration from a biblical point of view and then I couldn't read any more. Just more tribal tripe with a Christian cloak wrapped around them rather than an American flag or whatever other iconography they want to steal for their purposes of power. 

If someone wants to defend the actions of this administration from a political or societal management point of view that's one thing. My big issue is the annihilation of democratic principles and the threat to future peaceful transitions of power, more so than any specific policy they're implementing. But to come back and try to defend the actions as Christian, or why Christians should be in favor of what is going on, is not biblically sound to me. But that's not the point. Their tribe is in power so the troops of all stripes are going to rally to the cause, and use the tools at their disposal to defend the people from their tribe in power. Anyway, I couldn't make it through the entire article. 

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