Politico writes on some of Biden's statements on the previous guy when he's behind closed doors. It's what we all call him here, so it's not critical news. It is interesting, though.
JONATHAN LEMIRE, LAUREN EGAN, MYAH WARD, and BEN JOHANSEN write in Politico:
The president has described Trump to longtime friends and close aides as a “sick fuck” who delights in others’ misfortunes, according to three people who have heard the president use the profane description. According to one of the people who has spoke with the president, Biden recently said of Trump: “What a fucking asshole the guy is.”
The White House declined to comment.
The epithets may cut against the image Biden often projects as someone eager to take down the level of incivility and acrimony in politics. But they also illustrate a core anger he has developed toward the man he ousted from office and may very well face again.
Biden has long been troubled by what he has perceived as Trump’s encouragement of political violence, which the incumbent believes is a direct threat to the nation’s democracy and deeply un-American, according to the three people familiar with his private conversations, who were all granted anonymity to describe them. His disgust toward Trump has never been a secret but has only grown in recent months as the former president tightens his grip on the GOP nomination.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) called House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) "pathetic" for fundraising off of the stalled impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
Swalwell, apparently on Comer's email list, received a fundraising email from Comer that said simply "We have a major problem...our January fundraising has hit brick wall," with a button labeled "Rush A Gift."
Swalwell posted the email on X with text that said, "How pathetic is this guy? His Biden investigation has collapsed and now he's coming to me for money. Sorry, Comer Pyle!"
Georgia Rep Mike Collins (GA-R) is one evil psychopathic fuck.
Matthew Chapman of Raw Story writes:
Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) caused a blowup on the social media site X on Thursday following a post in which he suggested immigrants should be given rides on "Pinochet Air" — a reference to a Chilean dictator whose armed forces tossed kidnapped dissidents out of helicopters on "death flights" over the Pacific Ocean.
"I think sitting members of congress calling for murdering people using the Pinochet regime's preferred method of dropping them out of helicopters is really not great," wrote MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes Thursday.
"We wonder why the right wingers aren't freaking out about Trump's dictator talk but we shouldn't," wrote Pete Fuller, the chair of the Jackson County, Georgia Democrats. "The hard right would love Trump taking over dictatorial powers and to start disappearing the people that are inconvenient to them — as nepobaby Mike Collins demonstrates."
Even Elon Musk's Twitter is repulsed.