Rendition Gulag Barbie was scheduled to come here this morning so she could stand in front of the Governor's residence and mouth off. So, along with a number of neighbors and fellow travelers, I hied myself down to the the guv's house to share in a spirited public expression of "Fuck Right Off" in response to her presence.
But because she is a coward she never showed up. And you could clearly see why. The guv's residence was decorated in "Due Process For All" banners, and of the more than 100 people I saw at the thing, among all the signs and clackers and cowbells and air horns, nary a single MAGA goof did I see. Not one fascist-friendly face. Instead, turns out Rendition Gulag Barbie was reduced to flying all the way here to skulk in an alley miles away with a few of her fellow fascists before beating it out of town.
How embarrassing.
From The Illinois Times:
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem a no-show at Governor's Mansion
Held press conference instead near the site of Emma Shafer's murder
On Tuesday afternoon, the Department of Homeland Security announced that Secretary Kristi Noem would be visiting Springfield the following morning to tout her "Making America Safe Again" agenda and speak out against Gov. JB Pritzker's immigration policies and Illinois' status as a sanctuary state. No time or location for her press conference was publicized, but it was believed that she would make an appearance in front of the Governor's Mansion at 10 a.m.
The Springfield Immigrant Advocacy Network, Illinois State AFL-CIO, 50501 Illinois and other activist groups began encouraging their supporters to show up and stage a counterprotest. A crowd gathered in front of the Governor's Mansion this morning, many with signs and some with their faces obscured to conceal their identities, but Noem did not appear...
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias held a press conference across from the Governor's Mansion at 10:30 a.m. in response to Noem's visit.
"The combination of cowardice, incompetence and cruelty is a very scary mix," Giannoulias said. "So while I'm glad she's not here, we need to step up as as a society, as a country and as a democracy to monsters like Kristi Noem."
From The Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois
Kristi Noem has no right to use Emma Schafer when her mother is across town protesting her unconstitutional approach to immigration.
From my alderwoman:
The DHS and Feds picked the absolute wrong person to use as a prop today in Springfield, IL. Her memory and her LIFE’S WORK will not be defiled by the absolute ghouls who did this and those from our community who stood by in support of doing this. In the words of our Governor, may they never know a moment’s peace.
A message from her parents:
Of course the Springfield Immigrant Advocacy Network was there.
Can you spot me in this pic?
Well done, Springfield. After cowing Rendition Gulag Barbie into such a humiliating public retreat practically in the shadow of one of her bosses loudest and most effective critics (from The Hill) --
Pritzker’s office mockingly calls for ‘all pet owners’ to beware ahead of Noem visit
-- because I am a movie nerd, I can't help but think about what Sam Spade sarcastically tells the incompetent gunsel, Wilmer, in The Maltese Falcon after easily stripping him of his ridiculously large guns:
Come on. This'll put you in solid with your boss.
She ran away. And you know how Trump loves it when his people make him look like a fool.
6 comments:
LOL, the hat majestically high above the crowd is a blatant clue.
You're the really tall guy on the right side.
The big meerkat?
You always said you were tall.I didn’t realize how much.
Good write up and gives hope to emerging groundswell of resistance to the Failed Trump Regime.
Even with the forced perspective of average sized folks milling about in the foreground, 6'8" of personhood sort of stands out. Lucky you, always a good view of the parade!
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