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Sunday, July 20, 2025

Idiot of the Week: Conservative author, teacher molested student & Orange Felon Insults Liberia

This week's idiot is Aaron Craig Gleason, who pleaded not guilty to molesting a 12 year old girl in Bible Class. Ironically, on social media he accused drag queens of "grooming" kids for molestation and he was doing it all along, hiding behind religion.  BONUS Idiot at the end of the blog: The Orange felon insulted the Liberian President. There are just too many idiots to highlight once a week!

Conservative author, teacher charged with molesting student at private Christian school

Mollye Barrows, Pensacola News Journal, Feb 11, 2025

A self-described Christian philosopher, writer and teacher at a private Christian school in Okaloosa County is accused of molesting one of his female students during Bible Class.

Aaron Craig Gleason is charged with lewd or lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years of age. Gleason, a teacher and soccer coach at Rocky Bayou Christian School, also writes regularly for several national conservative publications and has posted accusations on social media that drag queens are “grooming” kids for molestation.

Gleason has pleaded not guilty to molesting the student and is out of jail on $75,000 bond.

According to Niceville police, the victim alleged that in December she approached Gleason at his desk at school to discuss an assignment during Bible Class. When the discussion ended, police say Gleason, who was sitting down, gave the girl a “side hug” but slid his hand from her back to her backside, kept it there, and began rubbing his thumb up and down her buttocks.

Police say the victim’s account was corroborated by two other students. The girl Gleason is accused of molesting also told police that her teacher “has made several comments that have made her uncomfortable.”

According to Gleason’s arrest report, the girl claimed Gleason told her that “she looked cute wearing a flower clip in her hair,” and then followed up with the question, “Or are you just trying to be deceptive?” The comments were corroborated by one other student, police say.

According to Mid Bay News, the Superintendent of Rocky Bayou Christian School Mike Mosley sent out an email to parents that said, “I regret to inform you that one of our Middle School teachers was arrested today by local law enforcement officers. The teacher has been on paid administrative leave and off campus for two weeks. RBCS is fully cooperating with authorities in this matter until authorities have concluded their investigation. Please pray for our school and students during this difficult time.”

Gleason has written for primarily conservative publications with numerous articles on Hollywood, movies and the media’s impact on conservative values and culture.

In his bio on The Federalist’s website, Gleason says he is “a proud alumnus of Biola University and Talbot Seminary. He teaches philosophy full-time. His writing has appeared in numerous outlets including Hollywood in Toto, The Daily Wire, and The Imaginative Conservative.” Gleason also writes under A.C. Gleason. The Imaginative Conservative has removed his bio from its website as did The Daily Wire, but his bio on the latter can still be found on the Internet Archive website

In 2023, Gleason shared a video on X of protestors from a New York City Drag March. In it he says, “We’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children,” and “No grooming going on here, they’re just coming for our children.” 

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BONUS IDIOT!!!!  You would think that a politician who meets someone from a foreign country would do a little homework, like "what's the official Language?" "official religion?" "trade policies?" "History with the U.S.?" - NOPE.  This week's BONUS IDIOT is the orange felon who insultedthe president of Liberia. 

 Trump praised Liberian president’s ‘beautiful English.’ It’s been the country’s official language since the 1800s.

By MARK MENGONFIA, MONIKA PRONCZUK and WILSON MCMAKIN, Associated Press July 10, 2025

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — There was confusion and anger in Liberia on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump praised the English skills of President Joseph Boakai.

“Such good English,” Trump said to Boakai, with visible surprise. “Such beautiful English.”

English has been the west African nation’s official language since the 1800s. But Trump did not stop there. “Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?” he continued, as Boakai murmured a response. “Where were you educated? Where? In Liberia?”

The exchange took place during a meeting in the White House between Trump and five West African leaders on Wednesday, amid a pivot from aid to trade in the U.S. foreign policy.

Liberia has had deep ties with the United States for centuries. It was first established with the aim of relocating freed slaves from the United States.

Foday Massaquio, chairman of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change-Council of Patriots, said that while the remarks were typical of Trump’s engagement with foreign leaders, what some saw as the condescending tone was amplified by the fact that the leaders were African.

“As a matter of fact, it also proves that the West is not taking us seriously as Africans,” he said. “President Trump was condescending, he was very disrespectful to the African leader.”

Trump’s comments added to the sense of betrayal which became palpable in Liberia in recent months. Earlier this month, U.S. authorities dissolved theU.S. Agency for International Development and said it was no longer following what they called “a charity-based foreign aid model.” That decision sent shockwaves across Liberia, where American support made up almost 2.6% of the gross national income, the highest percentage anywhere in the world, according to the Center for Global Development.

Liberians thought they would be spared from Trump’s cuts because of the countries’ close relationship. Their political system is modeled on that of the U.S., along with its flag. Liberians often refer to the U.S. as their “big brother.”

Liberia was one of the first countries to receive USAID support, starting in 1961. The street signs, taxis and school buses resemble those in New York.

“In the first place, Liberia is a long standing friend of the USA, therefore Trump should have understood that we speak English as an official language,” said Moses Dennis, 37, a businessman from Monrovia. He added that Boakai did not go to Washington for “an English speaking competition.”

“Liberia is an English speaking country,” he said. “Former slaves and slave owners decided to organize themselves to let go of many people who were in slavery in the United States of America, and they landed on these shores now called the Republic of Liberia.”

For him, the exchange was “condescending and ridiculing.” Joseph Boakai was mocked.

Friday, May 13, 2022

Rude Award: Missouri lawmaker Tells retired teacher: ‘I don’t care about your feelings’

There are idiots in the world, but then, there are people like Chuck Basye lawmaker of Missouri who sent the most rude response to a teacher who sent a nice letter expressing her concern about transgender students.  Ironically, Bayse also has a gay brother who was afraid to come out to him. 

      You can disagree with people, but when you're an elected official it's your job to care about what your constituents think and consider everyone in your district. Further, in his letter response to this teacher, he tossed in the ""Brandon" (FU) insult to President Biden. Chuck Basye should be removed. That is absolutely abhorrent behavior. Here's the story from the Kansas City Star news and a short video of a Missouri Gay lawmaker questioning Bayse about his "Anti-Transgender Bill."  

(Image: Facebook/Chuck Basye Missouri State Representative)

Missouri lawmaker writes back to retired teacher: ‘I don’t care about your feelings’

The Kansas City Star Editorial Board Mon, April 25, 2022, 5:36 PM

On April 14, retired Missouri teacher Nedra Jeffress, of Independence, wrote a letter to state Rep. Chuck Basye, the Rocheport Republican who is pushing hardest to ban transgender girls from school sports.

“I’m wondering if there is data supporting the need for bills regulating this in Missouri or if this (is) a solution in search of a problem,” Jeffress wrote. “As an educator who has worked at the middle school and high school level in Missouri, I know how hard it is for transgender students to be accepted by peers, parents, churches and some teachers. If they are able to participate on an athletic team, they may find acceptance important to their well-being. I hope you would sponsor bills that support positive mental health for each citizen of the state of Missouri instead of proposing bills that attack a population already at risk. Thank you for your time,” she said in closing.

The next morning, she received this far less respectful reply: “Nedra, Do your own research. I don’t care about your feelings nor do I care about your resume. “Bottom line, my intent is to keep women’s/girl’s sports for the female gender. “If a person was born with a penis, that individual doesn’t belong in sports designed solely for females.

“Now go ahead and have your meltdown and/or temper tantrum. Remember, Let’s Go Brandon!!”

Was this a parody, or a prank? Even with vitriol in politics and in everyday life increasingly not just tolerated but rewarded, would any elected official answer so rudely?

We emailed Basye, asking if he had really responded this way to a constituent, and if so, why.

He wrote right back to say that he had written the message, only taking issue with our characterization of Jeffress as a constituent: “This individual is not a constituent according to our management database. The statement speaks for itself.”

Whether she lives and votes in his district isn’t the point, of course, and that she can’t vote either for or against him doesn’t make his incivility any more acceptable.

Jeffress, who taught in Independence for 29 years, and now works part-time as a middle school graduation coach, said she’d waited a full week before sending us what he’d written to her, because she did not want to contribute to our current divisions.

But after thinking about it, she decided that she did want to “stand up” by making his comments public, because “that’s what’s wrong with politics, the personal attacks.”

She has written to other officials with whom she disagreed, she said, including Sen. Roy Blunt and then-Gov. Eric Greitens, “but this is the only time I’ve ever received a response like this.”

In the race to lower the bar on what passes for defensible behavior, yesterday’s lapses are today’s fundraising opportunities. But Basye is still wrong, and he still owes Jeffress an apology.

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 Watch this 2 MIN VIDEO: #Missouri State (gay) Rep. Mackey addresses Rep. Basye about an anti-trans bill: “I was afraid of people like you growing up … Gentlemen, I’m not afraid of you anymore because you’re going to lose. You may win this today, but you’re going to lose.” LINK: https://www.tiktok.com/@msnbc/video/7086608390864080174

@msnbc #Missouri ♬ original sound - MSNBC
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OTHER  STATES WHO NOW HAVE TRANS SPORTS BANS: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia have all implemented bans against transgender athletes.  Source: People.com: https://people.com/politics/viral-video-between-missouri-lgbtq-lawmaker-and-colleague-proposing-transgender-restriction/

Saturday, October 31, 2020

Voting? In April 2019, 157 Republicans Opposed the "Violence Against Women Act"

On April 4, 2019, Republicans told women that they basically don't care about violence against them. Here's the story:

157 REPUBLICANS OPPOSE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT The House passed legislation Thursday to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, despite opposition from the majority of Republicans, bowing to NRA pressure. The bill, which reauthorizes the landmark 1994 domestic violence law for another five years, easily passed. But 157 Republicans and one Democrat voted against it. 

 

WASHINGTON ― The House passed legislation Thursday to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, despite the vast majority of Republicans opposing it amid pressure from the National Rifle Association.
The bill, which reauthorizes the landmark 1994 domestic violence law for another five years, easily passed. But 157 Republicans voted against it, along with one Democrat, Rep. Collin Peterson (Minn.). For many of them, it was because the NRA was pushing them to oppose it over its gun safety provisions and warning that a vote in favor of the bill would be reflected in their NRA rating. 
Under current federal law, only people convicted of domestic violence offenses against spouses or family members can lose their gun rights. The VAWA would add people convicted of abusing their dating partners, closing the so-called “boyfriend loophole.” It would also prohibit people convicted of misdemeanor stalking offenses from owning or buying firearms, as well as abusers subject to temporary protective orders.
Most of the GOP caucus opposed the bill because of the gun measures, said Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.), one of 33 Republicans who voted for it.
“That seems to be the main issue,” said King, who has an F rating with the NRA. “I mean, there’s others as far as transgender [protections in the bill], but the main issue is the guns.”

The NRA has incredible sway over Republicans in Congress because of all the money it gives them ― and threatens to spend against them if they break from the group’s agenda. In the 2018 election cycle, it gave $690,950 to GOP congressional candidates versus $19,454 to Democratic congressional candidates. The gun rights organization spent nearly half a billion dollars in the 2016 election cycle, including $30 million on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign alone.
Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) said Thursday that he had concerns about the gun provisions in the VAWA bill but said they were “secondary” to other things he didn’t like.
“You have so many jurisdictions of committees that this bill is intertwined [with], it’s very complicated,” said Thompson, who has an A rating with the NRA. “This hasn’t even been vetted in seven or eight other committees that may have some pieces of it.”
Peterson, the lone Democrat who opposed the bill and who has an A rating with the NRA, said the gun provisions were “partisan,” and that’s why he voted no.
I was disappointed that the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization was made partisan with the inclusion of language that would strip individuals’ right to due process with respect to their 2nd Amendment rights,” he said in a statement.

Article: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-oppose-violence-against-women-act_n_5ca68295e4b047edf957b5e1?ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__040519

 

Sunday, September 15, 2019

Idiot of the Week: Republican Sen. Mike Maroney Arrested in Glen Dale Prostitution Case

This week's idiot is yet another who claims he stood for "Family Values," and is a Republican...

Repub. Sen. Mike Maroney Arrested in Glen Dale Prostitution Case


GLEN DALE – A first-term Republican state senator from the Northern Panhandle is accused of soliciting sex from a woman after allegedly arranging at least two encounters with her in his hometown of Glen Dale.

Marshall County Magistrate Mark Kerwood on Wednesday arraigned Sen. Michael J. Maroney, 51, on charges of conspiracy, house of ill fame and assignation and prostitution. He is one of several men to be charged in a prostitution probe in the Marshall County city over the past two months.

WHO IS HE? Dr. Mike Maroney is a Republican member of the West Virginia State Senate, representing District 2. He was first elected to the chamber in 2016

Glen Dale police said Maroney, R-Marshall, sent text messages to accused prostitute Cortnie Ann Clark, 30, on multiple occasions from mid-May until mid-June and arranged meetings. Police arrested Clark on June 14 and charged her with operating a house of ill fame/assignation and prostitution. They seized her phone and found 4,000 text messages from various phone numbers allegedly soliciting sex, including Maroney’s, according to court documents.

Investigators attempted to search Maroney’s home in Glen Dale on July 29, but he was out of town on vacation. A subsequent search warrant filed in Pennsylvania allowed authorities to search his vehicle Aug. 3 while it was parked at Pittsburgh International Airport and retrieve his cell phone, which he had accidentally left behind.

Glen Dale police Chief Edward Vogel said his department still has not been able to perform a forensic search of Maroney’s cell phone, but investigators were able to use information on Clark’s phone that showed she was in contact with Maroney. Vogel said he filed the charges Tuesday at the direction of Marshall County Prosecutor Rhonda Wade.

According to court documents, the first contact between Maroney and Clark happened May 14 or 15, and quickly moved into the two discussing rates for Clark’s services. Maroney allegedly called Clark, and she later texted him back, beginning a dialogue.
“Is tonight OK?” Maroney allegedly texted Clark.
“Yeah, it’s 120 (a half-hour), 190” for an hour, Clark allegedly replied of her rates.
That conversation continued into the early morning hours of May 16, at which time Clark allegedly asked Maroney to text her a photograph of himself. He initially declined, and Clark allegedly told him she could not meet with him without a photo.
According to the complaint, Maroney told her, “OK, sorry, I could be a regular. … I drive by (Glen Dale) on my way home and would like to have an occasional stop.”

At the close of that conversation, shortly after 1 a.m. May 16, Maroney sent her a picture, police said. In the photo, police said he was looking directly into the camera, smiling and wearing a light blue polo shirt. After he sent the photo, he allegedly texted Clark, “Now can I stop by?”

Police said they compared the photo sent to Clark to one from Maroney’s driver’s license, and believe it to be the same person.

Investigators did not indicate if Maroney and Clark met that night.
On June 5, according to the complaint, Maroney texted Clark shortly before midnight and asked, “Can I stop by for a massage? Quick in and out.”
The two also discussed engaging in sex in a car, with Clark allegedly telling Maroney she could do a “car date” for $120. He drove to her Glen Haven Avenue house in Glen Dale, but police did not indicate whether the two engaged in sex. About 30 minutes after he arrived, the two texted again discussing his vehicle’s alarm going off during the visit, police said.

After the alleged encounter, Maroney texted Clark that he was “very nervous about being in a car.” They also discussed meeting again the following day. A search warrant indicates they planned to meet at Clark’s rental house late on June 6.

The last text between the two allegedly happened June 13, when Clark sent a suggestive photograph to Maroney.
Vogel said investigators are still trying to determine if Maroney engaged in sex with Clark, but their discussion of her rates rises to the level of soliciting prostitution.

“Once you’ve set a price, you’ve engaged,” Vogel said. “You don’t have to do a sex act.”

Maroney turned himself in to authorities Wednesday morning at the Marshall County Magistrate Office. He was arraigned by Magistrate Mark Kerwood and released on $4,500 unsecured bond.

Attempts to reach Maroney were unsuccessful Wednesday, as his cell phone remains in possession of Glen Dale authorities. Paul Harris, Maroney’s attorney, was in court Wednesday and not immediately available for comment. Maroney and his attorney have previously declined the allegations.

Seven men have also been charged with conspiracy, house of ill fame/assignation and prostitution in connection with the investigation. They are Albert Richard Ingram, 80, of Moundsville; Eugene Joseph McClure, 52, of Moundsville; Spencer Phillip Atkinson, 30, of Wheeling; Justin Matthew Stocklask, 29, of Moundsville; Christopher Ryan Bartsch, 36, of McMechen; Seth Anthony Renzella, 41, of McMechen; and Zackory Slade McGee, 43, of Wheeling.

Ingram and McClure both pleaded guilty to the prostitution charge, while the house of ill fame and conspiracy charges were dismissed. Each received a $170 fine, while Ingram was put on one year probation and McClure placed on six months probation.

All charges against Stocklask were dismissed Aug. 20.
Clark’s attorney filed a writ of prohibition in Marshall County Court asking for the charges to be dismissed Aug. 19. Marshall County Judge David Hummel has not ruled on her case. Police filed additional charges against Clark in 13 other cases involving the prostitution probe on Aug. 21.

Vogel said more search warrants are out and additional people could be charged in the prostitution probe.

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Remember in August 2018? : Senate Republicans vote down extra funds for election security

For those going to the polls in November, and who may have short-term memories... on August 2, 2018, the Baltimore Sun reported this: 
Senate Republicans vote down extra funds for election security
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans voted down a bid Wednesday to direct an extra $250 million toward election security in advance of the 2018 midterms, despite heightened warnings from intelligence officials that foreign governments will try to interfere in the contests.
The 50-47 vote fell far short of the needed 60 votes to include the $250 million amendment, proposed by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., in an appropriations package. Only one Republican senator — Sen. Bob Corker, Tenn., who frequently prioritizes deficit concerns — voted for the additional funds.

Three Republicans did not vote: Sens. Richard Burr, N.C., who chairs the intelligence committee, Jeff Flake, Ariz., who is in Africa, and John McCain, Ariz., who is in Arizona receiving treatment for brain cancer.

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