that we accept this basic truism. If you support this administration, you are actively evil, or you are complicit in that active evil by remaining silent.

Anyone still thinking "moderate" or "mainstream" Republicans (which aren't the same thing) still exist in politically significant numbers and are going to ride to our side and save us all is an utter fool.

Swatting is calling in a false report of a family being held by kidnappers or the like so SWAT rolls in and breaks down a door possibly going in with guns blazing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting

Daughter got PDF from sent from Pete's group explaining why he had to cancel tomorrow's (Sunday, June 27) rally in Tucson for House candidate JoAnna Mendoza. Long message, full of details.

Who was the guy Serengeti? who was in charge of starting nasty rumors? Maybe called Skunk Works/????????

The Republicans have used it continuously ever since, esp during presidential campaigns.

Also they use the Classic.......OCTOBER SURPRISE

known for throwing out nasty lies about Dems? Skunk Works/???????

related to Area 51.

one of my favorite moments in the film.

thank you, one with a great memory......

that if Watergate happened now, it would be a 12 hour news story.

That's because they raise the bar every day.

that ‘Kash’ and his storm troopers are working on finding true justice.
After all, tRump only ‘hires the best!’

that their children will all be gay and lesbians also........LOL

...may very likely end up being investigated for the same kind of untoward actions they accused Pete of.

Sounds like a bedroom busybody to me. Maybe with a side of enforced church.

This wasn't simply a SWAT; it was politically motivated by someone higher up.

Enjoy your stay.

enjoy your stay

Absolutely disgusting.

Jesus christ they probably know everything about them

Was one of my first thoughts.......If it had been a Republican they would have had the informant in cuffs within 24hours.

And because unlike calling 911 a call to CPS isn't traced, it's a lot more likely to be hard to identify the caller. That said, not impossible in theory because maybe the person paid for the phone via credit card or will talk about it or some other security lapse.

False reports of child abuse are far from uncommon, most often due to intra family or custody squabling.

Im surprised its taken this long for the hate cult (presumably) to hit Pete with it, just out of general shittiness, but a year or two from now if he is running for higher office, its something they can point at to discredit him in their make their insane reality the reality of the mindless "independents."

It is the sort of lowlife thing these people are capable of.

Rethugs as a whole lack imagination; those at the top of the steaming heap only have imaginations tuned to the evil side.

It looks like Pete is going to pursue the case. If it's not a federal crime it should be. If it's not a capital offense, it will be, once sanity returns to clean things up.

Meanwhile, states are already using this tactic against families of trans kids. That doesn't receive enough attention in the news and from the Democratic party.

From April 24, 2026:
Texas child abuse investigations over gender-affirming care no longer blocked
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/24/texas-transgender-cps-child-abuse-lawsuit-supreme-court/

Life was so hard for so long and I lived in fear of someone taking my children from me.

It's disgusting, and the kids are lucky the grandparents are nearby. False reports hurt the children. I hope they are caught.

You're right. It is outrageous.

They've filed false reports and made threats against Adam Kinzinger and many others that Trump doesn't like as well.

The so-called Christins in our country are savage assholes.

It's all the same shit. Blatant homophobic intimidation.

This absolutely makes my blood boil!!

a serious incident like this, WITHOUT ID, is insane. There should be a national (not state) law on this, that all accusations such as this, must have an ID for it to be legitimate. Otherwise, nothing will be done.

This is dangerous, insane and childish, and steps must be taken to stop it.

It's amazing that no one used common sense on this one. But then, we're in Trumpland now.

followed up on? Fishy, smelly, rotten.

Someone reported me saying that I made my children work and that they lived in a camper.

In actuality my children were often with me at my office. I owned my business and they would come after school, do their homework and chores around the office for pocket change and we were living in our motorhome while our house was being built.

It was a month long investigation. Interviewing the children without me and my husband. Measuring the living space. Interviewing teachers, coaches, friends.

At the end of it all I asked who did this to me. Naturally they said it was anonymous, but the investigator left their notebook open on the counter while they used the restroom. Turns out I can read upside down. It was a disgruntled tenant. You can bet that eviction was swift and merciless.

It has always shocked me that children slip through the cracks of family & children services after the investigation I went through. They showed up at least 6 times in one month without an appointment just to see if I had dishes in the sink.

Away from me. Ridiculous!

That is absolutely despicable. What a horrifying (and totally unnecessary) ordeal for him, his husband and especially his poor innocent children.

Who would do such a thing? Some people are just assholes and sad to say, they walk among us.

This saddens and outrages me at the same time. I could just cry.

Guilty until proven innocent. Child services should investigate the source of the complaint before confronting the family. I would be beyond outraged…..

Peace ☮️

needs to be arrested.

This is not a good faith anonymous report. This is harassment.

And arrest and convict those responsible?

It’s one thing to not reveal the caller’s ID to a possible perpetrator. But wouldn’t the agency have a protocol for ensuring that reports have some credibility before investing resources in investigating? Wouldn’t they ask for the caller’s name and contact info, so at the very least they could go back and ask questions?

"swatting" will be next.

John Barron (or Baron)

Purpose: This was Trump’s go-to alias for corporate and real estate matters. He used it when he was under intense press scrutiny or needed a tough frontman to defend his business decisions.

Famous Use: Trump used Barron in the early 1980s to deal with the press regarding the demolition of the Bonwit Teller building (to make way for Trump Tower).

Confirmation: Trump later testified under oath in a 1990 court case that he occasionally used the name John Baron.

One has to be sociopathic trash to even be a Republican these days.

Gay parents are often targeted by bigots and reported to child protection agencies with no evidence to back it up. Usually the accusation is child sexual abuse, playing to the old bigoted trope that all gays are pedophiles. The real shame to me is that fact that someone can make such an accusation anonymously, so that they can't be held to account when it all proves to be a lie.

Buttigieg conducted himself with grace...of course. He wrote about it on Substack.

Effin monsters.

CONSTANTLY spouting off on HATE of the other, whoever the other happens to be for their audience.

For DECADES Republicans have done this and do so today.

Wish that REPUBLICANS become extinct in a few years, their HATE destroys all ability to move forward and make the Dream that was once in the Founders minds if not their hearts.

BUT too many find it easy to follow instead of think.

Forty years ago I got into an argument with my neighbor. They called CPS then they investigated our family. The only thing you can do is cooperate. You don't want your child to end up in a foster home.

The former transportation secretary described it as “the ugliest thing that has happened to me since my career in service began.”

Buttigieg Says his Family was Target of ‘Politically Motivated Hoax’ www.ms.now/news/buttigi... #horrific

— ljconrad (@ljconrad.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T20:15:20.728Z

There’s got to be some way to back-trace that call. Did the receiver do a simple star-69?

Remember Stonewall. I’d be rioting in the streets if I could, and that’s exactly what the GOP wants as an excuse to kill and otherwise deter opposition. All that happens is that we get hit with a deluge of money requests from politicians eager to milk the outrage but do absolutely nothing about it.

Fuck you trump

what a absolutely disgusting thing to do to a dad who loves his kids ..someone is evil as hell.

... of the über-religious, Trump-humping zealots that wallow in the cesspool of Christian Nationalism. There is nothing "Christian" about that bunch; they defile everything the Nazz ever preached.

or whatever law this would break.

If he had any plans of running?

It really scares me how so many of US just don't get it!

— Texas Paul (@realtexaspaul.com) 2026-06-23T22:35:25.226Z

This is totally awful. The neighbors of my brother are a married gay couple of two men. They are great guys. They also have twin little boys that are not quite 2 years old. They are great dads and the kids are thriving. I can't think how awful it would be for someone with hate in their hearts to report falsely on them and their parenting and whoever make a false report on Pete and his husband needs to burn in hell.

I live in Phoenix but had to get this online. This time of year, our broadcast channels show sports instead of news.