what happens to the republican party

[SpursforSix]

Ron Johnson joins all Senate Republicans to block bill aimed at disclosing big political donors’ identities (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ron-johnson-joins-all-senate-republicans-to-block-bill-aimed-at-disclosing-big-political-donors-identities/ar-AA13AEqk?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=9d6f5e732d184460ad24597f8eda00a2)

total bullshit. Imo, all donors should be identified.

[Goob]

Be sure to bring that up at the next party meeting.
Not allowed back to one as I ws supposed to bring doughnuts to the last one and forgot.

[Winehole23]

total bullshit. Imo, all donors should be identified.This area has been contested ever since Citizens United, despite obiter dicta in favor of disclosure.

[Winehole23]

Search terms, "James Bopp"

[Winehole23]

You know what the worst insult imaginable is?

To call a racist a racist to their face. They just want to murder you for that.

[boutons_deux]

Marjorie lives in a blue state, maybe she should self-segregate.

mjt re-elected, lives in fucking shithole slave state Georgia

[boutons_deux]

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/332690107_556729586230735_1142721168578035237_n.jp g?stp=dst-jpg_p843x403&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=VNXNfo__vOQAX9NBGE-&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=00_AfBf22eflufj_diLb0xpDzksU1sLtMy7CstTFx7Y2If1 Qw&oe=63FDCC54

[Winehole23]

mjt re-elected, lives in fucking shithole slave state GeorgiaTwo (D) Senators, nascent (D) majority tbh.

[boutons_deux]

Two (D) Senators, nascent (D) majority tbh.

GA legislature, not close to D control



State Senate political groups
Republican (33) Democratic (23)


House of Representatives political groups
Republican (101) Democratic (79)"




Figure the judiciary is probably large majority of Repug judges

All Confederate slave states, red states are shitholes

[boutons_deux]

Marjorie Taylor Greene Floats Fascist Proposal for Red States to Prohibit Democrats From Voting

The Republican Party, under the new management of House Squeaker and Fox News enabler, Kevin McCarthy (https://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=56379), appears to be devoted to remaking itself as a Kremlin-style autocracy.

'What I think would be something that some red states could propose is, well, okay,

if Democrat voters choose to flee these blue states ...

and they really change their mind on the types of policies that they support, well,

once they move to a red state, guess what?

Maybe you don’t get to vote for five years.

You can live there, you can work there, but

you don’t get to bring your values ...

so that their red states don't get changed.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/22/2154455/-FFS-Marjorie-Taylor-Greene-Floats-Fascist-Proposal-for-Red-States-to-Prohibit-Democrats-From-Voting

The majority leaving CA are low-wage (low-ed) who can't afford to live there, aka, financial, not political, refugees.

MTG, face, and toxic mouth, of the Repug party

[boutons_deux]

Herschel Walker started a 'recount fund,'

but the recount never happened.

Where'd the money go?


https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/23/2154597/-Herschel-Walker-started-a-recount-fund-but-the-recount-never-happened-Where-d-the-money-go

[boutons_deux]

Florida Man

rants about media crafting a 'narrative' about a 'book ban hoax'


https://images.dailykos.com/images/1161497/story_image/GettyImages-1244534559.jpg?1676307687

Feb. 23, DeSantis spoke to the media in Jacksonville, Florida, and suggested the media is creating a “narrative” that includes a “book ban hoax,”

It’s a hoax, what they’re doing.

And they’re trying to say because we have parental rights and because we have curriculum transparency

if you have a book that has hardcore pornography :lol LIE

in a library that 10-year-olds can access, and

a parent objects to that, that does not satisfy Florida standards.

It should not be in the library with those young kids.

I think 99% of parents agree with that.”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/23/2154606/-Governor-who-signed-infamous-Don-t-Say-Gay-bill-into-law-dismisses-media-about-book-bans-as-a-hoax

[Winehole23]

GA legislature, not close to D control



State Senate political groups
Republican (33) Democratic (23)


House of Representatives political groups
Republican (101) Democratic (79)"




Figure the judiciary is probably large majority of Repug judges

All Confederate slave states, red states are shitholesLotta liberals live there too, boss.

Texas has a liberal cohort roughly as large as any Midwestern state, to take just one example.

[Winehole23]

1626841604878389248

[ElNono]

You should double mask on your bike. Because science.

lol still triggered over a mask mandate

[koriwhat]

lol still triggered over a mask mandate

A bullshit mandate not backed whatsoever by THE SCIENCE! :lmao

[ElNono]

A bullshit mandate not backed whatsoever by THE SCIENCE! :lmao

Of course it was backed by science. Still is. :lol

[Blake]

A bullshit mandate not backed whatsoever by THE SCIENCE! :lmao

:lmao where do you get your info from exactly?

[Monostradamus]

A bullshit mandate not backed whatsoever by THE SCIENCE! :lmao
MarJoey Taylor Greene :lmao

[MultiTroll]

MarJoey Taylor Greene :lmao
:lol

Careywhat is still caring.

[Winehole23]

Glad they found the health care they needed, tbh.

1629713951263956995

[Winehole23]

I mean, why can't we all have our youthful bagatelles, like impersonating a hooker or a confederate soldier?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fp5sH-IXoAQ0mhb?format=jpg&name=large

[Winehole23]

yEioRXSgdsk

[Blake]

I mean, why can't we all have our youthful bagatelles, like impersonating a hooker or a confederate soldier?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fp5sH-IXoAQ0mhb?format=jpg&name=large

It's ok if you're making fun, not if you're doing it for reals

[Spurs Homer]

A bullshit mandate not backed whatsoever by THE SCIENCE! :lmao

lol what a snowflake

[Spurs Homer]

Glad they found the health care they needed, tbh.

1629713951263956995


MURDERERS!

[boutons_deux]

Lotta liberals live there too, boss.

Texas has a liberal cohort roughly as large as any Midwestern state, to take just one example.

The executive, the legislature, the corrupted, politicized bureaucracy
Are all run by Republicans

[Winehole23]

famous last words


Again, the Fifth Circuit’s refusal to follow Cincinnati Soap is at odds with the views of every other court to consider this issue. And, while the current Supreme Court is far to the right, the Fifth Circuit is well to the right of the median justice (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/27/23496264/supreme-court-fifth-circuit-trump-court-immigration-housing-sexual-harrassment) — in much the same way that, say, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is well to the right of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — so it is unlikely that there are five votes on this Supreme Court who will agree with Wilson that an entire federal agency should be shut down.

https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/2/27/23613506/supreme-court-federal-agency-unconstitutional-cfpb-consumer-protection

[boutons_deux]

Alaska Repug says it's good if abused children die, their deaths removes them from govt care/expense

[boutons_deux]

famous last words



https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/2/27/23613506/supreme-court-federal-agency-unconstitutional-cfpb-consumer-protection

will not hear the case until 2024, meaning ruling could be 2025, illegit SCOTUS6 effectively stalling CFPB for 2+ years, hoping a Repug Exec will kill CFPB

Fuck corrupt SCOTUS6

[boutons_deux]

fascist desantis punishes Disney, FL's Golden Goose, not for a crime, but for political dissent

DeSantis signs bill giving him more power over Disney

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3876062-desantis-signs-bill-giving-him-more-power-over-disney/

[boutons_deux]

the Tennessee state legislature's passage of a bill (https://link.motherjones.com/click/30674858.187822/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGVubmVzc2Vhbi5jb20vc3RvcnkvbmV3cy 9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDIzLzAyLzIzL3Rlbm5lc3NlZS1kcmFnLWJp bGwtdG8tYmFuLWNlcnRhaW4tcGVyZm9ybWFuY2VzLXBhc3Nlcy 1nZW5lcmFsLWFzc2VtYmx5LzY5OTM1ODQwMDA3Lz91dG1fc291 cmNlPW1qLW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJzJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdX RtX2NhbXBhaWduPWRhaWx5LW5ld3NsZXR0ZXItMDItMjctMjAy Mw/608999052e3cd703426cc8a4Bc50780b4) that would ban public drag performances. According to the bill summary (https://link.motherjones.com/click/30674858.187822/aHR0cHM6Ly93YXBwLmNhcGl0b2wudG4uZ292L2FwcHMvQmlsbE luZm8vZGVmYXVsdC5hc3B4P0JpbGxOdW1iZXI9U0IwMDAzJkdB PTExMyZ1dG1fc291cmNlPW1qLW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJzJnV0bV9tZW RpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWRhaWx5LW5ld3NsZXR0 ZXItMDItMjctMjAyMw/608999052e3cd703426cc8a4B36610f1b):


This bill creates an offense for a person who engages in an adult cabaret performance on public property or in a location where the adult cabaret performance could be viewed by a person who is not an adult.

The bill defines an "adult cabaret performance" to mean a performance in a location other than an adult cabaret that features topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators

who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest, or similar entertainers, regardless of whether or not performed for consideration.


That "appeals to a prurient interest" clause seems to do a lot of heavy lifting.

-- Mother Jones email

Giving the fascist, homophobe cops miles of leeway to bust homos

[boutons_deux]

Fox chief Rupert Murdoch said

network aired 2020 election conspiracies for the money: court documents

https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-rupert-murdoch-mike-lindell

Capitalists amass Capital, no fucking matter what the external costs are.

eg,

J6 MAGAtts imprisoned, J6 cops dead, traumatized

anti-vaxxers diseased and dead

American life degraded

They don't fucking care, never have, never will. Fuck everybody, fuck everything, we want more Capital.

[boutons_deux]

Republicans would rather kids be shot than let them read books

It's about control, not protection:

Despite Michigan State shooting, Republicans will treat books as more dangerous


https://www.salon.com/2023/02/15/its-about-control-not-protection-would-rather-kids-be-shot-than-let-them-read-books/

America's gun/violence fatal sickness, no solution. Even illegit SCOTUS supports unlimited "Constitutional" gun violence, slaughter.

America is fucking diseased

[boutons_deux]

Rupert Murdoch gave Jared Kushner 'confidential information' about Joe Biden’s campaign ads: court filing



https://www.alternet.org/smartnews/jared-kushner-rupert-murdoch/

[boutons_deux]

Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Rampant Misogyny



Lauren Witzke says (https://www.youtube.com/live/kB8DFaHoYh4?feature=share&t=3493), “I don’t think that women should be president.”
Jarrin Jackson declares (https://rumble.com/v2b5meg-feminism-hates-christ-jts02272023.html) that “feminism hates Christ.”
Jon Miller asserts (https://twitter.com/MillerStream/status/1629874783214247937) that “nobody believes women when they give their age…or body count…or say they weren’t flirting with another guy…or how much they spent on your card at Saks…or when they say they want you to choose the restaurant…so why on EARTH would we believe them when they claim to be raped???”
Nick Fuentes is trying (https://t.me/nickjfuentes/10166) to be more magnanimous because “I am the leader for everyone even the haters. And altho some of them will have to be executed when I become President, I am their leader still.”
Finally, Bryson Gray released a virulently anti-LGBTQ (https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1630221267147145216) song last week, and Pete Santilli loved it: (https://rumble.com/v2awbyk-bryson-gray-was-right-we-should-all-be-homophobic-ep-3341-10am.html) “Bryson Gray Was Right! We Should ALL Be Homophobic.”



https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/right-wing-bonus-tracks-rampant-misogyny/

btw, Nick Fuentes is another fucking Catholic

[boutons_deux]

Arizona GOP 'voter fraud' witness implicates Trump-loving lawmaker in drug cartel bribe claims

Jacqueline Breger, the witness who last week accused multiple state officials of taking bribes (https://www.rawstory.com/arizona-republicans-2659465102/) in exchange for manipulating statewide elections, was actually relaying the theories of a man named John Thaler, a one-time lawyer from Scottsdale whose law license has been suspended.

The Republic reached out to Thaler to ask him to elaborate on his claims about Arizona officials taking bribes,

and he said that indicated that Arizona State Sens. Wendy Rogers (https://www.rawstory.com/wendy-rogers-arizona-2657828642/) and Ken Bennett both

possessed "documents that meet the characteristics of those documents used in the money laundering and bribery schemes."

Thaler offered no concrete proof of his claims when asked by the newspaper, however.

https://www.rawstory.com/arizona-republicans-2659474520/

Plausible? of course, they're REPUGS

[boutons_deux]

Ginni Thomas is Not Happy She Has to Answer Questions

And she is showing how arrogant her ilk truly are


Ginni Thomas is in the news again.

This time for being belligerent and entitled

before the January 6th committee after they questioned her over texts she sent to Mark Meadows.

Said texts encouraged Meadows to overturn the 2020 election and

falselyargued (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/) that said election was stolen.

Thomas’s belligerency and unwillingness to face consequences for her actions is just another example of

conservatives presuming that power belongs to them instead of being earned.

https://medium.com/the-polis/ginni-thomas-is-not-happy-she-has-to-answer-questions-cec46575bb9

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FqAyprbWYAQKEbU?format=jpg&name=medium

[Winehole23]

1630307285749620738

[boutons_deux]

Trump Holds Gargantuan 30-Point Lead Over DeSantis — And 61-Point Lead Against Nikki Haley
https://www.mediaite.com/news/new-poll-trump-holds-gargantuan-30-point-lead-over-desantis-and-61-point-lead-against-nikki-haley/

If Trash isn't the nominee, I expected Trash's MAGAtts won't vote for whoever is, and hand 2024 to the Dems.

[boutons_deux]

Matt Gaetz Just Got Busted Using Chinese Propaganda In A Hearing

Kahl asked, “Is The Global Times from China?”

Gaetz replied, “No, um.”

Kahl said, “That’s what you read.”

Gaetz said, “It might be. Would that be a reason ?”

Kahl explained, “As a general matter, I don’t take Beijing’s propaganda at face value.”

Gaetz asked if the allegation was true or false.

Kahl answered, “I don’t have any evidence one way or the other. As a general rule, I don’t take Beijing’s propaganda at face value.”

Gaetz said, “Fair enough. I would agree with that assessment.”

Matt Gaetz pulled the congressional equivalent of falling flat on his face in front of everyone and then jumping up and saying, ‘I meant to do that.’

If Gaetz knew that the basis for his question was Chinese propaganda, why did he ask?

https://www.politicususa.com/2023/02/28/matt-gaetz-just-got-busted-using-chinese-propaganda-in-a-hearing.html

[boutons_deux]

DeSantis Plans to Skip CPAC, While Trump Remains Featured Speaker

The move is a gamble,

as the gathering is seen as a means for presidential hopefuls to gain support among conservatives.

https://truthout.org/articles/desantis-plans-to-skip-cpac-while-trump-remains-featured-speaker/

[boutons_deux]

Republican-controlled Florida county with nearly 240K COVID-19 cases bans vaccine (https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/27/2155263/-Florida-s-quack-surgeon-general-allegedly-faked-COVID-19-reports-one-county-has-now-banned-vaccines)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/27/2155263/-Florida-s-quack-surgeon-general-allegedly-faked-COVID-19-reports-one-county-has-now-banned-vaccines

Repugs, the gang of disease, death, poverty, racism, etc, etc. NOTHING redeeming about Repugs or their voters

[boutons_deux]

Rupert Murdoch Calls Telling Truth Under Oath Worst Experience of His Life (https://link.newyorker.com/click/30686986.13417/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV3eW9ya2VyLmNvbS9odW1vci9ib3Jvd2 l0ei1yZXBvcnQvcnVwZXJ0LW11cmRvY2gtY2FsbHMtdGVsbGlu Zy10cnV0aC11bmRlci1vYXRoLXdvcnN0LWV4cGVyaWVuY2Utb2 YtaGlzLWxpZmU_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1ubCZ1dG1fYnJhbmQ9dG55 JnV0bV9tYWlsaW5nPVROWV9Cb3Jvd2l0el8wMjI4MjAyMyZ1dG 1fY2FtcGFpZ249YXVkLWRldiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJmJ4 aWQ9NWJkNjc5NTUyNGMxN2MxMDQ4MDIyZmNjJmNuZGlkPTQzNz U4NTQ5Jmhhc2hhPTk5MmQ2MDgyMTRiNTA1MDAzYWEwNGJmMTBh NTk1MDMxJmhhc2hiPTU0MmViMzFkOTU4ZTg1ZGRkNWE0YzNjY2 YzZmFhZTE4NTI2YTc3YmQmaGFzaGM9NTRiMzYxMmFiOTcwY2Ux M2E2NGExNjY2NWIxOTg3MDgwY2E1YjcyZTJlZTc2MmI3MjJmYm JhNmFiMzc4ZjJmNSZlc3JjPWJvdW5jZVg/5bd6795524c17c1048022fccC2f62c89e)






“I don’t know how they manage it,”

the media mogul said, of inveterate truthtellers.

“I’ve told the truth once,

and I don’t intend to do it again.”





By Andy Borowitz

[koriwhat]

MarJoey Taylor Greene :lmao

Tell me again what science fatty? Same science that has you gorging down cupcakes and dingdongs daily? Read a box when it comes to all those bs N95 masks, ask anyone pre booster if they were told whether or not they'd catch covid or spread it, how long does covid stay on surfaces or better yet how many different "opinions" are there, etc... So much misinformation and straight up lies from yalls rulers yet yall stay in line and run cover for those who have done yall wrong; it's because yall are in a cult you dumbfucks! :lmao

[koriwhat]

lol what a snowflake

You got the shot... Looks like someone wasn't so confident in their own immune system SNOWFLAKE!

[Blake]

You got the shot... Looks like someone wasn't so confident in their own immune system SNOWFLAKE!

Lol incel cut downs

[boutons_deux]

'The maths are hard':

Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for not understanding what 'seized' means


"I want you to know that in 2020 there were 4,800 pounds of fentanyl seized by CBP.

But in 2021, fiscal year 2021, it increased to 11,200 pounds of fentanyl was seized by the CBP.

That is a direct result of Biden administration failure policies," said Greene. :lol

"Now here we are in – to date, to date, fiscal, fiscal year 2023 – they have already seized 12,500 pounds of fentanyl.

The Biden administration is failing this country :lol

by not protecting our border and securing our border,

and stopping Chinese fentanyl from being brought into our country illegally by the cartels,

and people are dying every single day because of it."

https://www.alternet.org/marjorie-taylor-greene-mocked-seized/

Thanks, GA and FUCK THE CONFEDERACY

[boutons_deux]

After Weeks of Fake Outrage Over East Palestine,

Republicans Push to Weaken Water Protection

The Ohio train derailment story is also a story about water pollution.

https://newrepublic.com/post/170848/fake-outrage-east-palestine-republicans-push-weaken-water-protection

[Spurs Homer]

You got the shot... Looks like someone wasn't so confident in their own immune system SNOWFLAKE!


yeah

you me and the guy that drew funny pics on your cankles -

all got the shots growing up...every year in elementary, jr high, etc

we werent snowflakes back then (pre-treason days)

we just took the shots like champs and then went out and ran in the texas sun without crying about rights and freedom and bad lefties forcing us to get our panties bunched up

fucking snowflake

[Blake]

yeah

you me and the guy that drew funny pics on your cankles -

all got the shots growing up...every year in elementary, jr high, etc

we werent snowflakes back then (pre-treason days)

we just took the shots like champs and then went out and ran in the texas sun without crying about rights and freedom and bad lefties forcing us to get our panties bunched up

fucking snowflake

He's ok with drugs from the dealer in the back alley tho

[Ef-man]

He's ok with drugs from the dealer in the back alley tho

Don’t forget about his sharing recipes for edibles like Martha Stewart (in a public forum) but watch him deny his drug usage!

God Bless.

[Spurs Homer]

He's ok with drugs from the dealer in the back alley tho

lol

his crack-whore days

[koriwhat]

yeah

you me and the guy that drew funny pics on your cankles -

all got the shots growing up...every year in elementary, jr high, etc

we werent snowflakes back then (pre-treason days)

we just took the shots like champs and then went out and ran in the texas sun without crying about rights and freedom and bad lefties forcing us to get our panties bunched up

fucking snowflake

You're a fucking retard bro and it clearly shows with your asinine responses... Yeah sure you got the mandatory shots because you wanted them as a child and not because your parents/school district forced you too. Sure bud...

Damn you're a fucking waste of time to deal with you dumb fucking retard.

[boutons_deux]

Repugs introduce bill to ban Dem party in FL

[koriwhat]

Repugs introduce bill to ban Dem party in FL

Nice! Fuck you putos!

[Winehole23]

1630809642296131584

[Spurs Homer]

You're a fucking retard bro and it clearly shows with your asinine responses... Yeah sure you got the mandatory shots because you wanted them as a child and not because your parents/school district forced you too. Sure bud...

Damn you're a fucking waste of time to deal with you dumb fucking retard.

our parents werent fucking snowflakes infected with propaganda from russian assets and the cult

they just knew that science and scientists were professionals who did their jobs and that was enough for all parents to keep their kids safe

when your cult daddy brought his russian propaganda aimed to divide our country half the fucking country turned treasonous and suddenly their cult god knew more than

scientists
law enforcement
climate experts
environmental experts
intel professionals

etc

suddenly you snowflakes obeyed the idiocy and rantings of your orange traitor god

fucking snowflake

[Winehole23]

censured for voting wrong. so much for the big tent.


The Republican Party of Texas is expected to vote on whether to censure U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-San Antonio) at its quarterly meeting in Austin this weekend, according to party officials.

Gonzales, whose 23rd Congressional District includes part of Bexar County, has been invited to the meeting
Gonzales’ office did not immediately respond to an email requesting a comment Wednesday. He easily won reelection to his second term in November, defeating Democrat John Lira by claiming 56% of the vote.

The complaint stems from a censure approved by the Medina County Republican Party earlier this month that says Gonzales failed to uphold the party’s values by voting in support of same-sex marriage, voting against the new GOP majority’s rules package and voting for a gun safety measure inspired by the the Uvalde school shooting. Gonzales broke with the rest of the state’s House Republicans on all three votes.https://sanantonioreport.org/republican-party-of-texas-tony-gonzales-censure/

[koriwhat]

our parents werent fucking snowflakes infected with propaganda from russian assets and the cult

they just knew that science and scientists were professionals who did their jobs and that was enough for all parents to keep their kids safe

when your cult daddy brought his russian propaganda aimed to divide our country half the fucking country turned treasonous and suddenly their cult god knew more than

scientists
law enforcement
climate experts
environmental experts
intel professionals

etc

suddenly you snowflakes obeyed the idiocy and rantings of your orange traitor god

fucking snowflake

Damn you're a fucking idiot SH and I hope sooner than later those like you cease to exist. You and weak men like you are a plague. You're such a fucking loon to boot too.

[Winehole23]

that this is even being considered is damning, the basic underlying idea is that blogging about the DeSantis administration should be state regulated.


Florida Sen. Jason Brodeur (R-Lake Mary) wants bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody, and other members of the Florida executive cabinet or legislature to register with the state or face fines.

Brodeur’s proposal, Senate Bill 1316: Information Dissemination (https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1316), would require any blogger writing about government officials to register with the Florida Office of Legislative Services or the Commission on Ethics.
https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/florida-bill-would-require-bloggers-who-write-about-governor-to-register-with-the-state/

[Winehole23]

if this passes, they're going to start investigating local journalists who make DeSantis look bad.


In the bill, (https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1316/BillText/Filed/PDF) Brodeur wrote that those who write “an article, a story, or a series of stories,” about “the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, a Cabinet officer, or any member of the Legislature,” and receives or will receive payment for doing so, must register with state offices within five days after the publication of an article that mentions an elected state official.



If another blog post is added to a blog, the blogger would then be required to submit monthly reports on the 10th of each month with the appropriate state office. They would not have to submit a report on months when no content is published.


For blog posts that “concern an elected member of the legislature” or “an officer of the executive branch,” monthly reports must disclose the amount of compensation received for the coverage, rounded to the nearest $10 value.


If compensation is paid for a series of posts or for a specific amount of time, the blogger would be required to disclose the total amount to be received, upon publication of the first post in said series or timeframe.

[Winehole23]

"any member of the Legislature"

[Winehole23]

1630809642296131584Woke Tennessee Republicans made him apologize publicly, here, nary a peep.

[boutons_deux]

A bill to ban Dem party in Florida

A bill to license bloggers who write about the legislative or executive branch in Florida

Republicans have crossed the line into outright fascism

America is f***** and unfuckable,

in permanent decline

[FrostKing]

A bill to ban Dem party in Florida

A bill to license bloggers who write about the legislative or executive branch in Florida

Republicans have crossed the line into outright fascism

America is f***** and unfuckable,

in permanent decline
Where are you located?

See all kinds of wacky shit in California (i live here). Live in a city I prefer and ignore the rest. You seek frustration and you'll find it easily in today's connected World.

[Winehole23]

soymaxxed beta talk


If you’ve ever heard the term “alpha wolf,” you might imagine snapping fangs and fights to the death for dominance. The idea that wolf packs are led by a merciless dictator is pervasive, lending itself to a shorthand for a kind of dominant masculinity (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/penis-size-has-nothing-to-do-with-masculinity/).

But it turns out that this is a myth, and in recent years wildlife biologists have largely dropped the term “alpha.” In the wild, researchers have found that most wolf packs are simply families, led by a breeding pair, and bloody duels for supremacy are rare.

“What would be the value of calling a human father the alpha male (https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/why-dont-people-care-that-more-men-dont-choose-caregiving-professions/)?” says L. David Mech, a senior research scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey, who has studied wolf packs in the wild for decades. “He’s just the father of the family. And that’s exactly the way it is with wolves.”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-the-alpha-wolf-idea-a-myth/

[Monostradamus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ2L-R8NgrA

[leemajors]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/florida-bill-would-make-bloggers-who-write-about-governor-register-with-state/#p3


If enacted, the proposed law would likely be challenged in court on grounds that it violates First Amendment protections of freedom of speech and the press. Defending his bill, Brodeur said, "Paid bloggers are lobbyists who write instead of talk. They both are professional electioneers. If lobbyists have to register and report, why shouldn't paid bloggers?" according to the Florida Politics news website.

The bill text defines bloggers as people who write for websites or webpages that are "frequently updated with opinion, commentary, or business content." Websites run by newspapers or "similar publications" are excluded from the definition.

The proposed registration requirements apply to bloggers who receive payment in exchange for writing about elected state officers, including "the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, a Cabinet officer, or any member of the Legislature." Bloggers who write about a member of the legislature would have to register with the state Office of Legislative Services, while bloggers who write about the governor or other members of the executive branch would have to register with the Commission on Ethics.

"If a blogger posts to a blog about an elected state officer and receives, or will receive, compensation for that post, the blogger must register with the appropriate office... within 5 days after the first post by the blogger which mentions an elected state officer," the bill said. "Upon registering with the appropriate office, a blogger must file monthly reports on the 10th day following the end of each calendar month from the time a blog post is added to the blog."

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Josh Hawley’s False Choice. (https://substack.com/redirect/3697f42b-e11d-4e45-81d5-48ae9950ac4c?j=eyJ1IjoiMWZqdXAifQ.FYr037SZpEb9gOSZ kAKhq3u2rKuQEifgPkcMJGkwloU)


Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has been trending, sadly, for presenting a false and dangerous choice to his fellow Republicans in Congress:

“You can either be the party of Ukraine and the globalists or

you can be the party of East Palestine and the working people of this country.”

-- Bulwark email

--

Another fucked fascist YALIE, reliably expecting the stupid, ignorant Repug base will be sucked by his propaganda

Globalists are the fascist Capitalists who finance shitbags like Hawley, who has not, will never do shit for East Palestine and "working people"

[boutons_deux]

The oligarchy and Repug FASCISTS are coming after your children

Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Believe in Democratic Education

The Florida governor’s dogmatic vision leaves no room for teachers to help students responsibly develop their own ideas.

How does one go about banning an idea from a place where ideas are meant to be explored, examined, and critiqued?

DeSantis’s efforts are bound to fail,

of course, if success is measured by anything resembling the academic standards of open inquiry, the pursuit of truth, and reasoned debate.

But political success is another matter entirely.

DeSantis is using the Trump playbook,

which means the goalposts are movable,

the better to suit those who wield the power.

The bill fails to distinguish between teaching and indoctrinating,

as if the good humanities teachers convince their students of the right ideas,

while the bad teachers convince their students of the wrong ones.

There is no room here for conceiving of the teacher’s role in a democratic way—

as one who helps students develop their own ideas.

https://www.thebulwark.com/ron-desantis-doesnt-believe-in-democratic-education

[boutons_deux]

DeSantis’s Educational Policies Come Right Out of the Fascist Playbook

https://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Bundesarchiv_Bild_119-5592-14A_Gruppe_von_HJ-Jungen-680x732.jpg

“Whoever has the youth has the future.”
–Hitler in Mein Kampf

Fascism in its different forms has always thrived on

attacking teachers, schools, critical ideas, democratic values, and allegedly unpatriotic groups

while stifling dissent in the alleged name of freedom.

Ron DeSantis is a religious, political, and ideological demagogue whose view of power is as ruthless as it is opportunistic.

He views academic freedom and freedom of speech as liabilities to be stamped out,

not unlike what happened in Nazi Germany.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/03/03/desantiss-educational-policies/

If Desantis is the candidate, will the Dems and the press condemn Desantis and the Repugs as fascist?

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Jim Jordan threatens 16 FBI officials with subpoenas after facing affront over three 'nutcase' whistleblowers

issued a letter to FBI Director Chris Wray demanding 16 FBI agents testify before his committee or face subpoenas to do so.

Democrats are demanding Jordan make the three agents testify in public "about the so-called 'weaponization' of the law enforcement agency,"

"A series of reports have shown that Jim Jordan's new 'weaponization subcommittee' is based on lies,"

"Witnesses who appeared at hearings have spread conspiracies about Jan. 6,

some have zero firsthand knowledge of any FBI wrongdoing, and

some have been paid by Trump allies."

https://www.alternet.org/jordan-16-fbi-officials-subpoenas/

[boutons_deux]

CPAC attendees fear the event is

now just a slush fund for Matt Schlapp’s legal defense (https://click1.rawprint.com/jnrfmzncndswsmkkwtjnnwnkktwkcvqpfdnsjbzrqjsqr_wwvl jzwsfbdsnnzzjjfw.html?a=123456&b=13348&c=298460&d=1)

-- Rawstory email

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oligarchy/Repug Schutzstaffel news

'Accelerationist' movement behind Baltimore blackout plot

https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/dhs-warns-white-supremacy-is-persistent-and-lethal-threat-after-allegedly-locking-down-report-for-months.jpg?id=24816520&width=1200&height=691

The two people facing federal charges in connection with a plot to attack Baltimore’s electrical grid are adherents to a

neo-Nazi “accelerationist” ideology that aims to promote a race war,

(https://www.rawstory.com/accelerationists-baltimore/?utm_source=123456&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13348)Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 34 of Catonsville, Maryland, and

Brandon Clint Russell, 27 Orlando, Florida, :lol

were arrested Feb. 3 and subsequently indicted in a conspiracy to destroy an energy facility,

https://www.rawstory.com/accelerationists-baltimore (https://www.rawstory.com/accelerationists-baltimore/?utm_source=123456&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13348)

[boutons_deux]

Repug SHITBAG as Supreme Court judge

Strike three: New ethics complaint filed against former Wis. Supreme Court judge over efforts to upend election

https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/former-supreme-court-justice-michael-gableman.png?id=27627437&width=1200&height=675

A third stinging ethics complaint has been filed against a former Wisconsin Supreme Court judge for

his highly paid activities as a lawyer to trash the state's 2020 presidential vote.

https://www.rawstory.com/michael-gableman-2659499301

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Repug voters, esp the sanctimonious, self-congratulating Christians want LGBT and divorced people PUNISHED

Texas property tax bill excludes divorced, LGBTQ couples from getting relief

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3882955-texas-property-tax-bill-excludes-divorced-lgbtq-couples-from-getting-relief/

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The left is ‘coming for our children’:

Marjorie Taylor Greene at CPAC serves up hate in anti-LGBTQ religious rant

https://www.rawstory.com/the-left-is-coming-for-our-children-marjorie-taylor-greene-at-cpac-serves-up-hate-in-anti-lgbtq-religious-rant

Which is of course and naturally a LIE.

It's the oligarchy/Repugs destroying public education, pushing vouchers, purging teachers to dumb kids down into white Christian mythology.

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Repugs want "FRA" full retirement age raised from 67 to 70

Repugs refuse to raise the cap on SS

Lots of people get fired in their 60s, can't a (decent) job, won't be able to take full SS until 70.

Forced to take SS before 70 penalizes them for life.

[boutons_deux]

South Carolina's newest 'Pro-life' bill would subject

people getting abortions to the death penalty


https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/4/2156054/-South-Carolina-s-newest-Pro-life-bill-would-subject-people-getting-abortions-to-the-death-penalty

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So what would it take

to balance the federal budget in a decade?

The Republican Study Committee (https://rsc-hern.house.gov/), a group that includes 173 of the 222 Republican House members, has offered a fairly detailed plan.

Its budget includes deep cuts to Medicaid and

to discretionary spending on things other than defense, the part of the budget that funds functions like

environmental protection,

public transportation,

medical research and

homeland security.

But those changes alone don’t get the budget to balance.

The committee also relies on

significant reductions in Social Security and Medicare to erase the deficit.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/06/upshot/balancing-budget-painful-spending-cuts.html

All that will be cut when the Repugs control Congress and WH.

[Winehole23]

Bonkers.

Lindsay Graham has been making noise about this.

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[Winehole23]

Invading Mexico would probably not make Americans safer, at home or abroad.

[boutons_deux]

Repug/oligarchy SS news

The Boogaloo Bois Are Plotting a Bloody Comeback:

‘We Will Go to War’

it seems they’d merely gone underground and appear to be angrier than ever.

That year, Boogaloo members racked up charges for

shooting at police stations,

plotting to sabotage the power grid,

participating in a conspiracy to kidnap the governor of Michigan, and

even attempting to sell arms to Hamas.

the breaking point for the government was when

a Boogaloo Boi murdered two law enforcement officers in California.

now, the Boogaloo Bois appear to be regrouping, plotting their public comeback to coincide with what many fear could be a tense, even violent, presidential election season.

In the last six months, the Boogaloo Bois have returned to Facebook and are using the platform to funnel new recruits (and “OG Bois”) into smaller subgroups, with the goal of coordinating offline meet-ups and training,

They’re posting propaganda videos, guides to sniper training and guerilla warfare, and how-tos for assembling untraceable ghost guns.

“We all die there in the street, at the hands of the National Guard or whatever. That would spark a revolution in the state of Virginia, which would spill over into other states,” Dunn told VICE

Boogaloos have also been circulating a newly redrawn “manifesto,” a sign that the once-sprawling (and often hard-to-pin-down) movement is honing and narrowing its ideology.

“If it is radical and extreme to simply want to be left alone, then we will be radical, and we will be extremists,” the 22-page document states.

“One does not shake the hornets’ nest and complain of the venom.”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5ejx/boogaloo-bois-comeback

The Boogaloos have been vehemently and repeatedly condemned by the Repugs! :lol

[koriwhat]

Repug/oligarchy SS news

The Boogaloo Bois Are Plotting a Bloody Comeback:

‘We Will Go to War’

it seems they’d merely gone underground and appear to be angrier than ever.

That year, Boogaloo members racked up charges for

shooting at police stations,

plotting to sabotage the power grid,

participating in a conspiracy to kidnap the governor of Michigan, and

even attempting to sell arms to Hamas.

the breaking point for the government was when

a Boogaloo Boi murdered two law enforcement officers in California.

now, the Boogaloo Bois appear to be regrouping, plotting their public comeback to coincide with what many fear could be a tense, even violent, presidential election season.

In the last six months, the Boogaloo Bois have returned to Facebook and are using the platform to funnel new recruits (and “OG Bois”) into smaller subgroups, with the goal of coordinating offline meet-ups and training,

They’re posting propaganda videos, guides to sniper training and guerilla warfare, and how-tos for assembling untraceable ghost guns.

“We all die there in the street, at the hands of the National Guard or whatever. That would spark a revolution in the state of Virginia, which would spill over into other states,” Dunn told VICE

Boogaloos have also been circulating a newly redrawn “manifesto,” a sign that the once-sprawling (and often hard-to-pin-down) movement is honing and narrowing its ideology.

“If it is radical and extreme to simply want to be left alone, then we will be radical, and we will be extremists,” the 22-page document states.

“One does not shake the hornets’ nest and complain of the venom.”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5ejx/boogaloo-bois-comeback

The Boogaloos have been vehemently and repeatedly condemned by the Repugs! :lol

:lmao

[boutons_deux]

Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs law gutting child labor protections for minors under 16 years old


https://www.rawstory.com/sarah-huckabee-sanders-signs-law-gutting-child-labor-protections-for-minors-under-16-years-old

[boutons_deux]

MAGA Republican blames diversity initiatives for Norfolk train crashes

Rep. Mike Collins (https://www.rawstory.com/gop-candidate-mike-collins/) (R-GA) :lol of course, Confederate racist GA

on Wednesday fingered a new culprit in the multiple derailments involving Norfolk Southern (https://www.rawstory.com/norfolk-southern-2659516008/)trains:

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives.

https://www.rawstory.com/rep-mike-collins/?utm_source=123456&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13410

[boutons_deux]

Florida Republican caught on camera saying he wanted to 'Jew down' cost refuses to resign


https://www.rawstory.com/anti-semitism-florida-republican

[boutons_deux]

Confederate FL, the bleeding edge of American Fascism

“YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET”:

RON DESANTIS'S FLORIDA PREPARES ITS NEXT ATTACK ON BLACK AND LGBTQ+ STUDENTS

As DeSantis inches closer to an expected presidential run,

his allies in the state's Republican-led legislature are set to look at bills that would

prohibit educators from using students’ preferred gender pronouns and

eliminate diversity programs in higher education, among other provisions

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/ron-desantis-florida-republicans-education-bills (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/ron-desantis-florida-republicans-education-bills)

Non-straight, non-nativist, non-white, non-male, non-Christians must be degraded, punished, even purged

to purify America for the White Male Christian MASTER RACE

The Repugs, not the Dems, is the party coming for the kids, to be indoctrinated in hate, intolerance, ignorant of American history.

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House GOP organizing trip to see jailed Jan. 6 defendants, :lol

led by Marjorie Taylor Greene :lol

“We’re going to be

addressing the human rights abuse,

such as the fact that they’ve been held in solitary confinement up to 23 hours a day,

denied the ability to see their families,” Greene said,

also alleging “non-working toilets” and

issues receiving medical treatment.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3890426-house-gop-organizing-trip-to-see-jailed-jan-6-defendants-led-by-marjorie-taylor-greene

But no MAGAtt concern for the same shit in other prisons, and esp suffered by BLACK prisoners and brown/black immigrants detained by ICE/CBP/DHS.

selective outrage and grievance reserved for Us White Master Race

Will the Repugs FUND better prisons and services in DC?

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Racists HATE to be called racist

Lauren Boebert rages at Cori Bush for saying GOP witness has 'espoused white supremacist views'

https://www.alternet.org/media-library/image.jpg?id=33238653&width=1245&height=700&quality=85&coordinates=0%2C0%2C70%2C0


outraged when the Democratic Ranking Member of a House Oversight subcommittee characterized the words of one of the GOP's witnesses as "white supremacist."

Criticizing Republicans' choice for a witness, Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) told the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs,

"One of these so-called energy experts is a philosopher who has previously espoused white supremacist views.

For instance, in his 2000 college newspaper he wrote,

'the African and American Studies Department has 23 classes. In many of these classes, African culture is presented –"

Bush continued, beginning to quote the witness,

"'the African and African American Studies Department' – this is the quote – 'has 23 classes.

In many of these classes. African culture is presented not as inferior to Western culture,

but as on an equal footing with it in other departments.

The same is done with Latin American, Indian, and American Indian culture.'"

"When confronted about these views, over two decades later, rather than disavow them," Bush said.

"He doubled down on this narrative saying,

'it has nothing to do with skin color.

I was arguing that those cultures overall are inferior to Western culture.'

We are not inferior to any culture, speaking as a descendant of one of those cultures.

This is the witness the Republicans invited to discuss issues of energy security.

He came here to promote fossil fuels, which we know are disproportionately harming and killing black and brown people."

Rep. Bush then pointed to t

the two-sentence statement denouncing white supremacy and

white nationalism which

all 26 Republicans on the House Oversight Committee refused to sign (https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2023/03/look-all-26-house-oversight-republicans-refuse-to-sign-simple-two-sentence-statement-denouncing-white-supremacy/).


"Last week, I joined Ranking Member Raskin and all of my Democratic Oversight colleagues in calling on Oversight Republicans to denounce white nationalism and denounce white supremacy in all its forms.

Not one single Republican joined us.

https://www.alternet.org/lauren-boebert-rages-cori-bush/

Repugs shit on themselves when they re-elected Boebert, and MTG

[boutons_deux]

Trash's Exec was installed to "deconstruct the administrative state"

Desanatis' Exec would be MUCH worse

MSNBC producer maps out DeSantis’ record of appointing conservatives with 'radical fringe beliefs'

Desantis (https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/?s=Ron+Desantis) last week appointed a far-right Christian extremist who believes tap water may turn people gay (https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2023/03/you-might-be-gay-if-you-drink-tap-water-says-desantis-nominee-who-calls-lgbtq-people-evil/)

DeSantis now fully stripping Disney World of its fifty-year special self-governing status after the Magic Kingdom’s corporate leaders criticized his “Don’t Say Gay (https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/?s=Florida+%22Don%27t+Say+Gay%22)” bill.

DeSantis’ appointment of Ron Peri, a former pastor :lol

who now runs the far-Christian right men’s ministry called The Gathering to the new Disney World area oversight board leads Benen to ask (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/ron-desantis-faces-new-questions-personnel-decisions-rcna73533),

“Has Gov. Ron DeSantis tapped far-right conservatives to serve in key government positions despite their radical records or because of them?”

Peri has “frequently” made derogatory remarks about LGBTQ people, and “shared a baseless conspiracy theory that tap water could be making more people gay.”

Peri believes that being LGBTQ is the result of water laced with drugs, or “evil.”

for state surgeon general, for example, but he picked Dr. Joseph Ladapo, despite — or perhaps because of — the physician’s highly controversial record (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/floridas-ladapo-reportedly-faced-investigation-covid-report-rcna71963).”

Florida secretary of state — an office that helps administer state elections. DeSantis tapped Cord Byrd, who has partnered with election deniers (https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/politics/ron-desantis-election-deniers-florida-2020/index.html) and has refused to say (https://www.npr.org/2022/06/13/1104174571/florida-secretary-of-state-cord-byrd-desantis) President Joe Biden won the 2020 election.”

DeSantis’ former official spokesperson, Christina Pushaw (https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/?s=Christina+Pushaw), who switched over to his political campaign office, is the one largely responsible for getting the damaging and offensive “groomer” label against LGBTQ people to go viral.

DeSantis’ highly-controversial (https://www.teenvogue.com/story/new-college-of-florida-ron-desantis) appointment of far-right activist Christopher Rufo (https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/?s=Christopher+Rufo) to the New College of Florida Board of Trustees (https://www.flgov.com/2023/01/06/governor-ron-desantis-appoints-six-to-the-new-college-of-florida-board-of-trustees/).

Rufo is the Manhattan Institute extremist behind the right’s CRT panic.

“He declared ‘moral war’ against the statute’s most prominent adversary, the Walt Disney Company.

And he has used the same playbook that proved effective in his crusade on racial issues: a leak of insider documents.”

Florida Democratic state Sen. Tina Polsky likened DeSantis’ takeover of state boards, (which he is doing via appointments,) to “fascist regimes,”

“When you look to

fascist regimes,

it starts with beating down the press.

Beating down academics.

Excluding minorities. Targeting minorities –

I think exactly what he’s (DeSantis) doing with the LGBTQ community fits into that.

And with the Black community with AP African American studies,” Polsky told the Phoenix.

“That’s how it starts.

And you control all levels of government,

and you ban books.

And so that is how it starts, and to me, that’s what it looks like is going on right now.”

https://www.alternet.org/desantis-2659513273/

[boutons_deux]

Bonkers.

Lindsay Graham has been making noise about this.

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MX exporting Bs of gallons of untreated sewage to USA

[boutons_deux]

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[Winehole23]

Allergic to bad mouthing fellow Republicans, even when they're found guilty of bribery, mail fraud and racketeering.

"Tuff on crime"

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[RandomGuy]

Repug SHITBAG as Supreme Court judge

Strike three: New ethics complaint filed against former Wis. Supreme Court judge over efforts to upend election

https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/former-supreme-court-justice-michael-gableman.png?id=27627437&width=1200&height=675

A third stinging ethics complaint has been filed against a former Wisconsin Supreme Court judge for

his highly paid activities as a lawyer to trash the state's 2020 presidential vote.

https://www.rawstory.com/michael-gableman-2659499301

They aren't even hiding it anymore. That should scare anyone.

[ChumpDumper]

:lol you dumbasses are beyond parody

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[Blake]

Bonkers.

Lindsay Graham has been making noise about this.

1633231218958319623.

If they think border crossings are bad now...

[boutons_deux]

Marjorie Taylor Greene blurts out potentially classified info:

'I'm not going to be confidential'


https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/marjorie-taylor-greene.jpg?id=33281459&width=1200&height=675

exposed what one border patrol official said could be classified information about explosives found near the U.S. border.

"Chief Ortiz, are you aware that there was an explosive device found by Border Patrol agents on January 17th in an area called No Man's Land,

and there's surveillance of who put it there?" she wondered.

"And guess what? It wasn't Americans; it was cartels. Are you aware of that?"

Chief Ortiz, but I'm not going to be confidential because I think people deserve to know," Greene declared.

"Our Border Patrol agents should not be in those type of conditions where they are at risk of being blown to pieces by

the cartels, who, by the way, are criminals, :lol :lol by the way? :lol

and they should be treated as such." :lol USA has plenty of cartel dudes in prison, aka "treated as such" :lol

https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-explosive-device

the bomb was sand wrapped in duct tape

[boutons_deux]

Steve Bannon ally indicted in $1 billion fraud conspiracy


https://www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon-ally-indicted-in-1-billion-fraud-conspiracy

[boutons_deux]

$19 million yacht at center of new probe into scandal-plagued George Santos


https://www.rawstory.com/george-santos-money-2659599966

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'Seditionist square': Trump allies gobbling up properties two blocks from the US Capitol

the Conservative Partnership Institute, an organization led by former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, recently went on

a $41 million property buying spree that left it in possession of

"four commercial properties along a single Pennsylvania Avenue block,

three adjoining rowhouses around the corner, and

a garage and carriage house in the rear alley."

https://www.rawstory.com/conservative-partnership-institute-2659599692

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shithole MS news

Legislative plans in Mississippi are ‘Jim Crow 2.0’

to create courts with appointed rather than elected judges and

to expand patrols by state police inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson (https://apnews.com/article/jackson-mississippi-government-judges-local-control-15ced19f16f22c454c505704ef7d943c) amount to “Jim Crow 2.0,”


https://apnews.com/article/jackson-mississippi-police-courts-voting-rights-ebf3e2c1b6e26e341980a26a766cb0c4

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MS shithole news, lege corrupted by BigOil and BigAuto, same as TX, fuck the Confederacy

Electric car stores will be restricted in Mississippi

https://apnews.com/article/tesla-electric-car-sales-restrictions-0478ec0e0859b627a38511e2a4082a99

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North Carolina’s high court seems inclined to toss past redistricting rulingsThe move could moot the U.S. Supreme Court’s showdown over powers of state legislatures


to tear up the state’s congressional maps, and the new ones would likely favor the GOP up and down the ballot.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/14/north-carolina-supreme-court-gerrymandering-00087066

NC is a purple state at voters level, 50-50, but gerrymandering now and later make NC a Repug state with supermajority

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Republicans Went All In On Partisan Probes -- And Have Nothing To Show


subcommittee on the weaponization of government was supposed to be the true centerpiece of the effort,

making the case that the federal government has targeted Republicans.

So far, though, it has been unfocused and ineffective with hearings that haven’t made much of an impact, and no big bombshells. Again, Republicans are saying this.

“Jordan is overextended and short-staffed, biting off much more than he can chew,”

“Is it once again all talk & no action from the GOP - this time from the Weaponization Committee?”

“The reality is that there are a lot of people that don’t want to go and leave their jobs and work for this committee,”

Jordan is using the hearings to float one false story and conspiracy theory after another

”There is a feeling right now that this will simply be a Fox News clip generator

James Comer, chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, is drawing some gripes as he announces one investigation after another without making much of an impact.

Just this week his committee has held seven hearings, all on different topics, with yet another one being postponed.

“Everyone thought he’d learn from prior chairmen and work in a more coordinated way. It’s been quite the opposite.”


https://www.nationalmemo.com/jim-jordan-2659582658

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Raskin says Republican Comer is trying to quash release of Trump financial records while expanding Hunter Biden inquiry

Comer quietly issued a subpoena of Hunter Biden's business associate.

Republican Chairman James Comer has abandoned efforts to get former President Donald Trump's financial documents

while quietly digging into the finances of President Joe Biden's son.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/raskin-says-republican-comer-trying-quash-release-trump-financial-reco-rcna74654

[Winehole23]

Probably beyond the statute of limitations.

Players win and winners play. Have a lucky day.

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They aren't even hiding it anymore. That should scare anyone.

Repugs know their dumbass voters will always vote Repug, no matter what.

Repugs know the oligarchy BigDonor class will always be financing the strategy of one-party Christo fascism

Repugs know they can get their shit done through their corrupt toadies in robes, rather than messing with squishy legislatures.

America is fucked and fuckable.

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https://images.dailykos.com/images/1170175/story_image/1627ckCOMICfoxnewsallthepresidentsfriends.png?1678 920631

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Matt Gaetz hires self-described ‘raging misogynist’ Andrew Kloster for obvious reasons

new congressional legal counsel Andrew Kloster.

Kloster is a self-described “raging misogynist” with a long history of offensive, prolific, and ignorant social media posts and interactions.

The Daily Beast reports that Kloster has quite a collection of greatest hits that support his self-assessment as a man who hates women.

On top of the list: On The Volokh Conspiracy (https://reason.com/volokh/), a legal news and opinion blog most enjoyed by libertarians and conservatives,

there was a post titled “Government Out of Bedrooms, but into Barnyards.”

Kloster responded with “Consent is probably modern society’s most pernicious fetish. (https://volokh.com/2012/12/02/government-out-of-bedrooms-but-into-barnyards/#comment-726053090)” :lol All for rape, rape for all!

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/15/2158377/-Matt-Gaetz-hires-self-described-raging-misogynist-Andrew-Kloster-for-obvious-reasons

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Fascism for dummies

Stanley goes on to enumerate ten strategies that underpin the rise of right-wing autocracy. I have listed them below with my commentary and references to America today.

1. Mythic past.

No country has an unblemished history. No nation even has a period of perfection. The budding fascist, however, will refer back to some imaginary, Edenic era, which in myth was a time when the country was great — mainly because everybody understood their role, stuck to their lane, and did not act uppity.

In the American conservative orthodoxy, that time was the “Father Knows Best” 1950s. The US had just saved the planet from fascist hordes (spot the irony). And Americans lived in a white suburban heaven where bread-winning patriarchs provided for domestic goddess wives and their passel of bright-eyed and (mostly) obedient children.

2. Propaganda

To return to this Eden — to make the country great again — the fascist promises to defeat the forces that have caused the national decline. In short, these ‘bad actors’ are the “them” in the “us vs. them” formulation. The leader demonizes them repeatedly as agents of destruction.

These enemies of the state can be a racial, religious, and/or foreign cabal. For the American right-winger today, these are minorities, immigrants, Muslims, and the UN

3. Anti-intellectualism.

The fascist cannot allow multiple perspectives. He must destroy the reputation of intellectually diverse people. He characterizes knowledge as deviancy. Mao unleashed his Cultural Revolution to decimate Chinese academia. And Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, while not mandating that university professors go pick oranges, is just as determined to undermine the university intelligentsia.

Schools in the fascist nation teach only state-approved curriculums — which fosters the belief in a perfect past. And shield students from today’s realities. While the autocrat may celebrate free markets in business, he cannot allow a free market of ideas. And therefore we have “don’t say gay” laws and a ban on CRT — even though it’s not taught in schools. and few people know what it is.

4. Unreality

The fascist lies — repeatedly. Joseph Goebbels reportedly explains why. “If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself.” (He may not have said it, but the message resonates.) A fascist who can get a population to agree with his version of reality has established a base that will accept as gospel anything he says

5. Hierarchy

The fascist tells the ‘select’ group — in the US, that would be whites — that they are better than the others. Often racial superiority will be reinforced by the primacy of one religion. He will enforce this state of affairs by casting the chosen people as morally superior to the rest.

Southerner Lyndon Johnson was well aware of this strategy, saying:

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man,

he won't notice you're picking his pocket.

Hell, give him somebody to look down on,

and he'll empty his pockets for you."

6. Victimhood.

If the “lower” groups dare to lobby for equality, the fascist calls his base the nation's true citizens — “real Americans”, for example. He will portray the supreme group as under attack. In his formulation, Protestants are the victims of papism.

Christians are the victims of Jews and Muslims.

Whites are the victims of minorities.

Men are the victims of feminism.

7. Law and order.

The fascist embraces ‘law and order’ to preserve the status quo. Groups representing minority interests — say, Black Lives Matter — are painted as murderous, anti-social lawbreakers. And a threat to the peaceful order.

8. Sexual anxiety

The fascist extols the heterosexual/bigender model. Anybody not conforming is a deviant and threatens the womenfolk and children. The LGBTQ community is not satisfied with acceptance. They have an agenda to corrupt the young. Drag queens and transgender are visible symbols of immorality.

Ironically, against this background, the base will excuse a fascist who is a heterosexual predator, if he has promised to crush the perverts.

9. Sodom and Gomorrah.

The fascist extols the virtues of the non-city dweller. He demonizes cities as magnets for deviants, decadence, immigrants, and criminals — even if he is a product of the city himself. The fascist extols patriots, who live in the country and work with their hands.

10. Arbeit macht frei.

“Work sets you free.” The fascist characterizes minorities as lazy and content to live on state handouts — which weak-minded (i.e. liberal) citizens are eager to dole out to the undeserving for their votes. He will slime trade unions as hotbeds of communists who get rich by picking the workers’ pockets. In their place, the fascist promotes “right to work” (aka union busting) laws.

Stanley could add three more autocratic tactics to his list.

11. Isolationism

Fascists celebrate isolationism and preach anti-globalism. They say that foreign wars are not their concern. In the 1930s, some Americans, notably the German Bund, dismissed the Nazi territorial grabs in Austria and the Sudentenland as local concerns. And Hitler’s jingoistic militarism would, at worse, result in a European war.

Today, their descendants dismiss the Ukrainian War as a “territorial dispute (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pence-pushes-back-against-desantis-comment-ukraine-war-russia-territorial-dispute).”

12. Enforced patriotism

The fascist insists on pledges of allegiance. He will slam any questioning of the national values. Consider the US athletes kneeling during the anthem. They were called anti-patriotic, unAmerican troop-haters and excoriated far beyond the scope of their supposed sin.

13. “We were robbed”

Claiming the democratic process is rigged — and elections are stolen — evidence be damned.
The fascist presents himself as the leader in an existential fight to reclaim the nation. Once his target audience accepts his bastardization of the truth — his set of lies — he is insulated from criticism. Any attack on him or his policies is considered evidence that he is a threat to the Deep State or other forces determined to diminish the rights of the citizens.

For decades the right in America has warned that unAmerican actors were coming to grab their guns and Bibles and strip away their religious freedom. That it never happens is irrelevant. The warnings are constant. The fears are chronic.

Fascism is like a car accident. It happens seemingly suddenly.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/15/2158471/-Fascism-for-idiots

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Florida :lol

Republican :lol

says he filed pro-Confederate flag bill 'in error'

denying that he's a "Confederate sympathizer," and added that the legislation was retracted.

The amendment, SB 668, provided a list of flags to be displayed by Florida's governmental buildings, saying that

the government entities "may expose to public view only the following flags (https://www.newsweek.com/massachusetts-state-flag-culture-wars-1785876) in and on the grounds of public buildings and other public properties" --

one of which was the "flag of the Confederate States." :lol

"Jay Collins is an American patriot ... :lol

https://www.rawstory.com/florida-republican-says-he-filed-pro-confederate-flag-bill-in-error

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GA Repugs try to recall Fani, intering with justice

Gym Jordan, pedo protector, interferes by demanding DA Bragg testify

House Republicans seek testimony from Manhattan DA on Trump hush money probe


https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3908625-house-republicans-seek-testimony-from-manhattan-da-on-trump-hush-money-probe

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North Carolina man put swastikas in his yard

after Black businesswoman set up shop next door


https://www.rawstory.com/north-carolina-racism

The Confederacy is alive, and sick as always.

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Kevin McCarthy says Trump indictment unfair

because Hillary Clinton 'didn't get arrested'

https://www.rawstory.com/kevin-mccarthy-trump-indictment

dumbass pandering to, inflaming ignorant, dumbed down Repug voters

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Private communications with GOP legislators read like 'Handmaid's Tale' excerpts
A trove of leaked emails between South Dakota legislators and anti-trans lobbyists read like excerpts from "The Handmaid's Tale,"

use deeply religious language that shows Christian nationalists are pushing restrictions on LGBTQ rights as part of what they believe is a holy war,

“Know that many have prayed and are praying for you this day,"

"Do not back down, nor should you be afraid.

Know that the Lord is with you.

The children of South Dakota belong to him.

He is jealous over them.

Let his jealousies be spoken forth in the House of Representatives of South Dakota today

so that his children would be made safe.

Know you are HIS representative today.

Do not be afraid.

Stand firm in what is right."

The emails were shared with Vice by Elisa Rae Shupe,

a trans woman who had de-transitioned and

become an anti-trans advocate

before re-transitioning and renouncing her ties to Christianity.

“It is the language of Christian nationalism,”

“It is the language of people who very much believe they are doing God’s will, and

it is the language of people

who very much believe that they are engaged in a holy war.”

https://www.rawstory.com/handmaid-s-tale

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Repug SADISTIC MISOGYNY

Florida wants to ban young students from learning about periods or HIV

A proposed Florida bill that would limit young girls from discussing gender, HIV, sexuality and periods in school

would mean vital

lessons in “acquired immune deficiency syndrome, sexually transmitted diseases, health education” and menstrual cycles to grades six through 12,

would only be permitted to students aged 12 to 18.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/20/florida-bill-ban-periods-sexuality-school/

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Experts: Republicans’ “punitive” attacks on SNAP could strip food aid from over 10 million people

About a quarter of all food stamp recipients could lose their benefits

https://www.salon.com/2023/03/21/experts-punitive-on-snap-could-strip-aid-from-over-10-million-people_partner/

Ms of Repug voters in toxic rural America exist on welfare

Repugs know they can screw their voters, have for decades, and know they will get their vote

[Winehole23]

Threatens his own constituency for bringing charges he didn't contest.

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[Winehole23]

literally trying to revive the Comstock Act


Comstock helped found the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, which worked to ban obscene books, and then turned his focus to mail-order contraception and abortion. In 1873, he convinced Congress to pass an anti-obscenity law nicknamed the “Comstock Act.”


The law initially outlawed the mailing of any “obscene, lewd or lascivious” writings; anything intended to prevent pregnancy; and “every article or thing designed, adapted or intended for producing abortion.”

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/20/texas-fda-abortion-pill-comstock-act/

[Winehole23]

It's on liberals to model moderate conservatism that's nearly extinct in the wild. It's the only way to save the GOP from itself.

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It's on liberals to model moderate conservatism that's nearly extinct in the wild. It's the only way to save the GOP from itself.

1638900138109198345

conservatism endpoint always is pro-Capital, anti-Labor, anti-govt, fascism, retrograde to a fantasy past, racist.

They just don't state it extremely, explicitly

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Never Seen Anything Like This':

US Librarians Report Book Bans Hit Record High in 2022

"Each attempt to ban a book by one of these groups represents

a direct attack on every person's constitutionally protected right to freely choose what books to read and what ideas to explore,"

https://www.commondreams.org/news/ala-banned-books

Repugs/Christian fascists say they love freedom and rights, but they decide which rights others can have.

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Another loss for the anti-consumer Repugs, cheap whores, toadies for the Capitalist oligarchy

Consumer Advocates Applaud as Federal Court 'Yet Again' Finds

CFPB's Funding Constitutional


"If the Supreme Court follows suit," said one watchdog, "it will mark a major win for everyday consumers impacted by abusive fees, predatory lenders, and corporate greed."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/cfpb-funding-constitutional

I expect the Capitalist whores on SCOTUS will kill CFPB. How could they not?

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GOP lawmaker ‘very sad’

Utah parent used his law to request ‘sex-ridden’ Bible be removed from school


Responding to a new law allowing for "pornographic" books to be removed from school libraries,

a Utah parent has moved to have

"one of the most sex-ridden books around"

removed as well, namely, the Bible.

https://www.rawstory.com/gop-lawmaker-very-sad-utah-parent-used-his-law-to-request-ridden-bible-be-removed-from-school/

:lol

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fr8zgobWAAAySRq?format=jpg&name=large

[Blake]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fr8zgobWAAAySRq?format=jpg&name=large

Lol the science books in those libraries

[Winehole23]

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[ElNono]

Utah’s social media restrictions won’t be ‘foolproof,’ governor says

Utah’s recently enacted legislation restricting the way minors use social media will not be “foolproof,” the state’s Republican Gov. Spencer Cox said Sunday.

“We don’t think it’s going to be foolproof. There’s no question about that. But we are working with social media companies, again, over the course of the year, we will be going through a rulemaking process to figure out what that’s going to look like,” Cox said during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

The new laws, which will take effect next year, set a digital curfew on social media users younger than 18, require minors to get parental consent to sign up for accounts and demand social media companies verify the ages of users in Utah.

“We understand that there are definitely going to be enforcement issues anytime you wade into this type of an industry. It’s going to be tough. We don’t expect that we’re going to be able to prevent every, you know, every young person from getting around this,” Cox said.

“Kids are really smart. That’s one of the problems,” he told host Chuck Todd.

Though he is urging Congress to enact similar federal-level laws, states must lead when it comes to social media regulation, Cox said, predicting that other states will follow Utah’s example, despite potential legal pushback from social media companies.

“I expect other states to follow, as you mentioned, and then that helps Congress kind of coalesce and come to an agreement on how we prevent these terrible harms from happening,” Cox said. And though Utah expects legal challenges, “we feel confident that we’re going to prevail,” Cox said.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/26/utah-cox-social-media-ban-foolproof-00088867

[Winehole23]

In the long run, they're fucked, in large part because of the stupid laws passed.


“Kids are really smart. That’s one of the problems,” he told host Chuck Todd.

[FrostKing]

In the long run, they're fucked, in large part because of the stupid laws passed.
Parents in America seem overwhelmed. Party allegiance aside, why do you seem against this?

[Winehole23]

Parents in America seem overwhelmed. Party allegiance aside, why do you seem against this?Their kids get to choose who'll they'll be, why are you against this?

Do you think they're the property of their parents?

[Winehole23]

Kids eventually choose to be tricked by their parents, by society, or neither. Seems just to me.

[FrostKing]

Their kids get to choose who'll they'll be, why are you against this?

Do you think they're the property of their parents?
Under 18? Living at home and increasingly unlikely to be working. Ah yah they are. And that's fine because the cycle allows them to one day "property" their kids. This format was successful for centuries.

[Winehole23]

Fuck parents rights tbh, they don't own anybody but themselves.

[Winehole23]

Under 18? Living at home and increasingly unlikely to be working. Ah yah they are. And that's fine because the cycle allows them to one day "property" their kids. This format was successful for centuries.Parents are legal wards, not owners of the lives and deaths of their wards. Unless you think we still are, or should be, Roman-style paterfamilias.

[FrostKing]

Fuck parents rights tbh, they don't own anybody but themselves.
Haha. And fuck teachers, bosses, coaches etc. Time isn't frozen. Today's kids will be tomorrow's leaders. But they should be raised & taught right.

Your underlining issue is with the foundation. You mistrust the European model. Enjoy the increasing dissaray. Sure some teenagers are ready but you are robbing the overwhelming majority.

[Winehole23]

Haha. And fuck teachers, bosses, coaches etc. Time isn't frozen. Today's kids will be tomorrow's leaders. But they should be raised & taught right.

Your underlining issue is with the foundation. You mistrust the European model. Enjoy the increasing dissaray. Sure some teenagers are ready but you are robbing the overwhelming majority.Yes, fuck teachers, bosses and coaches. Why should they rule over me or you? And fuck the European model (whatever that is, sounds pretty vague), too.

Why should any of that regulate me or you if it isn't suitable?

You don't believe in autonomy or freedom?

[FrostKing]

yes, fuck teachers, bosses and coaches. And fuck the European model (whatever that is, sounds pretty vague), too.

Why should any of that regulate me or you if it isn't suitable?
We are talking young impressionable kids on welfare. You support breaking a chain of command. How are they supposed to one day parent when they weren't themselves?

[Winehole23]

We are talking young impressionable kids on welfare. You support breaking a chain of command. How are they supposed to one day parent when they weren't themselves?lol on welfare, I see you narrowing the case.

You think poor people need special tutelage the rest of us don't because privation makes them dumber than everyone else?

That's pretty dumb of you, tbh.

[FrostKing]

You don't believe in autonomy or freedom?
I think you're looking at things thru the scope of the individual/minority. I'm more macro the scope of a functioning society. Based on today's Civilization it seems my European model has more resources to help the individuals mistreated/left behind. Nothing is perfect. I'm more focused on the majority.

[Winehole23]

Lol the social determinism of traditional conservatives.

If you're prosperous, you're free, if you're not, you're destined to be ruled by others.

[Winehole23]

I think you're looking at things thru the scope of the individual/minority. I'm more macro the scope of a functioning society. Based on today's Civilization it seems my European model has more resources to help the individuals mistreated/left behind. Nothing is perfect. I'm more focused on the majority.The majority of what?

[FrostKing]

lol on welfare, I see you narrowing the case.

You think poor people need special tutelage the rest of us don't because privation makes them dumber than everyone else?

That's pretty dumb of you, tbh.
When I was underage I remember classmates working. Rather rare these days mostly because of social changes- Americans working 2 jobs.

I'm not using welfare as a slam just pointing out these kids have never worked! Think back to how your life & scope changed after your first job.

[FrostKing]

The majority of what?
Just majority of the population.

[Winehole23]

When I was underage I remember classmates working. Rather rare these days mostly because of social changes- Americans working 2 jobs.

I'm not using welfare as a slam just pointing out these kids have never worked! Think back to how your life & scope changed after your first job.oh, you think it's just and right that people should be shaped by and adhere to, the prerogatives of their employer.

That's freedom, that's the real, European style autonomy and freedom.

:lmao

[Winehole23]

Just majority of the population.Obeisance to the majority is liberty.

Hilarious, dude.

[FrostKing]

oh, you think it's just and right that people should be shaped by and adhere to, the prerogatives of their employer.

That's freedom, that's the real, European style autonomy and freedom.

:lmao
The West is driving autonomy and freedom. Do you have an anchor/standard? Without drifting into the abyss.

[FrostKing]

Obeisance to the majority is liberty.

Hilarious, dude.
Haha this isn't the Middle East. I am supporting passing down success. A standard.

[Winehole23]

The West is driving autonomy and freedom. Do you have an anchor/standard? Without drifting into the abyss.Unpack this, please, your statement is wholly diffuse. Buzzword salad.

What is the West?

What is freedom, and how does the so-called West drive it? And why does no one else get a say?

[Winehole23]

Haha this isn't the Middle East. I am supporting passing down success. A standard.What success? What standard?

You're spitting unqualified abstractions.

[Winehole23]

Face it, dude, you can't even say what you mean.

[FrostKing]

Unpack this, please, your statement is wholly diffuse. Buzzword salad.

What is the West? - Europe, North America & Australia

What is freedom, and how does the so-called West drive it? And why does no one else get a say? - I'm speaking bout the Worlds continents. Again Macro.
Europe and its Western hemisphere child enjoy the most freedoms today.

Are you dissatisfied by the freedoms in comparison to the World in 2023?

[FrostKing]

What success? What standard?

You're spitting unqualified abstractions.
Number of visas requested & overall immigrants.

[FrostKing]

Face it, dude, you can't even say what you mean.
Ask a direct question, as you finally did and I will answer it honestly and thoughtful.

[Winehole23]

So then, the West is Europe plus the Anglosphere.

What is the standard?

What is freedom, as you define it?

How does the West drive it?

Why is nothing else worthy to be considered?

[Winehole23]

Ask a direct question, as you finally did and I will answer it honestly and thoughtful.You've ducked a dozen or so direct questions.

Keep going, you're doing great!

:lmao

[Winehole23]

Number of visas requested & overall immigrants.so then, immigrants determine who's the best?

[FrostKing]

So then, the West is Europe plus the Anglosphere.
Yes.
What is the standard?
Living standard. Individual freedoms. Right to observe other cultures. These 3 the West is best.
What is freedom, as you define it?
Freedom is choice.
How does the West drive it?
It still has the most and it continues to reinvent/challenge the before mentioned standard.
Why is nothing else worthy to be considered?
Non-West? Ofcourse i mean before this War I'd argue my Polska was straddling the fence of West/East.



My priorities & initiatives differ for Poland and United States

[Winehole23]

Basically, you're saying economic might determines freedom and cultural worth. Sounds like an idol of the marketplace, gross accumulation.

Odd you should take that as a marker of virtue and humanitarianism. The sharpest trader isn't necessarily a moral exemplar, nor is the society he creates the one most conducive to personal liberty, or the most worthy to be emulated, unless you think man is meant to serve money and not the reverse.

[FrostKing]

Basically, you're saying economic might determines freedom and cultural worth. Sounds like an idol of the marketplace, gross accumulation.

Odd you should take that as a marker of virtue and humanitarianism. The sharpest trader isn't necessarily a moral exemplar, nor is the society he creates the one most conducive to personal liberty, or the most worthy to be emulated, unless you think man is meant to serve money and not the reverse.
The richest nations don't necessarily have the best living standards. West straddles the fence of personal freedom & safety net. In the scope of the West, nations with less individualism have more state protection.

[ElNono]

Parents in America seem overwhelmed.

You mean, like this?

Is ‘David’ porn? See for yourself, Italians ask Florida parents
The incredulous Italian response highlights how the U.S. culture wars are often perceived in Europe.

ROME — The Florence museum housing Michelangelo’s Renaissance masterpiece the “David” invited parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit after complaints about a lesson featuring the statue forced the principal to resign.

Florence Mayor Dario Nardella also tweeted an invitation for the principal to visit so he can personally honor her. Confusing art with pornography was “ridiculous,” Nardella said.

The incredulous Italian response highlights how the U.S. culture wars are often perceived in Europe, where despite a rise in right-wing sentiment and governance, the Renaissance and its masterpieces, even its naked ones, are generally free of controversy.

But the board of the Tallahassee Classical School pressured Principal Hope Carrasquilla to resign last week after an image of the “David” was shown to a sixth-grade art class. The school has a policy requiring parents to be notified in advance about “controversial” topics being taught.

Carrasquilla believes the board targeted her after three parents complained about a lesson including a photo of the “David,” a 17-foot nude marble sculpture dating from 1504. The work, considered a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, depicts the Biblical David going to fight Goliath armed only with his faith in God.

Carrasquilla has said two parents complained because they weren’t notified in advance that a nude would be shown, while a third called the iconic statue pornographic.

Carrasquilla said in a phone interview Sunday that she is “very honored” by the invitations to Italy and she may accept.

“I am totally, like, wow,” Carasquilla said. “I’ve been to Florence before and have seen the ‘David’ up close and in person, but I would love to go and be a guest of the mayor.”

Cecilie Hollberg, director of the Galleria dell’Accademia, where the “David” resides, expressed astonishment at the controversy.

“To think that ‘David’ could be pornographic means truly not understanding the contents of the Bible, not understanding Western culture and not understanding Renaissance art,” Hollberg said in a telephone interview.

She invited the principal, school board, parents and student body to view the “purity” of the statue.

Tallahassee Classical is a charter school. While it is taxpayer-funded and tuition-free, it operates almost entirely independently of the local school district and is sought out by parents seeking an alternative to the public school curriculum.

About 400 students from kindergarten through 12th grade attend the three-year-old institution, which is now on its third principal. It follows a curriculum designed by Hillsdale College, a conservative Christian school in Michigan frequently consulted by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on educational issues.

Barney Bishop, chairman of Tallahassee Classical’s school board, has told reporters that while the photo of the statue played a part in Carrasquilla’s ouster, it wasn’t the only factor. He has declined to elaborate, while defending the decision.

“Parents are entitled to know anytime their child is being taught a controversial topic and picture,” Bishop said in an interview with Slate online magazine.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/26/david-statue-florida-principal-italy-00088877

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:lol even Euros laughing at American conservatard stupidity

Look, you want to hit your kid in the head with the bible and instill whatever moral values so he can grow up to be the prototypical SAWM, go ahead.

The notion of forcing that onto everybody else via plainly stupid laws is where this goes out of line, IMVHO.

[FrostKing]

You mean, like this?

Is ‘David’ porn? See for yourself, Italians ask Florida parents
The incredulous Italian response highlights how the U.S. culture wars are often perceived in Europe.

ROME — The Florence museum housing Michelangelo’s Renaissance masterpiece the “David” invited parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit after complaints about a lesson featuring the statue forced the principal to resign.

Florence Mayor Dario Nardella also tweeted an invitation for the principal to visit so he can personally honor her. Confusing art with pornography was “ridiculous,” Nardella said.

The incredulous Italian response highlights how the U.S. culture wars are often perceived in Europe, where despite a rise in right-wing sentiment and governance, the Renaissance and its masterpieces, even its naked ones, are generally free of controversy.

But the board of the Tallahassee Classical School pressured Principal Hope Carrasquilla to resign last week after an image of the “David” was shown to a sixth-grade art class. The school has a policy requiring parents to be notified in advance about “controversial” topics being taught.

Carrasquilla believes the board targeted her after three parents complained about a lesson including a photo of the “David,” a 17-foot nude marble sculpture dating from 1504. The work, considered a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, depicts the Biblical David going to fight Goliath armed only with his faith in God.

Carrasquilla has said two parents complained because they weren’t notified in advance that a nude would be shown, while a third called the iconic statue pornographic.

Carrasquilla said in a phone interview Sunday that she is “very honored” by the invitations to Italy and she may accept.

“I am totally, like, wow,” Carasquilla said. “I’ve been to Florence before and have seen the ‘David’ up close and in person, but I would love to go and be a guest of the mayor.”

Cecilie Hollberg, director of the Galleria dell’Accademia, where the “David” resides, expressed astonishment at the controversy.

“To think that ‘David’ could be pornographic means truly not understanding the contents of the Bible, not understanding Western culture and not understanding Renaissance art,” Hollberg said in a telephone interview.

She invited the principal, school board, parents and student body to view the “purity” of the statue.

Tallahassee Classical is a charter school. While it is taxpayer-funded and tuition-free, it operates almost entirely independently of the local school district and is sought out by parents seeking an alternative to the public school curriculum.

About 400 students from kindergarten through 12th grade attend the three-year-old institution, which is now on its third principal. It follows a curriculum designed by Hillsdale College, a conservative Christian school in Michigan frequently consulted by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on educational issues.

Barney Bishop, chairman of Tallahassee Classical’s school board, has told reporters that while the photo of the statue played a part in Carrasquilla’s ouster, it wasn’t the only factor. He has declined to elaborate, while defending the decision.

“Parents are entitled to know anytime their child is being taught a controversial topic and picture,” Bishop said in an interview with Slate online magazine.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/26/david-statue-florida-principal-italy-00088877

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:lol even Euros laughing at American conservatard stupidity

Look, you want to hit your kid in the head with the bible and instill whatever moral values so he can grow up to be the prototypical SAWM, go ahead.

The notion of forcing that onto everybody else via plainly stupid laws is where this goes out of line, IMVHO.
Agreed. This is charter school though.

"About 400 students from kindergarten through 12th grade attend the three-year-old institution, which is now on its third principal."

This is healthy debate, and better yet at a small scale.

[FrostKing]

Amigos focus too much on extremists and minorities. By & large the problems of the Middle Class American jives with every other 1st World nation.

[boutons_deux]

Q news

A Mom Stopped Paying Her Bills Because of the QAnon Queen. She Lost Her Home.

VICE News confirmed that one of the QAnon Queen’s most loyal followers was evicted from her home after refusing to pay her mortgage and other bills.

“They don't care,” she wrote.

“They threw us out with no clothes, no food, nothing at all.

The cats, birds, and my daughter are in the vehicle.

My other daughter is at school. Please, we need your help!”

“Please, Queen! :lo

They just removed me from our home. We have no place to go.”

Bonnie is a clear example of the damage the queen’s rhetoric and teachings are causing on the internet as well.

“She doesn't seem to really care.

She claims to be benevolent, but she seems to be anything but,”

Christine Sarteschi, a professor of social work and criminology at Chatham University, who closely follows Didulo.

“It's a shame. It's sad. People are being harmed by somebody who is a fraud.”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjqmb/qanon-queen-romana-didulo-follower-evicted

Bonnie is the same level of bamboozed, defraunded suckerdom as J6 convicts and soon-to-be convicts

[boutons_deux]

Florida School Bans Movie About School Segregation After One Complaint from a Parent

The parent reportedly thought

the Disney movie based on a true civil rights story

would “teach white children to hate Black children.” :lol dumbfuck racist FL parent

https://www.vice.com/en/article/93k5ev/florida-school-bans-disney-movie-ruby-bridges

Once a slave state, always a slave state. FUCK the Confederacy

[boutons_deux]

Poll finds steep declines in how Americans value patriotism, religion, parenting

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/27/2160520/-Patriotism-religion-no-longer-dominate-American-culture-Republicans-ruined-them

[boutons_deux]

steep declines in how Americans value patriotism, religion, parenting

cliff-like declines over the past couple of decades in how many Americans describe patriotism and religion as "very important" to them.

While 70% of adults viewed patriotism that way in 1998 and 62% said the same about religion, today,

just 38% of respondents called patriotism very important,

while 39% said the same about religion.

money was the only priority that had grown in importance in the last 25 years—

up from 31% in 1998 to 43% now. :lol because can't afford being a screwed down by Capitalism's extractive strategy

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/27/2160520/-Patriotism-religion-no-longer-dominate-American-culture-Republicans-ruined-them?detail=emaildkre&pm_source=DKRE&pm_medium=email

[boutons_deux]

Behind the GOP's pivot to the practical on health care

The Republican health care agenda has shifted vastly over the last decade, moving away from program-wide overhauls to a focus on targeted changes.

Between the lines:

That shift was the intentional result of a lot of behind-the-scenes work after the last ambitious GOP effort —

the effort to repeal and replace the ACA — fell apart. :lol

https://www.axios.com/pro/health-care-policy/2023/01/23/house-republicans-health-care-agenda-mccarthy

Red/Confederate states have been expanding Medicaid,

12 years after killing 10Ks of their citizens denied health care just to spite that hated Muslim Kenyan knitter.

Many of their dead were Repug voters, just like 100Ks of vaccine-resisting Repug voter were killed.

Repugs plan to kick Ms off Medicaid expanded during the pandemic

[boutons_deux]

House Republicans pass bill

giving some parents the authority to beat down other parents' kids

the measure would

"affirm a parent's right to address the local school board and

would require education officials to provide parents with lists of books and other curriculum materials,

online budgetary information and

alerts about incidents of violence at their child's school.

Schools also would have to

notify parents if their child uses a different name or pronoun at school." :lol

the “Parents' Bill of Rights Act," and

its purpose is giving some parents the authority to beat down other parents' kids

if they happen to identify as not-heterosexual.

If your child is trans, just know,

this bill gives some parents a hammer.

Your kid is the nail.

https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/house-republicans-bill-parents-beat/

Emotional violence begets emotional violence

[boutons_deux]

Kari Lake, Doug Mastriano amplify GOP anxiety over pro-Trump candidates in 2024

Trump-aligned candidates who failed to cross the finish line last year could come back to haunt them in 2024, costing the GOP another chance at winning back power in Washington.

The growing list of Trump loyalists weighing congressional runs has Republicans now warning against writing them off as possible GOP nominees once again.

“There are people out there that just won’t go away,” :lol

Kari Lake doesn’t speak for the whole party, but she’s loud;

she knows how to get attention.

And, at least to an extent, it holds the rest of the party back.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3905692-republicans-worry-pro-trump-candidates-will-haunt-them-in-2024

[boutons_deux]

global warming topic to be blocked from classrooms

More States Want Students to Learn About Climate Science.

Ohio Disagrees


https://time.com/6266938/ohio-climate-change-education-bill-culture-war/

[Blake]

global warming topic to be blocked from classrooms

More States Want Students to Learn About Climate Science.

Ohio Disagrees


https://time.com/6266938/ohio-climate-change-education-bill-culture-war/

Probably the same legislators that want students to be allowed to hear both sides when it comes to evolution and creation.

[Ef-man]

Probably the same legislators that want students to be allowed to hear both sides when it comes to evolution and creation.

If they also teach courses on the lizard people overlords running our government, the moon landing hoax, and that Elvis is still alive, I am all in for expanding the education system.

[Winehole23]

Prayer is obligatory, breaches of decorum and public order will be strictly discountenanced. Members will be expelled from the Tennessee House.


Parents and children held signs and shouted chants during a large protest at the Tennessee capitol last week following a deadly school shooting. And while no one was arrested or injured, Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton is comparing the demonstration to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

During the House Floor session on Thursday — days after the Covenant School shooting — Reps. Gloria Johnson, D-Knox, Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, and Justin Jones, D-Nashville, stood up and chanted with protestors in the gallery.

Pearson and other Democrats attempted to acknowledge the large group of protesters during session, but were told to stick to the subject of the bill by Speaker Cameron.

“We listened to them and helped to elevate the issue that they are demanding justice for,” said Pearson.

House Speaker Cameron Sexton said their actions were more than a breach of decorum, comparing it to the January 6th insurrection in remarks to outlets.
https://wpln.org/post/house-speaker-threatens-expulsion-for-three-lawmakers-over-protest-participation/

[Winehole23]

padding travel expenses, why not?

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[Winehole23]

*killed by gunfire in the vicinity of the FBI"


U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas M. DiGirolamo approved pretrial release for McGrath and set the conditions. He was ordered to surrender his passport and report on a regular basis to the court. McGrath was permitted to travel to Maryland and Florida, or elsewhere if approved by the court, and could not possess a firearm.https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/roy-mcgrath-fugitive-found-manhunt-QBUF7AKQM5DN3PQD2OYJI43MA4/

[Winehole23]

A doctor and his younger nurse fall in love. They continue their torrid affair even after his ex-wife tips off the nurse’s husband, a local politician, to the salacious goings-on. As the divorce moves forward, discovery turns up that the nurse is not just the doctor’s employee and his lover, but his patient, with a predilection for pain pills. And, oh, she’s his second cousin, too.


But this is not General Hospital, not Grey’s Anatomy. This is the town of Hohenwald (pop. 3,703) in Lewis County, where bitter divorce proceedings have brought to light possibly unethical behavior by Dr. Joey Hensley, a Republican state senator who also happens to be a family physician — and one who has run for office since 2002 on a platform of conservative Christian values.

Hensley, 61, was subpoenaed to appear last week in Williamson County Circuit Court to testify in the divorce proceedings of Hohenwald Vice Mayor Don Barber and his wife Lori. He refused to show up, citing legislative and medical privilege.

“I didn’t have time to do it,” Hensley said when contacted on Friday afternoon. “I had nothing to do with the court case, and any testimony I would have given wouldn’t have made any difference.”
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/in-a-divorce-trial-serious-allegations-about-sen-joey-hensley/article_e4b47641-2e48-5648-ae69-60eef314a6af.html

[Winehole23]

“It’s not still ongoing,” Hensley said Monday night. “That was several months ago, years ago. I didn’t break any laws. I’m not married, I’m divorced. … And nothing happened while I was married. … She didn’t leave because of me, it wasn’t because of me. We’ve been friends for 30 years or more. She’s related to me, but she’s been a friend too.”

[spurraider21]

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[Winehole23]

1643748659123871745overrode?

this eventuality was fully expected, but holy shit is this real, now?

who's checking out everybody's junk, how do they fade that?

[Blake]

overrode?

this eventuality was fully expected, but holy shit is this real, now?

who's checking out everybody's junk, how do they fade that?

Surely it'll be the PE coaches but more than likely a doctor's note I'd think. Crazy.

[Winehole23]

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[Blake]

1644002254700126208

:lmao

[Ef-man]

1644002254700126208

Yup, sucking up to Ole Joe’s cock to receive some entitlement support when going gets tough, par.

[Adam Lambert]

1644401699732299783

Less indoctrination, more bible school :tu

[Winehole23]

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[Blake]

1644401699732299783

Less indoctrination, more bible school :tu

"Indoctrination" is one of the greatest buzzwords conservatives have ever come up with to feed the fearmongering of their base.

[Ef-man]

1644401699732299783

Less indoctrination, more bible school :tu

You can fool some of the people some of the time -- and that's enough to make a decent living. - G. O. P.

[Adam Lambert]

"Indoctrination" is one of the greatest buzzwords conservatives have ever come up with to feed the fearmongering of their base.

As with other buzzwords ( ex: grooming) they're masters of the art and deflecting

[Winehole23]

Surely it'll be the PE coaches but more than likely a doctor's note I'd think. Crazy.Creepy any which way, it seems.

[Winehole23]

Prayer is obligatory, breaches of decorum and public order will be strictly discountenanced. Members will be expelled from the Tennessee House.

https://wpln.org/post/house-speaker-threatens-expulsion-for-three-lawmakers-over-protest-participation/Surprised no comment on the expulsions in Tennessee. Not seating elected officials by other than race or criminal defect is pretty much unknown...


...oh wait

[Blake]

Creepy any which way, it seems.

I was originally joking saying PE coaches but second thought, these sick fucks just might allow it

[Winehole23]

There were recently a handful of high level state officials in Ohio who got popped on bribery charges.

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[DMX7]

1644002254700126208

Yeah, as expected.

[boutons_deux]

Montana Republicans aim to change election rules — for one key Senate race

Republicans in Montana are trying to change the rules for next year’s Senate primary to

make it easier to defeat Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and win back the Senate majority.

A bill moving through the statehouse in Helena would

change the structure of the election from the party primary system currently in place

to a jungle primary in which the top two vote-getters advance to the general election regardless of party.

The move would essentially box out Libertarian candidates.



The thinking among Republicans is that this would, theoretically,

push those would-be third-party voters toward the GOP candidate and

give the party a leg up against Tester, the three-term Senate Democrat who they are pining to take down this year.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3939915-montana-republicans-election-rules-senate-race

Election rigging, voter suppression, for 40+ years, proving the Repugs know that they are the minority party nationally and can only win by cheating.

Hitler's Nazis were also the minority party, getting only 1/3 of the vote.

Nothing new under the sun

[ChumpDumper]

Just a reminder who lost.

1645262211902763009

[Hank Scorpio]

1645166667507351553

[FrostKing]

1645166667507351553
Settle down kneeler

[pgardn]

Settle down kneeler

Your team is making the targets son.
Quit lying and getting yourself in court so often.
Kneeling to an orange god is a problem.

[Winehole23]

Free speech defenders shutting down libraries. This is hardly the only case in Texas. I guess if you don't let Moms For Liberty busybodies run it like a personal fiefdom, they'll just close the doors to everybody


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[Blake]

Free speech defenders shutting down libraries. This is hardly the only case in Texas. I guess if you don't let Moms For Liberty busybodies run it like a personal fiefdom, they'll just close the doors to everybody


1645544467619893249

Jeez

[Winehole23]

Akin to filling up the public pool with cement rather than desegregating it.

[boutons_deux]

Missouri shitbags want to defund public libraries, classical FASCIST move

[boutons_deux]

GOP embraces a new foreign policy: Bomb Mexico to stop fentanyl

Republicans suggest everything from terrorist labels to an invasion to decimate drug cartels in Mexico.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/10/gop-bomb-mexico-fentanyl-00091132

[boutons_deux]

Florida Department of Health altered data to make vaccines look dangerous

Ladapo :lol

asserted that being vaccinated for COVID-19 resulted in an “increased risk for cardiac-related mortality” in the month following vaccination.

Even more astoundingly, that analysis claimed that

mRNA vaccines represented a “substantial” risk for both all-cause and cardiac-related deaths for men between 18 and 39. According to Ladapo ,

there was an “84% increase in the relative incidence of cardiac-related death” for men in that age group following vaccination with an mRNA vaccine.

As a result, the state of Florida officially recommended against men getting vaccinated for COVID-19.

DeSantis has repeatedly backed Ladapo’s recommendation.

The numbers from that state-controlled Florida “study” :lol

have become standard fare for anti-vaccine claims from Fox News to Robert Kennedy Jr. Kennedy

Ladapo ... scoffed at the “panic and fear” of other public health officials when it comes to COVID-19.


Because to get the numbers he wanted, Ladapo altered the results of the study,

leaving out what it really discovered:

“The risk associated with COVID-19 infection clearly outweighs any potential risks associated with mRNA vaccination.”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/8/2162824/-Florida-Department-of-Health-altered-data-to-make-vaccines-look-dangerous

Red states dominate with the highest rates of covid deaths

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covid19-death-rates-us-by-state/

[boutons_deux]

The modern NRA is designed to 'fortify for a race war' — and it's tearing the country apart


the National Rifle Association's modern political agenda is inextricably tied to the concept of a race war.

"You go back to, there was a guy named Harlon Carter, who was living on the border in Texas back in the 50s.

There was some racial tension with Mexicans nearby,

he ended up murdering a 15-year-old boy with a shotgun,

was convicted of murder, but then released from jail two years early because

the judge didn't explain to the juror the proper definition of self-defense. :lol

At that time, Harlon Carter went on to be the head of the NRA.

At the time, they pivoted from a club that was for marksmanship into a political wing that gave their first endorsement after 100 years of Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Now that's 180 million guns ago in this country.

The political force of that decision, who

took the NRA in a place to fortify for a race war instead of a civic gun safety organization, was a key moment in history."

https://www.rawstory.com/modern-nra/

[Winehole23]

holding the door open for fascism

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[Winehole23]

Today's big government conservatives, banning books, closing libraries and passing speech codes for schools.

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[Winehole23]

Yeah, this one was really crying out for a government solution.

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[Blake]

Yeah, this one was really crying out for a government solution.

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Such a government intrusive socialist bill. Must have been a Democrat that authored it.

[Winehole23]

Such a government intrusive socialist bill. Must have been a Democrat that authored it."social engineering"

[Winehole23]

Today's big government conservatives, banning books, closing libraries and passing speech codes for schools.

1645925612610002944"if books contrary to state ideology can be found there, the whole thing needs to be shut down"

[Winehole23]

This probably makes her more relatable to her aggrieved base, tbh. They have a hard time imagining that politics could be anything other than personal aggrandizement and punishment of political adversaries.

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[Winehole23]

Conservatives don't hate the coercive power of the state, they just want it all for themselves. The GOP has abandoned pluralist, multiethnic democracy in favor of permanent minority party rule.

Only one side counts, theirs. By definition, anyone outside the movement is a diabolical enemy of civilization per se, marked for future political purges and the stochastic violence of the sadistic Republican mob.

[Ef-man]

This probably makes her more relatable to her aggrieved base, tbh. They have a hard time imagining that politics could be anything other than personal aggrandizement and punishment of political adversaries.

1646145969086517251

To be fair, the question does not specify which governor nor timeframe nor which state, so there is that.

"What is an accomplishment of the Governor's that you admire the most?"

[ChumpDumper]

Our biggest regret in handing Democrats the biggest nonelection victory in this state's recent history is that we didn't make more women angry at us.

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[FrostKing]

https://youtu.be/3WDY-hlYSik

No idea of the context but saw this clip on social media. Looks like one of those Woke transformations where a healthy woman shaves her head, gets piercings and physically falls off a cliff

[ChumpDumper]

https://youtu.be/3WDY-hlYSik

No idea of the context but saw this clip on social media. Looks like one of those Woke transformations where a healthy woman shaves her head, gets piercings and physically falls off a cliff

"Man has hair."

[ElNono]

Parler Shuts Down As New Owner Says Conservative Platform Needs Big Revamp

Parler, the self-described "uncancelable free speech platform," has been sold and shut down while its new owner conducts a "strategic assessment (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/parler-shuts-down-as-new-owner-says-conservative-platform-needs-big-revamp/)." The platform will be back eventually, new owner Starboard says. The Parler website (https://parler.com/) is now a simple page containing only today's press release announcing the acquisition, which was completed without financial terms being disclosed. "No reasonable person believes that a Twitter clone just for conservatives is a viable business any more," the acquisition announcement said, promising a revamp.

"While the Parler app as it is currently constituted will be pulled down from operation to undergo a strategic assessment, we at Starboard see tremendous opportunities across multiple sectors to continue to serve marginalized or even outright censored communities -- even extending beyond domestic politics," the press release said. No timing for a return was mentioned. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Starboard founder and CEO Ryan Coyne said (https://www.wsj.com/articles/parler-set-to-be-shut-down-temporarily-by-new-owner-a88a51aa) that Parler is "going to take a breath of fresh air."

https://media4.giphy.com/media/6uSP9U0UwKc5a/200w.gif?cid=6c09b952klybv182e7kzz96euuuyqhkce30jk 9ptxk1vp12m&rid=200w.gif&ct=g

[FrostKing]

"Man has hair."
Do you have an explanation for his accent & demeanor?

I could but I'm not singling out Teams here. As an European this is fucking hilarious. American politics is a reality show.

[Splits]

Parler Shuts Down As New Owner Says Conservative Platform Needs Big Revamp

Parler, the self-described "uncancelable free speech platform," has been sold and shut down while its new owner conducts a "strategic assessment (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/parler-shuts-down-as-new-owner-says-conservative-platform-needs-big-revamp/)." The platform will be back eventually, new owner Starboard says. The Parler website (https://parler.com/) is now a simple page containing only today's press release announcing the acquisition, which was completed without financial terms being disclosed. "No reasonable person believes that a Twitter clone just for conservatives is a viable business any more," the acquisition announcement said, promising a revamp.

"While the Parler app as it is currently constituted will be pulled down from operation to undergo a strategic assessment, we at Starboard see tremendous opportunities across multiple sectors to continue to serve marginalized or even outright censored communities -- even extending beyond domestic politics," the press release said. No timing for a return was mentioned. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Starboard founder and CEO Ryan Coyne said (https://www.wsj.com/articles/parler-set-to-be-shut-down-temporarily-by-new-owner-a88a51aa) that Parler is "going to take a breath of fresh air."

https://media4.giphy.com/media/6uSP9U0UwKc5a/200w.gif?cid=6c09b952klybv182e7kzz96euuuyqhkce30jk 9ptxk1vp12m&rid=200w.gif&ct=g

Need a "Why are Republicans worried about Starboard buying Parler" thread

https://media.tenor.com/AQz3_zaiD14AAAAM/hysterical-laughter.gif

[ChumpDumper]

Do you have an explanation for his accent & demeanor?

I could but I'm not singling out Teams here. As an European this is fucking hilarious. American politics is a reality show.

You just singled out teams.

[FrostKing]

You just singled out teams.
You just made another short sentence.

[ChumpDumper]

You just made another short sentence.
In response to your four short sentences.

[Winehole23]

Priorities

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1647164459209854978/rvVbnVek?format=png&name=medium

[FrostKing]

In response to your four short sentences.
Do better. Be better. Don't just eat bandwidth.

[FrostKing]

Priorities

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1647164459209854978/rvVbnVek?format=png&name=medium
I've met Trans people that decided after 18 yrs old. The medication is really strong and showcases quick changes.

I will debate age of this stuff.

[ChumpDumper]

Do better. Be better. Don't just eat bandwidth.

Three short sentences.

[FrostKing]

I know a gorgeous Trans woman and she is still struggling with the dosage (after 7 years i think). Her opinion the doctors aren't specialist just signing off up or down. She feels major anxiety. Mood swings. Yes there has been suicide. She is top 1% of this community in her mid 20s in California and considered quitting because of the mental effects. She switched from pills to injection. Similiar problem.

[FrostKing]

I've never taken pills much and had few headaches so I'm not quite the person to advice.

[Blake]

I know a gorgeous Trans woman and she is still struggling with the dosage (after 7 years i think). Her opinion the doctors aren't specialist just signing off up or down. She feels major anxiety. Mood swings. Yes there has been suicide. She is top 1% of this community in her mid 20s in California and considered quitting because of the mental effects. She switched from pills to injection. Similiar problem.

So what's your point here?

[FrostKing]

So what's your point here?
In her opinion there should be a age limit.

[FrostKing]

When you transition the Male usually becomes infertile. This is a major decision.

[Winehole23]

Another Republican speech code

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[Ef-man]

Do better. Be better. Don't just eat bandwidth.



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[Blake]

In her opinion there should be a age limit.

What age?

[Winehole23]

Former traffic court lawyer sounds off

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[Adam Lambert]

Another Republican speech code

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These college safe spaces are getting out of control

[Winehole23]

Check the chapter for the context, it's pretty clear what Rep. Fine means. At a minimum this is koriwhat style wishing death and destruction on other people. At worst, it's homicidal swagger.

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[Winehole23]

legalizes exploitation of unaccompanied minor immigrants and immunizes the packing plant and restaurant lobbyists who wrote the law.

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[Ef-man]

legalizes exploitation of unaccompanied minor immigrants and immunizes the packing plant and restaurant lobbyists who wrote the law.

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This is fucked. It means kids will have to work 7 days a week to get in their 40 hour a week (with health insurance/paid vacation benefits) as full-time employees. Plus grandpa/grandma hours will be cut by these part-time, non-union scabs.

[Blake]

legalizes exploitation of unaccompanied minor immigrants and immunizes the packing plant and restaurant lobbyists who wrote the law.

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Well hey now we can make things America again for cheap like other poor countries

[Winehole23]

Priorities

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[Winehole23]

Old enough to carry a gun or their rapist's child, but too tender to have the existence of gay people mentioned in their presence.

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[Winehole23]

Theocratic virtue signaling

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[Blake]

Theocratic virtue signaling

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Lol I bet the average age of those senators was 70 and the average skin tone bright white.