US Politics

[iHeart]

Are you kidding me? they shouldn't book politicians on the show (I hope he wasn't one of the ones on Team Cuddly)

 

https://tvline.com/2022/02/02/rudy-giuliani-the-masked-singer-season-7-ken-jeong-robin-thicke-protest/

[JCon]

 

[JCon]

This is what the GOP and (now) CPC are hoping for:

 

[HardCoreBlue]

4 minutes ago, JCon said:

This is what the GOP and (now) CPC are hoping for:

 

Wow. Just wow. Disturbing. These people are raising part of the next generation of Human Beings.

For all you Bomber/Jet fan lurkers on this site who would support something like this or would say something like 'I get why they're doing this' show yourself. I know you're lurking around wanting to post your cleverness.

Educate us dumb bots, us dumb libtards, us Wokestors, us sheeple who are the exact opposite of Maga supporters. Shine your light on the 'truth'. Show us your best Theo Fleury.  

Let's get into this if you're so confident in your 'research', you're acute ability to get at what's really going on here and anyone who counters is just plain stupid.

FFS. 

[JCon]

They're banning books in schools because they are so ashamed of their own history that they are afraid to teach their children about it. Banning the books is the first step. As soon as they realize that people can still find them and read them, they'll ban their sale. In time, they'll just burn them to be certain. It's all been done before. 

[Tracker]

1 hour ago, JCon said:

They're banning books in schools because they are so ashamed of their own history that they are afraid to teach their children about it. Banning the books is the first step. As soon as they realize that people can still find them and read them, they'll ban their sale. In time, they'll just burn them to be certain. It's all been done before. 

I cannot recall the state, but apparently an atheistic group has filed a lawsuit demanding that the Bible be removed from all schools for its promotion of incest, human sacrifice, killing of dissidents who wear the wrong clothes or plant the wrong crops, slavery and genocide.

Edited February 3, 2022 by Tracker

[bustamente]

Better double up that order of Adult diapers at Mar A Lago, Trump is starting to squirm.

 

[HardCoreBlue]

Just now, bustamente said:

Better double up that order of Adult diapers at Mar A Lago, Trump is starting to squirm.

 

Is it squirming or is it just his usual drivel that helps collect ongoing capital from his ‘well informed’ followers?

[Tracker]

35 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Is it squirming or is it just his usual drivel that helps collect ongoing capital from his ‘well informed’ followers?

In any case, Trump turning on Pence and demanding that Pence be investigated should motivate Pence to tell all. In doing so, he may well torpedo his own political aspirations, but if you lie down with dogs, you are gonna get fleas.

[bustamente]

 

[HardCoreBlue]

2 hours ago, Tracker said:

In any case, Trump turning on Pence and demanding that Pence be investigated should motivate Pence to tell all. In doing so, he may well torpedo his own political aspirations, but if you lie down with dogs, you are gonna get fleas.

Please sir May you be right. 

[Mark F]

lol.... dont expect too much from Mr Biden. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 4, 2022 by Mark F

[bustamente]

I had almost forgotten what an idiot Trump was and is

 

Edited February 4, 2022 by bustamente

[JCon]

Literate vs Illiterate. 

No wonder the GOP bans books. They can't read them. 

 

[Tracker]

Mike Pence: Trump is "wrong" that he could have overturned 2020 election

Former Vice President Mike Pence had some choice words for his previous boss Friday — saying Donald Trump was "wrong" to insist earlier this week that Pence had the power to overturn the 2020 election and that the Republican Party should move on from the twice-impeached ex-president's continuing crusade to falsely cast doubt upon his loss to Joe Biden.

"President Trump is wrong," Pence told a group of conservative lawyers gathered in Florida for a Federalist Society event, according to The New York Times. "I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American people and the American people alone."

"And frankly, there is no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president," he added.

The statement marks by far Pence's strongest rebuke of Trump in the year since the duo left office. The former vice president has largely kept silent about the pressure campaign against him by Trump and his allies in the White House, saying simply that they did not "see eye to eye" about the events and choosing not to cast any blame for inciting the deadly Capitol attack onto the former president.

Now, however, Pence's tune appears to be shifting after what appears to be an accidental admission earlier this week from Trump, in which he released a statement which said his ultimate goal was indeed to "overturn" the election (though he did attempt to walk back the language in a subsequent statement, saying he instead wanted to "send back the votes for recertification or approval").

Mike Pence: Trump is "wrong" that he could have overturned 2020 election | Salon.com

[Tracker]

Oklahoma teachers could be sued for $10K for teaching anything that contradicts students' religious beliefs
   
A Republican lawmaker in Oklahoma has proposed a controversial piece of legislation that would give parents the right to file lawsuits against teachers who teach lessons that contradict the religious vies of a student.

According to WBNS, Senate Bill (SB) 1470, written by "Students' Religious Belief Protection Act," is a proposal presented by Sen. Rob Standridge (R-Okla.).

The bill focuses on "prohibiting public school from employing or contracting with certain persons; authorizing parent to bring certain action; providing sequence of remedies for certain action; providing exception to application of The Governmental Tort Claims Act; providing for non-codification; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency."

Standridge's proposal reads, "No public school of this state, as defined pursuant to Section 1-106 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall employ or contract with a person that promotes positions in the classroom or at any function of the public school that is in opposition to closely held religious beliefs of students."

If a teacher is sued, they will have no options to receive help to pay the penalty. However, the proposed law offers no clarity on which religious beliefs would be included. The bill comes as Republican lawmakers and conservative-leaning organizations across the country work to control what is being taught in classrooms. National debates have erupted about whether or not critical race theory (CRT), sexuality, and politics should be discussed in school.

On February 7, lawmakers will hear the proposal at the beginning of the Oklahoma Legislative Session.

Oklahoma teachers could be sued for $10K for teaching anything that contradicts students' religious beliefs - Alternet.org

[the watcher]

On 2022-02-03 at 5:26 PM, HardCoreBlue said:

Is it squirming or is it just his usual drivel that helps collect ongoing capital from his ‘well informed’ followers?

 " Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."  - Voltaire

[Tracker]

Erik Prince raised funding for effort to spy on Democratic, progressive, and anti-Trump GOPers
   
Erik Prince, an ally to former President Donald Trump and the former CEO of a security firm previously named Blackwater, reportedly helped raise funding for an effort designed to surveil Democratic, progressive and anti-Trump Republican candidates head of the 2018 midterm elections.

On Tuesday, February 8, The New York Times released a report consisting of documents and interviews that detailed Prince's role in the surveillance effort. Prince reportedly conducted a meeting with British spy Richard Seddon as they allegedly worked to dig up incriminating information on opposing politicians across multiple states.

Since Seddon previously served as an unofficial advisor to Trump administration advisors, the report sheds light on the connection between the Trump administration and the spy effort.
The report also reveals Susan Gore, founder of the right-wing organization, Wyoming Liberty Group and heir to the Gore-Tex waterproof brand, had become the main financial supporter of the effort.

Per NY Times:

"Mr. Prince took on the role of celebrity pitchman, according to interviews and documents, raising money for Mr. Seddon’s spying operation, which was aimed at gathering dirt that could discredit politicians and activists in several states. After Mr. Prince and Mr. Seddon met in August 2018 with Susan Gore, a Wyoming heiress to the Gore-Tex fortune, Ms. Gore became the project’s main benefactor."
The group reportedly developed a plan to begin their efforts in Gore's home state of Wyoming and eventually expand to more states including Arizona and Colorado.

Former Wyoming lawmaker Marti Halverson also provided the group with a shortlist of specific targets that they'd planned to surveil. Those individuals include: Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R), who is referred to as a RINO; John Cox, who previously served as the director of Wyoming's Department of Workforce Service; and Scott Talbott, the former director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

[HardCoreBlue]

22 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Erik Prince raised funding for effort to spy on Democratic, progressive, and anti-Trump GOPers
   
Erik Prince, an ally to former President Donald Trump and the former CEO of a security firm previously named Blackwater, reportedly helped raise funding for an effort designed to surveil Democratic, progressive and anti-Trump Republican candidates head of the 2018 midterm elections.

On Tuesday, February 8, The New York Times released a report consisting of documents and interviews that detailed Prince's role in the surveillance effort. Prince reportedly conducted a meeting with British spy Richard Seddon as they allegedly worked to dig up incriminating information on opposing politicians across multiple states.

Since Seddon previously served as an unofficial advisor to Trump administration advisors, the report sheds light on the connection between the Trump administration and the spy effort.
The report also reveals Susan Gore, founder of the right-wing organization, Wyoming Liberty Group and heir to the Gore-Tex waterproof brand, had become the main financial supporter of the effort.

Per NY Times:

"Mr. Prince took on the role of celebrity pitchman, according to interviews and documents, raising money for Mr. Seddon’s spying operation, which was aimed at gathering dirt that could discredit politicians and activists in several states. After Mr. Prince and Mr. Seddon met in August 2018 with Susan Gore, a Wyoming heiress to the Gore-Tex fortune, Ms. Gore became the project’s main benefactor."
The group reportedly developed a plan to begin their efforts in Gore's home state of Wyoming and eventually expand to more states including Arizona and Colorado.

Former Wyoming lawmaker Marti Halverson also provided the group with a shortlist of specific targets that they'd planned to surveil. Those individuals include: Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R), who is referred to as a RINO; John Cox, who previously served as the director of Wyoming's Department of Workforce Service; and Scott Talbott, the former director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

Nowadays it seems you don't even need to do much legwork when digging up real dirt on someone. Just make **** up, lie, spew it out using many different channels and voices and voilà media grabs onto it packages it as controversial, damage done. 

[Tracker]

From SCOTUS to "critical race theory": There's no law or fact the GOP feels bound to respect now.  The Supreme Court guts the Voting Rights Act while conservatives erase the history that necessitated its passage

Two stories straight out of Alabama this week really encapsulate how the panic over "critical race theory," the war on schools and the war on democracy itself are all a piece of a singular racist right wing movement. Last week, AL.com reported that school officials across the state say parents are freaking out over the very existence of Black History Month, accusing schools of promoting "critical race theory" by mentioning it or honoring it in any way. And on Monday, the Supreme Court declined to enforce the 1965 Voting Rights Act in response to a plainly racist gerrymander in Alabama, on the grounds that doing so would interfere with the state's control of their elections systems. Yes, even though federal oversight of state election systems is literally what the Voting Rights Act was designed to do. 

It's been 13 months since Donald Trump incited an insurrection on the Capitol, one that was clearly driven by white supremacy and the belief that the votes of Black Americans simply shouldn't count as much as those of white people. There continues to be a struggle between various factions of the GOP over how to portray the violent insurrection itself — to call it a glorious MAGA revolution or pretend it was a random event unconnected to the larger party — but these two stories show the sentiment that drove it has now taken root in every corner of the GOP. From the school board to the Supreme Court, Republicans are determined to stomp out anything that stands in the way of white supremacy, from history to the law to democracy itself. 

From SCOTUS to "critical race theory": There's no law or fact the GOP feels bound to respect now | Salon.com

[iHeart]

how did this site go from funding the medical and funeral costs of the Humboldt Broncos players and staff  to funding stupid alt right movements

https://deadline.com/2022/02/gofundme-invetigations-freedom-convoy-texas-ron-desantis-florida-west-virginia-1234927300/

[bustamente]

Navarro confesses to a coup on tv, that's a subpoena, smoke bomb now claims privilege, 1/6 committee says don't care 

Edited February 10, 2022 by bustamente

[HardCoreBlue]

I ‘love’ when some members of media takes an obviously blatant bad behaviour, dresses it up in softer language and asks it like is it bad behaviour, did someone do something wrong?
 

‘When HardCoreBlue mishandled his documents that were needed for an investigation in his part of an criminal act, were these actions of mishandling inappropriate?’

Such hard hitting ‘journalism’.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oklahoma-considers-database-for-pregnant-people-as-roe-hangs-in-the-balance_n_61fc17dee4b0725faac6d865

[the watcher]

2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oklahoma-considers-database-for-pregnant-people-as-roe-hangs-in-the-balance_n_61fc17dee4b0725faac6d865

Crazy stuff. You can't tell me where I can go with my unvaccinated body but I can have absolute control over your pregnant one.