Soph0571
Soph0571's JournalThe next level stupidity is a feature not a bug
The KNOW how stupid their base is, with limited (mostly very limited) critical thinking skills, never mind just understanding words. Heh.
Some unbelievably f**ked up stuff happening here
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/18/republican-party-texas-convention-cornyn/
Requiring Texas students to learn about the humanity of the preborn child, including teaching that life begins at fertilization and requiring students to listen to live ultrasounds of gestating fetuses.
Amending the Texas Constitution to remove the Legislatures power to regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to prevent crime.
Treating homosexuality as an abnormal lifestyle choice, language that was not included in the 2018 or 2020 party platforms.
Deeming gender identity disorder a genuine and extremely rare mental health condition, requiring official documents to adhere to biological gender, and allowing civil penalties and monetary compensation to de-transitioners who have received gender-affirming surgery, which the platform calls a form of medical malpractice.
Changing the U.S. Constitution to cement the number of Supreme Court justices at nine and repeal the 16th Amendment of 1913, which created the federal income tax.
Ensuring freedom to travel by opposing Bidens Clean Energy Plan and California-style, anti-driver policies, including efforts to turn traffic lanes over for use by pedestrians, cyclists and mass transit.
Declaring all businesses and jobs as essential and a fundamental right, a response to COVID-19 mandates by Texas cities that required customers to wear masks and limited business hours.
Abolishing the Federal Reserve, the nations central bank, and guaranteeing the right to use alternatives to cash, including cryptocurrencies.
Emphasis mine
I know it is Texas but the proper theocratic cray cray has taken over the hate filled, misogynistic, homophobic asylum. Unless you want to live under his eye I would be getting out of dodge.
Handcart for Boris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/jun/18/handcart-from-hell-for-boris-johnson-cartoon
It is not funny though, we need a proper grown up in charge through what is going to be a horrid time for many and we have BoJo. It is not good enough.
Literally the UK Government
To be fair we have always had our issues on race and immigration, right? Tolerant rather than inclusive in policy terms, and much work was still to be done. But THIS? THIS? WTAF has happened that bitterly racist people are running this country and pandering openly to the worst impulses of white supremacist nationalists.
The cruelty and racism is the main feature. I want my country back.
The problem is that the psychopaths are in control in a cost of living crisis that they caused
A cost of living crisis they care not one jot to try and fix cause billions in profits, price gauging and dismantling society is a really good plan. NPV way more important than people choosing between heating and eating because of their policies. Later stage capitalism leaning into hungry and freezing children really really hard.
What is really at stake is the rule of law across the western alliance.
Trump and his sycophantic violent democracy destroying enablers have, with deadly intent, systematically pushed the boundaries of the American democratic system as far as they could, to see quite how far they can force the anti-democratic authoritarian envelope. It they are allowed to walk away from the insurrection consequence free they will subvert the next election, of course they will. It is an inevitability. What the JAN 6 hearing demonstrates is that violent insurrectionists, and their law making supporters in the GOP, at Trumps bidding, wanted to overthrow democracy. Luckily for everyone, they were amateur hour incompetent, like their dear leader, but next time round there is no guarantee that they will not have learned lessons about how to be more successful in their traitorous behaviour. Their perfidious seditious feet MUST be held to the fire of justice to ensure this cannot happen again.
The next few years for America are pivotal for everyone globally. If things continue on their current trajectory, a minority fascist, theocratic cray cray could get their hands on the levers of power again, and not trying to be a drama queen but if democracy goes down in the USA the western order is doomed, doomed I say!
Obama Issues Dire Call To Save Democracy From GOP Fascism
https://bipartisanreport.com/2022/06/11/obama-issues-dire-call-to-save-democracy-from-gop-fascism/
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The democracy stealers, the populists, the autocrats are emboldened right now. The post WW2 liberal settlement has never been under bigger threat. The historical memory of the horrors that came last time people got voted into power and then dismantled democratic norms seems to be really fading - and that is allowing horror shit show fascists risk all of us. They need to do one. From Putin, to BoJo, to Trump, to Hungary, Turkey and Brazil, these awful awful men need to be traduced from polite society.
That noise you can hear That right there ...is the will of the people.
https://twitter.com/MarinaPurkiss/status/1532667878826188801Listen to this
That noise you can hear
That right there
is the will of the people.
Never a worthier boo booed
Heh. The people that rock up to watch this kind of event - are not the people you want booing you if you plan to stay in Number 10. Tick tock
Missouri Senate candidate says he'll force Biden to replace Kamala Harris with Trump -- then resign
Specifically, he said that he will get Vice President Kamala Harris to resign, have President Joe Biden appoint Trump as vice president in her place, and then have Biden himself resign, putting Trump first in line to ascend to the presidency.
He did not specify how any of the steps of this would work, including how he would get Harris or Biden to resign or how he would persuade Biden to choose Trump as his vice president.
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/billy-long-2657448722/|]
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Has everyone on the right swallowed the qray qray pill? I think they must have - I do not think that there are any sane ones left at all. Any one with any sense of duty, morality or ethics looked left and right and did one after 2016 - and this is what they are left with qray qray to the bottom of their qrazy hate filled hearts.
Two ex-cops who violated George Floyd's civil rights want state trial moved
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"I've never had nor heard of a case in Minnesota with this much publicity," Paule said. "I don't know what other choice we have at this point (...)"
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Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank begged to differ, arguing that people across the state are aware of the case and that changing the venue would have little impact. "Very little has really changed since your honor denied previous motions," Frank said. He added that "we have faith in the ability of jurors to take their job seriously and do it fairly."
[link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/6/2/2101823/-Two-ex-cops-who-violated-George-Floyd-s-civil-rights-want-state-trial-moved-third-cop-pleads-guilty|]
It is the stench of unearned privilege, isn't it? These de-foulers come into urban areas to commit crimes all in the 'line of duty' and then they want the repercussions of their actions to be judged, not in the places where they committed their crimes, but in nice suburban enclaves of privilege = denying the communities they harmed having a say in justice. Surprise!
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