Gov. Jared Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor, expressed concern for LGBTQ youth.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis criticized the GOP for latching onto an issue “the American people have long move past” and accused the party of “overreach.” | David Zalubowski/AP Photo
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor, criticized the push for anti-LGBTQ laws in Republican-led states.
“Look, words matter. Laws matter. When a group of people, LGBTQ youth, feel targeted by the words and laws that some politicians espouse, of course, it can increase anxiety, depression,” he said during an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.
Just six weeks into 2022, more than 150 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced across the country, according to USA Today. States such as Florida are going as far as prohibiting classroom discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity and requiring teachers to inform parents of their child’s sexuality if they identify as LGBTQ.
Polis expressed concern for the youth that might be affected by that type of legislation, many of whom already are dealing with challenges with their family. Eighty-five percent of transgender and nonbinary youth said their mental health was negatively impacted by the surge of anti-trans bills, according to a recent Morning Consult and Trevor Project poll
The governor criticized the GOP for latching onto an issue “the American people have long move past” and accused the party of “overreach.”
“These hard policies about saying certain youth can’t play sports, and certain people aren’t allowed in certain places, or micromanaging what restroom people use and mandating what they do are really, frankly, un-American and are an example of Republican overreach, which will ultimately hurt their party, if they can’t espouse the full diversity of the American people,” he said.
Cruz is craven. He is straight outlying about the situation and misinforming his base. I am sick of this shit. Why is Cruz trying to help Putin? What kompromat do the Russians have on him. Remember after tRump insulted his wife and father Cruz kissed his ass and carried water for him. I am sick of a Republican party that can not even put the good of the country and the thousands of lives that are at risk if an invasion happens. The base report is at least 50,000 deaths at the start. Of course, the Republicans don’t seem bothered by over 900,000 US deaths from Covid. Let’s address the demand Republicans have to put sanctions of Russia before an invasion. If we do that Putin has no reason to not invade, the punishment has already begun. Plus it takes a tool away from Biden that he is holding over Putin’s head to stop an invasion. Don’t think that this is Cruz acting out of concern for the people, he is acting on the hopes of the oil & gas industry that know they would be able to sell their higher priced oil to those places that Russia was providing oil & gas to.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) blasted President Biden on Sunday for what he described as his enabling of Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine, saying Biden’s presidency was the “best thing” that had happened for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Fox News Channel anchor Bill Hemmer asked Cruz during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” if he believes the White House’s approach to the situation at the Ukrainian border has worked so far.
“No, it hasn’t worked at all. If you look at what the Ukrainians want, they’ve been very explicit,” Cruz said. “They’ve asked the United States explicitly, ‘Put sanctions on Nord Stream 2, right now, today.’ Joe Biden could do that this morning. He refuses to do it. And they said, number two, provide lethal military aid, give us the weapons to defend ourselves.”
Cruz argued that Senate support for sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has changed solely because of who is sitting in the Oval Office and accused Democrats of voting “in favor” of Russia.
“Joe Biden came to Capitol Hill and personally lobbied Democratic senators to vote against Russian sanctions. That’s why we’re facing this invasion. I gotta say Bill, Joe Biden becoming president is the best thing that ever happened, tragically, for Vladimir Putin,” said Cruz.
The Biden administration has vowed to issue “unprecedented” and “crippling” sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine. On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Western governments to issue preemptive sanctions against Moscow.
Biden said last week that he was “convinced” that Russia was planning on invading Ukraine, though members of his administration have said that diplomatic paths toward deescalation are still on the table.
55-44:Senate defeats Senator Ted Cruz's Russia Nord Stream 2 pipeline sanctions bill.60 votes were needed. 6 Democrats Baldwin, Cortez Masto, Hassan, Kelly, Rosen & Warnock voted Yes w/all Republicans except Paul.Schatz has COVID & missed vote,which was held open for nearly 7hrs. pic.twitter.com/aJ0jQkn3mH
Hello Annie. A great post and the picture at the start really points out the Republicans refusal to do anything that might help the people of the country. As you point out, their main concern is not the public but the large corporations. For those Playtime viewers who do not yet know of Annie’s blog I strongly recommend checking it out. I enjoy the blog and the commentary.
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It’s ironic that Fox is so outraged by the media properly passing on the Durham probe fabrications, when they are so flagrantly ignoring the real story about Trump’s financial corruption. It’s just more proof that Fox has never been a news network. And it’s why their audience is so pitifully uninformed, or even worse, misinformed, about everything from the Biden economic boom, to the COVID pandemic, to the 2020 presidential election, and so much more. They are the “New Ignorati.” And that’s exactly how Fox News wants them.
Fox News has been completely distorting the Durham Nothingburger to falsely claim that it proves that Hillary Clinton was spying on Trump. There is no truth to that whatsoever, and the filing doesn’t even make that allegation. But that didn’t stop Sean Hannity from fictionalizing the story.
The Sussman indictment – and I’ve been saying this since it dropped because of a lack of materiality and unclear charges – will probably be dismissed before it even goes to trial. I describe this latest Durham stunt as “Kash Patel garbage in, Kash Patel garbage out, and then Trump threatening to kill people as a result. It’s that simple.”
No one from Clinton’s campaign ordered spying or hacking. No spying or hacking took place. A contractor that was tasked with analyzing DNS queries on government networks. They brought in a lawyer who works on cybersecurity matters to bring what they thought was suspicious activity to the attention of national security agencies. One of Bill Barr’s hacks claims the lawyer didn’t tell the FBI he had also done work for the DNC. The lawyer has proof that the FBI was well aware that he had worked for the DNC.
Minnesota Freedom Fund. The Minnesota Freedom Fund is working to end the discriminatory, coercive, and oppressive policy of cash bail, which criminalizes poverty and takes a disproportionate toll on communities of color. It is a well known problem that poor people spend more time in prison than those with money to pay bail. Justice shouldn’t depend on your income. Bail was used to insure a person will show up in court. But it has become a punitive measure used to harm people. Bail was not to be used as punishment but it is being used that way. Remember that a person is considered innocent until judged at trial.
The misleading right wing media wants to convince everyone that their favorite boogieman was spying on tRump. Fact is that was not true. Neither John Durham nor anyone else for that matter had actually provided any evidence of any such crime, let alone even suggested it. … (T)he actual reason that the “LameStream” media hadn’t covered the story was likely because, as the Times notes: (1) Sussmann’s conversation with the CIA had already been reported last October (2) Durham never once said anything about the White House being “infiltrate[d]” (3) the special counsel also never claimed the Clinton campaign had paid Joffe’s company and (4) perhaps most importantly, “the filing never said the White House data that came under scrutiny was from the Trump era.” In fact, lawyers for the data scientist who helped develop the data analysis in question, say this happened during— wait for it—Barack Obama’s presidency.
Almost a million Americans are dead, more reported Covid fatalities than any other country in the world. Yet some accuse leaders of doing too much.
S Kelley believes the Fox narrative. They really want her to run and tell everyone else she is. She lives rent free in all their heads. Conservatives just can’t get over the fact that Hillary won the popular vote in ‘16
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It’s ironic that Fox is so outraged by the media properly passing on the Durham probe fabrications, when they are so flagrantly ignoring the real story about Trump’s financial corruption. It’s just more proof that Fox has never been a news network. And it’s why their audience is so pitifully uninformed, or even worse, misinformed, about everything from the Biden economic boom, to the COVID pandemic, to the 2020 presidential election, and so much more. They are the “New Ignorati.” And that’s exactly how Fox News wants them.
Fox News has been completely distorting the Durham Nothingburger to falsely claim that it proves that Hillary Clinton was spying on Trump. There is no truth to that whatsoever, and the filing doesn’t even make that allegation. But that didn’t stop Sean Hannity from fictionalizing the story.
The Sussman indictment – and I’ve been saying this since it dropped because of a lack of materiality and unclear charges – will probably be dismissed before it even goes to trial. I describe this latest Durham stunt as “Kash Patel garbage in, Kash Patel garbage out, and then Trump threatening to kill people as a result. It’s that simple.”