For those wondering what this is about last night I had finally had it. After weeks of patience mine was gone with the rabid right wingers. Two in particular, who simply ignore any evidence, lie, misinform, misdirect, and When backed into a corner move the goal post. Everything they disagree with is fake news and what ever they want to believe is fact. They are pushing conspiracies about everything and there is no nuance or shades of grey with them. They feel that all Democrats are one block out to destroy the country, rape the kids, and do all the evil. Republicans in their view are both the strongest people in the world and being cancelled while being pushed around by the tyrannical left. They make no sense and when I point that out that they have conflicted themself I am an evil liar out to destroy the US. Putin is right yet Biden is a weak doddering fool for not stopping him. Yes that was in the same paragraph. I told them both off, not that it did any good and now I am simply refusing to engage with them. While I am busy it seems all they do is spend time in the right wing comic sections picking fight non-stop. So denying them engagement is the best thing to hurt them.
Failed humans think wage suppression and labor exploitation are acceptable.
News has become clickbait for ratings.
Fascists of a feather.
Trump’s sycophantic idolatry is pathetic.
Trump has been on Team Russia for decades.
The weakest POS in the world: Trump
Russian owns the Republican Party.
Republicans are spineless swine, cemented minds.
Russia owns the Republican cowards.
People who attack Ukraine and people who attack the Capitol share the same leader.
We need an education revolution. We need more solidarity with our teachers. We need to counter reactionary parents and their cowardly agenda.
The sad thing is, for two years, we have been watching people crying and saying goodbye to loved ones that they will not see again… because someone didn’t wear a mask.
There’s no debate: FOX is a sister station for Russian state media.
NYPD does not need that much money. Defund and redistribute. Lower poverty. Lower crime.
Fascism is central to Republican politics.
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Misleading right wing media cartoons / memes
Russia invades Ukraine and we get this. Takes a special kind of ass to post this “toon” today as scores of lives are lost to Putin’s evil. He is so much worse than Putin. What’s next making restaurant workers wash their hands? How can we let this happen, we should attack Canada now to protect those poor truckers.
A few truckers, many antivax, QAnon conspiracy mongers and some funding from a foreign country (USA) were blocking major infrastructure / economy and major cities. The vast majority of Canadians did NOT support the idiots. The idiots brought 18 wheelers and were having a party. THis was NOT lawful protests. They were warned, warned again and then they were removed.
Oh…by the way, where are your Russian v Ukranian strips? Tell us the truth about a real situation of WAR!!!!
I can’t tell you the current sanctions regime will succeed, the the Trumpservative insistence that economic sanctions can’t work is ridiculous. The 1970s Arab oil embargo was nothing more of less than a regime of economic sanctions against the U.S. For its support of Israel in the 1973 war. It crippled the U.S. economy for nearly a decade and forced permanent policy changes.
Uneducated ignoramus Lisa Benson’s minimizing extremely severe sanctions as a “ding in a credit score” smacks of the same ignorant aid to our enemies as Trump praising his puppet master Putin’s war crimes as “savvy genius” for just “walking in” and taking over a “whole country” for the price of a “two dollar sanction.”
How ignorant does someone have to be not to understand the unprecedented step of massive sanctions on an unprecedented scale, going far beyond what any president has dared to impose in the past, and coordinated with virtually all European nations as well as many others, including international assets frozen (how will Mar-a-Lago make payroll?) for Russia as a nation, all the top OILigarchs as well as Putin himself (an unprecedented move), cutting off access to the international banking system, and further restrictions to trade and technology as well as direct sanctions on Putin, Foreign Minister Lavrov and the top OILigarchs?
Trump basically reduces war crimes to a real estate deal and both he and Lisa completely misrepresent these severe, unprecedented sanctions that will impose real pain.
The real question is, why are these people peddling such perverse misinformation for the purpose of supporting our enemies over our own government and our allies?
This was a cartoon on the misleading right wing media today. Gas prices were low because the demand for gas was very low with the world closed down and the factories not running. Now the world is opened up again. That is much better for the world to be up and running. The economy was slowing down and showing signs or regression in early 2019 as the fuel from the 2017 tax give away to the wealthy was burned through. Rather than invest that money in the country or more capacity the corporations spent it on stock buy backs and raising dividends. The US is as energy independent as it ever has been. That situation has not changed just the price of fuel has risen. Do you think US oil doesn’t rise when the rest of the worlds oil cost is rising? The US is still a net exporter. The borders are secure. Nothing has changed at the southern border. Those coming across it illegally are apprehended and deported. Those seeking asylum are being housed illegally in Mexico, and those seeking asylum with families are vetted given, court dates, and monitored in the country. tRump praised Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and called Putin a genius for doing it. China is still in check , nothing has changed.
The congresswoman from Georgia spoke at the America First Political Action Conference, organized by white nationalist “groyper” leader Nick Fuentes.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) speaks at a white nationalist conference Friday night in Orlando, Florida.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) spoke at a white nationalist conference in Florida on Friday evening.
Greene, a QAnon conspiracist and rabidly anti-trans Republican, was the surprise speaker at the third annual America First Political Action Conference in Orlando, organized by white nationalist figurehead Nick Fuentes.
Fuentes, an antisemite and racist who attended the deadly 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and who was recently subpoenaed for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, excitedly introduced Greene as the featured speaker from behind a lectern inside the Marriott Orlando World Center, according to a livestream of the event. (HuffPost was denied entrance to AFPAC.)
In her speech, Greene referred to the assembled AFPAC crowd — among them prominent right-wing extremists who have been photographed giving the Nazi salute and reciting the infamous “14 words,” a white supremacist slogan — as “canceled Americans.”
“You’ve been handed the responsibility to fight for our Constitution and stand for our freedoms, and stop the Democrats who are the communist party of the United States of America,” Greene said.
She also took time to attack transgender people, claiming Democrats have destroyed “gender” and “pronouns.”
Her speech was immediately followed by a series of virulently racist and homophobic diatribes from prominent extremists.
“They want to replace you,” said Vincent James Foxx, a former propagandist for the white supremacist street-fighting club Rise Above Movement. “Western white culture is the majority culture, to which even non-whites assimilate into today — and they’re better off for it.”
Then far-right podcaster Stew Peters called for the execution of Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, whom he falsely blamed for causing the coronavirus pandemic.
“Tony Fauci literally unleashed a bio weapon on the world. Why is this man running around free instead of hanging on the end of a noose somewhere?”
The crowd roared.
Greene’s presence at AFPAC underscores the thin line separating the Republican Party from the white nationalist extremist movement in America. Greene, after all, was not the only public official who spoke at AFPAC on Friday night.
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), who spoke at last year’s AFPAC, made an appearance via a pre-recorded video, as did Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers and Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, both Republicans.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) poses for a picture with a Donald Trump supporter at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, on Friday. Greene later spoke at AFPAC.
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Greene is also scheduled to speak Saturday morning from the main stage of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the pre-eminent annual gathering of the conservative movement in America, a few hours before former President Donald Trump is set to speak from the same stage.
HuffPost also spotted Greene at CPAC on Friday — only a few miles from the site of AFPAC — where she was treated like a celebrity, posing for photos and conducting interviews with right-wing media outlets.
Last year, Greene was stripped of her committee assignments for promoting violence against Democrats.
The Left’s worst nightmare is an informed parent. And in places like Florida and Missouri, legislators are doing everything they can to build an army of them.
For conservatives in the Sunshine State, it’s been a rocky road with the media and Democrats—who seem determined to misrepresent the legislation they’ve introduced.
Even President Joe Biden weighed in, calling it “hateful” to give parents a voice in their children’s education.
As usual, the proposal has nothing to do with LGBT discrimination. That’s a convenient talking point for a party who hasn’t found a way to combat parents’ newfound influence in education.
Dubbed the “don’t say gay” bill by the Left, Florida State Rep. Joe Harding’s (R) proposal is actually aimed at transparency (not that anyone would get that honest assessment from the radical media).
Florida Republicans want to give all parents the right—and means—to sue the school district if they aren’t getting the information they need.
If a mom or dad can’t afford to hire an attorney, the state board of education would hire a magistrate and pay for it.
FRC Action has been proud to be a part of that movement, encouraging parents through events like our School Board Boot Camp.
This weekend, we’re taking the training on the road to Lynchburg, Virginia for a special education summit with the Noah Webster Educational Foundation. The goal is to replicate that in more and more states.
Maybe you aren’t on the local school board. Maybe you don’t have kids in the public school. You can still use your voice: in the debate and in prayer for these state efforts and parents, fighting to bring light to a dark world.
Ducey: A GOP senator with white nationalist ties is ‘still better than’ a Democrat
Gov. Doug Ducey said he has no regrets about spending $500,000 to elect a Republican state senator with open ties to the white nationalist movement because it’s still better than having a Democrat in her seat.
“I’m proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish. And she’s still better than her opponent, Felicia French,” he said Thursday.
Ducey’s political action committee, Arizonans for Strong Leadership, spent millions in 2020 to help the GOP maintain control of the legislature, including nearly $500,000 to help Republican Wendy Rogers win the race for the District 6 Senate seat in northern Arizona. Rogers won nearly 55% of the vote against Democrat Felicia French, a victory that kept the Senate in GOP hands by a single vote.
Since taking office, Rogers has become known for openly embracing the white nationalist wing of the Republican Party, including the “groyper” movement. That movement emerged after the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017, with the goal of pushing the GOP further into the white nationalists orbit and making the movement’s far-right views more acceptable to the American mainstream.
One of the leaders of the groyper movement is Nick Fuentes, a Holocaust denier with a history of making racist and anti-Semitic remarks. Rogers is openly supportive of Fuentes, and was listed as a speaker at his America First Political Action Conference III this weekend.
Asked if he’s still happy with his decision to aid Rogers’ campaign, Ducey on Thursday emphasized to reporters that he needs a governing majority in the legislature. Republicans have only a 16-14 majority in the Senate, which would have become a 15-15 split had Rogers lost her race.
Asked for his thoughts on the wing of the Republican Party that Rogers represents, Ducey reiterated, “She’s better than Felicia French.”
French spent 32 years in the Army and Arizona National Guard, where she worked her way up from private to colonel. A registered nurse, she is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan and has worked as a medical evacuation helicopter pilot.
Arizona state Rep. Wendy Rogers admits to pushing the Big Lie and other right-wing conspiracies in order to move "the Overton Window" in an effort to make her radical right-wing views more mainstream. https://t.co/coqu42cUuFpic.twitter.com/GcbnmFnLuK
Had a great time speaking to the Cottonwood Oathkeepers tonight. I am a member of the Oathkeepers and I really like their dedication to our Constitution and to our country. Thank you for having me! pic.twitter.com/7CCBY77tQg
Some of these liberal journalists have been super respectful to me. While we disagree they try to be unbiased even though I know they aren't, they still try. But others are straight up attack dogs for Soros. Oppo digging thugs. The latter need to be run out of Arizona.
I truly think I am going to hire Lin Wood to sue you and @brahmresnik. Lin is the best defamation lawyer in the NATION. Be ready. https://t.co/OrcFXR0MPN
.@brahmresnik is vile scum calling me a white nationalist. Racist and anti-Christian. He hates Christian Americans. He is a Canadian. Go back to Canada, Brahm. The worst loser in the entire state.
Engineering degrees offer the biggest payday, according to the New York Federal Reserve’s latest study of salaries for recent college graduates.
The top 10 majors earning the most five years from graduation are all related to engineering — except for computer science, which ranks fifth out of all majors. Of that top 10, the average yearly salary is just over $68,000, with computer engineering paying $74,000 in median wages — the most of all majors.
The bottom 10 majors after five years are mostly liberal arts degrees, and they all pay less than $40,000 in wages right after college. In some cases, the lower-ranked majors pay almost less than half of what the best-paying majors earn.
For comparison’s sake, a minimum wage job that pays $15 per-hour works out to $31,200 in yearly wages, if you were to work 40 hours every week. That pay is nearly on par with what you’d earn for a college major in family and consumer sciences — a life-skills college degree that ranks the worst in terms of median pay within five years of graduation, with yearly wages of $32,000.
Four majors — family and consumer sciences, the performing arts, general social sciences and social services — actually pay less than the median salary of $35,805 for full-time workers in the U.S., regardless of education, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
The good news is that most college majors still offer greater earning potential compared to a high school degree. The median wage for college grads ages 22-27 is $52,000, compared to a median wage of $30,000 for workers with no college degrees.
Plus, all college graduates’ salaries improve over time, regardless of major. The study tracked “mid-career” ages for graduates between 35-45, and found that the average pay for all majors goes from $46,891 to $74,123 in that time.
However, the top and bottom rankings remain consistent for both early and mid-career college graduates, with engineers at the top and liberal arts and education majors at the bottom. The gap in wages also increases over time, as top mid-career earners make about $100,000 while bottom-ranked earners make less than $60,000. This includes family and consumer sciences majors, who earn a median mid-career salary of $51,000.
I just watched a verified video of a Russian tank swerve across the road to run over and sit on a car going the other way on the road. The intent was clear to kill by crushing the people in the car. It looks like the man survived. But that is a war crime. You do not target or try to kill civilians that are no threat to you. You simply don’t try to deliberately kill civilians. The US and the nations must use everything we can to stand up to Putin.
Gods this is like me arguing with the right wing cult members. I can not count how many times I have been called evil for quoting facts.
The pipeline wouldn’t have helped the US oil situation at all. If it was running they projected 75% of the oil was going to overseas markets, and 25% was to be charged as an import. Meaning that when oil prices went up so would the oil in the pipeline and we still have to pay more. For some reason the right acts like it is free oil given to us that Biden cancelled, it never was that.
“US Senator Elizabeth Warren put the pieces together when Fed chair Jerome Powell appeared last month before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. Offering a lesson in what she referred to as “Econ 101,” the senator from Massachusetts led Powell through a series of questions related to inflation.
“If you’re a corporation that has eaten up most of the competition and cornered the market, is it easier for you to raise prices on your customers and maximize your profits because you don’t have to worry about losing your business?” asked Warren.
Powell replied, “In principle, if you don’t have competition and you’re a monopolist, yes, you can raise your prices.”
“Okay,” Warren continued. “Over the past year, we know that prices have risen because of supply chain problems, unexpected shifts in the demand for goods, and even higher labor costs. But if corporations were simply passing along these costs in highly competitive markets, would the companies’ profits margins have changed much?”
After mumbling something about varying factors that impact such calculations, Powell concluded, “But, in principle, you could be right.”
With that answer in hand, the point was made:
Senator Warren: Well, it’s very much not what we’re seeing right now. Today, nearly two out of three of the biggest publicly traded corporations in the country are reporting fatter profit margins than they reported before the pandemic which doesn’t sound like they’re just passing along costs. So let me ask you: Does that increase in profit margins, combined with greater market concentration in industry after industry, suggest to you that some corporations may be passing along increased costs and, at the same time, charging more on top of that to fatten their profit margins?
Warren made the vital connection that all Democrats should be making as debates about the causes of inflation heat up. Instead of letting Wall Street apologists create the impression that inflation is simply the result of supply chain kinks and pent-up consumer demand after two years of pandemic lockdowns, and instead of letting Republicans suggest that federal and state investments in health care and housing are the problem, Democrats should be speaking like Warren. And like former Ohio state senator Nina Turner, a congressional candidate who declared Thursday: It’s not “inflation,” it’s price-gouging.Exxon and other Big Oil corporations are price-gouging us at the gas pump.Grocery chains are making record profits price-gouging us at the register.Corporations are bleeding working people dry. Enough.
In 2001, President George Bush issued a truly astounding appraisal of Vladimir Putin, the former KGB agent who has run Russia since replacing Boris Yeltsin in 1999. “I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy. We had a very good dialogue. I was able to get a sense of his soul; a man deeply committed to his country and the best interests of his country.”
Sure. Ukrainians are dying and you’re complaining about this. That’s your right, but it makes you look pretty self centered, don’t you agree? Maybe inflation would be better if your shithead POTUS Trump hadn’t screwed up the economy with a trade war with China. If you don’t see the huge problem with Russia invading Ukraine, you have a problem
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Uneducated ignoramus Lisa Benson’s minimizing extremely severe sanctions as a “ding in a credit score” smacks of the same ignorant aid to our enemies as Trump praising his puppet master Putin’s war crimes as “savvy genius” for just “walking in” and taking over a “whole country” for the price of a “two dollar sanction.”
How ignorant does someone have to be not to understand the unprecedented step of massive sanctions on an unprecedented scale, going far beyond what any president has dared to impose in the past, and coordinated with virtually all European nations as well as many others, including international assets frozen (how will Mar-a-Lago make payroll?) for Russia as a nation, all the top OILigarchs as well as Putin himself (an unprecedented move), cutting off access to the international banking system, and further restrictions to trade and technology as well as direct sanctions on Putin, Foreign Minister Lavrov and the top OILigarchs?
Trump basically reduces war crimes to a real estate deal and both he and Lisa completely misrepresent these severe, unprecedented sanctions that will impose real pain.
The real question is, why are these people peddling such perverse misinformation for the purpose of supporting our enemies over our own government and our allies?