Lobbying Group Rebrands As A Church To Hide Their Corruption

Right-wing think tank and political pressure group Family Research Council has abandoned its nonprofit status to save some tax dollars and is now filing with the IRS as a church. The group’s leader, Tony Perkins, is a former state lawmaker and ordained minister who takes responsibility for the Republican’s rightward push since the turn of the century and also serves as the ‘church’s religious leader’. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks.

Read more HERE: https://www.rawstory.com/family-resea…

“The Family Research Council’s multimillion-dollar headquarters sit on G Street in Washington, D.C., just steps from the U.S. Capitol and the White House, a spot ideally situated for its work as a right-wing policy think tank and political pressure group.

From its perch at the heart of the nation’s capital, the FRC has pushed for legislation banning gender-affirming surgery; filed amicus briefs supporting the overturning of Roe v. Wade; and advocated for religious exemptions to civil rights laws. Its longtime head, a former state lawmaker and ordained minister named Tony Perkins, claims credit for pushing the Republican platform rightward over the past two decades.

What is the FRC? Its website sums up the answer to this question in 63 words: “A nonprofit research and educational organization dedicated to articulating and advancing a family-centered philosophy of public life. In addition to providing policy research and analysis for the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government, FRC seeks to inform the news media, the academic community, business leaders, and the general public about family issues that affect the nation from a biblical worldview.”

In the eyes of the Internal Revenue Service, though, it is also a church, with Perkins as its religious leader.” ***

QAnon/GOP Senate Candidate Charged With Filing False Report Of Child Trafficking At Maryland Adult Bookstore

QAnon/GOP Senate Candidate Charged With Filing False Report Of Child Trafficking At Maryland Adult Bookstore

The republicans of today have no decency or sense of decorum. They don’t live in reality, they make stuff up and lie as well as they breath. They are gang thugs who think winning at any cost is the goal. If it harms those they don’t like that is a plus benefit for them. We can not let these people take over the government, we must vote Democrat in the midterm elections no matter what. We have to have a functioning government for the people, not an oligarchy that uses government to produce their profit at the expense of the public. Hugs

Baltimore’s CBS affiliate reports:

Ryan Dark White, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maryland under the name Jon McGreevey, has been arrested and charged with filing a false report after he allegedly told law enforcement an adult bookstore in Edgewood was forcing a young girl to perform sex acts on men, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office said.

The sheriff’s office now says the story was made up. “It is shameful that a candidate for public office would make up such a story and use it to further his own political agenda,” said Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey R. Gahler.

In April, a tipster provided information to detectives with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office that a man and a young girl between, 10-12 years old, entered an adult bookstore in the 3000 block of Pulaski Highway and the child was forced to perform sex acts on male customers, police said.

Law & Crime reports:

Sheriff Gahler added, “It is even more appalling that another individual, who is running for a law enforcement position, would embrace such an obviously false narrative in an effort to gain political traction – nothing more.” This swipe is apparently aimed at Andy Kuhl, who is running for Baltimore County sheriff as a Republican.

Kuhl told Law&Crime in an email that in his opinion, this was as political smear campaign against White–whom he called McGreevey–ahead of the upcoming primary.

In a statement, he called him a credible informant, told Law&Crime he showed up to the July 7 interview unannounced on White’s behalf, and accused detectives of strange behavior, such as messages about there being good news in the case. He told Law&Crime on the phone that he did not respond to those messages.

White/McGreevey reportedly told police that he was working at the bookstore as part of an undercover drug sting. That’s him with Kuhl in the video below.

A Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maryland has charged with filing a false report after he allegedly told law enforcement an adult bookstore in Edgewood was trafficking children.

Police say the story was made up. https://t.co/PKvBSfoeMi
— WJZ | CBS Baltimore (@wjz) July 16, 2022

K Elmquist • 13 hours ago

“It is shameful that a candidate for public office would make up such a story and use it to further his own political agenda,” said Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey R. Gahler.

Welcome to the New Republican Party.

Todd20036 K Elmquist • 12 hours ago

It’s not new, just the hoods are off

teeveedub K Elmquist • 11 hours ago

Making up stories to further their political agenda is all the Republicon party has. It’s their brand. This scumbag is just aligning himself with the party’s core values.

zhera • 12 hours ago

Soooo, he was caught at the bookstore and made up this crazy story to make himself look like a kristjun?

Tim 🇺🇦 • 13 hours ago

“White/McGreevey reportedly told police that he was working at the bookstore as part of an undercover drug sting.”

Dayglo Guest • 11 hours ago

Cops and politicians are always hassling that bookstore. (Or so I’ve been told)

Halou • 12 hours ago

It is okay for Republicans to go around with two names, the one they have on official records and one they chose for themselves, a nickname or whatever they’re more comfortable using.

A trans person choosing a name for themselves?
Oh, no that can’t be allowed. It would be “confusing”. It goes against someone else’s religious beliefs. I’ve even seen it said that trans people changing their names snarls up the legal system, somehow making it impossible to conduct a complete criminal background check if or when necessary to do so..

Sanders: Manchin Purposely Sabotages Biden’s Agenda

Sanders: Manchin Purposely Sabotages Biden’s Agenda

I watched the interview in real time. The host kept cutting him off. She did not want him to point out it was a deliberate attempt to sabotage the Biden term and she tried to stop Sanders from talking about how Manchin rakes in big money from donors to deny the public any benefits. Sanders explained how Manchin’s game is to draw everything out then kill it then let it start to repeat his prior actions. draw it out and delay anything getting done. He also explained that Manchin is not serious about cutting inflation just using it as a scare word because plans developed that he kills have all had things to cut inflation. I am not sure if is is all money or if Manchin thinks he should be president or what, but he really wants to take down Biden and the Democrats. I suspect it is because of the attempt to hold his daughter accountable for the horrific increase in price of the EpiPen when it shouldn’t have needed to be increased at all. Hugs

“He has sabotaged the president’s agenda. No, look, if you check the record, six months ago, I made it clear that you have people like Manchin – Sinema to a lesser degree – who are intentionally sabotaging the president’s agenda, what the American people want, what a majority of us in the Democratic Caucus want.

“Nothing new about this. And the problem was that we continue to talk to Manchin like he was serious. He was not. This is a guy who is a major recipient of fossil fuel money, a guy who has received campaign contributions from 25 Republican billionaires.

“In my humble opinion, Manchin represents the very wealthiest people in this country, not working families in West Virginia or America.” – Sen. Bernie Sanders, this morning on ABC This Week.

soylocomoco • 15 hours ago

I don’t think it takes a lot of deep thinking to see that Bernie is right about Manchin. He claims to be working towards a compromise but never gets there. We need a ton of blue votes in the midterms to override him, and then kick him to the curb.

Grimes soylocomoco • 15 hours ago

Manchin is the Lucy to Biden’s Charlie Brown

TrollopeReader soylocomoco • 15 hours ago

And if after last summer (when he knew Manchin’s bottom line)…Schumer is either clueless or impotent as majority leader. Or both. Same damn pattern …every time.

Guestfornow soylocomoco • 15 hours ago

Ton more blue votes
Hold him close.
Keep your enemies closer.
We will need him at some point
You just know if the left had 59 senators, the right would find a way to trick the left to go back and add the filibuster.

MTG: Non-Biological Parents Are “Fake Mom And Dad”

MTG: Non-Biological Parents Are “Fake Mom And Dad”

“So let’s talk about children. Children are in the greatest danger in America today because traditional family values are being destroyed.

“The idea that mom and dad together – not fake mom and fake dad, but biological mom and biological dad – can raise their children together and do what’s right for their children.

“Raising them to be confident in who they are and in their identity. Their identity that they’re a child by God.” – Marjorie Taylor Greene, speaking to far-right troll Alex Stein.

Stein first appeared on JMG in March 2022 for a deranged “assassinate Putin” rap before a Texas city council.

This week he made headlines for sexually harassing AOC on the steps of the Capitol. Since then he’s been rewarded with appearances on many right wing shows and podcasts. Like Greene, Stein is a COVID denialist.

So Amy Comey Barrett is a fake mom.

Got it https://t.co/vD6HJtDTHs
— Randolph Terrance (@realtalkforyou) July 16, 2022

As a step-dad and a husband to a woman who was adopted, I take issue with the terms "fake mom and fake dad" https://t.co/g0dM4O3cNp
— Anagram Man aka @ConserveLetters@mstdn.social (@ConserveLetters) July 16, 2022

I don’t tweet politics nor usually care about the rantings of a moron.
But as part of a family where we are blessed to have adopted members, her referring to non-biological parents as “fake mom and fake dad” is too offensive to ignore. https://t.co/3je5BTufme
— Glen Macnow (@RealGlenMacnow) July 16, 2022

KaneHau • 7 hours ago

I’m adopted. They made it clear to me as soon as I was able to understand that I was adopted.

Not like it wasn’t obvious… I’m brown, they were very white.

They were not Fake in any way.

Phil in Colorado KaneHau • 7 hours ago

I had a well-meaning co-worker who knew that I was married to a guy and had just adopted a baby who was mixed race. She asked if we were going to tell him he was adopted. I just looked at her until the light bulb came on. 🙂

cheakamus KaneHau • 5 hours ago

And above all, they chose you!

Caitlyn Haiku KaneHau • 4 hours ago

Actual family is based on who you care about and who cares about you, not who you might be biologically related to.

Sarah • 7 hours ago

Wait, don’t these wackos insist that outlawing abortion is fine because women can just give up said babies for adoption?

kcken Sarah • 7 hours ago

This!!! It’s like they don’t even listen to their own damn arguments. Christ they piss me off!!

amy cuscuriae Sarah • 7 hours ago

But those children created in sin must bear that for the rest of their lives: bastards. /s

zhera Sarah • 6 hours ago

That’s what they say. What they really want is to punish both the mother and the child for the mother’s sinful act.

Mark Cross • 7 hours ago • edited

So…stepparents, foster parents, and adoptive parents are fakes.

And of course, that makes the Virgin Mary’s Joseph a fake dad too.

moisturize me • 5 hours ago

When I think of fake dads, I’m more inclined to think of a Herschel Walker kind of dad that plays no role in their child’s life.

thatotherjean • 7 hours ago

I’m sure there are parents–re-married widows and widowers, divorced and re-married, parents of adopted children, and a dozen other combinations of parents who are not biological–who would be happy to disagree with you, Marge. This is why you sound like such an idiot when you speak, dear.