A short round up as I start a new post to catch the Friday to Sunday bunch.

How do you say you’re a bigot, without saying you’re a bigot?

Watch @RepAndyHarrisMD try to pull it off: ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/9EcuJUtvvg
— Rep. Mark Pocan (@RepMarkPocan) July 18, 2023

If the @HouseGOP took away earmarks from the NAACP or the Urban League because they serve the Black community, they'd rightfully be called racist bigots.

Stripping funding from LGBTQI+ groups, however, is just another day in Congress for these extremists.

Enough is enough. pic.twitter.com/YwaRyDX3OY
— Rep. Mark Pocan (@RepMarkPocan) July 18, 2023

On the chopping block is funding for housing for queer seniors and homeless youth. Not even $2M in total but that's still too much for the avowed Christians. https://t.co/TZqHqKyFhY
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) July 19, 2023

It took decades for Congress to deliver on its promise to pour new money into the nation’s roads, bridges, pipes, ports and internet connections.

Now, House Republicans are trying to slash some of the same funds. https://t.co/ZW1steccMa
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 18, 2023

the Republican infrastructure plan !!

“…ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande…”

Abbott you are a thug. A murderer. A ghoul.

People are dying while you play war-games against defenseless mothers and children.

Pro life my ass!!https://t.co/vjyB0hXWam
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) July 18, 2023

WTF. These people are not coming to hurt anyone, they are not coming to destroy the US, but to share the dream of a wonderful country. Abbott is proving to be the destroyer and despicable person, as is anyone who would follow these orders. Hey think how we look at the guards at concentration camps, Texas will be thought of in the same way. Scottie

This week Rep. Angie King and I introduced a bill that would ban adult performances that are obscene from public parks, parades and other places children are present. When this bill becomes law it will be unlawful, and potentially a felony. Protect OHIO.🇺🇸 https://t.co/NPHbV6UAVg
— JoshWilliamsForOhio (@Williams4ohio) July 18, 2023

The nazi's. pic.twitter.com/1iUuEMHryK
— Northwest Ohio Trans Advocacy (@OHTransAdvocacy) June 25, 2023

Drag performances in Ohio could be banned from public parks, parades and other places children might be if a bill introduced by House Republicans becomes law.
House Bill 245 expands the definition of adult cabaret performers from strippers and topless dancers to include “entertainers who exhibit a gender identity that is different from the performer’s or entertainer’s gender assigned at birth.”

House GOP Seeks To Defund FAA Diversity Initiatives

Diversity or diversity and inclusion programs are just words for let others than white males have a seat at the table. Seriously, this is what the republicans and MG are fighting. Why would they want to block others than whites / at one time only white males, from having a chance to be included? Racism and misogyny.

NEW: Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch is demanding access to information about Mississippi residents who obtain abortions or gender-affirming care in other states.

She and 18 other GOP AGs say investigators need it to enforce their states' laws.https://t.co/r31ix6rnjr
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) July 14, 2023

The decision comes less than a week after the Republican-controlled Legislature passed new abortion restrictions during a special session.https://t.co/gcSyMJuyyL
— Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) July 17, 2023

Dear Media:
There's no such thing as a fetal heartbeat at six weeks.
Fetuses don't have hearts at 6 weeks.

Stop calling it a "fetal heartbeat bill."
Stop spreading their narrative.
Stop calling pols who who fight against the *actual* teachings of Jesus "Christian."

Thank you. https://t.co/xwXvdMfLId
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) July 12, 2023

'Holy Moly!' Maria Bartiromo Wowed By GOP Congressman's Wild Claim Biden Family Could Have Taken in $100 MILLION https://t.co/AaoN6P8HJo
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) July 18, 2023

Biden got a Target Letter, too!

Based on past experience, I’d vote fool. pic.twitter.com/BDBBuYljpI
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 19, 2023

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— MOSA OKNOTOK (@mosaisms) July 18, 2023

Prison rights advocates and lawmakers urge Gov. Abbott to call a special session to install air conditioning in Texas prisons amid a deadly heatwave. https://t.co/6XEZDBNJ0D
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) July 18, 2023

Texans are being cooked alive in our prisons! They were NOT sentenced to death & should not be subject to #Cruel&UnusualPunishment. Staff and incarcerated individuals are dying and suffering daily. It is not about comfort, but life or death. #TXPrisons #TXLege pic.twitter.com/bfLtOCg6G2
— Representative Ana-Maria Ramos (@Ramos4Texas) July 18, 2023

This time tomorrow, I will be stepping into a mock prison cell on the Capitol grounds to experience just a fraction of what the people living and working in Texas jails and prisons go through daily. Join me on the grounds or watch online at 12 noon! #txlege #85tostayalive pic.twitter.com/m1Kh7mvlXA
— Jon Rosenthal (@Jon_RosenthalTX) July 17, 2023

"In Texas, the Republican-controlled House this year proposed spending $545 million to install air-conditioning in the majority of state prisons that do not have it…The bill died in the [Republican-controlled State Senate]." https://t.co/pyjdZLKSwH
— steven monacelli 🆓 (@stevanzetti) July 14, 2023

The pro-life party! Right! Tell me another one.