One of the panel says that Florida is not a democracy anymore, but an authoritarian state modeled after Hungary and Viktor Orbán and I think he is correct. The Republican party held their CPAC convention there, DeathSantis has learned well from his beloved tRump, he never backs down, never admits a mistake, doubles down against any push back. In short he is a bully and a thug. He is a mob boss, not an elected leader. He is a ruler who orders his people to obey him rather than him listening to voters. And the Republicans in the state love it. Almost every day Ron tells me he wants to move out of Florida now. Hugs
Category: BlueSky / Social Media
Watch All In With Chris Hayes Highlights: June 3
The first ten minutes of this show are incredible. Chris Hayes details the threats VP Pence was under and how his people suspected tRump would turn on Pence including trying to have him taken out / removed from the capital. I understood why Pence and his wife never went home after they left Washington and they moved constantly staying with friends and supporters. Many people are not aware or are forgetful of trump’s connections to organized crime figures. Pence was clearly worried that tRump or his supporters would still try to kill him. But with him removed from the capital the plan was to have Grassley or another senior Republican simply give the election to trump in the way the Eastland memo details. In fact Grassley did say he would be presiding over the certification then he managed to not even show up himself. Think he was warned of the insurrection ahead of time? The whole show is worth watching but the first ten minutes are very informative. Hugs
Texas Paul REACTS to Viral Herschel Walker Video from MeidasTouch
Texas Paul REACTS to Top Republican whining that Republicans Can’t Lie to the FBI
Texas Paul REACTS to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s most FASCIST Threat Yet
Insanely Perverted Ohio Law Seeks To Root Out Suspected Transgender Athletes
Read more HERE: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/genita…
“Ohio House Republicans passed a bill late Tuesday that bans all transgender students from playing high school and college sports, and requires genital exams in any disputes. Representatives voted on House Bill 151 on the first day of Pride Month.
The measure next goes to the Senate after lawmakers return from summer recess. If the bill becomes law, it would take precedence over all current policies by high school and college sports associations.
The existing association policies, which aim to protect medical privacy and stress inclusion, take into account testosterone levels or the length of time an athlete has been transitioning, Cleveland.com reported.
The new bill calls for an outright ban on transgender athletes. Under the measure, if a player’s sex is disputed, he or she will have to present a physician’s statement about “internal and external reproductive anatomy” and testosterone levels. Students would also have to show an analysis of genetic makeup.”
Ben Shapiro: The Reason So Many Children Die By Gun Violence Is That “They Cannot Carry Guns” [VIDEO]
“When he [Biden] suggests that more children are dying by gun than on-duty police officers, maybe one of the reasons for that is because — you know, I spot a couple of differentiators.
“One of them is that on-duty police officers carry guns, kids cannot carry guns nor should they, obviously.
“But, the point is that people who are protected tend not to get shot as often. Even in the most dangerous situations they tend not to get shot quite as often because they can protect themselves. So he’s making directly the case that he supposedly opposes.
“This, by the way, is the case that Democrats are consistently making, is the idea that even a lawful, law-abiding person who knows how to use his gun isn’t capable of stopping a bad guy with a gun – which, of course, is untrue.
“I’m unaware of any situation in which the threat of a good guy with a gun has not ended a situation with a bad guy with a gun. Do folks on the left just think that bad guys randomly give up their guns when they get bored or tired?
“That’s not how any of this works.” – Ben Shapiro, going on to claim that the “multiple guns” in his home make his own children safer.
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Elmer Fudpucker • 16 hours ago
Wtf is wrong with these people. What kind of world do they want to live in???
Can’t think of an example of ‘good guys with guns’ not stopping a shooting? Really, not even this week, Shapiro? Funny.
Marides48 • 16 hours ago • edited
They are so desperate to support the NRA & gun profits! My father, WW2 veteran, said “I saw too many guns in the “WAR”, I don’t need to see them here!”
Professor Barnhardt • 16 hours ago • edited
Which is why police officers never get shot.
Life is just like “Walker, Texas Ranger.” I expect I could take down six armed assailants, no sweat.
Strawmanning. That’s all that is. Biden was quite clear in his speech last night and that speech outlined the view of most Democrats. Few are advocating for an all-out bad on all guns. So he’s just lying. We want a ban on AR-15s and similar weapons, better background checks. A waiting period might be nice (giving people a chance to cool off before committing acts of violence. And raising the age to 21 is a good idea. Those are all practical ideas that are popular with Americans. So of course right wingers don’t want to argue against those proposals, you know the ones that are actually in bills that are being considered. No. They want to rail against things that are not in any current bill and not being proposed by any prominent Democrat. This is just bullshit.
Ya asshole every 9 year old should be packin’ What a ridiculous ill thought dumb
assed statement
School yard fights hit different in Ben’s world. Recess gunfights is what he wants.
Man With Fake Badge, Weapons Arrested At US Capitol
Yet Matt Gaetz wants people to carry guns to voting places? This is what the US has become, a third world banana republic where supporters for one party threaten the other voters with violence if they try to vote. Don’t like who was elected, just go kill them. Are we Afghanistan? Any other war torn country? Time will tell if we are a democracy or not. Hugs
Via press release from the Capitol Police:
A Michigan man was arrested outside of the U.S. Capitol this morning after he was found with a fake badge, a BB gun, body armor, high capacity magazines and other ammunition.
Just before 5:00 am, a U.S. Capitol Police patrol officer started talking to a man who had parked his 2017 Dodge Charger near Peace Circle, on the West side of the Capitol.
The man was identified as 53 year old Jerome Felipe out of Flint, Michigan.
Felipe, who is a retired police officer out of New York, presented the USCP officers with a fake badge that had “Department of the INTERPOL” printed on it. Felipe also made a false statement that he was a criminal investigator with the agency.
Felipe gave officers permission to search his vehicle. The officers discovered a BB gun, two ballistic vests, several high capacity magazines, and other ammunition in the car. No real guns were found.
Investigators are still working to determine the reason Felipe was parked near the U.S. Capitol. Felipe is facing charges for Unlawful Possession of High Capacity Magazines and Unregistered Ammo.
Gaetz says he supports voters arming themselves at polls
The Republicans are going full bore into voter intimidation with getting their cult members to be the poll workers to challenge and block non-white voters and now they are trying to get armed white people to show up at black polling places to intimidate black voters. The Republican party has a history of doing this. Infact they were under a court order not to do this until just recently. The fact is the Republican party is not even trying to hide it anymore. They simply do not believe in or want democracy. They want one party rule with that party being them. They don’t want to listen to the voters, they want to rule. They are a minority that demands to be in charge over the majority. I am so frustrated over these people. It is open racism and bigotry. No advancements, only white men have rights, then it will be wealthy white men. Why the hell do you need to be armed to vote if not to scare other people. WTF is wrong with these people that they can not go anywhere with out a firearm? Sick racist … Hugs
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Thursday said he supports voters arming themselves when headed to the polls in an effort to protect against intimidation.
“I sort of like [Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas] Massie’s legislation that maybe everyone who’s a voter or on their way to vote ought to have the opportunity to carry a firearm to ensure that they’re not subject to any intimidation,” Gaetz said.
Gaetz’s comment came as the House Judiciary Committee was marking up a package of bills that seek to tighten gun regulations. Among the measures included is legislation that would prohibit straw purchases — when someone who cannot pass a background check purchases a firearm through a proxy buyer — and a bill that would raise the age requirement to purchase a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21 years old.
A Gaetz aide told The Hill that the congressman was referring to an amendment to the latter measure proposed Massie that seeks to create a carve-out from the age requirement for individuals registered for Selective Service, the system that tracks information on men ages 18 to 25 for national emergencies.
The amendment failed in a 24-20 vote.
Roughly a dozen states prohibit guns from being carried at polling sites, including California, Arizona, Florida and Georgia, according to the Los Angeles Times.
On the other hand, five key swing states — Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin — have not enacted bans on firearms at polling places, despite having the constitutional power to do so, according to a study pushed in September 2020 by Guns Down and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, two gun control organizations.
Concerns regarding voter intimidation mounted around the 2020 presidential election, especially after then-President Trump encouraged his supporters to monitor polls on Election Day.
A number of states have passed voting bills in the aftermath of the 2020 race, including in Texas, where partisan poll watchers who can observe elections were given more authority. The bill in part prohibits election officials from turning down appointed poll watchers, making such a move a Class A misdemeanor.
Gaetz is a supporter of gun rights. Last week, in response to a tweet asking why civilians need AR-15-style rifles, the Florida Republican listed “target sport,” “Self defense” and “Hog hunting.”
“Just to name a few…” he added on Twitter.
The gun debate returned to national headlines last month after a gunman opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 students and two adults. Ten days before that, a gunman fatally shot 10 Black individuals in a racially motivated incident at a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y.
I was a poll worker. I once was verbally and almost physically attacked by a random guy while informing him that the polling place was closing in 15 minutes, asking the voter if he wanted to vote. I am 6’8″ a solid 300 lbs with martial arts training and that took me aback.
Imagine if that son of a bitch was carrying a gun?
How about investigating him for gun trafficking as well.
States that don’t outlaw guns at the polls are looking for trouble. It should be blindingly obvious, but carrying firearms would be a form of electioneering and would be potentially intimidating to voters.
Does that include Democrats and other undesirables Gaetz? Or it it just straight white male republican conservatives? Please clarify.
Well, considering virtually 100% of voter intimidation is caused by Republicans, I’m listening…
My God, what is with their extreme obsession with firearms? I’d like to see this guy show up to vote only to find a room full of black folks armed with AR-15s waiting to vote as well. He’d freak out and scream bloody murder on how black folks are trying to intimidate him.
Yalma Cuder-Zicci • 6 hours ago
Intimidation like from The DeSantis Election Police?
Let’s see here … the white so-called Christians are the ones likely to carry guns. The same ones are likely to be doing the intimidating.
“Vote the way I tell ya, or I’ll fill you full of lead!”
At least that’s what I’m thinking how this will eventually play out.
Wonder what Gaetz would think about black people open-carrying guns to the voting booth.
He’d probably call the cops on them, and try to get them killed.
When I voted in our primary last month, early voting is done at large sites like convention centers. The tiny Black woman running mine told me she had to get the sheriff in to run people off who were intimidating voters and giving them wrong information. Of course they were right wing nuts. They always are. She was small in stature, but big in nerve, and wasn’t about to be fucked with!
Houndentenor ChristopherM • 5 hours ago
Democrats don’t want to intimidate voters. The more voters, the better we do. Our voters are the ones less likely to show up. Everyone knows that.
Except many polling places are at schools and churches.
Of course, Matt only wants whites to able to carry guns to polling places, cause they are the ones who face the most intimidation when voting. /s
GOP House Candidate Vows To Ban “Evil” Pride Month
From the campaign Facebook page of Stewart Parks:
If you elect me, this month will be the last National Gay Pride month ever celebrated. We need to elect people into US congress that will stand up and say Homosexuality and Transgenderism are evil.
I will push to have the 2015 Obergefel vs Hodges ruling overturned which legalized same sex marriage. Two men and two women cannot come close to a unified man and woman married. I want to bring back DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) which safeguarded the institution of marriage.
Sexual Liberation is NOT western values. LGBQT+ movement is communist as they seek to destabilize our country with their divisive rhetoric and destroy families. Transgenderism and Pedophilia are now rampant in our society.
We have to ban it asap and safeguard our children against it. We have to get Transgenderism out of our schools. When I win this election everyone will know their gender again. The populace will know Men cannot get pregnant and can actively define a woman.
Tennessee’s Fifth Congressional District is currently held by ten-term Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper, who announced his retirement in January after redistricting turned the district significantly more red, bringing an avalanche of over a dozen eager cultists.
Three of them, including far-right filmmaker Robby Starbuck and Trump-endorsed former Fox host Morgan Ortagus were recently disqualified over residency requirements.
Yesterday, Starbuck, who has been endorsed by Marjorie Taylor Greene and Madison Cawthorn, sued to be reinstated to the ballot.
In his Ballotpedia candidate questionnaire, Stewart Parks vows to “ban transgenderism and same-sex marriage,” and names the bible as his favorite book.
The only Democratic candidate on the ballot is freshman state Sen. Heidi Campbell. The primary is August 4th.
“Two men and two women cannot come close to a unified man and woman married.”
That’s utter nonsense. There are same sex couples who get along better, are more compatible and happier with each other than many heterosexual couples. The gender of the individuals in a couple is in no way determinative in how unified they are.
I hate to break it to Stewie but he has no control over Obergefell or Windsor/DOMA and no say over whether Pride is celebrated. Pride will be celebrated long after he’s gone, gay people will have sex and marry, trans people will transition, and there’s nothing this creepy Neanderthal can do about it.
Steverino ErnestMc • 5 hours ago
Funny how they campaign as if they will be emperor of the USA if elected.
These GOp’ers who run for office remind me of the teens running for school president. They promise everything, and have no power to deliver anything.
Uncle Mark’s ugly face returns • 5 hours ago • edited
“These people are evil.” This is why this lil’ twerp is running for public office, because the corporate world will not hire someone who openly refuses to work with other employees or clients because of their open bigotry.
