These are some of the news and memes I have been seeing in the last few days.

IamSmartypants17 hours ago

Independent journalism is a threat to Republicans and must be stopped at all costs.

Read the full article.
Josh McKoon [photo above] first appeared on JMG in 2015 when he introduced an ultimately failed bill to legalize anti-LGBTQ discrimination by businesses and employers.
In 2016, he appeared here for his pointless bill to “protect” preachers who refuse to officiate same-sex marriages.
According to McKoon, the veto of his 2016 bill by GOP then-Gov. Nathan Deal was “slap in the face to conservatives, to evangelicals and to the broader faith community.”

‘Til Tuesday 🎧 Blue Bear DJ 🎸4 days ago

The Confederate monuments (and the flag) are kept around to keep the flame alive that the South is gonna rise up again, and next time they’re gonna win. I can’t tell you how many times I heard “The South shall rise again!” growing up. Far too many Southern whites are still bitter about losing the war and having slavery taken away from them. And the end of segregation just made them even angrier. The Union may have won the war, but far too many Southern whites remain unreconstructed in their heart and mind. They revere the monuments for what they stand for. So, I’m not one bit surprised that the Georgia GOP wants to keep those monuments in place.

O/T: Ms Lindsey’s staunch defense and filthy boudoir mouth at yesterday’s interview explained:

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“Those who live in a glass house don’t need to throw rocks,” Tuberville told CNN, trying to equate the case to the situation involving Joe Biden.

Ah, yes, good ole days.

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Elagabalusa day ago

Just a reminder:

“If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbour, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.” (Leviticus 20:10)

Fortunately he’s positioned the sign for concealment if needed.

The program enables schools that predominantly serve children from low-income backgrounds to offer all students free breakfast and lunch, instead of means-testing them and having to manage collecting applications on an individual basis. As with many universal-oriented programs, it is more practically efficient and, as a bonus, lifts all boats. This is what Republicans are looking to eliminate.
mkbear68 a day ago
Because those poor kids cold get a job and pay for their own damn lunch!

architect_tim Unbordered Americana day ago

and pull them out of school so they are both poor and dumb …equals perfect Fox New viewers.

… well because we all know that nothing says “Loving Christian” better than “Hungry Poor Children”.

now they can live in fear of being human trafficked. By their own parents because they cannot afford to feed them.

GOP: “Why should I pay for free lunches for those rugrats? Let their whore mothers who should have kept their knees together pay for their lunches.”

Also GOP: “Anybody who even gives a pregnant 14-year-old a ride to a state that offers abortions gets the death sentence.”

It is not about abortion… or anything except policing women’s sexuality, keeping the poor poor, and maintaining the rich white cishet “Christian” men from feeling threatened in anyway.

I used to work for my State’s Free Lunch program. You wouldn’t believe the number of kids who told me that the School Lunch was the only real meal they got all day. And they feared the coming of summer because it meant the wouldn’t be getting a real meal until school started again.

You have to be really malignant to pull a meal out of a hungry kid’s mouth.

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Gregory In Seattle 2 days ago
This is what Republicans want for us all. While they might mouth platitudes against violence, this is EXACTLY what they and right wing propaganda outlets stir up with their incessant, vitriolically hateful rhetoric against the LGBTQ+ communities.
JackFknTwist 3 days ago
Aged 21 and 23.
They must know fucking everything at that age.
They must be so bright, politically astute and have vast knowledge of international history.
Or else they are another pair of ‘fucking morons’ (thanks Rex) or Evangelicals or pro-life , again fucking morons.
Or all of the above

Anastasia Beaverhousen3 days ago

Is the Grand Wizard of Florida going to offer them a job on the fire department and give them shelter in FL?

Uncle Mark: HoHo-smoking homo Boreal3 days ago

You can fix stupid, but you should spread plastic on the floor first. 😉

Silverwynde 🌻🇺🇦🌻 Uncle Mark: HoHo-smoking homo3 days ago

Well, at least one person can fix stupid:

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Uncle Mark: HoHo-smoking homo3 days ago

Grabbed his gun in his sleep and woke himself up with a gunshot wound to his leg !!

– Geez…does he sleep with his gun in bed or on a nightstand next to him?
– Already loaded?!!
– No safety on?!!

WTF?!!

Doug105 4 days ago
A common statement from the religious side of this issue goes something like this “stop shoving your gay agenda down our throats”. In the same breath, they go on to say, “You don’t see us shoving our religion down your throat”.
Well then…
Have you ever had a homosexual knock on your door (usually around dinner time) asking if you have found Elton John?
Have homosexuals ever passed laws that make the government print “In Homosexuality We Trust” on your money?
When was the last time homosexuals passed laws that rewrote the Pledge of Allegiance to say, “One Homosexual Nation”?
Have homosexuals erected a monument with Marc Jacobs’ top 10 fashion rules at your local courthouse?
Have any homosexual groups spent millions trying to pass laws to outlaw marriage between a woman and a man?
Have homosexual activists worked to pass laws limiting birth control, abortion, etc?
Did a homosexual ever prevent you from buying liquor or a car on Sunday?
Is there a book promoting homosexuality in almost every hotel room in the country?
Have homosexuals pushed for laws to make the missionary position illegal?
Have homosexuals tried to pass a law allowing them to legally refuse service to Christians?
Right, they have never shoved their religious agenda down our collective throats.

Nic Peterson Doug1054 days ago

Do the homosexual children beat up the straight ones while the teachers pretend not to see?

Doug1054 days ago

#TOLERANCE:

As a liberal, I am constantly accused of being intolerant for not accepting someone’s hateful or repressive convictions.
It’s as if “tolerance” has come to mean accepting and respecting someone else’s views, regardless of what they are or who they affect.
And that’s wrong.

Tolerance: a fair, objective and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc.,. Differ from one’s own;
freedom from bigotry

Being open-minded does not mean arbitrarily respecting everyone and accepting everything.
There are things that no one should tolerate, such as bigotry, suppression of liberty, denial of equal rights, and abusive restrictions.

I try to preach and practice tolerance, but I do not have to tolerate anyone’s intolerance.
There is never an excuse or justification for hatred or abuse.

Read the full article. Kristina Karamo, you will recall, says Democrats drink the blood of children and that demonic possession is sexually transmitted. She last appeared here when she compared a gun control bill to the Holocaust.

DEMOCRATS vs REPUBLICANS! Let’s Compare & Contrast | Christopher Titus | Armageddon Update

Seriously informative on the bullshit of the republicans.   Hugs

FINANCIAL ARMAGEDDON!! | Christopher Titus | Armageddon Update

Despite the theatrics this is a seriously important informative video to watch.    Hugs

I wonder why, and it is not diversity, pronouns, or rainbows meaning LGBTQ+ inclusivity.

I wonder why

SAM SEDER IS RIGHT

Let’s talk about Texas teachers and me missing something….

Let’s talk about how there are no red states….

Man Protests Gun Law By Menacing School Bus Stop

How is this not terrorism?   Causing fear for political gain is the definition of terrorism.   How can an adult think it is OK or good to scare kids, who are living with active shooter drills and having to go to schools in near prison environments.   All so some ammo sexual’s can please themselves with no restraints with weapons of war.   These types of guns are designed to kill and main.   They are not hunting weapons unless the targeted animal is humans.   Yes the man has a right to have the gun, he even in some states has a right to strut around with it as it seems to make him feel manly.  But don’t the other people have a right to not be scared to death of him and his gun?  Why do gun owners seem to think only their feelings matter?   It is just like fundamentalist Christians in that regard.   Only what they want is what they demand everyone follow and do.   Hugs

 

Baltimore’s NBC affiliate reports:

Parents are concerned about a man who is regularly spotted carrying an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle at a school bus stop in Severn. Jamie Sparrow, a Severn Elementary School parent, recorded a cell phone video Wednesday showing the man with an AR-15 in his hands at the bus stop where his 6-year-old daughter gets off.

Parents said the man, J’den McAdory, has been there for drop-offs for weeks. McAdory said what he’s doing is not about scaring parents or children — it’s about protesting the recent gun control measures Gov. Wes Moore signed into law.

“Guns can be safe if it’s controlled by the right person,” McAdory said. “I really wasn’t coming out here for the kids. I was coming out here to show people that this is legal.” As McAdory spoke with the I-Team, drivers stopped to react. Some cheered, while others shouted complaints.

Read the full article. As you can see below, on some days the man wears his MAGA hat.

 

 

McAdory said what he’s doing is not about scaring parents or children —
it’s about protesting the recent gun control measures Gov. Wes Moore
signed into law.

Does Governor Moore take the school bus to work? Why don’t you protest on the steps of your capitol?

 

What he is demonstrating here is that gunnuts are bullies. Brandishing a weapon of war at a school bus stop when these kids have active shooter drills at schools is terrorism. Stop the fucking madness! No private citizen should have a fucking assault rifle.

“Guns can be safe if it’s controlled by the right person,”

And he is not the right person, he is a MAGA terrorist.

‘The right person’ means him and the people he personally knows. If someone he doesn’t know approaches him while carrying an AR-15… especially if that person is someone of color or who dresses ‘weird’ (as he sees it)… this guy will quickly use his own gun to ‘stand his ground’ and stop what he considers to be a reasonable threat to his safety.

The story of Garrett Foster and Daniel Perry is a good example of this.

Where, oh where, is this “good guy with a gun” I keep hearing about?

If he were in front of my house I would be calling the cops every 10 minutes saying he is threating the neighborhood.

These sick gun idolaters care more about guns than children! Enough!

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Gosh, couldn’t mom shoot him dead, since she (and her daughter) feel threatened?

Protesting gun safety laws by demonstrating exactly WHY we need gun safety laws? You’re not sane enough to carry a gun, and you should never be allowed anywhere near kids.

He sounds as if he hasn’t mentally matured past puberty. I’m not sure if I’d want him near my kids for other reasons.

Had he been open carrying a dildo at bus stop, he’d have been arrested.

…Or dressed in drag…

 

I lived about 80% of my life in the US. For most of it, there was slow but positive progress. Civil rights both racial and sexual, environmental protections, expanded social services. Then, it all came to a screeching halt and began regressing. It’s too almost too depressing to think about.

General principle: If you think you’re the “right person,” you probably aren’t.

The kids now are put through “active shooter drills” in which neither they nor their teachers are told it’s only a drill. They have no way of knowing if they are about to die or if this is just a rehearsal for what to do if that happens. There is no equivalent for my generation. We had fire drills and tornado drills but we knew they were drills. Imagine the trauma of hiding in your classroom thinking you are about to die. Okay so it wasn’t an actual danger, but the trauma would still be just as real as if it were. Now imagine knowing that is going on, waving a firearm around young children. Dude is a danger to the community.

 

Some news stuff I have been reading over the last few days

ND Gov Signs Bill Ordering Outing Of Trans Students

Texas Mass Shooter Posted Praise Of Libs Of TikTok

BeccaM17 hours ago

Republicans hate democracy and free-and-fair elections because they and their vile policies cannot win majority popular support.

So they have to rig and cheat.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/desantis-florida-trump-education-politics.html

The governor’s office also pointed to a “PBS Newshour” feature on parents’ support for various gender care treatments including puberty blockers, a gay character in “Work It Out Wombats” which airs on OETA, PBS Kids’ “Clifford the Big Red Dog” introducing LGBTQ characters “Oklahoma taxpayers are going, ‘Hey, hang on, time out for just a second. That’s not my values,’” Stitt said. “I’m just tired of using taxpayer dollars for some person’s agenda. I represent the taxpayers.”

tbj521 hours ago

“Stop using taxpayer values to push an agenda!” the bigoted governor screeched, as he used taxpayer dollars to push his agenda on everyone in the state.

Dave B21 hours ago edited

Stitt said. “I’m just tired of using taxpayer dollars for some person’s agenda. I represent the taxpayers.”

Who the fuck are LGBTQA+ people and their families if not fucking tax payers?

Thorn Spike Dave B21 hours ago

And he’s using their tax dollars to push his own agenda. Irony still dead.

MrRobotoLA Dave B21 hours ago

LGBTQIA+ Oklahomans need to start demanding their tax dollars back.

Elagabalus MrRobotoLA20 hours ago

That’s the problem with being a minority which represents roughly 5% of the population (except in larger cities with large gay populations). Unless the majority of citizens stand with you, which they usually don’t, you’re on your own.

Darreth Dave B20 hours ago edited

And that’s the bottom line. Not that they’re taxpayers but rather the fact that that evangelical governor doesn’t see them as citizens, taxpayers, or as a demographic worth even bothering with; by acknowledging who and what they are.

Thus, he’s worse than evil. He literally can’t see LGBT people as a thing. His religion has rotted his forebrain.

Houndentenor Dave B17 hours ago

Yes, queer people are taxpayers, but they don’t consider us citizens with rights.

Frank McCormick Dave B2 hours ago

He reminds me of the Chicago aldermen that insisted that no gay people lived in their ward during the debate over gay rights.

Gregory In Seattle21 hours ago

No, sweetie, you represent a very narrow, exceedingly bigoted minority of taxpayers hell-bent on forcing the rest of the country to kowtow to your twisted views of morality.

The_Wretcheda day ago

“the [white male] ones that are blamed for any social ills”

Feel free to look at the office holders for the Republican (and some D) party. Pretty much white male. Also old, rich and christian. So yes, it’s entirely fair to put all the crap at their feet. it’s their show in a large part of the USA.

Nic Peterson2 days ago

When you don’t have a Benghazi but need one, you do this.