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What Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ settlement changes and what restrictions remain
U.S. support for LGBTQ+ rights is declining after decades of support. Here’s why
How a second Trump presidency could impact the LGBTQ+ community
Rev. Dr. William Barber – “White Poverty” & Poor People’s Campaign March | The Daily Show
His ‘Refutiation’ Is As Real As His Tan, Bigly (Project 2025)
While a lot of the people that follow Mock Paper Sissors follow me, I still loved this post so much and the way TG wrote it, I am reposting it here. Hugs. Scottie
Jon Stewart Debunks GOP’s City Crime Narrative | The Daily Show
America’s Looming Theocracy
Here is the main quote to remember when these people push these lies. Hugs. Scottie
“Recognizing the historical role of the Ten Commandments accords with our nation’s history and faithfully reflects the understanding of the founders of our nation with respect to the necessity of civic morality to a functional self-government. History records that James Madison, the fourth President of the United States of America, stated that “(w)e have staked the whole future of our new nation . . . upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments.””
Here’s the problem: James Madison never said that. The quote actually comes to us from this stupid hick–David Barton, an evangelical Christian nationalist hellbent on turning America into a theocracy. He included a version of that quote in his book “The Myth of Separation,” aloong with severall other completely made up quotes from Founding Fathers. In that book, he cited a source that turned out to admit the quote came from a “1958 calendar of Spiritual Mobilization.” The quote got a lot of publicity back in the ‘90s when conservative shock jock and all-around piece of shit Rush Limbaugh said it on his shitty radio show, at which point the editors of Madison’s papers stepped in to report, “We did not find anything in our files remotely like the sentiment expressed in the extract you sent us. In addition, the idea is inconsistent with everything we know about Madison’s views on religion and government, views which he expressed time and time again in public and in private.”
So yeah, the basis for Louisiana requiring schools to display rules like “don’t lie” is a lie. But of course it is. It has to be, because the US was quite obviously founded, as a country, with religious freedom as an important concept. Not only is it enshrined in the first amendment, but also in a multitude of other documents, and letters, and rulings for the past 150 years or so. They MUST lie in order to pass this legislation.
Post Debate CNN Polls Challenge Media’s Mob Thinking That Biden Should Step Down
I don’t know how many of my readers are also readers of Gronda. The stuff written by Gronda is long and in depth. Here is a quote from the article. I like the posts and recommend anyone not following to follow Gronda. Hugs. Scottie. Oh full disclosure I snagged the cartoons / memes for my memes / cartoon posts.
“Many of the attacks on Biden being “too old” are pure political opportunism, particularly when they’re coming from supporters of the barely younger Donald Trump.”
“But it’s also true that Biden speaks and walks less fluidly than he used to, and that in off-the-cuff speech, he not infrequently forgets things or mixes up names. (Trump also speaks less fluidly, forgets things, and mixes up names.)”
“The first concern is a worry that Biden’s age has impaired, or will impair, his decision-making or governance — that his basic mental functioning has declined in such a way that, well, he shouldn’t be president.”
“To be clear — there is no evidence for this. There are zero reports from the administration describing Biden being confused or unable to grapple with policy decisions. The caveat is that the (Biden) administration has carefully managed his public availability, so some have theorized his condition could be worse than we know behind the scenes. But again, there’s no evidence this is the case.”
Why the media is trashing Biden and saying nothing bad about tRump
I have watched two of the Sunday “news” shows. They have each trashed Biden and said nothing negative about tRump. One after trashing Biden one show brought on a possible tRump VP who praised tRump no matter the question. Why?
Four political pundits were sitting around a table talking about how bad Biden is, how he lost the public faith, How he was so mentally confused, how the democrats had to replace him … And one woman giddily said all excited, “For a long time political pundits have wanted a real convention, a contested brokered convention, and it has always been pushed aside.” Then excitedly she said “This time we might get it, we might have one”!
They don’t care they are working to get tRump elected, which their corporate owners want, but they seriously want a horse race to gain viewers, to have exciting stories people will want to read, they will have more click and especially … more money will flow in. It is all about the more money, the greed. In their view the country be damned. Hugs. Scottie
