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Texas Drag Show Canceled After Right Wing Crusade

Texas Drag Show Canceled After Right Wing Crusade

Again it is forcing people to stop doing a legal activity because you personally don’t like it.  Is this liberty for all?  Is this freedom that the right likes to brag about?  It is rule by gang thugs.  It is gangland stuff.   But again the right makes threats because they don’t care if they hurt people and the left backs down and doesn’t hold the event that the haters shut down because the left care if people get hurt.  These people are terrorists.   They must be resisted.  Today it is drag queens, then the rest of the LGBTQIA, then anything not in their fundamentalist world they will shut down.  The US Christian moral police Taliban.  Plus these people constantly claim to be the majority or that they represent the country, when the fact is they are a small minority very vocal violent   Hugs.  Scottie

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports:

Piaf Kitchen + Wine + Bar had promoted a “drag show” Dec. 31 as part of a circus act at a premium-priced party that also will include a fire thrower, a magician, a palm reader, dinner, music and a DJ.

The restaurant posted Friday on social media, the lineup was changed, “For the safety of our Performers, and Staff, and for a pleasurable experience for our Guests … to ensure a more universally enjoyable and safe experience for everyone.”

Piaf had been the target of hundreds of online complaints after ads for the $75-$150 event including “drag entertainers” were circulated Thursday on social media. One post came from Julie McCarty, leader of the Grapevine-based True Texas Project tea party group.

Read the full article. As you can see below, McCarty’s group has endorsed a raft of far-right, anti-LGBTQ, Christian nationalist extremists.

kaydenpat a day ago
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Houndentenor  kaydenpata day ago

In my day Evangelicals pretended not to drink alcohol. I guess they’ve given up that lie at this point.

Doug105  Houndentenora day ago

But jesus turned water into grape juice!

Houndentenor  Doug105a day ago

Yes, that’s what we were taught. Also the earth is only 6,027 years old.

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Harveyrabbit 🐱  JoeMyGoda day ago

“You’re confusing drag with church”

Yeah, that’s it.

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The Secrets of Homosexual History in America

The True History of Male Gay Brothels

Same sex relationships and male gay brothels were normal until Christianity took hold.  Then the bigotry started.   Sexual activity was an accepted part of everyday life, until regressive repressive Christians ruined it for everyone.   And they are still at it today.  Hugs

Welcome back to 🤪Crazy Histories🤪
As long as humanity has existed, there have been physical and romantic relationships between people of the same gender. And like straight people, those of varying sexualities have also looked for release in more promiscuous places. They say the oldest job in the world is prostitution, and these gay brothels that date from antiquity to modern day certainly prove that… #ancienthistory #historydocumentary #homosexual

Republicans are torturing pregnant women with lethal diagnoses….

There is an ongoing lawsuit in Texas in which 20+ women are challenging the legality of the state’s restrictive abortion law under the state’s constitution. Thank you, Dani, for sharing your story and sending me this article. Each plaintiff – including a personal friend of mine who is also a fellow obgyn – had medically complex pregnancies, including cases where the fetuses could not survive outside of the womb. These women deserve our attention and acknowledgement for their bravery in coming forward – especially when doing so could lead to extreme backlash from their communities, friends, and even family.

The Center for Reproductive Rights brought the case and Texas Attorney General/cartoon villain Ken Paxton is opposing it as usual. Let’s talk about it.

Let’s talk about Ohio, Idaho, and 2 wins….

Rep. Jaime Raskin: The 14th Amendment Is “The Most Democratic Disqualifier” To Run For President [VIDEO]

Rep. Jaime Raskin: The 14th Amendment Is “The Most Democratic Disqualifier” To Run For President [VIDEO]

December 31, 2023

“Is it undemocratic that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jennifer Granholm can’t run for president because they weren’t born in the country? If you think about it, of all of the forms of disqualification that we have, the one that disqualifies people for engaging in insurrection is the most democratic because it’s the one where people choose themselves to be disqualified.

“Donald Trump is in that tiny, tiny number of people who have essentially disqualified themselves. We have a number of disqualifications in the Constitution for serving as president. For example, age. I mean, I’ve got a colleague who’s a great young politician, Maxwell Frost, he’s 26. He can’t run for president. Now would we say that that’s undemocratic?

“Well, that’s the rules of the Constitution. If you don’t like the rules of the Constitution, change the Constitution.” – Rep. Jamie Raskin, speaking today on CNN.

Jared Bernstein just went on Fox & gave one of the *best* defenses of our booming & strong economy under President Biden that I’ve ever heard

US Oil Production Has Broken Records Under Biden

US Oil Production Has Broken Records Under Biden

Let’s shout this from the rooftops.  This is for the fox / right wing media watching jerks that think gas prices are up because we don’t pump enough oil out of the ground, ruining the environment.  They shout under tRump the US was energy independent.  They are showing how clearly they don’t understand the oil to gas production.  The US has always pumped the most oil.  What we don’t do is refine most of it to the kinds of fuel we need most here, because as I understand it, the refineries are set up for a different type of oil.   The oil from the US is mostly not the right kind to make the fuels we use.  Also oil is sold on a worldwide market and oil companies can make more money selling it over seas than here.  We need more refineries to refine the oil into the fuels we need here, but again that cuts into the profit margin of the oil / gas companies.   And in the US, profit is king.  The Saudis pump the kind of oil we need, it is imported.  They can screw with us to keep us doing what they want by restricting the amount they pump / sell.  The right wing people are too uninformed to know that they are bowing to the Saudi government every time they scream at and blame Biden for gas prices.  And compared to a lot of advanced countries, the US has relatively cheap gas.   Oh and closing the Keystone 2 pipeline before it could operate did not cause a fuel price increase / shortage.  The pipeline was never used.  Plus the oil that would run in it was destined to be sent out of the country.   Hugs.  Scottie

December 31, 2023

The Washington Post reports:

You won’t hear President Biden talking about it much, but a key record has been broken during his watch: The United States is producing more oil than any country ever has. The flow of huge amounts of crude from American producers is playing a big role in keeping prices down at the pump, diminishing the geopolitical power of OPEC, and taming inflation.

The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline nationwide has dropped to close to $3, and analysts project it could stay that way leading up to the presidential election, potentially assuaging the economic anxieties of swing state voters who will be crucial to Biden’s hopes of a second term.

But it is not something the president publicly boasts about. The politics of oil are particularly tricky for Democrats, whose chances for victory in the 2024 elections could hinge on whether young, climate-conscious voters come out in big numbers.

Read the full article.

 

 

Joe in NM16 hours ago

At almost the end of the piece:

 

A short-term boost in domestic oil production and a corresponding decline in gas prices could have a long-term benefit for environmentalists — helping prevent the return to power of Trump and other deniers of climate change, said Josh Freed, the director of climate and energy at the center-left think tank Third Way.

“The fastest way to end all of American climate action is to see oil prices dramatically rise and have Republicans get elected to office,” he said, commending Biden’s handling of the issue.
 
 
AtticusP 16 hours ago

Too fucking old, my ass.

And he’s just getting started.

Biden 2024!

Uncle Mark – fermented for ‘24  AtticusP 15 hours ago
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John30013  Uncle Mark – fermented for ‘24 11 hours ago

It’s not like Trump is much younger, either. But people have drunk the Fox News kool-aid on this, and (of course) the Dems haven’t done enough to counter that messaging.

Hank: NO MORE WoW!!!  AtticusP16 hours ago

I’m looking forward to seeing Dark Brandon this year, pulling out ALL the stops and hitting the Do Nothing House…. hard!!!!

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AtticusP  Hank: NO MORE WoW!!! 16 hours ago

I hope so. I just pray that his people are fighters.

The world cannot afford another four years of the orange asshole.

Darreth  Hank: NO MORE WoW!!!14 hours ago

I so wish Dems knew how to do even the smallest bit of framing and messaging.

JCF  AtticusP13 hours ago

Buy some swag! I’m tired of being the ONLY car w/ a Biden sticker on it.

joebiden.com

AtticusP  JCF13 hours ago

I have kept my Biden sticker on the rear bumper of my Ford focus since 2020.

And there it will stay.

Das_Nic16 hours ago

What a sticky widget. Oof. He’s done more for EV, solar and wind infrastructure than any other administration. And yet, this situation. I’m honestly incredibly impressed at the administration’s ability to thread the needle, ya know?

Lazycrockett17 hours ago edited

While I 100% agree we need to get off carbon usage, if it solidifies a Biden win, I’m all for it.

Gustav216 hours ago edited

In 1974 gas was $0.59 a gallon

$0.59 in 1974 is worth $3.79 today in buying power.

 

Let’s talk about stats, rates, correlation and causation…

Let’s talk about Russia, Ukraine, and a back and forth….