BBC News: ‘The Russians said beatings were my re-education’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61683513

TIME: How the ‘MAGA Squad’ Is Building Power to Control the Next Congress

How the ‘MAGA Squad’ Is Building Power to Control the Next Congress
On a Tuesday afternoon in late April, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene walks into the seventh-floor congressional office belonging to Representative Matt Gaetz, settles into a high-backed black leather chair, and fits a pair of headphones over her blonde hair. The taping is about to begin for the 38th episode of Gaetz’s “Firebrand” podcast, and Greene is the high-wattage guest star. Greene has come straight from Dulles Airport, so Gaetz takes a minute to catch her up on today’s topics

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TIME: How the ‘MAGA Squad’ Is Building Power to Control the Next Congress

How the ‘MAGA Squad’ Is Building Power to Control the Next Congress
On a Tuesday afternoon in late April, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene walks into the seventh-floor congressional office belonging to Representative Matt Gaetz, settles into a high-backed black leather chair, and fits a pair of headphones over her blonde hair. The taping is about to begin for the 38th episode of Gaetz’s “Firebrand” podcast, and Greene is the high-wattage guest star. Greene has come straight from Dulles Airport, so Gaetz takes a minute to catch her up on today’s topics

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THE HILL: Republicans pitch religious, family values as gun violence solution

Republicans pitch religious, family values as gun violence solution
Republicans are pushing traditional religious and family values as a solution to the epidemic of mass shootings in addition to their calls to harden schools and focus on mental health.

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They plan to attack the pride parade people

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/11/us/31-people-arrested-for-conspiracy-to-riot-near-idaho-pride-parade/index.html

THE GUARDIAN: Trump’s forces are preparing for the next storming of the Capitol. This time, they pla n to win

Trump’s forces are preparing for the next storming of the Capitol. This time, they plan to win
The danger to US democracy didn’t end on 6 January – his followers are busy ripping up the safeguards that foiled them, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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VICE: Meet the US ‘Journalist’ Helping Spread the Kremlin’s Propaganda

Meet the US ‘Journalist’ Helping Spread the Kremlin’s Propaganda
Patrick Lancaster is one of several YouTubers who have evaded the platform’s anti-disinformation measures, and his pro-Russia coverage has made him a star.

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DAILY MAIL: DeSantis says he wants CPS to probe parents taking kids to drag shows

DeSantis says he wants CPS to probe parents taking kids to drag shows
Ron DeSantis says he wants his state’s child protective services to look into the recent phenomenon, after video of kids attending a performance at a Dallas gay bar surfaced online.

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What I don’t understand is why these religious types claim all the rules / laws / requirements of the OT are wiped away and no longer applies except the ones against gay / same sex actions. Why does that one remain? Is it because it doesn’t apply to them and the one about killing gay people is one they really like? Their religion and faith is a hate tool used to harm those they are against. Hugs

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Pride Month

Do it for the children

Newsweek:

Pastor Dillon Awes said that the “solution” to gay people is presented in the Bible: “They should be lined up against the wall and shot in the back of the head.”

Why, yes, he is a Baptist. How could you tell?

In a Sunday sermon titled “Why We Won’t Shut Up,” Awes of Stedfast Baptist Church said that “every single” gay person in America should be executed by the government.

“What does God say is the answer, is the solution, for the homosexual in 2022, here in the New Testament, here in the Book of Romans?” Awes asked. “That they are worthy of death! These people should be put to death!”

“Every single homosexual in our country should be charged with the crime, the abomination of homosexuality, that they have,” he continued. “They should be convicted in a lawful trial. They…

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SLATE: The Supreme Court Just Gutted Another Constitutional Right

I am at a doctors appointment. Second one this week. Hugs

The Supreme Court Just Gutted Another Constitutional Right
The conservative supermajority’s rampage continues.

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