Coincidentally, that's actually the way I prefer my prostitutes.

6/15/2022 8:57:48 AM

Quote :

"Coincidentally, that's actually the way I prefer my Ted Cruz prefers his prostitutes."

6/16/2022 8:56:15 AM

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"Mehmet Oz made the first ‘Juneteenth’ post on Truth Social on the left, where he said America was great because of our “freedoms, unity, and equality.” It wasn’t well received. He then deleted, then reposted the second one on the right, taking out the word “equality.” https://t.co/TpnlfIPNV4"

6/19/2022 10:13:09 PM

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/20/1106228594/a-missouri-senate-candidate-holds-a-shotgun-and-calls-for-rino-hunting-in-a-new-

Could have just as easily gone in the Right-Wing Radicalism thread

6/20/2022 4:56:48 PM

^I hope any conservative leaning people reading this right now understand that you are never going to be able to reach the level of MAGA that gets you excluded from the RINO label. MAGA is going to keep getting nuttier, and any deviation, any sign you are thinking for yourself, boom, you’re labeled a RINO. Do you think your neighbors have RINO hunting permits?

6/20/2022 6:35:01 PM

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/20/1106229988/texas-gops-new-platform-says-biden-didnt-really-win-it-also-calls-for-secession

Quote :

"President Biden is the "acting" president because he didn't win legally; Texans should vote on seceding; the Voting Rights Act of 1965 should be repealed; any gun control is a rights violation: this is the world as seen by the Republican Party of Texas, according to its newly adopted party platform."

6/21/2022 9:16:26 AM

W
T
F

6/21/2022 9:23:56 AM

For fucking consistency

Quote :

"Sen. Susan Collins on SCOTUS/Roe: “This decision is inconsistent with what Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh said in their testimony and their meetings with me, where they both were insistent on the importance of supporting long-standing precedents that the country has relied upon.” "

Fucking rube ass piece of shit. I believe her now about as much as I believed them then.

6/24/2022 6:33:06 PM

6/24/2022 6:47:43 PM

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"Now do Plessy vs Ferguson/Brown vs Board of Education."

https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1540689961040482306

6/25/2022 4:00:07 PM

Why ?

He was responding to Obama suggesting that yesterday's decision was judicial activism / overreach, and was wondering if he'd have the same reaction to Brown v. Board overruling what was seen as an unjust verdict in Plessy v. Ferguson. It's a straw man, but are you surprised? He's not saying to re-litigate Brown v. Board but drawing a false equivalency between Plessy and Roe both being unjust initial verdicts which required judicial correction.

I just was confused by the meaning of your

If it's surprise at the gall to make that comparison, then why? (Why are you surprised at this point?)

6/25/2022 5:03:11 PM

Read to me like the overturning of that precedent was bad, but maybe you're right. Not prepared to give these folks much leeway when they make statements that seem extreme.

6/25/2022 6:18:31 PM

https://6abc.com/rep-mary-miller-white-life-roe-overturned-donald-trump/11998217/

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""President Trump, on behalf of all the MAGA patriots in America, I want to thank you for the historic victory for white life in the Supreme Court yesterday," said Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., as she raised her hands to lead the crowd in Mendon, Ill., in applause."

Perhaps she did misspeak. Perhaps she meant to say "right to life". But the crowd cheered either way.

Quote :

"Miller was elected in 2020. Shortly after she took office in January 2021, she apologized after quoting Hitler in a speech. "I sincerely apologize for any harm my words caused and regret using a reference to one of the most evil dictators in history to illustrate the dangers that outside influences can have on our youth," she wrote then."

6/27/2022 11:28:05 AM

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"The highlights from yesterday's debate featuring the Republican candidates for the Governor of Arizona https://t.co/vqfJoOg12g"

7/2/2022 1:23:08 AM

OMG

7/2/2022 5:10:16 AM

And here are some highlights from Wyoming's Republican primary debate:

http://tinyurl.com/yfsz8d57

7/2/2022 7:47:12 AM

We know for a fact all the major internets do that!

7/2/2022 7:56:55 AM

You ever love guns so much you'd shoot your own grandchildren?

https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1544781668766064640

7/6/2022 7:39:37 PM

It sounds more to me like, "We had to shoot the grandchild in order to save the grandchild".

7/6/2022 8:24:28 PM

“Pro-life”

7/6/2022 8:40:41 PM

Good grandparent with a gun!<--

[Edited on July 7, 2022 at 12:37 PM. Reason : -->

7/7/2022 12:36:44 PM

I mean, wtf??

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zbd7/victor-orban-cpac-texas

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" ... ... Orbán is not currently listed on CPAC’s website as a speaker at the August event, but he will share the stage with Rep. Lauren Boebert, Fox News host Sean Hannity, and most likely former President Donald Trump, who is a regular speaker at CPAC conferences. Trump has repeatedly praised Orbán’s authoritarian leadership style, and sent a video message that was played at the CPAC Hungary event in May. Orbán has overseen a significant level of democratic backsliding during his 12 years in power. Within months of becoming prime minister, Orbán had taken control of the judiciary and attacked the few financial institutions not under the control of his far-right Fidesz Party. American conservatives have increasingly fawned over Orbán’s achievements, which in recent years have included an attack on LGBTQ and gender equality—with some measures related to the teaching of gender and sexuality in schools that closely echo the “Don’t Say Gay” bill recently passed in Florida. Central to everything Orbán does is the promotion of traditional family and Christian values, talking points that have now become a mainstay of the Republican Party’s message."

7/11/2022 10:12:24 AM

(sorry for all the Vice links)

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkgbny/republicans-binvestigate-neo-nazis-military

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"Every Single House Republican Voted Against Investigating Neo-Nazis in the Military The amendment still passed, but the vote shows how a genuine national security threat has been turned into partisan football. "

7/14/2022 12:53:57 PM

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/jim-jordan-ohio-abortion-tweet-b2122764.html?amp

Jim Jordon deletes his tweet calling a 10 year old rape victim a liar

the worst fucking people this country has to offer

7/14/2022 1:06:50 PM

Wasn't sure where this should go; I feel like there was Dr Oz thread somewhere around here at some point. Anyway, as political ads go, this one's pretty fantastic:

7/22/2022 3:48:37 PM

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/07/25/politics/glenn-thompson-attends-gay-sons-wedding-after-opposing-protections/index.html

7/26/2022 6:52:57 AM

Gotta stay loyal to the base

7/26/2022 6:33:10 PM

Senate voted 95-1 to ratify Sweden and Finland as new members of NATO.

Josh Hawley voted against. Rand Paul voted present.

8/3/2022 7:20:24 PM

Dick Cheney isn’t a fan of Trump: https://youtu.be/H6Nq9SpGzic

8/5/2022 12:43:11 PM

Blows my mind we aren’t seeing more Congressmen cutting and running from Trump, or even hedging with a “let’s see where the investigation goes.” The entire party really rewards loyalty above all else.

8/9/2022 6:30:40 PM

A major problem is that objective truth doesn't matter anymore.

8/9/2022 6:39:27 PM

This incident really killed the narrative that Fox and the GOP were slowly leaving him.

McConnell doesn't seem to give two shits about Trump though, basically ignoring the whole thing.

8/9/2022 6:40:04 PM

Quote :

" Blows my mind we aren’t seeing more Congressmen cutting and running from Trump, or even hedging with a “let’s see where the investigation goes.” The entire party really rewards loyalty above all else."

they’ve been the party of only caring about short term gains and not worrying about long term consequences for as long as I’ve been following politics

8/9/2022 10:54:56 PM

I agree.
I guess that’s what surprises me, we still haven’t really hit the tipping point yet where the GOP thinks throwing Trump under the bus is a net gain, including in the short term. Sadly, They are probably right because you have to make it through the primaries. I guess behind the scenes their actions might be different, I have to think DeSantis would love for Trump to be wrapped up legal proceedings.

8/10/2022 6:39:47 PM

https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-raid-boost-ron-desantis-poll-2022-8

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" Mar-a-Lago raid gave Trump a 10-point boost over DeSantis with Republican primary voters, poll shows"

I guess that explains why we haven’t hit a tipping point. Once again, criminality is rewarded by primary voters.

8/14/2022 11:00:22 AM

Breitbart published the names of FBI agents involved in the "raid", so you know, . . . that's cool.

8/14/2022 12:33:11 PM

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/questions-dr-oz-crudites-video.html

[Edited on August 16, 2022 at 11:54 AM. Reason : (this is a comedy-ish link but watch the Dr oz video) ]

8/16/2022 11:53:37 AM

The GOP eating its own again. I hope Liz Cheney tries to primary Trump while he's in prison.

8/16/2022 11:07:26 PM

It’s funny how hageman has a cartoonishly evil look. It’s like what you’d expect from an over the top movie. She’s like a character from 5th element

8/17/2022 12:56:33 AM

Or that octopus sorceress on Disney's The Little Mermaid. Yeah, I watched it! Come at me, bro! OMG, SO TUFF!

8/17/2022 5:20:57 AM

Trump shaking in his boots about a potential primary challenge from a house rep who just lost her own

GOP isn't eating their own, they're booting people that don't fit the party

8/17/2022 7:40:05 AM

I wonder whether Dr. Oz shops for items for his wife's classic Pennsylvania charcuterie boards at Wagnall's?

8/17/2022 9:57:35 AM

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"GOP isn't eating their own, they're booting people that don't fit the party"

She voted with Trump/GOP 93% of the time. That is basically the definition of "eating your own"... The GOP for all intents and purposes no longer exists-- it's Trump's party/cult. I have no idea why anyone on the left if calling her a hero, either. She's a total piece of shit and the only thing I hope she does is to make it harder for the GOP to put forth a viable candidate in 2024.

8/17/2022 8:30:37 PM

These media outlets are so friendly to her now. Its one of those the enemy of my enemy is my friend things. If it were her versus a dem in a general they’d be doing all that gotcha journalism, tripping over themselves with fake outrage to get a quote of her saying something 6 in 10 people agree with. Etc etc etc.

Dude above me is right on this one.

8/18/2022 2:45:59 AM

Quote :

"She voted with Trump/GOP 93% of the time. "

They want 100

Quote :

"That is basically the definition of "eating your own"... "

Eating your own implies losing something, they are upgrading in their view

Quote :

"The GOP for all intents and purposes no longer exists-- it's Trump's party/cult"

...and she doesn't fit that

8/18/2022 7:33:47 AM

Quote :

"She voted with Trump/GOP 93% of the time."

I've never researched it, but I've always been very skeptical on how meaningful stats like these are. How much of that 93% is simply routine shit that was never a political issue? I mean, I would kind of expect that AOC and MTG might also have a pretty high correlation of votes, too (though I could very well be wrong). Anybody know offhand?

8/18/2022 8:03:45 AM

I mean she voted to impeach the guy, seems like a pretty big one.

8/18/2022 9:54:54 AM

^ yeah, AFTER the failed coup attempt happened. She had zero regrets NOT voting to impeach him the first time:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/20/liz-cheney-trump-ukraine-impeachment-capitol-attack

She's a Cheney and a horrible person like her father. She has more to gain politically by trying to bring Trump down and act like a hero than tarnishing the "legacy" of Reaganesque conservatism that made her family so rich by becoming a MAGA like everyone else. She didn't even grow up in Wyoming lol.

8/18/2022 5:14:24 PM

I may be reading to much into that response, but to be clear Liz Cheney fucking sucks, her dad should be in jail for war crimes.

She reaped what she sowed.

All that said it would prob have been marginally better to keep her based on the replacement.

8/18/2022 5:37:24 PM

If she were a US Senator representing WY, I'd be a lot more worried, but she's not. Her MAGA replacement will be inconsequential in the House (she and MTJ can form a MAGA squad with Boebert for all I care), and Cheney will likely remain where she's spent most of her life (DC area) either going on book/cable news tours or trying to bilk the old guard GOP out of money to fund a campaign against Trump she'll surely lose. She's openly said she's considering a run for the WH, and she doesn't strike me as a stupid person, so this all seems very on brand for her.

I'd say the people of Wyoming deserve better than her or her replacement, but really they don't. Beautiful mountain scenery though, if you can stand the racism/homophobia/ranching "culture"/etc which make it the least populated state in the US for a reason.

[Edited on August 18, 2022 at 5:48 PM. Reason : not state senator]

8/18/2022 5:46:42 PM