Officers working for Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative have been ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande, and have been told not to give water to asylum seekers even in extreme heat, according to an email from a Department of Public Safety trooper who described the actions as...
At Joint Base Lewis-McChord's air show just outside of Tacoma, Washington, this past weekend, onlookers and families saw tactical military jets, high-performance sports cars and risqué models dancing on stage in skintight red, white and blue bikinis, part of what organizers described as a "way to thank the Puget Sound...
No it doesn't raise any questions, it's just more evidence on the pile that they're never honest about their justifications for doing what they do, and they'll apply their laws selectively as it suits em.
I think conservatives are fine with skimpy models at events like this around children than drag shows because it contributes to compulsory heterosexuality (comphet), whereas drag shows - they assume - will make you gay if you watch them.
Their argument has been in the past year or so "sexualizing children," but as with many of their culture wars, there's the implied statement not said out loud: away from heterosexuality.
These folks still participate in purity pledges at daddy-daughter dances in which a prepubescent girl promises her sexual purity to her father until she is married off. Tell me that isn't sexualizing kids!
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members.
It says a lot to me that when DeSantis was directly asked about a response to the criticism that the ad is homophobic, his reaction is to defend the use of the clips showing Trump making public comments supporting the LGBTQ community. It blows my mind that DeSantis seems to have this complete blind spot and inability to see his own inhumanity.
I'm reminded of when he was credibly accused by a detainee at Guantanamo Bay of practicing torture on the detainees there. A reporter asked DeSantis to comment on this accusation and DeSantis got immediately hostile and defensive and replied that there's no way the detainee could remember something from 10+ years ago. But DeSantis never said: I don't have that in me to do to another person, surely this accusation isn't true. He said: you can't prove it was me. That is not exactly a denial of cruelty.
We should hasten to limit this man's influence and access to power.
Not only on top of being homophobic/transphobic this is cringe as hell. Oh god, who is this for besides terminally online incels? I don’t see this helping sway the older demographic at all….
Misinformation about vaccines and lies about the Covid virus was asked to be removed. I think Facebook/meta helped kill many right wingers because of these lying memes.
Republicans want to be able to lie on these platforms. And they love the uneducated. I know someone who died believing their lies. I know another who ended up in the hospital because of these lies. She almost died. And now has a hospital bill she can't pay.
Stop voting for republicans, they don't want to help you. They have no policies but cut taxes on the rich and hating on people.
It still feels unnerving to some, even those caught in the crossfire, to see injuries invented wholesale and lies accepted by the highest court in the land.
Exclusive: Texas troopers told to push children into Rio Grande, deny water to migrants, records say ( www.houstonchronicle.com )
Officers working for Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative have been ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande, and have been told not to give water to asylum seekers even in extreme heat, according to an email from a Department of Public Safety trooper who described the actions as...
Base Air Show Featuring Scantily Clad Models Raises Questions About Justification for Drag Show Ban ( www.military.com )
At Joint Base Lewis-McChord's air show just outside of Tacoma, Washington, this past weekend, onlookers and families saw tactical military jets, high-performance sports cars and risqué models dancing on stage in skintight red, white and blue bikinis, part of what organizers described as a "way to thank the Puget Sound...
Ocasio-Cortez endorses Biden's reelection campaign, sending a strong signal of Democratic unity ( apnews.com )
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members.
DeSantis doubles down on ‘homophobic’ anti-Trump ad: ‘Totally fair game’ ( www.independent.co.uk )
Florida governor says former president was ‘pioneer in injecting gender ideology into the mainstream … he’s now campaigning saying the opposite’
The cringiest presidential campaign ad video you will ever see, courtesy of Ron DeSantis ( twitter.com )
Few days old so you may have already seen it but what the fuck is this lmfao
Trump Judge Effectively Names Himself President ( prospect.org )
Terry A. Doughty says he gets to decide who the FBI, DHS, HHS, and the Justice Department can talk to.
Australian minister Clare O’Neil calls Donald Trump Jr ‘a big baby’ after speaking tour is postponed ( www.theguardian.com )
Home affairs minister says that despite Trump Jr’s promoter’s claims, the US businessman was not ‘cancelled’ and had been granted a visa...
Judge limits Biden administration contact with social media firms ( www.politico.com )
The ruling and order are the latest developments in a long-running lawsuit spearheaded by Republican-led states.
Opinion | Self-government is worth defending from an illegitimate Supreme Court ( www.washingtonpost.com )
The transformation of the court into a partisan player contradicts the central premise of democracy.
The Supreme Court Doesn’t Care That the Gay Wedding Website Case Is Based on Fiction ( newrepublic.com )
It still feels unnerving to some, even those caught in the crossfire, to see injuries invented wholesale and lies accepted by the highest court in the land.
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