JD Vance: People are calling me a racist and weird.
Trump: Here, hold my beer.
republicans
Know what that is in that photo?
It's a dumpster full of books —mostly LGBT stuff but others too— heading to the landfill.
Know what *that* is?
It's goddamned fascism.
This is what hate looks like.
This is what hate does.
#USpol #USnews #DeSantis #Republicans #GOP #ChristianNationalism #Fascism #BookBurning #LGBTQIA
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/education/2024/08/15/new-college-of-florida-throws-away-hundreds-of-library-books-diversity-lgbtq/74814756007/
#NewCollege of #Florida tosses hundreds of #library #books, empties #gender #diversity library
h/t to @alexwild and @futurebird
"While I understand and agree with those who say that no child should be mocked for being proud of their dad, I also think that Gus Walz’s neurodivergence does matter here. Republican partisanship, hate, and misogyny in this instance were also linked to, and I think triggered by, ableism."
~ Noah Berlatsky
#GusWalz #TimWalz #Republicans #cruelty #neurodivergent #ableism
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https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/gus-walz-was-bullied-at-the-dnc-because
Trump’s sentencing for his hush money convictions has been delayed until after the election.
It’s now pretty hard for trump and the #Republicans to say his conviction was politically motivated or election interference.
Joyce Vance quotes Greg Sargent, who says,
"Fact-checking MAGA's vile lie about cat-eating Haitians misses the point. It's an *open* assertion of the power to lie with impunity about immigrants as a prelude to 'bloody' removals of millions."
Then she adds,
"It's not just that the Haitian story is ridiculous. It's not just that it’s a lie."
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #immigrants #Haitians #Ohio #lies #xenophobia #Nazis #genocide
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To be fair, she is more mature.
"Donald Trump Says He ‘Hates' Taylor Swift. She Hasn't Mentioned His Name."
"The pop star has focused her messaging on encouraging fans to register to vote -- and hasn't attacked him personally."
#GOP #Republicans #Trump #TaylorSwift #Swifties #Harris #Election
I’ve heard it said that if you don’t vote with whichever party then you are a coward. I think that’s exactly backwards, and even reflects poorly all the person making that argument. It doesn’t take much courage to go with the group.
Instead I go the other way: no matter which party you might prefer in general, it takes courage to say they nominated a moron, and fortunately the other party also nominated a loser, so no matter what the US is going to slog through these next few years.
In my opinion the courageous position is to say no, you nominated a moron, and I’m not going to give you my vote. We’re going to be okay I guess, whether you win or not, but I’m not going to let you assume that you have my vote if you insist on nominating a moron. You should have nominated someone better. You should have nominated someone worthy of my vote. Do better next time.
That’s the state of #USPolitics . As South Park said, big douche versus turd sandwich. So screw both #Democrats and #Republicans. Neither of you managed to nominate someone worth voting for, so I’m voting for my dog.
To give either party our votes is to sign on to their nomination of garbage people. Let’s not. Let’s say that they need to actually nominate worthwhile administrators.
But more practically, let’s focus on #Congress. No matter who wins this election, they’re going to suck, but we can still express ourselves through our representation in Congress, and that’s honestly how it should be anyway.
Check out your representatives. See how they have actually been voting, and vote them out if they have been letting you down. That’s really where our focus should be anyway.
Not on which jerk ends up in the Oval Office.
(But thank God #Biden is on his way out, as he has been terrible for #science in the US, which has not gotten nearly enough attention from the press.)
THE #INSURRECTIONISTS NEXT DOOR
#AshliBabbitt’s mother & the wife of a notorious #Jan6 rioter are at the center of a new mythology on the #right. They are also my neighbors.
By Hanna Rosin
#radicalization #DomesticTerrorism #extremism #MAGA #Republicans #PoliticalViolence #Insurrection #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #Trump
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/10/jan-6-capitol-attack-ashli-babbitt-dc-residents/679563/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxcAtglrydgqNGsTv5vo8OhU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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People focus on Hitler and Nazi leaders and the atrocious lethal lies they told to justify the mass murder of Jews.
But they should focus also on the willingness of very many people to believe those lies, to cheer and assist as their Jewish neighbors were rounded up and sent to their deaths.
The problem is never just the Hitlers, the Nazis. The problem is us, many of us — our propensity to stigmatize and hate.
#Trump #Republicans #Hitler #Nazis #immigrants #BloodLibel #PoliticsofHate
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T**** got himself elected making a huge deal out of #inflation (once over 9% due to the #SupplyChainCrisis HE created by ignoring #Covid) and #illegal #immigration (which fell substantially once #Biden circumvented obstructionist #Republicans.)
SO I'M POSTING THIS SNAPSHOT of where the country currently stands for comparison four years from now:
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Nina Burleigh refreshes our memory about the "October surprise" Republicans pulled in 1980 to kneecap Jimmy Carter and put St. Ronnie in the White House:
"Republican operatives paid off Iranian mullahs with weapons in exchange for slow-walking the release of 52 U.S. hostages — with the goal of making Carter look weak and getting the Gipper (Reagan) elected."
🇳🇱This is pretty much what most Republicans sound like to me at this point.
#USPol #Republican #Republicans #Conservative
Trump Agenda: Himself and His Rich Friends
Harris Agenda: Working Americans and Middle Class Families
Vote accordingly
#Election2024 #Economy #Freedom #USPol #USPolitics #Harris #KamalaHarris #Democrats #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Abortion #RoeVWade
2 weeks ago.
Two. Weeks. Ago. #ProLifeMyAss
Via Kamala HQ:
These are the #Republicans who voted against #FEMA funding two weeks ago
"Jeez. 'Daddy’s coming home'. How can we not say this election is also about toxic masculinity and the latent violence of threatened patriarchy?"
~ Peter Jukes as quoted by Paige Oamek
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #TuckerCarlson #masculinity #gender #MaleVoters #patriarchy #fascism #strongman
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https://newrepublic.com/post/187485/tucker-carlson-daddy-trump-spanking-speech
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"January 30th 1933 dawned cold and clear in Berlin as Adolph Hitler took his oath of office and promised Germans he would uphold the constitution. It would ultimately take him less than 30 days to dismantle it. ...
All you need to end a democracy is a leader willing to suspend or end the Constitution and a supporting cast large enough to allow him to do it.
Republicans have both."
~ Rachel Bitecofer
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
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https://thecycle.substack.com/p/what-really-happens-if-trump-wins
The fight for the #House & #Senate: Where things stand
Will both chambers flip? #Congress may once again have to work under the strain of divided government.
With <4 weeks to go, #Republicans appear poised to win the Senate, which is currently controlled by the Democrats. The #Democrats, meanwhile, seem to have a slight edge in the race for the Republican-controlled House.
#Election2024 #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/09/senate-house-race-who-wins/
She Supports Trump’s Anti-Immigration Policies. #Texas Incorrectly Flagged Her as a “Noncitizen” on Its #Voting Rolls.
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Mary Howard-Elley is the 10th U.S. citizen identified by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat whose registration was canceled after her #citizenship was questioned. Her saga shows how tough it can be for eligible #voters to get reinstated.
#News #Election2024 #Politics #GOP #Republicans #Government #Immigration
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-noncitizen-voter-roll-removal-mary-howard-elley
There is a room with three doors. Each bears a label: “Latino Vote,” “Purpling Suburbs,” and “Big City Turnout.” This November, Texas #Democrats opened these three doors, and behind all they discovered a Cerberus from Greek mythology with the heads of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Greg Abbott. Then the monster ate them.
From Interim Editor-in-Chief @gusbova: https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-democrats-lost-decade-2024/
#politics #USpol #news #Trump #TedCruz #GregAbbott #TXlege #Republicans #election2024 #Texas
“We’re seeing a rise in anti-LGBTQ crimes in the state because of the culture wars that #Republicans are fighting.”
Experts on #LGBTQIA+ and human rights say an alarming rise in anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation leads directly to a rise in hate incidents, including deadly violence. I used GLAAD data to analyze incidents in Central #Texas over the last few years: https://austinfreepress.org/legislating-intolerance-anti-lgbtq-legislation-tied-to-massive-rise-in-hate-incidents/
#news #homophobia #transphobia #politics #USpol #HumanRights #Austin #TXlege #trans #transgender
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Today is #Trans Day of Remembrance, when we memorialize #transgender lives lost to violence.
In my latest for The Barbed Wire, I visited a memorial to 38 of the trans Texans who have died over the last decade, even as the #LGBTQIA+ community looks forward with fear.
https://thebarbedwire.com/2024/11/20/40-texans-honored-for-trans-day-of-remembrance-amid-concerns-of-more-violence/
(CW: Mentions of transphobic violence and self-harm)
#transphobia #homophobia #violence #murder #news #politics #USpol #Trump #TXlege #Republicans #TDOR
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Highlights from December Employment Report:
• Wages rising faster than inflation
• 16 million jobs added since Biden took office
• 37 straight months of low unemployment (at or below 4.2%)
• Prime-working-age employment rate higher than any point under Trump
#Economy #USPol #USPolitics #Biden #Democrats #Trump #MAGA #Republicans
#Disinformation: #SocialSecurity email praising Trump’s tax bill is a lie
The #SSA sent an email claiming Trump’s bill eliminated taxes on benefits for most recipients.
The reconciliation bill–which #Trump called the #OneBigBeautifulBill before signing it after #Republicans in #Congress passed it–will strip people of their #HealthInsurance, cut #FoodAssistance for the #poor, kill off #CleanEnergy development & raise the #NationalDebt by trillions.
#propaganda
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/05/social-security-administration-email-trump-tax-bill
To combat both Republican extremism and Democratic incompetence, I have rejoined both the Working Families Party and the Democratic Socialists of America.
Change is needed NOW!
#DemExit #workingfamiliesparty #DSA #demsocialists #republicans #politics #fucktrump