Desantis is a POS and needs his own thread

[tx 3 putt 77060]

8 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

eat shit, fuckface

 

 

 

if it gets to the supreme court, itll get rubber stamped 

[Underdog 28711]

Hope Ronnie doesn’t take away that Judge’s Disney season passes. 

[Johnny Sack 8397]

That trial court judge won't be having the last say on the issue.

[Thrawn 538]

FYI, this ruling only pertains to District 5. Ultimately, this ruling will probably stand. Hell, even the far right wing legislature in Florida didn't want to touch that district. Although, Ronduh! just had to get more points with his MAGA constituents.  Same shit he pulls quite often. Legality doesn't seem to be something he worries about.

The map as a whole is also being contested in court. That case will be heard later on. I expect that the map will stand, with the exception of District 5.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33874]

 

[TexEx15 17543]

Magats bitch and moan about the 1st amendment when a private company kicks off their dear leader for violating the terms of service  multiple times yet will no doubt cheer this on as fighting the good fight against the left. 
 

[Captainant 27680]

4 minutes ago, TexEx15 said:

Magats bitch and moan about the 1st amendment when a private company kicks off their dear leader for violating the terms of service  multiple times yet will no doubt cheer this on as fighting the good fight against the left. 
 

It really is a pure expression of the modern GOP power politics dogma. Rather than doing fewer things to incite protests in the streets, the solution is OBVIOUSLY to first ignore them and then weaponize the state against the protesters.

[NameAlreadyInUse 5114]

Not sure where this fits, but Kentucky doesn't believe in the Don't Say Gay law.  

As you can see here, at least one school wants to make sure it's students talk to their friends about being gay.  And how it's awful and they are wrong.

 

Every time I start thinking that maybe Jesus wasn't such a bad guy, I think of all the people that call Jesus a friend and am reminded why I want nothing to do with Jesus or them.  

[Captainant 27680]

15 minutes ago, NameAlreadyInUse said:

Not sure where this fits, but Kentucky doesn't believe in the Don't Say Gay law.  

As you can see here, at least one school wants to make sure it's students talk to their friends about being gay.  And how it's awful and they are wrong.

 

Every time I start thinking that maybe Jesus wasn't such a bad guy, I think of all the people that call Jesus a friend and am reminded why I want nothing to do with Jesus or them.  

And these are the places that the GOP wants to give public tax dollars. Fucking awful. 

[Immaculate Vibes 114]

Some truth here. 
 

Kids are fluid. “If kids knew what they wanted to be when they were 8, the world would be full of cowboys and princesses.”

 

[Bama Chick 28596]

FFS

Being a cowboy or a princess IS NOT THE SAME THING AS SEXUAL IDENTITY.

Fucking idiot.

[ChuckNorrisActionJeans 2678]

Bill Maher is a total fucking moron, to whom morons point as some kind of intellectual. 

And the answer to the question he poses is a fairly resounding "yes" to the first option.

[skeeter 454]

On 5/17/2022 at 2:23 PM, NameAlreadyInUse said:

Not sure where this fits, but Kentucky doesn't believe in the Don't Say Gay law.  

As you can see here, at least one school wants to make sure it's students talk to their friends about being gay.  And how it's awful and they are wrong.

 

Every time I start thinking that maybe Jesus wasn't such a bad guy, I think of all the people that call Jesus a friend and am reminded why I want nothing to do with Jesus or them.  

Dear Joey,

I sucked a penis once. Just letting you know it tasted like poop and I didn't like it.

Your friend  in Christ,

Richie

(Oh, yes ... feel free to share with your gay friends)

[Sawbonz 27578]

19 hours ago, Immaculate Vibes said:

Some truth here. 
 

Kids are fluid. “If kids knew what they wanted to be when they were 8, the world would be full of cowboys and princesses.”

 

Why are anesthesiologists so prone to conspiracy theories? Is it leaks from the gases up there addling your brains or is it just having nothing to do for 95% of the cases other than surf right wing “news” sources on your phone? 10 years ago it was day trading now it’s this kind of shit

[Chad Fuck 17684]

Why are anesthesiologists so prone to conspiracy theories? Is it leaks from the gases up there addling your brains or is it just having nothing to do for 95% of the cases other than surf right wing “news” sources on your phone? 10 years ago it was day trading now it’s this kind of shit

Funny. One of my best friends is an anesthesiologist and he says the same thing about surgeons all the time.

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13585]

Probably shouldn't allow children to decide whether they want to give their life to Christ being how temperamental they are. Making a child decide such a thing with eternal ramifications sounds like a form of child abuse. Better get CPS involved.

[safe sex 11735]

1 hour ago, Sawbonz said:

Why are anesthesiologists so prone to conspiracy theories? Is it leaks from the gases up there addling your brains or is it just having nothing to do for 95% of the cases other than surf right wing “news” sources on your phone? 10 years ago it was day trading now it’s this kind of shit

There is absolutely no way the man is an actual MD/DO. Chiro, possibly, at most.

Edited May 22, 2022 by trauma babe

[Sawbonz 27578]

13 minutes ago, trauma babe said:

There is absolutely no way the man is an actual MD/DO. Chiro, possibly, at most.

There are 4 anesthesiologists I work with on a regular basis who could be him. In fact I would guess he is one of them but he’s in San Antonio

[Sawbonz 27578]

52 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Funny. One of my best friends is an anesthesiologist and he says the same thing about surgeons all the time.

I know plenty of surgeons especially older ones who are right leaning usually because of taxes. The only Covid deniers/vaccine refusers and Big Lie believers are gas passers

[Bama Chick 28596]

The president of our Med Staff - Ortho Surgeon - had to resign his position as president because he won’t get vaxxed.

And his wife - CRNA - got fired because she won’t get vaxxed and was commenting on our hospital Facebook page conspiracy garbage about the vaccine.

And our hospital president just announced last week all staff will continue to wear masks at work until we have 100% vaccination.

I thought the provision that any healthcare facility that gets Medicare reimbursements had to have 100% vaccination was the one mandate upheld by SCOTUS but I may have misunderstood. Or this is some sort of half ass compromise.

Better believe the complaining from those of us vaccinated is getting more pronounced and loud towards the assholes who won’t get the vaccine. We’re being held hostage by these assholes - who, ironically, are also the ones most likely to bitch about wearing masks.

I’ve just resigned myself to the fact that wearing a mask in common areas is now part of the dress codes.

Fucking idiots.

[fattyflattie 4639]

Wait, even nurses bag on Chiros?  Hard to be a taken seriously while wheeling a skeleton around the mall, I suppose. 

[Foosters 17858]

11th circuit says "nope"

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The question at the core of this appeal is whether the Facebooks and Twitters of the world—indisputably “private actors” with First Amendment rights—are engaged in constitutionally protected expressive activity when they moderate and curate the content that they disseminate on their platforms. The State of Florida insists that they aren’t, and it has enacted a first-of-its-kind law to combat what some of its proponents perceive to be a concerted effort by “the ‘big tech’ oligarchs in Silicon Valley” to “silenc[e]” “conservative” speech in favor of a “radical leftist” agenda. To that end, the new law would, among other things, prohibit certain social-media companies from “deplatforming” political candidates under any circumstances, prioritizing or deprioritizing any post or message “by or about” a candidate, and, more broadly, removing anything posted by a “journalistic enterprise” based on its content.

We hold that it is substantially likely that social-media companies—even the biggest ones—are “private actors” whose rights the First Amendment protects, Manhattan Cmty., 139 S. Ct. at 1926, that their so-called “content-moderation” decisions constitute protected exercises of editorial judgment, and that the provisions of the new Florida law that restrict large platforms’ ability to engage in content moderation unconstitutionally burden that prerogative. We further conclude that it is substantially likely that one of the law’s particularly onerous disclosure provisions—which would require covered platforms to provide a “thorough rationale” for each and every content-moderation decision they make—violates the First Amendment. Accordingly, we hold that the companies are entitled to a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of those provisions. Because we think it unlikely that the law’s remaining (and far less burdensome) disclosure provisions violate the First Amendment, we hold that the companies are not entitled to preliminary injunctive relief with respect to them

https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202112355.pdf

[Chad Fuck 17684]

Get off the stage Jeb.

[Mrs Whiggins 13050]

Education excellence and Florida? The snippet mentions school choice. So, that's their metric?

 

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

So even Jeb! is turning Trumpy now. 

[Chad Fuck 17684]

So even Jeb! is turning Trumpy now. 

It makes me wonder if the Bushes have decided that DeSantis is the best of all alternatives when compared with Trump. This in itself should be a horrifying thought.

[atomheartbevo 89727]

25 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

So even Jeb! is turning Trumpy now. 

12 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

It makes me wonder if the Bushes have decided that DeSantis is the best of all alternatives when compared with Trump. This in itself should be a horrifying thought.

Yeah, this feels like the Bushes are going to use DeSantis to dethrone Trump as the figurehead of the GOP, and then deal with DeSantis later on.

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

17 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

It makes me wonder if the Bushes have decided that DeSantis is the best of all alternatives when compared with Trump. This in itself should be a horrifying thought.

DeSantis is just Trump by another name. 

[Chad Fuck 17684]

34 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

DeSantis is just Trump by another name. 

He's craftier than Trump.  He has better impulse control and can implement strategic thinking.  

[DigglerontheHoof 21202]

44 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

DeSantis is just Trump by another name. 

 

10 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

He's craftier than Trump.  He has better impulse control and can implement strategic thinking.  

While both of these statements are true, he doesn't have that regard-charisma that dotard, apparently, has.  I don't think he drives passion in the morons like the orange moron does.   IOW, he's not getting the potus nomination, if dotard runs.   And if dotard doesn't run, I think the Dems can beat Desantis easier than tfg. 

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

43 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

He's craftier than Trump.  He has better impulse control and can implement strategic thinking.  

But he’s still adopted Trump’s style the way the rest of the Trumpublican party has. ‘Hey, it worked for Trump so I guess this is the way to go now.’

[Chad Fuck 17684]

1 minute ago, WhatTheBuck said:

But he’s still adopted Trump’s style the way the rest of the Trumpublican party has. ‘Hey, it worked for Trump so I guess this is the way to go now.’

Don't get it wrong, I'm agreeing with you.  He was sucking Trump off mucho with his original campaign ads.  I'm just saying he is Trump but worse, because he can focus on his authoritarian tendencies with greater strategic maliciousness.  It's a bad combo.  

[CowboyFred 1151]

On 5/9/2022 at 3:52 PM, workswithseed said:

Seeing how Ben Shapiro brought his family over there because of the Jewish community, and another YouTuber who's also there because of the Jewish community as well. I'd say it's a decent population.

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/florida-jewish-history

As of 2018 Florida's Jewish population is estimated at 621,460.  

I'd say that the Jewish population is also healthier, so probably the confederates.

Just saw this post but lol bitch boy shapiro moved to Florida because that’s where his people reside. It’s probably better suited for him, economically to live there.  He didn’t move for the jews

[WhatTheBuck 28788]

8 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Don't get it wrong, I'm agreeing with you.  He was sucking Trump off mucho with his original campaign ads.  I'm just saying he is Trump but worse, because he can focus on his authoritarian tendencies with greater strategic maliciousness.  It's a bad combo.  

It’s just all so depressing. For the last few months I couldn’t get away from ads for Republicans arguing who was more Trumpy than the other guy. Then in the last couple weeks before the primary I saw ads by Ted Cruz endorsing one candidate, ads by Rand Paul endorsing another, and then Trump endorsed JD Vance, who had been openly opposed to Trump in the past but then took a 180 degree turn when he realized which direction the political wind was blowing. Then Trump endorsed him and he won the primary. The hypocrisy and the lack of standards, values, or fixed principles of any kind in the GOP is just stunning.

Any Republican who tries to oppose Trump is going to wind up imitating him. And when Trump runs in 2024, DeSantis won’t stand a chance because he wasn’t a reality tv star and we’re a nation of idiots who can’t tell the difference between reality tv and reality. 

[HenryJames 66120]

 

[Neonmoon 38129]

It makes so sad to watch that happen in 2022

[Longhorn_Fan68 33874]

On 5/24/2022 at 7:25 AM, Chad Fuck said:

Get off the stage Jeb.
 

[Captainant 27680]

So some recent news, Josh Duggar of 19 kids and counting was just sentenced to 12 years of prison for child pornography.

Josh Duggar was a lobbyist for the Family Research Council just 10 years ago, working to outlaw abortion and gay marriage. His fucking mom was going around on with republican campaigns claiming that gay people are child molesters.

 

So weird that @workswithseed and @Johnny Sack share so much rhetoric and agenda with a pedophile

[Bullneck 19168]

On 5/24/2022 at 9:28 AM, WhatTheBuck said:

So even Jeb! is turning Trumpy now. 

[Dbeasy 15068]

I’ve ignored this thread because I figured it was a waste of time talking about a moron like De Santis. 

I just learned from a friend with deep political ties in Florida that De Santis is the anointed Republican candidate for President in 2024 from the inner circle. Had no idea. I’m shocked. 

[Francisco 2.0 32395]

I'm not a fan of any public funding for professional sports facilities in general, but the rational for canceling out this spending is....well, cancel culture at its best:

 

 

 

[Francisco 2.0 32395]

 

 

[Brian Fantana 6689]

19 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

I'm not a fan of any public funding for professional sports facilities in general, but the rational for canceling out this spending is....well, cancel culture at its best:

 

 

 

I don't see how this is not a direct violation of the first amendment

[tx 3 putt 77060]

1 minute ago, Brian Fantana said:

I don't see how this is not a direct violation of the first amendment

Welcome to GOP’s America !

[tx 3 putt 77060]

29 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

I don't see how this is not a direct violation of the first amendment

The constitution only exists for maga, gqp, their fringe groups. The rest can go fuck themselves 

Edited June 3, 2022 by tx 3 putt

[NameAlreadyInUse 5114]

20 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

I'm not a fan of any public funding for professional sports facilities in general, but the rational for canceling out this spending is....well, cancel culture at its best:

 

 

 

How is this not the government abridging the freedom of speech?  I mean corporations are people, right? IANAL so help me out.

[bolverk 29684]

1 hour ago, Brian Fantana said:

I don't see how this is not a direct violation of the first amendment

 

45 minutes ago, NameAlreadyInUse said:

How is this not the government abridging the freedom of speech?  I mean corporations are people, right? IANAL so help me out.

Not a lawyer either, but my guess it that it has to do with them not giving away public dollars (incentives) versus taking money away from them (higher taxes).

Hell, if Abbott can get away with our state refusing to contract out services with anyone or any company that supports Israeli sanctions/boycotts/divestment, it figures that De Santis can get away with this. 

[Foosters 17858]

7 minutes ago, bolverk said:

 

Hell, if Abbott can get away with our state refusing to contract out services with anyone or any company that supports Israeli sanctions/boycotts/divestment, it figures that De Santis can get away with this. 

He can't

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-bds-federal-court-blocks-texas-law-palestinian-israel

[atomheartbevo 89727]

3 hours ago, Brian Fantana said:

I don't see how this is not a direct violation of the first amendment

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Welcome to GOP’s America !

Small Government people!

[Captainant 27680]

DeSantis spokeswoman (Christina Pushaw) belatedly registers as agent of foreign politician

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A spokeswoman for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) this week registered as a foreign agent of a former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, belatedly detailing work she performed for the politician between 2018 and 2020.

The spokeswoman, Christina Pushaw, made the disclosure following contact from the Justice Department, according to her attorney, Michael Sherwin. She began her work in 2018 as a volunteer in the post-Soviet country, Sherwin said, and was ultimately paid $25,000 over the course of two years.

“Her efforts included writing op-eds, reaching out to supporters and officials, and advocating on his behalf in Georgia and in the United States,” Sherwin said. “The work ended in 2020. Ms. Pushaw was notified recently by the DOJ that her work on behalf of Mr. Saakashvilli likely required FARA registration. Ms. Pushaw filed for the registration retroactively as soon as she was made aware.”

The Justice Department did not respond to a request for comment.

The episode reflects standard enforcement practices under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), said Joshua Ian Rosenstein, an expert on the 1938 law at D.C.-based Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein and Birkenstock. A letter of inquiry may prompt a voluntary registration, he said, to “short-circuit a more formal determination of a failure to comply.”

...

Pushaw, a year into her tenure as DeSantis’s press secretary, has become a prominent protector of her boss and a fierce critic of the media. Twitter briefly locked her account last year after the Associated Press said the criticism she directed at a reporter caused him to receive death threats.

She has written openly on social media of her work for Saakashvili, who was arrested last year when he returned to Georgia after eight years in exile. Associated with factions critical of the Kremlin, Saakashvili led Georgia from 2004 until 2013 and entered Ukrainian politics after that country removed a pro-Russian president in 2014.

A court in Georgia, now controlled by Saakashvili’s political opponents, convicted him in absentia in 2018. He faced arrest three years later when he made a theatrical return to his country, posting a copy of his plane ticket on social media.

According to Pushaw’s LinkedIn profile, she joined the governor’s office in May 2021 after her time as director of a nonprofit “focused on empowering youth through education and professional development opportunities” based in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. She also lists experience as a campaign strategist for a Georgian opposition party and, on other social media, has identified that party as the United National Movement, which Saakashvili once chaired.

...

Pushaw’s work for Saakashvili involved going toe-to-toe in 2018 with W. Samuel Patten, a political consultant who had just pleaded guilty to not registering as an agent of a Ukrainian political party. As part of his plea deal, Patten agreed to assist special counsel Robert S. Mueller III in his investigation of foreign influence in the 2016 election.

In communication reproduced at the time by George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, Pushaw claims to have contacted the Justice Department about messages allegedly sent by Patten to a former aide to Saakashvili before the Georgian exile’s appearance on CNN. In the appearance, which included discussion of Patten’s case, Saakashvili read aloud the messages said to have come from Patten, including a warning to “call off your trolls now, or I’ll start releasing things about Misha he’d prefer I didn’t.”

“Today, I contacted the DOJ to report Sam’s threat and send over the screenshots,” Pushaw wrote to Turley, who appeared on CNN after Saakashvili. “I believe Sam knew [Saakashvili] would talk about the case on CNN yesterday, since I announced it on Facebook a few hours beforehand. I think Sam sent the threat right before the interview to coerce him into silence.”

So weird how the GQP keeps hiring ratfuckers who ratfucked in Georgia (the nation), Ukraine, and usually for some now-arrested-for-corruption eastern european politician.

It's also interesting to look into the right wing youth leadership programs she's involved with, like Project Arizona, whose website is full of broken english and strange turns of phrase. It's a right wing summer camp for budding fascists, very jojo rabbit vibes.