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This is such unbridled horseshit. I live in fucking California, and I'm not sure if I've ever seen a Fuck Trump shirt/flag/bumper sticker/whatever in person. I can't go a day without seeing Let's Go B

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Did not have former Skid Row lead singer Sebastian Bach talking shit to MAGA cult members on my bingo card. But here we are.  

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Yep. I was a George Will/Ronald Reagan/Al Laffer conservative.  I genuinely thought that if you cut taxes for the upper classes, then they would spend and invest and the economic result of that w

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14 minutes ago, elfenix said:

my kid can't confide in me and rather than work on that relationship we should sue teachers!

https://www.azmirror.com/2022/01/26/gop-bill-would-force-teachers-to-out-lgbtq-students-to-parents/

This one just makes my heart hurt.  I know what it's like to not be able to tell anyone about yourself.  I know what it's like to always hold a little back, so you can't just be a genuine person to the people who you call friends or even loved ones.  I know what it's like to avoid certain things you like because of what you are afraid it might say about you.  I know what it's like to pretend like everything is a-ok when things are actually pretty fucking dire. None of those are things that anyone should have to feel on a non-stop basis for years and years, and for the last decade or so, kids were getting much closer to not having to know what any of that was like.  Enter this legislature, which has decided that no, we should bring all of that back.  It's like they all got together and decided, "If we can't create another generation of self loathing, scared homosexuals then what good are we as a legislating body?"  

It's some bullshit, and I don't understand why Republicans put up with that nonsense.  If this country is in as bad a shape as they say it is, shouldn't there be more important things to be focused on?

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This one just makes my heart hurt.  I know what it's like to not be able to tell anyone about yourself.  I know what it's like to always hold a little back, so you can't just be a genuine person to the people who you call friends or even loved ones.  I know what it's like to avoid certain things you like because of what you are afraid it might say about you.  I know what it's like to pretend like everything is a-ok when things are actually pretty fucking dire. None of those are things that anyone should have to feel on a non-stop basis for years and years, and for the last decade or so, kids were getting much closer to not having to know what any of that was like.  Enter this legislature, which has decided that no, we should bring all of that back.  It's like they all got together and decided, "If we can't create another generation of self loathing, scared homosexuals then what good are we as a legislating body?"  

It's some bullshit, and I don't understand why Republicans put up with that nonsense.  If this country is in as bad a shape as they say it is, shouldn't there be more important things to be focused on?

Wait....dude....it sounds like you might be gay.

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6 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Republicans say they will not vote for any candidate who admits Biden won 'fair and square'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-nearly-6-in-10-republicans-say-they-will-not-vote-for-any-candidate-who-admits-biden-won-fair-and-square-162231610.html

Despite a mountain of evidence showing the 2020 presidential contest wasn’t rigged against Donald Trump, nearly 6 in 10 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (57 percent) now say they will not vote in upcoming elections for any candidate who admits that Joe Biden won the presidency "fair and square."

Only 17 percent say they would consider voting for a candidate who accurately characterizes Biden’s victory as legitimate.

These numbers underscore the degree to which Trump’s “big lie” claiming Biden cheated his way into the White House — a falsehood that three-quarters of Trump voters (74 percent) now believe — has become a litmus test for the entire GOP, crowding out other issues and strengthening Trump’s grip on the party ahead of the 2022 midterms.

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For his part, Trump has made it clear that supporting his election fabrications is key to his own personal endorsement. Indeed, the former president is backing primary candidates against state officials who bucked his attempts to overturn the election.

 

The poll data also helps explain why Republican presidential hopefuls such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis now want to spend millions of dollars on special “election crimes” police units tasked with finding fraud where they previously insisted there was none.

“The way Florida did it, I think, inspired confidence,” DeSantis said immediately after the 2020 election. “That’s how elections should be run.”

The survey of 1,568 U.S. adults, which was conducted from Jan. 20 to 24, found that when asked which issue they want future candidates to focus on the most, the share of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who say “stopping Democrats from rigging and stealing elections” (17 percent) — something that Democrats are not doing — is statistically equivalent to the share who say “bringing down inflation” (19 percent).

 

Other core conservative policies don’t even come close: “ending COVID restrictions” (10 percent), “fighting crime” (8 percent), “outlawing abortion” (5 percent), “cutting taxes” (5 percent), “appointing Supreme Court justices” (2 percent) and “giving parents more controls over schools” (2 percent). Only “securing the border” (23 percent) ranks higher.

Likewise, if the GOP wins control of Congress in November, 56 percent of Republicans say they want the party to launch yet another investigation of the 2020 presidential election — twice the number (28 percent) who say the opposite.

Trump remains the GOP’s most powerful and influential figure. Looking ahead, 56 percent of Republicans and Republican leaners say Trump’s endorsement is more important than that of “other Republican leaders” (23 percent) when they are deciding how to vote. Half (50 percent) say Trump was “the best Republican president” — far better than George H.W. Bush (4 percent) and his son George W. Bush (9 percent), and significantly better even than conservative icon Ronald Reagan (37 percent). Eighty-two percent rate Trump favorably, and 83 percent say they would vote for him in a rematch with Biden.

For the broader population of voters, Biden's job approval rating continues to sink. Fifty-three percent of Americans disapprove of how he’s handling the presidency, compared with 40 percent who approve, and a mere 2 points now separate him (42 percent) and Trump (40 percent) in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup. In the Dec. 13 Yahoo News/YouGov poll, Biden (45 percent) led Trump (38 percent) by 7.

 

There are signs that at least some Republicans are open to alternatives to Trump. More than a quarter (27 percent) say he should not run again. Sixteen percent say they would consider voting for centrist West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin if he were to run for president as an independent, more than the number of Democrats (10 percent) or independents (15 percent) who say the same. And 21 percent already say they would vote for DeSantis over Trump in the GOP primary; other potential candidates — including former Vice President Mike Pence (6 percent), former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (6 percent) and Fox News host Tucker Carlson (2 percent) — combine for another 19 percent of the vote, and 12 percent say they’re not sure.

DeSantis’s unfavorable rating among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (12 percent) is also lower than Trump’s (15 percent). More than half (51 percent) rate the Florida governor “very” favorably, on par with the far more familiar Trump (57 percent).

As a result, less than half of Republicans and GOP-aligned independents (46 percent) currently say they would vote for Trump in the 2024 GOP primaries. Still, it’s worth noting how close that number is to the 45 percent of the popular vote that Trump won across all Republican primaries in 2016 — enough to secure him the nomination and ultimately propel him to the White House.

least surprising news story of all time reveals: Republicans are dishonest.

 

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3 hours ago, Willfully Horn said:

I saw a CNN clip where a woman was talking about books that are so dangerous, if your kids read them they might turn into Democrats.

Shits tough for those parental Rs.

Worse yet, there’s a book you can read that might turn you into an atheist.

It’s called the Holy Bible. 

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3 hours ago, elfenix said:

my kid can't confide in me and rather than work on that relationship we should sue teachers!

https://www.azmirror.com/2022/01/26/gop-bill-would-force-teachers-to-out-lgbtq-students-to-parents/

Yeah, that's pretty fucked up.

Sure, we'd all like to have a relationship where if we accidentally killed a classmate during a prank involving a trampoline, a bucket of lard, and a bobcat (a live one, not the one you drive), our dad would get a generic car with fake paper plates, throw the body in the trunk, drive it to another state, ditch it and the clunker in the bottom of a deep-ass former coal pit full of water, and maybe pay off a neighbor or two, and then pull off a job transfer to another state.  Or rather we'd like our kids to think we'd do that for them, but the reality is that most kids don't have that kind of relationship with their parents.

This is a level of control over kids that you expect out of Orwell's 1984.

So congrats Republicans of Arizona, you are embracing Orwell's 1984.  Orwell was apparently a time traveler who published his journals.

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So a MAGA & a Muffin?  A Magaffin?  The thing you're not supposed to look for, but you look for, in a Hitchcock movie.  But now you can't because she ate Hitchcock?

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This one just makes my heart hurt.  I know what it's like to not be able to tell anyone about yourself.  I know what it's like to always hold a little back, so you can't just be a genuine person to the people who you call friends or even loved ones.  I know what it's like to avoid certain things you like because of what you are afraid it might say about you.  I know what it's like to pretend like everything is a-ok when things are actually pretty fucking dire. None of those are things that anyone should have to feel on a non-stop basis for years and years, and for the last decade or so, kids were getting much closer to not having to know what any of that was like.  Enter this legislature, which has decided that no, we should bring all of that back.  It's like they all got together and decided, "If we can't create another generation of self loathing, scared homosexuals then what good are we as a legislating body?"  

It's some bullshit, and I don't understand why Republicans put up with that nonsense.  If this country is in as bad a shape as they say it is, shouldn't there be more important things to be focused on?

 

There was a very popular high school teacher (English, Drama) who was fired unexpectedly in the middle of the school year in the district of my small town. Every body was wondering why, very hush hush, she never publicly announced why. Probably because to keep her quiet, they paid her for the remainder of her annual contract.

The small town facebook rumor mill seems to think the reason for the firing was that parents of one of her students found texts on his phone to and from her. Allegedly, the content of the texts was a discussion about him being gay, and his parents not knowing.

 

 

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4 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

is that the one where everyone has sex with their sisters and then this tyrant named "God" kills a fuckload of people?

 

I think its the one where this long haired hippy gives away all his earthly possessions, then walks around telling people to love each other, be nice to each other, forgive each other, and help each other out, even your enemies. Also, you should pay your taxes, worship in private not public, and if you die rich, you probably aren't getting into heaven.

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I think its the one where this long haired hippy gives away all his earthly possessions, then walks around telling people to love each other, be nice to each other, forgive each other, and help each other out, even your enemies. Also, you should pay your taxes, worship in private not public, and if you die rich, you probably aren't getting into heaven.

what a crock of socialist bullshit. who the hell would ever listen to a guy like that?

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I'm surprised this hasn't generated a lot more angst - the relative of Robert E. Lee's (he's not a fucking descendant) has proved that he's related, with hundreds of pages of documentation (which, trust me, is very extensive to prove you were related to somebody from the 1860s).

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/us/robert-e-lee-anti-racism-descendant/index.html

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He's also been pushing for the removal of Confederate monuments including the Richmond statue of Robert E. Lee, which was removed in September of last year. 

About a month ago, the city of Richmond also voted to melt down the statue to create art for the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. Lee supports the decision to melt it down and believes this will lead to new opportunities to showcase history.

That's actually really fucking amazing that the state legislature or Governor hasn't stopped them from melting down a Robert E. Lee statue into art for an African-American heritage center.  I'm surprised some Lost Cause types haven't tried to liberate the statue or anything.

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27 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

American Exceptionalism baby!

8 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

fucking snowflakes

Biggest fucking snowflakes ever.  These people are armed and claim to be ready to fight invaders or the US government or whatever, but they couldn't handle fucking Chilis or Applebees switching to to-go orders during a pandemic.

 

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A parent in Texas called for a children's biography about former first lady Michelle Obama to be pulled from school libraries because they viewed it as unfair to former President Donald Trump.

The Katy, Texas, parent took issue with a book titled "Michelle Obama: Political Icon" by Heather E. Schwartz, saying it "unfairly" depicted Trump "as a bully," according to NBC News, which on Wednesday published a list of 50 books that parents in Texas have asked schools to remove.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-parent-demanded-michelle-obama-175537735.html

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