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Main Paineframe posted:Do you have any data for this? I'd be interested to see what kind of backing there is for the claim that defending trans people is politically ineffective and only makes the fascists stronger. I'd be interested in seeing this as well. The claim sounds pretty dubious to me, especially considering how the GOP's anti-trans playbook worked out in the midterms. And even if it is true, the Dems refusing to actively defend trans people because it would cost them votes would be pretty craven.
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If it’s any consolation, an author considered so toxic and transphobic he has openly complained that trans people by and large no longer take his calls or respond to his emails also takes issue with Scocca’s analysis, whom Scocca is now tearing to shreds: https://twitter.com/tomscocca/status/1621190190982201346?s=46&t=x2zBtp9bPjRAZrN39YSbVQ
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Instead of flag pins they're wearing rifles. I am so weary of this nonsense. The worst ideas championed by the worst people. https://twitter.com/RepJimmyGomez/status/1620878732738330629?s=20&t=GnrlfZOP6-d_yK7blS7CjQ
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Youth Decay posted:States that pass these laws get hit with a bunch of lawsuits within days of being signed. Several have already been struck down. There's just this flood right now going through red state legislatures unchallenged but the federal government can't do anything about that until the bills are finalized into law - if anything, Biden speaking out only emboldens state Republicans who are using this purely as another thing to Own the Libs with. What is "Merry Christmas" doing there? Shouldn't it be "Happy Holidays" or something?
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SimonChris posted:What is "Merry Christmas" doing there? Shouldn't it be "Happy Holidays" or something? If everything else on the list is "This is bad", clearly this can only mean... ERIC DETERS HAS DECLARED WAR ON CHRISTMAS!
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Randalor posted:If everything else on the list is "This is bad", clearly this can only mean... ERIC DETERS HAS DECLARED WAR ON CHRISTMAS! What about "Jan 6"?
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Jeffries forced a vote by the full House to eject Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee. It passed. All Democrats opposed and all Republicans - except for David Joyce (who voted "Present") - in support. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1621201622087901188
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Jeffries forced a vote by the full House to eject Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee. And this was the vote that people were saying "oh the GOP moderates will probably not go along with it" about, right? So that basically confirms it, K-Mack's Krazy Krew are driving the car off the cliff full throttle, hand-in-hand, when it comes time to default on the United States' debt.
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Hakeem Jeffries is an incompetent at appearing to care about his fake job, but he’s at least mediocre at his real job.
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nine-gear crow posted:And this was the vote that people were saying "oh the GOP moderates will probably not go along with it" about, right? So that basically confirms it, K-Mack's Krazy Krew are driving the car off the cliff full throttle, hand-in-hand, when it comes time to default on the United States' debt. Yeah. McCarthy was originally going to just kick her off. But, Jeffries appointed her anyway and refused to name a different candidate. That forced a full House vote and two Republicans had previously said they opposed kicking people off committees for ideological reasons - Nancy Mace and David Joyce. Mace ended up voting "Yes" anyway and Joyce voted "Present" instead of "No."
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Young Freud posted:What about "Jan 6"? What about it? There was a large peaceful protest by brave upstanding citizens who were peacefully taking tours while at the same time ANTIFA supersoldier agents were staging a false flag Coup to install their dictator Joe Biden into office.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Jeffries forced a vote by the full House to eject Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee. https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1621217639547768832?s=20&t=GnrlfZOP6-d_yK7blS7CjQ There isn't a rolleyes large enough for this.
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First Oversight hearing of the new Congress is today. They have the United States Comptroller testifying. It's going about as you would have expected. Not clear what the U.S. Comptroller's office has to do with a local drag story hour. https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1620875576079949824 The next major hearing is February 9th and it is the first hearing for the new "House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government from 2021 to 2023." They will be hearing from Viola Garcia from the National School Boards Association and Jennifer Moore from the Human Resources Department at the FBI on "the Department of Justice's program to target concerned parents exercising their rights as domestic terrorists during 2021."
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Dick Trauma posted:https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1621217639547768832?s=20&t=GnrlfZOP6-d_yK7blS7CjQ Pretty sure he meant the Jew-ish community, right? 
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:First Oversight hearing of the new Congress is today. Debate & Discussion > USCE Winter 2023 - Dry Clean Story Hour
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:First Oversight hearing of the new Congress is today. That was yesterday (as is the date on the tweet).
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Dick Trauma posted:Instead of flag pins they're wearing rifles. I am so weary of this nonsense. The worst ideas championed by the worst people. tbf it makes sense that Santos is wearing one, he invented the AR-15 after all
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This hearing is wild. Basically nobody has asked the Comptroller any questions about his actual job and they are up to minute 46. Even the Dems are just kind of apologizing to him and not asking many questions. Edit: One Dem has asked him about the office's report on 12 proposals for more efficiency in the government that they released. That is basically the first actual policy question. https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1620874964219084802 nine-gear crow posted:Debate & Discussion > USCE Winter 2023 - Dry Clean Story Hour Might have to do this since it's been about two months with no change. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Feb 2, 2023 |
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Won't change anything, but this is a fun exchange where some dude tries to corner Maxine Waters https://twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1620955939397591040
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:What? As the authors article has pointed out, the NYT has spent less time on Accutane in the last 4 decades than it has on trans issues in the last year. His point is made. What are you going on about there, and why don't you address the main thesis of the article about transgender scaremongering from a major newspaper?
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:This hearing is wild. We had to get that antisemite Omar off her committee, but insane Jewish Space Laser lady needs to be front and center always
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Sir John Falstaff posted:That was yesterday (as is the date on the tweet). Yes, you're right. Today is a continuation of the hearing from yesterday - which is supposed to be about "Pandemic Waste, Fraud, and Abuse" and has had basically nothing about the pandemic except for about 15 minutes of discussion regarding unemployment insurance fraud. Next week is also another two-parter: quote:“Protecting Speech from Government Interference and Social Media Bias, Part 1: Twitter’s Role in Suppressing the Biden Laptop Story”
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Yes, you're right. Today is a continuation of the hearing from yesterday - which is supposed to be about "Pandemic Waste, Fraud, and Abuse" and has had basically nothing about the pandemic except for about 15 minutes of discussion regarding unemployment insurance fraud. Gotcha--this is about how things were expected to go, though, given the membership (not that it makes it any less insane).
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If the Congress has voted for this:quote:Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That Congress denounces socialism in all its forms, and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States of America. Can PSL or Socialist Alternative run candidates anymore, or implement the revolution? 
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A resolution like that has no practical consequences even if it passes*, go ahead and call for the proletariat uprising on the campaign trail *The closest thing it has to consequences is that anyone who cast a vote can now be attacked as being on the record for/against socialism
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mawarannahr posted:If the Congress has voted for this: It's a non-binding resolution, so you can both pass that and also pass full socialism without either bill interfering with each other.
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https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1621212076751392776 Now that it's clear DeSantis is almost certainly running (not that anyone ever really doubted he would), Trump's starting to take aim at him. Hopefully soon we'll get a look at how DeSantis plans to respond to Trump's attacks.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:It's a non-binding resolution, so you can both pass that and also pass full socialism without either bill interfering with each other. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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mawarannahr posted:Thank goodness, I've been worried sick for an hour. What would be required to make it binding and is there a little stamp that says nonbinding or is it kind of unspoken? The language of "denounces" and "opposes" makes it nonbinding, there is no rigorous definition of advocating socialism or penalties specified for doing so. If they wanted to make actually illegal to advocate socialism, it would be written totally differently. It would also be a blatant First Amendment violation, so the risk of this happening is pretty low, especially when they only control the House
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Which horrors of socialism do I oppose? Clean water? Universal health care? The elimination of homelessness? Well, you know, whichever you find bad. Lmao Ro Khanna voted for this trash, and yet that dummy won’t stop trying to email me, a loving communist.
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Main Paineframe posted:https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1621212076751392776 I love how dude only has like 3 basic lies and they all sound exactly the same.
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Main Paineframe posted:https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1621212076751392776 No "hat in hand" or "Sir..." Trump's losing his touch.
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Following the Supreme Court decision in Bruen last year, a federal court just struck down the federal ban on possessing a firearm while subject to a domestic violence restraining order as a violation of the second amendment. It was a unanimous decision and the federal court said they were forced to in light of the Bruen decision. Articles will probably be up shortly.
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Still don't see any articles up or any journalists on twitter mentioning it yet, but here is the decision: https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicyfoundation/pages/3970/attachments/original/1675361904/United_States_v_Rahimi_Opinion.pdf And here is a law professor giving a summary of the decision. https://twitter.com/JacobDCharles/status/1621225561883541505 Almost certainly will be appealed and put a major gun case on the Supreme Court docket for 2024.
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VA Senate Dems continue doing work https://twitter.com/vaplan2018/status/1621150049655992323 https://twitter.com/vaplan2018/status/1620914508243025921 https://twitter.com/ProgressVA/status/1620891162491113472 https://twitter.com/SenLouiseLucas/status/1620909631454183424 https://twitter.com/EqualityVA/status/1621156065860780032 (that's 2 more bills still to go tomorrow, not 2 that have passed ) When/if Youngkin decides to run in 2024 he'll have to run off a record of getting jack-poo poo done.
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http://update.legislature.ne.gov/?p=33200 To get around a 15 dollar an hour minimum wage, Nebraska is proposing a “Youth Minimum Wage” that gets around it.
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Youth Decay posted:When/if Youngkin decides to run in 2024 he'll have to run off a record of getting jack-poo poo done. So he follows through with his belief that government doesn't work!
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