American Politics: A Brand New Day
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@JulieYBM hope they ban the Quran as well. If the Bible gets banned so should the Quran. This is America after all. So any books that harm people should be banned from our libraries. I mean after all? It’s an equivalent exchange that if we ban one book for promoting violence we should ban the second book. Liberties are for reading nice and wholesome books not violent books that has harmed people in history. This is my Ted talk for today.
"Wahoo!" —Klonoa
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@Nitwit said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
@JulieYBM hope they ban the Quran as well. If the Bible gets banned so should the Quran. This is America after all. So any books that harm people should be banned from our libraries. I mean after all? It’s an equivalent exchange that if we ban one book for promoting violence we should ban the second book. Liberties are for reading nice and wholesome books not violent books that has harmed people in history. This is my Ted talk for today.
Not really the point behind the Bible ban. The point of the Bible ban was as a protest against a Conservative-written laws banning books, as a way of highlighting the hypocrisy of the bans, since no Conservative would dare consider the Bible subject to the law.
Whether or not the Quaran should be banned too is irrelevant to this scenario. These being conservatives and hypocrites (but I repeat myself) they'd be all for banning the Quaran, the Torah, or anything other non-Christian religious book you care to name. It's only the Bible's removal they object to and that's why it's the target of this act of protest.
Waldorf: You know Statler, after watching the last one thousand episodes of One Piece, I think I've come to a conclusion.
Statler: No you haven't.
Both: DOHOHOHOHOHO!
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"Wahoo!" —Klonoa
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@Nitwit said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
@sgamer82 mmhmm
Is that a sarcastic "mmhmm" or an "mmhmm" of agreement?
Waldorf: You know Statler, after watching the last one thousand episodes of One Piece, I think I've come to a conclusion.
Statler: No you haven't.
Both: DOHOHOHOHOHO!
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@Nilitch said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
Aren't people complaining about Elon Musk on his own social media already giving "a dime" to him ?
Only if they're not using adblock, which seems like a really bad idea with the type of ads the site is running these days.
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@Nilitch said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
Then I don't even understand how Twitter earns money since everyone, or almost, uses Adblock.
It doesn't.
Or, at least, I'm not sure if it was even making enough money to be in the black before Musk bought it. If it was, though, it sure as hell isn't now.
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1/ Trump's attorneys met with the Justice Department to argue why the government should not charge him in connection with his handling of classified documents after leaving office. A defense attorney meeting with Justice Department officials is often used when a charging decision is imminent. Trump's team was seen leaving the Justice Department after 90-minutes. The meeting, however, did not include Attorney General Merrick Garland or Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. The federal grand jury that has been hearing evidence in the investigation, meanwhile, is expected to meet again this week. If special counsel Jack Smith decides to charge Trump, it would be the first time a former president has been charged with a federal crime. After the meeting ended, Trump posted an all-caps message to his personal social media platform: "How can DOJ possibly charge me, who did nothing wrong, when no other presidents were charged." (CBS News / Washington Post / NBC News / Bloomberg / CNN / CNBC / Wall Street Journal / ABC News / New York Times / Associated Press)
2/ Trump's attorneys haven't been able to find the classified document about a potential attack on Iran that Trump said he had kept after leaving the White House. Trump acknowledged that he held onto the classified Pentagon document during a recorded book interview in 2021. Federal prosecutors issued a subpoena seeking the return of "any and all" records that resembled the document Trump mentioned, but Trump's legal team informed the Justice Department that they were unable to find the document. It is unclear if the Iran document was already returned to the National Archives or recovered in the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago. (CNN / New York Times)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/politics/donald-trump-iran-subpoena
The Justice Department ended its investigation into Pence's handling of classified documents and will not bring any charges. In January, about a dozen documents marked classified were found in Pence's home. (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/politics/mike-pence-justice-department-documents/
3/ Pence filed paperwork declaring his campaign for president in 2024. He joins seven other Republicans who have formally announced campaigns for the GOP nomination, including Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Nikki Haley. Chris Christie and Doug Burgum are also expected to launch presidential campaigns this week. (Washington Post / New York Times / Associated Press / Politico)
https://apnews.com/article/pence-trump-president-2024-campaign-19ee44bb97c7c3131631077917056446
4/ A federal judge ruled that first-of-its-kind Tennessee law that banned drag shows in public or where children could watch them is unconstitutional and can't be enforced. U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker, who was appointed by Trump, wrote that the law is "unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad," encouraged "discriminatory enforcement," and was passed "for the impermissible purpose of chilling constitutionally-protected speech." The measure aimed to criminalize what it called "adult cabaret entertainment" by charging first-time offenders with misdemeanors and repeat offenders with felony charges. Further, people convicted of multiple offenses could face prison sentences of up to six years. Nationwide, at least 26 bills have been introduced this year aiming to limit drag performances.
(Associated Press / Washington Post / Wall Street Journal / Politico)5/ Florida reportedly flew three dozen migrants from Texas to Sacramento. A flight carrying roughly 20 migrants arrived in Sacramento on Monday, which follows a group of about 16 migrants who were flown to California's capital and dropped off in front of a Catholic church on Friday. In both cases, the migrants were approached in Texas, taken to New Mexico, and then flown to Sacramento on chartered planes. California Attorney General Rob Bonta blamed Ron DeSantis for the "political stunt," adding he is "prepared to bring civil and criminal action if the facts and the law support it." Florida officials have not issued a denial. (Associated Press / San Francisco Chronicle / Politico / NBC News / San Francisco Chronicle)
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CA Gov. Newsom tweeted that DeSantis's migrant stunts could potentially be considered kidnapping and it might be worth pressing charges. Unlikely to turn into anything larger but you never know.
If you get dunked on in the dream, you get dunked on in real life
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@Jabberwok Given this is Newsom his own corruption should be investigated as well. This is a free country after all so all politicians should be investigated regardless of political colors. Also, I found out the world is getting colder in some parts of the world despite my state having a mix of heat and rain. Something is amiss. We should investigate using our taxpayers money to fund growing more trees and giving back nature to the world. No more building crappy houses that will be abandoned for centuries. I’m all for nice green economy but we need to focus our resources on bettering our planet. My Ted Talk for today
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@pariston_hill Furries rise up. Overtake Florida and put him in a dog cage
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1/ The Human Rights Campaign issued a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people living in the U.S. The declaration – a first in the organization's more than 40-year history – comes after state legislatures have passed more than 75 anti-LGBTQ bills this year, more than double last year's number, which was previously the worst year on record. "The multiplying threats facing millions in our community are not just perceived — they are real, tangible and dangerous," the president of the Human Rights Campaign said in a statement. The organization also released a guidebook summarizing state-by-state anti-LGBTQ laws, as well as a "know your rights" guide for LGBTQ+ travelers and those living in hostile states. (NBC News / Axios / CNN / USA Today / ABC News)
2/ A federal judge temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law that prohibits gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. "The elephant in the room should be noted at the outset. Gender identity is real. The record makes this clear," Judge Robert Hinkle said, adding: "Florida has adopted a statute and rules that prohibit these treatments even when medically appropriate." In May, Ron DeSantis signed off on a first-of-its-kind rule making it illegal for health care professionals to provide gender-affirming care – including puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy and surgeries – to transgender minors. Several other states, including Texas, have also recently enacted bans on gender-affirming care. (Axios / Politico / Wall Street Journal / Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-health-desantis-florida-033556c6a4c301d9ad342c74a6410800
3/ A Texas sheriff recommended criminal charges for the flights that Ron DeSantis arranged to deport 49 asylum seekers from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last year. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office filed several counts of unlawful restraint, both misdemeanors and felonies, with the local district attorney, but didn't name any individual suspects. "At this time, the case is being reviewed by the DA's office. Once an update is available, it will be provided to the public," Bexar County Sheriff's Deputy Johnny Garcia said. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, meanwhile, threatened DeSantis with kidnapping charges after Florida flew three dozen migrants from Texas to Sacramento. Newsom's administration is investigating who paid for the plane trips, if migrants were misled, and if any laws, including kidnapping, were violated. (Axios / The Guardian / Texas Tribune)
https://www.axios.com/2023/06/06/ron-desantis-texas-sheriff-criminal-charges-migrants
4/ A state school board in Oklahoma approved the nation's first publicly funded religious school despite the state's attorney general warning that the decision was unconstitutional. "The approval of any publicly funded religious school is contrary to Oklahoma law and not in the best interest of taxpayers," Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said. "It's extremely disappointing that board members violated their oath in order to fund religious schools with our tax dollars. In doing so, these members have exposed themselves and the state to potential legal action that could be costly." The online public charter school – the St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School – will be open to students across the state in kindergarten through grade 12. (Associated Press / USA Today / Politico)
https://apnews.com/article/religious-charter-school-oklahoma-be6e51ffcdaeb393c4be34a6f27feba4
5/ Special Counsel Jack Smith's office recently issued federal grand jury subpoenas to multiple witnesses associated with the classified documents investigation involving Trump. The subpoenas were sent from southern Florida. For more than a year, the Justice Department's investigation has been presenting evidence and witness testimony to a separate grand jury in Washington, which has focused on the possible mishandling of national security information and obstruction. It's not clear what the Florida activity means for the direction of Smith's work. One witness already testified before the grand jury in Florida, with at least one additional witness expected to appear. (Wall Street Journal / New York Times / Bloomberg / NBC News / CNN)
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Chris Licht ousted at CNN after a year of crisis
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/07/1180686988/cnn-chris-licht-out
Chris Licht came into the top spot at CNN pronouncing he had a clear view of what was wrong with the cable news channel, the vision to fix it, and the corporate backing that would enable him to turn the ship around.
Barely more than a year later, with the channel's battered ratings further sagging, the formats for key shows still in doubt, internal strife at crisis levels, and journalists inside CNN still questioning what his vision is, Licht is gone, ousted by the corporate patron who wooed him to the network, Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav.
Zaslav personally confirmed the news to staffers after published reports that Licht was out.
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@sgamer82 said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
Chris Licht ousted at CNN after a year of crisis
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/07/1180686988/cnn-chris-licht-out
Chris Licht came into the top spot at CNN pronouncing he had a clear view of what was wrong with the cable news channel, the vision to fix it, and the corporate backing that would enable him to turn the ship around.
Barely more than a year later, with the channel's battered ratings further sagging, the formats for key shows still in doubt, internal strife at crisis levels, and journalists inside CNN still questioning what his vision is, Licht is gone, ousted by the corporate patron who wooed him to the network, Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav.
Zaslav personally confirmed the news to staffers after published reports that Licht was out.
I would say this is the one good thing Zaslav did but the fact he hired him and let him do all this stupid shit leading to Licht getting sacked. Seem to show how not a good judge of character Zaslav is.
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What the Fuck Just Happened Today - Day 869: "A tragic day in the life of our nation."
1/ Mark Meadows testified to a federal grand jury as part of special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into Trump. Smith is overseeing two federal investigations of Trump: his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving office. Trump's former chief of staff was reportedly asked about both subjects. Earlier this year, a federal judge rejected Trump's claims of executive privilege and ordered Meadows and other former Trump aides to testify before the grand jury. Smith also subpoenaed Meadows for testimony and documents related to the probe. (New York Times / CNN / New York Times / ABC News)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/politics/mark-meadows-grand-jury-trump-probe/
2/ Steve Bannon was subpoenaed for documents and testimony by a federal grand jury in Washington as part of the investigation into Trump's efforts to stay in office. The subpoena was sent in late May. Bannon was previously charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena for documents and testimony issued by the Jan. 6 committee. He was convicted of two charges in July 2022 and the Justice Department recommended he be sentenced to six months in jail and fined $200,000. Separately, Trump's former White House communication direction voluntarily met with federal prosecutors. Alyssa Farah Griffin provided information about Trump leading up to the Jan. 6 attack, including his state of mind and what he knew about his baseless claims of election fraud. (NBC News / CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/politics/alyssa-farah-griffin-interviewed/index.html
3/ A former Trump aide testified to a federal grand jury in Miami about Trump's handling of classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago. Taylor Budowich was Trump's spokesman at the time when the National Archives retrieved 15 boxes of documents from Mar-a-Lago, which should have been turned over to the agency when he left the White House. After handing over the 15 boxes, which contained highly sensitive documents, Trump's aides drafted a statement asserting that all the presidential material had been returned, which was false (see: the 27 additional boxes of documents the FBI retrieved during the court-authorized search of Mar-a-Lago). Prosecutors have the draft statement. Budowich now runs Make America Great Again Inc., the super-PAC supporting Trump's 2024 bid for reelection. Separately, about two dozen Secret Service agents assigned to Trump's security detail at Mar-a-Lago were subpoenaed or have already appeared before a federal grand jury in Washington related Trump's handling of classified documents. (New York Times / Bloomberg / NBC News / CNN / Associated Press)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/politics/taylor-budowich-grand-jury/
4/ Pence argued that Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election should disqualify him from running for president. "Anyone who puts themselves over the Constitution should never be president of the United States," Pence said, adding that "Jan. 6 was a tragic day in the life of our nation" and "Trump's reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol." No other major Republican candidate for president has mentioned Jan. 6 in an announcement speech. Pence, who is the first vice president in modern times to challenge his old running mate for the party's nomination, concluded: "And anyone who asks someone else to put them over the Constitution should never be president again." (The Hill / New York Times)
5/ Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did not file his annual financial disclosure by the deadline. Instead, he asked for an extension following reporting and criticism about his decision to not disclose luxury vacations, estate sales, and gifts paid for by a Republican megadonor in previous years. Thomas received a 90-day extension to submit his required disclosure. Justice Samuel Alito also requested an extension. (Washington Post / New York Times / Wall Street Journal / NBC News / Bloomberg / CNBC / CNN)
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Global Warming and Wildfires are unrelated folks, nothing to see here. Because we're literally engulfed in smog. -
@pariston_hill you wanna know what’s funny about this? I google this
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I’m sure he’ll be hauled to or out of court in handcuffs this time around.
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What The Fuck Just Happened Today? - Day 870: "Blindsided."
1/ The Supreme Court rejected the Republican-drawn congressional maps in Alabama that illegally diluted the political power of its Black residents. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the court’s three liberal members in the majority, ordering the State Legislature to draw a second Black-majority congressional district. Alabama has seven congressional districts, but only one with a majority of Black voters even though African Americans make up more than a quarter of the state’s population. The ruling was unexpected in part because the court has repeatedly chipped away at the Voting Rights Act, and will likely lead to challenges of maps drawn by Republican-led legislatures elsewhere. (NPR / Associated Press / New York Times / Washington Post / NBC News / Politico / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg)
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1181002182/supreme-court-voting-rights
2/ The Justice Department informed Trump that he is a target in the federal investigation into the possible mishandling of classified documents. The notice from the office of the special counsel Jack Smith suggested that prosecutors may be moving closer to indicting Trump for potential mishandling of classified materials and possible obstruction of justice. Trump’s lawyers were sent the “target letter” days before meeting with Justice Department officials in what was described as a final attempt to stave off charges. Trump, meanwhile, posted on his personal social media platform: “No one has told me I’m being indicted, and I shouldn’t be because I’ve done NOTHING wrong.” (CNN / Politico / New York Times / NPR / ABC News / The Guardian)
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/07/1180753012/mark-meadows-trump-testimony-grand-jury
Former White House official told federal prosecutors Trump knew of proper declassification process and followed it while in office. (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/politics/former-white-house-official-declassification-trump-biden/
3/ Kevin McCarthy was forced to cancel votes in the House for the rest of the week following a revolt by the Freedom Caucus. McCarthy admitted that he had been “blindsided” when 11 Republicans joined with the Democrats to effectively freeze the House from considering any legislation for two days in a row. Members of the House Freedom Caucus said McCarthy betrayed promises he made in exchange for their support of his speakership in January when he struck a compromise deal with Biden to suspend the debt limit. “This is the difficulty. Some of these members, they don’t know what to ask for,” McCarthy said, adding: “We’re going to have to make up our work next week.” (NPR / New York Times / Washington Post / Politico / The Hill)
4/ Cuba reportedly agreed to allow China to build an electronic eavesdropping and intelligence-gathering facility on the island in exchange for billions in foreign aid. The base in Cuba would be roughly 100 miles from Florida and allow Beijing to collect electronic communications throughout the southeastern U.S., home to many military facilities. The National Security Council, meanwhile, said “this report is not accurate,” without providing any details other than the U.S. is “well aware of – and have spoken many times to – the People’s Republic of China’s efforts to invest in infrastructure around the world that may have military purposes, including in this hemisphere.” (Wall Street Journal / Politico / Reuters / CNN / USA Today)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/politics/cuba-china-spying-facility/index.html
Separate from WTF Just Happened Today:
Donald Trump indicted on 7 counts in classified documents probe
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on seven counts in the special counsel’s classified documents probe, a stunning development that marks the first time a former president has faced federal charges.
Trump is facing a charge under the Espionage Act, his attorney Jim Trusty said on CNN Thursday, as well as charges of obstruction of justice, destruction or falsification of records, conspiracy and false statements.
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I don't ask for a lot in life, but God/Buddha/Zeus/Odin/Whoever Else, please have Trump dragged off in handcuffs.
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@Johnny-B-Decent I also wished for many politicians to be in prison but they still walking free sadly
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Federal indictment against Trump unsealed in the documents probe
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-indictment-classified-documents-06-09-23/index.html
JUST IN: The federal indictment against former President Donald Trump and one of his associates has been unsealed. You can read the full indictment here.
Trump faces 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information, according to the indictment, which marks the first time a former president has faced federal charges.
The indictment details the various locations where Trump allegedly stored classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, including “in a ballroom, a bathroom and shower, an office space, his bedroom, and a storage room.”
Trump is expected to appear in a Miami federal courthouse Tuesday.
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Trump's lawyers who have been working for him the last year, read the indictment and quit two hours later.
They claim "oh its because the case is in Miami now" but... they knew that was going to be the case a while ago.
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Should have whistleblown all that shit. Fucking coward.
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It's depressing and impressive that Trump keeps getting caught admitting how he knows what crimes he's committing and why it's bad.
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Waldorf: You know Statler, after watching the last one thousand episodes of One Piece, I think I've come to a conclusion.
Statler: No you haven't.
Both: DOHOHOHOHOHO!
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@Ubiq said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
This….stupid motherfucker.
@sgamer82 said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
Of note, some docs were so classified the Classification level itself was classified.
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@sgamer82 said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
Of note, some docs were so classified the Classification level itself was classified.
What the hell does that mean? Do I need Saphrax Protocol clearance?
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@pariston_hill said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
@sgamer82 said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
Of note, some docs were so classified the Classification level itself was classified.
What the hell does that mean? Do I need Saphrax Protocol clearance?
At minimum
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Government security in a nutshell
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Sad thing about the trump case is that the other corrupted politicians will hide theirs better because of this can of worms. :/
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sighs
At least they are honest in being hateful assholes?
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@Johnny-B-Decent I wish they were hateful trees at least they won’t move from that spot as we egg the racist trees
"Wahoo!" —Klonoa
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Complicating things since 2009.
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B-But I thought his supporters were economically anxious and not racist, homophobic, women hating near toothless idiots?
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@Time-Control-Magician You gonna find more people like you describe on an IVY League party than in a bum-fuckville in Appalachias.
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@Ubiq Yet, the major setback on LGBT rights is coming on a Democratic administration. It wasn't even needed that Drumpft or another GOP tool to take office.
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The only pattern here is that the orange buffoon says the quite part loud about how both parties uses identitarianism without intersectionality to create culture wars amongst the proletariat.
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Those setbacks are happening in states that are controlled by Republicans.
For a list of what happened under the previous administration vs this one:
https://www.hrc.org/resources/trumps-timeline-of-hate
https://www.hrc.org/resources/president-bidens-pro-lgbtq-timeline
Complicating things since 2009.
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@Ubiq Indeed. To talk like because these setbacks are happening under a Democrat president and thus having a Democrat president doesn't matter at all is sorely missing the point.
Biden only has so much power to do things, Congress is split and the Supreme Court is controlled by Christian Nationalists. The situation is farrrr from ideal, but the fact is that if Trump was president and congress was Republican controlled what we're seeing happen in Republican states would be happening on a federal level and that would be downright devastating.
Unfortunately, perhaps because of voter suppression and the like, Republicans always have a lot of federal power that even when Democrats are in power, they only hold a slim majority. And thus it looks like federal Democrats just don't get stuff done while the reality is far more complicated than that. We need more Democrats in power federally, a ton more and then the differences they are making in states will show up federally... But right now, we're screwed, and it isn't really Biden's fault.
It's Republicans' fault. They are the ones taking rights away. And they are in power in many, many states, unfortunately. But in Democrat led states, a lot of great stuff is happening. Many blue states have made themselves sanctuaries for abortion care and trans healthcare. The Democrats in power are doing good stuff, and it just goes to show what would happen if they had actual federal power. Not the chained up federal power nonsense we have right now... And if you let Republicans win the federal government, things are going to get absolutely horrendous. Far worse than they are right now, because blue states will lose their power under the hammer of the fascist led federal government and people like me will literally have to do everything we can to flee this country. Republicans must never take federal power ever again.
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@Envy said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
Unfortunately, perhaps because of voter suppression and the like, Republicans always have a lot of federal power that even when Democrats are in power, they only hold a slim majority. And thus it looks like federal Democrats just don't get stuff done while the reality is far more complicated than that. We need more Democrats in power federally, a ton more
Specifically those that are legitimate democrats and not more Sinema’s & Manchins that pretend they’re apart of the party.
[You sit down Tulsi Gabbard you’ve complained enough.]
