American Politics: A Brand New Day

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@Satsuki said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

@sgamer82 said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

Very least it's easy to understand why the DoJ is involved. To borrow an analog found on Reddit:

The analogy I came up with:

Biden: Checks out a library book. Forgets to return it. Upon finding he still had it he returned it right away without being asked to do so.

Trump: Walks into a library right before his library card expires, grabs a shelf full of books, ignores the checkout lanes so he basically steals them as he packs them into his car, and when the library discovers what he's done repeatedly asks him to return the books. Trump lies and claims he doesn't have them, then refuses to return them, then the cops come calling and then grouses about how unfair it is and how he's been personally violated when they retrieve the books he stole.

Hah. Good analogy. Except poor librarians aren't allowed to call the cops on people who don't return their books.

What are the consequences for not returning library books? I never knew they couldn't do that.

Satsuki

Basically running up the fines until a certain point, then either you buy them a new one (if you lost it), or they cancel your library card. If memory serves me right.

That's why certain books (kinda like really rare or special ones) are only allowed to be read in the library, not brought home.

Nilitch

Only psychos like Patrick Bateman return their books* on time.

*videotapes

Time Control Magician

@pariston_hill said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

Right Wingers play projection, they acuse other of all the things they do.
It's probably gaslighting into shift blame/victim blame.

Pretty much which makes it all the more better when they get popped on shit like being in possession of child pornography or statutory rape.

In other news I didn’t know there was a lobby for restaurants or that they fuck their employees over be ensuring that they’ll be working for scraps.

https://www.rawstory.com/beyond-outrageous-bombshell-report-uncovers-restaurant-lobby-s-scheme/

Nitwit

@pariston_hill Yo! Do you work for the FBI? I don't think you should post this here if it's like something illegally fucked up. Like balls on you for posting this, my dude. But holy shit! I didn't need to read that whole screencap holy cow. OH MY DAMN!

pariston_hill

@Nitwit Just passing info forward.
The source is posted on their own twitter
https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1615060246422032398?s=20&t=ZWHGQx_eAc579Ur0AOQzRQ

And no I'm not in the being a pig gig, my job is/was on my profile bio.

Nitwit

@pariston_hill holy cow. Crazy!

pariston_hill

Remember kids, anytime reactionary people, conservatives and right wingers use any fancy sounding buzz words to refer or demonize a minority group, they want to call them DEGENERATES, but the ones that make money out of hate are aware that openly using NAZI SPEECH can get they arrested in other civilized parts of the world, not the US.

sgamer82

Jury finds Richard Barnett guilty of eight insurrection charges

https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/jury-finds-barnett-guilty-of-eight-insurrection-charges/

This is the guy who put his feet on Pelosi's desk. I mention this one because from what I've followed the guy's been fairly arrogant about his conduct, acting like a celebrity in the whole thing (ex: Putting his feet up during an FBI interview and said "Look familiar?")

Barnett was charged with eight crimes, including theft of government property and civil disorder. On January 23, a jury in Washington, D.C. found him guilty on all of those counts on their first morning of deliberations.

The Arkansas man became one of the faces of the riot after he was photographed putting his feet up on a desk in former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s office. Barnett is one of over 950 defendants charged for their actions that day, according to the Department of Justice.

Jury deliberated for all of 2 hours.

Time Control Magician

Probably another reason for this move but until then fuck Tucker Carlson and anyone else getting their panties in a bunch over M&M’s

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2022/10/03/purple-m-and-m/8169936001/

Oh and fuck DeSantis too while we’re at it.

Johnny B. Decent

Some people don't have enough problems in their lives.

Satsuki

I knew Randy would go for this:

sgamer82

Attorney John Eastman Charged with Multiple Disciplinary Counts by the State Bar of California

https://www.calbar.ca.gov/About-Us/News/News-Releases/attorney-john-eastman-charged-with-multiple-disciplinary-counts-by-the-state-bar-of-california

The 11 charges arise from allegations that Eastman engaged in a course of conduct to plan, promote, and assist then-President Trump in executing a strategy, unsupported by facts or law, to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election by obstructing the count of electoral votes of certain states.

Specific charges allege that Eastman made false and misleading statements regarding purported election fraud, including statements on January 6, 2021, at a rally in Washington, D.C., that contributed to provoking a crowd to assault and breach the Capitol to intimidate then-Vice President Pence and prevent the electoral count from proceeding.

The Office of Chief Trial Counsel (OCTC) intends to seek Eastman’s disbarment before the State Bar Court.

Demon Rin

Trump is now officially on the "Fuck Trans People" bandwagon of the GOP.

2024 is going to be terrifying.

Time Control Magician

@Demon-Rin said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

Trump is now officially on the "Fuck Trans People" bandwagon of the GOP.

2024 is going to be terrifying.

But mostly stupid.

JulieYBM

@Time-Control-Magician said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

@Demon-Rin said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

Trump is now officially on the "Fuck Trans People" bandwagon of the GOP.

2024 is going to be terrifying.

But mostly stupid.

I am not looking forward to my already transphobic and abusive family becoming even more transphobic and abusive because their God King Emperor told them to become even more transphobic with more wild, untrue bullshit. I doubt I am the only trans person looking forward to that.

pariston_hill

I saw around 2:30 minutes, he just fell a few words short from using "degenerates" and "camps".

Demon Rin

I'm also getting tired of being told I'm overreacting to this or that it is bad but it'll be ok because things get better and progress always eventually wins in the end.

If you're saying these things you're flat out wrong about the first, and while you may be technically correct about the second, it doesn't change the wave of harm that will hit us while we wait for things to get better.

(not chastising anyone in particular here, just venting)

pariston_hill

@Demon-Rin said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

I'm also getting tired of being told I'm overreacting to this or that it is bad but it'll be ok because things get better and progress always eventually wins in the end.

"Progress eventually wins. Sure, there might be a genocide or two. Oh falling into fascism for a decade (or more) is a given. We will start wars. We will even sacrifice hundred of millions to god Free Market. But in the end, democracy and progress prevail." - Bourgeoisie Democracy.

JulieYBM

Centrists are so obsessed with tone policing the oppressed that it more than borderlines on condescending. That we would be admonished for wishing the same if not worse upon those that would and do do us harm is one of those things that is so frustrating. Politicians and media figures will use their influence to inflict violence upon us but if we were to even put out the idea of counter-violence we would be instanteously slapped down by various forms of state or private authority.

There's no winning in words.

pariston_hill

Oh Nika, another anti-communist crusade. What a beutiful way to wasting a congress session.
House of Representatives has introduced a resolution to "denounce the horrors of socialism".... listing countries where the U.S. is itself responsible for several million civilian deaths:
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LOL they are even using that fraud Black Book numbers...

sgamer82

Virginia Democrats kill six proposed anti-trans bills

The proposals would have banned gender-affirming health care for minors in Virginia, and kept transgender student athletes off school sports teams.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/virginia-democrats-kill-six-proposed-anti-trans-bills/

Time Control Magician

@JulieYBM said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

@Time-Control-Magician said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

@Demon-Rin said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:

Trump is now officially on the "Fuck Trans People" bandwagon of the GOP.

2024 is going to be terrifying.

But mostly stupid.

I am not looking forward to my already transphobic and abusive family becoming even more transphobic and abusive because their God King Emperor told them to become even more transphobic with more wild, untrue bullshit. I doubt I am the only trans person looking forward to that.

I’m not trans and ain’t looking forward to Trump or DeSantis winning either.

JulieYBM

https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1621534906168885248

"I think a lot about the trans woman denied a gender marker change on her driver's license. She went outside and took her top off, was arrested by police for indecent exposure that only applies to women and then placed in a men's jail. It's the perfect encapsulation of society."

Yeah, that really does say it all. Jesus Christ.

sgamer82

Chinese spy balloons under Trump not discovered until after Biden took office

The transiting of three suspected Chinese spy balloons over the continental US during the Trump administration was only discovered after President Joe Biden took office, a senior administration told CNN on Sunday.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/politics/chinese-spy-balloons-trump-administration/index.html