Republicans suck

[Stephen Maturin]

No one could have possibly foreseen a dumbshit ex-jock running for public office as a RepubliQan, but according to the old incontinent fat guy who used to live in the White House, Herschel Walker will indeed run for the U.S. Senate seat up for election in Georgia next year.

[specious_reasons]

Originally Posted by Stephen Maturin

No one could have possibly foreseen a dumbshit ex-jock running for public office as a RepubliQan, but according to the old incontinent fat guy who used to live in the White House, Herschel Walker will indeed run for the U.S. Senate seat up for election in Georgia next year.

Sadly, this worked in Alabama, except that Tommy Tuberville is an old white guy, so we'll see how this pans out.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

holy shit. this video might break twitter. pic.twitter.com/F2tMwHfcEf

— Captain Jordy (@J_Mei21) July 18, 2021

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Wow. GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert just threw a mask in the face of a floor staffer when she came to the floor not wearing one, per someone watching the exchange.

— Sarah Ferris (@sarahnferris) July 28, 2021

[beyelzu]

It has long been the case that almost every accusation by the GOP is an admission. Case in point, they have long cried about the left being politically correct

"Save one or two maybe out here, nobody — and I think it's very important to repeat — nobody actually believes the election was stolen from Donald Trump but a lot of them are happy to go out and say it was," Kinzinger said.

Kinzinger has faced attacks from Trump loyalists in his party for accepting an invitation from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to sit on the panel.

Blitzer asked him if any party colleagues had privately expressed their support for his decision to take part.

"Yes, oh yeah, yeah," Kinzinger responded. "There's a lot of people, you know. And they come up and say it. It's not any of the ones that go on TV and spout the big lie and then say it. It's the ones that are staying more quiet that I think appreciate the stand. But it's a lot."

Kinzinger: Most GOP Lawmakers Privately Reject Trump Election-Fraud Claim

Frankly, I think the true believers are less iniquitous than the politically correct douchebags.

[Ari]

One of the things I’ve learned, or finally realized, during the pandemic is there are no good faith arguments from republicans. Maybe at one time they spoke in good faith, but these days everything they say is a ploy, a con, a scheme. The scheme may just be to make themselves feel powerful, but it’s always there.

Just like I saw one of our trolls is back and I was about to say Hi, when I realized it was just a mediocre attempt to get a rise out of people he thinks are idiots to feel in control again or waste time and I just don’t care anymore.

[specious_reasons]

Originally Posted by beyelzu

It has long been the case that almost every accusation by the GOP is an admission. Case in point, they have long cried about the left being politically correct

[...]

Frankly, I think the true believers are less iniquitous than the politically correct douchebags.

The big lie is a signal indicating that they're OK with a fascist insurrection, so yes.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Originally Posted by Ari

Just like I saw one of our trolls is back and I was about to say Hi, when I realized it was just a mediocre attempt to get a rise out of people he thinks are idiots to feel in control again or waste time and I just don’t care anymore.

[Stephen Maturin]

Remember when the U.S. elected a colored guy as president and the wingers rationally reacted by holding all those million-Teabilly Hoveround regattas featuring old fucks screaming that the government better keep its filthy mitts of their Medicare? Well, everything old is new again, as illustrated by GQP Rep. Elise Stefanik's tweet from earlier today:

Today’s Anniversary of Medicare & Medicaid reminds us to reflect on the critical role these programs have played to protect the healthcare of millions of families. To safeguard our future, we must reject Socialist healthcare schemes.

Gotta love pandering to idiots who live by the adage, "If I'm collecting it, it can't be socialist."

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) gets heckled at a fundraising event for saying the 2020 election wasn’t stolen:

“Don’t kid yourself into believing that’s why we lost … 5 different states? Hundreds of thousands of votes? You’re kidding yourself.” pic.twitter.com/gj0tAb22lA

— The Recount (@therecount) August 12, 2021

:sadtrombone:

[specious_reasons]

I'll bet the Qanon people are glad people are being arrested for sex trafficking.

Minnesota GOP rocked by top donor's sex trafficking scandal, as party chair faces calls to resign | Salon.com

The Republican Party of Minnesota was rocked this week by a scandal involving a top donor and conservative activist who was indicted for operating a child sex trafficking scheme, a sordid affair which also implicated an up-and-coming College Republican leader from the state.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

While Lt. Governor Dan Patrick continues to require a COVID test to enter the Texas Senate, public schools remain unable to even require masks, much less tests.

With record case counts and overrun ICUs, Texas is a sinking ship, and Dan Patrick is watching from a lifeboat. pic.twitter.com/SVHjJfsWFR

— Mike Collier (@CollierForTexas) August 17, 2021

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Pregnancy laws medieval Europe: How they compare to Texas' abortion law.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Days after functionally banning abortion, Texas is asking #SCOTUS to strike down a 40 year old law that protects Native families in child welfare & adoption systems.

So after Native ppl can’t access abortion in TX, it would be easier for the state to take their children. pic.twitter.com/9mT9MhzW5r

— Rebecca Nagle (@rebeccanagle) September 3, 2021

Canada and Australia: we do human rights violations on Indigenous people.

Texas: HOLD MY BEER

[beyelzu]

On Thursday, Republican lawmakers in at least half a dozen states said they planned to introduce bills using the Texas law as a model, hoping it provides a pathway to enacting the kind of abortion crackdown they have sought for years.

In Mississippi, Republican state Sen. Chris McDaniel said he would “absolutely” consider filing legislation to match the Texas law after a sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court let it stand.

“I think most conservative states in the South will look at this inaction by the court and will see that as perhaps a chance to move on that issue,” he said.

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics...rict-abortions

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Sperm injector has opinion:

Watch this horror show.

Republicans are now calling women's bodies

"host bodies"

Watch #TexasWarOnWomen pic.twitter.com/8G5fv34S6U

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) September 4, 2021

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea does not betray foreign allies.

— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) September 4, 2021

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Republican judge took his own life when agents came to arrest him for illicit child pictures: report - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism

[JoeP]

So totally unexpected.

[beyelzu]

Ahead of the planned Monday vote, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) staked his party’s position — that Republicans are not willing to vote for any measure that raises or suspends the debt ceiling, even if they have no intentions of shutting down the government in the process. GOP lawmakers feel that raising the borrowing limit, which allows the country to pay its bills, would enable Biden and his Democratic allies to pursue trillions in additional spending and other policy changes they do not support.
“If they want to tax, borrow, and spend historic sums of money without our input, they’ll have to raise the debt limit without our help. This is the reality. I’ve been saying this very clearly since July,” McConnell said last week.

Republicans to block debt ceiling increase

The results will be catastrophic. McConnel's "argument" is beyond stupid. Since the Democrats won't include the GOP in discretionary spending and other legislation (which the GOP is simply flatly opposed to for the most part), they will intentionally sabotage the Dem's trying to raise the debt ceiling.

It's a nihilistic power grab nothing more.

I know this is nothing new for the GOP, but it still pisses me off.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

What if they throw in a couple trillion in tax cuts? Zero tax for over a million a year earnings to encourage success in America.

[beyelzu]

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to crack down on undocumented immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border has led to the arrests of hundreds of migrants who are now languishing in Texas prisons, often without being charged with a crime or assigned legal representation in violation of both their constitutional rights and Texas state law.

The Texas Tribune reported that as of Friday, almost 900 male migrants captured as part of Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” have been imprisoned for weeks without charges. Dozens more have been held for over a month without an assigned attorney.

Law and order, my ass.

According to Texas state law cited by the Tribune, the state must appoint an attorney for defendants who request a lawyer but cannot afford one within “three working days” of the request. A separate Texas statute requires prosecutors to file charges quickly. In cases of trespassing — which is what most of the migrants have been arrested for — the deadline is 15 or 30 days, varying with the level of the charges, according to the Tribune. Defendants are also guaranteed the right to a lawyer and the right not to be held without formal charges for an unreasonable amount of time under the U.S. Constitution. As the Tribune puts it: “Defense attorneys have started asking courts to set migrants free because local justice systems, overwhelmed by arrests under Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security push, are routinely violating state law and constitutional due process rights.”

Greg Abbott is a racist piece of shit

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

the whole republican party, stem to stern, are ready, willing and able to cause great damage to the government, the economy and the country, rather than allow the democrats to pass anything that might substantially help people.

— BESTCOASTMACHINE (@golikehellmachi) September 27, 2021

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

But the next time we experience a life-threatening disaster, folks will mock us for not electing better representation. https://t.co/P6Nm4RCzpO

— Ana Mardoll (@AnaMardoll) September 30, 2021

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Alabama has been among the hardest hit states during the pandemic with coronavirus causing nearly 15,000 deaths.

Today, the governor of Alabama signed legislation into law that allows the state to use COVID relief funds to build new prisons. pic.twitter.com/xQWpC0h1Sb

— House Judiciary Dems (@HouseJudiciary) October 1, 2021