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Behold, the new Republican culture war — because they have nothing else
Republicans are resorting to their age-old tactic of manufactured moral outrage to distract from the fact that they have no economic agenda other than to enrich the already wealthy. It would be laughable if their culture wars didn't have a deadly impact on people's lives. From attacks on the right to an abortion, to the right to be transgender, to the right to study accurate history, conservative attacks on vulnerable populations have reached a fever pitch. And it's destroying the nation.
As if overturning Roe v. Wade at the Supreme Court in 2022 wasn't enough, 20 GOP state attorneys general are now targeting pharmacy chains Walgreens and CVS for fulfilling mail orders of the abortion drug mifepristone. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a federal agency, in January expanded availability of the drug across the country. The abortion pill was relatively unknown some years ago but is now used in more than half of all abortions nationwide, likely in response to the rapidly disappearing access to surgical abortions. Now, as they go after mail-order abortion pills, Republicans are showing just how hell-bent they are on ensuring that the bodies of women (and transgender men) remain glorified baby incubators.
More at https://www.salon.com/2023/02/06/behold-the-new-culture--because-they-
have-nothing-else_partner/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Behold, the new Republican culture war — because they have nothing else
Republicans are resorting to their age-old tactic of manufactured moral outrage to distract from the fact that they have no economic agenda other than to enrich the already wealthy. It would be laughable if their culture wars didn't have a deadly impact on people's lives. From attacks on the right to an abortion, to the right to be transgender, to the right to study accurate history, conservative attacks on vulnerable populations have reached a fever pitch. And it's destroying the nation.
As if overturning Roe v. Wade at the Supreme Court in 2022 wasn't enough, 20 GOP state attorneys general are now targeting pharmacy chains Walgreens and CVS for fulfilling mail orders of the abortion drug mifepristone. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a federal agency, in January expanded availability of the drug across the country. The abortion pill was relatively unknown some years ago but is now used in more than half of all abortions nationwide, likely in response to the rapidly disappearing access to surgical abortions. Now, as they go after mail-order abortion pills, Republicans are showing just how hell-bent they are on ensuring that the bodies of women (and transgender men) remain glorified baby incubators.
More at https://www.salon.com/2023/02/06/behold-the-new-culture--because-they-
have-nothing-else_partner/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
None of that is true. It is a Salon.com article, after all.
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Originally posted by second:Quote:You are made of the common clay. You'd do much better in life if you stopped imagining yourself as unique and special and deserving of Jesus's Love or whatever embarrassing subterranean religious impulses that are driving you and the average Trumptards to act in ways unfortunate for you.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
You don't know anybody like me, Arthur.
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How was work today, honey?
... and what makes you think I have a religious bone in my body?
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Republicans make three central claims, each of which is amazingly wrong and easily discredited. Let’s take them one at a time.
1. Republicans claimed Biden was wrong to say some in the GOP want to “sunset” Medicare and Social Security. During the State of the Union address, the Democrat said “some“ Republicans want to subject the social insurance programs to re-approval every five years. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, among others in the GOP, was among many who said the president was “lying.”
He wasn’t. Scott released a written plan that really would sunset Social Security and Medicare, just as Biden claimed. Other Republicans have endorsed the same idea. Yesterday’s GOP whining was as bizarre as it was baseless.
2. Republicans claimed the GOP isn’t tying entitlements to the debt ceiling fight. In fact, Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida wrote on Twitter, “Joe Biden flat-out LIED when he said Republicans want to see cuts to Medicare and Social Security in the debt ceiling negotiations.” Sen. Mike Lee of Utah pushed a very similar message.
I don’t understand what it is that Donalds and Lee don’t understand. A variety of Republican officials have said — out loud, in public, and on the record — that they want to pursue Social Security and Medicare cuts by way of the GOP’s debt ceiling crisis. To drive home the point, the Biden White House sent Politico quite a few documented examples that leave no doubt that the president was right and Republicans like Donalds and Lee were wrong.
3. Republicans claim that the GOP doesn’t support Medicare and Social Security cuts in general. While it’s certainly true that prominent party leaders, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, have recently begun running away from the idea, the fact remains that Republicans have spent decades pursuing Social Security and Medicare cuts.
In fact, yesterday’s GOP pushback led to a variety of newly published reports documenting the many prominent Republicans who’ve made no secret of their support for cutting the social insurance programs.
All of which is to say, Republicans have decided to pick a fight over one of the Democrats’ strongest issues, claiming Biden was lying about something they’re lying about.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/ignoring-reality-g
op-picks-weird-fight-social-security-rcna69900
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
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Republicans make three central claims, each of which is amazingly wrong and easily discredited. Let’s take them one at a time.
1. Republicans claimed Biden was wrong to say some in the GOP want to “sunset” Medicare and Social Security. During the State of the Union address, the Democrat said “some“ Republicans want to subject the social insurance programs to re-approval every five years. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, among others in the GOP, was among many who said the president was “lying.”
He wasn’t. Scott released a written plan that really would sunset Social Security and Medicare, just as Biden claimed. Other Republicans have endorsed the same idea. Yesterday’s GOP whining was as bizarre as it was baseless.
In context, Scott wanted ALL CURRENT EVERYTHING to come back up for re-approval every 5 years. Every single fucking thing... which SS and Medicare are a part of, along with everything else.
Personally, I DON'T agree with this on SS and Medicare, but I do think that this is a good idea for 90% of government bills that are active.
We can't have any REAL DISCUSSION about this though when you and your President and your Party are going to LIE about it.
I won't even read the rest of whatever what's his name has to say since he started out with this whopper of a lie.
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the clownshow continues?
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Quote:Things that interest GOP legislators:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I won't even read the rest of whatever what's his name has to say since he started out with this whopper of a lie.
Child marriage
Children's genitals
Children's bathroom habits
Children's sexual habits
Adult genitals
Adult bathroom habits
Adult sexual habits
Adult pregnancy
Things that don't interest GOP legislators:
Poverty
Welfare
Education (unless it's Biblical)
Childcare
Vaccinations
Nutrition
Pre-natal care.
Infant healthcare.
Mental Health
Job Security
Universal Healthcare
Gun Control
Criminal Justice Reform
The Stability of Social Security
The Stability of Medicare
Prescription Drug Prices
And yet people continue to vote for those monsters.
https://bofh.social/@gme
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
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LOL
Sure.
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Children's sexual habits
Adult bathroom habits
Is there something wrong with you, do you support those Weinstein Maxwell types and those other bunches of pedophiles?
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Gun Control
Yup another 3 Dozen Shot and 5 Killed in the Gun Control city of SHITCAGO
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And yet people continue to vote for those monsters.
Maybe you're correct here, maybe Lori Beetlejuice Lightfoot does look like a monster
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is filmed DANCING in streets of Windy City as murders soar
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11691129/Chicago-Mayor-Lori-L
ightfoot-filmed-DANCING-streets-Windy-City-murders-soar.html
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Yes. Second supports pedophilia and the molesting of children. So does Ted.
This is why they won't even post in the threads dedicated to these topics, such as the drag queen show that a bunch of Leftist single moms brought their kids to, with video footage of a 5 year old white girl rubbing up on 250lb black man Princess Ariel's junk while the other two 250lb drag queen clowns smiled and none of the Leftist single mom's tried to stop it.
Democrats are all for this behavior.
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