The Republican Agenda 2016 forward

[Huntn]

The GOP is clearly nostalgic for the good ole days, the good ole Nazi Days, and rightfully appear as a group of blatant racists. Instead of lamenting that their agenda is not accepted, they have decided to criminalize/kill democracy as long as the pack of racist dopes at the State level continue to elect them, giving them the power to do so. This is the agenda of today’s GOP: Hold Power At All Costs, FUCK DEMOCRACY. The last article the Senator confident of the safety of his racism let’s the cat out of the bag.

Republicans Are Criminalizing The Democratic Process For People Of Color​

Republican State Legislatures Are Criminalizing Democracy

After an election loss and years of mass demonstrations, Republican states are rushing to create new crimes related to voting and protesting.

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After an election loss and years of mass demonstrations, Republican states are rushing to create new crimes related to voting and protesting.
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The GOP has sought for years to limit the right to protest and curb access to the vote. But both efforts have intensified across the country in 2021. So far this year, eight states, including Montana, have passed laws that create new criminal penalties related to protesting, according to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, which tracks such legislation. At the same time, Republicans have enacted new laws that create or strengthen criminal penalties related to voting or election practices in at least half a dozen states. Many of these laws, like Montana’s, have explicitly criminalized or strengthened criminal penalties on the practice of returning ballots on behalf of voters.

GOP Sen. Mike Braun Says Interracial Marriage Should Be Left To The States​

GOP Sen. Mike Braun Says Interracial Marriage Should Be Left To The States

"That's the beauty of the system," said the Indiana senator, who later walked back his comments.

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"That's the beauty of the system," said the Indiana senator, who later walked back his comments.
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Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said Tuesday that he believes interracial marriage should not be legal nationwide and that individual states should decide whether to allow it.
“So you would be OK with the Supreme Court leaving the question of interracial marriage to the states?” reporter Dan Carden of The Times of Northwest Indiana asked Braun.

“Yes,” the senator replied on the call with Indiana reporters. “I think that’s something ― if you’re not wanting the Supreme Court to weigh in on issues like that, you’re not going to be able to have your cake and eat it too. I think that’s hypocritical.”
The Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage nationwide in 1967, in the landmark case Loving v. Virginia.
The world Braun would return to is what same-sex couples faced until 2015 — their marriage was not recognized federally and might be legal in one state but not the next. That sort of discrimination had ramifications in all corners of life, including medical decisions and family planning.

Braun later walked back his comments, claiming he misunderstood the question.

 

[sgtaylor5]

The GOP is clearly nostalgic for the good ole days, the good ole Nazi Days, and rightfully appear as a group of blatant racists. Instead of lamenting that their agenda is not accepted, they have decided to criminalize/kill democracy as long as the pack of racist dopes at the State level continue to elect them, giving them the power to do so. This is the agenda of today’s GOP: Hold Power At All Costs, FUCK DEMOCRACY. The last article the Senator confident of the safety of his racism let’s the cat out of the bag.

Republicans Are Criminalizing The Democratic Process For People Of Color​

Republican State Legislatures Are Criminalizing Democracy

After an election loss and years of mass demonstrations, Republican states are rushing to create new crimes related to voting and protesting.

www.huffpost.com

After an election loss and years of mass demonstrations, Republican states are rushing to create new crimes related to voting and protesting.
www.huffpost.com

The GOP has sought for years to limit the right to protest and curb access to the vote. But both efforts have intensified across the country in 2021. So far this year, eight states, including Montana, have passed laws that create new criminal penalties related to protesting, according to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, which tracks such legislation. At the same time, Republicans have enacted new laws that create or strengthen criminal penalties related to voting or election practices in at least half a dozen states. Many of these laws, like Montana’s, have explicitly criminalized or strengthened criminal penalties on the practice of returning ballots on behalf of voters.

GOP Sen. Mike Braun Says Interracial Marriage Should Be Left To The States​

GOP Sen. Mike Braun Says Interracial Marriage Should Be Left To The States

"That's the beauty of the system," said the Indiana senator, who later walked back his comments.

www.huffpost.com

"That's the beauty of the system," said the Indiana senator, who later walked back his comments.
www.huffpost.com

Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said Tuesday that he believes interracial marriage should not be legal nationwide and that individual states should decide whether to allow it.
“So you would be OK with the Supreme Court leaving the question of interracial marriage to the states?” reporter Dan Carden of The Times of Northwest Indiana asked Braun.

“Yes,” the senator replied on the call with Indiana reporters. “I think that’s something ― if you’re not wanting the Supreme Court to weigh in on issues like that, you’re not going to be able to have your cake and eat it too. I think that’s hypocritical.”
The Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage nationwide in 1967, in the landmark case Loving v. Virginia.
The world Braun would return to is what same-sex couples faced until 2015 — their marriage was not recognized federally and might be legal in one state but not the next. That sort of discrimination had ramifications in all corners of life, including medical decisions and family planning.

Braun later walked back his comments, claiming he misunderstood the question.

Sure, and he didn't! He was testing so see how far he could push the Overton window, a little more.

 

[Huntn]

This is the latest indicator of not only the idiocy of the GOP, but their hostility towards anything that lays outside their ignorant strait jacketed, head in the sand conservative white view of sexuality, at least officially and rejection of a basic tenant of the Constitution, the idea of free speech. Don’t Say Gay is disgusting, heinous, and distorted when these people can look at each other with straight faces and think they are doing a Christian thing. No honey, you are not a Christian.

My question is are schools even saying anything/teaching LGBTQ by the Third Grade? The third bullet point does not make the distinction about third grade or less so if I have the right impression, any parent who disagrees with a discussion about LGBTQ could sue. 🤔

‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill: What Does it Mean?

Florida lawmakers have been pushing House Bill 1557, dubbed the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, which just passed the House Judiciary Committee along party lines. The bill would ban discussions of sexual ori…

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Florida lawmakers have been pushing House Bill 1557, dubbed the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, which just passed the House Judiciary Committee along party lines. The bill would ban discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools. The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is set to come to debate and a full House vote next week.

At its core, the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill outlines what seems to be one of the most controversial topics in today’s news. Essentially the bill would require:

• The school district to ban the teaching of LGBTQ topics in the classroom.
• Schools to “not encourage” discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in primary grade levels, or in a manner that is not “age-appropriate” or “developmentally appropriate” for students.
• Parents that feel their student was subjected to a discussion, or educated about, gender identity and sexual orientation have the right to take legal action and sue the school district for violating the bill.

The Republican party, who proposed the bill, says the aim of House Bill 1557 is to limit these discussions from Kindergarten to 3rd grade. “It just says we don’t talk about these things until kids are out of third grade. That’s all it says,” said the sponsor of the bill, Rep. Joe Harding, (R-Williston).

 

[SouprMatt]

This is the latest indicator of not only the idiocy of the GOP, but their hostility towards anything that lays outside their ignorant strait jacketed, head in the sand conservative white view of sexuality, at least officially and rejection of a basic tenant of the Constitution, the idea of free speech. Don’t Say Gay is disgusting, heinous, and distorted when these people can look at each other with straight faces and think they are doing a Christian thing. No honey, you are not a Christian.

My question is are schools even saying anything/teaching LGBTQ by the Third Grade? The third bullet point does not make the distinction about third grade or less so if I have the right impression, any parent who disagrees with a discussion about LGBTQ could sue. 🤔

‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill: What Does it Mean?

Florida lawmakers have been pushing House Bill 1557, dubbed the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, which just passed the House Judiciary Committee along party lines. The bill would ban discussions of sexual ori…

siskiyou.sou.edu

Florida lawmakers have been pushing House Bill 1557, dubbed the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, which just passed the House Judiciary Committee along party lines. The bill would ban discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools. The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is set to come to debate and a full House vote next week.

At its core, the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill outlines what seems to be one of the most controversial topics in today’s news. Essentially the bill would require:

• The school district to ban the teaching of LGBTQ topics in the classroom.
• Schools to “not encourage” discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in primary grade levels, or in a manner that is not “age-appropriate” or “developmentally appropriate” for students.
• Parents that feel their student was subjected to a discussion, or educated about, gender identity and sexual orientation have the right to take legal action and sue the school district for violating the bill.

The Republican party, who proposed the bill, says the aim of House Bill 1557 is to limit these discussions from Kindergarten to 3rd grade. “It just says we don’t talk about these things until kids are out of third grade. That’s all it says,” said the sponsor of the bill, Rep. Joe Harding, (R-Williston).

6-year-old student ”Why does Billy have 2 moms?”
Teacher ”I could tell you but it’s against the law.”

What a great way to ostracize and shun kids of gay couples.

Not only is the law discriminatory, but it is government censorship.

 

[Jay Mysteri0]

The agenda is NOT about helping people, it's about culture issues & demonizing others. If you don't believe me, here was an opportunity to help people on all sides of the political spectrum.

Senate Republicans strip $35 insulin cap for individuals with private insurance from Democratic-led climate and health bill

In a 57-43 vote, seven Republicans joined all 50 Democrats in seeking to keep the provision in the larger bill, falling short by three votes.

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Stay classy & consistent 'r's. 😡

 

[Jay Mysteri0]

This is some next level "WOW"!!!

 

[SouprMatt]

This is some next level "WOW"!!!

And they only needed 3 more votes? Geez, she could have been one of them and convinced 2 of her colleagues too.

Let’s get real though. It’s all a game of staying in power to them. The Republicans were fist-bumping each other when they shot down the bill guaranteeing medical care to veterans suffering from toxic burn pit smoke inhalation.

They don’t like Biden getting a “win", then they found one little loophole for one thing they could cut from the bill, so they had to flex their muscles, regardless of the consequences.

She must be friends with this guy:

Congressman attends gay son's wedding after 'no' vote on same-sex marriage bill

Jul. 27—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — U.S. Rep. Glenn "G.T." Thompson, R-Centre, 15th District, voted against a bill that would federally codify protections for same-sex marriages, just days before attending a wedding for his gay son. Gawker, a blog that focuses on celebrities and the media, first reported...

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[Jay Mysteri0]

This is so on brand for the new republic party. Grifting in the name of the "good ol' US of A".

FTC fines Lions Not Sheep, a far-right apparel company, more than $20,000 for replacing Made in China tags with Made in USA tag on their products

Lions Not Sheep became popular with far-right conservatives for promoting pro-Trump, pro-gun, anti-Biden, and anti-mask messages on their products.

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A Utah-based apparel company known for selling far-right and pro-Trump merchandise is ordered to pay more than $20,000 to the FTC for replacing "Made in China" tags with "Made in USA" tags.

Lions Not Sheep and its owner Sean Whalen was fined $211,335 by the Federal Trade Commission for making false claims that their imported merchandise from China was made in the US, according to a July statement from the FTC.

Lions Not Sheep became popular with far-right conservatives for promoting pro-Trump, pro-gun, anti-Biden, and anti-mask messages on their products and on their website. Shirts that read "Go Brandon" or "#FBJ", can be purchased on their website.

According to the release, the FTC filed its complaint in May of this year, in addition to the hefty fine, Whalen and the company were ordered to "stop making bogus Made in USA claims and come clean about foreign production."

According to the complaint, Whalen posted a video on Twitter titled "Made In America!" with a Chinese flag symbol in which he stated he could conceal the fact that his shirts are made in China by ripping out the tag and replacing it with his made in the US tags.

The Commission voted 5-0 to approve the final order to charge Whalen and the brand for misleading consumers, per the release.

 

[Alli]

Note also that President Biden has visited the flood victims in KY. Neither of the Senators from KY have done so.

 

[Jay Mysteri0]

This is what confuses me about the "law & order / pro business" crowd. In a heartbeat they will ditch that facade, if it runs against their latest "culture war" antics.




If it's people calling for more diversity in current existing entertainment properties, that crowd will yell "create your own". So someone creates their own successfully, and that crowd doesn't hesitate to co opt it.

What the f- ?!

 

[Jay Mysteri0]

One last bit. For the crowd salivating & standing around cackling about the faculties of Biden



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Hopefully this isn't real or out of context

 

[Jay Mysteri0]

💯

 

[Huntn]

This is so on brand for the new republic party. Grifting in the name of the "good ol' US of A".

Par for the course in Fool’Ya Trump World…

 

[SouprMatt]

Wait, who wrote the Constitution?

 

[Jay Mysteri0]

It's an agenda dependent upon short term memory

 

[Jay Mysteri0]

You can't make this stuff up

Is the Cracker Barrel menu getting 'woke'? Meat eaters rage on Facebook over addition of Impossible sausage

Cracker Barrel ruffled the feathers of meat eaters when it put plant-based Impossible sausage on the menu, sparking a culture war of words on Facebook

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Cracker Barrel is now serving plant-based sausage. Meat eaters aren't having it.

The popular southern restaurant chain is one of the few places where you can have breakfast after sitting on a real-wood rocking chair on the front porch or buying a bejeweled yard chameleon or "Live, Laugh, Love" wall sign.

But a new menu item comes with a side of controversy. Cracker Barrel is ruffling the feathers of some carnivorous customers by offering Impossible Sausage as a protein option.

"Discover new meat frontiers," the company said in a Facebook post. "Experience the out of this world flavor of Impossible™ Sausage Made From Plants next time you Build Your Own Breakfast."

The company's decision warmed the hearts of some vegetarians.

"Thank you for adding a plant-based fake meat option to the menu," Facebook user Laura Warot Jones said in a comment. "Each year more and more people are going plant-based for the animals, for their health, and/or for the planet."

"I am so grateful for you adding this to your menu," Facebook user Scott Richardson wrote. "I have a reason to return to your restaurant after going vegetarian and now vegan for the benefit of myself and all living things, including our planet. Thank you."

Meat-eating Facebook users had some spicier things to say.

"Bad choice," Brenda K. Mauney commented on Facebook. "Do your research."

"YOU CAN TAKE MY PORK SAUSAGE WHEN YOU PRY IT FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS," Facebook user Mark Vige commented. "DON'T TREAD ON MY PORK!"

User Joe Wicker, who wrote in the comments that he still orders "the double meat breakfast" even though it's gone from the menu, suggested the VP of marketing should be fired, calling the offering "a woke social experiment based on ideology and not business."

The outpouring of negative feedback got some blowback.

"Lone star tick disease is spreading and some of you yayhoos are gonna have to eat some metaphorical crow with your vegan sausages after the ticks make you allergic to meat," Facebook user Folk Breenhin wrote.. "Some childish old folks up in here getting their panties in a wad over other peoples' business."

Cracker Barrel told USA TODAY in a statement: "We're always exploring opportunities to expand how our guests experience breakfast and provide choices to satisfy every taste bud."

Cracker Barrel rolled out the Impossible sausage last year at 50 select stores as it looks to expand its menu to accommodate vegetarian diets.

 

[SouprMatt]

Part of the Republican agenda is taking over local news sources. Most people know about Sinclair, the owner of many local TV stations. They put national right-wing messaging (often word-for-word on every station) into the local news coverage.

I previously hadn’t heard of Metric Media, but they bought up hundreds of local newspapers. Their website tells nothing of their actual agenda, but it lists these local news sites.

Metric Media News

Metric Media LLC is a digital firm managing the online presence of the portfolio of local news sites known as Metric Media

metricmedianews.com

First, it’s disturbing that one company owns all these small news sites. But what’s worse is that it appears to be a right-wing media group, pushing the agenda you’d expect. And they don’t even bother with reporters. They just vomit out right-wing politicians’ press releases verbatim.

At first glance, the Mobile Courant, the site covering my home city of Mobile, Ala., has all the trappings of a traditional community news portal like Hartford’s. It’s got the old-timey-sounding name and familiar sections dedicated to local government, business, real estate and sports.

But that’s a smokescreen. The Mobile Courant not only lacks real-life reporters and editors, but the articles are regurgitated news releases. Clicking on the Politics section directs the reader to word-for-word releases straight from the desk of Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville: “Tuberville Meets with President Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson,” for example, or “Tuberville Veterans Bill Passes U.S. Senate.” Below this, you’ll find a steady stream of Federal Election Commission notifications about individual donations to various Republican politicians, the dull text seemingly optimized for search engines rather than human consumption.

Most notoriously, an article from a Chicago-based pink-slime site published in May went viral on social media, especially in right-wing circles, because it claimed that suburban school administrators were implementing race-based grading. The article prompted school officials in Oak Park, Ill., to release a statement calling the report “not true,” but days after the story was proved false, right-wing outlets such as One America News were still reporting it as fact.

The Oak Park case is unusual in that it broke through nationally, but it’s not an exceptional incident. A study published by the Popular Information Substack found that 28 pink-slime sites in Virginia published 4,657 articles about critical race theory in schools between January and November 2021 — many of which contained unverified or false information — just in time for the election of Republican Glenn Youngkin, who rode a wave of anti-CRT sentiment to win the governor’s race. It’s difficult to say whether these stories are helping drive the trend or merely mirroring it, but it’s clear that they speak to a partisan political pattern that has little to do with what’s happening on the ground in this or that local community.

Much more in the story here:

https://wapo.st/3zUOihg

(paywall removed)

 

[Jay Mysteri0]

I have to confess, I did not see this mini trend coming or know it was a thing






Evidently the red hat thing, is a thing



And yes...

 

[Jay Mysteri0]

 

[Jay Mysteri0]

There isn't a Roe Vs Wade thread here, but everything that's happened involving it is the republican agenda

https://fox59.com/indiana-news/eli-lilly-to-seek-employment-growth-outside-of-indiana-after-abortion-ban/

INDIANAPOLIS — One of the largest employers and oldest companies in Indiana will begin looking for expansion opportunities outside of the Hoosier State in the wake of a recently passed abortion ban bill.

Eli Lilly and Co. released a statement Saturday that said the abortion ban may hurt the company’s ability to bring in “diverse scientific, engineering and business talent” to Indiana.

“As a global company headquartered in Indianapolis for more than 145 years, we work hard to retain and attract thousands of people who are important drivers of our state’s economy,” Lilly’s statement read.

“Given this new law, we will be forced to plan for more employment growth outside our home state.”
ELI LILLY AND CO.

The law referenced by Lilly, Senate Bill 1, is a near-total statewide abortion ban with few exceptions. The bill was passed by the Indiana Senate on Friday night and signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb shortly after. The ban is set to go into effect on Sept. 15.

A Lilly spokeswoman told the Indiana Business Journal that the company plans to honor all current Indiana commitments. In May, IBJ reported that Lilly announced plans to spend $2.1 billion to open two Boone County manufacturing sites.