Republicans: continued

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Vaccination hearing. And...turbocancers.
https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/po ... IwNjQ2YQ==

[L'Emmerdeur]

It's now standard operating procedure for Republicans--spew hyperbole that on the surface is so ridiculous it's comical (if in a grotesque way) that at the same time is an expression of their callously cruel and oppressive agenda. The title of the article is typically lame (seems to be almost a requirement for headline editors). It's not a 'conspiracy theory,' it's malignant twaddle.

'New GOP conspiracy theory: Babies are getting abortions!'

There are many questions that immediately crop to mind upon hearing state Sen. Bill Eigel, R-Mo., claim that a "1-year-old could get an abortion under" a Democratic proposal for rape and incest exceptions in the state's near-total abortion ban.

The first, of course, is whether Eigel is ignorant enough of human biology to believe babies can get pregnant. It's a possibility, putting his claims in the echelon of idiotic beliefs Republicans have about reproduction, from claiming a woman can't get pregnant from "legitimate rape" to arguing it's "abortion" to avoid getting pregnant in the first place. Then there's the second question: Assuming that babies could get pregnant, is Eigel arguing that it would be a good thing to force a baby to deliver another, barely smaller baby?

On the latter question, we do have an answer, though it is stomach-churning: Yes. Eigel's stance is that forced childbirth in very small children (and, though impossible, babies) is a good thing. Nor is he alone in this view. Earlier this month, Republicans in the Missouri state Senate voted down the proposal to allow rape and incest victims access to abortion. In the process, Republicans repeatedly argued that being forced to give birth to a rapist's child is good for a rape victim, regardless of how young they are.

The entire debate was a stark reminder of the misogyny that drives the modern GOP. It's why the party is lining up eagerly behind Donald Trump, a man who a jury recently found liable for sexual assault, a crime he's been caught bragging about on tape. Republicans increasingly have no limits when it comes to tolerating sexualized violence against girls and women.

"You’re OK with forced birth of a child being raped, right?" Democratic state Sen. Doug Beck asked Eigel.

Eigel insisted, "I don’t support the institutions of rape or of incest," though his loud, continued support of Trump tells another story. But on the topic of forced childbirth for rape victims, he was blunt: It's for the best. He falsely claimed allowing child rape victims to get abortions would lead them to commit suicide, saying, "I can't imagine Missouri will be a better place tomorrow if we have individuals inflicting abortion on kids."

Frankly, I don't think Eigel is stupid enough to believe 1-year-olds can get pregnant. I certainly doubt he sincerely thinks there are 1-year-olds picking the phone, calling the clinic, and scheduling an abortion. Instead, like many Republican conspiracy theories, it's more symbolic than literal. The newly invented myth of the abortion-getting baby is a stand-in for a larger constellation of GOP outrage over what they perceive as liberals "teaching" women and children to disobey the stringent patriarchal rules governing their behavior.

It's much like the right-wing myth that elementary school kids are using litterboxes for mysteriously sexual reasons. It's about stoking this hysterical view of what happens if liberals' ideas about women's equality and children's rights are allowed to prevail. Why, next thing you know, babies will be aborting their own babies! It's just an especially grotesque way to paint the oppressors as victims and recast actual victims as the villains.

[Tero]

Tucker Carlson fails to entertain Putin:
“He tried to interrupt me several times, but still, surprisingly for a Western journalist, he turned out to be patient and listened to my long dialogues, especially those related to history,” Putin said, per a Google translation of a transcript posted on the Kremlin website.

That was a big disappointment for the strongman leader.

“Honestly speaking, I did not fully enjoy that interview,” he said with a laugh, according to a translated clip posted online on an X feed that monitors Putin’s comments:
https://news.yahoo.com/vladimir-putin-d ... 37257.html

[Tero]

https://newrepublic.com/post/179055/ron ... -book-bans

DeSantis:
Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday came out in support of a proposal to limit book bans in schools—the direct result of his own stupid policies.

In a press conference, DeSantis tried to claim that accusations that he has enabled book bans in the state of Florida are “a fraud” and “a big hoax.”

He blamed “activists” on both the left and right for “hijacking” the process of banning books, accusing them of submitting book challenges solely to create a media narrative.

[L'Emmerdeur]

Whereas his draconian law is intended only to protect school children from harmful ideas, and not performative in the least.

[Tero]

"this is honestly pretty brilliant from Nikki Haley -- she hyped a major speech, getting Fox News and company to take it live thinking she might drop out, and instead she's using it to attack Trump and announce she's staying in the race."
https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/po ... IwNjQ2YQ==

[Tero]

Boebert will be returning to the trailer park soon. We won\t have to pay for her congressional pension if she does not serve two terms. Her son is the news this week.
https://www.threads.net/@joncooper.us/post/C35HW0tuifD

[Tero]

They continued: "Tyler Boebert is facing the following charges: four felony counts of Criminal Possession ID Documents - Multiple Victims, one felony count of Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, and over 15 additional misdemeanor and petty offenses."

[Tero]

Missouri runs KKK dude for governor
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/mi ... r-42007057

[Sean Hayden]

[Tero]

Boebert comes out of a bunch of embarrassments...and who knows, maybe not on ballot, to attack Colorado official.

Griswold advocated for the effort in Colorado, initially filed by a group of voters, attracting criticism from conservatives who viewed it as political interference in the election process.

The letter was signed by Boebert, Colorado Republican Party Chair Dave Wiliams, state party Vice Chair Hope Scheppelman and GOP Secretary Anna Ferguson.

The group would need 621,000 signatures to order a recall vote for Griswold under state law. It is unclear if the group intends to circulate a petition, though Boebert listed a petition on her campaign site that redirects to a fundraising platform.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watc ... mp-ruling/

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[Tero]

Senator Britt lectured us about human trafficing under Joe Biden in Texas. It happened in 2015. In Mexico. Yes, there are Mexican cartels. In Mexico!
https://www.tiktok.com/@katzonearth/vid ... 4985624862

[Tero]

President Biden...is evil beacuse....he is a politician! Plus he is killing the...AMERICAN DREAM! Plus Biden caused that Mexican to be raped daily...in 2015. In Mexico where she lived. Well, OK, that was fake. But President Biden released millions of murderers into out home land. It's true that only that one has murdered so far. But they all could!

[L'Emmerdeur]

Those hoards of non-white people godless Catholics must be stopped!

'Tuberville: Secure the Border Because Immigrants "Know Nothing About God"'

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville says America must put God back into the country and the government, and right now the government isn’t honoring our “Judo” Christian values. The Alabama freshman Republican, a Christian nationalist, also says God cannot be put back into this nation currently because immigrants, who “know nothing about God,” are crossing the southern border illegally.

Sen. Tuberville is also calling for massive cuts to the federal government, saying only the “mentally unhealthy,” “elderly,” “veterans,” and “farmers” should be eligible for financial support from the government.

Tuberville told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo that “the federal government is not here to take care of every person in this country. We have to take care of the mentally healthy, mentally – mentally unhealthy. We have to take care of our elderly, our veterans. Everybody else needs to go get a job. They need to get off that couch. We’re paying so many people. Maria, we have turned into so much of a socialist country headed to communism.”

He insisted there is no “free speech” in America. “They’re taking all of our rights away.”

“We need to ask God for help, our country needs help,” Tuberville said in a separate interview. “We’re in a tough situation right now. I’m right here in the middle of it. I get to see it every day.”

“We live in a constitutional republic that’s trying to do things without our Judo-Christian [sic] values. And that’s how this country was built. And we got to get back to that. If we don’t, we won’t make it,” Tuberville claimed.

“The biggest thing right now I will tell you is what’s going on at our southern border. When you’ve got a country without borders, you don’t have a country. And it goes back to one thing: God is not in this building. We’ve got to get God back in this building and we’re gonna get God back in our country. We’ve got to get the God back in the nuclear family. We have to get moral values back into our country. And you can’t do that when you have a million people every couple of months come into this country that know nothing about God, that know nothing about our laws and constitution.”