Politics What is happening????

Yeah. It started off looking like DeSantis was cleverly offering the kool-aid. Now he's drinking it.

That ad sucks. To make it worse it looks like he used a photo of himself from at least ten years ago.

 

Politics that pander to the fears of the lizard brain sector is so fucked. So backwards so intellectually lazy.

The add dosn't even mention why he's shown shooting Mexicans....I spose for a fistful of dollars from the NRA ? And all his lizard brained voters. Sergio Leone needs to sue him.

But how do you not see the similarities between this murder fantasy and actually live streaming actual mass shooting ?

How is all this deranged soldier cosplay not the murder version of "Drag" and the pushing of weaponry as solutions to problems and representation of masculinity as "grooming" of a truly evil way of thinking ?

Why is a guy named Mauricio Garcia all about the white supremacy ? He's not even white !

How is it that Fox points fingers saying mainstream news when they ARE broadcasting the top ten or so rated news shows on the air and clearly lying non stop through their teeth ???

How is it that so much of the US buys into all this clearly illogical snake oil garbage ?

Rupert Murdoch is turning the US into his own personal Jonestown.
If there is a god, please bring hell to the Murdoch clan in the Smartmatic trials.

 

^^^
The news reports I've seen don't mention the
Very Clear Fact
Tate Reeves is shooting "Mexicans."

 

View: https://youtu.be/2l8Iurs78Oo

 

The various stories I've read, heard, & watched make AI sound like it's going to be devastating weapon.

 

A very long read, that isn't easy to follow at times, but it does give you very good idea of just how often our Texas politicians go against public opinion.

Yet they get reelected easily.

Texas mass shooting timeline: 14 years of violence in Texas

Deep in the heart of Texas!

Something a bit odd?
Texans vote, statewide,
overwhelmingly Republican.
Austin is our state Capitol.
Austin is generally blue.

 

'Madness': Federal Judge Rules 18-to-20-Year-Olds Can't Be Barred From Gun Purchases

IIRC...
Lowering the legal drinking age (LDA) to 18 (states, not federal government???) resulted in many more DWI/DUI accidents, and was raised back to 21.

What the hell...
Let's lower the LDA back to 18, and allow gun stores to also be liquor stores. Hell yeah!! Buy a handgun, ammo, & liquid courage at the same time!!!

 

The Republicans are trying to move the voting age back to 21 because they are freaking out at how the Gen Z and Alpha kids are so LGBTQ+ and socialism friendly.
I wonder if a bunch of trans/queer youth militias were started if they would suddenly work to get the age up to 21 again.

 

I certainly would like to
see some left-wing militias.

 

I'm not going to pretend to completely comprehend the following news report.

FBI misused surveillance authorities to investigate Black Lives Matter protesters

A law intended to be used outside of the US was used in the US. Its use beyond its intended reach is partially justified, but not completely.

I know that intelligence gathering can be tricky, but I'm not sure I'm seeing The Big Deal here.

 

The use of 'informants' who were trying to get illegal activity to happen was a large part of the problem.
This is a good interview with the folks who exposed the Denver FBI's operation.

 

Today is the one year anniversary of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

With the exception of very few No Surprises firings, "resignations," & reassignments, almost nothing has been done about the widespread gross failures by law enforcement officers on the scene.

Investigations are taking forever.
Top LE officials have flip-flopped and gone silent.
Politicians have talked while doing nothing.

A divided Uvalde hasn’t had time to heal, speakers say

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/24/1177...school-shooting-questions-still-go-unanswered

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/us/uvalde-shooting-anniversary-families-guns.html


The question I haven't heard anyone actually ask:
What would've happened if
this shooting had happened
at an elementary school in a
wealthy mostly white neighborhood,
and those children were white?

 

FINALLY!!!

Texas House committee issues 20 articles of impeachment against Attorney General Ken Paxton


Simmering tensions erupt between top Texas state Republicans | CNN Politics


Ken Paxton has been living on borrowed time (maybe, maybe not) for way too long. I'm not even the slightest bit cautiously optimistic that he will face any kind of punishment.

Texas is basically a red Let Business Take Care Of Business state, and Paxton has done exactly that. If he has done anything to protect the citizens of Texas from illegal business practices I haven't heard about it. Any actions Paxton might have taken would have been at the behest of the industry in the best position to support him.


Oh, he is known for suing other states in which Biden won by a narrow margin in the 2020 presidential election. Let's not forget he's also supporting/not challenging Gov. Greg Abbott's busing of illegal immigrants to other states (which I'm thinking must be a misuse of state funds).

U.S. Supreme Court throws out Texas lawsuit contesting 2020 election results in four battleground states

 

Now it's up to the Texas Senate to try Ken Paxton.

Texas House impeaches Attorney General Ken Paxton. Senate trial next.

Ken Paxton impeachment: 20 charges, Texas Attorney General reaction

How is it some people are nearly invisible, and seem to be coated in Teflon when they do get into trouble? I hope they look into his campaign finances, I have no doubt Paxton is supported unethically, and probably illegally, by the various utilities companies doing business in Texas.

 

How many of the stricter voting requirements -- said to be needed for security against voter fraud, criticized for oppressing minority voting -- will be in place in the 2024 elections?

https://ml.t-mobile.com/article-con...s&lang=en&item_id=9454288&screen_name=article

 

As many as the Republicans can get past the courts.

 

With our current SC that's a scary thought.

 

Indeed.

 

Pat Robertson has died.

Let's have one second of silence.

OK, that's enough.


https://www.liveabout.com/stupid-pat-robertson-quotes-2734325

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Robertson_controversies