Category Archives: Msc
Trump & Republicans Like Hitler & Nazis
Trump & Republicans are like 1930’s Hitler & Nazis
Why Trump is Obsessed with Dictators
Trump is campaigning to establish ‘a presidential dictatorship’ historian Beschloss says
Ron DeSantis War on American History
Ron DeSantis’ problematic history with history itself as an author. DeSantis’ ‘Dreams From Our Founding Fathers: First Principles in the Age of Obama,’ his little-known work is analyzed by Gillian Brockell
Historian Calls Ron DeSantis the ‘Florida Fascist’
How Ronald Reagan & the GOP Killed the American Dream
How Ronald Reagan, Reaganomics and Republicans Killed the American Dream and drove up the debt
“Reagan Revolution’s” Attack on America’s Middle Class at an End
Reagan and his radical right wing buddies intentionally gutted the American middle class, but they did so not just out of greed but also with what they thought was a good and noble justification. Fear of a middle class that would vote them out of power.
Democrats & FDR Saved America – The GOP and Ronald Reagan has destroyed America and the Middle Class
From trickle down Reagonomics to union busting to decimating the middle class and more, Ronald Reagan is responsible for many of the shifts that occurred at the end of the 20th century that caused the major inequalities we see in America today.
How Reagan’s NEOLIBERALISM destroyed the middle class
Author / Writer Thom Hartmann weighs in on his new book, “The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness.”
How Reaganomics Destroyed The Middle Class…And Maybe America
Republicans accuse Democrats of being fiscally irresponsible. But as the video above shows, it’s Republicans who are responsible for running up the Debt & Deficits due to their excessive Military Spending and Tax Breaks for the Rich
National Debt exploded under REPUBLICANS Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush due to excessive military spending and tax breaks for the RICH.
This was all part of the “Two Santa Clauses” plan whereby they run up the debt & cut taxes when a Republican is President so they are viewed as a good “Santa Clause”. Then when a Democrat is President, Republicans scream about the National Debt, refuse to increase the debt ceiling, shut down the government if necessary to stop Democrats from spending any money on social programs which could help working Americans. Be sure to watch the SHOCKING video below about this.
REPUBLICANS increase the National Debt with excessive military spending and tax breaks to the RICH so there’s no money for Social Programs which benefit the middle class & the poor
The above video explains how for the past 40 years since Ronald Reagan was President, Republicans have been victimizing Americans using a tactic called the “Two Santa Clauses”, whereby they run up the debt & cut taxes when a Republican is President so they are viewed as the good “Santa Clause”. Then when a Democrat is President, Republicans scream about the National Debt, refuse to increase the debt ceiling, shut down the government if necessary to stop Democrats from spending any money on social programs which could help working Americans.
In this way, Republicans are literately punishing Americans for voting for Democrats who are dedicated to helping the middle class and the poor while doing everything possible to make sure Democrats can’t help the middle class and the poor, to make them look like the “Bad Santa Clause”.
This is another example of how Republicans are RUTHLESS… ONLY caring about seizing, maintaining power, being subservient to Corporate Interests and the RICH.
The national debt was increased by a projected 8 Trillion by Trump and Republicans due to military spending and tax breaks for the RICH
Inventor Of Trickle Down Economics Says Trump’s Tax Plan Is “Dead on Arrival”
David Stockman, the economist who developed the theory of trickle down economics during the Reagan administration, says that Trump’s tax plan is a giveaway to the wealthy elite and that it will result in an economic downturn. Stockman has admitted that his theory of trickle down economics is implausible, and he regrets the damage that his policy has caused this country.
Trump Tax Cuts Add WAY More Debt Than Advertised
“Experts” low-balled the amount of debt the Republican tax plan would entail.
The above video explains how George W. Bush took Democrat’s and Bill Clinton’s budget surplus and exploded the debt by almost 10 Trillion, doing what Republicans always do…. giving Tax Breaks to the Rich (as shown in the graphs below) and then tanked the economy.
As shown in these graphs, Republicans are responsible for reckless spending and will NEVER have a balanced budget due to their “Trickle Down Economics”, “Starve the Beast” and “Two Santa Clauses” tactics.
Video shows how Republicans exploded the debt under President George W. Bush.
Obama calls out Republicans for Causing Deficits and Debts
The Grover Norquist Tax Pledge which says Republicans shall never raise taxes helped skyrocket the Debt.
In an original broadcast essay, Bill says there’s more to Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge than ideology or principle — it’s also about Norquist’s efforts keep taxes low for his donor base of billionaires.
In this chart, the RED lines on the left side – the ones that keep doing DOWN – show what happened to jobs under the policies of Bush and the Republicans. We were losing lots and lots of jobs every month, and it was getting worse and worse. The BLUE lines – the ones that just go UP – show what happened to jobs when the stimulus was in effect. We stopped losing jobs and started gaining jobs, and it was getting better and better.
The leveling off on the right side of the chart shows what happened as the stimulus started to wind down: job creation leveled off at too low a level.
It looks a lot like the stimulus reversed what was going on before the stimulus. We have gone from losing around 850,000 jobs a month to gaining over 200,000 jobs a month.
Conclusion: THE STIMULUS WORKED BUT WAS NOT ENOUGH!
More False Things
These are just three of the false things that everyone “knows” because places like Fox News repeat them over and over and over. Some others are (click through): Obama bailed out the banks, businesses will hire if they get tax cuts, health care reform cost $1 trillion, Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme or is “going broke”, tax cuts grow the economy, government spending “takes money out of the economy.”
Actually This Reduced Spending And Lower Deficit Have Hurt The Economy
Government spending is literally, by definition, the things that government does to make our lives better. People have been tricked into thinking that government spending is somehow bad. The billionaires and giant corporations spread this nonsense around because they are greedy and just want their taxes lower. The top income tax rate used to be more than 90 percent and the top corporate tax rate used to be more than 50 percent. That was back when we built this country’s great infrastructure, had good schools and defended the world against the Soviet Union. We also had higher economic growth and a growing middle class.
Government spending does not “take money out of the economy.” In fact it puts money into the economy, creates jobs and lays the foundation for future prosperity. The decline in government spending shown in the charts above is the reason that the economy remains sluggish and jobs are still hard to get. Just look at that chart showing what the stimulus spending did for the job situation. But since the stimulus ended, Republicans have obstructed every effort to continue to use our government to help our economy.
WASTING TRILLIONS ON THE MILITARY
Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste
The military feared Congress would use the confidential data as an excuse to slash defense spending.
As shown in the above graph, the United States spends more on the military than Russia, China, the UK and 11 more countries COMBINED.
Eisenhower’s Warning: Military Industrial Complex’s Growing Budget
United States military spending has ballooned since World War II, although Americans have historically been reluctant to go to war.
Military Spending is out of control due to Republicans. This is one of the Fourteen Characteristics of Fascism “3. Supremacy of the Military – Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.” More about how Republicans are Fascists
Robert Reich connects the dots to expose Republicans War on the Poor and Working Families including their opposition to minimum wage, unemployment insurance, food stamps and more.
Fox Guest Compares Poor People To Dogs Who Are Only Obedient When They’re Hungry
A Fox News guest this past week may have accidentally let the cat out of the bag when he said that poor people have it too good by receiving extended unemployment benefits, then drew a parallel to military dogs who are only obedient to commands when they are hungry. This is what the Right wants for America – a country so starving and desperate that they will do anything their masters ask them to do.
Rick Scott Forced To Lie About His Tax Plan After It Blows Up In His Face
Republican Senator Rick Scott is now trying to lie his way out of his plan to raise taxes on low income Americans, and he’s claiming that this was never part of his plan. However, it is clear as day in the plan as Scott prepared it, and no amount of creative talking and linguistic gymnastics are going to be able to change the fact that this is what he wanted to do.
DeSantis Kicks 2 Million Floridians Off Medicaid
HEARTLESS Florida Republicans and DeSantis Kicks 2 Million Floridians off Medicaid, including 600,000 Florida kids during 2023 unwinding
Kicked off Medicaid: Millions at risk as states trim rolls
Days out from a surgery and with a young son undergoing chemotherapy, Kyle McHenry was scrambling to figure out if his Florida family will still be covered by Medicaid come Monday.
One form on the state’s website said coverage for their sick 5-year-old son, Ryder, had been denied. But another said the family would remain on Medicaid through next year. Still, a letter from the state said McHenry now makes too much money for him, his wife and their older son to qualify after the end of the month.
Three phone calls and a total of six frustrating hours on hold with Florida’s Department of Children and Families later, the McHenrys finally got the answer they were dreading on Thursday: Most of the family is losing Medicaid coverage, although Ryder remains eligible because of his illness.
87 year-old Floridian eligible for Medicaid, kicked off anyway
Gov. DeSantis, Florida agency under fire over possible mishandling of $160 million Medicaid funds
Ron DeSantis BUSTED Sending $10 Million In Medicaid Money To His Wife’s Charity
President Biden calls out DeSantis for refusing to expand Medicaid in Florida
Nearly 600,000 Florida kids lost Medicaid/CHIP during 2023 unwinding, report shows
In response to the report, a DCF official says the state’s outreach strategy went “above and beyond” federal requirements and “any notion that Florida has failed in this process is false.”
Per the above article: Nearly 600,000 children in Florida lost government health insurance last year when states began reviewing Medicaid eligibility again, according to a report published this month.
In the report, policy experts at the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University. write that Florida is among states that prioritized “hasty” removal of kids from the program.
Officials with Florida’s Department of Children & Families, which determines Medicaid eligibility in the state, strongly disputed their concerns.
The national study examines the net impacts that ending the COVID-19 public health emergency had on enrollment in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), known in the state as Florida KidCare.
The federal government barred states from disenrolling people from the programs during the pandemic, but lifted that continuous coverage requirement on April 1, 2023. States began redetermining eligibility for millions of people, a process known as the “Medicaid unwinding.”
The report finds between April and December of 2023, child enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP nationally declined by more than 4 million, including 589,671 in Florida. That was the second most of any state besides Texas.
Republicans are Debt Ceiling Hypocrites
Republicans are Debt Ceiling Hypocrites who spend more & raise the debt when a REPUBLICAN is President then demand cuts in spending when a Democrat is President
When a REPUBLICAN is President they explode the debt, then demand cuts in spending when a Democrat is President.
Republicans prove they only care about politics by increasing the debt three (3) times under Trump but now threaten to tank the economy unless there’s cuts under President Biden
GOP demolished with debt facts: Trump and Bush drove the trillion dollar deficits
After Trump’s historic spending spree, the GOP now calling for cuts under Biden. MSNBC’S Ari Melber shows you how Trump is responsible for 25% of U.S. debt, rising by $7 trillion and explains how the party of Reagan became the party of MAGA brinksmanship.
The national debt was increased by a projected 8 Trillion by Trump and Republicans due to military spending and tax breaks for the RICH
Trump Tax Cuts Add WAY More Debt Than Advertised
“Experts” low-balled the amount of debt the Republican tax plan would entail.
Former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich explains the longtime Republican plan to slash Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Republicans accuse Democrats of being fiscally irresponsible. But as the video above shows, it’s Republicans who are responsible for running up the Debt & Deficits due to excessive Military Spending and Tax Breaks for the Rich
National Debt exploded under REPUBLICANS Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush due to excessive military spending and tax breaks for the RICH.
This was all part of the “Two Santa Clauses” plan whereby they run up the debt & cut taxes when a Republican is President so they are viewed as a good “Santa Clause”. Then when a Democrat is President, Republicans scream about the National Debt, refuse to increase the debt ceiling, shut down the government if necessary to stop Democrats from spending any money on social programs which could help working Americans. Be sure to watch the SHOCKING video below about this.
REPUBLICANS increase the National Debt with excessive military spending and tax breaks to the RICH so there’s no money for Social Programs which benefit the middle class & the poor
The above video explains how for the past 40 years since Ronald Reagan was President, Republicans have been victimizing Americans using a tactic called the “Two Santa Clauses”, whereby they run up the debt & cut taxes when a Republican is President so they are viewed as the good “Santa Clause”. Then when a Democrat is President, Republicans scream about the National Debt, refuse to increase the debt ceiling, shut down the government if necessary to stop Democrats from spending any money on social programs which could help working Americans.
In this way, Republicans are literately punishing Americans for voting for Democrats who are dedicated to helping the middle class and the poor while doing everything possible to make sure Democrats can’t help the middle class and the poor, to make them look like the “Bad Santa Clause”.
This is another example of how Republicans are RUTHLESS… ONLY caring about seizing, maintaining power, being subservient to Corporate Interests and the RICH.
Republicans vote to De-fund the IRS
Inventor Of Trickle Down Economics Says Trump’s Tax Plan Is “Dead on Arrival”
David Stockman, the economist who developed the theory of trickle down economics during the Reagan administration, says that Trump’s tax plan is a giveaway to the wealthy elite and that it will result in an economic downturn. Stockman has admitted that his theory of trickle down economics is implausible, and he regrets the damage that his policy has caused this country.
The above video explains how George W. Bush took Democrat’s and Bill Clinton’s budget surplus and exploded the debt by almost 10 Trillion, doing what Republicans always do…. giving Tax Breaks to the Rich (as shown in the graphs below) and then tanked the economy.
Republicans are demanding stricter work requirements in the debt ceiling fight, which also include GOP demands for cuts targeting the poor. “You’re taking people off of SNAP, off of food stamps, and Medicaid,” MSNBC’s Ali Velhi tells Joy Reid. “What kind of country is looking to have fewer people have enough.”
As shown in these graphs, Republicans are responsible for reckless spending and will NEVER have a balanced budget due to their “Trickle Down Economics”, “Starve the Beast” and “Two Santa Clauses” tactics.
Obama calls out Republicans for Causing Deficits and Debts
The Grover Norquist Tax Pledge which says Republicans shall never raise taxes helped skyrocket the Debt.
In an original broadcast essay, Bill says there’s more to Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge than ideology or principle — it’s also about Norquist’s efforts keep taxes low for his donor base of billionaires.
Secrets the Rich don’t Want You to Know
Video shows how Reaganomics and tax breaks for the rich don’t work. Paul Ryan and Republicans are Bought and Paid for by the Rich.
In this chart, the RED lines on the left side – the ones that keep doing DOWN – show what happened to jobs under the policies of Bush and the Republicans. We were losing lots and lots of jobs every month, and it was getting worse and worse. The BLUE lines – the ones that just go UP – show what happened to jobs when the stimulus was in effect. We stopped losing jobs and started gaining jobs, and it was getting better and better.
The leveling off on the right side of the chart shows what happened as the stimulus started to wind down: job creation leveled off at too low a level.
It looks a lot like the stimulus reversed what was going on before the stimulus. We have gone from losing around 850,000 jobs a month to gaining over 200,000 jobs a month.
Conclusion: THE STIMULUS WORKED BUT WAS NOT ENOUGH!
More False Things
These are just three of the false things that everyone “knows” because places like Fox News repeat them over and over and over. Some others are (click through): Obama bailed out the banks, businesses will hire if they get tax cuts, health care reform cost $1 trillion, Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme or is “going broke”, tax cuts grow the economy, government spending “takes money out of the economy.”
Actually This Reduced Spending And Lower Deficit Have Hurt The Economy
Government spending is literally, by definition, the things that government does to make our lives better. People have been tricked into thinking that government spending is somehow bad. The billionaires and giant corporations spread this nonsense around because they are greedy and just want their taxes lower. The top income tax rate used to be more than 90 percent and the top corporate tax rate used to be more than 50 percent. That was back when we built this country’s great infrastructure, had good schools and defended the world against the Soviet Union. We also had higher economic growth and a growing middle class.
Government spending does not “take money out of the economy.” In fact it puts money into the economy, creates jobs and lays the foundation for future prosperity. The decline in government spending shown in the charts above is the reason that the economy remains sluggish and jobs are still hard to get. Just look at that chart showing what the stimulus spending did for the job situation. But since the stimulus ended, Republicans have obstructed every effort to continue to use our government to help our economy.
WASTING TRILLIONS ON THE MILITARY
Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste
The military feared Congress would use the confidential data as an excuse to slash defense spending.
As shown in the above graph, the United States spends more on the military than Russia, China, the UK and 10 other countries COMBINED.
Eisenhower’s Warning: Military Industrial Complex’s Growing Budget
United States military spending has ballooned since World War II, although Americans have historically been reluctant to go to war.
Military Spending is out of control
Vets Kicked Out for Migrants EXPOSED as LIE
FOX, Republicans and Right Wing Media caught LYING about veterans kicked out of a New York hotel to make room for Migrants
Fox News runs with fake story about migrants displacing homeless veterans
Fox News went all in on a story about migrants displacing veterans from a New York hotel, featuring it on no less than 15 different shows. The network even claimed to have substantiated the reporting themselves. But then the whole thing unraveled.
For days, Republicans have pushed a false story about veterans being kicked out of a New York hotel to make room for migrants. Now, the story has been proven to be a complete and total lie. Fred Wellman, host of ‘On Democracy with FPWellman’ podcast, and a US Army Veteran, reports.
Fox News host Laura Ingraham casually retracts fake story she and the network pushed for days about undocumented immigrants that completely made up
This is just another example of what SCUM OF THE EARTH Right Wingers are, who LIE and will say anything to gin up HATE and Outrage against President Biden and Democrats, who stand up for Average Joe Americans
Republicans must lie to survive: They have no other choice
From Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump, the path to Republican political success is rooted in profound deception
Republicans Must Lie to Survive: They have No Other Choice
Per the above article; “The GOP exists to serve the interests of the wealthy and big business that comprise the richest 1%. No party, however, can ever win an election with only 1% of the vote. So to win elections, the GOP must necessarily reach beyond its own wealthy core and attempt to convince a large segment of working people in the 99% to vote for Republicans.
Normally, a political party wins elections by offering policies that benefit the voters. These policies attract the voters who then cast their votes for the political party.
But for the Republican Party, this is not an option. A candidate could not possibly campaign on the policies favored by the 1%. Just imagine the stump speech. “Vote for me and I will slash your health care! In fact, I’ll do even better — I’ll fight like mad to completely eliminate your health care!”
“Vote for me and I will get rid of your pensions! This would save corporations a bundle and boost profits to the shareholders! Screw the workers!”
“Vote for me and I promise to ship your jobs overseas under globalization! The exact same labor can be hired in Asia for only pennies! Hurray!”
The Republican Party is left with only one option. It cannot possibly be honest about its true intentions and actual policies. The working class would never vote for them. Instead, the only option is to lie”.
According to PolitiFact, Republicans Lie Three Times More Often Than Democrats.
The study found Republicans to be less trustworthy than Democrats, based on the number of false claims made during President Obama‘s second term.
The study, by Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) at George Mason University, took into account 100 PolitiFact-checked statements made by Democrats (46 claims) and Republicans (54 claims) in the first four months of Obama’s second term.
“PolitiFact rated 32% of Republican claims as “false” or “pants on fire,” compared to 11% of Democratic claims – a 3 to 1 margin. Conversely, Politifact rated 22% of Democratic claims as “entirely true” compared to 11% of Republican claims – a 2 to 1 margin”.
“A majority of Democratic statements (54%) were rated as mostly or entirely true, compared to only 18% of Republican statements. Conversely, a majority of Republican statements (52%) were rated as mostly or entirely false, compared to only 24% of Democratic statements”.
CMPA President Dr. Robert Lichter stated: “While Republicans see a credibility gap in the Obama administration, PolitiFact rates Republicans as the less credible party.”
The reason Republicans can get away with lying more than Democrats is because Republican constituents has been conditioned to not trust the “Liberal Media”. So they are more likely to not question lies from Republican politicians.
When the news media calls out Republicans lies, average Joe Republican voters feels the “Liberal Media” is picking on the person who’s lying and lets the lies slide.
Analysis: Telling lies has become the norm for today’s Republicans | CNN Politics
To assume lies would sink House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is to misunderstand the nature of today’s Republican Party: They actually demonstrate his credentials to lead it.
Per the above article: “To assume lies would sink House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is to misunderstand the nature of today’s Republican Party: They actually demonstrate his credentials to lead it.
For a minority party joining blue-collar voters driven by cultural resentment with affluent donors fixed on the bottom line, gaining and wielding power requires dissembling beyond the conventional equivocation that politicians in all parties have always used to amass popular support.
One of the GOP’s most successful political consultants of recent decades issued that judgment in a confessional 2020 memoir. Stuart Stevens titled his book: “It Was All a Lie.”
A Public Religion Research Institute poll earlier this year showed about one-fourth of Republicans are drawn to the bizarre fantasies of QAnon, a movement that contends Satan-worshipping pedophiles control the government and the media.
With the 2020 big lie, Republicans use false claims of fraud to pretend Trump didn’t lose at all. In fact, House Republicans have made telling the truth about the election a disqualification. They fired Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming as conference chair and ostracized Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, the two Republican members participating in a House committee investigation of January 6.”
Ex-Bush Speechwriter: A ‘Loyal’ Republican Is Now Either A Sucker Or A Liar
Michael Gerson also named the group of Republicans who have “the most to atone for.”
Former Bush Speechwriter Says Loyal Republicans Are Either “Liars Or Suckers”
Michael Gerson, a former speechwriter for George W. Bush, said in order for someone to call themselves a “loyal Republican” they would either have to be a liar or a sucker… because it takes both Liars and Suckers to keep the Republican Party alive today.
TED CRUZ IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW REPUBLICANS LIE!
GOP is NOT the Party of “Family Values”
GOP Republicans prove they’re are NOT the Party of “Family Values” by supporting Trump
Republicans continue to support Trump after Jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll in civil case
Sicko Trump
Republicans continue to support Trump after living a life of depravity, corruption, greed and outrageous, disgusting behavior
Republicans continue to support Trump after he admitted sexually assaulting women by grabbing them by the P***Y
Republicans continue to support Trump after he engaged in disgusting conduct in front of women & children during a rally in Minnesota regarding Lisa Page & Peter Struck.
Republicans continue to support Trump after numerous credible complaints of him sexually assaulting women.
Republicans completely SHORT-CIRCUIT after Jury finds Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll in Civil Case
After Trump received a devastating verdict in court, many Republicans remained too cowardly to condemn his behavior.
Two Minutes of Trump Trashing Women
Republican Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo) caught ‘explicitly groping’ on tape at family-friendly play
Sex scandal, rape accusation drive Florida GOP to strip chair’s power in model of self-policing
The Florida Republican Party has demonstrated an important function of democratic institutions in stripping the party chair, Christian Ziegler, of power when Ziegler refused to resign after a rape accusation and the revelation of a three-person sexual tryst put him at odds with the values the party thought he represented.
Bridget Ziegler rocked by sex scandal
Scandal involving the co-founder of the conservative group Moms for Liberty, Bridget Ziegler, who was asked to resign from her position on the Sarasota County School Board in Florida.
REPUBLICAN Anti-Maskers Harass & Threaten Parents At a Beverly Hills Elementary School
The Chair of Florida’s Republican Party, Christian Ziegler under criminal investigation for allegations related to sexual battery and rape, leading the party into further scandal. He is now facing many calls for his resignation.
Anti-LGBT Republican CONFRONTED ON AIR about “liking” LGBT posts
Republicans continue to support Trump after he has Incited Violence for Years
Video Showing Trump Likeness Attacking News Media
Trump & Republicans Laugh at 82 Year old Paul Pelosi being Attacked with a Hammer
Republican Rep. Michael Grimm Threaten to Kill a Reporter
Video shows REPUBLICAN Rep. Michael Grimm threatening to kill a reporter saying – ‘I’ll throw you off this f**ing balcony”
GOP Rep. Shows Animated Video Killing AOC As Party Leaders Stay Silent
Arizona REPUBLICAN Paul Gosar tweeted out a photoshopped, animated video showing himself killing Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Biden.
New Mexico GOP candidate arrested in plot to shoot Democratic officials
Police in New Mexico arrested a man who they say was the “mastermind” behind shootings targeting Democratic politicians’ homes. Officials said Solomon Pena, a Republican, was angry about losing a state lawmaker race in November and made baseless claims that it was rigged. He’s accused of conspiring with and paying four other men to carry out some of the shootings.
Republicans Threaten Violence in the Streets if Trump is Indicted for His Crimes
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee tried to scare the Right into believing that the country is under attack from Democrats, and he went as far as to say that it is Biden who is going after Trump, and if he’s successful, this could be the last election “decided by ballots…instead of bullets.”
REPUBLICAN Marjorie Taylor Greene helped incite the violent insurrection at the capital which left 5 people dead.
REPUBLICAN Marjorie Taylor Greene Endorsed Killing Democrats
Video shows REPUBLICAN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Bullying Students for Wearing Masks
Republicans must lie to survive: They have no other choice
From Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump, the path to Republican political success is rooted in profound deception
Republicans must lie to survive: They have no other choice
From Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump, the path to Republican political success is rooted in profound deception
Republicans Must Lie to Survive: They have No Other Choice
Per the above article; “The GOP exists to serve the interests of the wealthy and big business that comprise the richest 1%. No party, however, can ever win an election with only 1% of the vote. So to win elections, the GOP must necessarily reach beyond its own wealthy core and attempt to convince a large segment of working people in the 99% to vote for Republicans.
Normally, a political party wins elections by offering policies that benefit the voters. These policies attract the voters who then cast their votes for the political party.
But for the Republican Party, this is not an option. A candidate could not possibly campaign on the policies favored by the 1%. Just imagine the stump speech. “Vote for me and I will slash your health care! In fact, I’ll do even better — I’ll fight like mad to completely eliminate your health care!”
“Vote for me and I will get rid of your pensions! This would save corporations a bundle and boost profits to the shareholders! Screw the workers!”
“Vote for me and I promise to ship your jobs overseas under globalization! The exact same labor can be hired in Asia for only pennies! Hurray!”
The Republican Party is left with only one option. It cannot possibly be honest about its true intentions and actual policies. The working class would never vote for them. Instead, the only option is to lie”.
Analysis: Telling lies has become the norm for today’s Republicans | CNN Politics
To assume lies would sink House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is to misunderstand the nature of today’s Republican Party: They actually demonstrate his credentials to lead it.
Telling lies has become the norm for today’s Republicans | CNN Politics
To assume lies would sink House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is to misunderstand the nature of today’s Republican Party: They actually demonstrate his credentials to lead it.
Per the above article: “To assume lies would sink House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is to misunderstand the nature of today’s Republican Party: They actually demonstrate his credentials to lead it.
For a minority party joining blue-collar voters driven by cultural resentment with affluent donors fixed on the bottom line, gaining and wielding power requires dissembling beyond the conventional equivocation that politicians in all parties have always used to amass popular support.
One of the GOP’s most successful political consultants of recent decades issued that judgment in a confessional 2020 memoir. Stuart Stevens titled his book: “It Was All a Lie.”
A Public Religion Research Institute poll earlier this year showed about one-fourth of Republicans are drawn to the bizarre fantasies of QAnon, a movement that contends Satan-worshipping pedophiles control the government and the media.
With the 2020 big lie, Republicans use false claims of fraud to pretend Trump didn’t lose at all. In fact, House Republicans have made telling the truth about the election a disqualification. They fired Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming as conference chair and ostracized Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, the two Republican members participating in a House committee investigation of January 6.”
Ex-Bush Speechwriter: A ‘Loyal’ Republican Is Now Either A Sucker Or A Liar
Michael Gerson also named the group of Republicans who have “the most to atone for.”
Former Bush Speechwriter Says Loyal Republicans Are Either “Liars Or Suckers”
Michael Gerson, a former speechwriter for George W. Bush, said in order for someone to call themselves a “loyal Republican” they would either have to be a liar or a sucker… because it takes both Liars and Suckers to keep the Republican Party alive today.
Corrupt Supreme Court Justices Thomas & Alito
Videos show how Republican appointed Radical Right Wing Republican “Conservative” Justices such as Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are Corrupt and Unfit for the United States Supreme Court
Billionaire Harlan Crow Paid Up To $150,000 for Clarence Thomas’ Kid’s Private School
Jesse talks about the BOMBSHELL reporting from ProPublica that outlines the payments made by billionaire Harlan Crow to different private schools attended by Clarence Thomas’s ‘son.’
Clarence Thomas gave elite group ‘unusual’ access to Supreme Court
A New York Times investigation uncovered Justice Clarence Thomas’ involvement with an exclusive network of ultra-wealthy conservatives—and the rare access to the Supreme Court he gave the group.
‘Captured court’: Hayes on Leonard Leo’s two-fold plan to form this Supreme Court
Leonard Leo and the right had a problem: they were putting people on the court, and then couldn’t control how they ruled. So they came up with a two-fold solution to create a captured court—one that explains Clarence Thomas’ benefactors.
Chris Hayes on Chief Justice Robert’s “offensively dismissive” letter: “What’s really left unsaid in the letter is basically a kind of constitutional hardball. The Chief Justice effectively argues, ‘I’m not going to testify because you can’t make me. What are you going to do?'”
Alito didn’t recuse himself from case involving billionaire fishing friend: ProPublica
ProPublica reporting about Justice Alito and Justice Thomas: “Both stories involve ritzy, glamorous gifts from right-wing billionaires with enormous, obvious, ideological—and in some cases material—interests before the court.”
Supreme Court rejects Trump claim of ‘absolute immunity’ from grand jury subpoena for tax returns
The Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s claim of “absolute immunity” from a New York grand jury subpoena for his financial records.
A 7 to 2 Supreme Court decision rejected Trump claim of ‘absolute immunity’ from grand jury subpoena for tax returns.
And who felt Trump should be treated like a Dictator and have ‘absolute immunity’?
REPUBLICAN APPOINTED Radical Right Wing “Justices” Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito
‘Politicians in Robes’: How the right-wing Supreme Court is mounting a power grab
Republican grifting exposed: See Chief Justice John Roberts confronted on TV
The Supreme Court is facing another grifting scandal after ProRepublica reported Justice Samuel Alito took and hid gifts from a Republican billionaire who later had cases before the court. MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent and attorney Ari Melber reports on the stakes for the widening scandal and how Chief Justice Roberts has an obligation to address it.
Leonard Leo, The Most Powerful Person In America You’ve Never Heard Of
Chris Hayes: “When you see the news about a 10-year-old forced to flee her state to terminate a pregnancy from her rapist, think about Leonard Leo as the man who brought that state of affairs about. He is the guy pulling the strings in the background. And yet, no one really even knows his name.”
Common player in recent Supreme Court scandals exposes broader project to manipulate court
Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate, talks with Ali Velshi about new reporting on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s ethical lapses and how the Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo is a common thread in the recent spate of Supreme Court scandals.
Clarence Thomas ethics scandal grows with new bombshell revelations. A new report from ProRepublica revealing billionaire Harlan Crow paid $6,000 monthly for private school tuition for a relative of Thomas. It comes after revelations that Crow paid for Thomas to take private jets to exclusive vacations on yachts around the world. MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber on the bombshell revelations.
‘This is really a five alarm fire’: Supreme Court in crisis after spate of scandals
Tali Farhadian Weinstein, former federal and New York state prosecutor, and Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor for Slate, talk with Alex Wagner about the latest revelations about questionable payments to Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Ginni, and what the recent spate of Supreme Court scandals means for the legitimacy of the court.
Report: GOP activist arranged hidden payments to Ginni Thomas
Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work by a conservative judicial activist who specified that her name wouldn’t appear on the paperwork, according to a Washington Post report
Radical Right Wing Republican “Conservative” activist directed fees to Ginni Thomas, urged her name be left off paperwork
Lawrence: Supreme Court ‘is in crisis’ over lack of ethics rules
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell says a recent spate of exposés around alleged ethical misconduct by Supreme Court justices and their spouses has thrusted the Court into crisis as Chief Justice John Roberts declines an invitation by the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify at an upcoming hearing regarding the ethical rules that govern the Justices of the Supreme Court and potential reforms to those rules.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse gives outstanding presentation how Big Business “Dark Money” has been playing a role in the Radical Right Wing Republican Supreme Court nomination process.
Sen. Whitehouse: Conservative activist got rich helping billionaires ‘capture’ SCOTUS
Rhode Island’s Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’ Donnell to discuss new Politico reporting detailing how Leonard Leo, the Federalist Society co-chair, grew his own wealth and raised over a billion dollars in donations after pushing Trump to appoint Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett.
Radical Right-Wing Dark Money Gets $1.6 Billion Donation From One Donor
Florida Republicans Vote To HIDE Travel Records
Florida Fascist Republicans Vote to HIDE Travel Records from the Public
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has been traveling around the globe in recent weeks, and thanks to the Republican-controlled Florida legislature, we may never know who is paying for these trips. Florida Republicans voted to shield DeSantis’ travel records (and the records of other high-ranking state officials) from the public, allegedly out of an abundance of caution due to security concerns. But the fact that this legislation popped up immediately after people started asking questions is highly suspicious.
Florida Fascist Republicans Voting to HIDE Travel Records from the Public is CORRUPTION personified
Historian Calls Ron DeSantis the ‘Florida Fascist’
Video shows how DeSantis is fighting for corporations (like most Republicans) and to advance his own political career.
Per the description from YouTube: “Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is at the center of a major corporate corruption scandal. DeSantis has signed off on $5.7 billion in tax write-offs and giveaways to corporation, while raising taxes on working people by $1 billion. In return, he’s banked about $30 million from Wall Street and other corporate donors”
DESANTIS FLORIDA: WHERE FREEDOM GOES TO DIE!
- Dystopian Laws Attacking Freedom of Speech to SILENCE & SUE Critics
- Culture Wars and “Woke” BULLSHIT
- Anti-choice Laws against Women’s Rights
- Laws limiting what can be discussed in classrooms, such as the “Don’t say Gay” law. These laws doesn’t fix any existing problems, they’re a “Solution in Search of a Problem” and unnecessary BIG Government regulations & restrictions which makes teachers jobs more difficult.
- Law mandating public colleges and universities survey students and faculty about their Political Beliefs (FL HB 233)
- Teachers must withhold classroom library books until they can be individually reviewed for certification or face being charged with a third-degree felony if violated. (Bill 1467)
- DeSantis Hostile Takeover of Liberal New College of Florida is following the playbook of Fascist Autocrat Dictator of Hungary Viktor Orban by taking control of Education
- Indoctrinate Educators with Radical Right Wing Ideology. (Per news reports) Encouraged by DeSantis, Christian nationalist values and an “originalist” interpretation of the U.S. Constitution is now being taught in Florida Schools.
- Florida HB 999 Republican plan to restrict the way history is taught at Florida’s colleges and universities is being condemned by academics & historians across the U.S. (Another example of Fascist, Authoritarian policies).
- DeSantis has publicly called for putting cameras and microphones into classrooms to monitor teachers. He wants more surveillance in every part of our lives, empowering legislators to police classrooms, doctor’s offices, the workplace.
- Voting Police to intimidate people so they’re afraid to vote in Florida
- Florida Employees Threatened With Demotions If They Criticize DeSantis
- Bill to eliminate the Democrat Party in the State of Florida, thereby creating One Party Rule similar to how Dictator Victor Orbán took over the once Democratic government in Hungary
- Florida ‘Bloggers Bill’ which would require anyone who writes about Florida Republicans and DeSantis to register with the state and put on an ‘enemies list’. This is another BLATANT violation of the 1st Amendment and attempt to SILENCE critics. This is the same Anti-Democratic, Fascist Authoritarian tactic used by the Nazi German Propaganda Ministry in 1933 called the “Editors Law” and in 2014 by War Criminal Dictator Vladimir Putin, forcing bloggers in Russia to register with the Russian Media office.
- Attacking Freedom of Speech – Bill HB 991 to significantly weaken libel laws. Critics believe this is an attempt to give Ron DeSantis even more power to sue his critics for saying things he doesn’t like. Bill 991 also gives Florida residents the right to sue others (both in the state or elsewhere in the U.S.) who describe their actions online as transphobic or homophobic, for $35,000 and would not allow the truth to be used in defenses against such lawsuits.
- Retaliated against Disney for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech, stripping Disney of 50+ years self-governing authority after Disney stated opposition to the ‘Don’t say Gay’ law which limits discussing LGBTQ issues in schools.
- Right Wing figures installed on the board of former Disney district. This is the same tactics used in Anti-Democratic Fascists Dictatorships
- Retaliated against the Tampa Bay Rays for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech by blocking state money to their training facility after team tweeted against gun violence
- Florida Police raided the home of former Covid-19 Scientist Rebekah Jones after her data contradicted DeSantis’ Covid Data claims.
- Transgender athlete discrimination Laws
- Florida Senate Bill 254 would allow the state to take Trans children receiving gender-affirming care away from Parents
- Anti-Protesting Laws making protesting a felony & allowing protestors can be run over & killed with no consequences. This law was passed to silence and intimidate anyone who dare protest and raise objections to Republican’s oppression (similar to Russia and North Korea)
- DeSantis wants his own State Militia which would only answer to him and “not be encumbered to the federal government.”
- Felons Victimized by Republicans and DeSantis “Voter Fraud Crackdown”. Per an article at commondreams.org, “Most who were arrested were approved by the Florida Department of Elections, which sent their voter registration cards ahead of the 2020 elections. All were charged with third-degree felony voter fraud, a crime punishable by as many as five years behind bars and up to a $5,000 fine. The ACLU of Florida stated, “The arrests are a grotesque abuse of power by Gov. DeSantis”.
- Using Migrants as Props. Per an article at theguardian.com, “DeSantis should be prosecuted for his treatment of immigrants. Those conspiring with him appear to have acted criminally under Texas law. Title 5, section 20 of the Texas penal code defines the crime of unlawful restraint. Under the statute, a person is restrained if their movement is restricted without their consent by, among other means, moving the person from one place to another. Restraint is without consent “if it is accompanied … by deception”. Under the statute, the violation is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person restrained is younger than 17, in which case it is a felony. According to reporting, there were children among those criminally transported to Martha’s Vineyard”.
- DeSantis fought for and was given the authority to redraw Congressional districts to rig elections in Republican’s favor. This resulted in House Seats being stolen from Democrats. Another example of how Republicans know they can’t win elections unless they CHEAT because their policies are UNPOPULAR.
Women Denied Medical Care Due to Republican’s Abortion Ban
Videos about Women Denied Medical Care Due to Radical Right Wing Republican’s Inhumane Abortion Ban
‘Gut-wrenching’: Woman forced to carry her dead fetus for 2 weeks due to anti-abortion laws
The same surgical procedure that is used to treat a miscarriage is also used for terminating pregnancies. New Texas anti-abortion laws have doctors nervous to perform procedures for miscarriages, forcing this woman to carry her dead fetus in her womb for two weeks.
Formerly Anti-Choice Texan Flees State to Get Life-Saving Abortion
A Texas woman says she’s gone from being staunchly pro-life to firmly pro-abortion after being forced to travel out of state to terminate a pregnancy
Ted Cruz CAUGHT Attempting to Overturn 2020 Election
Ted Cruz caught on tape plotting to Overturn the 2020 Election
Legal Correspondent Ari Melber reports on new tape recordings of Sen. Ted Cruz and Fox’s Maria Bartiromo. Cruz is caught pushing a fake “commission” to steal the 2020 election and outlining his plot just four days prior to January 6th, 2021.
Audio bombshell: Hear Ted Cruz on tape plotting before Jan. 6
“The Cruz tapes,” first reported on “The Beat,” put new heat on GOP Senator Ted Cruz and reveal his plot to steal the 2020 election before January 6. The Washington Post reporting the tapes shed “new light on scope of Cruz’s scheming to assist Trump in overturning Biden’s victory.” Cruz admitting the tapes reflect his plan in his response to “The Beat’s” report. Former RNC Chair Michael Steele joins MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber on “The Beat.”
Republican Lawmaker Defends 12yr/olds Getting Married
SICK Republican Missouri lawmaker defends 12-year-olds getting married.
Missouri State Sen. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) said on the floor Tuesday that he knew at least one person who got married at 12 years old and followed up with a comment of “Guess what, they’re still married.” State Rep. Aaron Crosley (D-Independence) brought forth attention to Moon’s remarks via Twitter, sharing a video of the floor debate late Wednesday that was largely met with criticism among viewers.
Republican Lawmaker Defends Marriages For 12 Year Old Girls
A Republican state senator from Missouri is on the defensive after he voted AGAINST a measure that would have outlawed adults marrying children (pre-teens, to be exact) and then he doubled down saying that he knows a woman that was married at 12 and she seems to be happy. These are the real groomers in our society.
Republican Justices LIED to Get They’re Seats
Republican Appointed Right Wing Judges / Justices who Lied Under Oath to get they’re seats should be IMPEACHED and REMOVED
Sen. Whitehouse Exposes Right Wing Republican “Justices” who LIED Under Oath to Get They’re Seats
Radical Right Wing Extremist Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk appointed by Republican Trump, who banned the Abortion Pill (Mifepristone) stated in his Senate confirmation that it’s “Inappropriate for Religion to Influence Decisions”.
His banning the Abortion Pill lends credence that he LIED to get his Lifetime position due to his documented Radical Right Wing beliefs.
“First Liberty, where Kacsmaryk worked from 2014 to 2019 before joining the bench, has become one of the most influential groups for pushing for religious beliefs and institutions to exercise greater influence over public policy. First Liberty calls itself “the largest legal organization in the nation dedicated exclusively to defending religious liberty for all Americans.” Some of its most famous cases include that of Melissa and Aaron Klein, who, citing their religious beliefs, refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, and that of the Bladensburg Peace Cross, a World War I memorial in Maryland, the public maintenance of which was challenged as unconstitutional because it “excessively entangled the government in religion.”
His fervent opposition to abortion arose as an issue during his confirmation hearings in 2019, as did his staunch opposition to same-sex marriage and his previous statement that transgender Americans were “delusional.” He isn’t a fan of birth control either: in 2015, as deputy general counsel for a Plano-based nonprofit law firm called First Liberty Institute, Kacsmaryk argued in an amicus brief that pharmacies should be prevented from providing contraception. Kacsmaryk’s time on the bench has only reinforced the view that he is an activist judge who allows his private beliefs to govern his legal opinions—and it seems that the antiabortion activists who venue-shopped to land the mifepristone suit in his courtroom would agree”. [source: .texasmonthly.com/news-politics/first-liberty-abortion-pill-lawsuit]
Republican Supreme Court Justices LIED During Their Confirmation Hearings to get their Seats
Republican Appointed “Justices” Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh should removed for Lying Under Oath about Roe V. Wade. Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh should be removed from office for lying under oath about sexual abuse of women.
They’ve proven to be political activists determined to force their Anti-Abortion beliefs down American’s Throats.
Republican Supreme Court nominees learned not to tell the truth about their Roe v. Wade opinions after Reagan nominee Robert Bork told the truth and lost his confirmation hearing vote 42-58 in 1987
Republican Appointed “Justices” LIED
Lawrence O’Donnell details the years of lying and hypocrisy from Republicans and Republican-appointed Supreme Court Justices on abortion rights.
Samuel Alito’s Draft Opinion Quotes A Man Who Believed In Witches
With the Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell takes a look at the reasoning behind Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion and explains how it is the result of minority rule in America.
Brett Kavanaugh LIED Under Oath
Amy Coney Barrett Caught Lying To Senate?
The Case for Impeaching Clarence Thomas
With new evidence that Clarence Thomas lied to get onto the Supreme Court after being accused of sexual harassment by Anita Hill while working at the EEOC, it’s time to take the idea of impeachment seriously.
Lillian McEwen breaks her 19-year silence about Justice Clarence Thomas
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Lillian McEwen breaks her 19-year silence about Justice Clarence Thomas
In the above article, ex girlfriend Lillian McEwen stated “He was obsessed with porn.” “He would talk about what he had seen in magazines and films, if there was something worth noting.”
McEwen also said that the conservative Thomas was constantly on the make at work. “He was always actively watching the women he worked with to see if they could be potential partners,” said McEwen. “It was a hobby of his.” She added that he once told her he had asked a woman at work what her bra size was.
Lying Under Oath Could be Grounds for Removal from Office
If McEwen’s accusations are true, that would collaborate Anita Hill’s testimony and prove that Clarence Thomas lied to the Senate, committed perjury, engaged in Sexual Harassment and should be removed as a Justice of the Supreme Court.
Ex-Federal Prosecutor Glenn Kirschner discusses how Judges can be removed without an impeachment vote by the Senate if they lied under oath.
Radical Right Wing Judge Kacsmaryk BANS Abortion Pill
Anti-Science, Radical Right Wing Republican Partisan Ideologue Judge, Matthew Kacsmaryk appointed by Trump, BANNED the Abortion Pill because he’s PERSONALLY against abortions. Since his appointment in 2017, Kacsmaryk has described transgender people as having a “mental disorder,” and claimed that gay people are “disordered.” Chuck Schumer, the then minority leader, called “narrow-minded” and “bigoted”. “Mr Kacsmaryk has demonstrated a hostility to the LGBTQ community bordering on paranoia,” Schumer said.
Matthew Kacsmaryk has proved he’s unfit to be a Judge and should be REMOVED.
Radical Right Wing Extremist Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk appointed by Republican Trump, banned the Abortion Pill, mifepristone. He stated in his Senate confirmation that it’s Inappropriate for Religion to Influence Decisions. His banning the Abortion Pill lends credence that he LIED to get his Lifetime position.
“First Liberty, where Kacsmaryk worked from 2014 to 2019 before joining the bench, has become one of the most influential groups for pushing for religious beliefs and institutions to exercise greater influence over public policy. First Liberty calls itself “the largest legal organization in the nation dedicated exclusively to defending religious liberty for all Americans.” Some of its most famous cases include that of Melissa and Aaron Klein, who, citing their religious beliefs, refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, and that of the Bladensburg Peace Cross, a World War I memorial in Maryland, the public maintenance of which was challenged as unconstitutional because it “excessively entangled the government in religion.”
His fervent opposition to abortion arose as an issue during his confirmation hearings in 2019, as did his staunch opposition to same-sex marriage and his previous statement that transgender Americans were “delusional.” He isn’t a fan of birth control either: in 2015, as deputy general counsel for a Plano-based nonprofit law firm called First Liberty Institute, Kacsmaryk argued in an amicus brief that pharmacies should be prevented from providing contraception. Kacsmaryk’s time on the bench has only reinforced the view that he is an activist judge who allows his private beliefs to govern his legal opinions—and it seems that the antiabortion activists who venue-shopped to land the mifepristone suit in his courtroom would agree”. [source: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/first-liberty-abortion-pill-lawsuit]
Judge Kacsmaryk uses language of Anti-Abortion Movement in Ruling
This is a CLASSIC example of why Right Wing Republicans are UNFIT to hold office and be in any position of power. All too often, they are influenced by Ignorant, Dark Ages, Anti-science Religious Beliefs. They are misguided, delusional and intent on cramming their regressive values down American’s throats.
The fact one Radical Right Wing Partisan Ideologue Judge, who has no medical expertise, has the legal authority to invalidate a drug approved by the FDA and used successfully for over 20 years, is another example of how the United States Government and Court System SUCKS. The American majority is FED UP with this type of unfair, ridiculous, anti-democratic BULLSHIT.
Mifepristone opinion out of TX ‘has zero basis in law and fact’
A ruling out of a federal court in Texas on Friday revoked the FDA’s 23-year old approval of abortion drug mifepristone, marking the biggest rollback of abortion rights nationwide since the fall of Roe v. Wade nearly a year ago. Less than an hour after that ruling came down, a federal judge in Washington state issued an opposing order, ruling that the FDA must keep its approval of the drug intact. The dueling orders have sparked a legal standoff that is now likely headed to the Supreme Court. Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, joins Ali Velshi to discuss what the immediate impact is of the competing orders.
A Trump-appointed Texas federal judge, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, just halted FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone. Then, almost instantaneously, a federal judge in Washington state said in a dueling ruling that the FDA must keep medication abortion drugs available.
‘Flabbergasted’: Doctor reacts to judge’s controversial ruling
Emergency physician Dr. Megan Ranney discusses a ruling by federal Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk that said the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, a drug used to terminate a pregnancy, should be halted. The court later paused that ruling so the federal government can appeal.
Texas judge tries to keep key abortion pill hearing quiet
The first hearing in a Texas case that could upend abortion pill access across the country has been scheduled for this Wednesday. But in a highly unusual move, Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk tried to delay notifying the public about it, according to New York Times reporting.
Ahead of Texas Lawsuit Ruling, Wyden Urges FDA to Ignore Trump Judge, Keep Mifepristone on Market
Why AOC believes Biden admin should ‘ignore’ Texas judge’s abortion pill ruling
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) explains to CNN’s Anderson Cooper why she believes the Biden administration should “ignore” a ruling from a federal judge in Texas that halted the approval of abortion pill mifepristone
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is 100% correct… the Biden admin SHOULD ‘ignore’ this Radical Right Wing Activist Judge’s contrived ruling.
Senators, Representatives and Civil Rights Leaders: Kacsmaryk Is Unfit for Lifetime Appointment as Federal Judge
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Shin Inouye,[email protected] , 202.869.0398 WASHINGTON – Today, members of Congress and civil rights leaders held a telephone press briefing in opposition to President Trump’s nomination of Matthew Kacsmaryk to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Per the above article: Members of Congress and civil rights leaders held a telephone press briefing in opposition to President Trump’s nomination of Matthew Kacsmaryk to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The Senate is expected to vote on cloture today on Kacsmaryk’s nomination as a lifetime judge. The call included representatives from some of the 75 LGBTQ and allied groups that sent a letter this week to the Senate urging opposition to Kacsmaryk
Marge Baker, Executive Vice President of People for the American Way: “Matthew Kacsmaryk is a right-wing extremist whose public statements drip with contempt for women and LGBTQ+ people—especially transgender people. His appointment to a lifetime seat on the federal bench would make it impossible for anyone to expect a fair hearing in his courtroom.”
Kristine Lucius, Executive Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights: “Matthew Kacsmaryk is a right-wing extremist who is anti-LGBTQ, anti-women, and anti-health care. He is anti-justice for all,” said “That Senate Republicans chose to bring such staunch anti-LGBTQ advocate up for a vote during Pride month shows their shame knows no bounds. This may be the Senate Majority’s agenda, but it is appalling and wrong. Senators must have higher standards and we urge all of them to vote no on the Kacsmaryk nomination.”
Daniel Goldberg, Legal Director, Alliance for Justice: “Matthew Kacsmaryk has devoted his career to fighting equal rights for millions of his fellow Americans. He is one of dozens of Trump judicial nominees who oppose rights for women and LGBTQ Americans, and he has couched his opposition in demeaning and offensive language that betrays his intense hostility. It is clear that women and LGBTQ Americans would not receive equal justice in his courtroom, and he has no place on the federal bench.”
Anisha Singh, Director of Judicial Nominations, Planned Parenthood Federation of America: “President Trump’s nominee to the Northern District of Texas Matthew Kacsmaryk has extreme views against reproductive health and rights as well as LGBTQ rights. The role of a federal judge is to be impartial and follow legal precedents, such as well-established precedents affirming the right to safe, legal abortion. Kacsmaryk’s record, which includes disputing the legitimacy of Roe v. Wade, leaves little doubt that he will rule fairly on the issues that would come before him as a federal judge. This nomination is particularly alarming given the state of reproductive health in Texas, where politicians have been relentless in their efforts to restrict access to abortion and block patients from accessing care at Planned Parenthood health centers. Planned Parenthood strongly urges Senators to oppose his nomination.”
Sarah McBride, HRC National Press Secretary: “Matthew Kacsmaryk is among the most anti-LGBTQ judicial nominees put forward by the Trump-Pence administration. He has been vociferous in his opposition to same-sex marriage, legal protections for gender identity and sexual orientation, and the basic humanity of transgender people. To be qualified for the bench, every nominee must demonstrate a commitment to equality under the law. Kacsmaryk fails a basic expectation of impartiality. The Human Rights Campaign will continue to raise the alarm about Kacsmaryk and other nominees who refuse to protect the rights of all Americans.”
Trump pick slammed as ‘anti-LGBTQ activist’ gets lifetime judicial appointment
The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Matthew Kacsmaryk to the position of U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Texas.
Per the above article: Trump pick slammed as ‘anti-LGBTQ activist’ gets lifetime judicial appointment
“Kacsmaryk is the latest in a series of judicial nominations to elicit alarm from LGBTQ and civil rights advocates over what they consider anti-LGBTQ track records. A 2017 report from Lambda Legal found that, of President Donald Trump’s nominees, “nearly one-in-three have records that demonstrate hostility towards the rights of LGBT people.”
Among advocates, concerns about Kacsmaryk are his opposition to LGBTQ anti-discrimination protections and same-sex marriage, along with his remarks concerning transgender children and adults. Kacsmaryk worked at the First Liberty Institute under Jeff Mateer, previously considered for a federal judgeship himself. Mateer withdrew from consideration after significant opposition to his nomination emerged. Specifically, LGBTQ and civil rights advocates cited Mateer’s anti-LGBTQ record, which included referring to transgender children as evidence of “Satan’s plan.”
An unhinged case brought by anti-vaxxers will be heard by Trump’s worst judge
An unhinged case brought by anti-vaxxers will be heard by one of the biggest reactionaries in the federal judiciary.
Per the above article: “Kacsmaryk is a longtime anti-sex crusader and former attorney for a Christian right law firm in Texas. Since then-President Donald Trump appointed him to the federal bench, however, Kacsmaryk has become one of the most powerful allies of reactionary causes in the United States. Kacsmaryk’s record on the bench indicates he is willing to use his public office to advance reactionary causes, regardless of what the law actually says”.
Ultra-Conservative Texas Judge Halts FDA Approval of Abortion Pill
Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who’s notorious for his views far outside mainstream opinion, issued the ruling at the behest of anti-abortion groups.
Per the above article: “Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who’s notorious for his views far outside mainstream opinion, issued the ruling at the behest of anti-abortion groups”.
“Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, an appointee of former President Donald Trump who’s become notorious for spewing ultra-conservative views far outside mainstream opinion, ruled to suspend the drug’s approval after anti-abortion groups had petitioned him to do so. It’s not surprising Kacsmaryk was singled out by anti-abortion activists to push the ruling through. Since his appointment in 2017, Kacsmaryk has described transgender people as having a “mental disorder,” and claimed that gay people are “disordered.”
The timing of the decision isn’t a coincidence either. It comes on the heels of the FDA giving pharmacies the all-clear in January to issue mifepristone even without a doctor’s visit.
Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, denounced the decision Friday, saying in a statement: “We deserve more than an anti-abortion minority manipulating our legal system to defy the law, logic, science, and public support. We are still distilling this unprecedented decision and don’t know yet the length or depth of its impact. But what’s clear is that this sort of weaponization of the judiciary is a threat to our democracy and we must work to restore justice in every way possible.”
“It’s hard to overstate the impact of today’s callous decision to ban one of the most important and common methods of abortion care. This medicine has gone through the toughest safety reviews and has been used safely and effectively for over 20 years. We need expanded access to abortion care, not court rulings based in junk science,” said Dr. Daniel Grossman, the director of the research group Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health”.
Anti-Freedom Republican Fascist controlled Idaho becomes first US state to restrict interstate travel for abortion care
FASCIST Idaho Republicans Passes Interstate Travel Ban
FASCIST, Authoritarian, Anti-Freedom Republican controlled Idaho becomes first US state to restrict interstate travel for abortion care
Trump Indicted by New York Grand Jury
A New York grand jury has indicted Donald Trump on allegations linked to a business records investigation related to a “hush money” payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Trump is the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges.
The charges against Donald Trump explained in brief
Rachel Maddow explains how a set of hush money payments turned into criminal felony charges for Donald Trump.
Trump was arrested and arraigned in New York City on Tuesday, leading to America learning the full extent of the allegations against the former president.
NY District Attorney Alvin Bragg addresses Trump charges
Charges show criminal ‘defendant’ and arrest plan
Charges filed in The State of New York v. Donald Trump, defendant — with the document just released. MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber reports on the unprecedented filing, how Trump could face 30 criminal counts and what it means that Trump’s defense lawyer vows to fight and not agree to a plea deal.
Legal system serves dose of reality to deluded Trump supporters
While right-wing media may be able to sustain false narratives for its most dedicated followers, the evidence-based legal system has served a series of wake-up calls that have taken some of the air out of the right-wing bubble. Joy Reid suggests the DOJ should have played a greater, earlier role instead of leaving it to local prosecutors.
Republicans are BIG GOVERNMENT “Control Freaks”
Republicans are Anti-Democratic Fascist “Control Freaks” who want BIG GOVERNMENT to control every aspect of people’s lives… what women can do with their own bodies, anti-choice Laws against Women’s Rights which Bans Abortions after 6 weeks with NO EXCEPTION for Rape or Incest, force 10 yr/old girls to carry and give Birth to a RAPIST CHILD, $10,000 Bounties on anyone who helps a women get an Abortion, what can be read in schools, what can be discussed in classrooms, Anti-Protesting Laws to silence anyone who dare protest and raise objections to Republican’s oppression, what can be written on the Internet on Blogs, attacking freedom of speech with laws making it easier to SUE when you speak out against them and everything else.
Control is now a pillar of the Republican vision
“Control over your body, your self-expression, your gender identity, your children, your family is what the Republican Party has been obsessed with in these last few years, all over the country, in every state where they have political power,” says Chris Hayes.
Here’s a list of the some of the ways these Anti-Democratic, Anti-Freedom FASCIST REPUBLICANS are attempting to control people;
- Dystopian Laws Attacking Freedom of Speech to SILENCE & SUE Critics
- Culture Wars and “Woke” BULLSHIT
- Anti-choice Laws against Women’s Rights which Bans Abortions after 6 weeks with NO EXCEPTION for Rape or Incest. Force 10 yr/old girls to carry and give Birth to a RAPIST CHILD, $10,000 Bounties on anyone who helps a women get an Abortion. Proposed South Caroline law could sentence a woman to DEATH for having an abortion.
- Anti-Science Republican Partisan Judge BANS Abortion Pill (Mifepristone) because he’s PERSONALLY against abortions.
- Republican Ruled Idaho passed law to BAN interstate travel for abortions
- Transgender athlete discrimination Laws
- Florida Senate Bill 254 would allow the state to take Trans children receiving gender-affirming care away from Parents
- Laws limiting what can be discussed in classrooms… Limiting what Teachers can Teach, Say and what can be discussed,
- Law requiring Colleges Students and Faculty submit to Political Beliefs Surveys
- Teachers must withhold classroom library books until they can be individually reviewed for certification or face being charged with a third-degree felony if violated.
- DeSantis Hostile Takeover of Liberal New College of Florida is following the playbook of Fascist Autocrat Dictator of Hungary Viktor Orban by taking control of Education
- Teachers must withhold classroom library books until they can be individually reviewed for certification in the wake of a new law, House Bill 1467, which can result in a third-degree felony if violated.
- Indoctrinate Educators with Radical Right Wing Ideology. (Per news reports) Encouraged by DeSantis, Christian nationalist values and an “originalist” interpretation of the U.S. Constitution is now being taught in Florida Schools.
- Florida HB 999 Republican plan to restrict the way history is taught at Florida’s colleges and universities is receiving outcry from academics & historians across the U.S. (Another example of Fascist, Authoritarian policies).
- DeSantis has publicly called for putting cameras and microphones into classrooms to monitor teachers. He wants more surveillance in every part of our lives, empowering legislators to police classrooms, doctor’s offices, the workplace.
- Voting Police to intimidate people so they’re afraid to vote in Florida
- Florida Employees Threatened With Demotions If They Criticize DeSantis
- Florida ‘Bloggers Bill’ which would require anyone who writes about Florida Republicans and DeSantis to register with the state and put on an ‘enemies list’. This is another BLATANT violation of the 1st Amendment and attempt to SILENCE critics. This is the same Anti-Democratic, Fascist Authoritarian tactic used by the Nazi German Propaganda Ministry in 1933 called the “Editors Law” and in 2014 by War Criminal Dictator Vladimir Putin, forcing bloggers in Russia to register with the Russian Media office.
- Attacking Freedom of Speech – Bill HB 991 to significantly weaken libel laws. Critics believe this is an attempt to give Ron DeSantis even more power to sue his critics for saying things he doesn’t like. Bill 991 also gives Florida residents the right to sue others (both in the state or elsewhere in the U.S.) who describe their actions online as transphobic or homophobic, for $35,000 and would not allow the truth to be used in defenses against such lawsuits.
- “Don’t say Gay” Law limiting what can be discussed in classrooms. This Law which doesn’t fix any existing problems, it’s a “Solution in Search of a Problem” and unnecessary BIG Government regulations & restrictions which makes teachers jobs more difficult.
- Retaliated against Disney for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech, stripping Disney of 50+ years self-governing authority after Disney stated opposition to the ‘Don’t say Gay’ law which limits discussing LGBTQ issues in schools.
- Retaliated against the Tampa Bay Rays by blocking state money for training facility after the team exercised their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech by tweeting against gun violence
- Florida Police raided the home of former Covid-19 Scientist Rebekah Jones after her data contradicted DeSantis’ Covid Data claims.
- Anti-Protesting Laws making protesting a felony & allowing protestors can be run over & killed with no consequences. This law was passed to silence and intimidate anyone who dare protest and raise objections to Republican’s oppression (similar to Russia and North Korea)
- Bill to eliminate the Democrat Party in the State of Florida, thereby creating One Party Rule is similar to how dictator Victor Orbán took over the once Democratic government in Hungary
- Felons Victimized by Republicans and DeSantis “Voter Fraud Crackdown”. Per an article at commondreams.org, “Most who were arrested were approved by the Florida Department of Elections, which sent their voter registration cards ahead of the 2020 elections. All were charged with third-degree felony voter fraud, a crime punishable by as many as five years behind bars and up to a $5,000 fine. The ACLU of Florida stated, “The arrests are a grotesque abuse of power by Gov. DeSantis”.
- Using Migrants as Props. Per an article at theguardian.com, “DeSantis should be prosecuted for his treatment of immigrants. Those conspiring with him appear to have acted criminally under Texas law. Title 5, section 20 of the Texas penal code defines the crime of unlawful restraint. Under the statute, a person is restrained if their movement is restricted without their consent by, among other means, moving the person from one place to another. Restraint is without consent “if it is accompanied … by deception”. Under the statute, the violation is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person restrained is younger than 17, in which case it is a felony. According to reporting, there were children among those criminally transported to Martha’s Vineyard”.
- DeSantis wants his own State Militia which would only answer to him and “not be encumbered to the federal government.”
- Florida Republican Governor DeSantis fought for and was given the authority to redraw Congressional districts to rig elections in Republican’s favor. This resulted in House Seats being stolen from Democrats. Another example of how Republicans know they can’t win elections unless they CHEAT because their policies are UNPOPULAR.
Republicans in Your Bedroom
Republicans War on Women
Republicans in Classrooms
Republicans Threatening Teachers
Republicans Censuring Books
Republicans Threatening Freedom of Speech by Punishing Businesses Which Express Opinions They Don’t Like
Republicans War on Voting
Republican Discrimination Laws Against LGBT
Rural Americans Are Losing Hospitals Due to Republicans
Rural Americans are losing Hospitals due to voting for Republicans who are rejecting federal funds to expand medicaid
Jim Jordan & Republicans BASELESS Investigations Exposed
House GOP has an underwhelming first 100 days
Jim Jordan & House Republicans prove they’re incompetent IDIOTS unfit for public office by pursuing BASELESS Investigations & Conspiracy Theories
Jordan’s Report On Weaponization Of Government Blows Up In His Face
Eric Swalwell CALLS OUT Jim Jordan During LIVE Hearing
Republican smear campaign against Biden FALLS APART AGAIN
James Comer’s latest desperate attempt to dig for dirt on the Biden family has escalated to a standoff with FBI Director Chris Wray in which Comer is threatening to hold him in criminal contempt. Harry explains why Comer’s behavior throughout the entire saga proves his intentions are solely political theater.
Republicans’ Latest Hearing BACKFIRES Worse Than Ever
Jamie Raskin utterly HUMILIATES Lauren Boebert in MUST-SEE takedown
Lauren Boebert Laughed At After Bungling Hearing Question
Democrats debunk Jim Jordan’s FBI ‘whistleblower’ charade
According to a new 300-plus page report from the Democrats on the weaponization committee, Jim Jordan’s so-called FBI “whistleblowers” don’t exactly have the goods.
See why Jim Jordan’s FBI whistleblowers are facing growing scrutiny
House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is on a mission to prove the FBI and DOJ have “weaponized” conservatives, but Democrats are raising questions about the legitimacy of Jordan’s whistleblowers central to his case.
Why Rep. Jim Jordan facing criticisms from some on the right
Two months into the Republican majority in the House, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is facing frustrations over how he’s conducted the business of a subcommittee armed with sprawling power to probe some of Republicans’ biggest targets in the federal government, according to new reporting from the Washington Post’s Jackie Alemany.
Rep. Jim Jordan’s committee ‘struck out’ for the second time, says House member
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., sits on the Select Committee on Weaponization of the Federal Government, and he joins Morning Joe to discuss the second hearing on the ‘Twitter Files’.
Weaponizing of government hearings have accomplished ‘absolutely nothing’ Rep. Daniel Goldman says
The weaponization of government committee failing to accomplish much, according to many reports, is discussed by Rep. Daniel Goldman, member of the Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government
Rep. Colin Allred blasts Rep. Jim Jordan’s ‘tin foil hat’ subcommittee
Rep. Colin Allred and MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart discuss why Rep. Jim Jordan’s new committee is “a dud” after Rep. Jordan’s latest failed attempt to investigate federal investigators.
Jordan Called ‘Coward’ Over Alleged Abuse Cover-Up
The brother of a wrestler who said he was sexual abused at Ohio State—while his then-coach, Jim Jordan, turned a blind eye—has harsh words for the Ohio Congressman.
Book Banning Republicans are NAZIS!
Book Banning Republicans are Anti-Democratic, Anti-Freedom of Speech, Fascist Authoritarian NAZIS
On May 10, 1933, German students under the Nazi regime burned tens of thousands of books nationwide. These book burnings marked the beginning of a period of extensive censorship and control of culture in Adolf Hitler’s escalating reign of terror.
Book Burning and Literary Censorship Similar to 1930’s Nazi Germany
The Republicans Are the Party of Thugs and Nazis
A groper in the White House, a man who just appears to have engaged in unprovoked assault welcomed to Congress, white-power extremists everywhere.
Since the founding of this country, we didn’t have laws outlawing books and limiting what can be discussed in classrooms. Teachers and school staff were trusted to display appropriate books and discuss subjects as they saw fit. If they did something wrong, they were reprimanded, removed and/or fired. This common sense approach to running schools has worked just fine since the beginning of our country.
Laws outlawing books and limiting what can be discussed in classrooms violates every Republican Principal of “Limited Government”.
REPUBLICANS legislating what books can be displayed, what can be discussed in classrooms where REPUBLICANS want to micro-manage and control every aspect of people’s lives, is BIG GOVERNMENT FASCISM.
TODAY’S REPUBLICANS are the ENEMY of Freedom of Speech, Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, Democracy, Decency and Freedom
People who continue to vote for Republicans are DESTROYING the United States and tuning our country into Anti-Democratic, Anti-Freedom of Speech, Fascist Authoritarian country of CENSORSHIP and OPPRESSION.
As Florida county bans Holocaust book, actual neo-Nazis grow bold in U.S.
Rachel Maddow notes that among books banned from some schools in Florida is a Jodi Picoult book about the Holocaust and the rise of Nazi Germany, while at the same time, incidents of antisemitism and neo-Nazi activity are growing in frequency and openness across the United States.
U.S. Authoritarianism Reaches Book-Burning Stage
A Virginia school board votes to ban books as conservatives try to cleanse school libraries across the country. It’s the latest front in cracking down on dissent.
Virginia school board officials suggest burning books banned from schools
Virginia’s gubernatorial race drew national attention to the issue of Critical Race Theory and LGBTQ-centered material being taught in schools. At a recent school board meeting, two officials suggested that books banned from curriculums should be burned. Virginia Public Radio reporter Michael Pope joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” to discuss the state’s latest education policies.
Over 170 books banned from Florida school libraries following new education reform
Following a new state education reform law signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, one school district removed over 170 books from its libraries. The district reminded educators that failing to comply with the new law could lead to teachers being charged with a felony. Christian Benavides has more.
Party Lawmakers Banning Books To Ease ‘White Discomfort’
REPUBLICAN lawmakers in 22 states have unveiled bills to limit teachings about race and sexuality in public schools. Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” and Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” have now joined the list of works banned by local school boards for so-called “objectionable” content.
REPUBLICANS War With Books And ‘Critical Race Theory’ In Schools
Former assistant U.S. attorney Maya Wiley and democratic strategist Basil Smikle on Republican efforts to ban books and limit what teachers can teach about racism and sexism.
Now We Know How Hitler Did It
We are watching an authoritarian trying to take power right now. History is repeating itself.
A Look Inside The Math Textbooks Rejected By Florida
Florida refused to provide evidence for how exactly the math textbooks they rejected “indoctrinated” youth. So reporter Judd Legum tracked down the textbooks to find out what’s really inside.
Books Banned by FLORIDA REPUBLICANS Discussed in this video
Parents Organize To Fight Back Against GOP’s Classroom Culture War
GLSEN’s executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers and organizer Julie Collins join Jonathan Capehart to discuss how parents are strategizing and organizing against the GOP’s classroom culture war. Plus, a new analysis looks at the staggering numbers of abuse LGBTQ+ students face in Florida’s schools
Conservative Pastor Holds Actual Book Burning In Tennessee
A pro-Trump conservative pastor in Tennessee named Greg Locke held an actual book burning this week, where parents were encouraged to throw youg adult novels into the flames. It didn’t take long to go from book bannings to book burnings.
REPUBLICANS Banning & Burning Books
AOC SHREDS Republicans to their face over Book Banning which include Rosa Parks
Banning Books Stifles Curiosity, and Ultimately Imperils Society
In recent weeks, hundreds of books have either been challenged, barred, or face proposals to get pulled from schools, curricula, and libraries across the country. They’ve been deemed “controversial” for a variety of reasons. Some say they contain “objectionable language”, they’re “too sexually explicit”, or they fall falsely accused of being about Critical Race Theory. In some cases, the problem with these books is that their contents just might make a young reader or, more likely their parents, uncomfortable. There are a host of arguments made against the books – some are simply prudish, but several are clearly racist or homophobic or transphobic, and most of it is anti-intellectual: the same sort that gets us climate deniers and anti-vaxxers. Simply put, banning books is bad. It deprives people young and old of exposure to ideas, concepts, and world views that are not their own. It stifles curiosity. It perpetuates stereotypes. And when you dampen curiosity, you weaken our ability to think critically – to know when you are being fooled. Banning books is going to make us into a stupid society, vulnerable to misinformation and manipulation. We are less informed when our choices about the range of information we consume is arbitrarily limited. Sometimes it feels like there’s too much to fight for and it’s hard to win.
DESANTIS FLORIDA: WHERE FREEDOM GOES TO DIE!
- Dystopian Laws Attacking Freedom of Speech to SILENCE & SUE Critics
- Culture Wars and “Woke” BULLSHIT
- Anti-choice Laws against Women’s Rights
- Laws limiting what can be discussed in classrooms, such as the “Don’t say Gay” law. These laws doesn’t fix any existing problems, they’re a “Solution in Search of a Problem” and unnecessary BIG Government regulations & restrictions which makes teachers jobs more difficult.
- Law mandating public colleges and universities survey students and faculty about their Political Beliefs (FL HB 233)
- Teachers must withhold classroom library books until they can be individually reviewed for certification or face being charged with a third-degree felony if violated. (Bill 1467)
- DeSantis Hostile Takeover of Liberal New College of Florida is following the playbook of Fascist Autocrat Dictator of Hungary Viktor Orban by taking control of Education
- Indoctrinate Educators with Radical Right Wing Ideology. (Per news reports) Encouraged by DeSantis, Christian nationalist values and an “originalist” interpretation of the U.S. Constitution is now being taught in Florida Schools.
- Florida HB 999 Republican plan to restrict the way history is taught at Florida’s colleges and universities is being condemned by academics & historians across the U.S. (Another example of Fascist, Authoritarian policies).
- DeSantis has publicly called for putting cameras and microphones into classrooms to monitor teachers. He wants more surveillance in every part of our lives, empowering legislators to police classrooms, doctor’s offices, the workplace.
- Voting Police to intimidate people so they’re afraid to vote in Florida
- Florida Employees Threatened With Demotions If They Criticize DeSantis
- Bill to eliminate the Democrat Party in the State of Florida, thereby creating One Party Rule similar to how Dictator Victor Orbán took over the once Democratic government in Hungary
- Florida ‘Bloggers Bill’ which would require anyone who writes about Florida Republicans and DeSantis to register with the state and put on an ‘enemies list’. This is another BLATANT violation of the 1st Amendment and attempt to SILENCE critics. This is the same Anti-Democratic, Fascist Authoritarian tactic used by the Nazi German Propaganda Ministry in 1933 called the “Editors Law” and in 2014 by War Criminal Dictator Vladimir Putin, forcing bloggers in Russia to register with the Russian Media office.
- Attacking Freedom of Speech – Bill HB 991 to significantly weaken libel laws. Critics believe this is an attempt to give Ron DeSantis even more power to sue his critics for saying things he doesn’t like. Bill 991 also gives Florida residents the right to sue others (both in the state or elsewhere in the U.S.) who describe their actions online as transphobic or homophobic, for $35,000 and would not allow the truth to be used in defenses against such lawsuits.
- Retaliated against Disney for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech, stripping Disney of 50+ years self-governing authority after Disney stated opposition to the ‘Don’t say Gay’ law which limits discussing LGBTQ issues in schools.
- Right Wing figures installed on the board of former Disney district. This is the same tactics used in Anti-Democratic Fascists Dictatorships
- Retaliated against the Tampa Bay Rays for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech by blocking state money to their training facility after team tweeted against gun violence
- Florida Police raided the home of former Covid-19 Scientist Rebekah Jones after her data contradicted DeSantis’ Covid Data claims.
- Transgender athlete discrimination Laws
- Florida Senate Bill 254 would allow the state to take Trans children receiving gender-affirming care away from Parents
- Anti-Protesting Laws making protesting a felony & allowing protestors can be run over & killed with no consequences. This law was passed to silence and intimidate anyone who dare protest and raise objections to Republican’s oppression (similar to Russia and North Korea)
- DeSantis wants his own State Militia which would only answer to him and “not be encumbered to the federal government.”
- Felons Victimized by Republicans and DeSantis “Voter Fraud Crackdown”. Per an article at commondreams.org, “Most who were arrested were approved by the Florida Department of Elections, which sent their voter registration cards ahead of the 2020 elections. All were charged with third-degree felony voter fraud, a crime punishable by as many as five years behind bars and up to a $5,000 fine. The ACLU of Florida stated, “The arrests are a grotesque abuse of power by Gov. DeSantis”.
- Using Migrants as Props. Per an article at theguardian.com, “DeSantis should be prosecuted for his treatment of immigrants. Those conspiring with him appear to have acted criminally under Texas law. Title 5, section 20 of the Texas penal code defines the crime of unlawful restraint. Under the statute, a person is restrained if their movement is restricted without their consent by, among other means, moving the person from one place to another. Restraint is without consent “if it is accompanied … by deception”. Under the statute, the violation is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person restrained is younger than 17, in which case it is a felony. According to reporting, there were children among those criminally transported to Martha’s Vineyard”.
- DeSantis fought for and was given the authority to redraw Congressional districts to rig elections in Republican’s favor. This resulted in House Seats being stolen from Democrats. Another example of how Republicans know they can’t win elections unless they CHEAT because their policies are UNPOPULAR.
Rules of the Demagogue
Republicans are Fascists who want to DESTROY Democracy in the United States
Republicans are proving they’re Anti-Democratic Authoritarian Fascist, Threatening our Liberty & Freedom… passing laws which Criminalize Assembly & Protests, Laws Limiting what can be Discussed & Taught in Classrooms, Laws Legalizing Running over & Killing Protestors, Passing Anti-Choice Legislation Against Women, Turning the U.S. into a Gestapo Secret Police State by Placing $10,000 Bounties on anyone who helps a Women get an Abortion, Forcing 10 yr/old Girls to give Birth to a Rapist Child, Rigging Elections by Gerrymandering, Voter Obstruction, Voter Purges, Passing laws to Overturn Election Results, Decreasing Voting by Mail, Decreasing Drop Boxes, Decreasing the Days & Hours people can Vote, Making it Illegal to give Food or Water to people waiting in Long Lines they’re responsible for causing to make it difficult to Vote, Conspiracy Theories, LIES and refusing to eliminate the Electoral College which made two (2) unpopular & unqualified Republicans Presidents, who the majority didn’t vote for.
Republicans fit all of the Characteristics of Fascism described below
Fourteen Characteristics of Fascism – Article by Dr. Lawrence Britt
1. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights – Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
2. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause – The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
3. Supremacy of the Military – Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
4. Rampant Sexism – The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.
5. Controlled Mass Media – Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
6. Obsession with National Security – Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
7. Religion and Government are Intertwined – Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.
8. Corporate Power is Protected – The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
9. Labor Power is Suppressed – Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
10. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts – Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.
11. Obsession with Crime and Punishment – Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
12. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption – Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
13. Manipulate & Control elections – Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate & control elections.
14. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism – Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
REPUBLICANS ARE LIKE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS
Radical Right Wing, Trump Supporting Republicans can be easily spotted in Pick-up Trucks with flags (similar to Islamic Terrorist in pick-up trucks with flags).
Republican ARE America’s TALIBAN
Lawless Radical Right-Wing MAGA Trump supporters smash into another car during a crazed attack attempting to run Biden campaign bus off the road. Note the FLAGS on Truck similar to those of ISIS Islamic Terrorists.
Here’s a few of the behaviors and ideologies Republicans, The Taliban and Islamic ISIS Terrorist have in common;
- Bullies
- Religious extremists (such as Christian Evangelists)
- Extremists who resort to Violence to get their way (January 6, 2021 riots to overturn legitimate election which their leader, Trump lost)
- Right-wing Anti-democratic Fascist (most Republicans condone eliminating a free press and democracy)
- Suppress Women’s Rights (anti-abortion laws)
- Extreme Patriotism with tons of flags
POLL: Only 36% Of Republicans Support Freedom Of The Press
43% of Republicans think President Trump “should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior,” while only 36% disagreed with the statement, according to an Ipsos poll
Trump Supporters Are Excited By The Idea Of Him Being A Dictator
Donald Trump did exactly what most of us expected, and he actually convinced his base that he SHOULD be a dictator if he gets back into office, and that it is somehow a good thing to trample on the Constitution. Ever since Trump first made his dictator comments, his supporters have been quick to defend and ultimately offer their praise of the comments, and that part isn’t dying down, either. A new poll also shows that a strong number of Iowa voters say that his rhetoric makes it MORE likely that they will support him.
Republicans are engaging in Nazi tactics by “Accusing the other side of that which they are Guilty” (attempting to steal the 2020 election) and repeating Trump’s “BIG LIE” that he won the 2020 election.
Republicans are constantly demonizing Antifa (Anti-Fascist) as being BAD because Antifa supports Democracy and is a threat to Fascism. Republicans equate Black Lives Matter as being one and the same as Antifa. They’ll say “BLM Antifa Protestors” in the same sentence as though a BLM protestor is a automatically a member of “Antifa”. Not true.
“Antifa is an ideology, not an organization” stated FBI Director Chris Wray in sworn testimony to congress on September 17, 2020.
Being against Antifa means your against Democracy and FOR anti-democratic, authoritarian Fascism. German Nazis were Right-Wing “Conservative” Fascist.
The full name of Hitler’s party was Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. In English, that translates to National Socialist German Workers’ Party. But it was not a socialist party; it was a right-wing, ultranationalist party dedicated to racial purity, territorial expansion and anti-Semitism and total political control.
The Nazi party was largely supported by small-business men and conservative industrialists (just like today’s American Republican party).
Expert Compares Trump’s Politics to Fascism
Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains why he claims President Donald Trump’s politics are akin to fascism, a political movement based around a leader.
Republicans admit they want Trump to be a Dictator and want to eliminate Democracy
Right’s Embrace of Authoritarianism
This video gives insight into the oppressive laws Republicans has been passing in recent years such as anti-voting laws to rig elections in their favor, anti-abortion, anti-LGBT laws and how Russia shares many of the same anti-democratic ideals and values held by Republicans.
Republican Party of Oppression
Trump Endorses Right-Wing Autocrat In Hungary
Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and former FBI special agent Clint Watts discuss with Nicolle Wallace the former president’s endorsement of Viktor Orban ahead of the Parliamentary elections in Hungary.
CPAC Gives Far-Right Hungarian Leader A Standing Ovation
Hungary’s authoritarian prime minister was met with a warm welcome from conservatives in Dallas, TX weeks after giving a speech in which he said he opposed “mixed race” societies. MSNBC political analyst Peter Beinart tells MSNBC’s Zerlina Maxwell that the fact Victor Orbán was given such a prominent speaking role at CPAC says that the Republican party is “less conservative than it is just white Christian nationalist.”
Thom Hartmann explains how Victor Orbán and his Radical Right-Wing Party took over the once Democratic government in Hungary and turned it into a anti-democratic authoritarian fascist one-party-rule dictatorship where elections & the courts are rigged, all of the media is state controlled and praise for Victor Orbán Propaganda is seen everywhere.
How To Dismantle A Democracy
If you’re curious about why Tucker Carlson is doing his show from Budapest, Hungary all week, so is Mehdi. Especially given that country’s recent history of doing away with democracy and rise of autocracy. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has become a favorite among Trump-loving ethno-nationalists. Yale’s Jason Stanley and authoritarian expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat break down why Orbán — and the fascination with Orbán — is so dangerous.
Why Republicans Don’t Want A Democracy
John Dean, former White house counsel to Nixon, joined Keith Olbermann to explain the theories in his new book, “Conservatives Without Conscience,” which explains a lot of the behavior we see in the Republican party today.
Famous Quotes About Fascism Which Apply to Today’s Republican Party…
Benito Mussolini – “Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power”
George Orwell – “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
Sinclair Lewis – “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism – “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt – “The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power…. Among us today a concentration of private power without equal in history is growing.”
Erich Fromm, Escape from Freedom – “When Fascism came into power, most people were unprepared, both theoretically and practically. They were unable to believe that man could exhibit such propensities for evil, such lust for power, such disregard for the rights of the weak, or such yearning for submission. Only a few had been aware of the rumbling of the volcano preceding the outbreak.”
Henry A. Wallace – “If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.”
Upton Sinclair – “Fascism is capitalism plus murder.”
Mehmet Murat ildan – “Let fascism find not even a single passage to power or else that poisonous snake will infiltrate into every vital corner of the country and kill the future of the nation!”
Republicans are starting to look like authoritarian parties in Hungary and Turkey, study finds | CNN
The Republicans have become more illiberal and populist in recent decades and are now starting to resemble autocratic parties like Hungary’s Fidesz and Turkey’s AKP, according to a new study from Sweden.
Per the above article’ “Experts from the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden stated US Republicans are starting to look a lot like authoritarian parties like Hungary’s Fidesz and Turkey’s AKP.
“What we see is that the disrespect of political opponents, the encouragement of violence and also the violation of minority rights … they have all clearly increased with the Republican Party in recent years, since [President Donald Trump] came in the leadership but also before that,” Anna Luehrmann, V-Dem’s deputy director and one of the lead authors of the study, told CNN”.
Hungary Is A Version Of What Trump Wants For The U.S.
Chief national correspondent at the New York Times, Mark Leibovich, and former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence, Frank Figliuzzi, react to Fox News’ anchor Tucker Carlson’s bizarre choice to host his show from Hungary, a country with an authoritarian regime.
Rand Paul latest in GOP to question ‘democracy and majority rule’
If Rand Paul wants to criticize “democracy and majority rule,” he’ll have to do better than this.
Per the above article; “About a month before Election Day 2020, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) raised a few eyebrows by declaring via social media that the United States is “not a democracy.” The Utah Republican added soon after, “Democracy isn’t the objective”.
Eight months later, the New York Times published a report on the severity of Republican efforts to thwart our electoral system, and it quoted Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) making related comments.
“The idea of democracy and majority rule really is what goes against our history and what the country stands for,” the GOP senator said. “The Jim Crow laws came out of democracy. That’s what you get when a majority ignores the rights of others.”
At face value, it’s both unusual and jarring to see prominent Republican officials such as Lee and Paul expressing public skepticism, not about progressive governance, but about democracy itself”.
Trump Behaves like an Authoritarian Fascist Dictator
Video shows the shocking similarities between Ruthless Dictators and Trump
Leaders who’ve called the press ‘enemies of the people’
President Trump is not the first leader to label journalists as “enemies of the people” and creators of “fake news.” Here are other political and military leaders that have used similar rhetoric to attack the press.
The above list shows how Trump fits the check-list of notorious Authoritarian Dictators… Names on Buildings, Appoint Family Members, Fox Propaganda State TV with sycophants like Sean Hannity praising him, Multi-hour speeches, Want to Lock Up Opponents, Love other Dictators, President for Life, Pathological Lying, Hold Military Parades, etc.
