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Beach Lover
Lol
SoWal Insider
LolRemember, your guy claims to be a multi billionaire
Federal investigators examined Trump Media for possible money laundering, sources say
Federal investigators examined Trump Media for possible money laundering, sources say
New York prosecutors expanded criminal inquiry of company last year and examined acceptance of $8m with suspected Russian ties
www.theguardian.com
Beach Lover
Remember, your guy claims to be a multi billionaireMy guy is Jesus
Federal investigators examined Trump Media for possible money laundering, sources say
Federal investigators examined Trump Media for possible money laundering, sources say
New York prosecutors expanded criminal inquiry of company last year and examined acceptance of $8m with suspected Russian ties
SoWal Insider
My guy is JesusJust like the stolen election your guy doesn’t exist
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LolHere ya go, do the math
Silicon Valley Bank Paid Bonuses Just Before Feds Shut It Down
The size of the payouts was not revealed, but SVB bonuses rangefrom about $12,000 for associates to $140,000 for managing directors, according to Glassdoor.com.The bank reported 8,528 employees as of December.
Silicon Valley Bank Paid Bonuses Just Before Feds Shut It Down | San Jose Inside
Insiders told business news network that the Santa Clara-based bank has historically paid employee bonuses on the second Friday of March.
www.sanjoseinside.com
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This can not be true just ask a trumper. Trump’s whole defense is speech has nothing to do with violence.
"[He was] engaging in violent behavior by screaming obscenities at subjects and antagonizing them to fight," police said in an affidavit. "The violent behavior created a disturbance where punches were thrown."
qctimes.com
"[He was] engaging in violent behavior by screaming obscenities at subjects and antagonizing them to fight," police said in an affidavit. "The violent behavior created a disturbance where punches were thrown."
Police: 'punches were thrown' outside Trump rally in Davenport
A shouting match turned to blows during the Trump rally in downtown Davenport Monday.
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LolWe’re still waiting on a better link than Charlie Kirk for your BLM claim and how that could possibly cause a bank failure. Give the name of the right wing group that came up with this.
The key words being “& related causes”
SWGB
Once they can define woke, then we should move on to bank failures.
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Republicans want to restore 'dignity' for millions of Americans on food stamps by cutting their benefits even more
Republicans want to restore 'dignity' for millions of Americans on food stamps by cutting their benefits even more
Millions of Americans are already facing a hunger cliff as emergency food stamps are set to end. GOP lawmakers want to hack away at SNAP even more.
www.businessinsider.com
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Drugs, fascist media and the internet is a deadly mix.
Tennessee governor to ban drag shows – despite photo of him dressed in drag
Bill Lee says he will sign law criminalizing drag performances despite emergence of picture from 1977 high school yearbook
This is definitely not my dad’s Republican Party.
My father, who died in 1974, was a lifelong Republican, Christian, and part time preacher.
After his retirement from the city of Memphis he worked with my aunt in her specialty advertising business selling pens, combs, calendars, ashtrays etc to businesses printed with their logos and company names.
One day he called on a midtown drag bar and feel in love with the owners and employees and they gave him their business.
I still have this dish from those days.
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My brother, also a republican, would often take his girlfriends to George’s for the popular shows.
Both my parents were deeply Christian republicans. I never once heard them judge a person because of their skin color or their lifestyle.
Seriously, WTF happened to republicans?
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wokeness and drag shows are the most recent items to be added to the long list of things to be afraid of
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I live in a red state, but thank goodness my city is blue. In fact, a notable repub lives in our city, in one of the most liberal neighborhoods - and that's not where he grew up. Senator Mitch McC. I spoke with our recently retired congressman, thanking him for his service, and thankful that I lived in Louisville. He response 'I hate this state'! EllenRepublican Politicians Went Full Fascist This Week
It's hard to overstate the horror of what's going on in red states right now to the point where we can only summarize the week in overt anti-democracy actions.
Republican Politicians Went Full Fascist This Week
It's hard to overstate the horror of what's going on in red states right now to the point where we can only summarize the week in overt anti-democracy actions.jezebel.com
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(This one red state listened to a red politician.)
Defeat of Bill 470 becomes personal for one Republican
Former State Rep. Jerry Miller sat in Frankfort on Wednesday — barely holding it together — urging a Senate committee to defeat House Bill 470, a measure that would prohibit doctors from giving any sort of gender-affirming care to transgender children.
“It was excruciating,” he said a day later.
He urged the committee to get out of the way and to allow parents and doctors to do what they think is best and help the children who were born in the wrong body. He appeared on the verge of tears at several points in his testimony.
Continued from Page 1A
He’s not some woke crusader.
Miller is a Republican who served in the administration of Ernie Fletcher before he was elected to represent an eastern Jefferson County district in the state House. He was a supporter of former Gov. Matt Bevin — the most rigid of GOP ideologues. He’s a rock-ribbed conservative.
But he’s also a grandpa. And a good one.
See, his grandchild — born into the world with all the outward signs of being a boy — is 7 years old and has never acted like anything but a girl.
Miller said he was excited when Jonah was born — after having two granddaughters — looking forward to the day when he could play ball with his grandson and do other things a granddad does with a little boy.
“That’s just not been my reality,” he said.
Jonah’s never been into sports, preferring dolls instead. When playing dress-up, Jonah put on princess gowns.
When Jonah was 4 years old, Miller told the committee, his wife asked if he didn’t like being a boy.
“Inside, I feel like a girl,” was Jonah’s reply.
At 4. Throughout his testimony, Miller struggled with the terminology and frequently used the words “he” and “him,” sometimes correcting himself, and other times just letting the wrong word hang in the air.
“I still screw up the pronoun thing,” Miller confessed. “Regardless of anything, I’m going to love my grandchild and fight for what I think is best for Jonah.”
It’s clearly not been easy for Miller or his family.
He said his wife came to grips with it before he did. He thought Jonah was just trying to be like her older sister.
“I hoped he would grow out of it, but that didn’t happen,” he told the committee. “Do I wish Jonah was a quote ‘normal boy’? Absolutely yes. But Jonah is not.”
Miller’s story is not unlike those of others who love transgender children and grandchildren.
Later in the committee meeting, state Sen. Karen Berg testified that her transgender son, Henry, began lining up to go to the restroom with the boys at preschool when he was just 2 years old.
After fighting for years for gay and transgender rights, Henry committed suicide in December.
Miller seems to still be working through the emotions of it and trying to understand.
During his testimony, he said he was mainly talking about hormonal therapies and believes doctors should be able to prescribe medication that would block trans children from going through puberty.
“Puberty is irreversible,” he said. “By the time Jonah is 18 – beard, Adam’s apple, deeper voice – and if it goes like it often goes, he’ll be persecuted for that if he dresses as a girl.”
Miller told me that if the original bill became law, his daughter would likely move out of state where she could get the medical care Jonah needs.
Like I said, Miller isn’t some woke lefty.
Last year, he voted for the bill that prohibited trans children from playing school sports.
He said he’s not sure how he would have voted on HB 470 if it came up when he was in the legislature and before he understood what was going on with Jonah — likening it to people who predict how they would act in combat if they had never been at war.
“I like to think I would do the right thing, but I just don’t know,” he said.
What legislators have to understand is that no matter what they pass, their actions aren’t somehow going to cause transgender children to grow up and suddenly begin identifying with the sex they were assigned at birth.
“This bill condemns children into a more difficult life than they’ve already been born into,” Miller said at the hearing.
Later Wednesday, Sen. Danny Carroll, chairman of the House Health and Welfare Committee, introduced an amendment weakening the bill substantially. He said at the hearing the measure went too far.
While Carroll’s changes improve the bill, that doesn’t mean it will pass in that form — even if the Senate adopts the measure as he’s now proposed. Funny things happen to bills in the waning days of the legislature.
They ought to heed the words of a former colleague who simply loves his transgender grandchild.
Joseph Gerth can be reached at 502582-4702 or by email at jgerth@courierjournal. com.
Defeat of Bill 470 becomes personal for one Republican
Former State Rep. Jerry Miller sat in Frankfort on Wednesday — barely holding it together — urging a Senate committee to defeat House Bill 470, a measure that would prohibit doctors from giving any sort of gender-affirming care to transgender children.
“It was excruciating,” he said a day later.
He urged the committee to get out of the way and to allow parents and doctors to do what they think is best and help the children who were born in the wrong body. He appeared on the verge of tears at several points in his testimony.
Continued from Page 1A
He’s not some woke crusader.
Miller is a Republican who served in the administration of Ernie Fletcher before he was elected to represent an eastern Jefferson County district in the state House. He was a supporter of former Gov. Matt Bevin — the most rigid of GOP ideologues. He’s a rock-ribbed conservative.
But he’s also a grandpa. And a good one.
See, his grandchild — born into the world with all the outward signs of being a boy — is 7 years old and has never acted like anything but a girl.
Miller said he was excited when Jonah was born — after having two granddaughters — looking forward to the day when he could play ball with his grandson and do other things a granddad does with a little boy.
“That’s just not been my reality,” he said.
Jonah’s never been into sports, preferring dolls instead. When playing dress-up, Jonah put on princess gowns.
When Jonah was 4 years old, Miller told the committee, his wife asked if he didn’t like being a boy.
“Inside, I feel like a girl,” was Jonah’s reply.
At 4. Throughout his testimony, Miller struggled with the terminology and frequently used the words “he” and “him,” sometimes correcting himself, and other times just letting the wrong word hang in the air.
“I still screw up the pronoun thing,” Miller confessed. “Regardless of anything, I’m going to love my grandchild and fight for what I think is best for Jonah.”
It’s clearly not been easy for Miller or his family.
He said his wife came to grips with it before he did. He thought Jonah was just trying to be like her older sister.
“I hoped he would grow out of it, but that didn’t happen,” he told the committee. “Do I wish Jonah was a quote ‘normal boy’? Absolutely yes. But Jonah is not.”
Miller’s story is not unlike those of others who love transgender children and grandchildren.
Later in the committee meeting, state Sen. Karen Berg testified that her transgender son, Henry, began lining up to go to the restroom with the boys at preschool when he was just 2 years old.
After fighting for years for gay and transgender rights, Henry committed suicide in December.
Miller seems to still be working through the emotions of it and trying to understand.
During his testimony, he said he was mainly talking about hormonal therapies and believes doctors should be able to prescribe medication that would block trans children from going through puberty.
“Puberty is irreversible,” he said. “By the time Jonah is 18 – beard, Adam’s apple, deeper voice – and if it goes like it often goes, he’ll be persecuted for that if he dresses as a girl.”
Miller told me that if the original bill became law, his daughter would likely move out of state where she could get the medical care Jonah needs.
Like I said, Miller isn’t some woke lefty.
Last year, he voted for the bill that prohibited trans children from playing school sports.
He said he’s not sure how he would have voted on HB 470 if it came up when he was in the legislature and before he understood what was going on with Jonah — likening it to people who predict how they would act in combat if they had never been at war.
“I like to think I would do the right thing, but I just don’t know,” he said.
What legislators have to understand is that no matter what they pass, their actions aren’t somehow going to cause transgender children to grow up and suddenly begin identifying with the sex they were assigned at birth.
“This bill condemns children into a more difficult life than they’ve already been born into,” Miller said at the hearing.
Later Wednesday, Sen. Danny Carroll, chairman of the House Health and Welfare Committee, introduced an amendment weakening the bill substantially. He said at the hearing the measure went too far.
While Carroll’s changes improve the bill, that doesn’t mean it will pass in that form — even if the Senate adopts the measure as he’s now proposed. Funny things happen to bills in the waning days of the legislature.
They ought to heed the words of a former colleague who simply loves his transgender grandchild.
Joseph Gerth can be reached at 502582-4702 or by email at jgerth@courierjournal. com.
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LORDY! There are three tapes now!
www.independent.co.uk
Georgia grand jury heard third Trump call attempting to influence election results
Ex-president’s calls to state officials could lead to unprecedented criminal charges
www.independent.co.uk
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Tennessee governor to ban drag shows – despite photo of him dressed in drag
Bill Lee says he will sign law criminalizing drag performances despite emergence of picture from 1977 high school yearbook
This is definitely not my dad’s Republican Party.
My father, who died in 1974, was a lifelong Republican, Christian, and part time preacher.
After his retirement from the city of Memphis he worked with my aunt in her specialty advertising business selling pens, combs, calendars, ashtrays etc to businesses printed with their logos and company names.
One day he called on a midtown drag bar and feel in love with the owners and employees and they gave him their business.
I still have this dish from those days.
View attachment 98913
My brother, also a republican, would often take his girlfriends to George’s for the popular shows.
Both my parents were deeply Christian republicans. I never once heard them judge a person because of their skin color or their lifestyle.
Seriously, WTF happened to republicans?
Republicans are seriously afraid of change! Afraid that someone wants want they have and big government does not help them keep what they feel they earned. They are afraid of burning in hell. Ironic huh? They only want to live with one truth which they believe is God and anything else is not tolerated. Not many of us are unbiased, unprejudiced and non-judgemental so all they see coming from the democrats is hypocrisy. Ironic again huh? Republicans are the same people that your parents are but fear and anger are strong emotions which the Republican Party has spent trillions on promoting. It worked...
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America is a completely divided country. Common sense solutions for issues are no longer possible. Moderate is not acceptable. This goes for both sides of the divide. There is too much anger and too much fear! We the people have let politics do this to us. I see it here on this forum. I see it within my family. I see it in every community I read about or a part of. I see it within myself. Anger and fear are not necessary in our discussions and debates but we have allowed it. We humans thrive on it for all the wrong reasons. My opinion is that if we don't find a way to manage our emotions better then we get what we deserve. If I can't treat another human like I want to be treated no matter who they are then I am to blame. Not Trump. Not Biden. Not politics. This is a choice. Justifications for anger and fear are not worthy of the great miracle of life...
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Stop the both siderism. There is only one party calling for a divided country, supporting white nationalism, with a former president who promoted violence and is right now calling for more violence.
If you aren’t angry then get angry.
If you aren’t angry then get angry.
- Anger Helps Us to Survive. ..
- Anger Motivates Us. ...
- Anger Gives a Sense of Control and Optimism. ...
- Anger Increases Cooperation. ...
- Anger Can Lead to Self-Improvement. ...
- Feeling Anger Expands Emotional Intelligence.
SWGB
Stop the both siderism. There is only one party calling for a divided country, supporting white nationalism, with a former president who promoted violence and is right now calling for more violence.
If you aren’t angry then get angry.
Get good and angry
- Anger Helps Us to Survive. ..
- Anger Motivates Us. ...
- Anger Gives a Sense of Control and Optimism. ...
- Anger Increases Cooperation. ...
- Anger Can Lead to Self-Improvement. ...
- Feeling Anger Expands Emotional Intelligence.
It's easier to be timid old man and say it's both sides. You see how effective that's been. Perhaps the male Susan Collins should really examine his posts.
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It's easier to be timid old man and say it's both sides. You see how effective that's been. Perhaps the male Susan Collins should really examine his posts.I like mputnal and his/her posts but now is not the time to be neutral. Choose a side.
Kevin, 15 votes, McCarthy signaled today he wants Republican committees to interfere/tamper with the Trump investigations.
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Stop the both siderism. There is only one party calling for a divided country, supporting white nationalism, with a former president who promoted violence and is right now calling for more violence.I disagree with you. Anger is an emotion that causes destructive human behavior as it engages a very small portion of your brain. Anger will take you quickly to hatred. If we don't have tools to manage anger it will control us not the other way around. You probably do not get out a lot and have face to face conversations with republicans. I do. They are just as angry as you. So what is the point of anger? Two sides that have anger and hatred. So now what? Fight it out? Okay I am ready to fight face to face. Destroy my relationships with people because of my politics. Is that the answer? My wife says I thrive on conflict and to be honest she is right. I can justify anger just like you for motivation. I am over 65 and have learned a few things about people. We all make mistakes. Yes what the republican party is doing to democracy is destructive. Yes what the democratic party is doing to our social structure is confusing (to me). I would love to debate that further but my point is neither party is representing a majority of the American people. We are divided. Throw in anger and hatred and whether you like it or not conflict will happen with destructive consequences. I am always ready for a conflict as I am very good at using anger to justify my actions. It is like shooting from the hip. I am really very good at it. That said I know there are better ways to resolve conflict. Here is a bit of advice that someone gave me a long time ago "don't get angry...get even". You will have to engage the larger portion of your brain for that advice
If you aren’t angry then get angry.
Get good and angry
- Anger Helps Us to Survive. ..
- Anger Motivates Us. ...
- Anger Gives a Sense of Control and Optimism. ...
- Anger Increases Cooperation. ...
- Anger Can Lead to Self-Improvement. ...
- Feeling Anger Expands Emotional Intelligence.
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It's easier to be timid old man and say it's both sides. You see how effective that's been. Perhaps the male Susan Collins should really examine his posts.No it is not easy to say it's both sides. Trust me. We are living in a Country that requires you to take a side. I really don't like the two party system of politics. Neither side represents me as a moderate. That said only one party seems to more interested in trying to represent all of us even if it feels like they forget about us and only focus on minorities and other marginalized groups. I believe that "woke" is good even though I do not fully understand where it will take us. I also believe that working hard in this life is important. Sitting around taking shots at groups and individuals not so good...
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It's easier to be timid old man and say it's both sides. You see how effective that's been. Perhaps the male Susan Collins should really examine his posts.Senators Sinema or Manchin
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When a state takeover of public schools in Houston — America’s fourth-largest city, and the biggest in Texas — was announced last week by state education officials under Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, the national media mostly treated it as a local story not worthy of much coverage in a nation now transfixed by the potential arrest of POTUS 45.
But what’s going down in Houston should be a much bigger deal, for two reasons.
First of all, the move is outrageous. Despite facing the same struggles as most large urban school districts around poverty and disinvestment, topped by the double whammy of COVID-19 and the natural disaster of Hurricane Harvey, Houston schools have been improving under metrics set by the state. Even the one “failing high school” cited by the Texas Education Agency for its takeover — which will allow the GOP administration to supersede the elected school board and appoint its own superintendent — has raised its grade to a passing “C.”
No wonder most local leaders in the Gulf Coast metropolis think this move by Abbott’s minions has little to do with what’s best for Houston’s 195,000 public schoolkids — 62% Latino and 22% Black — and everything to do with the grown-up politics of punishing a city now run by people of color who vote mostly Democratic, as well as giving Team Abbott a new venue to wage the GOP’s war on what they call “woke education.”
Republicans taking over stuff run by Black people because GOP hates democracy | Opinion
An unwarranted Texas takeover of schools in Black-and-brown-led Houston is the latest in a growing Republican war on democratic elections.
www.inquirer.com
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View attachment 99167The commonwealth (ky) has been targeting Louisville's school system for some time. (There are 120 counties in the state with most having only one high school and very white.) They now threaten to divide the the system into several districts. Reminder that the commonwealth voters (not Louisville voters) have elected McMitch, Randy, Massie, etc. Ellen
When a state takeover of public schools in Houston — America’s fourth-largest city, and the biggest in Texas — was announced last week by state education officials under Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, the national media mostly treated it as a local story not worthy of much coverage in a nation now transfixed by the potential arrest of POTUS 45.
But what’s going down in Houston should be a much bigger deal, for two reasons.
First of all, the move is outrageous. Despite facing the same struggles as most large urban school districts around poverty and disinvestment, topped by the double whammy of COVID-19 and the natural disaster of Hurricane Harvey, Houston schools have been improving under metrics set by the state. Even the one “failing high school” cited by the Texas Education Agency for its takeover — which will allow the GOP administration to supersede the elected school board and appoint its own superintendent — has raised its grade to a passing “C.”
No wonder most local leaders in the Gulf Coast metropolis think this move by Abbott’s minions has little to do with what’s best for Houston’s 195,000 public schoolkids — 62% Latino and 22% Black — and everything to do with the grown-up politics of punishing a city now run by people of color who vote mostly Democratic, as well as giving Team Abbott a new venue to wage the GOP’s war on what they call “woke education.”
Republicans taking over stuff run by Black people because GOP hates democracy | Opinion
An unwarranted Texas takeover of schools in Black-and-brown-led Houston is the latest in a growing Republican war on democratic elections.
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If I break the law I would expect them to come after me. That’s how law and order works.
Before trump and today’s republicans attacking your own Capitol used to only occur in third world authoritarian nations.
Before trump and today’s republicans attacking your own Capitol used to only occur in third world authoritarian nations.
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