“It’s a little too quiet” - US Politics February 2021

i just can't understand how these fuckwits deal with so much cognitive dissonance on a daily basis.

There's no such thing as hypocrisy or cognitive dissonance with respect to societal interaction unless you have an underlying presumption of equality. Marjorie Taylor Greene does not have that.

I still come back to the story of that rando middle-aged dad who was your typical dorky dad, lugging his kid around around the time Trump was inaugurated, and he found someone with a lanyard, got in his face, and said "you press?", then when he got an affirmative reply, flipped him off and spat on him, and went back to playing with his kid

I mean, I guess I already knew the answer: these fuckwits deal with it by not acknowledging it, and by either ignoring what doesn't fit into their worldview or shaping facts and ideas to shape their worldview, which is an evangelical, ethno-nationalist authoritarian one.

Guess even I am occasionally moved to awe and horror at the depravity of these people.

The bill, introduced by an Iowa Republican state senator, specifically would reduce the number of early voting days from 29 days to 20 days. It would also close polling places an hour earlier on Election Day (at 8 p.m. instead of 9 p.m.).
The bill also places new restrictions on absentee voting including banning officials from sending applications without a voter first requesting one and requiring ballots be received by the county before polls close on Election Day...

Guessing the correct number of jellybeans in the jar can't be far behind.

anyone studied the Equality Act bill?

After a tense and often personal debate, the House voted 224-to-206 for the measure, with three Republicans joining all Democrats to vote "yes."

The legislation would amend federal civil rights laws to ensure protections for LGBTQ Americans in employment, education, housing, credit, jury service and other areas. It is a top legislative priority of President Biden, who in a statement last week called the bill “a critical step toward ensuring that America lives up to our foundational values of equality and freedom for all.”

A number of religious denominations are lobbying against the measure, saying its lack of religious exemptions creates one of the most sweeping challenges to religious liberty in decades.

Groups including the Church of Latter-day Saints, Orthodox Jews and Seventh-day Adventists, among others, say it could halt free and reduced lunches for children across the country who attend single-gender parochial schools, require church community halls to rent space for LGBT ceremonies and could threaten federal security grants for synagogues and mosques facing violence because of their faiths.

Why do they deserve exemptions? I'm thinking... they don't.

facing violence because of their faiths

I get so infuriated whenever I see this bullshit trotted out in the name of denying LGBTQ rights. How about Americans facing violence just for fucking existing?

It seems the very core of American 'religious liberty' amounts to denying said liberty to others.

require church community halls to rent space for LGBT ceremonies

the community hall is not a consecrated space, so what's their beef?

When your perceived rights are based entirely around denying rights to others and trying to force them to adapt to your precious and perfect worldview, yeah.

they will be literally ordered by the police to allow gay men to climb in the window and shit in the narthex

from the text of the bill i believe lesbians are also invited

i’m just glad someone is finally taking a stand against these homosexuals deliberately pooping in our sacristies

I'm about to.

That was a scene in Scorpio Rising iirc

i’m sorry alfred you’re going to need to hold it until our lawsuit against this bill works its way up to circuit court

Is this what they mean when they talk about Biden’s “relief” plan

Parliamentarian says including $15 min wage in Dems’ COVID package violates budget rules. Bad news for progressives but ought to ultimately smooth passage of the bill https://t.co/i1miZNF6df

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) February 26, 2021

"bad news for progressives" "bad news for the 75% of americans who support it"

I'm sure Biden will go hard on a separate bill, tho

ha yes

Sorry, but that woman in the pink hat looks like she has the 'rage' from 28 Days Later.

Praxis

Bernie announces his next move: An amendment to take tax deductions away from large corporations that don't pay above $15-an-hour wages. Wants it IN the reconciliation bill

— Sam Stein (@samstein) February 26, 2021

just raise the proposed minimum wage every time it gets knocked back. $20 in the next stimulus bill. $23 in the relief bill after that.

haaa xp

The only stimulus bills after this one are going to be for arms manufacturers.

Don't forget churches

Are there any independent contractor reforms in the works? I'm worried about companies using it as a dodge if we get a $15 minimum wage.

lol

The strike was defensive in nature, but was a response to the three attacks endangering Americans in Iraq this month, the official said.

— Lara Seligman (@laraseligman) February 26, 2021

Meet the new drone war, same as the old drone war

I’m speechless. pic.twitter.com/QvXfX7Q6xV

— هديل (@nothxdeel) February 26, 2021

The first airstrike with a POC woman as Vice President ❤️ I’m crying

— Ash 🌙 (@HITWOM4N) February 26, 2021

"Those are OUR bombs now."

how cool and funny to sublimate your anger at the airstrike into anger at having a woman of color as VP

lol

traditionally and shamefully, first steps into any new national normal require bloodletting

Leftists expressing their racism differently from conservatives doesn't make them any less racist and it's extra tiring to keep needing to make that point

so basically fuck off, xyzzz, you are a tiresome child

But the problem is that liberals, from politicians on down, always hold up representational emblems of diversity in order to dissemble from their true motives, which are *virtually the same* as those of conservatives in many cases. Maybe if they wouldn't do so, people wouldn't be so quick to point out how truly disingenuous such representational politics actually are?

I mean, in a way, I agree with you— that tweet sucks. But people getting bombed and kids in cages don't give a fuck whether the VP is a woman of color.

...i think we can assume Dan understands the clever commentary of the tweet...

Based on his response, I wasn't able to really read that into it. Wasn't trying to hector or lecture, I just think that some similar commentary (the drowning hand meme where the Dems say "Latinx" with rainbow flags and a high five) is right on

are you fucking kidding me

Do you think I am a drooling idiot who has never had any occasion or opportunity to confront or grapple with intersectionality issues? Did you just completely forget who you were talking to in your rush to back up the team?

fuck off

This is why I have no time for any of you, none of you think my existence is valid or meaningful

liberals, from politicians on down, always hold up representational emblems of diversity in order to dissemble from their true motives, which are *virtually the same* as those of conservatives in many cases.

This is complete bullshit and you know it. You're also painting with a super wide brush here. I'd also invite you to think about how difficult it is to be a POC in this country and how your words can hurt people before you respond again--just a suggestion, but you're coming off as clueless and insensitive

I'm sorry Dan— I think you're an excellent person, and really wasn't trying to be an insensitive dick. But I was, so again, my apologies. Now I'm going to shut the hell up.

this is why we can't have nice things

It's also not necessary to say "liberals are just like conservatives" every time a liberal president does something you don't like. Liberals can just be bad in of themselves, without having to pretend they're the same as Trump supporters.

It's also not necessary to say "liberals are just like conservatives" every time a liberal president does something you don't like.

No, you can also just say it like breathing.