US Politics, June 2024: "Have there ever been this many cowards in power?"

Yeah, you peacefully chain yourself to the courthouse steps, and they'll unpeacefully arrest you and take you to jail

worth noting that all this is because various liberal factions let the SC chip away at these rights in anti-abortion cases back in the 80's, specifically regarding a California tree-defense pepper spray usage case in the late 90s that had precedent as noted. support yr enemies right to peacefully protest, or it will bite you in the ass.

We now have "Free Speech Zones" lol.

I've dealt with that twaddle for at least 15 years

Have you ever hung out in a free speech zone? It blows your mind man

https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/48-facts-about-the-movie-say-anything-1687589831.jpeg

I went to a feee speech zone before they were cool

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/us/politics/trump-fbi-documents-threats.html

repeated use of the word "lie" rather than "falsehood" here. has some line been crossed in this particular case or is this a change of policy.

“ Representative Byron Donalds, a Florida Republican whom Donald J. Trump is said to be considering for his running mate, suggested on Tuesday that the Jim Crow era had some virtues for Black people while trying to persuade voters of color to back the former president.

Representative Hakeem Jeffries,Democrat of New York and the House minority leader, also condemned Mr. Donalds on Wednesday, making a thinly veiled reference to the congressman during remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

“That’s an outlandish, outrageous and out-of-pocket observation,” Mr. Jeffries said of Mr. Donalds’s comments, pointing to the lynchings and inequities that defined the Jim Crow era. “How dare you make such an ignorant observation? You better check yourself before you wreck yourself.”

Is there any democrat that’s not a complete dork

dorks can be perfectly good legislators. white supremacists not so much.

At least he didn't DAS EFX it

xp - yes, that is definitely the takeaway, that the Dems are complete dorks.

I do my own research, so I'm curious about these Jim Crow-era benefits

oh the takeaway is that republicans are racist. good to know

I don't see what's wrong with Jeffries' response tbh unless we're going to get into how two Black men talking about Jim Crow six or seven years apart in age should talk to each other.

check yourself before you wreck yourself. it's 2024

Rap lyrics are Jeffries' thing. Get used to it.

come on. pastors in Black churches use rhyming catch phrases, too, and it's no surprise they use it more conservatively than rappers. would you call Muhammad Ali a dork because he used rhymes in similar ways?

yeah Al Sharpton goes full Gil-Scott Heron at times

Rap lyrics are Jeffries' thing. Get used to it.

I was reminded of this:

Democratic House Manager @RepJeffries closes his argument for impeachment evidence by addressing Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow with iconic bars from The Notorious B.I.G.:

"If you don't know, now you know."#TrumpTrial #HakeemJeffries #Juicy #Biggie #ImpeachmentTrial

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) January 22, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTjaIaNO9sY

I think, instead of rapping, maybe trying tying trump to all the white power groups that support him and that he's "big-upped" in the past. or talk about how he handled black lives matter. or how he would post street fights on twitter where black ppl were beating up poor, innocent white ppl

finish the line Jeffries you coward

in other news

I’d still love you if you flipped burgers at Burger King @50Cent, I used to do that myself!

Thanks for the photo, great to meet you! pic.twitter.com/9TDsljs9WT

— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) June 5, 2024

I fail to see how a 53-year-old quoting rap lyrics from hits from his college days is indicative of anything other than the passage of time

Too bad we haven't had a Slayer fan in the House

Neanderthal '26

in fairness to Jeffries, he does seem legit committed to dropping bombs on moms

oh snap

Grisso would you like to be my running mate

I nominate myself for Secretary of the Posterior.

Grisso would you like to be my running mate

you'd be doing us a really big favor

Is there any democrat that’s not a complete dork

I keep getting an Ilhan Omar ad that starts with “Donald, let me say that I’m your biggest hater” and I cringe every time. Q

She wants to say "Fuck you"

Don't we all

Neanderthal '26

automatic endorsement

Chairing the Morbid Angel Caucus

Can I be poet laureate

it's an unpaid position, but sure

I wanna be drug czar

Negronis for everyone!

I wanna be drug czar

And you can be my mule girl

you can call me al

My little pusher mule giiiiiiirl
(I will be your long lost pal)

I don’t find this stuff amusing anymore

amen and hallelujah!

Just introduced H.R. 8620, the TRUMP Act, legislation requiring the Treasury print $500 Federal Reserve notes featuring a portrait of the 45th President of the United States, .@realDonaldTrump. Read more here👇👇https://t.co/uahl0TeS63

— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) June 6, 2024

campaign advert: they got time to vote on putting trump on a $500 bill, but they don't have time to vote on a bill to protect access to contraception.

amen and hallelujah!

Oh God, one of my pet theories from back in the day was that Trump was only running for president so he could get his picture on money!

Remember too that he had Mnuchin slowwalk the Tubman $20.