U.S. Politics, November 2022: “I don’t know, you hear the same things I do”

They're looking to criminalize drag shows for people under 18 in Tennessee too. The proposed law defines it as shows with male or female impersonators that "appeal to a prurient interest" — which is obviously weird because while drag shows can be bawdy, they certainly aren't all, and I can only imagine that things like Drag Queen Storyhour and Drag Queen Brunch are not. (Also there's the conflation of drag with trans, which aren't the same thing, etc.) Anyway, the moral panic is in full force.

Lotta libraries about to be classified "sexually oriented businesses" for hosting drag story hours. JFC

There was an especially dumb freak-out in Chattanooga, where a video from an all-ages drag show circulated and there was a three-second clip where a little girl approached a performer dressed as Ariel and reached out a hand to touch the sequin scales on her dress. The Moms for Liberty crowd was in uproar saying the girl had been encouraged to touch the performer's genital area, which was so clearly not at all what happened. And THEN it came out that that performer wasn't even in drag, it was a woman dressed as Ariel who was part of the troupe.

My friend makes these pins that have flaming pitchforks on them that say THE MORAL PANIC IS ABOUT ME and tbh it is life-affirming, even tho I am not trans, just a crazy leftist fag

Come on, that's not Walker's voice, it's a joke video

― Brad C., Wednesday, November 16, 2022 5:00 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

another angle

An extended anecdote from Herschel Walker on the trail today about vampires and werewolves:

“Vampires are cool people, are they not?”

“A werewolf can kill a vampire, did you know that? I never knew that. So I don’t want to be a vampire anymore, I want to be a werewolf.” 🧛🏼‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/xpids7oTbW

— Dylan Wells (@dylanewells) November 16, 2022

attending a drag show at Finocchio's in San Francisco was just a tourist thing back in the 40s/50s/60s, like going to the Hard Rock Cafe or something

Now it would be considered an indoctrination session lol

^true

Drag brunch is popular in Miami. I never saw one child besides bachelors and bachelorettes discovering the horrors of mimosas.

The fucked thing about drag shows is you have THAT legislation, but in Orlando, people comfortably bring kids into drag shows. Hamburger Mary's has a drag brunch every Sunday or used to at least. Ginger Minj used to be part of it.

Fucking christofascists

Also the conflation between what's ostensibly a fun performance (drag shows) with the people's actual lives (trans rights).. like it's all the same thing

So are the dudes who wear the minnie mouse costumes at disneyworld “in drag” or

Hopefully White Chicks will finally get banned

xp well now I don't know what to think about Walker's position on vampires

Morton's? Fuck that noise.

It's the Palm or Charlie Palmer or ChopHouse.

If I can't go to Ray's anymore I might as well go to Ruth's Chris or, lord help me, Fogo.

It's official.. GOP owns the House

We have divided government, folks!

Takes two wings to make a tender chicken iirc.

If Trump was impeached twice, then Hunter will be impeached THRICE

Knock three times etc.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass has defeated billionaire developer Rick Caruso to become the first Black woman mayor of Los Angeles. https://t.co/FPtcXzHlsA pic.twitter.com/vryYKgzr93

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 17, 2022

he burned $100m of his own money!

loved it when Caruso said he wasn't just white, he was Italian which is Latin, which we all know is just one letter away from...

imagine what $100 million could've done for the LA homeless community

so happy Bass won!

Especially since it wasn't even close. Kinda great.

Anyway now it'll be time for another Congressional election uh wait hold on

(Or did she give up her seat already?)

[WA-03 loser] Kent suffered from a similar sort of insularity. He attacked sports fans, suggesting it’s not masculine for men to “watch other men compete in a silly game,” a view common in corners of the alt-right but unintelligible to normies.

lol, lmao

he was Italian which is Latin, which we all know is just one letter away from...

ATLien?

Latin, which we all know is just one letter away from...

lapin, ñ'est pas?

it also looks like Katie Porter won CA-47!

!

nice

Be nice if the Deep State could bump off 7 elderly Republicans in January.

we should call them

lag∞n, I appoint you to call them.

cool does anyone have contacts in the illuminati

Why don't we drop this subject...it's one thing to engage in badinage with these youngsters, but this sort of thing could be so easily misunderstood.

can we do jihad

more champagne!

Post thumbs up Osama to their accounts until they die of shock

god I just remembered that DeSantis is the guy who literally broke down film of Trump speaking so he could imitate all his weird little mannerisms. hoo doggy it's gonna be a fun primary

whaaaa? that is really weird

I mean, who wouldn't?

So he’s to Trump as Buttigieg is to Obama

^ otm punditry

Anyway now it'll be time for another Congressional election uh wait hold on

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 8:05 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

(Or did she give up her seat already?)

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 8:05 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

This is the moment when @KarenBassLA learned @AP_Politics declared she won the L.A. Mayor's race.

She was working at her L.A. congressional office. pic.twitter.com/WYEqMmF9DX

— Elex Michaelson (@Elex_Michaelson) November 17, 2022

i can feel the monkey paw curling as a say this but trump v desantis straight up could get crazy, good chance trump will sabotage the situation if its not going his way, dont think theres really anything he wont stoop to

― lag∞n, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 2:13 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

this is what makes me think desantis won't run, and trump will clear the field (except lol pence).

on the other hand

Remarkable. The 2022 election sent Trump's favorable rating from an already low 38% down to 33%.

Among Republicans, Trump's favorable rating went from 81% to 71%, the lowest it's been since before the 2016 election.https://t.co/Ac6Y912uuq pic.twitter.com/HTW4iV0d1A

— Drew Linzer (@DrewLinzer) November 16, 2022

karen bass is probably going to suck as much as garcetti, but caruso is truly evil and it's good he set his own money on fire.

also good that the the LASD sherriff lost by 20 points (to someone who is just evil, rather than evil *and* a criminal).

and there are now three legit progressives on the city council of 14 (was two before this election, could have been four, but lol venice).

Case in point,.. I opened my set tonight with Herschel Walker’s vampire material. Mans got a future in comedy pic.twitter.com/oqkqGMInbD

— Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi (@roywoodjr) November 17, 2022

if you haven't heard the news yet, you might want to sit down.

it's about joe biden.

this morning, jim jordan announced that, as chair of the judiciary committee, he's going to be launching an investigation into hunter biden's activities. and not just hunter -- apparently this shit goes deep, all the way to the president of the united states. James Comer, who is an up and coming asshole on the national stage and incoming chair of the oversight committee, is also on board. “We are going to make it very clear that this is now an investigation of President Biden" he said last night during an interview with sean hannity, a wonderful journalist

Good morning!