US Politics, March 2023: "We want our own safe space, and we deserve it"

this would be hilarious, please let it happen

One of the risks of putting Trump in jail pending trial is that Proud Boys and others may make a serious attempt to break him out of jail.

If you think I'm being sensationalistic, remember that a lot of folks said something like January 6 was impossible.

— Max Burns (@themaxburns) March 19, 2023

Just out here posing with an underage kid wearing a shirt celebrating oral sex between firearms.

Can you believe Hunter Kimbell was disciplined for wearing this shirt in Utah? pic.twitter.com/DKXrfMEkRc

— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 18, 2023

I’m just surprised De Santis didn’t t try to cover all the swing states. “I carry on the legacy of my Arizonan/Georgian/Michigan/North Carolinan/Pennsylvanian/Ohioan” ancestors.”

my presidential run biopic will say this

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ED_1Hz3XoAE3Jlp.jpg

If you think I'm being sensationalistic

Peddling the idea that Trump will be held in jail pending trial is completely sensationalistic. Won't happen. Crazy to suggest it will.

he won’t be held in jail if he’s convicted of anything is my expectation

no president of the country, former or current, will ever be in jail a day

The dreams people had of Nixon.

good morning!

I’m going full resistance lib this week

why not treat yrself

full resistance libs will spend all week complaining about Merrick Garland and being upset that Trump isn't in handcuffs

I hear the Marshal of the Supreme Court is making his move.

Thurgood?

I heard trump is going to be executed at Guantanamo by a military commission headed by JFK Jr

But if you buy a $80 commemorative gold coin which will only increase in value in the future, it helps him to take back America

Also snowflake libs literally melt if you show them his golden visage

Would like to see the texts Ginny Thomas is sending right now

Didn't realize McConnell has been mia since he took a fall a bit back ...

Waiting for someone to flip him over probably

lol

ha ha, zackly!

but they always do. :(

Trump really ramping up on DeSantis today, because of that Monmouth Poll showing DeSantis losing ground. Another poll or two like that and I wonder if DeSantis decides now is not actually his moment.

https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_032123_2/

good, could he quit ruining the lives of trans and gay people, and minorities?

Alas, he probably has more power to ruin lives as governor of Florida than he would as a national political figure.

Florida's rightward lurch and compliant legislature means that he can actually make his hateful policies real - as a presidential candidate (or even president) his power would likely be seriously diluted. Even Trump (an odious creature whose soul is full of eels) could only encode so much hate nationwide, due to individual states' sovereignty and the retarding power of the congress

and the retards in his party

sorry

The flipside for DeSantis obv is, waiting-your-turn is not at all a reliable path. (Joe Biden notwithstanding, I guess.) His visibility is probably higher right now than it's ever been or maybe ever will be. Serving out his second term leaves him open to any vulnerabilities that come up during it, and also voters might feel like he's already old news if he doesn't run.

To be clear, I think DeSantis shouldn't ever run for anything again, so even though I'd enjoy parts of him and Trump beating each other up, I'm all in favor of him not running.

I'm feeling a little smug about my November 2022 prediction, i.e. he peaked, it's downhill from there

Yeah who the fuck knows what 2028 will bring, it’s kinda now or never for him I think

lol maybe he leverages a veep slot out of it, can you imagine?

I was just hoping that...DeSantis has always been horrible, but as many governors are, he was a much more mundane governor when he first started out. At first, a few naive dummy libs thought he 'wouldn't be all that bad' as a few of his Executive Orders were actually decent! but after the pandemic started and as he got closer to a possible election run, it seems obvious he's playing for the Presidential vote by shifting even further right and targeting specifically the anti-identity politic movement.

was thinking if maybe he said "y'know maybe I'll get my ass kicked, nevermind", he'd ease off on that, but I feel like it's Pandora's box at this point.

thank god governors have 2 term limits in FL (though he can also run again after he's out of office for 4 years, hence why Crist tried to run against him)

I heard some GOP analyst (privately) saying that the compliant FL legislature might actually be hurting DeSantis... he's actually able to pass the hate stuff, easily - rather than being able to bemoan the gridlock preventing him from signing these bills. And the very bills he's currently signing might well come back to haunt him

I mean, there is definitely a reason why bills to abolish the ACA kept being passed in both Republican chambers like clockwork when Obama was in office with a veto, and why they couldn't abolish it and replace it when they themselves were in office. they wanted credit for doing it without having to deal with the actual results.

I mean look, his Gestapo here found no wrongdoing, even after his other officials lied and said performers were exposing genitalia and simulating masturbation: https://jezebel.com/florida-is-reportedly-sending-undercover-agents-to-surv-1850243877

Plaza is still open and serving liquor. idk where the process of revocation stands but I feel like the backlash will heat up once whatever hearings/ceremonies etc commence. People love that venue. beyond the LGBTQ+ community, it's also very popular with AARP aged rock music fans. who are most definitely not boycotting the place now, judging by the attendance and demographics at the Queensryche show.

plus Jesus is half naked in half his paintings gtfo

well, if his poll standing is sinking, he's gonna have to get punchier with Trump... which I look forward to, as well as the response

Jesus shows a lot of nipple, but that diaper always keeps him PG-rated.

baby jesus sometimes shows his junk

Adult Jesus seems to into some pretty heavy S&M, based on the paintings.

today was a colossally bad day in Florida. DeSantis trying to expand his "Don't Say Gay" bill to K-12 (rather than merely elementary). a local (optional) drag and doughnuts meeting after school hours at a local high school got shut down hours before it was supposed to happen. including by a Proud Boys sponsored school board member.

but there was this in Wyoming at least

https://buckrail.com/breaking-judge-grants-temporary-restraining-order-for-new-abortion-law/

nickn otm

the 'passion' - he knew he was taking one for the team

Nailed it! (I'll get my coat)

baby jesus sometimes shows his junk

O little junk of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie

Silent junk, holy junk

Holy gonads so tender and mild

Um. Anyway. Where were we?

he peaked, it's downhill from there

Um, has everyone forgotten you won't have Nixon to kick around anymore?

never thought I'd see "Holy gonads so tender and mild" itt but i'm happy nonetheless that I did

Andy the Grasshopper set it up. I just tipped it into the basket.

Moving to the right has been a rousing success

“The president notched an approval rating of 38% in the new poll, after 45% said they approved in February and 41% in January. His ratings hit their lowest point of his presidency last July, at 36%” https://t.co/g5AVfoFnfI

— Lisa Mascaro (@LisaMascaro) March 23, 2023

how i wish they'd poll "wet sock" next to biden, just to see how we're doing

bank failures freak people out.