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

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.

I noticed gas prices are up again, too, take at least 10% more off that number, worst president ever.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/03/24/florida-principal-michelangelo-david-parents/

sigh

Tax dollars going to these schools teaching a right wing fascist curriculum. what a fucking idiotic country

tryign to fund as many legal funds as I can rn because the number of anti-trans/gay bills is going to keep coming. that's not even discussing the 6-week abortion ban in the pipeline.

state is a swamp in a literal and figurative sense.

IT gets better: https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/03/florida-principal-fired-michelangelo-david-statue.html

"Parental rights are supreme, and that means protecting the interests of all parents, whether it’s one, 10, 20 or 50,” the chair of the school’s board, Barney Bishop III, told the paper.

God that is rich

IT gets better: https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/03/florida-principal-fired-michelangelo-david-statue.html🕸

parents - empowered to hide penii, but not to provide gender-affirming care for their children or object to the Governor's curriculum changes

not getting hopes up but: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/23/florida-gender-affirming-care-ban-lawsuit-00088644#

be real nice if we could get a federal ruling nullifying all state bans but if it went to SCOTUS, they'd certainly say "the 14th amendment doesn't apply)

A federal appeals court blocked the Stop WOKE Act, so hope remains. We still fight.

yep saw that, and we will fight it the fuck all.

Michelangelo woke af, did not realise this

Looks like we got a few snowflake parents in Florida!

Who turn off the lights when they pee

I notice conservatives aren't flinging 'snowflake' around quite as much these days. I guess it's a difficult pejorative to employ with a straight face when you're getting the vapors from 500-year-old marble dongs.

lol xpost

"Close your eyes for Jesus!"

loooool

NEW: A trio of @HouseGOP committee chairs say the House could soon take up legislation to strip state and local prosecutors of the authority to prosecute former presidents in response to the potential indictment of former president Donald Trump. https://t.co/lkwqad6JGS

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) March 25, 2023

nothing the GOP loves more than symbolic bills

what else they gonna do?

idk, be decent human beings

ok i couldn't even type that with a straight face

So Obama could shoot, uh, someone and be immune from prosecution?

they didn't think it through because it will never pass

it's just the usual "we're saying we're doing this thing so that we can blame the Dems for it not passing AND some of our stupid voters don't know how government works and will falsely remember that we passed this thing"

What if Joe tells them to go ahead and pass the bill, then he signs it and sends Obama out to assassinate all of his enemies and pardons him.