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

"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.

Bill Clinton says pass that bill!

That statue thing reminds me when Ashcroft got curtains to cover lady liberties boobs.

strip state and local prosecutors of the authority to prosecute former presidents

this is so cool! every ex-president could have a second career as an superhero avenger, traveling the land, killing bad people for a grateful nation, or in the case of Donald Trump, beating up children for their lunch money.

you're really only get to do white collar crimes because the secret service follows you around all the time

could go hunting and "accidentally" shoot your hunting partner in the face, though

Or invade a country

Honey, I Accidentally Invaded the Marshall Islands!

yeah two death squads of the ex prezs of each party, out hunting political enemies, that is the dystopia flick i'm not waiting for.

hey look not everything can be John Wick

Ballistic: Ex vs. Ex

Well we can surely say that the trio of noble republicans certainly love the Dear Leader, what an example they set!

https://reductress.com/post/quiz-is-he-criticizing-biden-in-a-republican-way-or-in-a-cool-way/

so right now, there is a separate federal case in Washington also involving mifepristone, and being discussed is there's a very real, sizable chance that the judge in Washington and Kacsmaryk in Texas issue federal rulings that directly contradict each other regarding the approval of mifepristone. Which would have to be ironed out in higher court.

but unlike the Kacsmaryk hearing, a hearing happened yesterday, and there's been little to no news about it.

FBI sources inside the Proud Boys -- including one who testified yesterday that he went in the Capitol on Jan. 6 and has never been charged -- say FBI agents never actually asked them for information on the Proud Boys https://t.co/DCz0k7L7F0

— Rachel Weiner (@rachelweinerwp) March 30, 2023

Thee Oh Sees "The Dream"

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

Just like Mötley Crüe's "Kickstart My Heart".

WRONG THREAD. HI DERE.

IS IT?

what thread did you mean to post that in? that ocs album is my making chili music for some reason

I'm not sure how many of you have been paying attention to the Chicago mayoral race, but there's a non-zero chance that the city elects a MAGA Republican from Naperville masquerading as a Chicago Democrat.

He's been pretty shifty and pro-cop from the start, but the mask has fully fallen off in the past weeks - turns out Betsy DeVos is among his biggest donors, lots of language about chasing "these thugs" off the streets and rumblings at a recent event about election fraud and not accepting the results.

Anyway, if you know folks in Chicago who are saying they might not vote, please encourage them to show up and vote for Brandon Johnson.

I've been following it. I have to earnestly say, good luck Chicago

It's just been depressing to watch play out and gives lie to the whole "I don't get involved because I live in a comfortably blue X" idea. Also discouraged by how many people I know irl that are buying his crime bullshit.

He's not exactly a Maga republican, afaict, but he has no problem taking their money/endorsements, so fuck him all the same.

My daughter saw a relatively chill Let's Go Brandon bumper sticker and asked if it was anti Biden or cheekily pro Johnson. No idea!

Biden tweeted about Transgender Day of Visibility and the replies are basically a huge group of Twitter-blue-subscribers-to-block all lined up for you

He probably would never self-identify as a MAGA Republican, but if his talking points are all pulled from the MAGA playbook, he's comfortable taking MAGA money and getting them to stump for him, there's really no meaningful difference imo. He's awful either way.

It’s a bummer how much of the Chicago media/candidates go on about crime, and yet I don’t hear that much about fixing the CTA—despite how hellish it’s become, and how many people it affects daily. I guess that’s a boring discussion in comparison to the "urban chaos" drumbeat.

a MAGA Republican from Naperville masquerading as a Chicago Democrat.

Palos Hills iirc, hence the popular nickname "Palos Paul"

Fucking Florida.

Police just handcuffed & arrested protesters including ⁦@NikkiFried⁩ & ⁦@LeaderBookFL⁩ pic.twitter.com/NCdqHJxmcx

— Gary Fineout (@fineout) April 4, 2023

We need a new monthly thread, who's got a title?

Let’s go with Alfred’s suggestion

US Politics, April 2023: Fucking Florida