Diabolical
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For a party that pretty much requires misery and fear to function, happiness is pretty much the worst thing in the world. She is not entirely wrong, just stupid.
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I seeem to recall reading the words “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” somewhere. Damned if i can remember though
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They must’ve ran out of rubles
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But if you actually attain happiness, then you will stop pursuing it, and we can’t have that. /s
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That’s socialist happiness! True capitalist happiness must be given to the ultra-rich, and then it will trickle down to everyone else, probably.
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It seems that he does have a no-mask mandate.
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At least one kid kept his mask on.
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“Fuck you, Republican shit.”
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Family values.
eta: I want to know which hookup app he was using.
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tv dinner
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Rubbery nuggets of wisdom and a chocolate brownie-nose.
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Calling Merrick Garland! Hello? Bueller?
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It’s like the dumbass forgot it was the French who invented the fucking guillotine… or maybe it’s just that he never knew?
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Dear Jan. 6th Panel…
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This scares me though because the guy who now will run on the Republican ticket is much much worse, a Trumpist extremist. Taylor, believe it or not, did not betray the US for Trump’s coup.
Here’s the guy on the Dem ticket BTW:
That would be a hard win but it’s our best hope here.
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i realize that pursuing notions of “hypocrisy” when it comes to death-cultists’ behavior is a fool’s game since hypocrisy is only a thing to be applied to democrats and shame is something a few of them may use as bedroom foreplay but still, congressman van taylor whose ads have been plaguing the airwaves and billboards in the dallas-ft. worth market this primary season is really and truly remarkable. as he won a spot for the runoff he withdrew from the race. dertails here:
they bury the lede, allow me to bring it forth to the top–
“. . . Taylor had had a months long affair with a Plano woman, Tania Joya, who he had paid $5,000 to keep quiet. . . . Joya is known as a former jihadist who was once married to a commander for the Islamic State. Tabloids have referred to her as “ISIS bride.””
edited to finish the final sentence.
further edited to add the following hypothetical question–
can you imagine what kind of outcry there would have been if it were announced that a democratic congressman had been having an affair with a jihadi?
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Ok, my 2022 bingo card set is already in sore need of an expansion pack, but WTAF?
“The day before the primary, the conservative outlet Breitbart News posted a story that Taylor had had a monthslong affair with a Plano woman, Tania Joya, who he had paid $5,000 to keep quiet.”
(emphasis mine)
So the day before, he is basically trying to get ahead of the story, to sanitize it.
Then… the lede, yes utterly buried and AFAICT just the sort of thing that would be radioactive to the average Texas Republican, especially in Plano (a Dallas suburb).
Closing the article you posted, this:
It was all a political twist of fate for Taylor, who faced a competitive general election battle last year and stumped as “Mr. Bipartisan.” But redistricting turned his district into a Republican stronghold, providing more fertile ground for primary opposition.
(emphasis mine)
Oho! So the guy really feels some urgency here, sanitizing and doing damage control as much as possible.
Redistricting blowback. Huh. Funny how things work out.
I know I am not the only one here who is feeling like the territory we find ourselves in is increasingly unrecognizable…
https://twitter.com/cstross/status/1499139363439009801?cxt=HHwWkoCzqd3Tgc4pAAAA
ETA;
Oh.
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well, they don’t teach that in florida because it might make whitekids feel uncomfortable.
can’t have that in florida, nosiree!
(I know that desantis is Harvard/Yale educated, but he is - above all - a disingenuous shithead.)
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