If Roe v. Wade is going, let’s smash everything! Who needs public education anyway?
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Somebody ought to tell NY Times columnist Ross Douthat about this. He’s been making the rounds telling everyone that bringing up other possible SCOTUS rulings is left-wing false flag operation. Apparently, noncontroversial rights that are settled in legal precedence are safe.
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Fragile snowflakes.
GOP gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Doug Mastriano abruptly ended a podcast interview with Delaware Valley Journal, angry over questions about his participation in a rally linked to QAnon conspiracy advocates. The Franklin, Pa. Republican also objected to questions about his participation in the infamous January 6 protest
How rude!
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He just keeps getting worse. What the actual fuck? Let’s scrap free public education for immigrant kids who aren’t authorized! It’ll save us money!
No, it won’t. It will cost money for districts to establish immigrant status. It will funnel more kids into gangs and crime. More adults too, because suddenly they don’t have a safe place for their kids while they work and childcare ain’t cheap. So yeah, we’d save some money on education and spend a whole lot on crime.
I know he doesn’t care about the kids, so the increase in poverty, starvation, health decline, and abuse and neglect won’t matter to him
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They have been trying to destroy that for years now.
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I remember when being conservative meant understanding that “a stitch in time saves nine”.
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States’ rights, man. If you are of “a certain group,” the state should be allowed to decide whether you get an education or not. Not ominous or anything. The goose stepping and arm bands? Purely performative.
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Wasn’t that back in the day when the conserve in conservative was the point, rather than “let’s wreck everything in a temper tantrum until we get exactly what we want no matter how unpopular it is - and let’s fuck up the lives of as many non-white Christian folks as possible while we’re at it”?
Or is that just a nostalgic mirage, like just about every “back in the day” musing?
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It’s both. There has always been white supremacy behind the politics of the U.S., but yes, there was also a sense of ‘conserve wisely’ back when the Republican party had an actual political platform and was open to a wider range of possibilities.
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“You cannot do that, Frank,” said our producer. “You can’t joke. You can’t compliment. You can’t touch. It’s a new order.”
On April 13, the following item appeared on TMZ: “Frank Langella has been fired by Netflix for fondling a young actress between takes and she stormed off the set.” That is demonstrably false. That is a total lie. The actress was mentioned by name. The same young woman who had accused me of “touching her leg” on camera in the love scene. The next day the item was corrected to read: “Frank Langella has not been fired but is under investigation.” In this version, the actress’s name was deleted.
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An asshat indeed. He was fired after an investigation of his conduct. Now, one outlet gives him space to write his side of the story and another covers it using that same “I’m the real victim here” crap that the GOP and conservative media owners eat with a spoon.
Just more examples of why turning opinions into front page news needs to die in a fire, and the MSM is a mess. I’m still pissed there wasn’t more coverage of Sean Hannity repeating that “I’m not a journalist, these are just my opinions…” stuff right after more of his role in the Jan 6 insurrection was revealed. 
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There are three positions on the Township board, and three Republicans ran in the primary. No Democrats have filed to run for a seat. So unless he’s convicted of a felony and automatically removed from the ballot before November, it looks like he’s guaranteed a seat.
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Perfect starting example: an elite school like Emory, in a major city in a state that has made great improvement politically…and yet:
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Embodying a central section of the GOP’s political platform there.
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Interesting read, but OMFG, can we please get talented writers to stop peddling these ridiculous “both sides” notions?
The increasingly regional political parties that seem to really hate each other
Sure, okay, they hate each other.
“Hate” from the Dems looks like this: I want you to have healthcare, education, affordable shelter, childcare, clean water and access to healthy food, even if you disagree with me and want my kind to stop existing.
“Hate” from the Repubs looks like: IF YOU ARE DIFFERENT THAN ME I WANT YOU TO DIE A MISERABLE DEATH!!! (Unless you’re a mail-order bride, in which case, welcome to America.)
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The news isn’t that there’s a christo-fascist conspiracy, it’s that there are so many of them that they’re hard to track even with a gorram database.
The evangelical right financial dynasties and foundations that meet each year at The Gathering dispense upwards of $1 billion a year in grants. But even that is overshadowed by the bigger sums that The Family and The Gathering have managed to route from the federal and state government to fund their movement via the Faith-Based Initiative program, USAID, PEPFAR and other multibillion-dollar programs.
We need a separation of church and trough. (I thought that they were tax-free because they did charitable work. So why do they need extra funds?)
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But don’t you dare try to bring your family or think about divorce!
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