Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@BlitztheDragon
Controversial opinion, but I’mma just say it. These house “Freedom” caucus RINOs are straight up subhuman.

The MyPillow guy, a man who’s name is lost to the ages, has been one of the biggest Trump believers. So much so that among other things he was so confident on the Big Lie that he issued a challenge of $5 million to anyone who could prove the 2020 wasn’t stolen.

Well someone did prove it wasn’t, but Mike Lindell ^{unconfirmed rumors that is his real name} refused to pay the $5 mil he promised.

Well it was taken to court and a judge just ruled that yes, Lindell does have to pay the bounty.

@Dustcan
Good.

@Dustcan
I hear the guy who won the $5M voted for Trump in both 2016 and 2020

@Dustcan
Mike Pillow is also selling things like furniture and manufacturing things from his own damn factories

At immense markdown.

Like, one of his delivery semis plus trailer were going for less than my used car at one point. If I had more money I likely would’ve bought it. The truck would be too big for a personal vehicle but if I had more space I could convert the trailer to a man-cave.

@Dustcan
Ha Ha

This is why companies should NOT be involved in politics.

Network of Putler mafia members arrested throughout the US
And supposedly some are directly or indirectly connected to Trump.
Of course we already knew MAGA was siding with Putler.

@Dustcan
So the rumors about him being out of money and MeinPillow teetering on the edge of bankruptcy were true.
I guess it was like Alex Jones with the Sandy Hook defamation case: all he needed was a good shove.

Jack announces MAGA’s plans
Yep. They’re not even hiding it anymore.
Enjoy these next few months because in November all hell is going to break loose one way or another.

@lonewolf
Biden should just treat them like the US treats terrorists and order a drone strike on the CPAC. After all, according to Trump himself, he’s got complete immunity as president, so what’s holding him back? Aside from being a halfway decent human being, unlike those people, I mean? And just to be in compliance with Poe’s law, this whole thing was meant to be followed with an /s BTW.

@lonewolf
I don’t need to click the link to know that shit will go down no matter who wins. I pray the FBI are keeping a close eye on things and are ready for when Trump goons are going to try to murder democracy.

This is a tweet from an associate of Russ Voight, one of the co-authors of Project 2025. As often is the case, they’re spelling out exactly what they intend to do.

Wait, am I seeing a push to hold rapists accountable for any pregnancy they incur?

Nope, there’s a reason it’s the longest point. It’s a token, loosely worded gesture to give off the impression that they’re not flagrantly pro-rape, slapped in the middle to give off a false sense of safety.

As I said in my reply to that post, the above is what they say, but what I hear is “Require women to marry their rapists if they get pregnant from the act.”

Though as someone else corrected me, this will apply to members of all genders who can get pregnant.

There is significant biological cost to carrying a baby full term. Child birth permanently alters female physiology, and puts a burden on the women’s body.

Carrying a rape baby is also psychologically damaging. The women has to sacrifice her body and life because of the rapist.

It also potentially hands a victory to rapist who might be motivated by blindly spreading their genetics.

Many culture are perfectly fine killing such a baby before and even after its born. Because it was up to a smaller community to decide if some rapist was allowed to impregnate their women and burden the tribe.

The people making these laws don’t have to see the women they’re hurting eye to eye.

Republicans just have this deranged fantasy of subjugating the reproductive rights of women. Overpopulated is their solution to worker replacement and resource war.

The Alabama embryo ruling is setting off panic alarms for the GOP.

There’s been a long standing barrier that the reps have been exploiting for years with middle and upperclass suburban women that moderated the abortion debate. That was always shying away from going after IVF treatments, which given its high cost is often the domain of those with more means.

It is very, very popular in the suburbs and the reps have gone to pretty long lengths to keep it a separate debate from abortion.

The Alabama ruling blew that up. Now, Dems are eagerly pouncing to tie it all into the larger narrative.

It’s pretty telling that the Alabama legislature, which has republican supermajorities, immediately tried to work to protect IVF access, and Republicans around the country tried to distance themselves from the ruling.

@Zincy
What’s the ruling?

That frozen embryos are people.

@Zincy
Makes sense for the “fetus are babies” line of thinking. I don’t keep up with the debates, so I’ll like to know why this is so spicy for them.

I got an inkling of that browsing Google News headlines today. Apparently one Alabama state Senator was asked about the IVF ruling and really struggled to answer, even saying “That’s a hard one.”

The GOP lost control of their Frankenstein monster years ago, and it’s biting them in the ass more and more each election cycle. That Senator was caught between pissing off her Evangelical nutjob base and pissing off affluent suburban white voters, both of which she needs to keep her seat.

Speaking of losing control, I saw this CS Monitor article about longtime South Carolina GOP leaders and operatives being forced out of local and county outfits by Trump loyalists, even those that supported Trump in both elections but deviated from “the program” too much.

It brings to mind a story political blogger Chris Ladd told about how Dixiecrats took over the Harris County GOP starting in 1990. He was there to witness it happen in real time, as the meetings got stormed by Evangelical ex-Democrats led by Dr. Steven Hotze, and existing Harris County Republican leadership was forced out by these radical insurgents.

Now it’s happening again, and playing out much in the same way. This time though, it’s not so much as “moderate-right vs far-right” as it is “worships the Mango Messiah hard enough.”

I don’t remember if this was posted, but NY AG Letitia James has vowed that if Trump doesn’t pay his $350 million fine (plus $80,000 daily interest) then she will seize his buildings and real estate to cover the fees.

She’s going to grab him by the properties. And when you’re the Attorney General they let you do it.

@Dustcan
Pffffft

@Dustcan
get pegged old man!