Choose your friends wisely to confront extremism, says Michael Gove.

Also Michael Gove:

Thank you, gay angels (and demon).

Elderly Relative watches a lot of Fox News and I saw an ad today that literally ended with the phrase, "and that's why God made Donald Trump," and it took all my self-control not to fake-vomit in response so

How's your day been?

Girlies help. I do not want a Trumpocalypse 2.0

[ad_1] Bret: Truthful level. However I’d nonetheless love to reside in towns the place other people don’t be at liberty to smoke meth pipes subsequent to Macy’s in wide sunlight, homeless encampments don’t spring up underneath freeway overpasses and drugstores don’t have to position toothpaste and different common pieces at the back of locked cupboards to stay other people from stealing them. In different phrases, no longer San Francisco. Liberals specifically will have to be for making towns livable, particularly for his or her middle-class citizens.Gail: Talking of high quality of lifestyles, our colleagues put in combination an excessively attention-grabbing quiz you'll be able to take to resolve the place you’re highest suited for reside. Mine got here out with New York Town on the most sensible, and I’m very more than happy to already be in my goal the town. Virtually any one who loves variety, reside tune, eating places and a car-free tradition would be at liberty right here. Presuming they took place to have already got a at ease and reasonably priced residing house. Simply that one element …In any case, questioning for those who took the check and the place you got here out.Bret: The quiz didn’t appear to provide me an approach to go away the rustic, which is what our circle of relatives did after we moved to Hamburg after Trump used to be elected in 2016, and what we will be able to do once more if he’s returned to place of job in 3 years. Considering of both Taormina or Tel Aviv subsequent time.Gail: Just right advance making plans, however I’m going for positivity.Bret: Anyway, in line with the set of rules, San Diego is the very best American town for me. Great climate; quite a lot of households; tilts conservative. However I’m no longer taking a look to transport from my outdated farmhouse anytime quickly, and barring some other Trumpocalypse I might have a troublesome time residing anyplace that’s greater than 60 miles from Instances Sq..Gail: If “farmhouse simply out of doors of New York” used to be an choice, beautiful certain it's essential to have got a majority of the quiz-takers.Bret: Sadly it comes with outdated farmhouse issues. We now have a poltergeist within the attic and a basement worthy of a “Silence of the Lambs” sequel.Talking of Instances Sq., that used to be unhappy information about Stephen Sondheim passing away final week. Speak about genius! A pal of mine with an ear for melody and a present for language despatched me a tune from “Merrily We Roll Alongside” that she idea used to be apropos of our weekly chats:​​FRANKHowever the factor that’s definitely transferring —CHARLEYIt's good to have fooled me —FRANK AND CHARLEYIs we’re nonetheless outdated buddies!Not anything can kill outdated buddies!FRANK, CHARLEY AND MARYThe place there’s a will, outdated buddiesDon’t want good fortune to live to tell the tale!FRANK, CHARLEY, MARY AND BETHAnd us, outdated buddiesWhat’s to talk about, outdated buddies?Gail: Love the best way you assume. Sing. Or in fact, each. This may also be our Sondheim season. [ad_2] #Opinion #Omicron #Variant #Developing #Lot #Anxiousness

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I fucking swear to god. If people start believing Trump is finally taking things seriously they’ve got another thing coming. Everything he’s doing right now is to try and get more votes. That’s it. Nothing more. Stop falling for this shit.

How are you really going to believe he cares about POC after EVERYTHING he has fucking done this year?? Or that he cares about his nominee being female after his entire fucking term??? HE DOESN’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT ANYONE BUT HIMSELF. He knows jack shit about how things work and how they should work. He only wants to be president again because he’s power hungry.

DO. NOT. FORGET. EVERYTHING HE’S DONE.

REGISTER TO VOTE.

GET YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY REGISTERED.

VOLUNTEER AT POLLING STATIONS.

Do not let these last few years go to waste. Let’s get him the fuck out of there please.

I hope the time travelers who were sent back to 2020 to keep Trump from getting re-elected and bringing about the apocalypse (Trumpocalypse?) don’t forget to pack their murder hornets.

In the last two weeks alone, Trump's Supreme Court has:

Overturned Roe v. Wade.

Severely limited Miranda protections by ruling that citizens can't sue the cops who don't read them their Constitutional rights.

Expanded gun rights less than two months after schoolchildren were slaughtered and weeks after a racist shooting in a community supermarket, by striking down sensible New York gun control laws.

And now eviscerated the power of the EPA to do its job and try to protect against climate change by ruling it can't regulate emissions from power plants.

These "justices" are not only legislating from the bench and making decisions that are stripping human rights and WILL CAUSE DEATHS in opposition to decades of precedent (50 years for Roe, 60 for Miranda, 110 for the NY gun laws):

Many of them are unfit to serve.

Clarence Thomas's wife is an insurrectionist and election denier who is refusing to cooperate with the January 6 committee. Thomas has also not recused himself from decisions regarding the January 6 committee. He is married to a literal traitor to this country and has blatant conflict of interest. He MUST resign or be impeached and removed.

Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the bench was rammed through the Senate despite credible accusations that he is a rapist (as well as possibly guilty of financial misconduct or crimes). Investigators refused to consider evidence. This investigation must be reopened, and if more evidence is presented (as I suspect it will be), he should be impeached, removed, and prosecuted.

Neil Gorsuch perjured himself in his Senate confirmation hearings about Roe. He said he recognized and respected it as the law of the land, yet last week he cosigned Alito's reactionary brief that claimed not only that Roe was not law, but that it never had been. Thus Gorsuch should be impeached, removed, and if possible prosecuted for lying under oath.

While I don't know of evidence that Amy Coney Barrett is legally unfit to serve (despite being a far-right-wing reactionary), her appointment was illegitimate under the Republicans' own arbitrary rules: they refused to even consider Obama's candidate for the Court after Scalia's death because it was "in an election year" although that was MARCH, then forced through Barrett's a WEEK before the election (and less than a month after RBG's death). Senate Republicans need to acknowledge that either her appointment or Gorsuch's was illegitimate (and McConnell should be censured for it).

Was there ever really any doubt?

So... 15 Republican Senators didn't even show up to the Impeachment Trial today. Tell me again why they're allowed to vote to convict or acquit him at all if they're not even there for the presentation of evidence.

I'm a Coloradan and just wanted to let you know that gray wolves got more votes than Trump. This seems like the sort of fact that may bring you joy.

god that’s good schadenfreude AND straight up happiness in one go

Me @staff I wish there was a way we could flag ads as offensive! (I am only half-joking)

Been thinkin about November again lads

Gettin to be that time again