The Absurd GOP

[Pat Mustard]

As sociopathic as they have become, they deserve their own thread.

Republican Lauren Boebert says she wants ‘biblical citizenship training’ in public schools
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I think every politician says whatever their base wants to hear. It is not sociopathy, but power-mongering, which is not quite the same thing.

No Boebert's a sociopath, and an idiot to boot.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

As sociopathic as they have become, they deserve their own thread.

Republican Lauren Boebert says she wants ‘biblical citizenship training’ in public schools
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I think every politician says whatever their base wants to hear. It is not sociopathy, but power-mongering, which is not quite the same thing.

The definition of 'powermonger' is someone who wields power either tyrannically, irresponsibly, or in gross excess of their remit. How is that NOT sociopathy?

Maybe you Christians have been under the heel of sociopaths for so long that you can no longer spot it.

Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Senator Lindsey Graham has said - out loud and in front of people - 'We celebrated the 80th anniversary of De-Day. It was a failure. It was the "unnecessary war', according to Winston Churchill. We had a dozen chances to stop Hitler.'

He is sooooo close to realizing how important it is to stop a dangerous megalomaniac from gaining power.

Boru

[no one]

Oh, he realizes, but he is a spineless coward, who believes his dangerous megalomaniac will never grow tired of his favorite lap dog.

That can be said of all the clowns schmoozing trump's tiny, little, deformed mushroom.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) compared former President Trump to Jesus on Sunday while speaking about his recent conviction for covering up a 2016 payment to a porn actor to help his electoral chances

“The Democrats and the fake news media want to constantly talk about, ‘Oh, President Trump is a convicted felon,’” Greene told Trump supporters during a rally in Las Vegas. “Well, you want to know something? The man that I worship is also a convicted felon, and he was murdered on a Roman cross.”

[...]

Greene previously compared Trump to Jesus before his arraignment in New York last year.

“Trump is joining some of the most incredible people in history being arrested today. Nelson Mandela was arrested, served time in prison. Jesus — Jesus was arrested and murdered by the Roman government,” Greene said in an interview with Right Side Broadcasting.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/47...ada-rally/

It's a shame we can't string Trump up.

[Silver]

The wife of Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito is facing a backlash after saying she wants to replace the LGBTQ+ Pride flag with a “shame” flag, which she’s called a “vergogna” flag.

Vergogna means “shame” in Italian.

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[no one]

Very telling. Why is she so full of shame? Maybe because she likes lady bits?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The MAGAts are pushing raw milk with slogans like 'Make Milk Great Again' and 'Got Raw Milk?'. Here's an example of their merch:



That animal has no udders. Who wants to be the one to tell these people that what they're drinking isn't milk?

Boru

[no one]

A trumpanzee's well informed opinion cannot be swayed by facts or logic. Besides, after a series of Olympic grade somersaults, it would be spun into an assertion that reinforces the initial well informed opinion. Or a joke that the "woke agenda" doesn't get because their asleep.

The villagers of trumptardia are so well protected by the shields of ignorance, not a single speck of knowledge can breech.

[Fake Messiah]

The Christian right is coming for divorce next

Before the 1960s, it was really hard to get divorced in America.

Typically, the only way to do it was to convince a judge that your spouse had committed some form of wrongdoing, like adultery, abandonment, or “cruelty” (that is, abuse). This could be difficult: “Even if you could prove you had been hit, that didn’t necessarily mean it rose to the level of cruelty that justified a divorce,” said Marcia Zug, a family law professor at the University of South Carolina.

Today, however, a counter-revolution is brewing: Conservative commentators and lawmakers are calling for an end to no-fault divorce, arguing that it has harmed men and even destroyed the fabric of society. Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers, for example, introduced a bill in January to ban his state’s version of no-fault divorce. The Texas Republican Party added a call to end the practice to its 2022 platform (the plank is preserved in the 2024 version). Federal lawmakers like Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and House Speaker Mike Johnson, as well as former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, have spoken out in favor of tightening divorce laws.

It’s worth noting that though the no-fault laws initially led to spikes in divorce, rates then began to drop, and reached a 50-year low in 2019, CNN reports. But today, an end to no-fault divorce would cause enormous financial, logistical, and emotional strain for people who are trying to end their marriages, experts say. Proving fault requires a trial, something many divorcing couples today avoid, said Kristen Marinaccio, a New Jersey-based family law attorney. A divorce trial is time-consuming and costly, putting the partner with less money at an immediate disadvantage. It can also be “really, really traumatizing” to have to take the stand against an ex-partner, Marinaccio said.

There’s also no guarantee that judges will always decide cases fairly. In the days of fault-based divorce, courts were often unwilling to intervene in marriages even in cases of abuse, Zug said.

No-fault divorce can be easier on children, who don’t have to experience their parents facing each other in a trial, experts say. Research suggests that allowing such divorces increased women’s power in marriages and even reduced women’s suicide rates. A return to the old ways would turn back the clock on this progress, scholars say.

https://www.vox.com/today-explained-news...epublicans