I recommend listening to the linked #RollingStone interview:
"By RedStateRachel — May 8, 2024
👉House Speaker Mike Johnson's Christian Nationalist views are alarming👈, and Americans need to understand more about the Republican leader who is second in the line of succession after Vice President Harris.
Speaker Johnson's beliefs are far outside the mainstream, and he believes that a "depraved"...
Telepathically or verbally asking your deity to harm people you don't approve of is insane. But what is worse is the #Fact the #RepublicanParty is under the absolute control of #Cult Leader Donald J. #Trump. And Trump has become their "earthy" deity.
But don't tell the GOP one of their 10 guiding statement deals directly with that fucking fact. #Sad, really sad.
#Atheist forever or until a deity speaks out loud to all "earthlings" and proves it's a deity worth listening to.
Just remember, the #RepublicanParty's entire national platform is completely influenced by a former US President who is currently facing about 85 felony crimes. And #Trump will go on trial next week for paying hush money to a porn star for the sex they had.
We should also mention the racketeering and espionage act felony charges he'll be facing later this year.
Oh, and Trump is taking credit for the outlawing of abortion in the US.
If he's your pick for #POTUS, you might be in a #cult.
judge ruled Missouri A.G. Andrew Bailey entitled to Planned Parenthood’s transgender care records
orders nonprofit to turn over some most sensitive files to man who built his unelected political career on restricting health care access for trans people
This is exactly how the #RepublicanParty will lead this nation if they ever gain a majority in the House and Senate. They will ensure only #Republicans will benefit from their legislation.
Heck, I'm thinking they might start edging towards making any other political party illegal a real national platform issue. At least their behavior leads me to consider they will try.
#MitchMcConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his #power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the #RepublicanParty for ~2 decades, will step down from that position in Nov.
McConnell, who turned 82 last week, was set to announce his decision Wed in the well of the Senate….
"One of life's most underappreciated talents is to know when it's time to move on to life's next chapter," he said in prepared remarks obtained by The AP. "So I stand before you today...to say that this will be my last term as #Republican leader of the #Senate."
His decision punctuates a powerful #ideological transition underway in the #RepublicanParty, from #RonaldReagan's brand of traditional #conservatism & strong international #alliances, to the fiery, often #isolationist#populism of Trump.