It really looks like the Supreme Court is going to OK outlawing homelessness.
To punish people for not being housed, we're going to...house them…but In jail? And under what circumstances would they be released? If they agree to leave town so they can be locked up in another city's jail for the crime of homelessness? Maybe just straight-up house them, non-punitively, and skip the whole arrest thing? https://wapo.st/4d8H5N5
Jesus H. Rabbit-Fucking Christ, my fellow Tennesseans elect the absolute STUPIDEST motherfuckers to our legislature.
Our state Senate has just passed a bill to outlaw "chemtrails." Yes, really. For the love of all that's good in the world, please start voting for smarter people!
(Aside: Cindy Hyde-Smith, the #christofascist#Mississippi#Republican, is previously known for thumping the wrong Bible verse while trying to explain why Jesus says elections must never be held on a Sunday. Vote these ignorant, backwards cretins out!)
#Republicans in #Missouri want to imprison teachers on felony charges for using students' preferred pronouns:
"A new bill introduced in the Missouri legislature would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they 'contribute to social transition' of a trans youth" -- an offense defined to include providing "support or information" for trans students, including "pronouns."
#Florida#Republicans are busy trying to eliminate lifesaving heat safety regulations for outdoor workers, as the state faces record-setting heat waves.
Local rules mandating shade breaks, onsite water, and other protections will all go away, leading to increased worker deaths if the "pro-life" state #GOP gets its way.
"Local police have to be given back their authority and they have to be given back their respect and immunity. We're going to give them the immunity," said aspiring #dictator Donald #Trump.
Anyone thinking about voting for Trump because of Biden's support for Israel needs to understand that Trump isn't going to be better. He's going to be worse. On that and every issue.
Trump will back Netanyahu 100% until every Palestinian man, woman, and child is wiped from the Earth. And you better believe he won't be trying to work diplomacy, ceasefires, or hostage releases in the background.
The man #NorthCarolina#Republicans picked as their candidate for governor believes women shouldn't be allowed to vote. (He also believes a lot of other terrible things.)
This is where the Republican party stands. They must be utterly defeated.
"Republican U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann declared he would support Israel forever and declared 'Goodbye to Palestine'"
From Trump on down, #Republicans are making it clear they fully support #Israel's annihilation of #Palestine to the bloody end. They don't want a two-state solution. They don't seek diplomacy. They aren't interested in negotiating hostage releases or a ceasefire. Republicans want extermination.
"It’s no accident that #Alabama Sen. #KatieBritt issued the #Republican Party’s response to the #StateOfTheUnion address from her kitchen table, since the kitchen is precisely where the GOP would prefer we women spend most of our lives. Ideally, Britt would have been canning beans or kneading bread with a baby on her hip at the same time, but the racket would have made her strained stage-whispers about murderous immigrants difficult to hear."
In #NorthCarolina, Michele Morrow, the #Republicans' choice for state school superintendent, has called for #JoeBiden, #BarackObama, and other Democrats to be executed by firing squad. She appears to be a #QAnon believer, using its slogan "WWG1WGA" and accusing various people of harvesting adrenochrome from babies.
Morrow's own kids are homeschooled, and she advocates dissolving the very public school system she's running to be in charge of.
Lest anyone entertain the idea that a #Trump presidency would somehow be better for Palestinians: in addition to Trump saying #Israel has “gotta finish the problem” and keep bombarding #Gaza (see up-thread), #JaredKushner is already salivating over the profits he plans to extract from the Gaza Strip.
They’re ready to bulldoze Gaza and turn it into Trump hotels.
When #Republicans overturned Roe, #Idaho state law banned doctors from providing any kind of #abortion care. Ever since, OBGYNs have lived in fear of taking any action that the state could consider contributing to the "termination" of a pregnancy.
Practitioners are leaving the state, and maternity wards are shutting down. Idaho has lost 22% of its OBGYNs overall, and more than 50% of its OBGYNs who handle high-risk pregnancies!
Now he may get his wish: his anti-science policies, his anti-vaccine disinformation, and his whacko choice for state Surgeon General are poised to kill Floridians and spread infectious disease from Florida all over the country.
#Republicans threaten every state, even where they aren’t in power.
No matter what happens in the world, #Republicans’ first instinct is to blame minorities and fan the flames of racism. Hatred and division are the currency of the #GOP.
This guy is running for governor! Utahns deserve better.
Disinformation-peddling #Republicans continue to spread nonsensical racist conspiracy theories to inflame their ignorant voters.
Michigan #GOP State Rep. and #ElectionDenier Matt Maddock saw the #Gonzaga men's basketball team arriving at Detroit's airport and immediately tweeted out false claims that the team buses were actually carrying "illegal invaders."
With Trump's assertion that #Israel should "finish the problem" and continue bombarding #Gaza, more #Republicans are voicing calls for outright #genocide. They thirst for blood and slaughter, not for peace.
Here, #Michigan Rep. Tim Walberg says Gaza should be treated "like Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Get it over quick." Nagasaki and Hiroshima are, of course, the cities where the US dropped nuclear bombs in WWII.
"Republican [State] Rep. Jon Stone’s New Hampshire law enforcement career ended when he threatened to kill fellow police officers in a shooting spree, and murder his chief after raping the chief’s wife and children, all while he was already under scrutiny for his inappropriate relationship with a teen girl."
He's still in office, though! And (surprise) he's a firearms dealer.
#Arizona's conservative Supreme Court ruled today that an abortion ban dating to 1864 -- before Arizona was even a state -- will soon go into effect. Arizona's upcoming #abortion ban will have NO exceptions for rape or incest.
Every sitting AZ Supreme Court justice was appointed by a #Republican governor; their 4-2 decision comes one day after #DonaldTrump fully endorsed states making decisions like this.
If #Trump gets back into the White House, America will see the "bloodbath" he's promised. This murder-curious dictator is who #Republicans have chosen to lead them -- and his disciples like #KristiNoem are proudly expressing their willingness to kill.
A new analysis reveals how beginning in 2018, American #billionaires began paying a lower tax rate than the working class. We can thank #Trump's giant tax scam, and decades of #Republican policy catering to the ultra-rich.
"A coordinated minimum tax on the super-rich will not fix capitalism. But it is a necessary first step."
Voting Republicans out of office is necessary, too.
"Republicans, refusing to give Biden a 'win,' voted against the [cancer research] funding. Even though this would be a win for all Americans – and humanity – it apparently did not outweigh the politics of making a Democrat look good. This is the definition of party over country."