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The "Freedom" Billionaires & the GOP are Selling Americans is Deadly
Which begs the question: What is freedom? Queer people in America are not feeling "freedom," particularly after the most recent deadly attack on Club Q in Colorado Springs. As if to amplify the GOP's message of hate and fear against this vulnerable group of our fellow Americans, it happened on Trans Remembrance Day, when we honor the memory of trans people who've been the victims of hate and violence. Nonetheless, Republicans continue to peddle LGBTQ+ hate as part of their "freedom agenda" with Ron DeSantis saying he's "saving" children from evil Florida teachers bent on "sexualizing children in kindergarten" and Governor Kristi Noem proclaiming "In South Dakota, only girls play girls' sports." And Hershel Walker released a brand-new anti-trans ad.Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom
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Tuesday's Daily Stack
Law: " 14th Amendment Section 3, July 9, 1868 " No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability".
Article: " 14th Amendment section 4, July 9, 1868 " The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."
Law: " Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 5. " ...Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member...
Hour Two: The "Freedom" Billionaires & the GOP Are Selling Americans Is Deadly
Walker promotes hate attacking transgender people right after the shooting - how do we handle the deplorables?
Tweet: " The Colorado Springs mass shooting at an LGBTQ club is terrorism -- hate directed at queer people. On the night of drag queen event. Ron DeSantis is responsible. Greg Abbott is responsible. Kari Lake is responsible. Donald Trump is responsible." by msignorile@mstdn.social.
Looks like the GOP is Facing "Sophie's choice" - Trump either runs as the top GOP or runs independently - What should they do?
Geeky Science! Can the average person only trust 5 people?
Quote: "John Marshall has made his decision: now let him enforce it!" -- Andrew Jackson.
Hour Three: JFK Assassinated 59 Years Ago Today...
Kanye West anti-Semitic tweets are profitable - it shows hate is profitable....
Speech: " Farewell Address", by Dwight David Eisenhower, January 17, 1961 ( transcript). " In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex."
Speech: " State of the Union Message to Congress, January 11, 1944" by Franklin D. Roosevelt. " This Republic had its beginning, and grew to its present strength, under the protection of certain inalienable political rights—among them the right of free speech, free press, free worship, trial by jury, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. They were our rights to life and liberty... "Necessitous men are not free men." People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made."
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