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Wasn't sure where to put this, but we need a thread for the wing nuts. Lauren Boebert.
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My parents had a Mondale Ferraro Sticker on their car into the mid nineties. It was the kid car so I had to drive it and that was when they had rubber bumpers and those stickers wouldn’t come off.
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The big thing here is the Blue Dot shirts and signs. It is just a white sign or shirt with a blue circle on it. People on the Neighborhood app were griping about it and said can we get one with that a red dot and the people making the signs said that would be a Japanese flag and sent them a link to amazon to buy one. It was great.
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This is how I feel on both. I got close once when I finished my first Ironman, because some of those racing stickers like the “M Dot” are cool. But I always knew I’d get fat again after my racing days and then people would think the sticker is a lie.
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Never heard of the product before or the right's love of nicotine
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After Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a federal probe into "Zyn" nicotine pouches last week, the GOP backlash was swift. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called for a "Zynsurrection." Other GOP lawmakers, outing themselves as Zyn users, urged Schumer to "come and take it." Among them was Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who told Business Insider that he took up the product "four or five years ago" as a safer alternative to the cancer-causing spitless tobacco he once used.
A talking point quickly materialized. "Unfortunately Chuck Schumer is more focused on Zyn Pouches than he is about Fentanyl pouring over our border," wrote Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee.
But beneath the standard partisan messaging, or earnest harm-reduction advocacy of former tobacco users, is something decidedly less mainstream: a subculture on the right that doesn't just tolerate nicotine use, but venerates it.
"It's been a massive life-enhancer," former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said of nicotine on an episode of the "Full Send" podcast last year. "It increases mental acuity, raises your testosterone level, it may be a prophylactic against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's."
Peter Thiel, the right-wing tech billionaire who wields an outsize financial influence on the emerging "New Right," told The Atlantic last year that he was considering getting into nicotine patches, a therapy typically used to ween people off of smoking, because the drug may be a "really good nootropic drug that raises your IQ 10 points."
That's not to say the outrage is all coming from this particular subset, especially when it comes to members of Congress. Burchett, for example, told BI he "had to Google it to find out what it is." Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the youngest GOP member of the chamber and one who acknowledges being "plugged into a lot of weird right-wing subcultures," also indicated little knowledge of the right-wing hankering for nicotine.
"My Senate office probably has the highest ratio of smokers of anybody in the US Senate," Vance offered. "So there's probably something to be said there."
Rather, the Zyn craze is most visible among younger, more online, and predominantly male conservatives, including those who staff GOP congressional offices and campaigns.
A variety of factors drive the proliferation of nicotine among the younger right-wing crowd. Demographically speaking, many young professional Republicans come from fraternity houses, sports teams, or other contexts where nicotine use is common. It's also the case that Capitol Hill and campaigns tend to be high-pressure environments where consumption of caffeine and alcohol is known to be rampant...............
A darker layer in all of this is a Carlson-inspired critique of the left's approach to drug regulation writ large, including the fentanyl crisis in the US and the ongoing push to legalize marijuana.
"They hate nicotine. They love THC," Carlson said in a now-infamous monologue on his Fox News show last year, referring to the main psychoactive component in marijuana. "They are promoting weed to your children but they're not letting you use tobacco or even non-tobacco nicotine delivery devices which don't cause cancer. Why do they hate nicotine? Because nicotine frees your mind, and THC makes you compliant and passive. That's why."
Others take a similar, though less conspiratorial approach to the matter.
"Nicotine, when disaggregated from cigarettes, is a pro-society drug," said Enjeti. "There's currently a major institutional-left push to legalize drugs I would call anti-society."
Enjeti also made something of a traditionalist argument, noting that high nicotine use correlated with a time that many consider to be a golden age in American innovation and growth.
"Some of the people that we respect most, including great thinkers, builders, and others who advanced society and really made us a great country, were all prolific nicotine users," said Enjeti. "And then we all decided to shut that off."...............
Inside the weird, nicotine-obsessed subculture that's lurking within the Republican party
Beneath the GOP outrage over a potential Zyn crackdown lies an online subculture that doesn't just tolerate, but venerates nicotine use.www.businessinsider.com
Former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson is launching his own nicotine pouch brand after claiming Zyn is run by “humorless, left-wing drones.”
Carlson plans to launch the brand, Alp, in November, he told The Wall Street Journal. This comes after he made a strange comment about Zyn back in October – and the company fired back.
“The truth is, Zyn is a powerful work enhancer, and also a male enhancer, if you know what I mean,” Carlson said last October on the This Past Weekend politics podcast hosted by right-wing social media personality Theo Von.
Zyn pouches are small, nicotine-filled pouches that a user places between their gum and their upper lip. Zyn pouches also differ from snus — another oral nicotine product — because they contain nicotine powder, rather than shredded tobacco leaf.
Carlson’s team later pitched a partnership with Zyn, which their owner Philip Morris International shot down, the WSJ reports.
“While we understand that these may be Mr. Carlson’s views, or made in jest, these statements lack a scientific foundation,” the company said in response. “Given Mr. Carlson’s popularity and reach, these statements could promote a misunderstanding and misuse of our products.”
Carlson told the WSJ the company’s response inspired him to start the new brand.
“Of course I wasn’t making a medical claim about their product. I was just joking,” he told the outlet on Wednesday. “So I thought: ‘I’m going to launch my own product that’s not controlled by, you know, humorless, left-wing drones.’”………
Last week, the former Fox News host also claimed Zyn donates to Kamala Harris – and commented that men should not use it.
“I’m embarrassed to say it, it’s made by a huge company, huge donors to Kamala Harris, I’m not gonna use that brand anymore,” Carlson said in an interview with the apparel company Old Row on Tuesday.
“I mean I think it’s fine ... for like your girlfriend or whatever, but I don’t think men should use that brand. It starts with a ‘Z.’”…….
Tucker Carlson starts nicotine-pouch brand as he claims ‘left-wing drones’ run Zyn
Right-wing pundit has also claimed that men ‘should not use’ Zyn
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This is how the right wing is funded .MLMs like Avon, supplements, and car dealerships.
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There seems to be one demographic that Agatha Harkness cannot cast a spell over: right-wing talking heads.
While speaking about Agatha All Along during a Tuesday segment, panelists on the talk show Chris Plante: The Right Squad, which airs on conservative news network Newsmax, lambasted the the Disney+ program for its LGBTQ+ characters and content, according to a transcript published by Media Matters.
Host Chris Plante began the segment by calling Disney+ “a channel for children” and bemoaning the fact that many creatives tied to the series have touted it as Marvel’s gayest Marvel series ever.
“Joe Locke says that the show is proof that the Marvel Universe isn't just for straight men anymore. I hadn't really been concerned about that myself,” the host said, before repeating the tired right-wing “gays are recruiting children” myth.
“Again, it’s the kids, it’s ‘we’re targeting the kids,’ and ‘it’s the gayest thing,’ and it’s, you know, it’s a recruiting video, I think.”
In response, co-host Jason Nichols initially seemed to go to bat for the series and even suggested that Locke’s statement was “in jest.”
“Gay people do exist,” Nichols said. “You don't have to act like they don’t exist in film.”
But Nichols added that if the show is not meant for kids, “they should make sure that people know that it’s inappropriate for children.”
The suggestion that Agatha All Along may be inappropriate — despite Nichols himself admitting that he hasn’t seen it — falls in line with a frequent right-wing talking point, commonly used to ban books, that conflates the mere presence of LGBTQ+ characters with inappropriate sexuality................
While speaking about Agatha All Along during a Tuesday segment, panelists on the talk show Chris Plante: The Right Squad, which airs on conservative news network Newsmax, lambasted the the Disney+ program for its LGBTQ+ characters and content, according to a transcript published by Media Matters.
Host Chris Plante began the segment by calling Disney+ “a channel for children” and bemoaning the fact that many creatives tied to the series have touted it as Marvel’s gayest Marvel series ever.
“Joe Locke says that the show is proof that the Marvel Universe isn't just for straight men anymore. I hadn't really been concerned about that myself,” the host said, before repeating the tired right-wing “gays are recruiting children” myth.
“Again, it’s the kids, it’s ‘we’re targeting the kids,’ and ‘it’s the gayest thing,’ and it’s, you know, it’s a recruiting video, I think.”
In response, co-host Jason Nichols initially seemed to go to bat for the series and even suggested that Locke’s statement was “in jest.”
“Gay people do exist,” Nichols said. “You don't have to act like they don’t exist in film.”
But Nichols added that if the show is not meant for kids, “they should make sure that people know that it’s inappropriate for children.”
The suggestion that Agatha All Along may be inappropriate — despite Nichols himself admitting that he hasn’t seen it — falls in line with a frequent right-wing talking point, commonly used to ban books, that conflates the mere presence of LGBTQ+ characters with inappropriate sexuality................
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal jury in Texas on Monday rejected voter intimidation allegations against all but one of a group of former President Donald Trump supporters who surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus on an interstate days before the 2020 election.
Only one of the six Trump supporters who were sued in the civil trial was held responsible by the jury. A Texas man whose car brushed up against another as the caravan of vehicles dubbed the “Trump Train” raced down Interstate 35, was ordered to pay the bus driver $10,000 and another $30,000 in punitive damages.
Both sides declared victory at the end of a two-week trial in an Austin courthouse. The five Trump supporters cleared in the lawsuit — which was brought by three people aboard the campaign bus, including former Texas Democratic lawmaker Wendy Davis — described the verdict as vindicating and a relief.
“We’re just ready to feel like normal people again,” said Joeylynn Mesaros, one of the defendants, who described being harassed for participating in the ‘Trump Train.’ “It’s been a thousand something days to have our day in court.”
Attorneys for those aboard the bus said justice was served, even as they disagreed with the jury’s decision to clear five of the defendants.
“When I came to this case it was never about politics that day. I’m grateful, I’m proud of my team,” said Tim Holloway, who was behind the wheel of the campaign bus on Oct. 30, 2020.
The Biden-Harris campaign bus was traveling from San Antonio to Austin for an event when a group of cars and pickup trucks waving Trump flags boxed in the bus on the highway. Davis testified she feared for her life.
Video that Davis recorded from the bus shows one of the defendants, Eliazar Cisneros, hit a campaign volunteer’s car while the trucks occupied all lanes of traffic, forcing the bus and everyone around it to a 15 mph crawl.
It was the last day of early voting in Texas and the bus was scheduled to stop at San Marcos for an event at Texas State University. The event was canceled after Davis and others on the bus — a campaign staffer and the driver — made repeated calls to 911 asking for a police escort through San Marcos and no help arrived.………
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Only one of the six Trump supporters who were sued in the civil trial was held responsible by the jury. A Texas man whose car brushed up against another as the caravan of vehicles dubbed the “Trump Train” raced down Interstate 35, was ordered to pay the bus driver $10,000 and another $30,000 in punitive damages.
Both sides declared victory at the end of a two-week trial in an Austin courthouse. The five Trump supporters cleared in the lawsuit — which was brought by three people aboard the campaign bus, including former Texas Democratic lawmaker Wendy Davis — described the verdict as vindicating and a relief.
“We’re just ready to feel like normal people again,” said Joeylynn Mesaros, one of the defendants, who described being harassed for participating in the ‘Trump Train.’ “It’s been a thousand something days to have our day in court.”
Attorneys for those aboard the bus said justice was served, even as they disagreed with the jury’s decision to clear five of the defendants.
“When I came to this case it was never about politics that day. I’m grateful, I’m proud of my team,” said Tim Holloway, who was behind the wheel of the campaign bus on Oct. 30, 2020.
The Biden-Harris campaign bus was traveling from San Antonio to Austin for an event when a group of cars and pickup trucks waving Trump flags boxed in the bus on the highway. Davis testified she feared for her life.
Video that Davis recorded from the bus shows one of the defendants, Eliazar Cisneros, hit a campaign volunteer’s car while the trucks occupied all lanes of traffic, forcing the bus and everyone around it to a 15 mph crawl.
It was the last day of early voting in Texas and the bus was scheduled to stop at San Marcos for an event at Texas State University. The event was canceled after Davis and others on the bus — a campaign staffer and the driver — made repeated calls to 911 asking for a police escort through San Marcos and no help arrived.………
Texas jury clears most 'Trump Train’ drivers in civil trial over 2020 Biden-Harris bus encounter
A federal jury in Texas has cleared a group of former President Donald Trump supporters and found one person liable in a civil trial over a so-called “Trump Train” that surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus in 2020.
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Former President Donald Trump shared a baseless claim pushed by an OnlyFans model that people are being paid to attend Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign rallies.
Trump shared a TikTok video by Samantha Gangewere on Truth Social on Monday.
“I just left my nail salon and my nail tech said their one cousin is in South Philly and she is getting paid $700 a week to go to wherever Kamala’s campaign tells them to go to,” Gangewere says in the video shared by the former president. “She’s not even a citizen, she can’t vote, but she wants that extra money.”……..
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Trump shared a TikTok video by Samantha Gangewere on Truth Social on Monday.
“I just left my nail salon and my nail tech said their one cousin is in South Philly and she is getting paid $700 a week to go to wherever Kamala’s campaign tells them to go to,” Gangewere says in the video shared by the former president. “She’s not even a citizen, she can’t vote, but she wants that extra money.”……..
Trump shares OnlyFans model’s conspiracy story about Harris rallies
Samantha Gangewere shares bizarre claim that Kamala Harris campaign event attendees are ‘getting paid $700 a week’
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Anti-LGBT+ author and activist Corey DeAngelis has been placed on leave from the conservative group the American Federation for Children following allegations that he appeared in gay adult films.
The organization removed a page outlining his work with the group. The federation said that DeAngelis had been placed on leave while the claim that he appeared in videos as “Seth Rose” on the adult film site GayHoopla was investigated, according to LGBTQ Nation. The videos seem to have been posted around 2014, the outlet noted.
DeAngelis is the author behind the book The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools, which has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. He has argued that taxes should be used for private for-profit schools – something repeatedly pushed by Christian social conservatives – institutions that can choose to reject a student for any reason and avoid government oversight.
The author recently appeared on Fox News where he said public schools are more focused on the “LGBTs” than the “ABCs.”
“It’s just propaganda and a way for the left to control the minds of other people’s children,” he told Fox……….
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The organization removed a page outlining his work with the group. The federation said that DeAngelis had been placed on leave while the claim that he appeared in videos as “Seth Rose” on the adult film site GayHoopla was investigated, according to LGBTQ Nation. The videos seem to have been posted around 2014, the outlet noted.
DeAngelis is the author behind the book The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools, which has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. He has argued that taxes should be used for private for-profit schools – something repeatedly pushed by Christian social conservatives – institutions that can choose to reject a student for any reason and avoid government oversight.
The author recently appeared on Fox News where he said public schools are more focused on the “LGBTs” than the “ABCs.”
“It’s just propaganda and a way for the left to control the minds of other people’s children,” he told Fox……….
Anti-LGBTQ+ author put on leave from school choice group for alleged gay porn past
Corey DeAngelis has claimed that public schools are trying to ‘control the minds of other people’s children’
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BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland woman who’s held white supremacist views for decades and recently conspired with a neo-Nazi leader to plan an attack on Baltimore’s power grid was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in prison for her role in the plot.
The high-profile case ultimately came to focus on the defendant’s past trauma and her mental state as she struggled with addiction and embraced increasingly radical, racist views. Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 36, pleaded guilty to planning the attack in May.
Clendaniel was working with Brandon Russell, who co-founded a small, Florida-based neo-Nazi group, to plan a series of “sniper attacks” on Maryland electrical substations that could have caused significant damage to the regional power grid. It was meant to create chaos in the majority-Black city, according to federal prosecutors.
“It’s true, your honor, I do still hold National Socialist beliefs,” Clendaniel told the judge during her sentencing hearing Wednesday in Baltimore federal court, saying she adopted the ideology at age 13. She pledged to never again act on those beliefs.……
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The high-profile case ultimately came to focus on the defendant’s past trauma and her mental state as she struggled with addiction and embraced increasingly radical, racist views. Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 36, pleaded guilty to planning the attack in May.
Clendaniel was working with Brandon Russell, who co-founded a small, Florida-based neo-Nazi group, to plan a series of “sniper attacks” on Maryland electrical substations that could have caused significant damage to the regional power grid. It was meant to create chaos in the majority-Black city, according to federal prosecutors.
“It’s true, your honor, I do still hold National Socialist beliefs,” Clendaniel told the judge during her sentencing hearing Wednesday in Baltimore federal court, saying she adopted the ideology at age 13. She pledged to never again act on those beliefs.……
Woman sentenced to 18 years for plotting with neo-Nazi leader to attack Baltimore's power grid
A Maryland woman who pleaded guilty to conspiring with a neo-Nazi leader and plotting an attack on Baltimore’s power grid has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
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Pastor claims he miraculously cured a man hospitalized due to voting for Democrats
"Hopefully he’s a good, solid Republican now," said Pastor Robert Henderson
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Rudy Giuliani disbarred in DC over 2020 election lies
Ex-mayor permanently banned from practicing law in DC as he faces felony charges in two states
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“That was a well reasoned, well thought out, well spelled response. There’s no way that’s real”
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