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[DaveXA]

Wasn't sure where to put this, but we need a thread for the wing nuts. Lauren Boebert.

 

[coldseat]

True but he can start a full bore, heavy pressure campaign and unleash MAGA chaos on the governor to pardon

I guess he can try, but I don't think Tim Waltz will cave to Trump and his minions. He's been out there and on the attack lately against Trump.

 

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Haven’t heard from Whitlock in a long while

I was happy about that
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Conservative podcaster Jason Whitlock blasted far-right influencer Andrew Tate as a “pimp” and “pornographer” earlier this week — only to do an about-face two days later, claiming the self-described misogynist is “necessary” because he’s “willing to say things that powerful people don’t like.”……

Conservative columnist Josh Hammer took Whitlock to task for quickly reversing course, sharing screenshots of Whitlock’s social media posts that were polar opposites of each other. “These things do not contradict. But I get that people need to pretend they do or they're too lazy to seek the full context. Hope you get the traction you're looking for, Josh,” Whitlock responded.

“They absolutely do contradict, actually. But I'm curious how your bank account changed in those two days!” Hammer fired back. Other right-wing media personalities also criticized Whitlock for reversing course and seemingly advocating for Tate now.……

Right-wing podcaster praises Andrew Tate days after branding him a ‘pimp’

‘Andrew Tate isn’t some conservative influencer promoting the patriarchy and the manosphere. He’s a pimp, trying to avoid the consequences of being a pimp,’ Jason Whitlock said on Monday

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Haven’t heard from Whitlock in a long while

I was happy about that
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Conservative podcaster Jason Whitlock blasted far-right influencer Andrew Tate as a “pimp” and “pornographer” earlier this week — only to do an about-face two days later, claiming the self-described misogynist is “necessary” because he’s “willing to say things that powerful people don’t like.”……

Conservative columnist Josh Hammer took Whitlock to task for quickly reversing course, sharing screenshots of Whitlock’s social media posts that were polar opposites of each other. “These things do not contradict. But I get that people need to pretend they do or they're too lazy to seek the full context. Hope you get the traction you're looking for, Josh,” Whitlock responded.

“They absolutely do contradict, actually. But I'm curious how your bank account changed in those two days!” Hammer fired back. Other right-wing media personalities also criticized Whitlock for reversing course and seemingly advocating for Tate now.……

Right-wing podcaster praises Andrew Tate days after branding him a ‘pimp’

‘Andrew Tate isn’t some conservative influencer promoting the patriarchy and the manosphere. He’s a pimp, trying to avoid the consequences of being a pimp,’ Jason Whitlock said on Monday

www.independent.co.uk

Whitlock is looking old as hell. His black looks like it cracked.

 

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article on Stephen Miller
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If the only thing one knew about Stephen Miller was that he was a white man, it might be sufficient to explain his alignment with Donald Trump—after all, 60 percent of that demographic supported Trump against Kamala Harris last fall.

But identity is complicated, and every other aspect of Miller’s points to the opposite conclusion. At 39, Miller is a millennial (51 percent of voters age 30 to 44 voted for Harris); he was raised Jewish in a Reform congregation (84 percent of Reform Jews voted for Harris) and grew up in Santa Monica, California (Santa Monica’s precincts ranged from 71 to 86 percent for Harris); he has parents with advanced degrees and himself graduated from top-ranked Duke University (56 percent of college graduates and a likely 75 percent of students at Duke voted for Harris); and he has lived his entire postcollegiate life in the District of Columbia (92 percent of DC voters went for Harris).

Miller has the profile not of a typical Trump supporter but of a garden-variety liberal Democrat. Nevertheless, he is arguably one of the president’s most influential and ideologically fervent loyalists. Having previously served as chief speechwriter and a senior adviser for policy in Trump’s first term, this year he returned to the West Wing as deputy chief of staff for policy and Homeland Security adviser in Trump’s second—roles that mark him as one of the most powerful people in the Trump White House and, by extension, the world. As a January New York Times profile put it, “Mr. Miller was influential in Mr. Trump’s first term but stands to be exponentially more so this time.”

One of the architects of the attempted “Muslim ban” as well as the infamous child-separation policy during Trump’s first term, Miller has now pledged to oversee “the largest deportation operation in American history,” indiscriminately targeting the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants believed to be living in the United States, with the full coercive power of the executive branch.

To whatever extent he is successful, he will transform America demographically, culturally, and economically in ways he has fantasized about since his early teens; in many respects, he already has.

How to make sense of Miller and his trajectory? While he has made his share of public appearances to push his ultra-nativist views, he rarely speaks about his own political evolution. To date, the only authoritative biography of Miller is Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda, by the reporter Jean Guerrero.

Published in 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and during a presidential election that saw voters reject Trump, the book was well received by reviewers but arrived at a moment when Miller seemed, mercifully, to be fading in relevance.

But the story Guerrero recounts is an urgent one, packed with insights into the kind of personality that self-radicalizes toward the far right in the unlikeliest of circumstances. As we now know, Miller was only just getting started during Trump’s first term. The particular brand of virulent xenophobia he represents is now politically ascendant, and his biography is inescapably central to the history of the present.............

The Cruel World According to Stephen Miller

How did he become the Trump era’s architect of hate?

www.thenation.com

MSN

 

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Guess this can go here
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The comedian who called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage" at a Donald Trump campaign rally last year has secured a deal with Netflix.

The streaming giant announced on Monday that it will run three exclusive comedy specials hosted by Tony Hinchcliffe starting on April 7, based on his popular podcast Kill Tony, plus a standalone one-hour standup slot.

Hinchcliffe sparked furious criticism for his racist jokes at Trump's Madison Square Garden extravaganza last October, in which he invoked ethnic stereotypes about Black people, Hispanic people, Palestinians, and Jews.

"I don’t know if you know this but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now," he said. "I think it's called Puerto Rico."

The backlash was so severe that at one point Donald Trump claimed not to know who Hinchcliffe was and not to have heard his remarks about Puerto Rico, while his campaign said they did not reflect Trump's views.

But Hinchcliffe refused to apologize, contending that his joke had been taken out of context and was based on Puerto Rico's very real landfill problem. “I love Puerto Rico and vacation there. I made fun of everyone … watch the whole set,” he said.……..

Comedian who called Puerto Rico ‘garbage’ island at Trump rally gets Netflix deal

Tony Hinchcliffe will host three comedy specials and a one-hour standup slot for the streaming giant, starting in April

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Lauren Boebert slammed over ‘pimp cane’ insult directed at censured Democrat Al Green

The GOP firebrand was accused of ‘effortless racism’ over a perceived dig at the Deomcrat

www.independent.co.uk

 

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I’ve never heard of the movement before
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It’s a new year, which, for Simone Collins, means a new pregnancy.

This will be her sixth pregnancy since 2019, and, if all goes well, Collins will bear her fifth child by December. She approaches each the way an endurance athlete does a marathon.

She and her husband, Malcolm, have waited exactly nine months since the birth of their last child, Industry Americus (“Indy” for short), to give Simone’s body adequate time to recover.

She goes through a barrage of exams, starting with a hysteroscopy and a uterine biopsy to “get the lay of the land,” and “very detailed” bloodwork. She will take the hormone medication necessary for transferring a frozen embryo into her uterus.

At home, she exercises, walking for hours on a compact treadmill she keeps at her desk, and “eats really well”: plain yogurt, no added sugar; hard-boiled eggs; a “slurry” of blended vegetables.


When it’s time to give birth, Simone will have a Caesarean section — because of complications that arose when she delivered her first child, Octavian George, all of the births have been C-sections.

With each surgery, the risk of future complications — including death — increases. But Simone, 37, wants to do this at least three more times — ideally as many as 10. They have 32 embryos left……

The Collinses have fashioned themselves into enthusiastic — and controversial — avatars for a new pronatalist movement.

Their brand of pronatalism embraces technologies such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and even genetic selection. (They’ve used both for all of their children.)

They don’t glorify “traditional” gender roles, nor do they think immigration, pro-family policies or cash will reverse a dwindling population.

Their hypothesis: that encouraging people to have more children will require nothing less than a massive cultural shift. And they are determined to help lead it.

Across the globe, in the United States and Uruguay, in Italy and India, families are getting smaller.

To some, this may seem like good news. In an era of human-induced climate change, it’s hard for many liberal, environmentally minded people to rally around having more children — harder still for many young Americans of all political stripes to imagine raising and supporting three children when rent can eat nearly a third of their paycheck.

But economists, demographers and government leaders are increasingly alarmed about the downward trend. According to the latest United Nations projections, the world’s population will peak in 60 years.

After that, experts say, humanity will face an unprecedented decline — and, along with it, profound social and geopolitical consequences.…….

In a 2023 New York Times opinion piece, economist Dean Spears urged readers to “start conversations” about depopulation now.

“If we wait,” Spears wrote, “the less inclusive, less compassionate, less calm elements within our society and many societies worldwide may someday … exploit [population decline] to suit their agendas — of inequality, nationalism, exclusion or control.”

The stakes are high, and that is, in part, why Simone endures risky pregnancy after risky pregnancy. It’s why the Collinses have donated three of their embryos; why they spend a substantial amount of their time and energy trolling and criticizing the left, which they see as responsible for these falling rates; why they have offered up their family for ridicule and shrouded their friendships in secrecy.

It’s why the couple, who both work in private equity, found a home in the “new right,” a growing conservative movement that includes Elon Musk, also a vocal pronatalist (and father of 11); Peter Thiel; and Vice President JD Vance, whom Malcolm calls an “impossibly good avatar” for the coalition.

(Both Simone and Vance have previously worked with venture capitalist Thiel.)

“Population collapse,” Malcolm said, “is the climate change of the right.” (Notably, some experts have argued that population decline will come “too late” to mitigate the climate crisis.)………

The couple who want to make America procreate again​

In his first address to the United States after becoming vice-president, JD Vance stood on stage and proclaimed: “I want more babies in the United States of America.”

Weeks later, Donald Trump signed an executive order pledging support for in vitro fertilization, recognizing “the importance of family formation and that our nation’s public policy must make it easier for loving and longing mothers and fathers to have children”.

In late January, a Department of Transportation memo directed the agency to prioritize projects that “give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average”.

And last week, it was reported that Elon Musk, the unelected head of the government-demolishing “department of governmental efficiency” and a man who has said that the “collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far”, had become a father of 14.

Republicans have long heralded the importance of “family values”. But in these developments, many see mounting signs of a controversial ideology at work: pronatalism.

Pronatalism is so contentious that people often struggle to agree on a definition. Pronatalism could be defined as the belief that having children is good. It could also be defined as the belief that having children is important to the greater good and that people should have babies on behalf of the state, because declining birthrates are a threat to its future.

Perhaps most importantly, pronatalism could be defined as the belief that government policy should incentivize people to give birth.

While people on the left might agree with some pronatalist priorities, pronatalism in the US istoday ascendant on the right.

It has become a key ideological plank in the bridge between tech bro rightwingers like Musk and more traditional, religious conservatives, like the speaker of the House, Mike Johnson – who once said in a House hearing that abortions were harming the economy by eliminating would-be workers.

But there are plenty of widening cracks in that bridge and, by extension, Trump’s incoherent coalition…….

Pronatalists are ascendant on the right. Can they agree on how to make Americans have more babies?

The movement unites ‘family values’ conservatives and tech bro rightwingers. Will this incoherent coalition hold?

www.theguardian.com

 

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In his first address to the United States after becoming vice-president, JD Vance stood on stage and proclaimed: “I want more babies in the United States of America.”

Weeks later, Donald Trump signed an executive order pledging support for in vitro fertilization, recognizing “the importance of family formation and that our nation’s public policy must make it easier for loving and longing mothers and fathers to have children”.

In late January, a Department of Transportation memo directed the agency to prioritize projects that “give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average”.

And last week, it was reported that Elon Musk, the unelected head of the government-demolishing “department of governmental efficiency” and a man who has said that the “collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far”, had become a father of 14.

Republicans have long heralded the importance of “family values”. But in these developments, many see mounting signs of a controversial ideology at work: pronatalism.

Pronatalism is so contentious that people often struggle to agree on a definition. Pronatalism could be defined as the belief that having children is good. It could also be defined as the belief that having children is important to the greater good and that people should have babies on behalf of the state, because declining birthrates are a threat to its future.

Perhaps most importantly, pronatalism could be defined as the belief that government policy should incentivize people to give birth.

While people on the left might agree with some pronatalist priorities, pronatalism in the US istoday ascendant on the right.

It has become a key ideological plank in the bridge between tech bro rightwingers like Musk and more traditional, religious conservatives, like the speaker of the House, Mike Johnson – who once said in a House hearing that abortions were harming the economy by eliminating would-be workers.

But there are plenty of widening cracks in that bridge and, by extension, Trump’s incoherent coalition…….

Pronatalists are ascendant on the right. Can they agree on how to make Americans have more babies?

The movement unites ‘family values’ conservatives and tech bro rightwingers. Will this incoherent coalition hold?

www.theguardian.com

Dumbasses can't figure out the simplest of things because they can't see past their misogyny. If you want woman/couples to have more babies, then do some basic things like:

• Respect woman, treat them with dignity and give them freedom/choice to determine how to live their lives.
• Have universal healthcare to reduce the cost of medical care.
• Provide childcare and a better work life balance (like remote work that they all want to take away).
• Stop with all of the stupid hypermasculinity and act like real men that have a relationship with their partner and doesn't try to control them.
• Invest in public education and reduce the cost of college.
• Invest in public infrastructure and clean up the environment.
• Reduce the cost of housing.

There, a gay man solved the crisis for all of those idiots.

 

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Always thought this guy looked and sounded like Bond villain

 

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JD Vance, the US vice-president, was booed by the audience as he took his seat at a National Symphony Orchestra concert at Washington’s Kennedy Center on Thursday evening.

As the normal pre-concert announcements got under way, the vice-presidential party filed into the box tier. Booing and jeering erupted in the hall, drowning out the announcements, as Vance and his wife, Usha, took their seats.

Such a vocal, impassioned political protest was a highly unusual event in the normally polite and restrained world of classical music.


Vance ironically acknowledged the yelling and shouts of “You ruined this place!” with a smile and a wave.

Audience members had undergone a full Secret Service security check as Vance’s motorcade drew up at the US’s national performing arts centre, delaying the start of the concert by 25 minutes.…..

‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert

Attendance of vice-president – who once disbelieved that people listened to classical music for pleasure – strikes sour note at Kennedy Center in light of Maga takeover

www.theguardian.com

 

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Prepare for an onslaught of similar suits claiming “deeply held beliefs”
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A systems engineer is suing Honeywell after higher-ups “forced” him to undergo training on how to recognize and address unconscious bias, claiming the company-wide program “violated his sincerely held religious beliefs.”

Justin Wright, a practicing Christian who says he “adheres to biblical teachings on human equality and morality,” argues that the multinational conglomerate — which earns billions of dollars from federal, state, and local government contracts – was itself biased for sponsoring Pride parades, holding events for disabled and transgender employees, and allowing African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, and women to create in-house support networks.

“On the other hand, there was no faith-based corporate messaging or invitations to faith-centered events,” Wright, 38, argues in a federal civil rights lawsuit obtained by The Independent.

Wright’s complaint, which was filed in Atlanta on February 28, alleges his Christianitysubjected him to “antagonism” and “disparate treatment” compared to racial minorities, as well as members of the LGBTQ+ and gender non-conforming communities.

Those groups, the complaint states, were “welcomed and given special status throughout the corporation,” while employees holding “faith-based, religious beliefs were not only disfavored but actively discriminated against.”

Honeywell “sent a clear message” that Wright “must check his sincere religious beliefs at the door when he comes to work and accept a worldview that rejects his faith,” according to the complaint.……

Engineer sues Honeywell over DEI programs he claims ‘violated’ his Christian beliefs

Exclusive: Justin Wright claims in a federal lawsuit that participating in diversity initiatives “would require him to endorse a worldview in direct conflict with his faith.”

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Prepare for an onslaught of similar suits claiming “deeply held beliefs”
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A systems engineer is suing Honeywell after higher-ups “forced” him to undergo training on how to recognize and address unconscious bias, claiming the company-wide program “violated his sincerely held religious beliefs.”

Justin Wright, a practicing Christian who says he “adheres to biblical teachings on human equality and morality,” argues that the multinational conglomerate — which earns billions of dollars from federal, state, and local government contracts – was itself biased for sponsoring Pride parades, holding events for disabled and transgender employees, and allowing African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, and women to create in-house support networks.

“On the other hand, there was no faith-based corporate messaging or invitations to faith-centered events,” Wright, 38, argues in a federal civil rights lawsuit obtained by The Independent.

Wright’s complaint, which was filed in Atlanta on February 28, alleges his Christianitysubjected him to “antagonism” and “disparate treatment” compared to racial minorities, as well as members of the LGBTQ+ and gender non-conforming communities.

Those groups, the complaint states, were “welcomed and given special status throughout the corporation,” while employees holding “faith-based, religious beliefs were not only disfavored but actively discriminated against.”

Honeywell “sent a clear message” that Wright “must check his sincere religious beliefs at the door when he comes to work and accept a worldview that rejects his faith,” according to the complaint.……

Engineer sues Honeywell over DEI programs he claims ‘violated’ his Christian beliefs

Exclusive: Justin Wright claims in a federal lawsuit that participating in diversity initiatives “would require him to endorse a worldview in direct conflict with his faith.”

www.independent.co.uk

Next thing a man will refuse to work under a female leader and will claim discrimination due to his religious beliefs and ask for millions in compensation...

 

[DaveXA]

I mean, who are the real snowflakes here? Lol.

 

[bird]

Next thing a man will refuse to work under a female leader and will claim discrimination due to his religious beliefs and ask for millions in compensation...

Yeah, the deeply held beliefs bullschlitz was an absolutely ridiculous ruling.

Under that ruling if my deeply held belief is that Jews were Christ-killers which, iirc, was claims by the Roman Church and others, then I must be able to discriminate against them. The same applies to discriminating against any group.

This SCOTUS is the most corrupt and incompetent I have ever seen.

 

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Republican state lawmakers are set to introduce a new bill proposing that “Trump Derangement Syndrome” is officially defined as a mental illness.

Five Minnesota Senators are due to propose the legislation to the Health and Human Services committee on Monday, according to Fox 9.

The bill’s authors Eric Lucero, Steve Drazkowski, Nathan Wesenberg, Justin Eichorn, and Glenn H. Gruenhagen, described the faux “syndrome” as the “acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies and presidencies of President Donald J. Trump.”

Symptoms include “Trump-induced general hysteria,” where a person struggles to distinguish between “legitimate policy” and “psychic pathology,” which is expressed with verbal hostility or acts of aggression against Trump and his MAGA supporters, according to the proposed legislation.……

Republicans want to classify ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ as a mental illness

Symptoms of the faux illness include ‘Trump-induced general hysteria’ where a person struggles to distinguish between ‘legitimate policy and ‘psychic pathology’

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Republican state lawmakers are set to introduce a new bill proposing that “Trump Derangement Syndrome” is officially defined as a mental illness.

Five Minnesota Senators are due to propose the legislation to the Health and Human Services committee on Monday, according to Fox 9.

The bill’s authors Eric Lucero, Steve Drazkowski, Nathan Wesenberg, Justin Eichorn, and Glenn H. Gruenhagen, described the faux “syndrome” as the “acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies and presidencies of President Donald J. Trump.”

Symptoms include “Trump-induced general hysteria,” where a person struggles to distinguish between “legitimate policy” and “psychic pathology,” which is expressed with verbal hostility or acts of aggression against Trump and his MAGA supporters, according to the proposed legislation.……

Republicans want to classify ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ as a mental illness

Symptoms of the faux illness include ‘Trump-induced general hysteria’ where a person struggles to distinguish between ‘legitimate policy and ‘psychic pathology’

www.independent.co.uk

They have long since jumped the shark, but this one just takes it to a whole other level.