What happens to the Republican Party now? (2 Viewers)

[MT15]

This election nonsense by Trump may end up splitting up the Republican Party. I just don’t see how the one third (?) who are principled conservatives can stay in the same party with Trump sycophants who are willing to sign onto the TX Supreme Court case.

We also saw the alt right types chanting “destroy the GOP” in Washington today because they didn’t keep Trump in power. I think the Q types will also hold the same ill will toward the traditional Republican Party. In fact its quite possible that all the voters who are really in a Trump personality cult will also blame the GOP for his loss. It’s only a matter of time IMO before Trump himself gets around to blaming the GOP.

There is some discussion of this on Twitter. What do you all think?

 

[Optimus Prime]

Scores of rightwing extremists were defeated in school board elections in April, in a victory for the left in the US and what Democrats hope could prove to be a playbook for running against Republicans in the year ahead.

In Illinois, Democrats said more than 70% of the school board candidates it had endorsed won their races, often defeating the kind of anti-LGBTQ+ culture warrior candidates who have taken control of school boards across the country

Republican-backed candidates in Wisconsin also fared poorly. Moms for Liberty, a rightwing group linked to wealthy Republican donors which has been behind book-banning campaigns in the US, said only eight of its endorsed candidates won election to school boards, and other conservative groups also reported disappointing performances.

The results come as education and free speech organizations have warned of a new surge in book bans in public schools in America. Over the past two years conservatives in states around the US have removed hundreds of books from school classrooms and libraries. The targeted books have largely been texts which address race and LGBTQ+ issues, or are written by people of color or LGBTQ+ authors.

“Fortunately, the voters saw through the hidden extremists who were running for school board – across the [Chicago] suburbs especially,” JB Pritzker, the Democratic governor of Illinois, saidafter the results came in.

“Really, the extremists got trounced yesterday.”

Pritzker added: “I’m glad that those folks were shown up and, frankly, tossed out.”……,

Rightwing extremists defeated by Democrats in US school board elections

Republican-backed culture warrior candidates fare poorly in Illinois and Wisconsin, offering hope to the left

www.theguardian.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[efil4]

she is nothing more than an infantile woman with major personal identity issues that simply doesnt belong in any form of government.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

she is nothing more than an infantile woman with major personal identity issues that simply doesnt belong in any form of government.

And nothing will happen to her because she alone controls the faith of Mike McCarthy's speakership in her hands.

 

[BullSheetBuddha]

Texas advances bill requiring 10 Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms

Texas public schools would be required to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom starting next school school year under the proposed bill

www.foxnews.com

Texas public schools would be required to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom starting next school year under a bill that was approved by the Texas Senate on Thursday. The legislation, Senate Bill 1515, will now head to the state House for consideration.

Texas Republican Sen. Phil King said during a committee hearing earlier this month that he wanted the state to bring the Ten Commandments back into the classroom because they are a crucial part of the American heritage.

"[The bill] will remind students all across Texas of the importance of the fundamental foundation of America," King said during the hearing, according to the Texas Tribune.

 

[MT15]

I can’t see that being allowed to stand.

 

[bird]

Texas advances bill requiring 10 Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms

Texas public schools would be required to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom starting next school school year under the proposed bill

www.foxnews.com

Texas public schools would be required to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom starting next school year under a bill that was approved by the Texas Senate on Thursday. The legislation, Senate Bill 1515, will now head to the state House for consideration.

Texas Republican Sen. Phil King said during a committee hearing earlier this month that he wanted the state to bring the Ten Commandments back into the classroom because they are a crucial part of the American heritage.

"[The bill] will remind students all across Texas of the importance of the fundamental foundation of America," King said during the hearing, according to the Texas Tribune.

Senator Phil King is a liar.

 

[Booker]

Texas advances bill requiring 10 Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms

Texas public schools would be required to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom starting next school school year under the proposed bill

www.foxnews.com

Texas public schools would be required to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom starting next school year under a bill that was approved by the Texas Senate on Thursday. The legislation, Senate Bill 1515, will now head to the state House for consideration.

Texas Republican Sen. Phil King said during a committee hearing earlier this month that he wanted the state to bring the Ten Commandments back into the classroom because they are a crucial part of the American heritage.

"[The bill] will remind students all across Texas of the importance of the fundamental foundation of America," King said during the hearing, according to the Texas Tribune.

I didn’t realize Moses was a founding father.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

I can’t see that being allowed to stand.

Federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk...

 

[Huntn]

Texas advances bill requiring 10 Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms

Texas public schools would be required to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom starting next school school year under the proposed bill

www.foxnews.com

Texas public schools would be required to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom starting next school year under a bill that was approved by the Texas Senate on Thursday. The legislation, Senate Bill 1515, will now head to the state House for consideration.

Texas Republican Sen. Phil King said during a committee hearing earlier this month that he wanted the state to bring the Ten Commandments back into the classroom because they are a crucial part of the American heritage.

"[The bill] will remind students all across Texas of the importance of the fundamental foundation of America," King said during the hearing, according to the Texas Tribune.

Unconstitutional, separation of church and state. As much as they (you know who) would love it, we are not living in a Christian theocracy. There is also such a thing as equal treatment so if left standing, leave some space for the Koran, Satanic Bible, Agnostic, Atheist creeds, and other beliefs.

 

[Optimus Prime]

In a seemingly long gone era – before the Trump presidency, and Covid, and the 2020 election – Doni Chamberlain would get the occasional call from a displeased reader who had taken issue with one of her columns. They would sometimes call her stupid and use profanities.

Today, when people don’t like her pieces, Chamberlain said, they tell her she’s a communist who doesn’t deserve to live. One local conservative radio host said she should be hanged.

Chamberlain, 66, has worked as a journalist in Shasta county, California, for nearly 30 years.

Never before in this far northern California outpost has she witnessed such open hostility towards the press.

She has learned to take precautions. No meeting sources in public. She livestreams rowdy events where the crowd is less than friendly and doesn’t walk to her car without scanning the street. Sometimes, restraining orders can be necessary tools.

These practices have become crucial in the last three years, she said, as she’s documented the county’s shift to the far right and the rise of an ultraconservative coalition into the area’s highest office. Shasta, Chamberlain said, is in the midst of a “perfect storm” as different hard-right factions have joined together to form a powerful political force with outside funding and publicity from fringe figures.

The new majority, backed by militia members, anti-vaxxers, election deniers and residents who have long felt forgotten by governments in Sacramento and Washington, has fired the county health officer and done away with the region’s voting system. Politically moderate public officials have faced bullying, intimidation and threats of violence. County meetings have turned into hours-long shouting matches.

Chamberlain and her team at A News Cafe, the news site she runs, have covered it all. Her writing has made her a public enemy of the conservative crowd intent on remaking the county. Far-right leaders have confronted her at rallies and public meetings, mocking and berating her. At a militia-organized protest in 2021, the crowd screamedinsults……..

A California journalist documents the far-right takeover of her town: ‘We’re a test case’

Doni Chamberlain’s been a journalist in Shasta county for nearly 30 years. Now she’s targeted by the extremists who are looking to reshape the region

www.theguardian.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

An attempt to repeal a Michigan law that punishes unmarried couples who live together is being thwarted by Republicans in the state legislature.

The law, which dates to 1931, targets “any man or woman, not being married to each other, who lewdly and lasciviously associates and cohabits together”.

It is rarely enforced but violations carry a penalty of up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine.

Senate Bill 56, which seeks to repeal the law, attracted support from all state senate Democrats and half of Republicans. But nine Republicans voted against.

Edward McBroom, a Republican, spoke in opposition to the bill on the senate floor – for, he said, the sake of the “common good”.

He said: “This law was not passed to be mean … it was passed for the betterment of society, particularly for children.”

McBroom argued that unmarried cohabitation does not promote marriage, and that such arrangements lead to broken homes that hurt children.

Another Republican state senator against repealing the antiquated law said his reasons for doing so were tax-related.

Thomas Albert said: “I very easily would be a yes on this bill if the tax structure continued to encourage marriage.”……

Michigan Republicans fight effort to repeal ban on unmarried cohabitation

Law signed in 1931 is rarely enforced but carries penalty of prison time and $1,000 fine

www.theguardian.com

 

[bird]

An attempt to repeal a Michigan law that punishes unmarried couples who live together is being thwarted by Republicans in the state legislature.

The law, which dates to 1931, targets “any man or woman, not being married to each other, who lewdly and lasciviously associates and cohabits together”.

It is rarely enforced but violations carry a penalty of up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine.

Senate Bill 56, which seeks to repeal the law, attracted support from all state senate Democrats and half of Republicans. But nine Republicans voted against.

Edward McBroom, a Republican, spoke in opposition to the bill on the senate floor – for, he said, the sake of the “common good”.

He said: “This law was not passed to be mean … it was passed for the betterment of society, particularly for children.”

McBroom argued that unmarried cohabitation does not promote marriage, and that such arrangements lead to broken homes that hurt children.

Another Republican state senator against repealing the antiquated law said his reasons for doing so were tax-related.

Thomas Albert said: “I very easily would be a yes on this bill if the tax structure continued to encourage marriage.”……

Michigan Republicans fight effort to repeal ban on unmarried cohabitation

Law signed in 1931 is rarely enforced but carries penalty of prison time and $1,000 fine

www.theguardian.com

Right, for the betterment of children. They don’t give a flock about children.

 

[MT15]

Federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk...

Funny but not funny,

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

...There is also such a thing as equal treatment so if left standing, leave some space for the Koran, Satanic Bible, Agnostic, Atheist creeds, and other beliefs.

True, but you forgot about the most important nefarious part:

Texas Republican Sen. Phil King said during a committee hearing earlier this month that he wanted the state to bring the Ten Commandments back into the classroom because they are a crucial part of the American heritage.

So you see, this isn't about your freedoms, it is about Republican control over how you are supposed to think and live.

 

[BullSheetBuddha]

I can’t see that being allowed to stand.

Neither can I but they pulled this off.

87R5241 GCB-D
	By: Hughes​	S.B. No. 797​

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED​
	AN ACT​
	relating to the display of the national motto in public schools and
	institutions of higher education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 1.004, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 1.004. DISPLAY OF NATIONAL MOTTO. (a) A public
	elementary or secondary school or an institution of higher
	education as defined by Section 61.003 must [may] display in a
	conspicuous place in each building of the school or institution a
	durable poster or framed copy of the United States national motto,
	"In God We Trust," if the poster or framed copy meets the
	requirements of Subsection (b) and is:
	(1) donated for display at the school or institution;
	or
	(2) purchased from private donations and made
	available to the school or institution [in each classroom,
	auditorium, and cafeteria].
	(b) A poster or framed copy of the national motto described
	by Subsection (a) must contain a representation of the United
	States flag centered under the national motto and a representation
	of the state flag.
	(c) A public elementary or secondary school and an
	institution of higher education may accept and use private
	donations for the purposes of Subsection (a).
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

A Texas school board rejects 'In God We Trust' signs in Arabic

A school board in the Dallas-Fort Worth area says it already has enough signs. Critics are testing a recently adopted Texas law that requires public schools to display a poster bearing the U.S. motto.

www.npr.org

The signs are part of pushback on a new Texas law​

Krishna and others are testing the limits, and the logic, of SB 797, a recently adopted Texas law that requires public schools to display a poster bearing the U.S. motto, "In God We Trust." The law's main requirements are that the posters include the state and U.S. flags, and that schools don't pay for them.

 

[Huntn]

Neither can I but they pulled this off.

87R5241 GCB-D
	By: Hughes​	S.B. No. 797​

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED​
	AN ACT​
	relating to the display of the national motto in public schools and
	institutions of higher education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 1.004, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 1.004. DISPLAY OF NATIONAL MOTTO. (a) A public
	elementary or secondary school or an institution of higher
	education as defined by Section 61.003 must [may] display in a
	conspicuous place in each building of the school or institution a
	durable poster or framed copy of the United States national motto,
	"In God We Trust," if the poster or framed copy meets the
	requirements of Subsection (b) and is:
	(1) donated for display at the school or institution;
	or
	(2) purchased from private donations and made
	available to the school or institution [in each classroom,
	auditorium, and cafeteria].
	(b) A poster or framed copy of the national motto described
	by Subsection (a) must contain a representation of the United
	States flag centered under the national motto and a representation
	of the state flag.
	(c) A public elementary or secondary school and an
	institution of higher education may accept and use private
	donations for the purposes of Subsection (a).
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

A Texas school board rejects 'In God We Trust' signs in Arabic

A school board in the Dallas-Fort Worth area says it already has enough signs. Critics are testing a recently adopted Texas law that requires public schools to display a poster bearing the U.S. motto.

www.npr.org

The signs are part of pushback on a new Texas law​

Krishna and others are testing the limits, and the logic, of SB 797, a recently adopted Texas law that requires public schools to display a poster bearing the U.S. motto, "In God We Trust." The law's main requirements are that the posters include the state and U.S. flags, and that schools don't pay for them.

Simple question with an impossible answer: Who is God?

 

[Optimus Prime]