tbh i can't help but feel this is part of their whole plan... maybe they didn't want it exactly, but the fact that they're using it to both fire a lot of people from branches they hate and using it to straight out blame the Democrats for everything feels very sus
Vance may be a deplorable creature, but it sounds like there are some sensible republican voices recognizing that the crap the Young Republicans said was no bueno. Belle of the Ranch had a good rundown on the fallout:
For those who aren't familiar, Sydney Reid was a protester who was arrested by ICE, and in the course of the arrest the ICE agent scraped their hand on a wall, so now they're trying to put her in jail forever.
John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, has been indicted. He faces eight counts of transmission of national defense information and 10 counts of retention of national defense information.
A Roman hoard containing 450 silver coins, several silver bars, a gold ring, and a gold coin, has been unearthed near the village of Borsum in the Hildesheim district, Germany.
not the clearest headline, but basically Republicans are conflating gender affirming care and FGM and co-opting anti-FGM laws and activism for their anti-trans BS
FGM has nothing to do with being trans. Then again, those people don't know anything about certain customs from other countries... or trans people. Or much of anything.
She was sentenced to three years of probation, fined $885 and, in addition to reading the 2020 book [“Thank You for Voting: The Maddening, Enlightening, Inspiring Truth about Voting in America"] by Erin Geiger Smith, must write a 10-page essay about the importance of voting in a democracy, according to court documents.
honestly, "here's why what you did is wrong, please prove you understand it now" is a much better move towards restorative justice than anything the prison system can come up with
if we could assign more remorseful criminals homework instead of jail time (specifically the remorseful ones, not the ones that will recommit) i think we'd be better off as a society
Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP... Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
A thousand Native Alaska's have been displaced by storms and typhoons that wracked several Western Alaska villages.
A disaster relief fund has been established by the Alaska Federation of Natives, an organization representing 171 tribes up here.
ICE arrests police officer in Chicago suburb and accuses him of being in US illegallyRoman silver treasure unearthed near BorsumA Roman hoard containing 450 silver coins, several silver bars, a gold ring, and a gold coin, has been unearthed near the village of Borsum in the Hildesheim district, Germany.2nd Term Trump: Worst Deal Ever.
She was sentenced to three years of probation, fined $885 and, in addition to reading the 2020 book [“Thank You for Voting: The Maddening, Enlightening, Inspiring Truth about Voting in America"] by Erin Geiger Smith, must write a 10-page essay about the importance of voting in a democracy, according to court documents.Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office
An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.