Republicans: continued

[L'Emmerdeur]

The Republican Oregon state representative who let armed MAGA anti-COVID restriction protesters into the state capitol through a side door during a session of the state legislature (and has been charged with official misconduct and criminal trespass) is shown on video giving out his phone number and explaining how he'll open a door if somebody texts him which door to open. His attorney better have some fancy footwork prepared.

NEW FOOTAGE: watch Oregon's @RepNearman tell people, step-by-step, how to breach the Oregon Capitol... with his assistance.

Days later, the breach happened.

Videos adapted from @Oregonian

Story https://oregonlive.com/politics/2021/06 ... do-it.html



- John Scott-Railton · Jun 5, 2021

[Tero]

Food distribution takes place after governor veto overridden
https://www.1011now.com/2021/06/03/nebr ... nap-funds/

[Tero]

It's more and more clear: they only have Trump. Every other candidate will lose the election:

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/05/10032823 ... mpaign-tra
But when it comes to a Republican presidential primary, Trump is better-positioned than anyone else in the party. Everyone knows who he is — and name recognition is critically important — and Republicans love him.

In a recent Quinnipiac poll, 85% of Republicans said they wanted candidates who agree with Trump. Two-thirds said they want Trump to run again and be the party's nominee in 2024.

[Brian Peacock]

If he gets in next time Trump will be as old as Biden is now.

[Tero]

We must have bipartisan voting rights bill!
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2021/ ... ion-492006
because Republicans will be happy to expand voting rights!

[Seabass]

Manchin is such a turd.

[Seabass]

[Tero]

LOL

[Tero]

UNFAIR!
We should not have free college education because the poor and dumb would not get the benefits. You are just giving stuff to people that are smarter and wealthier:
https://townhall.com/columnists/timothy ... a-n2590510

[Seabass]

This fuckin' guy serves on a House subcommittee that has something to do with cybersecurity. And yes, this is the same Mo Brooks who once said that rising sea levels are caused by rocks falling into the sea.

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) lashed out on Twitter Sunday afternoon when his wife was served with a subpoena for Rep. Eric Swalwell's (D-CA) civil lawsuit. Brooks ranted on Twitter that the subpoena was illegally served because the process server was caught "sneaking into my house and accosting my wife."

In the course of his rant and need to post a screen capture of the penalties of illegally trespassing, Brooks accidentally posted his PIN number and the password to his Gmail account, which are taped under his screen on his laptop.

https://www.rawstory.com/mo-brooks-low-cyber-security/

[Seabass]

After harassing people celebrating Pride their boat burst into flames. Guess who saved them?

Harassing people is gross, no matter who they are. Harassing people who are flying rainbow flags expressing support for LGBTQIA+ people is particularly gross, considering the fact they are advocating for basic civil rights and human dignity. And evidently, harassing people who are flying Pride flags while boating is egregiously gross enough to piss off Poseidon and bring the heavy hammer of karma down upon your heads.

Or maybe it's just a coincidence. Either way, this story shows that bigotry is no match for being the bigger person and that even if it ends up being a one-way street, caring about the well-being of our fellow humans is always the right thing to do.

While boating in Moses Lake, Washington last weekend, a group of boaters flying Pride flags found themselves confronted by three people in another boat. At first, they thought perhaps the boaters were coming up to express support for their rainbow flags, but it soon became apparent that wasn't the case. As the boat circled around them, one of the passengers gave the Pride-flag flyers the middle finger, and the boaters allegedly shouted gay slurs as well.

Then the bigots' boat caught fire and the people they were harassing ended up rescuing them after they jumped ship.

The story was told by Robbie on Twitter, who shared photos and video of the incident as well as issuing a statement to The Washington Post.

Robbie, a queer trans man who has withheld his name for fear of retaliation, told The Post that his family had spent the day swimming and tubing on the lake and stopped their boat around 7:00pm. A small vessel sped toward them, then circled around them at least six times, with the woman on the boat flipping them off and yelling something about "gays" and "flags."

When the boat driver noticed that Robbie's brother had started filming them, he tried to hide his face and drove away. Moments later, a loud bang came from the boat, and a plume of black smoke rose into the air.

"Holy crap!" said Robbie's brother. "They blew up!" Then he drove toward the boaters who were swimming away from their burning boat and brought them aboard.

Of course, having your boat catch on fire in the middle of a lake is a terrible thing to have happen. Some might say it's as terrible as having people going out of their way to harass you in the middle of a lake. Karma works in interesting ways.

It would be lovely to be able to share that the harassers had a wake-up call and apologized for their horrible behavior, but alas, they did not.

"The passengers were quite rude, shouting over us, ignoring my [inquiries] about their well-being when on the 911 call and smoking a Vape pen on our boat without even so much as asking if they could; several passengers of our boat have asthma," Robbie told The Post.

Police came to put out the fire, and the bigoted boaters' friends came to pick them up. When they left, they didn't even say 'Thank you" for the rescue.

https://www.upworthy.com/boaters-flying ... assed-them

[Hermit]

UNFAIR!
We should not have free college education because the poor and dumb would not get the benefits. You are just giving stuff to people that are smarter and wealthier:
https://townhall.com/columnists/timothy ... a-n2590510

[Tero]

Joe Manchin will not vote for voting rights bill.

3/4 W Virginia Republicans support it! Even more Democrats.

He will, maybe, vote for it if ONE GOP senator votes for it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... ats-splits

[Tero]

Oh! It's bipartisan now! Lisa Murkowski will vote for voting rights.

[Seabass]

Conservatives: "Immigrants bring sickness and disease and filth!"
Also conservatives: "Nah, I won't get vaccinated, science is for gays and liberals!"

Vaccination rates are lagging behind in several Southern states, prompting fear of another surge in coronavirus cases.