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John Br👻OoOOOoOoo👻ks

@johnbrooks.bsky.social

Pod Only Knows: https://bit.ly/447CUOH 1999 the Podcast: http://bit.ly/3I211ql Religious studies person Abolish ICE, DHS, and golf BLM Anti-fascism forever Trans rights are human rights Red Sox and Crystal Palace diehard He/Him

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There are now two (2) positions Republicans hold about men raping women and/or children: 1) They don't care or 2) they think it is good.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Every close election the right loses anywhere in the world from now on will have been "rigged", and this is the problem with having allowed a radical antidemocratic movement to gain control of one of this country's two political parties

huffpost.comU.S. Right-Wingers Cry ‘Rigged’ After Bolsonaro Bombs in BrazilRight-wing influencers in the U.S. claimed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s victory was somehow illegal, echoing their claims of widespread voter fraud in 2020.

"I just think Matt's wrong about this" is the most evergreen of all possible statements.

Dan Mauler 🎃@meelar.bsky.social

I just think Matt's wrong about this. We're at a point in our technological development where a ton of problems spill over national borders--if Flavio Bolsonaro burns down the Amazon, that will flood houses in Miami.

The American Lula would have responded to his polling and momentum deficit heading into the election by adopting three or four of his fascist opponent's positions and then losing spectacularly

John Br👻OoOOOoOoo👻ks@johnbrooks.bsky.social

Curiously, Lula didn't win by "appealing to the center" and "moderating his positions" Definitely nothing to be learned there, though

"What I DO know is I wouldn't f*** him!!" *rapturous MAGA applause* "You know who I WOULD f***? MIKE ROGERS!!!" *rapturous MAGA applause, Trump claps* "I mean have you SEEN that man's ASS?!?!?" *knowing nods of agreement from MAGA crowd*

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Rally speaker: "I don't know if Abdul [El-Sayed] is straight or not."

This is a White Male Christian Pastor There is *no fucking excuse* for any Democrat to fall below THIS line

BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social

Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

It's illegal to be confused

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BASH: What's the crime? AG TODD BLANCHE: What's the crime? Well it depends. There *could* be a crime. But the real wrong here is that Alaskans are gonna be confused. BASH: The Alaskan Supreme Court ruled 4 months ago on this matter

1. A White Star Line ship took about 5 minutes to turn around 2. The Titanic famously did not turn around at all and is currently at the bottom of the ocean and 3. this is largely due to the blind and delusional hubris of the people responsible for its creation and voyage

"Keep in mind that many people in (name of area) are (euphemism for some kind of bigotry), so if you want Democrats to win there then you have to allow them to be a little (euphemism for having bigoted beliefs)" is such an insane and morally empty argument.

Three decades of centrist corporate Democrats doing whatever it takes to get elected and stay in office is what gave the fascist right the opening by which to take control of the country and destroy democracy that we are currently living through.

This is such a tell. What the fuck are "female sports"? Do sports have sex organs? Nobody says "female sports". We say "women's sports". But you can't say that in this ad, because doing so would concede that you're not talking about biology here but the purely social concept of gender.

John Br👻OoOOOoOoo👻ks@johnbrooks.bsky.social

"It's time to stop the nonsense from both extremes." So, from what I can tell, the extremes he is referencing are, on one hand, the basic recognition of the existence of trans people and their entitlement to basic rights, on the other, the exact policies he is supporting in this ad.

"It's time to stop the nonsense from both extremes." So, from what I can tell, the extremes he is referencing are, on one hand, the basic recognition of the existence of trans people and their entitlement to basic rights, on the other, the exact policies he is supporting in this ad.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

The Guardians would never

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social

Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.

Wait...what's the wrong thing people think "brass tacks" is?!?!?!

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'