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  • Nope, no proof or details, but he was on there and Meet the Press and a bunch of other shows today pushing the same two talking points (Robinson was dating a trans woman and was radicalized by the left), so, yeah, this is what they're going with and it's going to be more important than ever before that people step up to protect trans folks because the right very obviously is trying to tie this to them any way they can

  • Of course this fucking scumbag had to put out that their suspect was dating a trans woman as soon as he possibly could, and of course he misgendered her while talking about it, and of course there are dog shit conservative sites out there putting out her full name and any other info they can find on her

  • Their ideas aren't popular, Trump won because the economy sucks the Democratic party sucks and the media sucks. Fix any of those three problems up a bit and they lose.

    All easier said than done, but let's define the problem properly. It isn't that people on average are bad and can't handle democracy, it's that our systems are bad and manipulating people into supporting bad things.

  • Michel Martin is incredible. The intellectual discipline it takes to keep your cool live on a mic in this moment and stick with the question and get an answer (or non answer that says it all) is just amazing and we're fortunate to have her doing the work she does.

  • I won't say that Trump wouldn't order the cold blooded murder of one of his allies for a small temporary gain, but

    skills and discipline.

    doesn't sound like anything I've seen out of this administration

  • Yeah, in retrospect having now seen that video I kind of wish I had chosen a different verb here

  • Yeah, but they use anything and everything as fuel to crack down harder and will only keep cracking down harder and harder until they implode. Other than the talking points people will spout this eveng doesn't actually change anything about our situation.

  • Reality: Republicans defunded public mental health care

    Reality: The person accused of this crime was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was not receiving treatment because public mental healthcare has been defunded

    Pundits: "This story proves Republicans are right on crime!"

  • I don't know, this might be their red line. Brutalizing poor people of color and slashing services for needy children they couldn't care less about, but messing with the fed might mess with rich people's yacht money and I think they still have a problem with that.

  • My head canon is that this was actually just supposed to be a funny name for a grilling enthusiast club until the red shirted guy showed up, and that's why everybody else is wearing those green shirts with hoooooooooooooooetc.

    1. this is like the twelfth time they've "banned insider trading by lawmakers," why is it going to be anymore effective this time?
    2. the fact that this has a Republican cosponsor is more than enough reason to scrap the whole thing and start over
  • No, it's the mindless obedience of the right this Chorus group is trying to get us to copy that doesn't work for the left. If they let these influencers say what they wanted to they could absolutely take advantage of a grassroots organic network of people who want society to be more progressive, but they don't want those people pointing out how Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, etc. suck ass and do a lot to support conservative bullshit and undermine progressives, so instead we all get another chapter in the "Dems are in disarray!!1!" saga.

  • we will push back even harder

    Tell that to the Texas Dems who couldn't even hold out against this for a full month

  • I would rather California or New York or wherever do something like this to their Republican lawmakers than ruin the maps for all their voters