#Republican Matt Rosendale

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

GOP sexual predators don’t like being reminded of their hypocrisy.

#republican assholes #maga morons #republican family values #Republican Matt Rosendale

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has begged countless lawmakers — and offered extraordinary concessions, including allowing members to easily fire him at any time — to secure the votes for Speaker.

Why It Matters: Republicans will take control of the House as the 118th Congress opens Tuesday. But McCarthy still doesn't have the votes he needs for speaker, as a handful of GOP lawmakers remain publicly opposed.

• Top members of his team tell Axios they're optimistic about pulling it out. But they can't point to an exact route — always a bad sign.

• McCarthy unveiled a package of rules changes on Sunday for the incoming Congress in an attempt to win over Republican holdouts to his bid for Speaker of the House, Punchbowl News reported.

• The rule changes amount to concessions to conservatives, who previously demanded similar changes.

The changes include what was considered a "red line" for McCarthy — making it easier to force a vote on removing the Speaker.

• McCarthy's proposed rules hand a knife to skeptics, allowing any five GOP to call for a vote to boot him at any time. In a letter of response, several hardliners still refused to commit to backing him.

• "He's empowering every part of the conference," a top GOP aide told Axios.

The rules package also proposes ending the use of proxy voting and remote committee proceedings implemented because of the pandemic — as well as fines for not complying with mask mandates or security screenings before entering the House floor.

• It also proposes a vote to form a select subcommittee on "Weaponization of the Federal Government" under the House Judiciary Committee, as well as a select committee on "Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party."

Between The Lines: McCarthy has yielded to the right on ask after ask for weeks — ever since it was clear he was in trouble because the midterms gave him such a narrow majority.

• Yet even close allies privately say it's "hard to see a path" to the 218 votes McCarthy needs when the new Congress opens tomorrow, Punchbowl News reports.

By The Numbers: If the full House is voting, he can only lose four.

• Five conservatives have declared themselves "no" votes, and there's another five to 10 McCarthy has to worry about.

• The conservatives — Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Matt Rosendale (R-Mt.) and Bob Good (R-Va.) — have all vowed to vote for speaker as a bloc.

• But it's not clear that's a blood pact. Some of their individual concerns could be satisfied in the frantic private horse-trading that went on over the Christmas break and continues today.

The Bottom Line: The top GOP aide said 200+ members are firmly behind McCarthy. Dozens and dozens of them have declared themselves "only Kevin."

Read the proposed rules HERE.

#us politics #news #axios #2023 #us house of representatives #rep. kevin mccarthy #speaker of the house #118th congress #conservatives #republicans #gop #Punchbowl News #Weaponization of the Federal Government #Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party #rep. andy biggs #rep. matt gaetz #rep. ralph norman #rep. matt rosendale #Bob Good #congressional rules

[drdougdouglass]

These are the 21 Republicans who voted against the measure:

ANDY BIGGS(Ariz.)

Dan Bishop (N.C.)

Lauren Boebert (Colo.)

Ken Buck (Colo.)

Tim Burchett (Tenn.)

Eric Burlison (Mo.)

Michael Cloud (Texas)

Eli Crane (Ariz.)

Matt Gaetz (Fla.)

Paul Gosar (Ariz.)

Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.)

Wesley Hunt (Texas)

Nancy Mace (S.C.)

Mary Miller (Ill.)

Cory Mills (Fla.)

Alex Mooney (W.Va.)

Barry Moore (Ala.)

Troy Nehls (Texas)

Andy Ogles (Tenn.)

Matt Rosendale (Mont.)

Keith Self (Texas).

[republikkkanorcs]

Eight Republican members, including Gaetz, voted to oust McCarthy. They were:

Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona

Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado

Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee

Rep. Eli Crane of Arizona

Rep. Bob Good of Virginia

Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina

Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana

#republican assholes #Matt gaetz #Kevin McCarthy

[grumpycakes]

IF you are watching the live votes and want a list of the Republican Representatives who aren't voting for McCarthy to see if anything's changed, here's the list. Then you can just listen for these names and see if anyone's defected to McCarthy

Rep. Andy Biggs (Ariz.)

Rep. Dan Bishop (N.C.)

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.)

Rep.-elect Josh Brecheen (Okla.)

Rep. Michael Cloud (Texas)

Rep. Andrew Clyde (Ga.)

Rep.-elect Eli Crane (Ariz.)

Rep. Byron Donalds (Fla.)

Rep. Matt Gaetz (Fla.)

Rep. Bob Good (Va.)

Rep. Paul Gosar (Ariz.)

Rep. Andy Harris (Md.)

Rep.-elect Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.)

Rep. Mary Miller (Ill.)

Rep. Ralph Norman (S.C.)

Rep.-elect Andy Ogles (Tenn.)

Rep. Scott Perry (Pa.)

Rep. Matt Rosendale (Mont.)

Rep. Chip Roy (Texas)

Rep.-elect Keith Self (Texas)

elect means they need to be SWORN IN CAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN CAUSE A SPEAKER HASN'T BEEN ELECTED

#political o’clock #politics #us politics #speaker of the house vote 2023

[realtalkingpoints]

It's hard to see how he gets re-elected after this stunt. When they voted in McCarthy, it was Gaetz who lead the group of holdout Republican rebels, and they actually got some good concessions from McCarthy in the rules package. But today, he literally used the Democrats to create a majority to oust the speaker. A list of the (7) Republicans who joined Gaetz and his Democrat majority is included below.

Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee Rep. Eli Crane of Arizona Rep. Bob Good of Virginia Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida

[zvaigzdelasas]

An amendment from Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, passed 221-213 to ban the military from providing troops with paid travel leave to receive abortions in states where it’s no longer legal. Another amendment from Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., passed 222-211 to ban sex reassignment surgery and hormone therapy for transgender troops.[...]

After the amendments passed, Democrats who usually support the defense bill announced that they would now vote against final passage.[...]

An amendment from Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to impose a blanket ban on all security aid to Kyiv failed 70-358. A narrower provision from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., would have cut $300 million in long-term aid to Kyiv from the bill’s Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. The Taylor Greene amendment also failed 89-341.[...]

The House also voted down 217-198 an amendment from Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., that would have undone the bill’s language restricting the Biden administration’s efforts to retire the B83 megaton gravity bomb, which is 80 to 100 times more powerful than the bomb the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima. Blumenauer’s amendment put him in line with the White House, which released a statement earlier this week asking Congress to remove the B83 language.

13 Jul 23

[vomitdodger]

Before you get too excited for this read the details. It’s not “all house republicans“. It’s the usual group of patriots:

The House Resolution by Rep. Greene obtained by the Daily Caller is co-sponsored by GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz, Paul Gosar, Thomas Massie, Andy Biggs, Barry Moore, Matt Rosendale, Andrew Clyde, Dan Bishop, Greg Steube and Clay Higgins. Republican Lawmakers are requesting that all documents and communications pertaining to Ukraine funding be sent no later than 14 days after the adoption of the resolution. The request covers all military, civilian and financial aid given to Ukraine under President Biden.

Given the paucity of “sponsorship” expect this to die under house leadership.

[xlntwtch2]

11/29/23 ..AP News...

"....Across most of the U.S., wolverines were wiped out by the early 1900s from unregulated trapping and poisoning campaigns. About 300 surviving animals in the contiguous U.S. live in fragmented, isolated groups at high elevations in the northern Rocky Mountains.

Wolverines join a growing number of animals, plants and insects — from polar bears in Alaska to crocodiles in southern Florida — that officials say are at growing risk as increasing temperatures bake the planet, altering snowfall patterns and raising sea levels...."

"...The animals resemble small bears and are the world’s largest species of terrestrial weasels. Sometimes called “mountain devils,” they thrive in harsh alpine environments.

"...Republican lawmakers in Montana had urged the administration to delay its decision, claiming the scientists’ estimates were too inaccurate to make a fair call about the dangers faced by wolverines. The lawmakers, led by hard-right conservative Rep. Matt Rosendale, warned that protections could lead to future restrictions on activities allowed in wolverine habitats, including snowmobiling and skiing...."

#climate change #wolverines listed #endangered species #the republican right would rather the land be saved for skiing and snowmobiles ... what privileged assholes

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) criticized Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Tuesday after he reportedly told House GOP members that he doesn’t care if the chamber elects Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), the incoming Democratic leader, as Speaker instead of McCarthy.

McCarthy told reporters that Gaetz, who is one of at least a handful of hard-line conservative members attempting to block him from becoming Speaker, said that “I don’t care” if Jeffries were to win the gavel via a plurality of votes in order to deny the California Republican the top spot.

The remarks came after a heated House GOP conference meeting before the entire House meets to elect, or not elect, a new Speaker.

McCarthy ahead of the vote singled out Gaetz during remarks to reporters where he signaled he would not back down from a fight.

“There’s times we’re going to have to argue with our own members, if they’re looking out for only positions for themselves, not for the country,” McCarthy said. “For the last two months we worked together. As a whole conference, we developed rules that empower all members. But we’re not empowering certain members over others.”

“Last night, I was presented the only way to have 218 votes if I provided certain members with certain positions certain gavels to take over to chair committees, to have certain budgets, and they even came to the position where one Matt Gaetz said ‘I don’t care if we got a plurality, and we elect Hakeem Jeffries,’ and it hurts the new front-line members not to get reelected,” the GOP leader said. “Well, that’s not about America, and I will always fight to put the American people first — not a few individuals that want something for themselves.”

Gaetz and Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Bob Good (R-Va.) are spearheading the effort to block McCarthy from winning the job he has had in his sights for nearly eight years.

“I have the record for the longest speech ever on the floor. I don’t have a problem getting a record for most votes for Speaker, too,” McCarthy said after the meeting. Asked how long it will take to elect a Speaker, McCarthy said: “I think it might take a while.”

Gaetz added to reporters that McCarthy and his allies have refused to make a deal on what they have argued is a wish list from those who remain holdouts.

“He stood up and he shook our hands and he said, ‘I can’t do it,’ or ‘I won’t do’ and here we are,” Gaetz said.

In addition to the five members, Reps. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Scott Perry (R-Pa.), the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, have all indicated they will vote against McCarthy as well.

#us politics #news #2023 #118th congress #speaker of the house #us house of representatives #republicans #conservatives #gop #rep. kevin mccarthy #rep. matt gaetz #rep. Hakeem Jeffries #rep. ralph norman #rep. matt rosendale #rep. andy biggs #rep. Bob Good #rep. Dan Bishop #rep. lauren boebert #rep. scott perry #House Freedom Caucus

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Duck & Cover http://Newsday.com/matt

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

October 4, 2023

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

Yesterday, eight extremist members of the Republican congressional conference demonstrated that they could stop their party, and the government, from functioning. Indeed, that’s about all those members have ever managed to do. Political scientist Lindsey Cormack noted on social media that Representatives Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and Nancy Mace (R-SC) have managed only to name a single facility each; Representatives Ken Buck (R-CO), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Eli Crane (R-AZ), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and Matt Rosendale (R-MT) have each sponsored no successful bills; and Bob Good (R-VA) has sent one thing to the president, who vetoed it. 

They are not interested in governing; they are interested in stopping the government, apparently working with right-wing agitator Steve Bannon to sink the speakership of Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Indeed, the only two significant legislative achievements the Republicans have made since they took control of the House in January 2023 were raising the debt ceiling and passing a continuing resolution to fund the government for 45 days. In both of those cases, the measures passed because Democrats provided more votes for them than the Republicans did. 

The former House speaker was one of many Republicans who tried to turn this internal party debacle into the fault of the Democrats, although he apparently offered them no reason to come to his support and made it clear he would continue to boost the extremists. 

Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo commented: “The idea that D[emocrat]s should have bailed out McCarthy is a codicil of the larger logic of DC punditry in which R[epublican] bad behavior/destruction is assumed, a baseline like weather, and D[emocrat]s managing the consequences of that behavior is a given.” Journalist James Fallows agreed that this understanding “is so deeply engrained in mainstream coverage and ‘framing’ of DC that it doesn’t need to be said out loud.” 

Aaron Fritschner, the deputy chief of staff for Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), was more specific, calling the idea the Democrats were refusing to support McCarthy out of spite “silly nonsense.” He noted that on Saturday, the House was preparing to shut down when McCarthy sprung on the Democrats a vote on the continuing resolution the Democrats had never seen. “My immediate read was he wanted and expected us to vote against [it] so we would be blamed for a shutdown,” Fritschner wrote. The Democrats instead lined up behind it. 

Then, after it passed, McCarthy said to a reporter that the Democrats were to blame for the threatened shutdown in the first place. “People want us to give the guy credit for stopping a shutdown but it is still not clear to me right now sitting here writing this that he *intended* to do that,” Fritschner wrote. 

Meanwhile, Fritschner continued, McCarthy was making it clear that he would “steer us directly back into the crazy cuts and abortion restrictions, the Freedom Caucus setting the agenda, breaking his deal with Biden, and driving us towards a shutdown in November,” refusing to make any reassurances that he would try to work with Democrats. As Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News reported: “Mccarthys allies say they will NOT negotiate with democrats. Even as some house Dems privately say they want to help the California Republican.” 

“This came down to trust, and that's the word I saw and heard from House Democrats more than any other word. We did not trust Kevin McCarthy and he gave us no reason to. He could have done so (and I suspect saved his gavel) through fairly simple actions. He chose not to do that,” Fritschner wrote. 

Adam Cancryn, Jennifer Haberkorn, Lara Seligman, and Sam Stein of Politico confirmed that both McCarthy’s allies and opponents found him untrustworthy, noting that when negotiating with President Joe Biden on “a particularly sensitive matter,” the speaker privately told allies that he found the president “sharp and substantive in their conversations” while in public he made fun of Biden’s age and mental abilities. That contradiction “left a deep impression on the White House,” the reporters said. 

But who will now be able to get the votes necessary to become House speaker? 

It seems reasonable to believe that the Democrats will continue to vote as a bloc for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), leaving the Republicans back where they were in January, when it took them 15 ballots to agree on McCarthy. Now, though, they are even angrier at each other than they were then. "Frankly, one has to wonder whether the House is governable at all," Representative Dusty Johnson (R-SD) told Andrew Solender of Axios. 

Two Republicans have thrown their hats into the ring: Representatives Jim Jordan of Ohio and Steve Scalise of Louisiana. Both are significantly to the right of McCarthy, and both carry significant baggage. Jordan was involved in a major college molestation scandal and refused to answer a subpoena concerning his participation in the attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Scalise has described himself as like Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke “but without the baggage.”

Republicans from less extreme districts, including the 18 who represent districts Biden won in 2020, are not going to want to go before voters in 2024 with the kinds of voting records Jordan or Scalise would force on them. 

The fight over the speakership is unlikely to be quick, and there is urgent business to be done. Congress must fund the government—the continuing resolution that made Gaetz call for McCarthy’s ouster runs out shortly before Thanksgiving. Even more immediate is funding for Ukraine to help its military defend the country against Russia’s invasion. That funding is very popular with members of both parties in both the House and Senate, but Jordan has said he is against moving forward with that funding, believing the extremists’ wish list is more pressing. 

Today news broke that Ukrainian attacks have forced Russia to withdraw most of its Black Sea Fleet from occupied Crimea. This is a serious blow to Vladimir Putin’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. It is an unfortunate time for the U.S. to back away from Ukraine funding, and legislators are urging the House to pass that funding quickly.

—

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

#Duck and Cover #Matt Davies #Letters from an American #Heather Cox Richardson #USHouse of Representatives #Speaker of the House #extremist MAGA Republicans

[thechembow]

UFO spotted above over US

Feb. 2, 2023 - ABC News

They say they “believe” it’s a “Chinese spy balloon.” Of course they know it isn’t, but they have to attribute an earthly cause to it, and what better way than to try and stir up more distrust and hatred of people in another country who have no orbs to fly over Montana. I photographed a similar craft on Nov. 14, 2017. It looks almost the same in the raw footage.

They also explained away the curving trails around it by attributing them to air force planes circling the orb. But we know human planes don’t do this, and that when you see curving trails, it’s because the OR vortex has thrown the inter-dimensional “chemtrail” craft off course. I photographed a great example of this phenomenon also in 2017, a major year for UFO sightings.

Of course there is now this ridiculous show surrounding the UFO, where US officials are pretending to be contacting China to demand answers. Here is a little sampling of the intelligent dialogue of Montana state representatives:

Montana Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke tweeted to "shoot it down."

"The Chinese spy balloon is clear provocation. In Montana we do not bow. We shoot it down," he wrote. "Take the shot."

The state's other top Republican representative, Matt Rosendale, wrote: "It's unacceptable to allow communist China to invade our airspace -- this is another clear example of Chinese aggression. President Biden must start putting the American people first and recognize that China is a threat to our freedom, values and way of life."

Obviously they can’t shoot it down. It’s a UFO from a more advanced race. They are blaming China because that’s what they do. It’s hilarious they say that communist China is a threat to “our freedom, values, and way of life” because China is where most of our consumer goods come from, without China the US would be nowhere, and the US is a communist country too (all countries are if you know anything about what a country is). China provides the American way of life and they don’t have UFOs like this to fly over the US. They have plenty of stuff to stock Walmart with, however, and they are friends with the US.

It’s also amusing to me that they are worried about China using this “spy ballooon” to find out secrets of nuclear missile bases in Montana. This is more of the show they have to put on for the public. Nuclear missiles are a hoax and have never existed.

They really are stepping all over themselves to explain this away. Compare the undoctored photo from the news story (the close-ups look manipulated) with my 2017 photo of the same type of craft. Mine didn’t make the news and I was probably the only one in my little town that noticed it. This one was seen by more people, so they had to come up with a story.

And here is my photo from Nov. 14, 2017. Please click the link for more photos. Were the Chinese spying on my house, lol?

#orgone #orgone energy #orgonite #ufo #spacecraft #orb #inter-planetary war #contact with space #US air force #china #spy balloon #montana #pentagon #nuclear weapons #chemtrails #free energy

[gusty-wind]

Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer evicted from private Capitol offices by interim House speaker

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was ordered to “immediately” vacate her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday as she slammed acting Speaker Patrick McHenry’s decision as a “sharp departure from tradition.”

An email sent to Pelosi’s office on Tuesday said the “room will be re-keyed” and reassigned for “speaker use,” Politico first reported.

A spokeswoman for Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told The Post that the former House majority leader had also been asked to vacate his Capitol hideaway office.

The move came just hours after McHenry was named House speaker pro tempore following the ouster of Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in a historic vote Tuesday.

“With all of the important decisions that the new Republican Leadership must address, which we are all eagerly awaiting, one of the first actions taken by the new Speaker Pro Tempore was to order me to immediately vacate my office in the Capitol,” Pelosi said in a statement, referring to McHenry (R-NC).

Pelosi had two separate stints as speaker of the House, first from 2007 to 2011 and then again from 2019 to 2023.

“This eviction is a sharp departure from tradition. As Speaker, I gave former Speaker [Dennis] Hastert a significantly larger suite of offices for as long as he wished.”

Pelosi said she is in California, where she is mourning the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, and is unable to retrieve her belongings from the office.

Feinstein died Friday at age 90 following a series of health problems.

Feinstein’s body will lie in state at San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday, while Pelosi is expected to speak at a memorial service outside City Hall on Thursday.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ (D-NY) staffers helped clean out Pelosi’s office late Tuesday, the outlet reported.

A television and bags were seen outside the office before they were hauled away.

“Office space doesn’t matter to me, but it seems to be important to them,” Pelosi added. “Now that the new Republican Leadership has settled this important matter, let’s hope they get to work on what’s truly important for the American people.”

McCarthy ousted as speaker --- now what?

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was removed as speaker of the House after a historic vote led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.).

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) has been appointed temporary speaker until a new speaker can be elected.

The House has never removed and replaced a speaker before in its 234-year history.

Multiple reps have been floated as potential speakers, but it is unclear who will succeed McCarthy at this time.

Nancy Pelosi has been evicted from her Capitol Hill office by the interim speaker.

McCarthy blasted Gaetz in a defiant interview with reporters, slamming the Florida congressman as a fake conservative and calling his move “personal.”

Pelosi was absent when the House voted to remove McCarthy as House speaker in a vote driven by members of his own party.

Eight Republicans --- Andy Biggs of Arizona, Ken Buck of Colorado, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Eli Crane of Arizona, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Bob Good of Virginia, Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Matt Rosendale of Montana — joined 208 Democrats to remove McCarthy from power in a 216-210 vote.

#NANCY PELOSI EVICTED

[mariacallous]

“The Republicans I’ve spoken to over the weekend say there’s a 50 percent chance that McCarthy becomes Speaker, but those odds seem to be dropping every day. And over the next six weeks, we’re going to have to watch closely to see how McCarthy convinces 36 members, who didn’t vote for him in the conference vote, to support him for Speaker on the House floor on January 3rd.”

“I don’t think we’re going to hear any pronouncements from McCarthy like ‘I’ve reached 218!’ anytime before that. In fact, it could be one of those things where McCarthy goes for broke on the House floor and dares everyone to stomp on his dreams. So far, four members have publicly said they will not vote for McCarthy—Matt Gaetz and Andy Biggs were explicit ‘Nos’ and Bob Good and Matt Rosendale have also strongly signaled that they are against McCarthy. They have this personal hatred for him. I don’t think he can change that.”

“Now in the best case scenario, one in which the Republicans have 222 seats in the House, McCarthy can afford to lose those four and still win the Speakership. But what if it ends up being 221? Then he needs to peel off one of them, or convince a Democrat to vote for him or get someone to abstain from voting. And I’m not even accounting for the silent ‘No’ voters who have not said publicly that they won’t vote for McCarthy.”

[savedfromsalvation]

[ohkate]

My country is not your church.

Some more things to be aware of that are happening.

1. Freshman state Rep. Rob Harris, R-Spartanburg PN, has a bill that would offer fetuses equal protection under state law and would reclassify the act of an abortion as “willful prenatal homicide,” which could result in a sentence from 30 years in prison up to the death penalty in states allowing it. Apparently he doesn't see the hypocrisy and lack of logic in that. There are still 15 sponsors. Look up their names. Know them. Remember them. 

2. Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) doesn’t know the difference between abortion pills and emergency contraception. But even though he doesn’t know exactly what abortion is, Rosendale considers it his job to stop “taxpayer dollars” from being used for it. He made the comment during an appearance on the 24/7 Catholic news channel Eternal Word Television Network’s EWTN Pro-Life Weekly (a MadLibs of rightwing nonsense words) last week. For the record: Plan B is not an abortifacient. It simply prevents pregnancy.

3. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Fuckabee Sanders on Tuesday signed a law prohibiting transgender people at public schools from using the restroom that matches their gender identity, the first of several states expected to enact such bans this year amid a flood of bills nationwide targeting the trans community.

4. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is moving to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, expanding the controversial law critics call “Don't Say Gay’.The proposal, which would not require legislative approval, is scheduled for a vote next month before the state Board of Education and has been put forward by the state Education Department, both of which are led by appointees of the governor.

5. A bill that would let people carry concealed firearms without a permit and without training passed out of the House on Friday, putting the bill just a step away from the governor’s desk. 

6. Florida Republicans are working to make it a lot easier to sue journalists for defamation, outraging many First Amendment advocates and publishers around the state. If they reach the governor’s desk, a pair of bills currently making their way through the Legislature could fundamentally change how media outlets report on public figures.

7. Florida bill H.B. 1421 seeks to ban doctors from performing what is typically referred to as gender-affirming care. The bill's text is so vague as presently written that it could ban "birth control, hormone treatment for menopause, for breast cancer, anti-androgen treatments for prostate cancer. PCOS can be caused by higher than normal androgen levels and is often treated with hormone therapies, plainly fitting the bill's definition of gender clinical interventions. The presence of a menstrual cycle is considered a secondary sexual characteristic, so birth control would be considered hormone therapy. Breasts are also a secondary sexual characteristic. In some cases of breast cancer, a mastectomy is a required treatment or preventative strategy. Such a surgery would undeniably alter a secondary sexual characteristic and, by the present definition, would be considered a gender clinical intervention. Post-menopausal women with a specific form of breast cancer related to hormone receptors are often treated with a class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors, which is literally a hormone antagonistic therapy. Hormone therapy is also used to treat prostate cancer. The law could prevent doctors-or scare them from- treating diseases the same way that doctors now won’t perform D+C for someone who has already miscarried as it’s technically considered breaking the law

8. In Gov. Ron DeSanctumonious’ “Free State of Florida,” a charter school principal was forced to resign after sixth-grade students were shown images of Michelangelo’s sculpture, “David.” Apparently the horrors of art and anatomy were too much for some parents, and because DeSantis has empowered adults dippy enough to consider Renaissance art “pornography,” the principal was — in the spirit of freedom — shown the door.

Why isn't the bible being taken out of school libraries and being banned? Why isn't the bible being considered the same way everything else is? It has sexual imagery, violence and a can certainly be considered adult material than can be influential on fragile little minds. WHERE ARE DEMOCRATS??? I feel like I keep waiting for democrat politicians to stand up against this stuff but they're all silent. AOC is the only one I've seen publicly saying anything, standing by herself and calling out the ridiculousness of recent behavior from republicans. 

#politics #us politics #be aware #your rights #or lack thereof #I always thought it was weird #that the party that railed against having the government in their business #has become the party of the government always being in your business