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spiduh wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 3:20 pm P.S. Steve King is still a jerk, even to his own son.

Dave from down under wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 6:37 pm Stonekettle
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Christmas Morning, police called to scene of shooting. Family of gun nuts murdered a unarmed guy leaving presents under their tree.

"I was scared for my very life!" Said Congressman Massive Douche. "It was night, it looked like he had dark skin. It was self defense!"

‘It’s who they are’: gun-fetish photo a symbol of Republican abasement under Trump
Thomas Massie’s incendiary picture, days after a deadly school shooting in Michigan, seemed carefully calibrated to provoke

David Smith in Washington
Mon 6 Dec 2021 19.14 GMT

It is a festive family photo with seven broad smiles and a Christmas tree. But one other detail sets it apart: each member of the Massie family is brandishing a machine gun or military-style rifle.

The photo was tweeted last week by Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman from Kentucky, with the caption: “Merry Christmas! PS: Santa, please bring ammo.”

A few days earlier, a school shooting in Michigan left four teenagers dead and seven people injured after a 15-year-old student allegedly went on a rampage.

Massie’s post earned widespread condemnation but was also seen as indicative of a performative, provocative brand of Republican politics, calculated to go viral, “own the libs” – that is, provoke outrage on the left – and contribute to the outsized influence of supporters of Donald Trump.

“Here his family’s got guns under a Christmas tree just after four kids were killed,” said Elaine Kamarck, a former official in the Clinton administration. “The guy’s abominable but that’s what’s happening to the Republican party. They’re flat-out nuts. There’s a piece of the Republican party that now supports violence.”

Recent examples include Paul Gosar, a congressman from Arizona, posting an animated video that depicted him killing Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking Joe Biden. All but two Republicans in the House refused to vote to censure him.

Last month, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert made anti-Muslim remarks about Ilhan Omar. Boebert claimed she and a member of her staff were taking a lift at the US Capitol when she saw an alarmed police officer running toward them. She said she turned to her left and spotted the Minnesota Democrat standing beside them.



https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... ssie-trump

In October, the reddest tenth of the country saw death rates that were six times higher than the bluest tenth, according to Charles Gaba, an independent health care analyst who's been tracking partisanship trends during the pandemic and helped to review NPR's methodology. Those numbers have dropped slightly in recent weeks, Gaba says: "It's back down to around 5.5 times higher."

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 07, 2021 11:05 pm
There’s a piece of the Republican party that now supports violence.”

GOP gubernatorial candidate’s campaign video celebrates Minnesota with stock images from Eastern Europe

In a recent campaign video by Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Dr. Scott Jensen, worldly stock footage abounds. The clips purport to be from all over the state; from Rochester in the south to Ortonville on the state’s western edge and Warroad, almost on the Canadian border.

“Minnesota is a marvel,” Jensen narrates. “Its natural beauty and rich history are like none other in the world.”

But the hockey-playing kids and sober-faced farmers aren’t Minnesotans, or even Americans. Much of Jensen’s stock footage comes from countries including Russia, Ukraine, Thailand and the U.K.

Jensen’s video opens with someone dipping their finger in a lake, ostensibly, at Itasca State Park. Only it’s a stock video uploaded to Shutterstock by the Spain-based account BublikHaus and downloadable by anyone for $65-$179.

Foggy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 2:43 pm I've spent time in Minnesota, and it's absolutely gorgeous. I spent several weekends camping in the lake country with some friends, and I did a lot of other stuff there. In winter you can have it, but in the summer I love it

MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:12 pm Ice hockey in Minnesota is really, really a defining element of the state. Shoot, I live four blocks from a 3-sheet Ice Arena in the Twin Cities. I'm extremely insulted that Jensen included photos of non-U.S. RUSSIAN hockey players in his campaign video. That's beyond the pale.

Foggy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 2:43 pm I've spent time in Minnesota, and it's absolutely gorgeous. I spent several weekends camping in the lake country with some friends, and I did a lot of other stuff there. In winter you can have it, but in the summer I love it

neonzx wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:38 pm Not an excuse, but do you know how friggin cold it gets there this time of year? People shelter-in-place next to a fireplace. I guess his media team couldn't get any quality vid/pics.

Wow, you really owned [checks notes] your mom