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https://saturation.social/@Noupside/109943400478065786
CSPAN embed in tweet here:

"Rep. Matt Gaetz asks about Global Times Investigative report.

@DOD_Policy Kahl: "Is this the Global Times from China?"

@RepMattGaetz: "No, this is well...yeah, it might be. Yeah..."

Kahl: "I don't take Beijing's propaganda at face value."

Gaetz: "Fair enough."


Gaetz brings Chinese propoganda into a congressional hearing and forgets to disguise it. Whatta paytreeoat.
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:cantlook: and the credible sources on the content of Hunter Bidens latop will be :?:
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Because pre-Civil War slavery
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/59 ... tic-party/
Sen. Blaise Ingoglia is sponsoring the “Ultimate Cancel Act,” which would eliminate all political parties that once used slavery as part of its platform.

While “Democratic Party” isn’t mentioned in the bill, Ingoglia said that’s his target.

“For years now, leftist activists have been trying to ‘cancel’ people and companies for things they have said or done in the past. This includes the removal of statues and memorials, and the renaming of buildings,” he said. “Using this standard, it would be hypocritical not to cancel the Democratic Party itself for the same reason.”

The measure (SB 1248) would switch Democratic voters to no-party voters or give them the option of choosing another party.
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Being anti-slavery is "using slavery as part of it's platform," and I think any good lawyer could argue that successfully in court.
Two years later, during the election of 1856, the Republicans drafted their first presidential party platform, declaring the right and the duty of Congress "to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism—polygamy and slavery."
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/doc ... -platform/
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Gosh, that's the first time I've heard a Banana Republican say "Democratic Party" in, well, forever.

Must be the Raskin Effect.
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:lol:
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AndyinPA wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:28 am:lol:
Well since the Dixiecrats have taken over the GOP, I think the phrase "It Takes One to Know One" seems appropriate.

Democrats threw out the Dixicrats 60 years ago and the Banana Republicans waved them in with open arms and open hearts.
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Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state

https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/flor ... the-state/
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Sen. Jason Brodeur (R-Lake Mary) wants bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody, and other members of the Florida executive cabinet or legislature to register with the state or face fines.

Brodeur’s proposal, Senate Bill 1316: Information Dissemination, would require any blogger writing about government officials to register with the Florida Office of Legislative Services or the Commission on Ethics.

In the bill, Brodeur wrote that those who write “an article, a story, or a series of stories,” about “the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, a Cabinet officer, or any member of the Legislature,” and receives or will receive payment for doing so, must register with state offices within five days after the publication of an article that mentions an elected state official.

If another blog post is added to a blog, the blogger would then be required to submit monthly reports on the 10th of each month with the appropriate state office. They would not have to submit a report on months when no content is published.
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What's that amendment again? First. :brickwallsmall:
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So Florida wants ya to register to be able to say anything about politicians.

Not to be outdone, Texas wants to make it illegal to even read about abortions.

https://gizmodo.com/texas-abortion-webs ... e=_twitter
Last week, Texas introduced a bill that would make it illegal for internet service providers to let users access information about how to get abortion pills. The bill, called the Women and Child Safety Act, would also criminalize creating, editing, or hosting a website that helps people seek abortions.

If the bill passes, internet service providers (ISPs) will be forced to block websites “operated by or on behalf of an abortion provider or abortion fund.” ISPs would also have to filter any website that helps people who “provide or aid or abet elective abortions” in almost any way, including raising money.

The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade left the country with a patchwork of reproductive health laws of varying restriction or permission. That drove interest in securing abortion access across state lines, and Republican state lawmakers quickly set their sights on limiting the distribution of abortion pills and related information.

The bill is part of a trend in Texas, where lawmakers are working to create a special, closed-off Texan internet.
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Before John Kennedy created his fake MAGA persona a few years ago, he was Oxford Law grad and LA State Treasurer John Kennedy. Here is a montage of the real Kennedy, with the fake one we see now.
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And another from Texas

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:explode:
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Right Wing Watch @RightWingWatch wrote: Lauren Witzke doubles down on her support for Putin: "My God is the same God that Putin has and people that oppose him are opposing the same God, like serving Satan."
Right Wing Watch @RightWingWatch wrote: Lauren Witzke, the Delaware GOP's candidate for Senate in 2020, says the U.S. is "just drifting farther and farther away from God" and longs for the nation to be liberated by Vladimir Putin.
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:brickwallsmall: :cantlook:

According to Putin the US is following the wrong doG .... :violin:
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Yes the US withdrawal wasn't well done - but there was little choice once the Orange One had signed over teh country to the Taliban.


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-09/ ... /102072472

Active-service members and veterans in the United States have given testimony about the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, describing in harrowing detail the carnage and death they witnessed on the ground while imploring Congress to help allies left behind.

Key points:
One US veteran say he sees "the faces of all of those we could not save"
Afghan veterans testified at the initial hearing of a long-promised investigation by House Republicans on Wednesday
Witnesses are calling on the US to help the hundreds of thousands of Afghan allies who worked alongside US soldiers

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The proposal would have enabled qualified Afghans to apply for US citizenship, as was done for refugees in the past, including those from Cuba, Vietnam and Iraq.

But that effort stalled in the Senate late last year due to opposition from Republicans.

"If we don't set politics aside and pursue accountability and lessons learned to address this grievous moral injury on our military community and right the wrongs that have been inflicted on our most at-risk Afghan allies, this colossal foreign policy will follow us home and ultimately draw us right back into the graveyard of empires where it all started," Lieutenant Colonel Mann said.
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From the Old Fogbow (see update below) -
neonzx wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2020 5:21 pm
SuzieC wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2020 4:28 pm https://www.wcbe.org/post/dewine-calls- ... GaaFjw9XBc

Ohio House speaker heads a $60 million bribery scheme
A journalists notes from the press conference a couple hours ago.

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U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio David DeVillers calls it the largest money laundering scheme against the residents of Ohio. It was to line the pockets of the defendants, build the base of Householder and further the affairs of the scheme, DeVillers. He says it was “pay to play.”

DeVillers: “Everyone in this room knows who Company A is.” He says he will not disclose what that is at this time.

DeVillers: Generation Now, a 501C4, does not have to disclose donors to the enterprise. It's supposed to be a social welfare entity. Political activity cannot be it's main activity. Not a dime of the money, the $60 million, went to social welfare.

DeVillers: Company A funded efforts to pass House Bill 6 in 2019. There was ballot initiative to kill HB6. Money went from Company A to Generation Now to bribe ballot collectors, provided to other ballot services to do nothing. It was for the personal benefit of the people in this indictment.

DeVillers: “It was a very covert investigation… It was critical to keep this a secret investigation… We are not done with this case.”

With the investigation out in the open now, FBI agents can interview other people involved in the case. They did not before for fear the enterprise would stop before they got the necessary information.

Cincinnati Division of the FBI Special Agent in Charge Chris Hoffman: “Our Number One priority in the FBI is public corruption.” “All forms of public corruption are unacceptable.”

Hoffman: “Shameful betrayal of the public trust… A sophisticated criminal conspiracy.” Illegally diverted money for their own use. “This is a first time a racketeering charge has been used on a public official in the Southern District of Ohio.”

A reporter asks if anyone at FirstEnergy will be charged, DeVillers says they will follow the investigation wherever it leads them and refers to it as Company A.

DeVillers was briefed in on the case about a year ago and admits it took him a while to fully digest the complicated conspiracy.

DeVillers: No evidence the Ohio Governor's Office was involved.

DeVillers: “Everything begins and ends with the rule of law.”
Today's update -

Ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, former Ohio GOP leader Matt Borges found guilty
A federal jury found both former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio Republican Party chairman Matt Borges guilty of racketeering conspiracy – a dramatic outcome in the biggest public corruption case in state history.

The guilty verdict marks the end of Householder’s long political career in which he twice held the speaker’s gavel. He’ll be in the Ohio history books as the only speaker expelled from the Legislature and then convicted in a federal corruption case.

Householder and Borges face up to 20 years in prison.

The case made it to federal court because of its sweeping scope: $61 million in bribe money paid by FirstEnergy Corp. via dark money groups to help Householder seize political power and in turn pass and defend a $1.3 billion bailout law known as House Bill 6.
More at the link.
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What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
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It puzzles me how guys like Householder think they can get away with such massive fraud. :confuzzled:
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Phoenix520 wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:09 pm It puzzles me how guys like Householder think they can get away with such massive fraud. :confuzzled:
Why would they be deterred? 'Pub congresscritters that gave J6ers guided tours the days before haven't been kicked outta congress yet. The orangeshitstain hasn't been arrested yet.

There's no consequences, why worry?
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Phoenix520 wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:09 pm It puzzles me how guys like Householder think they can get away with such massive fraud. :confuzzled:
"Who's gonna stop me? Everybody does it and they'd just be stopping themselves."
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Republican Lt gov of Tennessee has been sending dms to a gay man since he was 17 despite him being anti gay
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Wow, watched the full interview. McNally really owns it at least and expresses support for the LGBTQ+ community. I’ll take it. He says he’s sorry for embarrassing people, but he never takes his 🏳️‍🌈 support back. But yeah, awkward is an understatement.
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raison de arizona wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:43 pm Wow, watched the full interview. McNally really owns it at least and expresses support for the LGBTQ+ community. I’ll take it. He says he’s sorry for embarrassing people, but he never takes his 🏳️‍🌈 support back. But yeah, awkward is an understatement.
There's just his issue with supporting anti gay bills
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