Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@Dustcan
The world needs more people like Jon Stewart and less people like Rand Paul

Every word that shitstain Paul uttered about this brings more and more rage from me.

I despise that man, and any idiotic inbred who supports his moronic stance.

Rene Boucher is a true American Hero.

@Ciaran
I do that on purpose to be funny, it’s cool. Well maybe it’s not funny because I have to explain it but when you said

“Super admirable to people of similar mindsets, of course.”

The dumbest possible thing i could have done was assume that you where talking about me and be defensive over it, so I did that to be funny. I assumed adding the lol would have indicated I didn’t take serious offence.

Damn I didn’t think my state had it in it. 12% of precincts are in and 65% oppose the abortion ban the right wants for Kansas so far. There’s still a ways to go but it’s looking good.

Kansas has voted to protect their right to abortion despite the state’s attempt to change their own constitution to ban it. Extra notable in that this is the first real electoral fight over abortion since the overturning of Roe.

Now we wait and see the fallout, both statewide and nationally.

@Beth
Oh, no. No no no. I was referring to the people propping up the dingus. If I sounded bitter it was only because I was remembering some people I used to work with.

You always remind me of Mike Rowe for some reason. Who is aces in my book.

@Dustcan
Good for them, that’s great news :)

The hero of the day.

@Dustcan
About time someone reminded Mitch who he works for.

Would’ve been more heroic if he’d’ve 47ed the fucking ghast.

More info in the Kansas abortion ban. For a long time it was trailing by as much as 30% before the final count puts it as failing by nearly a full 20 point margin.

And this is Kansas mind you, a solidly red state. They still voted at near average margin despite the amendment proposal’s tricky wording.

We’re still 3 months from the midterms, but the first referendum on abortion is looking like the GQP probably have shot themselves in the foot with their overreach.

@Dustcan
If I’m interpreting the bill correctly, it could have given the state legislature an opening to ban abortions even if it put the mother’s life at risk. A number of actual pro-life Republicans might have voted against this bill because of that.

@The Smiling Pony
I don’t know that verb.

@Natry
That seems like a popular take with many Republican states and legislators, so I wonder how willing they’ll be to dial back for tactical purposes.

@Dustcan
Jon Stewart just beat every republican up.

So in new with the Alex Jones trial, apparently Jones lawyers accidently sent everything that was on his phone (including around 2 years worth of text and private messages) to the lawyer’s representing the Sandy Hook victims.

Alex is also pulling a Weinstein by pretending that he’s sick and that he has a torn larynx… right before the judge played a segment from his InfoWars show from a few hours ago that had him screaming at the top of his lungs.

Oh, and now he is apparently saying the judge is a pedo/has connections to child porn, and also had a clip from InfoWars airing that shows him setting the judge on fire.

Thereis no way he is winning this trial.

@Background Pony #1F81
Oh shit, he’s not winning any favors with the judge. So yea, there’s a good chance he’s gonna lose this trial

@neutralgrey
Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook was ‘100% real’ in court testimony, says it was irresponsible to call it a hoax

@Background Pony #F53A
Thoughts:
I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if he settled with the families before the final hearing.
But the fact it took him this long is just unbelievable.

Jones is getting spitroasted by a rhino and an elephant.

Alex Jones has been pulling 180s on his trial for years. Anytime he’s being grilled by prosecutors he’s pulling the pity card and saying it’s all just an act and that he doesn’t mean any harm.

Then he gets on his show, sometimes literally hours apart from these same interviews, and lambasts everyone involved.

In trial he’s all tears about how much he’s concerned about the families, then on show he’s calling the families suing him autistic. After admitting on record that the shooting was real he’s now attacking the media by claiming they won’t let him own the confession, basically saying he’s the real victim of a media smear job here.

Guy’s a fraud and grifter from top to bottom.

I just got around to reading Hawley’s reason for why he plans to vote no on Finland and Sweden joining NATO. See if you can find the hidden subtext in this worm filled word-salad.

Ignoring the Russian dick-sucking for a minute let’s analyze his response at face value.

It almost implies that he thinks NATO can only respond to European threats. Which is wrong, completely. Moreover, NATO has “members” in Asia, as South Korea, Japan, and Australia are part of various secondary contracts under NATO, and regularly do training, exchanges, and trade deals with NATO aligned countries.

So, it’s not that Hawley is either a complete idiot or Russian sycophant. He’s both.

I mean, one of the many kerfuffle that was the War on Terror was NATO following America into the Middle East as per their agreement. NATO is primarily about keeping Russia in check but is by no means limited to that one nation.

So screw that puppet.

@Dustcan
The idea that a stronger NATO is somehow less able to stand up to China is… well, it’s the sort of idea one might expect from Josh Hawley’s silky smooth brain.

Rand Paul is not done convincing people that abortions are a good thing.

Eastern Kentucky is flooded, again, and his opponent, Charles Booker, was seen providing relief and supplies to shelters in the region. Paul’s response was to denigrate him, saying “I think most people think that the people who should be doing the responding are the professionals,” Paul said. “You know, politicians out there having their picture taken probably isn’t that useful.”

He said this while doing what he’s always done for his constituents: nothing.

Alex Jones in Court is like a Cartoon character facing real physics for the first time. Suddenly he has to face accountability. I have always enjoyed his lunatic antics and consider him to be a great comedian (even if that’s not his intentions), but dear lord does he fearmonger.