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

While the New Testament does indeed teach empathy and compassion, especially toward the weakest in society, like any belief system its message can and is twisted toward cruel ends, usually for the purpose of political repression. We see it in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, hell there’s a militant Buddhist movement that participated in the Myanmar genocide.

@BlitztheDragon
Yep. It’s a people issue, not a religion issue. Assholes will twist what they can to justify their hateful views. I think Stalin was an atheist, and we know how bad he was.

It’s been four days since he has been in office. Have grocery prices gone down?

@Background Pony #8023
ok bro.

What’s that?

A MAGA acknowledging that their preferred party is going too far?

What madness is this?

Last year, Colorado passed a transparency law to take effect February 1st requiring ride-hailing companies to disclose how much of their fare prices go to the driver, and how much is collected as profit. In what is likely to become a test case, Uber is suing to block the law on the grounds that they have a First Amendment right to withhold that information from the public.

This has been par for the course with big business and the right weaponizing the courts to undo worthwhile legislation. Over a decade ago de facto national right-to-work was handed down by SCOTUS on the grounds that mandatory union dues were “compelled speech.” Rightwing legal orgs since the 80’s and 90’s have trained their activists to frame their arguments around the First Amendment for maximum effect.

@BlitztheDragon
The idea that spending and business expensive count as “free speech” is ridiculous. Not only is it just showing where the money goes, it’s not affecting what the business can and does say (unless their business is lying, but than it’s an issue of deceptive practices).

@CaptainXtra
So Andy Ogles think it will pass. Watch it not pass because Republican voted against it.

@igotnopicks
I am pretty sure you need way more than a slim majority to pass amendments,

A quick summary from Gemini in relation to that subject yielded the following.

The GOP’s majority in both House and Senate is too slim for option 1 to work in accordance with the law.

The problem being, of course, that the GOP does not give a shit what the law says.

I have less than no respect for Republicans. I won’t be surprised if they push for it and give Trump a third term. It won’t work though, he’ll probably never make it to the end of the third term. He’s too old.

@neutralgrey
I’m hoping Vance is making sure Trump has McDonnals every meal to speed up the process.

The Alt-Right let it’s mask slip and Evan called it out wonderfully:

Relevant.

It’s a cult.

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Pete Hegseth’s confirmation vote is supposed to happen today.

We are about to see if the GQP believed in DEI all along, but only towards the domestic abuser chronic blackout drunk demographic.

Oh and Trump has now disbanded the school safety board meant to prevent school shootings. It was clearly not very effective, but it probably kept some kids from not dying. The latter of which is no doubt why it had to go.

And finally Trump is continuing to bloviate about getting rid of FEMA.

It’s not just a cult, it’s a death cult.

@Dustcan
How else are they suppose to blame minorities for tragedies if there are no tragedies? These are going to be a rough few years.

Trump quite literally wants his enemies dead. He has pulled the security details of Fauci, Bolton and Pompeo.

@Background Pony #205A
Who are those three again?

@neutralgrey
So if people voted Biden in 2020 and Harris in 2024 they still deserve Trump? Isn’t collective punishment supposed to be frowned upon?

How long will it take for Trump to destroy America? Oh wait. It’s already happening.

@Meanlucario
His former employees. Fauci lead the efforts against covid-19, Bolton and Pompeo were his secretaries of state (one after the other).

They all committed the mortal sin of not sucking Trump’s dick after leaving office. Mind, not criticize, just not constantly adulate him like a deity.

@Background Pony #205A
Bolton and Pompeo are Republicans so I really don’t care. Fauci was pardoned from further prosecution by Biden before he left office, so there is hope for him.

@The Smiling Pony
Ah. What a child Trump is.