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MAGAT MARCH TO FASCISM - PART TWO: THE WAR ON LATINOS:

Florida Travel Warnings Intensify As State Lawmakers Strike Back - Travel Pulse dot com  "A growing chorus of leading civil rights groups are issuing travel warnings about visiting Florida amid Gov. Ron DeSantis’ increasingly hostile laws toward women, minorities, immigrants, and the LGBTQ community."

TikTok Video Shows Latina Electrician ‘Humiliated,’ Slapped by Contractor While Working - wearemitu dot com

Abbott Busses Migrants To Los Angeles, Continuing Effort To Out-MAGA DeSantis - Talking Points Memo dot com

Texas sends busload of 42 migrants to Los Angeles - Los Angeles Times

Migrants say Florida contractors pushed for them to fly to California - Los Angeles Times

Florida Republicans Want To Have Their Anti-Immigrant Bill And Eat Their Oranges, Too - Wonkette

GOP Lawmaker Urges Florida Migrants to Stay After Voting for Strict Anti-Immigrant Bill - Business Insider  Florida GOP lawmaker says the anti-immigration law he backed is causing a 'major problem' as migrant families are leaving the state

State-sanctioned kidnapping’: Texas sheriff aids probe into new DeSantis migrant flights - News.Yahoo dot com

Florida Businesses Close as Protests Erupt Against Anti-Immigrant Law - The Daily Beast

Civil rights groups to Biden: ‘Take all actions within your authority’ to protect undocumented immigrants - The Hill

3 more GOP governors sending National Guard troops to US-Mexico border - Yahoo dot com

Florida Republican begs Latinos to stay after DeSantis signs immigration law - MSNBC

Mar-a-Lago looked to hire nearly 400 foreign workers while Trump stashed top-secret docs there: Forbes - Raw Story


MAGAT MARCH TO FASCISM - PART THREE: THE WAR ON CHILDREN:

There’s a long history of right-wing media defending child predators - MSNBC   As GOPers falsely label LGBTQ people “groomers,” Media Matters has compiled a list of conservative media personalities downplaying sexual misconduct.

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill rolling back child labor laws in response to business owner complaints over labor shortages - Business Insider  Iowa's unemployment rate was under 3% last month.

Legislation introduced in at least 10 states could loosen child labor laws to address worker shortages - ABC13 Houston

Republican state lawmakers want children to work in bars on school nights to fill "labor shortage" - Boing Boing

Wisconsin GOP slammed for potentially disastrous plan to let 14-year-olds work in bars - Raw Story

Just so scary: As mass shootings increase, House GOP wants to repeal bipartisan gun laws - News.Yahoo dot com (the better to mass murder school children with my dear)

Ariz. teen who brought AR-15 to school had ‘lightning link’ to make it fully automatic: court docs - NBC News
 

MAGAT MARCH TO FASCISM - PART FOUR: THE WAR ON GAYS:

Missouri AG calls on KC police to enforce trans care ban that chief says outside jurisdiction - Yahoo dot com

I’m literally lol’ing: Marjorie Taylor Greene defends drag-dressing beau after he misgenders Brittney Griner - MSN

She’s Going to Win She’s a Man’’: Female Track Star Opens Up on Upsetting Remarks After Victory - Essentially Sports dot com (like I keeps saying, sick mfkrs)

Republican-controlled committee rejects Louisiana bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors - The Independent

Anti-trans activists threaten Louisiana Republican who shot down gender-affirming care ban - News.Yahoo dot com

As Predicted, Anti-Drag Laws Are Being Weaponized to Silence Trans People - The Mary Sue

Transgender adults in Florida were blindsided that the new law also limits their access to healthcare, and now have to decide whether to uproot their lives and leave - Business Insider

Wanda Sykes calls Dave Chappelle's trans jokes 'so hurtful' - Los Angeles Times

Transphobic grifter tries to resuscitate a propaganda film because it's Pride Month, fails miserably - Dailykos

Sabotage mission: Oregon GOP senators burned for walk-out over LGBTQ+ and abortion rights - MSN

Legislatures Introduced 550 Anti-Trans Bills So Far This Year – Mother Jones

A Utah City Banned Pride Month–Themed Library Displays. Then It Threatened Employees Who Criticized the Decision - Reason dot com   After officials in Orem, Utah, banned “heritage month” displays in the public library, it threatened to discipline librarians who criticized the censorship.

Target Slammed For Removing Pride Merch Following Conservative Outrage - HuffPost

Target accused of "selling out the LGBTQ+ community to extremists" after pulling Pride merchandise - Salon dot com

Target's Pride Month boycott shows disturbing GOP plans - MSNBC

Candace Owens Calls Target Shoppers 'Gay & Perverts': VIDEO - Comic Sands (daft btch)

Trans Couple Harassed In Montana Target Speaks Out - HuffPost

Target, Reeling from GOP Boycott, Looks at all the GOP Donations They Made, Wonders What Went Wrong - Dailykos  California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the move was part of a "systematic attack on the gay community" around the U.S.

For my transgender daughter, there are only 18 States of America | Salon

MY OTHER POSTS FOR JUNE 26-27 FOUND IN: 
Trump GOP Inspired Racism and Hate - Liberals Only PCR
The Conservative Courts - A Republican Assault - Liberals Only PCR
The Continuous Republican Assault Upon the Rights - Liberals Only PCR
The Republican War on Education - Liberals Only PCR
The Real Fraudsters The Republican Conspiracy - Liberals Only PCR
Death of Democracy - NHB
The Capitol Insurrectionists - NHB
Liz Cheney Says Republican Leaders Have Enabled White Supremacy - NHB
On Being Civil to Incivility - NHB
A Platform of Hate, Intolerance, Intimidation, and Terror - Peanut Gallery
 
 

MAGAT MARCH TO FASCISM - PART FIVE: FIGHTING BACK

It's official: overwhelming majority of Americans support LGBTQ+ rights - Dailykos

Ron DeSantis loses big in court as judge issues scathing ruling on his anti-trans healthcare law: 'Gender identity is real' - Business Insider dot com

Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days festival - PBS dot org   said Joseph Clark, CEO of Gay Days Inc. “Right now is not the time to run. It’s not the time to go away,” Clark said. “It’s time to show we are here, we are queer and we aren’t going anywhere.”

Florida town defiantly flies Pride Flag after mayor warns against it - MSN

Trump-Appointed Judge Rejects Tennessee's Anti-Drag Law As Unconstitutionally Vague - HuffPost  Federal judge tosses Tennessee's controversial anti-drag law, declaring it unconstitutional

Sen. Thom Tillis Supported Same-Sex Marriage and Red Flag Laws. North Carolina’s GOP Censured Him. – Mother Jones

Arizona governor vetoes transgender bathroom bill, condemns it as ‘attack’ on children - The Hill

Midwest small town's Pride festival attracts thousands who reject far-right local politics - AOL dot com

Garth Brooks responds to those triggered over his Bud Light stance - TribLIVE dot com

Garth Brooks Commits To Selling Every Beer At New Bar - Comic Sands

Gavin Newsom Uses Marjorie Taylor Greene's Theories Against Her In Wicked Burn - HuffPost
This isn’t just a couple stores in the South. There is a systematic attack on the gay community happening across the country,” Newsom warned. “Wake up America. This doesn’t stop here. You’re black? You’re Asian? You’re Jewish? You’re a woman? You’re next.”

NASCAR embraces Pride Month; heads explode - Dailykos


PART SIX: MAGATS ARE RUNNING OUT OF **** TO EAT

No biscuits and gravy for MAGA as Cracker Barrel goes 'woke' - Dailykos

Cracker Barrel Angers Conservatives With Pride Post: PHOTO - Comic Sands

Call of Duty Boycott Even More Pathetic Than Bud Light, Target Anti-LGBTQ Backlash - The Mary Sue dot com

Right-Wingers Mocked For Full-Blown Freakout Over 'Woke' Cracker Barrel - News.Yahoo dot com

MAGA woman grieves after finding out Chick-Fil-A is serving "woke chicken" (video) - Boing Boing

No longer the Lord's chicken: Christian woman says she's grieving over 'woke' Chick-fil-A - Says She's Switching to Cane's - Raw Story dot com

(shhhhhh don't tell her...)

The Chicken Chain That’s A Strong Advocate For LGBT Rights – Sdlgbtn dot com

Chick-fil-A Branded 'Woke' After Right-Wingers Find Old DEI Statement - HuffPost

Conservatives outraged after Chick-fil-A hires diversity, equity, and inclusion executive - Washington Examiner

Chick-fil-A went 'woke' - conservatives may starve - Dailykos

Conservatives call for Kellogg's boycott after Tony the Tiger poses with Dylan Mulvaney at Tony Awards - Washington Examiner

Conservatives Are Running Out of Things to Eat - The New Republic

Republicans don't have anywhere to eat this month. All of these chains celebrate Pride - LGBTQ Nation

MY OTHER POSTS FOR JUNE 26-27 FOUND IN:

Trump GOP Inspired Racism and Hate - Liberals Only PCR
The Conservative Courts - A Republican Assault - Liberals Only PCR
The Continuous Republican Assault Upon the Rights - Liberals Only PCR
The Republican War on Education - Liberals Only PCR
The Real Fraudsters The Republican Conspiracy - Liberals Only PCR
Death of Democracy - NHB
The Capitol Insurrectionists - NHB
Liz Cheney Says Republican Leaders Have Enabled White Supremacy - NHB
On Being Civil to Incivility - NHB
A Platform of Hate, Intolerance, Intimidation, and Terror - Peanut Gallery
 

MAGAS CONTINUED FASCIST WAR ON WOMEN, IMMIGRANTS, CHILDREN, AND THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY

PART ONE: MAGA WAR ON WOMEN

One year after Dobbs, the horror stories are everywhere—and it will only get worse - Dailykos

Abortion rights won in every election since Roe v. Wade overturned - NBC News

These are blowouts! Steve Bannon panics over anti-abortion movement's string of losses - Raw Story

Missouri Republicans Are Going to Absurd Lengths to Stop Voters from Having Their Say on Abortion – Mother Jones

Texas Hypocrisy reaches a new low: You can’t have an abortion because it violates the rights of the fetus but if that fetus dies from neglect caused by the state, then that same fetus has no rights under Texas law - Dailykos

South Carolina's All-Male Supreme Court Approves Extreme 6-Week Abortion Ban - Jezebel

Heightened pregnancy-related mortality since Roe v. Wade reversal worries doctors: report - Alternet

Judge to weigh suspending Wyoming first-in-the-nation ban on abortion pills - The Independent

Texas Republicans Are Targeting Highways Now to Stop Out-of-State Abortions - Jezebel

Pro-DeSantis Suburban Moms Tell CNN His Abortion Ban Will Hurt Him With Voters: ‘Something That I Cannot Get Behind’ - Mediaite

Iowa governor calls special legislative session with ‘sole purpose’ of restricting abortion - The Hill

Republicans ended federal abortion protections. Now they’re going after birth control - Dailykos

Targeting abortion access, Ohio Republicans are trying to make it harder to amend the state's constitution - CBS News

Ingraham Urges GOP to brag about restricting women's rights - Boing Boing

Girl, 13, gives birth after she was raped and denied abortion in Mississippi -The Guardian

Woman Sues Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Center After Her Ectopic Pregnancy Ruptured - Yahoo

Ron DeSantis Drew Outcry From Women's Group As He Ended Permanent Alimony In Florida - Democratic Underground

Prominent Abortion Rights Lawyer Just Confirmed as Federal Judge - The Mary Sue

Turns Out Rep. Tricia Cotham, North Carolina Abortion Traitor, Was a GOP Plant All Along - Yahoo

My latest posts:

The Continuous Republican Assault Upon Rights (Liberals Only Chat Room)
Trump's Fascist America (NHB)
On Being Civil to Incivility: A Closer Look (Liberals Only Chat Room)
The Conservative Courts: A Republican Assault... (Liberals Only Chat Room)
Trump / GOP Inspired Racism and Hate (Liberals Only Chat Room)
The Real Fraudsters: Republican Conspiracy to Rig the Vote (Liberals Only Chat Room)
Death of Democracy in America (Liberals Only Chat Room)
The Criminality of Donald Trump (Liberals Only Chat Room)
Covid Is Not A Hoax (Liberals Only Chat Room)
Police Misconduct (NHB)
The Fanatical Mindset of the Religious Right (Liberal Only Chat Room)
The Capitol Insurrectionists (NHB)
The Republican Assault Upon Education (NHB)
So I Totally Expect Russia to Invade Ukraine (NHB)
 

maineman » 23 Jun 2023, 9:21 pm » wrote: ↑

23 Jun 2023, 9:21 pm

with that enlightened attitude, I can only imagine that the last one you were inside of was either getting paid or was profoundly ugly.  Am I right?

you are wrong lol

MAGAS CONTINUED FASCIST WAR ON WOMEN, IMMIGRANTS, CHILDREN, AND THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY

PART TWO: THE REAL GROOMERS - MAGA WAR ON CHILDREN

Child labor is not just an issue of ethics but a violation of fundamental human rights - Dailykos

Florida seeing spike in child labour as Republican states across the country push to remove barriers - The Independent

Why red states won't ban child pageants - Dailykos

Michigan Republicans go after paid family leave, calling it a 'summer break'

Funder of Film 'Sound of Freedom' Charged in Child Kidnapping Case - Insider

Why Do Neo-Nazis Keep Getting Arrested For Child Sexual Abuse Material? - Vice

Anti-Abortion Activist Charged With Child Sexual Abuse - HuffPost

Another Christian influencer arrested for child abuse: Why conservatives keep falling for these cons - Salon

PART THREE: MAGA WAR ON LATINO IMMIGRANTS

Asylum-seekers flown to California say they were deceived by people promising them jobs and housing - CNN

DeSantis anti-immigrant law sparks mass worker exodus in Florida - Salon

"How can one man pass one law and destroy all these businesses in Florida?" asked a lifelong Republican (short answer? Because you fkrs LET him)

Florida immigrants detail their exit following DeSantis immigration law: I had to leave - NBC

An undocumented immigrant who built a business and a life in Tampa is one of many who have left. "They don't want us here," he said.

Truckers threatened Florida boycott over immigration law - Yahoo

Trump and DeSantis Are Competing to Show Who Hates Immigrants the Most – Mother Jones

Another bus with dozens of migrants from Texas arrived in Los Angeles - The Guardian

Migrant Workers Flee Florida as New Immigration Law Takes Effect - WSJ

Abbott's Texas National Guard set up a secret spy operation and treated the border like it was the war in Iraq: whistleblowers - Insider

Texas troopers told to push back migrants into Rio Grande River and ordered not to give water amid soaring temperatures, report says - CNN

My latest posts:

The Continuous Republican Assault Upon Rights (Liberals Only Chat Room)
Trump's Fascist America (NHB)
On Being Civil to Incivility: A Closer Look (Liberals Only Chat Room)
The Conservative Courts: A Republican Assault... (Liberals Only Chat Room)
Trump / GOP Inspired Racism and Hate (Liberals Only Chat Room)
The Real Fraudsters: Republican Conspiracy to Rig the Vote (Liberals Only Chat Room)
Death of Democracy in America (Liberals Only Chat Room)
The Criminality of Donald Trump (Liberals Only Chat Room)
Covid Is Not A Hoax (Liberals Only Chat Room)
Police Misconduct (NHB)
The Fanatical Mindset of the Religious Right (Liberal Only Chat Room)
The Capitol Insurrectionists (NHB)
The Republican Assault Upon Education (NHB)
So I Totally Expect Russia to Invade Ukraine (NHB)
 

PART FOUR: MAGAS WAR ON... well, JUST ABOUT EVERYONE THEY HATE

Gavin Newsom Rips Total B.S. Republican Claim that Democrats support and even promote abortion rights up to and after birth - Huffington Post

Missouri Republicans Reach New Level of Shamelessness in Fight Against Abortion Vote - Yahoo News

Abortion rights are popular among voters—no wonder that in Kansas, Montana, Ohio, and now Missouri anti-abortion leaders are doing everything they can to spread disinformation and prevent state-wide elections to decide abortion rights.

Medical necessity: Florida judge strikes down ban on Medicaid-funded gender-affirming care - Alternet

Shhh! Greg Abbott doesn't want you to know he just quietly signed one of Texas' most homophobic laws yet - Yahoo

DeSantis’ Disney board scraps minority-based hiring and contracting - Yahoo

DeSantis-controlled Disney World district abolishes diversity, equity initiatives - Yahoo

Top DeSantis aides oversaw creation of anti-LGBTQ+, Nazi-promoting videos - Dailykos

DeSantis' War on Woke Backfires As Disney Ends $1 Billion Spending in Florida – Controversial Policies Spur Convention Cancellations, Tourism Downturn, and Struggles for Local Businesses - Yahoo Finance

DeSantis refuses $350m from Biden’s climate fund to help Florida residents with energy rebates - Telegraph co uk

Tin foil hat-wearing Georgia Republican Assembly member arrested at anti-LGBTQ Pride protest - Raw Story

The Gay Couple Who Allegedly Wanted a Homophobic Designer to Make Their Wedding Website Apparently Never Existed

Nazis protested a Wisconsin Pride event, shouting homophobic slurs - NBC

Conspiracy Theorists Are Rushing To Defend Russell Brand Over Sex Abuse Claims - Vice

Megyn Kelly is ‘Sick’ Of Conservatives Defending Russell Brand Age Gap Relationship With 16-Year-Old: ‘She Was a Minor!’ - Mediaite

All the Worst Men Are Rushing to Defend Russell Brand - Daily Beast

Tennessee hospital faces civil rights investigation over release of transgender health records - AP News

Tennessee A.G. uses private medical records in Republican campaign against trans people - MSNBC

Tennessee AG Just Needs Trans Medical Records To Fight, Umm, 'Billing Fraud' - Yeah That's It - Wonkette

South Dakota GOP rep. says Mount Rushmore is a demonic portal spewing communism and witchcraft - Dailykos

FIGHTING BACK:

Southern Baptists expel Oklahoma church after pastor defends his blackface and Native caricatures – Boston 25 News

Texas Bakery Sees Surge Of Support After Initial Backlash To Pride Cookies : NPR

Amid LGBTQ political backlash Latinos in advocacy groups push back - NBC

Democrats Introduce Bill to Support LGBTQ & Women’s History in Schools - Yahoo

My latest posts WEEK OF SEPT 18:

On Being Civil to Incivility: A Closer Look (Liberals Only Chat Room)
The Continuous Republican Assault Upon Rights (Liberals Only Chat Room)
Trump's Fascist America (NHB)
So I Totally Expect Russia to Invade Ukraine (NHB)
 

What is the limit where no abortion can be performed except with exceptions? Hhhhhmmmmmm 15 weeks? 6 weeks? 18 weeks? 16 weeks?

THE CONTINUOUS MAGA WAR ON WOMEN:

Anti-Abortion Lawyer Wants Names of People Who Donated to 9 Texas Abortion Funds - Yahoo

Abortion Ban States Soon Won't Have Anyone To Deliver The Babies They Want To Force People To Have - Wonkette

New Doctors Avoiding States With Abortion Bans, Threatening More Maternal Care Deserts - Yahoo

Woman denied abortion in Tennessee after doctor determined her baby wouldn’t survive announces political bid - The Independent

Texas Abortion Rights Advocates Vow to Fight Unconstitutional Local Travel Bans - Common Dreams


MACHO MACHO MAN, THEY WANNA BE A MACHO MAN:

Right-wing conspiracists flock to support Russell Brand and counter sexual assault allegations - Yahoo

GOP dudes are big mad at Taylor Swift for reminding them that the ladies don't like them - Yahoo

Marjorie Taylor Greene's Boyfriend Goes On Vile Rant About Liberal Women: 'The Ugliest' - Yahoo (Glenn, have you LOOKED in the mirror? Hadn't heard whether your girlfriend neighed in though.)

As social media grows in Kenya, so does the disturbing and toxic ‘manosphere’ -The Guardian

Joseph Carl Roberts, once hailed by Donald Trump as a victim of #MeToo hysteria, has been arrested and charged for murdering and dismembering his girlfriend - Rawstory

I'm livid: Female cops furious after police department posts image of Barbie officer - Raw Story

Student said she felt violated as she was jailed in Dubai after half-naked strip search - Mirror Online

Student who faced year in Dubai prison after ‘airport altercation’ is allowed to leave country - Independent

MEANWHILE:

Nobel Peace Prize won by Narges Mohammadi for ‘fight against the oppression of women in Iran’ - Yahoo
 

THIS WEEKS POSTS: THE CRUEL AND RETROGRESSIVE MENTALITIES OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY (LCR) - THE GREATEST CON IN AMERICAN HISTORY (NHB) - THE CONTINUOUS REPUBLICAN ASSAULT UPON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN (LCR) - THE CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT (NHB) - WHAT'S OBVIOUS ABOUT THE WAR (NHB) - SO I THINK RUSSIA (NHB) - COVIDIOCRACY (NHB) - ON BEING CIVIL TO INCIVILITY (LCR) - THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON EDUCATION (LCR) - THE CRIMINALITY OF DONALD TRUMP (LCR) - THE REAL FRAUDSTERS (LCR) - THE CAPITOL INSURRECTIONISTS (NHB) - TRUMP'S FASCIST AMERICA (NHB)

MAGA WAR ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN:

She was told her twin sons wouldn’t survive. Texas law made her give birth anyway - Texas Tribune  Miranda Michel, 26, couldn’t leave the state for an abortion. But she also couldn’t bear the idea of carrying a nonviable pregnancy to term

Anti-abortion groups keep losing ballot measure votes. They're betting on Ohio to buck that trend - Yahoo News

Conservatives’ Obstruction Leads to a Tripling of American Indian Child Poverty - The Good Men Project

Voters in Ohio to decide on Issue 1, which would provide a state constitutional right to abortion, on Nov. 7 – Ballotpedia News

As birthing hospitals close, Alabama's maternity care crisis is a warning for the rest of the nation - Salon

Republicans are warming up the jail cells they want to put American women into - Alternet dot org

Free Speech Lover Sarah Huckabee Sanders Will Tell You What Words You Can Use, Okay? - Wonkette

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker launches organization focused on protecting abortion rights - Dailykos

Something nefarious: Florida Republicans look to loosen child labor laws - Raw Story

How the Gun Industry GROOMS Kids Using TikTok, Instagram, and Video Games – Mother Jones

Tennessee GOP plans to reject $1.8 billion rather than follow federal mandates - Raw Story

While Tennessee is among 10 states with a history of denying Medicaid expansion to thousands of low-income residents, American University professor Thomas Kahn said it;s alarming that the GOP is willing to reject $1.8 billion in federal education funds over LGBTQ+ rights and abortion access mandates.

MEANWHILE:

Failed MAGA candidate melts down at Taylor Swift: 'You’re celebrating witchcraft' - Raw Story