Then clarify your initial statement when you make it. Your words were: "Republicans are homophobic as hell". I'm a republican. I'm not homophobic.
Well you can't tell that by looking at your party as a whole. Your problem, not mine.
Arch, you are a smart guy, so I know you are purposely using flawed linguistics to to distract from OCD's point. Clearly because you cannot refute it through real discussion.
When OCD refers to republicans, he is referring to the republican party as an institution, not about every singe member of the party.
The Washington Commanders sexually harassed their female employees. This refers to the team nto every single member
Russia is getting ready to invade the Ukraine. If they do, we will say the Russians invaded the Ukraine. Again referring to the institution not implying that every single Russian invaded the Ukraine or that every single Russian supports the idea.
The United States Army built a military base in some foreign country. It is the institution of the Army that built the base, not every single member.
Etc, etc, etc. Simple 8th grade English. You are purposely trying to obfuscate the discussion because you know it is an argument that you can't otherwise win.
I AM a smart person.
I hate the 'lumping' part of it. Period.
I've done it in the past, I know. But saying "republicans are homophobic" is just idiotic. It's akin to saying white people are rednecks. Or black people are gangbangers. Or democrats are free loaders.
Lumping someone into a group is just a way to try to separate and divide.
What happened to individuals/individuality???
So, I voted for Trump? Over Hillary, yes.
I'm conservative. Hate me?
He does it all the time, the lumping.
Another poster does it as well, but starts off with, in a reply, "so you're saying............." which is no where near what the cited poster was saying.
Well, REPUBLICANS are homophobic, rather you think that is idiotic or not. They are your people, you deal with it if you don't like the label. Enough of you on the right say enough, and these homophobic bills won't be brought up. So you can bitch about me saying it, or you can do something to change it. I'm doing what I can to change it by putting the shameful truth right in front of you.
BTW - Trumpians, the MAGA crowd, are racist as hell. Left you out of that one.
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Your feelings and opinions do not add up to facts.
Well, REPUBLICANS are homophobic, rather you think that is idiotic or not. They are your people, you deal with it if you don't like the label. Enough of you on the right say enough, and these homophobic bills won't be brought up. So you can bitch about me saying it, or you can do something to change it. I'm doing what I can to change it by putting the shameful truth right in front of you.
BTW - Trumpians, the MAGA crowd, are racist as hell. Left you out of that one.
I think it is the other way around, more people that are homophobic happen to be Republicans. It is a bit of nuance, but there is an important point that is being missed.
No one likes to be categorized (or stereotyped). It does not make a difference in terms of race, religion, ethnicity, age, political beliefs, sexual preference, gender, economic status, education or whatever category you can devise. To categorize someone before they have revealed themselves through words or actions is something that I have tried to avoid, but it is a human tendency and a marketing tool that pigeon holes people into categories that may not be accurate and sometimes quite offensive and/or dismissive.
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There will be no playoffs. Can’t play with who we have out there and compounding it with garbage playcalling and worse execution. We don’t have good skill players on offense period. Browns 20 - Bears 17.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville dismissed proposals to ban stock trading for lawmakers as "ridiculous."
"They might as well start sending robots up here," the Alabama Republican told The Independent.
Several Republicans and Democrats have introduced bills to ban lawmakers from trading stocks.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Wednesday rejected proposals to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, calling the idea "ridiculous."
"They might as well start sending robots up here," the Alabama Republican told The Independent's Eric Michael Garcia. "You can't do anything."
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"I think it would really cut back on the amount of people that would want to come up here and serve, I really do," Tuberville added. "We don't need that."
Tommy Tuberville Sen. Tommy TubervilleTom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Tuberville's comments come as several of his colleagues, both Republicans and Democrats, have introduced a slew of proposals to ban lawmakers from trading stocks, representing a bipartisan push to uproot potential conflicts of interest and violations of stock trading rules in Congress.
Insider's "Conflicted Congress" investigation identified 55 lawmakers who failed to properly report their financial trades last year as mandated by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, also known as the STOCK Act. The rule is designed to combat insider trading by requiring timely disclosure of stock transactions.
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Tuberville was one of the worst violators of the STOCK Act in 2021, disclosing 132 stock trades weeks or months late with transactions totaling at least $894,000.
A spokesperson for Tuberville did not immediately return Insider's request for comment.
Some recent proposals put forth by members of Congress also aim to apply a stock-trading ban on lawmakers' spouses, children, and their congressional staffers. Other bills don't go as far as an outright ban, and instead propose a requirement for incoming members of Congress to put their stocks in a blind trust.
Unlike Tuberville, many Republicans have expressed support for a stock-trading ban. Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ben Sasse of Nebraska have each introduced bills to ban lawmakers from stock trading.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday signaled that he'd be open to considering a ban, telling reporters, "We'll take a look at that kind of legislation and see what may be appropriate."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, after previously dismissing the idea, is now working with House Democratic leaders to ban lawmakers from stock trading.
I think it is the other way around, more people that are homophobic happen to be Republicans. It is a bit of nuance, but there is an important point that is being missed.
Nuanced or not, OCD has had like 5 chances to clarify and he stuck with the same wording. That's why I chimed in earlier.
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
But saying "republicans are homophobic" is just idiotic. It's akin to saying white people are rednecks. Or black people are gangbangers. Or democrats are free loaders.
Lumping someone into a group is just a way to try to separate and divide.
What happened to individuals/individuality???
Well said. To think otherwise is to become what one was railing against.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
See, posts like this one ^ are why I can't take you seriously on anything political.
Many dem's are homophobic, whether you believe it or not. Oh, you aren't doing anything to change it, by the way.
And Trumpians and MAGA are racist as hell? Another point against you. Oh........yeah, I care about your feelings...
If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas. Can't help that you guys have an issue with calling the pot black, when it's blatantly obvious the pot is black. Arch wants to make it out like a personal attack on him. Well when I see legislation that takes the rights of others to protect BS sensitivities, screw your sensitivities. I know that's far too much for you to wrap around, so we'll just end it on that. Those poor kids dealing with being different, they have it hard enough without a bunch of bible thumping idiots making it harder on them. POC, LBGTQ, IMMIGRANTS all get regular doses of hate from one party. Their legislation shows it. It is what it is. Republicans are homophobic, among many other deplorable things…
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Your feelings and opinions do not add up to facts.
Another poster does it as well, but starts off with, in a reply, "so you're saying............." which is no where near what the cited poster was saying.
When someone poses something to you in the form of a question, it's not a statement and it gives you every opportunity to explain what it is you meant.
Punctuation is important.
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What I think it is fair to say is that it's only Republican politicians, which Republican voters elect, that are fighting to keep teachers from even discussing being gay in classrooms while gay marriage is legal and many of the children in their schools live in gay households. The same could be said about banning books in schools. The same could be said about when they fought legalizing gay marriage. The same could be said about restrictive voting laws when no mass voter fraud has ever happened. If you look at the laws they pass, the legislation they present, it's easy to see that only one party is about restricting and minimizing not only minority voting but also doing their best to stop anything that advances the rights of people with a different sexual preference.
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i couldnt help but think about how many right wing americas that are currently being played by the GOP like this caller is expressing with the conservatives in england. its like, i want to feel bad and understand where you're coming from, but you kept claiming to have these values, vote the exact opposite, and then try to act surprised and shocked when the people you vote for don't represent your communities when in office.
its like you warned me about the snake oil salesman, turned around and bought the snake oil, then get mad at me for not buying the snake oil like you told me to.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Searchy Mc Search face says and I quote. " the origins of snake oil salesman as a derogatory term date back to the latter half of the 19th century " So, cheeri ho', tally ho', or whatever the *** they said back then.
Can Deshaun Watson play better for the Browns, than Baker Mayfield would have? ... Now the Games count.
Shame there is all that Biden rah-rah stuff at the beginning of the clip. Not needed and the bar was set so low by Trump - that comparing Biden's hold over of staff vs Trump is laughable and just highlights what a Pro-Biden mouthpiece MSNBC is. I hate that "reporting" ..... that said the last 90 seconds or whatever it was with the total debunk of the "funding crack pipes" lies That would have been worth watching for everyone. As it is - it will be lost and you will still have the Trump brainwashed and brain dead believing the Right Wing faux news.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
I don't disagree with you. The vast majority of the video had nothing to do with the actual subject matter.
The biggest problem I see with right wing disinformation is that it takes a while to fact check what they're saying in order to give a fully factual rebuttal. By the time you gather all of the facts in order to disprove their propaganda they already have their followers believing the lies they have told. We saw it on this very board about the topic. People who immediately wanted to believe it did so without verifying any of the information. Here is an article that addresses strictly the topic at hand.....
Fact check: False claim that Biden administration is distributing $30M of 'crack pipes'
The claim: The Biden administration will spend $30 million on crack pipes
A federal grant program aimed at reducing the health risks associated with drug use has become the subject of misinformation online, with social media users and some Republican politicians accusing the White House of distributing free crack pipes to Americans.
The confusion stems from a Feb. 7 article published by the Washington Free Beacon. Citing an anonymous spokesman from the Department of Health and Human Services, the conservative news outlet wrote that a program backed by the Biden administration "will provide pipes for users to smoke crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and 'any illicit substance.'"
Republican politicians quickly seized on the claim.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., wrote Feb. 8 on Twitter that President Joe Biden "is sending free meth & crack pipes to minority communities in the name of ‘racial equity.'" In a tweet sharing the Free Beacon article, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wrote that Biden's crime policy is "crack pipes for all."
By Feb. 9, the claim was a popular talking point across social media platforms.
"The Biden plan to provide $30 million in crack pipes to the black community is an apt metaphor for the relationship between the black underclass and the Democratic Party," Dinesh D'Souza, a conservative commentator, said in posts shared Feb. 9 on Instagram and Twitter.
The posts refer to a program that will distribute $30 million in funds to community-based harm-reduction programs, part of an effort from the Biden administration to address a massive surge in overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. By providing health and social services for active drug users, harm-reduction programs can reduce overdoses, HIV transmission and other negative health outcomes, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
While some of the money from the Biden administration's grant program is tabbed for supplies like sterile syringes and "safe smoking kits," officials say distributing or funding crack pipes aren't part of the program. Both the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services have said crack pipes were never part of the plan.
"The Biden-Harris administration has never authorized the use of federal funding for smoke pipes and will not in the future," Sarah Lovenheim, the agency's assistant secretary for public affairs, told USA TODAY in an email.
D'Souza told USA TODAY he based his social media posts on initial reports about the grant, though none reviewed by USA TODAY made the claim D'Souza did that a total of $30 million was going to crack pipes.
USA TODAY reached out to several social media users who shared the claim for comment.
No funding for crack pipes, feds say
As other media outlets and independent fact-checking organizations have reported, there is no evidence the federal grant program will provide free crack pipes.
In a joint statement issued Feb. 9, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Dr. Rahul Gupta said the harm-reduction grants won't be used to purchase pipes.
"No federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent reimbursement of grantees to put pipes in safe smoking kits," the statement reads.
The original 75-page grant proposal from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which is housed in the Department of Health and Human Services, does not mention crack pipes. It does, however, mention "safe smoking kits/supplies."
Safe smoking kits, also called "safer" smoking kits, are designed to reduce health risks associated with drug use. Because open wounds and sores increase the risk of disease transmission, the kits often include first-aid materials, according to the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, a grassroots advocacy organization. They also sometimes include glass pipe stems and mouthpieces to prevent health issues associated with makeshift smoking devices, according to Harm Reduction International, a nongovernmental organization in the United Kingdom.
But the Biden administration's grant program never included pipes, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Feb. 9.
"(Crack pipes) were never a part of the kit; it was inaccurate reporting," she said during a press briefing. "A safe smoking kit may contain alcohol swabs, lip balm, other materials to promote hygiene and reduce the transmission of diseases like HIV and hepatitis."
USA TODAY reached out to the White House for additional comment.
'Safe smoking kits' a small part of grant program
Though D'Souza and many others online connected crack pipes to the full $30 million price tag of the initiative, smoking is a small portion of the grant program.
The grant documentation says its purpose is to "support community-based overdose prevention programs, syringe services programs and other harm reduction services" to help "reduce the negative personal and public health impacts of substance use or misuse."
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's grant proposal, which was announced and opened for applications in December, lists eight broad initiatives that grantees must complete. Among them: referring drug users to treatment programs, distributing overdose-reversal medication and educating users on ways to reduce the negative health outcomes of drug use.
Grant recipients must also provide information about their activities so the government can evaluate whether the program is meeting its goals, according to the document. This includes data on every supply purchased and the number of individuals referred to treatment centers.
Grant recipients must also provide information about their activities so the government can evaluate whether the program is meeting its goals, according to the document. This includes data on every supply purchased and the number of individuals referred to treatment centers.
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Safe smoking kits are one of 12 different supply categories listed in the grant proposal. Others include safe sex kits, infectious disease testing kits and vaccination services.
The grant program prioritizes underserved groups that are "greatly impacted" by substance use disorders. According to an executive order Biden signed in January 2021, this includes members of racial, ethnic, sexual and gender minority groups, as well as people with disabilities, those who live in rural areas and "persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality."
Although it's inaccurate to describe the administration as distributing crack pipes, some critics are nonetheless blasting the federal program for providing any kind of supplies to drug users and addicts. They contend the government has no business providing such supplies
"There is no safe way to smoke these dangerous drugs. Sooner or later, these drugs kill people," Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, said in a Feb. 10 statement announcing he and other Republican lawmakers had proposed a bill to block federal funds from being used for crack pipes.
But public health officials have touted the benefits of programs to provide equipment promoting safer drug use, such as smoking accessories and syringes. Drug users who are part of syringe programs are five times more likely to enter treatment for a substance abuse disorder and 50% less likely to develop HIV or hepatitis C, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Our rating: False
Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that the Biden administration will spend $30 million on crack pipes. Both the Department of Health and Human Services and the White House have said this is not true.
The federal overdose prevention program will distribute $30 million in grants to community-based harm-reduction initiatives. Safe smoking kits are one of 12 categories of supplies that grantees may purchase with the money. Crack pipes are not among the materials that can be distributed or purchased as part of the grant.
Mike Lindell says he'll use parachutes to deliver pillows to the Freedom Convoy after they got stuck at the US-Canada border
Mike Lindell announced on Sunday he was sending 12,000 pillows to Canada's Freedom Convoy truckers.
He told Insider on Wednesday he was still awaiting a permit from Canadian customs to deliver them.
He told The Daily Beast he's now booked a helicopter to drop the pillows with tiny parachutes.
The MyPillow CEO and Trump acolyte Mike Lindell said he plans to drop pillows to truckers in the Canadian "Freedom Convoy" after his overland shipments were delayed.
The "Freedom Convoy" protests against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions started in Ottawa on January 28 and have since spread across the country, disrupting services and supply chains.
Lindell, who has backed the anti-vaccination movement, announced Sunday he was sending 12,000 pillows from his Minnesota factory to the "brave truckers" blocking roads near the US-Canada border and Ottawa.
But he told Insider's Cheryl Teh on Wednesday that the ground delivery was delayed as he awaited permission from Canadian authorities.
Lindell told The Daily Beast that he had since chartered a helicopter and planned to jettison the pillows over the truckers using "little parachutes" on Thursday.
"We need to get the MyPillows to the people!" he told the outlet.
"I just confirmed with them [helicopter company], and yes, this is the plan. We have the helicopter confirmed, but we are moving the time up to 11 a.m. [Thursday]."
Lindell told The Daily Beast he could not disclose the location of the pillow drop.
It is not clear whether Lindell would need authorization to deliver the pillows by air. The Canada Border Services Agency did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
The Freedom Convoy protests have stretched on for more than three weeks, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday invoked rarely-used emergency powers to try and end the standoff. The 1988 Emergencies Act allows the government to ban public gatherings and restrict travel.
Speaking on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said the government was also moving to freeze the bank accounts of the truckers and suspend their vehicle insurance.
Variations of the Freedom Convoy have spread from Canada to countries including Austria, New Zealand, and France.
"There will be no rest for these seditious insurrectionists, especially those spotted anywhere around that one dude with the swastika. Their sleep is a threat to democracy".
Nothing has been shot down yet. But I'm sure you are dreaming that it will happen. I think the current punishments being given the truckers who are blocking trade and border crossings are appropriate. Unless of course you are promoting lawlessness?
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Nothing has been shot down yet. But I'm sure you are dreaming that it will happen. I think the current punishments being given the truckers who are blocking trade and border crossings are appropriate. Unless of course you are promoting lawlessness?
Is Ambassador Bridge open today? The bridge's owner, Detroit International Bridge Co., said in a statement that “the Ambassador Bridge is now fully open allowing the free flow of commerce between the Canada and US economies once again.”4 days ago
They were asked to open the route and did so. Unlike the other lawlessness we've watched with protests in America... Not that there's any real comparison to blocking traffic and burning down entire cities.
So you think revoking their licenses, freezing bank accounts and $100,000 fines seem appropriate?
Over 10k people who were involved in the riots during the summer were arrested. Stop acting like that didn't happen. And please tell me which cities were "burned down"? There weren't any. Exaggeration is your best weapon at this point. They were warned and told that's what would happen and they chose to stay anyway. So they made their choice. Since when did you become an expert on Canadian law?
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"There will be no rest for these seditious insurrectionists, especially those spotted anywhere around that one dude with the swastika. Their sleep is a threat to democracy".
We can hope.
Your feelings and opinions do not add up to facts.
STUPID VIDEO. But I am amazed to see you spreading deep fakes of not one but two POTUS's. Don't let the DOJ see you, you might end up in one of Kamala's trumpian black sites with a hood on your head. Not the hood you know, either.
Your feelings and opinions do not add up to facts.
Ahhh, so revoking their licenses, freezing bank accounts and $100,000 fines ARE appropriate.
Gotcha.
I don't know what Canadian law allows do you? But when you're told it will happen and you're too stupid to move your truck when you're blocking international trade? And can you show if they actually did that to anyone? I think your right wing outrage may be jumping the gun here. Was anyone sentenced to this or was this the threat being issued?
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Ahhh, so revoking their licenses, freezing bank accounts and $100,000 fines ARE appropriate.
Gotcha.
I don't know what Canadian law allows do you? But when you're told it will happen and you're too stupid to move your truck when you're blocking international trade? And can you show if they actually did that to anyone? I think your right wing outrage may be jumping the gun here. Was anyone sentenced to this or was this the threat being issued?
Why do you keep asking the same questions?
Third time:
Their dictator has already stated he will be revoking their licenses, freezing bank accounts and levying $100,000 fines. Accounts have already been frozen. He obviously makes up Canadian law as he goes. Second time:
Is Ambassador Bridge open today? The bridge's owner, Detroit International Bridge Co., said in a statement that “the Ambassador Bridge is now fully open allowing the free flow of commerce between the Canada and US economies once again.”4 days ago
First time... read sloooowlly...
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says financial service providers have already frozen accounts of certain individuals associated with the trucker convoy blockades and protests.
Freeland said that while the government is choosing not to provide more detail about the number of the accounts suspended, “action is being taken [and] is going to increase” in the coming days.
Ottawa gave new powers to financial institutions, through invoking the Emergencies Act on Monday, to freeze or suspend an account of an individual or business affiliated with the blockades without a court order.
Justin Trudeau was elected. Maybe you don't understand the definition of dictator. In your world it's someone who does something you disagree with.
So now you've decided to back off of the other accusations you were making because this is the only one you can back up when it comes right down to it. Got it.
I don't know Canadian law. Neither do you. So now you've decided to defend foreigners for illegal protests that shuts down international trade. Who'da thunk it?
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So now you've backed up into proclaiming "words and threats", not what he actually did. Got it. I mean if we want to get into "what he said" I think you're fighting a losing battle. Let's start with "windmills cause cancer".
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