No impeachments until they know they can get a conviction in the Senate, which is highly unlikely.

Besides, an impeachment only makes Peter Theil (Vance’s leash holder) the president, then we’re out of the frying pan and into the fire.

They aren’t innocent, they are knowingly creating a devastating weapon of mass destruction for a regime who has declared that they intend to use it. While I don’t support this sort of unprovoked attack, I can’t get too worked up over the demise of literally mad scientists.

Transpeople and their supporters are falling into a trap set by the MAGA Nazis. They know that by constantly forcing the issue to the forefront, it forces Democrats to defend it, and it not only costs votes and makes them look extreme, but it keeps them from discussing issues that will earn them votes.

FIRST Rule of Politics - Get Elected. If it doesn’t get you elected, doesn’t attract votes, a campaign has to be ruthless and talk about something else. This is important: It doesn’t mean you don’t have support, it means that other issues are stronger vote attractors, and that’s what counts in an election. Vote for the candidate/party that is more likely to be sympathetic to your cause, even if they don’t talk about it, and you know that isn’t going to be Republicans. But don’t withhold your vote from a Dem candidate just because they didn’t make your specific issue their top priority. It doesn’t mean it isn’t important to them, it just means that other things are more likely to get votes. You certainly aren’t going to get what you want from MAGA Nazis.

I’m not a neo-liberal, I’m not even a Democrat, I’ve been an Unaffiliated Independent for nearly 50 years. I have a son with numerous trans friends whom I love and respect. I am way on your side. But this a WAR, and to achieve your objectives, sometimes you have to sneak up on the enemy. Running directly into the line of fire is not the way to win.

Your real battle is with health care. We need to have universal health care in this country, and when we finally do, there is going to be a war over things with a sexual/gender component like contraception, abortion, and trans health. Fight for health care first, and then you can fight to be included in that, and that will get you much of what you really need most.

The chance of a payphone being handy in the middle of a demonstration is pretty small. If you have to run a half mile to find a pay phone, then the strategy starts to break down.

However, if you want to try this, maybe The Payphone Project can help you locate the nearest phone. According to the listing for my hometown, it’s likely a campground or cheap hotel.

I’m not saying those people aren’t important, I’m saying they shouldn’t be the highest priority when deciding which issues to highlight during a presidential campaign. Sure, transpeople need our support, but their issue personally affects a far smaller segment of the population than an issue like healthcare, which affects literally EVERYBODY.

The First Rule of Politics is Get Elected, and that means highlighting the issues that will bring you the most votes. Once elected, then you can do whatever you want to help whoever you want. If you are one of those people who needs that sort of support (not just transfolk), then focus more on what it will take to get your advocates into power, instead of just using the campaign to highlight your own personal issues. Get your people elected, and then pressure them to help you.

This is what politics is, and why it often gets smarmy in practice, but that’s the game. If you want to win, you have to play it.

Putin has always justified his invasion of Ukraine using similar language. I specifically remember him dismissing their history saying something very similar to "Ukraine as a state has no geopolitical meaning, no particular cultural import or universal significance, no geographic uniqueness, no ethnic exclusiveness, " and other nearly direct quotes.

Clear confirmation that Putin is using this publication as his playbook.

It was published in 1997. Time flies when you’re resisting oppression.

Try the Wikipedia entry under Content. It breaks down the plans for each region.

Interestingly, it mentions Iran is a key ally, referring to the “Moscow-Tehran Axis.”

Despite the opposition, you are correct. We need to focus on issues that will win elections, not issues that affect a miniscule minority. The best help for those people is a government that will support them, so they have to understand that getting out of the way, and allowing their supporters to get elected is the best thing they can do.

If transgender people and their supporters want action, then stop demanding that the focus be on them, and support other Democratic issues that will lead to getting elected. THEN they can advocate for their rights with people who will actually listen.

Their wives would be so mad!

“Glitter!? Again? How many times have I told you I to stay out of that strip joint? I hope you like the couch, that’s where you’ll be sleeping for a while!”

If they were just bounty hunters, with no ID or uniforms, and somebody stopped them, I doubt any judge would allow a case to go forward. There is no law that says citizens have to cooperate with violent, unidentified strangers.

Don’t forget, the State decides if it’s self-defense or not, and Self-Defense states tend to be Red. Florida has some of the “strongest” Self-Defense laws, and the State would side with these goons every time.

That’s exactly what this is, a new form of lynching. In a way, it’s even worse than lynching. They may not be hanging them from a tree, but they are destroying the lives of entire families.

That’s not true in all states. In Florida, if you feel genuinely threatened, you can respond with deadly force, no matter what the other guy is threatening you with.

Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

A payphone? Do you have a 21st century idea?

Brown shirts are so mid-20th century. This is the 21st century, were in the future! It’s Red Hats now.

Remember: Red Hat spelled sideways is Hatred.

Nah, Rand is afraid to go outside, where his neighbor will beat him up because he’s such a dickhead.

There are already reports that people are committing crimes disguised like this, and I’m starting to think that’s part of the strategy.

They know they cheated to get into power, and they don’t have nearly the support that they claim to have. They know they don’t have enough trained manpower to suppress the national mob that will arise when the Tipping Point happens. By establishing that this is the “uniform” of their “Enforcers,” ANYONE can align with them by embracing their ideology, no joining or training necessary.

Eventually, we will have volunteers joining them in their assaults on protesters, zip-tying their neighbors and dropping them off at the local ICE facility, and eventually just organizing their own little ICE Militias, and the government will be just fine with all of that.

Just judging by the cover, my guess is that this album sucks.