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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2355 on: June 21, 2018, 07:53:31 am »
Oh Coulter....you are just dangling from the edge of the abyss and instead of pulling yourself up, you're planning on which spot you're gonna land on.

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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2356 on: June 21, 2018, 03:17:27 pm »
If she wasn't a hateful creep I'd almost feel sorry for Ms. Coulter.  The kind of hateful bullshit she spouted when she first burst into the scene twenty or so years ago was shocking and attention grabbing then, but in the age of Trump people (chief among them Trump itself) saying stuff like that is Tuesday.  So to get some attention, she has to amp the hateful creep comments up to even more absurd levels to stand out.
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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2357 on: June 22, 2018, 04:33:35 am »
Good news and bad news.

Bad News:

A manager in one of Trump's concentration camps who was in charge of children had previously been fired from his job due to possession of child pornography.

Good News:

Though he lost his job he was not found guilty. The charges had been dropped because the statute of limitations ran out before he made it to court.


...Oh wait.

https://lawandcrime.com/immigration/man-arrested-for-possessing-child-pornography-hired-to-manage-children-at-migrant-detention-center/

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    Ernesto Padron is a former Border Patrol agent who was forced to resign from the agency in 2010 after being charged with possession of child pornography, which is a second-degree felony. Padron’s prosecution dragged on and the charges were only dismissed years later due to a massive case backlog which resulted in the statute of limitations being allowed to expire, according to the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office...

    ...Padron’s child pornography charges were “eventually” discovered by higher-ups and he was immediately suspended from his position. Padron was later axed entirely due to mass-layoffs in May 2017. Prior to his suspension and eventual firing, Padron worked at Southwest Key’s Casa Padre detention center as a case manager for unaccompanied immigrant children...

    ...It is presently unclear how long Padron was employed by Southwest Key before his suspension, but according to Texas Monthly, he was still employed and working there as of last year...

    ...According to Wednesday’s report, state regulators have repeatedly sanctioned Southwest Key for failing to properly vet their employees at child detention centers across the Lone Star State...

I know that there's this "innocent until proven guilty" thingy but this still looks bad. Also bad is the fact that the concentration camp wasn't aware of the charges against the guy because they aren't doing proper background checks on people who are in charge of imprisoned children.

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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2358 on: June 22, 2018, 10:04:26 am »
Background checks for something that was designed to just enrich the Orange Piss Pot's pockets?  ARE YOU MAD!?

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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2359 on: June 22, 2018, 07:10:17 pm »
THERE WAS NO TITANIC! IT WAS ALL MADE UP BY HOLLYWOOD TO SELL MOVIES!

Wow, attacking children to promote her agenda? That's low even for Mann Coulter.

Seriously?

If you're going to insult people, can you do so in a way that isn't dripping with casual transmisogyny?

Pardon my ignorance, but how is saying that a cis woman looks mannish transmisogynistic?

Saying that a cis woman "looks mannish" as a way to insult her is transmisogynistic. You know who else is a woman who "looks mannish"? Me. Because, y'know, that extended period where I had lots of testosterone in my bloodstream had side effects. I kind of object to my appearance being used as an insult, for some reason.

Beyond that, that specific phrase has a history of being used to imply Ann Coulter "is really a man". Not because people believed it, of course, but as a reflection of the idea that being a trans woman is shameful and disgusting and so it is a convenient attack on someone you don't like.
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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2360 on: June 22, 2018, 07:34:33 pm »
THERE WAS NO TITANIC! IT WAS ALL MADE UP BY HOLLYWOOD TO SELL MOVIES!

Wow, attacking children to promote her agenda? That's low even for Mann Coulter.

Seriously?

If you're going to insult people, can you do so in a way that isn't dripping with casual transmisogyny?

Pardon my ignorance, but how is saying that a cis woman looks mannish transmisogynistic?

Saying that a cis woman "looks mannish" as a way to insult her is transmisogynistic. You know who else is a woman who "looks mannish"? Me. Because, y'know, that extended period where I had lots of testosterone in my bloodstream had side effects. I kind of object to my appearance being used as an insult, for some reason.

Beyond that, that specific phrase has a history of being used to imply Ann Coulter "is really a man". Not because people believed it, of course, but as a reflection of the idea that being a trans woman is shameful and disgusting and so it is a convenient attack on someone you don't like.

Pretty much. It mind-boggles me that Lana, a trans-woman, does not understand that.
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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2361 on: June 22, 2018, 08:22:10 pm »
HAH!

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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2362 on: June 22, 2018, 08:49:38 pm »
THERE WAS NO TITANIC! IT WAS ALL MADE UP BY HOLLYWOOD TO SELL MOVIES!

Wow, attacking children to promote her agenda? That's low even for Mann Coulter.

Seriously?

If you're going to insult people, can you do so in a way that isn't dripping with casual transmisogyny?

Pardon my ignorance, but how is saying that a cis woman looks mannish transmisogynistic?

Saying that a cis woman "looks mannish" as a way to insult her is transmisogynistic. You know who else is a woman who "looks mannish"? Me. Because, y'know, that extended period where I had lots of testosterone in my bloodstream had side effects. I kind of object to my appearance being used as an insult, for some reason.

Beyond that, that specific phrase has a history of being used to imply Ann Coulter "is really a man". Not because people believed it, of course, but as a reflection of the idea that being a trans woman is shameful and disgusting and so it is a convenient attack on someone you don't like.

OK, I get it now. Thank you for explaining it to me. I'm sorry I offended you, and I won't use that kind of language again.

THERE WAS NO TITANIC! IT WAS ALL MADE UP BY HOLLYWOOD TO SELL MOVIES!

Wow, attacking children to promote her agenda? That's low even for Mann Coulter.

Seriously?

If you're going to insult people, can you do so in a way that isn't dripping with casual transmisogyny?

Pardon my ignorance, but how is saying that a cis woman looks mannish transmisogynistic?

Saying that a cis woman "looks mannish" as a way to insult her is transmisogynistic. You know who else is a woman who "looks mannish"? Me. Because, y'know, that extended period where I had lots of testosterone in my bloodstream had side effects. I kind of object to my appearance being used as an insult, for some reason.

Beyond that, that specific phrase has a history of being used to imply Ann Coulter "is really a man". Not because people believed it, of course, but as a reflection of the idea that being a trans woman is shameful and disgusting and so it is a convenient attack on someone you don't like.

Pretty much. It mind-boggles me that Lana, a trans-woman, does not understand that.

When did I ever say I was trans? In fact, I specifically said I wasn't:

The idea that you can be trans without having gender dysphoria or wanting to transition seems strange to me, but then again, when it comes to trans people, I'm an outsider looking in.
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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2363 on: June 22, 2018, 08:50:11 pm »
HAHAHAH!  LANA THINKS WE DON'T HAVE MEMORIES!

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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2364 on: June 22, 2018, 10:15:53 pm »
HAHAHAH!  LANA THINKS WE DON'T HAVE MEMORIES!

If you're so sure, then prove it. Show me where I said I was trans. And I'm sure that even if you manage to apparently find something, it can easily be debunked.
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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2365 on: June 27, 2018, 02:22:33 pm »
Kennedy is reitiring. The Conservatives, particularly the Trump-wing, will dominate SCOTUS for decades.

I hope everyone that cried about how Hillary would be “just as bad” or that Trump would be “better for progressive in the long-run” are content. Because they are the reason why we can’t have nice things.
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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2366 on: June 27, 2018, 02:47:41 pm »
Kennedy is reitiring. The Conservatives, particularly the Trump-wing, will dominate SCOTUS for decades.

I hope everyone that cried about how Hillary would be “just as bad” or that Trump would be “better for progressive in the long-run” are content. Because they are the reason why we can’t have nice things.

I've predicted before--and am now saying it again--that as soon as one party or the other has a House majority and 67 in the Senate (note: I'm not saying this will happen, just that if it does) they will sweep the federal bench clean of their ideological opponents. In particular, the Dems would kick Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and whoever replaces Kennedy off SCOTUS (they might let Roberts stay since he did uphold much of the ACA, though not in a way they liked, and because of his argument there's a chance the whole thing could be struck down since the individual mandate is no longer a mandate-with-penalty, which is what Roberts seized on to find it constitutional under the taxation clause and what allowed the penalty to be repealed with a simple majority in the Senate). And if they also have the Presidency at that time they will of course fill the federal bench with their own people.

But then anyone who thinks the US judiciary is nonpartisan and just "calls balls and strikes" is kidding themselves.
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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2367 on: June 27, 2018, 03:29:19 pm »
Thanks to Gerrymandering, the Democrats will never have 67.  Never.  It just won't happen.

Ironbite-best they can get is 60 and hope 5 Republicans jump.

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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2368 on: June 27, 2018, 03:41:10 pm »
Thanks to Gerrymandering, the Democrats will never have 67.  Never.  It just won't happen.

Ironbite-best they can get is 60 and hope 5 Republicans jump.

The Senate, not the House. What blocks them in the Senate is voter suppression legislation (and apathy/disenchantment in the Democratic base), not gerrymandered maps.

Personally I'm keeping a close eye on places like NE-2nd.
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Re: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington
« Reply #2369 on: June 27, 2018, 07:58:21 pm »
Thanks to Gerrymandering, the Democrats will never have 67.  Never.  It just won't happen.

Ironbite-best they can get is 60 and hope 5 Republicans jump.

The Senate, not the House. What blocks them in the Senate is voter suppression legislation (and apathy/disenchantment in the Democratic base), not gerrymandered maps.

Personally I'm keeping a close eye on places like NE-2nd.

What is the Senate but Gerrymandering based on states? It is Gerrymandering that just happens to be approved by the Constitution. Fucking Wyoming gets the same number of Senators as Cali-fucking-fornia. Playing the "it's voter suppression not gerrymandering" is a weak argument when the whole Senate map is, to a degree, arbitrarily drawn.
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