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Pramila Jayapal, Democrat Representative from  Washington, on the SCOTUS ruling that greenlights racial profiling in America:

“In overturning a lower court ruling, the Supreme Court is today greenlighting the use of racial profiling by an already rogue administration. Speaking Spanish or looking Latino are no=w acceptable precursors for law enforcement to  stop someone in the country, according to the rightwing justices. This is a violation of our freedoms and a repeat performance of a Supreme Court that is continuing to consolidate power in itself and undermine lower court rulings made by judges appointed by both Democratic and Republican presidents.”

This is America under The Felon and his Fascist Regime. Your skin color is a crime; your accent is a crime; the language you speak is a crime.

Sounds about white, eh?

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Matthew Dowd, MSNBC analyst, on the death of Charlie Kirk:

“[Kirk has] been one of the most divisive, especially divisive, younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that’s the environment we’re in. You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place. And that’s the unfortunate environment we are in.”

As I said, if you preach hate and live by hate you will die by hate. Dowd was subsequently fired by MSNBC for this comment and then released another statement via Twitter:

“My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Charlie Kirk. On an earlier appearance on MSNBC I was asked a question about the environment [of hate] we are in. I apologize for my tone and my words. Let me be clear, I in no way intended for my comments to blame Kirk for this horrendous attack. Let us all come together and condemn violence of any kind.”

Let’s be clear, as Kirk was shot he was preaching hate against the trans community, saying trans people are responsible for mass shootings in the country.

Kirk has also suggested gay people be put to death.

He preached hate, that’s clear, but you mix in hate speech and easy access to guns and this is what occurs. The only thing different in this time the GOP didn’t band together and sing a chorus of their biggest hit, “Thoughts and Prayers,” but instead preached more hate saying it’s people on the left who killed Charlie Kirk.

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Kerry Kennedy, RFK Jr's sister, on her brother’s ineptness to head Health and Human Services:

"The first smallpox vaccine was developed in 1796. Since then, countless vaccines have been developed and saved millions of lives. Vaccines work. This is not up for debate. Medical decisions belong in the hands of trained and licensed professionals, not incompetent and misguided leadership. The decimation of critical institutions, like the NIH and the CDC, will lead to the loss of innocent lives. This means that children, mothers, fathers, and those you love are at risk now, like never before. I stand with the many courageous individuals in the medical and scientific communities who have had to set aside their vital work to speak truth to power to keep the public safe. Enough is enough. Secretary Kennedy must resign. Now."

Usually families like the Kennedys keep quiet about the black sheep among them, but when that black sheep is clearly incompetent and ill-equipped for such a powerful position, and holding the lives of Americans in his hands, a Kennedy speaks up.

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Boy George, speaking to The London Times about transphobia and why identity politics can sometimes be harmful:

“Trans people are the new people to hate, but I always say: how many trans people have you met today? There’s the world on the internet, which is hideous and full of anger. Then there’s the real world, which is entirely different. So, in reality, people have nothing to be nervous about. If I’m really lucky, my own sexuality takes up about three hours a month. We’ve all got cats to feed, families to visit, jobs to do. I said in an interview when I was 17, ‘Being gay is like eating a bag of crisps. It’s so not important.’ I still think that now. What do you care about someone’s sexuality unless you’re going to have sex with them? … I don’t think [identity politics have] helped anyone. We’re not a thing. It’s like, ‘This is what Black people are, this is what Jewish people are, this is what trans people are.’ No! Everybody is diverse because nobody is like anybody else, so you’re starting from the wrong perspective.”

It boils down to this: what does it matter to you if a person is trans? What harm is done to you by a trans person living openly and authentically?

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Laura Ingraham, Fox News liar, on the notion that women—and she mentioned Kamala Harris—don’t prioritize marriage:

“Young conservative men seem to still have their priorities straight because a new poll from NBC News shows that men ages 18 to 29 who voted for Trump ranked having children number one priority, the definition of success. Being married came in number four. So what about Gen Z men who voted for Kamala? Well, they ranked having children at number nine, getting married at number 10. It’s even worse with female Gen Z Kamala voters. Being married at 11, way down in the list for them. Having kids, well, that’s ranked way down at number 12. What is going on with women and not wanting to prioritize family? Isn’t social media great? Didn’t it teach people all the right lessons?”

I have been trying to keep the idiotic quotes out of this post, but the sheer ignorance of Laura Ingraham denigrating women who don’t prioritize marriage when she has never been married, is the height of hypocrisy.

Ingraham does, however, have three adopted children: a son, Michael, and two daughters, Maria and Grace.

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Jinkx Monsoon, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7, on the current strike from the Screen Actors Guild [SAG] and the Writers Guild of America [WGA] and asking drag performers to strike in solidarity:

“I want to talk to all my fellow drag entertainers and queer artists, content creators, and influencers. I am a member of SAG, so I have a vested interest in the actors and the writers’ strike right now. But I am also a drag artist and queer entertainer who’s worked in this industry for 10 years now. And I know firsthand that drag artists, queer entertainers … we are not fully taken seriously yet. Especially drag artists. Lots of times we’re treated like a novelty. We’re treated like we’re interchangeable with each other. I know as a drag artist and queer entertainer that you never know when your next gig is coming and we live off our gigs, so it’s scary to turn down work. But if a company approaches you right now to promote new work, to act in new work, to write for new work, and you take that job, you will be considered a ‘scab.’ What that means is that SAG will no longer consider you eligible to ever join the actor’s union. This could affect your career in the long run when this strike is over. Taking a job right now could prevent you from getting work in the future.”

Monsoon also noted how important it is for LGBTQ+ performers to stand strong right now in order to prove how valuable our community is to Hollywood studios.

​A few commenters criticized Jinkx for supporting the strike but still going on the road with her current Everything at Stake Tour but she reminded them that the strike does not apply to live entertainment that has no connection to any major studio, film or TV show, which is Monsoon’s case.

So see a drag show, but stand with all the actors and writers, straight and LGBTQ+ who are on strike.

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Charles Barkley, NBA legend, standing up transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney and Bud Light in a bar and in his own inimitable style:

"So I’m gonna buy some drinks for y’all and I’m gonna buy Bud Light. All you rednecks or assholes who don't want to drink Bud Light—fuck y'all. Hey, y'all can't cancel me. "I ain't worried about getting canceled. If y'all fire me and give me all that money, I'm going to be playing golf every fucking day. I got three cases of Bud Light. If you're gay, bless you. If you're trans, bless you. If you have a problem with that, fuck you!"

This is what we … and I’ll channel my inner Charles Barkley … fucking need is allies to stand the fuck up against the bigots and the haters and fucking shut them down every fucking time they spew their ignorance.

Fuck them; and bless Charles Barkley.

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Robert Garcia, out Democrat Representative from California, calling out Large Marge for her publicity stunt of trying to humiliate Hunter Biden by showing naked pictures of him in a Congressional  hearing:

“Today’s hearing is like most of the majority’s investigations and hearings: a lot of allegations, zero proof, no receipts, but apparently some d**k pics. Now, at a certain point, the American people need some actual evidence, actual evidence, but we’ve seen absolutely none. This is, of course, in stark contrast to the _____ crime family. The majority conveniently glazes over the _____ family’s foreign dealings. The _____ family, who, of course, were actually appointed to White House senior jobs, from Ivanka’s Chinese trademarks to Jared’s Qatari real estate bailout and two billion in Saudi private equity money. So where’s that investigation? They were actually in the White House.”

Of note: Hunter Biden doesn’t work for the president or have a position in the White House, but Marge thought it a good idea to show nude photos of him during another hearing on Hunter not paying taxes.

They have no evidence that President Biden did anything wrong but, like Benghazi, they will beat this dead horse. Yet, sadly, the dead horse I refer to is not Marjorie Taylor Green.

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Ted Cruz, going after Barbie because … of who the hell knows … for the attention:

“There’s a scene in Barbie, where there is this map of the world, and it’s drawn like with crayon. I mean, it’s really a very simple cartoon. And so they have this blockish thing that is called ‘Asia.’ And then they’ve drawn what are called the nine-dashes. This is Chinese communist propaganda in which the Chinese are asserting sovereignty over the entirety of the South China Sea. And they don’t have any right to it under international law, but they are trying to take it away from their neighbors there.”

The image in question that has Rafael’s panties bunched shows a crude map of the world with Barbie standing in front of, and an outline of land labeled “Asia” with eight dashes drawn in the sea.

And this has Rafael pissed; not the excessive heat in his home state that’s been going on for weeks, or the murder of immigrants in the Rio Grande, or Climate Change or anything else.

It’s Barbie.

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Vivek Ramaswamy, businessman and GOP candidate for the presidency, proving he’s perfect for the GOP by flip-flopping on January 6 and the Thing 45 indictments:

“My concern is unless we reconcile ourselves with what the truth of the matter was that led to Jan. 6, that’s really just going to be a friendly preview of what’s to come in this country. I think every American has to look, especially much of the Left in this country that denounces Jan. 6 and the supposed threats to our democracy. Everyone in this country has to take a long, hard look in the mirror and ask ourselves what role each of us played in getting to that day.”

Well, Vivek, I played no role in it; I didn’t amass a mob at the White House and rile them up and tell them to march to the capitol and “take back our country.”

And what’s funny is that your change of heart about January 6 occurred mere hours after Thing 45 talked about you as a possible running mate. And what’s especially funny is that you felt very differently about Thing 45 and 1/6 right after it happened:

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Kerry Kennedy, sister of Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaking out about his conspiracy theory that Covid-19 was “targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people” and that Jewish people are most immune:

“I strongly condemn my brother’s deplorable and untruthful remarks last week about Covid being engineered for ethnic targeting. His statements do not represent what I believe or what Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights stand for, with our 50+-year track record of protecting rights and standing against racism and all forms of discrimination.”

Kerry Kennedy is president of the non-profit group Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.

How lovely to have a brother like that and to constantly distance yourself from his inane ramblings and half-truths.

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Trevor Noah, “The Daily Show” host, on Fox “personalities” pushing back against President Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman to SCOTUS:

“Biden is going to pick a Black woman who is also qualified. These people act like Biden is just going to show up to the mall and be like, ‘Yo, Shaniqua, come with me.’ And why not try to make the Supreme Court a little more representative of the country it represents? I mean, their rulings impact the lives of every person in the country. Of course [Tucker Carlson’s] upset. Think about it. For almost all of American history, the entire Supreme Court was white dudes with bow ties and weird hair. Now that’s all gone. It’s all gone. Where’s Tucker’s representation, huh?”

It’s hard to deny that those on the right, politically and in the media, are letting their racism shine through. They don’t even bother hiding it anymore … see next quote.

SIENOTES Trevor really floats my boat … hot, funny, and smart.

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Joe Rogan, podcaster and anti-vaxxing loon, on Black people:

“The black and white thing is so strange because the shades are such a spectrum of shades of people. Unless you are talking to someone who is, like, 100% African from the darkest place, where they are not wearing any clothes all day and they have developed all of that melanin to protect themselves from the sun, even the term Black is weird. When you use it for people who are literally my color, it becomes very strange.”

Racism, plain and simple, with a healthy dose of what-the-fuck-it is, because a lot of those folks aren’t Black enough?

Fuck all the way off you racist asshat.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., apologizing for saying Anne Frank had more freedom in hiding from the Nazis than people have today under U.S. vaccine policies:

“I apologize for my reference to Anne Frank, especially to families that suffered the Holocaust horrors. My intention was to use examples of past barbarism to show the perils from new technologies of control. To the extent my remarks caused hurt, I am truly and deeply sorry.”

I don’t buy this; he’s too smart. He knows his words are still out there, having their desired effect on the masses, so his apology his hollow. The good news is that both his sister and his wife took him to task for his remarks:

Kerry Kennedy, his sister, said:

“Bobby’s lies and fear-mongering yesterday were both sickening and destructive. I strongly condemn him for his hateful rhetoric. He does not represent the views of RFK Human Rights or our family.”

Cheryl Hines, his wife also said:

“My husband’s reference to Anne Frank at a mandate rally in D.C. was reprehensible and insensitive. The atrocities that millions endured during the Holocaust should never be compared to anyone or anything. His opinions are not a reflection of my own.”

But, again, the damage, and the ignorance, has already been spewed.

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Neil Young, musician and activist, demanding that his management team and record label remove his music from Spotify for their anti-vaccine lies:

“I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines—potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them. Please act on this immediately today and keep me informed of the time schedule. I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform. They can have [Joe] Rogan or Young. Not both.”

Young is referencing the steady stream of misinformation about vaccines that Joe Rogan has peddled on his podcast. Young also has the back of some 270 doctors, physicians, and science educators who signed an open letter asking Spotify to stop spreading Rogan’s baseless claims.

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Ted Cruz, wacknut GOP loon, promoting the asshatted idea that President Biden will nominate Vice President Kamala Harris to the Supreme Court:

“I think there is a chance they name Kamala to the court, in part because they can’t stand her. And one of the virtues of naming her to the court is they get to get her out of the White House. My guess is if Kamala was nominated, it probably would be a 50-50 vote. Maybe she’d pick up a Republican vote. I would not be on the fence. I would be a hell no on Kamala if she were nominated.”

Oh, that hurts, Ted Cruz being a No vote to anything the Democrats suggest, even something as ludicrous, and QAnon-ish, as this.

Gosh he’s an ass.

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John Stockton, retired NBA Star, who may have hit his head one time to many on the hardwoods, saying more than 100 professional athletes have died from the vaccination:

“I think it’s highly recorded now, there’s 150 I believe now, it’s over 100 professional athletes dead—professional athletes—the prime of their life, dropping dead that are vaccinated, right on the pitch, right on the field, right on the court.”

They’re dying right on the court, mid-practice or mid-game and there is not one single video to document this?

Why that makes Stockton look like the Dumbest Fuck Walking.

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Brian Cox, actor, on Johnny Depp and turning down the part of the Governor in the “Pirates” franchise is his new memoir, Putting the Rabbit in the Hat:

“It would have been a money-spinner, but of all the parts in that film it was the most thankless. Plus, I would have ended up doing it for film after film and missed out on all the other nice things I’ve done. Another thing with ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ is that it’s very much the ‘Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow’ show, and Depp, personable though I’m sure he is, is so overblown, so overrated. I mean, ‘Edward Scissorhands.’ Let’s face it, if you come on with hands like that and pale, scarred-face make-up, you don’t have to do anything. And he didn’t. And subsequently, he’s done even less. But people love him. Or they did love him. They don’t love him so much these days, of course. If Johnny Depp went for Jack Sparrow now, they’d give it to Brendan Gleeson.”

I can’t argue with that …. Especially the ‘overblown, overrated’ bits.

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