The GQP Thread: I'm even sick of that ****** number and, anyway, he's gone (for now)

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Not sure what's more disturbing:

Mom uttering the N word twice at a school board meeting and basically blaming it on Straight Outta Compton or the school board brushing it aside.

Never been through Grosse Pointe. The only thing I know is they're rich and white.

Grosse Pointe is Detroit's old money, so yes it's lily white. That's where the Edsel Ford mansion/museum is.

[Kepler]

I bet a good chunk of those idiots aren't even truckers. Just reactionaries aiding a publicity stunt.

The truckers union in Canada says north of 90% of truckers are vaxxed and they have excoriated this group as a bunch of dumb****s who are so inane and cowardly they could be mistaken for Americans.

[ScoobyDoo]

Ladies and Gentlemen. I present to you the State of the GOP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfGaFOLIC-Y

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Six HBCU schools all received bomb threats this morning

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-w...ATbMI5g7ZBMv-E

[Handyman]

So, the logic now is that since the Democrats and some Republicans are willing to reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887 that Mike Pence could have overturned the results of the last election.

I mean, that is better than most of their legal takes...

Then again they are being lead by a guy who flat out admitted he tried to overthrow the election...I feel this should be talked about more.

https://twitter.com/drvolts/status/1488195372770111490

Trump's Claim That He Tried to Overturn the Election Has Revived the Debate Over Whether Trump Tried to Overturn the Election

[ScoobyDoo]

I mean, that is better than most of their legal takes...

Then again they are being lead by a guy who flat out admitted he tried to overthrow the election...I feel this should be talked about more.

https://twitter.com/drvolts/status/1488195372770111490

The big question is why is this even a debate anymore? The way the media and the masses tie themselves in knots over blatant facts is causing this country to go straight down the ****ter.

[Kepler]

Six HBCU schools all received bomb threats this morning

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-w...ATbMI5g7ZBMv-E

GOP try outs.

[Swansong]

“Beyond parody” is probably said too often, but a Republican school district in WA just banned “To Kill a Mockingbird”, I guess for being too book-learny.

https://www.king5.com/article/news/e...0-cc15f2f58f59

Not banned, removed from required reading list. And teachers are encouraged to use it if they choose.

But the reason is ... awful.
https://www.king5.com/article/news/e...f-c01d9933e191
This sounds like dumb lefty nonsense:

Mukilteo received one request to remove the book from the district's curriculum saying the "n-word" is used more than 50 times with no context about its negative connotations.

The complaint also states that the book marginalizes characters of color and celebrates the notion of "white saviorhood."

[St. Clown]

Not sure what's more disturbing:

Mom uttering the N word twice at a school board meeting and basically blaming it on Straight Outta Compton or the school board brushing it aside.

Never been through Grosse Pointe. The only thing I know is they're rich and white.

And they raised Martin Blank, a most grievous hit man who then tried to get out of the business.

[bronconick]

The Million Mack Semi Truck March through Ottawa is going swimmingly. The couple hundred truckers and anti-vaxxers have been more annoying than anything. The proud "patriots" decided to trample all upon the grounds of the tomb of the Canadian unknown solider, including relieving themselves on the statue.

They also refuse to wear masks or show proof of vaxxination, so they were refused entry to restsurants; and took it upon themselves to "liberate" homeless shelters of their food instead.

https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1487648382181154817

[rufus]

Pence's top legal advisor spoke to the Jan 6 committee today for NINE HOURS!!! He attended two meetings with Pence where Eastman was pushing for Pence to not certify Biden electors, and emailed to himself a contemporaneous collection of notes detailing what was said during those meetings.

Oooooh, this gonna be good.

[Kepler]

Pence's top legal advisor spoke to the Jan 6 committee today for NINE HOURS!!! He attended two meetings with Pence where Eastman was pushing for Pence to not certify Biden electors, and emailed to himself a contemporaneous collection of notes detailing what was said during those meetings.

Oooooh, this gonna be good.

Was this Short or Jacob?

I mean Dump already admitted he was trying to subvert the election. I don't know why we need anything else, just get the rope.

[rufus]

Jacob. After Short has also already testified.

[burd]

How often does Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs theory enter into the discussion of the far right and what motivates its members? It seems a useful insight into such things as the sorry social wellness data on deep red states, the attitude that members of the far right seem to have regarding covid protection issues, and the claim that liberals just do not understand how to even address the needs of that large group of people on the right. It is probably a gross oversimplification to say that the two groups simply occupy different levels of the pyramid, but there sure appears to be some truth to it.

Maslow's theory may be in disfavor now--it's been that long since I would have studied it.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

In case you were wondering what Rudy has been up to….related Hope Hicks is apparently on Big Brother or some related stupid show

https://twitter.com/kevinmkruse/stat...152393217?s=21