US continues to go backward...

[gopokes83]

This is freedom right !!??? Something in the state u live in isn't legal so you travel to a different state where it is legal ...and now the State AG wants to arrest you and charge you for a crime for doing that!!??? Because you left the state u live in and sought it out across state lines where it is legal!!??.

This is authoritarian rule ..not Freedom


Abortion advocates sue Alabama AG over prosecution threats for out-of-state travel

Abortion advocates sue Alabama AG over prosecution threats for out-of-state travel

A group that supports people who need out-of-state abortions in the Deep South sued Alabama’s Republican attorney general Monday, following his threats to prosecute anyone who assists residen…

thehill.com

Are they still paying Alabama taxes and obeying that state’s laws? Then butt out. They going to arrest every Alabaman that hits Colorado and chews an edible while on a ski trip?


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[JTOSU]

This has been decades in the making and a bipartisan effort.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/01/business/fitch-downgrade-us-debt/index.html

It is sad that our surging national debt is not a Top 3 issue for every national politician.

Unfortunately, it is understandable that our politicians only pay it minor lip service because the majority of Americans either do not care or they don't understand the tremendous impact spiraling debt has on the nation's future.
And you are correct, it is a bipartisan effort of ....failure.

 

[gopokes83]

so an activist organization that attempts to stop the spread of online hate and misinformation through social media is a bad thing?!

If they’re spreading their own misinformation while doing so, then sure.
Everybody is an activist! Every modern news source, every political party( of course) X is no better or worse. If you’re going to allow free speech you’re going to get asshats that come in all sizes. Cherry picking language from groups you don’t agree with while ignoring the opposing rhetoric from groups you do definitely makes you an activist organization. But once again, who isn’t?


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[gopokes83]

Mississippi ex-law enforcement charged with civil rights offenses against 2 Black men during raid apnews

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six former law enforcement officers in Mississippi have been charged with federal civil rights offenses against two Black men who were brutalized for more than an hour during a home raid, before an officer allegedly shot one of the men in the mouth.

The charges were unsealed Thursday as the former five Rankin County sheriff’s deputies and another officer — all of whom are white — appeared in federal court.

The two Black men, Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, say the officers burst into a home without a warrant on Jan. 24, then beat them, assaulted them with a sex object and shocked them repeatedly with Tasers over a roughly 90-minute period. The episode culminated with one deputy placing a gun in Jenkins’ mouth and firing, they said.

The charges come after an Associated Press investigation that linked deputies who were involved with the episode to at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries.

The Justice Department in February launched a civil rights probe into allegations levied by Jenkins and Parker, who filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Rankin County in June, seeking $400 million in damages.

Those charged in the case are former Rankin County Sheriff’s Department employees Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield.


Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey announced on June 27 that all five deputies involved in the Jan. 24 episode had been fired or resigned. Hartfield was later revealed to be the sixth law enforcement officer at the raid. Hartfield was off-duty when he participated in the raid, and he was also fired.

So did the cops bring the sex toy with them?


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[jobob85]

It is sad that our surging national debt is not a Top 3 issue for every national politician.

Unfortunately, it is understandable that our politicians only pay it minor lip service because the majority of Americans either do not care or they don't understand the tremendous impact spiraling debt has on the nation's future.
And you are correct, it is a bipartisan effort of ....failure.

Every politician wants to bring back lots of money to their state. It helps in the re-election effort. I am not sure how to fix this, maybe a budgeted amount per state somehow?

 

[jobob85]

So did the cops bring the sex toy with them?


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I mean it's funny..... but it's not. Hopefully they get to bring them to jail so their cellmate can show them the same good time.

 

[Stillwater Townie]

Every politician wants to bring back lots of money to their state. It helps in the re-election effort. I am not sure how to fix this, maybe a budgeted amount per state somehow?

You're wrong on that. This is because Oklahoma Republicans were against bringing expanded Medicaid to Oklahoma. No wonder why, though. On voting day for it, most rural Oklahomans were opposed to doing that. We might be able to trust Sen. Mullin to bring money home to support the military bases in Oklahoma, since he is on the committee that will do that.

 

[jobob85]

You're wrong on that. This is because Oklahoma Republicans were against bringing expanded Medicaid to Oklahoma. No wonder why, though. On voting day for it, most rural Oklahomans were opposed to doing that. We might be able to trust Sen. Mullin to bring money home to support the military bases in Oklahoma, since he is on the committee that will do that.

Yes, I am wrong. They want to bring back as many federal dollars as they can based on their party affiliation.

 

[PF5]

Ahead of Ohio abortion vote, Republicans try to change the rules NPR

A pro-choice referendum looked poised to win in the conservative state of Ohio this November. Now, Republican state legislators are accused of moving the goalposts.
...
The fight in question is over Issue 1, a deceivingly dull and procedural-sounding referendum on the minimum threshold required to pass constitutional amendments.
The premise is simple: voters will decide on 8 August whether that threshold should remain at 50% plus one, or be raised to 60%.

But Ohio's vote has become a proxy war over abortion, one of the many state-wide battles that have broken out since the US Supreme Court rescinded the nationwide right to abortion last June.
That's because Issue 1 is not the only referendum looming. In November, Ohioans will vote on another constitutional amendment, one that would protect abortion access up until foetal viability, around 24 weeks of pregnancy.
The proponents of issue 1 claim that Tuesday's vote is simply to protect the state's constitution from outside influence.
But its opponents - a diverse coalition featuring political wonks like Mr Curtin, a retired Supreme Court judge and all of Ohio's past living governors - have called foul. They claim Issue 1 is a backhanded attempt to change the rules mid-game, raising the voter threshold just in time to thwart the abortion vote.
"Look, everybody knows what's going on here. Everybody knows," Mr Curtin said. "This was just bad faith."
Since Roe v Wade was overturned last June, the country's abortion fight has increasingly played out in state ballot initiatives. There have been six so far, each one a win for abortion rights.

If Ohio's vote is passed, it will be the most sweeping affirmation of reproductive rights in a state controlled by a firm Republican majority, said Mary Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California, Davis and a leading authority on the US abortion debate. "It will confirm that there's some sort of consensus around abortion rights, even in conservative states."
And according to recent surveys, if all Ohioans were to show up for the vote now, abortion would win. The constitutional amendment is supported by 58% of Ohioans, with 32% opposed, according to a July poll from USA Today and Suffolk University.
But if Issue 1 is passed first, and the threshold is raised to 60%, the abortion rights amendment may be finished.
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[PF5]

Brawl at Montgomery, Alabama, Riverfront Goes Viral, Mayor Vows Justice in City With Long Racial Divide

In a city where racial tensions are at a constant simmer, they boiled over in Montgomery, Alabama, Saturday after witnesses say a group of white men allegedly attacked a Black dock worker in clips that have now gone viral.

One witness claimed that the group of boaters refused to move their pontoon boat so that the Harriott II Riverboat could dock, the New York Post reported.


In videos posted to social media, a member of the pontoon boat crew, who were white, got out of their vessel and allegedly attacked the Black Montgomery Riverfront dock worker, according to reports.

In the videos, other white men reportedly went to attack the Black dock worker and as the incident unfolded, other Black folks in the area appeared to defend the lone dock worker, and the video shows at least one Black man dive into the water from the riverboat, Montgomery Advertiser

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[Polds4OSU]

He was charged with 8 felonies after singing up to be a fake elector to illegally try to give Michigan's electoral Delegates to Trump.​

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Michigan mayor faces calls to resign over charges in fake elector case​

Michigan mayor faces calls to resign over charges in fake elector case

Wyoming Mayor Kent Vanderwood and council members offered no new comments at Monday’s meeting, the first since Vanderwood was charged with eight felonies for his role in trying to unlawfully send Michigan’s delegates in the 2020 election to Donald Trump.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Stillwater Townie]

Ahead of Ohio abortion vote, Republicans try to change the rules NPR

A pro-choice referendum looked poised to win in the conservative state of Ohio this November. Now, Republican state legislators are accused of moving the goalposts.
...
The fight in question is over Issue 1, a deceivingly dull and procedural-sounding referendum on the minimum threshold required to pass constitutional amendments.
The premise is simple: voters will decide on 8 August whether that threshold should remain at 50% plus one, or be raised to 60%.

But Ohio's vote has become a proxy war over abortion, one of the many state-wide battles that have broken out since the US Supreme Court rescinded the nationwide right to abortion last June.
That's because Issue 1 is not the only referendum looming. In November, Ohioans will vote on another constitutional amendment, one that would protect abortion access up until foetal viability, around 24 weeks of pregnancy.
The proponents of issue 1 claim that Tuesday's vote is simply to protect the state's constitution from outside influence.
But its opponents - a diverse coalition featuring political wonks like Mr Curtin, a retired Supreme Court judge and all of Ohio's past living governors - have called foul. They claim Issue 1 is a backhanded attempt to change the rules mid-game, raising the voter threshold just in time to thwart the abortion vote.
"Look, everybody knows what's going on here. Everybody knows," Mr Curtin said. "This was just bad faith."
Since Roe v Wade was overturned last June, the country's abortion fight has increasingly played out in state ballot initiatives. There have been six so far, each one a win for abortion rights.

If Ohio's vote is passed, it will be the most sweeping affirmation of reproductive rights in a state controlled by a firm Republican majority, said Mary Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California, Davis and a leading authority on the US abortion debate. "It will confirm that there's some sort of consensus around abortion rights, even in conservative states."
And according to recent surveys, if all Ohioans were to show up for the vote now, abortion would win. The constitutional amendment is supported by 58% of Ohioans, with 32% opposed, according to a July poll from USA Today and Suffolk University.
But if Issue 1 is passed first, and the threshold is raised to 60%, the abortion rights amendment may be finished.
...

And so, issue one in Ohio was thankfully defeated by 57 to 43%. The greatest opposition came from rural counties. Hopefully the result sends a signal to Oklahoma Republicans, including even rural ones, to not try to put on the ballet in 2024 to make Oklahoma citizen led initiatives any more difficult than they are now.

 

[OSU79]

And so, issue one in Ohio was thankfully defeated by 57 to 43%. The greatest opposition came from rural counties. Hopefully the result sends a signal to Oklahoma Republicans, including even rural ones, to not try to put on the ballet in 2024 to make Oklahoma citizen led initiatives any more difficult than they are now.

No one should be forced to watch the ballet.

 

[Polds4OSU]

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[Pokey]

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Truth and fiction are not interchangeable. This is lying to impressionable children and asking teachers to lose personal integrity as a work duty. Liars have no place in formal education. But then I can’t see their teachers wanting to move here either.

 

[Stillwater Townie]

No one should be forced to watch the ballet.

Oklahoma Republicans are quite free not to get any clue out of what happened in OH as well as in KS. But it seems to me too many Oklahoma Republican politicians, such as Walters, are far more interested in following what viewpoints far right extremist groups and conspiracy theory lunatics are putting out rather than taking up the reins to lead Oklahoma in a sane manner.

 

[GOGETUMPOKE]

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Contrary to popular opinion climate science is far from settled. An opposing view is not a bad thing. Teach both sides or don’t teach it at all. Pretty simple.

 

[Pokey]

So we should teach all opposing views regardless of their credibility? Right is wrong and wrong is right? Up is down and down is up? East is West ……can there be no truth’s anymore?

 

[GOGETUMPOKE]

So we should teach all opposing views regardless of their credibility? Right is wrong and wrong is right? Up is down and down is up? East is West ……can there be no truth’s anymore?

Who decided that opposing views on climate science aren’t credible? There are about a million views in between Greta and AOC and outright deniers. The truth, as usual, is probably somewhere in the middle. Your side is currently in the process of insisting that men can have periods and give birth.

 

[GOGETUMPOKE]

This scientist used to spread climate change alarmism. Now she's trying to debunk it.

We are told climate change is a crisis, and that there is an "overwhelming scientific consensus." "It's a manufactured consensus," says climate scientist

reason.com