Fuck off with calling all these anti trans and anti gay laws "controversial." They're hate laws. They're fascism. They're evil.

Journalists are going to "both sides" fascism until they are literally executed by the fascists.

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that nearly two-thirds of Republicans would still vote for Trump even if he is found guilty of a crime.

Remember when they used to blather on about being the party of law and order? They never meant it — except for themselves: Law and order for you.

Not for us.

And remember when they were the party of "values" and "morality"?

#Republicans #LawandOrder #Trump

https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/a-second-trump-presidency/

The Irish Times had this to say:

"Having a monarchy next door is a little like having a neighbour who's really into clowns and has daubed their house with clown murals, displays clown dolls in each window and has an insatiable desire to hear about and discuss clown-related news stories. More specifically, for the Irish, it's like having a neighbour who's really into clowns and, also, your grandfather was murdered by a clown."

My take:

My landlord is a clown and I can't afford to move out.

Powerful joint statement on the use of AI from the FTC and other federal agencies.: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/EEOC-CRT-FTC-CFPB-AI-Joint-Statement%28final%29.pdf

tl;dr — `It wasn't me, it was the AI' is not a defense against illegal discrimination or other forms of harm.

h/t @emilymbender

This is an excellent comment form a WaPo article on #JackTexeira

Here’s a gift for the article: https://wapo.st/3LvCqcp

Here’s the comment. Let me know if you can read it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/27/jack-teixeira-discord-leak-documents-guns/?commentID=de33f9bf-1a29-4072-aed2-25da35ed6977

'If the rest of us want to stop America’s slouch toward fascism, we must do two things: First, speak out loudly and forcefully against sexual bigotry. Second, push lawmakers to restore some degree of economic security to the nation’s large and increasingly precarious working class.'

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/whats-really-behind-republicans-mounting

Every shooting, every mass shooting, every "officer involved" shooting, every death from being denied an abortion or other healthcare, every queer kid's suicide, every COVID death, every climate change related disaster death, every homeless person's death, every death of despair is a calculated choice made by fascists to exterminate people.

And they get away with it.

#Montana lawmaker, Zooey #Zephyr , silenced but not silent, vows to fight on

https://apnews.com/article/zooey-zephyr-montana-transgender-discipline-8dfb10590a26575b6ce6509cdc84fd23