“A GOP state lawmaker who recently gave an impassioned speech about being raped as a 16 year old says she feels attacked after a Republican colleague passed out literature describing rape as a ‘misdeed of the parent’ that doesn’t justify having an abortion,” according to th[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bad States’
May 10th, 2019 - 6:20 pm § in Politics
South Carolina GOP legislator says colleague committed a “misdeed” by being raped
April 10th, 2019 - 3:43 pm § in Politics
This GOP legislator wants to execute women who have abortions
His name is Tony Tinderholt, and he represents a suburban district in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the Texas House of Representatives. In 2017 and 2019, he sponsored legislation that would impose the death penalty for having an abortion. Because Tinderholt is trying to kill people for engaging in l[...]
March 22nd, 2019 - 12:03 pm § in Misc.
GOP legislators vote against tampons and pads for jail inmates
A Republican legislator in Maine complained providing female hygiene products to jail inmates will turn the state’s jails into “country clubs.” All the other Republicans on the committee joined him in voting against a bill that would require jails to do that. Read story here. Comme[...]
March 21st, 2019 - 11:48 am § in Misc.
White cop pulls gun on 4 black students for broken tail light
A Lynchburg, Virginia cop ordered 4 black college students out of their car at gunpoint, ordered them to the ground, and handcuffed them after pulling them over for a broken tail light. The cop claimed he “smelled marijuana,” but no drugs were found on the students or in their car. The p[...]
March 19th, 2019 - 12:31 pm § in Misc.
Virginia school cop is a recruiter for a white supremacist group
A Virginia school resource officer has been suspended from his job and is facing dismissal after activists poring over online chat messages identified him as a recruiter for a white supremacist group. Although he’s been removed from the school, and may not remain a cop, how did he get the job [...]
November 27th, 2018 - 7:32 pm § in Politics
A black senator from Mississippi? Nah.
That’s asking too much. Mississippi is a third world country that pretends to be a state. They’ve just returned a Confederate sympathizer who likes public hangings and thinks college students shouldn’t be allowed to vote to the U.S. Senate. As CNN put it, “In the end, it was [...]
November 26th, 2018 - 2:19 pm § in Politics
Cindy Hyde-Smith yard signs
Okay, that’s not quite fair, because the GOP Senate candidate didn’t put them up. But it’s probably safe to say whoever did supports her and not the black man running against her. And Hyde-Smith does like hangings; she said so herself. Read story here. There was a time when [...]
November 26th, 2018 - 11:05 am § in Politics
“Ole Miss” Rhodes Scholar slams Cindy Hyde-Smith as a white supremacist
Jaz Brisack is an impressive young lady. Besides earning outstanding grades in general studies, English, journalism, and public policy, she’s president of the College Democrats, a labor organizer, and a women’s health advocate. And now, she’s a Rhodes Scholar. Brisack says Mississi[...]
November 20th, 2018 - 4:27 pm § in Politics
Cindy Hyde-Smith is a relic of the Jim Crow era
A Democratic win in Tuesday’s runoff election in Mississippi could limit the party’s 2018 Senate losses to 1 seat, and controversies swirling around the GOP candidate have changed the odds of that happening from highly improbable to conceivable. The current Senate has a 51-49 GOP majorit[...]
July 23rd, 2018 - 8:25 am § in Schools & Colleges
Don’t they know any Latin in South Carolina?
“Summa Cum Laude” is censored. Read story here. [...]