Snap Shots of YOUR Republican Party, 21st Century Style

[Chicks]

The Republican Party has embraced American fascism

Both President Trump and his Vice President have refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if they lose the election. Militia groups emboldened by Trump tried to kidnap a Democratic Governor. A GOP Senator tweeted that America is not a democracy.

Our country's unique history with fascism goes back to the Antebellum South, when slaveowners mounted an insurrection against the US government to establish an anti-democratic society, the Confederacy.

The legacy of the Confederacy has firmly lodged itself into American politics ever since, and its ideology has been violently reinforced by terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan. We've chipped away at it's power but it will likely never disappear completely.

Trump's GOP has taken up that fascist legacy, and if we don't push back against it, it will ravage our democracy again.

https://www.businessinsider.com/repu...ascism-2020-10

[Chicks]

From a wag on FB this morning:

"Okay, so I have an idea, and it’s kind of crazy, but hear me out: what if rich people paid taxes?"

[Chicks]

California Republicans are allegedly setting up fake 'official' drop-off boxes to harvest ballots

https://theweek.com/speedreads/94313...arvest-ballots

...since they can't win the old-fashioned way...

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Chicks

California Republicans are allegedly setting up fake 'official' drop-off boxes to harvest ballots

https://theweek.com/speedreads/94313...arvest-ballots

...since they can't win the old-fashioned way...

They say it's just a sort of vote harvesting. The law makes that legal in CA. Voters can give their ballots to anyone they trust to deliver them. Boxes are a way of giving them to someone.

Main problem is element of deception. The things just say, wrongly, "official ballot deposit box." Voters don't know they are actually giving them to the Republicans, who they may not trust. I wouldn't....

[Chicks]

California Repubes ordered to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-w...lot-drop-boxes

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Chicks

California Repubes ordered to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-w...lot-drop-boxes

Yeah but is this the only place the Repukes are doing it?

[Chicks]

Lindsey Graham references ‘good old days of segregation’ at Amy Coney Barrett hearing

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/lin...rrett-hearing/

Um....

[donquixote99]

Comment almost surely meant as casual irony. But GOP figures would be well advised to steer clear of such irony these days. The party that throws hate at "Black Lives Matter" has no standing to indulge in such levity.

[RickeyM]

Press secretary Barbie gets her Twitter account blocked.

https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/...uhVPQE7mfDgsm0

According to Mother Jones, “the key point of the article was predicated on false information that Giuliani has been spreading for a long time—and that appears to be linked to a Russian disinformation operation that the Post neglected to note in its article.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

Press secretary Barbie gets her Twitter account blocked.

https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/...uhVPQE7mfDgsm0

Too funny.