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[superrific]

Do you have a link to where the GOP is trying to repeal gay marriage?

You asked for a link to Republicans repealing gay marriage. You were given a link. Now you're demanding a link showing that ALL Republicans are trying to repeal gay marriage. Nobody claimed that, and it's a nonsense point.

Almost every single post of yours is riddled with factual inaccuracies, irrelevancies, and/or bogus logic. An ordinary person would react to that with some shame, and an attempt to do better. But in 2025 America, you jabronis just scream liberals and pretend that makes it better.

This is a great example of why serious people are not MAGA and in fact think MAGA is a bunch of idiots in red hats. If you don't want to be viewed as an idiot, stop saying idiotic things.

 

[superrific]

Where is President Trump's name in this?

Where are the rest of the members of the GOP? Did they all sign on with this?

No. Again.... you lost when you started trying to defend a blatant lie.

Multiple Supreme Court Justices have signaled their desire to overturn Obergefell. I have not seen anyone in the GOP take issue with that. I have not seen anyone in the GOP being critical of the radicalism of the right-wingers. In fact, the GOP loves the hard right justices -- the ones that would indeed overturn Obergefell -- and have stacked the courts with wild-eyed radicals (which you are admitting they are, given that you seem to think that "repealing" gay marriage would be bad.

Moreover, Trump has said that he wants to appoint more justices in the mold of the ones who have indicated they want to overturn Obergefell.

So there's your connection and STFU because you have no idea what you're talking about on any subject.

 

[Enigma94]

I guess we're just going to ignore the fact that Trump attempted to take away one of the most fundamental rights an American citizen has when he tried to overturn an election he clearly lost. I guess we'll hear from MAGA that it doesn't count since he wasn't successful.

 

[wmheel1287]

Where is President Trump's name in this?

Where are the rest of the members of the GOP? Did they all sign on with this?

No. Again.... you lost when you started trying to defend a blatant lie.

Which Supreme Court do you suppose they are planning to ask to hear the case? Is it the one where Trump has appointed 1/3 of the members making such an occurrence possible?

For someone who insists that everyone else is constantly deflecting and being dinengenuous, you sure do a lot of it on here yourself.

 

[UNCatTech]

Do you have a link to where the GOP is trying to repeal gay marriage? Or is this just another scream at the sky moment that epitomizes today's Democrats and their party.

Please make a list of ALL the constitutional rights and freedoms that President Trump and the GOP took away in his last administration.

I'll wait and see what you come up with.

Idaho Republicans file resolution to repeal marriage equality

They want to return to a so-called “natural definition” of marriage as between one man and one woman.

www.advocate.com

This is from a week ago.

and in other news:

Montana Just Became the First State to Advance Anti-Trans Bathroom Legislation in 2025

The bill claims that “there are exactly two sexes” and would restrict the use of bathrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping areas in public buildings based on that definition.

www.them.us

Hey, but maybe there's hope.

Nancy Mace’s Capitol Hill Bathroom Ban Was Left Out of Republicans’ House Rules Proposal

Mace told HuffPost in November that Speaker Mike Johnson “assured [her] it would be in the House rules package,” but the transphobic policy is nowhere to be found in the annual Congress proposal.

www.them.us

 

[UNCatTech]

Where is President Trump's name in this?

Where are the rest of the members of the GOP? Did they all sign on with this?

No. Again.... you lost when you started trying to defend a blatant lie.

You didn't ask for something with trumps name on it, stop trying to move the goal post.

And you know how this works. It doesn't need all of the GOP. It only needs to get into the courts and get to the supreme court.

 

[UNCatTech]

Remember how they tried to cover this up during the campaign.

The 2024 GOP platform removed explicit mentions of same-sex marriage, saying only "Republicans will promote a Culture that values the Sanctity of Marriage, the blessings of childhood, the foundational role of families, and supports working parents."

I guess multiple divorces, cheating on your pregnant wife, and paying porn stars for sex is considered a culture that values the sanctity of marriage, but two women in a committed relationship isn't.

 

[farce©]

Interesting article from Reuters about the threat of “bond vigilantes” and their ability to thwart the Trump economic agenda.

“As Donald Trump takes office on January 20, concerns over bond vigilantes in the United States,have resurfaced, according to several market experts. And this time, the economic indicators are even more alarming, they said.
The U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio is pushing 100%, double the level in Clinton's time. Left unchecked, by 2027 it's projected to exceed the records set after World War II, when the government borrowed heavily to fund the war effort.

Bond yields, which move inversely to prices, have been climbing. The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds has risen more than a percentage point from a September low, a whopping increase for a measure where even hundredths of a percent matter.
Like Clinton before him, Trump now faces the prospect of bond vigilantes becoming a potent check on his policy agenda, according to several former U.S. and foreign policymakers who faced market turmoil while in office.

Reuters interviewed nearly two dozen policymakers, economists and investors – including Trump advisers, a former Italian prime minister and former Greek and British finance ministers – and examined bouts of bond market routs around the world since the 1980s to assess the risk of turbulence after Trump takes office.
The review found several indicators watched by bond traders are flashing red. U.S. federal debt has increased to more than $28 trillion, from less than $20 trillion when Trump took office in 2017. Debt is also piling up in other countries, with the world’s total public debt expected to cross $100 trillion for the first time in 2024, leaving investors nervous.”

Link

 

[Mulberry Heel]

Remember how they tried to cover this up during the campaign.

The 2024 GOP platform removed explicit mentions of same-sex marriage, saying only "Republicans will promote a Culture that values the Sanctity of Marriage, the blessings of childhood, the foundational role of families, and supports working parents."

I guess multiple divorces, cheating on your pregnant wife, and paying porn stars for sex is considered a culture that values the sanctity of marriage, but two women in a committed relationship isn't.

I still remember conservatives and bosiders on the old ZZLP confidently telling everyone for years that Roe would never be repealed, that it was settled law, and then when it was repealed they just moved the goalposts and said that it wasn't really that big of a deal, that it would just go back to the states and that women (assuming they had the money, of course) could just go to another state to get abortions. Except that some Republican states are now making traveling out of state to get an abortion a crime, along with other draconian laws that are quite literally killing women in some states like Texas. It's straight out of Gilead type stuff, but we're all told that it's really not so bad.

And now here we're being told by the same people that gay marriage and gay rights aren't in danger and not to worry (despite numerous GOP proposals and attempts to roll back said rights, as in Florida), that other minority rights aren't in danger, that contraceptive rights aren't in danger - all in spite of open GOP attempts and discussions about limiting such things. And if any of them do come to pass, I have no doubt that we'll hear the same line from Trumpers and bosiders that we did after abortion rights were rolled back - it's not so bad, it'll just go back to the states where it belongs, gay couples can always move to blue states if they still want their marriages to be recognized, blah blah blah. Disingenuousness at its finest.

 

[Zoo_View]

LOL... again with wanting a "safe space" where the only opinions welcome are the ones that are "left-leaning."

What have I posted or said that has triggered you? Seriously... that is a legit question.

Is this board only for "left-leaning" ideas, thoughts and opinions?

Bring each and every fact-based conservative opinion you have.

They’ll be welcomed

 

[korgguy1971]

Jessica Tarlov might be the new Shep Smith.

 

[nycfan]

Not sure where this goes, so putting it here.

I still remember conservatives and bosiders on the old ZZLP confidently telling everyone for years that Roe would never be repealed, that it was settled law, and then when it was repealed they just moved the goalposts and said that it wasn't really that big of a deal, that it would just go back to the states and that women (assuming they had the money, of course) could just go to another state to get abortions. Except that some Republican states are now making traveling out of state to get an abortion a crime, along with other draconian laws that are quite literally killing women in some states like Texas. It's straight out of Gilead type stuff, but we're all told that it's really not so bad.

And now here we're being told by the same people that gay marriage and gay rights aren't in danger and not to worry (despite numerous GOP proposals and attempts to roll back said rights, as in Florida), that other minority rights aren't in danger, that contraceptive rights aren't in danger - all in spite of open GOP attempts and discussions about limiting such things. And if any of them do come to pass, I have no doubt that we'll hear the same line from Trumpers and bosiders that we did after abortion rights were rolled back - it's not so bad, it'll just go back to the states where it belongs, gay couples can always move to blue states if they still want their marriages to be recognized, blah blah blah. Disingenuousness at its finest.

For the record, flashback 2022:

“Justice Clarence Thomas argued in a concurring opinion released on Friday that the Supreme Court “should reconsider” its past rulings codifying rights to contraception access, same-sex relationships and same-sex marriage.

… In his concurring opinion, Thomas — an appointee of President George H.W. Bush — wrote that the justices “should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell” — referring to three cases having to do with Americans’ fundamental privacy, due process and equal protection rights.

… it appears doubtful that many of Thomas’ conservative colleagues would be eager to revisit issues like contraception and same-sex marriage anytime soon, considering the claims in Alito’s majority opinion that the court’s ruling on Friday casts no doubt on those decisions.

Still, by declining to explicitly repudiate Thomas’ stance, his conservative colleagues provided fodder to the court’s liberal members and left-leaning critics to warn that more overrulings of precedent are on the way. …”

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/24/thomas-constitutional-rights-00042256

 

[nycfan]

Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump

A new poll found the public is sympathetic to the president-elect’s plans to deport migrants and reduce America’s presence overseas.

www.nytimes.com

Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump​

A new poll found the public is sympathetic to the president-elect’s plans to deport migrants and reduce America’s presence overseas.

“… Americans are more evenly split on whether Mr. Trump should implement tariffs on countries like China and Mexico, which he has vowed to do as a way to reduce reliance on foreign goods. Still, 46 percent say that trade with foreign nations should be subject to increased tariffs.

And a large majority is sympathetic to efforts to strictly limit how doctors can treat children struggling with their gender identity — an issue Mr. Trump and other Republicans made central to their campaigns for office. Seventy-one percent said that no one under 18 should be prescribed puberty-blocking drugs or hormones. The Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision on the matter later this year.

The poll tells the story of a country turning inward, where people are more aligned with Mr. Trump’s “America First” agenda than they were during his first term in office.

For a political figure so divisive — Americans view him more negatively than any other president about to take office in the last 70 years — the level of support for his ideas is striking. Most Americans say the United States has ignored serious problems at home while entangling itself in costly conflicts abroad, the poll found. A majority believe the government is sending too much money to Ukraine. And many are expressing less tolerance of immigrants overall. …”

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

Voters Want MAGA Lite From Trump, WSJ Poll Finds​

Survey shows Biden leaves office with record-low approval and a badly tarnished party​

GIFT LINK —> https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy...84?st=p8hBrZ&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink.

“… That is the central message voters are sending in a new Wall Street Journal poll, which finds that most want a tempered, less assertive set of policies than Trump promised in the most unbridled moments of his campaign. The appetite is for MAGA lite, rather than extra-strength MAGA.

Some 53% want Trump to make significant changes in how government is run once he is inaugurated Monday. But more than 60% oppose one of his central ideas for doing so—replacing thousands of career civil-service workers with people chosen by the president.

More than 60% also oppose eliminating the Education Department, a marquee Trump proposal for paring the federal government. Only 18% would supersede congressional powers and give Trump more authority over federal spending, as he has proposed.

Similarly, the poll finds that, while voters want Trump to build his promised wall along the border with Mexico and address illegal immigration, they also want limits to his plans for sweeping deportations of undocumented immigrants. …”

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[StrangePackage]

Voters Want MAGA Lite From Trump, WSJ Poll Finds​

Survey shows Biden leaves office with record-low approval and a badly tarnished party​

GIFT LINK —> https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy...84?st=p8hBrZ&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink.

“… That is the central message voters are sending in a new Wall Street Journal poll, which finds that most want a tempered, less assertive set of policies than Trump promised in the most unbridled moments of his campaign. The appetite is for MAGA lite, rather than extra-strength MAGA.

Some 53% want Trump to make significant changes in how government is run once he is inaugurated Monday. But more than 60% oppose one of his central ideas for doing so—replacing thousands of career civil-service workers with people chosen by the president.

More than 60% also oppose eliminating the Education Department, a marquee Trump proposal for paring the federal government. Only 18% would supersede congressional powers and give Trump more authority over federal spending, as he has proposed.

Similarly, the poll finds that, while voters want Trump to build his promised wall along the border with Mexico and address illegal immigration, they also want limits to his plans for sweeping deportations of undocumented immigrants. …”

Voters want change, but not the kind he's going to make.

They'll want more change next time. I hope the Democrats will be prepared to actually give it to them.

 

[Mulberry Heel]

Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump

A new poll found the public is sympathetic to the president-elect’s plans to deport migrants and reduce America’s presence overseas.

www.nytimes.com

Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump​

A new poll found the public is sympathetic to the president-elect’s plans to deport migrants and reduce America’s presence overseas.

“… Americans are more evenly split on whether Mr. Trump should implement tariffs on countries like China and Mexico, which he has vowed to do as a way to reduce reliance on foreign goods. Still, 46 percent say that trade with foreign nations should be subject to increased tariffs.

And a large majority is sympathetic to efforts to strictly limit how doctors can treat children struggling with their gender identity — an issue Mr. Trump and other Republicans made central to their campaigns for office. Seventy-one percent said that no one under 18 should be prescribed puberty-blocking drugs or hormones. The Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision on the matter later this year.

The poll tells the story of a country turning inward, where people are more aligned with Mr. Trump’s “America First” agenda than they were during his first term in office.

For a political figure so divisive — Americans view him more negatively than any other president about to take office in the last 70 years — the level of support for his ideas is striking. Most Americans say the United States has ignored serious problems at home while entangling itself in costly conflicts abroad, the poll found. A majority believe the government is sending too much money to Ukraine. And many are expressing less tolerance of immigrants overall. …”

If Republicans were actually serious about solving our "serious problems at home" it would be one thing, but they're not. Other than passing more tax cuts aimed at the wealthy they're not going to do anything serious about inflation or the high cost of housing and renting (and the resulting explosion of homelessness), growing natural disasters caused by climate change, our crumbling infrastructure, the continued decline of once-prosperous manufacturing towns, the growing gap between the wealthy and everyone else. Hell, they've just placed a bunch of wealthy plutocrats in charge but they're really interested ins solving the "serious problems we have here at home?" LOL.

 

[Mulberry Heel]

Republicans are going to do pretty much what they damned well want to do - they don't care about polls like these. And it continues to be laughable at all of the Trump voters who are essentially saying, over and over and over, "well, I voted for him to make some changes, but I just hope he doesn't go overboard and actually implement a lot of the stuff that he said he will, or that Project 2025 wants." Some people have to find things out the hard way.