Not sure how to feel about his loss, but it appears he was a definite step up from the woman who will replace him with guns and Jesus. It is completely lost on the people who see religion as the solution to all the world's problems, that this massively screwed up world is to no small extent, the work-product of believers.
There are some Republicans with whom Democrats can work with to find solutions to the solvable problems. Unfortunately their ranks keep diminishing with the rise of the Trumpublicans. As was stated in the article, there are many "safe" districts (for both parties) where winning the primary is tantamount to winning the general, and primaries only bring out a fraction of the electorate - the passionate cray-cray fringes are heavily overrepresented.
And here we are. I'm wondering just how "civil" the next war will be.....?
I have found that our civilization is lacking in a great deal of civility. (ETA especially when it comes to right wingers and the GOP) War notwithstanding.
This guy is an actual conservative. This article shows more than any other how the Republican party is not the conservative party. They are the party of fascist theocrats. It's not just about the religion either. It's also about the anti-government parts. He talks about filling potholes and education. The modern Republican party would turn the pot hole filling over to a private company so one member can get a kick back while convincing voters that it will be somehow cheaper. The modern Republican party tears down education because it is afraid of an educated population. The modern Republican party is so far to the 'right' that actual conservatives look like left-wing, LGBT-loving, RINOs. I agree with the RINO part only because the Republican army has left conservatism behind.
While he may put on a show of being all tolerant towards LGBTQ people in public... it's what he says behind closed doors, when he thinks his words 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 be reported beyond his inner circle, that truly reveals the character of the man- and that character is the same vile bigot as every other Pontiff who wore that silly hat before him.
I agree that Schroeder's estimate that the MAGA "only" makes up 30% of the Republican party. But even if we were to accept that figure as accurate, HOW DOES THAT MAKE THEM FRINGE??? A group that makes up nearly one third of your party has grown well beyond "fringe." I mean, how many blankets have YOU seen where thirty percent of it is just fringe?
I think Schroeder may need to engage in some honest reflection on that one.
MAGAts have kidnapped the party in the name of Putin and are holding it hostage until vladimir comes to power. KKKristerism is every bit as racist and dictatorial as the communist party.
In the 1950's nuns said commies were evil and would force you report your parents to the KGB. Now the religious have become the KGB.
Geoff Schroeder is that rarity: a Republican who actually CARES about his office, what he does with it, and the critical issues he is confronted with. It is eminently clear that he fully appreciates the dynamics of Idaho's politics and has worked within them to accomplish something positive. That all by itself is worthy of praise.
And now Idahoans have voted him out ... and the state will be the less for his absence.
I'd argue that if he really cared about his office, he'd not have held a second job that on more than one occasion prevented him from doing his first one by actually being present for votes on bills that affected millions of people's lives.
I mean, yeah, he was definitely better than the lunatic replacing him... but when you're a legislator, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 a legislator needs to be your top priority. If it couldn't be, then he had no business holding office in the first place.
Texas is *supposed* to only meet every other year and doesn't pay enough to be your only job.
Salary. State legislators in Texas make $600 per month or $7,200 per year, plus a per diem set by the Ethics Commission in Rule 50.1. The per diem in the 2021-2022 biennium was $221 for every day the Legislature is in session (regular or special).
Edit: Assuming they work a full year at 40 hrs/week 52 weeks a year that $64670. Not impossible, but they don't work that much really, and don't apparently get paid time off.
Oh, I understand that being a state legislator, in many states, doesn't pay enough to make ends meet (and that's fucking stupid)... but if your other job keeps you from voting on legislation, then what good are you as a legislator?
Exactly, only someone in the same league as the devil, would ask that the true savior of America ordained by Jebus himself leave office, just because he lost an election.
More proof that the GQP is a terminal case, and that the rot is worsening every election cycle at every level.
When Hemant first posted the interview with Mr. Schroeder, I had this to say about him: "𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘖𝘗, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵." Turns out, even tepid opposition is a bridge too far in the modern GQP. They won't tolerate a moderate conservative anymore- only balls-out, full-throttle crazy will satisfy them.
I'm sorry the leopards ate your face, Mr. Schroeder.
This is the kind of “Independence” I could do without. I’m sure 784k households would agree. Baking or freezing to death is not the way I’d want to go.
More like broiling, you're covered in sweat as the sun cooks the house without the A/C.
Of course to put that in perspective there are 10.2 million households in this benighted state. Just a few neighborhoods without power in SA can number 20k.
From central Texas north, it’s not uncommon on the secondary highways to see a windfarm every 30-45 miles. And they are gigantic as you head west on I-10.
OT: The "person" who purports to represent me in the US House of Representatives voted *AGAINST* the PACT Act. I made a video. I'd appreciate both feedback and sharing. Also, any Vets here who the PACT Act might apply to, please let me know. Cheers! ~Joe
Hinson's another "Support Our Troops" type who finds those troops only worthwhile for a photo op. Other than that, fuck 'em (she never put on the uniform of her country, of course. Quelle surprise).
She's a Christian? She seems to ignore Jesus' words about helping people who are ill. She's also keen on raising the retirement age to receive Social Security. Guess she views older Americans as moochers. Maybe she should put down that violin she regularly plays at Antioch Christian Church. Her "devotion" to her messiah is a mockery.
She's also a ginormous hypocrite. Her hubby's company got $143,043 in PPP loans that were subsequently forgiven, yet she is AGAINST student loan forgiveness.
Of course, because one, 19 year-olds are known for their sound financial decisions. (Even the military knows this) Two, there are all these 100k jobs just waiting for someone with a bachelor's and no practical experience.
That's because we can only honor our veterans symbolically. If we physically support them with actually benefits, that would be communism, and thus any of their sacrifices they made would be in vain. So if you really want to support the veterans, you wouldn't be supporting the veterans.
Can't have government-run healthcare. You wait 12 hours for a bed in an ER hallway and wait 3 days to get procedures that haven't been done that way in 20 years. Or so people keep telling me.
Mind you some of these people blamed Bill Clinton for the fact that retirees don't get free medical care on base any more until the day she died. No matter that she got free prescriptions which is most of *my* medical bills.
Senator Geoff Schroeder is most certainly welcome to the Democratic party. He does not have to be somebody he's not there. I get that living in his part of Idaho he had to more or less be Republican. One good Republican! If he chooses to move Massachusetts would definitely welcome him. We need more Atheists in both parties. In all parties. Separation of Church and State is still the right choice in my eyes. Still plenty wrong with it but the only way to move forward.
No- he needs to go find some more of his fellow moderate conservatives and form a new conservative party, to replace the Republican party when it collapses under the weight of its own stupidity (assuming it doesn't manage to drag the entire country down with it). The 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 thing the Democratic party needs is yet another conservative in their ranks; they're already solidly right of center by the standards of any other functioning democracy. We need the Dems to shift 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵ward, not backward.
Aurora, IL PD has added social worker cops to the force. They will go on calls and talk down us crazies when we go flying off the handle.. They will also do followup care. Congrats to Aurora.
But perhaps most alarmingly, the Texas GOP platform calls for new laws that will no longer allow the winner of the popular vote in Texas to hold office if they don’t also win a majority of Texas counties.
Well, Ted Fucking Cruz is running again this year. If any Republican can lose a statewide election in this state it’s the man who went on a tropical vacation in the middle of a frozen natural disaster and left behind his dog.
You’d think that, but then they voted for a serial adulterer who broke every single campaign promise and lied over 20 times a day for his entire reign when he was infesting the White House
I'm not sure I put much faith in polling nearly 6 months out. After all, polling told us the sane lady in the pantsuit was going to be President in 2016.
Not sure how to feel about his loss, but it appears he was a definite step up from the woman who will replace him with guns and Jesus. It is completely lost on the people who see religion as the solution to all the world's problems, that this massively screwed up world is to no small extent, the work-product of believers.
There are some Republicans with whom Democrats can work with to find solutions to the solvable problems. Unfortunately their ranks keep diminishing with the rise of the Trumpublicans. As was stated in the article, there are many "safe" districts (for both parties) where winning the primary is tantamount to winning the general, and primaries only bring out a fraction of the electorate - the passionate cray-cray fringes are heavily overrepresented.
And here we are. I'm wondering just how "civil" the next war will be.....?
I have found that our civilization is lacking in a great deal of civility. (ETA especially when it comes to right wingers and the GOP) War notwithstanding.
Probably about as solvable as the Israeli-Palestinian War.
The sole atheist is gone, leaving the party to be controlled by Christians.
You know. Those poor, ever-persecuted followers of Jesus. :S
This guy is an actual conservative. This article shows more than any other how the Republican party is not the conservative party. They are the party of fascist theocrats. It's not just about the religion either. It's also about the anti-government parts. He talks about filling potholes and education. The modern Republican party would turn the pot hole filling over to a private company so one member can get a kick back while convincing voters that it will be somehow cheaper. The modern Republican party tears down education because it is afraid of an educated population. The modern Republican party is so far to the 'right' that actual conservatives look like left-wing, LGBT-loving, RINOs. I agree with the RINO part only because the Republican army has left conservatism behind.
This guy is an actual conservative.
OT- Your daily reminder that Pope Fluffy is only considered a "moderate" because his predecessor was Darth Ratfucker: https://apnews.com/article/pope-gay-priests-francis-vatican-92ee291bbeef00a898a10a8a45afd32c
While he may put on a show of being all tolerant towards LGBTQ people in public... it's what he says behind closed doors, when he thinks his words 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 be reported beyond his inner circle, that truly reveals the character of the man- and that character is the same vile bigot as every other Pontiff who wore that silly hat before him.
Pope Franky, the Fred Phelps Pope.
You're not paying attention are you? I posted it yesterday.😇
You sneaky... sneak! :P
If that's his idea of show, he needs to quit his day job and go back to theater school. And I want my money back.
Frankenpope is all hate, all the time. Expected only hate from the childmolesterness pope
Rhooo, that's just synod talk. Ask drumpster's groupies, it's a nothing burger.
I agree that Schroeder's estimate that the MAGA "only" makes up 30% of the Republican party. But even if we were to accept that figure as accurate, HOW DOES THAT MAKE THEM FRINGE??? A group that makes up nearly one third of your party has grown well beyond "fringe." I mean, how many blankets have YOU seen where thirty percent of it is just fringe?
I think Schroeder may need to engage in some honest reflection on that one.
MAGAts have kidnapped the party in the name of Putin and are holding it hostage until vladimir comes to power. KKKristerism is every bit as racist and dictatorial as the communist party.
In the 1950's nuns said commies were evil and would force you report your parents to the KGB. Now the religious have become the KGB.
If your blanket is 30% fringe, it's time for a new blanket.
Right???
How about jackets?
https://www.aliciadimichele.com/cdn/shop/files/IMG_2879_91115fe4-7e82-4b03-a6c1-199df1fc2093.jpg?v=1699480707&width=2718
Okay, I will acknowledge that this jacket exists and is indeed mostly fringe. I will also note, however, that I would never buy that jacket.
Then there's this dress:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCXGJQYZ9JA
And those shoes!
https://y.yarn.co/4d8cb013-d738-48b2-b74b-f222d70a44ad_text.gif
♫I stepped up on the platform
The man gave me the news
He said, you must be joking son
Where did you get those shoes?♫
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ZbY9lM2MU
Geoff Schroeder is that rarity: a Republican who actually CARES about his office, what he does with it, and the critical issues he is confronted with. It is eminently clear that he fully appreciates the dynamics of Idaho's politics and has worked within them to accomplish something positive. That all by itself is worthy of praise.
And now Idahoans have voted him out ... and the state will be the less for his absence.
It's OK, as long as they have scapegoats.
I'd argue that if he really cared about his office, he'd not have held a second job that on more than one occasion prevented him from doing his first one by actually being present for votes on bills that affected millions of people's lives.
I mean, yeah, he was definitely better than the lunatic replacing him... but when you're a legislator, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 a legislator needs to be your top priority. If it couldn't be, then he had no business holding office in the first place.
Texas is *supposed* to only meet every other year and doesn't pay enough to be your only job.
Salary. State legislators in Texas make $600 per month or $7,200 per year, plus a per diem set by the Ethics Commission in Rule 50.1. The per diem in the 2021-2022 biennium was $221 for every day the Legislature is in session (regular or special).
Edit: Assuming they work a full year at 40 hrs/week 52 weeks a year that $64670. Not impossible, but they don't work that much really, and don't apparently get paid time off.
Oh, I understand that being a state legislator, in many states, doesn't pay enough to make ends meet (and that's fucking stupid)... but if your other job keeps you from voting on legislation, then what good are you as a legislator?
In Texas, killing immigrants and trans kids and pregnant people.
I am surprised that people who see me as in league with the devil did not vote for me.
He can't be in league with the devil. He demanded Trump's ouster back on January 8th 2021.
Exactly, only someone in the same league as the devil, would ask that the true savior of America ordained by Jebus himself leave office, just because he lost an election.
More proof that the GQP is a terminal case, and that the rot is worsening every election cycle at every level.
When Hemant first posted the interview with Mr. Schroeder, I had this to say about him: "𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘖𝘗, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵." Turns out, even tepid opposition is a bridge too far in the modern GQP. They won't tolerate a moderate conservative anymore- only balls-out, full-throttle crazy will satisfy them.
I'm sorry the leopards ate your face, Mr. Schroeder.
OT, but funny. Energy independent texass has 784,000+ households without power.
It's what the state gets for wanting to go it alone.
In 1970, Austin gt maybe 2 to 5 100 degree days per year. Now they get over 40 annually. I am sure this makes them glad global warming is a hoax.
ETA: Corpus Christi (corpse of christ?) has a of 81. Feels like 112
Only 40, I'd swear SA gets 60+ every year and we're only 80 miles south of Austin. It's still May and we're expecting 97 today.
I would like this post, but it is just too sad.
This is the kind of “Independence” I could do without. I’m sure 784k households would agree. Baking or freezing to death is not the way I’d want to go.
More like broiling, you're covered in sweat as the sun cooks the house without the A/C.
Of course to put that in perspective there are 10.2 million households in this benighted state. Just a few neighborhoods without power in SA can number 20k.
Surprisingly, given the Republican stranglehold, we are also the leading producer of green energy.
Green energy for republicans is dollar bills.
DeNazi just outlawed it.
Because of course he did.
IIRC, there’s a small town in Texas that went completely solar despite obstacles from the state.
From central Texas north, it’s not uncommon on the secondary highways to see a windfarm every 30-45 miles. And they are gigantic as you head west on I-10.
Caught this after a trip to coveredd bridges in Parke Co., IN. This near Kentland, IN 2013.
https://scontent-ord5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/441508081_1683442579108764_8490742024426809991_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s640x640&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=AD7zYjglD4UQ7kNvgG-DYf8&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.xx&oh=00_AYAgw63tc0c_Q2FQz5TvN6mrChrod6UfYp8_mBujo2j85w&oe=665C047E
Yep, I-10 seems to be a corridor. I’ve seen the same but in California
That's because something something liberals. I blame it on the windmills.
OT: The "person" who purports to represent me in the US House of Representatives voted *AGAINST* the PACT Act. I made a video. I'd appreciate both feedback and sharing. Also, any Vets here who the PACT Act might apply to, please let me know. Cheers! ~Joe
https://youtu.be/SJpGq_f1ZKg
https://www.facebook.com/joseph.stutler.33/videos/26441929352073263
https://x.com/JRStutlerJr/status/1795467051177300055
Hinson's another "Support Our Troops" type who finds those troops only worthwhile for a photo op. Other than that, fuck 'em (she never put on the uniform of her country, of course. Quelle surprise).
She's a Christian? She seems to ignore Jesus' words about helping people who are ill. She's also keen on raising the retirement age to receive Social Security. Guess she views older Americans as moochers. Maybe she should put down that violin she regularly plays at Antioch Christian Church. Her "devotion" to her messiah is a mockery.
She's also a ginormous hypocrite. Her hubby's company got $143,043 in PPP loans that were subsequently forgiven, yet she is AGAINST student loan forgiveness.
*𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmsOIjzQ1V8
Of course, because one, 19 year-olds are known for their sound financial decisions. (Even the military knows this) Two, there are all these 100k jobs just waiting for someone with a bachelor's and no practical experience.
Ah, so you're familiar with our trAshley.....🙃
Wasn't hard, believe me. :)
Typical kkkrister shit. Help for me but not for thee.
That's because we can only honor our veterans symbolically. If we physically support them with actually benefits, that would be communism, and thus any of their sacrifices they made would be in vain. So if you really want to support the veterans, you wouldn't be supporting the veterans.
Can't have government-run healthcare. You wait 12 hours for a bed in an ER hallway and wait 3 days to get procedures that haven't been done that way in 20 years. Or so people keep telling me.
Mind you some of these people blamed Bill Clinton for the fact that retirees don't get free medical care on base any more until the day she died. No matter that she got free prescriptions which is most of *my* medical bills.
I’m going to upvote this even though I can’t see it because not on FB, but I’m guessing it’s good.
I shared links to Twitter and YouTube as well. 🙂
Excellent! I’ll look for it
shared YT link to fb.
Senator Geoff Schroeder is most certainly welcome to the Democratic party. He does not have to be somebody he's not there. I get that living in his part of Idaho he had to more or less be Republican. One good Republican! If he chooses to move Massachusetts would definitely welcome him. We need more Atheists in both parties. In all parties. Separation of Church and State is still the right choice in my eyes. Still plenty wrong with it but the only way to move forward.
No- he needs to go find some more of his fellow moderate conservatives and form a new conservative party, to replace the Republican party when it collapses under the weight of its own stupidity (assuming it doesn't manage to drag the entire country down with it). The 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 thing the Democratic party needs is yet another conservative in their ranks; they're already solidly right of center by the standards of any other functioning democracy. We need the Dems to shift 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵ward, not backward.
We need the Dems to fission and quit being at least 2 parties held together by the simple fact they aren't batshit republicans.
Aurora, IL PD has added social worker cops to the force. They will go on calls and talk down us crazies when we go flying off the handle.. They will also do followup care. Congrats to Aurora.
Sounds like more of a job for a psychiatrist or a psychologist than a social worker.
SW are trained to deal with these situations, cops are not.
True, but cops have guns. That fixes everything. Right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfXtmXwah7E
OT
When they know you just by your voice alone
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/28
Boy the Jesus Freaks came out in force in the comments on that comic.
Does Desert George not realize that he's talking about a fictional character?
(Well, two actually...)
No kidding. It’s just a comic ffs.
Jesus Freaksnowflakes
Deep in the heart of texass, 940,000 without power, currently. Pun intended
Bet being hooked up to the national grid suddenly looks a whole lot better to Texans who want to secede.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/us/justice-alito-neighbors-stop-steal-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vk0.wn9M.OYc2BQR2YSQ-&smid=url-share
Fascinating – the Alito affair.
The Hatfields and the McCoys part 2, baby!
OT: Hemant didn't mention this:
But perhaps most alarmingly, the Texas GOP platform calls for new laws that will no longer allow the winner of the popular vote in Texas to hold office if they don’t also win a majority of Texas counties.
Is that the Texas GQP admitting that their candidate can't win the popular vote?
Well, Ted Fucking Cruz is running again this year. If any Republican can lose a statewide election in this state it’s the man who went on a tropical vacation in the middle of a frozen natural disaster and left behind his dog.
You’d think that, but then they voted for a serial adulterer who broke every single campaign promise and lied over 20 times a day for his entire reign when he was infesting the White House
52%, not a huge margin, but I’ll admit, I’ll believe a Democrat can win statewide election when I see it happen.
There is one he partially respected. Bring the USAs back in the 50's. The 1750's.
Texas was part of Mexico then.
Unfortunately, the polling has Cruz up by double digits.
Well, he's telling his donors he's scared.
I'm not sure I put much faith in polling nearly 6 months out. After all, polling told us the sane lady in the pantsuit was going to be President in 2016.