Nazi pleads guilty to hate crime firebombing LGBTQ Ohio church
#SpeakerOfTheHouse
Max Potter:
Until they answer this question, until there is truth and accountability from the Trump GOP for trying to overturn the 2020 election for President of the United States—-there is no “next question.”
He wants to nullify same-sex marriage. Before Congress, Johnson worked as a lawyer for the Alliance Defending Freedom, an anti-LGBTQ+ group, and defended Louisiana’s same-sex marriage ban and anti-abortion laws.
Aimenn Penny, a white supremacist who threw Molotov cocktails at an Ohio church that was hosting a drag-queen story hour event has pleaded guilty Monday to a federal hate crime charge. He faces at least 10 years in prison when he's sentenced in January. https://www.rawstory.com/aimenn-penny/
@JV3MJD article quote:
"Don’t be fooled," warns activist and political commentator Victor Chi. "While 2 of the 9 Republicans didn’t decertify the election results on January 6, BOTH of them signed an amicus brief demanding SCOTUS overturn the 2020 election. That means ALL 9 Speaker candidates are election deniers. This is not normal. But it’s who they are."
‘MAGA, MAGA and more MAGA’: What experts are saying about 9 GOP candidates for speaker.
https://www.rawstory.com/maga-maga-and-more-maga-what-experts-are-saying-about-nine-gop-candidates-for-speaker/
The degree to which #Ukraine ’s international partners sustain Ukraine’s ability to sustain an effective weight of fire relative to Russian forces will be a key determiner of respective capabilities in 2024. http://isw.pub/UkrWar102323
The Republican meeting to choose their next Speaker of the House candidate begins in 10 minutes behind closed doors. (As if that really works.) The prospective candidates are shown below.
My money's on Emmer. Who do you think gets the nod?
Anne Applebaum:
Poland's ruling party, PiS, just lost an election which they themselves organized and manipulated to their advantage. Now PiS propagandists are suggesting *they* were cheated and somehow deserve to stay in power. Sound familiar?
https://twitter.com/anneapplebaum/status/1716370301817167994
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