ChiGoose

I don’t understand the reference. A book about meeting people online? And it’s the same as porn?

Maybe not everyone is lucky enough to live in a safe and supportive environment. Maybe it would be helpful for some people to have access to resources outside the home that can help them understand things. Or maybe we should just have the government tell us what to think.

If you cannot tell the difference between public pressure from activists and the actual government, then maybe sit this one out, bud.

So there are these things, they are called librarians. And what they do is use their specialized training to ensure that there are a variety of books available. As far as I am aware, there hasn’t been a case of a school librarian putting Playboys in the school library. If they did, they would likely be fired. But you know what? The governor of the state wouldn’t be involved in that. In fact, the government itself wouldn’t be involved at all except to the extent that in public schools the principal firing the librarian would be a public employee. It’s odd to me that the party of small government wants to the government take over deciding what kids can read away from the schools. It’s also odd that they just absolutely cannot stop thinking about sex. Like, a book about two penguins raising an adopted baby penguin makes them think it’s teaching kids about sex. Seems like they’re just telling on themselves for their own perverted hang ups. Important distinction: the Dr Seuss situation (like the Roald Dahl one) originated from the owners of the IP, not the government. Nobody told them to edit the books, they were not forced to do it, and they faced criticism for doing it from both the left and the right. If the government was editing and censoring the books, you would have a point here. But they weren’t, so you don’t.

Illinois House passes bill prohibiting book bans Glad I live in a state that respects education and opposes government censorship. Wonder how all the pro-DeSantis people would feel about Hochul deciding what books kids can read in NY…?

Book bans slowly taking over some Florida “According to PEN America, a global organization that protects rights of literature and free expression, during the 2021-2022 school year, Florida had the second-highest number of book bans in the country. They had 566 bans across 21 districts, ranging from the Panhandle to South Florida. Now, in its Index of School Book Bans, which covers the U.S., PEN America said it's listing instances where students' access to books in schools was restricted or diminished for either limited or indefinite periods of time.”

Trump: I’m going to be indicted on Tuesday! *Tuesday passes with no indictment* MAGA dweebs: Lol. Libs are so owned.

This is the wrong take. Whether or not Trump is potentially an easier candidate to beat doesn’t have any place in the discussion of whether or not he committed crimes. Also, I’m getting the impression that DeSantis has a glass jaw anyway

And yet he still has almost twice as many mentions as the Koch’s. Does that ever strike you as strange? All of the focus on this one guy?

I’m not denying that Soros funds lefty programs. What I’m pointing out is that the laser focus on him and constant mention of his name as pulling strings can be directly traced back to anti-Semitic tropes. The evidence you provide also mentions: Richard Uihlein (0 mentions on this board) Ken Griffin (0 mentions) Jeff Yass (0 mentions) Timothy Mellon (0 mentions) Fred Eychaner (1 mention) Sam Bankman-Fried (~30 mentions) Stephen Schwarzman (2 mentions) Peter Thiel (29 mentions) Larry Ellison (17 mentions) Meanwhile, there 862 mentions of Soros. Do you ever wonder why, in a world where there are dozens of billionaires trying to influence politics, that it’s almost always Soros who is depicted as pulling the puppet strings from behind the scenes? I want to be clear that I don’t think that most people who mention Soros in this way are anti-Semitic themselves. I think they just may not understand where the idea comes from.

There is a frequent trope that George Soros is manipulating everything to benefit the left. It’s an offshoot of the anti-Semitic conspiracies like the Rothschilds.

I think those are very good questions and you could probably find agreement across many Dems and Reps on it. Unfortunately, the solutions would likely require an act of Congress. So until that happens, Treasury and the Fed will have to keep putting out fires.

So we’re still going with the (((Soros))) stuff, huh? Are the (((globalists))) involved as well? Maybe they’re partnering with the (((Rothschild’s))) to bring in a (((New World Order)))?

Ah, so the internet has broken your brain. Got it. Thanks for clearing it up.

WTF is blue anon?

Wrong bird, but anyways. Is it your belief that the Manhattan DA is moving forward with a case he believes he will lose?

If Michael Cohen is all the prosecution has, then they should close up shop. He’s a convicted criminal and liar. While his testimony may help to add context to a more detailed case, he’s too unreliable to carry the case alone. I would imagine that they have documentary evidence in addition to other more convincing witnesses. Otherwise, this is going to blow up in their faces.

Georgia is where I figured Trump would face his biggest legal challenge. This NY case is fairly surprising to me, to be honest.

Are we sure the indictment is actually happening? As far as I can tell, the story was broken by Trump himself, the least trustworthy source available. However, it does look like the NYPD is preparing for something so maybe? Just feels like the potential for an anti-climactic result is very high

So, here’s a fun fact: the Democratic Party does not control law enforcement.

I think he means (((Soros)))

Considering the shrinking US workforce and the fact that we have far more job openings than workers, we actually could probably absorb a significant number of immigrants into the economy. Our immigration system is hopelessly broken. So long as it is easier to get here illegally than legally, you’re going to have these problems. We need to drastically scale up our immigration courts and legal pathways.

I just cannot even begin to bring myself to give a ***** about the media coverage.

I guess DoJ is shy to indict former presidents for obstruction. Wish they weren’t though. He’s under investigation for it. At this point I hope they indict him because I’m tired of the MAGA obsession over the guy.

Or not, actually. If you apply the law equally to each situation, it would be correct not to indict Hillary but to indict Trump. But applying the law equally to everyone is the antithesis of MAGA. Rules and laws are only applicable to the “other” while anything against MAGA, no matter the evidence, is dismissed as biased.