All-purpose news and politics thread: Two Steps Beyond!(Part II)

[Malvolio]

The right-wing has shown how mad they've always been this week.
1. Killed two black people in Kentucky because of the color of their skin.
2. Sending bombs to liberals.
3. Shooting up a synagogue

Fixed. 10 char.

[Malvolio]

And Matt Gaetz continues to be a real piece of work




Steve King has not posted at all about the mass shooting today. Got the feeling he may have different thoughts on the subject of Jewish people being killed than normal people do.


Trump is continuously despicable.

When has Trump ever had a good hair day?

[Raiders]

The right-wing has control of the WH, Congress and SCOTUS.
Why are they so angry?

[Tami]

The right-wing has control of the WH, Congress and SCOTUS.
Why are they so angry?

Because they are incompetent and it's easier to be angry at others than to be angry at themselves.

[Robotman]

The right-wing has control of the WH, Congress and SCOTUS.
Why are they so angry?

It doesn’t matter to them that they have all the power. Right-wingers are fueled by paranoia, racism, hatred, and xenophobia and the GOP knows it. They’ve had to invent boogeymen like the “Deep State” and that Q bullshit to keep the fires burning. Trump, Fox News, and the GOP play their supporters like a fiddle. Just give the masses a new “other” to be afraid of and they’ll do whatever they say.

[Handsome men don't lose fights]

Because they are incompetent and it's easier to be angry at others than to be angry at themselves.

Seriously. Why wouldn't there be a bunch of mass-shootings and attempted bombings? The reigning party in control of the entire federal government and 75% of all state governments has convinced their base that they have no real power and are under siege by a perilous conspiracy of globalists and inssurectionists. Fear/Fear/Fear/Fear "Only WE can protect you." Jesus, at least Reagan talked us up and made us feel like winners. But I guess when you feel good about yourself, you're less likely to vote Republican, so there you go.

[worstblogever]

The right-wing has control of the WH, Congress and SCOTUS.
Why are they so angry?

A) Because being allowed that much control to govern, yet discovering the people they elect are not smart enough to do so effectively.
B) Because people have the nerve to point out when their policies are employed, they negatively impact anyone who isn't a rich white male.
C) Because many of the policies they strive for are unconstitutional, or are flat out human rights violations, and they cannot simply enact them to impact those who are not "them".
D) All of the above.

[Tendrin]

A synagogue has been shot up and black men have been killed for being black, but we should totes continue to say that right wing terror is insignificant.

11 dead by the latest report. What news to wake up to. :/

Reminder, everyone, that behind every cry of 'globalists' and 'Soros' is really just 'THE JEWS'.

[numberthirty]

On the way out the door, I swear I saw a news outfit say that today's shooter believed that Trump was a part of the "Jewish Conspiracy".

While I'd have to see it confirmed, that is "Wow."

[WestPhillyPunisher]

A synagogue has been shot up and black men have been killed for being black, but we should totes continue to say that right wing terror is insignificant.

11 dead by the latest report. What news to wake up to. :/

Reminder, everyone, that behind every cry of 'globalists' and 'Soros' is really just 'THE JEWS'.

By the by, I wonder how He Went To Jared is coping with this mess? I mean, he’s Jewish, so that has to hit home in one way or another. Unless of course he sold his soul and human decency for what little power he’s gained from being married to Daddy’s Little Girl, a.k.a. Ms. Complicit.

[Tami]

On the way out the door, I swear I saw a news outfit say that today's shooter believed that Trump was a part of the "Jewish Conspiracy".

While I'd have to see it confirmed, that is "Wow."

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect threatened Jewish groups, pushed migrant caravan conspiracies

Bowers frequently posted about the “migrant caravan,” a group of several thousand refugees walking to the U.S.-Mexico border from Honduras to seek asylum. Preventing refugees in the caravan from entering the U.S. has been a major talking point among both right-wing commentators and President Donald Trump, who has spoken about it in recent pre-midterm election stump speeches.

Bowers’ anti-Semitic posts and his apparent disdain for the caravan are tied to a viral image that appears to show refugees hopping onto the bed of a truck that had a Star of David visible on the side. The image has been widely shared on far-right forums like 4chan and the Russian propaganda operation USA Really. He reposted a screenshot of a video of the caravan that that aired on Fox News, as well as other networks, that does not mention the symbol.

Bowers appeared disillusioned with Trump for not sharing Bowers' anti-Semitic and extremist views. Days after Trump declared himself a nationalist at a campaign event, Bowers claimed that Trump was a “globalist” and not a nationalist.

Don't think this absolves Trump of any blame.

[numberthirty]

Wasn't even thinking in terms of "Blame".

Just, if Trump is your "Globalist"? Man, that's out on the fringe of the fringe.

[Tami]

Wasn't even thinking in terms of "Blame".

Just, if Trump is your "Globalist"? Man, that's out on the fringe of the fringe.

I'll agree with you on that. It's like saying a Shark Bite only hurts a little.

[Tami]

'He's so openly racist': why does Iowa keep electing Steve King to Congress?

But supporters of Trump have also felt alienated, believing that the left uses the racism charge unfairly, as a cynical cudgel, and that if there is a secret hatred in play, it’s on the other side. In this context, a figure like King can benefit from a partisan circling of the wagons – not that most Republicans admit any need to do so, in King’s case.

At times, King has made statements so suggestive of racial bias – “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies,” he has tweeted – that he has drawn rebukes from Republican party leaders. But as King asks his district to return him to Congress again in November’s midterm elections, Republican officials and voters in Iowa are doing the opposite of distancing themselves from King, according to dozens of interviews conducted in recent weeks.

Iowa Republicans are proud of Steve King. This is the story of why.

[Tendrin]

Meanwhile, Clay Higgins is at it again.

Congressman Clay Higgins of Louisiana arrived at this year's Expanding Global Gas Infrastructure seminar with a message.

“Welcome to the war for the future of our planet,” Higgins said to the gathered officials from liquefied natural gas (LNG) firms and other fossil fuel companies.

“My role as your representative is to be not just your ally,” Higgins added, “but your warrior. Please allow the service of my office to represent the point of the spear that you wield. We'll knock down every bureaucratic wall. We'll kick down every federal barrier. We'll work with you. We'll work for you.”

Higgins, who represents Louisiana’s Third District in the U.S. House of Representatives, offered up a very specific idea of where the LNG industry, which exports gas from wells drilled and fracked in the U.S. to other countries, should fit into that planetary war.

“Some of you know, some of you perhaps do not, that the Revolutionary soldiers that gave birth to this nation, represented only three percent of the populace, the colonists,” he said. “Some of us refer to ourselves as 'Three Percenters.'”

“You, ladies and gentlemen, are the Three Percenters of the modern era,” he continued, “where wars are fought with monies and strategies and energy.”
He asked the crowd to “harken back to the courage and the faith represented by the three percent that you now join.”

What Higgins didn’t mention during his talk is that the Three Percenter ideology (sometimes written as 3%er or III%er) has its roots in a loosely organized right-wing militia movement with a troubling history of violent attacks and attracting white supremacists to its ranks.

https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/10/1...ree-percenters


Gangs are bad! Except when they're right wing white supremacist miltias! Then they're okay.