All-purpose news and politics thread: Two Steps Beyond!

[BeastieRunner]

Nothing to see here:

Jared Kushner deleted all his tweets.

https://twitter.com/jaredkushner

Hope somebody archived those before the wipe.

Woah...what was that all about? Curious.

[Dalak]

Hope somebody archived those before the wipe.

I'm fairly sure that with all the attention paid to high-profile twitters nowadays that multiple archives exist, but I could be wrong.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Nothing to see here:

Jared Kushner deleted all his tweets.

https://twitter.com/jaredkushner

So, what did he have to hide?

[JCAll]

So, what did he have to hide?

My guess, he intends to lie hiss as off once Trump okays his government position, and he didn't want people pulling out the old "But you said the opposite on Twitter last year".

[Tami]

Sweden to Compensate for Forced Transgender Sterilizations

Sweden's center-left government proposed legislation on Monday that would grant compensation to transgender men and women who had to undergo mandatory sterilization in order to have their sex legally reassigned.

Transgender Swedes had to be sterilized before they could legally change their gender until 2013. The government's bill would allow an estimated 800 people to claim 225,000 crowns ($26,000) each in compensation from the state.

"Sterilization as a condition to obtain a change of gender was an expression of a view that society today distances itself from," Healthcare Minister Gabriel Wikstrom said in a statement.

That they once did that is so messed up.

[Panfoot]

My guess, he intends to lie hiss as off once Trump okays his government position, and he didn't want people pulling out the old "But you said the opposite on Twitter last year".

I'm assuming he is going to model his government activity after Bannon rather than his father in law, stay in the shadows instead of having temper tantrums on the internet 24 hours a day.

Sweden to Compensate for Forced Transgender Sterilizations



That they once did that is so messed up.

I'm just gonna guess that existed as a giant FU left behind by previous transphobic lawmakers.

[Kevinroc]

Paul Ryan: House Republicans will continue their push for health-care reform this year

https://www.washingtonpost.com/power...=.6e3ddf96ac19

I'm beginning to think this is just a scheme to fool their hardcore donors and supporters into thinking that they'll finally get Obamacare this time!

[Mister Mets]

Sweden to Compensate for Forced Transgender Sterilizations



That they once did that is so messed up.

In this case, "once" was four years ago. That makes it more shocking.

[InformationGeek]

Sweden to Compensate for Forced Transgender Sterilizations



That they once did that is so messed up.

Speaking of transgender people being screwed over...





You don't understand how being transgendered works, do you?

[InformationGeek]

Meanwhile, with other assholes...

Sean Spicey had another press conference and this is how it went when he was asked by NBC’s Kristen Welker about Trump’s ability to work with Freedom Caucus Republicans on future pieces of legislation:

I think the president learned a lot through this process. And one of the things that's interesting is, when you look back — and I know there's been a lot to make of this — but the president also recognizes that when there's not a deal to be made, when to walk away.

It's not just about making deals, it's about knowing when to walk away from deals and knowing when there's a bad deal that's the only solution. And I think the president understood that while you can get a deal at the time, that sometimes a bad deal is worse than getting a deal. And I think he smartly recognized that what was on the table was not going to be keeping with the vision that he had, and so he decided that this was not the time and that a deal was not at hand.

*smashing head against a wall*


Then over to Paul Ryan, who posted on Twitter...

Another regulatory power grab from the Obama Administration is getting rolled back. This one reverses a harmful U.S. Fish and Wildlife rule.

The rule in question? The rule about prohibiting the killing hibernating animals.

[mojotastic]

Never mind found it.http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/a...-exposure-law/

[Tami]

Trump Tweeting Tonight

Attachment 47161

Attachment 47162

Sounds like he's getting worried, trying to deflect.

[InformationGeek]

Trump Tweeting Tonight

Attachment 47161

Attachment 47162

Sounds like he's getting worried, trying to deflect.

Desperation, especially in that second tweet, is what I'm getting.

[Handsome men don't lose fights]

Speaking of transgender people being screwed over...


You don't understand how being transgendered works, do you?

This is Arkansas. They're trying to push a state law that lets rapists sue their victims to prevent abortions. One of the least moral states in the union as far as I'm concerned.

[mojotastic]

The HB 1986 from Arkansas read like this for what i could find it allows people to charge someone for indecent exposure, in the article i posted i found this:
"Indecent exposure, it argues, is any situation where someone ‘knowingly exposes his or her sex organs to a person of the opposite biological sex: (A) In a public place or in public view; or (B) Under circumstances in which the person could reasonably believe the conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm.’"

So from I am getting, if I as a male shows my penis to a women while in the bus station i can be sue because of it, right?