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I wonder what Abbott would say about a football team that could only win by cheating? #gerrymandering

Liberty and justice for all, except trans people?

Well thank God there are some GOP Senators with a backbone.

Sarah McBride: “I’m not here to fight about bathrooms. I’m here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families. Like all members, I will follow the rules as outlined by Speaker Johnson, even if I disagree with them.”

Sending Love and Support to our trans community today. We see you, we love you, we accept you and we will do our best to not let you down.

Borrowed from elsewhere: Lorena Bobbitt Patron Saint of “your body,my choice”.

New @CookPolitical: over 153.5M now counted, Trump's popular vote lead down to 1.68%: www.cookpolitical.com/v…

Trump 76,666,332 (49.93%)
Harris 74,086,596 (48.25%)

The Texas State Board of Education took another step today towards approving biblical teaching in elementary schools. This is in direct violation of the establishment clause of the constitution which “prohibits the government from establishing a religion or favoring one religion over another.”

For all these folks saying Trump won in a landslide. Not true, it’s actually one of the closest races historically. Trump won by just under 50% of the popular vote - compare that to Ronald Reagan who won 58.8% in 1984 and Barack Obama who won 52.9% in 2008.

In order to be tax exempt “the [church] may not intervene in any political
campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate
for public office.” Churches are regularly endorsing candidates now. Are churches that broke this rules losing their tax exempt status?

36% of eligible voters didn’t vote. Based on the current tally that means of those eligible to vote 31.2% voted for Donald and 30.1% voted for Harris.

Everyone should pay attention but there are significant divisions within the Republican Party. Sometimes the best strategy is to step back and let those divisions emerge so they battle among themselves. Unless all the GOP senators and reps are candy-ass sycophants. Some will defend the constitution.

Trump Signals a ‘Seismic Shift,’ Shocking the Washington Establishment The president-elect’s early transition moves amount to a generational test of a system as he seeks to rewrite the balance of power and install lieutenants to blow up key parts of government.

"According to nearly complete totals, Trump secured his victory by just a cumulative 237,000 votes in three states that, had they gone the other way, would have meant victory for Harris..."

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/u...

Quoting former US attorney Joyce Vance, “We are entering a moment where it’s either the Constitution or Donald Trump. You can’t have both.”

It seems like we’re about to see Republican senators and house members cave to Trump’s demands. Checks and balances are an essential part of our democracy. Are our Republican senators and representatives really so weak?

Conservatives fear transgender women assaulting women in restrooms based on no evidence while simultaneously electing a president convicted of following a woman into a dressing room and sexually assaulting her.

Yay! Liberated from X!