What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!

[Fullstrength Motleypuss]

So California recently banned law enforcement from wearing masks (yay) so, of course, the dipshits at DHS are saying they won't comply, claiming it's unconstitutional (yeah, like anybody in the Trump administration has even read the Constitution):

https://abc7.com/post/dhs-says-comply-california-ban-masked-law-enforcement/17869069/ .

Hopefully California calls their bluff and starts arresting ICE jackboots ASAP as state law clearly has supremacy here per the Constitution.

 

[The Predaking]

I mean, I don't know how they can say banning professions from wearing certain clothing items is Unconstitutional. Wouldn't that mean that I, and anyone else that works where there is a dress code, can ignore it?

Sorry boss, but because of the ICE thugs and Maga idiots, I get to wear shorts today.

 

[Wheelimus]

Thanks to Donald Trump tomorrow is Assless Chaps Thursday at work!

 

[Ultra Magnus13]

I mean, I don't know how they can say banning professions from wearing certain clothing items is Unconstitutional. Wouldn't that mean that I, and anyone else that works where there is a dress code, can ignore it?

Sorry boss, but because of the ICE thugs and Maga idiots, I get to wear shorts today.

Typically the government doesn't mandate dress code for anyone they don't directly employee.

 

[Stepwise]

Thanks to Donald Trump tomorrow is Assless Chaps Thursday at work!

Sounds like a good time to take a sick day.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Sounds like a good time to take a sick day.

If you're a coward.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

May the clapping of our cheeks sound the way forward.

 

[The Predaking]

Typically the government doesn't mandate dress code for anyone they don't directly employee.

Well, I work for the government, so it would apply for me at least.

 

[Dekafox]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-tell-agencies-prepare-mass-firing-plans-possible-shutdown-politico-2025-09-25/

 

[The Predaking]

So in response to this incident, Disney is raising its prices on its streaming services.

 

[Ironbite4]

Yeah no. They were always planning on increasing their prices at this time. Was in their roadmap.

Ironbite-timing is just....bad.

 

[wonko the sane?]

An 8 billion dollar pothole in their road map.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

So, about ten minutes of revenue?

 

[wonko the sane?]

If it was honestly that minor: it wouldn't have been enough to reinstate kimmel.

 

[Dekafox]

It's been enough that some shareholders have been directly demanding answers from Disney on it.

 

[Corvus]

So, Age Verification Services. While there is some bipartisan support for these things, the GOP has been speed-running the adoption of age verification laws in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.

Today, Ohio joined that list when it's age-verification law kicked in. When I was asked to verify my age for BlueSky (the Twitter/X "replacement" social networking ap) this afternoon, I said "nope" and signed up for NordVPN.

hug these assholes.

 

[Pocket]

The problem is that eventually there won't be anywhere left to pretend to be from that won't have similar restrictions.

 

[KidTDragon]

Republican Bill Berrien quits 2026 Wisconsin governor's race amid pornography fallout

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin businessman Bill Berrien, a supporter of President Donald Trump, ended his Republican campaign for governor on Sept. 26, days after it was reported that he ...

pbswisconsin.org

Fortunately the Republicans have plenty of time to find a replacement candidate who's better at hiding his attraction to people he claims to hate.

 

[Corvus]

The problem is that eventually there won't be anywhere left to pretend to be from that won't have similar restrictions.

I'm aware. It's also what I tell people who want to leave the US to avoid what's happening. I don't fault them if they can leave, but authoritarians have gained inroads in a lot of places, and as climate change continues to hit harder, we're likely to see more and more authoritarianism pop up in more and more places, and eventually there won't be any safe places left.

There's not much I can do about that. What I can do is bypass the issue today.

 

[Dekafox]

You might want to look into other VPN services too at some point.. NordVPN for all it's advertised isn't great for anything but making your traffic look like it comes from somewhere else. Mullvad VPN is one I've seen recommended if you want something more secure and anonymized, but I have also heard that some sites do block IPs associated with it because bad actors also love that sort of thing.

To put it more simply, Mullvad has proven in legal court they do not log anything that goes through their service. NordVPN does log. Keep that in mind and put it against your own personal threat model when choosing among these or other VPN providers. (And if you feel the need to go deeper, make sure you don't leak DNS requests or other traffic outside the VPN!)