Still it is a fascinating study when sexual predators hold onto some of their supporters by stoking anti-sexual predator conspiracies. It would be a fun thing to watch if the next 3 years were a tangled up Trump screwing over every single segment of his base to get himself out of this or that mess.
What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!
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Don't worry. They said he's a modern-day King Cyrus. Screwing over his own supporters must be how prophecy works now.
Greg Abbott accused of trying to ‘fix’ midterms for Republicans: ‘attack on democracy’
Texas governor unveiled plan to redraw state’s districts in a move opponents are calling ‘an egregious gerrymander’
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That hardly seems necessary. Texas politicians flee the ****ing country when their state needs them most, and they keep getting re-elected. Why waste time with gerrymandering when the constituency is that brainwashed?
Either that, or they're such cartoon villains that they've actually got the Dick Dastardly impulse to cheat at every single opportunity even when they're already well ahead.
(EDIT: I mean, that's exactly what Watergate was, wasn't it? There's precedent for this in our own history!)
(EDIT: I mean, that's exactly what Watergate was, wasn't it? There's precedent for this in our own history!)
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So um...Ken Paxton might be done in politics. Like really done. Let me catch you up.
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So Senator Angela Paxton, yeah I know, filed for divorce today against Ken and cited "Biblical grounds" for the reason behind the divorce. Keep in mind, this woman stood by this man through numerous corruption allegations, investigations, and one impeachment trial. So if she's citing Biblical Grounds for the divorce, you know he had to be hugging someone he's not supposed to. And you know how I know this? Let's let the National Republican Senatorial Committee have their say in this.
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Good lord in heaven who did he get caught hugging? Ivana Trump?
Ironbite-Paxton's political career might be dead and it couldn't happen to a nicer scumbag.
Angela Paxton files for divorce from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after 38 years of marriage
Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton has filed for divorce from her husband, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, after 38 years of marriage.
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So Senator Angela Paxton, yeah I know, filed for divorce today against Ken and cited "Biblical grounds" for the reason behind the divorce. Keep in mind, this woman stood by this man through numerous corruption allegations, investigations, and one impeachment trial. So if she's citing Biblical Grounds for the divorce, you know he had to be hugging someone he's not supposed to. And you know how I know this? Let's let the National Republican Senatorial Committee have their say in this.
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Quite the statement from the National Republican Senatorial Committee about declared candidate Ken Paxton. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Good lord in heaven who did he get caught hugging? Ivana Trump?
Ironbite-Paxton's political career might be dead and it couldn't happen to a nicer scumbag.
Did you know she died a couple years ago?
"Truly repulsive and disgusting" is pretty extreme language for a Republican to use against one of their own, especially since they've been known to excuse far worse than cheating on his wife (even if it's with a man). But he is a cabinet member, after all, so there's no risk his vacant seat might go to a Democrat, so no good reason not to throw him under the bus for the brownie points.
He's the Texas State Attorney General
Not GOP, but in recent “Conservative said stupid stuff category”…
Superman is back in the news thanks to the new film, and former Superman actor Dean Cain has started to make the rounds lamenting on James Gunn’s decision to highlight Superman’s origin as a immigrant and wonders “How woke is Hollywood going to make Superman?”
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Superman is back in the news thanks to the new film, and former Superman actor Dean Cain has started to make the rounds lamenting on James Gunn’s decision to highlight Superman’s origin as a immigrant and wonders “How woke is Hollywood going to make Superman?”
Ex-Superman Dean Cain Says James Gunn Made a ‘Mistake’ Calling Superman an ‘Immigrant’ and ‘It’s Going to Hurt’ the Box Office: ‘How Woke Is Hollywood Going to Make This Character?’
Dean Cain is wary about Hollywood making Superman 'woke' after James Gunn called the Man of Steel an "immigrant," igniting MAGA outrage.
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I know very little about Superman, other than what I’ve read online over the last few days. It’s just like Star Trek, isn’t it? “Oh it’s too woke now, it’s all about the pushing messages”, moan the incels. Who either don’t know, don’t understand, or haven’t paid attention to the roots of the franchise.
Yeah, one of the comments (I know, I know...) made a similar suggestion.
"So which one was it? Dead girl or live boy?"
I wouldn't be surprised if she was bailing out in advance of the epstein files.
Well, Star Trek was kinda made to discuss ideas in a second-hand non-confrontational way and a lot of the time those ideas are going to be ideas that politics get interested in. Superman was made to be fun for little boys and emphasizes adventure. Superman has way more content, but it has been much LESS dense with dealing with ideas. Certainly it has sometimes, though. The big Superman movie of my childhood was Superman 4 and he grabs all the nuclear weapons and throws them into the sun. To say Superman doesn't deal in politics would be silly.
I feel like this is getting covered backwards though. The real story here is that in 1938, a couple children of immigrants created a superhero character who was an undocumented immigrant and it WAS NOT SEEN AS CONTROVERSIAL. The fact that Clark was always an undocumented ALIEN and always HAS BEEN, makes a splash in the news now if someone just mentions it (The movie doesn't really seem much to be about that) because society changed. Not Clark.
If politics were fought by intellectual arguments these days, calling Superman an immigrant should make conservatives sit up and say, "Yes, EXACTLY!"
This is a page written by Garth Ennis (creator of the Boys) who famously hates traditional super-heroes but loves Superman. It's from 1999 and widely considered one of the best single issue Superman stories of all time.
"Okay, I'm from Krypton or wherever, but that's in the past. I'm startin' over. I'm American. What can I do to help?"
The First Lady is an immigrant. The President comes from immigrants. Immigrants have a place in America in the Republican world view. It's a place worth arguing against (Ennis's view of Superman and immigration focuses on the melting pot metaphor and assimilation), but they SHOULD be pointing at Superman as an example of what they want to see from immigrants, someone who came from a foreign land and fully embraced "truth, justice and the American way" as a productive citizen.
Instead..."oh pooey...they said "immigrant". That bad word. Waaaah!"
This is a page written by Garth Ennis (creator of the Boys) who famously hates traditional super-heroes but loves Superman. It's from 1999 and widely considered one of the best single issue Superman stories of all time.
"Okay, I'm from Krypton or wherever, but that's in the past. I'm startin' over. I'm American. What can I do to help?"
The First Lady is an immigrant. The President comes from immigrants. Immigrants have a place in America in the Republican world view. It's a place worth arguing against (Ennis's view of Superman and immigration focuses on the melting pot metaphor and assimilation), but they SHOULD be pointing at Superman as an example of what they want to see from immigrants, someone who came from a foreign land and fully embraced "truth, justice and the American way" as a productive citizen.
Instead..."oh pooey...they said "immigrant". That bad word. Waaaah!"
Yea, it's only a big deal now because of the current scapegoating of undocumented immigrants. Most people really don't care about Superman's origins. It's the current political situation that is making people look at it. Dean Cain is really nothing but a right-wing shill theses days anyway.
Superman also has the advantage that most of his adventures are set in the present-day in a world that mostly resembles the real world --no far-future allegory or metaphor needed. His earliest adventures (before the idea of "supervillains" really crystalized) included battling Nazis, the KKK, and corrupt politicians. Post-Crisis especially leaned hard on his worth as a member of the free press, speaking truth to power.
Two of Superman's most notable enemies are a billionaire CEO (Lex) and an alien technocrat (Brainiac). Others include an alien media capitalist (Mongul), a techno-industrialist self-proclaimed god who uses up entire worlds (Darkseid), and a strawman for the military-industrial complex (Sam Lane).
I think that's a DISadvantage. They have to be more careful. This time just an old, old fact got mentioned and it has people stirred up. Star Trek can sneak stuff into people's brains.