…Any other twitter account would have already been permanently suspended. The owner of such an account would have already been investigated by the FBI for violation of 18 US code 2385 - “advocating overthrow of government.” The prison term is twenty years….
Rep. Tim Walberg [r], who represents Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, announced Monday he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Michigan has seen more than 260,000 total cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began in the state, but 30% of the total cases have come in the past two weeks.
30% of Michigan’s total COVID-19 cases have come in the last 2 weeks
Polish women reject the Catholic Church’s hold on their country
… Challenging the church’s hold on Poland
The protesters aren’t just calling for the expansion of women’s as well as LGBTQ rights. They’re also demanding a secular state in a direct challenge to the power the church has had over Poland since it transitioned to democracy in 1989.
The church’s teachings have had an impact on beliefs about conception, contraception and abortion that have made their way into Polish law, as have Catholic views on in vitro fertilization and euthanasia. Its doctrines also influence Polish understanding of family and the rights of sexual minorities as well as access to divorce.
Catholic religious instruction is provided in public schools and funded by the state. The church also influences public conversations and attitudes by operating 120 publishing houses that publish 300 newspapers and other periodicals, and by running the densest radio network in Europe.
That network comprises 38 regional radio stations, one national station, and boasts 117 transmission towers. For the sake of comparison, the next biggest network, a private operation, has 10.
While this all suggests Polish society holds conservative views, the mass protests signal that public attitudes are actually more liberal than those of the major political parties that have long backed the conservative compromise. …
Watch Michigan Democrat shred 2 GOP racists who tried to certify votes everywhere ‘but Detroit’
I’ve seen a lot of epic rants, but this one was particularly potent. Ned Staebler viciously and correctly called out the blatant racism of two Republican who were refusing to certify the presidential election results in Michigan’s Wayne County. …
Staebler pointed out the two Republican racists—Board of Canvassers members Monica Palmer and William Hartmann—had no certification concerns when there were much larger discrepancies in both the primary and the 2016 election. He also pointed out that there were bigger voting irregularities in the white cities, but for some reason, the GOP members only wanted to disenfranchise Detroit. …
Staebler didn’t hold back, particularly in his final minute or so, when he spoke of the impact on their legacy. …
