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Considering DeSantis is being outsmarted by a rival who clearly announces everything they do in advance, I can only hope he officially runs for president so Florida can get a new governor in. What happens when he stops being the governor, does a special election get held, does it pass to another official already in office, or does a temporary governor get appointed?
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 16:49 |
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# ? May 27, 2024 03:27 |
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Iirc he changed rules so he can just do both
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 16:51 |
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Randalor posted:Considering DeSantis is being outsmarted by a rival who clearly announces everything they do in advance, I can only hope he officially runs for president so Florida can get a new governor in. The current Lt. Governor would become the new Governor for the rest of the term. Harold Fjord posted:Iirc he changed rules so he can just do both He has not yet. The Florida legislature is just coincidentally reviewing the law for no particular reason right now.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 16:51 |
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AtomikKrab posted:Pudding Fingers Desantis Ron De SwissMiss
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 16:52 |
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DeSantis’ other big error was purposely ignoring the national media outlets, which has just resulted in them publishing negative story after negative story about him
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 17:17 |
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Ron hasn’t even officially declared yet. With the utter poo poo-show his pre-announcement strategizing seems to be, I don’t even think it’s a guarantee he runs. Don’t get me wrong: if I were putting money on it, I’d still bet on him running. But I have to wonder how many lost blocks it would take before the jenga tower collapses and he just sits out.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 17:21 |
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CuddleCryptid posted:You have to appreciate DeSantis doing insane poo poo in Florida to prove that he can be a big balls authoritarian and then losing the nomination anyways. They tested the SMS Emergency Broadcast system at 4:45AM today. Lot of Floridians are probably tired and grumpy at work.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 17:53 |
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Cpt. Mahatma Gandhi posted:Ron hasn’t even officially declared yet. With the utter poo poo-show his pre-announcement strategizing seems to be, I don’t even think it’s a guarantee he runs. I think he's still gonna run. If he doesn't now, he'll be out of office for two years before he can run again, and nobody will care about him anymore.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 18:10 |
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Beastie posted:They tested the SMS Emergency Broadcast system at 4:45AM today. Lot of Floridians are probably tired and grumpy at work. is that why that was twitter trending? I still get Texas Amber Alert sms freakouts even out of state. Yes, lemme just drive *checks notes* twelve hours to Quitaque and be on the look out for a silver 2007 ford focus possibly headed west. It is the most performative think of the children poo poo imaginable. :cryingmickeymouse:
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Beastie posted:They tested the SMS Emergency Broadcast system at 4:45AM today. Lot of Floridians are probably tired and grumpy at work.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 18:40 |
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TheDisreputableDog posted:I brought it up in response to a statement that abortion can never be framed as wrong or unethical. That was not the statement made, feel free to go back and read it and respond to the actual statement made instead of whatever you think was made. quote:Based on some of these responses, I hope there’s never a genetic/developmental test that predicts a fetus’ orientation or gender dysphoria. Why?
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 18:50 |
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Being the loser in a primary isn't really the kiss of death like a loss in general. Most candidates run in at least one primary before they get on the general election ticket, and being the runner up in the primary is great when the field opens up again. Trump puts everything in a weird place because he's the presumptive nominee, but he's also a scandal riddled loser whose got between 1 and 4 trials coming up.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 18:52 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:Can confirm, it loving sucked to have my phone blaring an hour before I had to get up I have some cheap headphones that are sewn into a headband because its great for ambient noise or an audiobook. I about jumped to the ceiling when it went off.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 18:54 |
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I'm honestly not even sure what DeSantis' endgoal even is right now. Hes picking a fight with his state's largest employer and using people who can't even be bothered to go to Disney's open meetings so they keep having "11th hour reveals" that were announced months prior, so I'm honestly curious what his chances of re-election are as Governor. He's too cowardly to actually announce he's running for president, and instead playing these "If I were going to run *wink*" games. Like, other than "to own the libs" and "piss off Florida's biggest employer", what is his actual endgame?
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 19:04 |
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Randalor posted:I'm honestly not even sure what DeSantis' endgoal even is right now. Hes picking a fight with his state's largest employer and using people who can't even be bothered to go to Disney's open meetings so they keep having "11th hour reveals" that were announced months prior, so I'm honestly curious what his chances of re-election are as Governor. He's too cowardly to actually announce he's running for president, and instead playing these "If I were going to run *wink*" games. Like, other than "to own the libs" and "piss off Florida's biggest employer", what is his actual endgame? he thinks his endgame is to become President. A few posters said that every move he has made is basically going to crash Florida's economy hard in a few years but he is maximizing gains now. I am not sure how true that is but he plans to not be there in a few years.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 19:07 |
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Randalor posted:I'm honestly not even sure what DeSantis' endgoal even is right now. Hes picking a fight with his state's largest employer and using people who can't even be bothered to go to Disney's open meetings so they keep having "11th hour reveals" that were announced months prior, so I'm honestly curious what his chances of re-election are as Governor. He's too cowardly to actually announce he's running for president, and instead playing these "If I were going to run *wink*" games. Like, other than "to own the libs" and "piss off Florida's biggest employer", what is his actual endgame? His chances of being re-elected Governor are 0% under current law. He is term-limited out and will leave office in early 2027 regardless of what happens.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 19:09 |
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Another Republican official has both been found guilty of being a horrible shitbag while also avoiding any accountability for his acts. https://twitter.com/NC5PhilWilliams/status/1649096263760228352?s=20 quote:A member of GOP leadership in the Tennessee House of Representatives was recently found guilty of sexually harassing at least one legislative intern, likely two, by an ethics subcommittee acting in secret, NewsChannel 5 Investigates has learned. quote:Despite accusations of sometimes extremely vulgar comments and other inappropriate advances, Republicans did not remove the 39-year-old East Tennessee lawmaker from his leadership position nor from his committee assignments. quote:But a four-member ethics subcommittee, composed of two Republicans and two Democrats, came to a different conclusion, according to a memorandum dated March 29 that was sent to House Speaker Cameron Sexton. quote:On March 15, the victim recalls, she went to his apartment to return a wrench that she had borrowed.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 19:32 |
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:His chances of being re-elected Governor are 0% under current law. He is term-limited out and will leave office in early 2027 regardless of what happens. Ah, so his end-goal is "Torch the place and leave it worse than when he started." So he is literally just a Disney villain in it for the lulz.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 19:36 |
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As DeSantis' star starts to fade a little, the Florida legislature is getting fed up with spending 100% of their time packing their schedule to pass legislation to help out his presidential campaign. Aside from making them work too much and put their own pet issues on the backburner, they are upset that his feud with Disney is wasting state resources and diluting their campaign against "cancel culture" by making it look like Republicans are part of cancel culture as well. Many Republican legislators who thought DeSantis would owe them some favors when he is in the White House are also starting to become disillusioned by his campaign and think he won't ever be in a position to pay them those favors back. quote:‘Deeply frustrated': Florida legislators worn out by DeSantis https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/20/florida-republicans-desantis-campaign-00092994 Additionally, House Republicans have passed a bill amending title IX to redefine "sex" to be specifically the sex they were assigned at birth. The Senate will not be taking up the bill. The vote in the House was entirely on party lines with every Republican voting for it and every Democrat against. Even though the bill will not be getting a vote in the Senate, the White House also released a statement that they would veto the bill and believe the law is unconstitutional because it filters people exclusively by sex at birth (which is out of their control) instead of "competitiveness" and is therefore discriminatory. The bill is largely seen as a messaging bill and model legislation to pass if Republicans ever have a trifecta once again. It is not clear if they believe it passes constitutional muster or if they will revamp the bill to preemptively avoid legal challenges if they are ever in a situation where it has a chance to become law. https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1649090969445498881 quote:House Republicans pass ban on transgender athletes competing with women, girls https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-republicans-pass-nationwide-transgender-school-sports-ban/story?id=98725682
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 19:41 |
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is it normal to help and spend money on helping the vic relocate like that? like movies and tv shows always so it as either a fast bug out method or some sort of slow quiet disappearance
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 19:42 |
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It's small-bore stuff in comparison, but nice transphobic framing there from ABC, the loving worms
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 19:47 |
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:
i know we've talked about this before but who votes for these dipshits. Who honestly believes that this is the most PRESSING thing in America? Like I kinda get the low tax people because at least it effects your paycheck in some way but who goes, YEP this is the thing that's going to make my life easier.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 19:47 |
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PhazonLink posted:is it normal to help and spend money on helping the vic relocate like that? Extremely unusual. Especially in a situation with no PFA from a judge or charge/conviction against the victimizer and while the alleged victim continued to work for them. In any situation where it was a court order or part of a police protection program, they would never do all of that and allow the alleged victim to continue working for the person they specifically relocated for protection. Edit: This seems like it was specifically the state legislature funding this to avoid a complaint without subjecting him to any actual penalty. Either because of lack of proof or as a method of protecting him. It does not look like a court or law enforcement agency was involved in with the arrangement at all. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Apr 20, 2023 |
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Mooseontheloose posted:i know we've talked about this before but who votes for these dipshits. Who honestly believes that this is the most PRESSING thing in America? Like I kinda get the low tax people because at least it effects your paycheck in some way but who goes, YEP this is the thing that's going to make my life easier. Fundie Deplorable Chuds
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Mooseontheloose posted:i know we've talked about this before but who votes for these dipshits. Who honestly believes that this is the most PRESSING thing in America? Like I kinda get the low tax people because at least it effects your paycheck in some way but who goes, YEP this is the thing that's going to make my life easier. What gets me is that if the situation was that a poor student got passed over for their one chance at a scholarship that would let them go to college and they were taking it out on "but but but bone density" then they'd still be a bigot but at least I would be able to understand where their head was for that one thing. But no, every single time this comes up it's some upper middle class school full of preppy white girls who have no stake in the game other than "wants to be good at playing sports".
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Mooseontheloose posted:i know we've talked about this before but who votes for these dipshits. Who honestly believes that this is the most PRESSING thing in America? Like I kinda get the low tax people because at least it effects your paycheck in some way but who goes, YEP this is the thing that's going to make my life easier. The cruelty is the point.
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CuddleCryptid posted:What gets me is that if the situation was that a poor student got passed over for their one chance at a scholarship that would let them go to college and they were taking it out on "but but but bone density" then they'd still be a bigot but at least I would be able to understand where their head was for that one thing. But no, every single time this comes up it's some upper middle class school full of preppy white girls who have no stake in the game other than "wants to be good at playing sports". I think that is less about white women being inherently transphobic (edit: I don't mean that's what you said) and more that almost all of the people who care about kicking 8th graders off the volleyball team enough to give an interview on it (and also have connections to get the interview in a major news outlet, state legislature, etc) are right wing activists. James Garfield fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Apr 20, 2023 |
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Mooseontheloose posted:i know we've talked about this before but who votes for these dipshits. Who honestly believes that this is the most PRESSING thing in America? Like I kinda get the low tax people because at least it effects your paycheck in some way but who goes, YEP this is the thing that's going to make my life easier. Being cruel is more important than their own benefits.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 20:24 |
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Don't forget there are plenty of people who don't think it's important but also don't think opposing it is important. They will vote on their favorite issues and ignore or forgive their stance on trans athletes
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Jaxyon posted:Being cruel is more important than their own benefits. I know and I know it shouldn't shock me but here I am just shocked again.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 20:35 |
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Dick Trauma posted:Another Republican official has both been found guilty of being a horrible shitbag while also avoiding any accountability for his acts. He has now resigned.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 20:36 |
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Can we just get some bad faith bills banning republicans from poo poo? It's not a protected class, and they're clearly more dangerous then transgender people.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 20:42 |
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"it doesn't matter if things don't ever get better for me as long as they get worse for other people"
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 20:51 |
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Zamujasa posted:"it doesn't matter if things don't ever get better for me as long as they get worse for other people" if democrats are incapable of standing up for queer people then they can at least be petty I'm obviously also not really being serious. In my fantasy land it'd be nice if pointing out these sorts of things can go both ways was an effective strategy, but I kind of realize it's not.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 20:58 |
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Oxyclean posted:Can we just get some bad faith bills banning republicans from poo poo? It's not a protected class, and they're clearly more dangerous then transgender people. Liberal’s decorum won’t allow it and Dems are just as happy to hangout and support fascists. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 21:11 |
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Call me crazy but I don’t think messaging bills consisting of “members of the opposing political party can’t do [x]” is a political winner.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 21:14 |
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Randalor posted:I'm honestly not even sure what DeSantis' endgoal even is right now. Hes picking a fight with his state's largest employer and using people who can't even be bothered to go to Disney's open meetings so they keep having "11th hour reveals" that were announced months prior, so I'm honestly curious what his chances of re-election are as Governor. He's too cowardly to actually announce he's running for president, and instead playing these "If I were going to run *wink*" games. Like, other than "to own the libs" and "piss off Florida's biggest employer", what is his actual endgame? The Florida governor's office can't be held by the same person for more than two consecutive terms. Since this is his second term, he can't run for it again until 2030. Once his term's up in 2026, he has to find something else to do with himself for the next four years.
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 21:20 |
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Oxyclean posted:if democrats are incapable of standing up for queer people then they can at least be petty it was more directed at people voting for the GOP than you, you just replied between the post i was replying to and i didn't quote it hell it'd be nice if the dems did literally anything useful. gently caress it, pass spite bills
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# ? Apr 20, 2023 21:44 |
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Professor Beetus posted:Explain to me how you would go about policing this. What restrictions would you have in place to protect thought crime? I’m talking about morality, not legality - you said abortion is never wrong, but there’s real and demonstrable harm being caused by the way it’s being selectively applied, right?
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Fox News is about to have less personality https://twitter.com/LakotaMan1/status/1649113480161796096?s=20
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