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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/03/kristi-noem-kim-jong-un https://www.thedakotascout.com/p/gov-kristi-noem-blames-ghostwriter More trouble for Noem. The Book apparently has stories in it about Noem having met North Koreas Kim Jong Un face to face and to have canceled a meeting she had scheduled with the French President because she claims the French leader said 'anti-Semitic' things. Both of those stories have been disputed. North Korea's leader didn't meet with any US politicians during the time period Kristi said it happened and Marcon's office says he's never had a personal meeting scheduled with Noem. The 2nd link to a south Dakota news website is paywalled so I can't read it, but it's headlines says that she's accusing a ghostwriter and her editor for "small errors" that are in the upcoming book.

Maybe clearing the cookies on your browser would fix it?

What happened here? Did pony boy delete all his posts because he was mad that people were debating with him?

Well, if nothing else this story has gotten her book about 10x more publicity than it otherwise would have.

I'd hug Trump just to say I did.

The "fake news" media reported on what she wrote in her own book. Whether she was justified in killing the dog or not (it doesn't sound like she was), it was purely idiotic to write it in a book thinking it would make her look good...especially for a person who has ambitions of higher office.

She did it to save the children guuuuuyyyyysss.

https://www.axios.com/2023/08/31/tim-scott-not-married-single-republican-donors Top GOP donors and their allies privately are pushing Sen. Tim Scott's team for more detail about his bachelor status before deciding how much to support him in the presidential campaign, according to two people familiar with the conversations. Why it matters: Many of the donors are in the market for a viable alternative to former President Trump — but still aren't sure about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who's running second to Trump in GOP polls. Scott, 57, is among those trying to woo such fundraisers. The U.S. hasn't elected an unmarried person as president in 139 years. It's typical for candidates to trot out their families to try to enhance their appeal to voters. Scott's reluctance to say much about his private life has raised concerns among some conservative Republican donors, according to the sources, who requested anonymity given the sensitivity of the issue. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've spent a majority of my life as a Conservative Evangelical in rural Alabama. I was brought up in an evangelical Church that taught me that Gay people and lbgtq lifestyles are of the devil, leading to the destruction of our civilization, and are disgusting. I've was taught that homosexuality and general sexual depravity was one big reason why God allowed the ancient Greek and Roman empires to fall. I've been taught that homosexuals were the reason God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and that the United states could very well be next on Gods list if Christians didn't stand up and fight for 'what's right'. Not even a decade or so ago it was common for Conservatives to blame acceptance of gays as a reason for natural disasters like hurricanes and tornados. I'm glad that apparently you grew up in and live in a Christian community that is apparently super tolerant and actually seems to be socially liberal in many ways, but a lot of us have experienced differently.

Not very believable. Nowhere in that pretend conversation did the Christian person say "Yeah, you can do it, but you'll burn in hell for eternity and your actions will lead to the eventual collapse of our entire Civilization" I'll give it a C+ for effort though.

It's basically probation. Likely has a probation officer he reports to sometimes and has to pay a monthly restitution amount to the victim.

He should go for it. Forest Bedford is similar to Robert E Lee in that they are held in high regard by the Confederate fans of today as they were one of the few Confederate leaders who weren't all in on slavery/racism, and weren't just completely horrible people. While commendable, it Doesn't make them worthy of special honors or commendations

former MAGA Republican politician and ordained Southern Baptist minister is acting like a 'liberal'...who knew. https://1819news.com/news/item/no-jail-time-for-former-state-rep-will-dismukes-after-felony-theft-of-property-conviction Anyway, doesn't seem like the judge listened to the sisters as Will got a slap on the wrist.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2024/05/01/ea-sports-college-football-25-announcers/73518436007/ Probably multiple sets of announcing teams will be in the games. EA indicates a full reveal of the game will be coming in a few weeks.

https://apnews.com/general-news-381b83c59b0d1953c4040d3b3ee22c64 And yet, we have commemorations and celebrations of Nathan Bedford Forrest being put on by Christian Conservative groups and attended by Republican politicians. A little interesting don't you think?

Yeah...that's crazy.... So anyway...on a completely, absolutely unrelated topic, is your company hiring by any chance?

Nothing is going to change until moderates start voting in numbers at least equivalent to the extremes of both parties. That doesn't have a chance of happening unless election/voting reform is done to make voting easier, more encourages, or to give moderates a boost. The issue is that both parties like the way the voting system works for the most part because at this point most of America has been gerrymandered into areas that are guaranteed to vote either Republican or Democrat in all elections all the time. There is 0 incentive for politicians to pass election laws that may have a chance of helping the other party (even moderates of the other party) to possibly win future elections, or of weakening their own power base. Take Alabama for example. Republicans in Alabama are VEHIMENTLY opposed to ANY election reform or changes that could loosen the Republican parties grip on the state in any way, which ALL the proposed voting reform in the OP's article and linked articles could do. Examples include straight party voting where you check one tick mark on a ballot to automatically vote for ALL the candidates of one party on the ballot automatically. You don't even have to bother looking at names or knowing who is running. You just either vote all R or all D. This makes no sense and doesn't result in qualified or competent people being elected because all that matters is the R or D by their name, but because a majority of straight party voting tickets lean Republican, GOP law makers will never agree to change it. Alabama, like many other Republican states, are also moving to make it literally ILLEGAL to have 'ranked choice voting' reform happen in the state. They say they are making it illegal because they think voters are too dumb to understand it and it would confuse people, but Again, the real reason is because they see it as a way that Democrats could start getting wins in elections through it or moderate Republicans who don't completely agree with the AL GOP agenda might start poking through the cracks. So ultimatelyYES I completely agree that we need moderates to vote more and to win more elections..100%...the problem is that so far nobody has been able to offer up any actual solution or fix that is actually realistic or capable of being accomplished in our current system. As per the article, moderates have made up a large portion of the American electorate for DECADES and DECADES...yet the power and influence of Moderates have only ever decreased and they are as politically impotent as they've ever been. Nobody seems to really know how to change or reverse this.

If Tim Scott was gay then, yes that would have affected the enthusiasm and support that a large number of evangelicals would have for him. maybe it wouldn’t for you or for the people you know, but for many it would. It doesn’t mean they vote for Biden, it could mean choosing not to vote at all or lead to less donations on the campaign trail.

Some Republicans were wary of Scott's campaign for President because they were afraid he was gay man, as he was near 60 year old, perpetually single, and never married, and they were afraid that him being caught with a man or coming out as gay could hurt his support with the Evangelical base. Then Tim Scott suddenly pulls a woman from of his hat out of nowhere, and announces that they are getting married. I personally do believe Scott's story that he's just a very private, introverted man who just never wanted to publicly talk about his relationships, but it is kind of funny that he suddenly comes out fiancé right as him not being married was becoming a talking point in national circles.

Because it got mentioned, I went and read through a couple of postings on the TigerDroppings politics forum and man....that place is something else. And I don't mean that in a good way. lol

Your entire post doesn't really make much sense to me. Has there ever been a time in US history where you think hypothetical college students were perfectly principled and had no contradictory belief's about the Constitution or how rights apply to different groups of people? The United States constitution was a revolutionary document, idea, and form of government, but throughout our nations history it's kind of been an unreachable 'ideal' for how our nation should run and what rights people have that in practice has never been equally practiced or applied to all groups of people races, religions, or political ideologies. The US has always had groups of people who's rights were considered more important and better protected than others. Also, just about every Presidential administration has violated the word and letter of the Constitution in some ways. I'm not really buying your argument that Trump and right wing populism today is the reaction to/fault of contradictory liberal college students and because Obama stretched the rules to get people cheap insurance, unpolluted water, and fair internet speeds.

A lot of people give opinions as their job or for a living. Ironically, Most of Davis's working career was spent as a Liberal Arts University professor. A job that many Conservatives look down on and consider to be for people who can't 'make it' in the real world.

What makes Victor Hansen Davis qualified to determine this?

Nike has been making MLBs uniforms since 2019. This year they did a whole redesign for some reason on the uniforms, changing just about everything about them, and it seems to have backfired on them. I don't think this has any impact on the college athletic equipment or merchandise from Nike