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September 30, 2022

The biggest national disaster

September 30, 2022

Well this made me chuckle-

This is your reminder
that more Republican Senators
have been arrested in public restrooms
than trans women.

https://twitter.com/JohnFugelsang/status/1575650642445881344?s=20&t=ovFveM7UfKUednUtKiYByw

September 30, 2022

Former Cty Clerk Kim Davis Loses Bid for Qualified Immunity in Lawsuit Brought by Same-Sex Couple

Davis violated the “clearly established” rights of two couples – David Ermold and David Moore; and James Yates and Will Smith – to marry “when she declined to issue marriage licenses based on her belief that same-sex marriage was immoral,” Judge Richard Allen Griffin of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in the brief, five-page opinion.

This is the second time Davis lost an effort to claim qualified immunity for her repeated, unlawful denials of marriage licenses.

As the court noted, over three years ago, during the motion-to-dismiss stage, the plaintiffs “pleaded a plausible case” against the disgraced former clerk who was unseated by a Democrat in 2018.

“At the summary-judgment stage, discovery proved the facts plaintiffs pleaded,” Griffin explained. “Thus, Davis is still not entitled to qualified immunity, and we again affirm the district court.

https://lawandcrime.com/lgbtq/anti-gay-marriage-former-county-clerk-kim-davis-loses-bid-for-qualified-immunity-in-lawsuit-brought-by-same-sex-couples-again/

September 29, 2022

Who do you think you are?

My God, she's magnificent.

Slotkin: What you are saying and saying
in front of the American people is you believe a veteran who has been raped, who is a victim of incest or who is having a dangerous miscarriage does not deserve access to abortion.. Who do you think you are?


https://twitter.com/HeatherThomasAF/status/1575322402908577792?s=20&t=ynTsHlxzS3X3epE-FexItQ

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