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The entire GQP primary race is being conducted for two reason only: As a beauty contest to see who will be the VP candidate and to help all these GQP "contenders" to raise as much dark money as possible so they can pocket as much of it as possible.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/Granbury ISDAt 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 2, when Assistant Principal Danny Guidry walked past the high schoo..
Transgression is an essential concept for understanding many of today's political dynamics.
POPULISM AS A TRANSGRESSIVE STYLE by Théo Aiolfi (2022).
"As a consequence of its performative turn, the critical literature on populism has dedicated increasing attention to its sociocultural and stylistic features. Among the most prominent concepts underpinning this approach is the notion that populism relies on the “flaunting of the low” or the use of “bad manners.” This article engages in an extensive discussion of the way this concept is used in the literature and showcases its main limitations. In replacement, I then suggest the alternative concept of transgression, understood as the violation of a norm, which has the substantial advantages of being more flexible and versatile as well as less reliant on a normative binary".
DONALD TRUMP AND THE RATIONALIZATION OF TRANSGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR: The role of group prototypicality and identity advancement by Ben Davies, Carola Leicht and Dominic Abrams (2022).
"Overall, the present study identifies the rationalization of transgressive leader behaviors as a novel pathway to their continued support. We also identify identity advancement as a key driver of this effect. These results provide an important extension of deviance credit and indicate that the role of group prototypicality in the context of group serving leaders may need to be reconsidered. These results also have worrying implications for the nature of transgressive leadership and demonstrate how unimpeachable such leadership may become once it is established."
A prison guard said she was forced to work while she experienced labor pains. Now, Texas is fighting her lawsuit by saying her fetus didn't have the "right to life." | Via The Texas Tribune
Republicans are a lost cause. If there is any hope for the US we must reform the Democratic Party and not tolerate their continued moves to the right or their own mishandling of Covid. Being not as bad as the Republicans is not good enough. #politics
i'm slightly allergic to criticism of the Democrats
not because they don't deserve it, but oftentimes the topic is but a "both sides" troll angle to shift blame and negative attention away from the GOP
i'm not saying you're doing that, i'm just making you aware of a propaganda narrative you might unwittingly feed into
so reform the Democrats by shifting agendas to more progressive concerns as a matter of proof positive action, rather than boosting acidic infighting and giving the GOP a reprieve
keep the GOP on full blast, always and as first imperative
@Free_Press I am honestly not feeling a great deal of sadness for this object lesson in brainwashing and demonstration that Trumpism and MAGA are a cult.
We (as a society, with no legal ramifications to me because I propose no specific action) need more of these.
Raw Story:
New Judge Cannon order opens door for DOJ to ask for her Trump case removal: legal experts
A stunning new ruling on Monday by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon that would expose secret grand jury testimony is grounds for the Department of Justice to call for her removal from overseeing the 40-count indictment filed against Donald Trump. https://www.rawstory.com/trump-aileen-cannon-2662883975/
A state judge issued a temporary exemption to Texas' abortion ban that would allow those with complicated pregnancies to obtain the procedure. Now, the Attorney General is appealing. | Via The Texas Tribune