And another day of if you’re anti-woke then you are pro-bigot, NC GOP censures Tillis, LGBTQ+ people feeling that it’s all very ‘genocidal,’ 1/3 of young German males approve of violence against women, chemo shortages, sexting better, and ‘throbbing crotch syndrome’ comes to a close:
“Republican voters: Does your party still represent your values? Is what they’re doing truly what you want?” — PoliticsGirl
“Based on their response to the Trump indictment, few Republicans should be trusted with the nation again.” — PoliticsGirl
“A Mar-a-Lago bathroom outfitted with two chandeliers, over 30 boxes of documents, and a box of Kleenex deserves specific recognition, for it singularly captures the stunning idiocy of our former president. Let the image’s unique Trumpian mix of gaudiness, stupidity, and corruption haunt each Republican defending Trump against charges he reportedly admits to committing on tape. May it guide federal prosecutors into wearing hazmat suits to protect themselves from filth. Let the garishness overwhelm you with reminders that American voters actually elected Donald J. Trump—a corrupt businessman with a history of sexual assault allegations, who partied with Jeffrey Epstein, and is the patriarch of a tasteless, exceedingly annoying family—to the White House, and that it might happen all over again. Check out the American dream. It’s next to the shitter.” — Inae Oh
Here's the Truth - If You’re Anti-Woke, You’re Pro-Bigot. The simple reality that every demagogue in history has known is that it’s more powerful to declare revenge and war against an enemy than to proclaim a positive vision for the future. It’s why Trump recently told his followers that he is “your retribution.”…While the openly Nazi and racist Republican base knows well how attacking woke is shorthand for hating on Black people, queer folk, and progressive allies, the word has a much more amorphous meaning for most of the rest of America…But, at its core, their effort to turn woke into a pejorative is about the politics of elimination, about erasing large swaths of American history, about pushing queer people back into the closet, about turning schools into indoctrination factories…As we saw so vividly with Richard Nixon’s War On Drugs, language has meaning, impact, and the ability to transform societies. Therefore, job one for Democrats must be to strip the GOP anti-woke message of its ambiguity. To call out their dog whistle of hate and bigotry for what it is. To do so in political campaigns and letters to the editor; in calls into talk shows and C-SPAN; in conversations with friends, neighbors, and even random strangers.
North Carolina GOP censures Sen. Tillis for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, immigration policies. Republican delegates in North Carolina voted Saturday at their annual convention to censure Thom Tillis, the state’s senior U.S. senator, for backing LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and gun violence policies. As Sen. Tillis has gained influence in Congress for his willingness to work across the aisle, his record of supporting some key policies has raised concerns among some state Republicans that the senator has strayed from conservative values.
'Genocidal': Transgender people begin to flee states with anti-LGBTQ laws. Across the country, advocacy groups say some families are packing up and moving out of their home states that have implemented anti-LGBTQ legislation to get to a place with greater protections for the community…“That did not feel like normal teenage stress, in Texas,” said Jamie in an interview with ABC News. “Knowing that your governor and the top officials in your state literally don't want you to exist – That's a different kind of stress. It felt very genocidal there.”
A third of young men in Germany think violence against women is ‘acceptable,’ study finds. A group of 1,000 men and 1,000 women aged 18-35 from across Germany were asked to give their views on masculinity for the study, which was carried out online. 34% of men from that age bracket admitted to being violent towards their female partner in the past, to “instil respect in them.” 33% said they thought it was acceptable if their “hand slipped” occasionally during an argument with their partner. Exploring attitudes to victim-blaming and double standards, the survey found that 50% of men said they would not want a relationship with a woman who had had many sexual partners, while 20% of the women interviewed agreed with this statement.
Alex Newell Becomes First Openly Nonbinary Actor to Win Tony Award. Newell won for best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical for 'Shucked.'
‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski died by suicide in prison medical center. Ted Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died by suicide, four people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Chemotherapy shortages push cancer centers toward crisis. A new survey released this week by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) found that 93 percent of cancer centers are reporting shortages of carboplatin and 70 percent are reporting shortages of cisplatin. These two drugs are commonly used together to treat a wide variety of cancers — including breast, lung, prostate and many types of leukemias — often with the aim of curing them.
How to sext better. Sexting can be fun and downright hot if done right…Make no mistake, though: Sexting is legitimate communication, even if it's through screens.
The First In-Depth Study on ‘Blue Balls’ Reveals a Lot about Sex. Previous research on this acute condition is practically nonexistent…Among the takeaways: testicles are not a prerequisite for what Pukall prefers to call “throbbing crotch syndrome.”…Are blue balls a legitimate phenomenon? Yes, absolutely. Now, what does it mean to have blue balls? It could range from feeling a bit uncomfortable to feeling frustrated that this arousal response hasn’t been completed. It could be throbbing, it could be achy, but in terms of intense pain or frequent pain, that is exceptionally rare. Is it something that requires immediate medical attention? No. But the experience of that pain is absolutely real. Anyone who has genitals and is capable, physically, of that physiological sexual response can experience this ache.
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