Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Be a wild strawberry.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

The willow is too close to the house.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

Find someone who loves you the way trump and maga love traitors.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Wait, what?

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Medium Cool – If Only We Knew Then What We Know Now

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Medium Cool is a weekly series related to popular culture, mostly film, TV, and books, with some music and games thrown in. We hope it’s a welcome break from the anger, hate, and idiocy we see almost daily from the other side in the political sphere.

Arguments welcomed, opinions respected, fools un-suffered. We’re here every Sunday at 7 pm.

IF WE ONLY KNEW THEN WHAT WE KNOW NOW.

I’ve been thinking about that recently.  It’s true in life.  True in politics.  True in relationships.  True in every aspect of life.

Tonight let’s talk about how roles and characters and plots and scenes and shows play differently than they might have before.  Movies and shows that couldn’t or wouldn’t be made now.  Scenes that play totally differently, now that we know more about the reality of how American police actually work.

Can edgy shows still be made, or is even Hollywood being cautious and bowing down to the current backlash?

I tried to watch the current Law and Order.  I’m not sure they’ve gotten the memo because the current lead prosector is a self-righteous pompous ass that I would love to punch in the face (if that’s how I rolled).

Could the show 24 be made now?  Would anyone watch it?   Would anyone want to watch it?  What about Scandal?

Could there be a Will and Grace now, only with a character who is trans?

Male actors are allowed to age – see Shrinking with Harrison Ford – you can still see the gleam in his eye and he’s still cute and charming – would people watch a show with a female character like that?

I see that Timothy Hutton is in the latest season of The Night Agent – it wasn’t that long ago that he was bumped from Leverage – does that mean that it’s cool for men to use their power over women again?

This is kind of rambling for me, but I’ll leave it as it is.   With all this rambling, I guess if you have even a remotely thoughtful thing to say that’s related to popular culture, that’s fair game in this thread.

 

In case you are new to Medium Cool, these are not open threads.

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Zooey Zephyr: Silenced for Speaking the Truth.

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Zooey Zephyr, the first openly transgender person to be elected to the state legislature in Montana, is being silenced in by the Montana Republican Party for speaking the truth, which is that gender-affirming medical care is a matter of life or death for trans youth. She’s a total badass.

From the AP:

On Tuesday as the House was debating Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte’s proposed amendments to a measure banning gender-affirming care for minors, Zephyr spoke up in reference to the body’s opening prayer.

“I hope the next time there’s an invocation, when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands,” she said.

House Majority Leader Sue Vinton, a Republican, immediately called Zephyr’s comments inappropriate and disrespectful. That evening, a group of conservative lawmakers known as the Montana Freedom Caucus demanded her censure and deliberately referred to Zephyr using male pronouns in their letter and a Tweet. That’s known as misgendering — using pronouns that don’t match a person’s gender identity.

Zephyr had upset legislative leaders with emotional testimony previously this session.

She made a similar “blood on your hands” comment the first time the House heard the bill and has also given emotional testimony indicating bills that attack LGBTQ+ rights will lead to suicide.

“When there are bills targeting the LGBTQ community, I stand up to defend my community,” Zephyr told The Associated Press after she was silenced Thursday. “And I choose my words with clarity and precision, and I spoke to the real harms that these bills bring.”

Medical experts agree that gender affirming care saves lives. This has been backed up by the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Medical Association.

Notice how her colleagues call for civility while misgendering Zooey:

On the one hand, the GOP doesn’t give a damn if trans kids kill themselves. On the other hand, someone hurt their feelings by saying that out loud. Both sides, right?

It is exhausting how the GOP continues to simply lie about the extensive research that has been done in regards to trans healthcare, and act like their actions are moral or rational. This takedown by Jon Stewart of Leslie Rutledge, the Arkansas Attorney General, remains one of the best I’ve seen if you haven’t had a chance to watch it.

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Live Free Or Die! For Men Only? (Women’s March)

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More photos from the Women’s March yesterday!

The first two are from Kattails.

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Who else went to the Women’s March yesterday?  If you have pics, it’s not too late to send them in; I will post them here in the comments.

Update:  photo from Laura Too:

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This Land Is My Land (Women’s March)

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Elizabelle sent the first three photos from the Women’s March in DC.

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The photo below is from Omnes from the Madison, WI march.  Be sure to click on it to see a bigger version – reading the details on the sign is a must!  I love this one.

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I’ll be posting lots more sign photos in the comments.  All the photos in this thread are from Elizabelle.  Photos thru comment #27 are from Elizabelle.  Photos from Minneapolis are from Laura Too.  Photos from Madison are from Omnes.

If you’re at the women’s march, please send photos if you’d like them posted.

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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Haaland – In Style Cover

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Sec. Haaland

In Native American culture, eagles are the ultimate symbol of wisdom, courage, and power. So you’ll kindly pardon the interruption when U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, who had just hopped on Zoom for this interview from her Washington, D.C., office, is suddenly stopped mid-sentence by her concerned communications director, who had heard a chirping coming from her computer. “Allie, can I pause you for one second? The secretary has a camera that watches eagles, and they’re making noises.” To which Haaland replies: “The new eagles are getting ready to fledge, so I’m watching every day to see them take their first flight.” They are nesting on the campus of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. “It’ll be an exciting day,” she says.

Read the entire article here

https://twitter.com/ofirahy/status/1408057040333938689?s=20

The cover gave me chills.

Open thread

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