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Georgia wants to ban changing gender in sweeping new anti-LGBTQ+ law

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The new crackdown comes months after the South Caucasus country was granted EU candidate status.

Georgia could soon introduce tough new rules clamping down on LGBTQ+ rights and barring public celebrations of same-sex relationships, if a new draft bill introduced by the country’s ruling party is passed.

The draft legislation, set out by the governing Georgian Dream party on Monday, aims to prohibit people from changing their gender, as well as outlaw same-sex couples from adopting children.

According to Georgian Dream’s executive chair Mamuka Mdinaradze, Georgia’s constitution should be amended to allow marriage only of “a union of a single genetic male and a single genetic female.”

In an echo of anti-LGBTQ+ “propaganda” laws introduced in Russia and decried by human rights defenders, the proposal would also ban education and public gatherings it describes as popularizing “same-sex family or intimate relationships,” as well as “incest.”

However, Mdinaradze said the move will “protect family values and minors.” He did not rule out that holding a Pride parade or displaying an LGBTQ+ flag could be in violation of the bill.

Last year’s Pride event in the capital, Tbilisi, was evacuated after far-right protesters stormed the site, which the police failed to secure. Organizers blamed Georgian authorities for having “co-ordinated” with anti-LGBTQ+ activists.

The government has recently increased funding to Georgian Orthodox Church. The proposed bill is widely perceived as an attempt by Georgian Dream to appease the influential church and to secure a fourth term in office when the country heads to the polls in October to elect a new parliament.

https://www.politico.eu/article/georgia-ban-change-gender-new-anti-lgbtq-law-tbilisi/
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Liberals are controlled by fear

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The facts are in. Liberals are controlled by fear. Their tiny reptilian brains control they voting habits, and without higher order logic or executive functions, they are dominated by fear and anger.
They are just sad victims of the journo-political complex, reduced to mere automatons driven by hate and fear at the discretion of their corporate media masters.

https://apnews.com/article/democrats-republicans-emotions-election-poll-biden-trump-2d29d5b0be4fe11272ec372542b76b44

Trump evokes more anger and fear from Democrats than Biden does from Republicans, AP-NORC poll shows

Many Americans are unenthusiastic about a November rematch of the 2020 presidential election. But presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump appears to stoke more anger and fear among Americans from his opposing party than President Joe Biden does from his.

A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that Democrats are more likely to report feeling “fearful” or “angry” about the prospects of another Trump term than Republicans are about the idea of Biden remaining in the White House.

The emotional reaction Trump inspires may work in his favor too, though, since the poll also found that Republicans are more excited about the prospect of a Trump win than Democrats are about a Biden victory.

Seven in 10 Democrats say the words “angry” or “fearful” would describe their emotions “extremely well” or “very well” upon a Trump victory. A smaller majority of Republicans – 56% – say the same about a Biden triumph. About 6 in 10 Democrats cite both emotions when contemplating a Trump victory. Again, that exceeds the roughly 4 out of 10 Republicans who said they would feel both angry and scared about Biden prevailing
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Trump is selling ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $59.99 as he faces mounting legal bills

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is now selling Bibles as he runs to return to the White House.

Trump, who became the presumptive Republican nominee earlier this month, released a video on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday urging his supporters to buy the “God Bless the USA Bible,” which is inspired by country singer Lee Greenwood’s patriotic ballad. Trump takes the stage to the song at each of his rallies and has appeared with Greenwood at events.

“Happy Holy Week! Let’s Make America Pray Again. As we lead into Good Friday and Easter, I encourage you to get a copy of the God Bless the USA Bible,” Trump wrote, directing his supporters to a website selling the book for $59.99.

The effort comes as Trump has faced a serious money crunch amid mounting legal bills while he fights four criminal indictments along with a series of civil charges. Trump was given a reprieve Monday when a New York appeals court agreed to hold off on collecting the more than $454 million he owes following a civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175 million within 10 days. Trump has already posted a $92 million bond in connection with defamation cases brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of sexual assault.
“All Americans need a Bible in their home, and I have many. It’s my favorite book,” Trump said in the video posted on Truth Social. “I’m proud to endorse and encourage you to get this Bible. We must make America pray again.”

Billing itself as “the only Bible endorsed by President Trump!” the new venture’s website calls it “Easy-to-read” with “large print” and a “slim design” that “invites you to explore God’s Word anywhere, any time.”

https://apnews.com/article/trump-god-bless-usa-bible-greenwood-2713fda3efdfa297d0f024efb1ca3003
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James Comer finally admits impeachment is a sham

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https://newrepublic.com/post/180126/james-comer-admits-defeat-biden-impeachment

Representative James Comer has finally given up on trying to impeach Joe Biden—but he’s trying to make it seem like that was his plan all along.

After more than a year of insisting that the president and his family are guilty of corruption, Republicans have yet to produce any evidence of Biden’s wrongdoing. Many GOP lawmakers are starting to back away from the impeachment effort, admitting that they likely don’t have the votes to pass articles of impeachment.

Comer, who spearheaded the probe, had held fast to the goal of impeaching Biden, even as he lost key witnesses along the way. But on Monday night, he finally changed his tune.

“It’s clear that Democrats will choose their party over their country and the truth at every turn. They should be ashamed of themselves,” the Kentucky Republican wrote in a fundraising email. “That’s why I am preparing criminal referrals as the culmination of my investigation.”

Comer first raised the possibility of making criminal referrals to the Department of Justice two weeks ago. He told Fox News that “accountability … looks like criminal referrals.”
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REPUBLICAN COURTS DO IT AGAIN, Reduce Trump's bond to only $175M and extend deadline

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Once again the disgusting 2 tier justice system that constantly bend over backwards to white, rich individuals like Trump rears its head.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-civil-fraud-case-verdict-penalty-appeal-8447c48d0436083737204b13401438d2

Former President Donald Trump has 10 days to post $175 million in bond after a New York judge agreed to reduce the bond payment in his civil fraud appeal on Monday.

Before the judge’s ruling, Trump was due to post $464 million in bond by the end of the day on Monday, or else New York Attorney General Letitia James would be able to begin seizing properties from him in order to fulfill the penalty imposed on him for engaging in fraudulent business practices.

Trump was found guilty of engaging in fraud on Feb. 16 for manipulating business records in order to obtain favorable loan terms from banks and insurers. Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay $464 million in fines and barred him from serving as an officer or director of a corporation or applying for a loan in New York state for three years. Trump’s sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, were also barred from board and officer positions for two years.

In a statement released after the bond reduction was announced, Trump claimed that James and Engoron’s credibility had been “shattered.”

“We will abide by the decision of the Appellate Division, and post either a bond, equivalent securities, or cash,” Trump said in the statement. “This also shows how ridiculous and outrageous Engoron’s original decision was at $450 Million.”

The decision to reduce Trump’s bond payment came after he pleaded with the court to either waive or reduce the amount owed to $100 million or less. In a court filing on March 18, Trump complained that the original $464 million bond payment was unprecedented — which is not true — and that he did not have the cash to put up as collateral, leading 30 bond companies to reject his requests for a bond loan.
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Democrats flip Alabama GOP house seat in landslide special election win focusing on IVF and abortion

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>Democratic candidate won in landslide with 62 percent of the vote in a district Trump carried in 2020 and revealing that the Republican's war of women's rights is still extremely unpopular.

https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2024/03/alabama-democrat-marilyn-lands-running-on-ivf-ruling-reportedly-flips-republican-house-seat.html

Democrat Marilyn Lands defeated Republican Teddy Powell in a special election Tuesday night for a state House seat in north Alabama that drew national attention.

Lands, a licensed professional counselor, flipped the seat from red to blue by besting Powell, a Madison city councilman, 62 percent to 38 percent with 100percent of the precincts in District 10 reporting, according to unofficial results posted on the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office website.

The race drew national interest against the backdrop of the controversial Alabama State Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are considered children under state law.

The seat became vacant when ex-Rep. David Cole resigned after pleading guilty to illegal voting.

Lands, who lost to Cole in 2022, made the ruling a focus of her campaign for the district covering parts of Madison County.

“We need to continue to protect at this point where we are at with the right to contraception,” she told the Huntsville Times Lede.

Of her victory Tuesday, Lands said, “Today, Alabama women and families sent a clear message that will be heard in Montgomery and across the nation. Our legislature must repeal Alabama’s no-exceptions abortion ban, fully restore access to IVF, and protect the right to contraception.”

Heather Williams, president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the Democratic Party organization that focuses on state legislative races, called Lands’ victory a “political earthquake.”
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Jon Stewart found to have overvalued home by 829% claims Trump’s civil case ‘not victimless’

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Jon Stewart is facing online backlash after the comedian opined on air this week that Donald Trump’s civil real estate case for overvaluing his properties was “not victimless” — when it turns out the price of a previous home sale finds Stewart doing the exact same thing, The Post has learned.

On Monday night, Stewart, 61, unpacked Trump’s $454 million appeal bond, calling out experts framing the former president’s New York civil case as not causing direct harm to any individual. “The Daily Show” host rolled a clip of CNN’s Laura Coates interviewing “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary, who commented that the ruling didn’t “go over well” with the real estate industry that was now fretting over the possibility of becoming the next target. Coates responds to O’Leary by highlighting that Trump was found liable for falsifying business records in the second degree, issuing false financial statements, insurance fraud and conspiracy, all due to asset inflation. “Everything that you just listed off is done by every real estate developer everywhere on Earth in every city. This has never been prosecuted,” O’Leary replied.

https://nypost.com/2024/03/27/real-estate/jon-stewart-found-to-have-overvalued-his-nyc-home-by-829/
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Anti-terrorism Marine unit sent to protect US embassy in Haiti

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The US Marine Corps sent an anti-terrorism unit to protect the US Embassy in Haiti amid an eruption of gang violence following the prime minister’s announcement that he plans to step down.

The US Southern Command, operating in the Greater Miami area, said Wednesday that a Marine Fleet-Anti-Terrorism Security Team (FAST) was dispatched to the US Embassy in Port-au-Prince to “maintain strong security capabilities.”

The team was deployed at the request of the State Department and will also provide relief for the current Marines already stationed in Haiti and allow additional “non-emergency personnel to depart,” the command said.https://nypost.com/2024/03/13/us-news/anti-terrorism-marine-unit-sent-to-haiti-to-protect-embassy-as-gang-violence-rises-after-pms-resignation-announcement/
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‘Morning Joe’ Ridicules Trump’s Typo-Riddled Social Post

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MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” mocked Donald Trump’s typo-ridden Truth Social post from Tuesday, saying that if Biden had done something similar the media “would be going crazy” over it.

Cohost Mika Brzezinski kicked off the segment by noting that Trump and Joe Biden “went after one another over whether or not Trump would repeal Obamacare should he be reelected.”

Trump posted on Truth Social that he’s “not running to terminate the ACA, AS CROOKED JOE BUDEN DISINFORMATES AND MISINFORMATES ALL THE TIME, I’m running to CLOSE THE BORDER, STOP INFLATION, MAKE OUR ECONOMY GREAT, STRENGTHEN OUR MILITARY, AND MAKE THE ACA, or OBAMACARE, AS IT IS KNOWN, MUCH BETTER, STRONGER, AND FAR LESS EXPENSIVE.”

While sharing Trump’s post on-air, Brzezinski paused from reading it to say, “if Joe Biden put out something like this, our friends at Fox News and all the other networks would be going crazy saying he’s senile, he can’t even spell.”

“Morning Joe” then showed Biden’s response which read, “A feeble and confused Trump posts a typo-ridden all-caps rant misspelling’ Biden,’ ‘disinforms,’ ‘misinforms,’ and other basic words.”

“Here we are on the 14th anniversary of Obamacare and it’s more popular than ever, and, no, Republicans never came up with a replacement for it. And Donald Trump didn’t come up with a replacement when he was president,” Katty Kay said in response to the feud.

“How do they handle Trump online and do they go for making fun of him, taking on Trump in his own game the same way Marco Rubio tried and dismally failed to do?” Kay continued. “Do they keep taking the high ground and pointing out the policy issues, like he’s never going to replace Obamacare?”

John Heilemann chimed in quipping, “Allow me, Katty, to informate you.”

https://www.thewrap.com/morning-joe-ridicules-trump-social-post-biden-fox-news/
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Newsflash: republicans lose

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Extra extra! Read all about it! Republicans are losing the war against Hunter Biden, only 56% of Americans believe Joe Biden was involved in Hunter Biden's business dealings!
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-are-losing-war-against-hunter-biden-1884059
Republicans Are Losing the War Against Hunter Biden
Republicans appear to be losing in the court of opinion when it comes to their impeachment effort against President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

Polls show that across the political spectrum, fewer Americans say the president was involved in his son's business dealings. A Harvard CAPS/Harris survey in March found that 56 percent said that Biden "helped and participated in Hunter Biden's business," a 3 percent decrease from February's survey.

The downtick was seen among all voters, with the greatest change being with Republicans. Between February's and March's polls, 5 percent of GOP voters switched to the position that Biden did not participate in his son's business dealings. In the March survey, 23 percent of Republicans agreed with that sentiment, compared with 63 percent of Democrats and 47 percent of independents
House Republicans appear to be taking note. Representative James Comer, who chairs the Oversight Committee, which has been leading the investigation into the Biden family, has recently shifted away from any prospects of impeaching the president.

After last week's impeachment hearing, Comer told Newsmax that while he would vote to impeach Biden, "the best path to accountability is criminal referrals," suggesting he would lay the groundwork for a future Donald Trump Justice Department to pursue such referrals instead of trying to impeach Biden now. Then, on Monday, the Kentucky Republican's campaign sent out a fundraising email bolstering the idea of backing away from an impeachment effort.
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