100 Clips
Hearing what roughly half of all US voters support will make you vow to never leave your house in 2023.
Ron Filipowski’s Twitter feed is a never-ending presentation of the deep racism, homophobia, and transphobia, the hatred of human rights and democracy, the painful ignorance, the confidence with which the mass slaughter of little children at school is defended, the jaw-dropping stupidity, the deranged insanity, the shameless non-stop grifting, the medical quackery used to kill their own supporters, the unrelenting demands for cash, the caustic, obscene shitshow, and the festering, moral rot at the core of the liars, seditionists, authoritarians, sheetless Klan sympathizers, nepotistic cokeheads, Putin-worshippers, and Daddy T cult members comprising most, if not all, of the Cult of American Fascists (you might remember them the Republican party), and the mouth-breathing ilk that surrounds them, all of whom recently refused to say even one bad word about that a guy in their group repeatedly professing his love for Adolf Hitler and demanding people stop referring to Hitler’s Nazis as “evil” because they were actually “cool”.
Ron has presented his Top 100 Clips of 2022 in four parts (actually 110 clips in five parts, because he kicked everything off with 10 snips that failed to make the cut):
Having followed Ron for a few years, I know he posted at least 100 other clips this year that are as just as mind-bending as these. He could have done a great Top 100 with only clips of Trump cult members saying the most whacko shit at his rallies. Those must be seen and heard to be believed. And maybe not even then.
Behind that curtain of blinding idiocy and performative concern, there is real evil going on. A sampling from this year:
191 Republicans voted against additional funds for securing the US-Mexico border. (2 out of 198 voted Yes). The bill passed 229-195. (December 28, 2022)
44 Republicans voted against extending a program aimed at stopping violent crime against Indigenous people. The bill passed 374-44. (December 22, 2022)
192 House Republicans voted against raising the minimum wage, even though they say 60% of American workers live paycheck-to-paycheck.
24 Republicans voted against the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which would guarantee basic workplace accommodations for pregnant workers who are pregnant (such as extra bathroom breaks or a chair to sit on). The bill passed. (December 2022)
28 Republicans voted against the Respect For Child Survivors Act, to protect children from sexual abuse and address the FBI’s mishandling of such cases. No surprise: Many of the No votes came from the insufferable idiots who can’t stop yapping about “groomers”. The bill passed 385-28. (December 21, 2022).
157 Republicans voted against against “federal recognition of marriage for same-sex and interracial couples”. The bill passed 267-157. (July 19, 2022)
205 Republicans voted against the Right To Travel For Abortion Services Act, which would prohibit blocking out-of-state travel to obtain an abortion. The bill passed 223-205. (July 15, 2022)
88 Republicans voted against expanding benefits for US military veterans who have been exposed to toxic burn pits and dangerous chemicals, which can cause asthma, rhinitis and cancer. The bill passed 342-88. (July 14, 2022)
168 Republicans voted against the Active Shooter Alert Act, which would create an active shooter communications network to notify community members when an active shooter is in their neighborhood. The legislation passed 260-169. (July 14, 2022)
208 Republicans voted against efforts to remove Neo-Nazis from the US military. Not one Republican voted in favour. One representative argued that not allowing Nazis in the US military “will make it harder to recruit military members”. The bill passed 218-208. (July 14, 2022)
193 Republicans voted against the first major federal safety legislation in decades. They voted against spending millions of dollars for mental health, school safety, crisis intervention programs, incentives for states to include juvenile records in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and other significant changes. The legislation passed 234-193. (June 24, 2022)
201 Republicans voted against federal Red Flag gun laws, which would authorize and establish guidance for federal courts to issue extreme risk protection orders and allow family members to request a federal court order to remove access to firearms for someone deemed to be a danger to himself or others. The legislation passed 224-202. (June 9, 2022)
203 Republicans voted against the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act and to support rising prices and making it difficult to investigate if gas prices are being manipulated by gas and oil corporations. The bill passed 217-207. (May 19, 2022)
192 Republicans voted against providing $28 million in aid to address the US shortage of baby formula (only a few days after critizing Biden for not doing enough about the issue). The measure passed 231-192. (May 19, 2022)
203 Republicans voted against the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022 (which would set up offices at Homeland Security, DoJ and FBI to track and analyze domestic terrorist activity, assessing threat posed specifically by White supremacists and neo-Nazis). The Act passed 222-203. (May 19, 2022)
57 Republicans voted against sending aid to Ukraine (victims of a Russian genocide). The bill passed 368-57. (May 11, 2022)
44 Republicans voted against the Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act. the Act passed 384-44. (April 27, 2022)
63 Republicans voted against a House resolution affirming support for the “democratic principles” of NATO. The resolution passed 362-63. (April 5, 2022)
193 Republicans voted against capping the cost of insulin at $35 (instead of as much as $400). The bill passed 232-193. (March 31, 2022)
85 Republicans voted against the Sexual Assault Reporting In Transportation Act, which would require transportation companies to establish formal policies against sexual misconduct. It would require the Department of Transportation to collect data on the number of incidents of sexual misconduct reported by transportation personnel and passengers each year and share it publicly. The bill passed 339-85. (March 30, 2022)
25 Republicans voted against creating the El Paso Healing Gardens National Memorial (in remembrance of mass shooting victims). The bill passed 403-25. (March 16, 2022)
21 Republicans voted against awarding congressional gold medals to the Capitol Police & others who protected the Capitol against the Insurrection of January 6, 2021. The vote was 406-21. (December 7, 2021)
That one sentence graf ("Ron...cool") is a corker! Those you write of are my neighbors and my relatives, so I'd love to say you exaggerate, overstate the case, are completely unfair. But, nope, you are spot on. I rarely leave the property.