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Rep Biggs is running for governor now, which makes this all the more important.

His proposed bills this term include (these are just the important ones, he's proposed nearly 90 bills since the start of the leg session):

“No Free Rent for Freeloaders Act of 2025”

Full Obamacare Repeal

“Protect the Gig Economy Act of 2025”

A whole host of anti-COVID bills, aimed at undoing ALL COVID-19 mandates and vaccine requirements, including limiting liability for knowingly transmitting COVID to someone.

A whole host of anti-abortion bills , including one that purports to "protect" pregnant women, one that explicitly defines abortions as "not healthcare" (for the purposes of tax deductions), and one that mandates ultrasounds. The bonus on the last one is that it defines EVERY "female" as a "woman", regardless of age. A 1 year old baby would be legally federally classified as a "woman".

This also includes the House Resolution that establishes anti-abortion centers as "life-affirming" for women and states, "Whereas health care for women should also address the needs of men, families, and communities as they relate to women's healthcare."

A bill that allows lobbyists to avoid registering with the DC government

WHO withdrawal act

Several bills seeking to push federal punishments onto those who investigated or opposed Trump.

These are just the laws he, himself, has sponsored/proposed. The ones that he's cosigning are also really fucking awful.

The man is a monster.

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U.S. Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona has introduced a new bill aimed at abolishing OSHA. The bill, titled the "Nullify Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act," or "NOSHA Act," was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce for further review.

The proposed legislation seeks to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which established OSHA as a federal agency dedicated to ensuring workplace safety and health standards. If passed, the bill would effectively dismantle the agency.

In this new bill from 2025, Biggs is introducing language similar to a bill he proposed in 2021.

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Excerpt from this story from National Geographic. All photographs byJoel Sartore:

CARACAL | CARACAL CARACAL Consummate predators, some small wildcats can take down larger prey. The caracal of Asia and Africa is less than two feet tall but has been filmed leaping over nine-foot fences to prey on sheep. PHOTOGRAPHED AT COLUMBUS ZOO AND AQUARIUM, OHIO

PALLAS'S | CATOTOCOLOBUS MANUL A famously grumpy expression made this Central Asian species an Internet star. Conservationists hope the cat’s celebrity will help save its habitat from encroaching farms and other threats. PHOTOGRAPHED AT COLUMBUS ZOO AND AQUARIUM, OHIO

IBERIAN LYNX | LYNX PARDINUS One of the world’s rarest cats, the Iberian lynx is slowly increasing in number as scientists release captive-raised cats and boost populations of rabbits, the lynx’s staple food. PHOTOGRAPHED AT MADRID ZOO AND AQUARIUM, SPAIN

FISHING CAT | PRIONAILURUS VIVERRINUS The cat may look peculiar, but it’s perfectly adapted to its lifestyle: Big eyes help snare prey underwater, double-coated fur keeps out the wet, and partially webbed feet and a muscular, rudderlike tail aid in swimming. PHOTOGRAPHED AT POINT DEFIANCE ZOO AND AQUARIUM IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON

EURASIAN LYNX | LYNX LYNX The largest of the four lynx species, the Eurasian lynx also has a huge range, including most of Europe and parts of Central Asia and Russia. Unlike many other small cats, its population is stable and threats are relatively low—although some isolated subgroups are critically endangered. PHOTOGRAPHED AT COLUMBUS ZOO AND AQUARIUM, OHIO

JAGUARUNDI | SHERPAILURUS YAGOUAROUNDI With long, squat bodies and tiny ears, jaguarundis are otterlike in appearance. Thanks to their huge range—parts of Mexico, Central America, and South America—and lack of widespread hunting, the cat is considered a species of least concern. PHOTOGRAPHED AT BEAR CREEK FELINE CENTER, FLORIDA

LEOPARD CAT | PRIONAILURUS BENGALENSIS. PHOTOGRAPHED AT ANDERSON, INDIANA

RUSTY-SPOTTED CAT | PRIONAILURUS RUBIGINOSUS The smallest of the small cats, the rusty-spotted cat, a native of India and Sri Lanka, can weigh as little as two pounds. Not much is known about the speckled feline, but destruction of habitat, hunting, and hybridizing with domestic cats are threats. PHOTOGRAPHED AT EXMOOR ZOO, ENGLAND

AFRICAN GOLDEN CAT | CARACAL AURATA Inhabiting the rain forests of West and Central Africa, this species is threatened by forest loss and bush-meat hunters. This seven-year-old male, Tigri, is likely the only cat of its kind in captivity. PHOTOGRAPHED AT PARC ASSANGO, LIBREVILLE, GABON

SAND CAT | FELIS MARGARITA. PHOTOGRAPHED AT CHATTANOOGA ZOO, TENNESSEE

CANADA LYNX | LYNX CANADENSIS Like the Iberian lynx, the Canada lynx is a specialist hunter, preying almost exclusively on snowshoe hare. The North American species has giant paws that help it run through deep snow after prey. PHOTOGRAPHED AT POINT DEFIANCE ZOO AND AQUARIUM, WASHINGTON

MARGAY | LEOPARDUS WIEDII. PHOTOGRAPHED AT CINCINNATI ZOO AND BOTANICAL GARDEN, OHIO

SERVAL | LEPTAILURUS SERVAL. PHOTOGRAPHED AT FORT WORTH ZOO, TEXAS

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anyway ceasefire doesn't mean boycotts are stopping and BDS has called for a boycott of the new captain america movie. please remember this when it comes out in two weeks. please remember this with the news articles about conservatives boycotting the film, and when those same conservatives claim the movie failed for having a black lead or "being woke".

Marvel Studios included an obscure comics character called Sabra in this movie, who is basically Captain Israel and literally had no necessary reason to be included other than Disney being zionist. this character did not need to be there at all but has been left in despite the ongoing genocide over the past year and a half. BDS put out a call to boycott it in early 2024. BDS strong.

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via NYPost: Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to launch a “big f–king operation” across sanctuary cities — including Chicago and New York — immediately after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, multiple sources told The Post.

Starting Jan. 21, multi-day “ground operations” will be launched across cities that have served as safe havens for migrants because the local authorities do not cooperate with the federal government when it comes to immigration issues, sources said.

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i'm glad the ceasefire is finally (hopefully!) happening, and that less people will be hurt. i still wonder what that means for the future with regards to us-1srael relations (as the us is 1srael's biggest benefactor, and contributed an outsized amount to the genocide). my thought based not only on how the ceasefire talks are going but on a few years of deliberating are that if a significant change regarding us relations to 1srael happens, it'll be through congress rather than through any individual presidential administration, just like what happened with apartheid south africa. whether it's this senate/hr or another idk. but i do think that, domestically in the us, representatives/voters is where the last two years will have the biggest effect. there has been a huge increase of awareness about palestine in the us. which is a good a time as any to bring up the map of anti-bds laws in different us states:

other countries have these sorts of laws on the books too. if you live anywhere with them, annoy your representatives about them. chances are there's at least one palestine advocacy group in your state doing that already. (the bds website isn't a bad place to start checking.)

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every day online theres some post that's like "art is supposed to cause people discomfort" "being uncomfortable does not mean something is unethical" which are fine, meaningless statements that get put into context when you go five posts back in OPs blog and it turns out people are mad at them for being a white person drawing confederate soldier yaoi

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It's amazing how many notes these posts get, as compared to posts about making life better for yourself and your community. I've seen those posts go by with little fanfare. I've made those posts that go by with little fanfare.

I've had people like this say point blank that community care was less important than supporting future lobbying opportunities or organizations that perpetuate harm.

I've seen people like this say that reporting homeless encampments counts as community care, because having their belongings thrown away will galvanize them into accepting police intervention.

I've seen people like this say that racism is "pointless infighting", that asking people to use masks in public spaces is abusive, that caring about Gaza is a political derailment, that voting for a third party candidate has never worked, that no revolution has ever been successful (so therefore moderate changes to the existing system is inconceivable and therefore stupid to push for.)

Making life better for yourself isn't an inherently noble goal, because for [white] people it seems to somehow exclusively come at the expense of others. But if you're focusing on yourself and your community, where is your community coming into it? Who in your community is doing the work? It fundamentally doesn't matter, because you actually don't give a shit about your or any community, and you never will.

It's perfectly fine to keep that to your fucking self.

something has gone deeply wrong when "focusing pragmatically on issues you can influence and working to make life better for yourself and your community" is considered an unserious distraction while "endlessly exposing yourself to media about distressing situations you can't control" is considered political engagement

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It's insane how the same set of news has been coming out of Gaza every single day for the past 14 months and I know for a fact people have grown numb to it; numb to reading the numbers or headlines like "Israeli strike targets school" because Israel made it so. Israel has bombed the first hospital in this aggression and pretended it wasn't them. Saw how quickly the outrage died down so now they have practically destroyed the entire healthcare system in Gaza.

A genocide is being carried out against the besieged population of Gaza and you are bearing witness to it. Your one mission is NOT to grow accustomed to the mention of these crimes. Repeat things over and over again. So long as this Zionist entity is lying, you are going to have to repeat things until you don't have to anymore. Keep talking about Gaza.

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Anyway, I'm bringing this back because there's a whole ass post going around about how to tackle the "eugenics abortion" issue that actually doesn't mention the well-being of these disabled children except as a throw away.

We must do away with the nuclear family and we must fundamentally change the societal view of having and raising children in order to come away from "eugenics abortion".

Changing or adjusting what society considers to be the "value" of a disabled child to make it higher and therefore more acceptable to have a disabled child 1) isn't actually about the child and 2) isn't addressing the fundamental issue that children are whole ass human beings and not couches.

Eugenics is explicitly tied to the view of children as "things" that someone owns and controls, and until we do away with that idea, we can never be truly free of eugenics.

And that sucks, but there are a lot of people who claim to be anti eugenics who still very rigidly hold on to the idea of the nuclear family and the "right" to have a child, and that is not and never will be an anti-eugenics opinion, nor will it ever lead to any better conditions for disabled children.

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I remember an article I read a while back by a phone sex operator who was talking about sex work as a labor industry, and she was saying that one of the best and most freeing things about her job was the ability to hang up.

She said that she used to work at a hotel, and every night a man would call and masturbate over the phone. The more uncomfortable the front desk operator was, the more he did it. It was not only company policy that they couldn't end the call no matter what, but when reported to the police, they didn't do anything because it isn't illegal (apparently).

The difference between working at the hotel and working for the phone line was that 1) she could work from home and 2) that when a caller broke the rules, she could hang up. And she could block them so they didn't call again.

What constitutes a threat and what constitutes a crime are always things that are weighted against populations they're meant to be weighted against. Many years ago, someone was arrested for making fun of the police on Twitter. Those same police told someone being stalked and harassed through Twitter that there simply was no way to track individual accounts and they should just log off.

I think there's something to be said that saying the words "Deny, Defend, Depose, you're next" to an insurance sales rep can get you arrested for 'threats of mass homicide' or whatever with a threat of 15 years in prison

But when I was a manager in a fast food restaurant I've had customers throw food at me, demand for my personal phone number with an added threat of "Well I'll just have to FIND it", customers charging past the front counter to physically intimidate me and my coworkers, screaming and swearing, demands to know what time I get out of work, demands to know when my manager would be at work as a threat, people sitting in their car waiting for me to finish closing because they were angry at me, causing me to stay in the office watching the camera waiting for them to drive away...

But none of those incidents are arrest-able offenses, not one, any time I called the cops on any customer I would just hear excuses like " "there isn't anything illegal about calling a restaurant", that nothing physical happened and therefore there's nothing they could do, to call back and let them know if anything else happens

Idk, just think it's A TEENY TINY BIT ODD

Cop in the news goes "words have consequences" as if people don't berate and threaten fast food and retail workers every day

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join the praxis discord - sign up - github

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Like, I get the point about eugenics, but if your argument against physician assisted suicide is "doctors will use that to force people to commit suicide", I have to assume that you also believe that abortion should be illegal because people sometimes get pressured into it.

It's not possible to hold these positions and be a "leftist".

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Not even half of Democrats voted against this.

Every rep from Maryland voted in favor.

Are we in the cold war rn?

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if the only reason u stopped being a nazi was to hear praise and not out of profound guilt for treating billions of people like subhuman animals u r still a nazi to me lol? it should be a selfless act u should spend ur entire life consistently unlearning the behavior and not expecting anything in return if i have to hug and kiss u for u not to be a nazi again u r the same exact nazi u always have been ….i dont need a treat to not hate other races or view human beings as animals why do you

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