#Rob Rogers

[tomorrowusa]

America is getting weirdness fatigue. It's time to cancel The Trump Show and move on.

Some people who started middle school or high school around 2015 may actually think that Trumpism is normal in American politics. In fact, you'd have to go way back to the McCarthy era (late 1940s to mid 1950s) to find anything close to it.

Trump is to American Politics what COVID-19 is to public health.

Trump is not normal and we need to reinforce institutions of democracy to hinder people like him in the future.

The first thing we can all do is vote – and take more interest in what goes on at the state and local levels which are often neglected by liberals and moderates.

[scottguy]

https://www.gocomics.com/robrogers/2024/10/10

[aunti-christ-ine]

[thenib]

Rob Rogers.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Rob Rogers, TinyView.com

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HOW DOBBS IS SHAPING THE 2024 ELECTION

I like going back a few months to see how the experts were looking to where we are now.

Some months back, I watched MSNBC's Steve Kornacke with his "board" comparing winning margins in certain districts, mostly state legislative and congressional, over time. What he was reporting was that Democrats were improving their performance across the board by 5-10 percent, whether they won or lost. You'll note that here as well. This article is a few months old.

But a president's party usually takes a hit in his first midterm. And Biden's approval rating has been underwater for a long while. What gives? Has there been some overlooked event that made Wisconsin's Supreme Court race a blowout for the Democrats. Wisconsin is supposed to be 50/50. What about that Supreme Court race in Pennsylvania 10 days ago? Democrat won handily. BOTH these newly elected justices said they were pro-choice. Is THAT what gives?

KY Gov. Andy Beshear won against an unpopular incumbent governor in 2019 by 0.4%. After Dobbs, he won against Mitch McConnel's choice by 5.0%., running explicitly on choice. Is that the 5% Kornacke surmised about? Who can say for sure?

What this article tells us is that, looking ahead to future elections, we can either listen to the noise (TV, polls, social media) or watch the signals (election results). Sometimes there are unclear signals. But this is not "sometimes". As noted by one Democratic strategist in this article, "the rules have been rewritten, we don't know what they are."

"We're using old benchmarks to try to forecast going forward. And I think what we need to look at is less of the noise and more of signal," he said. "Right now, the noise is [what] you see on cable news, and it's people tweeting all day. The signal, what we should be looking for, are election results. That's what ultimately is telling the story."

Florida's Trumplicans are doing their best to keep any abortion referendum off the ballot. Despite their triumphalism in the wake of DeSantis's big win last year, they know that his 6-week ban (signed without the usual fanfare) has 4 million women mighty anxious. My sense, based on what we've seen since Dobbs, is that whether the referendum is on the ballot or not, Biden should pick up votes in Florida. A switch of 1.7% from 2020 wins Florida for him. If the referendum DOES get on the ballot, we'll know exactly what impact abortion feelings played by comparing its yes votes to Biden votes. Even if the measure does not meet a 60% threshold, and it gets, let's say, 55%, I can't see those voters negating that vote by selecting Trump who himself bragged about ending Roe.

And something similar is happening in Arizona. And, in Nevada's effort to enshrine their right with a constitutional amendment. Just compare the Biden vote to the abortion referendum votes IF they get on the ballot. The major obstacle, it appears, will be whether the state courts put the kibosh on these efforts. Even if they do, Biden is likely to be their proxy vote. Still, especially in Florida, abortion advocates are hard at work, and if they get their chance to vote on the issue, the 60% threshold is likely to be less of an obstacle and more of a challenge to get women and their supporters out to vote. That's good news for Team Blue.

[ABC News via Steven Jennings]

[imkeepinit]

Political cartoons by Adam Zyglis and Rob Rogers.

[o-the-mts]

(via Rob Rogers)

[arthursfuckinghat]

Life goal complete :') 🫶

[therogerclarkfanclub]

This photo is hilarious as fvck cuz it looks like it's Rob's hand pulling down Peter's shirt, but it was confirmed to me that was not the case, Peter is pulling his own shirt.

Also, gotta love Roger tryna be gangsta 😂

And the matching sneakers is just 🤌💋🫴

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Jessica Rabbit in Tummy Trouble (1989)

[tomorrowusa]

Trump's plan to rebrand Veterans Day.

[scottguy]

[aunti-christ-ine]

The majority of today's Supreme Court: four old white men, one black man and a handmaiden who imposes her religious cult beliefs on 170 million women.

[monkey-d-ezekiel]

Some cool art I saw today, made by Takashi Kojima. He's apparently worked on a lot of the high points of Wano, and has a role in G5 too. The art looks very interesting and pretty!

Luffy using a Destructo Disk:

Zoro in a wintry Wano:

The Seven Warlords:

CP9:

The Three Brothers - Luffy, Sabo and Asce:

Baroque Works:

The Roger Pirates:

The Red Hair Pirates:

The Straw Hat Pirates:

The Donquixote Pirates:

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Rob Rogers, http://TinyView.com

@Rob_Rogers

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And so it begins . . . the damage wrought by 303 Creative.

          Some commentators claimed that progressives were overstating the holding in 303 Creative v. Elenis, in which the reactionary majority ruled that free speech rights allowed a hypothetical business owner to discriminate against a hypothetical same-sex couple who might request a hypothetical website advertising a hypothetical marriage. We were told “Don’t worry, the holding only relates to businesses involving free speech and creative expression, not general public services.”

          Well, the next “303 Creative” case has emerged in Michigan. A hair salon owner has refused to serve transgender people, telling them they should instead go to a pet grooming service. See Slate, Citing “Free Speech,” a Michigan Hair Salon Refuses to Serve Transgender People. The salon owner wrote, in part,

“If a human identifies as anything other than a man/woman please seek services at a local pet groomer. You are not welcome at this salon.” “ I am not willing to play the pronoun game or cater to requests outside of what I perceive as normal this probably isn’t the best option for that type of client.”

“There are over 800 licensed stylists in the County. There are plenty of salons/stylists willing to cater to what I will not. This is a free country and I am not a slave to any narrative.”

          Apart from the insulting, dehumanizing comments by the salon owner, she relied on the same arguments advanced by the hypothetical business owner in 303 Creative—that there are “plenty of other web designers / salons” that transgender people can patronize. That argument misses the nature of the injury: Refusing to service people at any establishment because of their gender or sexual orientation stigmatizes everyone included in the targeted group. It was no answer in Greensboro, North Carolina that Black customers could find a different lunch counter when Woolworths refused to serve them.

          The case of the salon owner in Michigan drives home the point that every instance of discrimination against LGBTQ must be taken seriously. Conservatives are picking on LGBTQ people because they understand that society (wrongly) believes that it is still acceptable to discriminate against LGBTQ people. Let’s hope that the salon owner in Michigan loses her clientele who choose to stand in solidarity with LGBTQ friends, family, colleagues, and complete strangers who deserve our support.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

[nthspecialll]

It is so weird being hateful on tiktok while having a rdr pfp or name, like dude, the voice actors would NOT condone this. I mean Roger (arthurs va) literally said "terfs aint got no friends" and "trans rights are human rights" and Rob (Johns va) celebrates national velociraptor day and is just a big goof ball. All the VAs are.

I saw an Arthur Morgan be fatphobic and like I am gonna be honest with ya, I dont think Arthur would be fatphobic, I actually think he would love some chub.

I saw a John Marston be transphobic as if he didnt have that whole "you ever met a Jewish, british homosexual?" Thing in Undead and the VA is over there trying to learn gen Alpha slang.

Like dude, how do you use the work of the NICEST and most ACCEPTING people ever while spreading hate? Learn whos face you are using because you are actually embarrassing yourself dumbass.