New Civil Rights Movement

Roughly 15-20 percent of Americans — and nearly one-third of Republicans — agree with core tenets of the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Public Religion Research Institute.

The poll's findings prompted one New York Times columnist to suggest that QAnon believers could soon "dominate the political system."

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Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz suggested Wednesday that he plans to seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2024 if Donald Trump opts not to run —despite a pending investigation into whether Gaetz sex-trafficked a minor and had sex with a 17-year-old.

“I support Donald Trump for president. I've directly encouraged him to run and he gives me every indication he will," Gaetz reportedly told the New York Post in a text message. “If Trump doesn't run, I'm sure I could defeat whatever remains of Joe Biden by 2024."

Last week, Gaetz's former "wingman," Joel Greenberg, pleaded guilty to six federal charges, admitting that he had knowingly solicited and paid a minor for sex. Many legal experts believe Greenberg's plea deal spells big trouble for Gaetz, ...

June 15 will be the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, holding that federal law prohibits employment discrimination against LGBTQ workers.

As if to mark the occasion, a group of anti-LGBT activists and churches based in Texas asked a federal judge this week to issue a sweeping ruling that could seriously undermine Bostock.

In its 6-3 decision last June, the high court affirmed that the prohibition on sex discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 extends to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The ruling upheld a position that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which administers and enforces civil-rights laws, has taken since 2015. ...

Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene apparently believes House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy should always defend her no matter how offensive — or politically damaging to the GOP — her antics may be.

One day after retweeting — then deleting — a post that called McCarthy "insane" and a "feckless c*nt" for condemning her recent rant comparing mask mandates to the Holocaust. Greene appeared Wednesday night on NewsMax to attack House GOP leaders who have dared to criticize her remarks.

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Fox News was airing Donald Trump's "Save America" rally live on Wednesday morning when the president's son, Don Jr., went on a bizarre, expletive-laden, anti-transgender rant. "To all of you red-blooded patriotic Americans, thank you for being in this fight with us," Don Jr. told the crowd. "Thank you for standing up to the bullshit. Amen and a-woman, right?" he said, mocking Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver's opening prayer from Sunday, which was a tribute to the record number of women serving in the new Congress. When the crowd booed, Don Jr. added: "I know, but that shows you literally the mentality of where the Democrat Party is, right? I think I put it up on my Instagram, which is being censored to hell right now, but I put it up yesterday. They spent money on a study, that came to the incredible conclusion yesterday, that trans women playing in female sports have a competitive advantage. No shit! Who could have seen that coming? I had no idea!" At that point, even State TV dropped its live feed. Watch:

Fox News finally pulls out of Don Jr's unhinged Stop the Steal speech as he starts profanely railing about trans women and gender-specific terms. pic.twitter.com/Z3CaAbXcXR

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) January 6, 2021

Don Jr. is bashing a study about trans women in sports... 350,000 Americans have died of Covid. Perhaps this is why the Trumps need to go back under their rock... or prison cell.

— Addie May (@everlovinaddie) January 6, 2021

OMG, immediately after @DonaldJTrumpJr bashes the trans-community in his speech, the song played is 'Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding' by @eltonofficial, at the #SaveAmericaMarch, and then 'Macho Man' by @WeVillagePeople... #suitablemusic I wonder how they feel about that!...