NEW: All 5 Republican candidates for Michigan Governor just indicated at a debate they...

[demmiblue]

NEW: All 5 Republican candidates for Michigan Governor just indicated at a debate they want the Supreme Court to go after same-sex marriage next now that Roe is overturned.

AG Nessel responds: Come and get it.

Link to tweet

She's badass.

[dchill]

1. K&R!

[bucolic_frolic]

2. I'm gonna say it. What kind of assholes meddle in the marriages of other people?

That gets their rocks off? Juices them good? Sick Fvcks is all I can say.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. They really are.

The extremely far right is moving way too fast. It's scary.

[0rganism]

7. the coup is in motion

lots of people thought it ended in January 2021 -- not true, didn't begin then either.
these pieces were put in place years ago and now we're at a significant disadvantage if we get in the way.
they've been preparing for this moment for decades, while we pretended our institutions were too strong to be so easily overthrown by idiots.
now we will all pay the price, as painful and grotesque as it will be.

[pazzyanne]

29. Lets take a long look at the role the Federalist Society has played.

"The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is an American legal organization of conservatives and libertarians that advocates for a textualist and originalist interpretation of the United States Constitution. It features a student division, a lawyers division, and a faculty division. The society currently has chapters at more than 200 American law schools. The lawyers division comprises more than 70,000 practicing attorneys (organized as "lawyers chapters" and "practice groups" within the division) in ninety cities.[2] The society is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Through speaking events, lectures, and other activities, it provides a forum for legal experts of opposing views to interact with members of the legal profession, the judiciary, and the legal academy.[4] It is one of the United States' most influential legal organizations.[5][6]"

More at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Society

[FakeNoose]

36. You bet! They're behind a lot of this

... and they've been doing it since at least the early 70's. The thing is, Federalist Society is very good at hiding their fingerprints and footprints, so a lot of Americans have no idea they're being manipulated by them. The investigative journalist Jane Mayer has been following this story for a long time.

[Irish_Dem]

17. The speed is a part of the plan. A blitzkrieg, happens so fast no one knows what hit them.

And don't have time to fight back. It is a barrage of missiles into the heart of the US.

[Grokenstein]

19. Oh, there'll be time to fight back. Unfortunately

the longer we wait, the more work it'll be.

[Irish_Dem]

22. I hope you are right there is time to fight back.

[TheRealNorth]

6. People that have nothing better to do....

Then inflict emotional pain on others. The cruelty is the point.

[Irish_Dem]

15. The cruelty is a part of it for sure.

They like inflicting pain on others. Yes they get off on it.

[Corgigal]

26. Like was written,

the cruelty is the point.

It’s really all they have. They don’t actually function any governmental policies.

[Irish_Dem]

27. I would say control and cruelty, but control is being cruel.

So I guess you are correct.

[Evolve Dammit]

23. Deplorable and totally without an iota of understanding. It's trump. It's vindictive punishment.

[NullTuples]

33. For starters, the Catholic Church & Mormons, working together circa 2008 in Salt Lake City.

California's Proposition 8 was created by the two working together to take away the right for gays to marry in California.

Then the Evangelicals and Fundamentalists realized it was an amazing fund raising scare fantasy.

Eventually the Tea Party, Evangelicals & Republican party merged. And now there's nothing they love more than having power over someone else's body.

So the short answer to "What kind of assholes" would be "The Christian Ones".

[Botany]

3. From Wiki:

Personal life

Nessel met her wife Alanna Maguire while they were both working on the legal case DeBoer v. Snyder which was ultimately successful in striking down Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage. Nessel proposed to Maguire in 2015 outside of the United States Supreme Court. The couple married in July 2015 with the marriage being officiated by Judge Bernard Friedman, the judge who had originally struck down Michigan's same-sex marriage ban in March 2014.[48]

Nessel and Alanna have twin sons, Alex and Zach.



*******
BTW GLBT people vote.

[Lithos]

8. What a beautiful couple

Love the confident smiles. Do feel for them though - twins can be a handful.

[Botany]

9. I'm not even gay but I love this story:

Dana Nessel: ‘Thank you Alanna, I love you’

snip

She turned to her wife Alanna Maguire and said: ‘[I want to thank] my beautiful wife for sticking with me through all of this. Thank you Alanna, I love you.’

Nessel then addressed the audience: ‘And for all of you out there that can’t handle the fact that I am about to become the first openly gay person to hold state-wide office [in Michigan]…’

She then pulls her wife towards her and kisses her on the lips. The pair also move in for a sweet hug.

The crowd erupts into cheers of support.

Nessel then leans into the microphone and says: ‘That was so obnoxious – but I just had to do it.

[Lithos]

12. Anyone can love a good love story

From the picture I see genuine smiles and a sparkle in the eyes - both are very, very comfortable with each other. You can tell from the story that Nessel obviously is proud of Alanna and wants people to understand their commitment. Alanna is her love, not a trophy wife like you usually see in GOP politics.

[Initech]

5. It. Is. A. Fucking. Cult.

They don’t worship Jesus. They worship Fox News. Sean Hannity is their pastor. Fuck them.

[W_HAMILTON]

10. I still can't believe many people -- including some on the left -- gave Republicans credit...

...for "moving past this issue" and accepting same-sex marriage or whatever the hell those idiotic claims were. Most of these Republicans never supported it. They never were in favor of it. They simply stopped complaining about it as much publicly once they realized a majority was okay with it. Republicans were the ones trying to enshrine discrimination against same-sex marriage in state constitutions just a couple of decades ago! They didn't move past it, they simply kept their feelings to themselves -- *grumble grumble cancel culture, grumble grumble everyone is too PC, blah blah* -- until they secured the power to do what they always wanted, and that is to relegate the LGBT community to permanent second class citizen status.

Good job to those useful idiots on the extreme left that didn't see this coming when they were warned about this sort of shit in 2016 as well.

[ornotna]

11. She is boss

[The Bopper]

13. When they say

They want to make America Great again, they think this crap will do that. If they could get is back to only White male landowners could vote and be in Congress, they’d do it in a heartbeat.

[IronLionZion]

14. Freedom loving Republicans love to take away someone else's freedom to love

[reACTIONary]

16. I thought it said "all five indicted". And...

... it would not surprise me if it were so.

[Grokenstein]

18. The "Git BIG GUBBERMINT out of teh bedrum!!1!" crowd does it again!

"Freedumb fer me, subj'gation fer errybuddy else!!"

[LoisB]

20. These people are really miserable in their lives so they want everyone else to be miserable too.

[mwb970]

21. Jesus, what horrible people these "Christians" are!

This is what evil looks like.

[pamdb]

24. republicans

Gawd I hate republicans.

Got my democratic signs and making contributions to Whitmer, Nessel and Hillary scholten.

[In It to Win It]

25. Fuck around and find out!

[BlueIdaho]

28. A bridge too far.

By all means - proceed.

[Beartracks]

30. "Radical righ" just isn't far enough, apparently. There is no bottom.

After the 2022 midterms, rightwing pundits will say that any of these radical candidates who lost only lost because they "weren't conservative enough."

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[cloudboy07]

31. now that the shit is out in the open ---

------------------- get off thy ass & do something to put this back in their lap An whiny pos they are - cry ! just like the doofus & tribe we had ! File law suit's up the wazoo & bottle neck them till the cow's come home !

[DownriverDem]

32. The legislature

is MAGA repub majority. Holding them back are our Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Lt Govenor Garland Gilchrist, Secretary of State Joslyn Benson & Attorney General Dana Nessel. They are all Democrats & up for reelection. The Supreme Court is Dem controlled too. We have a petition drive to put on the November ballot overturning the 1931 law that would make abortion illegal if Roe is overturned. This has really fired up women & enlightened men. It should help in November.

[keithbvadu2]

34. why don't you vow to eliminate rape like Abbot in Texas?

why don't you vow to eliminate rape like Abbot in Texas?

[Polybius]

35. What does that thing she's doing with her fingers mean?

Look close. It's not her middle finger.

[llmart]

37. It's probably her wedding ring.

That's why she said, "Come and get it."

[Deuce]

38. Yes, i think you are correct...