Fucking, THANK YOU!!! Political polling has been the most bullshit practice for my entire life, and I’m more than happy to tell CNN and every other outlet in the world to shove it. Also, Republicans are notoriously tribalistic, and will always shout out the expected refrain when asked. However, most of the time, what…

So, it should tell you something about the state of the Democratic Party that this man is presently polling ahead of President Biden in key swing states.

What are the odds that he uses any fine as an excuse to squeeze more money out of his cult of followers? He will cover the fine and pocket the rest.

I would say that they get what they vote for, but there are always those who don’t vote for the reich-wing who have to live in those states anyway.

Not forgetting that the US has pretty much the worst maternal mortality rates in the developed world.

Likely even less. The infant mortality rate just went up, the first time in over 4 decades it has, but that won’t make a difference to their crowd. Facts, logic and human decency are entirely lost on them whenever they conflict with their narrative. 

I totally trust Republicans when they say they don’t want a total ban on abortion. Or that they want to get rid of no-fault divorce. Or that they won’t go after birth control or IVF.

Gotta love Republicans — they’re the best friend to rapists everywhere.

A $250 fine and a reminder that being a shitbag is against the rules? Well I guess we won’t be hearing from this guy again!

“This 10 year-old child was raped, but we think that she, a victim of sexual assault, must keep the child, because the god we believe in, we think, but there’s no evidence to back up what we believe, values all life.”

Hopefully this gives Dr Bernard grounds for a lawsuit

And also he’d have to go to the bank every week to cash it. Then to pay bills he’d have to go and pay cash for money orders at 7-11. otoh he's lying.

I am flummoxed that the take here is that Johnson is somehow one of those “broke boys”, instead of some mixture of the evils of Republican loopholes (and competent exploitation thereof) and the torrent of improper disclosure (and other financial) scandals even Jez has been covering

Is there a provision that would prevent the doctors from saying “The state requires me to lie to you and say xyz is true. Which it is totally not.” ?

It’s also a glaring example of the hypocrisy of the right. Not only do they pass a law like this which tries to force professionals to lie, it ALSO sues other government agencies who try and stop crisis pregnancy centres from lying with the intent to trick women into having children they may not want or be able to…

The fact that it is not flat out illegal for an American government body to require a certified professional to BALD-FACED LIE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS - thereby breaking their own professional licensing body’s code of conduct is - whackadoodle.

That’s why it’s so bizarre. A generation that tried to define itself as the peace and love generation, is now often about as far from that worldview as it’s possible to get. It’s like many of them had the memories of their youth selectively wiped, so they have forgotten that they were once in favour of the things that…

Exactly. Ohio is purple; we used to be reliably blue not that long ago, til repubs managed to redraw the maps and impose minority rule on us. We’re currently voting under illegal maps that oopsies, no one’s had time to fix.

1 word explanation: Gerrymandering. He’ll only get primaried, if he pisses of the other GQP pricks.