Cleanup in Aisle Lunatic (h/t romad1)

[chasfh]

14 hours ago, VegasTiger said:

Sorry, yes, I know. Rhetorical question directed to 'Holic.

I might be inclined to say you’re wasting your time, but it’s your time, so, carry on. 😉 

[Tigeraholic1]

 

 

Edited December 6 by Tigeraholic1

[smr-nj]

I guess the “not” in caps makes it the definitive truth, right? 😂

[Edman85]

I missed the postscript to this story. Worth a listen.

 

Here it is in written form:

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/riley-gaines-anti-trans-lia-thomas-ncaa-trump/

Edited December 7 by Edman85

[chasfh]

2 hours ago, Edman85 said:

I missed the postscript to this story. Worth a listen.

 

Here it is in written form:

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/riley-gaines-anti-trans-lia-thomas-ncaa-trump/

There’s always a grift. Always.

Today, Gaines serves as a real-life Regina George figure in the MAGA universe, with her online dustups receiving celebrity coverage in the right-wing press. A Fox News darling and social media bomb-thrower affiliated with some of the country’s most influential right-wing advocacy groups, she broadcasts the pictures and names of trans middle and high schoolers to her 1.6 million followers on X, encouraging younger athletes to boycott and shun trans competitors. For her, this cause is “spiritual warfare.”

Meanwhile, she’s cashing in: Between recording sessions for her podcast, Gaines for Girls, she reps an anti-trans clothing line and slings a student debt refinancing plan, herbal supplements, and ivermectin. In 2024, she released a children’s book and a memoir. Her speaking fees run as high as $25,000.

And the red hats are only too happy to empty their pockets for AILFs like this. (“A” in this case stands for “activist”.)

[Tigeraholic1]

12 hours ago, smr-nj said:

I guess the “not” in caps makes it the definitive truth, right? 😂

It’s what his grandma said. 🤷

Edited December 7 by Tigeraholic1

[Edman85]

16 minutes ago, chasfh said:

There’s always a grift. Always.

 

Today, Gaines serves as a real-life Regina George figure in the MAGA universe, with her online dustups receiving celebrity coverage in the right-wing press. A Fox News darling and social media bomb-thrower affiliated with some of the country’s most influential right-wing advocacy groups, she broadcasts the pictures and names of trans middle and high schoolers to her 1.6 million followers on X, encouraging younger athletes to boycott and shun trans competitors. For her, this cause is “spiritual warfare.”

Meanwhile, she’s cashing in: Between recording sessions for her podcast, Gaines for Girls, she reps an anti-trans clothing line and slings a student debt refinancing plan, herbal supplements, and ivermectin. In 2024, she released a children’s book and a memoir. Her speaking fees run as high as $25,000.

And the red hats are only too happy to empty their pockets for AILFs like this. (“A” in this case stands for “activist”.)

The reveal at the end was the kicker for me. Using the supposed safety risk of abuse by trans athletes as the reason to go after them was effective, but she was silent on her coach's actual rape scandal.

There is an actual safety problem, given the thousands of predators in this databse: https://cdd.uscenterforsafesport.org/ If she was serious about female athlete safety, she would speak out there.

This reminds me a lot of the autism deal.  Attention and funding is being driven from autism toward antivaccine crackpot theories.

[Tigerbomb13]

Bingo. Grifting and dumb culture wars > actually protecting women

[chasfh]

2 hours ago, Edman85 said:

The reveal at the end was the kicker for me. Using the supposed safety risk of abuse by trans athletes as the reason to go after them was effective, but she was silent on her coach's actual rape scandal.

There is an actual safety problem, given the thousands of predators in this databse: https://cdd.uscenterforsafesport.org/ If she was serious about female athlete safety, she would speak out there.

This reminds me a lot of the autism deal.  Attention and funding is being driven from autism toward antivaccine crackpot theories.

In MAGA world, there's no money or fame in speaking out against powerful predators. Only retribution and exile.

[gehringer_2]

2 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

It’s what his grandma said. 🤷

yeah - same Grandma that hasn't seen a lot him but knows he must be innocent.

That should be a slam dunk for aquittal before the jury as well.

Edited December 7 by gehringer_2

[Tigerbomb13]

 

[Edman85]

What does he know about breasts? I've been binging his wife's sitcom, and hers got noticeably more synthetic in the later seasons after they got married.

[Motown Bombers]

These are the same people who melt down if a woman breast feeds in public. 

[CMRivdogs]

 

[Tigerbomb13]

Most in the party will cheer that on.