Will the Republic as we know it end?

[canpakes]

Litter boxes for furries? Some sociopath at least has a sense of humor when they promulgate their horse manure.

What’s sad is that the single district that had litter and a bucket on hand did so in case they needed to lock down for an external threat like a school shooting.

Gawd forbid that some folks would ever honestly discuss the consequences of school shootings … to them, it’s better to take a measure designed to help students in that situation, and turn it into a false story to bolster one’s selfish culture war ambitions.

JeffCo schools have emergency buckets where people can pee during lockdowns

Lock Downs are becoming a fact of life at schools - and now 'Go Buckets' have been introduced to make sure the kids have something to eat and a potential bathroom if Lock Downs last for a long time.

Author: Nelson Garcia
Published: 10/5/2017 9:05:02 PM
Updated: 10:12 AM MDT October 6, 2017

EVERGREEN — When Stacey Weiland read the latest school supply requests, she was surprised at what the principal at Evergreen Middle School is requesting.
"He requested kitty litter, hand sanitizer, trash bags," Weiland said.
Classrooms are normally fairly accessible with kids going in and out during the day, but every teacher is prepared to follow a "Lock Down" procedure if there is a perceived threat in the building. Teachers lock the door, turn off the lights and move students from sight. No one is allowed to go in or out of the classroom.

"It's the scariest thing you've ever gone through," said assistant principal Katie Piane. "We had teachers -- teachers are ready to protect kids."
At times, Lock Downs can also be long. John McDonald is the executive director of security and emergency management for the Jefferson County School District. He says a few years ago, students at Alameda High School were confined to their rooms for four-and-a-half hours during a Lock Down.
"Students, teachers, used classroom closets, wastebaskets for bio breaks," McDonald said. "At the end of the day, we had a biohazard cleanup that was required."
McDonald says a school resource officer offered the idea of creating Emergency Go Buckets. Kitty litter is spread across the bottom of an empty painter's bucket. Using a sheet for privacy, McDonald says students and teachers can now relieve themselves if they have to wait a long time to be cleared from a Lock Down.
"When they're in an environment, close quarter environment for a long period of time, how do we protect them and provide them with a sense of dignity?" McDonald said.
Food and candy are also included in the Emergency Go Buckets to help those who may need sugar during the wait.
"These threats require us to think differently than we have ever before," McDonald said.

[Kishkumen]

Ah, I see. So it was really about the callous disregard these cruel simpletons have for the life of any child older than born.

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

Since the Big Day is nearly upon us, I thought I’d share Biden’s accomplishments in case anyone is faced with having to answer right-wing propaganda - from Reddit:

2022

The GOP's only policy position is that of 'what will hurt people most?' There is no reason why Republicans even have a chance of taking back the majority. In 2022 alone, Biden and Dems have done the following:

• ⁠passed the Inflation Reduction Act, the biggest investment in fighting climate change in history
• ⁠passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the largest investment in infrastructure since Eisenhower
• ⁠passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, breaking a 30-year streak of federal inaction on gun violence legislation
• ⁠signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law
• ⁠took out the leader of al Qaeda
• ⁠ended America's longest war
• ⁠reauthorized and strengthened the Violence Against Women Act
• ⁠signed the PACT Act, a bill to address veteran burn pit exposure
• ⁠signed the NATO accession protocols for Sweden and Finland
• ⁠issued executive order to protect reproductive rights
• ⁠canceled $10,000 of student loan debt for borrowers making less than $125,000 and canceled $20,000 in debt for Pell Grant recipients
• ⁠canceled billions in student loan debt for borrowers who were defrauded
• ⁠nominated now-Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace Justice Breyer
• ⁠brought COVID under control in the U.S. (e.g., COVID deaths down 90% and over 220 million vaccinated)
• ⁠formed Monkeypox response team to reach communities at highest risk of contracting the virus
• ⁠unemployment at a 50-year low
• ⁠on track to cut deficit by $1.3 trillion, largest one-year reduction in U.S. history
• ⁠limited the release of mercury from coal-burning power plants
• ⁠$5 billion for electric vehicle chargers- $119 billion budget surplus in January 2022, first in over two years
• ⁠united world against Russia’s war in Ukraine
• ⁠ended forced arbitration in workplace sexual assault cases
• ⁠reinstated California authority to set pollution standards for cars
• ⁠ended asylum restrictions for children traveling alone
• ⁠signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, the first federal ban on lynching after 200 failed attempts
• ⁠Initiated “use it or lose it" policy for drilling on public lands to force oil companies to increase production
• ⁠released 1 million barrels of oil a day for 6 months from strategic reserves to ease gas prices
• ⁠rescinded Trump-era policy allowing rapid expulsion of migrants
• ⁠expunged student loan defaults
• ⁠overhauled USPS finances to allow the agency to modernize its service
• ⁠required federal dollars spent on infrastructure to use materials made in America
• ⁠restored environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects
• ⁠Launched $6 billion effort to save distressed nuclear plants
• ⁠provided $385 million to help families and individuals with home energy costs through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. (This is in addition to $4.5 billion provided in the American Rescue Plan.)
• ⁠national registry of police officers who are fired for misconduct
• ⁠tightened restrictions on chokeholds, no-knock warrants, and transfer of military equipment to police departments
• ⁠required all federal law enforcement officers to wear body cameras
• ⁠$265 million for South Florida reservoir, key component of Everglades restoration
• ⁠major wind farm project off West coast to provide electricity for 1.5 million homes
• ⁠continued Obama administration's practice of posting log records of visitors to White House
• ⁠devoted $2.1 billion to strengthen US food supply chain
• ⁠invoked Defense Production Act to rapidly expand domestic production of critical clean energy technologies
• ⁠enacted two-year pause of anti-circumvention tariffs on solar
• ⁠allocated funds to federal agencies to counter 300-plus anti-LGBTQ laws by state lawmakers in 2022
• ⁠relaunched cancer 'moonshot' initiative to help cut death rate
• ⁠expanded access to emergency contraception and long-acting reversible contraception
• ⁠prevented states from banning Mifepristone, a medication used to end early pregnancy that has FDA approval
• ⁠21 executive actions to reduce gun violence
• ⁠Climate Smart Buildings Initiative: Creates public-private partnerships to modernize Federal buildings to meet agencies’ missions, create good-paying jobs, and cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
• ⁠Paying for today’s needed renovations with tomorrow’s energy savings without requiring upfront taxpayer funding
• ⁠ended Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy
• ⁠Operation Fly-Formula, bringing needed baby formula (19 missions to date)
• ⁠executive order protecting travel for abortion
• ⁠invested more in crime control and prevention than any president in history
• ⁠provided death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers and survivors who are killed or injured in the line of duty
• ⁠Reunited 500 migrant families separated under Trump
• ⁠$1.66 billion in grants to transit agencies, territories, and states to invest in 150 bus fleets and facilities
• ⁠brokered joint US/Mexico infrastructure project; Mexico to pay $1.5 billion for US border security
• ⁠blocked 4 hospital mergers that would've driven up prices and is poised to thwart more anti-competition consolidation attempts
• ⁠10 million jobs—more than ever created before at this point of a presidency
• ⁠record small business creation
• ⁠banned paywalls on taxpayer-funded research
• ⁠best economic growth record since Clinton
• ⁠struck deal between major U.S. railroads and unions representing tens of thousands of workers after about 20 hours of talks, averting rail strike
• ⁠eliminated civil statute of limitations for child abuse victims
• ⁠announced $156 million for America's first-of-its-kind critical minerals refinery, demonstrating the commercial viability of turning mine waste into clean energy technology.
• ⁠started process of reclassifying Marijuana away from being a Schedule 1 substance and pardoning all federal prisoners with possession offenses

2021

[Kishkumen]

It’s really quite an impressive list, and I once again confess that I was not all that excited to see Biden in the White House. I was basically voting for the guy because he was the person whom the Dems ran against Trump, and Trump was such a nightmare.

On the other hand, I have to admit that those people who wanted Supreme Court Justices to take away a woman’s right to an abortion got exactly what they voted for. And maybe that is what it is all about. Those people who want to live in Gilead will vote for Trump every time, and they will even break the law to make sure they can always have someone like him in office. They care about our Constitution a lot less than they care about their religious extremism, and I can’t say this was at all unpredictable.

[Doctor Steuss]

You tried for 4 years to overturn the election of 2020 with the Russia collusion hoax.

Show me where I did this. Since I was trying to do this for 4 years, it should be easy.

[Moksha]

The amazing thing is that the Republicans have fielded some incredibly bad candidates and yet the race is either even or else the incredibly bad candidates are leading.

Why? Maybe there are some incredibly bad voters, but when you choose to be part of the fascist movement you need to adjust your thought patterns accordingly. You go from being Mary Mainstreet into Binger Headsprung. You have new truths and you start to have extra zest in your marching patterns.

[Kishkumen]

The amazing thing is that the Republicans have fielded some incredibly bad candidates and yet the race is either even or else the incredibly bad candidates are leading.

A great sign of the tribalism in politics today. No matter how bad your candidate is, you wouldn't dream of voting for the other candidate.

[Hawkeye]

The amazing thing is that the Republicans have fielded some incredibly bad candidates and yet the race is either even or else the incredibly bad candidates are leading.

A great sign of the tribalism in politics today. No matter how bad your candidate is, you wouldn't dream of voting for the other candidate.

Especially for Democrats who vote for Biden or Fetterman. Neither of these two are physically up to the job.

[Kishkumen]

Especially for Democrats who vote for Biden or Fetterman. Neither of these two are physically up to the job.

LOL! Right, because kookie incompetents are much better choices than guys with health problems.

[Kishkumen]

Here is Fetterman’s opponent:

Oz's promotion of pseudoscience, including on the topics of alternative medicine, faith healing, and various paranormal beliefs, has earned him criticism from a number of medical publications and physicians.