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https://apnews.com/article/zooey-zephyr-montana-transgender-insurrection-trump-tennessee-9eadf09c9670659bee4ec759a4393c9d
GOP uses state capitol protests to redefine ‘insurrection’

Silenced by her Republican colleagues, Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr looked up from the House floor to supporters in the gallery shouting “Let her speak!” and thrust her microphone into the air — amplifying the sentiment the Democratic transgender lawmaker was forbidden from expressing.

It was a brief moment of defiance and chaos. While seven people were arrested for trespassing, the boisterous demonstration was free of violence or damage. Yet later that day, a group of Republican lawmakers described it in darker tones, saying Zephyr’s actions were responsible for “encouraging an insurrection.”

It’s the third time in the last five weeks — and one of at least four times this year — that Republicans have attempted to compare disruptive but nonviolent protests at state capitols to insurrections.

The tactic follows a pattern set over the past two years when the term has been misused to describe public demonstrations and even the 2020 election that put Democrat Joe Biden in the White House. It’s a move experts say dismisses legitimate speech and downplays the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U. S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. Shortly after, the U. S. House voted to impeach him for “incitement of insurrection.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/budweiser-clydesdale-events-cancelled-bud-194054529.html
Budweiser Clydesdale Events Cancelled as Bud Light Boycott Grows

A Budweiser distributor in Springfield, Missouri has cancelled all planned appearances of the iconic Clydesdale horses, citing threats to its employees.

The news comes as the boycott of Bud Light on account of its partnership with trans activist Dylan Mulvaney continues to grow. The beer’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch, is now having to react to criticism as well as increasing problems, including a stock price that’s dipped.

Wil Fischer Distributing decided to cancel all of the Springfield Clydesdale showings, citing safety concerns for their employees, according to the local Fox outlet. The Clydesdales have long featured in commercials such as last year’s Budweiser Super Bowl ad. The horses also recently made their annual appearance at the Cardinals’s Busch Stadium for baseball’s 2023 Opening Day.

Bud Light’s partnership with Mulvaney was intended to brighten up the brand from its stale association with “fratty” college guys throughout America’s colleges.

“If we do not attract young drinkers to come and drink this brand, there will be no future for Bud Light,” the beer’s VP of marketing explained last month. “What I brought to that was a belief in, okay, what does ‘evolve and elevate’ mean? It means inclusivity. It means shifting the tone. It means having a campaign that’s truly inclusive and feels lighter and brighter and different and appeals to women and to men.”

I felt like I was being singled out because of his tone from after I told him I could not find it. He tried to make it clear again where it is at, and then he asked me if I wanted him to take a look for me (because he buys tons of food for the family), I let him take a look in the fridge and he pointed out to where I could find it (he asked me another question before so), and I felt very embarrassed and treated like a child, and I told him that he prioritizes himself and not me. I felt like I was the one being the asshole because I threatened to call my biological father (47M - American of Jordanian descent) over the situation, and he did return the call and told me, "It's how guys talk," and started to ask me questions as to whether my stepdad is a "real man" or a "feminine gay guy" or "transgender". I felt pressured to answer, I hung up on him, I did not return his call the first time but I did the second. I also forced my stepdad to talk to my own dad, and he said he did not want to. Admittedly, I yelled at him, and he told me to "stop talking to that way" (in his stereotypical tough-guy tone). I slammed my right foot on the ground, but then my dad wanted a private talk with me outside.

My stepdad returned to the TV and was watching romantic drama, and he was also on the phone with someone. He said, when my mother (47M - Armenian-American of Lebanese birth) comes home from work, have her talk to him. My stepdad was the one person bringing up a lot of these situations from the past (and the recent past, and the very far past) about how I prejudged his Christian faith because of his attitude towards not only me, but also my own mother and my brother. At first he banned my brother from ever being exposed to the word "gay", and he also had very questionable views on gay people and the colors purple and pink (and my mom also has questionable views on trans people - so this is a norm in both my immediate and extended families).

She likes going out with everyone. So when we two hung out, I didn't think much about it. And then for about a week i didn't talk to her cause she just slipped out of my mind. Then she called me and when i couldn't pick it up she texted me in a light tone 'ofcourse u forgot me haha'. A few years back i had proposed her. And she rejected me cause I basically just straight up proposed her without getting to know her much. But then on she always tried to get me to go out with her somewhere. Since then we lost contact and now we r talking again. Is she interested or just being friendly?