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    Rebecca Vallas‏Verified account @rebeccavallas 12 Dec 2018

    Wow. House Republicans were set to hold a hearing today to trash the minimum wage. Now Politico is reporting the hearing was postponed because homophobic blog posts by one of the GOP witnesses came to light -- calling to "tax and regulate homosexual acts."

    5:40 AM - 12 Dec 2018
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    • 0xC0DEC0DEC0DE taylor 😴😴Shelbie: The Queen of Exhaustion 😴😴 leliadoura ✍🏻 😷 Noah Levy Statehood for DC and PR! Abolish the filibuster! Robert Emmerson Julien ✌🏻️ Philly
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      2. Rebecca Vallas‏Verified account @rebeccavallas 12 Dec 2018

        The witness is economist Joseph Sabia. Here's the blog post: https://web.archive.org/web/20030905213253/http:/www.joesabia.com:80/?id=0092 …

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      3. Rebecca Vallas‏Verified account @rebeccavallas 12 Dec 2018

        He also wrote a blog post arguing that feminism "taught young women that equality is achieved by acting like promiscuous sluts." That post is titled "College Girls: Unpaid Whores." You can find it here: https://web.archive.org/web/20031205003311/http:/joesabia.com:80/article/0058.html …

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      4. Rebecca Vallas‏Verified account @rebeccavallas 12 Dec 2018

        More from Sabia: "But first we have to mount the assault on Big Gay (no, I am not talking about Rosie O'Donnell)....

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      5. Rebecca Vallas‏Verified account @rebeccavallas 12 Dec 2018

        "We can tax gay nightclubs, websites, personal ads, sexual paraphernalia, and so forth... We can cripple gay-related industries & get them right where we want them....

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      6. Rebecca Vallas‏Verified account @rebeccavallas 12 Dec 2018

        "All gay clubs will have to feature huge, flashing warning signs like 'CAUTION: Entering this nightclub may increase your chance of contracting STDs and dying.'" ^ This was the witness House Republicans were bringing in to make the case against raising the minimum wage.

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      2. Spicy Pipe Dreams‏ @El_Phillippe 12 Dec 2018
        Replying to @bemusedchunk @rebeccavallas

        That's not the guy from Ctrl alt del?

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      2. Lucky 🐍‏ @evrythingstays 12 Dec 2018
        Replying to @rebeccavallas

        this is awful. ALL sex acts should be taxed, regardless of the gender or orientation of the participants

        2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      3. Dillon Naber Cruz : Theologian at Home‏ @CruzControl72 12 Dec 2018
        Replying to @evrythingstays @rebeccavallas

        #Notsureifyouareserious

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      2. Jim 2MI Long‏ @JimDougMoLo 12 Dec 2018
        Replying to @rebeccavallas @brianbeutler

        Sometimes it seems like Congress is run exclusively by the hard-right shit-for-brainses I used to go to church with.

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      3. elpuerco  🍑 🆘‏ @elpuerco 12 Dec 2018
        Replying to @JimDougMoLo @rebeccavallas @brianbeutler

        It is, brother. It is.

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