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TexasTowelie

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Sat Apr 17, 2021, 10:50 PM Apr 2021

Michigan 'witches' take to the Capitol to protest sexism in politics

A few dozen people, garbed in cloaks and witches hats while carrying brooms, gathered in front of the state Capitol steps Wednesday evening to “fight the patriarchy.”

The “Michigan Witches Against the Patriarchy” protest, hosted by Fems for Dems and Metro-Detroit Political Action Network, was a tongue-in-cheek response to the sexist comments Michigan Republican Party Chair and University of Michigan Regent Ron Weiser made last month.

At a North Oakland Republican Club meeting, Weiser referred to the three top three female Democratic leaders in the state, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, as “witches” that Republicans need to defeat in 2022 by “burning at the stake.”

Weiser later said he was sorry for his “poorly chosen words” but declined to step down from either post. The U of M Board of Regents voted to censure Weiser and strip him of his committees.

Read more: https://www.michiganadvance.com/2021/04/15/michigan-witches-take-to-the-capitol-to-protest-sexism-in-politics/

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Michigan 'witches' take to the Capitol to protest sexism in politics (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2021 OP
RIGHT ON !! Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Trueblue1968 Apr 2021 #1

Trueblue1968

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1. RIGHT ON !! Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 12:33 AM
Apr 2021

go get them witches !!!

Song of the Witches: “Double, double toil and trouble”
By William Shakespeare

(from Macbeth)

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.

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