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Progressive political commentator (print, radio, podcasts) for years. I post a lot: breaking news + legit info you can use, prone to snark. My mini Australian Labradoodle, Hamilton, has trained me well.

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2025-01-21 23:43:09 UTC

📣
Whatever it takes to bring followers over to my new @nprofile…wjfe account, I've failed.
So, please spread the word to my usual friends to follow me there if somehow I messed up that part of the move.
I'm having a tough time getting it right. Sorry.📢

2025-01-21 21:44:07 UTC

Yes, I'm in the process of moving to mstdn.social everyone, thanks for asking 😊
So if you got a follow, it's legit.

2025-01-21 20:24:56 UTC

🏆
Via my pal @nprofile…zaz5:
"We could call them "Executive Disorders," in honor of his psychological condition."

2025-01-21 19:21:52 UTC

Via ‪Kimberly Atkins:
‪
I wish this were a country where a serious allegation like this would matter, because it should. But it didn’t matter when it was Anita Hill. It didn’t matter when it was Christine Blasey Ford. This is our America. Heaven help us
"Senators receive affidavit containing new allegations against #Hegseth, who denies the claims
The former sister-in-law of Trump’s defense secretary pick said that Hegseth made his second wife fear for her safety.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna188342

2025-01-17 15:31:43 UTC

#Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, kicking off expected legal battle as he pushes through final executive actions
https://cnn.it/4aoTThp

2025-01-01 14:17:15 UTC

Don’t let Trump take credit for this.
Via Kyle Griffin:
Starting TODAY, a key provision of the Inflation Reduction Act goes into effect: Limiting annual out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs to $2,000 for Medicare beneficiaries.
19 million people are expected to save an average of $400 each.

2024-12-28 03:29:15 UTC

Aww. #RIP “Olivia Hussey Eisley, star of the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet” and the slasher classic “Black Christmas,” has died at home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to a post on her Instagram page. She was 73.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/entertainment/olivia-hussey-eisley-obit?cid=ios_app

2024-12-10 14:31:59 UTC

Wise up, Canada. Don’t elect PP.
“ #Trump mocked #Trudeau overnight:
"It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of #Canada," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social account at just after midnight Tuesday. "I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so that we may continue our in depth talks on Tariffs and Trade, the results of which will be truly spectacular for all!" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-mocks-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-governor-great-state-canada-rcna183570

2024-12-09 14:31:47 UTC

“#Russia Set To Lose Sole Mediterranean Base As Warships Leave Port
Russia's military presence at the Syrian port that provided its footprint in the Mediterranean is evaporating following the downfall of Bashar al-Assad, it has been reported, dealing a strategic blow for Putin”
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-set-lose-sole-mediterranean-base-warships-leave-port-1997514

2024-11-22 16:54:28 UTC

#WompWomp
“Mischief”?
OTTAWA - Pat King, one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 “Freedom Convoy” in Ottawa has been found guilty of two counts of mischief.
#Canada
https://trib.al/HzAcNY8

2024-11-19 21:05:44 UTC

⚠️“Tom's of Maine toothpaste was manufactured with water containing bacteria, while a "black mold-like substance" was found in a factory where the product was made, according to a warning letter from FDA
The Nov 5 letter stated that Tom's Simply White Clean Mint toothpaste contained Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a germ that can cause infections in the blood and lungs, the FDA letter said. “
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toms-of-maine-toothpaste-bacteria-water-black-mold-fda-details/

2024-10-22 20:04:27 UTC

How Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet
Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on training”— ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/walmart-financial-services-became-fraud-magnet-gift-cards-money-laundering

2024-10-13 00:45:00 UTC

Another day, another…
“One person was killed and at least nine others injured in a shooting just blocks from #Tennessee State University campus in #Nashville Saturday evening…
Some of those who were being treated at area hospitals were suspected to have been involved in the #shooting.” #GunViolence
https://cbsn.ws/4f21un8

2024-10-12 17:00:30 UTC

NEW: An #Arizona judge rejected a request from a right-wing group to verify the citizenship of Arizona's 40,000 "federal-only" voters before they can vote this fall. The judge said the plaintiffs lacked standing and their request violates federal law.

2024-10-12 16:24:36 UTC

Today is More Assembly Day for #LaffysBigTownhouseRenovation which will put me in better spirits between doomsday news alerts.
We finally have time to add the drawers to Monster Wardrobe.
But if you think we've slacked off in between, no way.
We built 2 wall shelf units and a 6-drawer cabinet during the week.
💪🏼
Sadly, because it's #Canada Thanksgiving weekend, no progress from contractors til Tuesday.
I'll post breaking news alerts as they come in.

2024-10-11 21:13:55 UTC

Via former CIA attorney Secrets and Laws:
#Obama understands one thing that many Democratic consultants shy away from: you have to attack your opponent where they are perceived to be strong.
For #Trump, that means mocking him relentlessly (showing that he's a weak man, not strong), and going after him on the economy.

2024-10-11 21:11:23 UTC

Via KamalaHQ:
Q: Do you believe Trump lost the 2020 election?
#JDVance: I think Trump has raised a number of issues...
Q: Yes or no, did Trump lose in 2020?
Vance: Let me ask you a question...
Q: Did Trump lose in 2020?
Vance: *changes subject*
Q: I’m going to ask you again
Vance: *changes subject*
Q: Would you have certified the 2020 election?
Vance: I would have voted against certification

2024-10-11 21:09:37 UTC

Via Angry Staffer:
Remember the thing Republicans did in 2020 where they flooded the zone with absolute junk polls to make it look like Trump was winning?
Yeah, they’re doing that again. This time, one of them even removed Philly from their PA poll.
Polls don’t vote. Stupid red hats don’t vote.

2024-10-11 20:58:38 UTC

Via Matthew Gertz:
The blue bars are articles mentioning Hillary Clinton's email server in the week after the Oct. 2016 Comey letter.
The red bars are articles mentioning #Trump's #Jan6 indictment the week after #JackSmith's latest filing was unsealed earlier this month.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/290/791/941/322/076/original/e5038513ed965cd4.png

2024-10-11 18:42:54 UTC

#Texas man abandons suit against women he claimed helped ex-wife get #abortion
 The first-of-its-kind case, decried by abortion rights advocates as an attempt to deter the use of abortion pills, was dropped after a judge refused to compel the women to provide additional information.
🎁https://wapo.st/3BIARWf

2024-10-11 17:32:18 UTC

Via Tommy Vietor
NYT on how Elon #Musk is trying to buy the election for #Trump:
- Spending $140-180MM on Trump super PAC
- Twitter coordinating with the Trump camp to throttle links to leaked campaign documents
- Musk rallying other billionaires to support Trump
- Musk temporarily moving to PA

2024-10-11 17:09:06 UTC

"This dude even outsourced God to China … they put it inside a place he's never looked — in the Bible."
Damn #Walz is good.
Via Kyle Griffin:
Gov. Walz in #Michigan: "We just found out his Trump-branded Bibles, they're printed in China. This dude even outsourced God to China … I don't blame him. He didn't notice the Made in China sticker because they put it inside a place he's never looked — in the Bible."

2024-10-11 14:00:17 UTC

Crazy-ER.
Via @npub1fza…gqml:
This is the kind of thing that makes Trump crazy
chris evans:
Julia Roberts stumping for #Harris in her home state of #Georgia

2024-10-11 02:36:44 UTC

I’ll sure be watching.
#Obama on #Trump's storm-related lies: "I want you to watch what happens over the next few days — just like the last time. You're going to have leaders who try to help, and then you have a guy who will just lie about it to score political points."
"The idea of intentionally trying to deceive people in their most desperate and vulnerable moments. And my question is, when did that become OK?"

2024-10-10 14:00:33 UTC

Via Joyce Vance:
Don’t let anyone tell you your vote doesn’t matter—there wouldn’t be forces trying so hard to keep you from voting if it didn’t. Your votes down ballot in the local and statewide races matter as much as the national ones, and your vote is uniquely powerful in that space. Even if you aren’t in a battleground state
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/a-new-election-fear?r=3hk5e&utm_medium=email

2024-10-10 13:54:22 UTC

Via Kyle Griffin:
Gov. #Walz, in #Arizona, says the news about #Trump giving #Putin COVID tests "makes my blood boil as a governor."
"We were, as governors, doing all we could to get testing and the equipment we needed to protect the people that we were responsible for. And we were getting no help. And now we find out that Vladimir Putin was getting the things that we needed in Minnesota to keep our people alive."

2024-10-09 23:58:23 UTC

Trump is a weird coward.
Via Kyle Griffin:
CNN has set a deadline of noon eastern on Thursday for the #Harris and Trump campaigns to agree to their offer of another presidential #debate.
Harris has accepted. #Trump has not.

2024-10-09 16:05:56 UTC

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@npub1dts…6798 Agree, although when I watch US news, my blood pressure rises. It's a comfort to know I'm in Canada, so that helps bring it down . @npub1c28…w7yc

2024-10-08 23:22:43 UTC

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@npub1dts…6798 Read it? Did you watch the YouTube?

2024-10-08 21:26:26 UTC

"Now that 4.3 is done, our focus for the next release will be on implementing the highly requested features of quote posts..."
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/10/mastodon-4.3/

2024-10-08 20:06:06 UTC

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2/ Via Greg Sargent:
This looks like a pretty serious error by Vance. Not on the magnitude of Romney's "let Detroit go bankrupt," but certainly something that will resonate and Dems won't let go of.

2024-10-08 20:03:10 UTC

Someone asked me, I wish I could remember who, but here:
"..No dedicated tip line set up for Kavanaugh inquiry..FBI received 4,500+ calls e- messages related to Kavanaugh, was directed to fwd tips to WH w/o pursuing any poss leads..
FBI statement: “The FBI follows a long-standing, estab process thru which scope of the investigation is ltd to what is reqstd. FBI does not have the indep authority to expand scope of a supplemental bkgrd investigation outside the requesting agency’s parameters”

2024-10-08 19:54:17 UTC

Via Ammar Moussa:
Wow. Donald #Trump and #JDVance bring fake autoworkers to a campaign event.
Remember, last year Trump hosted a fake worker event at a nonunion shop. https://nytimes.com/2023/09/27/us/politics/trump-autoworkers-detroit.html
Craig Mauger:
There are more than a dozen people wearing “auto workers for Trump” shirts at this JD Vance event in Detroit this afternoon.
Four of them have acknowledged they are not auto workers. https://detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/10/08/jd-vance-brings-donald-trump-campaign-into-detroit-michigan-election-president-white-house/75548533007/

2024-10-08 19:52:40 UTC

Via KamalaHQ:
Howard Stern: A new report just came out today that #Trump was sending COVID tests to #Putin and Putin said, ‘don't let anyone know.’ What do you make of that?
VP #Harris: Trump gets played by dictators. They are manipulating him with flattery and favor. Remember, people were dying by the hundreds and couldn’t get testing kits. And Trump is sending tests to Russia to a murderous dictator for his personal use while he was telling Americans to put bleach in their blood

2024-10-08 18:56:21 UTC

Welp.
As Sherrilyn Ifill put it, "Jared, Trump & Bibi have plans."
"#Trump: Gaza could be ‘better than Monaco’
“It has the best location in the Middle East, the best water, the best everything,” the Republican presidential contender said.
#Israel
https://www.politico.eu/article/gaza-better-monaco-donald-trump/

2024-10-08 18:52:52 UTC

Wow. Just... wow. Share please.
The Lincoln Project has released an updated take on Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1964 Daisy ad. This time a young woman appeals to her father whose vote for Donald #Trump will take her life.
#abortion #WomensHealth
"Daisy":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkaqA0KHj98

2024-10-08 18:45:47 UTC

Before his MAGA conversion, #JDVance indicated that #Biden won the 2020 election legitimately
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/politics/kfile-vance-2020-election?cid=ios_app

2024-10-08 13:56:10 UTC

This is a huge reason to vote for Harris. We did this. We had home care for my dad and it cost us a fortune.
THIS… is “pro life”:
Via Jonathan Cohn:
NEW
#Harris rolling out a major policy proposal today: Having Medicare cover long-term care at home
Idea is to help millions of seniors & people w/disabilities -- and their family caregivers too
Announcement to come on “The View”

2024-10-08 13:43:35 UTC

“#Trump took “British naval secrets” to Mar-a-Lago after he left the White House, the former UK spy Christopher Steele says in a new book.
“I was reliably informed by impeccable sources that among the classified documents which Trump, apparently unauthorizedly, took with him to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his presidency were British naval secrets, some of the most sensitive ones in our governmental system,” Steele writes”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/trump-christopher-steele-book

2024-10-08 13:39:50 UTC

THIS is what “pro life” looks like:
“A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, Joe #Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to replace their lead pipes, finalizing an aggressive approach aimed at ensuring that drinking water is safe for all Americans” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/biden-lead-pipes-drinking-water

2024-10-07 20:47:37 UTC

We have finished putting together the ginormous wardrobe at the new place. Yay!
Now we have to build the eleventeen drawers and shelves that go inside it. Booo!

2024-10-07 20:37:47 UTC

Via Kamala HQ:
Former Chair of #Florida Republican Party: I'm voting for Kamala #Harris and Tim #Walz

2024-10-07 18:43:47 UTC

BREAKING: The #NorthCarolina State Board of Elections unanimously passes a list of emergency measures allowing special accommodations for voters and election officials in the 13 counties most impacted by Hurricane Helene. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/north-carolina-election-board-allows-counties-to-make-emergency-changes-post-hurricane/

2024-10-07 18:09:45 UTC

#Lebanon state media says #Israel launched 'successive strikes' on south Beirut- AFP

2024-10-07 16:31:09 UTC

Racist sociopath Trump racists again.. and again.. and again...and...
Via Elie Mystal:
This is called racism.
Andrew Feinberg:
JUST NOW: #Trump leans heavily into race science by telling @hughhewitt that you can tell whether migrants are predisposed to committing murder by "their genes."
"We got a lot of bad genes in our country right now," he adds.

2024-10-07 14:01:31 UTC

😊💪🏼 I just got this:
“This is a message from the California Secretary of State on behalf of Ventura County Elections Division. Your ballot for the November 5, 2024, General Election was received and counted. Thank you for voting!”
ADDED: Reminder… I voted from #Canada. This was my first time “voting from abroad.”

2024-10-06 20:36:49 UTC

Ret. U.S. Navy Admiral Steve Abbot: #Trump lost the respect of veterans — including me. He's a risk to our democracy.
"For the sake of our nation's safety and stability, I urge my fellow veterans not to vote for Donald Trump. He is unfit to return to the presidency.
"He is not a disaster waiting to happen. He is a disaster that has already happened." https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/10/05/trump-attacks-military-families-veterans-vote-harris/75458231007/

2024-10-06 17:15:15 UTC

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2/ "Again & again—sometimes subtle dog whistles, sometimes openly—& in diff ways, Vance kept returning to his essential, core belief..self-proclaimed experts are not only leading America down wrong path but engaged in campaign of censorship, incl fact-checking by biased lib media, against everyday ppl trying to share what they consider to be “the truth.”
Yet..the Ohio sen. also revealed that so much of the info that Republicans demand the right to freely share is complete and utter baloney"

2024-10-06 16:49:01 UTC

Via Olivia Troye, a former #Trump national security official:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/261/496/821/795/470/original/780babf5c33e2259.png

2024-10-06 16:46:06 UTC

Via Ian Sams:
This is the major story of the week from the presidential campaign - someone seeking to be Commander in Chief blatantly lying to exploit people’s pain after a natural disaster
CNN: “Fact check: Six days of #Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response”

2024-10-06 13:48:43 UTC

#Walz to Shannon Bream as she grills him about #abortion laws in MN: "This is a distraction from the real issue here is women being forced into miscarriages, women being forced to go back home, get sepsis, potentially die ... maternal mortality rates in Texas have skyrocketed off the charts because of this. This is bad policy.”
1/2

2024-10-06 13:41:18 UTC

Via Jesse Rodriquez:
Charlotte Observer editorial board — Let’s be clear: Western #NorthCarolina is not a political football. This is not a campaign opportunity. #Trump
https://charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article293483114.html
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/260/752/707/058/090/original/f9ffc6a4ee1683b9.jpeg

2024-10-06 13:13:12 UTC

Good move👍🏻
Via Kyle Griffin:
NEW: The #Harris campaign just announced a major series of interviews and campaign stops this week.
MONDAY: Harris's 60 Minutes interview airs.
TUESDAY: Harris speaks to The View, The Howard Stern Show, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY: Harris campaigns in Nevada and participates in a Univision Town Hall.
FRIDAY: Harris campaigns in Arizona.

2024-10-05 16:31:58 UTC

FYI
Via Sharon Yang:
Incredibly proud to be working for Kamala #Harris once more and joining the talented team at KamalaHQ for the final home stretch.
With one month left, there's no time to waste -- let's go win!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/255/770/027/747/664/original/826713b0440042aa.png

2024-09-24 19:12:12 UTC

He's ... so old and facultiesless:
Via Peter Henlein:
So the GOP nominee’s understanding of WW2 and other historical events comes from what some rando told him ‘the other day’.
And he credits Russia as the nation that defeated Hitler.
Wonderful.
#Trump on #Russia: Somebody told me the other day, they beat Hitler, they beat Napoleon. That's what they do.

2024-09-15 14:26:49 UTC

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@npub1khh…lk2m You mean this? (Thread)
https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/113141840709466055

2024-09-15 13:47:27 UTC

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2/ Emptywheel, cont’d:
Trump & JD adopted a Nazi lie & it led directly to terrorist threats targeting the ppl JD claims to want to help, his own constituents.
They have CREATED a prob that wasn't there.

2024-09-15 13:44:52 UTC

Via Emptywheel: 1/…
First, #Trump and #JDVance adopted a conspiracy theory from Nazis, Blood Tribe, designed to exploit difficulties of expanding population
Trump made a false Nazi claim to 60M people.
Now Trump's false claim is eliciting terror threats shutting down hospitals and universities.
This should be non-stop attention from the press.

2024-09-14 18:11:24 UTC

That’s nice. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
'It just exploded': Springfield woman claims she never meant to spark false rumors about Haitians https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-just-exploded-springfield-woman-says-never-meant-spark-rumors-haitian-rcna171099

2024-09-13 15:00:15 UTC

I just blocked 2 followers who I engage w regularly for insisting on still living in 2016 & labeling people “Bernie Bros.”
1. I voted for Bernie. I also voted for Hillary, “bro.”
2. Bernie’s in a leadership position, lauded by both Biden & Schumer, so Bro THAT. He stands for nearly every policy that most of you clamor for.
3. Stop labeling people. It’s divisive. You don’t like it when it’s done to you.
4. It’s 20f’ing24 people. Unite.
5. I don’t think you want to test my patience today. Kthxbye

2024-09-11 19:20:32 UTC

I'm seeing a noticeable uptick in the word "fucker" today to describe Trump.
This has been a public service announcement.
Now back to our regular programming already in progress.

2024-09-11 19:11:58 UTC

👠💪🏼🐈😻
I'm reposting this. From Katie Phang:
Per npr’s Elena Moore:
“NEW: A General Services Administration spox tells NPR that as of 11 a.m. ET today there have been 306,422 visitors to vote.gov referred from Taylor Swifts’s URL she shared on Instagram last night.”
[I removed the 2023 link]. The info Katie posted is the updated info.

2024-09-01 17:43:31 UTC

Emptywheel always nails it:
Pt I keep making abt this yr's sched is reporters need to adjust their thinking of time. Sure Labor Day is trad'l start of low-info voters tuning in. But it's also 91% of way thru #Trump's campaign but only 40% thru #Harris's
https://nytimes.com/live/2024/09/01/us/harris-trump-election
Mind you there are abt 10 foundational q's (like his biz ties w/Gulf states) that supine press hasn't bothered to ask Trump in 21 mos he;s been running
Ah well, I'm sure they'll get around to the basics 1 of these days

2024-08-31 15:33:39 UTC

Cannot wait 💪🏼
Team #Harris debate prep is focused on:
* How to needle #Trump to rattle him
* Emphasizing Trump's advanced age and lack of details on policy proposals
* Showcasing his lies, failures and broken promises during his time in office
* Avoiding being pulled into Trump's personal attacks https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/harris-preparing-first-trump-debate-rcna168907

2024-08-15 21:22:58 UTC

They weren't tricked... unless they're stupider than we thought. This is Trump's M.O.
Rupar:
We are 20 minutes into #Trump's rant and he has yet to take a single question. He basically tricked CNN and Fox News into giving him free airtime.
#ClusterFox

2024-08-13 19:26:28 UTC

🫣 🍄
Via Scaramucci:
#Trump is a big baby, which is why he has all that hyper-masculinity, bullying, tough-guy intimidation, enemies lists—all the stupid stuff that small-penis people have.

2024-08-13 19:19:22 UTC

Not at all #racist or trying to start a race war. Nah. "Just Trump being Trump," right?
Via Josh Marshall:
This is the official #Trump campaign account.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/956/300/839/663/094/original/73f2b6783f31c7c8.png

2024-08-10 13:19:17 UTC

#WompWomp
The #Trump campaign and the RNC lost another attempt to weaken mail-in voting after a #Nevada judge denied their request to block the state from counting ballots received after Election Day that do not have a postmark.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/nevada-court-rejects-trump-campaigns-attempt-to-throw-out-some-mail-in-ballots/

2024-08-05 20:07:01 UTC

👀👀
Former #Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis to cooperate with prosecutors in #Arizona 'fake electors' case
Ellis initially pleaded not guilty when the charges were unveiled earlier this year. The charges against her are now being dropped. #legal
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/former-trump-lawyer-jenna-ellis-cooperate-prosecutors-arizona-fake-ele-rcna165122

2024-08-04 15:44:24 UTC

Only half of them? #BabySteps
Via Kyle Griffin:
Half of registered voters don't believe #Trump has the mental and cognitive health to serve as president.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/904/520/567/044/462/original/c9f08be16485b61b.jpeg

2024-07-22 20:18:17 UTC

Griffin:
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey just endorsed Vice President #Harris.

2024-07-22 17:40:18 UTC

Know what I really like about this whole new Harris for Prez thing?
It's taken Trump out of the spotlight, and will today too. And hopefully for awhile, since she still has to announce her veep pick.
Nice bonus.

2024-07-22 16:54:26 UTC

Presidential candidate #RFKJr floated taking a job in a #Trump White House as he weighed an endorsement for the Republican nominee -WaPo

2024-07-18 13:37:47 UTC

Glad I didn’t watch.
Via Emptywheel:
Missed the RNC last night.
As I understand it, America's Hitler/JD want to deport millions of US residents to Mexico and then start bombing Mexico?

2024-07-10 17:37:18 UTC

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has filed articles of impeachment against U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito- MSNBC #SCOTUS #AOC

2024-07-01 23:51:12 UTC

President #Biden:
"For all practical purposes, today's decision almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits on what a president can do. This is a fundamentally new principle. And it's a dangerous precedent. Because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law, even including the Supreme Court of the United States. The only limits will be self-imposed."

2024-07-01 22:51:43 UTC

I'm done for today.
I get people panicking, I feel it too.
But I've blocked so many people today for wishing for violence, saying voting doesn't matter, etc.
I have no tolerance for that. None.
And then one coming in saying that I was "for the status quo" and blocking me... that was mature. From kolektiva server, so there's that.
Seriously, I'm so over today.
I hope those of you who are more rational have a more peaceful evening.
Today sucked, but let's stay rational. PLEASE.

2024-06-27 21:02:53 UTC

ChristoFascists just doing their thing
#Oklahoma’s state superintendent on Thursday directed all public schools to teach the Bible, including the Ten Commandments. The superintendent, who is a Republican, described the Bible as an “indispensable historical and cultural touchstone.” https://nyti.ms/3VLxvIa

2024-06-27 18:45:17 UTC

Via Elie Mystal:
CNN excluding Black owned press from attending the presidential #debate IN ATLANTA is so very on point for late stage American corporate media.
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/cnn-backlash-exclusion-black-media-presidential-debate/85-3f2c6eed-c118-46cf-bcb7-4023863b8837

2024-06-24 23:03:22 UTC

Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/julian-assange-reached-plea-deal-us-allowing-go-free-rcna158695

2024-06-17 22:43:03 UTC

“Fed judge temp blocked #Iowa law that allowed law enforcement in state to file criminal charges against people w outstanding deportation orders or who previously had been denied entry to US..issued prelim injunction bc he said DOJ & civil rights groups who filed suit against the state were likely to succeed in their argument that fed #immigration law preempted the law approved this spring by Iowa lawmakers”
https://apnews.com/article/139102b0ce2e73b2821eba84a6758f75

2024-05-30 21:29:42 UTC

Hell yeah.
#TrumpTrial #GUILTY #Trump
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/532/165/872/722/995/original/3f40dfce467463de.jpeg

2024-05-30 21:09:31 UTC

#BREAKING 💥🔥
TO REPEAT, #TrumpTrial
#TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!!!!!!!!

2024-05-24 14:05:07 UTC

#RIP Morgan Spurlock, the filmmaker behind the award-winning documentary "Super Size Me," died from cancer complications, his family announced on Friday.
Spurlock died Thursday, according to his family. He was 53 years old.
https://trib.al/K6evlTZ

2024-05-24 13:30:37 UTC

#Israel ordered to immediately halt Rafah offensive by top U.N. court
Israel is unlikely to comply with the order, which the top United Nations court has no power to enforce, but the landmark ruling will pile pressure on the increasingly isolated U.S. ally. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-halt-rafah-offensive-international-court-of-justice-ruling-rcna153867

2024-05-24 13:23:25 UTC

Via Scott MacFarlane:
Now co-sponsoring Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) resolution to censure Supreme Court Justice Sam #Alito:
Rep Delia Ramirez (D-IL)
Rep Becca Balint (D-VT)
Rep Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
Rep Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
Rep Kevin Mullin (D-CA)
Rep Brendan Boyle (D-PA)
Rep Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)

2024-05-24 13:18:28 UTC

Via Emptywheel:
Trump's kind of people.
Via Hannah Allam:
“In March 2023, Mattus changed his profile picture to an upside-down American flag with the phrase, ‘We are not OK.’”
An Illinois man arrested after police found pipe bombs in a vehicle frequently posted civil war fantasies and right-wing conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, Covid-19, and immigrants
More: trib.al/21YhdgW

2024-05-24 00:10:55 UTC

Another loooong day of packing up a POD, this time with furniture, so sorry for short/no replies.
Time to rest, so here is today's Daily Dose of dopey #CountdownToCanada gifs. Click on the hashtag to see all of them. Hammy even makes an appearance!
#Canada 🇨🇦
Have a good evening.
SUNDAY IS THE BIG DAY.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/493/161/073/339/454/original/8ddf727e2150871d.mp4

2024-05-21 17:38:25 UTC

VP Harris on the 'unified Reich' vid: "Extremists are trying to divide our nation and we see them, as they encourage xenophobia and hate. Just yesterday, the former president of the U.S., who praises dictators, who said there were very fine people on both sides in Charlottesville — let's not forget — took to social media and highlighted language from Nazi Germany. Highlighted language from Nazi Germany. This kind of rhetoric is unsurprising coming from the former president, and it is appalling."

2024-04-15 13:52:49 UTC

#WompWomp
Via Angry Staffer:
Most transparent pump and dump in history
Via Josh Marshall:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/275/560/564/357/694/original/c601c8adab24d60e.jpeg

2024-03-28 13:50:38 UTC

Say it with me: Everything out of their mouths is a lie and/or projection/confession.
“A judge ruled that the Georgia Republican Party’s first vice chairman, Brian K. Pritchard, violated state election laws when he voted 9 times while serving probation for a felony check forgery sentence”
Judge rules #Georgia #Republican Party vice chairman voted illegally https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-judge-rules-that-republican-brian-k-pritchard-voted-illegally/M4A27QQNQJDW7MTI66MRF5B4EQ/

2024-03-18 13:31:18 UTC

I haven’t even bothered to post about it because of the framing.
Applebaum nailed it.
Via Anne Applebaum:
It wasn't an "election" in #Russia; stop using that word.
It was an orchestrated propaganda exercise designed to convince Russians, and the rest of us, to ignore the catastrophe #Putin has inflicted on his nation. 300,000+ Russian men are dead and wounded for no reason at all.

2024-03-14 21:01:00 UTC

👋🏼 Judge declines to dismiss charges against Sen. Bob #Menendez in bribery case
Menendez sought to dismiss charges including conspiracy to commit bribery.
https://trib.al/WzxIrpr

2024-03-14 16:26:00 UTC

"#Trump is even or ahead in the polls because millions of swing voters have no idea just how authoritarian a 2nd term would be
Blame the media's massive failure to pound the drums about 1/6 pardons, 'retribution' and looming dictatorship."
If @npub1mux…xcur wrote it, you should read it.© & I thread it. 1/...
https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/trump-47-second-term-dangers-authoritarianism-20240314.html#loaded

2024-03-12 21:09:35 UTC

👎🏻NYT—The NFL star Aaron Rodgers and Jesse Ventura, the former Minnesota governor, top the running mate list of the longshot candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Kennedy said he had been speaking with Rodgers “pretty continuously” for the past month.

2024-03-12 20:56:02 UTC

#WompWomp
Via Josh Gerstein:
NEW: A favored legal tactic of conservative groups and states suffers a major setback as federal judiciary moves against so-called 'judge-shopping' https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/12/federal-courts-move-against-judge-shopping-00146594

2024-03-12 19:35:03 UTC

They can't even stand being with each other.
Via Rupar:
the Republican parties aren't as fun in the post-Madison Cawthorn era
Olivia Beavers:
👀 Less than 100 House GOP members are going to the Republican retreat in West Virginia this week, per source familiar

2024-03-12 19:29:44 UTC

I think we know--other than Trump-- who has cognitive issues, and it's not Biden.👇🏼
Via Scott MacFarlane:
At news conference, Sen. Mitch #McConnell (R-KY) comment on Sen. #KatieBritt (R-AL) response to State of the Union: "We were proud of Senator Britt. Thought she did a great job. I have zero criticism of her performance. I thought it was really outstanding"

2024-03-12 19:27:19 UTC

Via Democracy Docket:
#Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) signs a law to make it easier for election officials to purge voters from the rolls in an alleged effort to remove wrongfully registered noncitizens. A similar program in Texas was subject to a flurry of litigation.

2024-03-12 18:54:10 UTC

Snap.
Via WH Deputy Press Sec. Andrew Bates:
Hope his memory's ok
Glenn Thrush:
#Hur makes a significant factual error. He says Dana Remus was President Obama's White House counsel. She was, in fact, President #Biden's counsel.