Alienated53

Grew up on 160 acre organic farm long before organics became popular. Lifelong socialist born at ~306. Lifetime of total alienation. Finally realized the majority of people do not want to hear the truth.
Semi-well educated: BA PoliSci/Econ, Law Degree, Certificate in BioTech

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2024-02-09 20:52:35

#ClimateEmergency I'm sure there's no need to worry, right?
Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds
Collapse in system of currents that helps regulate global climate would be at such speed that adaptation would be impossible
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/09/atlantic-ocean-circulation-nearing-devastating-tipping-point-study-finds

2024-01-31 16:38:00

It Just Got More Expensive To Fight Corporate Abuse
You’ll now be forced to pay huge arbitration fees if you try to challenge corporate contracts.
https://www.levernews.com/it-just-got-more-expensive-to-fight-corporate-abuse/

2024-01-27 20:15:34

Does all the recent MSM wardrums for war with Russia spook anyone else. Reports involving many different NATO countries.

2024-01-27 19:38:09

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@npub15th…6nvx Actual slavery exists still for those convicted of crimes. Funny thing how the law managed to make criminals of so many people with the skin tones of the former slaves.

2024-01-27 17:56:57

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@npub1te7…3dzs When I think of how effective #Disinformation has been to date, it is hard to envision less than a catastrophe for democracy worldwide. Already democracy seems to be teetering nearly everywhere. Poland providing some hope, as do recent #Antifa protests in Germany and the ICJ decision.

2024-01-27 17:41:45

It is going to get very interesting to see what happens with #DeepFake #AI in the coming elections. My gut reaction is that we may well face a collapse of all #Democracy. I say this because I suspect we will not be able to contain use of AI by anti-Democratic actors.

2024-01-24 15:55:55

Breaking: Travel bans proposed in Tennessee & Oklahoma
States would send aunts & grandmas to prison as "traffickers" for helping teens
https://jessica.substack.com/p/breaking-travel-bans-proposed-in?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=11153&post_id=140968162&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dzsu&utm_medium=email

2024-01-24 15:13:40

Berlin Stops Blocking Artists From Criticizing Israel After Massive Boycott
A controversial rule restricting speech about Israel was dropped after artists abandoned festival lineups in Germany’s techno mecca.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjynq/berlin-artists-boycott-israel-palestine-?utm_source=email&utm_medium=editorial&utm_content=tech&utm_campaign=240123

2024-01-19 15:30:56

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@npub1d7s…4ern While Europe uses the “precautionary principle” that prevents chemicals from being introduced into the environment or food supply until they’re proven safe, here in the US we use Libertarianism: we only ban chemicals after they’ve been in use long enough to kill so many people that we realize they’re dangerous.

2024-01-19 15:28:40

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@npub1d7s…4ern nanoplastics, pieces of plastic that are so small they can only be seen under a powerful microscope.
Their size is particularly troubling because they’re small enough to pass through most of the body’s membranes and so are found in every organ, including the brain.

2024-01-12 19:14:25

Living in a #CorporateOligarchy exemplified. I would bet that even if the tax cuts are coupled with increase of aid to children,etc, the tax cuts will become permanent and the aid will have a sunset.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/12/corporation-tax-break-lobby

2024-01-12 15:04:48

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@npub1szz…g5lr Getting harder and harder not to recognize we are already in the middle of a second Civil War.
Well, that's not accurate. The first one never ended the Confederacy merely retrenched and bided its time. Eventually, the #DemocraticParty played into their hands with adoption of #Neoliberalism that is a close cousin of the #NeoConfederate belief system. Now the billionaires created are bankrolling the movement and its huge Ministry of Disinformation.

2024-01-11 18:36:56

Iron Truth members have flagged thousands of posts for removal, from clearly racist or false content to posts that are merely sympathetic to Palestinians...A small group of volunteers from Israel’s tech sector is working tirelessly to remove content it says doesn’t belong on platforms like Facebook and TikTok, tapping personal connections at those and other Big Tech companies to have posts deleted outside official channels, the project’s founder told The Intercept.
https://theintercept.com/2024/01/10/israel-disinformation-social-media-iron-truth/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

2024-01-10 16:03:53

#Fascism has long been on the march in the US during my lifetime: "First They Came for Harvard
The right’s long and all-too-unanswered war on liberal institutions claims a big one."
https://americanprospect.bluelena.io/index.php?action=social&chash=0fe473396242072e84af286632d3f0ff.2523&s=7dd86bef5c1f72939a9892b46d008543

2024-01-09 19:46:28

#Fascism #Christofascism You Could Soon Be Fined for Defamation for Calling Someone Racist in Florida
Florida Republicans have introduced a new bill that would silence basically any accusations of discrimination.
https://newrepublic.com/post/177920/florida-bill-fine-defamation-racist-discrimination

2024-01-05 23:55:06

CNN Admits 'Really Disturbing' Israel/Palestine Coverage Policy 'In Place for Years'
the network confirmed to The Intercept that its news coverage about Israel and Palestine is run through and reviewed by the CNN Jerusalem bureau—which is subject to the IDF's censor.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-cnn-censor?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=40341c0d13-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_01_01_09_14_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-77b634d84f-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

2024-01-02 19:16:18

#Christofascism is the camel whose nose was well under the tent back with Reagan, and progressed with W. I watched this through the decades. I fear we are very late mustering a counter-response: "Meet the New Apostolic Reformation, cutting edge of the Christian right
Christian nationalism has new momentum — and a new movement that openly longs for "dominion" over secular America"
https://www.salon.com/2024/01/02/meet-the-new-apostolic-reformation-cutting-edge-of-the-christian-right/

2024-01-02 16:37:22

Journalism's outdated 'standards' are keeping voters in the dark about the 2024 election
Robert Reich
https://www.rawstory.com/objective-journalism/

2024-01-02 15:48:22

"The GOP appears hell-bent on raising a whole new generation of “not-Woke” students who learn about race from Nazi YouTubes and follow hateful rightwing influencers on social media without the context of a good school history education."
Are We Going to Let the GOP Carve Racism Back Into American Law?
https://hartmannreport.com/p/are-we-going-to-let-the-gop-carve-554?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=302288&post_id=140265571&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dzsu&utm_medium=email

2023-12-26 15:58:41

Dearborn: The Arab heart of the United States is abandoning Biden over the war on Gaza
‘He would have to become Jesus himself and resurrect the 20,000 dead Palestinians to get our vote back,’ say residents of the seventh-largest city in Michigan, which has the highest concentration of Arabs in the country. They are standing against the president’s 2024 re-election campaign.
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-12-24/dearborn-the-arab-heart-of-the-united-states-is-abandoning-biden-over-the-war-on-gaza.html

2023-12-25 15:57:35

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@npub16ws…sl6a Seems to me you are not denying the value of RCV, just the precise method used.

2023-12-24 16:09:26

#Democracy #VotingRights This should perhaps become the new battle-cry for democrats (note small d): RCV-plus-Final-Four/Five! The fear that the #Fascist GOP have shown, coupled with only slightly less opposition from #DemocraticParty asshats ("A lawsuit brought by Democratic super-lawyer Marc Elias that aimed to keep the measure off the 2022 ballot was rejected by a judge.") is enough to convince me it is an idea worth supporting.
https://www.rawstory.com/ranked-choice-voting-2666797337/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Dec.24.2023_2.21pm

2023-11-08 19:31:19

#DemocraticParty shame: Full List of Democrats Who Voted to Censure Rashida Tlaib
Steve Cohen
Jim Costa
Angie Craig
Don Davis
Lois Frankel
Jared Golden
Daniel Goldman
Josh Gottheimer
Greg Landsman
Susie Lee
Kathy Manning
Jared Moskowitz
Wiley Nickel
Chris Pappas
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Pat Ryan
Brad Schneider
Kim Schrier
Darren Soto
Ritchie Torres
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Frederica Wilson

2023-10-28 17:38:34

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@npub12ks…cwu4 IMO it is more than just NRA lobby. It was also a transition of the GOP into an ever more #WhiteSupremacist #Christofascist cult that sees weaponry of mass death as way to create the kind of violent chaos that allows #Fascism to thrive. More shootings give credence to their cries for "law and order", more cops and more surveillance. Always targeting POC and religious minorities which is made easy by the racist foundation of the US which influences so many.

2023-10-08 16:27:10

Fascism Comes to America
The failure of the liberal class to halt the corporate assault on working people has spawned an ascendant Christian fascism that is poised to seize power and radically reshape America.
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/fascism-comes-to-america?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=778851&post_id=137775019&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=dzsu&utm_medium=email

2023-09-30 15:43:10

When Will All the States Look Like Michigan? Not Soon Enough.
So now my state is entirely run by women and people of color.
https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/when-will-america-look-like-michigan?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=320974&post_id=137516568&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=p5p3u&utm_medium=email

2023-09-27 15:46:46

#ClimateEmergency #Collapse"There's a reason why Americans soothe themselves with dystopian fairy tales instead of reading about our history. When you read history, you learn the truth about collapse. You learn about police beating unpaid school teachers at the start of the Great Depression. You learn about the military shooting teargas at their own veterans. You learn about parents selling their kids to farmers because they couldn't afford to feed them."
https://www.okdoomer.io/everyone-fantasizes-about-collapse-but-nobody-plans-for-it/?ref=ok-doomer-newsletter

2023-09-14 17:01:16

Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin to resume abortion care after judge’s ruling
Announcement comes after July ruling that 1849 abortion law does not apply in significant victory for abortion rights in midwest
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/14/wisconsin-abortion-planned-parenthood

2023-09-13 18:35:36

That this is the candidate in the sexually repressed, uptight US, let alone VA, makes it hard not to think she was a plant from the right. Could she be so stupid as to not know her history was going to be a problem. Could the #DemocraticParty leaders be so inept they failed to catch this aspect of her history. Seriously, WTAF can explain this cockup. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/09/susanna-gibson-scandal-virginia-democrats-state-legislature.html

2023-08-05 14:30:28

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@npub1qzc…yetl @npub1rv0…yhy3 Nothing better illustrates the MSM as a tightly controlled propaganda machine than the Russian-Ukraine coverage. And it did not start with the recent invasion It has failed to inform since the break-up of the USSR. Everything is reduced to a John Wayne western. Thereby infantilizing the US populace (and most of the West).

2023-07-19 13:46:41

"ORDINARY PEOPLE BY THE MILLIONS
A conversation on current US politics with Thomas Frank."
Frank lays out exactly what has happened in the US. Including the main villains being the Clinton DEMs. He also alludes to the destruction of the MSM. What he seems to miss, IMO, is that the capture of the MSM and extinction of local newspapers is the very reason the mass movements one which he pins his hopes are unable to gain traction. Unlike in the past.
#corporateoligarchy
https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/ordinary-people-by-the-millions?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1377040&post_id=135232089&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

2023-07-11 14:26:36

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@npub1yln…e2vv It is not "like", I fear it is that we ARE living in a #CorporateOligarchy death cult.

2023-07-08 15:39:20

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@npub1qzc…yetl I think you are spot on with thinking humans will quickly just become immune to being shocked and soon ignore the implications. Same with increasing wildfires, flood, heat waves, etc. It will all just become normalized. The #CorporateOligarchy owned #MSM will help as much as possible to prevent serious uprising for change within the general population.
(Unlike reporting on Ukraine, which generates profit.)
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

2023-07-06 19:24:13

Experts predicted America was racing towards a "looming hunger cliff." They were right, data shows
Food insecurity is at its highest since December 2020, while SNAP has simultaneously been weakened
https://www.salon.com/2023/07/05/experts-predicted-america-was-racing-towards-a-looming-hunger-cliff-they-were-right-data-shows/

2023-07-06 15:45:46

It would be nice to be able to believe that we can just "vote blue" to achieve the changed needed to address the #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis, as well as the rise of #fascists #Christofascists. The truth is that not only do we have to fight the #fascist GOP, but we would also have to overcome the #neoliberal rabid capitalist supporters of #CorporateOligarchy that are extremely deeply embedded in the DEM party.
https://mastodon.online/@Alienated53/110667870574230542

2023-07-06 15:20:17

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@npub1ac4…09kx The US seems very much under the control of those dudes. And those same type of dudes seem to be ascendent worldwide. I try to keep the hope alive that this will change, but the arms make huge profits for the ruling #CorporateOligarchy. So, unless they are overthrown change will not happen.

2023-07-02 16:21:59

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@npub1eeu…u43z Doesn't leave much room for hope.

2023-07-01 16:59:54

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@npub1eeu…u43z I guess this is relevant: https://press.coop/@MotherJones/110639659656965714

2023-06-29 12:58:47

EPA, Sanders Launch $7 Billion Program To Expand Rooftop Solar in Poor Neighborhoods
"At a time when people are struggling to make ends meet, all while dealing with the existential threat of climate change, we must make residential rooftop solar a reality for low-income and working families that need it most,"
https://portside.org/2023-06-28/epa-sanders-launch-7-billion-program-expand-rooftop-solar-poor-neighborhoods?utm_medium=email&utm_source=portside-snapshot

2023-06-26 22:07:01

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@npub1eeu…u43z @npub1a80…n4e5 @npub1sjc…7wfr Some of them live in a world of satanic ritual sacrificial world of demons. I had yrs close observation of a few. Others are more into the control of large numbers of the fundies. Unless there is an serious uprising against the #Christofascists and allied #fascists within the #neoConfederacy, they have essentially #SecededInternally. It's not tenable in a moral Republic . Just my stoned unsolicited opinion.

2023-06-24 19:12:12

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 A lot of people running their mouths based on total BS.

2023-06-23 21:56:16

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Thinking further chaos in Russia is not dangerous for the world seems absurd.

2023-06-23 13:12:34

Greta Thunberg
Swedish climate activist wasted no time in throwing her support behind an environmental group shut down by French authorities.
The French government on Wednesday issued a decree outlawing Les Soulèvements de la Terre (SLT, Uprisings of the Earth)
https://www.commondreams.org/news/greta-thunberg-france-environmental-group-banned-macron

2023-06-22 21:28:34

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@npub1eeu…u43z @npub1ddp…2tax Guy on the BBC indicated it would be so quick they wouldn't be aware of anything. He has given some though to it, because he cited the milliseconds an implosion would take vs the time a signal takes to get from the spine to the brain. Yes, that is a blessing for the families to know.

2023-06-22 21:08:42

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@npub1eeu…u43z @npub1ddp…2tax This whole thing is nothing more than "Space Tourism", IMO. A waste of resources. Was there even any real science to this trip? Couldn't the funding/recourses be much better utilized? I imagine there are whole lot of scientists that would give the eyeteeth for funding. BBC had a Titanic explorer on. He was totally dismissive of this whole endeavor as an absurdly risky vehicle. Usual subs for that depth are spheres, which makes sense.

2023-06-21 17:37:15

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Perhaps not the most important point, as pointed out the info was in the Mueller report, but for a professional at this level to claim to not read newspapers is worthy of condemnation. He gets his marching orders from his "Lord", as most #Christofascists claim.

2023-06-20 22:39:59

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Seems like he is truly one of the deluded minds now supporting anti-democratic ideals. The #fascist playbook. Sowing chaos, creating instability

2023-06-20 12:45:31

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 And after decades of disclosures of the same kind of abuses, it just goes on and on.

2023-06-16 15:01:44

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Actually find it more ominous that there have been no ransom demands. If not for pure extortion, what might they intend?

2023-06-13 15:40:36

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 As you posted, some GOP are distancing from TFG. And I just saw this from Hartmann: "The rightwing billionaire Koch network just this morning released an ad against Donald Trump claiming that he’s 'Joe Biden’s secret weapon.'" https://hartmannreport.com/p/are-we-seeing-the-reemergence-of-b57?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=302288&post_id=127873403&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

2023-06-12 17:56:10

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Yeah, I see a few big differences between the two. Federal case, National Security issues, #Christofascist FL venue, seems like more concerted scream for blood from the #fascists. I don't want to see people hurt or killed, but I do see this as a possible way to flush out and jail more #fascists.

2023-06-12 17:39:58

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 It is definitely history being made, but not sure I'd want to be in the possible line of fire. Now watch, this whole thing will go down calm and peacefully.

2023-06-12 17:14:56

@npub1v2s…mqq5 Re my comment yesterday about the tanker fire taking out the bridge: Hartmann seems to have some similar thoughts, https://hartmannreport.com/p/what-is-the-endgame-for-a-party-of-922?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=302288&post_id=127611226&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

2023-06-12 15:00:34

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 I think I have some PTSD from working with such 17th century fanatics.

2023-06-12 14:57:08

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 The anti-LGBTQ+, antisemitism was palpable. Same supervisor once came back from a training and I asked about it. She said, paraphrasing, it was presented by Jews, you know how they are. By that time, I was so tired of challenging her shite I just walked away.
Her office being next to mine, I overheard her tell a gay probationer that he must not have gay sex, because that was against her god's will. I think that was the time I ended up getting time off for confronting her.

2023-06-12 14:51:24

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 And these fundies are incredibly credulous of anything that was shared by their in-group. Emails would go around the workplace that shared all of the most absurd hoaxes/rumors/conspiracy theories. Hardly a week went by that I did not reply all to an email sharing a easily debunked piece of BS. This was all before 2016 election.

2023-06-12 14:38:08

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 I spent 16 yrs working in a rural county that is about 66% MAGA voters. Many coworkers attended various fundamentalist churches. Yet, they all received the same messages from the leaders of those churches. I caught a senior officer/supervisor downloading anti-Muslim material that was easily traced back to the Stormfront Nazi web. Her husband was a county legislator. I doubt she knew of the Stormfront origination of the screed, but this is the type of information the fundies shared.

2023-06-12 14:24:41

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Thank you for letting me #mansplain one more time.

2023-06-12 14:23:50

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 IMO, a #fascist personality values group cohesion and leadership worship so highly that they gladly march into the fires of hell with barely a twitch of doubt. All seems to come down to an overactive fear response to the world around them. Literally, as you imply, their brains no longer function. In the sense that their overactive fear centers in the brain do short circuit the higher executive functioning of their minds. Autonomy is given up, they await orders from the Führer(s)

2023-06-11 15:53:18

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Hope you feel back to normal soon. 38% of GOP primary voters seems very significant. Are we reaching a turning point?

2023-06-11 15:50:42

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 In many ways I am healthier now than at any time in recent decades. Weight down to HS level. A1C has been 5.4-5.3 range for better than a couple of yrs. Choles very good. Shorts I wore in 1987 Gr Canyon trip are now large. Very slight anemia, likely due to need for more iron/B Vit in diet connected to great reduction in meat consumption. Stress reduction from retirement/vigorous phys activity around yard is a big factor I think. You didn't ask, but I am quite proud after being obese

2023-06-11 15:35:25

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 What a great weapon these tankers could be if terrorists decide to use them. Like the 9/11 planes. Given the #TrumpIndictment this is how my mind is now working.

2023-06-11 14:21:41

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 The mention of John Yoo, who was/is at Berkeley Law, always makes me cringe.

2023-06-11 14:07:02

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 @npub1crl…mv08 I don't see her voluntarily recusing. Betcha she causes havoc. My recent 6mo medical implies I will probably live to see this trial. Honestly looking forward to it. Weird, right?

2023-06-10 14:52:04

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Miami could become quite the show. Someone wrote a few days back about how a large portion of the US population has already seceded, de facto. There are multiple calls to arms coming from the #fascist #Christofascist right. However, I see some cracks appearing within GOP. Even DeSantis seems to be waffling, focusing on whatabout Hillary, not TFG's innocence. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/us/politics/desantis-north-carolina-trump-indictment.html
Thanks for your toots, FWIW. Crucial part of my daily diet at this point.

2023-06-09 15:55:14

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Sorry, later posts had not come through.

2023-06-09 15:53:24

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@npub1v2s…mqq5
Guardian reports two previous guys resigned/quit. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/jun/09/donald-trump-republicans-rally-ex-us-president-indictment-2024-race-politics-live-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-648348bd8f0862658b7a26fd#block-648348bd8f0862658b7a26fd

2023-06-07 01:26:29

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Probably not. Really a bifurcation of venues for the FL centered possible charges and the Jan6 charges. Still. I think it is good to have a Southern Fed Court, jury. Maybe it doesn't have the impact I think it might.

2023-06-06 22:12:05

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 I think a GJ in the heart of the #Christofascist empire seems a good tactic. Makes it seem less like a Yankee Conspiracy. Aimed at the people who do not vote. Let them have front row seat. On the other hand more Jan6 type armed uprising. Flush out more #fascists, hopefully turn off majority. Just cannabis thoughts.

2023-06-02 18:36:49

Just another tale of the #fascist US: The Details of the Atlanta Bail Fund Arrest Are More Horrific Than First Described
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/06/cop-city-tortuguita-atlanta-bail-fund-arrest-horror.html

2023-05-25 17:04:04

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 @npub1r9k…st4e I blame his parents for giving him the name Elmer.

2023-05-24 20:38:58

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 I wonder if we have been able to do the same to China. Or are they way ahead of us in this arena? Possibly more spy then weapon?

2023-05-24 20:14:14

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Isn't this a serious widening of the war? Thought US opposed attacks within Russia? Now alleged rebel attacks. Rebel or US/Ukraine recruited mercs. Either way, might Putin fall? If he thinks so, when might he lose the nukes? Dangerous game of chicken. Am I way off, lost in the bowl?

2023-05-22 21:48:10

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 I bet he did. Can you imagine being in a prof advisory capacity with the likes of Trump?

2023-05-22 21:39:18

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 ?

2023-05-22 21:31:00

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Several times I saw it suggested his notes were exceedingly detailed. My point is would an attorney put into notes in a criminal org case information that can hang him. This seems to be a not unheard of attack in org crim/RICO type cases? I don't know. Not really relevant just curious.

2023-05-22 21:12:47

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Corcoran was taking notes to cover his ass. He was thinking ahead?

2023-05-19 16:12:55

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 I'm tired. I have been saying the same thing since Reagan was elected. Think I should log off for a yr. I'll be lucky to make it a few hours. That's addiction.

2023-05-19 15:45:34

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 At some point the neoliberal DEM leadership has to actually take a stand. Use the 14th and make the #fascist try to enforce any illegitimate SCOTUS rulings.
The problem is that the #CorporateOligarchy to which they answer has no deep seated antagonism to #fascism.

2023-05-19 14:52:46

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 https://mastodon.online/@Alienated53/110395909735397204

2023-05-18 19:35:31

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 This sounds very nefarious on the part of her handlers.

2023-05-18 12:46:37

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Yeah, close enough that saying they backed off a total ban is some real disinformation.

2023-05-17 17:02:10

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@npub1v6n…hpfx @npub1v2s…mqq5 He is already talking of making work requirements tougher for SNAP, etc. IMO, we are likely to see the ratchet effect go back into operation. Every further radicalization of the GOP is met with partial capitulation by the DEMs, moving the nation closer to #fascism. Decades of this does not seem over yet.

2023-05-17 15:49:34

Florida passes bill to prevent billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos being sued if their mega-rockets kill or injure people
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/florida-passes-bill-to-prevent-billionaires-like-elon-musk-and-jeff-bezos-being-sued-if-their-mega-rockets-kill-or-injure-people/ar-AA1bj0Dx?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=aac69a0e51584c87a4ae8ac5a248f455&ei=31

2023-05-17 01:11:24

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@npub1eeu…u43z That was a thought that had crossed my mind as well. They are now just holding her up for terrible ridicule/humiliation, even if she is too ill to recognize it.

2023-05-17 00:11:44

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Really have to wonder sometimes, are we going to rip asunder as a nation. I think we fit the meaning of "on thin ice". Probably just this evening's cannabis delusion.

2023-05-16 23:38:09

Dianne Feinstein claimed she hasn't 'been gone' when asked about her lengthy absence from the Senate: 'No, I've been here. I've been voting'
https://www.businessinsider.com/dianne-feinstein-havent-been-gone-senate-2023-5

2023-05-11 21:06:22

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 The Biffs of the world.

2023-05-11 20:47:35

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Trump did get something absolutely correct: “Our country is being destroyed by stupid people — by very stupid people.”

2023-05-11 13:47:14

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 @npub1crl…mv08 CNN apparently, I did not/would not watch, filled the audience with #fascist shills who guffawed and cheered on the monster. This, IMO, more than anything the idiot said, was likely to influence the viewing audience. The bottom line is that CNN has consciously and overtly thrown its weight behind #fascism.

2023-05-11 13:09:04

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@npub1eeu…u43z @npub16nx…rj8k Was not the way I wanted to start this day. But it is just never ending.

2023-05-11 13:05:48

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@npub16nx…rj8k This is just totally enraging. Reading it I damn near burst into tears from the impotent rage I feel mixed with grief for what Black people have to endure at the hands of obviously racist policing. Just sitting here SMDH. These cops are lucky thoughts cannot kill. This is the reaction of a white old man. I cannot even imagine the rage that must envelop a young Black man. #ACAB #NoJusticeNoPeace

2023-04-22 17:34:31

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#[0] Because I was raised by grandparents of the Depression Era, I am much older than my chronological age. Still I am sorry that you are old too. 😉

2023-04-22 14:25:47

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#[0] You are probably right. Having grown up when this country seemed to be addressing its long history of genocide, racism, misogyny and homophobia it is extremely depressing. I have said for ~40 yrs that the humanity's continued obsession with religion would be our downfall. Probably not just for the US, but very possibly extinction of the species (or at least reduction to bands of hunter-gatherers). And here we are regressing ever more rapidly.

2023-04-22 01:14:47

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#[0] Thanks for taking my moment of hope! I'm old dammit, don't have that many left. You're encouraging my paranoia. 😁

2023-04-21 22:53:32

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#[0] I take some real relief in the SCOTUS having done this. Indicates they are not as fully #[1] as I feared might be the case.

2023-04-20 15:46:28

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#[0] I'll take it. Ethics change would require a complete overhaul of the regulation of the MSM, breakup of the absurd consolidation allowed since Clinton yrs, reimposition of the fairness doctrine. Require local ownership of local media. Public support for local newspapers. Essentially dismantling the whole neoliberal #[1]. So, bottom line, a people's revolution. Likelihood? Might as well smoke a bowl.

2023-04-20 14:30:42

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#[0] Unless the put them out of business.

2023-04-20 13:03:50

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#[0] I guess we have to pin our hopes on the #[1] case. But I doubt that anything will truly change the Fox SOP. Shareholder suits?

2023-04-18 22:51:15

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#[0] They still are in their jobs?