William Lindsey :toad: / is on Nostr

Interested in building a better world and standing in solidarity with others who share that goal. 

For biographical information, please see https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/109539508828689842 

"Writing is the way I fight."  ~ James Cone 

#solidarity #democracy #HumanRights #LGBTQ

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Last Notes

2024-09-08 19:52:46

Scott Dworkin continues his weekly "5 Corporate Media Fails" series with commentary on four big fails this week in which the media either failed to cover a story adequately or got it wrong — always in Trump's favor:
1. Putin Did Not “Endorse” Harris
2. Trump Admits He Lost
2. Trump and Vance Made Truly Horrible Statements
3. Covering the Wrong Stories
4. Trump’s Brain Failures
#KamalaHarris #Trump #media
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https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/cover-trumps-mental-decline-now

2024-09-01 15:28:33

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"Trump had wanted to run on other policies, immigration and Trump’s distorted claims about the economy, but now he’s having to answer for his anti-choice policies….
No matter how many contradictory statements Trump makes about what a second Trump term would do, there’s no escaping what his first term did do. There are no backsies on Dobbs. There are no backsies on Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett."
#Trump #KamalaHarris #abortion #ReproductiveRights
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2024-07-09 13:08:11

"In an era when the rise of rightwing nationalism has coincided with declining trust in mainstream politics, this is an outcome to celebrate. ... A high turnout across France led to millions of voters burying very real differences to join forces against it. They did so in order to see off a party whose xenophobic core is at odds with republican values of equality and inclusion."
~ The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/08/the-guardian-view-on-the-french-election-time-to-build-a-republican-future
#France #election #LePen #HardRight

2024-07-08 19:03:10

"Every minute we waste attacking each other, only helps Republicans.
Women’s rights, voting rights, protections to our environment, and the existence of a Democracy that has lived and grown for 248 years hang in the balance.
If we unify, we will win. If don’t, we won’t. It is really that simple.
I say starting now, we fight as ONE."
~ D. Earl Stephens
#Biden #Trump #age #media
https://dearlstephens.substack.com/p/unify

2024-06-29 12:56:07

"Meanwhile, the New York Times Editorial Board did not ask Donald Trump to step down. Not after he was held liable for rape or fraud or defamation. Not after he was convicted on all 34 counts by a jury of his peers. Not even after he vomited lie after lie at the debate and refused to admit that he’d accept the results of the 2024 election."
~ Left Hook
#Biden #Trump #media #NewYorkTimes
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/lets-ask-trump-to-leave-the-race

2024-05-26 00:27:22

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The new book by Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman on White Rural Rage offers a good explanation for why the minority control of the white rural base of the Republican party keeps trumping what the majority wants: the Electoral College and Senate give extraordinary power to that minority.

2024-05-25 14:36:18

Heather Cox Richardson reminds us that the MAGA minority now exerting such control in the Republican party, notably its white evangelical base, are so rabid and aggressive because they know they are in the minority nationally:
"MAGA Republicans know their agenda is unpopular, and they are working to seize power through voter suppression, violence, gerrymandering, and packing the legal system."
#Republicans #MAGA #WhiteEvangelicals #MinorityRule
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-24-2024

2024-04-18 14:20:17

"Imagine, for a moment, if President Joe Biden were to be caught openly sleeping at an important hearing. Then imagine it were to occur at another important hearing the next day. Not only would right-wing media outlets like Fox News run wild with coverage questioning his fitness for office, mainstream news organizations would no doubt also treat the snooze fest as a serious news story."
~ Oliver Darcy
#Trump #trial #crime #LawandOrder #SleepyDon #MediaFail
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https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1713313853316c053e6206eed/raw

2024-04-16 05:46:22

“If he can’t keep his eyes open when his own liberty is at stake, why would Americans have confidence he’s capable of paying attention when our country’s interests require sound presidential leadership? … If Joe Biden fell asleep in a courtroom or anywhere else, it would be a front page story for the rest of the week. This should be too.”
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #SleepyDon #trial #crime
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https://joycevance.substack.com/p/trial-in-manhattan

2024-04-15 14:07:18

David Kurtz's quote of the day:
"'I know good and well it’s in Trump’s hands, and he’s got plans. I have no doubt it’s going to explode sometime.'
Jerry Dean McLain, 71, the owner of a tree removal service in Oklahoma who put almost his entire nest egg into Trump Truth Social stock and has watched the share price plummet since its IPO last month."
True believers to the bitter end. If he says no vaccine, then no vaccine and die gladly for him….
#Trump #MAGA
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/the-sheer-absurdity-at-the-heart