Barney

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American. Pro-democracy.

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2024-08-18 13:30:02

Here's our disastrously defective American political press, admitting to its own failure.
Donald Trump doesn't understanding anything about economics. He's cognitively incapable of comprehending how tariffs work, what causes inflation, or anything else that isn't a direct statement about his own greatness or worthlessness.
If the press were doing its job, American voters would know that.
#USPol #Journalism
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harris-trump-poll-election-issues/story?id=112865487

2024-08-16 01:08:02

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You're vastly understating the importance of this.
Dmitri Simes is a Russian-American man who works as Putin's propagandist. In 2016, he served as a direct liaison between Putin's government and Trump's campaign, helping to alter GOP foreign policy to be more favorable to Russia.
These documents are from Mueller's files, heavily redacted because of investigations still in progress.
Today, the FBI executed a search warrant on Simes' home.
#USPol #Law #NatSec
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6792384-6th-Mueller-Document-FOIA-Response.html#document/p558/a554746

2024-08-15 20:09:13

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There are medications that can help you. You can feel better.

2024-08-15 18:56:30

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"The neoliberal religion preaching unfettered capitalism"?
Seriously?

2024-08-10 02:49:36

Being obsessed with other people's periods is #weird and #creepy.
#BeNormal #USPol
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/935/442/804/152/429/original/2ee229a3cbac7626.jpg

2024-08-08 00:45:21

J.D. Vance awkwardly retreats after bizarre attempt to storm Harris’ empty plane
That is one creepy-ass stalker weirdo, right there.
#USPol
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-awkwardly-retreats-from-confronting-kamala-harris-on-air-force-2-after-realizing-she-wasnt-around

2024-08-07 20:32:07

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That's a filthy, despicable lie. What the hell is wrong with you? Do you not remember when our doctors and nurses had no masks, and were dropping like flies while trying to save our lives, and Trump was literally stealing PPE from our hospitals and giving it to his friends to sell for a profit?
Do you remember when Trump literally boasted on national TV that he was withholding ventilators from blue states, and deliberately causing their citizens to die?
#COVID #USPol

2024-08-07 00:19:37

Tim Walz named a highway after Prince. He signed the bill in purple ink.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/05/09/a-gift-to-minnesotans-princes-home-state-names-part-of-highway-after-him
#USPol #Walz
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/917/873/762/554/804/original/dc2f35e4c0ffb884.jpg

2024-08-06 17:24:21

🤣🤣🤣
#USPol
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/916/236/321/074/182/original/eefe9495b2abbec7.jpeg

2024-08-04 13:42:08

Soon, within the next two days, we will all learn who Harris's running mate is.
No matter who it is, we will immediately see pro-Trump leftist accounts come on here and tell us that he was such a terrible choice, we should now refuse to vote for Harris, and instead help Trump win.
Let's remember what these pro-Trump accounts are trying to do us, and preemptively get ready to say "fuck off, fascist."
#USPol #propaganda

2024-08-03 01:31:06

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NYT is just openly excusing outright racism. Trump is not merely TELLING outrageous racist lies, but making those lies the very focal point of his entire campaign. This is extremely abnormal. For as long as I've been alive, I have never seen this in any state-level or national election, prior to Trump.
NYT's take: "Oh well, Trump is just casting his opponent as an outsider, like every other politician has done since time immemorial. Nothing to see here."
#USPol

2024-07-31 01:48:25

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Agreed. We can expect to see a massive National Guard presence at the Capitol this time. The FBI won't be able to suppress intel about the coming coup attempt like they did in 2020.
OTOH, the GOP is now more unified and galvanized in its support for revolution. It will send a better organized and more heavily armed terrorist army this time.
Also, in 2020, SCOTUS was still trying to uphold the law. In 2024, SCOTUS is overtly at war against the United States.
#USPol

2024-07-30 04:21:35

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I thought the photo might have been photoshopped.
Turns out, it's not. The man really did arrange himself awkwardly on the side of his couch, grab a hold of his own two kneecaps, slide into his big ass shoes, and then expect us to regard him as a serious individual.
#Weird
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/873/495/953/430/065/original/aac8358526652b08.jpg

2024-07-11 03:01:32

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WTF?

2024-07-08 23:47:19

This account, rewarp[@]rewarp.com, operates its own single-user instance, with the explicitly declared purpose of advocating illegal piracy.
Instances that prohibit illegal activities will want to defederate rewarp.com.
#Fediblock
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/753/527/745/107/764/original/75be705be1f8464e.jpg

2024-07-06 16:08:34

Tropical Storm #Beryl is expected to become a dangerous hurricane before making landfall in Texas.
Did you know that #Project2025 calls for completely abolishing #NOAA, the federal agency that tracks hurricanes and warns people who are in danger?
The reason is that hurricane forecasting incorporates climate science, and the Republican Party is attempting to ban even mere mention of climate change.
#USPol #ClimateChange
https://www.nytimes.com/article/hurricane-beryl-updates.html

2024-06-08 12:46:50

Good news/bad news:
1. In military raids on two locations in #Gaza, #Israel rescued four hostages. They are alive and in good medical condition. One Israeli soldier was severely wounded in the raids.
2. Benny Gantz canceled his speech in which he was planning to announce the departure of his party from Netanyahu's coalition.
https://www.axios.com/2024/06/08/israel-hostage-rescue-gaza-music-festival

2024-06-04 22:07:55

Today in Michigan, a Nazi was sentenced for conspiring with other Nazis to threaten Black and Jewish people and desecrate a synagogue with swastikas.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/white-supremacist-sentenced-federal-hate-crimes-conspiracy-targeting-black-and-jewish-people
He was prosecuted by DOJ's Civil Rights Division. If Trump wins, the GOP promises to turn the Civil Rights Division into its opposite, prosecuting any institution that has DEI programs.
If you're voting third-party, you're saying you're okay with that.
#USPol #racism #antisemitism
https://www.yahoo.com/news/project-2025-movement-could-erode-130000679.html

2024-06-01 16:49:24

By order of Gov. DeSantis, Florida cities are no longer free to celebrate #Pride by lighting up their bridges in rainbow colors. DeSantis calls it "Freedom Summer."
DeSantis already signed a law that authorizes Florida doctors and hospitals to refuse to take care of LGBTQ patients, and just leave them to die. DeSantis calls that "medical conscience."
When people say "both parties are the same," they're saying they don't give a shit about #LGBTQ people.
#USPol #Hate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/21/florida-bridges-rainbow-lights-pride/

2024-05-31 00:03:20

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That's incorrect. Florida allows felons to vote, if they have been convicted in a different state, and if that conviction would not prohibit them from voting under that state's laws.
In New York, where Trump was convicted, felons are prohibited from voting only while they are serving their prison sentence.
https://dos.fl.gov/elections/for-voters/voter-registration/constitutional-amendment-4felon-voting-rights/

2024-05-28 21:10:28

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What you're doing here is truly sickening. You're trying to convince people who care about Palestinians to cause terrible harm to Palestinians, by electing Trump.
You're supporting a party that claims "there are very few innocent Palestinian citizens," and supports vaporizing all 2 million people in Gaza "like Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
#USPol
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-israel-finish-problem-gaza-1234981038/

2024-04-09 03:21:11

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Well, I'm only beginning to dip my toe into the issues here, but... my admin spends a lot of their own time and money running my instance, and they don't even charge me for using it. I choose to make donations, but they don't require or even know that I do. So, from their perspective, my account is nothing but a burden for them.
That being the case, I don't think they really owe me a vote on how they handle threads. Of course I'm free to migrate if I want.

2024-04-09 02:55:09

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Wow, hey, I totally missed this! But... I don't seem to be able to follow @barackobama@threads.net. Is that because he didn't opt in to sharing his posts with the Fediverse? Or is it because my server is located outside of the US?
https://engineering.fb.com/2024/03/21/networking-traffic/threads-has-entered-the-fediverse/

2024-04-09 02:45:18

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[@fediversenews](https://venera.social/profile/fediversenews)
Isn't that a Threads account, rather than one in the Fediverse?