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Last Notes

2024-10-02 19:50:20

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4/ Via Kyle Cheney:
1) A Trump campaign employee and alleged coconspirator sought to foment chaos at the TCF ballot processing center in Detroit.
2) Trump sidelined his campaign legal team on Nov. 13, putting Rudy #Giuliani (CC1) in charge because he was willing to lie about the election results.

2024-10-02 19:47:07

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2/ “Trump intentionally lied to the public, state election officials, and his own vice president in an effort to cling to power after losing the election, while privately describing some of the claims of election fraud as "crazy," prosecutors alleged in the 165-page filing.”

2024-10-02 19:46:35

👉🏼👉🏼👀 “Special counsel #JackSmith has outlined new details of #Trump and his allies' sweeping and "increasingly desperate" efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, in a blockbuster court filing aimed at defending Smith's prosecution of Trump following the Supreme Court's July immunity ruling.
https://trib.al/Jlh92dr

2024-09-22 21:16:16

Johnson’s plan B:
“House GOP leaders unveiled plan to keep govt funded for 3 mos after Speaker Johnson’s opening gambit to avoid shutdown failed due to oppo from GOP
Contin’g resolution, result of bipartisan negotiations in House & Senate, wd keep govt funded at current levels thru Dec. 20—setting up a holiday funding fight
The 3-month timeframe is shorter than opening offer of 6-mo stopgap..notably excludes Trump-backed measure requiring proof of citizenship to vote”
https://apple.news/AWbjng007SM--QW8pcgKFTg

2024-09-14 14:33:08

Despicable doesn’t even begin to describe him. We better win in Nov. folks.
Via Kyle Griffin:
The day after #Trump spread anti-immigrant lies at the debate, the leader of the neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe took to his Telegram channel to take credit for 'pushing Springfield into the public consciousness.'
Another member of the hate group agreed: "This is what real power looks like." https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/trump-neo-nazis-pushed-false-claims-haitians-part-hate-campaign-rcna170796

2024-09-11 14:07:12

Via Anne Applebaum:
Landed in Warsaw this morning - mass celebrations of this line in particular
Kamala HQ:
Vice President #Harris: Why don't you tell the 800,000 Polish Americans right here in Pennsylvania how quickly you would give up for the sake of favor, and what you think is a friendship with a dictator who would eat you for lunch?

2024-09-11 14:03:38

Via Lisa Rubin:
ICYMI: A Fulton County Superior Court judge has scheduled a 10/1 bench trial in the DNC, #Georgia Democratic Party, and individual county election board members’ suit to enjoin two rules recently passed by the Georgia Election Board.
We’ve got a ways to go to Nov. 5, but this far, voter registration challenges and certification delays appear to be the twin pillars of MAGA’s “election integrity” strategy this cycle. Don’t sleep on this case.

2024-09-11 13:37:58

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2/ But wait! There’s more! And it’s a doozy! Also from the NYT:
“#Trump Media’s Stock Plunges After Debate
Shares of the parent company of Truth Social, which have traded like a proxy for former President Donald Trump’s election prospects, are set to open at a new low for the year.
Wall Street gave a thumbs down to former President Donald J. Trump’s debate performance on Tuesday night, judging by the trading in shares of his social media company.”

2024-09-11 13:35:30

Between their Trump losing to Harris headlines and this one, the NYT is having quite a day:
“Prices at the Pump Fall, a Win for Efforts to Fight Inflation
A gallon of regular gasoline in August was down nearly 12 percent from a year earlier, reflecting a fall in oil prices as well as a decline in demand.”

2024-08-30 13:35:10

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3/ Via Brad Moss:
Dear women: JD Vance and Donald Trump think suggesting female politicians can only advance in life by performing sexual favors on older men is a funny joke.
Vote accordingly.

2024-08-30 13:32:54

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2/ The old “just kidding” routine again. Wow.
More:
BERMAN: Would you describe Trump's posts over the past 48 hours as lifting people up? Reposting QAnon statements & misogynistic memes about Hillary Clinton?
JD VANCE: I'd much rather have a candidate who is willing to tell some jokes
BERMAN: Alright. "Fun and jokes"

2024-08-30 13:31:45

Rupar:
BERMAN: Last night you posted a clip from Ms Teen US 2007 -- Caitlin Upton. When you posted that, were you aware she thought about committing suicide for the attention that received?
#JDVANCE: No, certainly not.
BERMAN: Would you like to apologize?
VANCE: I'm not going to apologize

2024-08-29 21:10:37

“I think it’s important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences. And I think it would be to the benefit of the American public to have a member of my Cabinet who was a Republican,” #Harris said.
– live https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/aug/29/trump-kamala-harris-interview-poll-election-latest-updates?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

2024-08-29 15:02:36

“The Army is defending an Arlington National Cemetery official involved in an incident w the #Trump campaign this week at the national memorial, saying the woman was “abruptly pushed aside” & “unfairly attacked” by the Trump staffers and its surrogates.
The unidentified female staff member has declined to press charges due to concern over retaliation, and the Army, which runs national cemeteries, said in a statement Thursday morning that it considers the matter closed”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/29/donald-trump-arlington-cemetery-army-employee-00176729

2024-08-29 14:57:49

👇🏼
Via @npub10tx…6fzv :
It makes me feel like I'm on crazy pills listening to pundits talk about the "high stakes" of tonight's CNN interview for Kamala #Harris when her opponent is desecrating Arlington Cemetery and amplifying disgusting misogyny on social media. Voting for #Trump is a profoundly ugly and irresponsible choice that should not be normalized.

2024-08-29 00:37:11

Oy.
NYT: “Elon #Musk hired a Republican operative with expertise in field organizing to help steer his political work, a move that suggests that Musk is preparing to become even more involved in Republican politics and get-out-the-vote efforts specifically.”

2024-08-27 23:39:46

Via Kyle Griffin:
Juleanna Glover, a former adviser to a who's-who of establishment Republicans, says #Trump donors should demand information about how their money is spent.
"Anyone who has spent time reviewing Donald Trump's campaign spending reports would quickly conclude they're a governance nightmare. There is so little disclosure … that donors … can't possibly know how it was spent." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/opinion/republican-donors-money-trump.html

2024-08-27 21:39:41

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5/ Via Scott MacFarlane:
NOTE:
Special Counsel Jack Smith has notified the court that he won't object if Trump tries to waive his appearance in DC federal court at the forthcoming arraignment

2024-08-27 20:40:56

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4/ Via Anna Bower:
The superseding indictment reflects an effort by prosecutors to remove portions of orig indictment that would be immune from prosecution under SCOTUS immunity ruling.
Trump is charged with the same criminal offenses as he was in the original indictment...
Ex. of section that appeared in the orig indictment but *not* in new one. It details communications bw Trump & various exec branch officials. In its immunity decision, SCOTUS indicated that such communications are immune.

2024-08-27 20:35:55

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3/ Klasfeld:
Jack Smith's team says that the superseding indictment was "presented to a new grand jury that had not previously heard evidence in this case," which separately charged Trump with the same crimes.
Kyle Cheney:
...retaining the same 4 core charges against him for trying to subvert the election.
Also, lots more emphasis in the new document about how Trump danced between official and private duties:

2024-08-27 20:15:16

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2/ Via Katie Phang:
A superseding indictment replaces (or “supersedes”) the original indictment. This superseding indictment now becomes the operative charging document against Donald Trump and its allegations and charges will be the basis of the Government’s prosecution of Trump moving forward.

2024-08-27 20:12:57

#BREAKING
BIG: Special Counsel #JackSmith has filed a superseding indictment in the DC federal election interference case against #Trump.
New indictment: #legal
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148.226.0.pdf
Link: https://trib.al/RvcRz16

2024-08-27 16:10:27

Via Robert Reich:
Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?"
Restore the corporate tax rate.
That is how we will pay for it.

2024-08-25 16:01:45

Via Angry Staffer:
#JDVance is like a slow motion train wreck… it just gets worse by the second
Welker: You're calling it a sarcastic comment, women felt like it was a gut punch to them. Do you regret making that comment?
Vance: I have a lot of regrets but making a joke is not on the top ten list

2024-08-21 13:58:06

👇🏼
Via @npub1ym8…0kz7:
It is continually stunning that we discuss tan suits more than we discuss how the Republican Party's nominee for president seems to currently be an employee of the country that produced most of the 9/11 hijackers.
#Trump

2024-08-21 13:52:43

😂
Via Emptywheel:
Which #Obama comment will drive #Trump more batshit?
Barack's small dick joke
82.1%
Michelle's Black Job line
17.9%
1,767 votes

2024-08-20 18:16:37

Via Andrew Weissmann:
This reporting wd be entirely remin. of what Nixon did in '68 elec, undermn Paris peace tks re Vietnam...reflects crim behavior, viol Logan Act..true sickness of putting power & avoidance of jail over lives of innocent ppl. Note: given US surveil capabilities, intel com'nty wd undoubtedly know if Trump doing this
Filipkowski: On US peace nego'tns Israel/Gaza, PBS News Hr: “Reporting=#Trump on phone w Bibi/Israel urging him not to cut deal now bc..wd help #Harris campaign”

2024-08-17 17:04:44

Happy birthday to me.
My wish: You all vote for #HarrisWalz and humiliate Trump to oblivion.
Is that too big an ask? No? Then do it.

2024-08-15 20:23:21

“Secret Service approves new plan for #Trump to continue outdoor rallies
 In a first for Trump’s 2024 campaign, the agency will use bulletproof glass to shield the Republican nominee, as well as other technical security measures that have not normally been provided for presidential candidates” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/15/secret-service-trump-rallies-bulletproof-glass/

2024-08-15 18:28:01

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3/ More: ❤️
President #Biden on VP #Harris: "I have an incredible partner. She's gonna make one hell of a president."
He later jokes: "I told her I would campaign for her or against her — whichever would help the most."

2024-08-15 18:26:18

#RIP “Peter Marshall, who coaxed cheeky rejoinders from celebrities like Burt Reynolds, Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers and Paul Lynde as the longtime host of “The Hollywood Squares,” for years one of the most popular game shows on television, died on Thursday at his home in Encino, Calif. He was 98.
His wife of 35 years, Laurie Marshall, said the cause was kidney failure.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/arts/television/peter-marshall-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

2024-08-15 18:24:16

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2/ Here's the vid of the above quote:
https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/post/C-sz-VoAT9j
More:
President Biden: "Let me tell you what our #Project2025 is: Beat the hell out of 'em."

2024-08-15 18:16:44

🔥 🕶️
via Kyle Griffin
#Biden: "The guy we're running against -- what's his name? Donald Dump? Donald... whatever..."

2024-08-13 19:26:28

🫣
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 19:11:55

Spot on.
Via Bernie Sanders:
Donald #Trump may be crazy, but he's not stupid.
When he claims that “nobody” showed up at a 10,000 person #Harris rally in MI that was live-streamed & widely covered by the media, that it was all AI, he is laying the groundwork for rejecting the election results if he loses.

2024-07-31 18:37:12

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2/ Keep digging, you racist piece of excrement.
Griffin:
Trump lies at #NABJ, saying Vice President #Harris was "always of Indian heritage and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black. And now she wants to be known as Black. So I don't know, is she Indian or is she Black? … I respect either one, but she obviously doesn't."

2024-07-31 18:32:49

Hoooboy.
Via @npub10tx…6fzv who has vid:
#Trump at the #NABJ is immediately asked about his racist comments and why Black voters should trust him. He replies, "First of all, I don't think I've ever been asked a question in such a horrible manner."
This is an absolute disaster for him.

2024-07-28 14:33:39

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He’s savvy, not smart. And I agree with that. But I’m saying that, in addition, he knows exactly what he’s doing to incite his crowds. He also tests a phrase (whether accidentally or intentionally) and if it resonates, he repeats and expands on it. But his message is clear and consistent. @npub1s8w…ujr3 @npub1ag0…9u4m @npub1tw4…jzl3 @npub1g7p…3l4m

2024-07-27 13:35:23

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2/ Via Ruth Ben-Ghiat:
Media: this should be *the* A1 story. I have studied dictatorship for decades and this is it-"you won't have to vote anymore." Trump will never leave office if he wins in November.
#Trump: You have to get out and vote. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four years, it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore.. In four years, you won’t have to vote again.

2024-07-27 13:14:32

Um…
🚨Via Kyle Griffin:
Flagging:
#Trump's plea to voters last night: "Get out and vote just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, it will be fixed. It'll be fine. You won't have to vote anymore ... In four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote."

2024-07-26 19:38:48

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2/ Via Elie Mystal:
I know that the white media doesn’t want to piss off their meal ticket… but has anybody asked Trump “Do you think childless women should be able to vote?” And if so “Why did you pick a VP candidate who doesn’t?”
Like, id ask him myself but Trump doesn’t exactly return my calls.
I swear to fucking god, it’s one thing for the media to want Trump to win, but what really pissed me off is how AFRAID they are of him that they won’t even press him on BASIC fucking questions

2024-07-26 19:37:51

Keep digging that hole #JDVance...
Via Emptywheel:
In 2023, aspiring Trump VP said it was no big deal for a guy with a spear to threaten a Trump VP.
Will Sommer:
JD Vance weighs in on famous Jan 6 participant "The QAnon Shaman" in a 2023 speech:
“He looked like he’d be a fun guy to have a beer with," should've gotten a lighter prison sentence.

2024-07-25 16:41:43

Vice President #Harris to the American Federation of Teachers:
"While you teach students about our nation's past, these extremists attack the freedom to learn and acknowledge our nation's true and full history, including book bans — book bans in this year of our Lord 2024."
"We want to ban assault weapons, and they want to ban books. Can you imagine?"

2024-07-25 14:32:26

Via Scott MacFarlane:
Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY) formally introduces Constitutional amendment that would reverse the Supreme Court’s decision to grant US Presidents immunity from criminal prosecution #SCOTUS
https://democrats-cha.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-cha.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Constititional_Amendment_Signed.pdf

2024-07-23 15:36:33

Flashback via KamalaHQ:
Kamala #Harris: Can you think of any laws that give the government the power to make decisions about the male body?
Brett Kavanaugh: I'm not thinking of any right now

2024-07-22 13:13:43

STFU.
Sen. Joe #Manchin said that he will not run for Dem nom against #Harris.
"I am not going to be a candidate for president..
"I think a lot of people would like to see a mini primary," Manchin said. "That's the process — find out if you have the strongest candidate, whether it could be Kamala or whoever else."
He said he considers Harris "absolutely" too far to the left…”
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/biden-drops-out-2024-presidential-race/

2024-07-21 18:18:12

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2/ BREAKING: PRESIDENT BIDEN ENDORSES VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.
"Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year."

2024-07-21 18:15:37

#BREAKING #Biden drops out of race https://trib.al/JMIMRDM

2024-07-19 13:09:13

😢 “Evan Gershkovich, the first American journalist to be arrested on espionage charges in #Russia since the Cold War, has been found guilty of spying and sentenced to 16 years in prison by a Russian court, in a case that the US government, his newspaper and supporters have denounced as a sham.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/19/media/evan-gershkovich-espionage-trial-verdict-intl/index.html?cid=ios_app

2024-07-18 13:37:47

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?

2024-07-12 00:30:12

🏆
Asked about the 'Vice President Trump' gaffe and Trump using that to mock him, President #Biden ends the press conference with this: "Listen to him."

2024-07-11 13:23:57

The Treasury Department and the IRS announced Thursday they have collected more than $1 billion has been collected in past-due taxes from high-income, high-wealth Americans.
The collections were made possible under the #Biden administration Inflation Reduction Act, the agencies said in a joint statement.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/07/11/IRS-IRA-back-taxes-wealthy/1981720701590/

2024-07-10 18:40:57

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People keep focusing on that. The point is public exposure, hearings, pressure. Clearly they won't be impeached in a GOP House.

2024-07-10 17:37:18

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

2024-07-09 21:30:24

Please vote. Please.
Via Ron Filipkowski:
Mike Lindell says he hopes #Trump puts all elections in America under control of Homeland Security, then Trump appoints him to be in charge of all elections as Deputy Secretary: “I really think I could do a good job.”

2024-07-09 21:14:43

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She's ambitious and an idiot, so yes.

2024-07-09 18:37:11

Via Rupar:
Ted Lieu: "Something I've heard that doesn't seem to be getting covered is the Epstein files ... Donald #Trump is all over this ... y'all might want to look at that."

2024-07-09 15:52:29

“James M. Inhofe, Senator Who Denied Climate Change, Dies at 89
An Oklahoma Republican who led the Environment Committee, he took hard-right stands on many issues but was especially vocal in challenging evidence of global warming.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/09/us/politics/james-inhofe-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2024-07-09 13:17:34

👀 French prosecutors say probing Le Pen's 2022 campaign finances -AFP #France

2024-07-08 19:45:47

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2/ OMFG, this rumor began because, per a post on Twitter, the WH was working on a bill to help those with Parkinson's disease that was signed this week.
NYT disinformation headline did it again, folks.

2024-07-08 16:57:48

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2/ Angry:
If #Biden stays in the race — as it appears he will — he can, and will beat Donald #Trump again with our help.
If Biden decides to leave the race, Kamala Harris can, and will beat Donald Trump with our help.
The situation is politically complicated, but it’s also fundamentally very easy. Our job doesn’t change. Our goals don’t change.
We’re going to follow the UK. We’re going to follow France.
We’re going to defeat authoritarianism.

2024-07-08 16:57:18

I swear I was just going to post nearly exactly this, but Angry Staffer said it better: 1/2
I think everyone needs to take a step back, breathe, think about the reality we’re in
We’re all on same side here. We all have the same goal. Yes, we may have different ideas for how to get there, but we all want the same thing.
Trumpism has to be defeated; #Project2025 can’t be allowed anywhere near the corridors of power.
We have to stop fighting amongst ourselves and keep our eyes on the prize

2024-07-07 14:17:36

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They are not the same. At all. Biden is not “incoherent,” he stumbles, stutters, pauses, but makes sense. His ideas are sound. He’s been a good president and knows what he’s doing.
Trump is a fascist who can’t string 2 words together that make sense, and that’s because he has no idea how to govern, only that he wants to dictate, so he rambles with zero knowledge or logic behind his words. FFS.
@npub17ez…0rt0 @npub1ghv…z6e3

2024-07-06 16:11:52

EVERY damn headline from WaPo and NYT is anti-Biden BS.
No need to tell me you've canceled subscriptions, I already know and good on ya.
But we need to counter this stuff.
We need to blast.
And we need to tell them DIRECTLY, as many of you have done, to stop this and go after FASCIST TRUMP and his cohorts.

2024-07-06 13:16:15

“So, say #Biden stepped aside in favor of #Harris tomorrow. How long until the vapid gossips we call political reporters find something wrong with her, some alleged flaw they just have to write 192 stories about? How long until the hopped-up mediocrities we call pundits find some "counter-intuitive" reason that the new Dem ticket is flawed after all? How long before the ambient racism & misogyny…?”
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1809311013839466846.html?utm_campaign=topunroll

2024-07-05 19:44:42

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13/ OFFS, and as I type this, I see a news alert: "Sen. Mark Warner seeks to assemble group of Dem senators to ask Biden to exit race." from WaPo

2024-07-05 19:43:58

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12/ I won't live toot all of this, but you get the idea.
Great energy, great speech, great insults about Trump, great policy list.
I'll pop back in if necessary.

2024-07-05 19:41:56

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11/ Trump's biggest lie of all: He had nothing to do w/ J6

2024-07-05 18:49:38

Via @npub10tx…6fzv:
#Trump thinks #Project2025 should stand back and stand by

2024-07-04 23:03:33

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The one the rest of us know and will vote for.
The one who's had one of the most successful presidencies in history.
See ya. #Toodles

2024-07-03 21:02:33

Via Angry Staffer:
This is happening again and a lot of you are falling for it again.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/724/577/151/808/199/original/308703d17555e035.png

2024-07-03 16:11:13

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7/ Via Katie Phang:
FWIW my two cents:
The only person who can, and will, decide whether Joe Biden drops out is Joe Biden.
I, personally, support Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee. I think calls for him to withdraw discount his first term’s successes, of which there are many. It also ignores some practical realities that cannot be overlooked a mere months away from Election Day.

2024-07-03 16:09:39

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6/ Via Angry Staffer:
Read all of this. This is *exactly* what the GOP wants.
They’re using the media as part of their influence operation to fracture Democrats with the ultimate goal of limiting turnout on the left.

2024-07-03 16:08:59

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5/ Wellman responds to this:
You really only need to worry about swing states controlled by Republicans - and even in those states they're not likely to want to deal with the outrage of trying to game the Democrats out of the Presidency in this fashion.
Wellman:
With respect you’re missing the point. Time is our enemy. All the have to do is drag their feet while Dems scramble and hire lawyers and fight. If you’ve learned nothing in the last 8 years, the Republicans don’t want a fair fight.

2024-07-03 16:07:51

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4/ Wellman:
The Biden campaign needs to stop nevel gazing and get back in the fight. We all need to stop eating each other alive and remember the real enemy to our democracy is the one's cheering this on in Florida.

2024-07-03 16:07:37

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3/ Wellman:
Millions of dark money will go to third party candidates. Suddenly RFK Jr. will miraculously have the resources to get on every ballot...on and on and on.
They don't care who is on the ballot. They want us to spend time, money, and anger on each other and on defense so Trump simply strolls into the White House with 45% of the vote.

2024-07-03 16:06:55

Via Fred Wellman: 🧵 1/...
I've seen a lot of people telling me that this story means they think #Biden is weak so they want him in the election. No...you're missing the goal here. What they are doing is declaring how they will conduct a coordinated lawfare campaign to screw the Democratic nominee.
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https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/723/413/208/632/991/original/30013b8604d882d3.png

2024-07-02 00:09:46

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2/ Amazing that people are reading the above and don’t understand the difference between my distaste for violence and irrational attacks on voting …and censorship? What’s hard about this? Violence is not the answer, voting is our only option now. This was just made clear by Weissmann, Biden, others.
But sure, misread my toot and get nasty. That’s real helpful. 🤦🏻‍♀️

2024-07-01 22:51:43

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.

2024-07-01 14:19:03

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It’s overwhelming

2024-06-28 15:21:49

I’m going to go shower now and when I get back, I’d like nothing more than to see all positive replies in my feed instead of the doom I’m seeing now.
Take the challenge.

2024-06-23 14:13:22

Just… go.
You’re welcome.
Entire strip here: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2024/06/23
#Doonesbury #comics #Trump #Cannon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/666/330/251/850/542/original/8a8c663b48270b61.jpeg

2024-06-21 21:56:28

Via Kyle Griffin:
The White House says the U.S. just crossed the threshold of one million pensions that have been saved thanks to the Butch Lewis Act — part of the 2021 American Rescue Plan.

2024-06-21 19:30:30

Another day, another…
“2 dead, 8 wounded in #shooting at Mad Butcher grocery store in #Arkansas
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said a fast response by first responders might have saved lives during the mass shooting in Fordyce.”
🤦🏻‍♀️So would gun laws, #HuckaBS.
#GunViolence
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-dead-8-wounded-shooting-mad-butcher-grocery-store-arkansas-rcna158352

2024-06-21 16:43:04

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✔️Blocked and reported @DonnieCampbell @Mastodon.social for disinformation and conspiracy theories.
#Toodles and thank you for playing #WhackATroll.

2024-06-21 16:32:36

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Huh?

2024-06-21 14:24:36

💥The fifth #SCOTUS opinion today: United States v. Rahimi
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DEFENDING FEDERAL GUN BAN FOR DOMESTIC ABUSERS

2024-06-21 13:33:07

Via Scott MacFarlane:
Now up to 27 co-sponsors of US House legislation to establish an ethics watchdog within the #SCOTUS
New names:
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV)
https://congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8609/cosponsors?s=3&r=2&overview=closed#tabs
Jun 6
24 initial co-sponsors for new US House legislation to "establish an Office of Ethics Counsel and an Office of Investigative Counsel within the Supreme Court of the United States"
Led by Rep Dan Goldman (D-NY)…

2024-06-21 13:14:52

“Good Day Sunshine: Thanks to the remarkable recent growth in #solar power, the world was expected to get roughly a fifth of its total electricity from the sun during the solstice, according to a new report on clean-energy capacity.” #ClimateCrisis
https://www.newsweek.com/good-day-sunshine-solar-hits-record-global-power-supply-summer-solstice-1915500

2024-06-21 02:05:02

#WompWomp
Next stop: SCOTUS
“A federal appeals court Thursday night rejected Steve #Bannon’s bid to delay the July 1 start of his criminal contempt-of-Congress prison sentence.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/20/politics/steve-bannon-appeal?cid=ios_app

2024-06-21 00:40:49

A record-breaking number of mosquitoes are carrying West Nile virus around Las Vegas
Climate change is expanding the reach of insect-borne diseases. #LasVegas' exploding mosquito population offers a case study of what's to come. #ClimateCrisis #Nevada
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/las-vegas-mosquitoes-carrying-west-nile-virus-record-rcna157818

2024-06-21 00:13:56

“Timothy Mellon, a reclusive heir to a Gilded Age fortune, donated $50 million to a super PAC supporting Donald J. #Trump the day 👉🏼after the former president was convicted of 34 felonies👈🏼, according to new federal filings, an enormous gift that is among the largest single disclosed contributions ever.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/us/politics/timothy-mellon-trump-donation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2024-06-20 17:20:09

Nooo. 😭
#RIP Donald Sutherland, whose acting career spanned six decades including highly acclaimed films such as Don’t Look Now, M*A*S*H and The Hunger Games, has died aged 88.
He died in Miami after a long illness, confirmed by his representatives.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/20/actor-donald-sutherland-dies-hunger-games-dont-look-now?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

2024-06-20 16:03:21

💪🏼
“A former top law enforcement official in #Florida is accusing Gov. Ron #DeSantis and his top aides of forcing him to retire after he refused to carry out orders he says were illegal or inappropriate, according to a lawsuit filed overnight.”
https://trib.al/SIRH9E2

2024-06-20 14:15:51

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I’m so jelly

2024-06-20 13:19:49

Supreme Court rules Surrey council should have considered climate impact of burning oil drilled from new wells in Horley, in landmark ruling which could end all future UK #oil drilling -BBC

2024-06-20 02:20:58

🧵Via Angry Staffer:
People always ask me which stories to pay attention to.
This one. You should pay attention to this one.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran is undergoing a major expansion at Fordow, its most heavily-protected nuclear facility.
Post-expansion, Fordow will be able to enrich enough uranium for a bomb a month, according to experts.
There are also plans for further expansion at Natanz. #Iran
https://wapo.st/3xonNU2

2024-06-19 20:57:34

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Huh?

2024-06-19 18:25:51

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Unreal. It gets worse daily, hourly.

2024-06-19 18:16:08

Thou shalt separate church & state, you power-hungry ChristoFascists.
“#Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry”
https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-ten-commandments-displayed-classrooms-571a2447906f7bbd5a166d53db005a62?taid=66731eff5988a9000164aaff&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter