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Jgbird , to random
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Played a gig today. The weather was too hot but it was still fun. The red-tailed hawks (video from previous post) were flying all around.

wdlindsy , to random
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"A telling thing happened yesterday. Donald Trump figured out that Project 2025 was toxic. So he’s trying to distance himself. But as numerous commentators noted, that’s an impossible task. He’s inextricably linked to the plan.

Trump IS Project 2025!"

~ David Pepper


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https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/new-2025-chapter-4

shaulawalko ,
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@wdlindsy
Also, how do you describe their plan as abysmal and then wish them luck?

xs4me2 ,
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@wdlindsy

Bunch of losers…

jef , to random
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Like clockwork.

cindyyusa ,
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@mattblaze @jef
I think I'm good with Biden Harris😎

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DemocracyMattersALot ,
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@jef

This is who sources opinion pieces from. The Hill is a disinformation rag. Douglas MacKinnon is an insane, racist hate-mongering idiot.

Tampa Tribune fires conservative columnist Douglas MacKinnon https://www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-tribune-fires-conservative-columnist-douglas-mackinnon-12284920

xs4me2 , to random
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Liar, liar, pants on fire…

Biden assails Project 2025, a plan to transform government, and Trump's claim to be unaware of it https://apnews.com/article/9d372469033d23e1e3aef5cf0470a2e6

GottaLaff , to random
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“So, say stepped aside in favor of 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

pers1stence ,
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@GottaLaff it would certainly include another xhorus of "I'd vote for a woman but not THAT woman" which is a song I am sick of

artisanrox ,
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@GottaLaff

I'd half expect Trump to refuse to even debate her for "sharing a stage" with her.

(She'd annihilate him.)

DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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This is who sources opinion pieces from. The Hill is a disinformation rag.

Author Douglas MacKinnon Wants Southern States To Secede Over Gay Rights, Name New Country ‘Reagan’ https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/author-wants-southern-states-to-secede-over-gay-rights-name-new-country-reagan/

Tbsa ,
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@DemocracyMattersALot They keep their tax base, we keep ours. Go ahead you breathtaking stupid mother fuckers. Choose wisely, we won’t ever save them.

vampiress , to random
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Some colour photos from a photography walk yesterday.

Sydney’s distinctive skyline is framed by the hull of an 1800s vintage iron-hulled barque, the “James Craig”.
Smoke and steam belch from the top of one of the smaller high-rises in Sydney proper. The shot is exposed such that the sky and the smoke is visible, and the city below vanishes into darkness.
Pillars with signs advertising an upcoming exhibit at the Maritime Museum, as two men on bikes ride through frame.

abstractcode ,
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@vampiress It’s my favourite lens, sharp and fast focusing. I just want ALL THE PHOTONS in cases where fewer photons might be just as good.

Affekt ,
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@vampiress 99/100 times autofocus is good enough these days. Just kind of annoying when trying to get the quick shot and it focuses ten feet behind where you were intending.

bdiss , to random
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This is in a nutshell. This must be shared to as many folks as possible.

Even some evangelicals I know personally don't want all this to happen at all.

Project 2025 Presidential Transition Project End no fault divorce Complete ban on abortions without exemptions Ban contraceptives Additional tax breaks for corporations and the 1% Higher taxes for the working class Elimination of unions and worker protections Raise the retirement age Cut social security Cut Medicare End the Affordable Care Act Raise Prescription Drug Prices Eliminate the Department of Education Use public taxpayer money for private religious schools Teach Christian religious beliefs in public schools end free and discounted school lunch programs End civil rights & DEI protections in government Ban African American and gender studies in all levels of education Ban books and curriculum about slavery Ending climate protections Increase Arctic Drilling Deregulate big business and the oil industry Promote and expedite capital punishment End Marriage Equality Condemn single mothers while promoting only "traditional values" Defund the FBI and Homeland Security Use the military to break up domestic protests Mass deportation of immigrants and Incarceration Camps End birthright citizenship Ban Muslims from entering the country Eliminate federal agencies like the FDA, EPA, NOAA, and more Continue to pack the Supreme Court and lower courts with right-wing judges
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    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    The lingering focus on Biden’s shaky debate obscures Trump’s major verbal miscues | Editorial

    https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/trump-verbal-miscues-presidential-debate-20240706.html

    FredKiesche , to random

    https://wargamers.social/@cjtuthill/112741403834071693

    SJohnRoss ,
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    @FredKiesche I enjoyed all the Ogre-universe wargames ... even Battlesuit, though Battlesuit was probably the poor cousin of the bunch. 😅

    FredKiesche OP ,

    @SJohnRoss A fan since the original bagged edition. A friend of mine and I even tried selling them a supplement once.

    rbreich , to random
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    Project 2025 is a nearly 1000-page step-by-step playbook that would turn America into an authoritarian nightmare and shred our freedoms.

    Trump can try to distance himself from it but it was put together by more than 20 officials he appointed in his first term.

    Don't be fooled.

    piratero ,

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    https://youtu.be/m7_jhpvsFrM?si=Csx2zhXUkiQqb1is

    felichsdakatze ,
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    @rbreich

    How long until the penny drops that if he wins, his purpose will be mostly served?

    Wouldn't be long before there'd be a need for more stability,and he can't offer that.

    jpanzer , to random
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    Another banger from the Philly Inquirer.
    https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/trump-verbal-miscues-presidential-debate-20240706.html

    selzero , to random
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    Have you seen Trump's "Project 2025"?

    • Puts Christian Nationalism at the center of government.

    • Criminalises sending abortion medication and removes the word "abortion" out of laws.

    • Criminalises production and consumption of pornographic material.

    • Removes environmental protections.

    • Eliminates the Department of Education(!)

    • Fires government employees deemed "unloyal"

    • Use the DOJ against critics.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025

    essjayjay ,
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    @iaruffell

    Good catch, thanks. 😀

    The Heritage Foundation are the main drivers and co-ordinators of Project 2025, but yes others are involved.

    "Led by the right-wing think tank the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 is a presidential transition operation—basically a government-in-waiting if former President Donald Trump returns to office on Jan. 20, 2025. The $22 million effort does not say it is specifically intended for Trump, but that it wants a conservative as the next commander-in-chief."

    https://time.com/6986995/what-is-project-2025/

    @selzero

    selzero OP ,
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    @essjayjay @iaruffell

    It is Trump's people.

    Don't let him distance himself from it.

    jerry , to random
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    Great game for the Braves!

    I hope you’re all having a good weekend!

    rbreich , to random
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    Trump’s tax law cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%.

    What did corporations do with the money saved?

    They didn’t invest it or raise wages.

    They spent a record $1 trillion on stock buybacks the year after the law went into effect.

    Nothing trickled down to workers.

    JNSLCT ,
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    @rbreich

    Worse: those missing taxes translate to public debt.
    Public bonds which the rich buy and get interest for.
    So the rich are taxed less and on top receive extra,
    with austerity policy (= trickle up).

    Public debt is too low taxation of the rich.
    And those who elect this policy are ripped.

    As can be seen, trump needs fear to be elected
    (that's why he blocked border plan of Biden)
    because nobody would elect being ripped
    unless emotionally being tricked into it.

    davidhmccoy ,
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    @rbreich @binaryphile

    Trickle down is an utter scam. Reagan using that term was my first experience with it and now, years later, we KNOW it for the lie that it is.

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