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CivilityFan

@CivilityFan@sfba.social

Met the love of my life in 1968 & together ever since, moved to #SFBayArea at 18 for SF State, drafted away by the #AlternateService as a CO, returned in ‘78. Was a #Union biomedical tech until retiring to Reno, NV. Resettled 03/22 in Vallejo. Never used Twitter but thought I’d give social media a go after learning about #Mastodon. Looking to find a local group of #Chess players. Favorite quote - It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

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DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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Think of everything that’s been bad over the last three years; Trump will assure you that it wouldn’t have happened had he been president.

CivilityFan ,
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@DemocracyMattersALot
The two candidates paint two different Americas. Biden thinks this is the greatest country and that world leaders envy him our opportunities and successes. sees America as a shithole with crime off the charts, the world laughing at us and stealing us blind and migrants pouring in by the millions to replace us. One vision of promise and fairness, one vision of dystopia and fear.
The choice could not be more clear. Too bad Biden isn’t able to articulate it for the audience.

Nonilex , to random
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#Putin Once Tried to Curb North Korea’s #NuclearProgram. That’s Now Over.

Putin promised unspecified technological help to #NorthKorea, which could advance its #NuclearWeapons prgm.

As Putin’s #Russia & #Xi’s #China deepened confrontation w/the West over the past decade, they were united w/the #US on at least one #geopolitical project: dismantling or at least containing North Korea’s #nuclear arsenal.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/us/politics/putin-kim-russia-nuclear.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

CivilityFan ,
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@Nonilex
As difficult to talk about nuclear nonproliferation with your arms supplier as it is to discuss rehab for addiction with your drug dealer

AchesAndPains , to random
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Why won’t Trump drop dead already? 😵⚰️🪦

CivilityFan ,
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@otownKim
Except his minions the MAGAts will worship his martyrdom. Like Reagan, an evil f*cker that is now the saint of the GOP. He should have had impeachment & felony convictions over Iran/Contra but Alzheimer’s gave him a way out. His dealing with Iran to stall the release of U.S. embassy personnel to gain an advantage over Carter was no different than asking Russia for help exposing the DNC’s emails. Treasonous, not presidential. Both have done unrepairable harm to the world
@AchesAndPains

TonyStark , to random
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I’ll take it but it’s not over. It’s the way this case was worded. But any port in a storm.

And in November, I will be voting for Joe Biden regardless. Republicans appointed the SCOTUS justices who overturned Roe. Trump appointed the judge who tried to ban a safe medication in order to punish women. Hardly over for one obvious good ruling that’s the bare minimum.

Supreme Court rejects challenge to FDA's approval of mifepristone : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/nx-s1-4994407/supreme-court-mifepristone

CivilityFan ,
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@TonyStark
SCOTUS didn’t reject the idea of banning mifepristone, they rejected the standing of the challengers. My guess is that they will wait until after the next election to tee up a case where they can ban it

jeffjarvis , to random
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Washington Monthly and @billscher say it. Why haven't The Times, The Post, and every other editorial in the country called for Trump to drop out? Yes, I know he won't. But that is not how the standard and expectation should be set.
Donald Trump Should Drop Out https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/05/30/donald-trump-should-drop-out/

CivilityFan ,
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@jeffjarvis
The felony guy isn’t going to drop out. Probably counting on “friends” to help him with an October surprise. If tfg drops out, he goes to jail for both J6 & Documents case, plus in GA for RICO crimes. His only chance is to hope for the USA to suffer a calamity, or FOX to fabricate one.

GottaLaff , to random
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👏🏻”Senate on Wednesday is set to confirm Pres #Biden's 200th judicial nominee, surpassing the number of appointments to the federal judiciary made by his two most recent predecessors at this point in their presidencies.

The Senate will mark the milestone after its approval of Krissa Lanham on Tuesday and with the vote on Angela Martinez's confirmation Wednesday to seats on the federal district court in Arizona”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judicial-nominations-200-senate-confirmation-biden/

CivilityFan ,
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@GottaLaff @SherBeareth
Our problem is conservative media that focuses on the same message, that the world is on fire and it’s Biden’s fault. No matter their message is false, crime is down, the economy is gangbusters, inflation is diminishing, people that watch Fox believe the opposite. Like victims of abuse, they will hand power to the abuser in hopes of a better outcome, but will get abused again.
I couldn’t find a cable package without money going to Fox News so I only stream now. I recommend it

DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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May 12, 2017 – Morgan Lewis Tax Partners reviewed ten years of Donald Trump’s tax returns and reported that, with “a few exceptions,” he had no financial ties with Russia. After investigation of Morgan Lewis, the Guardian found the tax firm had been named Russia Law Firm of the Year by an industry publication which ranks law firms by region.

CivilityFan ,
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@DemocracyMattersALot
Shocking. Who’d have guessed it, lol

GottaLaff , to random
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New #TrumpTrial #Trump #legal 🧵starts HERE.

REMEMBER: I can’t/won’t reply while live-posting. Please use NFL (Not For Laffy) so I can skip your reply, but NO hashtag on that. Thx.

Picking up after my "mistrial" thread/ 1/...

All via McB for awhile:

Counsel approaches, brief sidebar

"Binoculars down."

As I mentioned, courtroom rules strictly enforced. During sidebar, court security doesn't allow reporters to use binoculars they had brought to see exhibits and facial expressions better

CivilityFan ,
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@ienvision @GottaLaff
Was unable to access the news until this afternoon, so that’s when I started reading the thread. Finally caught up, and see that I’m 2500 new toots to read. This was a wonderful thread - tyvm

GottaLaff , to random
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New #TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal 1/…

Plz remember to use "NFL" (Not For Laffy) & remember: typos are theirs, not mine. No time to correct.

Inner City Press (aka Press):

They're back.

Trump's lawyer Blanche: Half an hour ago, we learned who the next witness is - and we have some objections. Invoices from Michael Cohen are not business records of the Trump Organization. If she stamped them, sure

CivilityFan ,
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@GottaLaff
NFL
I would be surprised if a computerized accounting program from the 1990’s would have a ledger distribution account labeled “ELECTION INTERFERENCE” so I guess they had no other choice but to file it as they did.

atheistengineer , to random
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As a Christian child, I was told that love, compassion, cooperation, and empathy were uniquely human traits. That our social nature separates us from the animals as God's special creation.

I've come to learn that is not at all true. For many years, I searched for a trait we had as humans that animals - especially other primates - did not demonstrate. I have yet to find one.

CivilityFan ,
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@atheistengineer
I’ve found one trait that might be exclusively human. Keeping track of time.
My dog and cat are pretty attuned to dinner time, though, so I guess this could be questionable

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Angry Staffer:

…Project 2025 ..

  • would let red states monitor & prosecute women who get abortions

  • won’t commit to defending NATO nations

  • wd fire attys who won’t prosec his political opponents

  • suspend posse comitatus & deploy the military on US soil

  • wd end pandemic preparedness office

  • wd fire 1000s of civil servants

  • pardon all J6 rioters

  • try to make law enf officers immune from prosec

If this doesn’t scare the living shit out of you, you aren’t paying attention.

CivilityFan ,
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@trainman
How do we get 2 evils here? Biden has changed the course of US history for the good, establishing initiatives fighting climate change (my #1 issue), rebooting manufacturing in America that support organized labor, and standing up for our allies abroad, including his pressure on Netanyahu to prevent a genocide in Gaza which is unappreciated by most of the fools who think he is in charge there. If tfg was POTUS, there would be ten times as many dead Palestinians
Lessor of 2 evils is a false premise
@GottaLaff

GottaLaff , to random
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1/... Emptywheel:

New Yorkers will be amused that nepo-kid's idea of stamina is stopping by a Bodega after a 7 hour day sitting on your ass and a USSS escort drive across town.

Eric : His stamina, I've never seen anything like it in my life. He'll be in trial all day long only to step out and do events at bodegas and go to Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. The whole world knows his toughness

CivilityFan ,
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@GottaLaff @Tonkey
With another Democratic convention in Chicago, a disgruntled left wing pissed that their concerns of Israeli indifference to Palestinian slaughter hasn’t reined in weapons supplies to the war in Gaza, a third party candidate siphoning votes and police brutalizing student protests, I believe tfg will win just like Nixon did in 1968.
No matter Biden is better on this issue than tfg, no matter that we’re all going to die from climate change if Biden loses. Youth has no patience for political consensus, and progressives are easily manipulated by calls for ideological purity.

flexghost , to random
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Here is a list of the 112 Republicans who voted against Ukraine aid

Or as we say in my country: “traitors”

How many did you guess right?

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024151

CivilityFan ,
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@Npars01
I moved out of his district, but he is such a schmuck. Voted against him every chance I got, but they really should find a quality candidate in Reno to take him on, he’s beatable

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Right now, we have half the country gloating. Reveling in the fact someone is in pain or mortal danger

Saying things like “should kept your legs closed” Mentioning how Jesus something, something

Then they mutter something about the sanctity of life

🇺🇸

CivilityFan ,
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@flexghost
While the other half is gloating too. Reveling in the fact someone is in pain or mortal danger, that someone being tfg. I am in that second half, so I guess I’m going to hell, but if they put that mf in jail before I die, at least I’ll go with a smile on my face

wdlindsy , to random
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"Seeing Trump sitting there, even on this least weighty prosecution, you get a sense of why he’s fought so tooth and nail to avoid this. The biggest and most obvious reason is that he doesn’t want to go to jail. That is certainly a sufficient reason. But it’s not the whole story."

~ Josh Marshall


/1

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-dominating-and-the-dominated/sharetoken/ow7cJ0jIwd4M

CivilityFan ,
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@wdlindsy
I liked the reminder that this criminal act has already put someone in jail. It is reasonable to expect the person who ordered that jailbird to commit the offense should also serve time.

I would not be able to serve on the jury, for I’ve seen enough evidence that I’m convinced he is guilty. I believe a competent prosecutor will easily convince an impartial jury of the guilt here. Until I read this article though, I wasn’t convinced tfg would be incarcerated when found guilty , now I think it’s likely.

GottaLaff , to random
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👀 Via Ron Filipkowski:

BREAKING: Rep. Thomas Massie told this morning that he needs to resign as Speaker or he will join Marge Greene’s Motion to Vacate.

CivilityFan ,
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@GottaLaff
How many GOP Congresspeople does Putin own? Ffs
@blogdiva

GottaLaff , to random
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“Elon Didn’t Want His Latest Deposition Released. Here It Is.

Musk is being sued for falsely suggesting a 22-year-old Jewish man was part of a neo-Nazi brawl.”
https://apple.news/ARduOjaZARZO67NtdderVAA

CivilityFan ,
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@GottaLaff
Guess if you’re a billionaire, being inconvenienced by having to move out of your house is no big deal, though I seem to remember when was being so inconvenienced just by having his private jet flights published that he had a meltdown over it.
What a dick, if he only has to pay a million, it’s not really adequate for all the harm he’s caused, and he’s got no idea how he does this over and over.

randahl , to random
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Is it a good idea for Ukraine to bomb Russian oil refineries?

@anderspuck has a new analysis, with excellent pionts including this one:

“The Americans have to learn, that if you are not actually providing weapons to help another country win a war, you also do not get a say in how they fight the war.”

Spot on!

https://youtu.be/jWMUHKrm7xY?si=zeI2rEPvzOzmaa-2

CivilityFan ,
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@randahl
It’s not like we Americans get much say in the use of weapons we are providing either. Just look at Netanyahu thumbing his nose at us.

@anderspuck

Strandjunker , to random
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Let’s get this straight, once and for all: Ashli Babbitt died committing an armed insurrection. She died following the orders of Donald Trump.

CivilityFan ,
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@Npars01
Not Rambo or all of the films I’ve seen about that war and its aftermath have been able to rewrite that history. Sorry, no one sees that victory. I agree with your other examples, though
@Strandjunker

StillIRise1963 , to random
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"The New York Times reports that Trump is planning to 'build huge camps to detain people,' and 'to get around any refusal by Congress to appropriate the necessary funds, Mr. Trump would redirect money in the military budget.’ "

"How many people? ‘Millions’ writes the Times. And not just immigrants: Trump is planning to send his enemies to them, too.”

https://www.rawstory.com/hartmann-trump/

CivilityFan ,
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@janisf
That’s how it unfolds, and as courts are overwhelmed, the powerless are imprisoned and fear becomes the currency of the land. Most Americans will be outraged, but too few will brave the loss of their freedom to protest. If tfg wins in November, it’s game over for millions
@nazokiyoubinbou @DecaturNature @futurebird @StillIRise1963

Nonilex , to random
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ofcl who falsely claimed was stolen voted illegally 9 times, judge rules

A ofcl who pushed false claims that the 2020 election was “stolen” was found to have VOTED ILLEGALLY NINE TIMES, a judge ruled this week.
, first vice chairman of the , was ordered to pay a $5k fine, as well as investigative costs, & be publicly reprimanded.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/28/georgia-republican-illegal-voting/

CivilityFan ,
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@Nonilex
Had he not been white, he would have done time then and now.

rbreich , to random
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Trump asked that SCOTUS grant him absolute immunity to avoid being prosecuted for trying to overturn the 2020 election.

He said a ruling against him would "incapacitate every future president."

But he's the only president who's tried to incite an insurrection. Hello?

CivilityFan ,
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@rbreich
This Supreme Court is unbounded by precedence and is beholden to wealthy oligarchs, but there is no way they are stupid enough to give Biden total immunity. So, they will punt the decision until after the election, giving tfg a breather in his attack on the Constitution. Otherwise, what’s to prevent Biden from declaring martial law, imprisoning a couple of dozen Republican Senators, a few of the Justices, and tfg in Guantanamo so that 2/3rds cannot impeach him, then declaring himself President for life?

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@GottaLaff
Speaking of jackasses, which Trump surrogate has the most punchable face...Matt Gaetz, Stephen Miller, or Mike Johnson?

I know there are a LOT more, but there's only so much space here.

CivilityFan ,
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@GottaLaff
The question was who has the most punchable face, not who deserves it the most or if we would actually resort to violence. For my money, Matt Gaetz has the most punchable face on a person I have ever seen. I would think so even if he wasn’t a pedophile.
@Wileymiller

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New in PN: Rhetoric expert Jennier Mercieca on how Biden can hit Trump where it hurts

"When Biden calls Trump out for being a loser, it attacks the central characteristic right-wing authoritarians are looking for, which is a strong leader who can take care of the chaos." https://www.publicnotice.co/p/jennifer-mercieca-interview-2024-trump-rhetoric

CivilityFan ,
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@otownKim
Not just a loser, but a sore loser. That’s somebody we all agree is despicable.
@atrupar

GottaLaff , to random
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Busted..

Via david.heath.writer on Threads:

Journalist Jonathan Katz fact checked Katie Britt’s horrific rape story from her over-the-top rebuttal.
Despite all the drama, it turns out to be a story that happened 20 years ago - and not in the U.S. but in Mexico. It’s a story that was recounted in Congressional testimony in 2015.

Katie lied when she blamed this on Joe ’s border policies and when she said it happened in the U.S.

CivilityFan ,
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@jda
I have to respectfully disagree with you, it’s not so much that Republicans have nuthin’ else to offer, it’s more that what they have to offer most voters don’t want. So they offer tax cuts but don’t mention those cuts are for the wealthy, they offer family values when their policies deprive women of bodily autonomy & access to IVF, they offer fear about crime but refuse to support red flag laws & background checks for gun buyers and they offer right to work laws instead of supporting livable minimum wages, family leave and child care.
@KatM @NataliaArmyOf1 @GottaLaff

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Back of Bourke on what the New York Times is ALWAYS about when it comes to Biden, the Democrats, the left — and is about all over again with its latest poll of 980 people out of a population of 161.42 million, 30% of whom said they get their news from Fox:

"Sowing doubt. Always sowing doubt."

Yes. That sums it up. Sowing doubt. Undermining. Attacking. Trying in every way possible to move the needle to the right.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/2/2227094/-The-latest-questionable-Times-Siena-poll

CivilityFan ,
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@wdlindsy
The New York Times used to be my reference for facts and reporting of news without an agenda. So disappointing how it has lost all credibility.

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So. People WANT a Hitler to run the US? Because all morning/week/month/year I’ve seen polls (I know, I don’t give polls much credence either, but it’s consistent) telling me how Biden’s numbers have dropped and how Trump is beating him in swing states, etc. WTF America? W. T. A. F.!

CivilityFan ,
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@palin

There’s only one poll that matters, that’s the one on November 5th
We have got to end complacency and get out the vote!
@GottaLaff

CivilityFan ,
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@GottaLaff
In 2020, one third of voters (80 million) did not vote.

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/15/945031391/poll-despite-record-turnout-80-million-americans-didnt-vote-heres-why

@palin

CivilityFan ,
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@GottaLaff @palin
Horrific, yes. Especially if it happens again. Maybe I’m foolish, or just optimistic, but I think the average person in the US knows what a mistake electing tfg would be. A turnout with just half of that 80 million extra taking a few minutes of their time to weigh in and vote would have profound influence on the outcome. I’ve no doubt that Mastodonians will turn out, but getting that vote out among the others will take work and I’m not optimistic about it happening

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Once again, I find myself arriving at the weekend with a giant backlog of links, triggering a linkump, the 15th such dumpage, a variety-pack of miscellany for your weekend. Here's the previous editions:

https://pluralistic.net/tag/linkdump/

==

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/02/macedoine/#the-public-option

1/

CivilityFan ,
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@pluralistic
Thanks for this list. Ending with the recounting of how Biden’s policy is being delivered with the NLRB ruling that seems to have influenced the end of the Starbucks debacle was a good choice. Nice to see positive news

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Angry Staffer:

This is unprecedented.

Basically entire civilized world is begging House GOP to get their shit together & do their jobs.

How embarrassing for US.

Vote every last one of these morons out of office

KyivPost:
⚡️Speakers from 23 parliaments have appealed to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Reps, Johnson, urging him to consider the bill passed by the Senate, which provides for the allocation of $60 billion to , the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Stefanchuk said

CivilityFan ,
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@GottaLaff
At this point, unless DOJ has pictures of the Speaker accepting bags of gold bricks directly from Putin’s hands, he is untouchable because arresting him would mobilize conservative media with complaints of selective prosecution and fascism and the politics would shift to the GOP being persecuted. We are stuck with this Quisling until 2025.
@lin11c @Teri_Kanefield

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Randall Eliason:

A longish thread on my takeaways from the two days of hearing in .

BLUF - I'd be very surprised if Judge McAfee ends up disqualifying Willis and her office from continuing with this prosecution.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1758876229849985116.html

CivilityFan ,
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@GottaLaff
If she puts tfg in jail at the end of the trial, then I believe a grateful nation will support her re-election forever. Putting the orange Jesus in an orange jumpsuit will make her a heroine for half the country no matter how many scandals the other side manufactures.
@darthstar

TonyStark , to random
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National polls aren’t always the best indicator because of the Electoral College, of course, but if we’re going to pay attention to them, pay attention to them all.

2024 National GE, Among voters ages 18 to 29:

Biden 55% (+27)
Trump 28%

YouGovAmerica/TheEconomist, RV, 1/21-23
https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabReport_i9N6Z0N.pdf

CivilityFan ,
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@JSharp1436
A Putin project, well said. It is being supported by the division being wrought upon the left by Biden’s response in the Israel/Gaza crises. Hamas has brought misery to the Palestinian people with their heinous Oct 7th terrorist attack, timed a few weeks after visiting Moscow. The resulting massacre in Gaza suits Netanyahu to a tee and splits the Democratic base which aids tfg, Netanyahu’s fellow indicted leader. Neither man is good for Palestine or Israel but what galls me the most is how easily a coalition of progressives can be torn apart by not recognizing who is pulling the strings that is driving this calamity. Blaming Biden for the actions of the IDF is beyond foolish, it’s infantile and plays into the narrative that will allow the 2025 project to succeed
@cat_static @TonyStark @JessTheUnstill

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Daniel Barnes:

sentenced to 4 MONTHS in prison and to pay a fine of $9,500, contempt of Congress.

CivilityFan ,
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@GottaLaff Noticed there is no mention of this in my news feed. Thanks

TonyStark , to random
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Hi. Pennsylvania is a swing state. Pennsylvania has 19 electoral votes, which makes it tied with Illinois for the 5th most.

2024 Pennsylvania General election poll, registered voters:

Biden 47% (+8)
Trump 39%

“Which three of the following nine issues will most influence your vote for a candidate for public office in 2024?”

Winners: crime and public safety, abortion, inflation and the economy.

Probably smart to pay attention to what actual voters are showing up for.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2024/Topllines-PAStatewide-Public-Jan2024.pdf

CivilityFan ,
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@philip_cardella @TonyStark
I read yesterday that In-n-out is closing their Oakland Ca store, claiming crime is the issue. This is the same company that fought against rulings by health epidemiologists in the SFBay area when the pandemic hit. They are never getting my business again

CivilityFan ,
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@philip_cardella @TonyStark
For me it was their fries, the burgers or just so-so and so many independents have much better ones.
Have always known they were religious b/c of their scriptures reference written on their disposable paper cups, but when they defied public health mandates during the initial days of the pandemic, I put them in the same category as Chick-fil-A. Never getting my money again

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These days Vote Blue No Matter Who means voting for a war criminal who supports genocide, mass incarceration, mass surveillance, has destroyed pandemic precautions and has undermined democracy. Instead Vote Green.

CivilityFan ,
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@TonyStark @axeshun @rchusid
I agree with your view that Ron is not worth listening to, as anyone who witnessed the Bush v Gore or Trump V Clinton debacle can attest. If Biden hasn’t performed well enough to earn your vote, you’re not a progressive, you’re a troll looking to damage Democrats. Biden has done an amazing job but limited by the coalition with which he has to work. If unsatisfied with R’s or D’s, work to enable third party viability with ranked choice voting. That’s the only way to effect change without shooting yourself in the foot

CivilityFan ,
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@TonyStark @axeshun @philip_cardella
Third parties aren’t going to be viable imo until ranked choice voting makes it possible without it resulting in just throwing away the vote.

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Life's too short to read or reply to tankies and armchair anarchists who think it's morally superior to sit out elections and make it easier for fascists to take power.

Voting is imperfect. Representative democracies are compromised. The systems are rigged. None of this means we shouldn't use every lever at our disposal to try to shift things.

CivilityFan ,
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@NeptuneCaffeine @phil_stevens
Voting Democratic Party doesn’t shift things? FFS!!!
In just Biden’s first year with a shaky hold on the Senate that held two DINOs and a decent majority in the House, look what got done:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/01/19/fast-facts-record-firsts-in-president-bidens-first-year/
Some things got reversed (like child poverty) b/c we lost the House, but some things will impact us positively for decades, like infrastructure improvements and the large numbers of minority and women judges appointed to the judiciary.
Anyone who says there is no difference and thinks the Palestinians will get a better deal if tfg is POTUS is a moron. And now, thinking about that last sentence, I realize I should apologize. To the morons.

CivilityFan ,
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@NeptuneCaffeine @phil_stevens You mean how he moved our embassy to Jerusalem and supported Netanyahu, another narcissistic authoritarian criminal? The Oct 7 Hamas raid pretty much left Biden stuck in situation where he has no choice. If you think otherwise then I’d suggest you are ignorant of the reality of the possible. If you think tfg would be better, then I suggest you’re just ignorant

CivilityFan ,
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@NeptuneCaffeine @phil_stevens
Hamas made that happen on Oct 7th when they attacked and committed atrocities against Israeli civilians instead of military targets. That wasn’t Biden’s fault, besides which the IDF doesn’t follow his orders. What universe are you living in where this all doesn’t come down to Putin as the puppeteer pulling on all of these strings?

CivilityFan ,
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@NeptuneCaffeine @phil_stevens @israel @palestine
I never said justification, I pointed to cause and effect. You are being intentionally obtuse if you don’t see the connection. I’m not for inflicting this war, but I’m not willing to blind myself to the facts.

RolloTreadway , to random
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Hello Beige! And hello to everyone else. I've moved around the corner from neurodifferent.me, and it's time for an

Sandwiches. . Sandwiches! I'm bringing some sandwiches to Beige Party. Let me know what you want. Not tuna, though, if you want a tuna sandwich you can make your own.

Will happily provide and to go with.

Other than that, hmm, I'm an person who lives in beautiful , and I spend my working time fiddling about with emergency to improve care quality in the . I have issues with and , and I'm an abuse survivor. And I'm also lazy, so I copypasted that from previous introductions.

Some other things:
politics: left, handwringing lefty liberal social democrat wokeista etc;
great love: and , I do volunteer work in my local ;
I'm obviously very fond of ;
fascinated by: (but I'm hopeless at identifying them), (especially and ), ; , at which I am a total novice and trying to learn; oh, and football, which is . There are no other Gateshead fans on fedi. Prove me wrong. You can't.

Also, very glad to not be part of a . No cults here. Absolutely not.

And I promise that this is the last time I will put hashtags in the middle of the post rather than all at the beginning or end. I think hashtags in the middle is permitted for an introduction, or I hope so anyhow.

Now, then, who would like a sandwich?

CivilityFan ,
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@RolloTreadway Lox on a toasted onion bagel, cream cheese, tomato and onion. Chives optional.
Can’t help you with Gateshead, not a sports fan but used to work in healthcare focused on quality and safety and interested in the topic though relieved to be retired since ‘09. Welcome

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