Frankyt

GottaLaff , 3 days ago to random

“For more than two decades, the U.S. position has been that al Qaeda acted alone on September 11th, but a newly public video has raised questions about whether the Saudi government provided crucial assistance to the hijackers during the 9/11 terror attacks.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bayoumi-video-examined-as-september-11-evidence-60-minutes/

Frankyt , 3 days ago

@GottaLaff This is not really anything new, the Saudi government, or the ruling families have always been suspected of supporting the attacks.

GottaLaff , 6 days ago to random

Via Kyle Griffin:

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Senate Democrats will try to force a vote on a bump stocks ban in response to the Supreme Court ruling.

"I have the ability to allow a unanimous consent vote, and we'll see just what Republican MAGAs do."

"They have two choices. They can cower to MAGA, these right wing Republicans in the Senate, or they can protect the American people."

Frankyt , 6 days ago

@GottaLaff That all sound very impressive but we also know that maga will not support this ban. The congress receives too many “contributions” from NRA and gun manufacturers to allow this ban to be upheld. Follow the money!

GottaLaff , 8 days ago to random

Another day, another…

At least 9 shot, including an 8-year-old, at Michigan recreation center, suspect is ‘contained,’ police say #GunViolence

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/15/us/rochester-hills-michigan-splash-pad-shooting?cid=ios_app

Frankyt , 8 days ago

@GottaLaff thanks to the Supreme Court bump stocks are “legal” again so look for more LasVegas style shootings with much higher body counts.

GottaLaff , 9 days ago to random

#SCOTUS rules gun 'bump stocks’ ban is unlawful

The ban was imposed by the Trump administration after the accessory was used during the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-gun-bump-stocks-ban-unlawful-rcna154651

Frankyt , 9 days ago

@GottaLaff why do we rarely get the details of which justices for or against issues. There should be a detailed listing of votes and the positions of individual justices. There should also be a “scorecard” of justices votes on a monthly basis as well as yearly.

Frankyt , 9 days ago

@GottaLaff it widely enough to make it commonly available

Nonilex , 9 days ago to random

#SCOTUS rules govt CANNOT regulate #BumpStocks as machine #guns.

Bump stocks modify rifles to fire 800 rounds per minute w/a single trigger pull.

#GunRegulations #ATF #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #GunControl #NRA #DarkMoney

Frankyt , 9 days ago

@Nonilex How much NRA and gun manufacturers money went into this decision? Follow the money!

GottaLaff , 14 days ago to random

Via Lawrence Tribe:

The great federal judge David Tatel “writes that he stepped down from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in January in part because he was tired of having his work reviewed ‘by a Supreme Court that seemed to hold in such low regard the principles to which I’ve dedicated my life.’”

Frankyt , 14 days ago

@GottaLaff I understand the sentiment but that does not solve the problem. One more conscientious justice off the bench, to be replaced by who/what?

GottaLaff , 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago) to random

About time! But would SCOTUS ban this one too? Or is that just for women… [Folks, that was rhetorical. We know the answer]

“A male birth control gel is one step closer to reality

Researchers at Endocrine Society’s conference in Boston presented encouraging earlystage clinical trial results of a male birth control method that takes the form of a hormonal gel.” #contraception
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/08/male-birth-control-gel

Frankyt , 15 days ago

@GottaLaff @Snowshadow Slavery is against the law, at least this week!

GottaLaff , 17 days ago to random

Unbelievable.

Via Rupar:

46 House Republicans voted to defund NATO two days before the 80th anniversary of D-Day

Frankyt , 17 days ago

@GottaLaff The names of these 46 republicans need to be posted on all social media and billboards. Stop letting these scum hide.

wdlindsy , 20 days ago to random

"Since the Fascist years, authoritarians have used propaganda and their personality cults to change the perception of violence among their followers. The goal is to remove hesitations about tolerating or participating in violence against one’s compatriots by presenting that violence as necessary and even morally righteous."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #authoritarianism #violence
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https://lucid.substack.com/p/violence-is-trumps-brand-60e

Frankyt , 20 days ago

@wdlindsy Another surge in gun sales! Maybe we should start importing heavier stuff, maybe from Afghanistan?

Frankyt , 19 days ago

@wdlindsy Sadly yes, and the gun manufacturers and the NRA reap the benefits and the population finds itself no longer safe anywhere, including our homes, places of worship, schools ir any place where people gather.

18+ KiefKanata , 9 months ago to photography group

"Lead", or something along those lines...

#cock #penis #dick #erection #circumcised #balls #scrotum #erotic #nsfw #oc #malenude #hairy #homoerotic #cockart #monochrome @nsfw @cockart @photography

Frankyt , 20 days ago

@KiefKanata @nsfw @cockart @photography swallow that whole

rbreich , 21 days ago to random

What will Trump’s conviction really mean? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-will-trumps-conviction-mean?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Frankyt , 20 days ago

@rbreich That orange goes so will with his skin color. I wonder if we can get Rykers to paint his cell the same color?

wdlindsy , 20 days ago to random

"One statement stands out in all this sound and furor: GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson’s call for SCOTUS to 'step in.'

The morning after the conviction, Johnson went on Fox & Friends to reassure Trump supporters that he has the ear of the justices."

~ Lisa Needham

#Trump #felon #criminal #ConvictedFelonDonaldTrump #MikeJohnson #SupremeCourt #corruption
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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/mike-johnson-trump-conviction-scotus-appeal-fox

Frankyt , 20 days ago

@wdlindsy And that should scare the hell out of everyone who believes in our democracy.

cdarwin , 21 days ago to random

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced the #Senate will vote on a bill to protect a person's ability to access #contraceptives this Wednesday.

Why it matters:
The vote on the
⭐️Right to Contraception Act ⭐️
comes just ahead of the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down federal abortion rights protections and as Democrats highlight the matter as a key 2024 election issue.

Schumer wrote in a "Dear Colleague" letter released Sunday: "Democrats will be putting reproductive freedoms front and center."

in his concurring opinion overturning Roe v. Wade
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote
that the bench should reconsider
"all of this Court's substantive due process precedents,"
including those guaranteeing birth control access and marriage equality.

Schumer promised in the letter that there would be "more action" after next week's vote on the "Right to Contraception Act"
which is led by by Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii).

State of play:
Schumer noted since the Supreme Court's June 24, 2022 decision in the Dobbs case, that 🔥at least 20 states have imposed near-total bans or severe restrictions on abortion.🔥

"There's no question in the American people's minds that Republicans have brought our country to this point," Schumer wrote.

"And as Donald Trump reminded us recently, he is 'proudly the person responsible' for the annihilation of Roe v. Wade and the grotesque reversal of women's personal freedoms," he added.

"Democrats have been clear we will not stand for these attacks and we will fight to preserve reproductive freedoms.

That is why as we return from the Memorial Day state work period, Senate Democrats will be putting reproductive freedoms front and center."

https://www.axios.com/2024/06/02/schumer-contraception-vote-birth-control

Senate will vote on H.R.8373 on Wednesday

🔸The bill would guarantee the legal right for individuals to get and use contraception and for health care providers to provide contraception, information, referrals and services related to contraception.

🔸It would also prohibit the federal government and any state from administering or enforcing any law, rule or regulation to prohibit or restrict the sale or use of contraception.

🔸And it would allow the Justice Department, providers and individuals harmed by restrictions on contraception to go to court to enforce those rights.Justice Department, providers and individuals harmed by restrictions on contraception to go to court to enforce those rights.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4699207-schumer-tees-up-wednesday-vote-on-contraception-bill/

Frankyt , 21 days ago

@cdarwin How much of this legislation is just for show, Schumer should know he will never get this through the House with the current political climate.