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Democracy Democrat in NoFlo 🌊 neuro-di 🧠 cis-het, she/her ⚛️💙🌧️🌲PNW🏳️‍🌈 🐈#BidenHarris24 🗳️🔵

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Strandjunker , to random
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The fact that I know more about Joe Biden’s one bad debate night than I do about Donald Trump’s years of raping and sexually assaulting girls within Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

Hoi_Pollois ,
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@Strandjunker Remember that Joe Biden was elected to the Senate at age 29, not yet old enough to serve.

He turned 30 before his term began.

Weeks in his wife and daughter were killed and his boys were seriously injured.

https://youtu.be/cCZ5_XwqchE?si=ZnzSLxKFFh1b8j6o

GottaLaff , to random
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🧵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.

https://wapo.st/3xonNU2

Hoi_Pollois ,
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@GottaLaff

"Also, to be clear: this is a direct result of withdrawing from the Iran Nuclear Deal/JCPOA."

wdlindsy , to random
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Paul Waldman on how, when the New York Time is challenged to acknowledge the power it wields in framing thought and setting agendas, it pretends to be powerless and "objective." It wants to claim, as editor Joe Kahn did in a recent interview, that it's just reflecting what people want. But:

"It doesn't just give the people what they want. It tells them what to want."


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https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/why-the-new-york-times-wont-admit

Hoi_Pollois ,
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@wdlindsy Eventually, the Clintons will sue, I think.

Why?

  1. They're lawyers.
  2. The evidence trail will be established already.
  3. What a tasty delicacy this would be for more than half the population.

Also,

  1. The prospect of his having so many judgements against him that he refuses or can't pay - this excites me.
  2. The Clintons have a sensitivity for what the people want.
GottaLaff , to random
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1/…🧵

Via Klasfeld:

Expected first:

The judge may issue his Sandoval rulings, determining what prior bad acts prosecutors can confront Trump with if he testifies.

A key question: "What's fair game?"

Hoi_Pollois ,
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@GottaLaff I gotta say, they need to be able to ask for the PowerPoint slides afterward as in a college lecture.

I'm a visual learner but would like to be able to listen and watch closely.

Without reference material for what Judge Merchan is saying, is get anxious.

GottaLaff , to random
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“Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is considering leaving the Biden administration to mount a run for California governor in 2026”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/09/biden-cabinet-secretary-california-governors-race-00151407

Hoi_Pollois ,
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@GottaLaff

I have a soft, soft soft spot for Xavier Becerra.

Not sure how but he became my choice as Hillary Clinton's running-mate. 💙

He's just a low-key, polished, experienced, gentle, charming person. I could see him as the first Hispanic US president.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Becerra#:~:text=He%20served%20as%20Chairman%20of,Caucus%20from%202013%20to%202017

wdlindsy , to random
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"From 1928 to 1968, Catholics voted solidly Democratic in presidential elections, with perhaps one exception: Gallup says they voted Democratic in 1956, while the National Election Studies says they voted Republican."

~ Thomas Reese


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https://religionnews.com/2024/01/30/the-catholic-church-needs-to-play-a-positive-role-in-this-years-election/

Hoi_Pollois ,
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@wdlindsy @alessandro

His mother Màiri Anna Nic Leòid immigrated from Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland on May 11, 1930. She spoke Garlic and arrived the day after she turned 18 to join several siblings.

His paternal grandfather immigrated from Kallstadt, Bavaria, Germany in 1885.

Wonder if Trimp's hatred of immigrants arises from bad treatment of his ancestors on both sides.🤔

Hoi_Pollois ,
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@MylesRyden @wdlindsy In her book THE WAY WE NEVER WERE, Stephanie Coontz describes how Irish were considered even lower status than Black people.

To remedy this, they allied w white people AGAINST Black people.

It worked. Weird how it is still around.

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