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randahl , to random
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Her Majesty Queen Mary of Denmark opened the new elephant exhibition in Denmark’s second capital Aarhus.

The art project is intended to draw attention to the elephant in the room — psychological illnesses — and has placed 10 large elephant sculptures all over the city, inviting the public to talk about the elephant in the room.

Source:
https://findelefanten.dk

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LynnU ,
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@randahl The elephant in the room is capitalism and the bullies who drive it, along with their politician confederates. They are reducing our societies to dickensian dimensions, robbing us of human to human connection, security in employment, shelter and food and people are wondering why there is so much mental illness? A million psychologists cannot fix the distruction they have wreaked.

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One of the richest men in the 1920s was Andrew Mellon — an early prophet of trickle-down economics.

Yesterday we learned that his grandson, Timothy Mellon, gave a Trump super PAC one of the largest political donations ever.

This is how dynastic wealth works.

Wealth tax now.

LynnU ,
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@rbreich False prophets and trickle-down economics. A pox on them.

GottaLaff , to random
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Thou shalt separate church & state, you power-hungry ChristoFascists.

“ 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

LynnU ,
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@GottaLaff Puffed up pious buffoon.

LynnU ,
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@philip_cardella Well said.

rbreich , to random
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The DOT regulated junk fees. Airlines are suing.

The CFPB capped credit card fees. Banks are suing.

Medicare is negotiating drug prices. Pharma is suing.

The FTC banned noncompetes. Business groups are suing.

Corporate America can't stand government working for the people.

LynnU ,
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@rbreich So you could say, that the corporates are overthrowing the USA using Trump and the Republicans as puppets. Revolutions don't have to be violent to succeed.

randahl , to random
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The Kremlin has sent out video of Putin arriving in North Korea to demonstrate that Russia has alliances.

Ukraine is allied with the world's strongest economy the US with a GDP of

USD 25,744 billion

and many others.

Russia is allied with North Korea, the world's 143th with a GDP of

USD 15 billion

LynnU ,
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@randahl He looks like he has no teeth.

rbreich , to random
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"If Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her." -Donald J. Trump, 3/6/'06

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads NOT contemplating dating their daughters.

LynnU ,
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@rbreich Sick on soo many levels.

GottaLaff , to random
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We need to do this in the US.

“Tens of thousands of demonstrators crowded onto French streets on Saturday to denounce the rise of the country’s far-right political party and call on fellow citizens to block it from taking power in snap parliamentary elections set by President Emmanuel Macron.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/15/world/europe/france-protests-far-right.html?smid=threads-nytimes

LynnU ,
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@GottaLaff We all need to unite against the far-right.

Strandjunker , to random
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Living every single day in fear that your children could be slaughtered with a weapon of war isn’t freedom. It’s madness.

LynnU ,
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@Strandjunker I'd call that TERRORISM.

Strandjunker , to random
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When a uterus is more heavily regulated than a gun, that’s when you know it’s a war on women.

LynnU ,
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@Strandjunker Well said.

Nonilex , to random
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Hrs b4 meeting w/his about his , a leading candidate for went on a bizarre rant about .

Sharks, claimed, were attacking more than usual (not true) & posed a new risk bc boats were being required to use batteries (not true), which cause them to sink bc they’re too heavy (really, really not true—the world’s heaviest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, stays afloat bc of laws of despite weighing >550M lbs).

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/06/trump-shark-rant/678666/

LynnU ,
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@Nonilex Why are you not surprised? The man is a complete nutter.

rbreich , to random
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75% of voters support a binding ethics code for the Supreme Court.

They're tired of justices receiving millions of dollars in gifts from political donors, some of whom have cases before the court.

So why did Senate Republicans block a SCOTUS ethics bill yesterday?

Hello?

LynnU ,
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@rbreich Because someone who is beholding to you is more controllable, and control is what it's all about

luckytran , to random
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UPDATE: NY Governor Kathy Hochul said on CNN last night that she is considering a ban on masks.

This is absolutely shameful! New York has suffered so much from COVID, and COVID is not over. We should be normalizing and depoliticizing masks, not banning them.

Source: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/icymi-audio-rush-transcript-governor-hochul-guest-cnn-laura-coates

Laura Coates, CNN: There is also a call some have talked about, some Jewish leaders actually in New York are calling tonight for a mask ban. Saying that covering faces allows protesters to have some level of anonymity to be more aggressive, to me more entitled to say what they want because they don’t fear repercussion in the same way. Would you support that endeavor? Governor Hochul: There was a ban on masks before the pandemic that you couldn't have face coverings that didn't serve a purpose. For example, a surgical mask for someone who is elderly or ill — the pandemic removed that from our State Law. It was repealed at the time, but I absolutely will go back and take a look at this and see whether it can be restored because it is frightening to people. You're sitting on a subway train and someone puts on a mask like this and comes in — you don't know if they're going to be committing a crime, they're going to have a gun, or whether they're just going to be threatening or intimidating you because you are Jewish, which is exactly what happened the other day. Absolutely unacceptable in the State of New York.
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    LynnU ,
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    @luckytran What disgusting, paranoid, dystopic place do you live in? Not long ago you had containers full of frozen covid victims parked up outside hospitals because the morgues and undertakers couldn't cope with the volumn. These victims had been humans. They had been your neighbours and family and friends, and you are planning on exposing more neighbours, family and friends to being frozen corpses in morgues or containers? There is something seriously wrong with you people.

    LynnU ,
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    @luckytran As a state governor, Kathy Hochul should be a cheerleeder, appealing to everyones better angels. Instead she has stepped into the pig swill of distrust and fear.

    Strandjunker , to random
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    BREAKING: New reports show that CIA agents were killed, captured, or compromised because Hunter Biden sold their names to our enemies. — Now that I got Republicans’ attention: That was actually Donald Trump.

    LynnU ,
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    @Strandjunker Remember Valerie Plame? That was a Republican.

    rbreich , to random
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    All nine Republican senators running for reelection this year just voted against the right to contraception:

    John Barrasso
    Marsha Blackburn
    Kevin Cramer
    Ted Cruz
    Deb Fischer
    Josh Hawley
    Pete Ricketts
    Rick Scott
    Roger Wicker

    So much for the party of "freedom."

    LynnU ,
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    @rbreich Mothers of America, are you paying attention????

    world_beauty Bot , to random
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    Behind Betelgeuse
    Credits: Adam Block, Steward Observatory,University of Arizona
    #nature #space #astrophotography

    LynnU ,
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    @world_beauty That is gorgeous!

    rbreich , to random
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    Billionaires aren’t just supporting Trump for the tax cuts.

    As Peter Thiel once admitted: “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.”

    Make no mistake: The goal of American oligarchy is to tear down democracy itself.

    LynnU ,
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    @rbreich New Zealand's ex Prime Minister John Key allowed Peter Theil to buy New Zealand citizenship without ever having residency. This particular corrupt and creepy politician now lives outside of New Zealand.

    randahl , to random
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    I apologize for asking an uncomfortable question, but has there ever been a debate in Germany about replacing the Iron Cross symbol of the German army?

    I applaud every delivery of German equipment to Ukraine, but whenever I see the iron cross on a Leopard tank, my heart skips a beat.

    To me, modern day Germany is a beacon of freedom, and I feel this symbol is associated with the opposite.

    Picture 1: Iron cross on modern day German helicopter.

    Picture 2: Iron cross on a Nazi soldier uniform.

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    LynnU ,
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    @randahl Yeah, I'm inclined to agree with you Randahl. There is something a bit discordant there.

    futurebird , to random
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    "9 Steps for the no make-up look"

    (steps include 8 kinds of make-up)

    Beauty magazines are information warfare.

    LynnU ,
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    @futurebird Every grey hair and wrinkle is well earned. Don't let anybody who hasn't got a life and too much money to tell you that you are deficient because of the signs of aging you have earned.

    Nonilex , to random
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    8 senators announced Fri they would boycott priorities & nominations as payback for ’s .
    In a joint statement, the senators said they would not “allow any increase to non-security related funding for this administration, or any appropriations bill which funds partisan lawfare.”

    LynnU ,
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    @Nonilex Can their elecorates fire them? Clearly they refuse to honour the oath they swore to when they signed on to their prestigious and lucrative positions. I would call that incompetence and insubordination. Either way, they have breached the contract with the people, their employers. There must be some recourse.

    randahl , (edited ) to random
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    #BREAKING: Trump found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records by a jury of his peers in New York.

    What a moment for the future of democracy, for justice, and for everyone Trump has wronged, hustled, threatened, or intimidated for decades.

    Trump fought the law, and the law won!

    Judge Merchan will sentence Trump on July 11.

    ⚖️

    LynnU ,
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    @randahl I wouldn't start crowing too soon. There'll be appeals up the wazoo and an infinite amount of media scab-scratching.

    randahl , (edited ) to random
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    Status on whether countries allow Ukraine to use their weapons against Russian territory:

    ✅ UK
    ✅ Finland
    ✅ Sweden
    ✅ Denmark
    ✅ Norway
    ✅ Estonia
    ✅ Latvia
    ✅ Lithuania
    ✅ Poland
    ✅ The Czech Republic
    ✅ The Netherlands
    ✅ France
    ✅ Germany
    ✅ Canada

    Your move Joe Biden.

    LynnU ,
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    @randahl Now who's not paying their way USA?

    randahl , to random
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    Sadly, today the government of Georgia overruled the presidential veto and hundreds of thousands of protesters, and adopted the Putin-like foreign agents law.

    The ruling party calls itself The Georgian Dream.

    Now the nightmare begins.

    💔

    LynnU ,
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    @randahl Mindboggling! And they want to join the EU? Like the EU doesn't have enought bad actors like Hungary.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Kyle Griffin:

    Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the Radcliffe Institute: "There are days that I've come to my office after an announcement of a case and closed my door and cried. … There have been those days. And there are likely to be more." #SCOTUS

    LynnU ,
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    @GottaLaff We know it must be hard but hang in there girl. Be the burr in their collective saddle.

    RadicalGraffiti , to random
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    "Eat the Rich"
    Spotted in Warsaw, Poland

    LynnU ,
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    @RadicalGraffiti Ooh, I can't imagine anything more distastful. They are just not nice to be around.

    rbreich , to random
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    The Appeal to Heaven flag isn't just tied to Jan 6.

    It's a Christian nationalist symbol.

    Christian nationalists believe that the law of the land is not the Constitution, but instead the law of God as they interpret it.

    Do you see the problem with Alito flying this flag?

    LynnU ,
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    @rbreich Yeah, but then I think he is MAD.

    randahl , to random
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    If you happen to meet Putin today, be gentle — he just lost his only friend who was not North Korean.

    LynnU ,
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    @randahl Right!

    rbreich , to random
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    The DOT regulated junk fees. Airlines are suing.

    The CFPB capped credit card fees. Banks are suing.

    Medicare is negotiating drug prices. Pharma is suing.

    The FTC banned noncompetes. Business groups are suing.

    Corporate America can't stand government working for the people.

    LynnU ,
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    @rbreich And the lawyers laugh all the way to the bank

    randahl , to random
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    When Russians invaded Ukraine, we did not stop them.
    When Russians tortured Ukrainian soldiers, we did not stop them.
    When Russians raped Ukrainian women, we did not stop them.
    When all the values that we so proudly claim to hold were violated, we did not stop them.
    Because conveniently, Ukraine is not a member of NATO. And that is the comfortable blanket we pull over our eyes to fall asleep and forget our human responsibility.
    Americans, Canadians, Europeans, Australians…
    Wake the fuck up.

    LynnU ,
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    @randahl In the meantime, Putin has managed to assemble a monstrous assembly of allies. It is as much a creation of the west, so we will pay the price sooner or later.

    randahl , to random
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    US army officer resigns from Defense Intelligence Agency, because of the Biden administration's "unqualified support for the government of Israel, which has enabled and empowered the killing and starvation of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians."

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/army-officer-resigns-defense-intelligence-agency-military-gaza-israel_n_664281dde4b04540de6e8c69

    Via @br00t4c. 🎩

    LynnU ,
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    @randahl Good man. Hopefully more will follow.

    randahl , to random
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    Do you see a pattern?

    Russian hit squad assassinates Maksim Kuzminov in Spain.

    Leonid Volkov attacked in Lithuania.

    Airplanes GPS jammed all over Poland and the Baltics.

    Fiber optic cables destroyed in France and Finland.

    Underwater listening stations destroyed in Norway.

    The Russian vessel Admiral Vladimirsky caught mapping sabotage targets in The North Sea.

    Weapons depots blown up in Bulgaria.
    …

    — And our politicians claim we are certainly not in any way at war with Russia.

    Wake up!

    LynnU ,
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    @randahl Sure looks like it to me

    randahl , to random
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    Interesting new technology: Disney has made a floor which moves in all directions, allowing you to walk through virtual worlds. It is quite cleverly done.

    Only a prototype, but looks promising. The awesome Marques Brownlee has the story:

    https://youtu.be/1KEtxTQUzxY?si=Srs5-PLWR7YjaU7M

    LynnU ,
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    @randahl You mean it could virtually put you at the scene of a crime?

    LynnU ,
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    @randahl Not placed in certain environments?

    randahl , to random
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    On Tuesday, Arizona reinstated the 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions in the state.

    That is right. Arizona now limits women’s rights with an old law, which was written before women were recognized as thinking human beings who could vote.

    Did Arizona politicians read the script to The Handmaid’s Tale and mistake it for a book on how to improve society?

    LynnU ,
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    @randahl When I was 18years old, I started Nursing Training in New Zealand. I recall, very clearly, that women admitted for tubal ligation had to have their husbands' consent. It struck me as a bit outrageous at the time and I recall it so clearly because I sometimes had to pursue that consent. Probably had to get the consent signed by husband for D&C also, but cannot recall.
    My point is, we have come a long way since then and no woman would be mad enough to voluntarily go back to that state of being chattels without being willing to relinquish the right to vote.

    randahl , to random
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    “Ukraine WILL become a member of NATO”, said US Foreign Secretary Anthony Blinken at NATO headquarters, Brussels, yesterday.

    LynnU ,
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    @randahl Well, about bloody time! S who made Blinken God?

    randahl , to random
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    So Trump is now sharing photos of the daughter of New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan (Merchan oversees the Stormy Daniels trial).

    What does this dangerous man have to do, for the US justice system to simply show him the same consequences, anyone else would face?

    https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-another-attack-judge-merchan-daughter-1234997020/

    LynnU ,
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    @randahl He is complete scum!

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Klasfeld:

    Manhattan DA #Bragg fires shot across bow, telling judge the "properly read" gag order prohibits #Trump from attacking judge's daughter.

    He wants judge to "warn" Trump to stop, under threat of contempt sanctions

    Doc: https://documentcloud.org/documents/24524651-20240328-people-peoples-pre-motion-letter-filed

    Eric Columbus did 🧵 on this:

    Ok now I think I get this motion. DA wants to make crystal-clear Trump cannot attack his family. Gag order, read fairly, encompasses DA’s fam, but not 100% clear. Judge’s daughter discussed just for optics. 1/

    LynnU ,
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    @GottaLaff That orange turd needs his jaw wired together

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    Office Hours: Should Biden keep Kamala Harris as his running mate? If not, who else? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-should-biden-keep-kamala?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

    LynnU ,
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    @rbreich Yes!

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