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marcelias , 2 months ago to random

Trump's campaign knows:

A vote for Robert Kennedy is a vote for Trump.
A vote for Cornel West is a vote for Trump.
A vote for Jill Stein is a vote for Trump.
Not voting is a vote for Trump.

A vote for Biden is a vote for democracy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/us/politics/trump-rfk-jr-biden.html

rbreich , 2 months ago to random

Student debt relief is good for everyone — not just those carrying it.

When Americans aren't buried in debt, they have more $ to contribute to the economy. They're more likely to start a business, buy a house, or start a family. And they're less likely to need gov't assistance.

marcelias , 2 months ago to random

Great lede: "Frank LaRose lurched to the right, flipped on democracy issues to tow the party line, rigged our maps, tried to undermine majority rule and it still wasn’t enough." https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ohios-democracy-pays-the-price-for-laroses-political-ambition/

rbreich , 2 months ago to random

Pay attention to how the media frames this election. They say we’re “deeply divided” but miss the big picture. One side would throw the rules of democracy out entirely! That’s not just “divided.” That’s wanting to end our country as we know it by putting a strongman in charge.

Nonilex , 2 months ago to random

#Trump sues #TrumpMedia co-founders, seeking to void their #stock in the company

Trump's #lawsuit claims that Litinsky & Moss, who were both contestants on Trump’s reality-TV show “The Apprentice,” mishandled an attempt to take Trump Media public several years ago, allegedly putting the whole project “on ice” for >1½ yrs.

[how much you wanna bet he trying to find a way around the 6 month lock up provision?]

#law #money
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/trump-sues-trump-media-founders-seeking-void-stock-108769167

mastodonmigration , 2 months ago to random

The story today is "stochastic terrorism." Not "increasingly caustic and personal attacks" as the New York Times frames the issue.

What is stochastic violence?

How Stochastic Terrorism Uses Disgust to Incite Violence >>> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-stochastic-terrorism-uses-disgust-to-incite-violence/

"Dehumanizing and vilifying a person or group of people can provoke... stochastic terrorism, in which ideologically driven hate speech increases the likelihood that people will violently and unpredictably attack the targets..."

#StochasticViolence

Nonilex , 2 months ago to random

During the historic gathering of 3 #UnitedStates presidents last night, pro- #Palestinian protesters interrupted the event. Again, instead of ignoring their protestations, the presidents addressed the concerns.

All 3 men remarked on the #Israel #Hamas #war in #Gaza, reflecting on the difficulty of trying to solve intractable challenges such as #MiddleEast #peace as #POTUS. #Biden said there have been “too many innocent victims, Israeli & Palestinian,” in the conflict.

#BidenHarris2024
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rbreich , 3 months ago to random

Don’t let them fool you. RFK, Jr. received his funding from big Republican donors.

Steve Bannon urged him to run!

Why? Because he’s there to play spoiler.

Democrats shouldn’t fall for it. A vote for RFK, Jr. is a vote to help Trump win, plain and simple.

marcelias , 3 months ago to random

🚨BREAKING: Montana Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN multiple voter suppression laws for violating the state constitution. A great victory for our client the MT Democratic Party and the voters of Montana.

More proof that democracy is on the docket and is winning!
https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/montana-voter-suppression-laws/

wdlindsy , 3 months ago to random

Who could have predicted that Carrie Budoff Brown would have made such a miscalculation by hiring Ronna McDaniel at NBC? Her credentials are impeccable:

Rutgers grad, spent time at the illustrious New York Times, former editor of Politico, named one of "The 50 Most Powerful People In Trump's Washington" by GQ.

She has it all. She had a pipeline to top-management glory. What lessons did she learn on the way that led her to do what she just did?

#NBC #CarrieBudoffBrown #RonnaMcDaniel

Nonilex , 3 months ago to random

Qatari royal invested ~$50M in pro #Trump network #Newsmax
Before & after the investment, snr newsroom ldrs urged Newsmax staff to soften coverage of #Qatar, current & fmr employees said

A member of the Qatari royal family invested ~$50 million in Newsmax, acc/to docs & representatives for the #FarRight #media co & the royal, in a moment of acute #MiddleEast tensions during the #Trump admin.

#propaganda #disinformation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/26/qatar-newsmax-investment/

rbreich , 3 months ago to random

Your periodic reminder that Medicare For All would save $450 billion in health care costs and 68,000 lives per year.

marcelias , 3 months ago to random

The Republican Party is worse than ever. The only way out of this is to defeat Donald Trump in 2024 and make Republicans realize that there is no political future for them living in their alternative universe.

Watch full episode w/me and Brian Tyler Cohen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXjw_O2aqn8

video/mp4

Nonilex , 3 months ago to random

Of course

I mean they just managed to pass a bill to avert a #shutdown how dare he manage to get something done!!!

“#MarjorieTaylorGreene files motion to remove #Speaker #MikeJohnson”

#TheDysfunctionIsThePoint #IssuesNotSolutions #Congress #HouseRepublicans #ChaosCaucus #TrollCaucus #RepublicanDysfunction #PublicDisservice #VoteBlueForFunction #VoteBlue
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/22/majorie-taylor-greene-mike-johnson-vacate-motion

rbreich , 3 months ago to random

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futurebird , 3 months ago to random

Remember when I was posting about ideas to share with your liberal friends that make more sense than giving money to Biden (aw come on!)

Local races, local orgs are better.

I found a good one. This group is doing a recall campaign to get rid a of literal torch carrying nazi who won by just 36 votes while hiding his ties to racism and extremism.

https://www.enidsjc.org/

pbump , 3 months ago to random

Christina Bobb is a former One America host who wrote a book alleging all sorts of nonsense about fraud in 2020.
So naturally she's been tapped to run the RNC election integrity push. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/13/rnc-election-fraud-trump/

lolgop , 3 months ago to random

WHY DO SO MANY REPORTERS SEEM BORED BY THE BIGGEST STORY OF OUR LIFETIMES?

Trump’s escalating cries for dictatorship keep getting shrugged off by journalists who can’t be bothered to describe the stakes of this election, notes Mark Jacob.

https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/some-journalists-seem-bored-by-the

Dig in to democracy at https://www.erlywrm.com

pbump , 3 months ago to random

The challenge with Biden's effort to link Trump to people like Orban is that lots of Americans think Hungary is a normal democracy or that (thanks largely to Trump's rhetoric) Biden is already an autocrat. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/11/trump-orban-strong-man/

Strandjunker , 3 months ago to random

Did you know? The word “trumpery” appeared in the 15th century with the meanings “deceit” or “fraud”. 100 years later, it was being applied to objects of no value. Then in the 1900’s, it came to mean “showy but worthless”. Today, it is equated with “treasonous shitweasel”.

pbump , 3 months ago to random

One thing that struck me last night was how Biden tied his defense of democracy to other freedoms — like reproductive rights. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/08/state-of-the-union-democracy-abortion/

lolgop , 3 months ago to random

THE PRESS IS FUELING FASCISM BY FIXATING ON BIDEN'S AGE

It makes sense why MAGA needs to cover up Trump’s weaknesses. So why is the press so interested in helping Republicans?

https://i-know-how-much-you-care.ghost.io/the-press-is-fueling-fascism-by-fixating-on-bidens-age/

Dig in to democracy at https://www.erlywrm.com

lolgop , 3 months ago to random

Time to https://www.erlywrm.com/

What's the most important story of the day?

What's a cause we should all be supporting?

rbreich , 3 months ago to random

It now seems official that the Republican nominee is an adjudicated rapist, business fraud, and insurrectionist who's been indicted on 91 criminal charges. That is how an honest media must refer to him in every headline between now and November.

wdlindsy , 3 months ago to random

Noting that the "Christian nationalist" dictator of Hungary, Orbán is being welcomed this week at Heritage Foundation and Mar-a-Lago, Amanda Carpenter asks why MAGA lionizes this dictator.

Then she notes how Orbán's story parallels Trump's. He was in office, then rejected by voters, and he spent time prior to his next run for office laying groundwork for a total takeover of government when he was next elected.

#Orbán #Trump #Republicans
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https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-maga-model-for-returning-to-power

mastodonmigration , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Today we may get a Colorado Trump Insurrection Ballot Exclusion ruling. It will likely be that Trump remains on the ballot, but anything is possible.

Whatever SCOTUS rules, it does not change the facts. We saw it with our own eyes. Trump engaged in insurrection. He can not be 'vindicated'. He engaged in months of criminality to illegally change the results of the election. He sent a armed mob to the Capital, and refused to call them off for hours. His VP was afraid for his life. People died.

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

Someone (follower) just DMd me accusing me of being a 'drag on support' of Dems.

Why? He said "we're all supporting the democracy coalition", & I explained that many in my replies are angry, not supportive. He accused me of something something Hillary's emails re Biden... not sure what that meant, but it was offensive.

If anyone ever accuses me of not supporting Biden in this election, they haven't read my TL or listened to me on air.

Talk about offensive. I blocked.

futurebird , 3 months ago to random

Voting is just one thing you can do to shape your society and community. It gets a lot of attention because powerful people really do seem to let a surprising number of us have a tiny little mote of influence. The powerful talk about voting ceaselessly, because "the people" having power, however constrained gives them endless anxiety. Don't fall into the trap of thinking it is your only power.

Don't fall into the trap of thinking, because it's only a little power, isn't important either.

otownKim , 4 months ago to random

So. I don't know everyone on here but I wanted to share incredible News! I was a Special education teacher that got Federal loans. They were supposed to be discharged after three years of critical shortage teaching. I did 6 years. Graduated from UCF in 99. My loans were officially discharged yesterday!!! 25 years later! Thank you President Biden, Kamala Harris and the after 25 years of paying a balance LARGER than I initially borrowed! I was lucky enough to be one of the millions helped!!!

pbump , 4 months ago to random

Both presidential and Biden’s own history make obvious why he’s not likely to just drop out.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/20/trump-biden-polling-elelction/

futurebird , 4 months ago to random

Just texted my cousin who lives in OH. found out she "isn't certain" if she's registered to vote or not. She's an army doctor. She has SOMANY degrees.

She's an organized smart person and volunteers. She also finds politics boring, stressful, depressing, etc.

But with me bugging her she'll vote. She knows.

If you put up with my posts you find politics interesting. (even if you also find it depressing, stressful etc.) That is not normal. Most people don't like politics.

Nag a cousin today!

TonyStark , 4 months ago to random

I got some troll today complaining today that Biden and Trump are indistinguishable, now because of age. Is that the talking point now? Interesting.

Anyway, besides the very obvious differences in belief in democracy, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris support progress. This isn’t hard.

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Releases Annual Agency Equity Action Plans to Further Advance Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government |
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/02/14/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-releases-annual-agency-equity-action-plans-to-further-advance-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government/

GottaLaff , 4 months ago to random

“Does U.S. want a "well-meaning elderly man," or one who means ill? Would rather have a POTUS who briefly confused Egypt for Mexico, or one who'd start a war on the border?

On the slow train wreck of democracy - it doesn't have to be this way.”

If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.© & I 🧵 it. 1/… #Biden #Trump #media

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/biden-memory-trump-supreme-court-20240211.html

rbreich , 4 months ago to random

Republicans are lying when they say slashing IRS funds will lower the deficit. For each extra $1 the IRS spends auditing rich tax cheats, it can collect $12. Defunding the IRS will INCREASE the deficit.They want to help their rich donors cheat, while the rest of us pay for it.

wdlindsy , 4 months ago to random

As David French notes, when an icon of the left falls from grace sexually, right-wing folks and media are all over the story, reporting it in detail.

But when one of their own — e.g., Paige Patterson and Paul Pressler, chief architects of the hard-right turn of the Southern Baptist Convention — falls, it's crickets. Nada.

French writes,

#PaulPressler #SouthernBaptistConvention #RightWing #FoxNews #SexualAbuse
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/opinion/pressler-sex-scandal-sbc.html

petersuber , 4 months ago to AcademicChatter group

"Following the controlled demolition of Al-Israa University, Israeli army footage of which was widely shared on social media, every single higher education institution in #Gaza is believed to have either been destroyed or severely damaged since the invasion began."
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academia-gaza-has-been-destroyed-israeli-educide
(#paywalled)

#Academia #Universities
@academicchatter

Prince William County admits election tally in 2020 shorted Joe Biden ( www.nbcwashington.com )

A Northern Virginia county acknowledged it underreported President Joe Biden's margin of victory over Donald Trump there in the 2020 presidential election by about 4,000 votes, the first detailed accounting of errors that came to light in 2022 as part of a criminal case....