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MasterMischief

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Your friendly, neighborhood llama.

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🙄Via politico:

No Labels voted on Friday to move forward with its presidential ticket, but they currently do not have a candidate — and may not find one.

“No Labels delegates vote to move forward with presidential ticket”

MasterMischief ,
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@GottaLaff Why don't they pick up Nikki Hailey?

wdlindsy , to random
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"Joe Biden laid out one after another policy that voters overwhelmingly support. Behind him, Speaker Johnson squirmed, often shaking his head. Republicans sat sourly, usually in silence.

Joe Biden orchestrated a public event where voters could see that Republicans collectively want government to fail, want popular policies to fail.

We could do with a lot more shame in the United States."

~ Marcy Wheeler


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https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/03/08/history-is-watching/

MasterMischief ,
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@wdlindsy They have no shame. Just look how quick they are to abandon any value they claimed to kiss his ring.

wdlindsy , to random
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"Seth Meyers reads out Trump’s entire rap sheet in breathless opening monologue. …

In an almost minute-and-a-half monologue, Meyers reeled off a continuous list of things Mr Trump has done, has been accused of and has coming up for him, all the while still coming out on top as the presumptive Republican nominee."

A video of this monologue is at the link below.

~ Amelia Neath

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/seth-meyers-trump-opening-monologue-b2508730.html

MasterMischief ,
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@wdlindsy Right, but...you know...Biden is old...so... 🙄

wdlindsy , to random
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"Proponents of law and order – who, for decades, railed against judicial decisions that freed from criminal sanction suspected and convicted criminals based on due process rights that are unconnected to guilt or innocence – now celebrate the possibility that a contemporary Benedict Arnold may hold the highest office of the land."

~ Mark Graber


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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/05/trump-supreme-court-insurrection-ruling-election

MasterMischief ,
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@wdlindsy They were never serious.

GottaLaff , to random
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“Pres on Tuesday will launch new task force to take on “unfair & illegal” corporate pricing, which Biden sees as major reason why consumers are not yet feeling the impact of cooling inflation rates & a strong .

Task force will be jointly led by FTC & DOJ, 2 agencies at forefront of Biden admin’s aggressive regulatory agenda over the past 3 years”
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/05/biden-to-launch-joint-ftc-doj-task-force-to-crack-down-on-unfair-and-illegal-pricing-.html

MasterMischief ,
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@GottaLaff It's not just Biden who sees it. Corporate profits are up. This isn't rocket science.

wdlindsy , to random
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“So, does this sound familiar? Someone with an axe to grind makes salacious allegations and funnels highly questionable information to a Republican operative, creating a media frenzy and weeks of official ‘hearings.’”

~ Jay Kuo


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https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/are-they-hunter-biden-ing-fani-willis

MasterMischief ,
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@wdlindsy I am shocked¹! Shocked¹ I tell you!

¹I am not in the least bit surprised Republicans are being deliberately misleading.

MasterMischief ,
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@wdlindsy Mrs Llama and I were just discussing how arguments between political parties has gone from "How do we do the right thing" to "Should we do the right thing". I weep for this country.

GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
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📌 Via Tamar Hallerman: 1/...

Coming at 1 pm: closing arguments from Fulton election defendants who are arguing #FaniWillis should be disqualified from the case. We're also expecting both sides to try and submit additional evidence, incl text messages, cell records and an affidavit #Georgia #legal

Live stream here: https://www.youtube.com/@judgescottmcafee/streams

Among today's spectators: Scott Grubman, att'y who rep'd defendant Ken Chesebro. Former Dekalb CEO and gubernatorial candidate Vernon Jones is also back

MasterMischief ,
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@GottaLaff Judge asked what that interest was.

'Undefined' 😂

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Elizabeth Warren:

Nearly 153,000 people woke up to life-changing news this morning: their student loan balance is now $0, thanks to the SAVE Plan.

The administration has delivered student debt relief to almost 4 million Americans. And more help is on the way.

MasterMischief ,
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@nomdeb @PandaChronicle @GottaLaff Republicans say government is bad because they are so bad at government.

GottaLaff , to random
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Winning back the House would be a swell idea, don'tcha think?

"House #Republicans to Take 2-Week Vacation Amid National Security Threat, Mass Shooting

There is a March 1 deadline to avert another shutdown."

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/house-republicans-to-take-2-week-vacation-amid-national-security-threat-mass-shooting

MasterMischief ,
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@GottaLaff Didn't the House just show us we can start impeaching people for not doing something about a crisis?

MasterMischief ,
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@GottaLaff Republicans fear mongering that Democrats are going to take away your rights while Republicans are actually doing it.

wdlindsy , to random
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Errin Haines reports that thought Trump was found liable for sexually assaulting and defaming E. Jean Carroll, a majority of Republican women are sticking by their man. Being Republican counts more than anything for them, and they justify voting for Trump and men like him by claiming they are the victims of malicious women — not the perpetrator of abuse.

https://19thnews.org/2024/02/errin-haines-the-amendment-trump-accountability-gop-women/

MasterMischief ,
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@wdlindsy

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Catherine Rampell:

As I've been saying: The border actions that Johnson now claims can do with the "stroke of a pen," without any new legislation, were very often found illegal when did them https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/30/republicans-immigration-deal-johnson-clueless/

Priscilla Alvarez:

In 2018, Trump tried to use an authority that Johnson has cited to curtail border crossings. But a federal appeals court ruled that the authority conflicts w asylum law & the authority doesn’t override it, underscoring the limits of the pres

MasterMischief ,
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@GottaLaff Republicans say government is bad because they are so bad at government.

lowqualityfacts , to random
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Very cool of Amazon to put unnecessary ads in their shows just so they can charge us more money to get rid of the ads that don't need to be there in the first place.

It's the digital equivalent of the Coca-Cola Company putting rocks into cans of soda and then introducing "New and improved Rock-Free Coke, only one dollar more than the rock-filled original!".

MasterMischief ,
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@lowqualityfacts $68 Billion just wasn't enough.

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AMZN/amazon/gross-profit

I made write-ups for really weird things players can make deals to serve.

I made this thing for a game jam. Its 12 weird patrons for spicing up your player options with a healthy dose of chaos. This kind of thing is maybe not that useful for most, but I'm giving it to y'all anyway. I mean somebody out there probably wants to make a deal to serve a taxidermied unicorn....

MasterMischief ,
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@gary_d_pryor These look pretty cool.

GottaLaff , to random
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✔️ Via Aaron Rupar:

With the economy humming along, notice how Republicans have quietly pivoted to "all border all the time" messaging. The pool of issues they perceive to be winning ones is small -- and shrinking.

MasterMischief ,
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@GottaLaff They scream, "The border!" but when they were in power, they voted for a tax cut for the wealthy. Even if you believe their rhetoric about immigration, the Republican party has demonstrated they don't care.

MasterMischief ,
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@sgtnasty I recently lost one gaming group. My other gaming group meets so infrequently that I am not sure it qualifies for 'current'.

When I do run it is either Mutants & Masterminds 2e or Scum and Villainy.

MasterMischief ,
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@sgtnasty I am not a fan of how 'swingy' d20 can be. For things like combat when there will be lots of rolls, it's fine. It averages out. But if you get to use your one skill only once per session, it really sucks.

MasterMischief ,
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@sgtnasty Mutants & Masterminds 2e uses d20. However, there are several Feats that mitigate 'one bad roll' so I find it tolerable.

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