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I'd have voted for a raccoon with a Magic 8-Ball over #tRunt.
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luckytran , to random
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Your regular reminder that COVID is a bipartisan failure.

Red_Shirt_Dude ,
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@luckytran It can be argued that objectively, there has been a significant improvement under President . It obviously took a while to fix the mess made, but eventually, the slope of the curve was significantly reduced; and that's in spite of the fact that Red states continued to undermine efforts to get it under control.

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Kyle Griffin:

The IRS is making its free online tax filing program permanent for the 2025 tax season.

All 50 states and D.C. are invited to participate.

Red_Shirt_Dude ,
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@GottaLaff Unfortunately a phone number in greatest-country-in-the-word format is required. International phone numbers are not supported.

mastodonmigration , to random
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Tomorrow in the Trump election fraud trial, Cohen's cross examination will conclude. The usual suspects on TV will offer their hot takes as to whether the defense 'scored points' or 'dirtied up Cohen' successfully.

Let's try to stay focused on the facts, not some kind of sports coverage analogy.

Bottom line is going to be, did Trump approve "grossing up" Cohen's payment, thereby commiting fraud, as shown in this piece of hard evidence, the Cohen bank statement with Weisseberg's notes?

Red_Shirt_Dude ,
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@mastodonmigration If I were the prosecutor, I'd have a thermometer-like graph with a line called reasonable doubt. All of the evidence provided so far has pushed us way passed this point. Then show the conversation in question as a tiny sliver and point out that even this was not disproved by the defence. The only thing that was proved here was that this conversation may have covered more than one topic.

GottaLaff , to random
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👀 Via Katie Phang:

NEW: Judge enters an Order “temporarily staying” the requirement for to have to file his CIPA Section 5 notice in the MAL classified case.

Sec. 5 requires Trump to disclose to the Government the classified materials he intends on using at trial.

Red_Shirt_Dude ,
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@iuculano @GottaLaff I wish. I think you are being overly optimistic but I hope you are right.

Red_Shirt_Dude , to random
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My takeaway . . .
Don't go with .

Red_Shirt_Dude , to random
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It seems to me that an argument can be made. . .
If a president is allowed to commit certain crimes, so is everyone else.

Red_Shirt_Dude , to random
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Not to brag or anything but years ago, I predicted that Republicans would protest national puppy day.

Red_Shirt_Dude , to random
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It seems to me . . .
and I might be wrong here . . .
It seems to me, that The Framers, if they had intended for there to be a list of crimes for which the president is immune from prosecution . . .
It seems to me . . .
that they would have written it down.

Red_Shirt_Dude , to random
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Apparently, Republicans are now trying to vilify universities . . .
And why wouldn't they?
Universities are filled with books.

Red_Shirt_Dude , to random
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Too bad the framers didn't codify the right to not get shot by an AR-15.

Red_Shirt_Dude , to random
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I think that it's time to come to terms with the fact that there are parts of the USA where it really still is 1862.

lowqualityfacts , to random
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This is one of history's greatest hoaxes.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

Red_Shirt_Dude ,
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@lowqualityfacts What about the piretes of three rivers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9ofainczNo

This song is so bad that it's good.

JoshuaHolland , to random
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There’s no reason in the world to believe raised $50 million at that fundraiser but the quarter just started and the claim will be forgotten by the time they have to file FEC reports so, thanks to a credulous press, mission accomplished.

Red_Shirt_Dude ,
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@Npars01 @shansterable @JoshuaHolland "claims"

GottaLaff , to random
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Shares of Donald ’s social media company slumped more than 20% on Monday, as the fervor around its debut on public markets last week appeared to subside. The sell-off cut the market value of Trump Media & Technology Group by some $2 billion.-NYT

Red_Shirt_Dude ,
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@GottaLaff Maybe Elon will buy it.

rbreich , to random
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The IRS is sending out more than 125,000 notices to individuals who made $400,000 or more and failed to file returns between 2017 and 2021.

It's estimated that the richest Americans are dodging $150 billion worth of taxes every year.

This is why IRS funding is a good thing.

Red_Shirt_Dude ,
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@rbreich I'm still wating for the refund of my overpayment from 2020.

GottaLaff , to random
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Marj Q should be kicked out. She won't be. And she'll be re-elected. Other than that, everything is swell.

Via Scott MacFarlane:

In letter, Rep Joe Morelle (D-NY) alleges House Speaker failed to uphold decorum at State of the Union

He cites MAGA hat on Rep MT Greene, "Appallingly..she was approached by the Sgt-at-Arms who asked her to take the hat off because it violated the rules of decorum. She refused"

Dear Spkr Johnson: As Speaker, it is your duty to preserve order & decorum in the House of Rep.' Last night during SOTU, you failed to perform that duty. As you know, official resources of House—incl the Chamber—may not be used for campaign or political purposes.”> However, as noted extensively in public reporting Marjoric 1aylor Greene wore a hat w political campaign slogan during the address.’ Appallingly, according to Ms. Greene herself, she was approached by the Sergeant at Arms who asked her to take the hat off because it violated the rules of decorum. She refused.* Recounting the exchange, she said, “I was like, ‘You can hold me out of here. Go ahead and try it, but I'm not going to take this hat off.” Her refusal to remove the hat was juvenile and showed immense disrespect—not just to the President himself, but to the office of the presidency and the House as an institution. That her impertinence extended to a nonpartisan House officer simply trying to perform their duties and maintain order is beyond the pale. The disrespect did not end there. As further observed in public reporting, House Republicans “repeatedly heckled President Biden,” “jeered and interrupted Biden during his speech,” and led...
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    • Red_Shirt_Dude ,
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    @GottaLaff Security, please remove the woman wearing the hat.

    breadandcircuses , to random
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    Today I want to take an extended four-part look at a compelling article published in 2021 titled “What Might an Ecosocialist Society Look Like?” The issues raised then are clearly still relevant today, probably even more now than they were three years ago.

    We’ll begin with a statement about the magnitude of the problems we face…

    The threat to life on Earth posed by the climate and ecological crises can hardly be overstated. A 2019 Nature article warned that up to a million species of plants and animals are on the verge of extinction, and a United Nations study the same year identified global warming as a major driver of wildlife decline. Much of the devastation to date was catalogued in the 2020 WWF Living Planet report, which recorded a 68% decline in the population of vertebrates around the world in just the past five decades. More succinctly, scientists report that Earth is currently experiencing a sixth mass extinction.

    The scale of the environmental crisis is unprecedented in human history. At stake are human civilization and billions of lives. An article last year in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences predicted that for every additional 1°C rise beyond the 2019 global average, a billion people will be forced to abandon their locations or endure insufferable heat. The paper warns that under a scenario of increasing emissions, within 50 years areas now home to a third of the world’s population could experience the same temperatures as the hottest parts of the Sahara.

    Summing up the findings of some 150 scientific studies, a 2021 paper authored by 17 scientists warned that the “scale of the threats to the biosphere and all its life forms – including humanity – is in fact so great that it is difficult to grasp even for well-informed experts.” Adding further urgency, 101 Nobel laureates released an open letter in April 2021 in which they wrote, “We are seized by the great moral issue of our time: the climate crisis and commensurate destruction of nature.” The laureates called for a worldwide fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty.

    We'll have more soon from this important article.

    READ THE WHOLE THING -- https://www.resilience.org/stories/2021-09-29/what-might-an-ecosocialist-society-look-like/

    #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Degrowth

    Red_Shirt_Dude ,
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    @tym @breadandcircuses I have no context here, but, that sounds like one of those things that I want very much want to believe is true, but would be highly sceptical of without hearing any facts to back it up.

    GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
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    I. DO. NOT. HAVE. COVID. LAURIE DOES. OKAY? Thank you for caring, but sheesh! Read the post! Read the thread!

    👉🏼Via Laurie Garrett:👈🏼

    I have just tested + for -- my 1st time. I wear masks, but hardly anybody else does. Went to 6 pharmacies in search of ...only one has the drug, but declined insurance & demanded $1600.38 for 5-day supply. Outrageous.

    Red_Shirt_Dude ,
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    @GottaLaff I went shopping yesterday and 100% of people were masked.
    No, wait! I meant to say, I went shopping yesterday and I was 100% of the people that were masked.

    rbreich , to random
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    Nikki Haley:

    -Said Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill “doesn’t go far enough”

    -Would sign a federal abortion ban

    -Pledged not to "expand Medicaid ever”

    -Proudly called herself a “union-buster”

    Don't let anyone fool you into thinking she’s some moderate alternative to Trump.

    Red_Shirt_Dude ,
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    @rbreich Nimrata claims that she's without the . That's like saying she's the without the show.

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