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US / San Francisco Bay Area. He/him. Democracy defense info page: bonhoffer.tv/democracy Resources page to fight the use of transphobia in the 2024 US election: https://sites.google.com/site/bonhoffertv/transequality

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GottaLaff , to random
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Of course. Via Alejandra Caraballo:

Oh my god. The entirety of the Epoch Times was a giant money laundering operation.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/chief-financial-officer-multinational-media-company-charged-participating-scheme

bhahne ,
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@GottaLaff
Wow. Guardian article here:

"DoJ accuses far-right Epoch Times of being money-laundering operation"

https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/03/epoch-times-money-laundering-crypto-justice-department

And of course, they used crypto to launder it:

“ 'Under Guan’s management, members of the team and others used cryptocurrency to knowingly purchase tens of millions of dollars in crime proceeds...' The proceeds were then allegedly “laundered” through a certain cryptocurrency platform..."

GottaLaff , to random
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Via @stevebenen:

Quite a quote from Eric Swalwell on the parade of GOP members attending #TrumpTrial this morning:

“I don’t think that anything could animate the phrase ‘do-nothing Congress’ more than missing votes and canceling hearings to go up and be a spectator at your cult leader’s trial.”

bhahne ,
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@GottaLaff @stevebenen They aren't going there to be spectators - they're going there to coordinate and receive their marching orders on how to attack witnesses, bypassing Tr*mp's gag order. See Judd Legum's May 15 column:

https://popular.info/p/is-trump-orchestrating-a-new-criminal

"...Outside the courthouse, they addressed the media and attacked key witnesses, the jury, and even the judge's daughter.

The comments by Trump's Republican allies are nearly identical to attacks that Trump has made previously..."

poligraf , to palestine group
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« Pro-Palestine demonstrators protested for the second night in a row at Stanford University on Friday. »

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEAGuZ0Y9ig

#Palestine #ceasefire #FreePalestine @palestine

🕊️ 🇵🇸 🍉 🙏🏻 ✌️ ☮️ 🇺🇸

bhahne ,
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@poligraf @palestine FYI for people looking for more information specific to the Stanford student movement, the students appear to be using the Stanford Against Apartheid in Palestine Instagram account from January:

https://www.instagram.com/sit_in_to_stop_genocide/

That page has some posts about current (April 28) daily protest content, so somebody is clearly updating that account. I'm unable to find other current social media pages or a web site for the current student efforts.

#palestine #stanford

bhahne ,
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@poligraf @palestine And consistent with a national pattern of administrative hostility to students calling for justice, Stanford University is threatening arrests.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/stanford-officials-threaten-arrest-tent-19425536.php

"Stanford officials threaten to arrest protesters camping on campus plaza"

bhahne ,
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@poligraf @palestine

Ah OK, I was reading it with a browser that has cookies disabled and it worked. I've now added a non-paywalled version of the same story hosted on MSN.

bhahne ,
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@poligraf @palestine

As an update on this, my wife received additional information from a Stanford Jewish Voice for Peace member:

"Students have been occupying White Plaza since [April 25]... Community members can follow updates, see daily programming, and see what students need by checking @stanfordsjp and @sit_in_to_stop_genocide on Instagram. Reach out directly if you can support by providing an educational workshop or security!"

#Palestine #Stanford #protests

bhahne ,
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marcelias , to random
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🚨BREAKING: Arizona Grand Jury INDICTS more than a dozen people, including fake electors, for conspiracy, fraud and forgery. Donald Trump named unindicted coconspirator.

bhahne ,
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@marcelias Is there a good reason why it took 3.5 years to have indictments filed? Per the Associated Press, these charges date back to acts committed on Dec. 14, 2020!

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/24/2237107/-11-Republicans-who-falsely-declared-Trump-won-indicted-in-Arizona

"The eleven people who had been nominated to be Arizona’s Republican electors met in Phoenix on Dec. 14, 2020, to sign a certificate saying they were “duly elected and qualified” electors and claimed Trump had carried the state."

lowqualityfacts , to random
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It's the technology's greatest flaw.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

bhahne ,
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@lowqualityfacts It's also ineffective against the color yellow.

RikerGoogling Bot , to random
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holodeck games where you punch nazis

bhahne ,
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pluralistic , to random
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Rooftop solar is the future, but it's also a scam. It didn't have to be, but the US decided the best way to roll out distributed, resilient, renewable energy was to let Wall Street run the show. They turned it into a scam, and now it's in terrible trouble. which means we're in terrible trouble.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/27/here-comes-the-sun-king/#sign-here

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bhahne ,
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@pluralistic To my knowledge, most of the vendors who are part of the California Solar and Storage Association (https://calssa.org) are reputable businesses, many of them small single-owner.

CALSSA is good allies with Solar Rights Alliance (https://solarrights.org), the California consumer organization that defends rooftop solar rights. People concerned about rooftop solar in California should sign up at for their list at their web site.

bhahne ,
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@pluralistic I tend to agree with others in this thread that rather than bashing the entire rooftop solar industry, it would be better to report on the California PUC and how they're completely the lapdogs for PG&E and the other utilities. NEM3.0 in particular has devastated the small rooftop solar companies and demolished the market for rooftop solar in California.

For the severe damage caused by the California PUC's approval of NEM3.0, see here: https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2023/12/01/california-rooftop-solar-installations-drop-80-following-nem-3-0/

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