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godzero

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我是
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KN6HRB (technical)
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Pue'rh drinker, vegan
Play music on various instruments. I write songs that no one ever hears. No one dares.
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Olympia WA
ex San Jose CA, London UK, and Zimbabwe

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CAT BOOST TIME

godzero ,
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@babe
Belial just likes sitting on this upturned plant pot.

pluralistic , to random
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"We do not guarantee steaks cooked medium well or above"

godzero ,
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@pluralistic
I politely decline to ever go there.

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A timeline of New York's destruction of public health.

godzero ,
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@luckytran
Bizarre

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As the old saying goes, "When someone tells you who they are and you get fooled again, shame on you." That goes double for Microsoft, especially when it comes to security promises.

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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/2024/06/14/patch-tuesday/#fool-me-twice-we-dont-get-fooled-again

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A frame from a Peanuts animation, depicting Lucy yanking the football away from Charlie Brown, who is somersaulting through the sky. It has been altered. Lucy's head has been replaced with Microsoft's Clippy. Charlie Brown's head has been replaced with a 19th century caricature of a grinning Uncle Sam. The sky has been replaced with a 'code waterfall' effect as seen in the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies.
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    @pluralistic
    But Cory, how do you really feel about Microsoft?

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Women’s reproductive rights, contraception, LGBTQ rights, IVF, now this:

    The Christian right is coming for divorce next - Vox

    “Conservative commentators and lawmakers are calling for an end to no-fault divorce, arguing that it has harmed men and even destroyed the fabric of society.”
    https://apple.news/AZrx9yMTiQiaZJGSvy9X9Tg

    godzero ,
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    @GottaLaff
    ffs

    rbreich , to random
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    Median CEO pay at major corporations jumped 13% last year.

    Much of the increase was due to stock performance.

    Just so happens that in 2023 corporations spent ~$800 BILLION on stock buybacks, which artificially pump up share prices.

    Translation: CEOs are goosing their own pay.

    godzero ,
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    @rbreich
    Totally shocked!

    CelloMomOnCars , to random
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    This sounds -- not good.

    "Almost four out of every 10 covering the crisis and environment issues have been threatened as a result of their work, with 11% subjected to physical violence, according to groundbreaking new research.

    Despite the breadth and magnitude of the problems, 39% of journalists surveyed reported having – mostly due to fear of repercussions from “those undertaking illegal activities” or the government."

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/05/climate-crisis-journalists

    godzero ,
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    @CelloMomOnCars
    Aren't we lucky to live in such a civilized society?

    pluralistic , to random
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    Today's threads (a thread)

    Inside: Surveillance pricing; and more!

    Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/05/your-price-named/

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    The produce section of a grocery store, with Kroger's signage. It is animated. The image fades to a version in which all the hand-lettered price signs are replaced with code waterfalls as seen in the credit-sequences of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies. The image fades again and the huge, menacing eye of HAL9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' appears in the center aisle, and all the prices have doubled. The image fades again and the doubled prices are replaced with the code waterfall again. The image then loops. Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en

    godzero ,
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    @Quantillion @tehstu @pluralistic
    Coming soon! Tomato and toothpaste subscriptions. Watch this space!

    ElleGray , to random

    Stocking up for summer 2024: sunscreen, bathing suit, beach read, basic necessities for families who will need to stay with me like they did in 2023 because forest fires destroyed their homes, popsicles,

    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    That's kinda grim.

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    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    Been there, you have my sympathy.

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    Today's threads (a thread)

    Inside: Ticketmaster jacks us for billions so it can pocket millions; and more!

    Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/03/aoi-aoi-oh/

    #Pluralistic

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    godzero ,
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    @enmodo @pluralistic
    I stopped going to concerts run by that system many years ago. I just don't care enough about the acts to subject myself to the abuse, I'd rather go to local venues and see less corporatized music.

    alice , (edited ) to random
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    Hey Internet Queerdos and Allies,

    It's :_gaysparkle: Pride :_gaysparkle: month, which means it's time to bring on the corporate rainbow washing!

    Before we get started, here's a content warning () for some swearing, dark topics, and a lot of :100_gay: If that's alright with you, then let's goooo!

    Okay, so it's been an interesting past year. The Cass report came out and helped roll back trans rights in some pretty serious ways, the conservative Right kept right on proving to be downright 💩 humans, there's at least one genocide threatening people's right to exist, and billionaires continued to exercise their (money-given) right to make everything worse for everyone but them. Rights have been a big topic lately.

    Oh, and I almost threw myself off a bridge several months back—but we'll get to that in a moment.

    Fuck. I need some rainbow-safe brain-bleach before we continue, so here are some good things that happened:

    I traded in my old gender for a shiny new one :v_trans: (technically I just binned the old one—it was pretty outdated). Speaking of dating, I started seeing a lovely enby (hi @catsalad!) from the infosec community. All the people I do safety checks with are still here, and Trump became an official felon 🎉

    Alright, that's a bit better. Now on to the actual point of this article: acceptance, community, and safety.

    Those three things are right up there with staying hydrated and memes when I think about what any queer person needs to thrive.

    Acceptance is a prerequisite for community. Our diversity of experience is just as important as our shared experience. Without being accepting of what makes us each unique and wonderful, our communities are fragile and prone to fracturing. You only have to look at those who try to define what a "real man" or "real woman" is to see how they draw circles around their in-group that get smaller and smaller until no one fits.

    Community breeds safety. You may snap a twig with your bare hands, but bind 'em together and you'll find a fagot much harder. Members of our community support each other—and that support becomes so much more important when our queer friends and family run up against the bigotry and horrors of this world. But we're not just one community; we're an alphabet soup of people who come together under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella. Regardless of the specifics, we're the ones who weren't born with the default settings...and that's beautiful—that's worth protecting.

    So what about the bridge? Well, like so many people who identify as LGBTQ+, I had a lot of trauma growing up. Trauma that I continue to collect and box up like newly caught Pokémon. There are a lot of sources of that trauma for me: tech-industry layoffs, an abusive partner, neuro-divergence, as well as non-conforming gender and sexuality in a world whose motto might as well be "Of the Default, by the Default, and for the Default".

    This all came together one day after a fight with my spouse that left me in a very dark place. I didn't feel safe, I didn't feel like I really belonged to any community, and I didn't feel accepted by those closest to me.

    As I stood on the bridge, I got a notification on my phone...then another. It was enough to snap me out of it for a second, and I checked my messages through the tears. Thinking back I honestly don't remember who they were from or what they said, but I do remember that they were from Mastodon, from a couple people who just happened to reach out at the exact right moment. I'll skip the rest of the details, because some of you have already heard this story and they're not really important to this article.

    The important part is that I made it home in one piece because someone reached out. Someone who didn't even know how much I needed them to.

    That little tie to the queer community was all it took to ground me in the moment and save my life.

    Since then I've been keeping an eye out for others that might need grounding and doing my best to make sure they feel accepted. I've been welcoming as many new people into the community as I can, and I've been trying my best to be a safe space for anyone who needs it.

    So, wrapping this up, I want to ask you to do the same. Not just today, but every day—as often as you can. Sometimes all it takes is showing a little kindness and compassion to make a big difference in someone's life.

    Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go check in on some people and tell them how glad I am that they're here.

    —Alice Watson 💜

    godzero ,
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    @alice @teejay @rye
    Blocked on mine too

    ElleGray , to random

    Omg any day now computers will be able to add

    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    Shock! Horror! What will they think of next? 😱

    ElleGray , to random

    all the world on the back of a turtle

    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    It's worlds all the way down

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    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    What's Darcy Day?

    ElleGray , to random

    All I saw was sandwich for at least 15 seconds

    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    What a horrible ugly shoe! I wouldn't eat it unless they made it look more appetizing.

    pluralistic , to random
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    Oh, fuck you, British Airways.

    godzero ,
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    @pluralistic
    I don't even know what that means. 🤦‍♂️

    godzero ,
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    @pluralistic
    https://theconversation.com/the-dead-internet-theory-makes-eerie-claims-about-an-ai-run-web-the-truth-is-more-sinister-229609

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    @pluralistic on the practicalities of "Even a brief moment's serious consideration should make it clear why we wouldn't want the distracted, stoned, drunk, suicidal, homicidal maniacs who pilot their two-ton killbots through our residential streets at 75mph to be flying over our heads with a reservoir of high explosives strapped to their backs."

    I read this after driving two hours on Michigan highways, and this gets a solid AMEN from me. The here is a bit unsettling.

    godzero ,
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    @oliversampson @pluralistic
    There are so many people who can't handle driving in 2D, so 3D would be a disaster.

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    Police remote-scanning the NFC tags in your library book and cross-referencing them with your plate from the ANPR was not on my dystopia checklist. Time to go back to barcodes.

    https://archive.is/bYszD

    godzero ,
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    @dymaxion
    Don't worry, I'm sure this will never be abused. 🤔

    molly0xfff , to random
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    I had such a great chat with @mike on his Dot Social podcast, where we talked about the future of the web and why I'm a web optimist, why everyone should be a blogger, digital ownership, and decentralized social media.

    The full episode is available here https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/molly-white/ and on PeerTube/YouTube/the usual podcast feeds!

    godzero ,
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    @molly0xfff @mike
    Great chat, thank you!

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    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    lol

    ElleGray , to random

    so. in January I was in a bad car accident. fractured spine, ruptured discs, cracked pelvis, broken arm. last 4 months have been v hard. tonight though I'm going back to my adult dance class for the first time. I wasn't sure I'd ever even walk properly again so this is a moment for me. a good one

    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    Congrats on your recovery. Have a good wiggle and maybe throw in a twerk or two.

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    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    Good luck!

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    Look, I get it. Jack wants the freedom to sport that godawful beard and Twitter is genuinely the only place where wannabe billionaire simps won't roast him for having facial hair that somehow screams "white supremacist billy goat".

    godzero ,
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    @lowqualityfacts
    But I like billy goats! Just not this one.

    pluralistic , to random
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    If you listen to F1 on your phone cranked to max in public places (e.g. airports) you are a fucking war criminal and you are going to Hell for ten billion years when you die.

    godzero ,
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    @pluralistic
    🤣🤣🤣

    ElleGray , to random

    Dead Boy Detectives has provided me with a new reply to, well, everything

    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    I'm just bored with my ennui. Maybe I should get a different one.

    luckytran , to random
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    Timely reminder that historically, has been a day of protest and upholding the right to protest. It says a lot that May Day isn't officially recognized in the U.S.

    godzero ,
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    @luckytran
    Today is the real Labour Day

    rbreich , to random
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    From 1989 — 2021, typical working families in the US saw negligible increases in their real incomes and wealth.

    Meanwhile, the wealthiest 1% became $29 trillion richer.

    Trickle-down economics did not work.

    It still does not work.

    It will never work.

    It's not meant to work.

    godzero ,
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    @rbreich
    "Trickle-down" is a misnomer, it's actually "torrent-up".

    rbreich , to random
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    Billionaires don’t care that Trump wants to free Jan 6 insurrectionists.

    They don’t care that he says he'll be a dictator on “day one.”

    They don’t care that he calls opponents “vermin” to “root out.”

    All they care about is more tax cuts.

    This is why they've returned to Trump.

    godzero ,
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    @rbreich
    Tax cuts, abolition of unions, and deregulation.

    ElleGray , to random

    bicycles allowed but only if you can hover above them and control them with your mind

    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    Isn't that how you ride a bike anyway?

    Glastomichelle , to random
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    Just at that final moment before the sun disappeared and the rain and hale took over. the light was just so intense. Glastonbury Tor this morning.

    godzero ,
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    @Glastomichelle
    Wonderful photo!

    ElleGray , to random

    the sphinx is awake and has thoughts

    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    Plotting the downfall of humanity (except for a feeder bot)

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    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    😂

    ElleGray , to random

    tesla owners finally complaining about some of the cars' features bc apparently your spouse can watch your car's progress on the app at home and see where you stop. you can even see which seats are being used so "both backseats" suddenly registering on the "heat map" is giving away the cheating lol

    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    That's massively fucked up

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    “Bruce Schneier has a name for this practice: ‘feudal security.’ That's when you cede control over your device to a Big Tech warlord whose "walled garden" becomes a fortress that defends you against external threats… The keyword here is external threats. When Apple itself threatens your privacy, the fortress becomes a prison.” @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/22/reality-distortion-field/#three-trillion-here-three-trillion-there-pretty-soon-youre-talking-real-money ht @chasedmartin

    godzero ,
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    @interfluidity @pluralistic @chasedmartin
    Well, you can choose between Apple and Google. That's freedom! 🤔

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    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    I clicked "ignore".

    rbreich , to random
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    But I thought he was a "billionaire."

    godzero ,
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    @rbreich
    Bigly billions for sure

    georgetakei , to random
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    Trump's many moments of confusion are now part of the Congressional record. https://secondnexus.com/hur-biden-trump-swalwell?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

    godzero ,
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    @georgetakei
    Maybe trump is ai generated

    godzero ,
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    @coyoty @georgetakei
    Judging by the kind of crap that AI generates it might be on point. Or, AI could mean Actual Idiocy 🤷‍♂️

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    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray @not2b
    Yes

    ElleGray , (edited ) to random

    was just forced to use a glitching self-checkout machine that had the audacity to yell out TELL US HOW WE DID!!! at the end well I did great you metallic moron thanks for nothing there should be a pad on these things where you can punch them

    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    🤣

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    godzero ,
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    @ElleGray
    Having recently moved from the Bay Area to the PNW, I now understand SAD. ☹️🌧️

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    Usernames...for everyone!!!

    Usernames are now out of beta and available for anyone using the latest version of the Signal app--≥7.0.

    🎁❤️

    godzero ,
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    @Mer__edith
    The username minimum is 3 characters.
    No.

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    Things I'm not allowed to do in my hotel room.

    Registration No: Registrant Name: Company Name: Property Address: Primary Emergency Contact: - - PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT PRESERVE SHAPE BUILD Short Term Rental Registration Certificate - Operating or maintaining a sober living home; Selling liquor, illegal drugs or pornography; USING THIS PROPERTY FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES ARE PROHIBITED: Any nonresidential use; - Holding a special event that requires a permit or license pursuant to a city or town ordinance or state law or rule; - Operating a retail business, restaurant, event center, banquet hall or similar use; Housing sex offenders; - Operating a nude or topless dancing; -Obscenity; - Adult-oriented business; or - Other uses prohibited by A.R.S. 9-500.39 FA 4 Emergency Contact: Date: 10/25/2023 10:23 PM Emergency Contact: . This must be posted within 10 feet of the primary entrance. City of Phoenix, 200 West Washington Street Phoenix, Arizona 85003 For questions, please contact vacation.rental@phoenix.gov
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    @pluralistic
    🤣

    godzero ,
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    @pluralistic
    So bottomless dancing is ok?

    godzero , to random
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    @pluralistic
    See you tomorrow at Powell's!

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    Lol, okay then.

    Via NBC's Katherine Doyle:

    Chris LaCivita, who is set to take on #RNC operating officer duties, says RNC WON’T use party funds to cover #Trump-related legal expenses, per Vaughn Hillyard

    “No,” LaCivita says in South Carolina where Trump is taking the stage. Asked to clarify, he responds: “Fucking no.”

    godzero ,
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    @GottaLaff
    That's some nice operating officer duties you got there. It would be a shame if something happened to them.

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