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uspolitics Bot , 6 hours ago to random

Sen. Mitch McConnell Booed at Republican National Convention

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/15/sen-mitch-mcconnell-booed-at-republican-national-convention/

rexi , 4 hours ago (edited 3 hours ago)

@uspolitics

everyone who thought they were one step ahead of that mascot of hate, DJT, gets eaten alive slowly later by the maga-Morlocks of our humble dystopia.

wish it was bad sci-fi.

marcelias , 2 months ago to random

🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court DISMISSES Republican lawsuit seeking to overturn the state's Election Procedure Manual. Another big win for win for the voters of Arizona. Another loss for the RNC. https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizona-2023-election-procedures-manual-challenge-rnc/

rexi , 2 months ago

@marcelias
how much can that help, Mark, when we have the Speaker of the House sitting behind a criminal ex-president in court, loudly claiming election interference?

randahl , 2 months ago to random

Tonight was a very special night for Denmark in 1945. The nazis had occupied Denmark for five years, and after dinner, people tuned in to the Danish broadcast from the BBC, where Johannes G. Sørensen read the following:

“In this moment, Montgomery has informed us, the German troops in Holland, Northwest Germany, AND in Denmark have surrendered. This is London… we repeat: In this moment, Montgomery…”

Five years in darkness had ended. To everyone in Ukraine, know this:

The day will come. ♥️

rexi , 2 months ago

@randahl
let's hope by the 80th jubilee, the Ukrainians will lead the joyful festivities because of their regained freedom.

randahl , 2 months ago to random

This is awesome: 🙌🏻

The Baltic countries are raising the middle finger to Putin and switching their railway from the old Russian width to European width, and building an enormous railway all the way from Helsinki in Finland to Warsaw in Poland, where it connects to the existing European railway system.

249 kph means 3½ hour rides between European capitals — using clean electrical energy thereby helping our climate too.

B1M has a video about the Rail Baltica:

https://youtu.be/spQ4v0Y2FfM?si=PmTaLt_JQY_2gewt

rexi , 2 months ago

@randahl @vgoller
I would love to see Saint Petersburg as a station along the line in a free Russia.

wdlindsy , 3 months ago to random

"At the end of 2023, Americans were paying at least 30 percent more for beef, pork, and poultry products than they were in 2020.

Why? Near-monopoly power. Just four companies now control processing of 80 percent of beef, nearly 70 percent of pork, and almost 60 percent of poultry. So of course it’s easy for them to coordinate price increases."

~ Robert Reich

#CorporateProfits #CorporateGreed #inflation

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/record-corporate-profits-coming-from

rexi , 3 months ago

@wdlindsy

Functionally "#takerstate" oligopolies; a red state corporate influence feedback loop -- cheaply bought U.S.Senate influence gets you sweet corporate tax deals.

Habitually in need of Federal handouts across the board; net 'takers' in Federal funding, yet populistically opposing the federal system.

rexi , 3 months ago to random

https://act.citizensforethics.org/a/menendez-must-be-expelled

Senator #Menendez appears to be the first sitting member of Congress charged with operating as a foreign agent in violation of #FARA, the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and allowing him to remain in the Senate creates a massive national security risk.

For the sake of our national security and our democracy, he must be expelled from the Senate.

Co-sign our letter to Majority Leader #ChuckSchumer!
@crew Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

rexi OP , 3 months ago

https://click.everyaction.com/k/81701478/463252894/-1481548595
@crew

As of December 2023, the Federal Election Commission has received 59 complaints alleging that Donald Trump or his committees violated the Federal Election Campaign Act. In 29 of those cases, nonpartisan staff in the FEC’s Office of General Counsel recommended the FEC investigate Trump.

Yet not once has a #Republican #FEC commissioner voted to approve any such investigation or enforcement of the law against Trump, a new CREW analysis found.

rbreich , 4 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

rexi , 4 months ago

@rbreich

A perfect way to determine tax rates: the higher the disparity between CEO pay and the average employee's pay, the higher the tax rate for that executive.

It would disincentivize underpaying the bottom tier.

Nonilex , 4 months ago to random

The top U.S. #intelligence ofcl on Mon warned that the #war in #Gaza could embolden #terrorist groups, which are aligned in their opposition to the #UnitedStates for its support of #Israel.
“The crisis has galvanized #violence by a range of actors around the world. And while it is too early to tell, it is likely that the Gaza conflict will have a generational impact on #terrorism,” #ODNI #AvrilHaines, told an annual hearing on #GlobalSecurity #threats.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/11/cia-israel-gaza-ukraine-ai/

rexi , 4 months ago

@Nonilex

Netanyahu is a socipath who, like Trump is absolutely ambivalent about the pain of others, unless it can be used to his personal benefit.

luckytran , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Hmmm. It’s like GenZ has spent their formative years living through a historic pandemic that is causing mass death and disability.

rexi , 5 months ago

@luckytran

eeuw! this boomer says: go kids , go!

only ten is not even mild OCD, and I may yet eat one of your cookies, if offered.