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🧵starts HERE.

Remember: I cannot reply while live-posting, so plz use NFL (Not For Laffy.. no hashtag) so I can skip your replies. THANK YOU.

Running a little late, so some preamble included here.

1/… Via Rupar: Trump wraps up his morning rant by attacking one of the prosecutors, Colangelo, which is a flagrant violation of his gag order

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Judge Cannon has postponed Trump's classified documents trial and didn't set a new start date.

The Supreme Court is slow walking Trump's classified documents case, which has delayed his Jan 6 trial.

The federal judiciary is effectively acting like a MAGA campaign arm.

Npars01 ,
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@rbreich

Judge Cannon has been bought by the same corrupt system of patronage that bought the unqualified, yet loyal, Kavanaugh & Coney Barrett their seats on the Supreme Court.
https://www.salon.com/2024/05/07/cannons-secret-right-wing-getaway-why-didnt-we-know-about-this/

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-aileen-cannon-classified-documents-case-miami-florida-montana-trip-npr-1896480

https://www.newsweek.com/what-aileen-cannon-financial-disclosures-reveal-1817233

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/22/clarence-thomas-koch-network-donor-events

Dangling the carrot of future gains in front of Cannon must be irresistible to her

Unqualified. Temperamentally unsuited. Biased. Poorly educated. Not very bright. Venal. She's a perfect future GOP nominee

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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😳”1 woman miscarried in lobby restroom of TX emerg rm as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another learned her fetus had no heartbeat at Fla hospital, day after security guard turned her away from the facility. No Carolina, woman gave birth in car after emerg room couldn’t offer an ultrasound. The baby later died.

Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the SCOTUS overturned Roe v Wade”
https://apnews.com/article/9ce6c87c8fc653c840654de1ae5f7a1c

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GM Energy, the EV-focused subsidiary of General Motors, has rolled out a new product suite that will let owners of GM-made EVs transfer power between the vehicles and their homes. This technology — colloquially known as bidirectional charging — effectively transforms your EV into a power source for your home during emergencies.

Other current vehicles with this ability include the Ford F-150 Lightning, The Hyundai Ioniq and the Kia EV6.

Only be available in CA, FL, MI, NY, and TX for now.

Npars01 ,
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@GreenFire

I read the daily posts from @pluralistic

On today's post Corey Doctorow writes that capitalism is based on fear.

The fossil fuel industry is funding wars and attacks on democracy because they are afraid of losing their captive markets and their wealth.

They are prepared to fry a planet to keep their wealth.

With every purchase of a tank of gas, folks fund a fascist movement.

Want to save the planet?

Defund OPEC and

taylorlorenz , to Random stuff
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"The precipitous decline in traffic to conservative publications raises a larger and possibly unanswerable question: Did these operations ever really hold the political and cultural clout that critics ascribed to them at their peak?" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/conservative-digital-media-traffic/678055/

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AdminKirsty , to Random stuff
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Why do browsers keep changing, like @brave adding #LeoAI without any option to disable (you can disable it autocompleting). 😵‍💫
#BraveBrowser #AI

If I change to #VivaldiBrowser, how soon until I have a similar problem (nobody needs suggest Google, thanks, and I have had enough problems with Firefox changing settings on me before too)?
@jon maybe?

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@AdminKirsty @brave @jon

Browsers keep changing because of the AI fad that monetizes surveillance capitalism & anti-democracy movements.

The wealthy are funding anti-democracy movements.

Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman is flooding tech companies with investments for AI.

members like Larry Ellison, Elon Musk, & Peter Thiel fund tech companies to erode democracy.
https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-google-hand-dissident-data-to-saudi-arabia-activists-say-2023-7

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/07/heres-a-look-at-who.html

https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/5/1/23702451/silicon-valley-saudi-money-khashoggi

https://www.reuters.com/technology/oracle-invest-15-bln-saudi-arabia-open-data-centre-riyadh-2023-02-06/

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Politico: UPSET at MassGOP meeting: Ron Kaufman, the former treasurer and general chair of the Republican National Convention, has been defeated 37-35 for another term as Massachusetts’ Republican national committeeman by Brad Wyatt. Kaufman will serve through the convention

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w7voa , to Random stuff
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M5.2 quake shakes New Jersey.

Npars01 ,
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@w7voa

" huckster uses religion to manipulate the electorate.

The 'end times' have been used to separate money from the gullible for over two millenia.

Some Republicans view 's statements as threats, as in 'Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time' extortion."

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"President Biden spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel today to discuss the latest developments in Israel and Gaza. A readout of the call will be issued soon." - White House

Npars01 ,
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@w7voa

Battling a Netanyahu emboldened by the prospect of self-enriching oil wealth is nearly impossible.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-announces-advance-in-long-stalled-plans-to-develop-gas-field-off-gaza/

Look at home-grown fossil fuel oligarchs like Tim Dunn & , they have their own foreign policy independent of the US government.

They literally own the Texas government.

They bought a Supreme Court to run voter suppression schemes.

If we can thwart tax evading oil oligarchs at home who are frying the planet, how does one stop one in another country?

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Perhaps the Most American Headline of All Time, from Reason Magazine

Npars01 ,
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@scalzi

Reason Magazine's slant should be taken with a large grain of salt.

Too much libertarian philosophy appears "reasonable" yet is callously inhumane.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_(magazine)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_Foundation

Libertarianism feeds much of the anti-democracy sentiment of Fox News & GOP.

The Reason Foundation is just another front, bent on frying the planet & ending American democracy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_Foundation

mastodonmigration , to Random stuff
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Once you decide to be a defender of democracy instead of a scared rabbit this one is simple:

RNC weighs limiting NBC’s access at this summer’s convention >>> https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/28/rnc-nbc-convention-ronna-mcdaniel-00149620

NBC should just call their bluff, and say OK, if we don't get full access we won't cover your convention at all.

AND the other networks should back them up and tell the RNC that everyone gets full access or they aren't covering it either.

Enough of this garbage!

Npars01 ,
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@mastodonmigration

is an advertising sponsor for Meet The Press.

Ronna McDaniel was paid $300,000 to use NBC's airtime for lies.

The GOP donor machine provides soft landings for its anti-democracy foot soldiers & keep them quiet

Ben Sasse, Emily Murphy, & John Yoo - professors at colleges to brainwash the next generation & act as spotters for new talent.

Kayleigh McEnany, Bill Barry, Kellyanne Conway - pundits on Fox "News"

Mike Pence, Bolton, Don Jr - book deals

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Politico - RNC considers restricting NBC’s access to this summer’s Republican convention, following the network’s decision to drop former party chair Ronna McDaniel as a contributor. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/28/rnc-nbc-convention-ronna-mcdaniel-00149620

Npars01 ,
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@w7voa

"When an anti-democracy movement decides to reward a loyal foot soldier in a coup attempt, like Ronna McDaniel, media outlets are required to participate.

requires the media to help with their next coup attempt.

Says the "free speech" party who wants "forced listening" along with their lies."

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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NYT reporter:

Chuck Todd just attacked his own network, NBC News, over hiring Ronna McDaniel. "Our bosses owe you an apology for putting you in this situation," he told Kristen Welker on Meet the Press. "There's a reason why there's a lot of journalists at NBC News uncomfortable with this."

Npars01 ,
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@GottaLaff

Like any turncoat or double-agent, Ronna McDaniel, is being bought to squeeze her for her insider knowledge.

Her commentary must be thoroughly vetted and NOT platformed.

She is a career grifter hoping to regain her former position of power. What she's doing is NOT intended to serve the public interest. It's self-enrichment for herself.

Her greatest potential source of utility is on who is funding a 2nd coup attempt amongst the GOP's megadonors.

Is she still a shill?

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Via @lolgop :

Donald doesn’t lie to be believed.
He lies to be repeated.

Donald Trump doesn’t lie to be believed.
He lies to be repeated.

Donald Trump doesn’t lie to be believed.
He lies to be repeated.

Donald Trump doesn’t lie to be believed.
He lies to be repeated.

Donald Trump doesn’t lie to be believed.

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GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Via Secrets and Laws:

What's most troubling about entertaining 's Presidential Records Act argument is that's she's SEEN all the records now, during the Sec. 4 hearing. She knows they are all highly classified intel products. And yet she's still entertaining this "personal" record BS.

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GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Again? No.

“A source familiar with the matter said a range of options are being discussed for to speak with lawmakers, including a joint session of Congress. The prospect was brought up in the House GOP’s closed-door conference meeting Wednesday morning, the source said.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4544704-johnson-may-invite-netanyahu-to-address-congress-after-schumer-comments/

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@GottaLaff

" OPEC and want to remind the GOP who is paying for their re-election campaigns.

Inviting a genocidal corrupt Israeli hack working for Putin's interests, to Congress is how we remind them that investigation into their culpability in Jan 6 can be thwarted if Republicans end American democracy. "

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No big deal. Just more than 150 cherry trees in DC having to be cut down because of land subsidence and climate change induced sea level rise of more than a foot.

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/19/1238896379/cherry-blossom-trees-remove-stumpy-climate-change-washington-dc

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David Moscrop: If Poilievre wins the next election, beware “ordered liberty.”

Shared in Conservative circles, the concept tries to explain why some days the leader is a defender of personal freedoms, and other days embraces government intrusion.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/06/What-Heck-Is-Ordered-Liberty/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Npars01 ,
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@thetyee

Let's be clear, Poilievre is a puppet of an anti-democracy movement funded by various fossil fuel fronts for

He's no different than Trump and the GOP.

This euphemism "ordered liberty" really means pollution unfettered by regulation, having Christian Nationalist theocracy imposed on everyone, no taxation or oversight on corporations, and the eradication of publicly funded social services.

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Yet againnnn, last month set a new record for global sea surface temperature, which was the warmest February on record...

Graphic using NOAA ERSSTv5 data (https://psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.noaa.ersst.v5.html). Methods detailed in https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0836.1.

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ICYMI: Never doubt that these GQP f*ckers are serious. OTOH, it will be really easy to mass-arrest many of the leaders of the next coup attempt cuz they'll all be huddled in the basement at Rydin House. Full article - no paywall! - here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/us/politics/trump-conservative-partnership-institute.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aE0.ybdd.sBRtcVZAyi_h&smid=url-share

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The Hill - Tenure for college professors is the latest front in Republicans’ battle with higher education. https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4498350-republican-attacks-college-tenure-higher-education/

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pravda Bot , to Random stuff
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Ukraine signs first security agreement with a non-European nation

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on 24 February the signing of a "cooperation agreement in the field of security" with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, who is currently in Kyiv.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/02/24/7443522/

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Unvaccinated Florida kids exposed to measles can skip quarantine, officials say

On Tuesday, nearly 20 percent of the school's 1,067 students were reportedly absent.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/unvaccinated-florida-kids-exposed-to-measles-can-skip-quarantine-officials-say/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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A fire erupted at a major Russian oil refinery in the southwestern Volgograd region overnight after a drone attack blamed on Ukraine.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/27558

Npars01 ,
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@w7voa

"Hindering Russian oil production helps OPEC and and Putin's genocidal war on Ukraine.

It incentivizes timely price gouging in the run-up to the 2024 election.

It enriches anti-democracy Republican billionaire donors like Tim Dunn. In turn, it funds more election denialism.

It permits oil production to increase and keep frying the planet."

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The definitive report from Protect Democracy:
How American democracy could be dismantled, and what you can do to stop it

https://www.authoritarianplaybook2025.org/

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