It's the most wonderful time of the year
An orange fool is yelling
An arraignment is neeear
It's the most wonderful time of the year
American Politics: A Brand New Day
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Wow.... It really happening.
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The question is, can an indicted person run for president? In this country, probably.
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Well, this a nice development. I'm wary because an indictment doesn't mean an arrest, but it's a nice step anyway.
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@Satsuki said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
Yeah, normally wouldn't support the Disney business guys, but at least Disney has brought a lot of joy into people's lives. Unlike DeSantis.
DeSantis has brought joy to people’s lives.
- The Rich
- The Religiously Conservative
- Anti Science
- Conspiracy Cranks
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- Anti Vax
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Well Donnie, your trial won't backfire into Biden's presidency, he can do it by himself. -
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@Ubiq said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
Dominion won a huge part of their lawsuit against Fox News with Fox losing in their attempt to prevent the remaining portion going to trial.
Couldn’t have happened to a more “respectable” organization
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I feel like this thread is being effected by April Fools the most. I admit I double checked that Dominion story.
In that case, get fucked Fox News.
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Politics nowadays are beyond parody. Indeed it would be very easy to be pranked today because news as of late has been beyond belief. Be very skeptical today! But be skeptical always!
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Trump was going to throw a party.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/donald-trump-thought-he-wouldnt-be-indicted
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I’ll have a Trump social on the rocks
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@Time-Control-Magician said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
I’ll have a Trump social on the rocks
I recall hearing that Trump is in a lot of debt? Does he even have a positive net worth to begin with?
Either way, Trump Socials death is welcome.
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Boooooo
He was supposed to be had in irons
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The only iron rich crooks need is the guillotine.
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Today's What the Fuck Just Happened Today:
1/ The Justice Department obtained new evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case that suggests potential obstruction by Trump. Federal investigators have reportedly gathered new evidence that boxes containing classified material were moved from a Mar-a-Lago storage area after the subpoena from the Justice Department was served, and that Trump personally examined some of those boxes and documents. The additional evidence is based on witness statements, security camera footage, and emails and text messages from a former Trump aide. (Washington Post / CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/02/politics/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-justice-department/index.html
2/ Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News will go to trial following a ruling by Superior Court Judge Eric Davis, who said it was “CRYSTAL clear” that none of the allegations made by Fox hosts and guests in the weeks after the election were true. Fox News had argued that the First Amendment protected the comments and opinions made on its air alleging that the election had somehow been stolen. “It appears oxymoronic to call the statements ‘opinions’ while also asserting the statements are newsworthy allegations and/or substantially accurate reports of official proceedings,” Davis said. The trial is expected to begin in mid-April. (Associated Press / New York Times / NBC News)
3/ Ron DeSantis signed legislation to allow Floridians to carry a concealed loaded weapon without a permit. The new law will allow anyone who can legally own a gun in Florida to carry one without a permit. No training or background checks will be required to carry concealed guns in public. The governor signed the bill in a private ceremony in his office with only bill sponsors, legislative leaders and gun rights advocates, including the National Rifle Association, in attendance. Florida is the 26th state to pass some form of permitless carry legislation. The new law takes effect July 1. (NBC News / ABC News / CNN)
4/ Millions of Americans are at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage as Covid-19 public health emergency safety net comes to an end. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 15 million people – roughly 1 in 6 people on Medicaid – will lose Medicaid insurance. Nearly half of those who lose coverage will be Black or Hispanic. During the public health emergency, states were required to keep people on Medicaid. As of Saturday that prohibition ended and states can begin removing people from the government health insurance rolls. Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, and West Virginia are expected to start their disenrollment process this month. (New York Times / CBS News / CNBC / CNN / ABC News)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/01/politics/medicaid-termination-states/index.html
5/ Trump arrived in New York to surrender himself to authorities for his arraignment on hush-money charges. Trump is the first sitting or former U.S. president to be indicted after a Manhattan grand jury voted to formally accuse him of a crime related to his role in the hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels during his 2016 campaign. Trump will be arraigned, fingerprinted, and photographed around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday. The indictment itself, which describes the exact charges filed against Trump, is also expected to be unsealed Tuesday. Trump is facing multiple charges of falsifying business records, including at least one felony offense. “WITCH HUNT, as our once great Country is going to HELL!” Trump wrote on his personal social media platform. (Associated Press / NPR / Washington Post / New York Times / Politico)
poll/ 62% of Americans approve of the Trump indictment, while 38% disapprove. Among Democrats, 94% approve while 79% of Republicans disapprove. (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/03/politics/cnn-poll-trump-indictment/index.html
poll/ 57% of Republicans prefer Trump over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the party’s 2024 presidential nominee – his largest-ever lead over DeSantis. 31% prefer DeSantis. (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-indictment-poll-surges-lead-desantis-151150006.html
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No riots? Shame.
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I think if you look again you'll see the biggest riots ever, much bigger than when Obama and Biden were arrested.
If you get dunked on in the dream, you get dunked on in real life
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@Jabberwok don't give me hope about Kissinger being punished before he kick the bucket.
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Day 805: "Can't believe this is happening in America."
1/ Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts related to hush money payments made during his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump, the nation’s 45th president and the Republican Party’s leading presidential candidate in the 2024 race, surrendered himself to the Manhattan district attorney’s office and appeared before a judge for his arraignment, where he entered a not guilty plea to falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump is the first former or sitting American president to be criminally charged and faces a maximum of four years in prison if convicted. While in custody, he was fingerprinted like any felony defendant, but special accommodations were made: Trump did not have a mug shot taken and was not handcuffed. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office allege that Trump “orchestrated” a “scheme” to help his 2016 presidential campaign through a series of hush money payments made by others, and then “repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records” to “cover up crimes.” Prosecutor Chris Conroy told the court that Trump engaged in an “illegal conspiracy” to aid his campaign and “undermine the election.” All 34 counts against Trump are linked to a series of checks reimbursing Michael Cohen for his role in paying off adult film star Stormy Daniels, Playboy model Karen McDougal, and a former Trump Tower doorman who’d claimed to have a story about a child Trump had out of wedlock. Hours before the arraignment, Trump posted on his personal social network that the experience is “SURREAL,” adding, “WOW, they are going to ARREST ME. Can’t believe this is happening in America.” Trump is the focus of three other criminal investigations, including efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House. Following the arraignment, Bragg told reporters: “Everyone stands equal before the law. No amount of money and no amount of power changes that enduring American principle.” (New York Times / Washington Post / Politico / Associated Press / NPR / NBC News / CNN / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg / CBS News / CNBC / ABC News / Axios)
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-arraignment-hush-money-81225510ef7638494852816878f612f0
Read: District Attorney Bragg Announces 34-Count Felony Indictment of Former President Donald J. Trump
Read: The Indictment
https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf
Read: The Statement of Facts
https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-SOF.pdf
Day 193: Trump advocated for rougher treatment of people in police custody, saying “Don’t be too nice.” He spoke dismissively of the practice by which arresting officers shield the heads of handcuffed suspects as they are placed in police cars. “I said, ‘You could take the hand away, OK,’” Trump said. (Associated Press)2/ A federal appeals court denied Trump’s request to block his top aides from testifying about him to a grand jury investigating his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. While it’s not clear which aides were covered by the court order, Trump recently lost an emergency bid to prevent advisors like Mark Meadows, Dan Scavino, and Stephen Miller from answering questions. (Politico / CNN / Bloomberg)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/04/politics/trump-aides-testimony-january-6/index.html
3/ Job openings fell below 10 million in February for the first time since May 2021. There were 9.9 million job openings in February, down from 10.6 million in January. Meanwhile, four million workers quit their jobs in February, an increase from January — a sign of confidence they can find a better job elsewhere. The February JOLTS report also showed that the number of new hires decreased to 6.1 million from 6.3 million while layoffs fell to 1.5 million from 1.7 million. (CNBC / New York Times / CNN / Bloomberg / ABC News)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/04/economy/jolts-job-openings-layoffs-february/index.html
4/ The Florida Senate approved a proposed ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. The proposal must still be approved by the House before it reaches the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis. Republicans, however, hold a supermajority in the Legislature, and the bill is expected pass. The bill, S.B. 300, comes one year after DeSantis signed a 15-week ban into law. (Associated Press / CNN / Politico)
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-florida-desantis-election-637711bac2e45fd71ff9e3340fd95f3c
5/ Tennessee House Republicans initiated the process of expelling three Democratic lawmakers for “disorderly behavior.” The trio, using a bullhorn, led a protest on the House floor demanding stricter gun laws following the Nashville mass shooting that left three young children and three adults dead. Instead of doing something to end gun violence, Republican lawmakers filed resolutions seeking the expulsion of Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones, and Justin Pearson for “knowingly and intentionally bring[ing] disorder and dishonor to the House of Representatives.” Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton also stripped Johnson and Jones of their committee assignments and restricted their access to legislative facilities for their role in the protest in support of gun control. (The Tennessean / Associated Press / Washington Post / CNN / Common Dreams)
https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-expulsion-gop-lawmakers-1c4793ba0552c07aa0dc3949c5f76ea9
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1/ Roughly six hours after pleading not guilty to 34 counts of filing false business records, Trump called the judge overseeing the case “a Trump-hating judge with a Trump-hating wife and family.” Judge Juan Merchan had asked Trump during his arraignment to “please refrain from making statements that are likely to incite violence or civil unrest, or jeopardize the safety or well-being of any individuals.” Nevertheless, Trump went ahead and singled out Judge Merchan and Merchan’s daughter, who is president of a digital campaign strategy agency that’s work with Biden, Harris, and other Democrats. Trump also called the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, a “criminal” for, he claims, leaking information about the case. “I never thought anything like this could happen in America,” Trump told supporters at Mar-a-Lago. “The only crime that I’ve committed has been to fearlessly defend our nation against those who seek to destroy it.” (Washington Post / ABC News / New York Times / Reuters)
2/ Pence will not appeal a court order requiring him to testify before the grand jury investigating Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election. Pence’s decision to not appeal means he will likely testify under oath about Trump’s unsuccessful attempts to pressure him into blocking the certification of the 2020 presidential election. Trump could still pursue an appeal to try to block Pence from testifying about their communications ahead of the Jan. 6 election certification. Trump, however, has lost similar cases previously. (NBC News / Politico / CNN / Washington Post)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/05/politics/mike-pence/index.html
3/ Wisconsin voters elected a liberal candidate to the State Supreme Court, flipping majority control from conservatives. Janet Protasiewicz’s victory means that the court is likely to reverse the state’s abortion ban and end the use of gerrymandered legislative maps drawn by Republicans. Protasiewicz’s victory also ends 15 years of conservative control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. (NBC News / New York Times / CNN / Washington Post / NPR)
4/ A North Carolina Democratic state lawmaker switched party affiliation, giving Republicans a veto-proof supermajority in the state’s legislature. Tricia Cotham claimed she had been “bullied” for not toeing the party line, saying “They have pushed me out. They’ve made it very clear they do not want me.” Cotham said the turning point came when she was criticized for using the American flag and a prayer-hands emoji on social media and on her vehicles. North Carolina Democrats, meanwhile, called for Cotham’s resignation for her “deceit” and “betrayal.” Republicans now have a veto-proof majority in the middle of the legislative session, giving them the ability to bypass Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, and enact their agenda. (Washington Post / New York Times / Axios / Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-party-switch-republican-01af019aa58fd44f0e2110c32a48c4c0
5/ The EPA proposed stricter rules for pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants, updating standards imposed more than a decade ago. The proposed rules aim to limit the mercury emissions and other toxic air pollutants from coal-fired power plants by up to 70%. The EPA said the new rules would also reduce nickel, arsenic, and lead pollution. Together, the pollutants can cause “significant health impacts including fatal heart attacks, cancer and developmental delays in children.” (New York Times / CNN / Associated Press / Washington Post)
https://apnews.com/article/mercury-coal-epa-power-plant-health-9fc882da610ff750a91b7ac50ca33bd6
6/ The Florida Senate passed a plan that would ban gender-affirming care for children diagnosed with gender dysphoria. The bill, SB 254, prohibits anyone under the age of 18 from undergoing surgeries or hormone therapies associated with gender-affirming care. The legislation comes after the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine – at the urging of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis – adopted rules that barred all doctors from treating minors with the surgeries and prescription treatments in November. Those rules went into effect last month. Florida is one of 13 states that have enacted bans on transgender care. (Politico / Miami Herald)
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article273974120.html
7/ Elon Musk labeled NPR’s Twitter account as “state-affiliated media,” a tag typically used for foreign media outlets that represent the official views of the government, like the Russian-government-owned RT and the Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily newspaper. NPR operates independently of the U.S. government. While the nonprofit media company receives federal money, the total amounts to less than 1% of its annual budget. As a result of being in the same category as propaganda outlets, Twitter “will not recommend or amplify” NPR’s posts on the platform. According to Twitter’s company policy, state-affiliated media is defined as “outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content.” Twitter’s policy previously stated that the label did not apply to state-financed organizations with editorial independence, specifically citing NPR and the BBC as examples. In his role as Twitter’s new owner, Rocket Man has banned journalists from the platform and revoked the New York Times’ verification after the news organization declined to pay to use Twitter. Musk, meanwhile, weighed in on NPR’s new label, responding to a post of Twitter’s rules, saying “seems accurate.” (Washington Post / Bloomberg / Semafor / Forbes / NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/05/1168158549/twitter-npr-state-affiliated-media
Waldorf: You know Statler, after watching the last one thousand episodes of One Piece, I think I've come to a conclusion.
Statler: No you haven't.
Both: DOHOHOHOHOHO!
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So is Thomas gonna get impeached or what?
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@sgamer82 said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
7/ Elon Musk labeled NPR’s Twitter account as “state-affiliated media,” a tag typically used for foreign media outlets that represent the official views of the government, like the Russian-government-owned RT and the Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily newspaper. NPR operates independently of the U.S. government. While the nonprofit media company receives federal money, the total amounts to less than 1% of its annual budget. As a result of being in the same category as propaganda outlets, Twitter “will not recommend or amplify” NPR’s posts on the platform. According to Twitter’s company policy, state-affiliated media is defined as “outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content.” Twitter’s policy previously stated that the label did not apply to state-financed organizations with editorial independence, specifically citing NPR and the BBC as examples. In his role as Twitter’s new owner, Rocket Man has banned journalists from the platform and revoked the New York Times’ verification after the news organization declined to pay to use Twitter. Musk, meanwhile, weighed in on NPR’s new label, responding to a post of Twitter’s rules, saying “seems accurate.” (Washington Post / Bloomberg / Semafor / Forbes / NPR)
All media is state affiliated, as in either a) are owned; b) receive funding, or c) need a gov't license to operate. And I would add a d) are the mouthpiece for the bourgeoise class of their countries. I see nothing wrong with this.
What is wrong with the change in twitter rule is that thing like VOA and other USAGM, that is LITERALLY A US PROPAGANDA OUTLET, don't have the label.
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What The Fuck Just Happened Today, Day 807: "Something is going to go boom."
1/ Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted secret luxury vacations from a Republican megadonor for more than two decades without disclosing them. The trips were funded by Harlan Crow, a real-estate billionaire and Republican Party donor, who treated Thomas and his wife, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas to luxury vacations, stays at his properties and private resort, as well as free travel on his private jet and superyacht. Thomas didn't disclose that travel on his annual financial disclosure forms, which appear to violate a federal law mandating top officials from the three branches of government, including the Supreme Court, file annual forms detailing their finances, outside income, and spouses' sources of income. Judges are prohibited from accepting gifts from anyone with business before the court, and until a month ago the judicial branch had not defined an exemption for gifts considered "personal hospitality." Sen. Dick Durbin, the second-highest ranking Democrat in the Senate and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said Thomas' actions were "simply inconsistent with the ethical standards the American people expect of any public servant, let alone a Justice on the Supreme Court," adding that "the highest court in the land shouldn't have the lowest ethical standards." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, meanwhile, called for Thomas to be impeached, saying "this is beyond party or partisanship. This degree of corruption is shocking - almost cartoonish." (ProPublica / Washington Post / New York Times / CNBC / NBC News / CBS News / CNN / Wall Street Journal)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/06/politics/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-supreme-court-pro-publica/
2/ The Supreme Court refused to reinstate a West Virginia law barring transgender girls from playing on girls' sports teams at school. West Virginia's 2021 law – the Save Women's Sports Act – was challenged by a 12-year-old middle school transgender girl and her parents to allow her to continue running on her middle school cross-country and track teams. The Supreme Court was not considering the ban on the merits but instead addressed whether the law should remain on hold while legal proceedings continue in lower courts. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented, saying they would have granted the request to immediately reinstate the ban on transgender girls from participating on school sports teams consistent with their gender identity. Some 19 states have enacted laws like West Virginia's in the last three years. (NPR / ABC News / CNN / Washington Post / NBC News / New York Times)
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/06/1165133771/trans-law-west-virginia-supreme-court
3/ The Biden administration proposed new regulations to make it illegal for schools to broadly ban transgender students from sports teams. Under the proposal, blanket or categorical bans on all transgender athletes would not be allowed, but schools could bar transgender athletes from participating in competitive high school and college sports for "fairness in competition." Schools that want to limit participation by transgender athletes would have to consider the sport, the level of competition, and the grade or education level involved. (Washington Post / New York Times / NPR / The Hill)
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/06/1168460726/biden-title-ix-transgender-sports-ban
4/ Idaho's Republican governor signed a bill into law that makes it illegal to help a pregnant minor get an abortion in another state. The new "abortion trafficking" law – the first of its kind in the U.S. – makes helping a minor obtain abortion pills or cross state lines for an abortion without parental consent punishable by two to five years in prison. Anyone convicted could also be sued by the minor's parent or guardian. Abortion has been banned at all stages of pregnancy in Idaho. (Associated Press / ABC News / NBC News)
https://apnews.com/article/idaho-abortion-minors-criminalization-b8fb4b6feb9b520d63f75432a1219588
5/ Tennessee Republican lawmakers expelled the first of three Democratic legislators from the state House for leading a protest calling for gun reform – the first partisan expulsion in the state's modern history. Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones, and Justin Pearson violated House decorum rules by using a bullhorn on the House floor to lead the protest and speaking without being formally recognized. In the first vote, the legislature voted 72-25 to oust Jones, with votes on expelling the other two lawmakers expected to follow. "We called for you all to ban assault weapons and you respond with an assault on democracy," Jones said during his opening statement, calling the resolution "a spectacle" and "a lynch mob assembled to not lynch me, but our democratic process." The trio represent the three largest cities in Tennessee. (The Tennessean / Politico / ABC News / Washington Post / Associated Press / NPR / New York Times / CNN / NBC News)
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/06/1168363992/tennessee-expel-3-democrats-house-vote
Update: TN House expulsion: Reps. Pearson, Jones expelled, Rep. Johnson maintains seat
Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, was expelled by a vote of 72 to 25 after 90 minutes of debate. Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, was not expelled after the resolution to oust her failed by one vote. Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, was expelled by a vote of 69 to 26.
6/ The IMF warned that its outlook for global economic growth over the next five years is the weakest in more than three decades. The world economy is expected to grow less than 3% this year – down from 3.4% last year – making it the lowest medium-term growth forecast since 1990. "There is simply no way that interest rates would go up so much after being low for so long and there would be no vulnerabilities. Something is going to go boom," Kristalina Georgieva said, IMF Managing Director. Georgieva added that slower growth would be a "severe blow," making it even harder for low-income nations to catch up. "Poverty and hunger could further increase, a dangerous trend that was started by the COVID crisis." (Politico / Bloomberg / Associated Press)
Fear of an economic "lost decade" hangs over world leaders. "The war in Ukraine, stubbornly high inflation, rising interest rates, a fragile banking system and slower growth in China are all looming threats." (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/06/economic-lost-decade-world-bank-imf-00090572
poll/ 32% of American say Biden deserves to be reelected – down 5 points since December. (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/06/politics/cnn-poll-biden-reelection-2024/index.html
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jesus christ can someone kick thomas off the bench already
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@MetaMario said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
jesus christ can someone kick thomas off the bench already
He does seem to be getting worse.
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@pariston_hill said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
He does seem to be getting worse. x2
Seriously, Clarence Thomas has hit so many lows in his life. It's infuriating.
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Hear that? Get to work you lazy one-week-olds!
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It's one thing to mow your neighbor's lawn. It's another to work in a factory.
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Shoving your hands into running machinery to clear blockages builds character.
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Is this timed to be around the same time the hit piece on Radcliffe?
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/daniel-radcliffe-is-wrong-about-children-changing-gender/?zephr_sso_ott=JoWbgY -
@pariston_hill said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
Is this timed to be around the same time the hit piece on Radcliffe?
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/daniel-radcliffe-is-wrong-about-children-changing-gender/?zephr_sso_ott=JoWbgYIt probably is. Musk just started following LibsOfTikTok and is going to be on Tucker on Monday, so the overall transphobia machine is gearing up for another big push. Speaking of which:
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Apparently men in the 1600 & 1700’s weren’t wearing make up and no one gave two shits.
Also Fox settled their dominion lawsuit.
Fucking cowards.
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@pariston_hill said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
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National Review is flagged as an anti-Trans site so assume anything they're posting is complete shit,
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@Time-Control-Magician said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
Apparently men in the 1600 & 1700’s weren’t wearing make up and no one gave two shits.
Also Fox settled their dominion lawsuit.
Fucking cowards.
Of course they did. The trial was going to force Murdoch and all their on screen talent to be witnesses and admit they knew they were lying and comitting mega-crimes. Of course they wanted to settle,
The cowards are Dominion for accepting the bargain instead of going through with it, dragging them through it. But I guess it was more about the money than the truth for them.
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@Robby Well, today was the first time I heard about this site. And going solely by the title, it checks.
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@pariston_hill said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
@Robby Well, today was the first time I heard about this site. And going solely by the title, it checks.
One of my best friends is trans and they use an app called "Shinigami Eyes" that flags anti-trans and pro-trans sites/users.
It's not 100% accurate obviously, but it helps figure out negative news sites, and when you're talking to some strangers if they might be genuine or if they're trolls and you're wasting your time. Especially on twitter, since generally anyone that's anti-trans enough to be flagged also has a bunch of other awful views.
And if they're pro, then that helps to know at a glance too.
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They do have an app for everything these days huh.
But given how the Trans panic is turning reeeeally ugly in Anglosphere it's probably really helpful. -
It's so surreal to me to see a bunch of ignorant cis people arguing about the right of people like me to exist at these various congressional hearings. I'm not even in the conversation and I feel like I'm having to explain 1+1 to a six year old (only six year olds are smarter and cuter).
Anyway, Montana's Republican party wants to censure trans Rep. Zooey Zephyr, who they even misgender in their tweet calling for her censure. Rep. Zephyr tore into this assholes beautifully.
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Tucker Carlson left Fox News today.
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I didn't expect Tucker leaving Fox News to happen.
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Oh, his ass totes got fired rofl.
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Nothing of value was lost.
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@KageKageKing said in American Politics: A Brand New Day:
Tucker Carlson left Fox News today.
Huh, that Dominion lawsuit turns out to be paying off in spades. I admit, while I only expected so much, deep down I was slightly disappointed that Fox News didn't lose more. Now they're down several of their top stars, including one of their most famous.
This feels like an undeniable net win. Yeah, these people can go to other networks or media, but having them off of cable is great. It feels weird to get news this good.
