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If the worst does not actually come to pass, I don't think I'm going to be sitting here going "oh noooo I can't believe I strengthened my communities, made sure I'm up to date on my healthcare needs, and volunteered for causes I believe in"
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Sometimes the forecasted storms uneventfully pass by, in which case you're left with a little extra food on hand, some jugs of water for the next storm, and some cozy blankets to snuggle up in.
Anyway, this has been a message to those choosing to mock people who are taking steps to prepare for a Trump presidency. 2/3
My whole life, I've lived in New England: the land of blizzards and ice storms. When there's a storm on the forecast, we prepare. Stock up on bottled water and nonperishables, refill prescriptions that are running low, charge the flashlights and electronic devices, have a stack of blankets on hand, make sure there's fuel in the car and (if you're lucky) generator, restack the indoor wood pile. 1/3
Escaping From Trump?
Fancy a break?
A 4-year cruise: the US offers a "break from politics"
A residential cruise line is offering a four-year voyage for passengers looking for an extra-long vacation.
All-inclusive tickets start at $256,000 for a single room. Double rooms start at $319,998. The cruise will take vacationers to 140 countries.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #vacation #cruise #Politics #uspolitics #uspol
Me neither.
theguardian.com/world/2024/nov…
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#USPolitics #PostElectionBlues #TuckersBalls
Anti-Trump protests erupt across US from New York City to Seattle
Thousands of people take to streets to protest threats to reproductive rights and pledges of mass deportationsMaya Yang (The Guardian)
I'm Russian living in Russia. I was 5 when Putin was 'elected'. I'm 30 now. I know that feeling of hopelessness very well. You should never surrender. Autocrats of the world are counting on you being down and depoliticized because all of this. Don't give them an easy win. Always fight, no matter how bad situation seems.
#usa #trump #election #democracy #us #uspol #USPolitics #harris #russia #putin #palestine #ukraine
It will do you no good to pay close attention to the vote count tonight (or tomorrow).
It *will* do a lot of harm to publicly voice despair and expectation of an Orange Shitbag win.
Read a book. Watch a movie. Go to sleep. Read the news 2 days from now. And in the meantime, keep your negativity to yourself.
People have enough to worry about as it is, without being taken on a pointless roller coaster ride of premature election results coverage and ill-informed speculation.
See my reporting on their previous violation, which is being reviewed by the FEC: citationneeded.news/coinbase-c…
#Coinbase #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol
Coinbase appears to have violated campaign finance laws with a $25 million super PAC donation
Actively involved in contract negotiations with a federal government agency, Coinbase was likely prohibited from making its $25 million contribution to the Fairshake cryptocurrency-focused super PAC in May 2024.Molly White (Citation Needed)
As an active federal contractor, Coinbase is prohibited from making political contributions, including to super PACs. This makes $50 million that they have contributed in violation of pay-to-play laws for contractors.
#Coinbase #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol
I don’t get political very often on here, but this is gold! And yes, since this election will have worldwide repercussions, many of us outside the U.S. definitely hope for a particular winner. youtube.com/watch?v=se-didBGn8…
#USPolitics #Election2024 #Harris
"Gimme Hope Kamala" - Marsh Family adaptation of Eddy Grant "Gimme Hope Jo'Anna" for Trump vs Harris
With only a matter of weeks until the pivotal US Presidential Election in November, and the Democratic National Convention having begun today, we decided to ...YouTube
Jeff Bezos has caved in to fascism by forbidding his Washington Post editorial staff from endorsing Kamala Harris in a likely quid pro quo with Mango Mussolini.
Jeff Bezos engaged in illegal union-busting tactics, spending over $14 million in 2022 alone to undercut his employees' rights.
Jeff Bezos spent $500 million to build his personal floating mansion Koru, the tallest sailing yacht in the world that is so big, it has its own 250-foot support yacht.
Jeff Bezos, executive chairman of Amazon, extorts 50% of revenue from sellers on the monopolistic retail website Amazon.com.
Jeff Bezos this year bought his *fourth* private jet for $80 million, a Gulfstream G700 luxury business jet that travels near the speed of sound. Bezos’ plane made 28 flights in 39 days — leaving a carbon footprint of 264 tons, or 17 times what the average American emits in a year.
Jeff Bezos, as reported by ProPublica, filed a tax return in 2011 showing he lost money and received a $4,000 child tax credit from the US government during a year in which his wealth held steady at $18 billion.
I can go on and on, but how many reasons do you need to boycott anything he touches?
Cancel your Washington Post subscription. Cancel your Amazon Prime membership. Boycott Amazon.
You have alternatives. Don't feed the beast.
#USPol #USPolitics #Amazon #Bezos #WaPo #BillionairesShouldNotExist #TaxTheRich #UnionBustingIsDisgusting #UnionStrong
Thank you, McSweeney's, for perfectly capturing the CoinDesk endorsement of Donald Trump I wrote about last night
McSweeney's: mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-an-…
Newsletter: citationneeded.news/issue-68/
![Despite all of this, the sometimes decent CoinDesk crypto media outlet has come out with a truly embarrassing endorsement-that-claims-not-to-be-an-endorsement of Donald Trump. (“If CoinDesk were in the business of endorsing political candidates and if crypto were the only issue that mattered, it's pretty clear whom we would back to become the next U.S. president.... [E]ven though we don't endorse candidates, we do endorse Trump's crypto platform, such as is [sic].”) Although they claim to be “troubled” by his racism and “increasingly authoritarian rhetoric” — which they describe as “the antithesis of a crypto movement focused on decentralizing authority and empowering individuals” — the opinion piece by CoinDesk’s editor-in-chief, published on behalf of CoinDesk as a whole, is full of “neverthelesses” and “even thoughs” and “howevers” as he recommends Trump anyway. The whole thing boils down to “sure, Trump is a shameless racist who’s been increasingly threatening to do things like round up immigrants and deploy the military against his political enemies, and his statements on crypto kind of seem like empty pandering, but on the other hand, Harris has been... vague.”](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/600221 "Despite all of this, the sometimes decent CoinDesk crypto media outlet has come out with a truly embarrassing endorsement-that-claims-not-to-be-an-endorsement of Donald Trump. (“If CoinDesk were in the business of endorsing political candidates and if crypto were the only issue that mattered, it's pretty clear whom we would back to become the next U.S. president.... [E]ven though we don't endorse candidates, we do endorse Trump's crypto platform, such as is [sic].”) Although they claim to be “troubled” by his racism and “increasingly authoritarian rhetoric” — which they describe as “the antithesis of a crypto movement focused on decentralizing authority and empowering individuals” — the opinion piece by CoinDesk’s editor-in-chief, published on behalf of CoinDesk as a whole, is full of “neverthelesses” and “even thoughs” and “howevers” as he recommends Trump anyway. The whole thing boils down to “sure, Trump is a shameless racist who’s been increasingly threatening to do things like round up immigrants and deploy the military against his political enemies, and his statements on crypto kind of seem like empty pandering, but on the other hand, Harris has been... vague.”")
Issue 68 – Opportunity agenda
Harris shouts out crypto in her “Opportunity Agenda for Black Men”, one crypto exec leaves prison as another enters, and Stand With Crypto bets on the favorites.Molly White (Citation Needed)
It's the newest joke in town for zionists when they're asked questions they don't like: "do you want a beeper?"
Deborah Lipstadt is the State Dept Envoy to Combat Antisemitism.
#USPolitics #ZionismIsTerrorism #StopFundingGenocide
#USPolitics picks of the day (continued):
➡️ @z_everson - Award-winning journalist known investigative reporting on Trump
➡️ @GovTrack - Following US Congress including passage of bills, members' voting records
➡️ @NewsLitProject - US non-partisan non-profit fighting misinformation & disinformation
➡️ @19thnews - Non-profit news org focused on gender equality
➡️ @WAMonthly - Non-profit magazine covering US politics & government
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#USPolitics picks of the day:
➡️ @jensorensen - Award-winning US cartoonist exploring political & social issues
➡️ @heidilifeldman - Law professor, political activist
➡️ @rbreich - Professor of public policy, worked for 4 US presidents of both parties
➡️ @lawfare - Analysis of US security, law & policy
➡️ @indivisibleteam - US progressive political org
➡️ @Votebeat - News about voter registration, ballot papers, certification etc
➡️ @sludge - Independent blog on corruption in US politics
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#MastodonForHarris has reached $400,000 after an initial goal of just $1,000.
As pledged, I smashed that subscribe button for Senator Tammy Baldwin, perhaps the greatest representative Wisconsin will ever have.
Next Senator gets adopted at $500,000!
Join the effort and show your support for #Harris and Mastodon: secure.actblue.com/donate/mast…
#uspol #politics #uspolitics #election #election2024 #Mastodon4Harris
Do Democrats have enough time to find a different path to victory?
It's actually not an unusual concept.
Until 1968, presidential candidates were always picked by party conventions.
And that process, though providing less public input, also produced some great nominees.
theconversation.com/until-1968…
#Biden #Election2024 #USPolitics #Histodons @histodons
Until 1968, presidential candidates were picked by party conventions – a process revived by Biden’s withdrawal from race
With President Joe Biden out of the presidential race, the Democratic Party will have to find another nominee. Past methods of choosing have had their flaws, but also their successes.The Conversation
Look, I've had numerous (well documented) complaints about the Biden administration and the fact that I don't think its liberal, incrementalist policies go nearly far enough in the face of a fascist project to control every aspect of our society, backed by corporate power. With that having been said however, I dunno how *anyone* can still be arguing that there are political, institutionalist answers to the fascist takeover we're experiencing in America when even straightforward incrementalist policies by an elected Democrat President are being struck down or otherwise blocked by Calvin Ball rulings from federal courts stacked full of fascists:
truthout.org/articles/appeals-…
Appeals Court Blocks Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan
"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit’s temporary ruling against the administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan comes just over a year after the Supreme Court struck down Biden’s sweeping student debt cancellation proposal."
This case isn't even about using political power to stop fascism, it's a clear cut situation of providing debt relief for folks being ground up by the student loan industry. If fascist judges are prepared to interfere with regular policy issues and block milquetoast presidential initiatives, you can sure as shit bet they're going to do the same thing about any political efforts to stop the fascist takeover of our society. Whether you're for taking to the streets, or you believe in stopping fascism at the ballot box, it's 100% clear to me that we're not going anywhere good as a country so long as these corrupt, be-robed nazis are running Bartertown.
There's more than one way to reform the American federal court system, and I don't have all the answers for you. It's entirely possible the Biden administration can keep working around these rulings for a little while to continue offering student loan debt relief to millions of Americans victimized by the student loan industry. What I do know however is that sooner or later the political issues raised by the fascist takeover of our courts will come to a head, and by hook, or by crook, we need to find a way to shatter the power of corrupt judges who're now running the country for their reactionary corporate donors; rich donors and corpos who clearly support the larger fascist project, might I add. Ignoring this reality is a nonstarter - both politically, and in our greater society.
#StudentLoans #USPolitics #CourtReform #Biden
Appeals Court Blocks Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan
More than half of the more than 8 million borrowers who have enrolled in the program have a $0 monthly payment.Jessica Corbett (Truthout)
🇺🇸Patriotism encompasses devotion to the country as a whole – including all the people who live within it.
🇺🇸Nationalism refers to devotion to only one group or people over others.
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An image from 1950 shows Superman teaching that patriotism should drive out nationalism. DC Comics
theconversation.com/patriotism…
#Politics #USPolitics #American #4thOfJuly
What is the difference between nationalism and patriotism?
Nationalism and patriotism are sometimes treated as synonyms, but they have very different meanings.The Conversation
@CREW is tracking companies that pledged to make no donations to politicians who "who voted against certifying the 2020 election [&] later, the 20 new members who won in the 2022 midterms promoting the #BigLie that the 2020 election was stolen."
citizensforethics.org/reports-…
It just published its June 2024 update:
* 37 companies kept their promise
* 1,794 companies did not, donating $145.5 million to the "Sedition Caucus" since January 6, 2021.
#Boycotts #Insurrection #USPolitics
Bankrolling the Big Lie - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
We're scoring companies’ support for democracy based on how much they are giving to members who have done the most to undermine it.CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington