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Okay, time to properly launch this: SUPER SWING DISTRICTS! superswingdistricts.org
This is a slate of Democratic candidates calculated for maximum impact for your donation dollars.
National campaigns receive a ton of money, but can't always deploy it locally in the places that the Electoral College, gerrymandering, and … shenanigans mean it needs to be spent. But figuring out which local campaigns *can* use it is a lot of work. This site is the output of that work.
So, yeah. Make a plan to vote for Democrats. Donate to Democrats. Get out the vote for Democrats. A vote for Democrats might not be perfect, but it is a vote *against* fucking killing somebody's whole family.
Of course the Maga party is not *exactly* the Nazi party, I do not think Jews will be first on the list; we will not have a play-by-play Holocaust re-run. But they *are* playing the hits by starting with "the communists", which some of you may recall begins a famous poem.
Godwin's law looms over all discourse so I try not to bring this up constantly but *I* am constantly thinking about it when looking at the news.
My great grandparents' names are on that list I just linked. And when we were learning about what the other kids in school would call "the holocaust", my grandmother would often speak about her experience using french words and phrases, because, you know. It happened to her, and when it happened to her it happened in french.
And that's the word she would use, in French. "Déportations". As in "mémorial des déportations", which is what a lot of holocaust museums are called in France.
For me, the phrase "mass deportation" has a visceral resonance more like "fucking kill your whole family" than "fiscal policy".
Which makes me feel absolutely insane when horse-race pundits say it. "Will fucking killing your whole family reduce housing prices? Fucking killing your whole family is very popular among men 18-34."
2020 was our Beer Hall Putsch. It failed. Remember when Hitler failed seize power? Conservative elites allowed his rehabilitation, his poisoning of their institutions. It was years until he could do "deportations". And—I cannot stress this enough—*that is what they called it*. "Deportations".
This is what a record of "mass deportations" looks like. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline…
We are past "it could happen here". It *IS* happening here. It just hasn't all happened *yet*.
Going to take a break for a few hours from talking about #SuperSwingDistricts but I did want to talk just a *little* bit about the stakes.
In 2016… almost 8 years ago… I wrote this: blog.glyph.im/2016/11/what-are…
If you're convinced, this is not an article for you to read, but it is an article for you to share, if you know someone who is not convinced that this is *serious*.
I was early, but I wasn't wrong.
In 2016, nobody had "mass deportations now" signs. In 2016, there were guard rails.
Deciphering Glyph :: What are we afraid of?
Deciphering Glyph, the blog of Glyph Lefkowitz.blog.glyph.im
“The last time the United States launched a mass deportation effort … U.S. citizens of Hispanic descent were rounded up and sent to Mexico—a place that many had never been before. The mass deportations that Trump is proposing would be devastating for our #economy and dangerous for American Latinos.” texasobserver.org/how-mass-dep…
#Trump #news #politics #Fascism #extremism #Republicans #Texas #USpol #immigration #border #election2024
How Mass Deportations Would ‘Devastate’ Texas
The Lone Star State is home to millions of undocumented residents and members of mixed-status families critical to the state’s economic success, yet Texas leaders are cheering on Trump anyway.Francesca D’Annunzio (The Texas Observer)
One very strange side-effect of the US's _all the elections all at once_ approach to democracy is that donating to specific underresourced local campaigns can improve turnout in consequential state and federal races.
Here's a way to donate to 18 important and underfunded State-level races that could help deliver important Federal results: superswingdistricts.org/
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Okay, time to properly launch this: SUPER SWING DISTRICTS! https://superswingdistricts.org This is a slate of Democratic candidates calculated to give the maximum impact to your direct-donation dollars.Mastodon
Have you heard about SUPER SWING DISTRICTS yet? I posted about it already, but I am so bad at using discoverability features of this platform. So let's give it a try and just go nuts with the hashtags on this repost, to see how much those help. Super Swing Districts is a slate of *state legislature* candidates that can maximize the value of your election donation dollar in crucial swing districts: mastodon.social/@glyph/1133473…
#USPol #election #democracy #fundraising #harris #election2024
Glyph (@glyph@mastodon.social)
Okay, time to properly launch this: SUPER SWING DISTRICTS! https://superswingdistricts.org This is a slate of Democratic candidates calculated to give the maximum impact to your direct-donation dollars.Mastodon
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)
Russian law could ban the child-free lifestyle.
Russians who promote 'child-free movement' could soon face hefty fine, Putin says woman's purpose is to birth children and basically, being childless is a threat to national security and state longevity
They are trying to consolidate that the woman’s role boils down to exclusively bearing children
Now we know where JD Vance got his anti cat woman, pro birth woman talking points #USPol
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Just so this doesn't get lost in the shuffle: Bullfinch Group poll shows Trump 48-Harris 47...
IN FLORIDA 🤯
GOTV is going to be absolutely crucial. Like, the difference between a nailbiter and being called before 11pm Eastern.
The RNC is intervening on Trump's behalf to fight for the right to continue removing voters from Georgia rolls. The revelation comes in a federal lawsuit alleging Republican violations of the National Voting Rights Act.
#GOPCorruption #TFG #Election #USPol #NVRA
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Trump’s RNC Is Backing Georgia Republicans’ Voter Purge in Court
The RNC moved to intervene in a federal lawsuit over Georgia county election boards removing voters — many of whom are homeless — from the rolls.Justin Glawe (Rolling Stone)
I can't stand watching Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC most days, but he is spot on here. A lie is not an answer to a question, and the news media lined up to serve Trump's lies on their networks and pretend like he's answering questions. Yesterday's "press conference" being presented as if it was a newsworthy event, and not the insane incoherent ramblings of a man desperate for power, was a failure by everyone involved who was not Trump. youtu.be/ZD-oTJ49nls @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews #uspol
Lawrence: 'Stupidest' candidate Trump did not answer reporters' questions
Donald Trump rambled and lied for over an hour without any follow up questions or fact-checking. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell says that while he hopes Vice Pre...YouTube
Literally the *only* story I'm going to share about the goddamn Olympics:
U.S. Rugby player Ariana Ramsey found out athletes get free healthcare in the Olympic Village and immediately booked a bunch of appointments for routine services many Americans living under our dystopian private healthcare regime simply can't afford:
si.com/olympics/american-athle…
"Like, what?” she said in a post on TikTok describing her new discovery: The Olympic Village offers free healthcare.
The United States, of course, does not. So in the days following her victory, Ramsey made appointments with the Village gynecologist, dentist and ophthalmologist. According to the Paris 2024 organizing committee, the Village also offers cardiology, orthopedics, physiotherapy, psychology, podiatry and, of course, sports medicine—all at no cost to the athletes. (Paralympic athletes will also have access to dermatology.)"
The best part of the story is that Ramsey not only convinced a bunch of other U.S. Athletes to take advantage of the program, but after realizing how beneficial having access to free healthcare is, she's decided to become an advocate for Universal Healthcare in America.
On a personal level and as someone who has spent time in multiple countries that offer free healthcare to their citizens, I honestly cannot stress how much it improves not only health outcomes, but also quality of life for labor class people; from increasing your lifespan, to freeing workers from dependence on bad employers just to keep their health insurance, this is one social policy that has ripples throughout almost every aspect of the lives of everyday people. And it says a LOT about the priorities of the American ruling class that they'd do almost anything to keep you from having access to universal healthcare.
#UniversalHealthcare #USPol #Capitalism #Olympics
U.S. Athletes Are Taking Full Advantage of Free Healthcare in Olympic Village
Women’s rugby player Ariana Ramsey’s videos showcasing her appointments have gone viral, and now many others are making good use of the medical services offered in Paris.Stephanie Apstein (Sports Illustrated)
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The Joe Biden web store has been converted to the Harris campaign and has a *ton* of #KamalaHarris merch, including bi and trans flag stuff!
It’s finally time to release my newest project: followthecrypto.org/
This website provides a real-time lens into the cryptocurrency industry’s efforts to influence 2024 elections in the United States.
#crypto #cryptocurrency #elections #USpol #lobbying
Follow the Crypto
Follow the cryptocurrency industry’s influence on 2024 elections in the United States.Follow the Crypto
The Onion doesn't miss.
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Clarence Thomas Torn Over Case Where Both Sides Offer Compelling Scuba Trips
WASHINGTON—Admitting that he had never been more conflicted about a ruling in his life, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was reportedly torn Monday over a case in which both sides offered compelling scuba trips.ji39f8deollek3 (The Onion)
“Large numbers of Americans who have bought guns over the past four years or who regularly carry their loaded weapons in public are willing to engage in political violence, even to the extent of shooting a perceived opponent, a new mega-survey has found.
The study of almost 13,000 Americans, drawn from across the US and weighted for demographics, provides alarming evidence of the openness of certain types of gun owners to the idea – and possibly the practice – of violence as a political act.”
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#USpol
Many Americans who recently bought guns open to political violence, survey finds
Study of 13,000 Americans finds particular risk among certain types of gun owners, including those who carry weapons in publicEd Pilkington (The Guardian)
“The far-right Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is ungovernable and should be known as ‘Moscow Marjorie’, said a former Republican colleague in the US House, accusing Greene of ‘getting her talking points from the Kremlin’ when opposing new federal aid for Ukraine.”
I am so here for the Republicans entering their ‘finding out' phase, but it sucks that it has to cost lives elsewhere. Again.
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‘Moscow Marjorie’: Republican accuses Greene of irresponsible Ukraine rhetoric
Former congressman Ken Buck says Marjorie Taylor Greene gets ‘her talking points from the Kremlin’ when opposing Ukraine aidMartin Pengelly (The Guardian)
Let’s be very clear about something: there is no conspiracy in saying that AIPAC is an enemy of the left in the US or in being concerned about their influence in elections.
Political Action Committees are a horrific part of US politics, and it is factually accurate to say that AIPAC is funding right wing candidates to oust relatively left-wing incumbents.
However (as most of us know), AIPAC is not unique in participating in the political system this way; and claims that they are the masterminds or that the “Zionist lobby” is controlling US politics are stepping too far.
Fuck AIPAC, and all political action committes, and our whole system of money in politics. However, until that system is dismantled, it is fair to highlight right-wing PACs such as AIPAC and criticize their actions.
Any missourians about to lose trans healthcare in the KC metro area, the University of Kansas hospital is right across the border and I can personally vouch that their trans healthcare team is amazing, they've had some ups and downs, but I was a patient with them from 2017 when they started the clinic all the way to 2022 when I left the state.
They do require a letter for HRT, BUT If you're already on hormones they'll help you stay on them while the letter gets sorted out. I hope this helps someone here 
kansashealthsystem.com/care/sp…
Gender-Affirming and Transgender Medicine In Kansas City | The University Of Kansas Health System
We aim to assist people who identify as transgender, transsexual, gender variant, gender nonconforming and gender questioning.www.kansashealthsystem.com
We're in a horrible situation in the US, but I guess one silver lining is that some politicians are finally taking #privacy more seriously
#Congress
#Politics
#RoeVsWade
#SupremeCourt
#USpol
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Dems want FTC to investigate Apple and Google for privacy harms made worse Post-Roe
Both companies use unique tracking identifiers in their popular Android and iOS mobile operating systems for advertising purposes.Andrea Peterson (The Record by Recorded Future)