First. Local Cardinals are taking up Bluejay habits and taking peanuts.
Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone
i think it’s worth noting that the entire culture war is basically between people who like knowing things and people who think knowing things is bad
re: #2 jaunte
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re: #2 jaunte
Kids need to have equal chance to learn about ciscendentalism, dammit.
re: #2 jaunte
Gee I wonder if that parent ever asked for a “trans”fer?
The anti-trans bigotry is enraging to me. It hurts people.
Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate’s early-morning passage ended shutdown threat https://t.co/C216E7gAAu
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 24, 2024
A lovely photo posted by Barb McQuade leads to a whole thread of people posting what they love about living in the PNW, with many photos. For ‘wrench’.
PNW is breathtakingly beautiful. pic.twitter.com/cn5HvWOKYg
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) March 23, 2024
RT & @NBCNews to kill the entire contract. #NoLiarsOnNBC
Deadline reported that MSNBC President Rashida Jones told staffers that it would be up to individual shows whether to book her.
https://t.co/dHdtWV2mdo— Rachel Bitecofer 🗽💡🔭🦆 (@RachelBitecofer) March 24, 2024
ETTD
re: #10 retired cynic
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In the same vein, hippie enthohistory: (long)
The Last Glimpses of California’s Vanishing Hippie Utopias
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re: #8 BigPapa
The anti-trans bigotry is enraging to me. It hurts people.
That’s what draws the cretins to it.
Meanwhile this happened yesterday in Lancaster Pa….
It was meant to be a one-hour story time: Drag queen event results in bomb, death threats and chaos
re: #13 nines09
That’s what draws the cretins to it.
This is why I bristle at the idea that I can make common cause with Trumpers. When they say that Trump “just says what we’ve all been thinking,” they are telling me that they have held hateful views all this time but were just scared to say so out loud. So when I see with my own eyes that people are so intensely drawn to this kind of bigotry that they won’t even Google something before screaming at teachers, I know there is nothing I can say to them to bridge that divide.
re: #14 Unabogie
This is why I bristle at the idea that I can make common cause with Trumpers. When they say that Trump “just says what we’ve all been thinking,” they are telling me that they have held hateful views all this time but were just scared to say so out loud. So when I see with my own eyes that people are so intensely drawn to this kind of bigotry that they won’t even Google something before screaming at teachers, I know there is nothing I can say to them to bridge that divide.
These two things are related, and I suspect it won’t be long before the Venn overlap increases… *sighs*
Ronna facilitated Trump’s corrupt fake elector plot & his effort to pressure MI officials not to certify the legitimate election outcome.She spread his lies & called 1/6 “legitimate political discourse.” That’s not “taking one for the team.” It’s enabling criminality & depravity. https://t.co/NAMXgqWZJT
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) March 24, 2024
Ronna: Cause now you are paying me and I am unemployable otherwise……Also, do you want me to change my last name to “NBCNews,” cause I would do that……..
re: #9 Belafon
Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate’s early-morning passage ended shutdown threat
Is there enough in there to keep Israel and Ukraine afloat until the House gets its shit together?
re: #14 Unabogie
This is why I bristle at the idea that I can make common cause with Trumpers. When they say that Trump “just says what we’ve all been thinking,” they are telling me that they have held hateful views all this time but were just scared to say so out loud. So when I see with my own eyes that people are so intensely drawn to this kind of bigotry that they won’t even Google something before screaming at teachers, I know there is nothing I can say to them to bridge that divide.
Thanks for this. This is where I’ve been at for a while. I’ve been saying Trump essentially gave people the go-ahead to say all the shitty things they’ve been keeping to themselves; that somehow being an open bigot and moron is compatible with being a functional member of society.
That’s been compounded by the endless Cletus safaris the press has been publishing for what seems like 15 years, since the dawn of the Tea Party. Probably longer. It completely normalizes what had been up until 2015 unacceptable, abnormal behavior.
It’s why I got so irritated with the “Well, he’s not really talking about a literal bloodbath” idiocy from last week. Trump and and quite frankly, anyone who votes for him, do not deserve one fucking iota of the benefit of the doubt. They have been incredibly upfront about who they are and what they want.
And what they want is a dictatorship. Full stop. The Principle of Charity has its limits.
re: #19 Patricia Kayden
That is worth keeping.
re: #20 Mattand
“It’s why I got so irritated with the “Well, he’s not really talking about a literal bloodbath” idiocy from last week”
Why we’re supposed to give Trump the benefit of the doubt with regard to his word choices is beyond me. He has repeatedly encouraged and sanctioned violence.
re: #20 Mattand
Thanks for this. This is where I’ve been at for a while. I’ve been saying Trump essentially gave people the go-ahead to say all the shitty things they’ve been keeping to themselves; that somehow being an open bigot and moron is compatible with being a functional member of society.
That’s been compounded by the endless Cletus safaris the press has been publishing for what seems like 15 years, since the dawn of the Tea Party. Probably longer. It completely normalizes what had been up until 2015 unacceptable, abnormal behavior.
It’s why I got so irritated with the “Well, he’s not really talking about a literal bloodbath” idiocy from last week. Trump and and quite frankly, anyone who votes for him, do not deserver one fucking iota of the benefit of the doubt. They have been incredibly upfront about who they and what they want.
And what they want is a dictatorship. Full stop. The Principle of Charity has its limits.
He’s making plans
Has got people working on it
Its being funded
Some of it’s even been reported on
Believe him
More generally theyre saying a guy we shouldnt take at his word should be president ????
re: #23 Charles
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BREAKING: Cab drivers in New York City are now referring to Trump Tower as The Tish Mahal
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) March 24, 2024
re: #17 Dangerman
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re: #14 Unabogie
This is why I bristle at the idea that I can make common cause with Trumpers. When they say that Trump “just says what we’ve all been thinking,” they are telling me that they have held hateful views all this time but were just scared to say so out loud. So when I see with my own eyes that people are so intensely drawn to this kind of bigotry that they won’t even Google something before screaming at teachers, I know there is nothing I can say to them to bridge that divide.
Trump and the pandemic tore a hole in many of my friendships. I tried to talk, to reason, to ask why, and all I got was either silence or told to jump on the Trump Train. I had some screaming sessions, and so close to blows arguments.
So I said eff it.
I walked away from assholes before, I can do it again.
I was told long ago, if you could count on the fingers of one hand your friends, true friends, you would be fortunate.
It’s the truth.
I looked past dumb and stupid and nobody is perfect and give them a break and it’s just words and nope.
Tore it.
Go stand with yourselves, I’m not standing with you.
It really is a effed up feeling seeing you really didn’t know them after all….
re: #25 TedStriker
“They say we don’t have the family’s permission. I say we don’t need it. We’re allowed to show ‘em nude because they ain’t got no soul.”
Think about the reputational cost Billy Bush paid for his cavorting off-camera with Donald Trump once in 200?. Apparently, if he’d just helped Trump try to end American democracy, NBC would have snapped him right up.
re: #28 nines09
People can’t help being stupid, so I don’t judge them for that. It’s the meanness of the Trump fascists that makes them too repulsive to be in my life. They’re OK with his corruption and his stupidity because he spews the same hate that the fascist media that groomed them spews.
re: #32 Patricia Kayden
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re: #28 nines09
Trump and the pandemic tore a hole in many of my friendships. I tried to talk, to reason, to ask why, and all I got was either silence or told to jump on the Trump Train. I had some screaming sessions, and so close to blows arguments.
So I said eff it.
I walked away from assholes before, I can do it again.
I was told long ago, if you could count on the fingers of one hand your friends, true friends, you would be fortunate.
It’s the truth.
I looked past dumb and stupid and nobody is perfect and give them a break and it’s just words and nope.
Tore it.
Go stand with yourselves, I’m not standing with you.
It really is a effed up feeling seeing you really didn’t know them after all….
People are made of layers like an onion
You can go years before an event or circumstance peels back a layer you can’t contend with
People are also changing through time, mixing up those layers.
Some relationships are stronger than others. People willing to work through stuff, be vulnerable, etc. Some not.
re: #33 Nerdy Fish
😂 They better hope there is no hell!!
Oh I love this.
He’s got to be in full meltdown mode now!
‘Don Poorleone’: Trump nickname trends on social media as ex-president faces bond deadline
Tomorrow is gonna be epic!
re: #17 Dangerman
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Upding for this :-).
re: #37 Joe Bacon ✅
The Biden campaign should pick that one up. It’s got great resonance.
Following up on what MM posted on a previous thread about Ruby Franke.
Now her husband is doing the Sgt Schutz “I KNOW NOTHING” thing when it comes to the abuse of his children.
Estranged Husband Tearfully Says He Had ‘No Idea’ of Ruby Franke’s Child Abuse
Kevin Franke had no contact with his children for a year and had no knowledge that his estranged wife Ruby Franke subjected them to torture, he told police in a recently released interview. During the interview, conducted on Aug. 30, 2023, Kevin Franke described how he put his trust in Ruby while he was dealing with “some of my own addictions I was working through and seeking help” for. He hadn’t seen his children since July 2022, when he moved out of their family home. He said his role was to provide for them financially, entrusting Ruby with their care. “I know nothing that’s going on in their lives,” he told officers. “She’s not telling me anything about the kids.” When officers revealed that his son had been found malnourished, duct-taped, and pleading for help, Franke was blindsided. He started to cry as officers detailed the abuses his children suffered at the hands of their mother. “This feels like getting run over by a steam truck, what you’re sharing with me today,” he said.
re: #38 garzooma
Upding for this :-).
Here’s another rando:
Glad you asked, kristen, first of all , as chair of the RNC i was totally required to suck up to donald trump and say whatever bullshit he told me to say, and even commit crimes on his behalf, but now that i’m being paid by nbc I’m required to pretend I never believed that stuff,
You see I’m the victim here, kirsten,
And also, now that I’m no longer working for dementia don, I’m a Romney again,
And we’re the Etch A Sketch family, kristen, we turn on a dime because despite pretending to have principles and spines we don’t have either.
Isn’t that obvious by now? Can i have my money now?”
Don Poorleone. I really like it. I can adopt that.
re: #31 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
That’s what they embraced. Proud of it. Proud to be deplorable, and every lie that was spoken to them was gospel.
They bathed in it.
Hung banners. Bumper stickers. Hats.
And Trump let them speak out loud.
The number of men my age who assumed I was a Trumper was nuts.
They didn’t appreciate what I told them.
I don’t demand anything but decency from people.
re: #39 jaunte
The Biden campaign should pick that one up. It’s got great resonance.
Here’s the appropriate music for THE POORFATHER!
Moscow Terror (2)
The claim and the blame
by Timothy Snyder
snyder.substack.com
Accompanied by a number of photos of the results of Russian bombings in Ukraine in the last week or so.
Putin is responsible for his mistakes inside Russia. And he is at fault for the war in Ukraine. He is trying to turn two wrongs into a right: into his own right to define reality however he likes, which means his right to kill whomever he chooses.
re: #37 Joe Bacon ✅
Oh I love this.
He’s got to be in full meltdown mode now!
‘Don Poorleone’: Trump nickname trends on social media as ex-president faces bond deadline
Tomorrow is gonna be epic!
The day’s not over yet, it’s only 16:00 ET, plenty of time for Trump to pull some multi-million-dollar rabbit out of his red cap…
Or is the “Monday deadline” some time tomorrow (Monday) - noon??
11:59 am or pm???
re: #49 Patricia Kayden
Having been to Georgia I’m willing to excuse ‘peach tree dish’, but not the rest.
re: #49 Patricia Kayden
I love the solar does not work at night remark. My response would be that is what windmills are for.
re: #51 PhillyPretzel ✅
I love the solar does not work at night remark. My response would be that is what windmills are for.
You see, when the sun goes down in Georgia, it means the whole world is dark.
re: #52 Belafon
They never heard of flashlights? Lanterns? Lamps?
re: #8 BigPapa
To the bigots that’s the whole point. Bigotry is always about who a person can be cruel to without consequences.
Trump is going to find the money. And it will be borderline illegal, thus creating more chaos our judicial system is not prepared to deal with. Especially under Garland.
re: #56 GlutenFreeJesus
Trump is going to find the money. And it will be borderline illegal, thus creating more chaos our judicial system is not prepared to deal with. Especially under Garland.
Borderline? If he comes up with the money, at this point, it will be illegal. His lawyers would not have represented to the Appellate Division that he is completely unable to come up with a bond if there was a path by which he could obtain the money legally.
re: #37 Joe Bacon ✅
Oh I love this.
He’s got to be in full meltdown mode now!
‘Don Poorleone’: Trump nickname trends on social media as ex-president faces bond deadline
Tomorrow is gonna be epic!
My Monday (tomorrow) is already planned. Breakfast fixing’ already set aside in the fridge as are a few sandwiches for mid-day snacks. I have popcorn and a few cookies too. Then there’s a celebratory piece of apple pie. A great day without leaving the house.
re: #57 Nerdy Fish
Borderline? If he comes up with the money, at this point, it will be illegal. His lawyers would not have represented to the Appellate Division that he is completely unable to come up with a bond if there was a path by which he could obtain the money legally.
Doesn’t the Truth Social acquisition change the calculus here?
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re: #59 Semper Fi
My Monday (tomorrow) is already planned. Breakfast fixing’ already set aside in the fridge as are a few sandwiches for mid-day snacks. I have popcorn and a few cookies too. Then there’s a celebratory piece of apple pie. A great day without leaving the house.
Ah…Langer’s Deli Hot Apple Pie with their Hot Brandy Sauce!
re: #3 Nerdy Fish
Wait until they hear about the transmissions in their cars… They’ll never drive again.
And how can they condone Russian support for Transnistria?
Tammy Murphy, wife of New Jersey governor, drops out of state’s Democratic race for U.S. Senate
Murphy’s move leaves surging Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) as the overwhelming favorite in the Democratic primary to replace Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), upending the state’s party machine.
re: #36 Patricia Kayden
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re: #66 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The only thing that kept us afloat after my father’s untimely death was the Social Security benefits: they also helped pay for my college education until age 22
When Dad was injured in 1954 he didn’t get Social Security disability benefits until the law was amended in 1956 and at that time there was no provision for spouse OR children to receive benefits from a bene receiving disability checks.
Don’t drive a car. It has a transmission. It’s mission? To make you trans.
re: #62 Joe Bacon ✅
Ah…Langer’s Deli Hot Apple Pie with their Hot Brandy Sauce!
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Oooh, that hit me right where I want it!
re: #62 Joe Bacon ✅
Ah…Langer’s Deli Hot Apple Pie with their Hot Brandy Sauce!
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Thank you. That’s gonna be my dessert order next visit.
re: #69 BigPapa
Don’t drive a car. It has a transmission. It’s mission? To make you trans.
Don’t tell them their phones are full of transistors.
that thing where a mastodon reply guy deliberately misconstrues your post, then gets mad at you for shit you didn’t say and lectures you about how awful you are.
re: #74 Charles
Lock up the trans sisters!!!!!
re: #75 Charles
that thing where a mastodon internet reply guy deliberately misconstrues your post, then gets mad at you for shit you didn’t say and lectures you about how awful you are.
They breed.
re: #60 Hecuba’s daughter
Doesn’t the Truth Social acquisition change the calculus here?
IMO, no. I do not feel there is a safely legal way he can liquidate his shares and turn them into enough money to pay the judgment. I could be proven wrong, of course, and I fully expect that I will.
re: #77 Joe Bacon ✅
GO ALL THE WAY!
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Uh oh, doc would put the kibosh on Ala-mode but who knows, I sometimes roll the dice.
re: #80 Nerdy Fish
IMO, no. I do not feel there is a safely legal way he can liquidate his shares and turn them into enough money to pay the judgment. I could be proven wrong, of course, and I fully expect that I will.
All I know is that he’s got a lot of lawyers racking up billable hours this weekend as he looks for a way to delay the inevitable.
re: #83 darthstar
All I know is that he’s got a lot of lawyers racking up billable hours this weekend as he looks for a way to delay the inevitable.
Has Trump ever testified under oath that he has this much money available or was it only when lying to the public that he asserted this claim?
Biden’s NLRB Brings Workers’ Rights Back From the Dead
Last Friday, the National Labor Relations Board released its most important ruling in many decades. In a party-line decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC, the Board ruled that when a majority of a company’s employees file union affiliation cards, the employer can either voluntarily recognize their union or, if not, ask the Board to run a union recognition election. If, in the run-up to or during that election, the employer commits an unfair labor practice, such as illegally firing pro-union workers (which has become routine in nearly every such election over the past 40 years, as the penalties have been negligible), the Board will order the employer to recognize the union and enter forthwith into bargaining.
re: #80 Nerdy Fish
IMO, no. I do not feel there is a safely legal way he can liquidate his shares and turn them into enough money to pay the judgment. I could be proven wrong, of course, and I fully expect that I will.
He might be hoping the Truth Social money comes. And there might even be some way but not in the time he needs. One the stock is not even on a public market like NASDAQ yet. And there are several lawsuits against the merger from people whose stock was diluted that could slow things down.
ANd even if he wanted to sell that much stock, it would take more time to und=wind his position.
So I just do not see the timing working to get him the money thie next few days.
re: #83 darthstar
All I know is that he’s got a lot of lawyers racking up billable hours this weekend as he looks for a way to delay the inevitable.
Maybe he’ll come up with a post-dated personal cheque just to start things off.
You know…get everyone laughing./
…but I thought Sleazy E was gonna ante up the cash to pay the fine…
Uh oh…
Lisa Murkowski, done with Donald Trump, won’t rule out leaving GOP
does she really mean that?
Find out tomorrow Bat-Fans!
Same Bat-Time
Same Bat-Channel!
re: #75 Charles
I’ve had to block a few people on Mastodon, sadly.
re: #89 Joe Bacon ✅
She ran as an independent before, when the nuttery grabbed the GOP nomination for her spot.
re: #80 Nerdy Fish
IMO, no. I do not feel there is a safely legal way he can liquidate his shares and turn them into enough money to pay the judgment. I could be proven wrong, of course, and I fully expect that I will.
as i’ve been reading, and assuming his shares are covered by the charter’s lockup provisions (which how could they not be) then he cant sell, pledge, use as collateral, etc for 6 mos. no way no how.
unless they tried to amend the charter. that’s more than a hail mary.
it’s just ‘possible’. but good luck trying to do that without disclosing such plan ahead of time. there’s a reason for the lockup period. it protects the other potential buyers.
and if, if, if, if, if, all these wishes came true, then a bank would still have to agree to accept it as collateral. at what discount? certainly not the ‘market’. that would be insane. and as soon as the bank writes it down….., well that’s why it cant be used as collateral in the first place.
Nah. this wont help
Don Poorleone indeed.