Sobieck, to random
@Sobieck@hachyderm.io avatar

How the fuck did Democrats make the upside down flag about decorum instead of, you know, the fascist coup these fucking ghouls tried on 1/6 and will continue to try until we force them back? They sure don’t seem to be taking it seriously.

#uspol

DrALJONES, to random
@DrALJONES@mastodon.social avatar

Report

Some Morehouse College students & faculty walked out on Biden's commencement speech

Biden reportedly saw Morehouse College - where he gave the address - as a school where he was unlikely to face protests.

However, some students & faculty turned their backs or walked out during Biden's address.

Unlike at George Mason University where protestors interrupted him 10 times, Morehouse protestors did not disrupt his speech.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-at-morehouse?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=072f10f99d-Top+News%3A+Fri.+5%2F17%2F24_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-3b949b3e19-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

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DrALJONES, to random
@DrALJONES@mastodon.social avatar

Analysis

The new McCarthyism aiming at university professors

More than 90 professors have been murdered & all universities obliterated during Israel’s genocidal assault.

Globally, academics in various fields have been targeted by pro-Israel groups - fired, suspended, or removed from the classroom for pro-Palestine, anti-Israel speech.

https://theintercept.com/2024/05/16/university-college-professors-israel-palestine-firing/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

#Protests #USPol ..

lovelylovely, to random
@lovelylovely@masto.ai avatar

Friends how many times have I fought and pushed back on the far-left MAGA lies and on purpose propaganda concerning the Israel/Gaza War Too many times to count these leftist have totally destroyed all credibility they may have had if any.

PS: ) Americans are getting fed up with the BS.

TruthSandwich,
@TruthSandwich@fedi.truth-sandwich.com avatar

@lovelylovely

Exactly so.

Their demands are not meant to be satisfied. And if they somehow were, they'd just make more demands.

The actual goal of the socialist populists on the far left is to apply purity tests for us to fail. They want an excuse not to support democracy.

#uspol

Waitnwallflower, to random
@Waitnwallflower@beige.party avatar

I just learned that I've reached the point where I won't take blatant disparagement of political persons who are actually trying.

I welcome you to unfollow me if you cannot find your way to save democracy this year. Literal rights are on the line. Everything is here.

I fucked up by not voting sometimes in the past, not taking it seriously, believing both parties had the country's best interest at heart, for all people, how foolish, I was trying to find the perfect candidate WHO DOESN'T EXIST.

The goal now is to get to vote again (fairly) and make change for the better, everywhere.

Slam the wrong people right now and you may very well make this worse for so many people.

Globally.

Ffs.

#USPol
#ReElectBiden
#NoItsNotPerfectButItsBetter
#ThereAreTwoParties
#NevertRump
#EndtRumpsGOP

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flexghost, to random
@flexghost@mastodon.social avatar

Dramatic pause or was Trump glitching out?

Trump data dump

HistoPol,
@HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

@flexghost

That's even longer than the famous "akward pause."

No, he obviously lost it.--Little sleep or , I'd say.

https://mastodon.social/@flexghost/112469671520063230

kali, to Palestine
@kali@cyberpunk.lol avatar

Washington Post: "Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show"

The ruling class organise.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/16/business-leaders-chat-group-eric-adams-columbia-protesters/

Archive link: https://archive.is/YJH3S

Free_Press, to news
@Free_Press@mstdn.social avatar

Rudy Giuliani boasted he wouldn't be served with an indictment notice — officials did just that at his 80th birthday party

https://www.businessinsider.com/giuliani-boasted-he-would-avoid-indictment-officials-struck-at-his-80th-bday-party-2024-5

DrALJONES, to random
@DrALJONES@mastodon.social avatar

Video evidence of NYPD punching, brutalising, & arresting peaceful protesters

"New York police have beaten & arrested several protesters at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brooklyn."

As the protesters reached an intersection, "officers rushed in & grabbed people out of the crowd seemingly at random.

"Officers tackled multiple protesters to the ground & then proceeded to punch them."

~Katie Smith

3.00 GMT May 19 AJ UPDATES

https://aje.io/29g1kk?update=2909372

#FreePalestine #USPol #USProtests ..

aral, to Israel
@aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar

Joe Biden could still turn this around and not lose to Trump by defunding Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people. If he doesn’t, there will be only person to blame for Joe Biden losing to Trump in six months and that’s Joe “I am a Zionist” Biden.

DrALJONES, to random
@DrALJONES@mastodon.social avatar

Analysis

"Biden’s floating pier off Gaza is... a Potemkin Village"

The US practices theatrics while refugees starve amid rivers of shit

While the pier "isn’t completely useless, it cannot replace overland truck deliveries.

"At most it will supply 150 trucks daily, when 500 are needed.

"It is a PR band-aid on the gaping wound of.. genocidal blockage of aid."

https://www.juancole.com/2024/05/theatrics-starving-refugees.html

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msdropbear42, to random

New Florida Law Requires All Women To Produce 3 Healthy White Sons By 22nd Birthday

TALLAHASSEE, FL—Touting the legislation as a common-sense victory for family values, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a new law Thursday requiring all Florida women to produce three healthy, white sons by the date of their 22nd birthday. “The production of white daughters will not be penalized, but they will be seized by the state for the production of white sons,” said DeSantis, who clarified that regardless of the race, ethnicity, or religious background of the mother, all sons would be required to be both white and raised in a Catholic household. “Three is the bare minimum. Despite what the virtue-signaling, left-wing fanatics are espousing on CNN, this requirement is actually quite fair and attainable. Whether Florida women and girls choose to get started at age 15 or 19, they will have plenty of time to comply.” At press time, DeSantis added that a miscarriage counted as negative one white sons.

theonion.com/republicans-expla…

#satire #USPol #RWNJ #WomensRights #FsckRWNJs #fsckALLreligion #FsckOffDeSantis

DrALJONES, (edited ) to random
@DrALJONES@mastodon.social avatar

Video evidence of NYPD punching, brutalising, & arresting peaceful protesters

"New York police have beaten & arrested several protesters at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brooklyn."

As the protesters reached an intersection, "officers rushed in & grabbed people out of the crowd seemingly at random.

"Officers tackled multiple protesters to the ground & then proceeded to punch them."

~Katie Smith

3.00 GMT May 19 AJ UPDATES

https://aje.io/29g1kk?update=2909372

#FreePalestine #USPol #USProtests ..

DrALJONES, (edited ) to random
@DrALJONES@mastodon.social avatar

Analysis

"Biden’s floating pier off Gaza is... a Potemkin Village"

The US practices theatrics while refugees starve amid rivers of shit

While the pier "isn’t completely useless, it cannot replace overland truck deliveries.

"At most it will supply 150 trucks daily, when 500 are needed.

"It is a PR band-aid on the gaping wound of.. genocidal blockage of aid."

https://www.juancole.com/2024/05/theatrics-starving-refugees.html

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DrALJONES, to random
@DrALJONES@mastodon.social avatar

Interview

...with Lara Friedman & Rabbi Jay Michaelson on the Antisemitism Awareness Act

"There's something innane about this: in order to engage in criticism of Israel, you have to be an antisemite"
~ Lara Friedman, Foundation for Middle East Peace.

The US Senate is expected to vote soon on the Antisemitism Awareness Act.

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/upfront/2024/5/17/will-the-antisemitism-awareness-act-repress-free-speech

#Antisemitism #Censorship #USPol ..

major, to politics
@major@social.lol avatar

I have plenty of complaints about the Democratic Party but, boy, I have no idea what the policy is on the Republican Party side.

They seem to reject conservative and liberal (big L and little l) ideals equally. As Charlie Sykes said years ago, the right really has lost its mind.

paul, to Law
@paul@oldfriends.live avatar

Happy Birthday to you...🥳🎂🎈

🔗Rudy Giuliani is served indictment papers at his own birthday party after mocking Arizona attorney general #USPol #crime #Law #legal .
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/two-hours-mocking-arizonas-attorney-general-rudy-giuliani-served-birth-rcna152905

RustyBertrand, to random
@RustyBertrand@vivaldi.net avatar

Listen to yourselves.

"No choice but genocide."

"We will vote for genocide."

"If you don't vote for genocide you support Putin."

Fucking hell!

jensorensen, to LGBTQ
@jensorensen@mastodon.social avatar

Latest comic: The Great Regression

#cartoon #comic #fascism #race #abortion #lgbtq #democracy #uspol

SarahEx, to random German
@SarahEx@dresden.network avatar

Momentan weiß ich gar nicht mehr wie ich hier filtern soll um nicht wegen der ganzen schlechte Nachrichten in den Tröts wieder ins Loch zu fallen.
Gleichzeitig ist mir bewusst, dass ich grad einfach nur Glück hab und privilegiert bin.
Das macht wieder ein schlechtes Gewissen/ Gefühl und das hilft auch nicht.

HistoPol,
@HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

@SarahEx

Bei mir ist auch deshalb alles mit #hashtags versehen.
#DEpol #USpol und #GeoPol willst du dann z.B. wohl wegfiltern (damit beschäftige ich much wohl jedoch am meisten).

Etwas #SMDetox tut uns allen gut.--Wieviel, bestimmt jeder selbst. Gut, wenn du es vorher merkst.--Keine Nachricht , ausser einer Katastrophenwatnung für deinen Standort ist es wert, das du dafür in eine Depression fällst.
Dir geht's gut? Super! Berichte ruhig darüber, denn viele haben Probleme und wollen Positives.

JasonPerseus, to Law
@JasonPerseus@mas.to avatar

So all the action in opinion is in the concurrences.

Justice Kagan writes separately in concurrence, joined by Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.

For which purpose do these four find common ground?

To grant interpretive weight to traditionalism and evolving practice over time.

With big, big administrative cases coming up on their docket, perhaps a significant signal?

JasonPerseus,
@JasonPerseus@mas.to avatar

Kagan then notes that there are many appropriations made which are not on an annual basis and not required to return to the Legislature for additional funding:

Customs Service, Post Office, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (Definitely an office I knew existed 😉), and the Federal Reserve Board.

And that's about it for Kagan and her interesting squad of justices.

What do these tea leaves mean?! (Who knows)

JasonPerseus,
@JasonPerseus@mas.to avatar

But wait! Where's Justice Jackson?

Notably, she writes separately in concurrence.

What point does she feel it's important to make?

When the Constitution provides a power to another branch without limitation, the Courts shouldn't presume their right to craft a limit.

McCulloch v. Maryland... another oldie but a goodie.

JasonPerseus,
@JasonPerseus@mas.to avatar

McCulloch v. Maryland was an early case from 1819 in which the State of Maryland had put a tax on a bank chartered by the federal government. The litigation stemmed from a refusal to pay the tax, and the Court of Appeals held the bank to be unconstitutional, necessitating Supreme Court review.

Ends up being the seminal "necessary & proper" case.

And the part to which she cites... is exactly that:

#SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #law #lawfedi #legal #uspol #politics #uspolitics

JasonPerseus,
@JasonPerseus@mas.to avatar

Jackson: Separation. Of. Powers.

She cites to this part of Byrd, citing Richardson.

The context around the quoted part is, I think, extremely important. (Image 2).

It not only notes that the court's role is not general supervision, but that the "irreplaceable value of [judicial review]" is its protection of individual liberties.

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mondoweiss, to Palestine
@mondoweiss@social.mondoweiss.net avatar

Joe Biden's claim that Hamas’s October 7 attacks were “driven by ancient desire to wipe out the Jewish people" is ahistorical and dangerous. In fact, Jewish history shows that antisemitism is a Western problem.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/the-ancient-desire-to-kill-jews-is-not-hamass-its-the-wests/


@palestine @israel

miki_lou,
@miki_lou@mastodon.social avatar

@mondoweiss @palestine @israel Good grief!!! Nothing justifies the #genocide by #imprisonment, #starvation and murder of a people. Nothing.

#Palestine #Israel #uspol

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