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American. Pro-democracy.

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barney, to random
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Genocide looms again in Darfur. Will the world stop it from happening?

No? No encampments? No shutting down museums and blocking Pride parades? Nobody cares? Okay.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/03/darfur-genocide-sudan-peacekeepers-famine/

augieray, to random
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I try to be very objective and, when possible, directly quote the research I share. Here's an example of the opposite. This guy screams "breaking news" about myocarditis and pericarditis "only" in vaccinated children. What he doesn't share:

STUDY found #COVID19 vaccination reduced hospitalizations by ~40%.

Myocarditis and pericarditis were documented only in the vaccinated groups with rates of 27 and 10 cases PER MILLION after 1st and 2nd doses.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.20.24306810v1

barney,
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@augieray

Also, it has been very clearly established that COVID-19 infection does cause myocarditis, far more often than vaccines do. So, I wonder what study this person might be referring to.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34907393/

w7voa, to random
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Washington Post - Matt Murray, former Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal, will replace Sally Buzbee as Executive Editor until the 2024 U.S presidential election, after which Robert Winnett, Deputy Editor of The Telegraph Media Group, will take on the new role of Editor.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2024/06/02/sally-buzbee-steps-down-executive-editor-washington-post-matt-murray-rob-winnett-take-editorial-leadership-roles-new-newsroom-structure/

barney,
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@w7voa

This is a sledgehammer blow to the foundation of democracy.

One of our nation's bastions of investigative journalism, lately sinking into the toxic mire of both-sidesing-for-profit, has just been swallowed whole by the ever-enlarging fascist propaganda machine.

Folks, Rupert Murdoch and Robert Mercer don't need our help subsidizing their filth. If you have a WaPo subscription, please cancel it now. Here's now:

https://helpcenter.washingtonpost.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000177571-How-to-cancel-your-digital-only-subscription

dangillmor, to random
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The Washington Post is about to lurch sharply to the right politically as former Murdoch apparatchik solidifies his grip on the organization. Current editor Buzbee is out, and he's bringing in people from Murdoch's Wall Street Journal and the Telegraph (right-wing UK news org).

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/06/02/sally-buzbee-washington-post-steps-down/

barney,
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@dangillmor

This is horrible. Really, really horrible. Just stunningly bad news from out of the blue.

barney,
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@dangillmor

I don't know exactly how to react to the sudden conversion of the Washington Post into an overt fascist propaganda service, but, I think I'll start by resuming my monthly donations to ProPublica.

Democracy dies in darkness, and, with the loss of WaPo, it's getting extremely dark in here.

https://www.propublica.org/

FlockOfCats, to random
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Has anyone made this meme yet??

#uspol

barney,
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@FlockOfCats

No, because the pro-fascist propagandists felt that something that idiotic wouldn't be effective.

KimPerales, to random
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Dems are docile about the #Felon.

"Sens. Brown & Tester hadn’t said anything as of Thurs night -something that was noted by the Nat. Republican Senatorial CMTE, which is fighting to elect Rs to their seats."

Shouldn't Dem leaders explain what the verdict means?

#TFG may very well not have been elected if he hadn’t committed election interference. It's not something to downplay. He was, in essence, an illegit. pres.: catch & kill, RU interference, incl. SM, hacking…

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-trump-guilty-verdict_n_66592657e4b0db5a29bc958f?mhk

barney,
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@KimPerales

Democrats aren't "docile."

Senators Brown and Tester are trying to get reelected this year, in deeply Republican states. If either of them loses, the Democrats will lose control of the Senate.

Among other problems, that disaster would mean losing control of federal judicial appointments. With SCOTUS now an out-of-control bulldozer that is destroying our democracy, we should all appreciate how important federal judges are.

barney,
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@KimPerales

They don't look "weak." This doesn't make any sense.

Senators Brown and Tester are in far-right states, where Trump is very popular. Their job is not to try to make Trump lose Ohio and Montana. Their job is to get reelected, and it's extremely important that they win. There is no reason for them to sabotage their own chances, and lose the Senate for the Dems, by screaming unnecessarily about a verdict that already speaks for itself.

TheConversationUS, (edited ) to random
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Today's conviction of Trump won’t end the legal case, which could quickly be appealed and possibly rise to the level of the US Supreme Court.
It's a historic conviction, no doubt.
But practically speaking, the verdict means only that Trump can't possess a firearm – like all other felons.
A felony conviction won’t keep him from running or serving as president.
A law professor explains a few other key points:
https://theconversation.com/trump-found-guilty-5-key-aspects-of-the-trial-explained-by-a-law-professor-231236

barney,
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@TheConversationUS

That's incorrect. Florida allows felons to vote, if they have been convicted in a different state, and if that conviction would not prohibit them from voting under that state's laws.

In New York, where Trump was convicted, felons are prohibited from voting only while they are serving their prison sentence.

https://dos.fl.gov/elections/for-voters/voter-registration/constitutional-amendment-4felon-voting-rights/

Vittoria, to Travel
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It's been a dramatic few days for commercial aviation with passengers on three airlines suffering terrifying ordeals involving severe inflight turbulence. Nadine Itani, Programme Leader and Lecturer in Air Transport Management at the University of Surrey tells FRANCE24's Tom Burges Watson that for every 1% increase in average temperature there's an estimated 10% increase in the frequency of clear-air turbulence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tzKHTXcW4A

barney,
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@Vittoria

Do you think "1% increase in average temperature" may have been a misstatement? A percentage increase is an odd way to measure a temperature change. It's only meaningful in terms of absolute temperature.

SInce the preindustrial era, Earth's mean temperature has increased by 2.43˚C, which is enough to cause massive changes throughout our planet, but only a 0.85% absolute increase.

barney,
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@Vittoria

I was wondering if she might have meant one degree?

mastodonmigration, (edited ) to random
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Many have said you have to see this bit of Ken Burns commencement speech, particularly if you are considering 'sending a message' by not voting for Biden. These are not normal times. The stakes are just too high. "Don't commit national suicide." Please take a moment to view this short video.

Ken Burns video link >>> https://files.mastodon.online/cache/media_attachments/files/112/524/750/425/185/438/original/5e3869e3acdd9321.mp4

https://thedemlabs.org/2024/05/29/ken-burns-brandies-university-commencement-address-video-highlights/

barney,
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@mastodonmigration

I agree, Ken Burns' commencement speech at Brandeis is important viewing for all of us. Here's a direct YouTube link, in case anyone prefers that method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n1OqPzIKH4

barney, to journalism
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A judge who swore to uphold the law is instead deliberately destroying the law. She is a loyal soldier in a violent insurrection, and a deliberate accomplice in the worst crimes committed against the United States since our first civil war.

The New York Times describes her as "industrious but inexperienced and often insecure."

This is why democracy is dying: Because the New York Times is killing it.

Tengrain, to random
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As God is my waitress, I did not think this story was real:

She is a MONSTER =>

https://universeodon.com/@memeorandum/112521356743522963

barney,
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@Tengrain

Everyone is missing half of this story.

Nikki Haley didn't just visit and write "finish them!" on Israeli bombs. She also toured a settlement in the occupied West Bank (which Israeli extremists call "Samaria"), as a guest of extremist settler leader Yossi Dagan. He wants to build Israeli settlements to .

This is what the movement is fighting for: Not just annihilating all 5 million Palestinians, but taking all of their land, too.

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjyuzixea

Sobieck, to random
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I think the one reason why I’m voting enthusiastically for the fuckers facilitating genocide is this: the last fucker tried a coup and wants to get rid of any checks on his power.

I would like to be able to vote again in 2 years. Things can get worse, and they absolutely will get much worse for literally everyone under a Republican administration.

#uspol

barney,
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@Sobieck

Things certainly will get much worse for literally everyone under a Republican administration. But they will get especially worse for the most vulnerable communities. The Palestinians will suffer first, and most.

sortius, to random
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Biden's unwavering support for Israel's genocide is enough to convince any sane human not to vote for him, or the Democratic party.

To say otherwise is ignorant, and the reason why Trump will get another shot.

People don't vote good governments in, they vote bad ones out. Until political operatives get this, they'll keep losing to fascists

barney,
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@sortius

What you're doing here is truly sickening. You're trying to convince people who care about Palestinians to cause terrible harm to Palestinians, by electing Trump.

You're supporting a party that claims "there are very few innocent Palestinian citizens," and supports vaporizing all 2 million people in Gaza "like Hiroshima and Nagasaki."

#USPol

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-israel-finish-problem-gaza-1234981038/

barney, to Israel
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Right-wing journalists in #Israel celebrate and joke about the fire in #Rafah that burned dozens of civilians to death. Even the IDF called it a tragic loss of life.

These people are unfathomably evil. And the Republican Party is every bit as evil as they are. Please, please do not let these monsters control the US government. Humanity will pay a terrible price.

#USPol

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-05-27/ty-article/.premium/right-wing-israeli-journalists-celebrate-rafah-attack-likening-it-to-lag-baomer-bonfire/0000018f-b983-dca9-a5cf-bd832e6e0000

barney, to random
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This morning, at least two suspects opened fire at a Jewish girls' elementary school in Toronto.

Will someone dare to show up in my replies and claim this is "antizionism, not #antisemitism"?

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/05/25/gunfire-evidence-found-at-elementary-school-in-north-york/

barney,
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@thepoliticalcat

They are all over this platform. Although, rather than point at one particular attack like this and call it "anti-zionism," they usually make a blanket lie like "there's no surge of antisemitism now, those dirty Jews are just making that up to discredit any criticism."

A small correction: This antisemitic hate crime took place at 5 AM. I assume none of the children were inside the school when the offenders shot at it.

barney,
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@thepoliticalcat

Shooting at Jewish children's schools has become fairly common in Canada. Last November, in Montreal, it happened three times in less than a week.

I think in all of these Canadian episodes the schools were empty when the shots were fired. These were threats to murder children, not actual attempts to murder children.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/shots-fired-jewish-school-canada-again-amid-tensions-over-overseas-conflict-2023-11-12/

mcnado, to random
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I’m just gonna say it — this “Genocide Joe” thing is the dumbest fucking liberal shit I have seen in years.

Joe Biden can do more to try to rein in Israel, but Biden doesn’t run Israel. He isn’t CIC for IDF. He isn’t deciding what hospital to bomb. He isn’t deciding what border crossings to close.

You know who is pushing the Genocide Joe narrative? The fucking Russians and the Israelis. Why is that? Well, it’s an election year, and Trump is a hard right, pro-Israel puppet.

barney,
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@TruthSandwich @Pineywoozle @mcnado

For some reason, that seems to be a recurring character type here in the Fediverse: Pro-fascist assholes who sit safely in Australia, totally fucking over 330 million Americans and 5 million Palestinians, while smugly pretending that they're a force of good in the world.

Why Australia? I don't know.

barney,
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@TruthSandwich @Pineywoozle @mcnado

I feel like the ones from Australia and New Zealand are more explicit in saying that, yes, indeed, they are attempting to force me and my fellow Americans to spend the rest of our lives under fascism. And they unabashedly admit that they don't give a flying fuck what happens to any Palestinians.

barney,
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@TruthSandwich

Sure enough, Jake is a pro-Trump account. There's an awful lot of mental gymnastics going on in his TL. He identifies as an American Jew, and he's here supporting an antisemitic Christian nationalist party. Ostensibly because he's pro-Palestinian. Even though the party he's supporting hates Palestinians with genocidally murderous fury, is trying to ban Palestinians from the US, and supports vaporizing millions of Palestinians in their homeland.

GreenFire, to random
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Putin has sacrificed over half a million Russians (some of them are foreign mercenaries shanghaied into their army though too) towards his fantasy of expanding Moscow's empire even further into Europe.

Adding in the massive diaspora and you end up with an economy that can't afford to wage this war for much longer I expect.
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112500374570747871

barney,
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@GreenFire

Putin is backed into a corner. His political survival, and possibly his literal survival, depend on getting Trump elected in November. It's his only chance. So he's pulling out all the stops.

As the summer progresses, we'll see escalating atrocities in the Middle East, bigger and more violent protests and counter-protests at home, new international wars, terrorist attacks in the West... everything Putin can throw at us.

gwaldby, to random
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A new report warns that Trump's proposed tariff on imports would raise costs for typical American consumers by $1,700 per year. And he also wants to extend his tax cuts for billionaires and corporations.

Whose side is he on? Not ours!

#EconomyForAll

barney,
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@gwaldby

As our reward for spending an extra $1,700 a year per family, we get... nothing.

Trump's trade war has no purpose, no goal, no economic rationale. He's just a little boy smashing his toys.

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