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MiriShuli

@MiriShuli@mstdn.social

Bubbe. Writer. Mom. Breast Cancer Survivor. Former US Army Paratrooper. A Johnnie. Public Adm. Living in DC/Maryland USA 🇺🇸 #education #unschoolimg #homeeducation #judasim #cooking #progressiveDem #publicpolicy

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Teri_Kanefield, to random
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I'm over my temper tantrum.

Unfortunately I was enjoying a lovely break on the beach, logged into Mastodon and saw some ugly.

I have been promising myself to start moving away from commenting on what is happening in the moment and talk about more general legal issues. It invites less anger and hate.

Like everyone else, I'm relieved that it wasn't a hung jury or acquittal.

I have no doubt there will be an appeal because there are appealable issues.

But appealable does not mean winable.

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MiriShuli,
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@Teri_Kanefield @jwz. I don't know if looking at larger policy issues always helps. I LOVE policy. Got a degree in it actually. But most people become antsy when we begin to get into details. I've learned to make my points short and streamlined. Then I try my best to show concrete actions and/or changes from my policy ideas. Some folks cannot do multilayered abstract thinking at all and policy discussions can get there very fast. YMMV

StillIRise1963, to random
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I must confess that I doubted Alvin Bragg when he killed the other case. I WAS WRONG. I WAS WRONG ABOUT YOU. THANK YOU, DA ALVIN BRAGG.

MiriShuli,
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@StillIRise1963. I, too, was wrong and not very polite about it either. Never been so happy to be wrong with egg on my face.

Brandi_Buchman, to random
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Hi everyone who is new: high functioning depressed person with PTSD here.
I don't hide this.
I just got tired of pretending.

MiriShuli,
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@Brandi_Buchman. I glad you aren't hiding the depression. Are you able to access any resources to help deal with it? I've had a good response to emdr therapy for ptsd. What can we do to help?

GottaLaff, to Arizona
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Gift link #WompWomp #Breaking

“Arraignments of #Giuliani & 10 other allies of #Trump were underway on Tues in #Arizona criminal case that charges them with trying to keep Trump in power after he lost pres election.

A total of 50 people — incl Trump — now face charges related to election interference in four states. A number of Trump allies have already pleaded guilty or reached cooperation agreements in cases in Georgia and Michigan.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/us/giuliani-trump-arizona-fake-electors.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tk0.mfKZ.5ZqeJX9wXmh4&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

MiriShuli,
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@shekinahcancook @GottaLaff I doubt it. The Russian mob is brutal. He won't cross them.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Putin and these fascist fuckwads are going to start WWIII.

MiriShuli,
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@StillIRise1963 They already did.

maxkennerly, to random
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Here's all you need to know about Mark Penn's column: it does not use the word "abortion."

There's no point listening to any electoral advice that doesn't suggest Dems lean into their best issue in 50 years, one proven in 2022 & 2023 to work nationwide.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/opinion/joe-biden-swing-voters.html

MiriShuli,
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@maxkennerly Mark Penn doesn’t have a reputation to lose, does he?

Karoli, to random
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Anyone who read the Time article about their interviews with Trump had best read the transcript to understand just how bad it is. The article doesn't do his plans for tyranny justice. And then, please put aside your complaints about Biden and just vote. Our future depends on it.
https://crooksandliars.com/2024/04/trump-just-revealed-frightening-plan

MiriShuli,
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@rmblaber1956 @Karoli Biden is in no way whatsoever a bad choice. The man is as progressive as LBJ and has gotten so many programs passed and STARTED. 11 billion this week for water infrastructure improvements. We are the only country that hasn’t entered a recession since the pandemic. I have no idea what you are using for a metric to decide he’s bad, but you are wrong. Dead wrong.

jnye, to random
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Just the first 15min of made me physically sick, listening to so many voices & attitudes from my youth.🤢 😖 PLEASE hear me: if you're not one of those who's spent time in RW fundamentalist circles, you NEED to watch it. More people need better understanding. Yes, it'll make you sick & prob scare you. It should. is as old as Christianity, but this film NAILS our current version--the truth of the culture that brought us to 2016 and beyond.

https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Faith-Peter-Coyote/dp/B0CWP2KRTW/

MiriShuli,
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@jnye I second this motion. You must see it. I think it starts streaming next week. I lived this film, as I turned 20 as Regan was elected. The best part of this production is it does not get lost in the weeds. There are portions of the 80’ and 90’s that they skip over because they are not needed to get the message across and would make the narrative unwieldy.

Everyone should see it.

shekinahcancook, (edited ) to random
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    MiriShuli,
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    @shekinahcancook Trump’s siblings are not psychopaths/malignant narcissists. Brother Fred drank himself to death probably because of a capacity for empathy. It is not a “lack of love” that created Trump. It’s his hardwiring.

    The DSM-V is divided into 2 sections: Mood disorders /Personality disorders. The first can be fixed or healed. The second cannot. About 19% of the population has a personality disorder. Malignant Narcissists don’t feel love nor have the capacity for empathy.

    MiriShuli,
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    @shekinahcancook. Of course they didn’t have a functional childhood. Fred was a nightmare. But that didn’t cause Trump to be a a malignant narcissist. They sent him to military school as a young teen because he was beyond their ability to understand or control.

    Better nurturing might have blunted some of Trump’s excesses, but probably not. Psychopaths can have near perfect childhoods, yet they are still monstrous psychopaths.

    We have to deal with reality. Trump is mentally ill.

    Brandi_Buchman, to random
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    ‘No real choice at all’: Federal appeals court says sports ban on 13-year-old transgender girl violated her civil rights

    https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/no-real-choice-at-all-federal-appeals-court-says-sports-ban-on-13-year-old-transgender-girl-violated-her-civil-rights/

    MiriShuli,
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    @Brandi_Buchman Thanks Brandi!

    GottaLaff, to random
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    THE problem.

    Via Emptywheel:

    Criminal protection racket.

    STEPHANOPOULOS: Just to sum up. You support for pres even if he's convicted in classified docs case. You support him for pres even though you believe he contributed to an insurrection. You support him for pres even though you believe he's lying about the last election. You support him for pres even if he's convicted in Manhattan case. I just want to say, the answer to that is yes, correct?

    SUNUNU: Yeah. Me and 51% of America.

    MiriShuli,
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    @GottaLaff It’s not Trump he actually supports. He is saying outloud he wants a Fascist dictatorship to rule America.

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    As per usual, we are the only people with masks on in the ONCOLOGY office.🙄

    MiriShuli,
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    @GottaLaff @StillIRise1963 A healthcare worker posted in our neighborhood app that since she has gone back to work she has seen an uptick in cancer Dx and imagine that these people also got the vaccine.

    Yes, I went off. I began with correlation is not causation and I assume she didn't understand that sentence either. 🤷🏻‍♀️

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    Anyway, whatever. If not for white women, Trump NEVER would have been president. So, white people, get yourselves together.

    MiriShuli,
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    @Pagan_Animist @StillIRise1963 @Okanogen Exiled, why do you “have” to disagree? Somewhere between 75-90% of all white women actively support the patriarchy and are as racist AF. The few of us who manage to be somewhat less toxic have never, ever been able to use our numbers to be adequate Allies. Infighting and betrayal have a long coattail in every woman’s right issues since the turn of the century.

    Silence is Golden about now.

    Brandi_Buchman, to random
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    I'm undergoing some health issues right now but will return.

    MiriShuli,
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    @GottaLaff @Brandi_Buchman I wanted to ask the same thing, but also didn’t want to pry, but also I am a bit worried. 💐💕💕💕

    TonyStark, to random
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    Trump and Republicans get the blame for this. This ruling would have been unconstitutional under Roe, but Trump is proud that he stacked SCOTUS with anti-abortion justices who overturned it. There are many effects of losing those protections, and this is one of them.

    As always, don’t listen to what they say, watch what they do.

    Arizona abortion law: State Supreme Court upholds near-total ban:
    https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2024/04/09/arizona-abortion-law-state-supreme-court-upholds-near-total-ban/73251148007/

    MiriShuli,
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    @ThreeStars Do you really think that’s true? Aren’t there enough Red hats to keep the state red?

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Gotta pay those lawyers

    Politico—Donald #Trump and the #RNC raised $65.6 million in March and ended the month with $93.1 million in cash on hand.

    MiriShuli,
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    @GottaLaff That seems like a lot since in Feb/Mar the RNC had 7 million on hand? Isn’t that what I read?

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Via Ben Meiselas:

    I speak frequently with #MichaelCohen.. I can tell you how incredibly fearful he is for his safety & the safety of his family based on Donald #Trump’s continuous witness intimidation. Cohen tells me about the constant death threats he receives. Hopefully the amended gag order issued by Justice Merchan will be enforced by Merchan if/when it is violated by Trump. All witnesses like Cohen needed to be protected from intimidation and threats. This is the United States of America.

    MiriShuli,
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    @gdinwiddie @GottaLaff @Cherteapet They will never send him to Rikers. Never. He would require his own building with secret service agents acting like body servants. Not. Happening.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    This day. Already.

    Another 🇨🇦 house we wanted to see, already sold. Then take the damn listing down. That's happened 2x in 2 days.

    Roofer supposed to fix leak at our Calif. home for sale this wkend. Supposed to pour🌧️ so he'd have to cancel, we;d have to put hold on house; coming today to see if he can do it. Sigh. Did I mention we discovered he's a major Trumpy? We noticed 2 stickers on his truck. I wanted to fire him but can't rt now

    Can't sign in to Threads from Mac (not really a bad thing)

    MiriShuli,
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    @GottaLaff @Pinchy63 It will end. I promise.🕯️💕

    maxkennerly, to random
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    I don't object to the result per se, it's still a sizeable bond and his corporate finances are monitored, but it's bad for the rule of law that (a) they gave no explanation and (b) Trump's briefs scrupulously avoided saying he didn't have the collateral for the bond. So why did he get the reduction? https://www.axios.com/2024/03/25/trump-bond-new-york-civil-fraud-trial?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=editorial

    MiriShuli,
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    @maxkennerly You have to ask why a white, rich guy got special treatment? Where have you been all of your life??? Jesus.

    jeffjarvis, to random
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    Newspeak 2024: "Intellectual diversity" means "thought police" and compelled speech, the opposite of free expression and diversity...
    Indiana Law Requires Professors to Promote ‘Intellectual Diversity’ or Face Penalties https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/23/us/indiana-professors-tenure-diversity.html?pvid=HB_MrFXPJe0LxrEpxGOs8ewf&ugrp=c&smid=tw-share

    MiriShuli,
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    @jeffjarvis Come on, though. You know students need to consider whether the earth is really flat. And whether women really need to vote. All ideas are equal, including racism and misogyny, don’t you know. Swastika’s are just a historical symbol, no need to get all upset.

    Yeesh, my bitterness is leaking out this morning.

    deborahh, to random

    What a strange job it must be, to deconstruct a dwelling! Tearing off drywall, pulling down the ceiling! Woohoo!

    MiriShuli,
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    @deborahh some of us truly love demo…..
    🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

    Saltssaltgirl, to random
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    Student: When does spring break start?

    Me: Next Friday.

    Student: When do we come back?

    Me: April 8th.

    Student: That's a long time to have off.

    Me: Yeah, it's a pretty good break.

    Student: I didn't mean it like that.

    Me: How did you mean it?

    Student: (quietly) Would it be possible for me to bring snacks home for me and my brother?

    Me: Of course! We'll pack up all your favorites!

    Me: (remembering not everyone looks forward to school breaks) We'll pack up your brother's favorites too.

    MiriShuli,
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    @Saltssaltgirl Did you have enough to pack up for them? I have begun to loathe my country. But while I see the, where is your Amazon link?

    MiriShuli,
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    @Saltssaltgirl Some replenishments are on the way.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    🏆 Oh suh-NAP! (He should have said, “Mr. President…SIR, with tears in his eyes…” for bonus mockage)

    Via Kyle Griffin:

    President , speaking at a Texas fundraiser: "Just the other day, this defeated looking man came up to me and said: 'Mr. President I need your help. I'm in crushing debt. I'm completely wiped out.' I had to say, 'Donald, I can't help you'."

    MiriShuli,
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    @farah @GottaLaff it really is real. They say Biden has a temper and a sharp tongue. He’s just tamed it over the decades. Seems a little is leaking back out.🥳

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