NovemberMan

flexghost, 5 months ago to random

Kim Davis, the former clerk in Rowan County, Ky., refused to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple

She claimed that doing so would violate her religious beliefs

That bigotry just proved expensive

A jury just ruled Kim is to pay:
$260,104 in fees and expenses to attorneys
In addition to $100,000 in damages

God’s will.

🌈

georgetakei, 5 months ago to random

Now that both Colorado and Maine have disqualified Trump from the 2024 primary ballot, we're looking back to Jay Kuo's prescient piece from September exploring the collision course Trump is on with the 14th Amendment. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/collision-course-trump-14th-amendment

GottaLaff, 5 months ago to Colorado

“Man breaks into #Colorado Supreme Court overnight & opens fire

The incident was not believed to be “associated with previous threats to the Colorado Supreme Court Justices,” the Colorado State Patrol said” #GunViolence

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/02/us/colorado-supreme-court-arrest?cid=ios_app

flexghost, 5 months ago to random

“Pro-Putin Republicans deny vital Ukraine aid”

That’s the story

GottaLaff, 5 months ago to legal

Thank you Letitia James… again.

“LaPierre, Longtime #NRA Leader, Faces Trial That Could End His Reign

A lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general against Wayne LaPierre and three other N.R.A. insiders accuses the gun-rights group of decades of corruption.” #legal
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/nyregion/nra-lapierre-trial.html

DrALJONES, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to Israel

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lisamelton, 5 months ago to random

Today I'm a single woman. That just keeps messing with my head. Thirty-three years of marriage over. And I feel so many different things about it. Failure, loneliness, anger, relief, joy and even wonder. At what comes next, mostly.

What will I do? I am literally making this up as I go along. And ironically, that makes me feel normal.

Here's a virtual hug for anyone else going through separation or divorce. You can do this and you will survive. 🫂💖

flexghost, 5 months ago to random

Wut.

AnarchistArt, 5 months ago to random

GottaLaff, 5 months ago to random

“Kim Jong Un said his military should “thoroughly annihilate” the US & S Korea if provoked after he vowed to boost natl defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented US-led confrontation.

#NorthKorea has increased its warlike rhetoric in response to expansion of US-S Korean military drills. Experts expect Kim will cont to escalate his rhetoric & weapons tests bc he likely believes he can use heightened tensions to wrest concessions if Trump wins”
https://apnews.com/article/6c8834f71ac43bb9d0addc404fe00f18

QasimRashid, 5 months ago to random

28 years ago today on December 31, 1995, legendary cartoonist Bill Watterson published his final 'Calvin and Hobbes' comic strip.

How beautiful and appropriate it was. A timeless reminder of what we can make the next year.

May we bring about justice for all humanity in 2024.❤️

TheJen, 5 months ago to random

Welp. Gonna have to tell my congress critter I'm not going to be able to help with the campaign after all. Still quite unwell with not much end in sight. I refuse to get in the middle of something and have to quit because I hit a wall.

GottaLaff, 5 months ago to random

I'll have you know that I have finished, yes FINISHED, inventorying my entire house for The Big Move to 🇨🇦 in May.

Yes, I even incl makes, models, serial no's of everything electronic.

Took photos, itemized under each. Damn I'm good.

Next: Transfer it all to official border forms.

Packing waits til spring. That's when we'll number boxes & make more lists.

🗓️HAPPY NEW YEAR to all. May it be filled with love, peace, prosperity, abundance of food & friendship & election wins! #HappyNewYear 🥂🍽️🎊

flexghost, 5 months ago to random

Don’t want to stop Texas from human trafficking?

Then traffic their federal funds to CA, IL and other recipient blue states.

warandpeas, 5 months ago to random

johnshirley2024, 5 months ago to random

[right wing politicians trying to keep women from divorcing their husbands]

A Running List of Politicians Talking About Making Divorce Harder

On the right, there is a renewed push to enshrine family values by pushing against no-fault divorce laws.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/12/running-list-politicians-divorce-harder-no-fault-divorce-tom-cotton-mike-johnson-jd-vance/

GottaLaff, 5 months ago to legal

Via Anna Bower 1/...:

In a new filing at the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, special counsel #JackSmith argues that #Trump is not immune from federal election interference charges.

Andrew Weissmann:

Trump defense to #Jan6 impeachment charge was: the Senate has no jurisdiction as I am no longer in office.

Trump defense to criminal charge is: I am immune since you did not convict me in the Senate impeachment trial. #legal

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.40415/gov.uscourts.cadc.40415.1208583920.0.pdf

mekkaokereke, 5 months ago to random

🤡

From Mother Jones:
"Dick Harpootlian, the party chairman, said whether Haley listed her race as white or not doesn’t really matter to him, but the issue is that the governor has shown a pattern of such actions.

'Haley has been appearing on television interviews where she calls herself a minority—when it suits her,' Harpootlian said. 'When she registers to vote she says she is white. She has developed a pattern of saying whatever is beneficial to her at the moment.'
"

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/indian-nikki-haley-says-she-is-white/

GottaLaff, 5 months ago to random

No, Nikki Haley is not “better” than Trump (No GOP candidate is). Stop giving her a pass.👇🏼

"I would pardon Trump," Haley said.
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/29/haley-pardon-trump-as-president

ninsiana0, 5 months ago to bookstodon

What books are you ending your year on?

I'm currently reading NIGHT SIDE OF THE RIVER by Jeanette Winterson.

@bookstodon #bookstodon #readersofmastodon #readersonmastodon

GottaLaff, 5 months ago to random

Nighty night folks.

You sure are smart, btw. Thanks for all the convos and comments (..that take me hours to go through; hence my slow and/or brief replies).

I'll post news if/when it breaks.

Be good.

On second thought...

RickiTarr, 5 months ago to random

What are your true opinions and thoughts on marriage?

Just for fun, this is a photo from my wedding day (ignore the reflection of my phone lol) I was all of 21.

jwz, 5 months ago to random

Remember when Mozilla made a web browser?

Mozilla 2023 Annual Report: CEO pay skyrockets, while Firefox Marketshare nosedives:

Earlier this year, Mozilla laid out their vision for the future of their organization -- and it did not include Firefox....
https://jwz.org/b/ykH2