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Retired Minnesota guy wishing for climate stability for kids and grandkids. Interested in #science, especially #astronomy, #gardening , #scifi and rv traveling. Join with me at https://citizensclimatelobby.org or other climate orgs.

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TheConversationUS, to USpolitics
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Yep, billionaire can and has legally spent millions in donations to pay his attorneys.

https://theconversation.com/yes-trumps-pacs-really-can-pay-his-legal-fees-222693

Runyan50,
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@TheConversationUS Usually when incompetent people give money to shysters over and over, they are given guardians or put in a home. Why is this different?

stevesilberman, to random
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BREAKING: Trump WH drug problems much worse than previously reported. Administration was "awash" in speed, Xanax, and other drugs, pushed by pill-popping quack Ronny Jackson. Melania was pissed when some random staffer couldn't just dash off a scrip for Xanax. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-white-house-drugs-speed-xanax-1234979503/

Runyan50,
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@stevesilberman She looks pissed all the time. Wonder why?

LeftistLawyer, to random
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Serious question, please boost for reach.

I’m a 50+ white male.

How many old white guys out there would be willing join a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to oppose old white guys in positions of power? How many people would be willing to provide financial support for the same?

Nothing like this currently exists in the U.S. and I think it could be a damn effective form of protest. Personally, I’m sick and tired of seeing old fucking white guys in power everywhere I turn. Am I an aberration?

Oh, and despite thinking of myself as a bit of wordsmith, I’m admittedly terrible at acronym generation. What’s a good name for an organization pursuing said mission?

Runyan50,
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@LeftistLawyer @RiaResists So a anti old white guy PAC? Sounds good.

RealJournalism, to ethelcain
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The fact that the Republican Party is just as willing to ban IVF as they are abortion tells me that they are about controlling womens' bodies, not protecting the lives of the unborn. Now, women, who don't normally side with us, are revolting. The Alabama legislature is scrambling to pass a legislative fix, and "Christian" influencers who pushed such bans are getting flooded with negative comments. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/01/ivf-embryos-alabama-ruling-conservative-women/

Runyan50,
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@tersenurse @RealJournalism The true believers are a minority of religious fanatics. They are the true theocrats that want the bible to guide the Country. The rest use religious belief the same way they use fear.

stevesilberman, to random
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What's really at stake in the 2024 election: Not Trump vs. Biden, not Republicans vs. Democrats, but what kind of country you want America to be for the rest of your life. Please spread this link. [via @jayrosen.bsky.social] https://www.weekendreading.net/p/democracy-is-not-a-spectator-sport

Runyan50,
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@stevesilberman If this asshole is anti-Trump it is hard to discern it.

w7voa, to random
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US will drop food aid into Gaza, says President Biden.

Runyan50,
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@w7voa OK, I want every Trump mix up on here too. Let’s count who has the most. You want a horserace? I want a dementia race.

Runyan50, to MLB Dutch
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So has now restricted access to radio play-by-play to all but in market broadcasts. If you pay $30 you can listen to games outside your market via the MLB app. If you try to stream a game on one of the out of market radio stations it says, “Sorry, you are not in the allowed area”. MLB doing its best to make me give up baseball. Late stage capitalism punishes sports fans too.

TheConversationUS, to USpolitics
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An anthropologist who studies extremism, human rights and genocide bought a ticket to CPAC to observe.

He found an audience that is entirely captive to Trump and does not believe any allegations of wrongdoing, criminal and otherwise, that the former president is accused of, and an event which toed an uneasy line between jocular and apocalyptic:

https://theconversation.com/i-went-to-cpac-as-an-anthropologist-to-understand-trumps-base-they-believe-more-than-ever-he-is-a-savior-224205

Runyan50,
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@TheConversationUS Similar people committed suicide with Jim Jones as their God.

Daojoan, to random
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Capitalism is when your tax dollars pay to bail out the bank that foreclosed on your mortgage

Runyan50,
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@Professor_Stevens @LuLuLove @Daojoan @FantasticalEconomics Isn’t capitalism the vehicle that concentrates wealth in fewer hands which allows money to control government?

appassionato, to books
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Dark Brilliance: The Age of Reason From Descartes to Peter the Great by Paul Strathern

During the 1600s, between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment, Europe lived through an era known as the Age of Reason. This was a revolutionary period which saw great advances in areas such as art, science, philosophy, political theory and economics.

@bookstodon





Runyan50,
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@appassionato @bookstodon Let’s start another Age of Reason and deny the Age of Conspiracy Theories.

morgfair, to random
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Taiwan’s leadership ‘extremely worried’ US could abandon Ukraine - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/23/taiwan-leadership-u-s-ukraine-00143047

Runyan50,
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@morgfair That won’t happen, but it will take a while to pass a discharge petition in the face of treasonous .

jackhutton, to random
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[The Atlantic]: How Democrats Could Disqualify Trump If the Supreme Court Doesn’t

Without clear guidance from the Court, House Democrats suggest that they might not certify a Trump win on January 6. By Russell Berman

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/02/democrats-congress-trump-january-6/677545/

Runyan50,
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@jackhutton @RiaResists Bullshit. That ain’t happening. MAGA would kill every last Democrat in Congress.

paninid, to history
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The colony of South Carolina was the most radical one south of Virginia.

They’ve always been radical.

Nothing much has changed.

Yesterday’s is the of today.

@histodons

Runyan50,
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@paninid @histodons Weren’t the first shots of the Civil War in S. Carolina? We really screwed the pooch when we did not strip citizens’ rights from the insurrectionists.

tristansnell, to random
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Alexander Smirnov tried to FLEE the US -- possibly with help from his lawyers (and Russia?)

Federal judge in LA just ENDED Smirnov's escape fantasies -- and now he's been re-arrested and is clearly NOT going to be released again.

What if Smirnov now sings?

Tick tock, Trumpers.

Runyan50,
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@tristansnell Let’s get Putin’s agents who managed to get elected to Congress with party help in prison!

mondoweiss, to Palestine
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Over 2/3 of Jewish Israelis oppose humanitarian aid to Palestinians starving in Gaza

A new Israeli Democracy Institute survey shows that 68% of Jewish Israelis oppose “the transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza residents.”

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/over-2-3-of-jewish-israelis-oppose-humanitarian-aid-to-palestinians-starving-in-gaza/


@palestine @israel

Runyan50,
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@mondoweiss @palestine @israel @DrALJONES Israel is as morally corrupt as Russia. The UN should govern both because they are an imminent danger to their neighbors.

mondoweiss, to Palestine
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Zionism’s promise to give Jews freedom in their own land has utterly failed. Jews are more insecure in Israel than ever, while American Jews’ promise to support Israel blindly has allowed Israel to paint itself into a fascistic supremacist corner.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/the-failure-of-zionism-and-the-triumph-of-the-israel-lobby/


@palestine @israel

Runyan50,
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@mondoweiss @palestine @israel @DrALJONES It seems to be a spiral of violence that will consume both groups. They both have to renounce violence at the same time. That is unlikely.

Runyan50, to random
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I do not understand why Grassley, Comer and Jordan are not under investigation for espionage and collusion with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. Alarmed at the breakdown of patriotism and law and order. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/its-even-worse-than-we-imagined?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=283462&post_id=141895779&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1dxob&utm_medium=email

Runyan50, to random
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Gift Article. No one is safe until are voted completely out of office in all 50 states and state and national courts are purged of these fascist extremists. Shock, anger, confusion grip Alabama after court ruling on embryos https://wapo.st/48uLvKF

DrALJONES, to random
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    Runyan50,
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    @IveyJanette @DrALJONES If (big if) they force hospitals to continue to provide uncompensated emergency care. The US had vast indigent camps and hobo camps during the Depression. I really don’t see doing anything to prevent their return.

    Runyan50, to random
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    We should not be surprised that want to overturn the Constitution. They have worked outside it for decades: jerrymandering, voting suppression, arresting women for terminating pregnancies, and giving assault rifles to criminals and mentally ill. How many times are they told “NO!” by the Courts?

    mondoweiss, to Palestine
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    “If this is not apartheid, what is?” Palestine tells top UN court Israel’s occupation is illegal

    Twenty years after the International Court of Justice issued an Advisory Opinion on Israel’s Separation Wall, the ICJ is now considering the legality of Israel’s 56-year belligerent occupation of the Palestinian territories.

    https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/if-this-is-not-apartheid-what-is-palestine-tells-top-un-court-israels-occupation-is-illegal/


    @palestine @israel

    Runyan50,
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    @mondoweiss @palestine @israel @nooartur If we really want the killing to stop we will support this court effort.

    KimPerales, to random
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    Republicans are freaking out because Fox News announced that in a current survey, finished an unsurprisingly LAST by all the respondents in ranking presidents. Democrats should spread the good news: Obama #6 & Biden by Dems & & by Republicans. https://www.aol.com/news/presidential-rankings-place-obama-top-192829089.html

    Runyan50,
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    @CarlG @KimPerales So why is the worst President in history ahead in the race against the incumbent?

    lovelylovely, to random
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    Mike Johnson and his Nazis in the house and the senate Abandoning our allies while deliberately leaving Washington for two weeks just to not fund Ukraine is unforgivable why aren't the American people up in arms over this.

    Runyan50,
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    @lovelylovely @RiaResists Americans haven’t gotten up in arms for decades. We twke everything the neoliberals dish out.

    TheConversationUS, to shark
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    Human fear of sharks has deep roots, as early as the eighth century B.C.E. – and the book (published 50 years ago) and then movie "Jaws" terrified the public. However, it brought shark research into the scientific mainstream.
    Some numbers to set the record straight:
    🦈 64: 5-year global average of shark bites
    🦈 You're 200x more likely to drown than to die from a shark bite
    🦈 548 known shark species - only 13 have bitten humans
    https://theconversation.com/jaws-portrayed-sharks-as-monsters-50-years-ago-but-it-also-inspired-a-generation-of-shark-scientists-220629
    #sharks #marinebiology #science #oceans

    video/mp4

    Runyan50,
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    @TheConversationUS The definitive book about water safety near sharks: First Man in the Water by Hugo First

    funcrunch, to books
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    Great article (as usual) by @pluralistic on "bestselling" books, botshit, and bezzles:

    https://doctorow.medium.com/how-a-billionaires-mediocre-pump-and-dump-book-became-a-bestseller-2ed7a8c472d7

    (Paywall-free link)

    Runyan50,
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    @prestontumber @pluralistic @theoldbeginner @JorgeStolfi @rvkennedy @immibis @funcrunch @kcoyle @KimPerales Not against manipulating the money supply, just not by raising interest rates.

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