SteveThompson

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to China

14 years? Is there anything they didn't get?

"Justice Department indicts 7 accused in 14-year hack campaign by Chinese gov"

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2012482

"Hacks allegedly targeted US officials and politicians, their spouses and dozens of companies."

#DOJ #China #hacks

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to random

They had a good run.

"Trump's going broke and he's taking the whole Republican Party down with him"

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/19/2230355/-Trump-s-going-broke-and-he-s-taking-the-whole-Republican-Party-down-with-him

#GOP #Trump #Republicans

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to Cats

May you sleep like a calico cat on a giraffe print pillow.
#cats #sleep #catsofmastodon

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to random

"Trump loses bid to further delay New York hush money case as judge furiously rubbishes defense claims and sets April trial date."

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/its-odd-that-were-even-here-trump-loses-bid-to-further-delay-new-york-hush-money-case-as-judge-furiously-rubbishes-defense-claims-and-sets-april-trial-date/

#GOP #Trump #hushmoney

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to random

"The Clock Is Running Out on Migratory Birds"

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/03/bird-migration-climate-change-green-up-spring/677932/?utm_source=feed

"Climate change is creating a mismatch between these travelers and their food supply."

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to TeslaMotors

"Elon Recreates The Lords & Peasants Bluecheck System He Hated, But Makes Sure It’s Even Dumber"

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/05/elon-recreates-the-lords-peasants-bluecheck-system-he-hated-but-makes-sure-its-even-dumber/

"There is something amazingly humorous in watching Elon Musk work his way ass-backwards and blindly to recreating (but much worse) the mostly- systems he destroyed blindly upon taking over Twitter."

#Musk #twitter #bluechecks @mmasnick

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to maryland

"Maryland middle school students charged with hate crimes for antisemitic harrasment (sic)"

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-794215

"The 13-year-old students were charged as juveniles with harassment and violations of Maryland's hate crime statutes."

#Maryland #education #antisemitism

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to random

"Biden administration strengthens Endangered Species Act protections weakened under Trump"

https://krdo.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2024/03/28/biden-administration-strengthens-endangered-species-act-protections-weakened-under-trump-2/

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to random

Jack Smith's historic case is too important in the realm of jurisprudence to be subject to the whims of Federalist influences and fealty to the person who hired you, especially when that perdon is the defendant and their charges border espionage.

"Aileen Cannon's future looks bleak"

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-aileen-cannon-mar-lago-palm-beach-florida-jack-smith-classified-documents-case-1886950

"A growing chorus of legal commentators say she should be removed from Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida."

#GOP #Trump #DocuGate #espionage #Cannon #Maralago #FL

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to random

"Oversight Committee Democrats invite Giuliani associate Lev Parnas as witness for Biden impeachment"

https://www.newspressnow.com/news/national_news/politics/first-on-cnn-oversight-committee-democrats-invite-giuliani-associate-lev-parnas-as-witness-for-biden/article_d13fd495-0f98-5b44-bc27-8122a20a1631.html

"Parnas, a Ukrainian-American, worked with Giuliani in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election on behalf of Trump to try and unearth damaging information about then-presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, in Ukraine. Parnas was sentenced to 20 months in prison in connection with convictions on campaign finance, wire fraud and false statements."

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to random

"Woman Who Was Charged With Murder After Abortion Sues Texas Prosecutor"

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/30/us/texas-abortion-murder-charge-lawsuit.html

"Lizelle Gonzalez was arrested after using an abortion pill in 2022, and her charge was since dropped. Now she is seeking $1 million in damages."

SteveThompson, 3 months ago to TikTok

When China gets its own "Constitutional Rights" together TikTok can lecture its American users. Until then… #Uyghurs

"TikTok CEO urges users to ‘protect your Constitutional rights’ after ‘disappointing vote’ in the House"

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4530574-tiktok-ceo-urges-users-to-protect-your-constitutional-rights-after-disappointing-vote-in-the-house/

"The chief executive of TikTok expressed disappointment after the House passed a bill on Wednesday that could ban the popular social media app and urged users to contact their U.S. senators and…"

#TikTok #China #security #Congress

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to random

"How the Ancient Art of Eclipse Prediction Became an Exact Science"

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-ancient-art-of-eclipse-prediction-became-an-exact-science-20240405/

"The timing of the total eclipse on April 8, 2024, will be known to within a second, thousands of years after fearful humans first started trying to anticipate these cosmic events."

#eclipse

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to random

They are working to change the lasting nature of our election process through fear and intimidation. A new KKK. We will need real soldiers to monitor these fake patriots.

"Trump Campaign Says It Will Deploy 'Soldiers' to Polling Places"

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2024/03/trump-campaign-says-it-will-deploy-soldiers-to-polling-places/

"The Trump campaign says it plans to change tactics from 2020 when Joe Biden beat the then-incumbent president by more than 7 million votes, and this time go on 'offense' by having 'soldiers' and 'poll watchers' at polling places."

SteveThompson, 3 months ago to random

"Jack Smith runs Stephen Miller's amateur amicus curiae brief through a legal wood-chipper"

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/14/2229431/-Jack-Smith-runs-Stephen-Miller-s-amateur-amicus-curiae-brief-through-a-legal-wood-chipper

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to TeslaMotors

"Elon Musk's X Is Suspending Accounts That Reveal a Neo-Nazi Cartoonist's Alleged Identity"

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-x-blocked-journalists-researchers-neo-nazi-cartoonist/

"Researchers and journalists have been blocked on X from sharing the alleged identity of the neo-Nazi cartoonist Stonetoss."

#Musk #Twitter #neonazis #cartoons #Stonetoss

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to journalism

"Donald Trump Sues ABC, George Stephanopoulos for Defamation Over Use of Term ‘Rape’"

https://www.thewrap.com/trump-sues-abc-george-stephanopoulos-defamation/

"The former president says the 'This Week' host harmed his reputation by saying a jury found him liable for 'rape' in a Nancy Mace interview."

#GOP #Trump #defamation #media #rape

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to threads

"NBC Gets Slapped Hard For Hiring Trump Enabler Ronna McDaniel"

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/03/nbc-gets-slapped-hard-hire-trump-enabler

"The hiring of serial liar, election denier, and Trump enabler Ronna Don't-Call-Me-Romney McDaniel by NBC News was met with some pretty hysterical and appropriately snide responses across social media."

#GOP #RNC #NBC #MSNBC #ronnamcdaniel #Trump #Jan6 #THREADS

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to random

Same old, same old...

"Trump Wants to Bring Felon He Pardoned Onto His Campaign: Report"

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-paul-manafort-2024-campaign-1234989347/

"Paul Manafort worked on the 2016 campaign before serving time for financial crimes. The former president wants him back"

#GOP #Trump #corruption #Manafort

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to Georgia

"Fani Willis ‘Not Embarrassed’ By Affair That Sidetracked Trump Case"

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fani-willis-not-embarrassed-by-affair-that-sidetracked-trump-case

"I don’t feel like my reputation needs to be reclaimed,” the Fulton County District Attorney told CNN on Saturday.

#FaniWillis #Georgia #Trump #RICO

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to religion

This article just crossed my screen...

"My calling as a Christian minister: Stand up against evangelical hypocrisy"

https://www.salon.com/2024/03/17/my-calling-as-a-christian-minister-stand-up-against-evangelical-hypocrisy/

"Right-wing evangelicals have perverted the Christian faith. As a follower of Jesus, I can't stay silent"

...kinda interesting cuz, while I don't know this author, I wrote this blog article yesterday after seeing a Joyce Meyer episode:

"The Christian Lifestyle Paradox"

https://steve.ws/the-christian-lifestyle-paradox/

#evangelicals #faith #hypocrisy #religion #politics #Jesus

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to politics

"MSNBC Doesn’t Plan to Use GOP's Ronna McDaniel"

https://www.thewrap.com/msnbc-plans-ronna-mcdaniel-nbc-news/

"That’s despite NBC News hiring former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel to serve as an on-air contributor across its platforms."

#GOP #NBC #MSNBC #RNC #ronnamcdaniel #nedia #politics #toxic

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to Russia

Soon as we saw Kislyak laughing as he headed out of the country the red flags went up on 'national security risk.'

"‘Easy Mark’: Why Trump’s $464M Bond Failure Makes Him a ‘Massive National Security Risk’"

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2024/03/easy-mark-why-trumps-464m-bond-failure-makes-him-a-massive-national-security-risk/

"Donald Trump’s attorneys declared in court documents Monday that 30 companies all refused to secure a $464 million bond for Trump, which he owes the State of New York after losing his civil business fraud trial."

#GOP #Trump #fraud #bond #Bannon #Manafort #Russia

SteveThompson, 3 months ago to Futurology

"A new strategy to attack aggressive brain cancer shrank tumors in two early tests"

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/new-strategy-attack-aggressive-brain-cancer-shrank-tumors-108095565

"Researchers revved up immune cells that shrank an extremely aggressive type of brain tumor when tested in a handful of patients."

#brain #health #medicine

SteveThompson, 2 months ago to random

"Amid 'a growing sense inside the Washington bureau that Comcast sees its news division, which has been subject to recent layoffs and other cuts, as a divisive nuisance to be stripped down,' there was anger not only at the hiring of McDaniel, but the $300,000 price tag."

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2024/03/nbc-insiders-pissed-over-ronna-mcdaniel-hiring-as-maddow-reaction-awaited-report/

#NBC #MSNBC #McDaniel #RNC #Maddow