Talked to a very smart person this afternoon who reminded me: climate fatalism ("it's too late") is a soft form of denialism.
Everything we do from here is worthwhile. It counts, it makes a difference. No matter what damage has been done, we can still make things better than if we had done nothing. We can still look after the world, look after our friends and family. Action has results.
#Trump has his posse again. Today itโs more #Republican elected officials. Today, Trump will be joined by the #House speaker, #MikeJohnson, as well as #NorthDakotaโs governor, #DougBurgum, a contender to be Trump's running mate. Also present will be Representatives #ByronDonalds & #CoryMills of Florida, & #VivekRamaswamy, who was one of Trump's primary rivals this year. Both Donalds & Ramaswamy are longshot hopefuls to be Trump's running mate.
Prosecutors are arguing that #Trumpโs sign-off on the repayment plan, along w/his knowledge that #MichaelCohen would be falsely reimbursed for โ#legal services,โ indicates that he approved of what they say was a #crime.
Thereโs mountains of documentary #evidence that #Cohen was paid for legal services he didnโt actually provide, & that these were reimbursements. The question of what Trump knew relies mostly on Cohenโs testimony.
[NYTimes]: Nicole Shanahan Ventures Onto the Stump for Kennedy
The Silicon Valley lawyer, chosen by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his running mate, made her first solo outing on the stump. She is to appear alongside him at a rally on Monday in Austin, Texas. By By Chris Cameron
@jackhutton Absolutely. Nobody wants to harm RFK Jr. He can go live in peace and utter bliss, for all any of us care.
What he shouldn't do is play a role in setting the sun on our democracy for vanity, and allowing his running mate to use national respect for two slain members of his family to gain electoral traction. It's grotesque. Yuck.
Important read. [Gifted article, no paywall. The Washington Post] Under Putin, a militarized new Russia rises to challenge U.S. and the West By Robyn Dixon
In Putinโs bid to recast Russia as a global superpower, he champions a society built on pro-war activism, puritanical values and scaled-back social rights. https://wapo.st/3yhcopj
" And in February, a Nizhny Novgorod woman, Anastasia Yershova, was jailed for five days for displaying โextremist symbolsโ โ earrings with a frog and a rainbow โ which a court found to be pro-LGBTQ+."
After pleading #guilty to #MoneyLaundering & #obstruction of #justice, Paul #Manafort, the globe-trotting #political consultant & former campaign chairman for #Trump, asked for leniency in his sentencing, telling a federal judge 5 yrs ago that he was nearly 70, struggling w/health concerns & remorseful for his actions.
"And if Mr Putin and the Russian officials are worried about their troops in Ukraine getting hit with weapons from other countries, then the easiest thing to do is just take your troops and leave"
@jackhutton. Lol, as if there's anything other than the fact that Melania is being publicly humiliated by her husband matters to her in this whole dog and pony show
It is an uneasy lot at best, to be what we call highly taught and yet not to enjoy: to be present at this great spectacle of life and never to be liberated from a small hungry shivering selfโnever to be fully possessed by the glory we behold, never to have our consciousness rapturously transformed into the vividness of a thought, the ardor of a passion, the energy of an action, but always to be scholarly and uninspired, ambitious and timid, scrupulous and dim-sighted.
@StillIRise1963@jackhutton
I like to think that she broke down on the stand crying because she realized her daddy figure was a criminal, lying douchefuck who used her and played her like a fool and wrecked her entire life.
Basically Michael Cohen, but pretty.
This is really important, read and share this. [Gifted article, The Washington Post] This should be a 5-alarm fire for anyone who cares about inflation
With the 2024 election approaching, the central bankโs independence is on the line. By Catherine Rampell
Counting the minutes before someone discovers that the GRU has been pumping money and support to these protests. Why wouldnโt they? Putin knows that law and order Republicans usually benefit from politically driven unrest.
In Oakland I came across this actually protected bike lane with concrete, not just a flexpost to cosplay protection. Hope this advanced technology becomes available west of the Bay someday. #bikeSF
