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jpanzer

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Software engineer; past social software geek. Silicon Valley & California native. Fiat justitia ruat cælum. Into democracy, martial arts, open platforms. Ex-Netscape, AOL, current Googler; opinions completely my own.
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What an excellent point. Roberts has already held that Congress has the right and duty to gather information from the Article II branch. Suddenly when it comes to the Article III branch, that disappears? How does that work, exactly, John Roberts? https://apple.news/AvsaTPoueRGScDSPVekEjnw

lauren, to random
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Major publisher tries to delete discussion of racism in books to satisfy MAGA.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/books/scholastic-book-racism-maggie-tokuda-hall.html

https://www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2023/4/11/scholastic-and-a-faustian-bargain

jpanzer,
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@lauren WOW. The exact edit they required is worth looking at. In detail. It is Orwellian.

jpanzer, to random
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Arizona official targeted by election deniers now struggles with PTSD https://wapo.st/3B2P7FM

jpanzer, to random
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‘Undermining the civic education of future adult citizens is itself the goal, he said: “Right-wing groups often start by objecting to references to sex and quickly move on to attacking civics.”’ https://wapo.st/42pECHW

Teri_Kanefield, to random

Here is Garland's full statement after yesterday's convictions:

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-statement-following-jury-verdict-proud-boys

Paraphrase:

I've been telling you all since one month after Jan. 6 2021 how I intend to go about this.

Some of you wanted me to break a few rules and make some "exceptions." Nope. Bad idea.

From me: Maybe defense lawyers are particularly sensitive to the idea of breaking rules to bring lawbreakers to justice, which makes no sense really, right?

(Adding: Civil liberties of potential defendants, too.)

jpanzer,
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@Teri_Kanefield Indeed, the proof is in the pudding. I feel much more confident in his statement that they will continue, too.

jpanzer, to random
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They say that jazz is the space between the notes. Looks like Clarence Thomas corruption is the gaps between his disclosures.

jpanzer, to random
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Are.
You.
Fucking.
Kidding.
Me. https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotus

nbcnews, to random

If enacted, the Texas bill would allow the secretary of state to toss out election results in the state's largest county and call a new vote if there is "good cause" to believe that at least two percent of polling places ran out of usable ballots during voting hours. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/texas-senate-passes-bill-allowing-secretary-state-overturn-elections-h-rcna82631

jpanzer,
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@nbcnews The words “almost surgical precision” spring to mind. As well as violating voters rights.

jpanzer, to random
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“Even though the Fed's rate-hiking cycle has started to cool inflation”

Correlation is not causation. https://apple.news/AXguiC0l8Qm2qleoIxBNVxg

jpanzer, to random
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Ok, this sparks joy. Tucker is a thin skinned and unstable individual. https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxleaks-tucker-carlson-getting-triggered-dominions-deposition-lawyer-slimy-little

jpanzer, to random
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‘In an unprompted Tuesday email, Musk wrote: “So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?”’

JFC. “Give me free content or I’ll help somebody impersonate your organization” is a hell of a thing.

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Taniel:

Big news in : A county clerk who was an election denier faced a recall election. (She was accused of mishandling equipment.) She massively lost tonight & will be out of office.

(This is a very red area.) https://t.co/qZx7UnbkSI

jpanzer,
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@GottaLaff Excellent.

jpanzer, to random
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Great write up of SolarWinds from Kim Zetter. https://www.wired.com/story/the-untold-story-of-solarwinds-the-boldest-supply-chain-hack-ever/

jpanzer, to random
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Leading conservative former judge warns Supreme Court it must adopt the 'highest' standard of ethics rules - CNN Politics

Good.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/02/politics/supreme-court-ethics-hearing-luttig-tribe/index.html

jpanzer, to random
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Really starting to think we need to shut this Supreme Court thing down until we can figure out what the heck is going on.

jpanzer,
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@steveboland 😅 Looks like some experts are recommending downloading some security patches, too. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/02/politics/supreme-court-ethics-hearing-luttig-tribe/index.html

jpanzer, to random
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And of course the real goal is described accurately, but not called out, in the last paragraph: To suppress voters. https://wapo.st/3Lnlkw5

RobertMaguire, to random

He did what??

RT @KT_So_It_Goes
it’s so funny watching this knowing he put titanium bars in his chest to look swole and almost killed himself while his wife was nearly in labor https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1652042182172221446
https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1652064557236383745

jpanzer,
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@RobertMaguire Apparently, yes.

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4030840&pagenumber=1

jpanzer, (edited ) to random
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Oh. https://wapo.st/3n9kpr9 “A second firm hired by Trump campaign found no evidence of election fraud”

(Edited to fix link.)

jpanzer,
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@cstross Whoops sorry. Here’s a non-paywalled web link to the article “A second firm hired by Trump campaign found no evidence of election fraud”:

https://wapo.st/3n9kpr9

jpanzer, to random
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“At this point, Democrats appear to be counting on the panel of secret judges to refer Thomas to President Joe Biden’s attorney general, Merrick Garland, for prosecution.”
🤣😜🤣😜😅😜🤣 https://www.levernews.com/roberts-memo-threatened-to-challenge-ethics-rules/

mattblaze, to random
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Those who follow me on The Bad Place have heard me repeat this a thousand times, but once more won't hurt.

Election security is incredibly complex, full of seemingly impossible tradeoffs. But disinformation about supposed "rigged" elections is perhaps the most serious threat to election integrity today.

The best defense is to learn how elections actualy work! Becoming a poll worker is a great way to do that

Also, this National Academies study is a terrific resource:

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25120/securing-the-vote-protecting-american-democracy

jpanzer,
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@hakfoo @mattblaze Elections in the US are going to be a complicated logistical and IT hassle no matter what. Consider that you have to march up every voter with the right ballot races they are allowed to vote in, which can vary by precinct. And voter checkins have to be done securely — either by hand, by volunteers or temp workers, or by same assisted by computer… it’s not just a vendor sales job, there are real problems solved.

jpanzer,
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@hakfoo @mattblaze (But if you mean DRE with no printed ballot, yes, that’s an anti feature, I don’t think those are a growth category now. Almost touchscreens are printing a paper ballot now.)

jpanzer,
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@hakfoo @mattblaze True. I worked the 2018 election in my area, the last one with precinct based paper checkin books, and then several elections with vote centers + electronic PollPads for checkins. (They go together — you can’t do larger vote centers with their additional voter covenience with paper hand-signed rolls, not with good security.)

jpanzer,
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@hakfoo @mattblaze … But the fact that somewhat mundane printer issues were spun into a conspiracy theory in Maricopa also shows that any system’s quirks can be misused for propaganda. It’s a hard problem, I think.

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