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JamesBazan

@JamesBazan@mastodon.coffee

I used my real name on the bird site to keep me nice. It didn't work, but cishet male privilege meant I mostly got away with it, so I'm not too optimistic about being "nice" on here.
White supremacy is a terrorist ideology.
The survival of democracy is on the line, so "BothSides" = Instablock
#NCPolitics #NCPol #Charlotte #NCGA
Header is a lip balm. Balm for your soul may not be banana flavored.

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JamesBazan, to random
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The arc of the moral universe doesn't bend towards justice by itself. People have to put their backs to it.

https://wapo.st/3TOrv1F

e_urq, to trans
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England recently banned new prescriptions for puberty blockers for trans youth, pending a study on their efficacy and safety.

Cisgender children with precocious puberty will still be able to access the drug to treat social and emotional issues associated with early puberty.

We decided a primer on what these drugs are, how they work, and what the concerns are about them would be of use.

Mira Lazine has that coverage on Assigned.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/puberty-blocker-primer-england-bans-blockers

JamesBazan,
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@e_urq Wait. These drugs are safe and effective to block puberty for cisgender youth, but not safe or effective for transgender youth?

LewisHine, to northcarolina
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Boys going home from Sunday School. Right to left. Willie Long - in mill 4 yrs.; James Hurley; Lloyd Long - 12 yrs., in mill 2 yrs.; Spurgeon Price - 13 yrs., in mill 3 yrs.; Clarence Price - 14 yrs., in mill 3 yrs.; Charley Caswell- in mill 3 yrs. Gastonia, North Carolina.

- -12yrs -13yrs - -4 -12 -

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018673872/

JamesBazan,
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@mentallyalex thanks for boosting @LewisHine. Living in Charlotte I often used Lewis Hine's photos of children in textile mills to teach about the economic history & social context of our banking & financial services industry. I am so glad you introduced me to this Masto account.

atrupar, to random
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New in PN: "Conservatives are not going to stop at unwinding the constitutional right to privacy, which underpins things like the right to obtain birth control and the right of same-sex couples to marry. After they destroy the agency of half the population by imposing so-called ‘fetal personhood’ laws, they’re coming for the modern welfare state." https://www.publicnotice.co/p/scotus-banning-abortion-was-the-first-step

JamesBazan,
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@atrupar as demonstrated yet again by GM's sale of personal driving practices to data brokers, privacy is a threat to the world view that hunan lives are commodities.

JamesBazan, to random
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Trump's plundernomics suits Musk to a "t." Narcissists tend to love each other (until they don't) because they see themselves reflected in the brittle, shiny surface of those with no interiority. Well, no interior life except the fear of being found out.

https://wapo.st/3x2eF7b

JamesBazan, to random
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For the past year the NYTimes has had both thumbs and a foot on the scale for Trump, and now they're shocked, SHOCKED, that the lies they've reported with glee are actually working.
"How Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/17/us/politics/trump-disinformation-2024-social-media.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

JamesBazan, to random
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Our NC tax dollars at (work?).
"For example, Fayetteville Christian School, which pocketed nearly $2 million in voucher dollars this school year, expressly bans students who practice specific religions like Islam and Buddhism, and they also bar LGBTQ+ students–whom they brand 'perverted'–from attending."
https://ncnewsline.com/2024/03/12/nc-school-voucher-dollars-are-funding-christian-nationalist-indoctrination/

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    JamesBazan,
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    @skykiss All seven North Carolina Democrats have signed. At least three of them, and possibly four, have been gerrymandered out of their seats. The seven Republicans who were gerrymandered into office by the NCGOP are still cowering, representing Donald Trump's personal interests rather than our national interest.

    lovelylovely, to random
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    JamesBazan,
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    @lovelylovely

    Social media post by Victor Shi
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    @Victorshi2020. 23h

    Wow. President Biden is speaking in Georgia after three of the biggest Latino, AAPI, & Black voting organizations endorsed him & the crowd erupts with uproarious applause by chanting "FOUR MORE YEARS." This is why President Biden will win. We are energized & will re- elect him.

    JamesBazan, to random
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    "Sure. I know you /think/ I'm not allowed to be on top of the table, but you aren't always here, are you?"

    JamesBazan, to ukteachers
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    She says she took her homeschooled kids to Washington on January 6 for a "field trip." That's not what she said on her video from that day.
    Now she is the GOP candidate for NC Superintendent of Public Instruction.
    https://notesfromthechalkboard.com/2024/03/07/republican-candidate-for-nc-superintendent-of-schools-went-to-capitol-on-january-6-to-take-back-america/

    JamesBazan, to random
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    Thousands of millionaires haven’t filed tax returns for years, IRS says
    "Werfel said the returns represent hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid taxes, on more than $100 billion of income.

    "Few of the 125,000 missing returns will lead to criminal tax evasion cases."
    [Surprise! /s]

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/29/tax-returns-irs-millionaires/

    shoq, to random
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    I’m sorry to say I know plenty of those people myself. It makes me stabby.

    @Stybba3019](https://mastodon.social/@Stybba3019@mstdn.social/112006868348888684)

    JamesBazan,
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    @shoq @Stybba3019 They bought into Russian/GOP talking points hook, line, and sinker, and I'm seeing they are plugged in to those same feeds again.

    randahl, to random
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    Russians staying in Sri Lanka have showed their gratitude by creating a number of “whites only" night clubs, denying access to local Sri Lankans. So Sri Lankan authorities now decided to help the racists by telling all 288,000 Russians in Sri Lanka to take the next flight back to good old Moscow, where the average skin color is more to their liking.

    Perfect! 😘👌

    https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka-russia-tourist-visa-ukraine-war-b2502986.html#

    JamesBazan,
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    @randahl Ironically, those are exactly the sentiments and actions that endear Russians to the GOP: illegal business practices and open racism.

    JamesBazan, to random
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    NC church whose pastor says women that wear shorts invite rape has received millions in public tax dollars for school vouchers
    https://notesfromthechalkboard.com/2024/02/24/nc-church-whose-pastor-says-women-that-wear-shorts-invite-rape-has-received-millions-in-public-tax-dollars-for-school-vouchers/

    lolgop, to random
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    Is the press trying to elect Donald Trump?

    Some intentionally. Some accidentally. But nearly all are caught up in the agenda that it's their job to make the worst president and threat to democracy in American history seen like a normal candidate.

    https://www.theframelab.org/p/is-the-press-is-trying-to-help-elect

    JamesBazan,
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    @lolgop NPR coverage was so bad today i am seriously considering cancelling my membership. "President [sic] Trump easily won Michigan yesterday. Biden [no title, really!] also won, but displayed a weakness over his policies."
    For the record, the Trump juggernaut got 68% of Republican votes; President Biden' <only> got 81% of Democrats.

    JamesBazan, to random
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    From the files of: "both parties are the same."
    The Alabama Chief Justice Who Invoked God in Deciding the Embryo Case
    "“Human life cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy God,' he wrote in a concurring opinion that invoked the Book of Genesis and the prophet Jeremiah and quoted at length from the writings of 16th- and 17th-century theologians." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/us/alabama-ivf-tom-parker.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

    JamesBazan,
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    @thepoliticalcat He's not just the Voice of God™, he's also the "Terrible Swift Sword." You know, kind of a one-stop-shop of blasphemy.

    JamesBazan,
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    @thepoliticalcat Once they create a god in their own image, then worshipping wealth and Whiteness becomes their sacramental practice, and greed and lechery are mere extensions of their faith.

    JamesBazan, to random
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    Here's the GOP's "moderate" savior:

    “Embryos, to me, are babies,” Ms. Haley said
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/us/politics/nikki-haley-alabama-embryos-ivf.html?smid=url-share

    JamesBazan, to random
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    Frozen embryos are children, Ala. high court says in unprecedented ruling

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/19/alabama-supreme-court-embryos-children-ivf/

    JamesBazan, to random
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    https://wapo.st/48fU24g

    Using their agents on Fox and in the GOP, they are injecting their propaganda deep into the American psyche.

    JamesBazan, to random
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    Or, as the Russians put it, "Six sea drones were destroyed" by strategic use of the ship's hull.
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68292602

    TonyStark, to random
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    Knocking on every door to hunt for undocumented people. Demanding access to homes. No subpoena.
    Guaranteed that documented and citizen immigrants would get caught up in this nightmare with people trying to migrate here.

    This is not the country I want to live in and we have the ability to stop it.

    Trump’s Immigration Plan Is Even More Aggressive Now -
    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/02/trumps-immigration-plan-is-even-more-aggressive-now/677385/

    JamesBazan,
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    @TonyStark In California, if they picked someone off the street, they wouldn't let him go home to get their military discharge papers.

    w7voa, to random
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    Trump, in South Carolina at a rally, outlines a scenario in which he would “encourage” Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to other NATO members.
    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-russia-attack-nato-allies_n_65c7e443e4b069b665dfb762

    JamesBazan,
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