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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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I got my 2024 Union of Concerned Scientists Calendar.

skykiss, to anime_titties
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who’s now presiding over military promotions and laughs and objects to every name being read.

This is disgusting and a true smack to the face of all Veterans and service members.

Tuberville has endangered our National security and is a

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JamesBazan,
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@skykiss The ruble has lost 63% of its value since July 15. Tuberville is a bargain-basement traitor.

JamesBazan, to random
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I love it here, but I hesitate to post food pics because there are so few. I'm proud of this "Christmas Candy" I'm making. Candied jalepeños are always a treat. I threw a half dozen yellows in for visual interest.

Sliced jalepeños cooking in a sweet syrup with mixed spices.
Seven pints of candied jalepeños all sealed from canning bath.

mattsheffield, to random
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The panic and extremism that's exploded on the American right flows directly from them finally realizing that they are a small and overrepresented minority that most people loathe.

Their time is ending and they know it. This country is going to have the pluralistic social democracy that is our birthright ✊

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JamesBazan,
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@mattsheffield Kind of nice to see Santorum reduced to trying to sell autocracy on NewsMax. He's circling the drain with the last-gaspers: "No, really, it's just around this next turn...or the one after..."

TonyStark, to random
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From NBC news:

Ohio has followed many other states; voters are not enamored of Republican politicians policing their uteruses.

Dems need to run hard on freedom to choose in 2024 at every level in every race, despite the fact that a good couple of media pundits keep claiming the power and importance of this issue is winding down or limited. It isn’t.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/live-blog/rcna121782

JamesBazan,
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@TonyStark @Balkingpoints @Bam The oh-so-alternātive fake "left" always seem more adroit at attacking Democrats, though. Even today the GOP is feeding the social media discourse with "whataboutism" that tries to erase the work Democrats did to make those sweeps happen (even in local races in NC!). Sock puppets were easier to spot when they wore googly eyes.

KimPerales, (edited ) to random
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Republicans are extorting Dems (& mod. Rs)🚨.

Senate Rs predicted Mon that Dems would be unable to pass fresh Ukraine aid w/o addressing their demands over the US border & immigration policies -increasing the odds of an impasse that could delay such assistance indefinitely.

Sen Thune called on Dems & the WH to negotiate on border policies, warning that his GOP colleagues are “dead serious about having border security in the bill.”


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-07/gop-senators-demand-border-curbs-as-condition-for-ukraine-aid

JamesBazan,
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@KimPerales The GOP knows full well that whatever they or their bullyboys in CBP cook up, the "left" will blame President Biden.

sarahburris, to news
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I can't figure out why Trump has left him out in the cold

Rudy Giuliani might be foreclosed on after unpaid property taxes: report

https://www.rawstory.com/rudy-giuliani-property-taxes/

JamesBazan,
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@sarahburris Trump would set fire to his kids if he thought it would keep him warm for a half hour. Maybe not Ivanka. We won't go there.

JamesBazan,
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@LaNaehForaday the only criminal jeopardy she faces tomorrow would be perjury. She and Jerod stole enough $$ so that the Trump Organization can sink without threatening the lifeboat she's in. Sure. There's room for the family. But would you save them?

flexghost, to random
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The New York Times/Siena College poll claims Biden is losing to Trump in five states

David Axlerod says Biden shouldn't run

Bill Kristol says Biden shouldn't run

Mainstream media is pushing Biden shouldn't run

Your reminder...

Polls had Romney beating Obama by as many as 5 points

Spoiler alert: Obama won 332 electoral votes and 51.1% of the popular vote

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/07/us/elections/times-siena-battlegrounds-registered-voters.html

headline Barack Obama suffers shock poll slump as Mitt Romney draws level Binders full of bullshit
headline Romney's strong debate performance erases Obama's lead Lol. Is this from the debate where Obama said "Please, proceed" and Romney had the Libya moment?

JamesBazan,
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@flexghost Has David Axelrod ever supported any Democrat who was not paying him? Has Bill Kristol ever supported any Democrat when he had a shot at GOP money? Do the media companies create a need for increased advertising by creating the illusion of competition.
Follow the money. It leads to cynical surrender to fascism.

KFuentesGeorge, to academia

I have never had such a love/HATE relationship with any aspect of my job as the one I have with grading. I wouldn't say it's the WORST part of my job (that would be faculty meetings and administration/bureaucracy), but it's regularly terrible and tedious. It does have some bright spots though, so it's not all terrible.

JamesBazan,
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@KFuentesGeorge I taught my students how to identify a structure for their answers in the structure of the questions. It was amazing the elegance they could build once they understood a scaffold supported them.

JamesBazan,
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@Litzz11 about five years in, I found I was always complaining about students not reading the textbooks, much less the ancillary readings. I realized they didn't know how to use textbook "key points" and publisher-supplied outlines to streamline their reading. Later, as I moved towards increased transparency, I asked how their professors grade using checkmarks. We started workshopping a couple of exam questions before and after each exam to identify the key points that would be checked.

TonyStark, to random
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Meanwhile, I feel like the majority of people do not realize and are paying no attention whatsoever to how horrifying this person is. And I’m sure we only know a fraction of his deeds.

The Folksy Fanaticism of Mike Johnson:
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mike-johnson-cnp-christian-nationalism/

JamesBazan,
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@GooseTheCat I'll go a step farther: It would be foolhardy to ignore the stark fact that he would use his position to end representative democracy.

Hey_Beth, to random
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    JamesBazan,
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    @Hey_Beth It's not the dye job. It's the lie job.

    georgetakei, to random

    Polls a year out from the election don’t tell us much, so I don’t put too much stock in them, or in the polling on much of anything lately. And there’s this, too: If a pollster tried to call me, they’d never get through. I don’t answer numbers I don’t recognize. Too many scams.

    JamesBazan,
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    @georgetakei "News" outlets subscribe to polls. Publishing meaningless polling is far cheaper than gathering news. Undermining democracy with chaff is far less important than this quarter's revenue.

    AnnaAnthro, to random
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    JamesBazan,
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    @AnnaAnthro They thought they were climbing into the clean part of the sty? Blinded by the green

    maddad, to random
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    ‘I Truly Believe He Is CRAZY!’ Trump RAGES at Gag Order Judge For Demanding Ivanka Testify in Fraud Trial

    Former President Donald Trump raged at Judge Arthur Engoron over his demand that former First Daughter Ivanka Trump testify in the fraud trial currently unfolding in New York.

    He in court 😂 😂 😂
    Yes, this is the baby... er man.. we want running our country...

    https://www.mediaite.com/news/i-truly-believe-he-is-crazy-trump-rages-at-gag-order-judge-for-demanding-ivanka-testify-in-fraud-trial/

    JamesBazan,
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    @maddad Very Stable Genius 2.0 seems to have retained all the old bugs and added a few more.

    MissingThePt, to random
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    Guns should only be used only as God intended: to shoot any cybertruck you encounter.

    JamesBazan,
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    @MissingThePt I had never imagined that first beta Grand Theft Auto was so crudely rendered.

    DeanObeidallah, to random
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    New GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson blamed mass shootings on women having rights—I’m 100% serious. My new article explains it all: https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/new-gop-house-speaker-mike-johnson

    JamesBazan,
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    @DeanObeidallah A Sept. 9, 1935 Time Magazine article titled "Praise For Nazis" quoted a speaker who declaimed:
    "...Liberalism, Radicalism and Feminism...are to blame for the decreasing birth rate in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Improvement can only be expected from new currents, such as the Nazi!"

    https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,748954,00.html

    realTuckFrumper, to random
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    No 'plausible excuse': Experts say Justice Thomas 'breaks the law' and thinks he’s 'immune to consequences' https://www.alternet.org/clarence-thomas-breaks-law/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

    JamesBazan,
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    @realTuckFrumper he got away with his obvious lies and feigned outraged offense during his confirmation hearings, he decided he was immune to consequences. History has validated that immunity.

    Deglassco, to history

    Even if Mahalia Jackson, born 112 years ago today, had not been sitting behind Marin Luther King on August 26, 1963, the magnitude of her performances would’ve been unassailable. But on that day, the Queen of Gospel not only delivered a soul-stirring performance preceding Dr. King but an often overlooked moment underscores the preeminent role she played in shaping his most memorable speech.

    @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon

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    Image: “Mahalia Jackson” by Kelly Latimore

    JamesBazan,
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    @Deglassco The volunteer marshals kept shifting the crowd to make sure the cameras didn't show gaps. That's how my sister Sylvia ended up 75 yards from the platform when he gave that speech. One of the last recordings of her I got were her telling the story of her friends backing out, but her going anyway. She said "it was like a big church picnic, and a group from the deep south" (we were living in P.G. County, Md.) "took me in because I didn't have sense enough to bring food or water."

    skykiss, to Russia
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    Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed that a Hamas delegation is indeed in Moscow.

    Who else would welcome Hamas on their turf after the October 7 terrorist massacre? Only Russia.

    JamesBazan,
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    @skykiss Well, maybe North Korea, if there are arms sales in the picture.

    JamesBazan,
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    @Five like his cars, Elon comes up short.

    JamesBazan, to random
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    Under existing gerrymanders in North Carolina, the GOP seized supermajorities in both houses of the General Assembly with 50.7% of the vote. Under the new maps, they will retain those supermajorities until the Democrats achieve 52% of the vote, at which point the GOP retains the supermajority in the Senate, but their grip on the House slips to a strong majority.
    Hannah Arendt observed in 1951 that totalitarians have proven only that they can destroy everything.

    https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article280259464.html

    lednabwm, to random

    Yeah, baby.....

    JamesBazan,
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    @corbin_lambeth @_L1vY_ @lednabwm See? That's why we need religion in schools, so they can learn how many points are in a pentagram. Back to the classics!

    JamesBazan, to random
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    NC is a 49/51 state. My district Representative, Jeff Jackson (NC 14) won with 57.7% of the vote. Behind closed doors, the NCGOP just redrew NC-14 to be R+15 by connecting the southeast suburbs of Charlotte to a district that wraps around Charlotte and extends west and north nearly to Tennessee.
    The GOP hates and fears representative democracy because they hate and fear the American people. They must know us.

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