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TonyStark, 14 hours ago to random

if you can't be in a coalition with people you disagree with on at least a few things, you can't build a coalition big enough to accomplish anything in the United States or defeat rising fascism.

It’s just not going to work.

Teri_Kanefield, 15 hours ago to random

I read the jury instructions.

With the disclaimer that this is absolutely not a prediction of what the jury will do, not much in the jury instructions change what I had to say here:

https://terikanefield.com/wheres-the-beef-trumps-manhattan-criminal-case-and-some-mind-bending-legal-puzzles/

I wrote about predicate crimes for predicate crimes.

The predicate crime for falsification of business records is
NEW YORK ELECTION LAW § 17-152 PREDICATE.

The jury gets three possible predicate crimes for 17-152.

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Sheril, 11 hours ago to random

There’s a lot of commentary about the film The Idea of You bc Anne Hathaway plays a 40 year old mom who is attractive.

I have not seen the movie, but as a mom of 2 who is also older than Anne Hathaway, the seemingly widespread surprise(?) that women of a certain age can still be engaging & lovely seems so silly.

GottaLaff, 16 hours ago to Canada

Ahem. Attention please.

I am now in #Canada. 🇨🇦🍁

That is all.

👏🏻💃🏼🥳💥‼️‼️‼️‼️

Green_Footballs, 17 hours ago to random

On his garbage website, Trump just effusively thanked Supreme Court extremist Samuel Alito for refusing to recuse himself from January 6 cases.

The corruption is right out in the open.

GottaLaff, 19 hours ago to TeslaMotors

🤦🏻‍♀️😳#Trump & #Musk have discussed a possible advisory role for the Tesla leader should TFG reclaim WH, the latest sign that the once-frosty relationship between the 2 has thawed.

The role hasn’t been fully hammered out and might not happen, but they discussed ways to give Musk formal input & influence over policies related to border security and the economy, both issues on which Musk has grown more vocal.
https://apple.news/A12U7FLPbQbm6Nfj7Y1_glQ

indivisibleteam, 14 hours ago to random

When Trump says he wants to leave abortion rights “up to the states,” this is what MAGA extremists really mean: https://jessica.substack.com/p/texas-gop-platform-endorses-death

realTuckFrumper, 15 hours ago to random

Israel Dropped US-Made Boeing Bombs in Rafah Tent Camp Massacre https://truthout.org/articles/israel-dropped-us-made-boeing-bombs-in-rafah-tent-camp-massacre/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

cstross, 1 day ago to random

If you live in the UK or USA, you need to understand one thing about the coming election:

You need to vote defensively.

Neither of the main parties are appealing. But if you don't vote for the lesser evil you may end up helping a totalitarian horror get elected.

Hold your nose and goddamn vote, dammit. THEN go on protests. Because if you don't vote for the lesser evil, the victor will welcome your protests with bullets.

The prize for political purity this time round is a shallow grave.

dukepaaron, 1 day ago to Israel

Eric Clapton: "And I thought, what is this, the Spanish Inquisition? And it is! It’s #AIPAC, it’s the lobby. #Israel is running the show. Israel is running the world.”

Bring on the wingnuts!

https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-804047

Jyoti, 7 days ago to eattherich

#AllBillionairesAreEvil #EatTheRich

TonyStark, 29 days ago to random

I’ll bet the dialogue about complicated situations here would be a whole lot better if half this place quit responding to every Jewish person and posting about every current event with some wacky anti-Jew conspiracy theory or incredibly raging antisemitic junk that’s worse than the old original tropes themselves. Not that anyone enjoys hearing them over and over, either.

Oh, and that instances actually moderate about it. Especially if something like this is in their instance code of conduct.

StillIRise1963, 1 month ago to random

The racists want to remove any and all progress that Black people have made in this nation. That’s step one. The steps after that will be about enslavement and death. THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.

skykiss, 2 months ago to random

Breaking: #91Felonies rapist has posted a bond of nearly $92 million in E. Jean Carroll defamation case. The posted bond is exactly $91,630,000.00, which includes a district’s courts common practice of requiring a bond of 110% of the judgement.

Insurance company Chubb underwrote the $91.63 million bond for Donald Trump, which the former president signed on Tuesday, March 5.
Under the terms of the bond, Chubb will only secure the appeal of the $83.3 million judgment, not any future appeals.

#91Felonies Rapist got someone to give him almost exactly that amount. America has no idea who that is or who he is now beholden to, and that is unacceptable as a counterintelligence matter.

The whole world wants to know where the money to purchase the bond came from.

And U.S. intelligence needs to know.

A billionaire shouldn’t need an agency to post his $90M bond. That should be chump change to a billionaire. Where’s Mr. I’m so rich when it comes to paying his bills?

#rape #defamation #crime #insurrection #natsec

skykiss, 3 months ago to Ukraine

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kravietz, 3 months ago to poland

A few more hints that the current #Poland blockade is being coordinated by #Russia

1. There were several protests: March 2023 farmers’ protest, then May 2023 truckers’ protest, which in November 2023 turned into truckers’ blockade. Protests had many legitimate postulates, blockade was caused largely by inaction of Polish and Ukrainian governments. Back then, most protesters clearly declared they support Ukraine but are forced to fight for their jobs.
2. The border blockade stopped in January 2024 after truckers signed an agreement with the Polish and #Ukraine government and promised to suspend the protest until March 2024 to allow implementation of all agreed controls.
3. In February 2024 farmers’ protest restarted but was limited to traffic from Ukraine to EU, consistent with their economic demands regarding Ukrainian grain.
4. In mid-February 2024 however the nature of the protest drastically changed, as it was joined by openly anti-Ukrainian banners presented by members of pro-Russian groups in Poland. These were openly xenophobic, calling to “kick Ukrainians out of Poland” etc.
5. At the same time the blockade was also joined by the same truckers who earlier promised to suspend the protest until March. And truckers started blocking traffic… from EU into Ukraine.
6. In perfect synchronisation #Russia media started mass campaign portraying the protests nearly as a Polish uprising against Ukraine.

At this stage there’s little doubt the whole campaign has been coordinated by Russia, who saw an divisive topic and decided to capitalize on it. What worries me is the passive posture of Polish government in this situation.

Screenshot of Russian media news of the blockade
Screenshot of Russian media news of the blockade

StillIRise1963, 3 months ago to random

My parents BOTH got pacemakers. My mother had a stroke & spent a month in the hospital doing rehab. My mom had a Watchman implanted because she couldn't tolerate blood thinners. My father fell down, was in ICU for 4 days, then, went to a nursing rehab for a month. 2 therapists and a nurse came to his house for 1 month. They both have Medicare and a supp. insurance. THEY PAID NOTHING FOR ANY OF THESE INCIDENTS. So, don't ever tell me MEDICARE isn't a good thing. It can be better, sure. But, WTF.

skykiss, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to Ukraine

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skykiss, 4 months ago to random

This is your reminder that the republican leader is a rapist.

"I’m embarrassed for my country that this serial sexual assailant is the frontrunner for the Republican Party presidential nomination in 2024 rather than a federal inmate."

#vote

MattFerrel, 4 months ago to USpolitics

PETITION: Remove Libs of Tik Tok (Chaya Raichik) From Oklahoma Library Board

“Oklahoma’s culture war-obsessed superintendent has appointed professional harasser Chaya Raichik to the state’s Department of Education Library Media Advisory Committee.

Chaya Raichik, who is NOT even a citizen of Oklahoma, nor trained in library science, pushed for banning books across the country and her campaign of misinformation and inflammatory rhetoric has been…”

https://www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/petition-remove-libs-of-tik-tok-chaya-raichik-from-oklahoma-library-board

#fascism #uspolitics

atomicpoet, 7 months ago to random

What’s up with the very aggressive atheism I’m seeing on the Fediverse recently?

Especially when, out of left field, random atheists suddenly drop into mentions and get needlessly combative with people who are just minding their own business.

I remember Reddit getting like this 15 years ago, and it didn’t work out well for that site. And if you don’t remember why, I’ll just leave this here.