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StillIRise1963

@StillIRise1963@mastodon.world

Interested in politics, race, culture, class and language. African American. Mother of twins. Former Entrepreneur, Editor, Translator, Proofreader, College Advisor for NYC educational nonprofit. Caretaker of elderly parents. Work in College Admissions and as EF Coach. Atheist. Cannabis user. Traveler. Lived in Spain for years, miss it. Occasional foul mouth. Avatar is a pic of my great grandmother, background is a blue and white antique Arabic mosaic roof tile from Andalucia. #nobridge

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GottaLaff, to random
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BREAKING: In a win for voters, a federal judge strikes down New York's line-warming ban that prohibits handing food and water to voters waiting in line at the polls. The judge rules the law violates the U.S. Constitution.— Democracy Docket

StableGeniusLib, to random
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"the case is notable because Fox Corporation—the parent company of Fox News— is directly paying the family of a Supreme Court justice, which neither Barrett nor her husband are required to disclose."

The rot in the court is a feature of the Federalist Society, not a bug. As long as there is a pipeline for FedSoc to put right wing activists into the court, you'll have this corruption.


https://newrepublic.com/post/182040/amy-coney-barrett-husband-new-client-fox-lawsuit

paulschoe,
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Once again, the importance of a free press is proven.

" Fox Corporation—the parent company of Fox News— is directly paying the family of a Supreme Court justice, which neither Barrett nor her husband are required to disclose."

' Why would a media company based in New York City hire a lawyer based in D.C. for a lawsuit filed by a man in Illinois?'

@StableGeniusLib
#FreePress #Scotus #Corruption #Barrett

GottaLaff, to random
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This will further endear him to his racist cult followers.

Via Norm Eisen:

: Slate reporting there is another tape like Access Hollywood—but this time is using the N-word!

Per The Apprentice producer Bill Pruitt, in 2004 Trump asked of contestant Kwame Jackson, “would America buy a n—winning?” https://slate.com/culture/2024/05/donald-trump-news-2024-trial-verdict-apprentice.html

GottaLaff, to random
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The amazing Jamie #Raskin on how to force #Alito & #ClarenceThomas to recuse. #SCOTUS

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/opinion/alito-thomas-recuse-trump-jan-6.html?unlocked_article_code=1.v00.1DYU.BwyXypgGhMDF&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

StillIRise1963, to random
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I was just reading about Russian soldiers raping men and women captives. wtf humanity.

SailorDisco,
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@AGT @StillIRise1963 We should have gone in united with our allies and pushed Russia out of Ukraine from the start then immediately let them and any former Soviet country that wants to into the UN. Instead we’re doing the bare minimum to help Ukraine and allowing arms manufacturers to profit by stringing this war out.

TCatInReality,
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@AGT @StillIRise1963
We shouldn't just arm Ukraine, NATO should defend the civilian airspace and waterways, away from the front line so Ukraine can focus on fighting.

NATO technical teams should be at every major dam and power plant helping ensure these key civilian infrastructures are not targeted.

annietime,
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@AGT @StillIRise1963 😡 the opportunity was in that first year! Ukraine came strong, determined, but the weapons they were asking for were either too slow to arrive or denied. Opportunities missed! Now Ukraine is depleted and Russia has had time to get strong. Wtf. Stealing children, rape, terror, torture, total destruction. This isn’t a fight to a stalemate, NATO countries need to buckle up and commit to WINNING.

kalfatermann,
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@StillIRise1963

But we're sticking with it! With heart, good will and education, we will build a road that leads to a better future, at least for the children of the future. And that is why despots like Trump, Putin, Musk and all the other piles of dung must not win. Even if we cannot always stop them, they may despair at the resistance of decent people.

kalfatermann,
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@StillIRise1963

Exactly, we won't allow it!

annietime,
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@AGT @StillIRise1963 Russia doesn’t have a problem with strikes beyond Ukraine.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/30/europe-on-high-alert-after-suspected-moscow-linked-arson-and-sabotage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

lin11c,
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@SailorDisco @AGT @StillIRise1963
YES! And we were obligated to as we forced them to give up all their weapons giving them an assurance that we would protect them.

gwynnion, to random
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The UK is banning puberty blockers but only for trans kids. Cis kids can stay on them for years because they know there aren't any serious side-effects. They just hate trans people.

StillIRise1963, to random
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I support the RNC attendees bringing guns.

Defiance,
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@StillIRise1963 It'll keep things "polite"

COVID19_DISEASE, to random
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COVID can cause new health problems to appear years after infection, according to a study of more than 130,000 patients

https://fortune.com/well/article/covid-cause-new-health-problems-years-after-infection/

GottaLaff, to louisiana
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law criminalizes approaching police under certain circumstances

Critics fear law could stop bystanders from holding police accountable by preventing them from filming officers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/30/louisiana-police-law

w7voa, to random
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The US Labor Department today filed a lawsuit against Hyundai Motor, an auto parts plant and a labor recruiter, over illegal use of child labor in Alabama.

chrisgeidner, to random
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BREAKING: Chief Justice John Roberts responds to Sens. Durbin and Whitehouse, writes that Justice Alito responded regarding recusal questions and that a meeting with Durbin and Whitehouse “would be inadvisable.”

Background on Alito’s letter: https://www.lawdork.com/p/sam-alito-believes-you-and-perhaps

therightarticle, to random
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Rishi Sunak wears £750 backpack on visit to one of poorest areas of the country

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/rishi-sunak-wears-750-backpack-on-visit-to-one-of-poorest-areas-of-the-country-375922/

kalfatermann, to ukteachers German
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[Quote:] @StillIRise1963 "It’s too late for us, BUT IT’S NOT TOO LATE FOR OUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS. Fight for them."

https://mastodon.world/@StillIRise1963/112530245647886081

Further thoughts:

kalfatermann,
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@StillIRise1963

I may no longer be able to make much of a difference in my life, but today I was able to learn again what I had forgotten.

It is important to fight for those who are not yet able to, unless they are too young or not even born yet.

We all have some problems in life, and so it is very easy to focus only on them and forget that we are part of a community.

President Barack Obama had a slogan:

“Yes We Can”!

🌻 Thanks for reminding me of this too! 🌻

StillIRise1963, to random
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When you help people in a half-assed way, you don’t really want to help them. You just want to say you did.

ikuo1000,
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@StillIRise1963 Yeeeeessss!!! I say this to my kids - and my husband! - all the time. If you do something half-assed and grumbling, you don't get credit for doing it. I'd rather you NOT do it at all than spoil / ruin whatever it is.

homelessromantic, to random
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https://medium.com/@hrnews1/report-institutional-investors-will-own-over-40-of-single-family-rental-homes-by-2030-f5cbc91e62a7

StillIRise1963, to random
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I want to partake in other cultures, learn and understand. I don’t want to impose mine. Why not just stay home if you want to do that.

JimRI,

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Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.

  • Mark Twain
StillIRise1963, to random
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I like to visit people and places. I don’t consider myself a “tourist."

barsoomcore,
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@StillIRise1963 yeah tourism is all about seeing the world while being insulated from any discomfort because if you experienced discomfort you might have to change yourself. Actual travel is about being open to discomfort in the hope of being changed.

charlotteclymer, to random
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"Political reporters have given Nikki Haley pass after pass after pass all these years. She lies and misleads and obfuscates and flip-flops, and still, they do it... Why? Because she’s nice to them at cocktail parties, and they need access from a Republican with her influence. Lucy and Charlie Brown. Every time. Without fail."

https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/the-ballad-of-lucy-and-charlie-brown

chriswho,
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@guncelawits @Blinxeto @charlotteclymer @StillIRise1963

But they make the perfect rubes.

Each of them lies to themselves that they are deserving, special, & wealthy because of hard work, intellectual prowess and natural talent.

They live their life around the central tenet of "Well, it can't happen to me..." and so they can't believe that Trump or his folks mean their money, just everyone else's. They'll be the oligarch who really runs things because Trump's an idiot and they're geniuses.

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