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Tengrain

@Tengrain@mastodon.social

Fully caffeinated with 2X the sugar, unabashedly liberal.

An award-winning blogger (Americans United’s First Freedom First).

You can follow my blog’s account on the Fediverse at https://mockpaperscissors.com/@mockpaperscissors.com

You can find me on the web at MockPaperScissors and sometimes at Crooks and Liars.

"Be kind whenever possible. It is ALWAYS possible.” - His Holiness The Dalai Lama

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StillIRise1963, to random
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I REFUSE to accept that nothing can be done about the obvious corruption on the Supreme Court. I DO NOT ACCEPT THIS and it MUST CHANGE.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Kyle Griffin:

New: Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin is calling on Alito to recuse himself from all cases involving the 2020 election.

"The Court is in an ethical crisis of its own making, and Justice Alito and the rest of the Court should be doing everything in their power to regain public trust."

tiamat271,
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@GottaLaff

For those saying, “But what about Thomas?!”, an easy-peasy Google search shows that Durbin has also called on Thomas to recuse, several months ago.

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dick-durbin-clarence-thomas-supreme-court-trump-ballot-case/

shoq, to random
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Dear Gen-Z:

Hitler was elected with 33% of the vote and he was quick to put your age group to work. You can’t sit out this election. Not if you want any chance of a decent life. Yes, a lot sucks now, but it can suck a whole lot worse if Trump and his many snakes slither back into power.

tusk81, to random
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Alito “can act like a brain-poisoned hack on the bench for the same reason that he can shrug off his own household’s association with the most dangerous and demented MAGA conspiracy theorists: There will never be consequences for his offenses.” https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/05/alito-flag-supreme-court-justices-stop-the-steal-ethics-rules-pitiful.html

taylorlorenz, to random
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"Dr. King said that in the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Sadly, medically vulnerable people are under no illusion that the Democrats are any kind of friend. But their silence is surely loud and clear." https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/biden-cdc-silent-as-north-carolina

HopeVanDyne,
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@Tengrain @Grant_M @GreenFire @TonyStark El blockoed. I think she wrote one good tech article once. Maybe. Should have stuck to that.

mockpaperscissors.com, to random
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Tiger Beat on the Potomac (thanks Charlie!) email thingie tips us (!):

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Third Way is rolling out a new five-figure ad buy highlighting Trump’s own previous comments about defendants who don’t testify in their own defense. The ad, titled “Coward,” is launching today in Palm Beach, Florida (home to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago), Dallas, Texas (where Trump is set to headline the NRA convention this weekend) and New York City.

Someone at TBotP is gonna lose their Hall Pass for this.

https://mockpaperscissors.com/2024/05/17/more-please-51/

TonyStark, to random
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Weather and climate change aren’t the same thing, but climate change is creating extremes.

Despite this, Ron DeSantis (R) just signed a law deleting climate change from Florida policy, banning the construction of offshore wind turbines, and boosting fossil fuels.

DeSantis isn’t in the running anymore for President but Trump is and his plan for addressing the climate is if anything worse.

DeSantis erases climate change from FL laws, strikes blow at windmills:
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/15/desantis-erases-climate-change-from-fl-laws-strikes-blow-at-windmills/73591696007/

TonyStark,
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@Tengrain Ron DeSantis - fought the “woke” but not the inability of Floridians to buy homeowners’ insurance.

cindyweinstein,

@Tengrain @TonyStark. Reminds me of that song: I fought the woke and the woke won.

WhiteCatTamer,
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@Tengrain @TonyStark And on the header appears:
“My name is OzyDeSantias, King of Rons; look upon my works, ye woke, and despair!”
Nothing else peaks over the waves.

derfwhapper,
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@Tengrain @TonyStark oh then it will be joe bidens fault for not doing enough to fix the thing that 'wasnt happening'
if he does fix it, he will "fixed it wrong"
etc

WallyStevens,
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@Tengrain @TonyStark
At what point does the Federal government stop throwing away money on a state that doesn’t want to help itself?

Free_Press, to news
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RESIGN TODAY ALITO!!!

Justice Alito throws dirt on the Constitutional process!

One of the homes flying an inverted flag during that time was the residence of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in Alexandria, Virginia, according to photographs and interviews with neighbors.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-alito-house-stop-steal-114910672.html

TonyStark, to random
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Joe Biden has taken more than 322 pro-environment actions since become President and likely isn’t done.

I know everyone thinks they’re an expert on everything on the internet now, but I have 3 decades of experience in environmental remediation and coal is the filthiest, most destructive energy source one could imagine. It’s an environmental and biological wrecking ball. This is important.

Biden ending new leases in America's top coal region:
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/16/1251856806/biden-ending-new-leases-in-americas-top-coal-region

GoatRoper,
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@TonyStark

When they got Reagan elected, nobody heard anything about lignite syn-fuel ever again. Jimmy Carter was way ahead of his time. That's why all the corporate "not heads" hated him. They set us back 45 years in the effort to stop climate change. I don't know if we will ever do it.

Nonilex, to Law
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🧵 Thursday 16 May 2024

Cross-examination of resumes, an opportunity for the defense to poke holes in his testimony & perhaps trip up or provoke the state’s key witness. The questioning of Cohen, ’s fmr fixer, is the beginning of the end of Trump’s trial, which began April 15 & might conclude before Memorial Day weekend at this pace.

Nonilex,
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A man w/a sign reading “GTFO of NYC” on one side & “Bootlickers” on the other was removed by police.

Another man approached Rep & handed her a “Beetlejuice” program, & asked for her to sign it — poking fun at when she was kicked out of the musical for outrageous & disruptive behavior — was blocked by security.

Across the street, someone else could clearly be heard yelling “Matt Gaetz is a pedophile.”

skykiss, to random
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NEVER AGAIN should Donald Trump be trusted with national security clearance.

NEVER AGAIN should Trump be in command of our Armed Forces.

NEVER AGAIN should anyone who serves our country in uniform have to salute a walking, talking NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT!

I am a Veteran and I approve this message. Please, maximum boost. 🫡



Military and Veterans tell the story of criminal Donald Trump, he is a traitor and national security threat.

TonyStark, to random
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Look, I’m as tired of doing this as people probably are reading about it, but I just saw someone tell a bunch of people on here that wind farms don’t require much planning and can “easily be moved.”

That’s way off. Please stop doing this kind of thing and sharing it.

I’m a huge fan of wind energy. It’s our future. But please stick to facts and leave things to people who know what they’re talking about.

Construction of an offshore wind farm - Iberdrola
https://www.iberdrola.com/about-us/our-activity/offshore-wind-energy/offshore-wind-park-construction

TonyStark,
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@Tengrain Some wacky stuff floats around here.

guidobibra, to photography
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Squirrels 2024 https://foto.bibra-medien.de/2024/05/16/squirrels-2024-13/

meidastouch, to random

They don’t work for the American people. They work for Trump.

mockpaperscissors.com, to random
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https://mockpaperscissors.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/screen-shot-2023-10-16-at-6.58.29-am.png?w=640H/T Scissorhead Jimmy-T

I ❤️ New York:

Another man approached Rep & handed her a “Beetlejuice” program, & asked for her to sign it — poking fun at when she was kicked out of the musical for outrageous & disruptive behavior — was blocked by security.

https://mockpaperscissors.com/2024/05/16/some-fries-with-your-stupid-246/

mockpaperscissors.com, to random
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https://mps110.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/democracy-thats-all-folks.gif?w=640&h=465

We say every poll this early needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

Get out the salt-lick , there’s a new NPR (Nice. Polite. Republicans.) poll out that is probably going to get some attention today, as it asks whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump would do more in a second term to weaken democracy.

Pluralities Say Second Terms for EITHER Biden or Trump Will Weaken Democracy

Americans are not overly optimistic about the fate of democracy with either Biden or Trump in the Oval Office. 46% of Americans think a second Biden term would weaken U.S. democracy. 30% believe it would strengthen it, and 23% think it would make no difference.

48% of residents nationally think a Trump return would weaken democracy in America. 37% say it would strengthen it, and 14% think it will not make a difference.

What’s up with that, fellow Americans? Hair Füror actually has a record of weakening democracy, and has probably done more to hurt democracy than all the presidents before him combined. Just off the top of my head, he:

  • politicized the office of the Attorney General
  • blackmailed Ukraine to further his own agenda
  • attempted to overturn an election
  • attempted a violent overthrow of the United States

Hair Füror has vowed to install a fascist government on Day One. This is not a joke (and he has no sense of humor). He said it to Sean Hannity on Fox News, and you know damn well, he won’t leave at the end of his term (if re-elected).

Ferchristsake, the goddamn Bulwark summarizes/highlights the 4th Reich better than NPR and this stupid poll:

Trump’s first term turned out much worse than anyone feared. He did the mean tweets and some racist stuff. He deployed armed, masked, and unbadged federal agents to grab citizens off the streets. He did his family separation policy with migrants. Not great, but also not ‘end of the Republic’ stuff.

But then the sum of all fears hit. America was handed a real-deal, genuine crisis while Trump was at the helm and the result was that one million Americans died from Covid while Trump oversaw the greatest failure of the federal government since the Great Depression.

And then Trump lost his re-elect and attempted a coup.

How bad was this? If you went back in a time machine and described Trump’s Covid response and coup attempt to Republican voters in 2016, they would have accused you of being a hysteric.

Anyway, the point is the polls are garbage, it’s too early to be meaningful, and lordy, there is no objective reality reflected here.

https://mockpaperscissors.com/2024/05/16/the-united-states-of-amnesia-cont-2/

mockpaperscissors.com, to random
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https://mps110.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/guillotine.jpg?w=640&h=795Meal prep is the most important part of eating the rich

I’m shocked. Shocked I say:

The Billionaire Family Business: 50 Billionaire Clans Have Already Spent Over $600 Million on the 2024 Elections, Mostly to Preserve Their Fortunes

Just 50 billionaire families have already injected more than $600 million collectively into the crucial 2024 elections, with that number sure to show accelerating growth in the final six months of the campaign. These billionaire clans donated the $600 million mostly to political parties, political action committees (PACs) and outside spending groups (Super PACs) as of May 9, offering further proof that the nation’s richest families consider democracy just another commodity they can buy.

This is the latest in a series of “billionaires buying elections” reports from Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF). It is the first in the series to look beyond the political donations of individual billionaires to those of billionaire families. Wealth is a family affair, so this broader frame provides a more accurate picture of how the country’s great family fortunes are being wielded in the political arena.

Over two-thirds (69%, or $416 million) of the contributions from America’s biggest billionaire-family donors supported Republican candidates and conservative causes. Less than a quarter (23% or $137 million) backed Democratic office-seekers and progressive positions. (There is no clear partisan label for the remaining 8% of donations.)

That pronounced GOP tilt is a sign that the political spending of billionaire families is largely an investment in preserving familial wealth and power. That’s because it is Democrats, including President Biden, who are pushing for more effective taxation of great wealth, the income generated by that wealth, and the transfer of wealth between generations. Republicans advocate for just the opposite: lower taxes on the rich, on the corporations they control and on the great inheritances that perpetuate and exacerbate wealth inequality.

We need more effective taxation of billionaires and on intergenerational wealth transfers, as well as tighter campaign-finance laws, to curb this power grab by America’s economic dynasties.

The whole report is worth your time to read, maybe at lunchtime? You’re sure to be hungry for a nice Billionaire Burger by the time you’re done reading.

https://mockpaperscissors.com/2024/05/16/every-billionaire-represents-a-tax-policy-failure/

Tengrain, to random
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Here’s Some Stupid to Start Your Day https://mockpaperscissors.com/2024/05/16/heres-some-stupid-to-start-your-day-227/

Bon_Jardin,
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@Tengrain Here's a blast from the past, a limerick I wrote when he was Obama's rival in 2012:
Why candidate Willard Mitt Romney
Would count on my vote is beyond me.
His trickle-down theory
Leaves 9 of 10 weary
And I hate what trickles down on me.

potus, to random

Congressional Republicans’ plans to cut taxes for the wealthy, protect special interests, and slash Social Security and Medicare would skyrocket costs.

I have a different vision:

One in which we take on special interests to lower costs and give the middle class a fair shot.

crooksandliars, to random
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It was as bad as we feared on Jan. 6th.

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/05/former-wh-official-j6-rioters-came-close?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=88569

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