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VirginiaMurr, to random
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Happy to see this out of Georgia.

Yesterday, Fani Willis won her primary and Judge McAfee won another full term.

"Fani Willis and judge presiding over Georgia Trump election case defeat challengers"

https://www.wabe.org/mcafee-and-willis-judge-and-prosecutor-in-trump-georgia-election-case-win-reelection/

VirginiaMurr, to random
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Pundits absolutely do not grasp the fact that Trump's trial's value does NOT rest on whether or not it "moves voters" if he's convicted.

The VALUE is accountability.

The VALUE is a working system of law that functions--regardless of whom the person happens to be or what position that person holds.

Treating it like "no biggie" because voters APPEAR unmoved is great messaging -- for Trump.

chemoelectric,
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@VirginiaMurr My grandmother also got a second master's. Probably in teaching. In any case I think the second degree was from Southwest State in Oklahoma where my grandfather was a professor at the pharmacy school.

He took the job without even looking at the place, just to get out of his job in D.C. in Veterans Administration management. :)

(But another reason I seldom saw my grandmother is my paternal grandfather could be unbearable. Not a pleasant person towards family. I think he had OCD.)

chemoelectric,
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@VirginiaMurr (I have very bad OCD, but it is under treatment. And, anyway, I am too delicate to be that overbearing. Instead my problem is I make myself a burden.)

VirginiaMurr, to random
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The insatiable pettiness of the GOP is on my last damned nerve.

Really really hoping we flip the House in November. Egads.

*note - the GOP has the transcript; they only want the audio to use as campaign fodder (cut/edited, etc.)

"GOP advances Garland contempt charges after White House exerts executive privilege over Biden audio"

https://apnews.com/article/biden-robert-hur-classified-documents-justice-department-edf67af3810ab877c7c195956b49b3a6

VirginiaMurr, to random
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So glad the news keeps replaying ... over and over and over ... the crap Trump's sycophant surrogates were saying for him at the courthouse. (Read: extreme sarcasm)

Geezus.

VirginiaMurr, to random
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This sucks, generally--for everyone with children. But, I gotta say ... as a single mom, it's extra sucky.

"Child care costs 2x rent in these 11 states, including one in the Tri-State"

The 11 states are .... (drum roll):
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Wisconsin

https://local12.com/news/nation-world/child-care-costs-2x-rent-in-these-11-states-tri-state-indiana-major-financial-burdens-americans-consumer-rising-costs-affordability-raising-families-parenting-finances-cincinnati-hardship-birthrates-average-rents-education-educate-planning-parenthood

VirginiaMurr, to random
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This is unfortunate.

"Harry Dunn, former police officer who defended Capitol on Jan. 6, defeated in Maryland House primary"

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/harry-dunn-maryland-primary-election-congress-rcna151983

VirginiaMurr, to random
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Awfully fucking rich for Trump's team to treat another person like crap for not following court orders.

Hypocrisy be thy name.

VirginiaMurr, to random
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It's a really sad statement about society that the refrain from today's Trump trial is how BORING the really important, yet non-titillating information is.

We've become a "reality-TV" nation in need of constant salaciousness.

It's gross ... and not a great foundation for the future of society.

VirginiaMurr, to random
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If your response to finding out your boss is a vulgar sexual predator is figure out how to protect his job (or potential job) ... you, indeed, are a really shitty human. (re: Hope Hicks, Kelly Ann Conway, etc.)

So, all the pundits saying that Hicks doesn't have moral, reputational problems can fuck off.

VirginiaMurr, to random
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I'll take whatever good news I can get.

"Supreme Court rejects Peter Navarro's latest bid for release from prison during appeal"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-peter-navarro-rejects-prison-release-appeal/

VirginiaMurr, to random
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So, can we start calling the GOP "the big government party", yet?

VirginiaMurr, to random
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The tornadic weather tonight across so many states reminds me of the year my family and I went to bed -- knowing there were some storms that were going to pass through, but none were expected to be severe.

Woke up to shit slamming into the house. It was a "straight-line" storm with 75+ mile per hour winds. (We made it to the basement and ended up being fine--thankfully.)

So, yeah ... have your weather alerts ready to go.

VirginiaMurr, to random
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I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Ben Collins co-bought the Onion.

  • and he did it because he was concerned that some wealthy prick (like Elon) would buy it just to kill it.

Side-note: I quit following him because he's so attached to Twitter. But, I'm still glad he made this move with the Onion.

GreenFire,
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@VirginiaMurr @Wraithe
To be fair, @bencollins quit posting on that foul site months ago for the most part.

My main fear is The Onion will turn into a chop suey sandwich porn mag with him in charge.

Wraithe,
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@GreenFire @VirginiaMurr Yeah I had almost said “hey he’s on mastodon too!” before realizing that was his threads.net account. 🤦🏻‍♀️
(I always check to see if if someone’s on Mastodon before pointing at another site, even if they’re not active on Mastodon but now I have to watch out for the threads.net accounts lol)

VirginiaMurr, to random
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I knew a whole lot of people who purchased the National Enquirer ... KNOWING that the articles were bunk. They got a kick out of the drama and entertainment.

Welp. This is what they helped to fund.

Not just profiting from lies ... but other horrible behavior such as extortion (and, yep, election interference).

VirginiaMurr, to random
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Bonkers how many of the (male) Supreme Court justices said things like:

  • I'm not talking about this case
  • I don't care about this case
  • Not this case, but future cases

It really felt like the case didn't matter--at all. That's not how this is supposed to work.

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