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havvyhh2

@havvyhh2@mas.to

US expat living in SE Asia, retired CPA....world news / politics / finance / economics....but food, cooking, wine, books & adventures mostly! Live & let live! #classical music #jazz #history #Thailand #Singapore

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mondoweiss, to Palestine
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Joe Biden's claim that Hamas’s October 7 attacks were “driven by ancient desire to wipe out the Jewish people" is ahistorical and dangerous. In fact, Jewish history shows that antisemitism is a Western problem.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/the-ancient-desire-to-kill-jews-is-not-hamass-its-the-wests/


@palestine @israel

havvyhh2,
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@DeeGLloyd @mondoweiss @palestine @israel ..agree 100%....I didn't read the article because headline is...just wrong. And I'm loath to take the time to read. The "Jewish Problem" dates way, way, back....long before there was a "the west". Nobody (virtually) likes what's happening in Israel/Palestine now....getting to a solution to this iteration of "the Jewish Problem", which has eluded humanity since forever, sadly's gonna take time.

TonyStark, to random
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A must-read article from Anne Applebaum. It has been obvious for a while that pro-Trump social media is mostly foreign propaganda. The irony of using “America First” to sabotage America is no doubt something foreign trolls find amusing.

Fear, cynicism, nihilism, and apathy, coupled with disgust and disdain for democracy: that is what modern autocrats sell and there are far too many people falling for it.

Russia and China Are Winning the Propaganda War - The Atlantic:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/china-russia-republican-party-relations/678271/

havvyhh2,
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@TonyStark ...l am now waiting for her book after reading this!!

joeinwynnewood, to random
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If Trump is such a great candidate, why can't he break 80% running against, well, nobody in a blood red GOP state primary?

Trump is losing 20% of GOP votes to candidate who dropped out months ago
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/8/2239583/-Trump-is-losing-20-of-GOP-votes-to-candidate-who-dropped-out-months-ago

havvyhh2,
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@joeinwynnewood ....hard to win a general when your party isn't behind you. The sheer volume of horrors and their depravity concerning trumpo is bleeding thru the conservative media firewall to many GOP voters....the non-cult members see what he has in mind for admin 2.0, and like not a bit of it. Haley is no prize, mind you...maga of a different stripe. But still maga. Just hard to win with a cleaved party...

indivisibleteam, to random
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The tools that flipped the House in 2018, defeated Trump in 2020 and stopped the supposed “red wave” in 2022 were powered by grassroots donations. If you can, pitch in to power the tools that will end Trump’s political career and the MAGA movement in November. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/majority-over-maga?refcode=mastodon20240504directpost&source=mastodon

havvyhh2,
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@indivisibleteam ...do what I can every month.....

popcornreel, to random
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The U.S. corp news media talks about Orange Thug every second. You might want to actually cover @POTUS and @vp Harris talking about the issues, @CNN, @MSNBC…

havvyhh2,
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@popcornreel ..this has exactly angered me the past few - well, many more than few - times listening to a couple PBS news shows....Washington Week just goes on & on about every idiocy of trumpo's / johnson's existence, nary a word on Biden. Likewise the segment with Capehart & Brooks in Newshour....the host just focuses on trumpo antics. Sure it's across all news outlets. Stop it please!! Just talk about the current gov't run by real Americans, plenty to talk about!!

glynmoody, to Ukraine
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine’s president, said legislation passed by the US House of Representatives and awaiting Senate approval had clarified that would be receiving the longer-range version of (Army Tactical Missile Systems) that it has long sought - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/23/ukraine-war-briefing-long-range-atacms-missiles-on-the-way-says-zelenskiy at last

havvyhh2,
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@glynmoody ...send them everything they want, and the stuff they need but don't know about.....why hold back anything?

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Kyle Cheney:

BREAKING: Just left the courtroom of Judge , where she has handed down her longest sentence to date — 66 months — to Scott Miller, a former Maryland who harbored extreme and violent views about Jews and minorities (but promised the court he had disavowed).

havvyhh2,
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@GottaLaff 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏...he will not be missed

GottaLaff, to Idaho
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🤞🏼

Politico— Democrats are running candidates in every state legislative district for the first time in at least 30 years, seeing opportunity in an extreme GOP agenda.

havvyhh2,
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@GottaLaff .....excellent, and it feels like this strategy could yield great outcomes in many of the other red states....at least some. Only way to get the good guys into the state governments is to run good guy candidates everywhere!

atomicpoet, to random
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If you don’t know the difference between Biden and Trump, then you’re a fool.

havvyhh2,
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@atomicpoet ...a willfully ignorant fool....if I may

raymondpert, to Arizona
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Arizona Supreme Court reinstates near-total abortion ban from 1864

> The Arizona Supreme court has ruled that the state can enforce a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban.

> The 1864 law - which precedes becoming a state - makes punishable by two to five years in prison, except when the mother's life is at risk. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68774959

havvyhh2,
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@raymondpert ...AZ women will NOT take this shite....

Nonilex, to legal
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embraces woman convicted of , helps raise money for costs

Trump said Fri that a Colorado woman of 4 federal misdemeanor charges related to the Jan 6, 2021 l is a “patriot” & shared a link on social media where people can donate money to help defray her legal expenses.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/05/donald-trump-laverenz-january-6/

havvyhh2,
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@Nonilex ....hard to see this being an even slightly popular position.....the more this clown speaks, I think the better for Biden and Dems. His cult followers, in the millions, still a minority of Americans, the vast majority of voters more and more see trumpo for what he is (pick your own adjectives). When he opens his mouth, appears in court, etc, people move away.....

mina, (edited ) to random
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History lesson 2nd of April of 1982

(which will probably cost me Argentinean followers)

43 years ago, after almost 6 murderous years in power, the Argentinean dictatorship found itself in dire straits (not the band).

The formerly pampered Argentinean middle class had started to turn their back on them, not so much because of the thousands of killed, disappeared and tortured persons, but because they had run out of international credit and the debt fuelled Sweet Money party had ended, …

1/10

havvyhh2,
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@mina in 12 posts a succinct recent history of Argentina!! Great bit of history....!

Nonilex, to Texas
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A appeals court reversed the conviction of , a Black woman, who had been sentenced to 5 yrs in prison on a charge of illegally voting in 2016, acquitting her in a case that attys cast as part of a broader fight for .
Mason voted w/a provisional ballot in 2016 but did not know she was ineligible to do so. The ballot WAS NOT COUNTED, but she was convicted in 2018.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/29/crystal-mason-acquitted-voter-fraud-texas/

havvyhh2,
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@Nonilex ...what's nagging me is how, why, who managed to present these facts - most/all clearly known at trial date - which then lead to a conviction and egregious sentence, rather than having this tossed out and a reprimand issued the prosecutor's office for bringing such a flawed case to court.....

havvyhh2, to random
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Such a great piece....
https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=5c85ca489bbc0f61492c2484&s=660481cfd48337199fae7ba3&linknum=2&linktot=41

thepoliticalcat, to random
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    havvyhh2,
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    @thepoliticalcat ...yes...imagine the sordid criminality that THAT would start to expose.....

    lovelylovely, to random
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    This is Jay Rosen take on #NBC getting into bed with the fascist criminal insurrectionist Ronna McDaniel 👇

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    @lovelylovely ….honestly hard to see a reasonable path for trumpo to win….GOP voters cleaved into 3-4 camps….trumpo, never trumpos who won’t vote, will vote for Biden or vote for some 3rd party. No one should engage Ronna for any reason, obviously!! Jmho

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    @lovelylovely ....you're right....actually was a stunning rebuke of trump how well Haley did, and more and more have gop'ers say they'll not vote for him. Not to say we shouldn't keep hammering hard everyday to get out the Dem vote, can't risk a single voter!!

    havvyhh2, to random
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    This is an excellent article on the fundamentals of fiscal (gov't) policies and monetary (central banks, i.e. the Fed) policies. For everyone - well worth few minutes time, and you'll come away with a clearer picture of how the economy is impacted by what these policies are, and how they interact. Well done to the author.

    Monetary vs. fiscal policy: How each works and their impact on the stock market https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/10/monetary-vs-fiscal-policy-how-each-works-and-their-impact-on-stocks.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.thomasricouard.IceCubesApp.IceCubesShareExtension

    havvyhh2,
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    @thepoliticalcat ....did not realize that...sorry

    havvyhh2, to random
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    Excellent read, & some history..👇
    "When Britt delivered the Republican rebuttal to the SotU from a kitchen, wearing a cross & using a submissive speaking style, she represented outcome of longstanding opposition to women’s equal rights in the US. The Democrats’ position last night was a sharp contrast. Biden stood in front of the nation’s first female vice president as he denounced the Republican assault on women’s rights. He warned the country: “America cannot go back.”
    https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/march-8-2024?r=1qb13l&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

    realTuckFrumper, to random
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    'Total monster' Trump hammered by Robert De Niro in rant on Bill Maher's 'Real Time' https://www.rawstory.com/robert-de-niro-critiques-katie-britt-s-lame-acting-to-bill-maher/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

    havvyhh2,
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    @Threadbane ....maybe not what you're looking for....but I just can't resist.....

    lauren, to random
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    Remember, the Trump federal Jan 6 trial would almost certainly not be televised or have audio available. If Trump was found guilty -- even putting aside the appeal for the moment -- not one of his voters would actually not vote for him, no matter what they tell pollsters. He'll be claiming every day it's a fraud and a fix and witch hunt, while prosecutors are unable to say anything publicly. My view is that the trial ahead of the election would actually make him an even stronger candidate, especially if he were found guilty. Seriously.

    havvyhh2,
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    @lauren ...perhaps. But seems that more and more of the "middle" voters, who he absolutely needs, just won't vote for him...his criminal lunacy, anti-American rhetoric is increasingly too much to swallow. Not that they'll vote for Biden, so still have to push like hell to get every Biden vote. Conviction pre-election won't bring them back to trumpo's camp.....imho.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Via a follower on Threads.

    Sharing this again to get the word out…
    Click the link below to send a message to the . It only takes a minute or two out of your day so make your voice heard.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/contact/contact_pio.aspx

    havvyhh2,
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    @GottaLaff Excellent!! Bookmarked as well!!

    shoq, to random
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    Splendidly efficient letter to the editor of the Washington Post criticizing their ruinously misdirected Trump coverage. Pass it on.

    cc @dangillmor @jayrosen_nyu

    havvyhh2,
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    @shoq @dangillmor @jayrosen_nyu yes, Mr Fichter absolutely nailed it👏👏👏👏👏

    DrALJONES, (edited ) to Michigan
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    @DrALJONES ...being uncommitted to Joe Biden.

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