leswarden

DemocracyMattersALot, 1 day ago to random

Since Pennsylvania introduced no-excuse mail voting in 2020, thousands of ballots have been rejected over missing dates, signatures, or other mistakes. Fucking Pennsylvania Republicans!

ACLU signals effort to target disparate ‘notice and cure’ policies for flawed mail ballots https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/26/2241696/-ACLU-signals-effort-to-target-disparate-notice-and-cure-policies-for-flawed-mail-ballots

#Pennsylvania #VotingRights #NoRepublicansEverAgain #ACLU #VoteBlueToVoteAgain

GottaLaff, 4 days ago to random

Today I read one report that RFKJr has 17% of the vote nationally.

Then I saw this from Cook. So you'll forgive me if, despite knowing how meaningless polls are, I get nervous:

https://www.cookpolitical.com/survey-research/2024-swing-state-project/unique-election-driven-traditional-issue

leswarden, 10 days ago to mastodon

Good #NOVA show that also mentions #mastodon in the topic of how to improve web security by ‘de-centralizing’ the web. #websecurity #datasmashing

Watch Secrets in Your Data | NOVA Season 51 | PBS SoCal https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/nova/episodes/secrets-in-your-data-q1cvql

rbreich, 1 month ago to random

I'm not saying we shouldn't worry about how China might be using TikTok to steal our data and manipulate us...

But why aren't we at least as worried about the U.S. billionaires who own the other apps stealing our data and trying to manipulate us?

Free_Press, 1 month ago to random

TRUMP'S BIGGEST THEFT???

Trump Media lost $58M in 2023 on revenue of $4M, which is roughly the same as a McDonald's location.

But that hasn’t stopped Trump Media & Technology Group, which runs Truth Social, from granting Trump a share package now worth billions of dollars — or from paying its leaders millions of dollars in salaries, bonuses and stock.

Who's paying for it - Trump followers who are paying up to $70 for a $2 stock!
#AureFreePress #Trump #BreakingNews

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/truth-social-lost-58-million-last-year-here-s-who-made-money-anyway/ar-BB1ldavJ?PC=EMMX01

leswarden, 2 months ago to random

Republicans want to dismantle and deconstruct DEMOCRACY! But, don’t take anyone’s word for it. Read it for yourself. This is directly from their written policy agenda (link below)…

“Our goal is to assemble an army of aligned, vetted, trained, and prepared conservatives to go to work on Day One to deconstruct the Administrative State.”
#DemocracyMatters #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy #NeverTrump #YourVoteMatters

Policy | Project 2025 https://www.project2025.org/policy/

jeffjarvis, 2 months ago to random

God bless @Morning_Joe -- yes, I mean that -- for mocking The Times' age-obsessed poll this weekend while it ignores Trump not knowing who he's running against. Thanks, Joes.

leswarden, 3 months ago to random

#FireLouisDeJoy

From: @StillIRise1963
https://mastodon.world/@StillIRise1963/112003774889993426

StillIRise1963, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

“ 'Two of your former colleagues not at the same network personally told me if he wins, they will have to leave the country because he’s threatened to put them in jail,' Biden told Katie Couric. 'He embraces political violence,' Biden said of Trump 'No president since the Civil War has done that. Embrace it. Encourages it.' ”

The American corporate press is full of MORONS who clearly know NOTHING ABOUT HISTORY. Keep it up and you'll see what happens.🙄

https://www.salon.com/2024/02/24/joe-biden-gives-the-media-a-desperately-needed-lesson-about-donald/

tristansnell, 3 months ago to random

The Senate should open an immediate investigation into the Alexander Smirnov scandal — with public hearings.

Bring Smirnov in to testify.

And then bring Jim Jordan, James Comer, and Elise Stefanik in right behind him.

This is a national security breach of the HIGHEST order.

skykiss, 3 months ago to random

David Weiss now says the salacious conspiracies were false. With the indictment yesterday of Alexander Smirnov, the source of those false claims, Weiss confesses he is a direct witness in an attempt to frame President Joe Biden, even as Weiss attempts to bury it.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/02/16/david-weiss-is-a-direct-witness-to-the-crimes-on-which-he-indicted-alexander-smirnov/

#corrupt #republicans #DoJ

leswarden, 3 months ago to random

Totally disqualifying for her. Think of all the time #Jan6Committee, #Muller, #JackSmith, etc, has invested. The $$$ spent on lawyers and investigations. And FINALLY, the accountability that’s finally being brought for all the people who demand it. And she’s promising to just wipe this all away!!!! Regardless of what she says she’ll do as President, she’s still whimpering for #DonTheCon’s approval. #DISQUALIFICATION #USAwithoutGOP

From: @GottaLaff
https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/111958672388208968

leswarden, 3 months ago to random

New week, same question…

Why is #LouisDeJoy still employed?!?
#FireLouisDeJoy

Hey_Beth, 3 months ago to random

I am a huge booster and post a lot of articles.

I will no longer be posting or boosting NYT articles.

I'm done.

Most of their content is behind a paywall anyway. No loss.

scalzi, 4 months ago to random

One, the judges in the case very clearly were not buying it, and it doesn't seem likely that the US Supreme Court would either.

Two, let's be clear that if this argument did pass judicial review and Trump did become president, he would absolutely 100% start murdering people. He wouldn't even blink. #uspol

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4398223-trump-team-argues-assassination-of-rivals-is-covered-by-presidential-immunity/

Free_Press, 5 months ago to news

Republican Hatred in Iowa

Iowa will not participate this summer in a federal program that gives $40 per month to each child in a low-income family to help with food costs while school is out, state officials announced.

The Federal government pays for most of the program - Iowa's contribution would have been a measly $2 million.
#AureFreePress #News #GOP #Politics #USA #iowa

https://fortune.com/2023/12/25/iowa-governor-kim-reynolds-40-per-month-food-costs-federal-program-pandemic-non-sustainable/

Daojoan, 5 months ago to random

The thing about building an "everything" app (payments commerce messaging etc)is that it doesn't work if you won't build it for ~everyone.

Unless you can - for example - get an entire family to use it regardless of their political leaning, you will fail.

An everything app must be as inoffensive and apolitical and non ideological as possible.

Whatsapp. Facebook messenger. Etc.

Musk openly does not want X to be that.

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-everything-app-has-to-work-for-everyone

leswarden, 5 months ago to threads

@mwadmin What is the stance of mastodon.world on #Threads federation into their instance?

leswarden, 5 months ago to random

Comrade Speaker Johnson: Zelenskyy needs to give us DETAILED plans on what he’s gonna do to win the war. Or no $$$$. D.E.T.A.I.L.E.D.

Putin: Yes Comrade Johnson, get the plans.

Me: Help them now, or WWIII later. Give them sanctioned Russian $$$$

#TraitorTrump
#traitorgop

leswarden, 7 months ago to random

Repeat after me (again)…
It’s NOT inflation,
It’s CORPORATE GREED!
🤯
https://ground.news/article/fed-chair-powell-slower-economic-growth-may-be-needed-to-conquer-stubbornly-high-inflation_0d5015

leswarden, 9 months ago to random

@MSNBC Another excellent topic to cover.

https://ground.news/article/right-wing-sheriffs-group-challenging-federal-law-gaining-acceptance_4bca03

leswarden, 9 months ago to random

Unfortunately, there is no vaccine or cure for Yellow Brain Disease.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mtg-georgia-prosecutor-guilty-rico-not-trump-1234809319/

leswarden, 9 months ago to random

These people are pathetic! Are they running for 2nd place? Of course they are. Ron DuhSantis changed the Florida law so he could fall back to his current job if he lost. What confidence! For me, it’s simple. If you want a Democracy, stick with a Democrat. They have their flaws, but I haven’t seen them try to turn the country into an fascist regime. Like a car, R=backwards; D=forward. Vote accordingly.

https://ground.news/article/desantis-attacks-dc-jurors-after-trump-indictment_b74fd6

leswarden, 1 year ago to random

Pretty unbelievable that @MSNBC is discussing Biden polling numbers and how his age is big concern.

They SHOULD be discussing how the Biden administration wants a nation under a democratic rule and how the GQP wants a nation under a fascist rule.

NONE of this other stuff matters if we don’t stay a democracy.

There’s only one party trying to save our democracy and it’s the Democratic Party.

That’s what matters.
#FascistGOP
#voteblue

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to fediversenews

Fast Company reviews 6 Twitter replacements, and author @harrymccracken calls Mastodon the "heir apparent".

He says the Mastodon crowd is "friendly and engaged".

And he observes that Mastodon has higher interaction even with lower follower counts.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90886959/twitter-alternatives-mastodon-t2-post-bluesky

@fediversenews