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markmetz

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Tooting my horn here in the Fedi since 2022!

Hot Take Maker - Breaking News Breaker
Occasional Jumper of Sharks

In favor of saving the world and stopping the bullshit. Known to punch nazis.

Chochenyo turf walker. Flâneur de Sarthe

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My book "Vinyl Vitality"
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Louder, for the folks in back.
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Mike Johnson is bought and paid for by the people making bullets for Russia.

“He is also a part owner of Tula Cartridge Works, which has been supplying ammunition for Russian forces during its invasion of Ukraine.”

Who Is Konstantin Nikolaev? Putin Ally Behind Mike Johnson Campaign Donation

https://www.newsweek.com/who-konstantin-nikolaev-money-mike-johnson-1870600

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Now that Newsweek has surfaced what smart people have been digging up for a while, here is the deep dive you need to read.
H/T to @HeidiCuda (who really should be posting here more!) this is the thread reader app link, so you can read this without dirtying your feet by visiting the dead bird site.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1760598716082471052.html#google_vignette

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“Bill Barr’s decision to set up a side channel to funnel dirt collected by Donald Trump’s lawyer on Trump’s opponent’s son to prosecutors already investigating Hunter Biden led directly to Joe Biden being framed. And it remains unexplained how Scott Brady came to find the lead — or whether it has anything to do with DOJ’s reported closure of an investigation into Mykola Zlochevsky in this same period.

At this point, Barr’s role in setting up a side channel that led to Biden being framed ought to be included in all discussions of his animus to Biden or his decision to back Trump.”

WaPo Gives Bill Barr Platform to Attack Joe Biden without Mentioning Barr's Role in Framing Biden - emptywheel

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/04/18/wapo-gives-bill-barr-platform-to-attack-joe-biden-without-mentioning-barrs-role-in-framing-biden/

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Start with Mike Johnson, and the oligarchs who backed his campaign. They make ammunition for Russia against Ukraine.

Russia Is Buying Politicians in Europe. Is It Happening Here Too? | The New Republic

https://newrepublic.com/article/180630/russia-corruption-network-europe-buying-politicians-america

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“If your sub grows to the point where you need help … the power users are usually your first choice. Russian trolls know that. So they act like normal power users, hoping to get picked as mods.

Once a Russian troll manages to get into a mod team, other Russian trolls harass the top mod with endless hostile confrontations, hoping to encourage the top mod to say or do something that will get his account suspended, after being mass-reported by Russian trolls.

Sooner or later that trick works, the top mod loses his account and the control over his sub, and the Trojan horse Russian troll moves closer to the top of the mod list. They repeat that process as often as needed, until the Russian troll is the top mod and can take ownership of the sub.”

Russian trolls are destroying pro-Biden subreddits, with the help of at least one Reddit employee - Oliver Markus Malloy

https://malloy.rocks/politics-democratic-election/russian-trolls-are-destroying-pro-biden-subreddits-with-the-help-of-at-least-one-reddit-employee

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BREAKING:
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"Drowning in debt, Donald J. Trump has been forced to unload his treasured collection of over two hundred Republican congresspersons.

“If the Joe Biden legal system can make me sell my politicians, it can make you sell yours,” he warned supporters at a rally in Michigan. “This should never be allowed to happen in this country.”

But even as the indicted businessman put his used legislators on the block, economist Davis Logsdon, who tracks the resale market for public officials, questioned how much they will fetch.

“The first thing any prospective buyer of preowned politicians wants to know is, what condition are they in?” he said." “Unfortunately, many of these House Republicans are missing such crucial features as brains and spines, and, in the case of the men, two other parts.”

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"The economist cited the cautionary example of Koch Industries, which had to withdraw Rep. Matt Gaetz from eBay in February after he drew a top bid of $30."

& snark courtesy of
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-forced-to-sell-prized-collection

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🥇 winner!

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WTF was Garland thinking when he put a Trump appointee up to this investigation? If he couldn’t have seen this kind of crap coming, I don’t know what to think.

GOP lawmaker asks Merrick Garland to invoke 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/gop-lawmaker-asks-merrick-garland-invoke-25th-amendment-remove-biden-o-rcna138112

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“We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.”

― Hunter S. Thompson




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“Not resisting a rest”
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MF’r is in Moscow right now cozying up to Putin. Can’t we make him stay? Snowden needs a roommate. 🤬

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Beware the

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“100 legislators from across the country headed to Mount Vernon—George Washington’s former plantation in Virginia—for a four-hour planning session on how to win the thirty-four states needed to make the plan a reality.

In the decade since those first secretive meetings, Meckler’s Convention of States has managed to rack up wins in nineteen states for a convention that would address sweeping proposals to radically curtail the powers of the federal government. ALEC-led groups also claim to have twenty-eight states behind their call for a more limited convention to propose a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”

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“According to former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, Democrat of Wisconsin, “They have an agenda that is pretty clear.” He added, “They want to really gut the ability of the federal government potentially to protect the environment, to protect civil rights laws, to protect voting rights. They could ban abortion in the Constitution.”

https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/12/12/constitution-in-the-crosshairs-the-far-rights-plan-for-a-new-confederacy/

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“Should a convention be convened, what is it that the ultra-rich backers want? Their chosen so-called grassroots leaders mince no words when speaking to friendly audiences. Meckler has declared that the purpose is “to reverse 115 years of progressivism.” In fact, the endgame is even more consequential: to return this nation to its pre-Constitution roots under the Articles of Confederation, with a weak central government and sovereign states.

What exactly would that entail? Stunned by what she witnessed during ALEC’s 2013 meetings, Taylor reported that the campaign aimed “to rewrite our federal Constitution,” not just “to prevent the federal government from responding to national emergencies and economic downturns, but to roll back clean drinking water protections, civil rights, anti-discrimination laws, and our most valued social safety nets like Social Security.”

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’s social media team is on top of it! Posting this at 4:20 PM on 4/20 is “chefs kiss”
(now, if they would just set up a damn Mastodon instance!)

markmetz, to punk
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R.I.P. Sid Vicious. Left us at 21 years old on this day….

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😬
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“I’ve been deeply concerned about recent accusations of impartiality,” said Roberts, while holding a Trump-branded lighter beneath a copy of the US Constitution.

“We need the American people to know exactly where we stand. And that’s directly on their faces, while stomping.” The Chief Justice then explained in detail how he intended to swing the election in favor of his most beloved rapist. “More delays. More denials. More dubious decisions.

And if all goes according to plan: death to democracy.” The Chief Justice then donned a “Trump Train” conductors hat, screaming ‘Choo-choo! Choo-choo!’ while dancing off the stage. Neil Gorsuch, stepping up to the podium, quickly echoed his colleague’s commitment to despotism.”

(Cont)

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This is what martial law under Trump would look like.
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“This Orwellian “crowd control” device Trump sought to unleash on the BLM protesters, and would likely seek to normalize in a second term — is shaped like a standard satellite dish, fits on the back of a jeep and shoots out “pulsed directed energy waves” similar to a microwave oven — all designed to make you feel, right down to your nerve endings, like you’re being set on fire.”

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/trump-president-martial-law-18636319.php

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Priorities, amirite? 🧐

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🤷‍♂️

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Shorter Utah: F.U. neighboring states, we’ll pollute the goddamned air if we want to!

Gov. Cox signs Utah's 'sovereignty bill.' Here's what it does | KSL.com

https://www.deseret.com/2024/1/31/24057234/utahs-sovereignty-bill-states-autonomy-epa-federalism

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Equal cargo area.

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If you need a morale booster this morning, ponder the look on this guy’s face and know that tRUmp crony Peter Navarro is going to prison today.

Robert Hanssen at ADX Florence Supermax Prison

“For those of you unaware, between 1981-1991 he as an FBI agent provided the Soviets with six thousand documents ranging from war strategies to classified technologies.

He tried to resume with the Russian Federation but the officer at the embassy didn't recognize his codename and filed a petition with the US, which surprisingly didn't get him caught.

Funny enough, with a joint task force between the CIA/FBI had trouble figuring out who was doing this. So they resorted to the same bribery that got Hanssen to defect in the first place:"The FBI paid $7 million to a KGB agent to obtain a file on an anonymous mole, whom the FBI later identified as Hanssen through fingerprint and voice analysis."

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Speaker Johnson: Christian Nationalism in the Speaker’s Office?
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“This white paper was developed by the Congressional Freethought Caucus (CFC), a group of
twenty members of Congress who reflect the religious diversity of America—Christians, Jews,
Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, other believers, and nontheists. CFC members share a commitment to
protecting the constitutional separation of church and state; ensuring public policy is based on facts,
science, and reason; and defending religious liberty in the United States and abroad.
Since Mike Johnson’s election as Speaker, much has been written about his deep religious faith. We
respect, celebrate, and treasure his right—and the right of every American—to freely practice his
faith as guaranteed by the First Amendment.”

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“"A group of Russian nationals donated to newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson's campaign in 2018... One of the men behind the company, Nikolaev, an oligarch with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, was also found to have financially backed Maria Butina, a Russian citizen. Butina was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2019 after admitting to acting as an unregistered foreign agent to infiltrate conservative political groups and influence foreign policy to Russia's benefit before and after the 2016 election."

https://thedemlabs.org/2023/10/28/mike-johnson-russian-money-connections/

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