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trabex

@trabex@newsie.social

Freelance Journalist working for Manchester Ink Link and Associated Press in New Hampshire. Opinions my own. She/her.

Find me here:
https://manchesterinklink.com/?s=Winter+Trabex

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GottaLaff, to random
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I am so grateful that on Mastodon today, I got zero trolls and zero idiocy in my feed.

So far.

It's such a nice break.

Thank you. Truly.

trabex,
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@GottaLaff

Now that you mention it, this is one of the biggest reasons why I haven't returned to any of the traditional, larger social media places.

GossiTheDog, (edited ) to random
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Queer.af mastodon instance has been shut down by the Taliban (not a joke, they seized the domain name).

https://akko.erincandescent.net/notice/AenoDMPN0SdVXSq9ZY

trabex,
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@GossiTheDog

How is that even possible?

trabex,
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@GossiTheDog

No, I mean, logistically, how can they go in and seize someone else's domain and shut it down?

stevesilberman, to random
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Crucially important NY Times article on how Russian asset Trump has become a massive threat to global security. Please spread this gift link! "Trump in a second term could effectively end the security umbrella that has guarded friends in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East for much of the nearly eight decades since the end of World War II." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/us/politics/trump-nato.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Uk0.-Lfm.YKG_0ZDAykNz&smid=url-share

trabex,
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@stevesilberman

In the previous century, all the focus was on beating Soviet Russia. So politicians from every walk of life would reject leftist ideology for that reason.

Now, in a twist of irony, there are those who want to join hands with Russia in order to reject leftist ideology. Though there's no clear enemy other than the imaginary hobgoblins conservative rabblerousers try to invent.

tristansnell, to random
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Mainstream media's selective amnesia:

We already forgot about the report of drugs at the Trump White House.

We already forgot about how Mark Meadows, Trump's last chief of staff, walked out of the White House with a binder of classified docs related to Trump and Russia

WTF?

trabex,
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@tristansnell

One problem I have with the mainstream media (as someone who works as a local reporter) is that telling the truth can appear biased simply because one side is so busy lying at every opportunity they can get.

SuigSays, to random
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He could be Batman. 🦇

trabex,
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@SuigSays

Batman doesn't kill, so no...Bezos could not be Batman. Not with people dying in his company just so his quarterly gains increase.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Catherine Rampell:

As I've been saying: The border actions that Johnson now claims can do with the "stroke of a pen," without any new legislation, were very often found illegal when did them https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/30/republicans-immigration-deal-johnson-clueless/

Priscilla Alvarez:

In 2018, Trump tried to use an authority that Johnson has cited to curtail border crossings. But a federal appeals court ruled that the authority conflicts w asylum law & the authority doesn’t override it, underscoring the limits of the pres

trabex,
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@GottaLaff

I'm really tired of nanny state Republicans telling others what to do

trabex,
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@GottaLaff

It's become increasingly clear the Tea Party movement from 2009 was just a reaction to Obama doing things, and not a fundamental desire for personal freedom.

ProPublica, to landlords
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We Found That Could Be Using Algorithms to Fix Prices. Now Lawmakers Want to Make the Practice Illegal.

After a ProPublica investigation, U.S. senators introduced a bill to curb “price fixing” linked to rent-setting software.

“Setting prices with an algorithm is no different from doing it over cigars and whiskey in a private club,” said one sponsor.

https://www.propublica.org/article/senators-introduce-legislation-stop-landlords-algorithm-price-fixing?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

trabex,
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@ProPublica

All these half measures when landlords should just be abolished outright.

mike, to random
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Dear tech bros, AI is not a selling point or killer feature. AI only has weight with other tech bros. As a consumer buying a product, every time I see powered by AI it makes my skin crawl.

trabex,
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@mike

These fools have been chasing fads for a while now. AI is just the newest one. They'll get tired of it soon enough, and move on to the next exploitative thing.

Mary625, to random
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Where is your line to hold elected officials responsible? What would make you say "enough is enough" to your party leaders?

trabex,
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@qurlyjoe @passenger @CStamp @Mary625

Like most politicians of that time, he hated communism and wanted to defeat it every chance he got. He inherited a terrible, dysfunctional CIA from Eisenhower and didn't do any better with it.

I haven't studied his social policies much, but it seems like any adoration or respect for him comes from the fact that he died young.

LeftistLawyer, to random
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    @LeftistLawyer

    If you like getting on Fox News and securing a cushy job as a professional liar, then being Trump's lawyer could be a good career move.

    RememberUsAlways, to random
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    The will be standing around in Milwaukee, asking eachother at their convention, "Are we really about to nominate a rapist?"




    trabex,
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    @RememberUsAlways

    What you're probably forgetting is that Republicans have disdain for knowledge as a concept. Facts no longer matter to them. They will do whatever they can to win, regardless of what they have to do to get there.

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    @RememberUsAlways

    That would mean they'd have to admit they were wrong, which they probably won't do.

    It was stunning to see Americans for Prosperity come out against Trump in the early primaries, but the rest of the Republican Party is still kinda okay with a violent rapist criminal conman insurrectionist as their leader.

    Mary625, to random
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    In 1968 Nixon made sure the Vietnam war continued and the peace talks crumbled so he could win the election. Tens of thousands more died because of that.

    In 1980 Reagan made sure the hostages in Iran were held for months longer so he could win an election. He then sold arms to Iran. God knows how many died because of that

    In 2024, trump stopped a border deal and backed Abbot so trump could win an election.

    Guess it just never ends

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    @violetmadder @davevolek @Mary625 @Scotts

    Probably the fact that they collect so much information, they have difficulty sorting through it all. Even when they do, they don't always make good choices out of it. What gives them the most pause is press backlash, and the notion that anybody can upload stuff to social media where a reporter can find it.

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    @violetmadder @davevolek @Mary625 @Scotts

    As a reporter, I'm well aware of how bad things can get, and are getting. Anytime you want to form any kind of solidarity group, there will always be someone in government wanting to crush it.

    The trick is to always have press coverage if you fear things may go to crap.

    Daniel Ellsburg was just a guy who did some things, but he was able to bring down a president.

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    @Teri_Kanefield

    Is it wrong to say that people who commits crimes should held accountable before the law for the crimes they commit? This my argument.

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    @Teri_Kanefield

    He should abolish the Republican Party.

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    @darwinwoodka @Teri_Kanefield

    If you can hold every Republican responsible for the crimes they commit, there's not going to be a Republican Party anymore.

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    @darwinwoodka @Teri_Kanefield

    Trump would imprison people because he didn't like them. It would be enough it Biden could say to his DOJ, "no more playing soft, enforce the law."

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    @Teri_Kanefield @adamconover

    Not a troll (actually a reporter). But I don't see any reason to tolerate the existence of a criminal enterprise masquerading as a political party.

    I'm familiar with the DOJ and how it works. Merrick Garland wasn't going to prosecute until Trump declared himself a candidate, and then Jack Smith came along.

    Trump should have been charged from day one of Biden's presidency, but he wasn't. It's giving leeway to criminals, that's what the DOJ does at times.

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    @Teri_Kanefield @adamconover

    This is the kind of hostility I would have expected on twitter, not here.

    In fact, I did read it.

    I didn't find anything addressing the problem American jurisprudence has with rich people getting reduced or no sentences for incredibly egregious crimes while poor defendants who commit lesser offenses (ie, shoplifting) have the book thrown at them.

    I doubt I know as much as you on this subject, but I don't think it's wrong to say justice is a bit flawed here.

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    @Teri_Kanefield @adamconover

    Just as an fyi, since you're so angry.

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    @Teri_Kanefield @adamconover

    Are you...just trying to be right and not trying to have a discussion?

    I don't doubt that your experience and education gives you insight into this I don't have, but for you to assume I don't know anything and you know everything about a subject when we're only just typing at each other is fairly crass.

    GottaLaff, to newhampshire
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    As Angry Staffer noted:

    This is why many of us have been yelling about the dangers of unregulated AI for years.

    Via Kyle Griffin:

    The attorney general's office says it's investigating what appears to be an "unlawful attempt" at voter suppression after NBC News reported on a robocall impersonating President telling recipients not to vote in the presidential primary.

    trabex,
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    @GottaLaff This is interesting! Do you have a source available? I'd like to read it please.

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