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zemsgram

@zemsgram@mstdn.social

Montana Democrat - Blue in a sea of red - interested in history, politics, climate, and the rule of law

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jann, to random
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Y'all, @Stonekettle just said something ... well, something GREAT - that I didn't think of!

https://www.threads.net/@stonekettle/post/C7m5azfvlFy

zemsgram,
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@jann @Stonekettle actually that is not true. Since he was convicted in New York, unless he is in prison he can still vote in Florida.

Nonilex, to legal
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In closing arguments Tues, Trump’s lawyers are expected to cast as the prosecution’s missing piece, an elusive central player…. They will likely try to argue to the that the case depends on , whose testimony provided the only evidence that had direct knowledge of the plot to disguise the reimbursement as fees


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/nyregion/trump-trial-hush-money-weisselberg.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

zemsgram,
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@Nonilex A mob man with not that much time left. Why not spend those remaining years in prison while assuring his family’s future? The alternative was to turn on Trump and become a pariah in that swamp where he felt most comfortable. It’s notable that the defense didn’t call him either.

lauren, to random
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Stop wasting time on this Alito flag stuff:

  1. It's not illegal to fly those flags the way they were flown.
  2. He's not going to recuse himself.
  3. There's nothing we can do about (2).

Keep your eye on the ball and move on.

zemsgram,
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@lauren I respectfully disagree. Saying nothing normalizes behavior that should not be normalized. I don’t care if it “wastes the news cycles”. Almost everything these days wastes time in the news cycles. And this is not a small thing. The Supreme Court is completelly compromised with Alito and Thomas. Let’s not forget that.

petrillic, to random
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Capitalism distilled.

zemsgram,
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@lzg @petrillic I fear that when it does eventually affect their financial performance they are counting on the govt to bail them out because Boeing is “too big to fail”. I hope I’m wrong.

GottaLaff, (edited ) to random
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🔥 1/...

via Pagliery!

Breaking news, first
@thedailybeast

Donald Trump has been hit with a massive one-two punch in his bank fraud case.

He owes $372 million for lying—and he can't borrow money from any New York bank, frustrating his ability to appeal the judgment.

zemsgram,
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@KimberlyN @GottaLaff Makes me wonder what would make them happy.

lowqualityfacts, to random
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That's reasonable.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

zemsgram,
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@lowqualityfacts Based on personal observations when driving in Georgia, this cannot be true. Although perhaps most Georgia drivers don’t even bother getting a license so I guess it could be true.

Brandi_Buchman, to random
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What are your favorite shoes for walking?

I just realized my sneakers are 22 years old lol they were ASICS. Do I get new ASICS?

zemsgram,
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@Brandi_Buchman Hoka, for sure!

TruthSandwich, to Israel

#israel #hamas #politics #fromtherivertothesea

In this video, #VladVexler spends over half an hour talking about and around (but mostly around) the issue of whether "from the river to the sea" implies genocide or at least ethnic cleansing.

His conclusion is that it does sometimes but not other times and it depends who's saying it, sometimes, which isn't really a conclusion. He suggests that, due to this ambiguity, it's a poor choice, regardless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7A4DXpnjgM&ab_channel=VladVexlerChat

zemsgram,
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@TruthSandwich @SparkleTea Hamas is a terrorist organization. There is no justification for what they have done. Questions: Is Israel killing civilians in Gaza? Is Israel justified in killing innocent civilians in Gaza? Are there innocent civilians in Gaza? Children? What is the end goal for Israel? Am I wrong or anti-Semite because I deplore the devastation of Gaza? There is no “so what”. These are serious questions.

GottaLaff, to twitter
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👏🏻Via Kyle Griffin:

IBM says it has "zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination" and has "immediately suspended" all advertising on #X following a report that the platform ran IBM ads alongside pro-Nazi material.

zemsgram,
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@GottaLaff Always! Take the good news as it comes and be glad of every little victory. There’s plenty of gloom to go around and most of us are well aware of it.

GottaLaff, (edited ) to legal
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UnF'ingBelievable!!

Via Frank G. Runyeon

Breaking: Associate Justice David Friedman temporarily lifted Justice Engoron's on Donald and his attorneys in the AG's civil fraud case.

ADDED: "until the issue can be heard on the full merits"

& for those asking: "appointed by Governor George E. Pataki. David Friedman was born in 1950 and is a Democrat."

zemsgram,
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@GottaLaff because better to let him speak and threaten lives than have him shut up until the case can be heard on its “merits”. Ah, what a path we are going down…

GottaLaff, to random
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I just got a private message that I was being Trumpian for using mocking nicknames, that liberals shouldn't resort to demeaning names like I've used.

Should I stop? Is it Trumpian? Because honestly, I'm offended. My stuff is so tame. I'm hardly in his insulting league, but if I am, tell me.

zemsgram,
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@GottaLaff Please keep up with just what you are doing. And thank you! Very much appreciate your posts, sarcasm and all.

lowqualityfacts, to random
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I agree with Isaac.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

zemsgram,
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@lowqualityfacts Well, the way things are going, I’m starting to agree with this line of thinking.

Teri_Kanefield, to random

In the J6 DOJ trial (the big one) yesterday was Trump's deadline for filing pretrial motions.

(See attached minute order)

No surprise, his lawyers filed a bunch of motions just before the deadline.

Here's the thing about defense motions in criminal proceedings: Defendants are given lots of leeway to file motions that don't have a chance. The lawyers run into trouble only if they lie or misrepresent facts.

This is because of how much is at stake in criminal cases.

1/

zemsgram,
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@Teri_Kanefield Thank you!

GottaLaff, to random
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Guess I have to repeat this:

When we get good news (legal, Israel/Hamas, whatever), can we take just 2 measly minutes to appreciate it before blasting it to smithereens and whining about how the good news is really bad news?

People are beginning to sound like the NYT "Blame Biden" headlines every time he has a win.

For your own mental health, accept the wins. Push harder for more, but FFS, good news is rare. Embrace it.

OR, just don't toot me with the whining. I'm trying to stay sane here.

zemsgram,
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@GottaLaff I just want to say thank you. I love your posts and appreciate all you do.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Rep Robert Garcia

lmao passing bills that won’t get a vote in the Senate and surrendering to Democrats time and time again is not exceeding expectations.

Stefanik: This Republican Majority has exceeded all expectations

zemsgram,
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@GottaLaff well, perhaps they have exceeded expectations for how truly dysfunctional they actually are.

raymondpert, to ethelcain

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    zemsgram,
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    @raymondpert what took so long?

    TonyStark, to random
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    Here’s a reminder that we all depend on poll workers to run smooth elections. And we need more of them.

    Finding – and Keeping – Qualified Poll Workers:
    https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/finding-and-keeping-qualified-poll-workers

    Here are 2 non-partisan resources to help.

    Become a Poll Worker | U.S. Election Assistance Commission:
    https://www.eac.gov/voters/become-poll-worker

    Poll Worker Resources for Voters | U.S. Election Assistance Commission:
    https://www.eac.gov/help-america-vote

    zemsgram,
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    @TonyStark I became a poll worker in 2022. I highly recommend it.

    maxkennerly, to random
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    Presumably there'd be Congressional interest in a private citizen monitoring an ally's military in real-time, chatting with the enemy about it, then thwarting the ally. But the GOP House will protect Musk, and the Senate will likely continue its proud tradition of doing nothing.

    Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company’s Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on the Russian naval fleet, according to an excerpt adapted from Walter Isaacson’s new biography of the eccentric billionaire titled “Elon Musk.”

    zemsgram,
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    @maxkennerly because Hunter Biden profiting on his dad’s position threatens national security while Jared Kuschner and the trump kids are no threat even though Saudi Arabia paid Jared millions and Musk is given carte blanche because he’s a billionaire.

    heidilifeldman, to random
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    has lost on his motion to remove criminal case against him from state to federal court. Here’s the full federal district court’s order and memorandum in support of its decision. https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/1e68710b-4306-45af-9840-1299948311d8.pdf

    The decision is subtle in places and not as clearly written as it might be, but reasoning is sound, vindicating positions argued by and skillfully grappling with complexities created by statute. My effort to illuminate, thread. 1/

    zemsgram,
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    @heidilifeldman Thank you for a great summary. Most appreciated.

    Minimus, to random
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    epulor: I feast
    Minimus is entertaining amici (friends); parus (a bluetit) and passer (a sparrow). He is serving amygdalum (an almond), nux avellana (a hazelnut) and panicella (bread rolls) for prima mensa (the first course), then culices (gnats) and caseus (cheese), of course!

    zemsgram,
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    @Minimus you are amazing!

    Jason844, to HashtagGames

    Cruising the parking lot at _________, trying to find a place to park.

    Fill in the blank with your favorite beach, forest, amusement park, theme park, etc.



    zemsgram,
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    @Jason844 Logan Pass

    dancinyogi, to random
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    I am rarely disagreeable, but there are limits.

    I was talking with my parent's neighbor, and he pointed across the street to a man doing Tai Chi on his back deck. He made fun of the man and said he should 'do that stuff' indoors.

    I asked if the man was hurting him. Of course, he said he wasn't. I then asked what he would do if someone complained about HIS daily jogs around the neighborhood.

    If what someone does doesn't hurt you, let them be who they are. I just don't get narrow-mindedness.

    zemsgram,
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    @dancinyogi don’t tolerate the intolerant.

    stevesplace, to anime_titties

    The more I hear of this "presumed dead" talk, the more I wonder if somebody skipped their flight. If they can't find proof the dearly departed was in his assigned seat with his seat belt on and his tray in its fully upright position, I also wonder if begins to panic a little.

    zemsgram,
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    @stevesplace I assume he was on board until there is evidence to the contrary. There are way too many crazy things going on these days to waste mental energy on Prizgozhin’s fate. He’s dead and if he’s not dead, I don’t care. It currently matters no more to me than whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone or not. If he is alive and does something like invade Russia again, I’ll have a second look.

    w7voa, to Georgia
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    Trump’s jet has landed in ahead of his surrender at the Fulton County jail. https://www.11alive.com/article/news/special-reports/ga-trump-investigation/georgia-trump-case-updates-trump-expected-to-surrender/85-90357ef6-0f49-4800-a74e-fc4d7ca18f50

    zemsgram,
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    @w7voa so they let him get away without stepping on the scales and just took his word for it….

    analyticus, to philosophy

    Karl Popper's Paradox of Tolerance:

    If everyone is tolerant of every idea, then intolerant ideas will emerge. Tolerant people will tolerate this intolerance, and the intolerant people will not tolerate the tolerant people. Eventually, the intolerant people will take over and create a society of intolerance. Therefore, Popper said, to maintain a society of tolerance, the tolerant must be intolerant of intolerance…

    More:
    🔗 https://markmanson.net/the-paradox-of-tolerance

    @philosophy

    zemsgram,
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    @lupposofi @mkhoury @leidkultur @analyticus @philosophy @gerritbeine Thank you for the link. Much food for thought.

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