TonyStark

TonyStark, 7 months ago to random

Forbes: How to cover Trump.

NYT: How not to.

2024 Presidential Election > The New York Times “Veterans Day Speech, Trump Promises to 'Root Out’ the Left”

TonyStark, 11 months ago to random

Just going to tag this #inflation or more specifically #corporategreed

TonyStark, 4 months ago to random

I like to remind people every now and again that when you’re voting for a President, you’re also voting for their Cabinet picks and every judicial nominee they’ll be choosing.

There are six new nominations for federal district court judges here, including two judges of color in districts that have only ever had white judges.

President Biden Names Forty-Fourth Round of Judicial Nominees | The White House:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/01/10/president-biden-names-forty-fourth-round-of-judicial-nominees/

TonyStark, 6 months ago to random

America, we have 11 months to stop a dictator. Don't be fooled by the familiarity of the fool or by any soft-pedaling of the situation. Trump means us excessive harm.

Nobody in the Democratic Party, including Joe Biden, is perfect. We don't need that and we won’t get it. We need people that will stop this march to autocracy, misogyny, racism, and the deletion of our rights.

One chance, people.

Voters must take Trump seriously and literally. The stakes are that high.
https://wapo.st/47EtCsV

TonyStark, 8 months ago to random

What the media won’t show you this Sunday: President Biden sat down with John Harwood. They covered 17 different issues facing our democracy.

I don’t post many videos. Often, a good 8 hours or so of them pass me in just a single day from those I follow.

This is 20 minutes and vital to what we’re all facing. Nobody else running is confronting these issues. The Republicans running are, of course, making all of them worse.

#ProPublica Interviews President Biden - YouTube-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfU931HBWvQ

TonyStark, 7 months ago to random

Meanwhile, I feel like the majority of people do not realize and are paying no attention whatsoever to how horrifying this person is. And I’m sure we only know a fraction of his deeds.

The Folksy Fanaticism of Mike Johnson:
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mike-johnson-cnp-christian-nationalism/

TonyStark, 8 months ago to random

The actions of Hamas against civilians are indefensible. But it is also fact that Netanyahu uses his own indefensible techniques to get an extreme reaction from Palestinian extremist groups, and then uses that as an excuse for cataclysmic Armageddon against all Palestinians. It is a pattern that has repeated over and over.

Who suffers most? Civilians on both sides.

For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it's blown up in our faces | The Times of Israel-
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/

TonyStark, 5 months ago to random

PSA: President Biden has so far made 166 life-tenured appointments to our federal courts. Of those, two-thirds are women and two-thirds are people of color, including Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Representation matters. And when you’re voting, you’re also voting for the person who’s going to fill the courts.

Sara Hill's Confirmation to U.S. District Court Moves Forward Native American Representation in Oklahoma - Native American Rights Fund:
https://narf.org/sara-hill-nomination/

TonyStark, 1 year ago to random

Please block trolls, folks. If we don’t, they just keep haunting decent people’s posts and messing with our momentum to get things done.

Pushing anti-democratic talking points that could have aired on RT? Telling you voting doesn’t matter, no progress happens, that both parties are the same or barely different? Just block that noise.

If anyone needs help, happy to oblige. If you can’t tell them from Tucker Carlson, there’s a reason for that.

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/concern-trolling/

TonyStark, 1 month ago to random

Republicans: “We believe in free markets.”

Workers: “Ok, I'd like to go work for my firm's competitor without legal threats.”

Republicans: “No, not that free market.”

Lina Khan was appointed by Joe Biden to lead the FTC in 2021. Elections matter and so does who appoints government officials.

This is huge news for workers.

FTC bans noncompete agreements, making it easier for workers to quit. Here's what to know. -
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ftc-noncompete-agreement-ban/

TonyStark, 8 months ago to random

The next time you hear "both sides do it," remember that in 2008, after Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, was charged with corruption, members of his own party overwhelmingly voted to impeach and convict him in short order. His career ended. Now he’s on the right, unsurprisingly.

One side holds their own accountable. And it's not Republicans.

Ken Paxton emerges victorious from yet another career scandal | The Texas Tribune
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/17/ken-paxton-impeachment-trial-scandal/

TonyStark, 8 months ago to random

This is an action with important consequences so of course it won’t be getting much national media attention.

Imagine how much more accurately the public might be informed about policies and things happening if political news desks shifted their work product to prioritize examining actions and outcome and abandoned all speculation and prognostication content.

Biden administration announces $1.4 billion to improve rail safety and boost capacity -
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/biden-administration-announces-14-billion-improve-rail-safety-103458058

TonyStark, 11 months ago to random

Kids who are hungry aren’t going to be able to learn. There’s a reason many states are passing universal free meals programs.

A neighbor of mine manages food services for a big high school in my area. She’s told me these programs change kids’ lives.

Republicans are plainly against anything good, and especially, ironically, against kids.

Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority |
https://newrepublic.com/post/173668/republicans-declare-banning-universal-free-school-meals-2024-priority

TonyStark, 9 months ago to random

Republicans must be too busy trying to distract us with other things to try and cancel Obamacare lately. Or maybe they’ve finally realized most people like it.

At any rate, this is another great idea from Governor Gretchen Whitmer. All states should do it. Probably only the Democratic-run ones will. #VoteBlue

Michigan Gov. Whitmer will call on Democrats to codify ‘Obamacare’ into state law |
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/michigan-gov-whitmer-will-call-on-democrats-to-codify-obamacare-into-state-law

TonyStark, 5 months ago to random

3 years ago today, Donald Trump and a violent mob tried to overthrow the will of the American people and cancel 81 million votes. He did so in the midst of a pandemic that he let get out of control and an economy that was in a catastrophic state.

The most documented coup attempt in all of history yet the Republicans are still willing to deny it in service to their own need for power. I am sickened by every one of them.

Defining images from the Jan 6th Capitol attack -
https://www.reuters.com/pictures/defining-images-jan-6th-capitol-attack-2024-01-05/

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

“What good things has Joe Biden done?” is a question I see a lot. Here’s 30, including expanded overtime guarantees for millions, the first over-the-counter birth control pill hitting U.S. stores in 2024, gun violence prevention and gun safety got a boost, renewable power is the no. 2 source of electricity in the U.S. — and climbing, plus quite a few more.

30 Things Joe Biden Did as President You Might Have Missed-
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/02/joe-biden-30-policy-things-you-might-have-missed-00139046

TonyStark, 9 months ago to random

Take a minute to process this: the same people who want business owners to have the right to refuse to bake cakes for gay people want business owners to NOT be allowed to display gay pride flags in their own store fronts, so the argument that it was about the personal rights of small business owners is clearly bullshit, which we all knew.

GOP lawmakers take aim at LGBTQ+ ‘safe places’ program in small Florida town |
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/u-s-world/gop-lawmakers-take-aim-at-lgbtq-safe-places-program-in-small-florida-town/

TonyStark, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

It can’t be stressed enough how members of the Republican party routinely hang out with neo-Nazis.

Trump Doral event with Eric Trump will feature Ian Smith, a Hitler-promoting antisemite who killed someone | Media Matters for America:
https://www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/trump-doral-event-eric-trump-will-feature-ian-smith-hitler-promoting-antisemite-who

TonyStark, 7 months ago to random

Good morning. It's Tuesday, November 7, 2023 and it’s Election Day in AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, ME, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NH, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WY.

Here’s a list: https://www.newsweek.com/2023-elections-america-usa-governor-congress-attorney-general-1841112

Some people call them off-year, but it’s important to vote on your local government. These are races for school board, people who will be in charge of criminal justice reform, and how tax money is used. Please #Vote

I Will Vote: https://iwillvote.com/

TonyStark, 7 months ago to random

This is simply the most frightening article I have ever read. Again, while major media outlets talk to us about Biden's age (while a lot of good he does goes unreported while he’s blocked by a hostile Republican Congress), the Trump campaign is outlining a brutal authoritarian regime that would likely make the country irrecoverable.

Focus on the consequences.

Trump's plans deportation raids, tariffs, mass firings if he returns to the WH-
https://www.wxyz.com/news/trumps-plans-if-he-returns-to-the-white-house-include-deportation-raids-tariffs-and-mass-firings

TonyStark, 11 months ago to random

The 4th of July seems like a good time for some reminders:

If you’re eligible to vote and aren’t registered, register. If you are registered, check your registration and make sure it’s up to date. Correct your address if you’ve moved. Make sure you’re still registered. Some states purge rolls without informing you.

Register people to vote. Talk to people you know about voting and elections.

To see your state's voter registration requirements or to register:
https://vote.gov/
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TonyStark, 11 months ago to random

This case should have been thrown out immediately. The web designer never had any gay potential clients. She literally imagined herself being victimized in order to allow this illegitimate SCOTUS to codify discrimination.

It all boils down to the fact that the SCOTUS views people who are LGBTQ as a group for whom it is legally acceptable to discriminate against.

Supreme Court LGBTQ ruling: Neil Gorsuch has a problem with telling the truth, in 303 Creative v. Elenis -
https://www.vox.com/scotus/2023/6/30/23779816/supreme-court-lgbtq-ruling-neil-gorsuch-303-creative-elenis

TonyStark, 5 months ago to random

Monstrous decision that says women’s lives are not to be protected, even in the face of a medical emergency. Gun owners are fiercely protected in Texas. Women, not.

A lot of people need to take a hard look at how they are voting or plan to. Who gets elected in Texas is one thing, but the Fifth Circuit is comprised of judges appointed by Presidents.

Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, federal appeals court rules:
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/02/texas-abortion-fifth-circuit/

TonyStark, 5 months ago to random

This should fit in nicely with their plans to increase child labor. “Hungry? Get a job, ya little freeloader!”

Seriously, fuck these people.

Republican governors in 15 states reject summer food money for kids:
https://wapo.st/41Qmrfu

TonyStark, 2 months ago to random

Crime is down overall. Way down. And undocumented immigrants aren’t committing crimes anywhere near the rate of U.S. citizens anyway.

Because facts matter despite what propaganda machines tell you.

“Trump's anecdotal accounts do not acknowledge the fact that U.S. citizens commit crimes at higher rates than undocumented immigrants.”

No, migrants are not driving a surge in violent crime as Trump claims -
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/migrants-driving-surge-violent-crime/story?id=108761192