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joeinwynnewood

@joeinwynnewood@mstdn.social

Union family raised Deaniac, former teacher/IT professional/IT strategic consultant, former candidate & county Party treasurer, local #Indivisible leader who understands politics from the inside and the outside.
Avatar is me doing a double back dismount from the still rings a long time ago.
Background is me & teammate doing a comedy pommel horse routine during fundraising exhibition, also a long time ago (other teammate rolling on the floor in laughter would indicate successful comedy!).

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joeinwynnewood, (edited ) to random
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"This is one of the hardest, most complicated problems in the world. And there’s nothing easy about it. I know it angered and frustrates many of you, including my family. But most of all, I know it breaks your heart. It breaks mine as well."

Seems Biden's listening & hears.
He's doing his very best, even if many think he falls short.

If you deserve better, you do, the question is, what's the path?

President Biden Delivers Morehouse College Commencement Address
https://www.c-span.org/video/?535746-1/president-biden-delivers-morehouse-college-commencement-address&live=

joeinwynnewood,
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If you prefer to read the President’s speech, a transcript is here - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/05/19/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-morehouse-college-class-of-2024-commencement-address-atlanta-ga/

joeinwynnewood, to random
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Tomorrow is the day that #SCOTUS must issue their decision on whether or not the former president (or any president) could be immune from criminal prosecution so that the January 6th Insurrection case can proceed and the voters know if he is guilty of instigating a coup to overturn the will of the electorate.

#JusticeCantWait

joeinwynnewood,
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@BohemianPeasant

There's no reason not to tell them that's unacceptable.

dsalo, to random
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Johns Hopkins is doing a long-COVID survey and apparently is having trouble finding controls -- people who haven't had COVID. If this is you, consider giving them some clicks.

https://covid-long.com/

joeinwynnewood,
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@dsalo

Just finished the survey.
Took a while, but not a big deal.
Offered to participate in follow-ups.
COVID free so far!

mekkaokereke, to random
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There are only ~40 million Black people in the US. Population similar to Lagos state in Nigeria (the tiny red part).

There are ~250 million US white folk (~220 non-Hispanic white + ~30 million Hispanic white).

So Biden's "missing" 10% of Black men, is fewer than 2 million. Or less than 1% of white US population.🤡

White voters don't face the massive systemic voter suppression that Black voters do. So increasing white dem turnout is much easier.

So if your boy doesn't win, blame yourselves.

joeinwynnewood,
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@justafrog @mekkaokereke

It's every demographic, every prospective new voter, every disgruntled 2020 Biden voter, Black, White, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Jamaican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Chinese, Vietnamese, Philippino, Japanese, atheist, Catholic, Jew, Baptist, Hindu, Muslim, gay, queer, straight, trans...

We need everyone we can find to sit down, or stand up, and talk with.

It's probably going to be excruciatingly close. Every single vote matters.

It's definitely not just Black people.

rameshgupta, to random
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is too stupid to realize that NOT voting for is a vote FOR , and that her boycott of could be her last — She might not get another opportunity to vote EVER.

Via @SteveThompson

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/cardi-b-wont-vote-joe-biden-or-donald-trump_uk_66477644e4b0cba40889b45b?utm_source=press.coop

joeinwynnewood,
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@Eetschrijver

I blocked her as well. Really getting tired of the morality police whose moral vision is limited to a single strip of land in the Middle East.

joeinwynnewood, to random
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Samuel Alito’s egregious partisan display should result in his resignation from the Supreme Court.

At the absolute bare minimum, it should be atoned for with recusal from any and all cases having to do with the former president and/or the January 6th insurrection.

Neither of these remedies will happen because the MAGA Supreme Court judges are naked reactionary partisans.

#JusticeCantWait #SCOTUS

Display at Alito’s Home Renews Questions of Supreme Court’s Impartiality
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/us/justice-alito-flag-reactions.html

luckytran, to random
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The US government is ending the program that provides free COVID vaccines to people who are uninsured and underinsured.

This is a public health failure that will further decrease already low vax rates, and puts marginalized communities at greater risk.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4670459-cdc-ending-free-covid-vaccines-uninsured/

joeinwynnewood,
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@noyes @mckra1g @luckytran

None of that is true.

Republicans forced clawing back the COVID funding that was paying for free vaccines for the uninsured. Democrats had little choice in order to keep the government open.

Biden has a large number of wins, from checks in people's pockets in early 2021 to huge investments in renewable deployment and research to canceling college debt for millions of Americans to capping out of pocket costs for prescriptions for seniors at $2k/year.

joeinwynnewood,
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@noyes @mckra1g @luckytran

If that's the mental model you have for a president trying to get things accomplished in the heavily antidemocratic system we are stuck in, then yes.

joeinwynnewood,
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@noyes @mckra1g @luckytran

The world is a difficult and unforgiving place.

Biden didn't help Hamas slaughter 1000+ people with both the knowledge and the intent of provoking a devastating Israeli response, that was Iran.

Netanyahu is the one responsible for both failing to prevent the attack and refusing to measure the IDF's response.

Biden miscalculated his ability to influence Netanyahu and he'll own that when the time comes.

Your 1st statement above is 100% false & we're done here.

joeinwynnewood, to random
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"The lawmakers made it clear that their determination to control the country has made them give up not only on the equality promised in the Declaration of Independence and defended by the Fourteenth Amendment, but also on democracy."

Tbe MAGA Republican Party is a revanchist, reactionary White Christian Nationalist led project determined to overturn the civil rights of people who are not like them.

(12) May 16, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-16-2024

joeinwynnewood, to random
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"wealthy Trump donors aren’t worried about Wall Street, and they’re not worried about what’s best for the nation’s economy or even what drives the stock market. They’re facing a choice between a man who wants to give them trillions of dollars, and a man who wants them to pay their fair share.

What’s a little fascism next to an offer like that?"

Billionaires willing to kill democracy for trillions in tax breaks
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/16/2241045/-Billionaires-willing-to-kill-democracy-for-trillions-in-tax-breaks

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"The mere impression of political opinion can be a problem, the ethics experts said. 'It might be his spouse or someone else living in his home, but he shouldn’t have it in his yard as his message to the world,' said Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia."

"This is 'the equivalent of putting a "Stop the Steal" sign in your yard, which is a problem if you’re deciding election-related cases,' she said."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.9ciT.j8PlAEj73Spe&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

joeinwynnewood,
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@davidaugust

"Asked if these rules also apply to justices, the court declined to respond."

The disdain Alito and Thomas (at least) show for basic judicial ethics is a siren screaming of the need rebalance and reform the Court.

joeinwynnewood, to random
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Is the New York Times intentionally helping the Trump campaign?

Results of new NYT poll being called into question
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQTcn5MyVSg

joeinwynnewood, to random
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That every voter does not know that no infrastructure investments were enacted between 2017 and 2020 and a huge investment in infrastructure was enacted between 2021 and 2024 is a massive failure of the US for-profit 4th estate.

Voters credit Biden and Trump equally on infrastructure. Only one got it done
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/9/2239668/-Voters-credit-Biden-and-Trump-equally-on-infrastructure-Only-one-got-it-done

joeinwynnewood, to random
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While most national TV news ignored Trump's bribery request (https://www.mediamatters.org/msnbc/national-tv-news-exception-msnbc-failed-cover-trumps-scandalous-big-oil-proposition), will they also ignore this from the CBO?

"For all households, adjusted market income also increased more than prices did; the average household in each income quintile could spend a smaller portion of its market income in 2023 than it did in 2019 to purchase the same consumption bundle."

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60267

joeinwynnewood, to random
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Pretty well sums it up.

Cartoon: Michael Cohen
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/15/2240700/-Cartoon-Michael-Cohen

mekkaokereke, to random
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Is Trump ahead in the polls, because Biden is losing support amongst one of his key demographics: Black men? Or are the polls all a lie?

Trump ahead in polls?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/politics/biden-trump-battleground-poll.html

Biden camp doesn't believe the polls?
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/14/biden-polls-denial-trump-2024-election

Either way, the most important thing to do, is to ignore, insult, argue with, and generally disrespect, Black men online! 🤡 Find a Black man, and yell "Trump is worse!" in his face as hard as you can! Swear at him, and threaten him with violence!

1/N

joeinwynnewood,
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@mekkaokereke

I send emails and call my senators & congresswoman on a regular basis and periodically talk with my state rep and senator as well as emailing them on multiple topics, issues of import to POC among them, so that's a definite yes.

I've been an active member of my local Indivisible group from the start and currently run it.

I also regularly disseminate race-class narrative messaging to PA group leaders, my group and my social media accounts (general links in my pined toots).

joeinwynnewood,
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@mekkaokereke

I will readily admit that I am no revolutionary. When the choice is between Biden and Elizabeth Warren in the primary, I pick Warren. When the choice in the general is between sanity and insanity, I'm for sure going to pick sanity.

So no, I've not lied when I've called/written the White House, Senators & Congresswoman. They know and I know there's no single issue that would have me serve insanity.

/1

joeinwynnewood,
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@mekkaokereke

Can you make the case that my lying would be more impactfull than telling them their position/proposal/vote is wrong, why it's wrong, and my values and their values require better?

What I see from Democrats (and the WFP) at the local, state and federal level, are multiple policies and programs being implemented that benefit marginalized people/communities. They're undoubtedly not everything that needs to be done, but infinitely more than what insanity would do.

/2

joeinwynnewood,
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@mekkaokereke

I'm not going to tell anyone they should quietly accept not good enough as if it were. At the same time, are you going to tell me I'm wrong for honestly promoting better over dishonestly fostering immeasurably worse?

/e

joeinwynnewood,
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@mekkaokereke

Your telling me I should write letters that would be a lie for me. I'm not OK with that.

You're also seem to be accusing me of telling Black men how to vote. I haven't and I won't.

Are you also telling me that I shouldn't offer why I think voting for Biden is a good thing for every voter to do no matter what they look like, who they love, or where they come from?

joeinwynnewood,
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@mekkaokereke

Have you watched Biden's Morehouse Commencement speech?

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Bolts are being replaced by Blazers at Chevy but the U.S has definitely made an affordable EV. If you qualify for the rebate, and especially if your state has its own, it’s much cheaper than an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicle.

That’s just upfront. Then consider that maintenance is roughly 30% less and you’ll typically pay 30-60% less on energy/mile compared to an ICEV. Article from January but still.

The 2023 Chevrolet Bolt Is Now A $19,995 EV Bargain:
https://insideevs.com/news/702789/chevrolet-bolt-ev-19995-dollars/

joeinwynnewood,
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@TonyStark

I leased an M3 in August, 2021 to bridge until there were more EV models available; I'm happily looking forward to returning it to Tesla this coming August 14th and getting a replacement EV prior to then.
I'd be happy with a Bolt EV or EUV, but my wife wants something comparable to her CRV (now in the possession of our youngest son...).
Based on our initial research, it's looking like we'll end up with a 2023 Ioniq 5.
That said, I'm absolutely open to feedback/input. Budget is ~$40k.

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