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Blackziram Jul 25, 2023

Alexander S. Vindman Jul 25, 2023

This fucking imbecile @greggutfeld is beyond absurd. He argues that Jews honed skills in the Holocaust that allowed some to survive. More than SIX MILLION men, women, & children perished because they weren’t useful enough. @FoxNews is complicit in this hateful tirade. #NeverAgain

Blackziram Jul 25, 2023

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Jul 25, 2023

#CloseReading for today: "DeSantis blamed the state Department of Education — “I wasn’t involved,” he claimed — but also defended the abomination: “They’re probably going to show that some of the folks that eventually parlayed, you know, being a blacksmith into doing things later in life.” No, I "don't know" (that "you know" sounds really pathetic) because it's NOT knowledge. It's fiction or what #EugeneRobinson in this #Washingtonpost opinion calls "obscene." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/24/florida-curriculum-slavery-benefits-desantis-offensive/ (paywalled)

Florida curriculum on slavery is an obscene revision of Black history

Florida's standards seek to contextualize American slavery as something other than what it was: a unique historical crime, perpetuated over two-plus centuries.

The Washington Post

Blackziram Jul 24, 2023

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Jul 24, 2023

Interesting to see this #Washingtonpost opinion critiquing (unwittingly or not) its news coverage. "frankly, the mainstream media has made it that much easier for cowardly Republicans to stick with Trump. Rather than challenge Republicans at every turn to defend their embrace of Trump or even to examine seriously the historical origins of toxic racist, xenophobic and delusional beliefs, the mainstream media largely sticks to horserace politics." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/25/trump-nomination-gop-doomed/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/24/trump-gop-voters-iowa-caucuses/

A Republican nightmare seems about to become real

The GOP's 2024 hopes are going up in smoke.

The Washington Post

Blackziram Jul 21, 2023

Aaron Rupar Jul 20, 2023

New pod! @simonwdc on how Dems could turn '24 into a decisive repudiation of MAGA

"We have enormous tools to speak to this anti-MAGA majority, to remind them these guys are still those guys, they're still those Republicans they've been voting against" https://www.publicnotice.co/p/aaron-rupar-show-simon-rosenberg#details

Simon Rosenberg on how Dems can finish off the MAGA movement in '24

Listen now (43 min) | "If we can come out of this election with a sense that finally the American people have risen up and said 'no more,' it will start to loosen MAGA's grip on the GOP."

Public Notice

Blackziram Jul 19, 2023

Aaron Rupar Jul 19, 2023

New in Public Notice: Josh Gondelman on the writers’ strike

“They really thought going to the press and saying they want the writers to be homeless and that they’re not going to negotiate in good faith made them look good and powerful and not desperate and cruel” https://www.publicnotice.co/p/josh-gondelman-writers-strike-interview

Josh Gondelman on the writers' strike

"Their position is the writers are being 'unreasonable,' and we’ll wait until they’re homeless. Who’s the unreasonable one there?"

Public Notice

Blackziram Jul 18, 2023

Low Quality Facts Jul 18, 2023

I bet my girlfriend that this picture of our cats could get 10 billion boosts on Mastodon.

She said she doesn't believe me. She said there's only 13 million accounts on Mastodon. She said there aren't even 10 billion people on Earth. She said it concerns her that I struggle so hard to comprehend large numbers.

Let's prove her wrong everyone. Boost away and show her just how awesome the Mastodon community is.

Blackziram Jul 10, 2023

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Jul 10, 2023

An excellent piece on #DeSantis's hate-filled ad attacking #LGBTQ+. "[It] is part of the governor’s plan to outflank Trump from the right on key issues that inflame the Republican base." This is the 2nd article I've read this a.m. invoking the idea of running to Trump's right. Running to the right strikes me as not quite accurate, even from an earlier time. It's being more hateful (which the author Cauterucci does say), more intolerant, more willing to embrace fascism. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/07/ron-desantis-lgbtq-video-trump-2024-presidential-campaign.html