BrayingBoozehound

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LWCC, Proud liberal wine mom, horseshoe theory is real, cats and dogs are great, authoritarianism must be defeated
Well, I do read banned books

Charlie Sykes makes a good point: "As Susan Glasser reminded us, the campaign embraced by a solid majority of American voters 'was the most vicious campaign of lies, misogyny, racism, and xenophobia ever waged.'

"This is what 'worked.' This is what 'won.'

"That seems like a bigger story than what failed."

#USPol #Trump #Election2024
https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/are-we-sanewashing-the-voters-now?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=759524&post_id=151430024&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=evw8&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Are We Sanewashing the Voters Now?

“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.” ― Leo Tolstoy

To the Contrary
Cunk on America 🇺🇲

11 November 1927 | Czech Jewish boy, Felix Arnstein, was born in Prague.

He was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.

An American Legion post in Michigan stages the play, ‘Diary of Anne Frank,’ prompting a protest by Nazis. https://www.wlns.com/news/im-at-a-loss-honestly-people-holding-nazi-flags-harass-citizens-in-mid-michigan/

As a reminder, if you still have Twitter account(s)

- I recommend you delete them before November 15, at which point a TOS that gives Twitter permission to scrape your posts for "AI" comes into effect. My read (NOT A LAWYER) Is that fully deleting the account is the way to avoid them getting this permission.

- If you're at all considering that I recommend you request a Twitter archive **THIS SECOND**, as it takes about 24 hours to be emailed to you.

Details/links:

https://mastodon.social/@mcc/113324547274823878

Sen. Warren says Senate must use “every minute” until January 3 to confirm federal judges: https://www.commondreams.org/news/senator-elizabeth-warren
Warren Says Senate Must Use 'Every Minute' Until January 3 to Confirm Federal Judges | Common Dreams

Sen. Elizabeth Warren urges Senate action to safeguard democracy before Trump takes office. With the GOP set to control the upper chamber, the window to confirm judges is rapidly closing. Can Democrats unite against Trump's agenda and protect our rights? The fight for democracy continues. #Resist #ProtectOurRights #DemocracyWorks

Common Dreams

Just in case you didn't realize that Axios leans strongly toward the right wing politically, see this headline:

"Inside House Dems' 11th-hour plot to sabotage Trump's agenda"

Trump’s Ideas Worse On Inflation, Manufacturing And The Deficit: Economists

The Wall Street Journal’s periodic survey showed widespread skepticism about the former president’s tariff proposals.

HuffPost
Jews have been simultaneously settlers and refugees. But those two things do not cancel each other out. For Jews, the idea of Zionism sprouted from the fact that Jews were deeply unsafe, of looking for a place that pogroms could not touch — literally. (2/8)