CRITTON CHILDERS

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Live in North Carolina, USA
Retired Dept of Defense Analyst
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If you don't stand with Kate Cox, I don't wanna know you.
It's a bit of a problem for 2024 that most of the Dem leadership—but not majority of the Dem base, nor a majority of independents—believes that the highest priority at the end of 2023 is providing political cover to Netanyahu's campaign to raze Gaza.

Nostril flaring, head-neck tilted back, jaw pushed forward – is a body language cluster of a person who's in a state of high-emotion, they're not thinking or taking-in information – they're reacting.

Think arrogance. Think Benito Mussolini.

I have a new Mastodon account:
@CRITTON

Vice President Kamala Harris just broke the record by casting the most tie-breaking votes in the Senate in U.S. history. She's now broken 32 ties, besting the previous record of 31, set by John C. Calhoun, who was VP from 1825 to 1832.

Democrats get things done. Vote Blue.

Ring announces its employees are no longer spying on you, except in "very limited circumstances."
A good list of questions we might ask ourselves before commenting on social media by whimsical #artist @elisegravel (Printable at http://elisegravel.com/en/blog/questions-to-ask-yourself-before-commenting-on-social-media/ #art)
Questions to ask yourself before commenting on social media | Elise Gravel

Here’s a free printable comic I made to teach kids (and many grownups) how to use social media in a considerate, kind, respectful and safe manner. Think before you comment; what you post online may last forever! Teachers and parents, you can download […]

Elise Gravel
@Teri_Kanefield @Teri_Kanefield ✅ - added the new RSS feed https://mastodon.social/@Teri_Kanefield.rss to my reader - I’m not sure if migration will handle those but I find RSS is an easier way to follow some whose contributions I want to not get lost in the deluge.
I had already written about the dubiousness of the GOP impeachment push today, but then James Comer said something so egregiously dishonest that I figured it deserved to be broken out separately.
No paywall:
https://wapo.st/3RkQNTI
James Comer’s most dishonest Biden attack yet

The chairman of the House Oversight Committee made clear just how far he is willing to go.

The Washington Post

"Once those in power don't owe their power to a vote of the people, they will be under no obligation to act for the benefit of the people."

Rachel Maddow