JJ Peterson

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Planner, public land manager, environmental policy wonk. I boost DoI achievements under Sec Halland, VP Harris content, creative genius and smart takes on politics.
I’ll try to be nicer this time, but suffering fools is not my strength.
If you entered repayment on your student loans over two decades ago but still have loans – we’re proposing that your debt is cancelled in its entirety.
On this day in 1984 Marvin Gaye's funeral was held at Forrest Lawn Cemetery in LA. He was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century and I am proud to feature him on my Congressional Rock Caucus Black artistry playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3lGKUFLraHByDZcEjkItzI
American Music is Black Music

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@GiddingsMJ I don't know who Mary McCord is, but if Andrew Weissman said something like that, I am amazed.

I muted his name on Twitter because most of what he says is garbage.

It's possible he recognizes all the harm he did and developed some intellectual humility, but I have a hard time believing that.

He is not someone who I would listen to.

Ken Vogel Covers Up Rudy Giuliani and His Alleged Russian Spies - emptywheel

In a story struggling to explain how Alexander Smirnov relates to the side channel Bill Barr set up to launder dirt from Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani mouthpiece Ken Vogel covers up the role of Rudy and the alleged Russian spies from whom he solicited dirt on Hunter Biden.

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#OnThisDay, 22 Feb 1943, Sophie Scholl is sentenced to death and immediately executed, alongside her brother and a friend, for distributing anti-Nazi literature at her university in Munich, Germany.

Her cellmate said her last words to her were “how can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause... It is such a splendid sunny day, and I have to go.”

#WomenInHistory #History #WorldWar2 #EuropeanHistory #Histodons

@GottaLaff
Jon Stewart is one of those Bernie Bros that helped spread Russian malinformation about DNC support for Hilary and has never gotten over it.

@2rawtooreal put out a nice video with some receipts. Here's just a short clip from the four minute video. It's a damn good campaign video imo.

@GottaLaff
Jon Stewart has always despised Joe Biden and he doesn't care what happens to our country more than he hates him sadly.

@openbuddha @GottaLaff @2rawtooreal
If Joe Biden had of had his way, he'd be traveling with his grandchildren, but too few Americans voted in 2016 so he had to come out of retirement and try to do what he was the best positioned to do, help save our country.

I'm willing to let him get another term to continue making things better. You do whatever you want while blaming boomers like me for whatever you want dude.

Just do it on someone else's timeline please.

The Hur #Biden report coverage knocks down the idea that the #USPol national press ever "learns," from its mistakes, such as failings documented after 2016 and other elections and the "but her emails" outrage. Instead, deeply entrenched culture and unacknowledged institutional biases almost guarantee that our press will get things wrong first — not the facts, but the framing and emphasis. Peer reinforcement may be the most powerful factor. Because this sets the frame, the impact is meaningful.

Just because I was curious, I checked the last polls for the Suozzi v. Pilip race.

538 recent polls had Souzzi up +1, +4, +4, +4 percentage points.

The two most recent had him winning 46 and 48% of the vote.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/house/2024/new-york/3/

He won by almost 8 percentage points with 53.9% of the vote.

I am reading a lot of takeaways.

Mine is: Ignore the polls. They are way off.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/results/2024/02/13/new-york-district-3

New York 3rd District : U.S. House : 2024 Polls

The latest political polls and polling averages from FiveThirtyEight.

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