@Nutmeg3

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Recently retired, if you can call caring for a houseful of pets retired. Former book editor and pet adoption counselor. Political af. I do get sweary. Sorry. (Not sorry.)
Nutmeg3Dec 7, 2022
DemocracyMatters Dec 6, 2022
Watch: McConnell AGAIN Refuses to Say He Will Not Support Trump for President Even After 'Terminate the Constitution' Demand https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2022/12/watch-mcconnell-refuses-to-say-he-will-not-support-trump-for-president-even-after-terminate-the-constitution-demand/#.Y4_F-zNn4YA.twitter
Watch: McConnell Refuses to Say He Will Not Support Trump for President Even After 'Terminate the Constitution' Demand

Even after Donald Trump called for the “termination” of the U.S. Constitution this weekend and demanded he be put back into office or be given a do-over national presidential election, Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is refusing to say he will not support the ex-president’s current run for the White House. McConnell kicked off his weekly …

The New Civil Rights Movement
Nutmeg3Dec 6, 2022
Robert ReichDec 6, 2022

RT @[email protected]

THE TRUMP CORPORATION:
 
1 SCHEME TO DEFRAUD IN THE FIRST DEGREE - Guilty

2 CONSPIRACY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE - Guilty

3 CRIMINAL TAX FRAUD IN THE THIRD DEGREE - Guilty

4 CRIMINAL TAX FRAUD IN THE THIRD DEGREE - Guilty

5 CRIMINAL TAX FRAUD IN THE FOURTH DEGREE - Guilty

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1600233623860281345

Kyle Griffin on Twitter

“THE TRUMP CORPORATION:   1 SCHEME TO DEFRAUD IN THE FIRST DEGREE - Guilty 2 CONSPIRACY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE - Guilty 3 CRIMINAL TAX FRAUD IN THE THIRD DEGREE - Guilty 4 CRIMINAL TAX FRAUD IN THE THIRD DEGREE - Guilty 5 CRIMINAL TAX FRAUD IN THE FOURTH DEGREE - Guilty”

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Nutmeg3Dec 6, 2022
Show threadRobert ReichDec 6, 2022

This, on top of 200 alleged instances of fraud by Trump cited in a separate civil lawsuit. On top of a separate investigation into violations of the Espionage Act. On top of a separate investigation into an attempted coup.

“No one is above the law” is only true if we make it so.

Nutmeg3Dec 2, 2022
L O L G O PDec 2, 2022

Trump still manages to be the worst guy in the "Kayne. Elon. Trump." triumvirate -- even on a day when Ye praises Hitler and Elon pats Ye on the back for praising Hitler.

RT @[email protected]

Trump delivered pre-recorded remarks to an event tonight meant to support Jan. 6 defendants. The event also featured jailhouse calls from multiple pretrial detainees charged with assault:

Robert Morss
Jordan Mink
Barry Ramey
Jose Padilla

Nutmeg3Dec 2, 2022
Democracy DocketDec 2, 2022
Here's how the cases brought by Republicans in 2020 laid the groundwork for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Moore v. Harper and the independent state legislature theory next week.
https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how-2020-laid-the-groundwork-for-moore-v-harper/
How 2020 Laid the Groundwork for Moore v. Harper

The avalanche of litigation brought by Republicans in 2020 gave a fringe theory new life.

Democracy Docket
Nutmeg3Dec 1, 2022
JenniferDec 1, 2022

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Nutmeg3Dec 1, 2022
L O L G O PDec 1, 2022

Good time to remember that the reason that Republican congressman Matt Gaetz didn't get charged for similar crimes is because a sex worker involved lied about her age, which if I remember Trainspotting correctly isn't an actual defense?

RT @[email protected]

NYT: “Former Gaetz Confidant Is Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/us/politics/matt-gaetz-confidant-greenberg-sentence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Joel Greenberg, Former Gaetz Confidant, Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

Joel Greenberg, a tax collector in Florida, had been cooperating with the Justice Department in its investigation into Representative Matt Gaetz.

Nutmeg3Dec 1, 2022
Robert ReichDec 1, 2022

Inflation is exacerbating the enormous gap between the rich and the poor.

The Fed's rate hikes are making it worse, placing the burden of fighting inflation squarely on those who can least afford it.

Meanwhile, corporate monopolies are making out like bandits.

Nutmeg3Nov 30, 2022
A few squirrels who showed up at the buffet earlier on this gloomy day. #squirrelsofmastodon
Nutmeg3Nov 22, 2022
ProPublicaNov 22, 2022

LISTEN: In audio obtained by ProPublica, an anti-abortion lobbyist suggests to Tennessee lawmakers -- who passed the nation's most restrictive abortion ban -- that IVF and contraception could be further regulated in a few years’ time.

Read the full story here:
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-anti-abortion-meeting-with-tennessee-republican-lawmakers?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Abortion #IVF #Contraception #Tennessee

“We Need to Defend This Law”: Inside an Anti-Abortion Meeting With Tennessee’s GOP Lawmakers

Anti-abortion groups helped write and pass laws that kicked in to ban abortion when Roe v. Wade was overturned. The groups see Tennessee’s ban as the country’s strongest — and they want to keep it that way, according to audio reviewed by ProPublica.

ProPublica