SaneAmerican

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Virginia democrat who despises Youngkin. Animal lover, Trekkie, politics junkie, mini horse sanctuary volunteer, retired IT.
“You, boy, what social media website am I posting from?”

Many people have switched from Twitter to Mastodon, but not everyone who followed me before on Twitter knows that I'm active here also. Will you help me increase my reach on Mastodon? Share this post, boost it or comment and let me know why you're following me. Maybe with some smart hashtags. Thank you! 👍 😊

#Ukraine #NAFO #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiaWar

Stop worshipping billionaires.

Elon Musk threw away tens of billions of dollars to buy Twitter, and has spent the last year running it into the ground.

When billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech.

It’s a win for oligarchy.

Get out and vote, people. We will continue to see these small-minded, homophobic decisions unless we clean house. It will take a generation at least. I hope voters have the stamina and patience.

Then people can force cases like these back up where they can be overturned. These yahoos have established there is no such thing as precedent, anyway.

Supreme Court rules for website designer who doesn't want to serve same-sex couples-
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/supreme-court-wedding-lgbtq-303-creative-rcna75876

Supreme Court rules for website designer who doesn't want to serve same-sex couples

The Supreme Court announced decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, in which a website designer sought to deny her services to same-sex couples.

MSNBC
If you can choose not to allow LGBTQ+ folks as customers you should have to disclose that to all potential customers so we can choose to go elsewhere.
Fox News settles gender discrimination lawsuit with Abby Grossberg for $12m

Former producer had also accused network’s lawyers of pressuring her to make misleading statements in Dominion Voting Systems case

The Guardian
McConnell and Kevin McCarthy have previously taken Social Security and Medicare off the table for discussion in the debt limit talks — a sign of just how politically sensitive those programs are.

Been thinking about the political storm over #SocialSecurity and #Medicare. A good example of where #journalists could step out of the political spin frame to answer the questions worrying Americans.

Imagine #journalism that set out the financial realities, what options are on the table (and what other ideas might work) and pushed persistently for answers from administration and Congress — ie accountability. So far, most of the reporting seems to about partisan blaming.

#USPol

If you don't thing the right-wing dominates our politics, think about how little you hear about wage theft -- the largest single form of theft in America -- and how much you hear about two trans kids in Texas who'd like to play a sport.
‼️🇺🇦Air Force: Ukraine hits Russian troops, equipment, ammo in past 24 hours (more) https://kyivindependent.com/news-feed/air-force-ukraine-hits-russian-troops-equipment-ammo-in-past-24-hours #Ukraine #News #War #Russia
Air Force: Ukraine hits Russian troops, equipment, ammo in past 24 hours

Ukrainian planes delivered 24 strikes against Russian troop concentration areas, equipment storage, and anti-air systems in the past 24 hours, according to the Feb. 8 report by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian artillery also hit

The Kyiv Independent