SteveP - The Dogfather

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🌻 Veteran/Contractor over 30 years serving in Europe. Returned to the US in 2013. Democrat #BLM #LGBTQ #L1C4 Vaxxed. Left my heart in Heidelberg.

TRUMP ALLIES HAVE A PLAN TO BAN ABORTION WITHOUT CONGRESS

And they think they’ll get away with it as long as they can get Donald to shut up about it.

Now leading at the https://www.erlywrm.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/us/politics/trump-allies-abortion-restrictions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WE0.yqGh.5IGyODO1bunJ&smid=url-share

One thing you can do for democracy

Find one way to support a candidate or cause you care about every day until the election

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Amtrack has no fucks left to give.

https://www.tumblr.com/assumptionprime/738628025019777024

Edit: No it’s not actually an official amtrack account, it was comedy. This post is a year and a half old, stop showing your ignorance in the replies.

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So do people realize that we aren't building new train tracks when we expand the amteak network, I have multiple times seen people say that we shouldn't expand the network because it would destroy pr…

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Found my new thing. I will travel to the IKEAs of the world and cause chaos

Just in case you didn't realize it before - there are 3 major religions in this world that all follow the same God but have different interpretations of wtf happened after they split from the original texts. Their God didn't change, they just did.

The first one decided that they're right, and no other prophets came along after their prophets.

The second one said, "we accept most of your religion but this guy showed up and he's the son of God"

The third one said, "Look, we're all brothers, that guy was cool but he wasn't the son of God. We have a new prophet and we got an updated rulebook from God and we're gonna follow that."

Now all 3 of them (plus the 4 versions of the first one, the 6 versions of the second one and 7 versions of the 3rd one) all argue about who's right - and have spent centuries letting political leaders use their faith to inspire each other to kill one another for their faith.

And there is no end in sight for this bullshit.

The Gun Lobby has crippled another state. Commerce will stop until the gunman is stopped. That will cost the state a fortune in revenues. But, they will more than make up for it in the sale of more guns, funeral services, and Republicans taking a bow. #TheGunEconomy The dead are worth more to the living than living without the fear of being gunned down.

@ProPublica has become America's most important news outlet in exposing rampant abuses of power by governments, corporations, and the ultra-wealthy.

Here's an installment on the chief strategist of right wing extremists' successful takeover of all kinds of U.S. courts -- including the top one. https://www.propublica.org/article/leonard-leo-wisconsin-documents-state-courts-republicans-judges

Trump’s Court Whisperer Had a State Judicial Strategy. Its Full Extent Only Became Clear Years Later.

Conservative activist Leonard Leo helped elect a judge in Wisconsin. Without him, the GOP feared their agenda would be “toast,” according to an email.

ProPublica
Oh, lord, we are subjected to this commercial a million times a day. Why give it more attention?
She’s the queen of a pharma earworm, and the haters better watch out https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2023/10/18/jardiance-commercial-actress-trolls/
She’s the queen of a pharma earworm, and the haters better watch out

You’ve seen the Jardiance commercial. The one where Deanna Colón sings about lowering your A1C — but she also has a lot to say about her trolls.

The Washington Post

A Racist #Harvard Scientist Commissioned Photos of Enslaved People. One Possible Descendant Wants to Reclaim Their Story.
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The images are among the oldest known #photographs of enslaved people in America.

Tamara Lanier’s fight to gain control of them shows there is no clear system in place to repatriate remains of captive Africans or objects associated with them.

#Photography #Repatriation #Slavery #Lawsuits #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/harvard-photos-enslaved-people-tamara-lanier?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

A Racist Harvard Scientist Commissioned Photos of Enslaved People. One Possible Descendant Wants to Reclaim Their Story.

The images are among the oldest known photographs of enslaved people in America. Tamara Lanier’s fight to gain control of them shows there is no clear system in place to repatriate remains of captive Africans or objects associated with them.

ProPublica

Ignorant media horserace coverage that pretends politics has no history or trends is really bad for our country.

One of the worst places this manifests is how many news outlets refuse to report on negative partisanship and Trump's very high ceiling of potential support.

This is an unfortunately rare NY Times piece which correctly notes the history at least https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/26/us/politics/democrats-special-elections-biden.html

Why Democrats Keep Winning Elections Despite Biden’s Negative Polling

Despite a flood of negative polls for Democrats, the party has delivered a string of strong results in special elections, which can be a useful gauge of the national political environment.

The New York Times