Tee Social

@TeeSocial
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Escapee from the birdcage. Democrat. Dog mom. Healthcare and gun safety voter. Mask wearer. Slava Ukraini!
We need an enforceable code of ethics for SCOTUS and their spouses. Our founders clearly did not know the lows that our current GOP and the Federalist Society could sink to. https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/supreme-court-ginni-thomas-clarence-thomas-donations-rcna77286
The Supreme Court’s Ginni Thomas problem is bigger than ethics

A report uncovering donations to a group led by Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, raises new questions about conflicts of interest.

MSNBC

I have three words to say to the White House and all the journalists who’ve said they won’t pay for blue checkmarks.

“Come to Mastodon”

https://www.axios.com/2023/03/31/twitter-verification-white-house-biden-check-mark

Scoop: White House won't pay for Twitter verification

The Biden administration won't reimburse staff who purchase Twitter Blue on their personal social media accounts.

Axios
It's just like Les Misérables, except Jean Valjean is worth $200 billion and he wasn't stealing bread to feed children, he was stealing employees' charitable donations to fund his failing vanity project.

I'm in looking for a handful of people to test out a pre-alpha #Android #Mastodon app. Please DM me if you are active at giving feedback and not afraid of partially completed apps.

The app will be open sourced in the future.

Here are some teaser screenshots. #meowstodon

RT @whstancil
A really critical lesson of the Trump era is that there is no one - absolutely no one - who is so repulsive, stupid, or unhinged that our media will not normalize them once they obtain a sufficient amount of political power https://twitter.com/60Minutes/status/1641863327415410691
60 Minutes on Twitter

“Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, nicknamed MTG, isn’t afraid to share her opinions, no matter how intense and in-your-face they are. She sits down with Lesley Stahl this Sunday on 60 Minutes. https://t.co/mEN4CWeXMW”

Twitter
From me: North Carolina is expanding Medicaid. Eli Lilly is cutting insulin prices.
In both cases, the quiet catalyst was actually the American Rescue Plan, the unfairly maligned law whose most obscure pieces are helping millions of people.
https://prospect.org/politics/2023-03-07-american-rescue-plan-triumphs/
The American Rescue Plan’s Hidden Triumphs

Medicaid expansion in North Carolina and Eli Lilly’s insulin price cuts are largely due to the March 2021 law.

The American Prospect

Today marks the start of Women's History Month - let's celebrate the amazing contributions of women!

#WomensHistoryMonth

Art by: Karen Hallion

GOP operative who is married to Ron Paul's Granddaughter is sentenced to 18 months for funneling Russian money to the Trump campaign in 2016.

"In pleading for leniency, Benton cited his Christianity and claimed he was no longer involved with politics."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/02/jesse-benton-donald-trump/

GOP operative sentenced to 18 months for funneling Russian money to Trump

Judge finds a "pattern of deception" by a longtime Republican consultant.

Mother Jones
And it's official: Twitter users can now choose to be less secure — to use text messages for 2FA rather than an app — but only if they pay the monthly fee. You pay for insecurity. The weirdest security decision I've ever seen from a major tech company.
https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2023/an-update-on-two-factor-authentication-using-sms-on-twitter
An update on two-factor authentication using SMS on Twitter

An update on two-factor authentication using SMS on Twitter

A Comprehensive Guide to Why a Ron DeSantis Presidency Would Be as Terrifying as a Trump One - Vanity Fair https://apple.news/AFSlyAfPaTLOP9eF8doL_rg
A Comprehensive Guide to Why a Ron DeSantis Presidency Would Be as Terrifying as a Trump One — Vanity Fair

His bigoted policies and authoritarian behavior make him just as bad a pick for the top job in Washington.