Yusuf Toropov

@YusufToropov@toot.community
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Managing director, Cara-Wordsmith.com.

Author of #SHAKESPEARE FOR BEGINNERS, the novel JIHADI, and the play AN UNDIVIDED HEART. #Ukraine #baseball #jg20mvp #1947League #mlb #gratefuldead #neurodiversity #beatles #blacklivesmatter #demsabroad #democratsabroad

Hi. I'm ...

a writer,

a US #expat living in #Ireland,

a #baseball addict,

an adult recently diagnosed with #adhd (which, looking back, explains a lot),

a #teampete enthusiast.

I AM LEAVING MASTODON NOW FOR PERSONAL REASONS.

I am fine. I am not in any kind of trouble mentally or physically. I'm just taking a bit of a break.

“The state of #Texas, blocked from purchasing lethal injection drugs by major pharmaceutical companies that refuse to participate in executions, bought them instead from an in-state, compounding pharmacy with a history of more than a dozen safety and cleanliness violations, NPR has learned.”
https://apple.news/A7CsokUSrTVeSu3OX8uJm0g
Unmarked cars and secret orders: How a pharmacy prepared drugs for Texas’ executions — NPR

NPR identified the company that provided Texas with execution drugs and uncovered that state and federal authorities alleged the pharmacy and some of its owners violated laws meant to protect patients

@RuthODay @YusufToropov @APBAreplay @cardboardkarl @AlexanderRaine7

8-5-22
Twins draw 10 walks on top of 13 hits and cruise to a 10-3 win over the Meadowlarks!

NEB(39-74) 3 8 1
MIN(56-57) 10 13 2

W: Morris 6-7 3.98 ERA
L: Johnson 4-11 5.79 ERA

HR: NEB- Boggs(3)

Dave Winfield was 2-4 with 2R, 2RBI and recorded his 30th double.

“Seven battleground states are sending fake electors and others who worked to upend the 2020 election results to represent their state parties at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where they will officially anoint #Trump as their presidential nominee.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/10/politics/fake-electors-get-tapped-as-gop-convention-delegates?cid=ios_app
Fake electors get tapped as GOP convention delegates

Seven battleground states are sending fake electors and others who worked to upend the 2020 election results to represent their state parties at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where they will officially anoint Donald Trump as their presidential nominee.

CNN

Via Pagliery:

#MichaelCohen is finally asking #SCOTUS to review the way #Trump seems to have had him revenge jailed in '20.

Case has all the makings of another constit crisis.

Today's the deadline for Cohen to file his petition for a writ of certiorari. Sotomayor gave him until 7/10...

In some respects, the lower courts really dodged the central question in this case: How can someone hold accountable a president who allegedly weaponizes federal law enforcement?

So a whole bunch of regular people VOTED for Joe Biden to be the Democratic Party’s nominee. But now, “very special people” like celebrities, pundits and other politicians think it’s OK to overturn the will of all the regular people.

You know, because we gotta save democracy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/opinion/joe-biden-democratic-nominee.html

Opinion | George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

I saw Biden three weeks ago at my fund-raiser for him. It’s devastating to say it, but he is not the same man he was, and he won’t win this fall.

The New York Times

@RuthODay @YusufToropov @APBAreplay @cardboardkarl @AlexanderRaine7

8-2-22
Bulls overcome a wild 9th inning, Rosen’s double gives them a 9-8 walkoff win in the 11th!

NYG(70-41) 8 12 0
DUR(70-41) 9 13 0

W: Taylor 1-0 4.41 ERA
L: Betances 6-3 2.70 ERA

HR: NYG- Martinez 2(10,11) Yastrzemski(16)GS DUR- Hamilton(10)

SB: NYG- Jenkins(47) DUR- Jackson 2(14,15)

Via Sherrilyn Ifill:

Listen pundits and Dem influencers. Your willingness to continue beating this horse is becoming…weird. Ask yourself why most prominent Black leaders & ordinary Black ppl are for #Biden staying in. We love Kamala, so what could be the reason? Maybe we see America through a different lens. One that allows us to see things that you don’t. Your apparent dismissal of that possibility is very revealing. And not in a good way.

NYT, sure. But Axios can also bite me. Their headlines/alerts are consistently anti-Biden.

@YusufToropov @kwheaton @democratsabroad
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And I am bone tired of the media presenting each day as a crisis point that will determine if he drops out. The day after, the Sunday meeting with family, the ABC interview, the reconvening of Congress. Uggg! Just stop.
#RidingWithBiden2024