"He Said He Was Falsely Accused of Sexual Harassment. Now This Ex-Republican Official Allegedly Dismembered His Fiancée"

#politics #murder

https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/29/san-francisco-elected-republican-official-arrested-dismembered-body/

The idea that something can't win because it's bad is a useless argument.

History has proven time and time again that dumb bad things win all the time.

Fighting for policy and basic human rights is the best way to proactively address bad stuff.

Doesn't mean we'll win because our moral argument is better but because there was energy & strategy to stop terrible stuff.

And it still doesnt mean we have the power to change anything.

#uspolitics

"Kyrsten Sinema spent more than $100K in campaign cash on jets, limos, luxury hotels and wine"

"In August, Sinema squashed a challenge to the “carried-interest” loophole that taxes private equity and hedge fund profits at a lower rate than other businesses. The move benefits only a handful of private-equity and hedge fund titans — most of whom are in New York and LA not Arizona which Sinema is supposed to represent. "
#USpolitics
https://nypost.com/2023/04/20/kyrsten-sinema-spent-more-than-100k-on-jets-limos-luxury-hotels-and-wine/

“The next weeks and months are going to tell us an awful lot about what happens when women who have been insulted and ignored repeatedly by the courts rise up to organize and vote, only to learn they are being boxed out of the voting booth as well.”

@Dahlialith #abortion #choice #freedom #rage #deepseethingrage

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/mifepristone-case-rulings-explained-women.html

What neurotypical people don't realize while being upset by people on the spectrum is that they're just as offensive and upsetting.

I don't want to hear your feedback on my core personality and I'm not going to change it for you.

I can't change who I am.

I went to 20+ years of school, it's not going to happen.

#actuallyautistic

A fun quiz from @Dahlialith to determine what level of authoritarianism is right for you:

#USPolitics #SCOTUS #Trump #Orban

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/quiz-alito-putin-orban-which-authoritarianism-are-you.html

This whole Trump may or may not be arrested feel’s very Politico and horse race like.

Until he’s arrested not interested and it’s a waste of energy.#uspolitics

Banning choice was never ever about anything but abusing women and children.

@Dahlialith and Mark Joseph Stern wrote this article about the horrific Texas case and showing how Texas abortion laws are another tool for abusers to abuse their partners.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/texas-lawsuit-suing-friends-explained.html

When posting #USNews #Policy post a link to original reporting.

Use a primary source.

Not an article summarizing another article.

This is one of the biggest things I miss from twitter, being able to follow a bunch of reporters and news sources that link to contemporaneous news reports, in depth investigative journalism, and journals.

I feel like I'm getting stupider on here. Less up to date on what's going on. This was my biggest fear of #Musk buying twitter.

And it's happening.

#FediTips