Mastodawn

I quit Twitter two and a half years ago, when the Nazis were still largely organic and free range. Now that X is featuring mass produced AI Nazis, I’m feeling smugly prescient. Thank you, Mastodon, for being here. https://albertaviews.ca/goodbye-to-twitter/

Goodbye to Twitter - Alberta Views

Twitter kept assuming that I was a bot, and putting me in Twitter jail. I had to beg for my verification just so I could stay online.

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Andrew Leahey 19h ago

Qasim Rashid, Esq.1d ago

BREAKING: IRS announces exemption to 1954 ban on 501(c)3 orgs engaging in political activity—now allows churches & houses of worship to endorse political candidates.

The wall separating religion & state is collapsed. It is not hyperbole to state that we are on the footsteps of full blown Christian theocracy. Nothing good can come of this.

Andrew Leahey 19h ago

Heidi Li Feldman 1d ago

Folks here will notice that I’m less frequently detailing lower court opinions that attempt to stop the Trump regime’s lawless actions. This is because enough time has passed for enough appeals to reach the U.S. Supreme Court for U.S. to know that no matter how carefully a lower court judge explains and supports her rulings, the Supreme Court will act as lawlessly as the Trump executive. 1/ #LawFedi

Andrew Leahey 19h ago

Ciara 22h ago

History is full of people who just didn't

'No' by Anne Boyer

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/featured-blogger/77342/no

Andrew Leahey 1d ago

Maryland’s unilateral “tech tax” is … risky.

https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/maryland-going-it-alone-on-tech-tax-risks-clear-compliance-chaos

Maryland Going It Alone on Tech Tax Risks Clear Compliance Chaos

Opinion: Columnist Andrew Leahey says Maryland's 3% tax on data and software services could cause some companies to stop operating in the state or pass on costs to consumers.

Andrew Leahey 2d ago

@Dychon Welcome, welcome!

Andrew Leahey 2d ago

You know what? If electing a guy on the flight records doesn’t get you to the bottom of your little mystery there, then I’m plumb out of ideas.

Andrew Leahey 2d ago

The owner spamming every foreign leader he can get contact information for saying, in essence, they need to start buying more American junk and then posting pictures of the letters is exactly what I would expect to find on a social media platform run by a deranged 79 year old man.

Andrew Leahey 5d ago

Democracy Now! Headlines RSS 5d ago

"What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?": James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech

http://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/4/what_to_the_slave_is_the

“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech

We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, Douglass gave one of his most famous speeches, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” He was addressing the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society. The late actor James Earl Jones read the historic address during a performance of Voices of a People’s History of the United States, which was co-edited by Howard Zinn.

Democracy Now!

Andrew Leahey 6d ago

Democracy Matters

6d ago

Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill. These are not companies that supported the bill by donating to the politicians that voted for it (although most did that too). These are companies that endorsed the bill publicly and were featured on a White House webpage. People should know the companies that made this choice.

#BigFuglyBill #BBB #BigBillionaireBill #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

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