Fighting for Democracy

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Increased opposition to AIPAC is a good thing.

AND.

There are many, many people who have figured out that if they swap in the word AIPAC or Zionist* where they used to say Soros or Globalist, they can get a lot of progressives to repeat antisemitic conspiracy nonsense.

Don't fall for it.

*Or "Satanic," for some reason.

Don’t buy a cow, or a car, and expect your city to give you someplace to park it. #UrbanTruth

Via the Urban Truth Collective. https://www.urbantruthcollective.com/

Another iOS exploit has been found in the wild, being used in watering hole attacks by Russian hackers: https://www.wired.com/story/hundreds-of-millions-of-iphones-can-be-hacked-with-a-new-tool-found-in-the-wild/
Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

A powerful iPhone-hacking technique known as DarkSword has been discovered in use by Russian hackers. It can take over devices running iOS 18 that simply visit infected websites.

WIRED

Trump doesn't understand that the behavior that got him into office only worked because other people were maintaining the guardrails.

A toddler can get away with a lot of screaming, smashing and biting, but only as long as the adults in the room are shielding them from the consequences of their own actions.

Once again, we see the limits of Trump's view of power.

If you want to influence someone's decisions, they need to believe that you'll deliver an outcome they care about. Whether the outcome is a reward or a threat, that *belief* is power.

Now no one believes the US will abide by our commitments, and we're losing our ability to convince countries not to build nukes.

https://theconversation.com/going-nuclear-why-a-growing-number-of-washingtons-allies-are-eyeing-an-alternative-to-us-umbrella-275389

Going nuclear? Why a growing number of Washington’s allies are eyeing an alternative to US umbrella

The ‘nuclear club’ currently consists of 9 nations? Could more nations be joining before long?

The Conversation

The 13th Amendment banned slavery, but it included a carveout sanctioning it as a punishment for people convicted of crimes. Many state constitutions include the same loophole; seven states don’t pay anything for most prison jobs.

https://boltsmag.org/colorado-ruling-forced-prison-labor/

Judge Orders Colorado to Stop Throwing Prisoners in Solitary for Refusing to Work - Bolts

Years after voters amended the state's constitution to ban forced labor in prison, a court ruling could finally make Colorado change how prison guards "compel and coerce" work.

Bolts

"Weird how every journalist writing ‘balanced’ feature stories on this issue turns out to be a deranged conspiracist and ideologue the second you hear them speak off the cuff.

The idea that an entire field of medicine, as well as numerous academic journals, systematically suppressed evidence that gender-affirming care doesn’t work is a conspiracy theory.

Meanwhile, none of these people can provide a shred of evidence for their core claim."

https://bsky.app/profile/michaelhobbes.bsky.social/post/3mh7jeqwzvc2q

Michael Hobbes (@michaelhobbes.bsky.social)

Weird how every journalist writing ‘balanced’ feature stories on this issue turns out to be a deranged conspiracist and ideologue the second you hear them speak off the cuff [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Well said!
Hey Stace! How's Trumps search for friends going? Me: I'll show you!

"Healthy people cost less.
Educated people contribute more.
Housed people are more stable.

...in a healthy society there are no "undeserving".
There are just people."