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GUILTY: Six people affiliated with the #OathKeepers, a far-right militia, were convicted Monday of various charges related to the J#an6, 2021, US Capitol insurrection.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/politics/oath-keepers-proud-boys
Contrary to the Steve Martin and Queen Latifah film title, this legislation would be bringing up the House. The whole point of a bicameral Congress, featuring both the Senate and the House of…
Well, that's new: The Trump White House asked Twitter to remove a Chrissy Teigen tweet calling Trump a "pussy ass bitch." Twitter allowed it under its 'insults' policy, which allows three insults per tweet. It now has 100,000 retweets and 680,000 ‘likes.’
Today marks 3 months on #Mastodon. The most delightful aspect for me is our high community engagement.
On #Twitter I suspect my posts got buried. A journalist reached out last Fall to ask why I was shadow banned & I had to search what that meant.
This place isn’t set up as a race for RTs & likes & posts aren’t typically composed to spark outrage. It feels like an ongoing conversation & I’m even getting to know some interesting new folks.
At least, that’s been my experience. I like it here.