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Started out working in fine dining restaurants (Italian, French) then switched to IT after university. Recently retired IT exec with a background in systems engineering, telecom fault tolerant architectures. #IReadBannedBooks #SlavaUkraini #GloryToTheHeroes #HolocaustMuseum #ADL #LGBTQI+ #ExpandTheCourt

24 November 1917 | Dutch Jew, Leon Salomon van der Stam, was born in Amsterdam.

He was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork in February 1943. He did not survive.

Economist: The Best Books of 2024

The Economist: The Best Books of 2024, where it's followed by a list of books by <em>Economist</em> staff

Apparently Republicans are losing their minds today about the fact that women have the right to vote for whomever they choose.

They are freaking out about this video ad featuring the voice of Julia Roberts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9UYGyZBNoQ

It would be a shame if all the commotion just made the video go hugely viral.

Pass it on.

@KamalaHarrisWin

Julia Roberts Reminds Us - Your Vote, Your Choice

YouTube
Vladimir Putin skillfully manipulated Donald Trump’s insecurities, establishing an unprecedented influence over the former U.S. president, according to H.R. McMaster, who served as Trump’s national security adviser.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjHkLjnvFcI
Former Trump NSA Advisor: Putin Had Complete Mastery Over Trump's Insecurities

YouTube

from the excellent Will Bunch:

"We shouldn’t just normalize the use of Nazi-invented #propaganda tactics in #American political campaigns. We need to decide as a nation if the #UnitedStates is a place where life-or-death deliberate lies by the likes of #JDVance can have actual consequences — or else we face a very dark future."
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/jd-vance-lies-springfield-disease-crime-20240922.html

#GOP #Nazi #Disinformation #Republicans #Lies #Trump #TrumpLies #Politics #USPol #US #USA #News #Election2024 #Vote #VoteBlue

Why JD Vance’s new lies about immigrants are worse than ‘eating dogs and cats’

The lies from the GOP vice presidential candidate about immigrant disease, crime in Springfield echo the worst Hitlerian propaganda.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
The fallout from the Mark Robinson p@rn site scandal has begun. Robinson is issuing unbelievable denials, his campaign staff are fleeing, and the GOP is running scared. Link to my write-up: https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/robinson-implodes?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Robinson Implodes

The most recent revelations about the North Carolina gubernatorial candidate threaten to swamp the Trump campaign and the GOP.

The Status Kuo

Trump allies are drawing a line with 'unabashed racist' Loomer -- here'swhy

#sen #trump

https://www.alternet.org/trump-loomer-breland-graham/

Trump allies are drawing a line with 'unabashed racist' Loomer — here’swhy

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) are among the Donald Trump supporters who have urging the former president to distance himself from far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, a 9/11 truther and self-described "proud Islamophobe" who is drawing wide...

Alternet.org

Despite their claims to support IVF, Senate Republicans just blocked passage of legislation that would codify IVF protections into law for the second time this year.

Actions speak louder than words.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-ivf-vote-republicans-trump/

Senate Republicans block IVF package as Democrats highlight reproductive rights

The Senate failed to advance Democratic legislation to protect access to IVF in a vote of 51 to 44.

CBS News
J.D. Vance Reveals How Trump Will Use Musk to Target Social Security

Remember when Republicans promised they wouldn’t touch Social Security?

The New Republic

@realTuckFrumper This

*expletive-pregnant pause*

Ohio Senator needs to be told, loudly and often, that NATO HAS STOPPED WORLD WAR 3 FROM HAPPENING FOR 75 YEARS!