June Casagrande

@junecasagrande
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Best-selling author, copy editor, grammar columnist, comedy fan. I expect my posts will be mostly about preserving #democracy, #writing, #editing and #punctuation, and immature jokes. #fedi22 #voteblue #StandWithUkraine #writers #copyediting #california #losangeles #pasadena #author

It worked.

Voters can no longer weight information like "Trump sat watching TV while the mob tried to hang Mike Pence" against information like "Janet Jackson said Kamala Harris isn't black" or weight the fact of that little 4-year-old girl dying at the border with "Trump says Kamala's a communist." Or weight the fact that eggs cost more in the US with the fact that prices are high across the globe.

Our brains didn't evolve to handle all this information, prioritize it or sort fact from BS.

He's a real-life fascist who said he's coming after "the enemy from within" and specifically named a California Congressman. Thinking we're in any way insulated here is whistling in the dark. Trump will do what he feels like to California and if anyone stands in his way, he'll imprison our governor and install Barron.
Russia blamed for bomb threats at Georgia and Arizona polling sites

Federal officials say the false threats follow bogus fraud claims and won’t threaten the orderly voting process.

The Washington Post

Reminder that America's enemies love it when he discredits democracy and are always willing to pitch ideas. (And note that he claimed there was cheating *even after he won*.)

https://www.newsweek.com/wikileaks-told-trump-jr-tell-his-dad-not-concede-if-he-lost-election-day-710147

Wikileaks Urged Trump Jr. to Encourage 'Rigged' Claims

Trump Jr. secretly corresponded with Wikileaks during the presidential election.

Newsweek

"What's a few million dead and crippled kids if I can trade their health for political support?"

Our government is currency to him.
Our lives are currency to him.
Our democracy is currency to him.
Our kids are currency to him.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-banning-vaccines-president-rfk-fluoride-rcna178570

Trump doesn't rule out banning vaccines if he becomes president

In an interview with NBC News, Trump said that a push by RFK Jr. to remove fluoride in water "sounds OK to me" and he wouldn't rule out banning vaccines.

NBC News

James Singer: GALLUP: Democratic enthusiasm higher than it was in 2008, 10 points higher than GOP

Matt Bennett: This is a massively underreported fact. You can see it in the rallies, the field offices, and online. It could be decisive.

h/t @virginiaheffernan

https://news.gallup.com/poll/652853/half-votes-likely-cast-election-day.aspx?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top'

https://x.com/ThirdWayMattB/status/1851975453176705042?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top

" Pastor Joel Webbon—a white nationalist whose bigotry often goes viral—argued recently for repealing the 19th amendment, and instead allowing for a ‘family’ vote decided by men.

“Where women get their voice is from their father, from their husband. If they’re not married it’s from their father. If they’re not married and their father is dead, it’s from their brother, it’s from their uncle. It’s from the men in their lives that love them.”

https://jessica.substack.com/p/why-the-gop-is-joking-about-womens

Why the GOP is 'Joking' About Women's Right to Vote

You’re not imagining it: more conservative men are quipping about repealing the 19th Amendment

Abortion, Every Day
Tony Hinchcliffe (@TonyHinchcliffe) on X

I bet the best part of having a retarded child is not having to buy it Christmas gifts. #DoTheyKnowItsChristmas?Nope

X (formerly Twitter)

Musk committed crimes to live and *vote* here. So ... he's here illegally and his votes are fraudulent.

Report: "In 1995 Musk had a place at Stanford University, which would have given him another student visa. Student visas give holders the right to work part-time to support their studies.

"But Musk never enrolled—which would have invalidated his student visa. Dropping out to work, even if technically unpaid, is straightforwardly illegal."

#DeportMusk #DeportElon

https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-was-an-illegal-migrant-worker-who-abused-his-student-visa-when-he-founded-first-company/

Elon Musk Was Illegal Migrant Worker Who Abused his Student Visa

His brother also lied to border agents. Now he is campaigning against “open borders.”

The Daily Beast
"The Nation" has a long history of printing Kremlin apologism and ignoring everything it does wrong. The publisher's (now deceased) husband has been called "Putin's defender" by Slate, with very good reason. And, oh, look: They're bashing Dems running against Trump — just like they did in 2020 and 2016.