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Formerly Twitter nobody. Switching to Mastodon nobody. Retired attorney & nurse. Now kickboxing gym operator. :-)

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Just finished "The Death and Life of August Sweeney." by Samuel Ashworth. Read by Rachel Yong.
I don't normally mention the narrator,. The best are like my inner voice as I read. I don't even notice them. I need to make a point to mark them. It makes such a difference!

The book and Rachel Yong's narration were excellent.

I feel like I've opened a restaurant and autopsied a body. And lived two full lives.
Fascinating.
I want to do it again.

#TantorAudio #books
#RachelYong #SamuelAshworth

I can't think of a scarier phrase than "President J.D. Vance," which, given Trump's current state of decline, seems inevitable if the MAGA ticket wins.

Thankfully, we can prevent that horrorshow. https://iwillvote.com/
I Will Vote

Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.

BECAUSE, OF COURSE THEY DID. 🤬

#NorthCarolina's State Board of Elections… acting on "complaints" from the #GOP… has removed 747,000 #voters from the voter roles on the grounds they are "ineligible" to vote (when the voters don't support you, don't bother trying to win them over, just stop them from voting.) 😒

And all it takes to get you scrubbed from the voter rolls is to MOVE WITHIN THE STATE TO A DIFFERENT PRECINCT.

Check your voter registration if you live in NC.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4901476-north-carolina-purges-747k-voters/

North Carolina removes 747,000 from voter rolls, citing ineligibility

North Carolina’s State Board of Elections has removed 747,000 people from its list of registered voters within the last 20 months, officials announced Thursday in a press release. The State Board o…

The Hill

Would you buy a Tesla in 2024?

Edit: the poll is closed. You can stop replying now.

Yes
2%
No
98%
Poll ended at .

I should add I live in Maryland and will also work to help #Alsobrooks beat #Hogan though I previously supported him. He shows himself weak against Trump.

Harris needs a strong majority in Senate and House or the chaos agents in control of my #Republican party will destroy the world rather than see her succeed.

My father was a Republican, my mother a Democrat, I registered as a Republican more than 45 years ago because I wanted a small government that stuck to it's basic functions. I stayed Republican though they ballooned government largess to corporations & tried to work from within. I supported Ron Paul! I drew the line at Trump.

I want to actively oppose him now. Does the #DNC have a "Republicans reaching out to Republicans" phone bank? or #HarrisWalz campaign?

Effective tax rates before and after the Trump tax law:

Verizon
Before: 21%
After: 8%

Walmart
Before: 31%
After: 17%

AT&T
Before: 13%
After: 3%

Walt Disney
Before: 26%
After: 8%

FedEx
Before: 18%
After: 1%

This is what a corporate giveaway looks like.

NEW FOIA Files newsletter:

I obtained disturbing internal reports that show USAID probed allegations of bribery, child labor & child sexual abuse at humanitarian orgs it funds, Twitter threats posted from its own employee & how another employee outed CIA officers on FIVE different occasions

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-08-23/usaid-records-detail-child-labor-abuse-and-social-media-threats?srnd=undefined

USAID Records Detail Child Labor, Abuse and Social Media Threats

Damning internal reports obtained via FOIA show USAID probed allegations of bribery, child labor, and sexual abuse of children at humanitarian organizations it funds, as well as social media threats posted from its own employee.

Bloomberg