Liz D.

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So voting is better than *not* voting when it comes to getting what you want? Huh.

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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I'm going to end up sharing this everywhere, but look how easily it *could* be done donmoynihan.substack.com/p/troubling-...

Troubling Signs of Cognitive Decline as Trump Struggles to Recognize Closest Aidesdonmoynihan.substack.com "I know nothing about Project 2025" statement triggers new concerns about his fitness to serve

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I have no idea the best path re Biden but I do know a solid week straight of “Biden Old” and “Rich Dems Worried” above-the-fold stories are *obscene* in the face of SCOTUS using the Constitution to wipe their asses purely in the service of reinstating a felon rapist as president. Crazy-making shit.

SCOTUS is a far, far bigger issue. Also, the other candidate and his business were both convicted of - essentially - frauds against the state of NY. Frustrating @washingtonpost.com

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’tis true that we are in great danger, The greater therefore should our courage be.

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Category error watch. People keep assuming legal proceduralism will apply in an authoritarian state.

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“The rabbits got the gun now” coming from a lawyer for a crooked Governor going after a newspaper writer is such a telling comment about how much we’ve let powerful people cast themselves as victims and it goes from this to Elon to Trump and everywhere else

Mississippi is the poorest state in the US. Even though the state gets federal welfare funds, it is difficult to get welfare. The money was all getting stolen, and they got away with it. Now the journalists who exposed the story are facing a lawsuit and jail. www.nbcnews.com/investigatio...

She exposed how the nation's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail.www.nbcnews.com "The rabbit's got the gun now," said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.

So much this.

Living under authoritarian regimes is both relatively boring and normal AND incredibly corrosive to the human soul. These things can absolutely co-exist. This is why everyone needs to resist authoritarians, even people who privately assume they’ll be just fine.

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Homeless people can be arrested for sleeping, Presidents cannot be arrested for rampant graft and corruption done while in office. There is no clearer a summary of "conservative 'law and order'" than this.

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i keep re-reading this to make sure i didn't hallucinate

"Law enforcement’s actions with respect to these three warrants were patently erroneous and constitutionally intolerable," Carroll wrote. Ah, so that’s why it took 46 pages to thread the needle? www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/p...

Judge rules police warrant on Christian Ziegler's phone data illegal amid investigationwww.heraldtribune.com In a 46-page ruling passed down Monday morning, Judge Hunter Carroll said SPD's three search warrants violated Ziegler's Fourth Amendment rights.

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The GOP SCOTUS ruling on Presidential immunity, summed up.

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Combine these decisions alongside Citizens United and Snyder (facilitating bribery of public officials), brought to you by the Federalist Society, and it’s been an incredible era for translating money, rather than votes, into political power

Long after the debate is forgotten, the 6-3 decisions overruling Chevron via Loper Bright and Jarksey will have fundamentally weakened the ability of the American government to function against the most powerful interests in society.

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Missouri sets Marcellus Williams’ execution date despite clear evidence of innocencewww.wsws.org A petition demanding the halt of Williams’ impending execution is approaching nearly half a million signatures.

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Marcellus Williams was cleared by DNA evidence and the prosecutor is trying to vacate the conviction, but the state of Missouri still scheduled an execution date for him. Please sign and share this petition innocenceproject.org/petitions/st...

Stop the Sept. 24 Execution of Marcellus Williams, an Innocent Man - Innocence Projectinnocenceproject.org DNA evidence not available at the time of trial proves his innocence but has not been considered in court. Act today.

Seinfeldvision next month

Legit thought the guy on the left was the VNN newscaster we see a lot on The Boys.

I'm worried about it slightly more than I am the superpressure bubble under Yellowstone unexpectedly popping, and slightly less getting dog shit on my shoes

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How did I miss this? Stanley Campbell, brother of "Uncle Luke", "as a 19-year-old whiz kid at Florida A&M, he wrote the data reduction and aero-analysis for the Voyager 2 spacecraft" and now owns a couple of golf courses is also running for FL US Senate seat. Just picked up AFL-CIO endorsement.

Stanley Campbell, From Rockets to Fairways, to U.S. Senate Contender – African American Golfer's Digestafricanamericangolfersdigest.com

With trials in full swing, I keep thinking about this story, then I think about Sha’Carri. And how gracious, grateful, and successful she’s been. She was barred for an actual stupid reason. This guy has a bonkers bone to pick with the Olympics despite his talent, success and hard work. Weird.

Still upset at being knocked out of the Tokyo Games because of a positive coronavirus test, Sam Kendricks is considering skipping Paris if he qualifies.

Bitter over 2021, pole vaulter Sam Kendricks may turn down Olympic bidwapo.st Still upset at being knocked out of the 2021 Tokyo Games because of a positive coronavirus test, Kendricks is considering skipping Paris if he qualifies.

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Most voters are not incredibly dumb -- 17% in battleground states believe this per NYT -- and the fact that we have a political system, and thus a political media, that privileges the least engaged and focused voters in the electorate undermines democracy by sowing doubts about how workable it is.

I listened to an interview with a focus group where a woman from Pennsylvania said she was voting for Trump because Biden got rid of Roe v. Wade. Most voters are incredibly dumb.

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Chris Geidner

Please be good decisions. And if bad, so obviously bad that lots of people are motivated to take political action.

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! “Robert Winnett, the British journalist recently tapped to become editor of The Washington Post later this year, will not take the job and remain at The Daily Telegraph in London, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post on Friday.”

Robert Winnett will not join The Post as editorwww.washingtonpost.com Robert Winnett, hired by Washington Post publisher William Lewis, faced questions about his U.K. work, including stories based on stolen records.

Rainbolt’s travels are cool but the wide-eyed naive quality of this article puts me off. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/m...

He Memorized the World With Google Maps. Now He’s Exploring It.www.nytimes.com Few people are better than Trevor Rainbolt at identifying obscure locations online — but there’s even more joy in watching him visit them IRL.

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I was lucky to work w him once. And at the end of the job we were talking abut going home and he said "My home is wherever my wife is." which has always stayed with me.

Ah fuck.

Donald Sutherland Dies: Revered Actor In ‘Klute’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘Hunger Games’ & Scores Of Others Was 88deadline.com Donald Sutherland, the revered actor who starred in scores of films and TV shows, died June 20 in Miami after a long illness. He was 88.

So proud to be from Maine; feeling so validated now living elsewhere where people “don’t get it.”

TREE LAW TREE LAW TREE LAW www.npr.org/2024/06/19/n...

Poisoned trees gave a wealthy couple a killer view — and united residents in outragewww.npr.org A politically connected Missouri couple allegedly poisoned their neighbor's trees to secure their million-dollar view of Camden Harbor in Maine. The incident was unearthed by the victim herself.

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It’s the year 2032. Last night you’ve had to reset your AI girlfriend to factory for the 4th time after it became increasingly distant and distrusting. You are convinced it is a bug and continue to harass the developers about it. This doesn’t happen to any of your friends.

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Drew Magary

Again, right on cue. www.theguardian.com/media/articl...

Washington Post publisher alleged to have advised Boris Johnson to ‘clean up’ phone during Partygate Covid scandalwww.theguardian.com Sources’ claim suggests advice by Will Lewis, an informal adviser to then prime minister, contradicted instructions to staff

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Spiritual, by Charles White, 1941, 📸 by Frank Hurley