Jassa Skott

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MediaNews expat / seminary grad / political economist / still a jazz singer at heart. Also—@jassaskott (Threads & Post)

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JD Vance: "We should seize the administrative state for our own purposes. Fire every civil servant and replace them with our people. When the courts stop you say 'The Chief Justice has made his ruling now let him enforce it.'" This is the core of Project 2025. Take the State and ignore the courts.

According to Dr. Merijn van de Laar, sleep science expert at Maastricht Univ., 4.5 to 5 hours of sleep is sufficient for most people. Also, sleep consists of several phases (or cycles), which means deep sleep doesn't occur in one block but in separate instances, surrounded by lighter sleep phases.

Why you don't actually need 8 hours of sleep per nightwww.universal-sci.com It is often said that 8 hours of sleep is essential. But is this really true?

Could @NateSilver please explain why Biden's numbers keep going up on this 538 big picture race analysis, despite all that has happened? And despite polls still showing Trump winning? Biden is currently beating Trump 54/46 on this site.

Who Is Favored To Win The 2024 Presidential Election?projects.fivethirtyeight.com 538’s 2024 presidential election forecast model showing Democrat Joe Biden’s and Republican Donald Trump’s chances of winning.

"Our nation is at a crossroads. A second Trump presidency will undermine the very foundation of our democracy, and I have serious concerns about whether the President can defeat Donald Trump in November.”

Schiff calls on Biden to drop out, citing 'serious concerns' he can't winwww.latimes.com Rep. Adam Schiff called Wednesday for President Trump to end his reelection bid, citing "serious concerns" about his ability to win.

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It’s gross that the Republicans are putting grieving families on a stage to blame their loved ones deaths on Biden and it’s equally gross that cable pundits are sitting there critiquing the performance like it’s an Olympic skating event

Mary Trump: "We need to recognize the white men who see women as breeding stock have created a strong alliance. This week we learned Elon Musk—who, along with fellow tech billionaire and vile human being Peter Thiel pushed hard for Vance—is donating $45 million a MONTH to Donald’s super PAC."

The Most Anti-Woman Ticket in Historymarytrump.substack.com Donald and J.D. Vance are coming for women’s rights

I love this woman. Local Tennessee mom Jessee Graham GOES OFF on far-right extremists spewing hate in the name of Christianity by banning books & targeting the LGBTQ+ community.

'Leave them alone': Tennessee mom slams homophobic attacks in viral videowww.nbcnews.com Jessee Graham, a mom of four, said she felt a responsibility to speak out publicly to defend LGBTQ people in her community "who are under attack."

The Advocate selected this photo of Kamala Harris to run with their story about a possible Harris/Vance debate. Seriously?

It's hard to imagine Bobby Kennedy III thought releasing the video of Trump's call would help his father, or that he would do it at this point in the campaign without running it by RFK Jr. first. Unless he was deliberately trying to saboutage the campaign.

Records show Republican megadonor Timothy Mellon donated $25 million to a Kennedy super PAC. Other major pro-Trump donors followed suit, including Leila Centner, who donated $1 million to Kennedy.

Kennedy and West third-party ballot drives are pushed by secretive groups and Republican donorsapnews.com With early voting for the November presidential election set to begin in September in some states, there are signs across the country that groups are trying to affect the outcome by using deceptive me...

This isn't just speculation. They have a lot of proof, like Republican signature gatherers being brought in to help get Cornel West and RFK Jr. on the ballot.

“We’ve known for years that Trump can’t get 50% of the vote. His people know that. They know they need to find ways to win. One way is propping up 3rd-party candidates,” said Josh Schwerin. a spokesman for Clinton's 2016 campaign. Many Dems believe HC lost because the Green Party played spoiler.

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I know I'm not the audience, but these RNC speeches just seem ... lifeless? Compared to past conventions, especially. The speakers are awkward, the red meat is half-assed, and the audience doesn't seem to be responding all that well.

The AP reports libertarians in Colorado want to put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the ballot to create chaos. Petition drives for Cornel West in Virginia and North Carolina are being run by groups with Republican ties.

As my grandmother would say, "NOW we're cookin' with gas!" This is exactly the type of thing people have been asking Biden to do to beat Trump.

Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changeswww.washingtonpost.com The president has discussed the plans with constitutional scholars and members of Congress in recent weeks.

Biden will reportedly propose major changes for SCOTUS soon, including term limits and an enforceable ethics code. "He is also weighing whether to call for a constitutional amendment to eliminate broad immunity for presidents and other constitutional officeholders."

Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changeswww.washingtonpost.com The president has discussed the plans with constitutional scholars and members of Congress in recent weeks.

WSJ initially reported this, but Musk has not yet confirmed or denied.

Musk plans to give $45 mln a month to new pro-Trump PAC, WSJ reportswww.reuters.com Billionaire Elon Musk has said he plans to commit around $45 million a month to a new pro-Trump super political-action committee, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

That explains it. It's sad such a publicly embarrassing performance is what it took for her to get help, but good in the end.

Singer Ingrid Andress says she was drunk during panned MLB anthem performance, will get treatmentapnews.com Country singer and four-time Grammy nominee Ingrid Andress has gone viral for her widely panned performance of the national anthem at the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby.

RFK Jr's son, Bobby Kennedy III, is 29 yrs old. So he knew exactly what he was doing when he leaked the video, and it is highly unlikely he would do it w/o the knowledge of his father, the candidate. The question is what they thought it was going to accomplish for his campaign.

From Margaret Sullivan, columnist for The Guardian and former Public Editor for the NYT who focuses on journalistic ethics:

We seriously have to ask now—is the President safe? The longer the Secret Service Director waffles on what happend at Trump's shooting, the less confidence they inspire.

They received intel weeks ago that Iran might try to assassinate Trump. So "increased security" would have been snipers on top of every building with a sight line to Trump on that stage. This story just keeps getting worse.

Secret Service ramped up security after receiving intel of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump; no known connection to shooting | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around t...

Menendez is running for re-election to his New Jersey seat as an independent. His conviction does not preclude him from serving in the Senate, but many Democrats had already called on him to resign.

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty on all counts in corruption chargeswww.nbcnews.com Menendez is running for re-election to his New Jersey seat as an independent. His conviction does not preclude him from serving in the Senate, but many Democrats had already called on him to resign.

I did not know this. The brilliant Edward Gorey, whose illustrations I love, also made his own dolls. He made quite a few for local theatres and other arts organizations on Cape Cod to sell in their lobbies,

Edward Gorey’s Toyswww.newyorker.com The brilliantly macabre writer and illustrator also made his own stuffed dolls, which have a stylishness and craftsmanship in keeping with all his art.

Kimberly Cheatle must resign or be fired, especially after saying this: "That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. There's a safety factor that would be considered that we wouldn't want to put somebody up on a sloped roof." Obviously the shooter had no problem with it,

Secret Service director: Trump rally shooter was identified as 'potential person of suspicion'www.foxnews.com The director of the Secret Service says Thomas Matthew Crooks had been identified as a "potential person of suspicion" before the Trump rally shooting.

If Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle continues to refuse to step down, then Biden should fire her. The utter sloppiness of how security was handled for Trump's rally resulted in a former president and presidential nominee almost being murdered. It is the ultimate failure.

GOP Senator Mitt Romney: "“I don’t know that I can disrespect someone more than J. D. Vance."