Mary Joy

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Teaches (law and society, political theory at SLAC in New England) and bakes. Occasionally writes on all things related to conservative movement.

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This is a big reason there will never be a better chance to flip both statehouses in Arizona. We're almost 75% of the way to our 2024 goal of picking up those four key seats. www.grapevine.org/giving-circl...

BREAKING: Advocates submit double the amount of signatures needed to put a constitutional right to abortion on the ballot in Arizona.

Abortion-rights advocates in Arizona submit needed signatures to put the issue on November ballotapnews.com Abortion-rights advocates in Arizona have submitted more than enough signatures to put the issue on November’s ballot in the key swing state.

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I don't think ppl grasp this when they indulge this histrionics demo. Whoever the Dem is will run against the most unpopular public figure of our lifetimes. He is arguably the worlds most loathed human being. You lot losing the plot are smoking crimes if you think age matters more than despicability

Oh god, I have to knock doors in Glendale again I hate Donald Trump with the fire of 10000 suns

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A widely predicted victory for the far right in France has instead turned into a victory for the left *because people turned out in record numbers to vote.* Defeat is not inevitable and more progressive elected officials means more progressive policies.

In France, the left coalition comes in first, Macron second, the far-right third. The best way to defeat fascism is not centrism, it’s a strong left.

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there are many reasons we need to win in the fall, but one of them is that i simply am not going to abide by letting both the brits and the french lecture us

*MACRON'S GROUP PROJECTED TO WIN MORE SEATS THAN FAR RIGHT *LEFT ALLIANCE SET FOR 170-215 SEATS IN FRENCH VOTE: ESTIMATES *LE PEN'S GROUP SET FOR 110-158 SEATS IN FRENCH VOTE: ESTIMATES *FRENCH LEFT SET FOR SHOCK ELECTION VICTORY, PROJECTIONS SHOW

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This delicious little bit of schadenfreude can be ours too if we work our asses off between now and November to bury Donald Trump and his fascist political party

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two takeaways, which are supported by political science evidence: 1. attempting to co-opt the far right from the center is bad and not beneficial electorally (this is what Macron did) 2. a left-center collaboration specifically to stop the far right is good and can work electorally quite well

JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

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OK EVERYONE TIME TO ADJUST THE NARRATIVE - CENTRE-LEFT NOW ASCENDANT IN EUROPE, POPULIST RIGHT IN DISARRAY, WE’VE ALL GOT THAT CLEMENT ATTLEE/LEON BLUM FEELING. THAT IS ALL. amp.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

French election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third | France | The Guardianamp.theguardian.com New Popular Front predicted to get 172-192 seats, with Marine Le Pen’s far-right RN and allies down in third

The cybertruck cannot fail, it can only be failed.

Oh well of course that makes sense that the Cybertruck run delivered 3 months ago on the vehicle launched 8 months ago was one of the bad ones unlike all the other ones which are bad in different ways

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Breaking news: The first projections after polls closed in France’s legislative election put a leftist alliance in the lead, as the populist, anti-immigration far right falls behind and performs far below expectations.

France election live updates: Left-wing bloc leads in results projectionswww.washingtonpost.com The populist, anti-immigration National Rally party had been hoping to install France’s first far-right government since World War II, with 28-year-old Jordan Bardella as prime minister.

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The 2024 Mandate for Leadership is much more radical than even the 2016 edition. It is the only significant policy planning document by any Republican-aligned organizations. We have no reason to believe that it won't guide a second Trump Admin's agenda. static.project2025.org/2025_Mandate...

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This is fascinating: Evangelicals becoming "pro-life" was a LARP to win power and elections. Now rank and file Evangelicals are so committed they want to follow "pro-life" extremism to electoral defeat. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Tempers flare as Trump reviews revised abortion plank for Republican platformwww.washingtonpost.com The former president wants the platform to endorse leaving the issue to the states rather than a federal ban in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s demise.

Impeachment inquiry Season 2, West Wing. The theater criticism view of journalism will have us re-enacting a season from TV. Circle complete.

After his halting performance at a debate against Donald Trump, President Biden’s senior aides face worries among fellow Democrats and sharp accusations from Republicans that they took steps to conceal the effect the president’s aging has had on his ability to carry out his duties.

Debate brings scrutiny of whether aides shielded signs of Biden’s agingwww.washingtonpost.com Biden, aides now grappling with accusations they strongly reject that they were not candid with the public about how his age impacted his ability to do the job.

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NEW: updated edition of our American Autocracy Threat Tracker Shows the full range of Trump’s dictatorship would look like— including proof of his close ties to Project 2025 “He is lying when he denies it and we have the receipts.” www.justsecurity.org/92714/americ...

American Autocracy Threat Trackerwww.justsecurity.org A comprehensive catalog of the autocratic threat to democracy based on former President Donald Trump and his associates’ autocratic plans and promises.

Wouldn’t it be amazing if press laser focused on GOP policies the way it did on theater criticism? -if it’s not Project 2025 then what is it? -do they reject whole thing or parts? - do they promise not hire any Heritage people as staff? -what then are their views on these issues?

Democrats can’t get coverage or credit for their policies, GOP runs from theirs and denies them.

Stephen Miller now following Trump's lead and saying he has nothing to do with Project 2025. 1. His organization is on the Project 2025 advisory board. 2. He recorded a video as part of Project 2025 training tools 3. You can see Mandate for Leadership, the Project 2025 publication in the background

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A must read from Monbiot on the implications of a Trump win for the rest of the world: "In short, the UK and Europe will need to find the means of defending ourselves against a Trump regime and its allies." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How dare you say this about our next Secretary of State.

We talk about Tuberville a lot, but this terrible former UConn quarterback becoming a powerful evil person is way more dystopian. We EXPECT a mediocre Auburn coach to become a GOP sen. But there's no pipeline from "6.1 yards per throw in the Big East" to "professionally entrapping homeless people"

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This was a speech during which he did not have to answer any questions, he supposedly knew where he was going to be several days ahead of time, and this is what he came up with

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A second American Revolution, this one aimed at unwinding democracy in favor of a monarchy. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | The target of the right’s ‘revolution’ is pluralistic democracy itselfwww.washingtonpost.com The president of the Heritage Foundation said, “We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

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In the exact same nine day period that Biden and his White House and campaign have been flailing, Trump has offered voters a window into his own mental state and vision for term 2 It’s not great! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

QAnon Memes, F-Bombs, and Tribunals: As Biden Faltered, Trump Amped Up the Crazywww.rollingstone.com Trump quietly had his own week from hell while the media was hounding Biden

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18/End My summary: - Make college less affordable - Make it easier to discriminate - Make it easier fraudulent universities to rip off students - Allow the President to put ideological tests that target individual institutions or whole states for funding cuts. Fun!

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12/ Here is a BIG one ... basically get rid of accreditation or any academic standard for access to IV funds (federal student aid), and have financial and administrative capacity as the primary qualifier for access to aid! This opens the door to rip-off schools. This is the TRUMP UNIVERSITY plan.

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5/ Treat students loans explicitly as an opportunity to make money for the "taxpayer," privatize the loan system, and roll back nearly all loan forgiveness programs. Basically treat student loans not as financial aid but as an income stream for the banks and government.

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1/n Since we are talking about project 2025, here are some things a Trump administration plans to do with higher education policy, in no particular order

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Well, you see, Trump was *cognitively fit* when he sexually assaulted teenage girls. … … wait that makes it worse

Biden has a bad debate night: calls to step down Documents released that show two underage women accused Trump of raping them on Epstein’s island, under oath: total media silence except in a few blogs and foreign news The media double standard is incredible to see

Incredible stuff going on at other place: Laura Loomer tweets Biden is having medical emergency. Monica Crowley copies text as her own. Sitting US senator retweets Owner of site claims Biden has medical emergency every flight Sitting senator claims Biden as medical emergency every minute

If they believe this they are the most naive rubes in all of politics and if they don't... They need Trump to promise not to hire any Heritage or America First staff for admin if he's so opposed.

Mike Allen and Zachary Basu just doing the work of Trump propaganda network's gaslighting machine. Shame on these so called stenographers masquerading as journalists. #Project2025

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"The members of the mainstream media are human beings (despite frequent appearances to the contrary) and human beings respond to incentives. There is an enormous personal financial incentive to another four years of Trump in the White House" www.oliverexplains.com/p/the-media-...

The Media Rigs The 2024 Electionwww.oliverexplains.com History Continues To Repeat Itself

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JUST IN: Labour heading toward a landslide victory in the UK. This is their return to power, for the first time since 2010. National exit poll, released moments ago, shows them above 400 seats. The ruling conservatives projected at 131, which would be their lowest since WWII.