MrQuindazzi

MrQuindazzi

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Teacher, learner
“Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of the conditions of men,—the balance wheel of the social machinery.... I mean that it gives each man the independence and the means by which he can resist the

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Trump "re-truthed" this meme yesterday. But look, whatever you do, don't call it fascism.

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A few years ago, Jon Lovett floated a theory that media treats Democrats like protagonists - to be challenged, accounted, and forced to be behave in growth-oriented ways - while the GOP are treated like antagonists - immutable, expected to disrupt, thematic obstacles. Thinking about that a lot.

I don’t recall the NYT calling for Trump to step down after being convicted of 34 counts of fraud and being called by a judge at his civil trial a rapist in the common person sense

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A brokered Democratic convention, with massive protests just outside the convention hall, is Trump's dream scenario. 24 hours later, I'm astounded at how many people claiming to be worried about an authoritarian America under Trump want to create the perfect storm for him to seize power.

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Earlier this month he was sundowning and couldn't read the teleprompter and started rambling about falling in the water with marine batteries and sharks nearby and said he would rather be electrocuted than eaten by a shark, this was in front of thousands of people

This is top article on front page. "...Mr. Biden’s voice has grown softer and raspier, his hair thinner and whiter... adding to an impression of frailty. Mr. Trump, by contrast, does not appear to be suffering the effects of time in such visible ways." NYT can go fuck itself with a rented dick.

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It'd be awesome if WaPo started digging into Sulzberger and his penchant for murdering small animals.

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A is for AR-15, which any adult can buy B is for bullets, which make holes in guys C is for cops, who will wait outside for hours D is for dialing 911, which is what children do E is for EMTs, who can treat you when you escape F is for flee, with better odds at survival G is for guns, guns guns guns

“Chances are, you’re never ever going to have to use this. If you do, it’s gonna be scary,” trauma nurse Kate Carleton told the 8- and 9-year-olds. “But because we’ve taught you what to do, it makes it a little less scary.”

Born from the tragedy of gun violence, this program teaches children how to stop a wound from bleeding out | CNNwww.cnn.com “Stop the Bleed” turns bystanders — even young children — into immediate responders by teaching them to pack a wound and use a tourniquet.

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Thoughtful billionaires, concerned that Clarence Thomas is morose following SCOTUS’ 8-1 rejection of his Second Amendment jurisprudence today, have briefly broken away from their Nazi memorabilia collections to give him a customized hovercraft.

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Thanks for Reggie Jackson for saying this, and contempt and defiance, in advance, to the worthless shitbirds who will say he shouldn’t have and that he oughta leave if he doesn’t like it. Regrettably those worthless shitbirds are now fairly mainstream. sports.yahoo.com/mlb-at-rickw...

MLB at Rickwood Field: Reggie Jackson recalls racist treatment in Alabama in stunning interviewsports.yahoo.com For three minutes, Mr. October laid out in stunning detail what it was like to be a Black player in Alabama in 1967.

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“Frisk’s campaign said that he was exercising rights under the Second Amendment, which allows armed home defense, and the Third Amendment, which prohibits forcible quartering of soldiers in your home, the penumbras of which right clearly extend to allowing you to expel aggressive strippers.”

Neil Frisk is one of our MAGA Republican state lawmakers here in Michigan. Last night he solicited a local stripper and brought her home where they had a fight and he fired a gun at her. Friske campaign said he is "always exercising his 2nd Amendment right." www.fox2detroit.com/news/michiga...

Michigan lawmaker arrested for 'felony-level offense' in Lansing Thursday morningwww.fox2detroit.com State lawmaker Neil Friske, who is a Republican that represents Charlevoix and Emmet counties in northern Michigan, was taken into custody by Lansing Police.

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It took them about 15 minutes to decide that the actual text of section 3 of the 14th Amendment was unenforceable and optional, and months to deliberate on the extent of a completely invented presidential immunity that’s not in the constitution at all. Objectively pro-insurrection behavior

It remains astonishing that SCOTUS waited weeks to even announce they were taking on the presidential immunity case and now we stand on the eve of the last scheduled day of decisions and they still haven't released it -- all but guaranteeing Trump will not face a federal jury before the election.

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Transphobia out there destroying lives. Fuck everyone involved. Every voter, every politician, and an especially big fuck you to the “anonymous tipster” who outed the poor girl. www.yahoo.com/news/mom-tra...

Mom of transgender girl athlete says Florida's investigation has destroyed her daughter's lifewww.yahoo.com A Florida public school employee who faces firing because she allowed her transgender daughter to play girls high school volleyball assailed those who outed her child, saying Tuesday that the ensuing ...

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Jonathan Last is right, as usual.

RIP Willie Mays. Say him hit a home run in Shea stadium when he played for the Mets. He was a great one

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"What's the alternative to government policies that aggressively funnel wealth upwards, tax the plutocrats at a far lower rate than most, underfund important services, and rely on crumbs of philanthropy?" Gosh, I dunno! How about: "not that."

Pay taxes. Raise taxes higher. Organize labor unions and give them money. Fund local community groups and religious congregations that build social capital so politicians will be pressured to respond to people's needs. Fund and organize local political party orgs. Fund left-of-center media orgs.

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I am once again asking you to consider that an entire information ecosystem established as the primary form of communication over a hundred years and allegedly regulated by the federal government was destroyed by scammers virtually overnight and we just don’t, like, ever talk about it

The first rule of avoiding scam calls is to never answer unknown numbers, and even some known ones. Curious? Bored? Worried it’s an emergency? Wait the extra minute it takes for the call to go to voice mail, then decide if it’s legitimate.

Sick of scams? Stop answering your phone.www.washingtonpost.com Phone scams are still hugely popular — and they depend entirely on people curious enough to answer.

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NEW: Paul Pressler, the accused child rapist who orchestrated the Southern Baptist Convention's "conservative resurgence" and realignment with the GOP, is dead.

Paul Pressler, a former Southern Baptist leader accused of sexual abu…www.texastribune.org One of the most influential evangelical figures of the last half-century, Pressler died about six months after he settled a high-profile lawsuit with a former member of his youth group.

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Landlords use RealPage to jack up rents, often with the majority of units in a city using the software, allowing it to raise rents in unison - leading to FBI raids and a criminal investigation Turns out RealPage is the brain-child of Harlan Crow, most famous for taking Clarence Thomas on vacations

FBI raid on real estate company linked to Harlan Crow's RealPage rental price fixingwww.dailykos.com A tip of the hat to David Cay Johnston, who opened his interview on the Mark Thompson Show yesterday by noting a story that, so far as I can tell at this time, has been completely blacked out of the n...

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June 12 is Loving Day. It is the anniversary of when SCOTUS decided Loving v. Virginia on June 12, 1967.

On January 6, 1959 Mildred & Richard Loving were convicted of "cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth" (miscegenation) and forced to leave the state of Virginia instead of spending a year in prison. Eventually Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial marriage.

Is this a trick question? www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Abused by the badgewww.washingtonpost.com Hundreds of police officers in the United States have sexually abused children, a Post investigation found. In many cases, the officers have avoided prison time.

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The myth about cars that’s hurting cities. “In study after study in city after city around the world, researchers have found that merchants exaggerate the share of patrons who arrive by car and undercount those who walk, bike, or ride transit.” [vox.com]

Business owners are buying into a dumb myth about drivingwww.vox.com NYC’s very good plan to fix traffic fell victim to a very bad argument. And it’s not just New York.

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nailed it.

biden will say "i respect the jury's decision and i love my beautiful boy" and nothing more and republicans will be feral

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Wait, you’re telling me a curriculum designed by violent entitled sociopaths might be upsetting?

“While teaching a class to high school students on Wednesday, Burlington police officers staged a surprise demonstration in which a masked gunman burst into the room and pretended to open fire.”

Burlington Police Terrified High School Students With Mock Shootingm.sevendaysvt.com Updated at 2:31 p.m. While teaching a class to high school students on Wednesday, Burlington police officers staged a surprise demonstration in which a masked...

Any sane share holder wants him out. He is a terrible CEO

Tesla CEO Elon Musk could leave if $56 billion pay package not approved, shareholders warned - https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/6/24173064/tesla-board-chair-warn-elon-musk-leave-pay-shareholders

Tesla CEO Elon Musk could leave if $56 billion pay package not approved, shareholders warnedwww.theverge.com ‘This is obviously not about the money,’ Tesla’s board chair writes — presumedly with a straight face.

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"The same burning desire to control the sexuality of women—and punish those who refuse to abide by conservative sexual mores with unwanted children—fuels both the crusade against abortion and the developing attack on contraception today." prospect.org/health/2024-...

The Republican Party Is Coming for Birth Controlprospect.org The insistence from GOP elites that they mean to do no such thing is a lie.

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To add: falsely derided. She was working her ass off in difficult circumstances and he turned her into a racist caricature to get applause from white people. www.latimes.com/archives/la-... bsky.app/profile/gree...

The man who derided his own kin as a welfare queen singlehandedly collected 83% of gifts recorded by _all_ Supreme Court justices since 2004. Incredible.

Sister of High Court Nominee Traveled Different Road : Family: Although Clarence Thomas held her up as a horrible example, Emma Mae Martin defends her life and the choices she made.www.latimes.com At the end of the narrow sandy road that winds to the marshy shore of Moon River lies the life into which Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas was born--and the life that his sister never left.

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The ratio here is amazing.

The man who derided his own kin as a welfare queen singlehandedly collected 83% of gifts recorded by _all_ Supreme Court justices since 2004. Incredible.

If you see this post a wolf

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As New York Gov Kathy Hochul orders an indefinite pause on NYC's congestion-pricing plan, we go live to the ghost of Robert Moses for comment: