Peter Smith

I had a chat with the conservative mom of a friend today. We talked about a bunch of stuff and I learned several interesting things, among them, that religious conservatives are often PRO-CHOICE AND THINK THE SUPREME COURT IS INSANE. Run on Dobbs. Run on justices and court reform. Do it.

Organizers got enough signatures to put a measure protecting abortion on the ballot in Arkansas. In *Arkansas*. They had *no national support*. Ignore the pundits melting down over not being treated as Very Special Boys. Dobbs has fundamentally changed elections. Everything they know is wrong.

Arkansas abortion rights groups collect enough signatures to advance ballot measurewww.nbcnews.com A measure to enshrine abortion rights in the ruby red state’s constitution is now one step closer to making the November ballot — but major obstacles remain.

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When you see the way the press is treating Joe Biden for aging in public, you see how they could treat Donald Trump for committing fraud, rape, espionage, and insurrection and never, ever will.

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It's important to note that Trump tried to order this at least twice we know of during his regime.

right. the president could order troops to suppress protesters using live fire and the supreme court would extend that absolute immunity

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The story of Trump insulting service members was confirmed by Trump's own chief of staff. Right-wing media are still denying it. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

The story of Trump insulting service members was confirmed by Trump's own chief of staff. Right-wing media are still denying it.www.mediamatters.org After The Atlantic reported in 2020 that former President Donald Trump had disparaged fallen soldiers as "suckers" and "losers" during a trip to Paris in 2018, right-wing media erupted to protect the ...

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During Trump's entire time in office there were no editorials from NYT demanding he resign, after everything he did. They only write such editorials if they think they can draw blood. They didn't want to look stupid, so didn't bother. It's not about doing the right thing. It's only about THEM.

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Joe Biden has to hurry up and commit fraud, rape, espionage, and insurrection quickly so The New York Times will think he's fit to stay in the race.

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If you’re mad about the Supreme Court rulings today (and you really, really should be) remember that there’s a 100% chance Alito and Thomas will retire in the next four years if Trump wins, and they will be replaced by conservatives several decades younger.

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If SCOTUS doesn't make you angry enough to overlook Biden's faults I don't know what to tell you.

Breaking news: Federal prosecutors improperly charged hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants with obstruction, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday, upending many cases against rioters who disrupted the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

Supreme Court says prosecutors improperly charged hundreds of Jan. 6 rioterswww.washingtonpost.com Supreme Court’s decision on obstruction charge will impact trials of hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters and, potentially, former president Donald Trump.

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if somebody in california wants to sue the department of the interior and get a circuit court to ban all oil leasing, now's the time

Without going all in on cope, I do not think the chaos about to envelop the circuit courts is going to be entirely favorable to the right wing project unless Congress authorizes a huge expansion of said courts under a GOP trifecta

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Every morning I check the news and it's like -SCOTUS Eliminates Three More Basic Rights, Only Six Remain -President Mispronounces a Word, Will Now Lose Election to Senile Hitler -New AI Company Uses Artist Blood to Let Billionaires and Racists Live Forever, Gets $45 Billion Valuation

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Again, every bad statutory interpretation decision by SCOTUS could, theoretically, be fixed by Congress promptly amending the poorly interpreted statutes and thus superseding SCOTUS. Or by impeaching the Justices in the majority. Or by stripping the Court of jurisdiction. Or by packing it.

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When Trump demonizes immigrants as takers and “not human beings,” he’s talking about ppl like my mom. She worked for years as a domestic worker to support our family. Classes at night for a while. She’s my hero. My mom isn’t “poisoning the blood” of America. She is the American story.

I know what I’m doing in Nov. because when I vote I’m not just voting for myself. I’m voting to protect my Dreamer friends. I’m voting to protect the farmworkers feed us. I’m voting for my mom & all the loving immigrant parents who left everything behind: zacharymueller.substack.com/p/as-a-gay-a...

As a Gay American and Son of Immigrants so Much of Who I am Is at Stake in 2024zacharymueller.substack.com June is always a really special time for me. In addition to marking Pride Month, June is also Immigrant Heritage Month. Both of these celebrations represent so much of who I am and the values I choose...

I might have to retire from Sedecordle. I'm never going to get a score as good as this again. Daily #862 0️⃣4️⃣⬛0️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣⬛1️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣⬛0️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣⬛0️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣2️⃣⬛1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣⬛1️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣⬛0️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣⬛1️⃣4️⃣ sedecordle.com #sedecordle

So close to perfection. Connections Puzzle #377 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Been a while since I've got it perfect from hardest to easiest. Connections Puzzle #373 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨

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News outlets gorged on Hunter Biden trial coverage while ignoring Trump’s calls to prosecute foes www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-ne...

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This is a nice simple explainer of what Trump will do if he returns to power, with the implication that it will be used to usher in an authoritarian government that rounds up immigrants, gives him unchecked power, and prosecutes political opponents www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Make a band milder. Microdeth

Make a band milder. Minivan Halen

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15m jobs in a bit over 3 years is the kind of thing that would’ve won you reelection by 25 points in the past

if you want to understand why Biden's economic record has been unpopular, compare and contrast today's NBC News article about strong job growth and record low unemployment with a 2017 NBC news article about the stock market hitting record highs:

I got out over a month ago. Good look to all those who still haven't been Cyberstruck.

everyone is the world is playing CYBERSTRUCK, the fun new mandatory game in which you are eliminated when you see your first cybertruck in the wild rules are similar to whamageddon, but with no end date: • the cybertruck must be real, in the wild • as soon as you notice the cybertruck, you are out

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The idea that “being gay/trans/anything isn’t for me but other people can do whatever the hell they want because it has literally zero effect on me” is so fundamental to reason that I can’t even believe we have to say it in 2024 CE

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oh no my wife is getting a flag ready

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miniature upside down flags for some, no abortions for anyone

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when Trump sends his forces around to deport millions of people, they will not legally be allowed to deport US citizens, and *that won't matter*. when the armed man says you have to get in a truck, you're going in the truck. and the law won't help you fast enough if it helps at all.

A report from the Government Accountability Office found that ICE arrested 674 potential US citizens, detained 121, and deported 70 during a five year frame the government watchdog analyzed: immigrationimpact.com/2021/07/30/i...

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So, for those folks who turned off the news Thursday and are just getting back, a quick thread of some key pieces of domestic U.S. political news…

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The main thing to understand about abortion ban exceptions do not exist. They are ornamental. They’re like plastic fruit. They are not meant to be used, they’re just there to make the ban look reasonable. bsky.app/profile/jbou...

successful conservative social policy is when an impoverished 13-year-old rape victim carries the pregnancy to term abcnews.go.com/amp/US/13-ye...

13-year-old rape victim has baby amid confusion over state's abortion banabcnews.go.com A 13-year-old rape victim in Mississippi carried her baby to term amid her family's confusion over whether she could get an abortion in the state.

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Just woke up from the craziest dream that a presidential candidate announced he made a deal with one of the world's biggest monsters to keep an American citizen in prison unless and until the candidate wins his election and somehow it wasn't dominating the front page of every newspaper the next day