Mark
@mark-4.bsky.social
Remove private money from elections. Overturn Citizens United!
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Never forget: We are here because of a system-wide failure to hold Trump accountable and mount an effective defense against the onslaught of authoritarian minority rule.
The much vaunted “guardrails” have failed spectacularly.
The much vaunted “guardrails” have failed spectacularly.
It's the refusal to enforce the insurrection and emoluments clause that really broke me. The text clearly says these things are aren't allowed. And the original meanings cover pretty much exactly what happened now. But it felt unfair to some to enforce them, so pundits and judges just said "nah."
October 21, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Never forget: We are here because of a system-wide failure to hold Trump accountable and mount an effective defense against the onslaught of authoritarian minority rule.
The much vaunted “guardrails” have failed spectacularly.
The much vaunted “guardrails” have failed spectacularly.
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Which is more amazing: the fact that America has vastly outperformed other advanced economies without higher inflation, or the fact that Biden gets no credit?
October 21, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Which is more amazing: the fact that America has vastly outperformed other advanced economies without higher inflation, or the fact that Biden gets no credit?
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October 17, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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In the Not All Polls Are Equal department:
National polls released today:
Marist: 🔵Harris +5
TIPP: 🔵Harris +4
Economist/YouGov: 🔵Harris +4
FDU: 🔵Harris +3
Marquette: 🟡Tie
Fox News: 🔴Trump +2
National polls released today:
Marist: 🔵Harris +5
TIPP: 🔵Harris +4
Economist/YouGov: 🔵Harris +4
FDU: 🔵Harris +3
Marquette: 🟡Tie
Fox News: 🔴Trump +2
October 16, 2024 at 11:25 PM
In the Not All Polls Are Equal department:
National polls released today:
Marist: 🔵Harris +5
TIPP: 🔵Harris +4
Economist/YouGov: 🔵Harris +4
FDU: 🔵Harris +3
Marquette: 🟡Tie
Fox News: 🔴Trump +2
National polls released today:
Marist: 🔵Harris +5
TIPP: 🔵Harris +4
Economist/YouGov: 🔵Harris +4
FDU: 🔵Harris +3
Marquette: 🟡Tie
Fox News: 🔴Trump +2
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Can we get 500 of you as soon as possible to share this new ad Kamala Harris just released
October 9, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Can we get 500 of you as soon as possible to share this new ad Kamala Harris just released
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really can't be overstated that a core pillar of MAGAism is to steal your tax dollars and give them to Donald Trump
Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is looking to supply the state Department of Education with 55,000 Bibles.
Out of 2,900 Bibles, only one fits Walters’ criteria: The Trump Bible.
Out of 2,900 Bibles, only one fits Walters’ criteria: The Trump Bible.
'Trump Bible' one of few that meet Walters' criteria for Oklahoma classrooms
Bibles endorsed by former President Donald Trump cost $60 each online, with Trump receiving fees for his endorsement.
www.oklahoman.com
October 4, 2024 at 1:42 PM
really can't be overstated that a core pillar of MAGAism is to steal your tax dollars and give them to Donald Trump
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The latest Trump filing highlights the upshot of the Supreme Court's immunity decision.
Conspiring with friends to remain in power despite having lost the election, as you or I might: A serious crime.
Using the vast power of the presidency to do exactly the same thing: Definitely not a crime.
Conspiring with friends to remain in power despite having lost the election, as you or I might: A serious crime.
Using the vast power of the presidency to do exactly the same thing: Definitely not a crime.
October 3, 2024 at 1:30 PM
The latest Trump filing highlights the upshot of the Supreme Court's immunity decision.
Conspiring with friends to remain in power despite having lost the election, as you or I might: A serious crime.
Using the vast power of the presidency to do exactly the same thing: Definitely not a crime.
Conspiring with friends to remain in power despite having lost the election, as you or I might: A serious crime.
Using the vast power of the presidency to do exactly the same thing: Definitely not a crime.
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[p.8] Detroit, November 4, 2020. The ongoing vote count at TCF Center looked unfavorable to Trump. A campaign person said there was about to be unrest reminiscent of the Brooks Brothers Riot, (violent effort to stop the Florida vote count in 2000), conspirator P5: “Make them riot” and “Do it!!!”
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were continuing to tabulate votes. For example, on November 4 P5 —a Campaign employee, agent, and co-conspirator of the defendant—tried to sow confusion when the ongoing vote count at the TCF Center in Detroit, Michigan, looked unfavorable for the defendant. There, when a colleague at the TCF Center told P5 “We think [a batch of votes heavily in Biden’s favor is]right,»17 P5 responded, “find a reason it isnt,” “give me options to file litigation,” and “even if itbis [sic].”18 When the colleague suggested that there was about to be unrest reminiscent of the
Brooks Brothers Riot,19 a violent effort to stop the vote coimt in Florida after the 2000 presidential election. P5 responded, “Make them riot” and “Do it!!!”20 The defendant’s Campaign operatives and supporters used similar tactics at other tabulation centers, including in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,21 and the defendant sometimes used the resulting confrontations to falsely claim](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2wyqv44lm72vasmddeqjgy72/bafkreiamdxa5oketgi6fwav3kfd5gas5d7luj2xiof3kpfl4haluuz6p3a@jpeg)
October 2, 2024 at 8:39 PM
[p.8] Detroit, November 4, 2020. The ongoing vote count at TCF Center looked unfavorable to Trump. A campaign person said there was about to be unrest reminiscent of the Brooks Brothers Riot, (violent effort to stop the Florida vote count in 2000), conspirator P5: “Make them riot” and “Do it!!!”
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Brain doc here. Trump shows textbook confabulation: symptom of his increasingly severe cognitive impairment.
"confabulation is a memory error consisting of..production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world..generally associated w/ brain damage or..dementias”
"confabulation is a memory error consisting of..production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world..generally associated w/ brain damage or..dementias”
Confabulation - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
October 1, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Brain doc here. Trump shows textbook confabulation: symptom of his increasingly severe cognitive impairment.
"confabulation is a memory error consisting of..production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world..generally associated w/ brain damage or..dementias”
"confabulation is a memory error consisting of..production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world..generally associated w/ brain damage or..dementias”
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fuck me, *yes*
"indirect exploitation of skill to avoid having to pay for it" is an *excellent* way to frame generative AI
"indirect exploitation of skill to avoid having to pay for it" is an *excellent* way to frame generative AI
September 16, 2024 at 6:25 PM
fuck me, *yes*
"indirect exploitation of skill to avoid having to pay for it" is an *excellent* way to frame generative AI
"indirect exploitation of skill to avoid having to pay for it" is an *excellent* way to frame generative AI
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She is represented by Jay Sekulow.
In case you want to know who she's working for.
In case you want to know who she's working for.
The Nevada Green Party asked the US Supreme Court to weigh into an election dispute with potentially significant implications in the presidential battleground, asking the high court to pause a state court ruling that would keep candidate Jill Stein off the ballot.
Green Party urges Supreme Court to intervene in Nevada ballot dispute | CNN Politics
The Nevada Green Party on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to weigh into an election dispute with potentially significant implications in the presidential battleground, asking the high court to pause...
cnn.it
September 13, 2024 at 11:12 PM
She is represented by Jay Sekulow.
In case you want to know who she's working for.
In case you want to know who she's working for.
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Absolutely fucking bonkers that a former FBI director publicly declares he believers a major party presidential candidate is an asset of a hostile foreign power and it won't even register as a blip. No media. No movement in the polls. No outrage. Nothing.
Donald Trump a de facto Russian asset, FBI official he fired suggests
Donald Trump a de facto Russian asset, FBI official he fired suggests
Andrew McCabe says Trump-Putin interactions ‘raise questions’, as Harris says Putin would eat Trump ‘for lunch’
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Absolutely fucking bonkers that a former FBI director publicly declares he believers a major party presidential candidate is an asset of a hostile foreign power and it won't even register as a blip. No media. No movement in the polls. No outrage. Nothing.
How many Scaramuccis are in the cards for JD Vance?
July 23, 2024 at 10:12 PM
How many Scaramuccis are in the cards for JD Vance?
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If you’re thinking of giving, give tonight. The timing tells a story of enthusiasm that’s important for the world to see in dollars and cents
My household’s in for $250. Let’s f––ing go (coconuts).
July 21, 2024 at 11:04 PM
If you’re thinking of giving, give tonight. The timing tells a story of enthusiasm that’s important for the world to see in dollars and cents
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billionaire wealth in the US hit 6 trillion today, an all time high, and that’s double what it was before trump-gop passed their tax bill in 2017 that accelerated the rich getting absurdly insanely richer
July 12, 2024 at 12:48 AM
billionaire wealth in the US hit 6 trillion today, an all time high, and that’s double what it was before trump-gop passed their tax bill in 2017 that accelerated the rich getting absurdly insanely richer
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In this chat, we suggest a distinction between covering something (NYT does great reporting on Trump's autocratic plans), and *crusading.* The latter is wholly different: It uses saturation coverage to alert readers that they should be alarmed. That's just not happening w/r/t Trump's unfitness.
In this pod, we ask you to keep several things in your heads at once:
1) NYT does essential work on Trump threat
2) Biden probably shouldn't run; doubts about his ability to carry this through are too great
3) It's STILL true that NYT is asymmetric on Biden/Trump unfitness
1) NYT does essential work on Trump threat
2) Biden probably shouldn't run; doubts about his ability to carry this through are too great
3) It's STILL true that NYT is asymmetric on Biden/Trump unfitness
One thing that's clear from the Biden/age story is this: NYT knows how to crusade when it wants to. And NYT is crusading against Biden's mental unfitness for office in a way it's just not doing with Trump.
On the pod, @whstancil.bsky.social and I break this all down:
newrepublic.com/article/1835...
On the pod, @whstancil.bsky.social and I break this all down:
newrepublic.com/article/1835...
July 8, 2024 at 11:55 AM
In this chat, we suggest a distinction between covering something (NYT does great reporting on Trump's autocratic plans), and *crusading.* The latter is wholly different: It uses saturation coverage to alert readers that they should be alarmed. That's just not happening w/r/t Trump's unfitness.
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All of these guys leading Project 2025 were Trump White House officials. Paul Dans was closely involved in implementing Schedule F. The head of Heritage, Kevin Roberts, was selected as a pro-MAGA leader. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-public...
July 5, 2024 at 7:12 PM
All of these guys leading Project 2025 were Trump White House officials. Paul Dans was closely involved in implementing Schedule F. The head of Heritage, Kevin Roberts, was selected as a pro-MAGA leader. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-public...
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Reminder for people who seem to be convinced that a deficit barely outside the margin of error in July is insurmountable
July 3, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Reminder for people who seem to be convinced that a deficit barely outside the margin of error in July is insurmountable
I’ve seen enough. Biden looks his age so I’m voting for the senile convicted felon and rapist malignant narcissist.
June 28, 2024 at 3:12 AM
I’ve seen enough. Biden looks his age so I’m voting for the senile convicted felon and rapist malignant narcissist.
What a historic tragedy that a convicted felon and rapist who lies continuously is not fact checked at all, and is thus validated, by CNN.
June 28, 2024 at 1:44 AM
What a historic tragedy that a convicted felon and rapist who lies continuously is not fact checked at all, and is thus validated, by CNN.
Harlan Crow’s Supreme Court is working as intended.
June 26, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Harlan Crow’s Supreme Court is working as intended.
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Hoo boy. Just seen the discussion about the latest Adobe Photoshop T&Cs, and they give Adobe the right to look at EVERYTHING you make with their software. For AI training and policing. No opt out.
(HT Sam Santala at the other place)
(HT Sam Santala at the other place)
June 5, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Hoo boy. Just seen the discussion about the latest Adobe Photoshop T&Cs, and they give Adobe the right to look at EVERYTHING you make with their software. For AI training and policing. No opt out.
(HT Sam Santala at the other place)
(HT Sam Santala at the other place)
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Those arguing that it was inappropriate to pursue Trump in NY need to account for the fact that every other political and legal mechanism to hold him publicly accountable before the next election has failed.
Breaking news: The Georgia Court of Appeals ordered a halt to the proceedings in Trump's election interference case, meaning the case against the former president and his co-defendants will most likely not be scheduled for trial before the fall election.
Georgia appeals court pauses lower-court proceedings in Trump election case
The order means the case against the former president and eight of his co-defendants will almost certainly not be scheduled for trial before the fall election.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 5, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Those arguing that it was inappropriate to pursue Trump in NY need to account for the fact that every other political and legal mechanism to hold him publicly accountable before the next election has failed.