Lunatech @Lunatech@social.cleverlibre.org

Complete absurdity from a Gannett newsroom: We think comments on articles are great but we're not going to invest the energy or care to keep them civil. Kindly go to social media, where "you can still have discussions..."

Yeah, that'll keep it civil...

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/2023/01/28/usa-today-network-lohud-restricting-reader-comments-to-social-media/69851367007/

Esther Crawford is being pushed as the public face of "hardcore" Twitter.

And this photo of her sleeping at Twitter HQ is being lauded as some sort of "hero" event.

But she grew up in an abusive cult, and now she's working in an abusive cult.

This is incredibly sad.

“Police officers are not Navy Seals, Army Rangers or Marines. They do not have the training, leadership, traditions, ethics and discipline of the US Armed Forces, let alone the most elite combat units. The militarization of American policing has been a disaster.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/steveschmidt/p/over-the-thin-blue-line?r=2ibrr&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Blatant antisemitism, now infiltrating Mar-a-Lago, LGBTQ+ hatred including a mass shooting, AR-15s at protests -- the U.S. right has never been more dangerous

That's because they're losing

Pro-democracy Americans can't let up now. My new column https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-fuentes-right-wing-violence-20221127.html

Colleges bow to lil’ tyrant Ron DeSantis’ will and halt diversity training. DeSantis won’t stop there. He’s already violated the 1st and 14th amendments and removed publicly elected officials

Fascism is winning

A reminder, DeSantis was a Guantánamo lawyer and administrator

His job was greenlighting torture , as per Mansoor Adayfi

This needs to be a bigger story.

https://mronline.org/2022/11/26/i-was-screaming-and-he-was-smiling-desantis-ran-guantanamo-torture/

JOURNALISM 101 RULE: If someone says it’s raining, and another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out of the fucking window and find out which is true. — Now more than ever.

1. Across the country, school districts are removing books with LGBTQ characters and themes from school libraries.

Now, a high-ranking legislator from North Dakota, Mike Lefor, is proposing the inevitable next step: banning these books from public libraries.

🧵

https://jilldennison.com/2023/01/29/tired/ I’m tired of feeling helpless to change any of the things I’m tired of. I’m tired of being ashamed of this country I’ve lived in for almost 72 years now, tired of wishing I were almost anywhere but here. My vote is my voice, but it is a very small voice, made even smaller with such tactics as gerrymandering that dilute my voice

Court records since 2011 show how police in some US states used digital data, like text messages, search history, and emails, in abortion-related prosecutions (TechCrunch)

https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/27/digital-data-roe-wade-reproductive-privacy/
http://www.techmeme.com/230129/p7#a230129p7

Federal prosecutors said to be investigating George Santos as some donors impossible to find

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/federal-criminal-probe-likely-as-george-santos-donors-revealed-as-untraceable-b2271282.html

The next time you hear Republicans in Congress complaining about the debt ceiling, remember that approximately 25% of the total national debt was incurred during the Trump administration.

The notion that Republicans care about the debt is one of the biggest lies in politics.

You know what the world needs right now?

Sacha Baron Cohen to interview George Santos.

Operating in the dark (in response to how public records revealed how “some people” tried to undermine 2020 election results) is anti-democratic and anti-American. But it is the Arizona state Legislature. #FirstAmendment #RighttoKnow #publicrecords #transparency
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/26/arizona-legislature-transparency-open-records-law/

Remember when Republicans stood in front of the American people and claimed "We want more TrANspaRuhnCEEeE!"

Just throw that claim on the ever-growing pile of bullshit that spews from their mouths.

#Arizona #Republicans #AZPol #transparency

"Arizona’s GOP legislators vote to shield themselves from public records laws"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/arizona-gop-lawmakers-vote-shield-public-records-laws-rcna67698

hiring more cops to address rising homelessness is exactly as stupid as punching someone over and over again in the hopes that it will somehow cause them to own a house

"DeSantis decided to deny the potentially life-changing class and effectively censor the freedom of our education and shield us from the truths of our ancestors," said prospective plaintiff Elijah Edwards.

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/01/students-will-sue-desantis-over-ap-african?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=70252

@danwentzel "Christians" have been harassing, bullying and killing those that are "other" since the Crusades started in 1095 A.D.

When you preach "love thy neighbor" but your actions are based on hate....I have zero tolerance for you and your so-called religion. And that goes for ALL religions.

I have been surrounded by gay, trans, and drag queens my whole adult life. Not once have I ever had to fear violence or harm from any of them, or had to have special training in case one came into my workplace. Meanwhile, I have been bullied and threatened by “Christians”, harassed by cops, and have to be trained out in case someone shows up at the office with an AR-15.

The criminal probe against George Santos just got real. The Department of Justice reportedly asked the Federal Election Commission to stop investigating Santos. This only happens when the DOJ has concluded that it has a serious criminal case on its hands that’s likely to result in criminal charges, and wants to nudge the FEC out of the way so they don’t trip over each other... https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/the-criminal-probe-against-george-santos-just-got-real/48742 via @palmerreport