Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

The absolute worst job I’ve ever had in my life, was working at a call center. Telling seniors that they won a prize because they filled out some postcard. It sucked the soul straight out of my body.

I didn’t last three days there. I would rather be stripped naked, lashed until I was raw, and then dipped in hot sauce, before I would ever do a job like that again.

And what really got under my skin, where the people who were proud of their success there.

I felt nothing but shame.

It’s embarrassing watching previously banned journalists crawl back to #Twitter.

The media:

“How will criminal charges for seditious conspiracy for his coup attempt affect Donald Trump’s election bid for the presidency?”

I hate the mainstream media. I hate them for normalizing this. I hate them for the malicious way they frame things to keep the status quo.

Looks like the #Jan6 committee announced its criminal referral of #Trump and co. Just a quick reminder that this literally doesn't matter. It doesn't affect the ongoing Justice Department investigation or start a new one.

They had to make this referral, given the obviousness of the crimes, but the question is still whether the Justice Department prosecutes, and not what the committee concludes.

Tucker Carlson, Useful Idiot.
Today's NY Times piece below further confirms my scoop from March: The Russian government instructed pro-Putin media to feature Tucker Carlson in their reporting on the Ukraine war.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/exclusive-kremlin-putin-russia-ukraine-war-memo-tucker-carlson-fox/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/technology/russia-state-tv-ukraine-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The January 6 committee has released an introduction to its final report. It's a devastating indictment of Trump, citing him as the "central cause" of the 1/6 riot and depicting him as a conspirator who mounted multiple (possibly illegal) plots to overthrow the 2020 election to grab power. Here's his legacy (so far): He tried to break the American republic, and, fortunately, he failed. Please read/boost/share/like.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/12/january-6-committee-report-devastating-case-against-donald-trump/

American Air’s app is warning me about the nightmare my return trip will be. Gonna be warmer in Massachusetts than Indiana

#NewfoundlandAndLabrador

#photography #flower #Summer

#FlowersOfMastodon

@joyannreid We all need to embrace each other as people in full, to accept the full truth about our frequently awful history, and to revel in the possibilities open to a poly-cultural and proudly diverse society.

#NewfoundlandAndLabrador

#photography #flower #Summer

#FlowersOfMastodon

"Zelensky has published the speech about world peace that was requested to be played before kickoff of the World Cup final in Qatar today.

Gianni Infantino and FIFA refused to play it.

More than a billion people would have seen it."

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1604466664258404352?t=O2TZkKnCOlqoqy0T-x1IMw&s=09

BREAKING: The January 6 Committee has officially made four CRIMINAL referrals to the Dept of Justice against Donald J. Trump. They are:

1—Obstruction of an official proceeding
2—Conspiracy to defraud the United States of America
3—Conspiracy to make a false statement (fake electors)
4—Incite, assist, or aid an Insurrection

Justice delayed is justice denied. DOJ—You’re up! Don’t let America down!

Congress issues criminal referrals of Trump, Eastman, and others to DOJ in relation to January 6th:

1. Trump, Eastman and others for impeding official proceedings (regarding obstructing the electoral college count)

2. Trump, Eastman and others for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States

3. Trump and others, for making materially false statements (regarding fake electors)

4. Trump for inciting, assisting and aiding an insurrection

Happy #mondog to you all! To celebrate, here’s a cute picture of my #tripawd buddy, Scruffy. He’s the #goodestboi #dog #dogsofmastodon

The Thinker..

Everyone getting all excited about the January 6 committee announcement and all I can feel is that same apathy I've had toward him for years. Doesn't matter how clear the evidence, doesn't matter how obvious the crime, just like he said he could stand in the middle of 5th Ave, gun someone down, and he'd still slither his way out.

Even if he's charged, I don't see anything coming from this other than more claims from the right that it was partisan and a witch hunt and still 30-45% of this country will sign on to that narrative.

I just don't see anything changing no matter what this committee does.