Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@social.cleverlibre.org

No argument more offensive than "We can't let you do this thing the Constitution says because then the GOP might do something for fake reasons."

They already do whatever they can get away with for fake reasons.

They wrote a new 2nd amendment because they didn't like the real one.

Based on the argument, it appears there are 5 or more votes to allow Trump to remain on the ballot.

The fact that Justice Thomas is on this panel already undermines its legitimacy.

#law #lawfedi #SCOTUS

State trust lands just might be one of the best-kept public secrets in America.

WSU runs on timber sales extracted from stolen Yakama lands.

Texas A&M runs on oil and gas extracted from 4.2 million acres of Kiowa, Comanche and Mescalero Apache lands.

UArizona runs on oil and gas extracted from the lands of at least 10 #Indigenous nations.

NMSU runs on oil and gas extracted from lands siezed from various Apache bands during the longest war in US history.

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Today I'd like to discuss the Biden administration rigging the Super Bowl in favor of a midwestern team with a racist name whose owner has given tens of thousands of dollars to Trump Republicans who deny Biden won the 2020 election https://skepchick.org/2024/02/a-word-about-the-taylor-swift-super-bowl-conspiracy-theory/

Nothing Trump says is true. Ever. He's a malignant, pathological liar.

For ex.

Via Ron Filipkowski

I thought it wasn’t an insurrection.

Trump: I think it was an insurrection caused by Nancy Pelosi.

@panamared27401

Very vexing to me this general feeling that it would be just too weird to actually take the constitutional seriously, and it's best to find some way to pretend that everything is fine and normal. This is how Trump et al get away with stuff!

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Cannot overstate just how depressingly, nauseatingly dangerous and bleak this is. Not the attack, which is alarming enough. Fox's gleeful vigilante-porn airing of it. That nobody at Fox seems to understand just how fucked up this is. The notion that desperate people fleeing violent circumstances in their home country deserve more violence in this one. The further notion that it's our civic duty as Americans to visit that violence upon random people, and/or cheer on those who do. And on top of it all, the near silence from mainstream news sources about any of that.

"The mainstream media should be honest about Trump’s border sabotage.

And Joe Biden should bully them into it...

Trump’s self-interested angle on this bill is often omitted from or buried in news reports, when it’s really the whole story."

~ Brian Beutler

#Trump #border #Republicans #immigration #PoliticsofChaos

https://www.offmessage.net/p/mainstream-media-honest-trump-border-sabotage

People are going to be financially destabilized because PG&E is not being reined in by regulators and government. #Energy https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/02/06/pge-electric-gas-pay-fire-california-bay-area-oakland-san-jose-economy/?

What Trump and his team doesn't seem to understand about this is: HE ISN'T THE PRESIDENT.

If, as he claims, Presidents do have "absolute immunity" from committing crimes whether in office or out of office, guess what? That would apply to THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT: JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN.

Imagine if tomorrow Biden sent Seal Team 6 to the house/hideout of known traitor and insurgent, Donald Trump, knocked down the door of Mar-a-Lago, sniped him in the head, and disposed of the body. Then claimed this "absolute immunity" defense. Whatcha going to do then, MAGAheads?

Project Veritas becomes the latest Trump-allied organization to be held to account for election-fraud misinformation.

The main actor who hasn't been? The guy on the ballot in November. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/06/trump-election-fraud-democracy/

Texas-based Life Co., owned by Walter Monk, found to be the source of last month's AI robocalls that used President Biden’s voice to urge Democrats not to vote in the NH primary.

"Mr. Formella’s office has opened a criminal investigation, sent Life Corporation a cease-and-desist letter, and sent both Life Corporation and Lingo Telecom subpoenas and notices to preserve documents, he said."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/us/politics/biden-robocall-new-hampshire.html

Niki Haley wants to raise the SS retirement age to 70.

Life expectancy for African American men in the US is 62.

For men in general? 73.

Enjoy your negative 8 and 3 years everyone.

The discourse about Tracy Chapman "finally" being recognized for Fast Car is weird because it was a huge hit. Massive. Rolling Stone called it the best song ever written by a woman (and it was still no. 167 on their ranked list). I'm delighted that she's getting new royalties, new awards, new invitations to sing it, but there's this edge like she's supposed to be so grateful to Luke Combs. No, Luke Combs should be grateful that she let him sing it. Audiences should be so grateful to hear it.

This Valentine's Day all I want are my reproductive rights, an ancient tome of curses, a 50lb wheel of fine aged cheese, the souls of mine enemies, and a dress with pockets.

The House is such a fucking embarrassment

#USPOL

Warning: Rant
My husband and I are both left-handed.

There are approximately 708 million left-handers in the world.

Over 9% of people are left-handed.

Apparently these numbers do not meet the threshold for inclusion in product design.

My former Mr. Coffee coffeemaker had ambidextrous functionality. The flap over the water reservoir opened to the back, allowing someone to pour water easily from either side.

My new Mr. Coffee coffeemaker includes a design change. The flap over the water reservoir opens to the left, making it almost impossible for me pour water into it.

I just bought a new electric water kettle. The first time I filled it with water, I guessed at the fill limit because I saw no markings inside.

Then I read the instruction manual that referenced the maximum fill line. What? Turns out, I can only see the fill line markings if I fill the kettle while holding it in my right hand. 🤦‍♀️

If you are a product designer, you commit design malpractice if you fail to acknowledge the existence of left-handers.

End rant.

#Accessibility #Lefthander #DEI #Inclusion #LefthandersArePeopleToo #Engineering #ProductDesign