Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

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I am white, and was raised in small mostly white communities when I was young, but moved to a larger city as a young teenager. Like a lot of white kids, I didn't understand how much of a thing casual everyday racism was, until I met my future best friend Cameron. I'd never been pulled over by the cops before, and now suddenly I was getting pulled over frequently, for no reason at all, the only difference was now there was a black man in the car. I remember the first time getting pulled over, and the cop asking for all of our ID's with no explanation at all, Cam saw me about to mouth off, and the look of terror on his face made me shut up immediately. Later, he told me when it happened again to just comply, don't ask questions, don't get angry. I had never had to view cops with fear before, in my mind, you only needed to be afraid if you were a criminal, but Cam was afraid, just for existing as black. If people try to tell you that black people are dramatizing their struggle, they are lying!

Accidently moved an item into the self checkout bagging area and red lights strobed overhead while the instruction screen split into a view of my face and a shot of me from behind and security confronted me but go ahead and defy a subpoena Mike Pence we’re all equal under the law.

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Florida governor censors school teachers in order to promote free speech, and then lies freely about it.
2354th train-wreck-induced hazardous spill this year is newsworthy, but the rest are just business as usual. Incidentally, isn't it great that Trump repealed those nasssty profit-reducing freight train safety regs, and then Biden forced the workers to keep working when they tried to strike over insanely bad safety practices? I mean, that would have been terrible for the economy if they'd gone on strike and made the train company run a safer option. Stocks might have gone down some, or maybe even more than some, and that would be bad. 📉 😭 [This has been an editorial comment by me and does not reflect the opinion of my actual self.]
Liar capable of appearing marginally competent throws hat in ring to run against former liar President who lost two elections for being obviously incompetent but somehow got to be President anyway because of an outdated elitist institution designed to prevent too much democracy from happening, and somehow this... matters? I guess? (See our special report coming up soon: When Will America Stop Hitting Itself By Voting for Obvious Liars?)
Media gets very excited about thing which happens routinely (several candidates here) while downplaying stuff that people should be paying attention to.
Fascists consolidate power in multiple states; media describes one of them as a "maverick" who is "bucking the system".
Lawmakers in North Carolina, concerned about the growing number of daily gun massacres, submit legislation to further loosen gun regulations.
Mainstream media outlet which the Right loves to describe as "liberal" receives a letter containing lucid and detailed criticism of their repeated slandering trans people, from a group of sensible people who understand that this is bad. Said outlet has responded to this criticism by doing it some more.
The climate continues to deteriorate due to rampant profit-seeking, but it's okay 🔥 because some companies are finally putting a small fraction of their investments into technology which could have prevented this if they'd been serious about it half a century ago.
Right-wing media continues to increase use of words and phrases they don't understand.
Brilliant genius entrepreneur continues to wreck company he gave himself for $40B. Scientists remain unsure as to whether this is deliberate or if he really is, to put it in technical terms, "just that clueless".

...and that's our edition for tonight! We hope each of you can survive another day without dying, having a mental break, being unable to stop crying, or otherwise having too much of a bad day.

(My diligent side wants to research each of these and provide links and get the details right, but that doesn't seem to be fashionable these days and anyway I have no budget.)

Doctor appearing on CNN compares Sen. Fetterman's health problems with Rep. George Santos -- says they both shouldn't be in Congress. Seriously, he compared health issues with Santos' stream of lies! You should be ashamed CNN!

When your guests arrive early but they’re special friends so you’re ok with it.

The reversal of Roe v. Wade was a cataclysmic error by radical MAGA Republicans and hypocritical "conservatives" who have invaded secular politics with their religious beliefs.

Pro-life means not cutting food and cash assistance to our most vulnerable citizens. It means legislating a living wage. It means advocating for clean water and air. Pro-life is making sure that everyone has medical care and retirement benefits. And leaving people to make their own personal choices.

They said it was all about handing the choice back to the states. Since that backfired on them, they now want national restrictions put in place. If they think the backlash hurt in 2022, just wait.

Opinion Republicans are doubling down on abortion. They’ll regret it.
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