Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

President Biden pardoned federal convictions for simple marijuana.

Thank you Sir.

@shuttersparks I think it's because of the Colorado rulings. The first judge found that Trump did incite insurrection, and the appeals court affirmed it 7 to 0 (the 3 dissenters did not dissent on those grounds).

It has gone from a matter yet to be decided in court, to a matter that has been decided in court.

#Trump #jan6 #Colorado #election #supremecourt #uspolitics

Seeing a lot of right-wing (#foxnews) articles crying how the #democrats are using the #courts to bypass the ballot box. Excuse me?

Happy Solstice, everyone! This picture was taken today at 10:45 AM outside of my cabin in the wilderness of the Yukon. This darkness is just so peaceful 🧡

"Do you know why I pulled you over?" will be illegal in California from January 1, 2024. Now police have to tell you why they pulled you over.

The idea is to stop pre-textual traffic stops, in which an officer pulls over a driver, usually Latino or African-American, intending to find a reason to search their vehicle for contraband.

Research shows that pre-textual traffic stops are a racist practice that nets very little contraband. #acab

#GiftLink 🎁 https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/12/20/california-police-must-tell-drivers-why-theyre-being-stopped-starting-next-year-under-new-law/?share=heoa0onwixn2ncrcriun

I’m old enough to remember when smoking (and smoke) was everywhere, and the idea that smokers might ever be asked or made to stop was seen as absurd. Many kids (including me) got horrible bronchitis every single year and had other sorts of breathing problems all the time. Many parents (and other adults) died early.

The reason Ukraine is running out of artillery shells and other critically important supplies is, Speaker Mike Johnson in his clean suit on the left thinks, the weapons support to the Ukrainian soldier on the right can wait.

So Mike Johnson is now going home to celebrate Christmas with his family, while this soldier is trying to fight the Russian invasion with even less weapons.

The US deserves better politicians.

Traditionally, chutzpah is defined as killing your parents and pleading for mercy as an orphan. But then there’s suing the Tolkien estate for infringing your Lord of the Rings fanfic, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/18/copyright-claim-against-tolkien-estate-backfires-on-lord-of-the-rings-fanfiction-author

The only way to get where ALL OF US want to go, is through using JOE BIDEN to get to the NEXT STEP. There is NO OTHER WAY. The only other candidate who can win, will make everything you want to see happen merely ACADEMIC. You'll NEVER be able to fight for whatever it is, EVER AGAIN. You won't be able to BE IT, DO IT, TALK ABOUT IT without serious problems. There's NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT.

CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens hand out medical records to cops without warrants

Lawmakers want HHS to revise health privacy law to require warrants.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/cvs-rite-aid-walgreens-hand-out-medical-records-to-cops-without-warrants/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

@SrRochardBunson There was a great thread with some of this on the dead bird site. Sadly, the people who really like Fight Club are incapable of understanding that it is satirizing them, and that they’re the villains.

Very tired but I can’t go to sleep until I worry about 4 more unrelated things

Interesting choice of colors for Bruce Springsteen guitarist Van Zandt’s latest guitar.

According to guitar maker Woody Woodcasters, the guitar has been used to open Springsteen’s concerts with the song “No surrender”.

The chorus lyrics are:

🎵 Well, we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter's night
With a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender 🎶

🇺🇦

Judaism has laws about everything, and war is no exception.
For example, Jewish law explicitly, strictly prohibits cutting down your enemy's fruit trees during a war. Heck, Jewish law prohibits destroying fruit-bearing trees _at all_. Think about this the next time you hear about "religious" Jewish settlers in the West Bank destroying Palestinian olive groves.

@Doppelganger75 @GottaLaff

I wouldn't describe it as "nothing"

Ukraine is seizing the oligarchs assets

The FBI has raided the homes and offices of Vekselberg, Muraviev, and Deripask.

Search warrants have been served at Giuliani's homes & offices, Roger Stone, and Jeffrey Clark.

The GOP response has been to defund the agencies investigating their donors, enablers, and accomplices.

Each time the GOP threatens shutdowns over the debt, that's what they are doing, thwarting investigations.

💥 FINAL FOUR 💥

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If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

These NAZIS hate democracy and must be defeated.