“This is very confusing. We’re going to take responsibility, but we’re not responsible. We’re going to punish a couple people, but we’re not going to punish them.”

Director Steve McCraw reinstated a #Texas ranger he’d fired over the response to the Robb Elementary shooting. The ranger’s appeal could have brought scrutiny on his agency. texasobserver.org/dps-mccraw-t…

#news #police #Uvalde #GunViolence #politics #USpol #transparency

DPS Dodges Transparency in Uvalde—Again

Director Steve McCraw reinstated a Texas ranger he’d fired over the response to the Robb Elementary shooting. The ranger’s appeal could have brought scrutiny on his agency.

^{Jason Buch (The Texas Observer)}

SCOOP from Reporting Fellow Francesca D'Annunzio: Texas Department of Public Safety is committing to a five year, $5.3 million contract for Tangles, an AI #surveillance tool that can track cell phones without a court order. (🧵 1/2) texasobserver.org/texas-dps-su…

#Texas #politics #USpol #news #police #tech #privacy #HumanRights #activism #AI

Texas State Police Gear Up for Massive Expansion of Surveillance Tech

DPS plans to spend millions in taxpayer dollars on a controversial software, used first as part of Governor Abbott’s border crackdown, to “disrupt potential domestic terrorism.”

^{Francesca D’Annunzio (The Texas Observer)}

“The last time the United States launched a mass deportation effort … U.S. citizens of Hispanic descent were rounded up and sent to Mexico—a place that many had never been before. The mass deportations that #Trump is proposing would be devastating for our economy and dangerous for American Latinos.”
texasobserver.org/how-mass-dep…

#politics #USpol #immigration #news #fascism #extremism #racism #election2024 #economy

How Mass Deportations Would ‘Devastate’ Texas

The Lone Star State is home to millions of undocumented residents and members of mixed-status families critical to the state’s economic success, yet Texas leaders are cheering on Trump anyway.

^{Francesca D’Annunzio (The Texas Observer)}

“This was a hate rally. This was not just a presidential rally, this was also not just a campaign rally. I think it’s important for people to understand these are mini January 6 rallies, these are mini Stop the Steal rallies. These are rallies to prime an electorate into rejecting the results of an election if it doesn’t go the way that they want.”

— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), on MSNBC, about Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden.

#NaziTrump #GOPWeirdos #USPol

Shockingly, among the people circulating the memo are people who couldn't get a job in the first Trump administration because they failed their FBI vetting

nytimes.com/2024/10/27/us/poli…

#USPol

"NPR...reported that 'more than 1,600 digital subscriptions had been cancelled less than four hours after the news broke.'

It was a reasonable impulse. But if Bezos is indeed why the Post is no longer endorsing candidates, and if people are worried about his outsize influence on our society, they should not be canceling their newspaper subscriptions. They should be canceling their Amazon Prime subscriptions."

theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

#1A #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #boycott #USpol

Cancel Amazon Prime, Not ‘The Washington Post’

The subscription money enriching Jeff Bezos could instead be spent on the journalism crucial to preserving democracy.

^{Ellen Cushing (The Atlantic)}

11 years ago, as I prepared to leave Puerto Rico for the mainland United States, my father shared words that have echoed through time: "Your vote will be more impactful there than here." Never have those words rung more true than during this election cycle. To my fellow boricuas in the diaspora: we carry our culture, our heritage, and our power wherever we go. We must vote for the candidates who recognize, respect, and honor our identity and the resilience of our global community.

#PuertoRico #uspol

Jeff Bezos has caved in to fascism by forbidding his Washington Post editorial staff from endorsing Kamala Harris in a likely quid pro quo with Mango Mussolini.

Jeff Bezos engaged in illegal union-busting tactics, spending over $14 million in 2022 alone to undercut his employees' rights.

Jeff Bezos spent $500 million to build his personal floating mansion Koru, the tallest sailing yacht in the world that is so big, it has its own 250-foot support yacht.

Jeff Bezos, executive chairman of Amazon, extorts 50% of revenue from sellers on the monopolistic retail website Amazon.com.

Jeff Bezos this year bought his *fourth* private jet for $80 million, a Gulfstream G700 luxury business jet that travels near the speed of sound. Bezos’ plane made 28 flights in 39 days — leaving a carbon footprint of 264 tons, or 17 times what the average American emits in a year.

Jeff Bezos, as reported by ProPublica, filed a tax return in 2011 showing he lost money and received a $4,000 child tax credit from the US government during a year in which his wealth held steady at $18 billion.

I can go on and on, but how many reasons do you need to boycott anything he touches?

Cancel your Washington Post subscription. Cancel your Amazon Prime membership. Boycott Amazon.

You have alternatives. Don't feed the beast.

#USPol #USPolitics #Amazon #Bezos #WaPo #BillionairesShouldNotExist #TaxTheRich #UnionBustingIsDisgusting #UnionStrong

I can still look my daughter in the eye.

#uspol #trump
@KamalaHarrisWin

Latest strip. At the Lancaster, PA rally, Trump got on the subject of his mental fitness and stated “I have no cognitive. She may have a cognitive problem, but there’s no cognitive problem… Got no cognitive.”

#cartoon #uspol #USPolitics #election #election2024

LA Times owner Soon-Shiong WANTED A JOB under Trump running American healthcare. Washington Post owner Bezos wants to keep his $3.4 billion contract with NASA. Billionaires want Trump’s multitrillion dollar tax cuts. Planet-destroying oil execs want deregulation.

FOLLOW THE MONEY

theguardian.com/media/2024/oct…

#latimes #patricksoonshiong #LosAngelesTime #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WaPo #Journalism #FreePress #BoycottAmazon #EatTheBillionaires #USPol

Patrick Soon-Shiong: the billionaire LA Times owner who blocked Harris endorsement

Biotech tycoon’s decision to refuse to allow presidential endorsement led to resignations and subscribers’ revolt

^{Dan Milmo (The Guardian)}

Who Funds the Federalist? Finally we know—it’s dear old Dick Uihlein! | 9 DEC 2020 exposedbycmd.org/2020/12/09/wh…

#Uline #DickUihlein #FederalistSociety #RonJohnson #Wisconsin #GOPTraitors #EatTheRich #ExpelRonJohnson #USPol #BoycottUline #EliseStefanik

Who Funds The Federalist? Finally, We Know. - EXPOSEDbyCMD

Tax records obtained by CMD reveal two donors to the right-wing publication's new, affiliated nonprofit.

^{Alex Kotch (EXPOSEDbyCMD)}

If the American public were better informed and fact-based, mis- and disinformation would not enjoy the level of success it does. Still, some people are educated yet disregard facts in service of cognitive dissonance and “team strong”, which is really team weak.

#HarrisWalz2024 #uspol #usa #politics #election #election2024 #vote #voteearly

Trump sells himself as a Protector as all Tyrants have done .

Plato “This and no other is the root from which a Tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a Protector “

#Uspoli #Uspol #Cdnpoli #Election #Trump
#Protector #Fascist #Tyrant

nothing to see here, just #JDVance actively encouraging the breaking of laws and the harassment of poll workers in a swing state.

x.com/DanteAtkins/status/18503…

#Election2024 #2024Election #Trump #DonaldTrump #JDVance #uspol #uspolitics #politics #Kamala2024 #KamalaHarris #GOP #MAGA #MAGAts #Vote #Republicans #RVAT #Democrats #HarrisWalz2024 #VoteBlue #HarrisForPresident #HarrisWalz #polls #swingState #Pennsylvania #Michigan #Wisconsin #Virginia #VoteHarris

MAGA hat-wearing fucker punches 69-year-old election worker in the face, but now he's facing felony charges. Kids, stay in school and #VoteBlue.

Texas poll worker assaulted during early voting
alternet.org/poll-worker/

#GOPWeirdos #DonaldTrump #TrumpWillLose2024 #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlueUpAndDown #USPol

Texas poll worker assaulted during early voting

An election clerk in San Antonio was allegedly assaulted late Thursday and the suspect, a voter, was arrested, officials said.The suspect was arrested on suspicion of injury to an elderly person, a felony.

^{Natalia Contreras, Votebeat (Alternet.org)}

Women are voting early.

#uspol #election2024 #vote

nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elec…

The humor columnist has more backbone than Bezos.

Gift link: wapo.st/3UqHWRM

#washingtonpost #uspol #bezos

Over on Whatever, I've done what the owners of the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times would not: Endorsed Kamala Harris for President of the United States. Come read why I think she's not only the right choice, but the only choice, for president this year:

whatever.scalzi.com/2024/10/26…

#uspol

Opinion: I’m Voting Harris Not Because She Deserves it But Because I Do
thedailybeast.com/im-voting-ha…

#HarrisWalz #KamalaBringsUsJoy #NeverAgainTrump #VoteBlue #TrumpWillLose2024 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

I’m Voting Harris Not Because She Deserves it But Because I Do

I deserve many of the things that Kamala Harris is proposing and we all deserve a break from Donald Trump.

^{Jill Twiss (The Daily Beast)}

There’s no way to see this decision other than as an appalling display of cowardice and a dereliction of their public duty.

The Washington Post and LA Times refused to endorse a candidate. Why?
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WaPo #Journalism #FreePress #BoycottAmazon #USPol

The Washington Post and LA Times refused to endorse a candidate. Why?

^{Margaret Sullivan (The Guardian)}

The Gov. Shapiro and DoJ need to act NOW! Crooked billionaire #ElonMusk is funding fraudulent voter registration drives in Pennsylvania. He is a threat to election integrity in #America.

#election2024 #HarrisWalz2024 #uspol #uspolitics @KamalaHarrisWin

As a native Philadelphian, I'm thrilled to see the #PhiladelphiaInquirer show the rest of the nation's newspapers how a proper endorsement is DONE.

"If elected, Harris, 60, would be the first Black, South Asian woman to hold the nation’s highest office. She rarely references her historic candidacy, and instead is laser-focused on earning votes through the substance of her vision, ideas, and temperament."

💥

inquirer.com/opinion/editorial…
#ProHarris #KamalaHarris #HarrisWalz #USPol @KamalaHarrisWin

Kamala Harris for president | Endorsement

There has never been a more important presidential election in our lifetime. The road to the White House may well run through Pennsylvania and every vote matters.

^{The Editorial Board (The Philadelphia Inquirer)}

Get this:

William Lewis—publisher and CEO of The Washington Post who wrote the editorial saying the publication would no longer endorse US Presidential candidates—

is a citizen of Great Britain* and won’t even cast a vote in this upcoming election.

Democracy Dies In Darkness.

#USPol #News #NewsMedia #WashingtonPost #WaPo

/1 🧵

*as far as I can tell

Turns out Democracy dies in the light as well. I canceled my Washington Post subscription because it turns out Democracy is not important to them.

#washingtonpost #USPol #USPolitics #CancelWP

Jeff Bezos deserves to be bankrupted—selling out democracy to protect his wealth. Disgusting.

#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WaPo #Journalism #FreePress #BoycottAmazon #USPol

I published an opinion piece in an academic journal about why family physicians should be involved in civic engagement. We have a powerful voice to advocate for the communities we take care of. 💪 🗳️ 🇺🇸

journals.stfm.org/familymedici…

#PublicHealth #CivicEngagement #doctors #physicians #hospitals #healthcare #clinics #FamilyMedicine #vote #voting #VoterRegistration #GOTV #AbsenteeVoting #MailBallot #VoteByMail #elections #elections2024 #USpol

New today: Those in charge don’t even bother to hide how little they care anymore. Hurricane Beryl was the sort of freak occurrence that is sadly now a common facet of life in the era of anthropogenic climate change, as was the shameless breakdown of leadership we saw. texasobserver.org/a-crisis-of-…

#politics #USpol #news #environment #weather #ClimateChange #Republicans #Texas #GregAbbott

In Texas, a Crisis of Inaction Without Consequence

In the face of our leaders’ blatant disregard, short-lived outrage is not enough. It’s time for everyday Texans to take back their power.

^{Colin Bogle (The Texas Observer)}

Today Tucker Carlson emasculated all male Trump supporter to their faces, and they cheered.

#USPol #Vote

Calls Grow For DOJ To Appoint Special Counsel To Investigate Jared Kushner politicususa.com/2024/10/24/do…

#JaredKushner #GOPGrifter #USPol

Jeffrey Epstein introduced me to Trump at 14, Ghislaine Maxwell accuser says
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jeffr…

#GOPWeirdos #DonaldTrump #TrumpWillLose2024 #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlueUpAndDown #USPol

Jeffrey Epstein introduced me to Trump at 14, Ghislaine Maxwell accuser says

One of the four women who say they were “groomed” for sex by Ghislaine Maxwell testified Wednesday that effrey Epstein took her to meet Trump

^{Tom Winter (NBC News)}