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“Those disqualifying characteristics are compounded by everything else that limits his ability to fulfill the duties of #POTUS: his many #criminal charges, his advancing age, his fundamental lack of interest in #policy & his increasingly bizarre [#weird] cast of associates.
“This unequivocal, dispiriting truth— #Trump is not fit to be president—should be enough for any voter who cares about the health of our country & the #stability of our #democracy to deny him re-election.”
"Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?"
—Pete Seeger
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Pete Seeger "Which Side Are You On?"
Pete Seeger's live version of "Which Side Are You On?" - a song written by Florence Reece in 1931- was released on 'Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits' album in 196...YouTube
"And Donald Trump will be only the second major party nominee to lose the popular vote three times since the Civil War (William Jennings Bryan is the other).
Now, in a rational democracy, that would be the end of the story. But we live in America. We cannot be as confident of the result in the Electoral College states."
#KamalaHarris #Trump #Democrats #Republicans #PopularVote #ElectoralCollege #democracy
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"This will be Democrats’ fifth consecutive popular vote win, which has happened only once before since the Civil War (Truman in 1948). It will also mark their eighth popular vote win out of the previous nine presidential elections, which has never happened before."
~ Michael Podhorzer
#KamalaHarris #Trump #Democrats #Republicans #PopularVote #ElectoralCollege #democracy
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Hi folks:
Tomorrow on my live history-and-politics webcast, “History Matters:”
“Anything Goes!”
There’s CERTAINLY enough to talk about.
Join us.
Friday 10AM ET
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"Follow the money" seems to always be a good recipe to find the roots of criminal morons put into places they definitely don't belong in, like public or even presidential office.
Follow the money that placed Trump in public office, check all tax irregularities, possible money laundering & contacts with foreign adversaries.
If the NSA shouldn't have all the bills & tapes, who should?
#AmericaDeservesBetter #KamalaHarris #HarrisWalz #RegisterToVote #GOTV #VOTE #Democracy
Asked during a press conference Tues if he'd commit to observing regular order on certifying a #Harris win, #House Speaker #MikeJohnson replied, "Well of course – *IF* we have a free, fair, & safe election, we're going to follow the Constitution. Absolutely. Yes. Absolutely."
Top House #Democrats have been worried a #Republican-controlled House may try to block a potential #KamalaHarris election victory on #Jan6, 2025.
#HouseRepublicans #CoupCaucus #law #democracy
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Has anyone seen any good discussion or analysis of the potential long term impact the Israeli pager explosives attack may have generally on mass consumer confidence, not only in Israeli tech, but in consumer tech generally?
How on the nose is it to demonstrate so cleanly that the tech you buy is not trustworthy, harms people, is designed to exploit you, and may even. . . kill you? cc @pluralistic
#privacy #tech #ai #Israel #Terrorism #Fascism #Democracy #labor #gaza
Some of the world’s largest companies, including Amazon, Tesla, Meta, ExxonMobil, Blackstone, Vanguard and Glencore, are accused of undermining democracy across the world by financially backing far-right political movements, funding and exacerbating the climate crisis, and violating trade union rights and human rights in a report published on Monday by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
No surprises there..
#ITUC #Democracy #FarRight #ClimateEmergency
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Amazon, Tesla and Meta among world’s top companies undermining democracy – report
Corporations such as ExxonMobil and Blackstone also big funders of climate crisis, new trade union report findsMichael Sainato (The Guardian)
Doco: "Against All Enemies" examines how the Proud Boys, Three Percenters, & Oath Keepers are organised & led by trained military veterans."
The doco traces the history of US domestic terrorism back to the KKK, highlighting how & why domestic terrorism links to the aftermath of warfare.
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Interview with director
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#USWhiteSupremacy #Racism #USPol #Democracy #DomesticTerrorism #KKK #USHistory ..
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US Veterans At War With Their Own Country? | Discussing Against All Enemies
Why would US military veterans take up arms against the country they swore to protect? Subscribe for more from Factual America: http://bit.ly/AlamoPicturesTh...YouTube
Left-wing coalition wins French elections so King Macron forms right-wing government.
Such democracy.
(In case you needed yet another reminder that fucking neoliberals will always choose fascism over social justice when they feel their wallets are threatened.)
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French President Emmanuel Macron announces new right-wing government
The new cabinet pulls in allies from the centre and right, despite left-wing parties winning France's election.Jacqueline Howard (BBC News)
Appendix 2: Prefiguring Degrowth
Confronting Power, Accumulation, and Ecocide
I found this essay to be an excellent overview bringing together many of the same themes presented in this thread, explaining the necessity of an anarchist approach to #degrowth and clearly describing the continuum of hierarchical power structures, #state, #colonialism, #capitalism, #ClimateCrisis and #ecocide. Features solid basic info on #anarchism and #democracy
"Because truth-telling is integral to the pursuit of solidarity and the common good, we denounce the sowing of xfalsehood about election outcomes, the use of lies and half-truths by officials and candidates to distort truth, and the weaponization of fear and despair as a strategy to acquire or maintain power."
#Christians #democracy
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Kristin Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne, discusses a new statement that she and other Christians of diverse backgrounds have just published, entitled "Christian Faith and Democracy."
A link to the statement, which invites others to sign it online, is in her posting linked below.
A key passage in the statement:
#Christians #democracy
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Christian Faith and Democracy
Please join me in reaffirming our commitmentKristin Du Mez (Du Mez CONNECTIONS)
"Vance’s whole political career has been about imitating Trump. Whether it’s in being a quisling for Putin or finding racist lies to divide people, Vance is determined to be the Web3 Trump, even more vicious yet less sloppy.
That’s all Peter Thiel wants.
Someone who will end democracy, and insist that’s what sweet ole Mamaw would want."
~ Jason Sattler
#Trump #JDVance #immigrants #lies #democracy
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JD Vance's con threatens all of us
Silicon Valley has updated the most destructive technology in the history of American politicsL O L G O P (The Cause)