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I just called my Representative and Senators to express my support of S.4973 No Kings act because no President or Vice President should be above the law, and my opposition to H.R.9495 which could be used to circumvent due process and destroy non-profits.
You can call yours too:
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#USpol #USpolitics #s4973 #hr9495 #house #senate #HouseOfRepresentatives #congress #law #democracy #autocracy #NoKingsAct
Elon Musk algorithmically boosted Republican accounts on X from the moment he endorsed Trump
https://eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/ [Timothy Graham and Mark Andrejevic]Elon Musk didn't just endorse Trump with his words - according to this pre-print research paper, he gave Republicans anBen Werdmuller (Werd I/O)
New: From the Justice Department to #immigration, here are some of the topics ProPublica’s reporters will be watching in a second Donald #Trump presidency.
#News #Journalism #Government #DonaldTrump #Election #Election2024 #Democracy #Politics
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Second Trump Presidency: Issues We’ll Be Watching and How to Get in Touch
During Donald Trump’s second presidency, ProPublica will continue our focus on the areas most in need of scrutiny. Here are some of the issues our reporters will be watching — and how to get in touch with them.ProPublica
I'm Russian living in Russia. I was 5 when Putin was 'elected'. I'm 30 now. I know that feeling of hopelessness very well. You should never surrender. Autocrats of the world are counting on you being down and depoliticized because all of this. Don't give them an easy win. Always fight, no matter how bad situation seems.
#usa #trump #election #democracy #us #uspol #USPolitics #harris #russia #putin #palestine #ukraine
#DonaldTrump2024 #Trump #USAElection2024 #HarrisWalz #Harris #USA2024 #democracy #Republicans #Democrats #WhiteHouse – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Paula Erizanu: How Moldovans bravely fought off Russian election meddling – and stood up for #democracy: Journalists and police challenged disinformation, intimidation and cash-for-vote schemes, while huge numbers turned up to vote
"Having lived in Britain for 12 years, I returned to my native Moldova in 2022 because I was worried that Russia’s war in Ukraine would spill into my country. Thanks to the Ukrainian resistance, the skies are still clear in Moldova. But in the past weeks leading up to the presidential runoff between the pro-European incumbent Maia Sandu and the Russian-supported former prosecutor general Alexandr Stoianoglo, I felt as if I might lose my country once again."
#2024election #Moldova #russia
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How Moldovans bravely fought off Russian election meddling – and stood up for democracy
Journalists and police challenged disinformation, intimidation and cash-for-vote schemes, while huge numbers turned up to vote, says journalist and writer Paula ErizanuPaula Erizanu (The Guardian)
“But when asked what most influenced their vote, about half of #voters identified the future of #democracy as the single most important factor. That was higher than the share who answered the same way about inflation, the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, abortion policy or free speech.” #APVoteCast
Lawrence O'Donnell:
“So yes of course before people go to sleep on election night, he's going to go out there and claim victory, we know it. Now, it's going to be... way less threatening than it was before... because you're watching this old ghost go through this same old stupid move again, and everybody knows it was a stupid false move the last time, it will look even stupider this time…”
#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Harris #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Trump #Election #Vote
philosophical argument without real daily life immediacy.
Think, though – we are talking about our long, hard, mortally
fought for rights: our ability to be who we are and demand more,
hope for better futures, power to speak our minds, to demand
our human dignity, our possibility to improve the background
rules we live by, to not be helpless against uncaring aristocrats
and ignorant mobs.
BYD sales are almost all China, so BYD sells half a million EVs every month.
Astounding. Any understanding of history marks this as mind numbing.
Humanity is rich beyond knowledge.
"BYD sold over 500,000 vehicles for the first time in October: Is it enough to take the EV crown?"
electrek.co/2024/11/01/byd-sal…
#climate #economics #democracy #progress
BYD sold over 500,000 vehicles for the first time in October: Is it enough to take the EV crown?
BYD sales topped the 500,000 mark in October, its first time achieving the feat. After its fifth consecutive record sales...Peter Johnson (Electrek)
Latest comic: The Last Firewall
#uspol #USPolitics #cartoon #comic #election #democracy #fascism #media #journalism #vote
Can you imagine if any of us talked about Trump the Diminished facing nine rifles and him being shot in the face?
The feds would be all over us.
Trump made those very comments about Liz Cheney and gets away with it.
The double standard is sickening.
#voteblue #vote #kamalaharris #election2024 #election #lizcheney #democracy #democrats
SF Proposition D is "nothing more than a thinly veiled power grab, aiming to consolidate control in the hands of a few elites. Removing civilian oversight invites corruption and undermines the accountability that commissions…provide."
We agree - vote #NoOnD and #YesOnE!
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#NoOnPropD #SanFrancisco #SFBA #SFBay #SFElections #Vote #Democracy #SFpol #GOTV #ElectionDay #BallotRecommendations #ElectionEndorsements #PropositionEndorsements #Election2024 #VotingRights #VoteReady #EveryVoteCounts #BeAVoter
Opinion: Why SF must protect its commissions
Sophia Andary argues against Prop. D.San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco, we can do better than this! Boost to spread the word.
With less than one week until the last day to vote, only 23% of registered SF voters have returned their ballots.
It's better to return your ballot sooner rather than later so you have time to fix any problems that could keep your vote from being counted.
If there's a problem with your returned ballot, the SF Department of Elections will try to contact you to fix the problem.
⭐ Do democracy a favor and vote early! ⭐ Put your ballot into an official drop box or bring it to the City Hall Voting Center. You can still mail your ballot, but remember, in San Francisco it must be postmarked by or on Election Day to be counted.
Get all our unbiased voting information at lwvsf.org/vote.
#SanFrancisco #SFBA #SFBay #SFElections #Vote #Democracy #SFpol #GOTV #ElectionDay #Election2024 #VotingRights #VoteByMail #AbsenteeBallot #VoteReady #EveryVoteCounts #BeAVoter
In a #WashingtonPost OpEd, Jeff #Bezos spins some #bullshit in an attempt to excuse his #acquiescence to #Trump’s threats to perceived enemies & a #FreePress.
#billionaire #SelfInterest #WaPo #FourthEstate #democracy #fascism #tyranny
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But voters need to understand why #Trump is attacking the #press, & where it will lead if he is reelected. The future of American #democracy is the key question of this #election. Trump has left an ample record showing that he is committed neither to the rule of #law nor to rule by the #people—after all, he tried to steal the last presidential election after he lost it.
#Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
The point here is not to plead for pity for the poor #press. Courageous reporting is courageous because it puts #journalists in conflict w/powerful people. Anyone who expects adulation all the time should go into a different business. (This also goes for any #media owner who might feel tempted to tone down criticism of #Trump [#Bezos].)
#Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
Although #Trump’s attacks on the #press are not new, they have escalated in recent weeks. Trump has said that #CBS should lose its broadcast license over a 60 Minutes interview w/VP #KamalaHarris, his Democratic opponent. He has pressured #FoxNews to stop airing ads that are critical of him. He has threatened #Google for showing negative stories about him. He has previously vowed to #jail #reporters.
#Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
He’s also employed this kind of attempted bullying before. 4 years ago, #Trump denied Goldberg’s story about “#SuckersAndLosers,” but other reporters quickly duplicated the reporting, including Jennifer Griffin of #FoxNews. Trump quickly (though unsuccessfully) demanded that Fox fire her. Trump has also sporadically railed at Goldberg & #TheAtlantic since 2020.
#Selfish #Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
“Trump used the terms #SuckersAndLosers to describe #soldiers who gave their lives in the defense of our country,” #JohnKelly recently told Goldberg. “There are many, many people who have heard him say these things.” Besides, #Trump has said himself that he wants to use the #military domestically, & he’s disrespected #FallenSoldiers by trying to use #ArlingtonNationalCemetery as a cheap campaign prop.
#Selfish #Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
#Trump likes to deny allegations of #AntiSemitism by pointing to his #Jewish family members, but he has a long history of #crude, stereotypical remarks about #Jews, & in this election he has repeatedly attacked #AmericanJews for not supporting him, saying they will be to blame if he loses.
1st, some housekeeping: #Trump’s own former staffers have confirmed the “#SuckersAndLosers” reporting #OnTheRecord. The Atlantic is thriving both journalistically—it has won the magazine industry’s top award 3 years running—& as a business, attaining profitability this year w/ >1M subscribers. Nearly the only thing that Trump got right was Goldberg’s name. As in past instances, he emphasized the name in a way that reeked of #AntiSemitism.
Friday night in Austin, TX, the Republican presidential nominee, Donald #Trump, fiercely criticized #TheAtlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, over a recent report about Trump’s troubling attitude toward the #military, which he believes should be loyal to him personally. As Goldberg reports, Trump said, “I need the kind of generals that #Hitler had,” which is both chilling & historically #illiterate.
#Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
#democracy
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Trump Attacks The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg Over Hitler
The Republican nominee’s fixation on The Atlantic follows a dark pattern.David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
Featured: “Effectively, the business model here is deception. It’s not just about them being partisan. It’s about them being dishonest and crossing basic lines of journalism. They’re not even doing #journalism.” texasobserver.org/dallas-hero-…
#media #Dallas #NorthTexas #politics #USpol #News #Texas #election2024 #democracy #corruption
The GOP Megadonor Behind the Bid to Break Dallas City Government
Conservative hotelier Monty Bennett and a California-based company that offers protesters-for-hire have seeded an “astroturf” right-wing influence network that has kicked into overdrive to push controversial “Dallas HERO” city charter amendments.Steven Monacelli (The Texas Observer)
“Immigrants exist across our economic spectrum. They’re everywhere. They’re us.”
Our top story: Unauthorized workers form the backbone of crucial sectors; in the construction industry, up to 50 percent of laborers building the state are undocumented. texasobserver.org/how-mass-dep…
#immigration #Trump #fascism #extremism #democracy #WorkersRights #HumanRight #labor #politics #USpol #news #election2024
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)
They held a fascist rally at Madison Square Gardens.
Right now, my grandfather and tens of thousands of soldiers who lost their lives fighting the Nazis during WWII are turning over in their graves.
#madisonsquaregarden #fascism #republicans #nazis #trump
#election #election2024 #voteblue #vote #democracy
"“The basic principles of democracy stand in the way of their desires; hence—democracy must go! Anyone who is not a member of their inner gang has to do what he’s told. They permit no civil liberties, no equality before the law.' 'Fascism treats women as mere breeders. "Children, kitchen, and the church," was the Nazi slogan for women,' the pamphlet said."
NBC News:
Elon Musk’s X is boosting election conspiracy theories with AI-powered trending topics
The misinformation boosted by X’s AI model Grok has included conspiracy theories about voter fraud and unsubstantiated smears about Vice President Kamala Harris...
The dubious content is spreading in the app’s “explore” section, which says it uses Musk’s AI software...
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#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Harris #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #ElonMusk
Elon Musk’s X boosts election conspiracy theories with AI trends
The misinformation boosted by X’s AI model Grok included conspiracy theories about voter fraud and unsubstantiated smears about Vice President Kamala Harris.David Ingram (NBC News)
Those who think it’s okay to allow a convicted felon like trump to become a fascist dictator have only lived in a free society.
Those same people will be the first to panic and wonder why nobody stopped trump as they begin to systematically lose their rights and freedoms and standard of living.
#fascism #republicans #trump #election2024 #election #democracy #voteblue #harris
Trump fancies himself a king.
The rest of the world sees him as a court jester at best.
#republicans #trump #election #election2024 #democracy #vote 4 #KamalaHarris
MSNBC:
‘Ted Cruz is too small for Texas’: Allred says state doesn’t need Sen. who goes to Cancún
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#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Harris #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Texas
‘Ted Cruz is too small for Texas’: Allred says state doesn’t need Sen. who goes to Cancún
This year’s Texas Senate seat race might be the best chance the Democrats have in picking up a seat. Democratic Rep. Colin Allred is challenging Incumbent Re...YouTube