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 Via Everytown's Max Steele:

This is the exact rhetoric of the El Paso shooter.

#Texas Lt. Gov. ... 
 @62a04c04 
It isn't an invasion in any sense other than people try9ng to get here in hopes of a better life. 
 * Starmer rules out any referendum on Irish re-unification.

* Starmer rules out granting a Secti... 
 @d338b025 
who died and made him king? 
 @298906f7 
Apparently they got access by stealing data elsewhere - people using their 23andMe password for some other site. 
 @b3d09009 
The media need to REPORT on the prosecution arguments, instead of pushing TFG's lies about them. 
 AP/Reuters/NYT/Wapo: Giving people money reduces poverty, but DOES IT WORK? 
 @4e8382de 
It's like they've never ever heard of the places that have tried guaranteed income and found that it's amazing effective as well as much less expensive than the current useless methods. 
 Via Semafor:

Members of #Trump’s team are quietly preparing to go on offense against #RFKJr. a... 
 @62a04c04 
I hope RFK takes a bunch of votes from the former guy, but not enough for either one to win. 
 @196cec84 
Smith's indictment doesn't rely on classification - it's about unlawful possession. 
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Quite aside from everythi... 
 @164ff7a2 @c981398d 
I dunno. But he shouldn't have had that gun out for anything but a re-enactment. And then only with advice. 
 @c981398d 
Midland-Odessa area. I'm not sure anyone there is really sane, after all the years of oil drilling there. 
 nostr:npub1asa7zhxq92arr7z3dqywvsh0ur24a9k6qmkg2zcthe0wshyu9pvsren9sr SESTA/FOSTA was allowed to ... 
 @534afeaa 
Also wrong. But what can we do? 
 Meeeeanwhile, via Tamar Hallerman:

The #Georgia GOP has ramped up fundraising to defend the 3 Re... 
 @62a04c04 
Actual electors, or the fake ones? 
 @282c5529 @7f389e55 
Double-pointed needles? Not circulars? You'll want to get a set of point-protectors to keep stuff from sliding off. (I use them to make very short single-points.) 
 @99019452 
Maybe they should have some interests besides their work. 
 2/ Trump arrived at the courthouse and nostr:npub17qms0ez6rmzpmtvcs8qp4vmneqs90nz5h3wc4sjxje7agua... 
 @62a04c04 @f03707e4 
His lawyers didn't ask for one - but he has to ignore that part in order to get his whine in. 
 My niece's two toddlers are running around the house and my son texted from college to say a  fil... 
 @e184fd3c 
My brother and his wife provided child care for grandkids before they got to all-day school. 
 @b3d09009 @62a04c04 @52cd96b3 
He's already blowing things to hell - Pelosi has a second (hidden) office, and he sent a message to her staff that she needs to vacate it tomorrow b/c the locks will be changed on Thursday.
She's in San Francisco for Feinstein's funeral. 
 nostr:npub1vfa3fqylseewdgv0235wwvshtvxfuvejmrj4c2n37xdw9gf7fl5seypg2d Read the other way, cramps ... 
 @7be1a280 @627b1480 
I still remember the FIRST time I got cramps. I was 15 and a half. walking to a friend's house, a mile and a half away. 
 @c8565328 
Just after that cold wet nose touches your face 
 @d4cc8164 
They can talk about protecting children, but they're going to be killing women and babies. 
 @d936fe90 
It would have been nice to have had this statement in 2020, instead of waiting so long. 
 @62a04c04 @c0ffce09 
True: the case is about unlawful possession of documents, not about the contents of the documents. But if he wants to go there, it's covered by the Espionage Act... 
 @d5d9348a 
You can still do those. One of my college professors used one with a roll of plastic for his lectures - he was in a wheelchair. 
 @0c1a9324 
People are finding out it really can't do what it's promoted for. (For specific purposes, it can be very good. But for general uses, nope. 
 Via Jennifer Bendery

#Trump's latest fundraising email says he's facing more than 700 years in p... 
 @62a04c04 
He needs money to pay his lawyers. If he pays them. 
 @21f6167b 
I wish they'd cover - even with a co-pay - all the vaccines recommended for people over 60, instead of covering only some of them. 
 Please proceed.

Via Scott MacFarlane:

Saying "I cannot save this Republic alone", Rep. Victoria... 
 @62a04c04 
Maybe she should resign. We don't need a "debt commission"; we need to lose the debt limit and get people in congress who understand how government works. 
 @6c43d82f 
AI, like cryptocurrency, is a resource hog, using much more than can be justified by the results. 
 @0668609e 
It may be slowing down, but it appears that corporations would rather cut supplies than cut prices, and gas is STILL climbing. 
 It's the first of the month so there are a bunch of Kindle books on sale. One of which happens to... 
 @90269b6d @c31055b3 
This one is well worth getting and reading! (Or, why I have three copies.) 
 @62a04c04 
Apparently they normally lock that door on weekends, and the sign is...a bit confusing. (How would it have delayed the vote? It's in a different building! The whiners need to explain that.) 
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Yes.  But I'd still like t... 
 @ecb80a47 @0c1a9324 
Ice moves into warmer waters and melts. 
 @f5fb1d48 
He's correct - and it won't be the first time they've done it.
If they hate government that much, they can resign and go back to whatever they did before getting into politics. 
 OK, here's a mystery. It's Saturday. I see a couple of guys wearing orange vests get out of an or... 
 @1da41359 
Probably a survey marker of some kind. (Ever see their equipment in the middle of an intersection? That's why.) 
 At least the government won't shut down today and Matt Gaetz is crying somewhere. 
 @129bca96 
He out there trying to convince cult members that Qevin is really a Dem. 
 @f80b73e1 
I'm five feet tall and I can't see over the hood and the tailgate on that monster. (Also the window tinting is excessive.) 
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 @32226d11 
It shouldn't be flown by any government official. And definitely not in any government building. 
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 @256de476 
People think water comes from a tap. They don't see infrastructure until it doesn't work. It's like they don't want to pay for public education, but they expect all the services that require education to continue without interruption. 
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 @f0ab5e0a 
The migrants are much nicer people. 
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 @b3d09009 
That info is still need-to-know - and neither Pratt nor the former guy needed to know.