Bernie Naumann
@bernienaumann.bsky.social
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. ~Alice Walker~
"Being a Racist" is a primary qualification in the Trump administration - along w/ being sexist and being a mysognist. Bonus points if you support greed and corruption.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h agoGonna go out on a limb here and say racist cranks who write for extremist white nationalist websites like VDARE should not, in fact, be confirmed to top roles in the Department of Justice.
There are something like 7,000,000 Muslim Americans. If they were all "prone to terrorism," they'd probably, you know, do some terrorism. White supremacists, on the other hand, ARE prone to terrorism - and responsible for the majority of politically motivated violence in the US.
Gonna go out on a limb here and say racist cranks who write for extremist white nationalist websites like VDARE should not, in fact, be confirmed to top roles in the Department of Justice.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h agoSCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know
Missouri Amendment 5, which would've ended state income tax in favor of more regressive taxes, also overwhelmingly rejected by voters. Big losses for Amendments 4 & 5 are both strong rebukes of GOP state lawmakers.
AP calls win for "no" on Missouri Amendment 4, which was effort by GOP lawmakers to stop citizen-led constitutional amendments. This anti-democratic measure was also supported by Christian Nationalist church as "biblical" vote: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/thou-shalt... Nice to see the big loss!
Voters like voting.
Brian Kaylor@briankaylor.bsky.social · yesterdayAP calls win for "no" on Missouri Amendment 4, which was effort by GOP lawmakers to stop citizen-led constitutional amendments. This anti-democratic measure was also supported by Christian Nationalist church as "biblical" vote: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/thou-shalt... Nice to see the big loss!
Wow! @menendez.house.gov says that the EXACT scenario I flagged two months ago, where ICE "releases" someone having a medical emergency solely so their death won't be recorded as occurring while in custody, happened last month at the infamous Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ.
Matt Shuham@mattshuham.bsky.social · yesterdayDays before the death of Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo, ICE officials did not report the death of another man who’d been detained at Delaney Hall — because they had technically “released” him in the middle of a medical emergency, Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) alleged. www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
Hearings like this are a reminder that if you work for Donald Trump, you are a person of low character and have no integrity. There are no exceptions.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h ago😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮 During a hearing, Blumenthal made Trump nominees squirm by asking them who won the 2020 election -- a question they refuse to answer -- but then Schiff upped the ante by asking them *who won the 2016 election.* Here's a supercut:
New Mexico sues the Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, saying the federal government blocked the state’s ability to investigate the sex crimes of financier Jeffrey Epstein at a ranch there.
New Mexico sues DOJ and Todd Blanche, alleging they blocked Epstein probe
The lawsuit was filed on the same day New Mexico is releasing a report of its preliminary findings from an ongoing probe into Epstein and his ranch in Stanley.
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The Leipzig drone bomb marks a dangerous escalation for Europe
The Leipzig drone bomb marks a dangerous escalation for Europe
Initial evidence suggests aerial drone, found near Ukrainian cargo planes at German airport, came from Russia
theguardian.com
ICE's Rampent Unconstitutionality: 1st Amendment Edition #ABlueView 🧵 "ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet...for speech." It "has paid millions to private contractors... [ensnaring] US citizens & activist groups that alert" the community about ICE. 1/3
Cornyn & Tillis Cave on Slush Fund & Immunity #ABlueView🧵 "Donald Trump sued Donald Trump, and then Donald Trump settled with Donald Trump, and then Donald Trump dismissed the case against Donald Trump, and Donald Trump gave himself everything Donald Trump wanted." -- @glennkirschner.bsky.social
⚡️ Trump rejected Zelenskyy’s request for more Patriot missiles, citing depleted US stockpiles after Ukraine missed 28 incoming Russian missiles overnight. united24media.com/world/trump-...
Trump Rejects Zelenskyy’s Patriot Request as Ukraine’s Air Defenses Missed All 28 Russian Missiles
Trump denied Zelenskyy's request for Patriot missiles due to US stockpiles and Middle East needs, days before 24 ballistic missiles hit Kyiv.
united24media.com
How the Savvy Genius, Trump, Negotiates With Iran. #ABlueView 🧵 #WorldsWorstNegotiator #NoArtInTheDeal 1/3
This is trending 80% against! The MO gerrymanderedGOP majority needs to start remembering who they serve.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · yesterdayMissouri voters have rejected a ballot measure to eliminate the state’s individual income tax and authorize more state sales taxes.
Tech bros have made their bed, and soon it will be time to lie in it. @joemillerjr.ft.com and @djrothkopf.bsky.social discuss how the impending midterms and not too distant presidential election could bring a reckoning to the tech industry. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... youtu.be/BhEgLBvJBbY
“The message was unmistakable: they wanted us to go away,” they said in a statement.
Epstein Survivors Said Sens. Tillis And Cornyn Refused To Meet With Them
Epstein Survivors Said Sens. Tillis And Cornyn Refused To Meet With Them
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Republicans have fully abdicated their congressional duty in service of the president's ego. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The founders are calling. They suggest you read the damn Constitution.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
Nobody in this country wants Supreme Court justices to serve for life. Nobody except maybe the justices themselves. No one should hold that much power for life. Demand Congress pass Supreme Court term limits.
Tell Congress: Put term limits on the Supreme Court
Contact Congress today!
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They’re still gutting the Forest Service. Tell Congress to stop it — takes 30 seconds. Do it!
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
Public lands and wildfire response are under attack by the Trump regime. Pressure Congress to protect the Forest Service while we still can!
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
David Ellison once again 💩 on the 5625 career film makers that have clearly opposed this merger based on the loss of competition, consolidation of power&decision making, loss of jobs and the ridiculous idea that he is going to make more movies with less money because he is starting $83 bil in hole.
Freedom of the Press Foundation@freedom.press · yesterdayDavid, if you want this charm offensive to work, your dad should sit for an interview. Maybe with an unemployed ex-60 Minutes reporter. He can make the case for giving CBS, CNN and TikTok to a guy building an AI surveillance dystopia. What could go wrong?
Translation: Congress is over. Republicans have scrapped it. It is now as useless as the Russian Duma. Sad. 🇺🇸
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
On the same day that David Ellison claims he's not putting his finger on the scale, there's this: "CBS’s 60 Minutes had the scoop on Jeffrey Epstein’s sketchy financials—before the Bari Weiss–run network fired the reporter fronting the investigation."
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoBanks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.
Whitehouse: "The last Q I'm left with is what's left of this committee? What's left when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has this DOJ been asked what became of the $50k the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our Republican colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil"
Iran retaliates by attacking Minnesota water? Trump blames Minnesota. Evidence proving a botched reflecting pool redo? Trump keeps blaming vandals. He should be removed. www.americaamerica.news/p/lost-in-fa...
Lost in Fantasy Land
Iran retaliates by attacking Minnesota water? Trump blames Minnesota. Evidence proving a botched reflecting pool redo? Trump keeps blaming vandals. He should be removed.
americaamerica.news
Republican Senators are voting to confirm Trump’s lawyer to be AG when it just came out that Capital One shut down Trump’s accounts under suspicion of money laundering and Trump wants exemption from being investigated for tax fraud. THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS.
