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Mountain biker, option trader, precious metals caster, devoted to Carrie my wife.

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Stephen West@stephenwest.bsky.social · last mo.

Abe Lincoln vs. the "heritage American" crowd, 1858: It doesn't matter where your ancestors were in 1776. Americans who read the Declaration and affirm its creed "have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood, and flesh of the flesh of the men who wrote [it] ...and so they are."

We have besides these men—descended by blood from our ancestors—among us perhaps half our people who are not descendants at all of these men, they are men who have come from Europe—German, Irish, French and Scandinavian—men that have come from Europe themselves, or whose ancestors have come hither and settled here, finding themselves our equals in all things. If they look back through this history to trace their connection with those days by blood, they find they have none, they cannot carry themselves back into that glorious epoch and make themselves feel that they are part of us, but when they look through that old Declaration of Independence they find that those old men say that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,” and then they feel that that moral sentiment taught in that day evidences their relation to those men, that it is the father of all moral principle in them, and that they have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood, and flesh of the flesh of the men who wrote that Declaration, (loud and long continued applause) and so they are.
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · last wk.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is not willing to nix the Senate filibuster to pass President Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Thune rejects Trump’s calls to nix the filibuster and Senate recess

“We could stay here until Christmas,” Thune said, according to multiple reporters at the Senate House. “The Democrats aren’t voting for this, I’m just telling you. And Republicans are not getting rid ...

democracydocket.com

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 4w ago

Elias Law Group has defeated DOJ lawsuits to access state voter files in: California Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Wisconsin DOJ has not won a single case. It is 0-12.

🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋@sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 4w ago

This is funny as hell. The grifters got grifted. 🤣🔄 Businessman who sold land for Kushner resort in Albania suspected of faking the deeds - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Businessman who sold land for Kushner resort in Albania suspected of faking the deeds

Residents of the village ​of Zvernec near the project have been contesting Artur Shehu's claim on the land in court cases that date back more than a decade.

reuters.com

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4w ago

So military troops under the direct control of Trump and Hegseth will be on the streets of our nation’s capital for the rest of Trump’s term. The rationale—they’re here to help with a crime emergency—is laughable. But of course the real reason is ominous. cbs4local.com/news/nation-...

Pentagon to keep National Guard in D.C. until Inauguration Day 2029

The Pentagon says the National Guard will remain deployed in Washington, D.C. through Jan. 20, 2029, unless President Trump ends the mission earlier.

cbs4local.com

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · last mo.

Immaculate vibes in NYC. July 4th here means people from many different backgrounds gathering together, sharing food, music, and cheering on ships from all over the globe.

Katherine@wordwatcher.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Mom and dad black-necked cranes strolling with their one baby. The black-necked crane is among the world’s rarest crane species. It is a first class protected wild animal in China. They mate for life and have only one or two babies each breeding season.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Buttigieg: Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that there have to be nine Supreme Court justices. That one doesn't even take a constitutional amendment. It just takes a readiness to set up a court that fits this country.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hawaii just passed the first state law in the country banning corporations from making political donations in state elections. Now a Koch-backed legal group is suing to overturn it. Big Money won't get out of our politics without a fight — one that we the people must win. (via @levernews.com)

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Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.

404media.co

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The economy is in freefall and the war is a quagmire but the president is laser-focused on making Americans' lives better: - White House ballroom - UFC cage match on the lawn - big triumphal arch - painting the reflecting pool - painting statues gold - his face on a $250 bill - lining his pockets