John McGing
@jmcging.bsky.social
Politically liberal pro-union not much for conservative or libertarian philosophies or their followers. Retired fed.
Did the press do so much "the GOP is doomed" when the Tea Party picked up wins and seats? Because I'm seeing a lot of doubt tinged "the Dems are doomed" because of "progressives" (mislabeled in so many derogatory ways) picking up wins. Sheesh. Get a grip.
Frankly, all this handwringing over "progressives" in a primary is sad. The GOP didn't do it with Tea Party and held together. If the people elect a progressive in the general, so be it. If they don't win in the general, so be it. Because the existing centrist era isn't setting the world on fire.
Last election cycle the right swamped the world with memes blaming Biden for high prices at gas food cost of living. Even stickers on gas pumps. I don't see the Democrats actually pushing this at grassroots like the right did.
The two GOP senators who demonstrated their low T, what do they fear that keeps them from following through? Some deal taking care of the grandkids or something? Because this kind of crap is just b*******.
The documents have loopholes that may render them meaningless, leaving the original rancid deals intact. Love the GOP, doncha?
Live Updates: Trump Calls Iran's Leaders 'Duplicitous'; Blanche Wins Over G.O.P. Holdouts (Gift Article)
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Why the drama with Blanche not just putting "no slush fund" in writing? If it was dead, doing that should have been simple, yet it dragged and dragged. Why? Why the reticence? Don't care if it's in writing now, putting it in writing should never have been an issue for him yet it was.
Why we need to strangle Palantir and Flock in their corporate beds. What this administration would do with this level of surveillance.... Imagine Stephen Miller with this kind of power? Add AI to the mix and the mind boggles at the result.
How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners (Gift Article)
An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data.
nytimes.com
Call me cynical but any sort of Iran deal by this time just makes me think it's all driven primarily by need to give Trump and GOP some good news for November.
How did so many Moroccans happen to pick that day and time to swarm Ceuta? Was it organized? Was there social media before hand? Who benefits by what just happened? Not Spain, not even Morocco. But looking hard at the right..... Does make you wonder.
I thought there was video and antifa and sharp knives involved? They talked at news conferences! Rosanne Rosanadana still lives. Nevermind
Justice Dept. admits Reflecting Pool renovation was flawed, drops case against former Olympian | CNN Politics
The Justice Department is admitting that President Donald Trump’s $14 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was flawed, and it is dropping the criminal case against former Olympia...
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After Donald Trump's own August 2022 deposition—in which he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 400 times—he explained that the legal landscape had changed and that, in his view, anyone facing what he considered a politically motivated investigation would be wise to do the same. Hypocrisy anyone?
The US government just banned Roombas. Great, my routers and switches are banned, my drone and now with RAM and GPUs prices sky high and so phones and anything with memory priced way higher. I can do without anymore making America great. Cuz this sucks.
The US government just banned Roombas
It’s not just bots with legs.
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Poor Kentucky, with both Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell. But they have been reflected multiple times, so there is that. Humming Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead with adjusted lyrics to myself.
Trumps been busy, a war with Iran he is TACOing, the shitfication of the WH, the Eisenghower building, Dulles Airport, Kennedy Center, his arch, the reflecting pool; he's pushing his products, making deals that make him money. It's a wonder he has time to like run the country, you know?
ICE is moving to place its private detention network beyond the reach of state inspectors, publishing draft contract terms that declare state and local laws “shall not apply” to the facilities, according to federal documents reviewed by WIRED. The new terms were published earlier this month. WIRED
FCC bans foreign-produced solar inverters, grid lockout begins today. Gee, given the hostility to solar by this administration, this certainly isn't surprising. Stupid but not surprising.
FCC bans foreign-produced solar inverters, grid lockout begins today - pv magazine USA
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has added foreign-produced power inverters to its Covered List, executing an immediate ban on equipment authoriza...
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This is just part of a death by a thousand cuts of everything our democracy holds dear. They are doing it in all aspects of federal government and now the judiciary, things they can't directly change they impune and imply. Just like they're doing with elections.
DHS General Counsel Names Four Federal Judges 'Worst Of The Worst' As Threats Against Judiciary Hit 564 - Above the Law
The general counsel who told the Senate his role was 'limited' has started publishing a target list.
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Many here are not going to be surprised so we need to keep getting the word out about this rolling coup. The GOP isn't actually afraid of November because they know Trump will do something on their behalf.
A Midterm Hijack Plan? Many See the Contours of a Federal Coup Attempt Taking Shape
The "big lie" could be going even bigger. How Team Trump may be preparing to destabilize November's vote—and keep Congress in Republican hands
vanityfair.com
Congratulations to Mayo for winning the All Ireland - Champs for first time in 75 years! (They'd be amazing Cub's fans...)
National Guard plans $292 million lodging project for troops deployed in DC Taxpayer supported occupying army vibes from this. How is there justification for this? How is there value in this? How are State national guard units okay with this?
National Guard unveils $292M plan to house service members for DC deployment
The National Guard announced on Thursday its $292 million plan to provide “up to 2,000 apartment-style lodging units” for guard members stationed in D.C. The housing contract was awarded to corpora…
thehill.com
They say Trump's jokes bombed worse than his war in Iran. That it seems he can't tell jokes just like he can't take a joke. Although his attempts at redecorating the White House and DC are a joke. Does that count?
Having a whole crew of crazy ass MAGA candidates and in power, like the Freedom Caucus, hasn't moved less virulent Republican voters to the Dems. Yet the possibility of some Dem Socialist candidates winning has some Dems talking about walking away? That's a red line for some Dems? WTF?
Any candidate (who is not GOP) running for any office who doesn't address the Iran war and renewed tariffs for their financial impact on the non-rich (most of us) Americans is a fool and an idiot. Sure there are legal and moral issues here but the pocket book impact is what more care about.
Russia strips rights of citizens abroad in sweeping new 'traitor' law | Euronews Anyone willing to bet that Steven Miller isn't even at this minute looking at this and going "Hmmmmm? What have we here?"
Russia strips rights of citizens abroad in sweeping new 'traitor' law
The Duma approved measures that freeze accounts, seize property and block consular services including passport renewal for Russians abroad who are evading charges at home. Lawyers said the law meant "de facto loss of citizenship," with political activists and journalists among those most at risk.
euronews.com
Trump appears eager to pull every lever of trade power he can identify to rebuild the tariff wall the Supreme Court knocked down in February, using laws considered less vulnerable to legal challenge than the rushed approach he employed last year. It took a while but they are figuring it out.
We watch Trump admin officials lie every day on the Hill yet Jordan wants DOJ to investigate Jack Smith for lying. What chutzpah. What a schmuck.
So Netanyahu, still a big Trump guy given the nuclear Saudi deal? Or is that now more of a reason to double down on being ultra-nationalistic because you've now got a new boogeyman to whip up your base with? Trump pays the Saudi's back and you get a reason to stay in power?
What a great idea, let one of the world's largest oil suppliers have enriched uranium. I mean, they can do it without "our permission" but this foreign policy seems exceedingly stupid.
So how many $Billions is this war costing and how high will gas prices reach? How many gallons of pre-war gas could that money have purchased? How much have countries in the area spent on dealing with the impact of the war? What have we got for the money? For the lives spent?
