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Never again means never again. There is no room for interpretation.

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“Sheinbaum said her government will review state laws to ensure that street harassment is categorized as a crime throughout Mexico and launch a campaign to combat the phenomenon.” latimes.com/world-nation/story

I guess this is why he can't decide whether to go to war against Venezuela or Nigeria -- bc he can no longer tell South America and Africa apart.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3m4vqoflsvt2q

Judge scolds Comey prosecutors for ‘indict first and investigate second’ approach
wapo.st/4orYWUJ

The good people at YouGov posed a test to Americans that only the sharpest and most politically attuned pundits could pass: Who was president when various events happened? pbump.net/o/someone-finally-as

‘We, the staff who produce the work that has earned ProPublica a place at the forefront of journalism, have raised concerns for more than two years, but management has largely ignored us. We are now calling on you, as stewards of our beloved institution, to direct senior leadership to change course and avoid further damage to the company’s reputation by agreeing to our reasonable proposals.’

propublicaguild.org/updates/to

#ProPublica #ProPublicaGuild #NewsGuild #journalism #nonprofit #labor

It is wild to think that Vance and Biden share the same faith.

I knew attacking Trump was tantamount to a crime in the USA.

I didn't realise it was also Tory policy in the UK ....

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgzky

#politics #ukpolitics #trump

I thought I was planting a beanstalk. Turned out to be a catstalk. Growing in the same pot as a Dogwood.

Oh, and not for nothing, but the greatest increase in SNAP funding came in the 2021 fiscal year budget. It went from $91 billion to $132 billion. That budget was approved and passed in October 2020. I would encourage you to look up who was president in Oct. 2020. You should then note what the cost of SNAP has done for the past four years under Biden. (Hint: we were back under $100 billion in Biden's final budget.)

--Terri Sewell

@AlliFlowers 😎 I can literally see the shocking headline before my eyes "GOP puts inflatable micropenis bearer into White House!
Needs lotta space to deflate, so East Wing is demolished to make way for proper deflation hangar"

@AlliFlowers 🤔😎 Although I'm pretty sure no one ever heard of or saw an inflatables sex doll with a micropenis... Ooops!

The ruling Trump gang is pursuing a strategy of overwhelming the public by using a rapid fire machine gun flooding the public sphere with masses of emotional information shit, in keeping with Bannon's strategy to "flood the zone with shit".

"...
As cognitive scientists Keith Stanovich and Richard West have shown, humans possess two systems of thought:
One fast and emotional, the other slow and deliberative.
Trump keeps the public in the first mode — triggered, reactive, impulsive. Under Trump, critical reasoning collapses from emotional overload.

The threat, then, isn’t just misinformation; it’s misreasoning.
...
If you’ve found yourself burnt out, exhausted, confused, dejected and dismayed as you process the daily onslaught of the Trumpian team, you now know why.
And while it might be tempting to allow awareness of these authoritarian tactics to sow depression, that would be playing right into Trump’s hands.

Understanding the power of authoritarian confusion must breed clarity, not despair.
The more we grasp how Trumpism corrodes thought, the better equipped we are to defend it — because the fight for democracy always begins in the mind.
..."

Do not let your ability to think be corroded by Trumpism's confusion & confusing stategy!

salon.com/2025/11/03/how-donal

Corina Machado, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is now asking Donald Trump to invade Venezuela arguing that Hamas is hiding there.

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@QasimRashid

If we had that rule, we'd exclude experienced people with good ideas, for a completely arbitrary reason.

There's no version of term limits that is any better than simply electing better candidates.

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