Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

You’ve probably never heard of George Lucas’s Stormtrooper Band. They never had a hit.

I know that several people (Thomas Jefferson and George Bernard Shaw to name but two) have said something to the effect that the electorate gets the politicians they deserve, but just as the UK really didn't deserve the Tories, I'm sure that the vast majority of the US public don't deserve Trump. I really really hope in these last few days of the campaign that sufficient voters turn out to deny him another term in the White House. For all our sakes.

@futurebird When I was a civil servant I had to make sure I paid for my coffee and donut when government contractors held catered meetings. We could not be seen to have taken *anything* from a company with interest in government contracts. Yet we have Congress members who get privileged briefings on things that impact the future of the country, including business sectors, who then get rich on buying stocks. That is wrong. And they are the people who would have to pass a law that would limit their ability to enrich themselves, so here we have the problem. We could perhaps limit their unethical behavior with term limits but again they are the people who would have to make that law.

Via Rupar:

in the wake of #Israel bombing Iran, it's important to keep in mind that #Trump has been urging #Netanyahu to escalate

Oct 18
Replying to @atrupar
Trump says he's about to speak to Netanyahu and says, "Biden is trying to hold him back ... he probably should be doing the opposite, actually."

“Is America going to be in league with Validmir Putin, Kim Jong Un, China, and North Korea?” asks Rep. Jamie Raskin “or are we going to be on the side of democracy? Those are the stakes in this election.” #Velshi

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-rep-jamie-raskin-the-answer-to-anxiety-is-activism-222767685587

🎯Via Acyn:

#Biden: The wealthiest man in the world is his ally. Well, that wealthiest man in the world turned out to be an illegal worker… He’s talking about all these illegals coming our way?

Biden: #Trump is a loser. He’s a loser as a candidate and more importantly in my view, he’s a loser as a man

Biden says Elon Musk was an 'illegal worker' when he began U.S. career https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/26/biden-elon-musk-illegal-worker-began-career.html

@AlliFlowers @Wileymiller @GottaLaff Was going to say something similar. Unfortunately, not all women in Congress are there to make it better or to get things done for the American people. They’re there to sow chaos, throw sand in the gears, and burn it down.

Every vote will be needed - no?

BREAKING via Associated Press:

Just hours after Jeff Bezos killed the Washington Post's endorsement of Kamala Harris, executives from Bezos's space exploration company, Blue Origin, met with Donald Trump in Austin, Texas.

#USPol #Journalism #WashingtonPost #Corruption #fascism

https://apnews.com/live/2024-election-trump-harris-news-updates#00000192-c592-d7d8-a7be-efbf2ca80000

Elon Musk worked illegally in the US: Came to the US on a student visa but was never a student, started working instead
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/26/elon-musk-immigration-status/
#immigration #hypocrisy #elonmusk #politics #uspol #zip2 #-

I hate quoting this A-hole, but he's right.
And say goodbye to Japan and South Korea as well.
Taiwan could be ‘toast’ if Trump wins: former US national security adviser John Bolton
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3283928/taiwan-could-be-toast-if-trump-wins-former-us-national-securi

Democracy Dies in Anticipatory Compliance - Total agree with Doug, "This is yet another reason why billionaires shouldn’t exist. At least tax them down to being millionaires." @dougporter506 https://open.substack.com/pub/dougporter/p/democracy-dies-in-anticipatory-compliance?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #Politics

Well this is timely.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-24/space-jammer-to-aim-at-russian-chinese-satellites-is-readied-as-flaws-are-fixed

The #WashingtonPost and #LATimes will go down in infamy for their cowardly decisions to forgo a presidential endorsement this year. Let’s be clear. This is appeasement of authoritarianism. It is obeying in advance. It is cowardice.