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William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;There’s no better issue than abortion to remind us what America under a second MAGA Administration would become. …</p><p>Roe’s fall has laid bare the America that Trump and the MAGA Right want, and how catastrophic a second Trump presidency would be for America.&quot;</p><p>~ Melissa Ryan</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.altrightdelete.news/p/fascist-hellscape" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">altrightdelete.news/p/fascist-</span><span class="invisible">hellscape</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;The bottom line is you simply can’t trust Republicans on this issue. A conservative woman voting a straight GOP ticket may find herself not just on the wrong side of history, but on the wrong side of the mausoleum wall as well. And that’s not a good place to be. After all, when you die, you can’t take your fortune—or your MAGA hat—with you.&quot;</p><p>~ Aldous J. Pennyfarthing</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>women</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/14/2235037/-Real-world-impact-of-Arizona-abortion-ruling-begins-to-emerge" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/14</span><span class="invisible">/2235037/-Real-world-impact-of-Arizona-abortion-ruling-begins-to-emerge</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Why did Marco Rubio—who sits on the senate intelligence committee—take at least $1.5 MILLION from Len Blavatnik, an oligarch who has burrowed into America? </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SenRubioPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SenRubioPress</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPTraitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPTraitors</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPSedition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPSedition</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/05/08/how-putin-s-oligarchs-funneled-millions-into-gop-campaigns/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dallasnews.com/opinion/comment</span><span class="invisible">ary/2018/05/08/how-putin-s-oligarchs-funneled-millions-into-gop-campaigns/</span></a></p>
RealJournalism<p>Ron DeSantis is driving more and more people and businesses he doesn't like out of the state. His newest target is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hemp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hemp</span></a> industry, which he wants to pass restrictions on. Apparently, he decided that he didn't cater enough to the people driving the hysteria for the failed War on Drugs during his failed Presidential campaign. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/02/12/florida-republican-insists-hemp-restrictions-wont-hurt-the-industry/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">floridaphoenix.com/2024/02/12/</span><span class="invisible">florida-republican-insists-hemp-restrictions-wont-hurt-the-industry/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Jay Kuo says that as the Senate hammers out a bill for aid to Ukraine, senators &quot;understand that Russia believes it can prevail with enough patience—and if it can successfully splinter Western support for Ukraine.&quot;</p><p>And:</p><p>&quot;That splintering is evident now in the House GOP conference. Speaker Mike Johnson is doing Trump’s bidding, who in turn is doing Putin’s bidding.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> <br />/1</p><p><a href="https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-ukraine-showdown" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-u</span><span class="invisible">kraine-showdown</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;And it’s no accident that Trump recently signaled that if he were president again, he would tell Russia to do whatever the hell it wanted. As a result, Speaker Johnson has indicated that aid for Ukraine won’t even get a House vote.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> <br />/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;Of the many faults in our democratic system exposed by Trump and his MAGA following - not least how poor education and a plague of mental illness has left so many voters’ without critical thinking skills - the worst is how he has shattered our self-image of America as a nation of law.&quot;</p><p>~ Nina Burleigh</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LawandOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LawandOrder</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/criminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminals</span></a> <br />/1</p><p><a href="https://www.americanfreakshow.news/p/the-waiting-game" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">americanfreakshow.news/p/the-w</span><span class="invisible">aiting-game</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;American streets are crawling with felonious Trump associates, pardonees like Steve Bannon, Mike Flynn, Roger Stone, and assorted domestic abusers whose toxic masculinity earned them slots on the Trump team. …</p><p>The more I think about accused felons Trump and Paxton, roaming free and exercising enormous power, the more I understand that it&#39;s really the country&#39;s legal system that&#39;s broken. It broke before our broken politics.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LawandOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LawandOrder</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/criminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminals</span></a> <br />/2</p>
Rep. Shontel Brown<p>Extreme MAGA Republicans keep choosing stunts over solutions. They are creating chaos and dysfunction instead of working with us to address gun violence, lower costs for families, and grow the middle class.</p>
Rep. Shontel Brown<p>Introducing: The Congressional Rock and Roll Caucus! I am proud to be joined by a bipartisan group of colleagues in launching a caucus to support musicians, music institutions, and music education— it’s gonna rock! <a href="https://shontelbrown.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-brown-launches-rock-caucus-118th-congress" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shontelbrown.house.gov/media/p</span><span class="invisible">ress-releases/congresswoman-brown-launches-rock-caucus-118th-congress</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;It was evident to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that none of the founders contemplated a man like Donald Trump or a political party comprised of his imitators. It’s right there in the Preamble they wrote to the Constitution:&quot;</p><p>~ Lucian K. Truscott </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>insurrection</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LawandOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LawandOrder</span></a> <br />/1</p><p><a href="https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/the-insurrection-across-the-street" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">luciantruscott.substack.com/p/</span><span class="invisible">the-insurrection-across-the-street</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;The question for the justices is, do they have the honesty and integrity and courage to ensure that their court and the Capitol across the street remain in the neighborhood of democracy, or will they allow their neighborhood to be swallowed up by the moral vacuum of Donald Trump’s ambition to become not a president but a dictator? The Supreme Court can stop him, but will they?&quot;</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>insurrection</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LawandOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LawandOrder</span></a> <br />/3</p>
lady troodle<p>Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/09/atlantic-ocean-circulation-nearing-devastating-tipping-point-study-finds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/feb/09/atlantic-ocean-circulation-nearing-devastating-tipping-point-study-finds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/juststopoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>juststopoil</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/nomoredrilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nomoredrilling</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stopputin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stopputin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/climatecriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>climatecriminals</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/torycorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>torycorruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/greenenergytransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>greenenergytransition</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/stoptrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stoptrump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>earth</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/gaia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gaia</span></a></p>
U.S. Politics in Real Time<p>DeSantis mocked for boasting about measures from Biden’s CHIPs Act</p><p><a href="https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/desantis-biden-chips-semiconductors-florida-b2452596.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">the-independent.com/news/world</span><span class="invisible">/americas/us-politics/desantis-biden-chips-semiconductors-florida-b2452596.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TheIndependent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheIndependent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CHIPSAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CHIPSAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/semiconductors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semiconductors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
SLCW💥<p>Ron <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> is a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> who is taking credit for the accomplishments of Joe <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>. Maybe if he had actually done the job he was elected to do he might have some accomplishments of his own that he could brag about, but this is just <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pathetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pathetic</span></a>. They attack <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> and their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a>, then they take credit for those policies when they need something to talk about.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOPfascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPfascists</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOPLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPLies</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RepublicansAreTheProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansAreTheProblem</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FloridaFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FloridaFascism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.intomore.com/impact/politics/ron-dont-say-gay-desantis-mocked-for-touting-his-supposed-latest-achievement/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">intomore.com/impact/politics/r</span><span class="invisible">on-dont-say-gay-desantis-mocked-for-touting-his-supposed-latest-achievement/</span></a></p>
Claudia Zahn<p>A Waterspout rising into the clouds in Tampa Bay, Tampa, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>.<br>📷:<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@joey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>joey</span></a></span> Mole<br>By <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmazingNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmazingNature</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Flower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flowers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Animal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WildlifePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photographer</span></a></p>
Whatru12<p>I’m off voting age and I’ll proudly be voting to re-elect both President Biden AND Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024. </p><p>Pass it on in all your social media.</p>
leemeade<p>Nick Cave Unloads on Musicians Using ChatGPT to Write Songs <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/nick-cave-chatgpt-songwriting" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/the-byte/nick-cav</span><span class="invisible">e-chatgpt-songwriting</span></a></p>
sfdb<p>Raise your hand if you haven't been indicted three times and are waiting for the 4th one to drop...</p>
Adam Davis<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caturday</span></a> Our Lily relaxing.</p>
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