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Sassinake

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Star Wars fanfiction writer, some original content. 🔞 Aviendha69 on AO3 and Twitter

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Questions I hope Trump will be asked https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-first-presidential-debate-of?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Sassinake ,
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@rbreich
I just want his mic to be cutoff when he's out of line or time or turn

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The Supreme Court dismissing challenges to the FDA's approval of mifepristone is good news, but the fight's not over.

A MAGA-controlled FDA could effectively ban all abortion medications without even involving the courts or Congress.

Abortion access is on the ballot this fall.

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contraception is next.

NO SEX FOR YOU!

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Settle a bet for me. Which of these terrible things Trump did is worst?

Sassinake ,
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this place has polls

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Meta to train undefined AI tech on Facebook users’ posts, pics in EU

EU Facebook users have until June 26 to opt out of AI training.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/meta-to-train-undefined-ai-tech-on-facebook-users-posts-pics-in-eu/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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jfc this feels like a massive seizure of identities.

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The approval rating of The Supreme Court has plummeted to historic lows. Between the Court's radical rulings and blatant displays of corruption and partisanship, the American people have lost faith in this Court. What can Congress do now to implement real reform and accountability? https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/supreme-court-recusal-reform-alito

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The only people that approve this court are those that benefit from the corruption, and idiots

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How Daisy Ridley’s swim coach prepped the star for Young Woman and the Sea

Siobhan-Marie O'Connor: "There were so many different swimming elements to the role."

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/06/how-daisy-ridleys-swim-coach-prepped-the-star-for-young-woman-and-the-sea/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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it's too bad the movie Nyad got out there first, with a stellar cast.

timing.

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Trump's most obvious lies (like pretending he never led chants of "lock her up) are perhaps the most disturbing.

Telling lies that everyone knows are lies is a classic tactic of dictators to force their followers to side with them over the truth itself.

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"I decide what reality is"

is the most horrific trait you want in someone who has access to nuclear weapons.

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Office Hours: If Trump is found guilty, should Biden emphasize the guilty verdict or focus on abortion and democracy instead? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-if-trump-is-found-guilty?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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he can focus on 3 things at once right? he has focus teams that can prepare special campaigns?

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There are so many bad parts of Trump's economic agenda, I can't decide what's worst?

Which of these do you think is the worst?

Sassinake ,
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@rbreich

FYI this site has polls.
go ahead, list a few. We'll vote

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Trump asked Big Oil to give him $1 billion for his campaign last month.

He promised lower taxes and to gut environmental regulations in return.

Big Oil CEOs already appear to be taking him up on the offer, inviting Trump to a fundraiser in Houston yesterday.

Be warned.

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@rbreich

For sale: 50 States. With Serfs.

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Democratic consultant indicted for Biden deepfake that told people not to vote

Steven Kramer, who worked for a Democratic candidate, accused of voter suppression.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/democratic-consultant-indicted-for-biden-deepfake-that-told-people-not-to-vote/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Steven Kramer is a turncoat or a mole.

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The Appeal to Heaven flag isn't just tied to Jan 6.

It's a Christian nationalist symbol.

Christian nationalists believe that the law of the land is not the Constitution, but instead the law of God as they interpret it.

Do you see the problem with Alito flying this flag?

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@rbreich
Can we call them Chrisnas?

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In his speech to the NRA, Trump yet again suggested he might serve more than two terms.

The 22nd Amendment bars that, but if the 14th Amendment didn't apply to him, why should any others?

If Trump wins, do you believe he will leave office at the end of a second term?

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@rbreich
I think Trump will declare himself the winner even if he loses this election.

What happens next depends on whether people go to war over it.

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Effective tax rates before and after the Trump tax law:

Verizon
Before: 21%
After: 8%

Walmart
Before: 31%
After: 17%

AT&T
Before: 13%
After: 3%

Walt Disney
Before: 26%
After: 8%

FedEx
Before: 18%
After: 1%

This is what a corporate giveaway looks like.

Sassinake ,
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@rbreich
the real moochers and welfare queens

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Sunday caption: What? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-caption-what?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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@rbreich

A 'House of Cards' fan.

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Boeing shareholders approved a $33M pay package for CEO Dave Calhoun, despite overseeing huge losses and safety problems.

It's the biggest package ever given to a Boeing CEO.

Calhoun is resigning by year's end. Guess what he gets then?

A $45 million golden parachute.

Unreal.

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@rbreich

unfair to workers and travellers alike.

literally putting people's lives in danger and treating it like the 'cost of business'.

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The Biden Admin's rule limiting credit card late fees was set to begin tomorrow.

But a Trump-appointed judge blocked it at the request of the Chamber of Commerce — costing U.S. families an estimated $27 million a day.

MAGA and corporate interests want to keep ripping you off.

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@rbreich please link sources

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Each of Trump's 34 criminal counts of false business filings in the New York case carries a penalty of up to four years in prison.

If Trump is convicted, what should the sentence be?

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@rbreich
34 years should be enough at the Rich Folks country club 'prison'.

but I expect him to be 'confined' to Mar-A-Lago with an ankle bracelet someone else will volunteer to wear for him, and of course, continued access to the internet. And his money.

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Trump asked Big Oil execs to give him $1 billion for his campaign.

He promised lower taxes and a rollback of Biden's climate regulations and clean energy programs in return.

Trump is literally willing to take bribes in exchange for the destruction of the planet.

Be warned.

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@rbreich

Trump has put the Govt of the USA on the bidding block.

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Office Hours: Is Biden focusing on the right issue? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-is-biden-focusing-on?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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The War Beast must be fed.

The choice is between Palestinians or minority Americans.

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Call me crazy, but maybe presidents who get themselves indicted shouldn't have their criminal trials presided over by judges they themselves appointed.

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It's like corruption and conflics of interest are no longer crimes in America.

It's like a bunch of crimes are now unenforceable against the ruling class... by now, I mean visibly, unashamedly; they are effectively immune to the justice system.

If there is no justice, there is no government, certainly no democracy.

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Sunday caption contest: Protest? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-caption-contest-protest?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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The Beast of War must be fed.

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Trump set the overtime pay threshold at a disgraceful $35,500 per year. Biden just raised it to $58,600.

Biden banned noncompete agreements. A plaintiff trying to reverse the ban is a Trump tax adviser.

Biden is fighting for workers. Trump wants to tear them down.

Sassinake ,
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@rbreich
but is it worth the sacrifice of an entire people?

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If this is your boss, you need a union. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imSORlhc-lA&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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You are the best man today, Jedi Master Bob.

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Should Billionaires Exist? | Robert Reich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTAlWw9Hbcg&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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@rbreich

No more than Royalty should.
It's the same damn thing, really:

A handful of people so powerful they bend the laws of society around them and suck the life out of everyone and poison everything else.

You had a whole Revolution over this?

Was it only about /where/ the power was concentrated? Was it only to establish an 'American' Monarchy/Oligarchy?

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America's 813 billionaires now collectively hold a record $5.8 trillion.

That’s more than the wealth of the entire bottom half of the US, roughly 65 million households.

It's not radical to tax the rich. It's radical to allow this level of wealth concentration to continue.

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the purpose of $$$ is to buy power.

The purpose of power is impunity.

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Sunday caption contest: The twelve https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-caption-contest-support?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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@rbreich

so, now matter what we decide, we're screwed, right?

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@rbreich

The Truth doesn't matter. Power will decide the outcome.

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Why the US government’s overreliance on Microsoft is a big problem

Microsoft continues to get a free pass after series of cybersecurity failures.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/why-the-us-governments-overreliance-on-microsoft-is-a-big-problem/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Same here in Canada. If Canada runs afoul of the US, MS can just topple our govt.

georgetakei , to Random
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So that's what they meant?

Sassinake ,
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@georgetakei
as articulated in 'the Incredibles2'

rbreich , to Random
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Office Hours: Should parents be criminally responsible for a child who kills? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-responsibility?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Sassinake ,
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@rbreich
I mean. If they give him a gun and instill all kinds of violent rhetoric in him...
yeah.

they're responsible until majority. That what being a minor is.

exceptions can be drawn for people in situations where they cannot control their kid because they are in a cult, or a vile environment they can't escape (I'm thinking single mothers in extreme poverty).
Attempts at helping the kid should be considered.

Abuser parents should definitely be held responsible.

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Let's be clear. Arizona's Supreme Court knocking reproductive rights back to 1864 is a direct result of Donald Trump keeping his promise to appoint U.S. Supreme Court Justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade.

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Be a mother or die trying.

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In the last week, Trump has compared himself to Jesus and to Nelson Mandela on account of his perceived, alleged persecution by the legal system. Who’s next, the Dalai Lama? Joan of Arc? The man has zero shame.

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@rbreich

The man has no conscience.

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