EmergencyJoe @EmergencyJoe@qoto.org

With Hunter Biden trending it's a perfect time to ask why did Ivanka Trump get a pass for profiting while in White House from trademarks granted to her by China and other nations. My article:
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-criticizes-hunter-biden-house-democrats-should-be-investigating-his-ncna1066016

From @pbump: Trump is complaining that people who assaulted cops are in pre-trial detention.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/02/who-trump-is-defending-when-he-pledges-amnesty-capitol-riot/

The Holocaust is one of the deadliest atrocities inflicted on innocent Jewish people.

6 million were killed by an evil man.

It happened, it still hurts generations later, we will never forget & we can't ever let it happen again.

I stand with my Jewish Brothers & Sisters. ✡️

Of course Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy cause he has to pay $1.5 Billion to Sandy Hook families.

F*cking deadbeat.

Ron DeSantis is so confident in his presidential run that he ...

wants the state legislature to change the law to allow him to return to the governor's job if he loses. #weak

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-ron-desantis-legislature-b6e8e4dc730cfd399e0f6f653c86dd84

Why are so many companies doing massive lay offs?

Legit question.

Thank you, President Biden.

The Holocaust did not begin with killing; it began with words.

Genocides do not start with mass murder. That's where they end up.

Genocides & other mass atrocity crimes begin with words - specifically, with powerful people dehumanizing a minority.

Once they are seen as less than human, anything is possible, even mass murder.

👉 You can speak out loudly today for the rights of others, or you can stay silent & wait for tomorrow, when your rights will be taken away too.

Thou shalt not praise Nazis. Thou shalt not have dinner with Nazis.
Thou shalt mock Nazis and anyone who hangs out with them.

European Commissioner Thierry Breton just joined Mastodon!

His first post, published right after a call with Elon Musk, made it clear that there is still huge work ahead for Twitter to comply with EU law:

1. Reinforce content moderation
2. Tackle disinformation
3. Implement transparent policies based on objective criteria (i.e., not via Twitter polls)
4. Limit targeted advertising
5. Prepare for an independent audit

More info: @EC_Commissioner_Breton

#DigitalServicesAct #DSA #Twitter

For nearly two years Republicans have downplayed the January 6th attack on the Capitol. They called it a "Normal tourist visit." "Legitimate political discourse." "Peaceful patriots." "A dustup."

A key January 6 figure was just found guilty of: *Seditious Conspiracy.*

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/29/1139454126/oath-keepers-stewart-rhodes-seditious-conspiracy-verdict-trial

As @davetroy predicted, GQP will hold the debt ceiling hostage. “NEWS: John Thune, the No. 2 Senate GOP leader, says in interview Senate Repubs want to leverage the next US debt limit increase to force federal spending cuts and changes to Social Security and other entitlement programs.”

"waah waaah mastodon is slow and glitchy sometimes, how can you bear it"

bitch I grew up with dial up. I scrolled endlessly through the hampster dance, half the jpegs broken. I spent an hour looking for and downloading a simple mp3. I waited my 54 minutes to continue watching a ropey stream of true blood with unsynced audio. I still use tumblr. you are like tiny baby

Saying not to bother with the favourite button on mastodon because it doesn't affect any algorithm is like saying not to say thank you to someone because no one else will hear.

Stop thinking in those old social media ways of engagement and visibility and algorithms and reach and audience and start thinking about being social.

Conservatives were furious when a baker had to bake a cake for a gay couple. But now they want to force Apple to host content it finds harmful and dangerous?
Make it make sense.

Please don’t tell the evangelicals I’m here.

I have never received something like this. We are experiencing a rise in hate, while many look the other way or seek to profit from it. I refuse to allow this to be the norm and a part of my child’s future. I will fight against hate and extremism and for decency and acceptance.

I love atheists because they don’t try to takeover the government to force their lack of beliefs on others.