Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

@introversion 😁

“The potential new secretary of defense has no experience running a large organization, lacks foreign policy experience, and has never worked in a meaningful way with Congress to pass billions in military budgets.”
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-cabinet-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-fox-news-rcna180237

#PeteHegseth #SecDef #SecretaryOfDefense #nominee #politics #USpol #military #NationalSecurity

Education is the only solution to an ignorant, bigoted nation. That is why they are attacking education.
Republicans Target Social Sciences to Curb Ideas They Don’t Like https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/us/florida-social-sciences-progressive-ideas.html?smid=tw-share

Hateful, disgusting, evil bigots:
Speaker Johnson restricts use of Capitol bathrooms by transgender people https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/20/transgender-bathrooms-capitol-johnson/

BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨

“Fire them deep boys!

The Biden administration JUST NOW gave Ukraine approval to fire long range weapons into Russia!

This will open up nearly 500 Russian military targets to the Ukrainian Defenders!

GIVE THE WEAPONS TO UKRAINE TODAY!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews

Those who may want to know more about the little-known Wilmington story may also be interested in this new video from American Experience, focusing on the family of Alex and Carrie Manly. Alex was editor and publisher of The Wilmington Daily Record, the only Black-owned newspaper in the city. His offices were burned to the ground in the Wilmington coup and his family run out of town.

#racism #WhiteSupremacy #Wilmington #NorthCarolina
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1AuowPhTZM

The road to death and destruction is paved with book bans.

Florida officials report hundreds of books pulled from school libraries
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/17/2286199/-Florida-officials-report-hundreds-of-books-pulled-from-school-libraries

#ResistFascism #SupportPeopleInPain #TrumpKakistocracy #NaziTrump #GOPWeirdos #RacistGOP #DonaldTrump #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlueUpAndDown #USPol

How about I take a piss on Nancy Mace’s front lawn

All of the eye rolls. Visiting family member in assisted living. Hubby and I are wearing masks of course. She informs us she attended a memorial for those who had died in the past year. A big increase she tells us. I mention covid. I mention the AARP article I sent her which was surprisingly informative on the topic. She still cannot connect the dots. Oh no, it wasn't because of covid all those "many more than usual" people who died. #Covid

One of the joys of federation is that we can stay on Mastodon *and still interact* with people on corporate social media like Threads. This is the whole point of interop standards: we don’t have to subject ourselves to the algorithms on Threads to communicate with people there.

"Russia is not seeking peace—it's escalating the war," Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperon Heorhii Tykhyi said. Ukraine is currently awaiting expert analysis to confirm the type of missile launched this morning, reportedly with ICBM-like characteristics.

Republicans are small, scared people.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/republicans-mountain-west-conference-transgender-volleyball-athlete-rcna181037

#NoRepublicansEverAgain #RepublicanKakistocracy #VoteBlueToSaveEverything #GOPWeirdos #USPol

N159 and the Papillon Nebula
Credits: Paris Observatory, WFPC2, HST, ESA, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

Goodday Mastodonians!!

Starry nights at Oyama Peak, Tottori prefecture, Japan. ❄️

"A snake was found on a plane before it took off from the West Australian town of Broome on Thursday morning.

In bizarre scenes, Disney TV personality Andre Rerekura was the passenger who took the non-venomous snake off the aircraft before it embarked for Perth."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-21/snakes-on-a-plane-disrupts-virgin-flight/104631330#

Let me preface this by saying Pete Hegseth, the Mango Mussolini’s completely unqualified choice for Secretary of Defense, is a true pile of shit. I’m looking forward to the documentary Jessica Yahn is working on. If you have a few minutes, it’s worth a listen.
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/21/nx-s1-5195579/how-will-trumps-second-term-impact-the-role-of-women-in-the-military

If you want to know what the future in America will be like, ask a Palestinian.

Thx @johnastoehr for the brutal truth
"RW/GOP Media prevented Trump voters from knowing what Biden/Harris had done for the economy, inflation wages & especially the interests of the white working class"
UNTIL DEMS INVEST IN MSM?
FASCISM WILL PREVAIL
https://www.editorialboard.com/the-now-theyre-going-to-find-out-argument-is-flawed/