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@Sheril Agreed. They knocked it out of the park.

It's popcorn time. Anyone with a brain amongst the Republicans knows they're going to be overwhelmed at every turn. So now come the moves of desperation. And it is desperation because many of them know that the law is coming for them should they lose, starting with Trump himself.

This is going to get REAL crazy.

@GottaLaff Ahh, hmm, coming from the guy who said, "If we didn't cheat we'd never win anything." A bit of projection going on here I think.

@GottaLaff Yes, criticism of veterans coming from JD Vance who has never seen combat, never heard the snap sound of a bullet passing his head.

Yeah, Vance, or whatever your name is, just keep talkin'. We'll remember what you say.

Reminded tonight of just how elegant the Obamas are. Particularly recalling how proud I was as an American when they represented us abroad.

@mickymorse @tlariv Yes, and I think we're about to see them scramble to recover their illusion of integrity and credibility. (Except Fox, of course. Fox will go down with the ship calling for violence.)

@kathimmel Listening to him and his band got me interested in jazz back in the 60s. (I play piano)

@mattsheffield Seems like a lawsuit is in order. But Fox has been sued many times over things like this and they always escape by arguing that Fox Entertainment provides entertainment and parody. Fox News is just the name of the program.

Problem is their viewers don't know this.

Fox News censored every single Black speaker at the Democratic National Convention tonight except for Kamala Harris's brief welcome speech.

What a disgusting display of racism!

Fox censored:

-Karen Bass
-Laphonza Butler
-James Clyburn
-Jasmine Crockett
-Raphael Warnock

#DNC2024

@knittingknots2 I dunno, man. If he keeps this up he's going to give fascists a bad name.

'Not a bad idea': Donald Trump Jr. floats 'mandatory' sterilization for Democrats - Raw Story

rawstory.com/donald-trump-jr-a

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President #Biden at the #DNC: "Donald #Trump promised infrastructure week every week for four years and he never built a damn thing."

Seems to me the tone of major media reporting of Democrats is changing. I suspect they've come to the conclusion that their orange-haired favorite is not going to win, no matter what they say or do. They don't want to get caught supporting a candidate that gets trounced because it damages their credibility.

@LMac1970 @peterdutoit Yes, the French are good this way. Much of Europe is. Much more practical and realistic than the USA. If it's clear that it must be done, then do it now. Now.

@Amgine @CelloMomOnCars Residential rooftop solar is the way. But it will be a long time coming because the utility megacorps have more power over Congress than we do.

Yes, yes, it will be a long hard road and the utility companies will have to drastically change their operating model. I get it. I "feel" for them. Their whole world will be turned upside down and I understand they they're fighting it. But it must be done, and since it must be done the longer we fool around the worse it will go.

#politics

In case you are tired of "journalists" with a 5th grade understand of economics critiquing Kamala's price gouging speech, by shouting "Supply and Demand Bro".

Here is Robert Kuttner(who knows a few things) speaking in support of Kamala.

As for Grocery prices, if you think the market for groceries is a fair, open, and level playing field, and it reacts to supply and demand signals, think again.

prospect.org/blogs-and-newslet

@HopelessDemigod @suzannealdrich Exactly. Somewhere in the 1990s, the FCC forgot that the airwaves, "spectrum", belongs to us, the citizens. It cannot be sold to Google or Verizon. It's not theirs to sell. But I guess people didn't pay attention or didn't understand.

Someday I hope we have a sensible Supreme Court and someone brings a lawsuit that crashes the whole charade. It's public property and you can use it if it benefits all citizens, you behave yourself, AND you perform public service. Verizon performs no public service for their PRIVILEGE to use OUR spectrum.

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