Greg Spradlin @spradlig@qoto.org

"Dear heavens. She is walking him like a poodle.”

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#KamalaHarris #Trump #debate #TaylorSwift
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/kamala-harris-meets-the-moment

“I have concepts of a plan.”

Fri., 8/30/24: Port Orange Councilman-elect Lance Green was pulled over and arrested for DUI. After the police stopped him, he and his wife switched places and she told the police officer that she had been driving.

https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2024/09/03/port-orange-councilman-arrested-for-dui-traded-seats-with-wife/75062665007/

#meme #memes #dui #crime #outonbail
#portorange #ponceinlet #wilburbythesea #volusiacounty #volusiademocrats #floridademocrats #voteblue

Every time I am surprised how much the outline of the Belgian province of Liège matches that with the outline of the whole of Belgium.

Too bad the 6 Trumpies don’t care and won’t listen

Via Kyle Griffin:

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tells CBS she supports an "enforceable code" of ethics for #SCOTUS justices.

"A binding code of ethics is pretty standard for judges, and so I guess the question is, 'is the Supreme Court any different?'"

"I guess I have not seen a persuasive reason as to why the [Supreme] Court is different than the other courts."

Randomly emailing conservative parents associations and telling them we’re changing the beginning of moby dick to say Call me Cismale

"As of Monday, August 26, 2024, we can safely say that the NYTimes is an 'unserious newspaper.'

The NYT’s Monday edition included a guest essay by Rich Lowry entitled, Trump Can Win on Character. ...

When the Times opens its editorial pages to opinions that are objectively, demonstrably false and misleading, the Times should be viewed as approving of those opinions."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #Republicans #NewYorkTimes #character #values #morality #principles
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/harris-walz-campaign-goes-on-offense

"Today, Rich Lowry, the editor of National Review (the flagship conservative magazine founded by William F. Buckley Jr.), published an article claiming that Donald Trump could win the 2024 election 'on character.'”

No, really."

~Tom Nichols

#Trump #NewYorkTimes #character

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/08/the-conservatives-who-sold-their-souls-for-trump/679623/

Great interview with @Mer__edith in @WIRED from @agreenberg talking @signalapp, #surveillance, #privacy and #sustainability

"Signal is a nonprofit because a for-profit structure leads to a scenario where one of my board members goes to Davos, talks to some guy, comes back excitedly telling me we need an AI strategy for profit. Or another one of my board members comes in, gets really nervous that our revenue model, whatever it is, isn’t bringing in something that meets our goals and says, “Well, maybe we can start collecting metadata. Maybe we can reduce the focus on privacy, because of course our primary objective function, as a traditional for-profit, is revenue and growth.” And privacy in an economy powered by surveillance will necessarily hamper those."

https://www.wired.com/story/meredith-whittaker-signal/

@coreytrina Yes. Another place to donate for down ballot races is via #MastodonBlueWave at https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodonbluewave.

@heidilifeldman
For Harris to do that, it's going to require a Democrat-majority House and Senate, and that means donating to those races, and if you can, phone-banking and canvassing.
The link below is for excellent strategic donating recommendations from activist Jessica Craven
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13pvzT4gB7FK7n0O_3p6_ymrBaSIlpB3YbkuZCjNXGKw/edit

Nuts and bolts of what we funding the #Harris campaign to do: This week Harris and #Walz are going on a bus tour through Georgia. “The campaign is investing heavily in the Peach State with more than 170 Democratic campaign staffers in 24 coordinated campaign offices across the state.” https://flip.it/8L-xdQ

Winning Georgia is going to take a massive effort. Let’s make sure the campaign has all the resources necessary. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris

TL;DR: European iPhones now offer exciting features like third-party app stores and customizable default apps, thanks to advanced regulations. Users are left wishing for similar freedoms in other regions, especially with retro game emulators available in the EU. https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/24/24226946/iphone-eu-regulation-app-stores-fortnite #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

JD Vance makes Ron DeSantis almost seem normal.

'It’s Tim Walz night!

And Mayor Pete might!

And Bill Clinton night no exclamation point."

~ Evan Hurst

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/live-tim-walz-steals-nomination-from

Heather Cox Richardson puts her finger on a major theme running through commentary on the DNC this morning:

"After three days at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, I feel like I have seen the political future and its name is the Democratic Party."

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-21-2024

Still having a good laugh over the NY Times' insistence that the people shouting "We Love You Joe!" at the DNC convention last night were really saying they love the fact that Joe Biden isn't running again.

Their minds are simply unable to comprehend that people love Joe because he's a goddamn American hero and will one day be spoken of in the same breath as Washington, Lincoln, and FDR.