Greg Spradlin @spradlig@qoto.org

A group of Vietnamese immigrants was targeted in a voter-fraud scheme by the wife of an Iowa Republican county supervisor who wanted her husband to win “by any means necessary” in 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/22/iowa-voter-fraud-wife-husband-republican/

No Labels depends on six-figure donors to fund 'grassroots' 2024 third party ticket (Brian Schwartz/CNBC)

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/17/no-labels-raised-millions-from-six-figure-donors.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/231117/p73#a231117p73

@micahflee
The ADL is a sad cautionary tale about where a virtuous mission will take you when it becomes monomania.

I really, really hope they get their heads out of their asses — or that a more circumspect organization picks up their original missing of fighting actual antisemitism. Because we urgently need people doing that right now, and the ADL ain’t it.

One day after Elon Musk agrees with a great replacement Jews "hatred against whites" tweet, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League thanks Elon for his "leadership in fighting hate" because he's suspending X users who post the phrases "decolonization" or "from the river to the sea"

I signed this, along with more than 160 Jewish leaders calling on #apple #disney #google & #amazon to stop doing business on Twitter. I encourage others to leave that platform & stop giving Musk any legitimacy by your presence. #antisemitism https://www.xouthate.org/

Next meeting: Thurs., Nov. 9, 4662 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. Doors open 6:30 p.m., meeting begins 7:00.

Spraker: Tricia Beck-Peter, a community educator for @plannedparenthood and @flaccessnetwork. Her presentation is titled "Compassionate Conversations with Conservatives."

#portorange #volusiacounty #floridademocrats
#voteblue #gotv #grassroots
#dobbs #choice #womenshealth #reproductiverights

not funny reminder: the magats want to crash the economy assuming quite possibly correctly that low-info reactionary americans will do the usual dumbassery of voting for whoever isn’t in power, flicking the switch back and forth and ignoring what that actually does

#uspol

"#Elsevier employees and customers, climate scientists, scientist organizations, activists, and the media have attempted to address the company's fossil fuel-expanding activities that run counter to company statements and pledges."
https://www.climaterightscoalition.com/advocacy

#Climate #ClimateCrisis

There's a new thing starting, a place for people to talk about cool maths stuff. Read this to see the motivation, and how it's going to work:

https://aperiodical.com/2023/09/announcing-the-finite-group/

Our next meeting is Thurs., Oct. 12 at 4662 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. Doors open 6:30 p.m., and the meeting begins at 7:00. Sarah Jones will analyze her close race for Port Orange City Council which occurred in August. Club members will organize into committees to plan community events and campaigns.

#volusiacounty #volusiademocrats #floridademocrats
#voteblue #gotv #takebackfl #takebackflorida #grassroots

Sure, he’s a rapist and a fraud. But let’s not forget about the years of money-laundering for the Russian mob. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/deutsche-bank-employees-reportedly-flagged-suspicious-transactions-involving-trump-kushner-n1007501

@dangillmor
I dunno. I just keep coming back to these words...

"If you’re still on Twitter/X does that mean you’re a fascist?
No, of course not.
It just means fascism isn’t a deal breaker for you."
@aral

New Yorker review of Musk hagiography says Twitter "has American journalism in a choke hold."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/18/elon-musk-walter-isaacson-book-review

Journalists are choking themselves. It is their decision. Musk must chortle every day as he watches journalists bend over to support his business.

They could leave, and take their audiences with them, if they wanted to. They don't.

They're doing this to themselves. Inertia, amoral calculation, and timidity are weapons of self-destruction.

Company: We provide lots of benefits! Like paid sick leave, healthcare, and a 401k.

Me: Oh- you mean the things the State of California requires you to provide given how large an employer you are?

Raw Story:
'Ratings aren't worth our democracy': Legal experts trash Meet the Press' Trump interview

"Other than the occasional fatal admission, with respect to his criminal cases, there is no public interest in putting this man on television. The lies and distortions are nearly constant. Media who give him a platform are failing the public," said Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law at UC Berkeley Jonah B. Gelbach.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ratings-arent-worth-our-democracy/

#News #Politics #Trump #Democracy #Democrats

Drew Barrymore will not resume production of her talk show after facing an outcry of opposition from striking Hollywood writers and her fellow actors. NBC News has more on her reversal: https://flip.it/VRJwcc
#Entertainment #Culture #DrewBarrymore #HollywoodStrikes #WritersGuildOfAmerica

Wartime Pope Pius XII knew details about the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jews in the Holocaust as early as 1942, according to a letter found in the Vatican archives that conflicts with the Holy See's official position at the time that the information it had was vague and unverified.
https://www.reuters.com/world/letter-shows-pope-pius-xii-probably-knew-about-holocaust-early-2023-09-17/

Landed in Jackson, Wyoming, US. Apx. flt. time 31 min.