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circularfish@beehaw.orgMto Politics@beehaw.org•There is something wrong at the New York Times0·1 year agoThe problem as I see it is not that they have been critical of Biden, but that they are not ringing the alarm bells loudly enough over some of the batshit garbage Trump has been spewing recently. “Dictator on day one”, cutting off funding for schools that require vaccinations, etc.
It is reminiscent of the “both sides” criticism moderates get — in an effort to provide even coverage, they are functionally giving the crazy and the corrupt a free pass.
circularfish@beehaw.orgMto Politics@beehaw.org•Ex U.S. spies warned the Hunter Biden scandal had Russian fingerprints. They feel vindicated now.2·1 year agoVaccines don’t work. Global warming is a lie. The United States is not a democracy. Babies are too small to be seen with the naked eye and can be frozen and thawed out. Biden is corrupt because Vladimir Putin said so. Am I missing anything?
circularfish@beehaw.orgMto Politics@beehaw.org•Donald Trump fraud verdict: $364 million penalty in New York civil case38·1 year agoAdd the Carroll verdict and we are North of $440 million in about 3 weeks.
Edit: Also need to calculate statutory interest on top of this. Appeal bond is going to be brutal.
circularfish@beehaw.orgMto Politics@beehaw.org•Livestream audio of Supreme Court arguments over Trump's removal from Colorado ballot8·1 year agoYes, judging by the tenor or the questions it probably won’t even be close. They may end up ruling that Section 5 requires enabling legislatIon to be passed before state enforcement of Section 3 can proceed, but who knows. I think the fix is in on this one, regardless of the actual merits of the legal theories.
I’ll also go out on a limb and say that even though I am viscerally with Colorado here, a victory could easily turn into chaos once GOP-controlled courts in battleground states start engaging in a tit-for-tat. I can already hear the MTG-caliber arguments about humane border policy equating to insurrection.
The upcoming immunity case is going to be way more problematic for Trump, I think.
circularfish@beehaw.orgMto Politics@beehaw.org•Livestream audio of Supreme Court arguments over Trump's removal from Colorado ballot15·1 year agoThis one was always going to be a long shot. The real story here (or one real story, I guess) is why nobody had the guts to ask Thomas to recuse himself.
circularfish@beehaw.orgMto Politics@beehaw.org•This is the wildest obituary I've \*ever\* read.8·2 years agoRolling Stone following a rich tradition started by the late, great Hunter Thompson. His obit for Nixon is an absolute classic.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1994/07/he-was-a-crook/308699/
Our distinguished House Speaker voted against expulsion.
circularfish@beehaw.orgMto Politics@beehaw.org•Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second term1·2 years agoThis is frightening stuff. I feel like it should be at the top of every newscast, every conversation, but somehow we seem to be sleepwalking into the end of democracy. A “nah, can’t happen here” attitude, coupled with Trump fatigue, social media distractions, struggling to make ends meet, and good old fashioned apathy, are going to get people killed.
“My husband, Wesley, and I join hands in prayer around our kitchen table. Then we worry about the Mexicans.”