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- Trump Is Planning for a Landslide Win – And his campaign is all but praying Joe Biden doesn’t drop out.www.theatlantic.com Trump Is Planning for a Landslide Win
And his campaign is all but praying Joe Biden doesn’t drop out.
- crimethinc.com Why Stop at Removing Biden?
Biden’s refusal to step aside is a microcosm of an entire civilization at an impasse.
- www.usatoday.com In a first, Republican majority on a Nevada county commission refuses to certify election
The Washoe County Commission certifies elections in the evenly split Reno area. Republican commissioners just voted against certifying a result.
- www.nbcnews.com Russia aims to undermine Biden in November election, intel officials say
Previous U.S. intelligence assessments dating to 2016 concluded that Russia sought to weaken support for the Democratic Party and boost Donald Trump’s candidacy.
- newrepublic.com Trump Has Turned RNC Into a “Slut Walk,” Republicans Complain
Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis was not pleased by the convention’s platform or scheduled speakers.
- Discussion: US Foreign Policy and State Sponsored Terrorism
Here's how to do it:
You can make a strong argument that the United States has been a major sponsor of international terrorism throughout the 20th century and up until the present.
- Noam Chomsky giving examples
- Smedley Butler tying it back to earlier US history
- Wikipedia giving an extensive list
Is that still going on? Is support for Israel terrorism? Has it gotten better in the 21st century? Is it relevant what other countries have done, or what good things the US also does?
@lulztard@feddit.org I don't know whether this post will be any more useful than the other one, but the other one was pure hostility. You can't pick a fight with a whole community and start ordering them around and expect the conversation to go anywhere good. It's not your subject matter, it's your delivery.
I think it has a better chance of turning into a real conversation. If this one turns into a waste of time, too, I'll delete it, too, but I want to give a chance to this conversation, because the subject matter is fine.
- www.salon.com Cohen talks Trump retribution: "Don't discount what he's telling you ... he's already done it to me"
Michael Cohen says his federal conviction should serve as the crux of Joe Biden’s campaign against Trump
- newrepublic.com Trump’s Wildly Unhinged Attack on NYT Should Wake Up Media: He’s Unfit
With Trump slamming the Times even as it crusades against Biden, a press critic explains how Trump scams the media into adopting a huge double standard on each man’s fitness to serve.
- [META] "Free speech," throwaways, and parameter tuning
I'm leaving the pro-Zionist comment up. Long story short, it's abundantly clear to both me and the bot that it's a real user stating their real opinion. I don't want to create a "free speech safe space" for all the comments that aren't welcome anywhere else because they are horrible, but I also don't want to create a place where there are elaborate boundaries about what you can and can't say. The rules are: No bigotry, no spam, no personal attacks. Not that you can say fuck one person, but not this other person.
I severely don't like the "nanny state" moderation that prevails on a lot of Lemmy. We're all adults here. Hopefully. Even with the tiny amount of content that's been posted so far, I've been batting down reports that are based on the idea that the user base can't make up its own mind about what's trustworthy, what's true, or what's worth reading. This is the first comment I really wanted to delete. To be blunt, my personal opinion is that it's garbage. On the other hand, lemmy.world has political threads that are overflowing with garbage comments, so if we only have one so far, we're beating the curve.
The post about US terrorism should have been removed, only because it came from a throwaway. That part of the bot isn't working yet. I have to change the parameters. I'll get to it soon. However, if it had come from a normal user's account, I wouldn't have a problem with it. The comments look fine. Again, we're adults, or else hopefully can act like it. The problem with posts like that comes when they start dumpster fires of comment sections, or drown out the good content, but that hasn't happened yet! I think that's a really good thing. It means getting rid of all the people who love to start big pointless fights has been working so far. Running across content every once in a while that you think is dead wrong isn't a problem. It's good for you. It builds character.
None of this is set in stone. I'm not trying to make a safe space for horrible content, and if it becomes that way I'll set stricter boundaries. But I think a couple of controversial posts that didn't lead to big bitter shouting matches shows good things about this moderation model, not bad things.
- Transcript: Bernie Sanders on "Face the Nation," July 7, 2024www.cbsnews.com Transcript: Sen. Bernie Sanders on "Face the Nation," July 7, 2024
The following is a transcript of an interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an independent, on "Face the Nation" that aired on July 7, 2024.
- truthout.org After Bowman Defeat, AIPAC Targets Cori Bush
AIPAC said it expects to spend more than $100 million as part of its pledge to unseat lawmakers critical of Israel.
- truthout.org GOP Is Targeting Disabled Alabamians With Voting Restrictions
Under Alabama’s SB 1, people who assist voters with absentee ballot applications could face a 20-year prison sentence.
- www.usatoday.com Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry families
Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.
- Let's give this a try. US foreign politics: the US is the biggest terrorist nation on earth and has been for over a hundred years. Discuss.
Only briefly eclipsed by individuals like Mao, Stalin, Hitler, or Kissinger.
To anyone who disagrees, please name three nations whose democratically elected leader has been couped in favour of some corrupt tyrant that was more than happy to sell out his country to US interests for power.
Once you have named three, I'd like to know from you how many coups a nation can execute before it becomes a terrorist nation. No wrong answers. Name whatever number you are comfortable with.
- www.newsweek.com Marjorie Taylor Greene's rival reveals path to take her down
Shawn Harris recently told Newsweek in a phone interview that he believes he can unseat the GOP congresswoman in November's election.
- prospect.org The Justice Department’s Next Climate Test
A congressional referral and a Supreme Court request offer the Justice Department a two-fold chance to hold Big Oil accountable for its lies.
- The Right-Wing Recruitment Pipeline [ Podcast ]prospect.org The Right-Wing Recruitment Pipeline
How Chris Rufo attempted to corrupt a lefty academic.
- The idea that that the process of jettisoning Biden & choosing someone else will go well -- will be *allowed* to go well -- is a deeply deranged fantasy. [ David Roberts ]threadreaderapp.com Thread by @drvolts on Thread Reader App
@drvolts: I haven't written much about politics since the debate, mainly because I'm so overwhelmed by disgust & contempt toward this country's media & commentariat that it has rendered me inarticulate with rage. Twi...…
- www.motherjones.com Trump’s bizarre culture war rhetoric is eroding public support for clean energy
The former president keeps attacking climate solutions with nonsensical remarks.
- mondoweiss.net CUNY encampment felony charges could set a dangerous precedent for Palestine organizing
Ten CUNY students are still facing felony charges from the police raid on City College’s Gaza encampment. If convicted, the ruling would set a precedent for prosecuting pro-Palestinian students and organizers across the United States.
- shado-mag.com A week of racist immigration ruling in the Supreme Court, the US government spending $98,000 a minute on nuclear weapons and the White House celebrating the killing of Palestinians
Marcela shares her thoughts on the US spend on weapons, a man being denied entry into the US, and Palestine.
- www.salon.com Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but now it may be backfiring
Trump's authoritarian game plan is breaking through to people who haven't heard of it — and it's scaring them
- www.usatoday.com Calls to replace Biden vs. silence on Trump? America has lost its political mind.
Calls for Biden to step down would seem more genuine if those same voices were saying the same thing about Trump, a literal felon.
- www.washingtonpost.com Ballot drop boxes returning to Wisconsin following top court decision
After President Donald Trump’s narrow loss in 2020, conservatives who then controlled the Wisconsin Supreme Court banned drop boxes. The liberals who now control the court reversed that decision.
- inews.co.uk Russia behind fake news bot campaign to empower French far right
A fake website mimicking Emmanuel Macron’s party, Ensemble, claimed the president and his party were buying votes for €100 ahead of the election
- (2017) Trump isn’t lying, he’s bullshitting – and it’s far more dangeroustheconversation.com Trump isn’t lying, he’s bullshitting – and it’s far more dangerous
Inflating his own grand persona is Trump’s sole goal, and he doesn’t care whether or not you believe him.
> Bullshitters, as philosopher Harry Frankfurt wrote in his 1986 essay “On Bullshit,” don’t care whether what they are saying is factually correct or not. Instead, bullshit is characterized by a “lack of connection to a concern with truth [and] indifference to how things really are.” Frankfurt explains that a bullshitter “does not care whether the things he says describe reality correctly. He just picks them out, or makes them up, to suit his purpose.”
- A Real Analysis of Post-Debate Polling Shows a Reality that's Totally Different from the Media Narrativesethabramson.substack.com Donald Trump's Shocking Box Score: 602 Lies in Just 40 Minutes, An Unprecedented Tsunami of Deceit That Is Disqualifying
The debate performance Trump just turned in was the most shameful in U.S. political history. It doesn’t matter who’s running against him because he’s nonviable. And now some breaking news confirms it.
- Trump Says Planes Can’t Fly When it’s Not Sunny, and Inflation is 30%www.theatlantic.com Trump Suggests Planes Can’t Fly When It’s Not Sunny
Battery and aviation experts were flummoxed by his recent assertions about electric aircraft, which are not yet in widespread use.
- Judge cites new Supreme Court ruling in blocking health care anti-discrimination protections for transgender Americanswww.cnn.com Judge cites new Supreme Court ruling in blocking health care anti-discrimination protections for transgender Americans | CNN Politics
The Biden administration cannot enforce new anti-discrimination rules in health care for transgender Americans, a federal judge in Mississippi ruled Wednesday, citing a recent landmark Supreme Court ruling that weakened the power of federal agencies.
- www.them.us The White House Just Said What Anti-Trans Conservatives Have Been Longing For
Although gender-affirming surgery on minors is vanishingly rare, the Right has drummed up a moral panic that even the White House is weighing in on.
- Supreme Court's Ruling Will Also Help Trump Overturn NY State Feloniestalkingpointsmemo.com SCOTUS Also Changed Constitution To Help Trump Overturn NY State Felonies
In addition to a plainly corrupt and unconstitutional decision, SCOTUS appears to...
- newrepublic.com Bombshell Poll on Swing States Spells Disaster for Biden In Every Way
Even several states considered blue may be swing states now after Biden’s debate performance.
- www.nytimes.com In a Staring Contest With Democratic Voters, Joe Biden Hasn’t Blinked
Around Mr. Biden, a siege mentality has set in post-debate, one at odds with the persistent concerns of voters who view him as too old to be effective.
- www.thedailybeast.com I Turned In My Insurrectionist Dad—How Can Trump Be Immune?
Jackson Reffitt says the former president “destroyed” his perfect family.
- French candidates exit runoff in tactic to stop far-rightwww.dw.com France: Candidates exit runoff in tactic to stop far-right – DW – 07/02/2024
Scores of candidates opposed to France's far-right National Rally party have said they will bow out of a second round of voting.
