Notices by Grassroots Joe (joeinwynnewood@mstdn.social), page 4

@JonChevreau

Secretary Pete would be good, but I'd go with PA Governor Shapiro.

He's an extremely good politician and campaigner who would take advantage of every opportunity to drive home the ticket's advantages while kicking the shit out of the opposition's vulnerabilities.

@BPStuart

@Theriac

I have no idea why you chose to completely change the focus. The author is in Japan, talked to a professor, not anyone in the government and spoke with people in allies outside of Europe showing the widespread shock and concern over SCOTUS' insane ruling.

The immense danger to America and the free world is the point, the focus, and the topic at hand. Let's keep it there.

“If the U.S. president is free from the restrictions of criminal law, if he has that level of criminal immunity, the other leaders of the allied nations cannot trust the U.S.,” said Keigo Komamura, a professor of law at Keio University in Tokyo. “We cannot maintain a stable national security relationship.”

The world sees what we see; allowing a sociopathic narcissist in the Oval Office is playing with napalm.

Why the Supreme Court Immunity Ruling Worries U.S. Allies
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/world/asia/supreme-court-immunity-allies.html

@DemocracyMattersALot

Anyone who is committed to restoring #TheFreedomToDecide, addressing #ClimateDisaster, & #DefendingDemocracy and starts to say anything along these lines should be politely asked to just stop.
Our job is unchanged. We go out and do what we've been doing. Inform the uninformed of all the progress Joe Biden has made to begin the repair of 40+ years of Reagonomic damage, his acceleration of the renewable energy transition, his commitment to gun safety and the danger of TFG.

Biden is winning!

OK, well, no one is actually winning 4&1/2 months before the end of voting, but Biden is now ever so slightly ahead in the 538 polling average, a very real change in the wake of the conviction of the former guy on 34 counts of business fraud for the purpose of covering up intentional and illegal voter deception.

Who’s ahead in the national polls?
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/?ex_cid=abcpromo

"... a jaw-dropping $4,042,286 of that total went into just one pocket. That’s right, America’s biggest fan of Walmart parking lots went home with over five times more money than everyone else on the court combined. That’s not the appearance of corruption. It is corruption."

Clarence Thomas is far more corrupt than anyone knew—including his peers
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/7/2245201/-Clarence-Thomas-is-far-more-corrupt-than-anyone-knew-including-his-peers

Think contraception is something every woman ought to be able to get if they want to use it?

Think it would be bad if it no longer was available to a lot of women, millions of women, maybe every woman in America?

You might want to pay really close attention to what MAGA elected officials and candidates are saying and doing and vote accordingly in November.

'Utterly medieval': Radical GOP senators vote against birth control
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/5/2244979/-GOP-senators-become-even-more-radical-with-vote-against-birth-control

"There are fewer violent crimes now than there were in 1971 under Richard Nixon, despite a population that has increased by over 100 million people. Today we are experiencing not simply fewer crimes per person, but fewer crimes overall."

The numbers are clear. Your family is safer today than at almost any time in the past 50 years.

Violent crime rate nears 50-year low, but GOP won't stop lying about it
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/30/2243434/-Violent-crime-rate-nears-50-year-low-but-GOP-won-t-stop-lying-about-it

@davidaugust

"Asked if these rules also apply to justices, the court declined to respond."

The disdain Alito and Thomas (at least) show for basic judicial ethics is a siren screaming of the need rebalance and reform the Court.

"There was no way I could support the Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. Only years later did I realize that I was mistaken, and we missed an opportunity to have a president who might actually have made America great by championing racial justice, labor rights, and the war against poverty."

Abandoning Biden could repeat the 1968 mistakes that helped elect Nixon
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/12/2239229/-Abandoning-Biden-could-repeat-the-1968-mistakes-that-helped-elect-Nixon

@liquor_american @VOANews

Why?
The protesters, many reportedly not students, broke into the building in the middle of the night and vandalized the interior in their effort to blockade themselves inside.
This is well beyond civil disobedience, both unnecessary for and potentially detrimental to achieving their goals.7
Lots of regular folks who reacted with empathy to heavy handed removal of protesters occupying open spaces (generally against long established rules) are repelled by this tactic.

@Free_Press

Excellent news!

Who's responsible for the Dobbs decision overturning Roe and abortion bans across more than half the country?

The guy who appointed not one, not two, but THREE forced-birth judges to SCOTUS.

Harris blasts Trump for saying he was ‘proud’ to end Roe: ‘How dare he’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4422057-harris-blasts-trump-for-saying-he-was-proud-to-end-roe-how-dare-he/

@shoq

Emotionally I'm 100% with you, knowing what the stakes are and being focused on doing everything possible to not end up in a concentration camp after 1/2025, my (desired) actions are to calmly explain the stakes, to a 4th grader (give or take...).

There are in fact 2 choices on Election Day, 2024, #ProtectOurFreedoms / #DefendDemocracy vs. Fascism

There's no 3rd choice.

If you pick 3rd party or don't vote, you are choosing fascism.

No yelling, no anger, just the facts of the stakes.

I have no doubt that Trump’s cult members will cheer this hateful insanity right up until they realize they can't afford to buy the fruits and vegetables not left rotting in the fields nor the relative handful of packages of meat able to be packaged nor the few houses able to be built due to widespread meat packing and construction labor shortages.

Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans (gift link)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/us/politics/trump-2025-immigration-agenda.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-Ew.ShA6._8nC9mg2RlzG&smid=url-share

PS Trump and his band of yes men and women will undoubtedly ignore any court ruling that gets in the way of his purge.
He will declare his unbridled authority to do as he pleases and proceed to do as he pleases.

Here's some additional commentary on Trump's economy destroying xenophobic plans -
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/11/2205136/-The-New-York-Times-details-Trump-s-plan-to-impose-mass-deportations-and-prison-camps-for-immigrants

@coolboymew @murshedz @camedei456

You seem to be deep into Musk's and the regressive-right's disinformation machines' tales.

Taking steps to identify and prevent the proliferation of (mostly) intentional disinformation is entirely orthogonal to supporting free speech.

Taking steps to elevate and propagate intentional disinformation is not in anyt way supporting free speech. It is supporting attacks on democracy.

We are very much done here.

"Trump is attending to spin a judgment that has already been issued as, instead, an outcome he predicted.

Today.

Days after the ruling."

So everyone is clear, Judge Engoron ruled in favor of NY AG's motion for summary judgement against Trump, his sons & the Trump org. He's already ruled business licenses for number of Trump's web of LLCs are to be canceled.

Trump already lost.

Why Reality TV Star Donald Trump Is More Trusted than Most News Outlets - emptywheel
https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/10/02/why-reality-tv-star-donald-trump-is-more-trusted-than-most-news-outlets/

@bobchauvin @ramin_hal9001 @JenWojcik @ecsd

“We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers."

@ramin_hal9001 @JenWojcik @ecsd

You missed the part where the Union subsequently negotiated sick days in their final agreement. Biden didn't screw the railway workers in any way shape or form.

To the contrary, they praised the administration for making it possible for them to get what they needed.

This ruling is absolutely a direct result of the election of Biden and Harris as President and Vice President.