Notices by sfdb (sfdb@mastodon.social)

“I wouldn’t let this creep dog-sit for me. Now he’s going to be the Secretary of Defense?”

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-trump-sht-show-arrives-in-dc

"Democrats should also acknowledge that seeking a middle ground with a man who calls immigrants “animals” and says he will “protect” women “whether the women like it or not” is unlikely to land in a good place."

-Elizabeth Warren

https://time.com/collection/time100-voices/7173801/elizabeth-warren-democrats-plan-after-2024-election/

*chef's kiss*

Florida is one of the least vaccinated states in the country. We share company with states like Mississippi, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Alaska and Texas.

via https://wallethub.com/edu/states-that-vaccinate-the-most/66237

Two months before the election and Florida police officers are visiting the homes of people who signed abortion petitions and questioning them, ostensibly to "validate" their signature.

This is actually happening today in America.

http://archive.today/4X6KW

James Murdoch, son of right-wing media Rupert Murdoch, has endorsed Kamala Harris for POTUS.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/06/harris-endorsed-trump-murdoch-yelp-snap-ripple.html

"A Southern California woman fed up with her packages getting stolen out of her post office box sent an Apple AirTag to the address and cleverly tracked down the suspected thief, police said."

Nice.

https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/california-woman-fed-stolen-mail-sends-apple-airtag-113178645

"DeSantis, surrounded by dour right-wing edgelords, some of whom are indeed new Florida transplants with peculiar histories, has shown a penchant for attacking the institutions that have served Florida well for decades and has repeatedly displayed contempt for the will of his constituents."

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/columns/nate-monroe/2024/08/27/development-plans-in-florida-parks-another-ron-desantis-fumble-commentary/74963428007/

"Home goods retailer Lowe's is paring back its efforts to promote LGBTQ inclusion — the latest large company to respond to a growing cultural backlash led by conservatives targeting queer representation in public life."

I'm actually kinda surprised how billion dollar corporations are surrendering to a social media freak instead of telling him to GFH.

via https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/lowes-becomes-later-paring-back-dei-efforts-rcna168380

The amount of money that the State of Florida is spending in Texas on law enforcement efforts at the border is astounding.

"Over a 10-month period between July 2023 and April 2024, FHP spent nearly $13.5 million on resources deployed to Texas, records obtained by News 6 indicate.

For perspective, $13.5 million is roughly what it would cost FHP to hire 48 additional troopers and purchase new vehicles for their use, state budget records indicate."

But there's more...

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/investigators/2024/08/01/florida-highway-patrol-spent-millions-sending-troopers-to-texas-mexico-border/

MAGA is attacking the selection of Vance as VP because his wife is of Indian descent.

"Do we really expect that the guy who has an Indian wife and named their kid Vivek is going to support white identity?"

Today's GOP, folks.

https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-wife-attacks-maga-trump-running-mate-1926194

Every single day back then was like this.

I remember that very clearly.

JFC.

Some of us are monsters.

via https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/15/apache-county-arizona-dogs-shot/

"As night fell Friday on downtown Jacksonville, 70 people lined the pedestrian walkway of the Main Street bridge and simultaneously turned on high-powered flashlights that lit the bridge in a ribbon of rainbow colors arching above the St. Johns River."

F U, Ron DeSantis.

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2024/06/01/jacksonville-residents-shine-pride-lights-after-florida-stops-official-bridge-displa-them-on-bridges/73914750007/

"A federal judge in Boston has ruled that migrants flown from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in 2022 can proceed with a lawsuit against the Florida company that took them there."

I hope they all become millionaires.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/01/1242131130/migrants-lawsuit-flown-marthas-vineyard-texas-florida-governor-ron-desantis

Trump publicly declaring today that he would encourage Russia to attack our NATO allies under certain circumstances and the South Carolina audience cheering should be the end of the road, not only for Trump, but for the GOP and the MAGA movement.

But it won't be.

This is the headline.

Nice job, Washington Post.

October 2, 2018: Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is murdered by Saudi Arabian agents in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

"Florida leads the country in new covid hospitalizations, with 11.81 per 100,000 in the week ending Sept. 2, a 4.4 percent increase from the previous week."

Cause and effect.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/14/florida-covid-vaccine-desantis-ladapo/

via Jesse R. Duquette