Notices by The Icarian (the_icarian@federated.press)

Might as well bring it right out in the open.

A spray-tanned someone went through a whole 8 ball overnight again...

Donald Trump pens 1am screed against controversial biopic The Apprentice

Former president calls film about his rise in real estate in 1970s and 80s a ‘politically disgusting hatchet job’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/14/donald-trump-apprentice-film-attacks

I've now had 3 people message and tell me trees won't help with carbon capture. Not enough land, they burn, they biodegrade, etc. So what are going to do? Rely on tech to build a magic cure? Trees aren't the only answer but they are big one.

And I'll add that before 1980 stock buybacks were illegal. One of the first things Ronnie did was make them legal. Companies stopped investing ion the business and paying good wages instead of transferring profits to shareholders and CEOs.

Major outlets change standards for hacked emails, protect Trump
https://popular.info/p/major-outlets-change-standards-for

This is a much different approach than the Washington Post took after hackers connected to the Russian government leaked internal emails from Clinton campaign officials and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The Washington Post published dozens of stories based on these leaked emails. The steady drumbeat of mostly unflattering articles was a major part of the election narrative in the days and weeks before election day.
https://popular.info/p/major-outlets-change-standards-for

Why is the WaPo protecting tRUmp by keeping the contents of his hacked emails secret? Oh.... they're not HER emails.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/13/media/trump-campaign-hack-news-media-report-iran-wikileaks/index.html

Gotta grift while he still can...

No presidential candidate has ever so closely linked his election with personal for-profit enterprises, selling a staggering array of merchandise that includes signed Bibles where he receives a royalty for hawking them, pricey sneakers, gold necklaces, cryptocurrency cards, pens, books, licensing fees on overseas properties and more.
https://wapo.st/3zeypWv

A few of the attacks on Gus Walz.

The good side of this is these GQPers telling everyone who they really are.Makes it easy to tell who the jerks are.

What a dumbass story driven by a GQP meme from 5 years ago disparaging Obama.

IT MEANS SHE WORE A TAN SUIT. OK?

Kamala Harris wore a tan suit to day one of the DNC – what does it mean?

Some argued the suit was actually camel, while others online speculated Harris was trolling Republicans – or simply wearing her off duty suit

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/20/kamala-harris-wore-a-tan-suit-to-day-one-of-the-dnc-what-does-it-mean

Revealed: Shell oil non-profit donated to anti-climate groups behind Project 2025

Foundation says it ‘does not endorse any organizations’ while funneling hundreds of thousands to rightwing causes
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/15/shell-oil-project-2025-climate-crisis

So would the elimination of taxes on tips would apply to gifting SCOTUS members and corrupt congress critters, effectively making corruption tax free?

Prepare for exactly this kind of f**kery nationwide in November...

‘A different level than 2020’: Trump’s plan to steal election is taking shape

It requires local election board members to conduct an undefined “reasonable inquiry” into any discrepancies before they can certify the election. There are concerns that officials could use that discretion to hold up certification of the election.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/12/trump-overturn-result-presidential-election-vote

In GQP world you're a communist if you think women should have control over their own bodies and lives; medical care for the sick and elderly; free school lunches (in GQP world school kids are "unemployed minors"); free college tuition; and LGBT+ rights. Destroying or preventing all of these things are part of Project 2025.

While things look hopeful right now, Thom Hartman injects some reality. Dark money from Israel has already taken down at least two progressive Dems.

Will Democracy Survive the Tsunami of Rightwing Dark Money Coming this Fall?

If Democrats survive the onslaught that’s coming and emerge victorious at the federal level, the first order of business next year must be to strip the cancer of dark money out of our body politic...
https://hartmannreport.com/p/will-democracy-survive-the-tsunami-cbf

He's telling the truth. He just doesn't think it about him.

From the OOOOOOOOOOOOOOK Department:

Christian "prophet": Tim Walz fits in with the "wicked overlord lizard mafia"
Joseph Z made the insane claim during an interview with a popular right-wing Christian host

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-prophet-tim-walz-fits-in

A billion dollars is, to state the obvious, a lot of money. If Jeff Bezos were to fill a sack with $5,000 every day—365 days a year—and hand it over to you, he would only exhaust one billion dollars after 548 years (and still have $203 billion left).

To put that into perspective, 548 years ago was 1476, quite some time before Columbus landed in America.

Billionaires and the Power of Verticality
https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/billionaires-and-the-power-of-verticality

Cheat-O was in a helicopter with JERRY Brown and it didn't land in an emergency.

That Time Trump Nearly Died in a Helicopter Crash? Didn’t Happen. In a news conference, the former president recounted a brush with death alongside Willie Brown, the former San Francisco mayor. A few aspects of the story don’t hold up to scrutiny.

August 9 is the ten-year anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown and the start of the Ferguson Uprising.

For many, the first glimpse of Ferguson was a sign, handwritten on a torn piece of cardboard, held by a middle-aged Black man in a tank top and jeans: “Ferguson police just executed my unarmed son!!!” The photo was posted to an Instagram account, now deleted, and circulated throughout social media on the afternoon of August 9, 2014.

https://commonreader.wustl.edu/c/ferguson-in-focus-2/