Notices by Joe Stewart (joestewart@toot.io)

Republicans continue to hide the #EpsteinFiles by delaying swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ).
In April, Reps. Randy Fine (R-FL) & Jimmy Patronis (R-FL) were sworn in immediately after their election victories.
#uspol https://infosec.exchange/@AAKL/115289178161961023

@JayinKyiv @joaocosta

Yep. Things are fine until, suddenly, they are not.

The run on banks will signal the beginning of the end.

ICE has killed 10 already. No different from the Gestapo under the Nazis. No different.
“So far this year, there have been 10 confirmed deaths in ICE detention, per the agency.”
#uspol
https://www.newsweek.com/alligator-alcatraz-hunger-strike-what-know-2108005
https://one.darnell.one/@darnell/114961641791981567

Republicans put 1,000 FBI employees in 24-hour shifts to review the Epstein files. It took those 1,000 people more than 2-weeks. They were tasked with flagging references to Trump.

The files have not been released because Trump raped girls.

White “Christians” voted for Trump.

Shame on them. Shame.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/18/pam-bondi-reportedly-created-1000-witnesses-to-the-jeffrey-epstein-file/ Pam Bondi Reportedly Created 1,000 Witnesses to the Jeffrey Epstein File - emptywheel

#uspol https://mstdn.social/@_L1vY_/114875778630251499

40% of public radio stations serve rural news deserts—areas already drowning in Fox propaganda.

Yet the GOP just cut $9 billion cut from already-approved funding. The House passed it (216-213), the Senate forced it through (51-48), and sent it to Trump—all in hours.

The kicker? This money was just allocated days ago in the reconciliation bill. They passed one bill to fund it, then another to gut it.

Republicans know *exactly* what they’re doing.
#uspol

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trumps-cuts-npr-pbs-foreign-aid-pass-congress-rcna219296

Republicans are pushing through the Senate a Russian propagandist to serve as our next US Attorney for DC. Ed Martin is unfit to serve us; instead, he should move to Russia.

Call you Republican representatives and tell them to send Ed to Russia.

#uspol
https://mastodon.social/@hanse_mina/114348233025432017

Republicans who have opposed dictatorships worldwide, who did everything they could to support democracy are now bowing down to Russia.
Republicans have “paused” military aid to Ukraine.
Republicans will “pause” sanctions against Russia.
Republicans will embrace Russia publicly.
I abhor Russia and the cowards (Republicans) that support it.
https://mastodon.social/@rvps2001/114105740986603753

Is every Republican accusation really just a confession?
https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/113704046489078944

Fucking finally! Jesus fucking christ!

The ONLY negotiating tactic that works with Russians is force. I know that. It is fact. Everything short of force is a concession.

I’m quite sure Ukraine will execute efficiently. https://newsie.social/@Tendar/113499677175466379

Ukraine counterattacked into Russia weeks ago, seizing about 500 square miles.

Russia has responded using its familiar tactics - bomb, bomb, bomb and bomb some more. The effect on this Russian city is no different from the effect on Ukrainian cities: rubble.

Negotiation? Pointless.

We’ve allocated $61B to support Ukraine. We’ve distributed a tiny fraction. And we continue to restrict the use of our weapons.

Madness.
https://mastodon.social/@rvps2001/113058182442606978

The NYT has called for Biden to step aside, following a poor debate.

The NYT has not called for Trump to step aside after:
his sexual assault and defamation conviction with its $80m fine,
his fraud conviction with its $400m disgorgement,
his felony conviction with sentencing to come in a couple weeks,
not to mention all of his direct reports who’ve been convicted, many of whom are in prison or recently released.

Why do you think that is the case?

@AlbertBorneo
I’m not convinced that either is senile.
I’m convinced that one is a fascist while the other is shockingly good a US domestic policy.
I still can’t believe that Biden changed these policies:
Prescription drug prices can be negotiated by the largest buyer of drugs in the USA.
Implemented much of the Green New Deal beginning our climate adaptation efforts.
Infrastructure.

Each of these has been talked about for decades - really.

Not to mention NATO.

@jacklaridian @Acronymesis

Thanks for stating even if it is obvious - sometimes it’s necessary to do so as we become accustomed to awful behaviors.

What I find scary is that she thinks her behavior is consistent with norms in Oklahoma - what? You think it’s normal for Oklahomans to shoot their pets? What?

@freemo

I have assumed that it was “fair” to blame Nixon as the originator, particularly as the falsehood that he kicked off these policies in order to get reelected seemed accurate and truthful - it seemed to align with my understanding of his personality. I easily imagined that would be his intent.

I was wrong - he intended to reduce the suffering of returning vets who were addicted.
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@freemo
Thank you. I’m continually surprised by my ignorance and the ease with which I accept as fact things I read and watch….

The outcomes I was referring to relate to those delivered by decades of the “war on drugs.” In particular, the narco traffickers and the induced migration of those fleeing the resulting violence not to mention the focus on enforcement and incarceration rather than treatment and prevention.

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@freemo
Hmm.
So the assertion that Nixon mostly did that work for political purposes, getting reelected by creating us v them, is just wrong? That was your point in this thread?

Is it fair to associate the outcomes that his policies delivered to his sponsoring them? Or, again, insufficiently nuanced?

@freemo

Help me out here, please.

Are Republican politicians from the Nixon era to blame for our never ending War on Drugs? I suspect that statement lacks nuance. Could you offer another statement (s) that better reflect what took place?

@tdwllms1 @pkboi
#this
It’s such obvious bullshit.
Can you imagine being the appeals attorney reduced to making this argument? You spent decades in school, training, practicing, earning the right to argue before an appeals court, and that’s what you’ve got?
Or his other one about how courts don’t sit in judgment of presidents yet in the next breath that same decision notes presidents can be criminally prosecuted?
Im embarrassed for him and I don’t even know him.