Notices by Jones Murphy (jonesmurphy@mastodon.social)

RIP Sparrow, iconic musician, Calypso King of the World gone at 91

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Sparrow

I just saw Karl Rove call California a failed state. This is widespread talk among Republicans. California and NY are the biggest net Federal taxpayer states. CA has the #2 life expectancy among the 50 states. Almost all red states depend on taxes paid by "failed state" California. Republicans say this kind of dumb, crazy, stupid shit all the time. Even "left wing" US media almost never calls them on it.

Netanyahu was funding Hamas since before Mamdani was born, in order to make Hamas into a rival to Yasser Arafat and the PLO. Yet Netanyahu and many Netanyahu fans are blaming Mamdani for supporting Hamas. Netanyahu is currently funding at least 5 far more radical Palestinian factions in order to help them fight Hamas. This guy Netanyahu just doesn't learn.

https://themedialine.org/headlines/im-going-to-tell-the-truth-about-you-netanyahu-slams-mamdani-after-genocide-accusation/

The pornographer had access to a Kensington crematorium connected to the notorious Garzone Funeral Home, which was shuttered over illegal body parts sales.

There, sources said, Horsch gave an employee drugs and cash in exchange for access to the crematorium so he could photograph and film the remains of the dead.

The funeral home and crematorium operated until 2007, when state authorities brought charges against the family-run business...

https://share.inquirer.com/tWq0Up

@dnkboston I've often been stalked(and occasionally threatened) by white US cops just for running outdoors, as I do early every morning. Its astonishing to see a white man advertise being a serial torturer and killer of women for decades, and the police do nothing about it until after he dies of natural causes. The USA leads the entire world in per capita imprisonment. American cops and prosecutors are extremely efficient at locking black people up, mostly for nonviolent drug crimes.

@dnkboston I don't equate all law enforcement at all. Most NYPD cops here are not white. I have never had any issue with a visibly nonwhite cop around here. All of my problems have been with white cops. White civilians are even worse. So this is not a law enforcement problem. This is grassroots. Conservative Americans hate to enforce the law against white men. There is a significant amount of this bias even among Americans who are not conservative, though it is not as extreme.

@dnkboston @jonquass Race is key:

https://stories.tamu.edu/news/2020/06/24/texas-am-study-white-police-officers-use-force-more-often-than-non-white-colleagues/

@dnkboston @jonquass This has been heavily studied. It's not a blurry blob out there:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/11/chicago-police-study-white-cops-more-likely-arrest-use-force/4439259001/

@mcnado The USA leads the world by far in per capita imprisonment, and is tied for the lead in prison population with China, a brutal dictatorship prison state with 4 times the US population. There is a LOT of false imprisonment going on in America, and DNA exonerations are soaring and are proving that scientifically.

Kaepernick got life segregation for kneeling to protest tax-funded racist murders. This owner, however, will be just fine:

"New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was not disciplined by the NFL after being charged with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution in 2019, charges that were later dropped. Late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay was suspended for six games and fined $500,000 after pleading guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated in 2014."

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7535275/2026/08/24/49ers-owner-jed-york-arrested/?unlocked_article_code=1.71A.F_kg.eY-62IsWxRUH&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta

There's a very good chance that Scott Bessent is lying like Trump.

https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/08/20/bessent-budget-deficit-trump.html?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17873089254938&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2026%2F08%2F20%2Fbessent-budget-deficit-trump.html

The plane landed in the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haitien because the main international airport in Port-au-Prince is considered too dangerous. The U.S. government currently has a ban on U.S. commercial flights to Haiti's capital through early September because of ongoing gang violence.

The deportees were clad in white, many covered their faces out of safety as journalists filmed their arrival. Nearly all declined to talk, with some fearing being targeted by gangs

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/haiti-deportees-us-ends-tps-protection/

Most of the world’s 1.3 billion black people are banned from even visiting the US. In addition, those who aren't banned face steep, racist fees not charged to non-black people, particularly white people. That's what they mean by #MAGA

https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/twelve-months-after-its-rollout-the-us-permanently-adopts-visa-bond-program-with/4fwrx9f

At issue in the couple's long-running dispute are claims leveled by Miller’s ex-wife, Emily Moreno, that he scalded, hit and threatened her while they were married. Miller has denied the allegations.

A recent article in the magazine Mother Jones revealed a new point of contention in their legal battle: a broken collarbone on their 2-year-old daughter that led Moreno to contact authorities.

https://abcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/abcnews.com/amp/Politics/wireStory/democrats-chance-flip-us-house-seat-abuse-claims-135283671?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17855975059065&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.com%2FPolitics%2FwireStory%2Fdemocrats-chance-flip-us-house-seat-abuse-claims-135283671

@paulschoe @amalia22 bigotry and hatred make people suicidally stupid.

@amalia22 yet the percentage of voters ready to vote Republican again is far higher than 1 in 3, due to bigotry & hatred. Republicans are also on a rampage of voting rights abuses, led by their Supreme Court majority.

@justbob I see zero gods, but religious people see many. Races are not real, but racists sure are

The announcement follows an earlier move from Hegseth, barring military officers from attending graduate programs at several elite universities including Harvard, Brown, Princeton and Yale,

Hegseth, who graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Kennedy School, argued that the universities had become “woke breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination.”

https://thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/thehill.com/homenews/administration/5983877-unc-virginia-tech-military-fellowship-partnerships/amp/?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17847642343002&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fadministration%2F5983877-unc-virginia-tech-military-fellowship-partnerships%2F

This dishonest article represents mainstream media in the US very well. It never mentions that this is Republican racist gerrymandering targeting black voters

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/redistricting-pushes-incumbents-exits-politics-desk-rcna588800

@atrupar this is not true among white supremacist voters. Those suicidal racists are increasingly rolling back MLK'S voting rights legacy and suppressing the black vote. Trump is on solid ground because the US left is extremely passive and indifferent to the GOP onslaught on voting rights.