Notices by Andrea Junker :verified: (strandjunker@mstdn.social), page 16

The fact that I know more about Fani Willis’ and Nathan Wade’s relationship than I do about the crimes committed by Ginni Thomas and Clarence Thomas shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

At some point we have to talk about how Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for far less than what Trump and his Republicans did and are still actively doing.

Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2,000,000,000
2024: $204,500,000,000

Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2024: $196,000,000,000

Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2024: $170,400,000,000

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2024: $7.25

Three words: tax the rich.

The road to the Handmaid’s Tale world is lined with smiling people telling you to stop overreacting.

Here’s the deal: We stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential.

I don’t care about Trump desperately selling trashy gold sneakers to his cult, I care about Trump desperately selling top secret documents to our enemies.

Hitler didn’t operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.

Bin Laden didn’t fly the planes himself. But he was responsible.

Putin didn’t kill Navalny himself. But he was responsible.

Trump didn’t storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.

Justice matters.

Fani Willis becomes a celebrated rock star in real time. — That’s eating Trump alive.

Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to remind everyone that a vote is not a valentine, you aren’t confessing your love for the candidate. It’s a chess move for the world you want to live in.

Bill Clinton banned assault weapons in 1994; mass shootings dropped by 43%.

George W. Bush and the GOP let the assault weapons ban expire in 2004; mass shootings increased by 245%.

These numbers tell the whole story.

One thing that genuinely does mystify me, with no snark: Trump is one of the least masculine, least adult people in public life. Needy, whiny, defensive, pleading, scared of women & terrified of more powerful men.

I’m at a loss about why Trump’s base sees him as manly or strong.

The fact that far too many people cannot recognize fascism unless it looks exactly like Nazi Germany is very dangerous.

1923: Hitler’s failed coup.

No real consequences.
No fundamental changes.

1933: Hitler takes power.

I wish I could implant this into everyone’s brain.

Trump stole documents on confidential informants in January 2021 and 9 months later CIA Counterintelligence sent a top secret cable warning an unusually high number of confidential informants had been killed, captured, or compromised. I feel like more people should mention that.

Here’s the way I see it: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife Ginni tried to overturn the election, so he shouldn’t decide cases about that election.

Love Hillary, hate Hillary, whatever. But during the 2016 presidential debates, she told Trump that he “encouraged espionage against our country”. She spoke the truth, in public, straight to his orange face.

Lots of people owe Hillary Clinton — and America — an apology.

As long as I live, I will never forgive Susan Collins for both allowing Brett Kavanaugh to become a Supreme Court Justice, and not voting to convict Donald Trump because she felt he’d learned his lesson.

1. At age 10, all boys have their vas deferens severed.
2. After age 25, the vasectomy can be reversed at any time if a woman agrees to have a child with him.
3. After the birth, he has another vasectomy.

Oh, too extreme? Great, then fuck off with your laws about women’s bodies.

Back before the Internet, we thought the reason for human stupidity was the lack of information options.

I’ll put it this way: That wasn’t it.

BREAKING: Hunter Biden used the White House to find lenders for himself, gained 41 trademarks in China, made $640 million while “working” in daddy’s administration, and received $2 billion from the people behind 9/11.

Whoops, never mind, that was Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.