Notices by Joshua Holland (joshuaholland@mastodon.social)

What an insane sentence...

"'We hope that one day the Supreme Court will clearly state that the Constitution does not permit the government to sanction the public viewpoint speech of physicians,' Rick Jaffe, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said."

#antivaxxers #rfkjr

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-rfk-jr-groups-attempt-protect-anti-covid-vaccine-rcna181061

Despite knowing that Trump II will be much worse than the first one, I’m less depressed than I was in 2016 and I think that’s because I’d already priced in the fact that tens of millions of my fellow citizens are gullible bigots who could fall for an obviously unqualified grifter.

Less of a shock this time. #trump

I think there’s a good chance that Trump’s narcissism will make Musk getting a bunch of attention intolerable and he’ll kick him to the curb. Those two egos can barely fit on the same planet.
#trump #elonmusk

Obligatory…

This couldn’t have happened without the media’s relentless sanewashing and both-sideism. Nobody as corrupt and deranged as #Trump would have stood a chance if they’d done their jobs.

This NBC piece is clearer.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/machete-wielding-teen-arrested-group-accused-intimidating-democrat-sup-rcna177981

They came carrying #Trump flags…

“Officials refus[ed] to specify which party the group was attempting to intimidate voters for.”
#Election2024 #fascism
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/neptune-beach-police-hold-briefing-arrest-linked-armed-disturbance-polling-location/QJQ5CUYQG5AADP2INBWW2CMILA/

Republicans constantly refer to Dems as communists, child traffickers, demons, etc. and it’s a dog-bites-man thing. But it’s big news when a Dem occasionally says (or is misconstrued to say) that Trumpers are deplorable or garbage or whatever.

The obvious conclusion is that they should do so more often so the novelty wears off.
#media #Election2024

Almost all of the small number of cases of actual voter fraud are perpetrated by right-wingers who've drunk the kool aid and believe that they're just fighting fire with fire and also that they'll get away with it easily like Dems supposedly do.

It's truly one of the dumbest ways to get charged with a felony.

#Election2024 #Electionfraud #Maga

https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-voter-fraud-woman-voted-trump-dead-mother

October 26th and October 27th.

Related?

#Election2024 #media #bezos #trump #fascism

How could #elonmusk possibly keep his security clearance after this? #russia #china
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187

In a heavily Dem area one day before the deadline to request a replacement ballot.
#Election2024 #maga

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/ballots-damaged-after-usps-mail-collection-box-fire-near-7th-avenue-and-indian-school-road

"Kelly was an aerospace engineer with a high level of clearance that allowed him to have illegal weapons, such as machine guns"

"Kelly was 'preparing to commit an act of mass casualty.' A court document said that Kelly's actions showed a pattern of escalation of his suspected terrorist activity."

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe-breaking/2024/10/23/suspect-identified-tempe-democratic-party-office-shootings/75806849007/

This is the Republican Party at present...

"Police later said the signs were also lined with razor blades. The signs had messages referring to the Democratic Party and presidential candidate VP Kamala Harris."

#maga #terrorism #trump #gop

https://www.azfamily.com/2024/10/23/police-identify-man-allegedly-behind-white-powder-signs-shooting-tempe-dnc-offices/

Reminder:

Fox poll, 4/23:
“Over half of voters say political attacks on trans kids, families are a ‘major problem’”

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3978932-over-half-of-registered-voters-say-political-attacks-on-trans-kids-families-are-a-major-problem-poll/

The 19th News, 9/23: “Most Americans Want Politicians to Stop Attacking #Trans People”

https://www.them.us/story/survey-results-americans-trans-rights

LAT/ NORC, 6/24: “Most US adults agree that politicians use attacks on trans rights to distract”

https://wisconsinindependent.com/politics/poll-shows-most-adults-agree-attacks-on-trans-rights-are-distraction/

#Election2024 #lgbtq

This is quite a story. The CIA had to shuttle this guy around to different safe houses to protect him from MAGA chuds.

#trump #ukraine

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/20/cia-analyst-whistleblower-trump-impeachment-ukraine

They could have gone with “little mushroom dicked” but “small handed” makes this a winning headline.
#media #trump #Election2024

Blowback....

"More than 480 people with a military background accused of ideologically driven extremist crimes from 2017 through 2023...

“The No. 1 predictor of being classified as a mass casualty offender was having a U.S. military background – that outranked mental health problems, that outranked being a loner, that outranked having a previous criminal history or substance abuse issues.”

#maga #politicalviolence #terrorism #guns

https://apnews.com/article/military-extremism-pentagon-veterans-terrorism-capitol-riot-jan-6-0c1fdd7b6b761e9c9e8556a9b9e45dc9?taid=6710e3abfd3acf0001e48fd9

"Drug-Sniffing Police Dogs Are Intercepting Abortion Pills in the Mail"

https://theintercept.com/2024/10/16/abortion-pills-mail-usps/

#abortion #fascism #gop #media

These fuckers are relentless. Wasn’t long ago that nobody would dare to try suppressing military votes.

“None of the six lawmakers, who represent Pennsylvania, voted to certify the 2020 election results, and the lawyers working with them were involved in the election-denial efforts in 2020.”
#fascism #Election2024 #trump #maga #votersuppression

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/overseas-ballots-pennsylvania-20241010.html

If the press treated Trump’s Nazism like they did Biden’s age, I’m not sure he’d be competitive.

“It has been a month since Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, injected Springfield into the election by spreading baseless rumors about Haitians abducting and eating pets...Ku Klux Klan fliers have popped up around town. A neo-Nazi group waved swastikas in front of the home of the mayor"

#trump #media #Election2024 #fascism

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/us/haitians-springfield-ohio-pets.html