Notices by Joshua Holland (joshuaholland@mastodon.social), page 8

I’m drunk in Montreal, I’m eating poutine and it’s just as gross as the last time I found myself in these circumstances. How is this congealed mess a treasured local delicacy?

Every claim #Trump makes should be reported like this:

“Former President Donald Trump, who made 30,573 false or misleading statements in his 1,460 days in office, according to The Washington Post, said…”

#media

I think Apartheid Karen is on his fifth different story about how/why he sabotaged a Ukrainian attack on Russian occupiers by shutting off Starlink access.

The "Illusory Truth Effect" is the tendency to believe false claims to be accurate after hearing them repeatedly. It's why you shouldn't spread disinfo by dunking on it or putting it into headlines or asking about it in polls.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/poll-hunter-biden/

#biden #propaganda #media

"Last year, as has been the case every year since the count began, most hate-crime victims were Black"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/08/29/hate-crime-report-center-study-hate-extremism/70673688007/

#racism #fascism #maga

@staidwinnow that's certainly how an intellectually dishonest right-winger would spin a 53-30, or net +23, poll finding in favor of something. #muted

Alt-headline: By 53-30 margin, most Americans approve of the DOJ indicting #Trump. #media

https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-poll-georgia-elections-b6140eed88b3153e41dbf9e008d5a21b

"Data from the last decade shows that 96% of murders in the U.S. linked political to extremism are committed by right-wing actors. Recent polling suggests, however, that more than half of 2020 Trump voters surveyed believe the opposite is true."

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/12/1193463117/violent-threats-against-public-officials-are-rising-heres-why

#fascism #gop

The idea that the three branches of government are all empowered to interpret the Constitution is called “departmentalism,” and both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison endorsed it. https://balkin.blogspot.com/2023/07/an-open-letter-to-biden-administration.html #scotus #originalism

The agency, which "has a track record of sweeping trooper wrongdoing under the rug," is partnering in the investigation.

CT state troopers entered up to 60K fake tickets, issued to imaginary white people, to game a database designed to ferret out racial profiling. (And didn't enter real tickets issued to Black people.) One in 4 troopers were doing it. And it seems like nobody is being punished for this crime.

https://archive.ph/jTv5E

#police #racism

Oh Molly, what have you gotten yourself into this time? #dogsofmastodon

In-person voter fraud is a stupid crime that's usually detected and almost always committed by Republicans who believe the propaganda their party spews to justify voter suppression.

"Trump-supporting Ohio lawyer admits voting twice in past elections: 'Accidents do happen'"

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-supporter-voter-fraud-2662274404/

#gop #uspol

That IRS inspector who was obsessed with charging Hunter Biden didn't go through the process to obtain whistleblower status--his grievances wouldn't qualify--and is objectively not a whistleblower.

It's malpractice for neutral journos to just regurgitate the GOP's BS like this but they always do it.

#media

looks like Zuck bought himself a Nazi bar

“Far-right figures, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists, are flocking to Threads”

https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/far-right-figures-including-nazi-supporters-anti-gay-extremists-and-white-supremacists-are #threads #fascism

Funny seeing the press report that Elon’s mom stopped the fight.

Pudgy middle-aged dude who spews nonsense on the internet all day obviously shit his pants when a 35-yo guy who competes in martial arts contests took him up on his offer to fight. And then he blamed his mom for pussying out.

Is zeta male a thing?

#elonmusk #losers

Reporters and editors seem incapable of framing the #trumpindictment as a vital affirmation of the rule of law rather than some risky gamble with the legitimacy of our justice system. I haven't seen a piece suggesting that *not* holding him accountable might undermine public trust.

#media

@Gargron If people can turn them off it doesn't seem like an issue. I want 'em.