Notices by Barney (barney@mas.to), page 5

If you want some more background on why the Republicans are bombarding this cisgender woman with transphobic hatred, here's a good explainer.

Hint: Putin.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/dan-wolken/2024/08/01/boxers-under-fire-olympic-gender-tests/74634233007/

The entire Republican Party, and transphobes all over the world, are lining up to heap hatred on this Olympic boxer, claiming that she is "a man." She must be receiving round-the-clock death threats now. It may not be safe for her to return to her native Algeria.

She's not transgender. She's a cisgender woman.

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@GreenFire

Honestly, I don't think #NABJ was a train wreck at all. It was the opposite.

Yes, it was a horrifying display of racist hatred, and you and I are sickened by watching it. But he accomplished exactly what he wanted to accomplish. It was a big win for him. He hit all of his talking points, and got all of the sound bites he wanted, with plenty of help from Harris Faulkner and his shills in the audience.

We'll have to fight like hell to keep that filth out of the White House.

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@NeonPurpleStar @Strandjunker

Yes, Trump's #NABJ appearance was an obscene display of outrageous racist slurs and fascist gaslighting. However, it went exactly how he wanted it to go. It was a win for him.

He didn't pull that racist "Kamala isn't really Black" lie out of thin air. It's a coordinated Republican talking point. Look at this tweet. He executed it the way he wanted, and then he got Harris Faulkner to pitch him softballs while his shills in the audience clapped.

#USPol #racism

Ten years ago, if someone had told me that one day a rapist psychopath would attempt a murderous coup on national television, but still enjoy approval ratings close to 50%, I never would have believed it.

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@Cyberpreppy

That's odd, isn't it?

I don't know exactly what Souza said. Trump was not injured by an intact bullet, but I suppose Souza is not the right person to be making that observation. OTOH, wouldn't it be a little extreme to delete his whole Twitter account, rather than just the tweet in question?

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@Cyberpreppy

Do you if Souza has an account elsewhere, where he might post an update?

It's kind of insane that every major public figure is still using Donald Trump's personal propaganda site as their primary means of communicating with the public, in the middle of the election that could end our republic forever. It's sort of an emergency, IMO.

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Who's to blame for the CrowdStrike outage?

According to the right-wing media, the same people who are to blame for every other problem in the world: Women and Black people.

#racism #misogyny

"DEI hire" is the new n-word.

Don't dignify worthless scumbags like Tim Burchett by saying they're using "racist dog whistles." This is a racist slur. Period.

#racism #USPol

@gooba42

They sure as hell are fascists. Not conservatives. However, they are Republicans, and I think that's extremely important.

Journalists like Manu Raju drive another stake into the heart of our country, every time they normalize and empower a now-fascist insurrectionist party by falsely describing it as "conservative."

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@RupertBBare

"One team considers winning impolite." It's clear that you haven't the faintest fucking idea what goes on in my country's politics. Would you mind sitting this one out, at least until we Americans finish trying to save ourselves from a fascist nightmare? Thanks.

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@seattletimes

And, by "questions remain," you mean, "we in the press haven't figured out how we're going to manufacture some bullshit horse race narrative to boost our clicks."

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@abulsme

I mean... we voted for Biden. We trusted Biden's judgment. Biden wants Harris to have his delegates. Harris should have his delegates.

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"Yeah, but, I mean, would America buy a ni**er winning?"

-Donald Trump, on the set of The Apprentice, after one of his assistants suggested that Kwame Jackson, a Black man, should be the show's winner

https://slate.com/culture/2024/05/donald-trump-news-2024-trial-verdict-apprentice.html

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The good news is, now the Democrats have an easy way to neutralize what otherwise would have been a devastating piece of underhanded ratf**king from Putin and Trump.

Biden should make his withdrawal speech in prime time on Wednesday, either during or immediately after Netanyahu's address to Congress.

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I am delighted by Kamala Harris's choice of running mate. She made a fantastic decision, and I am excited to give my full support to both of them as they fight to save our precious democracy.

If anyone thinks they might have trouble saying that, now's the time to start practicing.

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@Nazani @jeffjarvis

If Kamala Harris now has to fight a protracted primary battle against backstabbing assholes like Seth Moulton, that will deplete her campaign funds, and allow Trump to run ads full of lies, in every swing state, without opposition.

OTOH, a bitter and protracted primary battle would be fantastic for the Washington Post's cashflow. So they'll fight for that.

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@Bette

As someone whose whole family is currently in danger from an impending fascist coup, I beg you to refrain from attacks that sabotage the Democratic Party.

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Hey everyone, this fake.

If you see it, please report it. Or, at least, don't share it.

Trump is and has always been profoundly insane. He's a delusional and often psychotic psychopath who often says things that are this crazy. He is utterly unfit for the White House. However, spreading lies like this only makes it more likely that he'll get there.

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@markzbarabak

Um... do you remember when Trump led a bloody coup attempt, in which he tried to massacre our senators, members of congress, and even his own Vice President, in order to overthrow our government?

Do you really think it's reasonable to concede the "high road" to him? And to write that in a major national newspaper?

#USPol #Journalism