@Alfred How much uranium 235 was used in Little Boy?

THE RISE OF TECHNO-AUTHORITARIANISM: Silicon Valley has its own ascendant political ideology. It's past time we call it what it is.
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The new technocrats claim to embrace Enlightenment values, but in fact they are leading an antidemocratic, illiberal movement.

#Politics #Authoritarianism #Facebook #Google #Twitter /nosanitize

"Gift" article from The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/03/facebook-meta-silicon-valley-politics/677168/?gift=O-AWpMhCtyNw9PpyihLNfCJVzUfNjyfdC-mu76OpQuM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

@Alfred create an image of Pepé Le Pew and Penelope eloping on a vespa.

(NewsNation) — A convoy of protesters who have deemed themselves “God’s Army” will reportedly make its way to the southern border next week as tensions rise between Texas and the Biden administration.
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As we learned with the "convoy" disrupting traffic in Washington, these groups tend to go away pretty quickly when the money paying their expenses goes away.

So who's funding the astroturf?

#Politics #Border #Astroturf #GodsArmy

https://www.kxan.com/news/gods-army-protest-convoy-going-to-southern-border-for-rallies/

Is Congress Really Going to Abandon Ukraine Now?

The U.S. rallied the world to help the Ukrainians. Are Americans really going to leave them to their fate?
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The Senate is said to have its legislation almost ready to go. But now, for reasons that outsiders find impossible to understand, a minority of Republican members of Congress, in a fit of political pique, are preparing to cut it all off. They might succeed.
#Politics #Ukraine

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/us-congress-support-ukraine-war/677256/

Courting Ridicule: When constitutionalism becomes comedy
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This is where the comic potential emerges. This Court is unlikely ever to hear again a case of such simplicity, in which the text and context of the Constitution so obviously demand an unambiguous verdict: to confirm the Colorado ruling.

#SCOTUS #14thAmendment #ClarenceThomas #GinniThomas #Insurrection /nosanitize

https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/courting-ridicule?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2jqpf

Oh, sure, the Supreme Court has narrowly affirmed the federal governments control of the southern border, but will they stop God's Army?

#Politics #News #Border #GodsArmy #Texas

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9adk/trucker-convoy-eagle-pass-texas-border-dispute-christian-nationalism

Inside the Shady Finances Behind Mike Johnson’s Longtime Pastor

#MikeJohnson #BradJurkovich #Politics #Religion #Arson #Corruption

https://dnyuz.com/2024/01/25/inside-the-shady-finances-behind-mike-johnsons-longtime-pastor/

How Greg Abbott's Border Fight Bolsters Calls for an Independent Texas
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Welcome to Abbottstan.

#Politics #Texas #Secession #Border

https://www.newsweek.com/2024/02/09/texas-independence-texit-1863224.html

New Hampshire primary results put paid to the notion of a return to a pre-Trump Republican Party. (91% of precincts reporting)

Donald Trump: 54.6%

Nikki Haley: 43.1%

#Trump #NikkiHaley #Politics #NewHampshire

Ukraine running low on ammunition without US aid, Pentagon says
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Russia probing weaknesses.

#News #Politics #Ukraine

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4425694-ukraine-ammunition-low-us-aid-pentagon

@Alfred Draw a picture of Elon Musk being chased by an angry tomato.

@Alfred What book did Ivana Trump say Donald Trump kept in a cabinet by his bed?

It seems appropriate that Ron DeSantis leaves the Presidential race with a fake Churchill quote.
#News #Politics #RonDeSantis #FakeQuote

https://www.thedailybeast.com/desantis-campaign-posts-fake-churchill-quote-in-final-message

In her Harry Potter prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, set in 1920s New York, JK Rawling ditches the term "muggle" for "no-maj." What was "muggle" American slang for?
#60MinutePoll

A Grand Jury in Uvalde Is Set to Examine Response to School Massacre

Prosecutors ... to begin presenting evidence to a panel days after a Justice Department report found that “unimaginable” failures hindered the police response to the shooting.
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While police officers have occasionally been charged and convicted for their actions during fatal encounters, criminal charges against police officers who failed to protect the public remain rare.
#News #Uvalde /nosanitize

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/us/uvalde-shooting-grand-jury.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PU0.H8eA.UNDcjTXy45_S&smid=nytcore-android-share