A Florida deputy who fatally shot a Black airman in his home has been fired for using unreasonable deadly force, sheriff's office says. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/31/us/roger-forston-florida-airman-shot-deputy-fired/index.html

ALL 34 counts guilty!! Fireworks, Let's partay!!! 🤣

#Politics

SCOTUS approves asymmetrical speech warfare. The government - speaking for the people - is not allowed to pressure private organizations that raise millions or billions of dollars to pressure the government to act against the interests of the people.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/politics/supreme-court-first-amendment/index.html

US arrests man allegedly behind enormous #botnet that enabled cyberattacks and fraud. The #DOJ alleges the botnet infected more than 19 million IP addresses worldwide. #malware https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/911-s5-botnet-dismantled-and-its-administrator-arrested-coordinated-international-operation

' Once a Sheriff’s Deputy in Florida, Now a Source of Disinformation From Russia

Working from an apartment crowded with servers and other computer equipment, Mr. Dougan has built an ever-growing network of more than 160 fake websites that mimic news outlets in the United States, Britain and France '

🤔 remember - It never happened unless you verify. 👍🏿

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/business/mark-dougan-russia-disinformation.html

I studied entomology in college. This IS a big fucking deal.....Is the Loss of Insects a Desperate Cry for Help From a Planet Under Assault? https://hartmannreport.com/p/is-the-loss-of-insects-a-desperate-7fe

RepubliQan states HATE federal government until they need it...
but unlike his predecessor, President Biden won't withhold aid from his opponents...because Joe Biden is a good, caring, and moral MAN.
https://arkansasadvocate.com/2024/05/29/arkansas-governor-requests-federal-disaster-declaration-for-storm-damage/

Supreme Court unanimously backs the NRA in free speech lawsuit against New York official who urged companies to cut ties with the gun rights group. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/politics/supreme-court-first-amendment/index.html

The crescendo of MAGATs whining that the Trump trial is unfair has reached a peak.
The common threads are (1) total illiteracy about the US court and legal system (2) assertions with no supporting evidence (3) cult follower lockstep.
When people ask "how did the Nazis succeed?", the playbook is right here in the modern USA.

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Chief Justice Roberts rejects meeting request from Democratic lawmakers who wanted to discuss provocative flags hoisted at Justice Alito's properties. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/politics/john-roberts-ethics-alito-flag-supreme-court-durbin/index.html

In case anyone requires this

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Medical abortion provider

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And if you can, donations are sorely needed!

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Libertarian Convention

Authoritarian is the opposite of Libertarian.
In 2016, Libertarians could fool themselves that Trump was going to end the so-called Deep State, but not in 2024.

#ClimateCrisis
The bill is here.

#Politics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-m9QaCXZ5E

Heads up if you still have an account on the hell site!

There is a hack going around that allows the hacker to DM people on your follow list there.

The link in the DM goes to a fake Instagram site which appears to drop very bad things on your system/phone.

Seen it 3 times now in the wild (twice DM'd to me). First 2 were pro-Israel accounts. The 3rd was a pro-Ukraine account.

If you haven't already, lock your account (dunno how much this helps or if at all, but its never a bad idea).

Jay in Kyiv:
The pro-russian government of Serbia just gifted a prime $160,000,000 city center property to Trump's son in law.

Since Russia can't pay the Trump clan directly, anti-US authoritarian governments are being used as conduits.

Democracy for sale.
https://x.com/JayinKyiv/status/1792265136473841763

#Jan6thInsurrection

"New hero for Trump to honor."