@InUnfunky @Bix the more evangelized sects religions (not just Christianity) prime their followers for authoritarianism. Their spirituality is top down rather than a personal relationship with the figurehead(s).

@Bix there is a case to be made that the Jan 6 convictions laid the groundwork for and gave DOJ a much better sense of what they could charge Trump & Co with and have a good chance of success not only initially but also on appeal. The problem of trump is a sociopolitical one, not something the justice system can fix without conceding certain democratic principles. We all just need to keep voting out the assholes until there are none.

Quentin Young:
At every turn, system failure:
—No 25A solution
—No Senate conviction
—No 2383 prosecution
—Garland dithering
—Smith's J6 case not disqualifying
—Smith's J6 case impeded by SCOTUS
—Colorado ruling reversed by SCOTUS

Many voters do not seem to have grasped that giving Trump another term would ratify a shift from constitutional to authoritarian government. But the threat of this transformation cannot be overstated.
https://twitter.com/qpyoungnews/status/1765421969342689340

Dayum.

Yep! But dayum.

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4512557-sayonara-sinema-good-riddance-to-bad-democrats/

#cosomusic #20Days20Albums

Twenty albums that greatly influenced my taste in music (in no particular order). One album per day, for 20 consecutive days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (Unless you ask...)

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IRS is finally rolling out a tool to file your taxes directly with them online for free. TurboTax lobbyists kept this from happening for years, but their repeated lies and broken promises year after year were finally too much.

https://directfile.irs.gov/ is currently available in a limited number of states, but they are planning to expand the pilot program more generally.

A news story that warms your heart.
"Emma and Gus Thompson, a Black entrepreneurial couple in town, allowed the family to rent and eventually buy their Coronado property when nobody else would. Now, to thank the Thompsons for helping them get a toehold in American society, the Dongs are donating $5 million to Black college students using proceeds from the sale of the house."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-chinese-family-coronado-california-rcna140717

Mumps has entered the chat with 8 cases now in New Jersey.

Mumps - USA, New Jersey - 8 cases - Family https://www.datareport.info/index.php

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ngNnnv1HKAI&si=arS_snajR0T3FLmD

Tom
Waits-down in the hole
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#CosoMusic
Lawyers Guns and Money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZx_TokIHdI

Don't make me have to cruise the firehose!!!!!! 🤣

The challenge is to choose 20 albums that greatly influenced your taste in music. One album per day, for 20 consecutive days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (Unless you ask...)

#20Days20Albums
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20 albums that greatly influenced your taste in music. One album per day, for 20 consecutive days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#cosomusic #20Days20Albums

Twenty albums that greatly influenced my taste in music (in no particular order). One album per day, for 20 consecutive days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (Unless you ask...)

#20days20albums

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