I fucking love Cornel West!

Chuck Todd is questioning how Dems deal with the SCOTUS. Packing the court, and/or changing the rules is a very slippery slope. If we don't like it and if we think they're doing things wrong, we need to scrutinize the judges more, and perhaps impeach (there's enough evidence). But we need to maintain the judicial system we have. It's a good system, if maintained properly.

I HATE that this is true, but as a small business owner, I made SO much money under Trump. My business has plummeted under Biden.

That's not worth having Trump as president again as social issues have far more weight than financial issues.

But it's still true.

Burgum (the R presidential candidate) is leaning HEAVILY on "states rights."

It seems he doesn't know that that was a battle cry of the Confederacy. That may pass in the primaries. It won't pass the general.

"Bidenomics" or no, there are several public servants better suited to the presidency than he.

Never Trump (or DeSantis, for that matter). But Biden is more of the same. We want forward progression. Not 90s democracy.

Chuck Todd is trying to push notTrump.

Sorry, Trump is going to be the Rep candidate. They're too emotionally invested and suffer from the sunk cost fallacy.

About to watch Meet the Press... again.

#effthreads

Phil Mattingly is kinda bullying Audie Cornish under the guise of playfulness. That dude needs groveling at her feet! She is SOOOOO much more competent professional than he.

I mean, he's good, but he's no Audie Cornish.

Next up is the SCOTUS decision to allow businesses to discriminate bases on their faith. Apparently this has come from the claim that some designer didn't want to work on a same sex marriage invitation. That claim is allegedly false, in that the subject of said request didn't ask for the services, and isn't gay.

Does that not render the SCOTUS decision "fruit of the poisoned tree?"

OOOH! They mentioned Mastodon and Bluesky. I tried those. CoSo is superior, by far.

My biscuits are kinda burnt.

Twitter in the news. I typically avoid Musk news/articles, as I believe that most of them are paid for by him. However, the "tweet limit" news hits home, and has pushed me (gratefully) to this platform.

What the news is avoiding to mention is the mass exodus from Twitter to other platforms.

Chyrons.

Chyrons can be so ridiculous.

CNN has "The Fourth in America" very dramatically at the bottom.

I'm so happy to see Audie Cornish in the chair. I've been listening to her for years, obviously starting with NPR. Her being there is clearly an attempt by CNN to polish their reputation. But I think I'll just come out and say it: she's too good for CNN.

Doesn't the consolidation of wealth among the 1% influence drug-addiction-of-despair?

The Meet the Press chiron is saying that fentanyl is "The leading cause of death among Americans under 50." I believe the same thing was said about guns recently.

I don't know what's true, but it feels sensational.

Meet the Press panel.

Lori Lightfoot: got a bum deal.

Meet the Press is interviewing Sherrod Brown. I generally like him. He's a worker. He's saying all the right things...

...a little TOO right. 🤔 Lol. I jest.

Now Meet the Press is interviewing JD Vance. He's a windsock. We know this. There's a very clear record.

He says he's been personally touched by this problem. I know the feeling. A full 10% of my high school graduating class is now dead because of opioids; not an exaggeration.

Still, I feel that he's so adamant because it's no longer an "inner city" problem. Or a problem with "fatherless households."