What a cutting edge democratic notion!

#politics

Judge Curbs Actions of Election-Monitoring Group in Arizona: The group may not take photos or videos of voters, openly carry firearms near ballot boxes, or post information about voters online, a federal judge ruled.

https://nyti.ms/3DTVYnc

Gonna pin this on my profile for the foreseeable future.

#CosoNewbies

There are two hashtags for ex-bird shite people looking for others: #TwitterMigrant and #TwitterRefugees. Share this with your pals on Twitter.

Only in #Texas, would they eliminate all rights of women right to have an abortion, but they're pouring $100M+ to fund "pregnancy crisis centers" to provide anti-abortion counseling. This is a psyops indoctrination of vulnerable women. #abortion #womensrights

FREE Read here:
https://wapo.st/3zzsqbP

"A Democrat running for a state House seat in Pennsylvania says he was attacked and knocked unconscious at his home early Monday morning, and that he believes he’s being targeted with election-related."

It's just getting started.

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/election2022/2022/10/31/democrat-richard-ringer-candidate-for-pa-house-seat-assaulted-election/stories/202210310087harassment.

Robert Reich
In these last days before the 2022 midterm elections, we have come to a juncture where many of the political and economic strands over the last forty years are conjoining. I wanted to share a few thoughts to provide some context for what this means for us as a nation. I hope you find it helpful.
#politics #voting #election #midterms

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-power-shift-part-ii

It's Roevember folks...
Women's rights are on the ballot
Voting rights are on the ballot
Marriage equality is on the ballot
Humanity is on the ballot
#VoteBlueForDemocracy

Following Bolsonaro's defeat, Jan 6th organizer Ali Alexander called for a military coup in Brazil on Truth Social. "Military standby," he added.

Many people fleeing the birdsite have said they are creating accounts on Counter.Social along with Bluesky, Tribel, and Mastodon. Please take a moment to read about each one, and ask yourself whether or not you think your privacy and safety will be protected on these other platforms.

Bluesky
https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d

Tribel
https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1584359435765710849
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lefts-new-free-of-hate-social-media-proves-impossible-to-police

Mastodon
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/mastodon-fediverse-eugen-rochko/

#cososec
#Twexit
#twitfugee
#twitterrefugee
#cstips

chris turnbull wrote:

'New Research: HIV-like mechanism of immune system destruction found in Sars Cov 2 (Covid 19) infection.
Sars 2 has now been found to infect the immune system directly causing immune system cell death and depletion using a mechanism similar to HIV.'

@Astartiel @Eyeatola
I do not. I smell a bunch of Republicans have been invested in Russia for a long time, Trump was clearly Pro-Russian. I do not think they needed to pay Putin though. At least, not much.
In some ways, it looks the other way. What I DO believe, is that they all got clobbered blindsided, elbows deep fisting cash into Russia to launder and to profit on manipulated markets. Once invasion and sanctions began, it was too late to pull out without a bad look.

seth abramson wrote:

'Of all the vile plots Trump secretly hatched in the White House that we’re just learning of now, one of the most shocking to me is his plan to close all embassies in Africa and end diplomacy with that whole continent.
We still gonna pretend he’s not a militant white supremacist?'

Sheldon Whitehouse comments on Alito’s draft opinion:
https://unrollthread.com/t/1522993734958428165/

The genius that is Ron DeSantis, did the most Trumpian thing… he lost lots of other people’s money!
A document reported that the Florida state pension fund had lost $200,722,906.45 in assets invested in Russian companies. It’s also worth reporting that the state’s investments in Ukraine had also lost $20,485.77.

Trevor Noah on Tesla purchase vs billionaire taxation. Very perceptive..

https://youtu.be/Gqlbn2nPO-A

If abortion bothers you, and you really wish to reduce the number of abortions, here are things you can do:
* Support universal access to cheap or free contraception
* Support free healthcare for mothers and all women
* Support funding for mothers and care and education of children from birth to full adulthood
* Support universal childhood sex education
* Support increased access to education for women in general
* Oppose violence against women
* Oppose all forms of abuse, incest, and rape

Right wing radio host Erick Erickson just said that given the "hysterics" and "histrionics" over the draft Supreme Court vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, he is beginning to think that the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, must be repealed.

elizabeth warren said:
"The Supreme Court is not the ones that will get the final word on Roe v. Wade. It is Congress that gets the final word. We have the capacity to keep Roe v. Wade as the law of the land and if we act, we can do that." http://hill.cm/3iVIeUP

If the far-right “Originalist” members of the Supreme Court need some insight into the minds of the Framers, they could just take a look at these words that are literally carved in stone at the Jefferson Memorial.

At which point, they’d discover that they really oughtn’t to be Originalists.