A former aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was convicted Thursday after being found guilty of helping funnel illegal foreign campaign contributions from a Russian national into former President Trump's 2016 campaign https://axios.com/2022/11/18/trump-campaign-jesse-benton-russia
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44 states report high activity amid worsening flu season
https://www.axios.com/2022/12/03/cold-flu-season-latest-trend
Executives at ‘fintechs’ made hundreds of millions handing out PPP Covid cash, report says
Although I am not part of the LGTBQ+ community, my father was. I spent my years from age 10 when he came out of the closet to age 22 when he died from AIDS as a child of that community. I feel every bullet in my heart. #ColoradoSprings
It’s time we focused on a multi pronged approach to mass shootings. Ban some of the worst rifles that are better used in war scenarios, regulate ammunition, make owners register firearms and carry liability insurance, strengthen red flag laws, improve and invest in public mental healthcare, invest in education and build a society with opportunity for all. #Politics #GunSafety
Hello CoSo friends! I’ll be splitting my time 50/50 between Mastodon and CoSo. I’ll be completely cutting ties with Bird site. #BirdSite
I *MAY* have bitten off more than I could chew. #RIPTwitter
Whew! That was way too close!
The Oregonian calls the #Oregon governor's race: Democrat Tina Kotek has won the race for Oregon governor, defeating the Republican election denier despite the billionaire funded spoiler candidate the GOP ran! We now have a lesbian Governor! Go, Tina!
#Politics #Midterms #LGBTQRights
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As the Trumpist right publishes manifestoes on behalf of state repression of all those minorities they hate, and calls for a retreat from those pseudo-libertarian "conservative" positions the right once claimed to hold, don't expect self-styled libertarians to object; expect, rather, them to redefine libertarianism to conform with fascism.
Libertarianism has never existed for any reason except to be the "edgy" face of the right. Since the alt-right has taken over that face, they have no point.
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