Frequently pedaling along on a bike. Photographing nature keeps me sane. Also likely to be found with a cat warming my lap.
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Kurt Duerksen retweeted
Elon Musk Dragged After His Own Chatbot Admits He's A 'Significant Spreader' Of Misinformation comicsands.com/elon-musk-gro…
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Trump just said this as the press was being led out of the House Republican Conference meeting:
"I suspect I won't be running again, unless you say, 'he's so good, we've got to figure something else.'"
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The reason most ppl are cynical about politics in this country is this.
He was the CEO of a company that defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and other fed. programs. His company got 14 felony convictions. Fined over $2 billion.
No arrests.
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Given the election results and renewed focus on Trump's mass deportations, I am reposting this analysis on the number of people/families with undocumented family members: nbcnews.com/news/latino/many…
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Minnesota Republican legislative candidates got a leg up from Harris voters who split their tickets, especially in critical battleground districts minnesotareformer.com/2024/1…
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Trump wants to extend his tax cuts for rich individuals, which would add $4.6T to the deficit.
But he wants to go even further, cutting the corporate tax rate to 15%.
It's yet another absolutely shameless giveaway.
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For the second time this year, NASA’s JPL center cuts its workforce arstechnica.com/space/2024/1…
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Five kinds of seeds were returned to the Choctaw Nation after spending six months aboard @Space_Station. Next spring, students will track the seeds’ post-spaceflight growth on Earth, braiding Western with Indigenous knowledge. More: go.nasa.gov/48OiSu3
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
ALT Five plastic bags are floating in front of a window on the space station. Each baggie holds a different kind of seed with a corresponding label on the outside. Some of the labels read “Choctaw Sweet Potato Squash,” “Choctaw Smith Peas,” and “Choctaw Corn Flour.”
Kurt Duerksen retweeted
The phrase “Your body, my choice. Forever.” originating with Nick Fuentes has seemingly spilled from the digital ecosphere into daily life with parents reporting that young boys were caught leveraging the violent language against girls in school.
trib.al/gRWA2Be
Kurt Duerksen retweeted
Elon Musk worries free speech advocates with calls to prosecute researchers and critics nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/e…
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Donald Trump and his transition team are already breaking the law.
I would know because I wrote the law.
Incoming presidents are required to prevent conflicts of interest and sign an ethics agreement.
This is what illegal corruption looks like. cnn.com/2024/11/09/politics/…
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A reminder that when Trump supporters were given Harris policy proposals blindly they supported them. Also, those who had incorrect facts about the major issues - economy, inflation, crime, border - they overwhelmingly went Trump. Those with facts went Harris.
Meaning, many of these Trump voters have no idea what's actually about to happen to them. Example: Trump tariffs and increased costs.
Kurt Duerksen retweeted
Trump transition figure warns DOJ lawyers: Get on board or get out ow.ly/hKVB105OBjA
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In a now-deleted statement, Elise Stefanik called for Trump’s supporters who stormed the Capitol to “be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
Stefanik now refers to the rioters as “hostages” and Trump has nominated her to be the U.S. Ambassador to the UN.
Kurt Duerksen retweeted
“Trump’s list of enemies is not theoretical. It already exists….In 2022, Trump announced a “day one” executive order instructing “the DOJ to investigate all parties involved in the new online censorship regime … and to aggressively prosecute” | Cadwallar theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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What used to be known as the Republican party is long gone, having been replaced by the "Ultra MAGA" party, as confirmed by Trump's pick for United Nations Ambassador Elise Stefanik:
“I am ultra MAGA, and I'm proud of it."
Kurt Duerksen retweeted
This is what an oligarchy looks like, not a constitutional democracy. When you jeopardize the security of all Americans to benefit one particularly well-heeled supporter, then you become a Russia look-alike and betray the people. independent.co.uk/news/world…
Kurt Duerksen retweeted
"These studies reveal an interesting fault line. While most women get their news from TikTok, most young men get their news from YouTube, X, and Reddit."
Also, if you read a newspaper, odds are 3-to-1 you voted Harris. If you don't consume news, odds are 2-to-1 you voted Trump.
Most election post-mortems neglect a key factor in how people vote: where they get their news.
politi.co/3UKLXjU
