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Chickenshit AI? lmao
'Google Gemini decided to call off a chess match against the ancient 1.19 MHz Atari 2600 console after a friendly pre-game reminder about what happened to ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot.'
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Google Gemini crumbles in the face of Atari Chess challenge — admits it would 'struggle immensely' against 1.19 MHz machine, says canceling the match most sensible course of action
After a pre-game chat, Gemini swung from being confident to admitting it would ‘struggle immensely’ against the ancient console.Mark Tyson (Tom's Hardware)
'Gemini must have then thought a bit deeper about what exactly would be involved in the chess challenge, and admitted to Caruso that it had been hallucinating regarding the magnitude of its abilities. It added that it now felt that it would “struggle immensely” in a match against the Atari 2600.'
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Laura Eisenhower, Great Granddaughter of President Eisenhower) Substack about her father.
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My father is 84 years old. He had leukemia and then came double-lung pneumonia. He was so close to death, the doctors discharged him to hospice with only a week or two to live. But I wasn’t ready to let go. And more importantly ~ neither was he. I was with him every day. I brought herbs. Green
#Israel #ceasefire #negotiatins
@palestine
"Abu Ubaida, the spokesperson for Al-Qassam Brigades, warned Friday that Hamas will not return to the formula of partial prisoner exchanges or the “10 prisoners” proposal if Israel fails again in the current round of negotiations"
“They are not interested in their prisoners. They have already prepared their public to accept their death,” Abu Ubaida said
“To the world: silence is complicity.”
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Abu Ubaida Speaks for the First Time Since March: No Return to Partial Deals if Talks Fail
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Abu Ubaida, the spokesperson for Al-Qassam Brigades, warned Friday that Hamas will not return to the formula of partial prisoner exchanges or the "10 prisoners" proposal if IEditing Team (Quds News Network)
They could have had their hostages back day one if they wanted but it looks good to the media if hamas has them
And what about the thousands of Palestinian hostages abused in israel jails?
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Redwood National and State Parks (U.S. National Park Service)
Renowned for the world’s tallest trees, Redwood’s landscapes span from open prairies and oak woodlands to pristine rivers and untamed coastline. This ancient home has supported people for thousands of years.www.nps.gov
We went on Camas Infoshop's podcast to talk about InterRebellium, the 2020 ShutDownCanada movement, and the role of anarchist media in pushing for liberation.
Listen here:
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subMedia anarchist media collective
subMedia is an anarchist digital media collective. First established in 1994, subMedia has produced hundreds of videos on everything from urban insurrectiona...YouTube
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"Save Gaza, free Palestine" (EN: English)
Source: instagram:@flyers_for_falastin
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Anarchist Sticker Archive
This project on its surface is as simple as it sounds: it's an archive, of stickers, from the anarchists' scenes around the world. That's it.anarchiststickersarchive.org
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"As Naomi Klein writes in _Doppelganger_, the right lives in a 'mirror world' where child abuse is confined to largely imaginary children in nonexistent pizza parlor basements, while actual kids in Florida concentration camps, or border detention cages, or meat-packing plant night shifts, or living in hunger and without a home, are ignored." — @pluralistic
"Trump's lifelong strategy has been to race across a succession of rivers on the backs of alligators without losing a leg. He is the undisputed all-time historical champion of this bizarre sport, but no one can win that race forever, and your first loss is a career-ender." — @pluralistic
"This is as Rick Perlstein prophesied a year ago: these groups [Trump supporters] hate each other and the only way for some of them to get what they want is for others to be totally betrayed." — @pluralistic
Trump's attacks on Powell threaten the Fed's independence. Here's why it matters
https://apnews.com/article/fed-federal-reserve-powell-trump-63c3e35e8606b7b73455b08aa21456dd?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Marta hopes to lead Brazil to a Copa América Femenina title after coming out of retirement
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Black: It represents mourning and sadness over the injustice and persecution suffered by the Palestinian people. It symbolizes the darkness that surrounds the homeland and the silence that prevails over children's laughter;
White: Symbolizes peace and love, echoing the messages of the prophets. It reflects the desire for hearts free of hatred, as opposed to enemies who carry only malice;
Green: It represents goodness, growth, blessings, and hope for the future. It symbolizes Palestine's potential for prosperity and flourishing, with the expectation that the barren land will once again become fertile and joyful;
Red: signifies martyrdom, sacrifice and devotion. It is associated with the honor of giving one's life in defense of religion, family and country.
Text source: flagsdb.com/asia/ps | Image created by me)
Flag of Palestine
All facts about the flag of Palestine in one place. The history of the flag, its colours and symbols. Download the current flag in svg or png.Oleh Hulinsky (FlagsDB)
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Theme song for when a British gentleman, accompanied by a Polish lady knight, several adventurous treasure hunters, and a few local Chinamen must slay the ravenous and evil dragon spirit of Gluttony, the final boss to his expedition to China. (Chinamen must learn to be gluttonous not for food but for opium and the other wonderous medical concoctions that His Majesty is delighted to sell to his new yellow friends at totally reasonable market prices. And they must learn this lesson by force, if need be. Indeed, the lesser yellow man often can understand no language BUT force! (Turns out knights are just as good at slaying eastern dragons as they are western. Even the girl knights seem to do almost half as decent as the men.))
Arknights OST - Such is the Joy of Our Reunion · Boss Battle Theme
Arknights Side Story - Such is the Joy of Our Reunion Original SoundtrackMonster Siren Records: https://monster-siren.hypergryph.com℗ Shanghai Hypergryph Net...YouTube
Bells of the dammaged Holy Family Church echo in Gaza City @ TikTok Genocide
Day 651. Bells echo in Gaza City Life continues in the biggest prison on earth.tiktokgenocide.com
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Wow...Epstein has him on the defensive. A canny move against future trials? Perhaps--hope they all get along with better lives. Maybe he'll do something bizarre just to "own the libs" by pushing Medicare-for-All next. (Haha.) Of course queries: is this ALL of them? And where are they sent/can we believe this?
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Hundreds of deportees Trump shipped to El Salvador freed in deal for jailed Americans
In a massive prisoner swap deal, the Trump administration got over 200 Venezuelan migrants he deported to an infamous Salvadoran megaprison released in exchange for the Venezuelan government releasing 10 American citizens and permanent residents who …Matthew Chapman (Raw Story)
No wonder the more people understand how AI works, the less they like it. Unsurprisingly felon musskkk is actively opposed to empathy.
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'AI is not intelligent at all': Why our dignity is at risk
The age of artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed our interactions, but threatens human dignity on a worldwide scale, according to a study led by Charles Darwin University (CDU).Charles Darwin University (Phys.org)
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Texas picked to win SEC championship with Arch Manning at QB
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Posted into Sports @sports-AssociatedPress
Türkiye Fears Losing Syria Amid Israeli Strikes
After five days of silence, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reappeared to address the Syrian file.Mohammed Noureddine
So people in our local community think its funny to now stalk peoples homes without a detective badge and actually certified or they choose to become an out of uniform kkkop to stalk people, how can society be accepting of this type of behaviour?!
#lutruwita #tasmania #tasgov #taspol #politas #australia #somerset #burnie #penguin #ulverstone #devonport #latrobe #launceston #hobart #snitches #gangstalking #fascism #extremism #farright #rightwing #bigots #hypocrites #nazis #neonazis #gestapo
How I keep up with AI progress
Link: blog.nilenso.com/blog/2025/06/…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
The orca whales refer to a 2020 incident known as the "Orca Wars" or "Iberian orca attacks," during which a subpopulation of orca whales (or killer whales) were documented attacking boats in Spain and Portugal, many of which were yachts. There are no reports that they killed any CEOs, but as far as the meme is concerned, it presumes some were owned by CEOs.
Venezuela releases jailed Americans in deal that also frees migrants deported to El Salvador by US
https://apnews.com/article/prisoner-swap-venezuela-united-states-el-salvador-a0c3070355fbdc31f028a16096c5655c?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Respectability is bullshit, if you support games, support porn games.
If you support workers, support sex workers.
If you support humans, support humans that get horny.
Puritanism is one of the greatest evils on a deeply poisoned planet.
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Great post!
Dear reader: there's a few trolls in the comments of OP asking questions and trying to stir the pot. Don't engage. Block and move on. These people don't want their minds changed, they want to sow chaos (much like the puritanical sort, come to think of it).
BARACK OBAMA on What It Takes to Raise Boys and How Michelle Made Parenting Better | IMO
Former President of the United States Barack Obama sits down with Michelle and Craig to answer a listener’s question about raising emotionally intelligent yo...YouTube
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""Crowds stood outside the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice chanting “say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here.”The Friday morning rally organized by Juntos follows a string of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainments outside courthouses, including one at the Philadelphia justice center earlier this week, raising concerns among the community." inquirer
The Bombshell Tulsi Gabbard Just Dropped on the Russian Collusion Hoax Should Terrify Every American
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday released an earth-shattering report detailing how federal agencies under the Obama administration...Jeff Charles (Townhall)
Protestival! Love the idea
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I’ve never been to a protestival before
It’s fun! This one was everything that traditionally happens at a summer weekend gathering by the sea, but with real, community-level politics. If you walk along to the west end of Hastings seafron…Kay Green
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Question 15: Guess who’s been our favorite IMO Podcast guest so far? 👉🏾 Barack ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmzXnbAMmOM&t=960s.www.facebook.com
„Die Wirklichkeit sieht inzwischen so aus, dass den Bürgern #Freiheiten entzogen und #Grundrechte nicht mehr wirksam ausgeübt werden. (…)
#Grundrechte werden unter den Vorbehalt eines ideologischen #Klimaschutzes gestellt, und der #Staat maßt sich an, diese #Grundrechte 'zuzuteilen'.
Die Wirklichkeit sieht also so aus, dass die Regierenden sich über #Recht und #Gesetz hinwegsetzen, sei es bei der #Finanzpolitik, der #Klimapolitik, bei 'Rettungsschirmen' oder bei der Instrumentalisierung des Verfassungsschutzes zur politischen #Feindbekämpfung.
Sie lassen zu, dass es gesellschaftliche Gruppen gibt, die aus ideologischen Gründen das Recht brechen und andere Bürger politisch verfolgen.
Die Wirklichkeit sieht auch so aus, dass die #Demokratie in hohem Maße gefährdet ist, wenn einzelne Parteien für sich in Anspruch nehmen, dass nur sie demokratisch sind und dass diejenigen, die diese Positionen ablehnen, als #Rechtspopulisten und #Faschisten diffamiert und bekämpft werden.“
Hans-Georg #Maaßen im Mai 2024 bei @AlexWallasch
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📢 7amleh, in collaboration with RNW Media, has released a new position paper titled: “Safeguarding Palestinian #digital rights in the #EU Policy Framework.”
🔹 The paper highlights how current EU policies fall short in protecting Palestinians online, often enabling censorship and discriminatory moderation in times of conflict
📑 PDF of the position paper embedded in the following link 👇🏽
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Hamleh - Position Paper: Safeguarding Palestinian Digital Rights in the EU Policy Framework
Position Paper: Safeguarding Palestinian Digital Rights in the EU Policy Framework7amleh – Arab Center for Social Media Advancement
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""Fifteen protesters were arrested on the Roebling Bridge during a demonstration supporting Imam Ayman Soliman, facing felony rioting and misdemeanor charges.The protesters were demonstrating against the detention of Soliman, a former Cincinnati Children's chaplain, by ICE....A lawyer representing some protesters claims at least three were hospitalized."#Ohio cincinnati.com/story/news/2"
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Today, America First Legal (AFL) releasedexplosive new documents conclusively proving what AFL has known since day one: the infamous October 4 memo from Attorney General Garland labeling concerned parents as “domestic terrorists” was a political operation of weaponized government, not the normal, lawful execution of federal laws by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
MAJOR VICTORY — America First Legal Uncovers Documents Conclusively Proving the Infamous Garland Memo was Politically Orchestrated and Coordinated with the Biden White House - America First Legal
Today, America First Legal (AFL) released explosive new documents conclusively proving what AFL has known since day one: the infamous October 4 memo from Attorney General Garland labeling concerned parents as “domestic terrorists” was a […]America First Legal
Ukraine-News: Frankreich will offenbar zusätzliche Piloten für die Ukraine ausbilden - Deutschland
Um die russischen Einkünfte aus dem Export von Rohöl in Drittstaaten zu reduzieren, war ursprünglich geplant, den Preisdeckel für russisches Öl dauerhaft aufDeutschland
Third patient dies from acute liver failure caused by a Sarepta gene therapy
Link: biocentury.com/article/656520/…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Third death from a Sarepta gene therapy
A third patient, a 51 year-old in a Phase I study of SRP-9004 for Limb-Girdle muscular dystrophy Type 2E, has died from a Sarepta gene therapy.Like two dea...Steve Usdin (Biocentury)
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""Trump and Co. are still light years behind brilliant statesmen like the genocidal Henry Kissinger, but they have an understanding of government equivalent to a frat bro red district congressman working alongside an experienced but mediocre Beltway-insider…" petergelderloos.substack.com/p…"
The Right’s Rollercoaster to Hell
who is in power, what do they want, what are they actually accomplishingPeter Gelderloos (Surviving Leviathan with Peter Gelderloos)
FPF, Demand Progress file ethics complaint against Judge Edward Artau
Judge ruled in Trump’s favor in frivolous Pulitzer suit before Trump appointing him to federal judiciaryFreedom of the Press
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On July 17, 2025, the Russian State Duma passed a new law (Article 13.53) that makes it illegal to deliberately search for or access online content listed in the official Federal List of Extremist Materials, which includes Pussy Riot audiovisuals from their actions. Pussy Riot’s inclusion in this law demonstrates how artistic and political protest is equated with extremism.
Quit censoring people!
Pussy Riot - Official Website
Pussy Riot is a feminist art collective that is widely known for their actions against Putin in 2012, imprisonment and further art & activismPussy Riot
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"Don't miss In Contempt, our roundup of state repression, abolitionist news, and political prisoners. itsgoingdown.org/in-contempt-5…"
In Contempt #54: Oakland Abolition & Solidarity on Hunger Strike in California, June 11th, Mahmoud Khalil Freed
In this column, we present our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed in as always are updates,...It's Going Down
Caitlin Clark is still having an impact on WNBA All-Star Game even though she won't play
https://apnews.com/article/wnba-allstar-game-caitlin-clark-d880cbead2660659ea5c3ee27553e5f0?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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LibreOffice slams Microsoft for locking in Office users w/ complex file formats
Link: neowin.net/news/libreoffice-ca…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
LibreOffice calls out Microsoft for using "complex" file formats to lock in Office users
Another day, another complaint about Microsoft from LibreOffice. This time, LibreOffice accuses Microsoft of intentionally using overly complex XML to define documents and lock in users.David Uzondu (Neowin)
Today in Labor History July 18, 1934: “The American Mercury” accepted Emma Goldman's article, "Communism: Bolshevist & Anarchist, A Comparison.” However, it was not until a year later that it was published, in a truncated form, as "There is No Communism in Russia." Goldman had been deported by the U.S. in 1919, during the Palmer raids, and sent to Russia, where she lived with her comrade, Alexander Berkman, for several years. She was initially supportive of the Bolsheviks, until Trotsky brutally crushed the Kronstadt rebellion, in 1921, slaughtering over 1,000 sailors and then executing over a thousand more. After this, she left the USSR and, in 1923, published a book about her experiences, “My Disillusionment in Russia.” H.L. Menken founded “The American Mercury,” in 1924, and published radical writers throughout the 1920s and ‘30s. A change of ownership in the 1940s led to a shift to the far right, including virulently antisemitic articles.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #EmmaGoldman #russia #soviet #ussr #communism #kronstadt #rebellion #massacre #writer #author #writer #books #journalism #magazine @bookstadon
So the poll ended and I forgot to talk about it.
1462 responses.
57% KDE Plasma.
43% GNOME.
I chuckle when I compare that against the hundreds of comments I get about how "everyone hates GNOME" every time I show it.
I chuckle because apparently a lot of you would use it if it were one of only two options.
RE: linuxmom.net/@vkc/114819462912…
Veronica Explains (@vkc@linuxmom.net)
Time for a poll. You can only choose one desktop environment and you have to use it everyday. Which one are you using: GNOME or KDE Plasma? NOTE: do not suggest something else.Veronica Explains' Mastodon (not to be confused with "Veronica Explains Mastodon", a video I might do)
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"Some much needed hope fuel - the latest from @cbmilstein. "When I posted the “call for submissions” for this humble project, many folks shared it for me. In doing so, one friend noted that it was another in my series of “hopeful” zines. Just to set the record straight (or queer), I’m not hopeful. This zine does not offer sugarcoated “hope” to somehow smooth over these utterly distasteful times. Ye"
Bob Vylan is antifascist!🏴🚩
All of you who sent it hard for the gig, we will see you on the streets!
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in an international conference on: "The fight against international terrorism: approaches and Russia's contribution"
OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger will visit the CSTO Secretariat and take part in the meeting of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organizationen.odkb-csto.org
"In clearing the way for President Trump’s efforts to transform American government, the Supreme Court has issued a series of orders that often lacked a fundamental characteristic of most judicial work: an explanation of the court’s rationale.
~ Adam Liptak
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution
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"The three liberals agree on an overarching theme: They no longer see the Court playing by the old game of constitutional law. Their dissents suggest anything but an assumption of business as usual. The three liberal justices are writing about a majority unbound by law and its tiresome technicalities—about a majority that is no longer doing law as that term has come to be understood."
~ Aziz Huq
#SupremeCourt #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution
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Look Closer at the Liberal Justices' Dissenting Opinions
Justices Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor aren’t merely disagreeing with the majority’s technical readings of the law.Aziz Huq (The Atlantic)
"As we approach this milestone [the 60th anniversary of the passing of the Voting Rights Act], we find ourselves not in a moment of reflection or rededication but in a state of legal free fall."
~ Maureen Edobor
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution
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The Supreme Court Is Writing a Slow-Motion Eulogy for One of America’s Greatest Achievements
The anniversary this year should have been an opportunity to celebrate a durable constitutional achievement.Maureen Edobor (Slate)
"The Supreme Court has scheduled arguments next term on Louisiana’s racially gerrymandered congressional map, and the court as early as next week may put on hold and set for argument a case in which the 8th Circuit held that private plaintiffs have no right to sue to enforce Section 2 of the act."
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution
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"These pending decisions threaten to gut what remains of this once powerful statute, which has already been largely hollowed out by the Roberts court over the past decade-plus."
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution
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Elie Mystal says that in giving Trump the power to decimate the Department of Education, the Supremes have once again crowned him king:
"That is not the power of a president, it’s the power of a dictator. More than granting Trump immunity, more than anything else this court has done, this ruling gives him the powers of a king."
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution
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The Supreme Court Just Crowned Trump King—Again | The Nation
In ruling the president can decimate the Department of Education, the court took a key congressional power—and gave it to Trump.The Nation
"And the Republicans on the court did this while they were on vacation, in an emergency-docket ruling that didn’t even require them to explain themselves.
The Supreme Court is of no more use. It will not protect democracy, the rule of law, or even the constitutional order. The next Democratic president should use the powers granted to Trump to impound the court."
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution
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"We are living through a time when Catholic identity is being hijacked by power. Through networks like Opus Dei, and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, far-right religious leaders have built an anti-democracy machine that frames cruelty as virtue and domination as divine will."
~ Shannon Vavich
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
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"These forces, wealthy, secretive, and politically connected, have spent decades quietly embedding their ideology into American institutions.
Their goal is nothing short of a return to a feudalistic model of governance: hierarchy, submission, and clerical control. They speak of 'natural law' and 'order' but act out of ambition, not mercy."
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
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"The installation of six Supreme Court justices tied to this movement, largely orchestrated by Leonard Leo, is no coincidence. It is a calculated campaign to undo democracy in the name of Christ."
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
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The history that people concerned about the Supreme Court's destruction of democracy — destruction driven by theocratic ideas — need to know is the following:
When civil rights legislation was enacted by the Democrats in the 1960s, white evangelicals kicked and screamed. At this point, the US Catholic bishops allied themselves with white evangelicals.
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
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That alliance has had fateful and lasting consequences. It led first to the formation of the Religious Right and eventually to MAGA and white Christian nationalism.
To make the Religious Right's crusade against the Democrats and human rights appear more morally acceptable than it was when it was born out of racism, the Catholic bishops focused on abortion.
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
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White evangelicals, who had never said a peep about the abortion issue and couldn't care less about it, became gung-ho in the anti-abortion cause, with the U.S. Catholic bishops quietly engineering this response behind the scenes — and assisting Leonard Leo in the stacking the Supreme Court with hard-right Opus Dei-leaning Catholics.
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
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The media have focused largely on white evangelicals as the big force intent on replacing democracy with theocracy, but behind the scenes, the U.S. Catholic bishops, who have done everything they can to make it appear their hands are not dirty, have pulled the strings, using white evangelicals while avoiding media scrutiny.
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
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The resistance to breakthroughs in recognizing the rights of minority communities that began with civil rights legislation according rights to people of color has expanded to bitter resistance among both evangelicals and the U.S. Catholic bishops to rights for women and LGBTQ people. This resistance is at the heart of the determination to dismantle democracy.
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
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Linda Chavez thinks that the decision of the "pro-life" Supreme Court's right-wing Catholic bloc to allow deportations to third-world countries should shock American consciences (the terms "pro-life" and "right-wing Catholic bloc" are my addition, not hers).
She writes,
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
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The Conservative Supreme Court’s Decision Allowing Deportations to Third Countries Should Shock the Conscience of Americans
The fate that likely awaits those deported to South Sudan violates the Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishmentLinda Chavez (The UnPopulist)
"On July 3, the Supreme Court handed down its final order vacating the lower court’s preliminary injunction and paving the way for their removal to South Sudan—due process, to determine whether this violates U.S. and international law barring torture, be damned."
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
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"The prisoners were on the ground in Juba, the South Sudanese capital, one day later.
We have no way of knowing what will happen to these men now. The Trump administration claims it received assurances that they would not be tortured. But it has not disclosed what provisions it has taken, if any, to ensure that South Sudan’s government makes good on those assurances."
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
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"U.S. border czar Tom Homan told Politico last week that once the U.S. deports an individual to a place like South Sudan, it doesn’t track their ongoing status or even what country they’ll be in a week later."
Speaking of "pro-life" Catholics, that's Homan's self-description, too.
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
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More on Opus Dei. They sound like real creeps. And as always, follow the money.
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Manipulation, greed and power: The untold story of Opus Dei
After a five-year-long investigation into the Work of God, financial journalist Gareth Gore accuses the organization of holding Spain’s sixth-largest bank hostage, while exploiting and mistreating members.Natalia Junquera (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
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Look Closer at the Liberal Justices' Dissenting Opinions
Justices Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor aren’t merely disagreeing with the majority’s technical readings of the law.Aziz Huq (The Atlantic)
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Trying Guix: A Nixer's impressions
Link: tazj.in/blog/trying-guix
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
The babies are up and galloping. Today's fun is leaping onto a footstool then leaping off it, pushing it further around the room each time. They rushed past Supervisor earlier, excited by the thought of brekky. She boofed up her tail, startled and has now retired to the safety of the bed.
I have to go into the office today, hopefully no tufts of fur on the floor when I get home.
Got home from work and sat with my tabby friend on the couch for a cuddle time. Supervisor giving me evil eye from the cat post because she feels if I am home, regardless of time, it's now dinner time. It was not quite dinner time so I had a sit.
Now they've all had dinner and the kittens are filled with joy and energy and are back to the mad sprints and chasey. From the dent in my bed I'd say Supervisor spent most of her day there.
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