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Past 50 years of advertising “have it your way”
+ “you deserve whatever. . . ”
killed the idea that there are facts.
You can’t have facts served “Your Own Way” and you don’t deserve your own set of facts that ignores science, so republicans have been Foxed and Koched into an alternate reality.
In the 1960s all the Dixiecrats & other racists became Republicans.
The people for civil rights became Democrats.
12/16 1988: 25-year-old computer hacker Kevin Mitnick was charged for crimes including theft of software from DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation), including VMS source code – and allegedly causing $4 million in damages to DEC. And in an unusual step, he was held without bail.
12/16/2024 Today, President Biden designated the Maine homestead of Frances Perkins — the first woman to serve in a Presidential Cabinet, America’s longest-serving Secretary of Labor, and driving force behind the New Deal — as a National Monument. Perkins was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Secretary of Labor and the first woman to serve as a cabinet secretary.
Frances Perkins was the only Brahmin who knew how the family had made it’s money, knew where the skeletons were buried, and cared enough about the world to actually make it a difference – for all of us!
[ THINK MINIMUM WAGE ]
In 1797, a few years after signing the Constitution, founding fathers of this country and President John Adams as well as the entire US Senate unanimously signed the Treaty of Tripoli. ART.11 that states explicitly that the US is not IN ANY SENSE founded on the Christian religion… No further discussion!
https://twitter.com/rscotttipton1A/status/1774531752888848884/photo/1
Thomas Jefferson designed his own original headstone.
“FOR RELIGOUS FREEDOM.”
Pretty f simple
We don’t have Republicans or Democrats to thank for child labor laws or workers rights, like the 40 hour work week – we actually have Frances Perkins for that.
Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965 was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition.
AN EXAMPLE OF OUR FABULOUS PAST AND THE CCC
AMERICAN ADULT LITERACY
TAGS: #adult functually illiterate, #reading, #literacy instruction, #Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) #CCC
https://edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/americanadults.html
(1933-1942) |FINANCIAL LITERACY| The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps were in operation. The educational programs provided jobs for unemployed teachers. Standardized tests and interviews prior to entering CCC camps determined individuals’ educational needs. As a result, enrollees studied a wide range of subjects at a wide range of levels. Options included “elementary subjects” (reading, arithmetic, spelling); “high school subjects” (English, history, mathematics); “college subjects” (accounting, psychology, French); “vocational courses” (forestry, photography, agriculture); “correspondence courses” (diesel engineering, mechanical drawing, civil service); and “lectures” (health and hygiene, first aid, sanitation).
One gap that CCC administrators considered critical to fill was that left by illiteracy, defined as “an inability to read a newspaper or write a simple letter” or less than three years of schooling (5).
Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] In June 1933, the ECW decided that men in CCC camps could be given the opportunity of vocational training and additional education. Educational programs were developed that varied considerably from camp to camp, both in efficiency and results. More than 90 percent of all enrollees participated in some facet of the educational program. Throughout the CCC, more than 40,000 illiterate men were taught to read and write.
In fact the CCC did a better job with literacy than the Department of Education which should have shut them down in 1945. People realized their gov’t jobs were in jeopardy so the department of education mounted a campaign to kill off the CCC and they did. Sadly for America they won the battle – we still have the incompetent department of noneducation.
In the 1940s, things like radio and vacuum tubes were fairly new technology. To keep the edge in WW2, the Army had to teach farm boys with a fifth grade education how to repair radios. If you want to learn electronics, the Army did an ELI5 on it 80 years ago. #ElectronicsTwitter
https://twitter.com/MakeAugusta/status/1529091289488269314
What is the Difference between these Parties? None
Robert Reich @RBReich
2024 The NRA buys off Congress.
No action on guns.The oil industry buys off Congress.
No action on climate.Insurance companies buy off Congress.
No action on health care.The list goes on…
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
2024 Why are things expensive?
4 companies control 55% to 85% of the meat market.
4 airlines control 80% of air travel.
3 companies control 92% of the soda market.
3 companies control 73% of the cereal market.
Why don’t I hear about it?
6 companies control 90% of the news.
Big Mac Inflation | Father Guido Sarducci Explains Inflation
Hal Sr. Member
Re: Bitcoin and the Efficient Market
June 04, 2011, PM
Merited by EFS (100), fi//ippone (10), ABCbts Black,Hatcoiner
Taipan _ ( i)
“Every day that goes by and Bitcoin hasn’t collapsed due to legal or
technical problems, that brings new information to the market. It
increases the chance of Bitcoin’s eventual success and justifies a higher price.” – Hal Finney
FASB RULE CHANGE
HISTORY: FASB FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING RULES FOR #BITCOIN OFFICIALLY TAKE EFFECT TODAY 12/16/24
under previously stated rule they had to report the LOSSES, and couldn’t report the GAINS. Once they adopt the new rule they can now do both on a quarterly basis.
THE CORPORATE ADOPTION WAVE
This rule change has been in play since the beginning of 2024, and companies could choose to adopt it this year, some did exactly that. Others, such as $MSTR, chose to wait until they had to adopt it; which happens to be for all companies that report their new fiscal year after Dec 15th, 2024, which includes MSTR.
Saylor Academy @saylordotorg
New course alert! Cryptography is a key element of Bitcoin Security. In our new course, you will learn classical techniques involving symmetric & public key cryptography + blockchain, zero-knowledge proofs & quantum cryptography – all at zero cost!
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RETHUGLICANS
drumpf is CONSTITUTIONALLY DISQUALIFIED from holding office.
Don’t Let Trump Fool You, He Was Never Exonerated
His re-election doesn’t change the damning evidence of his crimes.
Trump has escaped accountability not by discrediting the charges against him but by winning an election. The number of cases in which Trump has prevailed on the merits is zero.
Trump has prevailed on the merits in ZERO cases: ZERO POINT ZERO.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-let-trump-fool-you-prosecutions-jack-smith-cases-gaslighting
For laws to work, political parties need to support the rule of law.
Republicans don’t.
Seditious Conspiracy
‘If Two Or More Persons Conspire To Overthrow, Put Down, Or To Destroy By Force The Government Of The United States They Shall Each Be Fined Under This Title Or Imprisoned Not More Than Twenty Years, Or Both.’
18 U.S.C. § 2384 – Seditious Conspiracy
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part1/chapter115&edition=prelim
Andrew A. Weissmann
“Section 3 of the 14th Amendment bars Donald Trump from taking the oath of office.”
Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law Professor
Call both of your senators to give them a nudge re: applying the 14th amendment prior to inauguration. Do it today. (202) 224-3121. Persist !! send email
Robert Casey (202) 224-6324
John Fetterman (202) 224-4254
Section 3, Amendment 14. Clear as a bell.
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
A charge is not needed, only evidence that he engaged, which clearly exists. The important part is that he is not qualified as a result of his behavior, and also for his lack of behavior (he could have stopped dthe insurrection, but instead watched it on TV. Unforgivable.
A charge is not necessary, only evidence that it occurred, which it did, on national TV, which he watched as he did NOTHING to stop it. That is the unforgivable crime. Kapiche?
When your “news outlet” is owned by corporate interests who are salivating over gigantic tax breaks, you will not find much resistance to Trump’s depredations.
ABC pays $15M to Trump for saying exactly what the judge in the E. Jean Carroll case said! Stunning capitulation! This is a real test of fundamental integrity. The network sold him out, humiliating him publicly.
#Stephanopoulos should resign on-air, going full Howard Beale, making clear he will neither apologize for his profession nor accommodate intimidation by authoritarian impulses.
YES Judge said Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll
GOP pushes plans for Trump run again in 2028, despite Constitutional prohibition
Amazon delivery drivers in Skokie, Illinois have also authorized a strike. These workers serve thousands and thousands of people in the Chicago area. The @Teamsters gave Amazon a December 15th deadline to come to the bargaining table, right at Christmas!
FACT ex chief Trump economic advisor Gary Cohn
THE ECONOMY TRUMP IS INHERITING IS QUITE STRONG
Trump pardoned Jared’s dad: And now he’s US ambassador to France!
“Charles Kushner,…was sentenced on Friday to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to 18 counts of tax evasion, witness tampering and making illegal campaign donations.”
GOP moves to repeal law that prevents presidents from unilaterally refunding funds
Khashoggi was writing about KUSHNER turning over classified information to MBS. Trump administration sent Kashoggi to death. This is one of the reasons why Ivanka won’t flip. If she flips on Don, Jared goes down too. She will never go for that. Republicans should want to know what caused the Saudi Govt to produce a $2.7 Billion PayOff to a recent White House operative who was never qualified for a #NationalSecurityClearance but attended hundreds of #PresidentialDailyBriefings
Hey drug addict @RobertKennedyJr!!
Have you ever wondered how you get brainworms?
Raw meat, raw yolks, raw cheese, raw milk, raw Royal jelly and some raw milk
RFK, Jr. lawyer now screening HHS candidates also wanted to ban polio, hepatitis A, tetanus, and diphtheria vaccines
CORPORATE NEWS CHANNELS TOTAL FAIL
NoelCaslerComedy @caslernoel
Imagine if MSM had the guts to hold Trump accountable instead of playing it safe so they can become ‘stars’ and buy a 2nd home in Hamptons. He abused and trafficked girls with Jeffrey Epstein for decades at E.71st next door to his new Treasury Sec Howard Lutnick. Fact.
This is what happens when you give even one fucking inch to nazis.
Now Trump says he’s suing the Des Moines Register because their poll understated his support; 60 Minutes because of their editing of @KamalaHarris interview; the Pulitzer committee for honoring the
@nytimes coverage of Russian election interference.
Welcome to Hungary, folks!
When your “news outlet” is owned by corporate interests who are salivating over gigantic tax breaks, you will not find much resistance to Trump’s depredations.
‘A Hard Day’s Night’, by @caslernoel
” I believe one of the things that many Americans failed to understand from the 2020 election was that our institutions had already partially failed us, having been irrevocably damaged during the first Trump term.” USA feels like a giant plate of stupid right now. The fact that RFK Jr is on the world stage spouting absolute nonsense about vaccines & autism and MTG who has the sense of a boil on a carnival barker’s ass injects it into the MAGA mainstream is EXACTLY what Putin planned.
Trump: “I no longer have to appeal cases to the Supreme Court. I just send Ginni Thomas a text.”
More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS
Elon Musk’s net worth has surpassed $450 billion, largely because he was the single biggest funder of the Trump campaign.
Musk could end world hunger for 10 years, and still have billions left over.
In 2021 Musk said he’d give $6 billion to end world hunger. He never did so.
Trump transition team wants to kill NHTSA rule requiring
reporting of robocar crashes, a rule Musk opposes that is crucial to
determining the safety of these systems
Trump says he may pardon NYC Mayor, Trump may give Musk
access to defense secrets he’s currently blocked from due to accused
drug use and foreign contacts
DEMOCRATS
This Parkland Shooting Survivor Wants a Top DNC Leadership Spot
“We need to realize that we are increasingly the party of sycophants,” David Hogg warned, stressing the need for a shift in the Democratic Party.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189418/parkland-shooting-survivor-david-hogg-dnc-leadership
Senate Democrats just introduced a bill to abolish the Electoral College—taking a bold step toward restoring democracy by ensuring presidents are elected directly by the people, through the popular vote alone.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/436469-dem-senator-introduces-bill-to-abolish-electoral-college/
Today, the @CFPB finalized a rule to end junk fee abuses on bank overdrafts. The rule requires big banks to come clean about the interest rates they are charging and will save Americans up to $5B per year.
BIDEN “Folks, there’s an actual bank CEO who named his boat “Overdraft.” I can’t make this stuff up.
It’s because, for too long, overdraft fees have been cash cows for big banks.
My new rule finally curbs those excessive fees.
Bank groups sue the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over a proposed cap on overdraft fees. The Mississippi Bankers Association is suing the Biden administration to try and bring back high overdraft fees.”
https://consumerbankers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CBA-ABA-ACU-MBA-Overdraft-Complaint.pdf
OF COURSE NOW Big banks sued @CFPB in a few hours over a rule preventing banks from stealing $6 billion from consumers. But banks use fine print contracts to strip millions of consumers’ of the right to go to court at all. Insane.
https://www.pymnts.com/news/cfpb/2024/trade-associations-sue-to-block-cfpb-overdraft-rule/
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