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Shawn Connery

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Drug development in real life. PhD, Immunology. Hobby politico.

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It's a feeding frenzy, feels like her e-mails on steroids.

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"Would you be willing to have an independent medical and cognitive evaluation and release the results to the American people?" What a shitty ploy to drum up more frenzy.

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Watching the Biden interview, feels very disrespectful and intrusive. 100 questions from Stephanopoulos about his mental state and how many cognitive exams he's had. "Have you had a full neurological and cognitive evaluation?" WTF. Let the man speak and form your own opinion.

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Professional assholes. Just like their asshole president.

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So that's what Republicans are after: constitutional amendments to prohibit abortion.

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Greg Sargent's avatar Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social
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NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech.

"Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!"

Video and story here:
newrepublic.com/article/1834...

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Gregory Hays's avatar Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social
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Wow, real banana republic stuff. I'm glad our presidents can launder money and associate criminally without worrying about this kind of thing.

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Shawn Connery's avatar Shawn Connery @shawnconnery.bsky.social
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So that's what Republicans are after: constitutional amendments to prohibit abortion.

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David Waldman's avatar David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social
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Political union with Russia, to own the globalists.™️

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Shawn Connery's avatar Shawn Connery @shawnconnery.bsky.social
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Live from NYT: 9 (!) parallel stories about the politics of Biden's debate performance. If that's not a political campaign I don't know what is. It certainly is not journalism.

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It feels like they were just waiting in the wings to pounce on a mistake, like the hyenas.

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I resent them not for reporting Biden's performance, but for running a relentless campaign to push a narrative. That's not journalism.

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"A key ally". Look, don't bother reporting on the Supreme Court decisions or the substance of Trump's plans, you are rapidly losing credibility.

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The Supreme Court just fundamentally changed the nature of the Executive, yet the NYT:

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Shawn Connery's avatar Shawn Connery @shawnconnery.bsky.social
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Same. But it'll take the Times no more than 5 mins to start the smear campaign. "The Kamala Harris Problem, II."

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Absolutely, remember how she was treated as a Presidential candidate and as a sitting Vice President ("The Kamala Problem")

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If you take a step back from the mechanics: this is just insane.

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Idiocy for a Democratic lawmaker to sport that attitude. If Trump is a dire threat to democracy you can't say you expect him to win and "be OK with that".

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As Elon Musk's public persona has become increasingly right wing, Tesla appears to be paying a price in sales. His polarizing statements have alienated some potential customers and may be partly responsible for a recent slump in sales.

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Popehat's avatar Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social
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/8 At any rate, congratulations to the Federalist Society for an achievement beyond the reach of the British, outside the grasp of bloody civil war, impossible to Nazis and Soviets and terrorists: defeating the American idea.

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There are two elements to the immunity decision that are particularly extreme in a way that many will miss: (1) motive is irrelevant and (2) immune acts are not just excluded from prosecution, they’re excluded from evidence. /1

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Shawn Connery's avatar Shawn Connery @shawnconnery.bsky.social
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Yep, and that also involves giving those who need it some space. You can't force the transition to the angry phase.

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We have to be kind, shock is the normal first reaction and to transition to anger takes however long it takes for each individual person.

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Absolutely. As a citizen you should be able to trust your institutions! When the Court itself is the story they either have way too much power, are politicized, or both.

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Thomas Zimmer's avatar Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social
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The idea that those who founded the United States envisioned a super-body composed of unaccountable, all-powerful rulers clad in robes, free to reign entirely outside the structure of institutions that make up the political system, is preposterous. 5/

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When I lived in Germany, I honestly never knew who the Supreme Court justices were.

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