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June Casagrande
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Best-selling author, copy editor, grammar columnist, comedy fan. I expect my posts will be mostly about preserving #democracy, #writing, #editing and […]

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@SteveThompson @potus It would be funny to see Trump have to change all his cheesy "47" swag to "48."
November 7, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Still stunned that the man who believes — who really believes — childless women have too much power in our country is about to be one heartbeat from the presidency.

Yes, Trump's horrible to women. We're meat to him. But Vance truly hates us.
November 7, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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“I don’t worry about our losing republican govt bc I’m afraid of a foreign invasion. I don’t worry about it because I think there is going to be a coup by the military, as has happened in some places. What I worry about is that when problems are not addressed, people will not know who is […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 6, 2024 at 9:09 PM
On top the many, many things I'm worried about, I just remembered another one: Poland.
November 7, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Reposted by June Casagrande
Ray of sunshine:

Voters in seven states, both red and blue, passed measures protecting #abortion rights, including Missouri, which is the first to overturn a ban since the end of Roe.-- NYT
November 6, 2024 at 8:29 PM
It worked.

Voters can no longer weight information like "Trump sat watching TV while the mob tried to hang Mike Pence" against information like "Janet Jackson said Kamala Harris isn't black" or weight the fact of that little 4-year-old girl dying at the […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 6, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Reposted by June Casagrande
Welp!

Via Ken Dilanian:

New: DoJ officials are evaluating how to wind down the two federal criminal cases against Donald #trump before he takes office to comply with longstanding department policy that a sitting president can’t be prosecuted, per sources.
November 6, 2024 at 6:23 PM
He's a real-life fascist who said he's coming after "the enemy from within" and specifically named a California Congressman. Thinking we're in any way insulated here is whistling in the dark. Trump will do what he feels like to California and if anyone […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 6, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Reposted by June Casagrande
One of the things I'm grappling with right now, as I know many of us are, is where to focus my energy in the long term. In particular, between the grand (opposing and resisting large evils) and the mundane (doing my daily job well and keeping things going). The answer is surely going to be […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
November 6, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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@TheGuardian
has more guts than any so called journalism organization in the US. #politics #journalism #media
November 6, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Doing my little part by engaging with Mastodon posts to let people know they're not yelling into a void if they're not on the bird site.
November 6, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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I could just turn everything off until sometime tomorrow but I enjoy suffering too much.
November 6, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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From a friend working the polls in Chicago:

"I’ve been the Election Coordinator in a north side precinct for a decade. Almost 20 elections. I have never seen an Election Day turnout anywhere *close* to this. We had a line of 30 people when we opened the polls at 6:00am. That is unprecedented […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 5, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Reposted by June Casagrande
Voters who signed up for Elon #Musk’s million-dollar voter giveaway are suing him and his America PAC, claiming entrants were misled about how winners were picked — Bloomberg
November 5, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Act. Of. War.

(Still free with email, link via @JosephMenn […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 5, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Reposted by June Casagrande
Lighten the tension a bit. h/t @anneapplebaum

https://youtu.be/9qI0LTmSr38?si=SLM2nAP4uOsbFUq4
November 5, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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🤭🤫
Via Ammar Moussa:

#trump snaps at reporter when asked about #abortion: ‘Stop talking about that’-- AP
November 5, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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Via Zoe Tillman:

NEW: The election director for Fayette County, #pennsylvania, filed a new case claiming a township election judge is planning to hand-count ballots in violation of state law, even after being told he cannot do that.

Asking for an order compelling the official to comply, and […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 5, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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#wompwomp

Via stock news unusual_whales:

JUST IN: Donald #trump $DJT is halted, volatility, big sell into halt.
November 5, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Reminder that America's enemies love it when he discredits democracy and are always willing to pitch ideas. (And note that he claimed there was cheating *even after he won*.)

https://www.newsweek.com/wikileaks-told-trump-jr-tell-his-dad-not-concede-if-he-lost-election-day-710147
November 5, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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@GottaLaff He wouldn't even have to think much about it. Putin has already created an easy-to-follow blueprint. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/05/ten-years-putin-press-kremlin-grip-russia-media-tightens
November 5, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Hey, remember 2020 when Joe Biden kicked Donald Trump's ass with virtually none of the amazing enthusiasm Kamala Harris has generated?

And remember how Donald Trump couldn't pull off a coup *even though he controlled the military and the executive branch and had the Senate and SCOTUS in his […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 5, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Reposted by June Casagrande
Part of what we do as a Voice of America correspondent in the field is to go live on TV/radio news programs for VOA’s 50 language services, our affiliates and other broadcasters globally. I’ll be doing that 20+ times from Gwinnett County, Georgia as part of our election coverage.
November 5, 2024 at 12:28 AM
"What a few million dead and crippled kids if I can trade their health for political support?"

Our government is currency to him.
Our lives are currency to him.
Our democracy is currency to him.
Our kids are currency to him […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 4, 2024 at 9:16 PM
"Just sign this and you'll be entered into a random drawing to win $1 million" — if true — is a lottery.

If untrue, it's fraud.

#elonmusk
November 4, 2024 at 8:19 PM