Daniel Gunter

Daniel Gunter

@azathothsdaddy.bsky.social

Old man. Lawyer; photographer; writer; player of bad guitar . . .

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Aaron Rupar
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Peggy Flanagan: "In Minnesota, fraudsters are getting prosecuted and going to prison. In Donald Trump's Washington, they are getting pardoned. We are not the same."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers
@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

This is why it's dangerous to give rich people so much power over our lives. Sometimes, they are appallingly ignorant. The Nazis added the word "socialist" to their name purely as propaganda to appeal more to workers. But the party--and Hitler--hated real socialists and communists.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

Daniel Gunter
@azathothsdaddy.bsky.social

I remember seeing "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre" with my older sister. I was probably nine years old. The massacre scene really stuck with me . . .

Mark Thompson@markreckons.bsky.social

First film you saw at the cinema. The real first one, not the pretend one you tell people! Mine: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980, Wigan. We were near the front and I can still remember how massive the AT-ATs looked, looming over us out of the snow :) Film, year, where, and whatever stuck with you.

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Aaron Rupar
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Rick Scott: "I'm sure it's gonna take a lot more bombing and destroying of the Iranian military force" (So much for their military being decimated I guess!)

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emptywheel
@emptywheel.bsky.social

How come People can do this and most political news cannot?

Molly Knight@mollyknight.bsky.social

Top story on People Magazine dot com right now: people.com/amy-acton-st...

people.comAmy Acton’s Stepfather Was Charged with Raping Her When She Was a Child. Now Her Ohio Election Opponent Is Using That Against HerAmy Acton, the Democratic candidate for governor in Ohio, has previously publicly discussed being sexually abused by her stepfather between the ages of 9 and 12. Her opponent Vivek Ramaswamy recently ...

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NY Times Pitchbot
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We wanted to understand Vivek Ramaswamy’s latest ad, in which Amy Acton’s estranged mother calls her a lifelong liar. So we talked to three undecided voters at a Panera in Columbus who say the real story is the refusal to center the lived experience of mothers who stayed married to pedophiles.

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NY Times Pitchbot
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Some Republican Senators are reportedly so upset with Trump's decision to help Russia bomb Ukraine that they are considering the unprecedented step of sending the president a sternly-worded letter on the matter.

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AkivaMCohen
@akivamcohen.bsky.social

Not probably. They ABSOLUTELY would have (and should have) because getting the word out to a skeptical public is an important part of making change

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social

"The Jews who went to Mississippi didn't take selfies and post tweets." Okay, but honestly, if tweets had been a thing in 1961, many of them probably would have done.

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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

theguardian.com‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentreCompany ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push Behind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth. Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter of a million trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest near the town of Muhos in rural northern Finland. Now they are all gone. After the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre – taking even the top soil with it – all that remains is a vast expanse of mud indented with the trail marks of machinery, puddles and mounds of earth, roots and branches. Residents say that brown water flowing off the site is going into a stream that feeds the Oulujoki River. Continue reading...
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Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

"Ordinarily, moving historical items within the building is a deliberate process overseen by curators. Hegseth’s staff dispatched its own team to relocate an Eisenhower globe. They dropped it...The resulting gash appears to be several inches wide." wapo.st/3WF2YQo

wapo.stHegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.Photos obtained by The Post show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt inside the Pentagon.

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Kathryn Tewson
@kathryntewson.bsky.social

In case you see this post claiming that Acton's statement is "misinformation" floating around, it's deceptive to the point of being false.

The Rooster@rooster.info

Dr. Amy Acton's campaign is out with a statement:

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Aaron Rupar
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Vance just held an outrageous presser in which he defended Vivek's vile attacks on Acton, agreed w/ Witkoff's assessment of Putin as a "humanitarian," and had gall to claim "there's no person who hates people enriching themselves fraudulently over access to the govt than Donald J Trump" Supercut:

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Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico sues Jeffrey Epstein's attorney and accountant, accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking operation.

Daniel Gunter
@azathothsdaddy.bsky.social

"Of course I think that the ad was appropriate. After all, GOP stands for 'Guardians of Pedophiles.' It's part of our long, proud Republican heritage. Remember Dennis Hastert! Remember President Trump!"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

WOW -- Vance *defends* Vivek's reprehensible ad 👇 Q: Ramaswamy's campaign put out a controversial ad featuring his opponent's mother. Some Republicans are backing away. Do you think it was appropriate? JD VANCE: Well, I'll be honest. Whether the ad was appropriate or not is not really my concern.

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NY Times Pitchbot
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(1/X) It's striking to me how little anyone seems to care that Trump is openly working for Russia now, that he's openly participating in the mass slaughter of Ukrainians. It would be inaccurate to say that he's received less criticism for this than Obama got for wearing a tan suit...

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Kevin Collier
@kevincollier.bsky.social

In any other admin, this would probably be the most outrageous official statement ever made by a sitting FCC director: Strongly implying that the government forbids broadcast networks from reporting on the president's falling poll numbers. (Sorry to paste from twitter but that's where he posts.)

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Kate from Kharkiv
@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

I'd like to remind Trump administration that after Iran war started, Ukraine deployed experts and technology to the Middle East to help Gulf states defend themselves against Iranian drones and protect US bases in the region, while Russia provided targeting information to Iran.