Came across a must read. Fair warning: not optimistic, BUT worth reading because it does outline how the states may end up UN-uniting, which is something many on here have seen coming for years. She does discuss civil war, but it's not fait accompli. And it absolutely discusses how states will start to turn against the federal government altogether.
Let me know what you think!
Brynn Tannehill on Twitter/Threadreader
The population has been sorting itself for several decades now. We moved from the deep south to CA 8 years ago, at my behest, as I had to get away from the insanity of the confederacy.
If you have the means to move, move. If you have the means to immigrate up to Canada do that.
Came across a fascinating article last night. Putting it here because I'm not sure if there's a more appropriate thread. It's not forward looking or predictive, but it is a great take on the past, specifically the Revolution. I have been saying for years that had the colonies NOT rebelled, we would have been part of a bigger, more peaceful Canada, that the Revolution was about a bunch of rich white dudes panicking about paying taxes and losing their slaves - basically it was all about preservation and increase of personal wealth. Here we are 250 years later and nothing has changed. The cruelty and violence here are features, not bugs.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/15/we-could-have-been-canada
bwahahahaha
Giuliani, Graham and Eastman have been subpoenaed by Fulton County.
Fani Willis is badass.
@polarberry I can't wait to watch the Fulton county subpoena developments! Thinking of it got me remembering this Tennessee comedian guy who has some of the funniest rants about the recent SCOTUS decisions.
Liberal Redneck SCOTUS overturning R v W
also
Liberal Redneck Not so Supreme Court.
They will all decline to appear, and rather than charge them with Contempt of Congress and issue arrest warrants, neither Congress nor the DoJ will act on their refusals. IF by some miracle they do show up, they'll all plead 5th Amendment to every question.
I'm glad they were issued, but it's an exercise in futility at this point.
ETA: LOVE Trey Crowder, aka Liberal Redneck
Yes! His name is Trae Crowder! He's a stand-up comedian. He is hilarious!! His rant about self-dosing ivermectin anti-vaxxers had me in tears I was laughing so hard.
The Fulton County case is a state one, so the US congress and the DOJ have not say in it. I do agree these three clowns may take the 5th, but the very fact they've gotten subpeonas means the noose is tightening. I feel this is definitely something.
@theungamer @tgraf66
Terri is my go-to human for getting talked off the ledge. She's not having any of this discouragement thing. She's all if you don't like it do something about it.
We should rest for as long as we need, then organize and fight back. If you've fought many battles already, then rest a little longer. :)
Thanks for showing me https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1543458054439444480?s=20&t=_mehjNfsddknvmNhjqArgw
I could read her ideas all day.
You may also enjoy those in her orbit such as CCJ@NastyOldWomyn and Rick Petree@RickPetree. They had real time DOJ experience and explain procedure and how the department works and why. CCJ joined twitter to teach the public and she responds to questions.
OK - thanks - it shows "Awaiting Moderation" on this thread - do you need me to just re-post it?
ETA: heading back up to the Lounge - found a perfect thing for there!
@laura-f No, don't repost. After taking the time to read the article, I took it off line. You've made the point in previous posts. You have forewarned us, so thanks.
People here do not need more wake up calls about violence, although thank you for alerting us. We are intensely sensitive, so it takes just one post about it and still people will not sleep at night.
We need active hope to get through. We take the Jan 6 hearings very seriously. People will work hard to help elect a blue Congress in November.
People should call their Congressional delegation and the White House and whoever they feel it would be good to call if they want these domestic terrorists taken seriously. So thanks for those alerts.
This is a follow up on a post by @enkasongwriter here and my reply here, both of which are in Part 5 of this thread and concern Elon Musk's "threat" to buy Twitter.
Mr. Musk announced today that he's backing out of the deal. It's not completely done yet, of course, since there will be a legal challenge coming from Twitter, but in most cases like this involving Delaware corporations, the courts will usually force a re-negotiation or allow the "purchasing" party to pay a large sum to get out of it. In other words, it's pretty much all over but the shouting.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-terminating-twitter-deal-2022-07-08/
the news was on in the background while i was doing other things, and i kept hearing the name "Patsy Baloney". Patsy Baloney this, and Patsy Baloney that... I finally looked at the tv, and it was Pat Cipollone lol.
But that name still rolls off of the tongue better than "Matt Schlapp" -which justs sounds like two raw porkchops hitting the linoleum floor