Imperfectly committed to justice/Searching for truth, hoping for grace/Explorer of humility/Enemy of hypocrisy and partisan hackery
Kentucky, USA
Joined June 2009
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Hey @grok, I'm not able to read through this full report. Can you give me a summary in plain language pls?
OK @grok I want to examine the case for and against the claim that these fed employee buyouts were ineffectual. I presume the idea is that they didn't result in meaningful savings while at the same time reducing the effectiveness of the fed workforce?
"It's hard to overstate how big a failure DOGE was -- the government slashed its workforce without meaningfully shrinking the government’s overall footprint.
So taxpayers got a less capable bureaucracy while spending billions paying people not to work. It was mostly performance art." - Billy Binion
~The Democratic Coalition
#DonTheCon #DOGE #Muskrat
So @grok help me understand all this talk of “genocide” in Gaza. What is the fairest, most neutral way to understand whether the Israeli response to the October 7 attacks qualifies as a genocide against the Palestinian people? Explain in plain English, I’m not a political scientist or historian.
Rep. Nancy Mace: "This narrative that there is a genocide in Gaza, there's not."
Me: "Let me educate you... the vast majority of human rights groups, including Israeli human rights groups, say it's a genocide; the vast majority of genocide scholars, including the International Association of Genocide Scholars, say it's a genocide; all of the UN investigators that have looked into this, including the Independent Commission of Inquiry, say it's a genocide; the former deputy head of Mossad says it's a genocide; the former prime minister of Israel says it's a war of extermination. The evidence is overwhelming."
Hey @BRamseyKSR I'm a newbie to following AAU. Can teams play on different circuits? Or do teams sign up for one circuit and play on it exclusively?
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McDonald's has spent billions over the years buying back its own stock to enrich shareholders, but company president Joe Erlinger claims that paying workers $22/hr would be "costly and job-destroying."
Don't let corporate executives fool you.
This just be the album that’s had the largest effect on my life. I would literally be a different person entirely without it.
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On this day in 1991, #TheCure appeared on MTV’s “Unplugged” at Limehouse Studios in London.
Watch the performance: m.youtube.com/watch?v=1IWH4B…
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Watch @SylvanEsso perform three tracks from 'No Rules Sandy' with @wyeoak's Jenn Wasner on @cbssaturday
stereogum.com/2211309/watch-…
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MEDIA ALERT: @AttorneyCrump and attorney @TonyRomanucci will join the family of Tyre Nichols after they meet with Memphis officials and view the footage from his death on Monday (1/23) at Mt. Olive Cathedral CME Church at 1 pm CT.
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Is @JeffBuckley's 'Grace' (1994) part of YOUR record collection? | LISTEN to the album + explore our tribute here: album.ink/JBgrace
Turns out, cops lie—just like every other segment of our society. But they have massive amounts of power relative to those other segments of society. This is why they need robust external oversight and accountability measures.
Ed Mullins, the former boss of a powerful NYPD police union, pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing members’ money through bogus reimbursements. gothamist.com/news/former-ny…
So thankful that the truth was finally arrived at and all charges dropped. What may get lost in this story is that his freedom was taken away for approx 7 YEARS before trial!! Based on faulty and unreliable evidence. We so misunderstand the true costs of our system of justice.
Darrill Henry has fought for nearly 20 years to clear his name, after being convicted based on mistaken eyewitness identifications given after suggestive photo lineups. bit.ly/3XPt3Yf
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I promised when we launch the Spoutible beta, it will feel like a finished product, and in 10 days, you will see I kept my promise. You can preregister for Spoutible here: preregister.spoutible.com
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🚨NEWS: United's CEO just admitted the airline ticket scam that @SecretaryPete has refused to crack down on.
State AGs demanded Buttigieg prohibit airlines from selling seats for flights they know they may not be able to staff & operate.
He's refused. levernews.com/airline-ceo-ad…
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“A democracy cannot function effectively when its constituent members believe laws are being bought and sold.”
—Justice Stevens dissenting in Citizens United
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5 cops in Tennessee have been fired after they beat a 29-year-old man to death during a traffic stop. Tyre Nichols died in the hospital a few days after the assault. The fact that the city of Memphis acted this swiftly is an indicator of how horrific the body cam footage must be.
ALT Picture of Tyre Nichols
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#PrinceHitstory: On this day in 1987 @warnerrecords & #Prince released his first instrumental album under the band name ‘Madhouse’. That album was titled “8”. @PaisleyPark has yet to release the video for “6”, the only single off the album. Madhouse “8” hit #107 on @billboard!
