"With the filibuster we've basically given 40 white guys who represent 12% of the population the ability to block anything"
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, proposing that Harris should do away with the filibuster in order to complete initiatives that Republicans persistently block in order to make them election issues (The Reidout, 4 Nov)
@wdlindsy My cousin in IA just texted me about the poll, saying she didn't think Harris would pull it off but "it's fun to think about"
Trying to find a ZIP 100 USB drive since I stupidly got rid of mine like 25 years ago and now I need one to finish archiving my parents photos, most of which were on CDs but some are on ZIP disks that I have no way to read. My 40s-age kid: what's a ZIP drive?
@wdlindsy She is. Did you see that she was disinvited from a speech at the Naval Academy after pressure from Heritage?
@wdlindsy Ha! Long thread, I had seen it but missed the citation.
@wdlindsy Ruth Ben Ghiat's book Strongmen discusses this misogyny in fascist regimes at length. The suppression and sexual objectification of women is one of the defining characteristics seen in these male dictators.
Is there a #Fedi podcasting platform? Where you can just make an account and start posting a podcast?
I do have a Fedi video channel and I guess that could be used but I wasn't interested in doing video, just audio. And maybe the app actually helps you record the audio.
@gleick Peter Baker has been a disappointment. Weak journalist. Both sideser. I lost respect for his work.
Trump Breaks Down Onstage
"To watch the event is to see signs of someone having a breakdown. Like Joe Biden’s disastrous debate against Trump in June, when the president’s fumbling performance and struggle to get sentences out made it impossible to believe he was up to the task of serving for four years, Trump’s rally last night would force any reasonable person to conclude that he is not up to the grueling task of leading the world’s greatest nation, handling economic crises, or dealing with foreign adversaries. Which isn’t to say that some people didn’t try to reason through it. Reporters still seem unsure of how to deal with Trump’s stranger behaviors. Journalists are trained to take information and make sense of it, even amid chaos. The problem is that doing so conjures logic where none exists."
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/10/trump-breaks-down-stage/680256/
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