Monday, November 4, 2024

Basic Core Issues Underly the Outcome of Tuesday's, November 5 Election

1). “Christian Nationalists Dream of Taking Over America. This Movement Is Actually Doing It. The New Apostolic Reformation is 'the greatest threat to US democracy you’ve never heard of' ”, Nov-Dec 2024, Kiera Butler; Photography by Caroline Gutman, Mother Jones, November+December 2024 Issue, at < https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/new-apostolic-reformation-christian-nationalism/ >.

2). “Why Ballot Measures Are Democracy’s Last Line of Defense: Increasingly, citizens are turning to direct democracy to restore rights stripped away by gerrymandered legislatures and right-wing courts”, Nov-Dec 2024, Ari Berman, Mother Jones, November+December 2024 Issue, at < https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/ballot-measures-democracys-last-line-of-defense-ohio-arizona-utah-abortion-gerrymandering/ >.

3). “There’s a Legal Plan Well Underway to Undermine a Kamala Harris Win: 'At the end of the day, these lawsuits are PR campaigns in legal wrapping paper. They don’t reflect real legal concerns. They’re designed to create chaos' ”, Nov 2, 2024, Abby Vesoulis, Mother Jones, at < https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/theres-a-legal-plan-well-underway-to-undermine-a-kamala-harris-win-rnc/ >.

4). “The Proud Boys Have Regrouped and Are Signaling Election Plans”, Nov 3, 2024, Tawnell D. Hobbs & Jennifer Levitz, Wall Street Journal, at < https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-proud-boys-have-regrouped-and-are-signaling-election-plans/ar-AA1tqNMD?ocid=anaheim-ntp-feeds&pc=ENTPSP&cvid=7599ca6044a5457983030857a155c929&ei=41 >.

5). “Trump, Harris camps prepare to ‘go to the mattresses’ in election legal battles”, Nov 1, 2024, lla Lee & Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, at < https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4965991-trump-harris-election-legal-battle/ >.

6). “Trump disputes Iowa poll showing Harris ahead in red state: ‘It’s not even close!’: Selzer poll, widely respected organization with good record in Iowa, shows vice-president leading Trump 47% to 44%”, Nov 3, 2024, Edward Helmore, The Guardian, at < https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/03/trump-harris-iowa-poll >.

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The consequences of putting the cranks in charge ~~ Judd Legum Nov 4

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1664&post_id=151132792&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTUxMTMyNzkyLCJpYXQiOjE3MzA3MjAwNDgsImV4cCI6MTczMzMxMjA0OCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTE2NjQiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.7eTvEZGpdGpMM8rjtLtYfBZBX3HIpZ69tDwTWm98ez0

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Fahrenheit 11/9 | A Film by Michael Moore | 2018 | Full Movie

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_heq6CkeMH8&t=2064s&pp=ygUPZmFocmVuaGVpdCAxMS85

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Saturday, November 2, 2024

Dingus of the week: Tony Hinchcliffe

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=4106&post_id=151024603&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTUxMDI0NjAzLCJpYXQiOjE3MzA0NjQyNzQsImV4cCI6MTczMzA1NjI3NCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTQxMDYiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.s9-vgRwbLoYvAgVqre9lBcowv521w800e2jWuqiZIS0

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Ta-Nehisi Coates says 'I don't give a fuck' about backlash for speaking on Palestine

https://disq.us/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Fnews%2Fta-nehisi-coates-does-not-care-backlash-speaking-palestine%3A8cbRj4KFe8XRMlvO2k10AdpD-gk&cuid=7196810
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Trump’s Not the Only Top Republican Whose Fascism Is Showing ~~ John Nichols

 https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/trump-vance-johnson-gop-fascism/?custno=&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%2010.31.2024&utm_term=daily

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Trump, the White Supremacist

 https://youtu.be/_bkkTQZW5Uc?si=yTOUea07fmlpXGFJ

and

Dr. Phil, the famed t.v. psychologist , was one of the speakers at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally last week, collectivist action

https://youtube.com/shorts/H_oMfbuXCMc?si=zzXcCxb-P2_bWabx

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Friday, November 1, 2024

Lying Western press scramble to frame Israel’s attack on Iran as self-defense | MR Online

 mronline.org/2024/10/31/lying-western-press-scramble-to-frame-israels-attack-on-iran-as-self-defense/?mc_cid=f90b51b60c&mc_eid=d763a9eef7

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The Struggle Over Abortion Continues: Right-wingers, Including the Catholic Church Donate Millions of Dollars to Defeat Pro-Abortion Ballot Measures

1). “Donald Trump Wants to 'Protect' Women...Whether We Like it Or Not”, Oct 31, 2024, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/donald-trump-wants-to-protect-womenwhether >.

2). “The Catholic Church Is Spending Big to Defeat Abortion Rights Ballot Measures: From Florida to Colorado, diocese and organizations are backing pro-life campaigns”, Oct 31, 2024, Heidi Schlumpf & Russ Choma, Mother Jones, at < https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/catholic-church-abortion-ballot-measures-florida-colorado-south-dakota-missouri/ >

3). “Tax Credits for Harassing Women: Farm radio and an anti-choice tax scheme”, Oct 31, 2024, Jess Piper, The View From Rural Missouri by Jess Piper, at < https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/tax-credits-for-harassing-women >

4). A comment posted to “Tax Credits for Harassing Women: Farm radio and an anti-choice tax scheme”, Oct 31, 2024, Pediatrics On The Front Line, The View From Rural Missouri by Jess Piper, at < https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/tax-credits-for-harassing-women/comment/74910740 >. This comment (that will need to be expanded at the bottom of the first view) was posted by a pediatrician who explains in some detail the horrific conditions that families must face with very early term fetuses when medical professionals try to intervene. A couple of the following comments are worth reading too. One about 6 comments farther on by Systematic Curiosity that was responded to by Pediatrics On The Front Line.

5). “On the Front Lines of Florida’s Abortion Wars: With reproductive rights on the ballot, tensions are higher than ever in abortion-clinic parking lots”, Oct 30, 2024, Simon Petite, The Nation, at < https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/magnum-ehrp-florida-abortion/ >.

6). “When pregnancy turned to miscarriage, woman says Georgia's abortion laws delayed the care she needed: 'Your baby is dead or dying inside you, you're just waiting to crash,' Avery Davis Bell told USA TODAY”, Oct 30, 2024, Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, at https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/10/30/georgia-abortion-laws-miscarriage-avery-davis-bell/75821562007/ >.

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Bud Powell: The Unsung Genius Of One Of The Greatest Jazz Pianists ~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers

 https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/remembering-the-genius-of-bud-powell/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Conscience of a Biden Liberal During Gaza ~~ Spencer Ackerman

 https://www.forever-wars.com/r/d0a149c8?m=b656041a-c61a-4a6b-910d-7d396ec2db1f

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Mehdi Reacts to the 'Beeper' Comment on CNN

 https://zeteo.com/p/mehdi-reacts-to-cnn-beeper-comment?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=2325511&post_id=150953485&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_gif&r=rovhk&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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In Reality at least 1,000 American Women have Died since 2021, Because they did not Receive Timely Abortions: The Abortion / Reproductive Health Care Struggle & the Last Few Days before Nov 5th, 2024.

1). “How Many of Us Have to Die?: The anti-abortion movement planned for deaths like Josseli Barnica's”, Oct 30, 2024, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/josseli-barnica-texas-abortion >

2). “A Woman Died After Being Told It Would Be a “Crime” to Intervene in Her Miscarriage at a Texas Hospital: Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat stopped”, Oct 30, 2024, Cassandra Jaramillo & Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, (a joint production of ProPublica The Texas Tribune), at < https://www.propublica.org/article/josseli-barnica-death-miscarriage-texas-abortion-ban >.

3). “Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law”, Aug. 12, 2024, updated on Aug. 14, 2024, Amanda Seitz, Associated Press (AP), at < https://apnews.com/article/pregnant-women-emergency-room-ectopic-er-edd66276d2f6c412c988051b618fb8f9 >.

4). “Anti-abortion groups want Supreme Court to get rid of protest-free zones at clinics: Abortion opponents note that when the Supreme Court overturned Roe. v. Wade, justices also criticized a previous ruling on protest-free zones at clinics”, Oct 28, 2024, Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, at < https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/10/28/supreme-court-protest-zones-abortion-clinics/75828257007/ >.

5). “DeSantis-linked committees add $8.5 million in fight against abortion and pot measures”, Oct 29, 2024, Anon, News Service of Florida, at < https://health.wusf.usf.edu/health-news-florida/2024-10-29/desantis-linked-committees-opposing-abortion-pot-measures-add-8-5m >.

6). “ ‘We just have to keep fighting’: a shocking new film on the danger of US abortion laws. In the Hilary Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence-produced documentary Zurawski v Texas, women whose lives have been brutally upended have their say”, Oct 27, 2024, Adrian Horton, The Guardian, at < https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/27/zurawski-v-texas-abortion-documentary >.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Press Freedom Group Urges International Probe of Israel’s Journalist Killings

 https://truthout.org/articles/press-freedom-group-urges-international-probe-of-israels-journalist-ki~~llings/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

and

https://youtube.com/shorts/cFJZIu6ejZ4?si=zZnutXOXehwd1BXQ

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Cuba's energy crisis

 https://theweek.com/world-news/cubas-energy-crisis?refid=A7A8610C7C654C2E71BA8BF2A21E64CF&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=afternoon_newsletter_20241029&utm_source=afternoon_newsletter

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