TonyStark

TonyStark, 6 months ago to random

Senator Vance stated that Ukraine should end the war and give land to Putin.

You can spot all the Putin-owned assets in our government quite easily.

If Russia wins, it will control 27 percent of world grain exports, approaching twice the size of the EU, which in second place collectively exports 16 percent of the world’s grain market. Not a good plan.

JD Vance says Ukraine should cede land and cut a deal with Putin to end the war-
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jd-vance-says-ukraine-cede-land-cut-deal-putin-end-war-rcna129195

TonyStark, 7 months ago to random

If the code of conduct is so meaningless that it allows a situation where a justice receives a $260,000 truck as a gift from a billionaire with business before the court, that's obviously not something that will restore credibility.

If the justices cannot put a meaningful code of conduct in place for themselves, then Congress should.

But we’ll obviously need a different Congess to do that.

The Supreme Court’s new ethics code is an unenforceable joke-
https://www.vox.com/scotus/2023/11/14/23960027/supreme-court-new-ethics-code-clarence-thomas-unenforceable

TonyStark, 7 months ago to random

If there aren’t 9 Republicans in the Senate who want to put their money where their mouth is and show Tuberville he’s out of his league, they ought to fold up as a party once and for all.

Senate Dems take major step towards ending Tuberville's military holds -
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/11/14/congress/tuberville-nominations-rules-committee-change-senate-00127031

TonyStark, 7 months ago to random

The extreme cruelty and appropriate historical comparisons aside, the mechanisms being proposed for the mass removal of immigrants are functionally a police state that can be easily turned against other groups as the whims of an imperial president change.

Since the New York Times spent last week telling us how strong a chance Trump has, maybe its time to see what a nightmare that he would impose.

Biden campaign slams 'extreme' and 'racist' Trump immigration plans -
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/11/biden-campaign-slams-extreme-and-racist-trump-immigration-plans-00126712

TonyStark, 7 months ago to random

People who have participated in local school affairs for years have seen what this right-wing group that is masquerading as “for liberty" is really up to and they're not fooled. And they have seen enough, hence the results we saw Tuesday.

Banning books is not "liberty" in any sense of the word nor is trying to erase the existence of LGBTQ people, Black history, or Jewish history, no matter how many times that group says so.

Voters Tell 'Moms For Liberty' To Eat Shit:
https://www.wonkette.com/p/voters-tell-moms-for-liberty-to-eat

TonyStark, 7 months ago to random

It's laughable to see Republicans trying to say that they're only in favor of "reasonable restrictions" on abortion, when many have supported a complete ban on abortion for any reason, and have expressed interest in banning even contraception.

The right is getting a lesson about taking away people’s rights. Republicans who’ve pushed this issue for decades can’t hide now.

GOP strategists urge congressional candidates to campaign against a national abortion ban-
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-urge-congress-candidates-oppose-national-abortion-ban-rcna124253

TonyStark, 7 months ago to random

From NBC news:

Ohio has followed many other states; voters are not enamored of Republican politicians policing their uteruses.

Dems need to run hard on freedom to choose in 2024 at every level in every race, despite the fact that a good couple of media pundits keep claiming the power and importance of this issue is winding down or limited. It isn’t. #AbortionRights

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/live-blog/rcna121782

TonyStark, 8 months ago to random

Hydrogen is a clean-burning fuel, and when combined with oxygen in a fuel cell — like a battery — it produces heat and electricity with water vapor as its only byproduct.

This investment is a big deal.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $7 Billion For America’s First Clean Hydrogen Hubs, Driving Clean Manufacturing and Delivering New Economic Opportunities Nationwide | Department of Energy-
https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-announces-7-billion-americas-first-clean-hydrogen-hubs-driving

TonyStark, 8 months ago to random

Called gay people “destructive.”
Compared gay people to pedophiles.
Helped organize anti-gay protests on college campuses.
Fought laws that provided health benefits to same-sex couples.

Perfectly A-OK with every Republican in the House of Representatives.

The GOP is not only not moderate, they’re obvious extremists.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex |
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/25/politics/mike-johnson-gay-sex-criminalization-kfile/index.html

TonyStark, 9 months ago to random

What the media won’t show you this Sunday: President Biden sat down with John Harwood. They covered 17 different issues facing our democracy.

I don’t post many videos. Often, a good 8 hours or so of them pass me in just a single day from those I follow.

This is 20 minutes and vital to what we’re all facing. Nobody else running is confronting these issues. The Republicans running are, of course, making all of them worse.

#ProPublica Interviews President Biden - YouTube-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfU931HBWvQ

TonyStark, 9 months ago to random

#OnePersonOneVote could seriously increase turnout for presidential elections in all areas. Democrats in deep red states would have a better motivation to vote for President, same as Republicans in blue strongholds.

It needs to be talked about more seriously.

Eliminating Electoral College favored by majority of Americans |
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/25/majority-of-americans-continue-to-favor-moving-away-from-electoral-college/

TonyStark, 9 months ago to random

Removing the cap on the amount that high income recipients pay on their SS taxes would go a long way to fix the SS deficit.

Why can’t high income recipients pay SS taxes at the same rate as a percentage of their income as lower wage people? They can, but the GOP doesn’t care about average people. They won’t impose any tax on the rich.
#NeverVoteRepublican

Pay for millions of federal workers is at risk with a looming government shutdown-
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/government-shutdown-federal-workers-lose-pay-military-rcna116891

TonyStark, 9 months ago to random

Biden is old, but capable, honest, ethical, and hard working.

Trump is old, but dangerous, lying, treasonous, and a fascist.

One thing is not like the other.

Please do go away, Mitt Romney. He never could bring himself to admit his party is the worst thing about this country.

Romney: Biden, Trump should both ‘stand aside’ in 2024 |
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4203104-romney-biden-trump-should-both-stand-aside-in-2024/

TonyStark, 9 months ago to random

The Republican idea for impeachment of Biden is to use the process as an attempt to find wrongdoing, none of which has been indicated to exist, and cast false suspicion on him.

The Democratic idea for impeachment of Trump was based on already existing wrongdoing.

Notice any difference?

Anyway, LMAO. It helps to think things through, GOP.

How Donald Trump’s DOJ gave Biden a major assist in the coming impeachment probe -
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/12/trump-doj-assist-biden-impeachment-probe-00115393

TonyStark, 9 months ago to random

U.S. voters need to be 100% clear: if we re-elect this man, our democracy is finished. He will turn the weapons of law against his opponents (us), and arrest, try, convict, sentence, imprison and/or execute them. Is this the country you want to live in?

I hope not. I don’t.

Trump threatens retaliatory scheme he already tried to implement-
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-threatens-retaliatory-scheme-already-tried-implement-rcna103385

TonyStark, 10 months ago to random

I have that book for my daughter. It’s fantastic. If anything, the book teaches children to be unashamedly themselves.

Telling someone they can't be who they are is wrong. The fact that we are in such shortage of teachers and she was fired for it is ridiculously short sighted.

Being open to acceptance, understanding, empathy, and inclusion benefits everyone.

A Georgia school board fires a teacher for reading a book to students about gender identity |
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-teacher-fired-reading-book-gender-identity-64f8428af86ed47bea093fba5167506a

BigAngBlack, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to blackmastodon

I've been too busy the last couple days and haven't read much news or socials. And my fam send me this link, wild nonsense in my hometown...

'Black Aquaman' and the 'Boston Tea Party': World watches Montgomery riverfront brawl

https://www.yahoo.com/news/black-aquaman-boston-tea-party-151306931.html?guccounter=1

> Montgomery police are reviewing evidence, and there's a lot of it to review as the internet is flooded with footage of the racially charged fight.

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TonyStark, 10 months ago to random

President Carter put solar panels on the White House, Reagan tore them down after taking office, and the White House remained without solar for some time. Imagine what our energy and climate situation would look like from the 80s on if we’d had Presidents who thought long term.

U.S. Department of Energy Announces Over $450 Million to Increase Access to Rooftop Solar Power for Puerto Rico Residents | Department of Energy
https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-announces-over-450-million-increase-access-rooftop-solar-power-puerto