It is really disgusting that #Apple is still trying to sell me their "Apple Pay" service with EACH and EVERY iOS upgrade.
And even more disgusting that I cannot remove that crap warning.
I DO NOT WANT TO USE APPLE PAY. EVER. REALLY!
Shame on you, Tim Apple.
"Pennsylvanians abroad - you may have heard recently about the mass challenge made against overseas Pennsylvania voter ballots. Right wing voter suppression organizers appear to have filed challenges against more than 3600 voters abroad, falsely stating that these voters are ineligible to vote, and that their ballots should be rejected."
More information: https://www.democratsabroad.org/democrats_abroad_stands_up_for_pa_voters_abroad_fight_against_baseless_challenges_to_your_ballot
@KamalaHarrisWin @KamalaHQ @DemocracyMattersALot
#Lies #Shenanigans #ElectionDay #Election2024 #VoteFromAbroad
An event w/ #Latino supporters quickly swerved off topic as #Trump bashed #solar farms as a threat to rabbits [? Seriously] & pushed #lies about #ElectricVehicles. Trump used a racist stereotype to attack #KamalaHarris & described his desire to exercise “extreme power” as president during an event Tues that was billed as a summit to highlight his support among Latinos.
#WhiteSupremacy #Sexism #misogyny
#Vote #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/22/trump-attacks-harris-racist-stereotype-florida/
"“She wants to get rid of your #cows. No more cows,” #Trump warned an audience in #Georgia.
The steaks could not be higher in this #election.
...according to Trump, Harris is also planning to ban windows.
“They want buildings taken down and new buildings built without windows,” Trump informed his followers in #Wisconsin."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/18/trump-doom-windows-cows-ban-harris/
#Weird #IsTrumpSenile? #Dementia #Senile #Sundowning #Lies #TrumpLies #GOP #Republicans #Politics #USPol #US #USA #News #Press
In an interview of JD Vance published in today's New York Times, reporter Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Vance repeatedly whether he believes Trump lost the 2020 election. Here are his replies:
Garcia-Navarro:
"Do you believe he lost the 2020 election?"
#Trump #JDVance #BigLie #lies #disinformation
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/12/magazine/jd-vance-interview.html
No-paywall archive link: The Atlantic https://archive.is/gh6Sq
I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is: What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis. By Charlie Warzel
People who deal in reality are now "dangerous to people who cannot abide by the agonizing constraints of reality, as well as those who have financial and political interests in keeping up the charade."
As Ruth Ben-Ghiat says, the wall-to-wall lying we're seeing Trump engage in right now as the election nears is par for the course for authoritarians, who have to control reality for their followers. She says that "Trump’s campaign … is better understood as a disinformation and radicalization machine."
#Trump #JDVance #authoritarianism #lies #disinformation
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https://lucid.substack.com/p/the-authoritarians-fortress-of-lies
"Nobody can control the weather."
~ North Carolina Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards
#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chuck-edwards-north-carolina-hurricane-helene-fact-check/
Joyce Vance quotes Greg Sargent, who says,
"Fact-checking MAGA's vile lie about cat-eating Haitians misses the point. It's an *open* assertion of the power to lie with impunity about immigrants as a prelude to 'bloody' removals of millions."
Then she adds,
"It's not just that the Haitian story is ridiculous. It's not just that it’s a lie."
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #immigrants #Haitians #Ohio #lies #xenophobia #Nazis #genocide
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Excruciating! #Trump's Endlessly Long, Wildly #Dishonest #RNC Speech
Donald Trump briefly tried a "new tone" — before pivoting to Hannibal Lecter, "crazy" Pelosi, #insurrection #lies & more of his greatest hits.
#Racism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #misogyny #Authoritarianism #Tyranny #Autocracy #democracy #BidenHarris2024
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-republican-takeover_n_66998a0ae4b047588a4b2aac
So ‘Liberty’ is their code for ‘Being Christian’, and their nonsense makes WAAAAAY more sense now.
#evangelical #christian #hypocrisy #lies https://mastodon.online/@jackmjenkins/112541538019575062
If, like roughly a hundred million Americans, you regularly consume fascist propaganda in the guise of cable “news” (fox, newsmax, & other propaganda outlets) online disinformation publications, and the platform formerly known as Twitter, it’s likely that at least some of that fascist propaganda is originating in Moscow.
Kremlin documents reveal Russian trolls are targeting U.S. support for Ukraine and engaging in a significant campaign to undermine U.S. elections and discourage voting.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/16/media/oan-smartmatic-settlement/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/17/business/fox-news-dominion-lies/index.html
https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ICA-declass-16MAR21.pdf
The lesson we should recognize from “The Great American Experiment” is that capitalism should not be confused with freedom. When rights can be purchased then ethics are divorced from morality. Hence, the perceived necessity for many “have nots” defending the “haves.” When money buys you everything and you can tease everyone with the possibility to be the same then many will fall prey to this insidious trap. #USA #Capitalism #Fascism #Morality #Ethics #Lies
A palate cleanser for the start of the week from the late, great Octavia E. Butler…
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery."
#Cowardice #Fools #Government #Politics #Leadership #Lies #Politics #Wisdom #OctaviaButler #Quotes
