https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article285729116.html

Don’t know if this is paywalled or not.

Local Democratic activist/politician:

«I’d love to see Satana take on Bishop head-to-head – standing strong as a queer, black, Hamlet, NC, to Princeton to Duke-educated, woman in the face of his stupid bigotry. Further, we need Satana’s fire to be part of our overall slate’s appeal to the Democratic electorate. Simply put, I do not believe we can win North Carolina with the top of the ticket dominated by white moderates.»

https://www.graigmeyer.com/2024/02/my-democratic-primary-endorsements/

(Emphasis his.)

I wouldn’t cry if we nominated Jeff Jackson, instead, though.

«Post-Trump, any hint of a coherent governing philosophy has vanished. There is no Republican agenda, just culture warfare and obstruction. The party’s most defining principle right now is the Big Lie. Practically speaking, it reliably serves only the ultra-rich. It is inflamed with racism and nativism.»

https://presswatchers.org/2021/09/press-watch-mission-statement-political-journalism-needs-a-reset/

This is not a Donald Trump problem. This is what happens when the white majority of this country inexorably slides into minority, like an iceberg drifting away or an ocean liner leaving the dock.

This will not stop when Trump has eaten his last cheeseburger, but will continue for a generation, past the point of the US’s transition to a majority-minority country.

It’s only going to get uglier, imo, until enough of the biggest ethnic fraction of our electorate finally says, “ok, that’s too much,” which is what I think happened last time. (To be more specific: an overload of Holocaust and lynchings and killings sickened enough people that changes were made.)

I just hope we don’t destroy ourselves in the process.

«I prefer journalists who would be in big trouble if there was a fascist takeover.»

— Mark Jacob

https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/is-the-new-york-times-neutral-on

#substack #NewYorkTimes #nyt

https://abcnews.go.com/US/kansas-city-chiefs-parade-mass-shooting-2-adults/story?id=107379141

«Mays was in a “verbal argument” at the parade with someone he had no prior history with, Baker said at a news conference. “That argument very quickly escalated to Mays” pulling out his handgun, and “almost immediately, others pulled their firearms,”»

Awesome. Good guys with guns, y’all.

A CHILD IS SHOT.

«”One red flag for spiritual directors is, ‘Then God said this.’ Not everything that pops into your head during prayer is from God.”»

https://www.newsweek.com/priest-red-flag-warning-mike-johnson-remarks-1868284

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/air-canada-s-chatbot-gave-a-b-c-man-the-wrong-information-now-the-airline-has-to-pay-for-the-mistake-1.6769454

«”I find Air Canada did not take reasonable care to ensure its chatbot was accurate,” tribunal member Christopher C. Rivers wrote, awarding $650.88 in damages for negligent misrepresentation.»

Chump change, even with lawyers’ bills included, because the lawyers already work for the company, probably.

Until they lose more than they saved by laying people off (a LOT more), the corporate calculus is still correct. Cheaper to lay people off and use “AI”.

«Green said he’s not ruling out a future bid for higher office, but he’s currently working to get former President Trump elected in November.»

https://www.axios.com/2024/02/14/mark-green-retire-congress-mayorkas-impeachment

This just blows my mind. Ok, dude. You’ve just stamped yourself with all the isms, permanently.

We’re past the point of assuming “I support Trump” is just lip service and his team won’t actually be able to do much damage.

«Roy also complained about the number of “foreign-born” people in the United States.

The demographic conspiracy espoused by Roy, a variant of the explicitly white supremacist “great replacement theory,” is becoming an increasingly popular talking point in the GOP. What was once confined to the hinterlands of white nationalist message boards has been adopted whole cloth by the Republican mainstream and is now repeated by lawmakers like Roy on television.»

«Roy’s and Netanyahu’s comments are emblematic of a global right obsessed with conspiratorial ideations of civilizational decline and collapse. For Fox, it makes for a good segment.»

https://newrepublic.com/post/178981/republican-congressman-chip-roy-western-civilization-migrants