#Politics #Elections #Russia #Interference #Voting #alt

Via @emptywheel
There's a bit more on RU's past efforts to tamper in elections, such as this description of using campaign finance loopholes to fund candidates. It all seems so quaint now with China just paying Trump in crypto in plain sight.

#Cat #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfPixelfed #catstodon #CatsOMastodon #catsoffediverse #alt #Caturday

Happy Caturday! Introducing Ripley and Josephine (Josie) our new rescue adoptees. Haven’t introduced them to Lilly and Rowan, just scents, but hope to in another week or two.

#Politics #BreoneTaylor #Injustice #rascism #BrettHankison #DOJ #alt

Heather Cox Richardson 7/18/25
Breone Taylor’s Life = One day in jail.

#Politics #ICE #Spectacle #alt #Biden #Obama #Deportations

Heather Cox Richardson 7/18/25
ICE - CREATION OF A SPECTACLE

#Humor #Autocrats #Colbert #censorship #trump #CBS #MarkTwain #Resist #Resistance #alt #WaronHumor #Laughter #Weapons

Borowitz Report 7/18/25
Trump Will Lose His War on Laughter

https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-will-lose-his-war-on-laughter?r=5avamc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

#Tech #Innovation #Fascism #Democracy #alt #Dictator #Technology

Fascism For First Time Founders
TechDirt

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascism-for-first-time-founders/

#Politics #Epstein #Trump #Files #MAGA #alt

The Scandal That’s Sticking
Deflection and diversion for once aren’t working for Teflon Don
DAN RATHER AND TEAM STEADY
JUL 17

https://open.substack.com/pub/steady/p/the-scandal-thats-sticking?r=ymxmu&utm_medium=ios

#JohnLewis #FreedomRider #GoodTrouble #alt #Resist #Resistance

Heather Cox Richardson 7/17/25
FREEDOM RIDER JOHN LEWIS

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/july-17-2025?r=ymxmu&utm_medium=ios

#Satire #trump #Epstein #Humor #ExecutiveOrder #alt

Borowitz Report 7/18/25
Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Word Epstein

#Paramount #CBS #60Minutes #Trump #StephenColbert #Censorship #Bribes #alt

"Useful Lies, Useless Idiots"
CBS: Ending The Late Show Was "Purely a Financial Decision"
It’s Come to This From it Comes to This

#Military #Militarization #Trump #Authoritarianism #alt #AlexanderVindman #Constitution #loyalty

Joyce Vance 7/16/25
WHY WE DON’T POLITICIZE THE MILITARY

#Politics #Medicare #Maga #Trump #privacy #Fascism #ICE #Alt

https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/6a93acc2-eded-4914-9d77-5cd98371238d?utm_source=share

#Masculinity #Heirarchy #Women #ToxicMasculinity #alt #culture #Republicans #dominance #Rights#NoFaultDivorce

Thom Hartmann
From: The Manhood Trap: From Epstein’s Island to Musk’s Baby Farm — How the Right Redefined Masculinity as Control

Needed A New Definition of Masculinity

#Masculinity #Heirarchy #Women #ToxicMasculinity #alt #culture #Republicans #Contreception #dominance #Rights #Choice

Thom Hartmann
From: The Manhood Trap: From Epstein’s Island to Musk’s Baby Farm — How the Right Redefined Masculinity as Control

#tradwife #Masculinity #Heirarchy #Women #ToxicMasculinity #alt #culture #JDVance #Middleclass#Misscarriage #Republicans #ComstockAct#FetalPersonhood#Contreception #dominance

Thom Hartmann
From: The Manhood Trap: From Epstein’s Island to Musk’s Baby Farm — How the Right Redefined Masculinity as Control
Underneath the memes, podcasts, and tradwife fantasies lies a dangerous agenda: train young men to reject equality, fear women’s power, and embrace authoritarianism disguised as masculinity