Posts by FinchHaven@sfba.social
 (DIR) Post #AwpgqWxFIpS7rG00iu by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @fulelo For those not following along closely, this was a complete setup by #DonaldTrump"A US judge has denied a bid to unseal grand jury material from the investigation into the late convicted paedophile financier #JeffreyEpstein.""#Trump had directed #Bondi to seek the release of all grand jury materials, prompting the justice department to ask courts in Florida and New York to release files related to cases in both US states.""In her 12-page order on Wednesday, #JudgeRosenberg ruled that the transcripts could not be released due to guidelines governing #GrandJurySecrecy set by the federal appeals court that oversees Florida."The court's hands are tied," she ruled."Game and set to #TrumpThe match itself, to be determinedThis outcome was expected, and will not satisfy anyone on either side of the issue
       
 (DIR) Post #Awpgqfe4zST8oQ6KbA by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @normative.bsky.social "The #SupremeCourt seems stunningly unconcerned with its own legitimacy at a time when its approval is at historic lows and a large majority of Americans view it as politically partisan."#SCOTUS has taken off the mask#JohnRoberts does not care#Project2025 is the law of the land#LeonardLeo and the #FederalistSociety are in a position to remake the #UnitedStatesOfAmerica as a weak #Confederation of conterminous states, each governed according to its own priorities and lawsNational education standards? Forget it. It's up to each "state"Don't want to educate Hispanics? Or Negroes? Go for itAlso see heath care, food inspections, etc etc etc...There will be no bottom
       
 (DIR) Post #AwpgqgGMh75sjA0uH2 by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @karlauerbach I could have sworn that G.M. was on a current suicide watch; went back the next day and could find nothing that wasn't years oldIf this case suddenly had another unmonitored, off-camera "suicide" of a primary participant while in Federal custody it would prove nothing while proving everything all at the same timeSo while the dead tell no tales, their death shouts volumes to anyone willing to listencc @dangillmor#GhislaineMaxwell #JefferyEpstein #DonaldTrump #Trump #Coverup
       
 (DIR) Post #AzU4yK4KPqYRmFqs0O by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @eff "What to know before downloading"Are you even f*cking serious?'before downloading'?Don'tOhThat's USA Today: pure dreck
       
 (DIR) Post #AzU4yR60I13PZTgo5Y by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @aaron.rupar S: "Those are quotes. They are not characterizations."MJ: "Well you can take his quotes out of context, which you often do, and I don't think that's fair to the president."The frequency and the degree to which #HouseSpeaker #MikeJohnson repeatedly prostitutes himself to #Republican #President #DonaldTrump is repulsive beyond all measureHere is a self-proclaimed "#Christian" with no ethical, moral, or spiritual foundation whatsoever Nothing more than a pretty baby face who is willing to sink to his knees and perform fellatio on #Trump at need
       
 (DIR) Post #AzU4yZWAyak7gxzozg by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @wdlindsy ""Putting out an AI video of himself dumping shit on protestors suggests panic, not strength. But his claims about what’s happening in America and the world keep getting stranger and wilder."I've said this elsewhere, but someone made the excellent point that at one level, the most active public face of the #Republican party has been taken over by 20-year-old #DOGE #Edgelords who live in online chat every moment they're awake and are known formally as the "White House Rapid Response Team"For these terminally-online children the entire political world comes down to an endless charade of posting to pwn the libtards, and then striking out in a mad panic when ever the libtards seem to have pwned them back, winning a momentIt's just dueling memes, all the time, 24-7-365, with these social media #Influencer kiddies#NoKings #Antifa #Trump #MAGA
       
 (DIR) Post #B09FryLVKk0XdzPvZw by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       RE: https://assortedflotsam.com/@NewsBot/115525752426912445My First v4.5.0 Quote PostAren't I special?#MyFirstQuotePost #QuotePost
       
 (DIR) Post #B09FsD7AQKS5RrpBoW by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @Nonilex "“It’s their fault,” #Trump said of #Democrats [despite the fact that #Republicans control the #House, the #Senate and the #Presidency] ... “Everything is their fault. It’s so easily solved.”"This has always been the #Republican starting point, and the only Republican solution:"Give us everything we demand, in a full #Democratic capitulation, and your precious little country won't get hurt."
       
 (DIR) Post #B09FsnlU9u5r7Kxtei by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @Nonilex "In a 7-to-4 ruling in late August, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the emergency statute did not authorize “tariffs of the magnitude” #Trump announced."A fundamental problem which seems to have vanished entirely from this entire national discussion of #Tariffs is that #Trump himself -- either deliberately or by ignorance -- completely misstates *how* tariffs workTariffs are *not* paid by the *exporting* (China, as one) countryTariffs are charged against *imports* and the importer at the Port of Entry by --> Customs <-- and Border Patrol -- #CBPThe cost of tariffs to the *importer* are passed on to the American consumer as a cost of materials increase, or as a straight price increase at retailSomehow the national narrative has completely absolved Trump of any responsibility to state this detail correctly
       
 (DIR) Post #B0bheYxIf25aH7MsCW by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @menel Why bother when the latest (I'm on v4.5.0) Mastodon version offers to pull down new activity on a post/thread as I read it, seemingly almost in real time, and add it to the bottom of the thread?
       
 (DIR) Post #B0bheiLjjXz3PVs12W by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       Oh hello...Nick Schifrin @nickschifrin:"BREAKING: After talking to @SecRubio, @SenatorRounds announces that the #28PointPlan was a #Russian document, not a #US document. Full @senatorrounds:"@SecRubio did make a phone call to us this afternoon.I think he made it very clear to us that we are the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our representatives. It is not our recommendation, it is not our peace plan. It is a proposal that was received. And as an intermediary, we have made arrangements to share it. And we did not release it. It was leaked. It was not released by our members or our representatives... This is an opportunity to receive it and that it has been utilized and delivered to the Ukrainians, and that they will have an opportunity to respond. And in doing so, you now have one side being presented and the opportunity for the other side to respond."So it was a #Russian "plan" all along#Ukraine #SteveWitkoff #JaredKushner
       
 (DIR) Post #B0bhenDPdvIQV90wG8 by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       Robbie Gramer @RobbieGramer"Some unanswered questions this brings up here:-Why did US let this proposal stand for four days? -Who first sent the proposal?-Does the left hand know what the right hand is doing? -If so, why were Europeans and Ukrainians (and even some US officials) caught so off-guard?"#Ukraine #Russia #US #28PointPlan #SenatorRubio #Putin #Trump #SteveWitkoff #JaredKushner
       
 (DIR) Post #B12RN9ctEDrynRPs7k by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @jennycohn.bsky.social "“‘Cruelty': Stephen Miller hit with another scathing assessment from his own uncle” 10/6/25""And the cruelty and glee by which they are going about it all is just plain evil. I’m sorry you’re stuck being related to Stephen Miller because he’s a depraved fiend," the commenter wrote."Agreed. Cruelty is and has always been the point," Glosser replied.Here: https://www.rawstory.com/stephen-miller-2674160123/
       
 (DIR) Post #B12RNa44vl4CnIKx72 by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @Nonilex "The men plan to present a vigorous defense, officials said, of what they will assert was a lawful follow-up strike on the #survivors."SoWe're at a point where we need to believe an administration of confirmed, serial, pathological liars that:1) "... & 1 of them radioed for help, US ofcls said."'US officials said'2) "The details of the contingency planning could raise more questions about who was responsible for the second strike — the commander who ordered it or the defense secretary who approved the overall operation."Which will come down to who lies last and loudestAll my money is on #Hegseth -- after he's already thrown the commander under the bus and can shout the loudest in a compliant press#Trump #Hegseth #Law #Criminal #Murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #InternationalLaw
       
 (DIR) Post #B21O9QiQzuherNqT3Y by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @Ruth_Mottram In a nutshell, Donald Trump has lost his mind againHe's been listening to the Trump Whisperer Stephen Miller, who is quite happily feeding Trump's hallucinations
       
 (DIR) Post #B21O9YbzdkIvLitR7w by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @AAKL "This report, in contrast, is the opposite: It shows you 'account growth' and top x% Mastodon user' stats that I feel are detrimental to the reason people came to Mastodon.""Necessary edit:"This report ... shows you 'those #DopamineHit' stats that I feel are detrimental to the reason people came to Mastodon.""I thought Mastodon was always about detoxing from #Dopamine Apparently #Gargron et al want to join the Kool Kidz Klub and have #Mastodon be just like #YouTube and #Instagram and #Twitter and #Twitch and all the rest of the #Influencer hangoutsHere's me, 2025 from Twitch. Whoopee!Aren't I too cool for school?#Wrapstodon2025 #Wrapstodon
       
 (DIR) Post #B21O9dRteiCOLrCwaG by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @BruceMirken I'm going to say that I think #Trump has finally thrown himself off a pier and he's finally in way, way, way over his headIn #Venezuela he doesn't have his #FOXNews megaphone on the airwaves 24/7He doesn't have a docile and compliant Congress eating out of his handHe doesn't have a docile and compliant Federal judiciary cowering at his every Truth Social postHe may be known, but he's certainly unpopular with a segment of the Venezuelan public who will *not* be hanging on his every word and who is not afraid to take to the streets in large numbersSo Trump has jumped into the deep end of the pool, and the bottom just might be out of reachIt's early days yet, but Trump may have just committed a monstrous unforced error
       
 (DIR) Post #B21O9hS2m6h2lTJ7Mu by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @AkaSci Astonishing to read the gambit hereAnother #Trump / #Hegseth False Flag based upon a circular definition:"...was deployed to protect and defend the those executing the arrest warrant"and"...likely falls withing the President's inherent authority under the Constitution to protect U.S. personnel from likely attack."So deliberately put US Armed Forces in harm's way by arresting a nation's leaderAnd then Trump has to bomb a national airport and perform a kidnapping to rescue themFrom the situation Trump and Hegseth put them in, in the first place
       
 (DIR) Post #B2Nymh6BtGUanD66MK by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       @Ruth_Mottram "Dear America, we'd like to speak to the manager..."I have bad news for you: there doesn't seem to be one...
       
 (DIR) Post #B2NympfE2tGpMBYC4u by FinchHaven@sfba.social
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       OK I've now spent a couple days camping the #TheForkiverse / #Forkiverse Live Feed/public/local ("These are the most recent public posts from people whose accounts are hosted by theforkiverse.com.")feed and all I can say is, in no particular order:Zero to very low #Hashtag useEmpty #ProfilePagesPretty much content-free posts in general, I mean:"trying out this new corner of the internet. u up?" with zero hashtags by an empty ProfileAn "old" account is barely a week oldVery little (if any) threading; posts are all one-offsServer stats: 5.6K active users @ 01/15/266.1K active users @ 01/16/26Analysis: a New York Podcast Influencer's flash-in-the-pan idea, featured in (apparently) one podcastForecast: it's nothing more than Just Another Mastodon Instance(tm) on v4.5.4; slow decline into irrelevance, right now there's simply nothing to set the Forkiverse aside from all the other Mastodon instances that offer anything besides a famous Podcast InfluencerYMMVHere: https://theforkiverse.com/public/local