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Tom Capuder<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span> </p><p>Uh, yeah...write a letter to a murderous dictator. That should work.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Feckless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feckless</span></a> <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WeAreDoomed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreDoomed</span></a></p>
Bohemian Peasant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> </p><p>Trump is sitting in the Oval Office but it is increasingly apparent that he is not in control or cognizant of what his administration does. He seems <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/incapacitated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incapacitated</span></a> and bewildered to the extent that he is just a puppet of those corrupt and unscrupulous individuals that he’s allowed into his regime. </p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/mentalimpairment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalimpairment</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/feckless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feckless</span></a></p>
Zzyzx/P<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spineless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spineless</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gutless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gutless</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/feckless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feckless</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> will simply accept it as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigly</span></a>! And the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorruptGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptGOP</span></a> will just sit up and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beg</span></a> for money from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ApartheidScum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ApartheidScum</span></a>. Why isn't the opposition going <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hammerandtongs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hammerandtongs</span></a> at this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorruptAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptAdministration</span></a> in every medium of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a>? I barely hear anything from the Ds.</p>
Tom Capuder<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@TomWellborn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TomWellborn</span></a></span> </p><p>Yes, they must. But they won't. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Feckless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feckless</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Press Struggles To Explain How The GOP Killed A Popular Broadband Discount Program, Driving Millions Of Poor Americans Off The Internet</p><p>The FCC’s ✅Affordable Connectivity Program✅ ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/ACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACP</span></a> ), <br>-- part of the 2021 <a href="https://c.im/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/bill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bill</span></a>, <br>-- provided&nbsp;23+ million&nbsp;low-income households a 👍$30 broadband discount every month. </p><p>But the roughly 60 million Americans benefiting from the program are now facing much higher broadband bills because <br>🆘key Republicans <br>— who routinely dole out billions of dollars on&nbsp;far&nbsp;dumber&nbsp;fare&nbsp;<br>—&nbsp;💥refused to fund a $4-$7 billion extension.</p><p>There were several last ditch efforts to fund the program but ♦️none were successful -- thanks largely to Trump loyalist and current House Speaker <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mike</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Johnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Johnson</span></a>, <br>♦️who refused to let any of those funding efforts get close to a vote.</p><p>The GOP killed this popular program. </p><p>Yet in two different stories this week, <br>both CNET and the Associated Press <br>❌fail to clearly communicate that to readers. </p><p>➡️At <a href="https://c.im/tags/CNET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNET</span></a>, the program simply “ran out of money”:</p><p>"In May, the $14.2 billion program officially ran out of money, leaving Jackson and 23 million households like hers with internet bills that were $30 to $75 higher than the month before."</p><p>➡️Over at the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Associated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Associated</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a>, the program vaguely died because “Congress” didn’t fund it:</p><p>"The Affordable Connectivity Program,&nbsp;part of a broader effort pushed by the administration&nbsp;to bring affordable internet to every home and business in the country, was not renewed by Congress and ran out of funding earlier this year."</p><p>🆘The GOP killed this program. <br>-- The GOP alone. </p><p>🔸The cuts heavily harm the GOP’s own constituents. </p><p>🔸Nearly half of the folks on the ACP program rolls were military families. </p><p>🔸Countless ACP participants live in Southern states where broadband access is spotty and expensive thanks to the GOP’s own policies. </p><p>🆘 Republicans killed a popular program heavily used by Republicans and only made necessary in the first place due to failed Republican telecom policies. </p><p>🔥They killed it because they didn’t want Democrats and Biden to enjoy credit for a popular program during an election season. </p><p>⚠️But neither outlet wants to make the GOP’s fault clear to readers lest they somehow offend Republican readers, sources, event sponsors, or advertisers. </p><p>It’s part of a general fecklessness that has expanded across the mainstream ad-based U.S. press, </p><p>and it results in <a href="https://c.im/tags/feckless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feckless</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/coverage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coverage</span></a> where the ❌GOP never has to truly own its broadly unpopular policy decisions</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/28/press-struggles-to-explain-how-the-gop-killed-a-popular-broadband-discount-program-driving-millions-of-poor-americans-off-the-internet/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2024/08/28/press-</span><span class="invisible">struggles-to-explain-how-the-gop-killed-a-popular-broadband-discount-program-driving-millions-of-poor-americans-off-the-internet/</span></a></p>
Red Shirt Dude<p>I'm terrified for obvious reasons, but also, I'm offended. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> thinks <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> is so <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Feckless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feckless</span></a> that they can give him absolute immunity and he won't use it to stop this slow moving coup. Maybe after his nap?</p>
SLCW💥<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Feckless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feckless</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pathetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathetic</span></a> don't adequately describe <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NimrataHaley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NimrataHaley</span></a>. First, she tried to dodge the question by absurdly claiming that she believes she will be the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> nominee for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/President" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>President</span></a> (literally nobody believes that). When pressed, she said that she would prefer to support a multiple <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> than Joe <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> because something, something <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a>. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Haley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haley</span></a> is a disgrace, and her demonstrated judgement is proof she should never occupy elected office ever again.</p><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/nikki-haley-vote-donald-trump-convicted/story?id=102524719" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Politics/nikki-</span><span class="invisible">haley-vote-donald-trump-convicted/story?id=102524719</span></a></p>
Wonkette Headline Bot<p>A Former And Current Democrat Wrestle Against A Moral Universe <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/a-former-and-current-democrat-wrestle-against-a-moral-universe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wonkette.com/a-former-and-curr</span><span class="invisible">ent-democrat-wrestle-against-a-moral-universe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Kyrsten_sinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kyrsten_sinema</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Dick_durbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dick_durbin</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Margaret_brennan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Margaret_brennan</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Jake_tapper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jake_tapper</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Sunday_show_rundown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunday_show_rundown</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Dr_martin_luther_king_jr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dr_martin_luther_king_jr</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Mccain_institute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mccain_institute</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Parttime_reseller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parttime_reseller</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Fulltime_asshole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fulltime_asshole</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Cbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cbs</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Cbs_news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cbs_news</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Face_the_nation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Face_the_nation</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Feckless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feckless</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/James_lankford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>James_lankford</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Title_42" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Title_42</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Debt_ceiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debt_ceiling</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Hostages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hostages</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Full_faith_and_credit_clause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Full_faith_and_credit_clause</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Both_sides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Both_sides</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Kevin_mccarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kevin_mccarthy</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/S" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>S</span></a></p>
Leftist Lawyer<p>One major reason the right is driving so hard toward their fucked up <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/christo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christo</span></a>-dystopian wonderland is they own the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a>.</p><p>They know the court won't buck. It's ALL STATES RIGHTS NOW. </p><p>When you get right down to it, you can <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/blame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blame</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obama</span></a> for being a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MitchMcConnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MitchMcConnel</span></a> doormat. </p><p>Blame the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/feckless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feckless</span></a> squishy totally <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ineffectual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ineffectual</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a>.</p>
Wonkette Headline Bot<p>Newly Empowered Republicans Focus On What's 'Important' <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/newly-empowered-republicans-focus-on-what-s-important" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wonkette.com/newly-empowered-r</span><span class="invisible">epublicans-focus-on-what-s-important</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/James_comer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>James_comer</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Sarah_huckabee_sanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sarah_huckabee_sanders</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Ron_johnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ron_johnson</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Chuck_todd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chuck_todd</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Sunday_show_rundown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunday_show_rundown</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Joe_biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Joe_biden</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Classified_information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Classified_information</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Classified_documents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Classified_documents</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/House_oversight_committee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House_oversight_committee</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Cnn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cnn</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/State_of_the_union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State_of_the_union</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Jake_tapper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jake_tapper</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Maralago_raid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maralago_raid</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/National_archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>National_archives</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fbi</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Doj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doj</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Malania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malania</span></a>'s_closet <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/I_don" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I_don</span></a>'t_care_do_you_jacket <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Feckless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feckless</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/Anthony_devolder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anthony_devolder</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/George_santos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>George_santos</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/House_speaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House_speaker</span></a> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/tags/House_sp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House_sp</span></a></p>