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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2076495/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2076495/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Mosman Oil and Gas announces commencement of Vecta Project drilling <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AlternativeEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CrudeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrudeOil</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CrudeOilPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrudeOilPrice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Drilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drilling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/E" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E</span></a>&amp;PNews <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnergyPedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyPedia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/energy365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy365</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExplorationAndProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExplorationAndProduction</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/farmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmin</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/farmout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmout</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeologicalAndGeophysical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeologicalAndGeophysical</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HeavyOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeavyOil</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hydrocarbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrocarbon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LicenceRound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LicenceRound</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/licensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>licensing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/noc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noc</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Offshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Offshore</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OilAndGasCondensate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGasCondensate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OilAndGasExploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGasExploration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OilAndGasMinistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGasMinistry</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OilCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OilPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilPrice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Petroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petroleum</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/rig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rig</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/seismic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seismic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/upstream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>upstream</span></a></p>
ThuH<p>Hi this is RiG! RiG stands on four tapered inox legs holding up a light module.<br>RiG feeds the module with power throug white silicone wires. Power that RiG got from a black power cable with cord switch. When turned on RiG will brighten your day, or anyway the surface RiG stands on.</p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1905675461/rig-a-one-of-concrete-and-stainless?ref=shop_home_active_1&amp;logging_key=b3e67bf30ba7515c546842693f6d86936e43189a%3A1905675461" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">etsy.com/listing/1905675461/ri</span><span class="invisible">g-a-one-of-concrete-and-stainless?ref=shop_home_active_1&amp;logging_key=b3e67bf30ba7515c546842693f6d86936e43189a%3A1905675461</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>light</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/interior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interior</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lamp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/concrete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abstract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstract</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artwork</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stilts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stilts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/productdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>productdesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>light</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lightingdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lightingdesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lightsculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lightsculpture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robot</span></a></p>
p4bl0p3rn0t<p><a href="https://toot.portes-imaginaire.org/tags/rigday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rigday</span></a> <a href="https://toot.portes-imaginaire.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://toot.portes-imaginaire.org/tags/rig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rig</span></a></p>
TitoRigs<p>Aprovechando que ya salió Buffalo Kids y os comparto la reel de rigging que hice con los trabajos más importantes de 2023 y parte de 2022.</p><p>La mayoría para la película de Buffalo Kids, pero también de Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo y TinTin: Los cigarros del Faraón (aunque en esta última estuve poquito)</p><p>Y de paso así algunos veis qué es esa cosa de "rigging" 😂 </p><p>¡Espero que os guste!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rigging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rigging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3D</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> addresses the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jury</span></a> directly as he tells the story of hiring the tech company, RedFinch, to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rig</span></a> a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a> of influential businessmen for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p>Cohen says that Trump was upset about where the poll was placed, &amp; that he didn't feel it was worth the full amount that Cohen promised the company, so Cohen ultimately paid less. We are now getting to Cohen’s admission that he stole from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpOrganization</span></a> by being reimbursed more than he paid RedFinch.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> testifies about a tech co, RedFinch, that was hired to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rig</span></a> online <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polls</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s favor. The company was owed $50k. But Cohen ended up only paying them $20k. Nonetheless, he still asked for a $50k reimbursement from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpOrganization</span></a>. Blanche asks if he lied, &amp; Cohen acknowledges he did.</p><p>Blanche asks Cohen, “You had, like, a duffle bag of cash? Where was the cash?”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Yuçuna :krita:<p>MWAHAHA<br>TERMINEI</p><p><a href="https://conversafiada.net/tags/YcArtwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YcArtwork</span></a><br><a href="https://conversafiada.net/tags/GenshinImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenshinImpact</span></a> <br><a href="https://conversafiada.net/tags/Furina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Furina</span></a> <a href="https://conversafiada.net/tags/Focalors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Focalors</span></a><br><a href="https://conversafiada.net/tags/Inochi2D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inochi2D</span></a> <a href="https://conversafiada.net/tags/model" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>model</span></a> <a href="https://conversafiada.net/tags/rig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rig</span></a> <a href="https://conversafiada.net/tags/showcase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>showcase</span></a><br><a href="https://conversafiada.net/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://conversafiada.net/tags/ArtistOnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistOnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://conversafiada.net/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://conversafiada.net/tags/artistabrasileiro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artistabrasileiro</span></a></p>
SLCW💥<p>I hope every <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MAGAt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAt</span></a> was watching <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GregGutfeld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GregGutfeld</span></a> and taking notes. Pay attention, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MAGAts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAts</span></a>! You heard it straight from your little mascot's own mouth. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> do not matter. Come <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/electionDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electionDay</span></a>, you can go right ahead and make other plans. Your <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> is meaningless, and a waste of time. The evil <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DeepState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepState</span></a>™ is going to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rig</span></a> the results anyway, so you might as well just go do something else that day. 😁</p><p><a href="https://radaronline.com/p/fox-news-greg-gutfeld-elections-dont-matter-second-civil-war-rant/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">radaronline.com/p/fox-news-gre</span><span class="invisible">g-gutfeld-elections-dont-matter-second-civil-war-rant/</span></a></p>
addie<p>Now this looks AWESOME for portable setups <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/rig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rig</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/broadcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broadcast</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/chassis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chassis</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/setuptools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>setuptools</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/setuptour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>setuptour</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/setup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>setup</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/production" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>production</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/case" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>case</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/gearhead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gearhead</span></a></p>
John Earle<p>More meaningless pledges from the lying Labour leader | Vox Political<br><a href="https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2023/06/19/more-meaningless-pledges-from-the-lying-labour-leader/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">voxpoliticalonline.com/2023/06</span><span class="invisible">/19/more-meaningless-pledges-from-the-lying-labour-leader/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Keir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Keir</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/green_energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>green_energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apartheid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> </p><p>Fuck this charlatan<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LabourInNameOnly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourInNameOnly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToryBTeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryBTeam</span></a> in action</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Theda Skocpol, a professor of political science and sociology at Harvard, contended that many of the developments in states controlled by Republicans are a result of careful, long-term <a href="https://c.im/tags/planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planning</span></a> by conservative strategists, particularly those in the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Federalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federalist</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Society</span></a>, who are developing tools to build what she called “<a href="https://c.im/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a>” within the context of a nominally democratic system of government.</p><p>Skocpol outlined her thinking in an email:</p><p>The first-movers who figured out how to configure this new “laboratory of democratic constriction” were legal eagles in the Federalist Society and beyond, because the key structural dynamic in the current G.O.P. gallop toward minority authoritarianism is the mutual interlock between post-2010 Republican control, often supermajority control, of dozens of <a href="https://c.im/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/legislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislatures</span></a> and the <a href="https://c.im/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/decision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decision</span></a> in 2019 to allow even the most <a href="https://c.im/tags/extreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extreme</span></a> and bizarre forms of partisan <a href="https://c.im/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a>.</p><p>These organized, richly resourced actors, she wrote,<br>"have figured out how to <a href="https://c.im/tags/rig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rig</span></a> the current U.S. <a href="https://c.im/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/federalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalism</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/divided" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divided</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/branches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>branches</span></a>, given generational and geographic realities on the ground, and the in many ways fluky 2016 presidential election gave them what they needed to put the interlock in place. They are stoking and using the fears and resentments of about half or so of the G.O.P. popular base to <a href="https://c.im/tags/undo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undo</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/enhance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enhance</span></a> their own <a href="https://c.im/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/privileges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privileges</span></a>. They are doing it because they can, and they believe in what they are doing. They are America’s G.O.P. Leninists.<br>Skocpol did not pull her punches:</p><p>This situation, locked in place by a <a href="https://c.im/tags/corruptly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruptly</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/installed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>installed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Supreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Supreme</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Court</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/majority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>majority</span></a> and by many <a href="https://c.im/tags/rotten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rotten</span></a>-borough <a href="https://c.im/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/districts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>districts</span></a> like the one in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Amarillo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amarillo</span></a>, means that minority <a href="https://c.im/tags/authoritarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarians</span></a>, behind a bare facade of “<a href="https://c.im/tags/constitutionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitutionalism</span></a>,” can render majority-elected officials, including the president and many governors, officials in name only. The great thing from the minority authoritarian point of view is that those visible chief executives (and urban mayors and district attorneys) can still be blamed for government nonfunction and societal problems, but they cannot address them with even broadly supported measures (such as simple background checks for having military assault weapons).</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/opinion/republican-party-intrusive-government.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/04/12/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/republican-party-intrusive-government.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
AAron Leckinger<p><a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/Page" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Page</span></a> McConnell&#39;s <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/Phish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Phish</span></a> 2022 Keyboard <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/Rig" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rig</span></a> Tour (4K HDR) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4UHILh_PQ8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=F4UHILh_PQ</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p>