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Can you OD on #schadenfreude?

@glent Musk's meltdown has exposed the incredible stupidity and arrogance of some VC folk, but the problem with Twitter is not VC's per se, but right-wing extremist owner. That being said, I am still trying to learn about what may come next (if anything is ever able to get everyone together again)!

Twitter gave me a meaningful voice where I could interact with journalists, politicians, academics, experts, and thoughtful people from all walks of life. I learned on Twitter, I shared my thoughts (and very rarely feelings), I had a real sense of community. I challenged other people in academia & technology to boldly back objectivity & democracy ... Fun to watch Musk burn $44 billion, but I mourn the loss of the central square that truly existed for the a hot second.

https://post.news/@/DavMicRot/2OqYMseqRC6ofdSR9TNy56BZ7qZ

Interesting angle is that Alito's absurd, sad diatribe (i.e., the dissent) included (unfounded) accusations that President Biden might not abide by their right-wing-extremist judicial activism if there were able to ban abortion pills for all of US. This seems to disturb Political & Media Elite a lot. But, while I do not think President Biden would ignore such a ruling, I think they should consider doing that just that! What is the plan if/when the Courts' ruling are too dangerous to follow?

I hope they force every editor at The New York Times to read this opinion piece in The New York Times showing how the mainstream media (led by The New York Times) by emphasizing isolated examples of right-wing-extremists not being loved on elite universities WHILE ignoring Republican states using states to make swaths of speech illegal, they have misinformed all of US on the true threat to free speech https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/opinion/free-speech-campus-states-not-students.html

Abortion pill access is safe, for now, but with 2 Republicans justices dissenting and somewhere between 5 & 7 in the majority: we know Republicans already have between 2 & 4 votes to make abortion pills illegal for all of US

Key questions (1) Will President just accept absurdly unconstitutional judicial activism from Supreme Court? (2) How complicit will the Mainstream Media be in covering up the Republican intentions and actions?

Republican Supreme Court gave until 11:59 PM ET for them to rule on the absurdly unconstitutional judicial activism of the Trump judge who banned the abortion pill for all of US. By even entertaining this BS, clear that Republican Supreme Court will eventually ban abortion & contraception for all of US, they are just figuring out timing and details.

So, how are things going over here?

Assume Twitter's algorithm is not going to like this thread because it links to a rival social media firm 😎

RT @DavMicRot@twitter.com

Republican Elite have provided continuous support for Russia (right-wing petrostate autohrariansism) over Ukraine (western capitalistic democracy) https://post.news/article/2L5rWN2JZqj7AZYqRdIfmwkLPUl Any other interpretation is absurd & easily debunked.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DavMicRot/status/1620415231146229765

Republican Elite have provided continuous support for Russia (right-wing petrostate autohrariansism) over Ukraine (western capitalistic democracy) https://post.news/article/2L5rWN2JZqj7AZYqRdIfmwkLPUl Any other interpretation is absurd & easily debunked.

(3) Not even clear who is lead hostage-taker? Why should Democrats negotiate with McCarthy when (antisemite & racist) Greene & (child sex trafficker) Gaetz hold all of the power over him?

(1) Always dangerous to negotiate with hostage-takers even when they are credible threat to harm US: what stops them from coming back to take US hostage again? (2) Hostage-takers do not have coherent and/or meaningful demands, complicating negotiations ...

RT @JohnJHarwood@twitter.com

No,” Rep. Greg Pence, an Indiana Republican, said when asked by CNN if he would vote for a debt ceiling increase if it included “every” one of his priorities. “That’s what I hear back home.” https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/30/politics/debt-limit-negotiations-republicans/index.html

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1620211342119694336

RT @DavMicRot@twitter.com

@cryptotho@twitter.com Sure, Trump was worried that Ukraine would not fabricate dirt on Biden, so he blackmailed President Zelenskyy by illegally withholding necessary military aid (while they were under attack by Russia): Trump's corruption & undermining of US security was basis for 1st impeachment.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DavMicRot/status/1620177878317993985

Because the grift was not large enough, Trump also forced the US governement to spend $10 of millions at his hotels, by staying at them whenever he could, and obviously overcharging US for the pleasure.

Trump Family opened up a hotel next to the White House, while Trump was president, and charged domestic (and foreign!) governments, along with lobbyists & donors, $10 of millions to get access to members of the US government, including the president himself.

Kelly is free to branch out from her racism into silly grievances about @FLOTUS@twitter.com (who apparently has exact same degree & title as her father) https://twitter.com/lillymckim/status/1620086787770318850 But it is ridiculous to say that we benefit from her "point-of-view": we are collectively crueler & dumber for it.

Twitter feed full of comments concerning racist Fox/NBC host's pathetic attack on @FLOTUS@twitter.com (1) Kelly's prominence is reminder of what false equivalency drives mainstream media to push to US: they think we need her "point-of-view" (2) Right-wing grievance machine is just so absurd