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Lethal JOY 2024

GOP & DNC different sides of the same "corrupt corporate genocidal" coin

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Facts about Americans illustrating “nothing will fundamentally change” failures of billionaires/corporations that control the corporate duopoly of the GOP and DNC

39% of Americans have skipped meals to pay their rent; 44% of millennials

25% of Americans live with medical debt

61% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck

37% percent of Americans could not afford an unexpected $400 expenditure

+15.8% "All Goods" Inflation (since 2018)

+19.7% "Food at Home" Inflation (since 2018)

In 2020, 46% of American renters spent 30% or more of their income on housing, including 23% who spent at least 50% of their income on housing

Renters across the U.S. have seen the average rent rise 18% over the last five years, outpacing inflation

Eviction/foreclosure-related moves rose 56% from 2021 to 2022

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Ta, Shy. I missed this yesterday, but I'm glad I found it today. This pair of Wonketteers is enjoying a honeymoon. We might never have met had it not been for the WonkMeet in Red Hook, Brooklyn, all those years ago. Thank you for helping our esteemed Rebecca keep this place together.

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Has Chicago ever had an Olympics?

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Shypixel needs to grow the Lindell stache...it's a slam dunk.

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Aug 21Liked by Rebecca Schoenkopf

This has been a weird year for the Chicago-Detroit axis. Normally, yes, August is the hottest month but this year we're getting September temps. Which I don't mind at all. But, yes, it's weird.

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In the part of the Bay Area near the bay, it's been lovely. Like 20sth century. Almost always, the fog and the marine inversion layer cool us down. We have sunny days, but we don't have brutally hot days.

*toasts the climate that was*

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Harris the Prosecutor. Nice.

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the

sunset gun

has been fired and so

pufff pufffffff puff puff puffffffff puffffffff, and

post!

(anywonk?

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Wow. Stevie Wonder, Amanda Gorman and John Legend performing tonight.

It will be hard to top that tomorrow night, though I can think of two women who would.

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Rumor has it that Oprah is supposed to speak tonite also too.

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I'm hoping for "Higher Ground," from Stevie.

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Scroll down a bit (maybe a lot). That's what they did for the sound check.

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Awesome.

Thanks!

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I would go with a modified Superstition:

Very felonious,

Writing's on the wall,

Very felonious,

Sentence is bout' to fall,

70 year old baby,

Broke the fookin' law

Seven years of hard time

The grifting is in your past

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The original as a duet with Taylor Swift would be insane, too.

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Hey, Trump had Kid Rock, Hulk Hogan, and the ghost of Lee Greenwood doing a spoken word rendition of "Angry Old Man Mutters At Wall For Hours." Had the RNC Convention been held 30 years ago, it would have been totally current!

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Had it been held 30 years ago it wold have had "Angry Old Man Mutters at Empty Stool For Hours" and would have been out of date then. Oh, wait, that's exactly what it was.

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I understand that former presidents of your party are always a given to speak at your convention, but I am not really excited about Pres. Clinton tonight. Nor am I too pumped about Nancy Pelosi. I admire her power but not her speaking style. Plus, last night before Second Gentleman Emhoff and the Obamas was a snooze-fest (IMO) of the oldest of the old Dems, and I'm tired of them. Sec. Pete should be good and I'm probably going to drop in and out and hope to catch Walz before I fall asleep. I guess what I'm saying is that my generation's parents need to pass the fucking torch and go sit on the porch. I get that it's hard to work your way up high enough to be visible and that most people don't have the chops to take on the presidency or a governorship until they're greying and their kids are mainly grown, but having people in their late 70s still hogging the good seats in government is exhausting. Our generation is not the one that will be dealing with the fallout from our bad decisions; why not let some of the younger crowd make a stab at actually handling them instead of just holding on to power and letting shit go to pieces in the hope that the youngs will be able to avoid the abyss?

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I'm 80 and have a severe allergy to most speeches after putting up with faculty meetings and in service programs for decades, so I can see your point for sure.

I'm 80 and can tell you this, even in something as low level as our local Audubon Society chapter or astronomy club, it is hard to stop being in a leadership position because younger types, feel they are too busy to bother, or they don't want to actually experience the outdoors in person rather than on their tablet or phone. The age group that should step up lacks the enthusiasm of the too young kids, and the ancients who still wish they could do things like they used to.

Have you made any push to run for public office no matter how local?

Have you worked for or donated to any campaigns?

Have you decided to work with any of the younger Dem groups that I have given money to lately?

Have you informed your own family and friends of the dangers of Project 2025?

I have been concerned for over 50 years about climate change and over population.

I have been outraged forever about men treating women as a simple minded subspecies.

I have never liked the idea of religious types running my life.

I have sweated about nuclear weapons being in the hands of nutcases.

I have been worried about the future of humans on this planet, even before I had nieces, nephews and grand nieces and nephews.

I have voted in every election (local, state, federal, primary, and general ) for almost 59 year.

I am not a natural leader but maybe you are. Go for it.

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I'm seventy one years old. I agree with you.

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Clinton was a great speaker in his time. We'll see if he still is I guess.

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I saw Clinton speak in 2000 when the DNC was here in LA. The excitement built and built and built in the arena as the cameras followed him on his journey from the bowels of the arena all the way up to the main podium.

I was in the ABC News skybox and the place was shaking. It was like nothing I have ever experienced. So I was eagerly looking forward to seeing him tonight, albeit from the comfort of my own living room.

Sad to say, the Big Dog has lost a step. He can still deliver a great speech, but he’s muted and subdued. This may be the last time we see him speak like this.

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Aug 21·edited Aug 22

Thanks for sharing.

I hope you reach a ripe old age so that you can know what a dick you were back in the day.

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founding

Well you’re entitled to your opinion

Might shorten that to just the first two words

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I feel sorry for your parents when they get old, sounds like you'll just stick them in an old folks home and never go visit. Tech has given you the attention span of a goldfish and instant gratification is all you understand.

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RFKJ is going to "make an address to the nation" in which he is expected to drop out as a presidential candidate and endorse Trump.

Question, since I iz an old: Is "making an address to the nation" what they call putting a video online now?

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I'd love to see him try to do it by calling a press conference which the press largely ignores. Someone should send a pool reporter and let it go.

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Plus we should flood the net with all sorts of CGI endorsements. Because JFK, Jr., is a lot less real than Deep Fake Taylor Swift.

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Deep Fake Makers challenge: Any (bonus points for all) of Jack, Real Bobby, or Ted, saying "I endorse Bobby Jr dropping out of the race. That boy just ain't right."

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RFK Sr. ?

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I wish RFK could be brought back to life for 15 minutes or so, to yell at his idiot son.

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founding

But how is Oakland going to do at the inauguration? I think we will be dazzled and delighted!

And once again... I am NEVER optimistic... never.

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San Francisco would push it back to page 5 if it’s an Oakland story that doesn’t involve sports or crime.

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speaking as an Oakland native

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Non-native decade+ resident. Can confirm. And there's less attention now than 3 years ago. If it weren't for the A's stadium bullshit, there wouldn't be anything on p.5, either.

Oh and the mayor thing, I guess. But even that gets less ink than some beloved tattoo shop closing in SF.

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Will Berkeley be looking south and pouting "She was ours, first!"

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founding

You sound like Trump.

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Well, if Trump did it, it wouldn't be coming from a place of did he or didn't he start in the same public school system in the same year--or were they a year offset.

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Aug 21Liked by Rebecca Schoenkopf, Shypixel

I am in the bag for Evan4lyfe but I would like to humbly request that ShyPixel contribute more written words because he speaks directly to my pragmatic idealism.

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Aug 21Liked by Rebecca Schoenkopf

Mother Jones reports:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗼

𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺, 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/the-vibe-has-shifted-downballot-too/

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Aug 21Liked by Rebecca Schoenkopf

I've laughing and crying with joy (which is not at all embarrassing to my 10 year old girl) for days now!

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Aug 21Liked by Rebecca Schoenkopf

I m with you, Shy. I get verklempt just looking at the extraordinary diversity when the convention cameras pan the crowd...

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