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Update: Apparently, the journalist (Gold) had included this in the original article, but the NYT Editors pulled it out. This was apparently a senior editorial decision, raising a lot more questions about what is going on at the TImes.

A letter to the journalist (Michael Gold) questioning why he hadn't included any reference to the increased vulgarity as being indicative of cognitive decline, especially given the coverage of Biden.
The journalist (Michael Gold) responds by saying "I filed something that included the thing that you mention as omitted, but I am not given the power to publish what I say."  He suggests emailing senioreditor@nytimes.com
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DHdrewharwell.com

Secretly suppressing posts with the word "v o t e" in them during an election year is completely insane www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...@geoffreyfowler.bsky.social

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CFcristianfarias.com

This classic banger, which I now own a print of, always gets me in the spirit around this time of year.

A print of a wholesome meme by artist Rachel Greenberg featuring children’s legend Humpty Dumpty having “a great fall”—talking a walk in the park, carving a pumpkin, reading a book by the fire, and apple-picking.
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Sneolithicsheep.bsky.social

Props to NBC for calling Trump's lie a lie. This article explains FEMA's program to support undocumented immigrants: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...apnews.com/article/f3bc... Project 2025 would dismantle the National Weather Service & limit aid.

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When a colleague told Trump co-conspirator P5, "We think [a batch of votes heavily in Biden's favor is] right," P5 responded, 'find a reason it isnt,' 'give me options to file litigation,' and 'even if itbis [sic].'" When the colleague feared a riot, P5 responded, "Make them riot" and "Do it!!!"

In the immediate post-election period, while the defendant claimed fraud without proof, his private operatives sought to create chaos, rather than seek clarity, at polling places where states were continuing to tabulate votes. For example, on November 4, PS -a Campaign employee, agent, and co-conspirator of the defendant— tried to sow confusion when the ongoing vote count at the TCF Center in Detroit, Michigan, looked unfavorable for the defendant. There, when a

colleague at the TCF Center told PS "We think [a batch of votes heavily in Biden's favor is] right,"17 PS responded, "find a reason it isnt," "give me options to file litigation," and "even

if itbis [sic]."18 When the colleague suggested that there was about to be unrest reminiscent of the Brooks Brothers Riot," a violent effort to stop the vote count in Florida after the 2000 presidential election, responded, "Make them riot" and "Do it!!!"20
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MNpaleofuture.bsky.social

Here's the video of Trump calling for the police to have "one violent day" because right now "police aren’t allowed to do their job." He's also repeating the lie that you can steal anything up to $950 in California.

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Merritt
@relaxingrain.bsky.social
An attorney in the PacNW
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