On today's #BBCLauraK, Alex Burghart, the Shadow Duchy of Lancaster, talked about how #Badenoch had changed the #Conservative Party after saying the country needed a '#Rwanda' policy to stop immigration
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An opinion piece. But IMHO (as goodd as this) we all know that Westminster Ministers typically only think of their own advantages - now and in the future. Others who will not benefit them are only of interest if it might effect their votes (and earning potential)
The Guardian · UK ministers need to ask why they are offered freebies – and who loses out
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@bbcnewsfeed interesting to see the economists forecasting that #trump tariffs could damage #uk GDP by 1%. Horror! Have they forgotten the real problem? #brexit cost 4% in a permanent reduction in GDP. Arguably much more. The #Conservative legacy and Brexit are the root cause. Don’t blame #Labour. They inherited third world Britain.
What does it matter if Google AI is more intelligent if it can't discuss certain important current topics like #Politics or #Conservative #Wealthy #White #Males. That's why I have turned to #AI #LLMs from other sources. #SorryGoogle #FuckYourPropaganda
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"The court’s #liberal members... were unpersuaded by Kennedy’s reasoning... criticized the #conservative majority for its dangerous nonchalance toward the corrosive effects of #corruption...
Stevens’s dissent... carries even greater weight w/the benefit of hindsight. He described Kennedy’s majority opinion as “a rejection of the common sense of the #American people, who have recognized a need to prevent #corporations from undermining self-government"
https://newrepublic.com/article/193058/elon-musk-citizens-united-kennedy
I'm posting this with two major caveats:
1. It's just a #poll. We know how dependable those are.
2. Fucking #vote. Polls give you bad feelings or good feelings but only your vote counts.
Past that, what you're looking at is a loss for #Conservative Party of #Canada #CPC and #Poilievre
Fingers crossed! 
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Once again, on #cbc, rutledge, the #conservative rep, sides with dump, says that #canada is weak.
Thinks we buy that dump doesn’t like Pp - it’s like watching an adult make a presentation about why santa will come through the chimney.
Karla Denyer makes a good point on tonight's #Peston
"Why, if a recent poll shows 75% of #Conservative voters want to see #Green policies, is #Badenoch rowing back on Theresa May's 2050 #NetZero committments?"
"nine of the top ten #online shows are right-leaning...
right-leaning online shows have amassed nearly 481 million #followers across platforms — almost five times more than the 104 million followers for left-leaning shows...
the result of a deliberate, well-funded #strategy to colonize the digital #media landscape with #conservative voices...
right-wing personalities are frequently backed by #billionaire money"
https://www.readtpa.com/p/media-matters-report-on-conservative
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@GottaLaff In the #Yukon, the #Conservative Party excluded #journalists from witnessing the #election of their candidate. How can we #trust these people?
The #Conservative Party supports the #WelfareBenefits cuts that the #Labour Party is about to make.
Think about that.
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Yes. My father was a #conservative #Republican. He died while #Reagan was in the White House. My mother was a #Democrat. It was my dad who took me to political events when I was in high school.
He expected electeds to do their jobs. That is, represent the voters who put them there. This why I can legitimately name things Republicans supported that were actually good for people.
- Exploring cloud seeding to combat drought as an alternative to
rerouting or damming waterways.
- Ethanol in gasoline. The idea was it burned cleaner and would be a way to use agricultural overproduction as well as use waste from food crops.
- Universal Basic Income. Nixon supported UBI, but his crookedness tainted the idea.
In the late 1970s, the #FBI ran an operation called Abscam, targeting corruption. The Republican rep for my dad's district not only turned down the bribe, he reported it to the FBI.
These assclowns are not conservative. Move fast and break shit is the exact opposite of conserving. Redundancy is conservative; efficiency is not.
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the #conservative mind operates on #fear
overactive amygdala
it crowds out the prefrontal cortex: reason
#plutocrat #rightWing #media and #socialMedia amplifies the imbalance on purpose
pushing lies that goose the fear, #ignorance and #hate, capturing their minds, addicting them, controlling them
as suitably brainwashed zombies, programmed like robots, they dutifully and enthusiastically go to #vote
while the #left is not so engaged
this is our problem
In the US, "#conservative" is shorthand for things like authoritarian, corrupt, racist, etc., and for the exact opposite of the verbal root to conserve, since such people have no problem with selling out life on earth for corporate cash.
#FuckSCOTUS
So a short infographic I've been working based on the talks I've had over the weekend and when the 5 cups of coffee finally left my body. #Mastodon #Fediverse #infographic #resist #conservative #farright
Not #loyal enough to #Trump? #MAGA turns on #SCOTUS judge appointed by Trump
Staunch #conservative Justice #AmyConeyBarrett was picked by Donald Trump for the #SupremeCourt. Now his fans are turning against her.
There has been anger from #FarRight personalities following a couple of recent 5-4 rulings in which she has been [one of] the deciding vote[s] against Trump's agenda.
#law #USpol #MaleSupremacy #misogyny #sexism
https://news.sky.com/story/trump-supreme-court-judge-amy-coney-barrett-maga-13323251
Sky · Not loyal enough to Donald Trump? MAGA turns on Supreme Court judge appointed by president
Your daily reminder that Pierre #Poilievre and the #Conservative Party of Canada publicly supported and funded the "freedom" convoy.
In December, Disney cut a trans character from its "Win or Lose" TV show, with the explanation: "We recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline." Now the series is out, and it has a Christian character — the first in a Disney-related project in about 20 years. The studio has also changed its plans on a series based on "The Princess and the Frog," the first Black Disney princess, deciding instead to produce a special based on the title. @Vox asks if all this means Disney is entering a new conservative era. Story may be paywalled.
Vox · The controversy over Disney’s new Christian character, briefly explained
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The furious reaction to #Trump’s #tariffs continues in #Canada, & has not been limited to Prime Minister Justin #Trudeau or his party. “At 12:01am, President Trump stabbed America’s best friend in the back,” Pierre #Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s #Conservative Party, told reporters, projecting a message of unity & pitching his plan to fight back against the tariffs. Poilievre is a favorite, acc/to recent polls, to become Canada’s next leader.
The demon Ma’alkoush ran a #conservative household. This included obligatory family dinners.
His half-human daughters, Feast and Slaughter, needed the discipline. They argued with each other a lot. He’d never understand the human need for verbal fighting, when the real physical thing would do.
This evening had been quiet. But then, Slaughter helped herself to more meat, and Feast wasn’t happy.
“Slaughter, you’re so selfish!”
“I’m selfish? You have the #gall—”
“Enough!” Ma’alkoush’s deep voice boomed off the walls and the girls fell silent. He hadn’t meant to scare them. Their human side was very sensitive.
“Slaughter, let Feast have the gall. You can have the spleen.”