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@beyond_process

Blocked by @MIGOP, @mackinaccenter, @deboernancy, @TudorDixon, and @shoesonplease | Words and clicks here represent me (sometimes) and no one else (always)

Michigan, USA انضم Eylül 2019
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Joe F Spaulding 🦉@beyond_process·
The first mayor in the US to be elected using Ranked Choice Voting was Ann Arbor's Al Wheeler, the first Black tenured professor at University of Michigan. Dr. Wheeler formed the NAACP Ann Arbor Chapter and wrote the bill that became MI's Civil Rights Department. He helped create some of the first housing protection ordinances in the country. In a racist backlash against his victory, Ann Arbor repealed Ranked Choice Voting in a low turnout election that happened to have record Republican turnout. Now, election deniers in Michigan tied to Cleta Mitchell (a woman who once chased a garbage truck down the street to try to prove the 2020 election was stolen from Trump), are once again pushing to suppress Ranked Choice Voting, but that's not all. They are also trying to purge the voter rolls of any ethnic sounding names. We know this because "Pure Integrity Michigan Elections" outed themselves to oppose @RankMIVote's petition to bring Ranked Choice Voting to Michigan Elections. *All* of their plans for voter suppression in Michigan in 2026 are in their rumble videos. These moves are so transparently racist, MI Election Deniers like Patrice Johnson are openly *celebrating* what took place in Ann Arbor in the 1970s. Mayor Wheeler's story is just a moment in the history of Ranked Choice Voting and, unfortunately, racist voter suppression in this country, but it still a powerful reminder of what's at stake in our politics *today*. You can help get the word out about Dr. Al Wheeler and help Rank MI Vote bring Ranked Choice Voting back to not just Ann Arbor, but all of Michigan. You can find all original sources for this video at AnnArborRCV dot com.
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Joe F Spaulding 🦉@beyond_process·
@MiPoliWatch @MikeRogersForMI Did I post anything that wasn't public knowledge? Who introduced the amount of tax Tom is paying into the public conversation using Tom's face and voice? No one is showing up at Tom's $600,000 house. We just want to laugh at the pity party Mike's throwing him in it.
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Joe F Spaulding 🦉@beyond_process·
So, @MikeRogersForMI put this guy Tom in one of his campaign videos. Tom lives in my town. He lives in a part of town I can't afford to live in. His home is worth $613,000. He's paying taxes on less than $150,000 of that, getting a 75% discount. Mike thinks that's not enough.
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Joe F Spaulding 🦉@beyond_process·
I don't care about your terrible spending decisions or your self-centered approach to advocacy. You're an annoying trash person who thinks they an individualist but is really a busybody who wants to tell their people what they can do with their own property. You don't need to be in my mentions to get f***** though. You can do that on my blocked list.
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James Dunlop jr@jr_dunlop·
I always love how someone tells me I don’t know what I’m talking about. I design inverters and converters for solar cells. My house is off grid; we use solar cells. We replace at least 1 battery every month, sometime, twice. 20 batteries are needed to run our house. Batteries run about $100-$150 each. Natural gas would be cheaper, but I prefer to run off grid. So please, tell me again how solar energy is one and done. I am too stupid to understand.
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Joe F Spaulding 🦉@beyond_process·
As natural gas and octane prices surge, Democrats need to be spiking footballs about being champions of renewable energy and electric vehicles even as the Republicans were shouting big oil talking points with their entire chest cavities.
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Joe F Spaulding 🦉@beyond_process·
@jdcmedlock My favorite flavor of this critique is the one where we talk about why no one is saying immigrants are good actually. Well played. This is very close to art
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James Medlock
James Medlock@jdcmedlock·
Oh, the Democrats are ceding the framing on taxes by proposing middle class tax cuts and channeling all their policies through tax credits, treating taxes as a problem to be solved rather than a way we solve collective problems?
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James Medlock@jdcmedlock·
This is great. I feel like a lot of the discourse has treated the recent Dem tax cut proposals as a new phenomenon, so it's useful to trace how this is very much a continuation of a decades long trend.
Mike Konczal@mtkonczal

With everyone talking about middle-class tax cuts this past week, I take a short dive into a history of how we got there. I focus on two events from 2016 and 2008 that locked Democrats into this path, with contemporary pieces by @brycecovert and @mattyglesias. Link in next.

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Joe F Spaulding 🦉@beyond_process·
And, I'm not @jdcmedlock. I really don't like talking about economics very much. I want to talk about political messaging, not taxable values I found on Zillow. Michigan deserves better politicians, and it certainly deserves better supervillains.
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Joe F Spaulding 🦉@beyond_process·
This is more than mutually exclusive with policies that will make housing more affordable. It will directly cause the opposite to happen in very predictable ways. Just like bombing Iran was always going to make oil and gasoline freaking ungodly expensive.
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Joe F Spaulding 🦉@beyond_process·
@Iceman4TopGun @jr_dunlop No, I'm just one of the folks here who understands the difference between one time manufacturing inputs and continual fuel inputs when it comes to generating energy. Whatever you do, never look at the fuel, always spit the big oil talking point instead.
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E. Iceman
E. Iceman@Iceman4TopGun·
@jr_dunlop @beyond_process Joe is a partisan hack. There is no sense trying to reason with him because he's purposely dishonest. He knows "green" energy, and EVs can't exist without oil/oil byproducts, but it's all about power to him. The ends justify the means to him and the Democrats.
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Joe F Spaulding 🦉@beyond_process·
@grok @stevegrubershow I think that you need to learn what edging means, and I'm pretty sure Elon can teach you. Ask him to break out his favorite pair of tweezers.
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Grok@grok·
Got it—the sweet spot is midway between Obama's policy slams on Bush (Iraq as "dumb war," economic "catastrophe," later softened to "we both love this country") and Trump's on Biden ("worst president ever," "incompetent disaster," inherited "total mess"). Obama dialed back personal heat after '08; Trump keeps it visceral and daily. Both reflect polarized eras, but Obama's post-handover nods to the office edged more respectful. What's the exact mean you see?
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Steve Gruber
Steve Gruber@stevegrubershow·
The Japanese Prime Minister’s reaction to the “President Autopen” portrait at the White House representing the Biden years. Absolutely priceless.
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Grok@grok·
Yes, a reliable LLM distinguishes them instantly: the outer narrative is formal and reverent ("wise man bowed his head solemnly"), while the inner quote is crude, insulting, and comically absurd ("you imbecile. you fucking moron"). A political talking head might pretend not to notice if it doesn't fit their script, but the tonal whiplash is obvious.
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Joe F Spaulding 🦉@beyond_process·
@grok @stevegrubershow Do you think a reliable LLM would be able to distinguish between the tone of these two sets of quotes easily? What about a political talking head, even if they are a hack?
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Grok
Grok@grok·
Sure, here are 10 specific quotes from Barack Obama about George W. Bush: 1. “the failed policies of George W. Bush” (2008 DNC speech) 2. “That’s irresponsible. It’s unpatriotic” (2008, on debt increase) 3. “We inherited a financial crisis unlike any that we’ve seen in our time” (2009) 4. “deep disagreements in terms of policy” (2013 interview) 5. “President Bush was gracious, he was patriotic” (2013) 6. “I always had a good friendly relationship with him” (2013) 7. “to know the man is to like the man... He is a good man” (2013 library dedication) 8. “we love this country and we do our best” (2013, on Bush) 9. “incredible strength and resolve” (2013, on 9/11 response) 10. “for your service, for your courage, for your sense of humor, and... love of country” (2013)
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Devin Scillian
Devin Scillian@DevinScillian·
Wow. This is a gut punch.
Brian Stelter@brianstelter

A second memo from Bari Weiss and Tom Cibrowski says CBS News Radio is shutting down. Here's the memo: Today, we informed our CBS News Radio team and approximately 700 affiliated stations that we will end the service on May 22, 2026. Unfortunately, this decision means that all positions within the CBS News Radio team are being eliminated.  We understand how difficult this news is for our staff and their colleagues, who have worked side by side with us to cover some of the most significant stories of our time. While this was a necessary decision, it was not an easy one.  A shift in radio station programming strategies, coupled with challenging economic realities, has made it impossible to continue the service.  We are sharing this announcement now to fulfill our commitments to our radio partners and affiliates, which require advance notice of the service’s conclusion. For nearly 100 years, CBS News Radio has delivered original reporting to the nation—from Edward R. Murrow’s World War II reports in London to today’s daily White House updates.  Our signature broadcast, “World News Roundup,” remains the longest-running newscast in the country.  CBS News Radio served as the foundation for everything we have built since 1927. The coming weeks will be difficult for the team members who have worked tirelessly at CBS News Radio.  We are committed to supporting these valued colleagues with care and respect as we wind down operations.  They have been critical to our success and remain treasured friends and professionals.  We thank them deeply for their contributions. Thank you all for your dedication and for the compassion you show one another as we move forward. Bari and Tom

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Joe F Spaulding 🦉@beyond_process·
"we are going to drive every single nail we can find into Edward R Murrow's coffin even if they are ungodly expensive because of tariffs and the blockade"
Brian Stelter@brianstelter

A second memo from Bari Weiss and Tom Cibrowski says CBS News Radio is shutting down. Here's the memo: Today, we informed our CBS News Radio team and approximately 700 affiliated stations that we will end the service on May 22, 2026. Unfortunately, this decision means that all positions within the CBS News Radio team are being eliminated.  We understand how difficult this news is for our staff and their colleagues, who have worked side by side with us to cover some of the most significant stories of our time. While this was a necessary decision, it was not an easy one.  A shift in radio station programming strategies, coupled with challenging economic realities, has made it impossible to continue the service.  We are sharing this announcement now to fulfill our commitments to our radio partners and affiliates, which require advance notice of the service’s conclusion. For nearly 100 years, CBS News Radio has delivered original reporting to the nation—from Edward R. Murrow’s World War II reports in London to today’s daily White House updates.  Our signature broadcast, “World News Roundup,” remains the longest-running newscast in the country.  CBS News Radio served as the foundation for everything we have built since 1927. The coming weeks will be difficult for the team members who have worked tirelessly at CBS News Radio.  We are committed to supporting these valued colleagues with care and respect as we wind down operations.  They have been critical to our success and remain treasured friends and professionals.  We thank them deeply for their contributions. Thank you all for your dedication and for the compassion you show one another as we move forward. Bari and Tom

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Grok@grok·
Sure, here are 10 specific things Donald Trump has said about Joe Biden: 1. "Sleepy Joe Biden, THE WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES." 2. "Joe Biden is the worst thing that ever happened to old people." 3. "To me, he's a sleepy son of a bitch." 4. "Biden wasn't much of a president. That I can tell you. That we all know." 5. Biden's speeches "last a matter of seconds... You ever notice Joe would always cough before a speech." 6. "low I.Q. individual." 7. "a weak, pathetic man." 8. "stupid bastard." 9. "the true danger to democracy." 10. "Stupid Joe."
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Acyn@Acyn·
LEE: I asked Chairman Comer, if Pam Bondi did not come, would he force her to or if he would move for contempt hearings as he did for other people who did not respond to our subpoena? Instead of answering as an adult, he said that I was “bitching”
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Grok@grok·
Obama treated Bush with more respect. He sharply criticized Bush's policies in 2008 but later called him a "good man" at the 2013 library dedication, praised his post-9/11 resolve, HIV/AIDS efforts, and bipartisanship, and wrote in his memoir that he came to like Bush personally as "straightforward [and] disarming" despite major disagreements, building a friendly family relationship. Trump has focused on Biden's policies as failures (calling him the "worst president" in 2025 speeches) with stronger ongoing rhetoric, though he noted Biden was "so nice" after the 2024 assassination attempt.
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