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warhead · 2 years ago
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unicornbeck · 9 months ago
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Signal Boost, Signal Boost, Signal Boost.
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cryptocollectibles · 5 months ago
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filosofablogger · 2 years ago
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King Ron???
Every day there is something new that DeSantis or his henchmen have done to further stifle civil rights, human rights.  The latest is the board of trustees 9-3 vote to shut down one college’s diversity office.  Others will no doubt follow.  Seems to me that we can all see where this path ends. Also in Florida there is Senate Bill 1316, titled Information Dissemination.  The bill would, in part,…
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whitesinhistory · 3 months ago
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So the Republicans are trying to shut down the government to damage their own states so that they make the Democrats look bad before the election… Is that the game plan they’re going with?
Here is the full list of Republicans who voted against the stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown in September 2024:
Indiana: James R. Baird, Jim Banks, Rudy Yakym III, Victoria Spartz
Ohio: Troy Balderson, Warren Davidson, Jim Jordan, Max L. Miller
Florida: Aaron Bean, Gus M. Bilirakis, Kat Cammack, Byron Donalds, Matt Gaetz, Anna Paulina Luna, Cory Mills, Bill Posey, Michael Waltz, Daniel Webster
Texas: Michael Cloud, Tony Gonzales, Lance Gooden, Morgan Luttrell, Nathaniel Moran, Chip Roy, Keith Self, Randy Weber Sr., Beth Van Duyne, Roger Williams
Arizona: Andy Biggs, Elijah Crane, Paul A. Gosar, Debbie Lesko, David Schweikert
North Carolina: Dan Bishop
Colorado: Lauren Boebert
Illinois: Mike Bost, Mary E. Miller, Darin LaHood
Oklahoma: Josh Brecheen
Tennessee: Tim Burchett, John W. Rose, Andrew Ogles
Missouri: Eric Burlison
Georgia: Andrew S. Clyde, Mike Collins, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Richard McCormick
Utah: John R. Curtis
South Carolina: Jeff Duncan, Russell Fry, Nancy Mace, Ralph Norman, William R. Timmons IV
Kansas: Ron Estes, Tracey Mann
Mississippi: Mike Ezell, Michael Guest, Trent Kelly
Iowa: Randy Feenstra
Minnesota: Brad Finstad, Michelle Fischbach
Idaho: Russ Fulcher
Virginia: Bob Good, H. Morgan Griffith
Wyoming: Harriet M. Hageman
Maryland: Andy Harris
Louisiana: Clay Higgins
Pennsylvania: John Joyce, Scott Perry
West Virginia: Alexander X. Mooney
California: Tom McClintock
Kentucky: Thomas Massie
Montana: Matthew M. Rosendale Sr.
New York: Claudia Tenney
Wisconsin: Thomas P. Tiffany, Derrick Van Orden
New Jersey: Jefferson Van Drew
Alabama: Barry Moore, Gary J. Palmer
Arkansas: Bruce Westerman
Why is this important to me? I would have been out of a job. Government contractors would rather cut you and rehire you for less pay or benefits. Also, if I miss 1 or 2 paychecks I will be homeless.
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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 29 days ago
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Jesse Duquette
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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN
December 9, 2024
Heather Cox Richardson
Dec 10, 2024
The sudden collapse of the Assad regime in Syria yesterday took oxygen away from the airing of President-elect Trump’s interview with Kristen Welker of NBC’S Meet the Press. The interview told us little that we didn’t already know, but it did reinforce what we can expect in the new administration.
As Tom Nichols pointed out after the interview, when Donald Trump ran for the presidency this year, he “wasn’t running to do anything. He was running to stay out of jail. The rest he doesn’t care about.”
Nichols was reacting to the exchange that began when Welker asked the president-elect: “Do you have an actual plan at this point for health care?” Trump answered: “Yes. We have concepts of a plan that would be better.” “Still just concepts? Do you have a fully developed plan?” Welker asked.
The answer, nine years after Trump first said he would repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with something cheaper and better, is still no. He went on to add, “I am the one that saved Obamacare,” although he spent his first term trying to weaken it.
Trump also reiterated his plans for revenge against those he perceives to be his enemies. He told Welker that when he is president, the Department of Justice should pursue and jail the members of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, more commonly known as the January 6th Committee. He singled out committee leaders Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and former representative Liz Cheney (R-WY).
But it was in his insistence on one specific lie that Trump was most revealing. He told Welker that there were “13,099 murderers released into our country over the last three years. They’re walking down the streets. They’re walking next to you and your family, and they’re very dangerous.”
This statement sets Trump up to be a strongman who will save America from great danger, but it is a lie that has been repeatedly debunked. It originated in a September 2024 letter from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to Representative Tony Gonzales (R-TX) listing 13,099 people convicted of homicide as being “non-detained.”
As Alex Nowrasteh of the libertarian Cato blog explains, “non-detained” does not mean free to roam the streets; it simply means that those in prison for homicide are not currently detained by ICE. Once they have served their sentences, they go back onto ICE’s docket to be deported unless their countries of origin don’t have repatriation agreements with the U.S., a condition that affects a very small number of people. Releases of criminal migrants into the U.S. dropped during the Biden administration from the numbers released during Trump’s term. In addition, as Nowrasteh points out, the 13,099 figure covers at least 40 years.
Welker tried to correct Trump: “The thirteen thousand figure I think goes back around 40 years,” she said. “No, it doesn’t,” Trump insisted. “It’s within the three-year period. It’s during the Biden term.”
Trump was intent on making Welker and the television audience accept an egregious lie, despite the fact it has been thoroughly debunked. His insistence echoed his determination in January 2017 to make the American people accept his lie that his inauguration crowd was bigger than that of his predecessor, Barack Obama, although we could see with our own eyes that he was lying. He was demanding we reject our own experience and instead let him define how we see the country.
Trump built on a history of narrative shaping that ran through the Republican Party. In 2004 a senior advisor to President George W. Bush famously told journalist Ron Suskind that people like Suskind lived in “the reality-based community,” believing that people could find solutions to problems based on their real-world observations. But such a worldview was obsolete, the aide said. “That’s not the way the world really works anymore.… We are an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality…. We’re history’s actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”
America’s right wing has been able to shape reality in large part because of the 1996 advent of the Fox News Channel (FNC), the brainchild of Australian-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Shows on the FNC used clear, simple messaging with colorful graphics that told a story of an America overwhelmingly made up of white, rural folks who hated taxes and an intrusive government, and would do fine if they could just get the socialist Democrats to leave them alone. To spread the new channel, Murdoch initially offered ten dollars per subscriber to each cable company that carried it.
That right-wing echo chamber has expanded until it is now so strong that nearly 70% of Republicans falsely believe Trump was the rightful winner of the 2020 presidential election, despite the fact that the FNC had to pay more than $787 million to Dominion Voting Systems for defamation after it lied to viewers about that election.
Trump has built on that Republican narrative to create a fantasy world that is badly out of step with reality. It is not easy to see how he will reconcile his vision with real-world events.
He and his supporters might try simply to tell voters that they have done what they promised, and hope that story sells.
When Trump threatened to put a 25% tariff on goods from Mexico until Mexico stopped undocumented migrants from crossing the border, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum told Trump that "encounters at the Mexico–United States border have decreased by 75 percent between December 2023 and November 2024.” Trump then simply told reporters that Sheinbaum had “agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border,” and his supporters trumpeted on social media that Trump had closed the border with one phone call.
But convincing people of an alternative reality might be harder with issues closer to home.
Trump has vowed to place a tariff wall around the U.S., for example, at the same time he has promised to bring down the price of consumer goods. “Economists of all stripes say that ultimately, consumers pay the price of tariffs,” Welker told him on Sunday. “I don’t believe that,” Trump answered. He might not believe it, but producers do: car manufacturers as well as major shopping chains have warned that tariffs will force them to raise prices.
On other issues, Trump will have a vocal and established opposition. After his threat to go after the members of the January 6th committee, former representative Liz Cheney said in a statement: “There is no conceivably appropriate factual or constitutional basis for what Donald Trump is suggesting.“
“Here is the truth: Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election and seize power. He mobilized an angry mob and sent them to the United States Capitol, where they attacked police officers, invaded the building, and halted the official counting of electoral votes. Trump watched on television as police officers were brutally beaten and the Capitol was assaulted, refusing for hours to tell the mob to leave. This was the worst breach of our Constitution by any president in our nation’s history.”
Cheney called for the release of the evidence and grand jury material special counsel Jack Smith assembled “so all Americans can see Donald Trump for who he genuinely is and fully understand his role in this terrible period in our nation’s history.”
Nobel laureates generally try to stay out of politics, but today more than 75 of them in medicine, chemistry, economics, and physics wrote a letter to senators urging them not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick for secretary of Health and Human Services. They object to Kennedy’s stand against the scientists and agencies he would oversee. They noted that he has no credentials or relevant experience and that he has opposed life-saving vaccines, promoted conspiracy theories, and attacked the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health.
Putting him in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services, they write, “would put the public’s health in jeopardy and undermine America’s global leadership in the health sciences, in both the public and commercial sectors.”
There is also the chance that the Fox media empire will not effectively push a right-wing narrative much longer. The Murdoch family is in a struggle over control of that empire after the death of the 93-year-old Rupert. He and his eldest son, Lachlan, want to lock the company into its current political slant, but at least two of the three of Murdoch’s other children who are set to inherit the company do not share their father and brother’s politics.
Rupert has been trying to change the terms of the family trust to cement Lachlan’s control of the empire, but today a commissioner in Nevada ruled against him. Edward Helmore of The Guardian noted that the decision likely means that even if the children do not take the media empire in a different direction, divided leadership will weaken the right-wing message.
Almost 30 years after the Fox News Channel began to shape American politics with a fictional narrative, a different Fox media empire would almost certainly disrupt the right-wing bubble. A lawyer for Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch said they will appeal the decision.
Finally, Pennsylvania law enforcement officials today arrested a “strong person of interest” in the shooting of United Healthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson. Tonight a court document shows 26-year-old Luigi Mangione has been charged with murder.
LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
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deanwasalwaysbi · 2 years ago
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23 Republican Senators & 124 Congressmen signed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court asking for a 50 state ban on mifepristone, a drug safer than tylenol that is standard treatment for abortion & miscarriages, "due to safety concerns". The brief DARES to argue that banning the life saving drug would save women from 'reproductive control'. (x) These 147 people would rather have women die of sepsis than let women control their own bodies. If your representatives are on this list, call them and tell their office you will be voting against them in the next election because they asked SCOTUS to throw the US medical drug system into chaos at the cost of American lives.
United States Senate
Lead Senator: Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS) John Barrasso (WY) Mike Braun (IN) Katie Britt (AL) Ted Budd (NC) Bill Cassidy (LA) Kevin Cramer (ND) Mike Crapo (ID) Ted Cruz (TX) Steve Daines (MT) Josh Hawley (MO) John Hoeven (ND) James Lankford (OK) Mike Lee (UT) Cynthia Lummis (WY) Roger Marshall (KS) Markwayne Mullin (OK) James Risch (ID) Marco Rubio (FL) Rich Scott (FL) John Thune (SD) Tommy Tuberville (AL) Roger Wicker (MS)
United States House of Representatives
Lead Representative: August Pfluger (TX–11) Robert Aderholt (AL–04) Mark Alford (MO–04) Rick Allen (GA–12) Jodey Arrington (TX–19) Brian Babin (TX–36) Troy Balderson (OH–12) Jim Banks (IN–03) Aaron Bean (FL–04) Cliff Bentz (OR–02) Jack Bergman (MI–01) Andy Biggs (AZ–05) Gus Bilirakis (FL–12) Dan Bishop (NC–08) Lauren Boebert (CO–03) Mike Bost (IL–12) Josh Brecheen (OK–02) Ken Buck (CO–04) Tim Burchett (TN–02) Michael Burgess, M.D. (TX–26) Eric Burlison (MO–07) Kat Cammack (FL–03) Mike Carey (OH–15) Jerry Carl (AL–01) Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA–01) John Carter (TX–31) Ben Cline (VA–06) Michael Cloud (TX–27) Andrew Clyde (GA–09) Mike Collins (GA–10) Elijah Crane (AZ–02) Eric A. “Rick” Crawford (AR–01) John Curtis (UT–03) Warren Davidson (OH–08) Monica De La Cruz (TX–15) Jeff Duncan (SC–03) Jake Ellzey (TX–06) Ron Estes (KS–04) Mike Ezell (MS–04) Pat Fallon (TX–04) Randy Feenstra (IA–04) Brad Finstad (MN–01) Michelle Fischbach (MN–07) Scott Fitzgerald (WI–05) Mike Flood (NE–01) Virginia Foxx (NC–05) Scott Franklin (FL–18) Russell Fry (SC–07) Russ Fulcher (ID–01) Tony Gonzales (TX–23) Bob Good (VA–05) Paul Gosar (AZ–09) Garret Graves (LA–06) Mark Green (TN–07) Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA–14) H. Morgan Griffith (VA–09) Glenn Grothman (WI–06) Michael Guest (MS–03) Harriet Hageman (WY) Andy Harris, M.D. (MD–01) Diana Harshbarger (TN–01) Kevin Hern (OK–01) Clay Higgins (LA–03) Ashley Hinson (IA–02) Erin Houchin (IN–02) Richard Hudson (NC–09) Bill Huizenga (MI–04) Bill Johnson (OH–06) Mike Johnson (LA–04) Jim Jordan (OH–04) Mike Kelly (PA–16) Trent Kelly (MS–01) Doug LaMalfa (CA–01) Doug Lamborn (CO–05) Nicholas Langworthy (NY–23) Jake LaTurner (KS–02) Debbie Lesko (AZ–08) Barry Loudermilk (GA–11) Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO–03) Tracey Mann (KS–01) Lisa McClain (MI–09) Dr. Rich McCormick (GA–06) Patrick McHenry (NC–10) Carol Miller (WV–01) Mary Miller (IL–15) Max Miller (OH–07) Cory Mills (FL–07) John Moolenar (MI–02) Alex X. Mooney (WV–02) Barry Moore (AL–02) Blake Moore (UT–01) Gregory F. Murphy, M.D. (NC–03) Troy Nehls (TX–22) Ralph Norman (SC–05) Andy Ogles (TN–05) Gary Palmer (AL–06) Bill Posey (FL–08) Guy Reschenthaler (PA–14) Mike Rogers (AL–03) John Rose (TN–06) Matthew Rosendale, Sr. (MT–02) David Rouzer (NC–07) Steve Scalise (LA–01) Keith Self (TX–03) Pete Sessions (TX–17) Adrian Smith (NE–03) Christopher H. Smith (NJ–04) Lloyd Smucker (PA–11) Pete Stauber (MN–08) Elise Stefanik (NY–21) Dale Strong (AL–05) Claudia Tenney (NY–24) Glenn Thompson (PA–15) William Timmons, IV (SC–04) Beth Van Duyne (TX–24) Tim Walberg (MI–05) Michael Waltz (FL–05) Randy Weber, Sr. (TX–14) Daniel Webster (FL–11) Brad R. Wenstrup, D.P.M. (OH–02) Bruce Westerman (AR–04) Roger Williams (TX–25) Joe Wilson (SC–02) Rudy Yakym (IN–02)
If your representatives are on this list, call them and tell their office you will be voting against them in the next election because they asked SCOTUS to throw the US medical drug system into chaos at the cost of American lives.
Help to patients who have to cross state lines to get medical care by donating to your local abortion fund here. (x)
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taquasb · 1 year ago
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MEET YOUR HEROES: RICK HOWARD (Good case of IBS)
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Rick Howardの長いキャリアの中において、彼は様々なことに関わっている―EMBのイノベーターであり、90年代のスーパー・チームの一員であり、そしてスケートシューズのパイオニアとして、最も重要なことは彼が「楽しむこと、友情そして創造性が他の何よりも大切である」と気づいた点である―特に冷酷なスケートボード・ビジネスにおいて。彼はサッカーボールをあなたの顔にぶつけ、あなたのシャツをトイレットペーパーに使う。しかしこれは1993年以来初となるThrasherのインタビューなのであります。ここにお集まりの皆様、カナダからやってきたRick Howardの登場です。 -Michael Burnett
-君はいわゆる「すべてのトリックを最初の6ヶ月で習得した」っていうSean Sheffeyタイプの一人だったのかな?
そうかもね。13歳で始めてスポンサーがついたのが16歳。これって早い「学習曲線」なのかな?オレらはただオーリーでなにか飛び越えたり、ジャンプランプやってたりして、その後ウォールライドが流行ったのかな?そんな感じだったよ。だから今あるトリックを身に着けていく状況じゃなかった。ハンドレールもまだ広まってなかったし。だから「学習曲線」で言えば全然緩やかな感じだったと思うよ。例えるなら「360サランラップ」対「今あるトリックすべて」みたいな感じじゃないかな。
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-かなり早い時期にカルフォルニアに来たよね?初めてのカルフォルニアでの冒険はどんな感じだった?
その時のトリップが動画で残ってることに驚いてるんだ―友達の一人で一緒にスケートしながら育ったKevin Chan、それとこのトリップに一緒に行ったBen Chibber。Kevin は片手で持てるビデオカメラを持ってたんだ。オレらはグレイハウンドバスでサンフランシスコまで行った。なぜかっていうと、Sick Boys(1988年リリースのスケートビデオ)に出てきたスポット全部を回るって目的があったから。消火栓に縁石、あのビデオに出てた全部をね。オレらはスケートボードを持って聖地を回る観光客みたいなもんだった。 85年だったと思うけど、その時Mike(マイク・キャロル)に会ってるんだよね―直接ではないんだけど。笑っちゃうことに彼のミニランプを無断で滑ってたんだ。その後、ちゃんとした形で会うことになるんだけど、記憶だとオレらが勝手に自分のランプを滑ってるのを観てたんだ。彼は寝室の窓から見ていてムカついてる…。彼は絶対そんなことないって言うけどMike独特の表情を知っ���るよね?だから、ね…。
-当時、スポンサー契約っていうのは頭にあった?
あったね。そういう状況はローカルのパーク―Richmond Skate Ranchでも時々起きていたんだ。友達のPeter SullivanはSchmitt Stixから商品をもらってたり。Powellのチームが来たことがあって―たしかLanceとTony Hawkだったと思うけど、それって大事件で「ボーンズブリゲードが近所のパークに来たぞ!」ってことだから。結局、ローカルの何人かがPowellのライダーになった―Colinとその兄貴のCaseyのMckay兄弟とか。それを見てて「マジか。バンクーバーのキッズ��よね。そんなことあるんだ」みたいに感じてたわけ。その後、自分でもBlockheadのDave Bergtholdからデッキをもらうようになった。それが人生を変えたよね。
-話をちょっと戻したいんだけど、Richmond Skate Ranchでの最高の思い出ってある?
すごいいっぱいあるよ。あの頃はむちゃくちゃ楽しかった。憶えてるのは地元に戻ってくるのが夜遅くになった日があって、たしか最終バスに乗り損ねたんだよね。その時期って、ちょうど皆がいろんなものを壊して回るのが流行りだした頃で―のちに彼らは自分たちをRed Dragonsって名乗りだすんだけど。で、その1人が小さな磁器の破片一つでどんな窓ガラスでも割ることができるって発見したんだよね。それでスパークプラグから磁気の破片を取り出して、ちっちゃなスリングショットを持ってたやつが車の販売店の窓めがけて発射したんだ。窓ガラスが割れ落ちていくのを目にして!?ってなった。「マジかよ?バスもないのにオレらなにやってんだ?」ってなって、地元までほとんど走って逃げ帰ったんだ。あの頃は「悪ガキ行為」がたくさんあったね。誰かがセブンイレブンで「襲撃だ!」って叫ぶわけ、で20人ぐらいのキッズが菓子だったり宝くじを盗んだりとかね。のちに何人かはCrime Stoppersってテレビ番組に出たりしたよ。だから、ものすごく楽しかった時期。めちゃくちゃ忙しくやらかしてた頃だけど、楽しかった。
-どういう流れでBlockheadからプロになったの?
Daveにサンフランシスコの"Back to the City"プロ・コンテストに出る気ある?って言われて。めっちゃ緊張したね。Tony Hawkの後、Mark Gonzalesの前だった記憶なんだけど、出場前に裏で吐いちゃったんだ。「ダメ。できない」って感じ。憶えてるのがSheffeyがちょっとした安心する一言をくれて、「オーライ。もういいや。なんでもこい。戻ってスケートするだけだ」ってなったんだ。
-Blockheadからリリースされたデッキ「スカンクとルートビア」のグラフィックは、なにを意味してたの?
それはたぶん、オレがIBS(過敏性腸症候群)のすごく良い例だからじゃない。オナラがすごく出る。それが「スカンク」。で、たぶんよく「ルートビア」を飲んでたから、(グラフィックを担当した)Ron Lemenが使ったんだと思う。あのグラフィック、実際気に入ってるんだよね。
-君はある意味、IBS(過敏性腸症候群)で有名だよね。聞いたところではBlockheadのビデオでシミのついた短パンで滑ってるシーンがあるとか。
あるね、EGで。たしか「Splendid Eye Torture」(1989年リリースのスケートビデオ)でちょっとしたシミが映ってると思う。スクショで送れるよ。
-履いてたLimpies(90年代のアパレルブランド)に?
LimpiesだかT-Bagsにね。 嫁Meganと��最初のデートで―彼女は君にこの話した?当時、World Industriesに勤めていた彼女のことが好きになったんだ。普段から見かけていて、ある日デートすることになった。Redond Beachに遊びに行くことになってちょうどIBSがはじまって-クソしたくなったら「どこでする?ここでなにが起きる?!」ってなるだろ。で、車を停めた。この頃彼女はなんも知らなかったけど、オレはかなり焦ってた。「そうだ、ビーチまで下りていけばトイレがあるよな」って思いついた。だけど、トイレは閉まっててオレはシャツも靴下もない状態で戻っていった。トイレの脇で済ませてシャツと靴下をトイレットペーパー代わりに使ったよ。その姿をを見て「なにがあったの?」ってなってたけど、彼女はオレとの最初の夜を乗り越えたんだ。そこで思ったよ、「オッケー、彼女なら間違いない」って。
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-90年代のEmbarcadero(EMB)のスケートシーンがどんな感じだったか説明してくれる?
それか。そうだな、最高の毎日だった、それは確実だね。当時Mikey(マイク・キャロル)の家に寝泊まりしてたから毎日あそこに滑りに行っていて―Henry Sanchezが新しいトリックをメイクしたりとか、なにかしら新しいことが起きてた。すごかったね。Kelch(ジェイムス・ケルチ)や皆があの場所をどうやって取り仕切っていたかも、振り返ってみるとすごかったなって思う。だから、彼らと一緒にスケートしてあの楽しい日々を送れたってことに感謝してる。あの場所が今みたいに有名になるなんてビックリだよ。後から聞くことになったんだけど、国中からスケーターが集まってきて、彼らを有名にしたトリックを「ザ・セブン」でやりだす前―その頃には俺はもうそこにはいなかったんだ。それは後の話だね。だから有名になる前の、ちょうどいい量のEmbarcaderoについての思い出がある。あそこは���別な場所だったんだ。
-君がPlan B結成を一番初めに知ったのはいつだった?
1989か90年の夏にヨーロッパのMünsterでコンテストがあったんだ。そこで、Danny(ダニー・ウェイ)が「見ろよ、これが始まるんだ」って、関係者のリストを見せてくれて、そこに俺の名前も候補として入ってたんだ。「え?うそでしょ。なんでこのリストに?」ってなったよ。Mikeyに(彼がこの件について)なにかしら関わっているのかどうか質問しないわけにはいかなかったね。間違いなく関わっていたと思うけど。
-あのビデオ(「Questionable」1992年)撮影時、新しいアプローチの作品になるのは君の中では明白だった?
そうだね、正解。H-Streetがすでにビデオをリリースしてたし、その内容は今まで見たことのないトリックの連続だったよね。Mike T(マイク・ターナスキー)の話からもその方向になるってわかってた。カメラの前で初めてメイクしたトリックも多かったよ。今になってみると「うわーめっちゃグラついてるしクオリティ低い」ってなるけど、今までやったことなかったり見たことのないトリックだったらその当時はクールだった。楽しかったよ。
-Matt Hensleyが(Plan Bの)最初のビデオで引退したことは良く知られてる話だね。
それからSal(サル・バービエ)が次だったよね?
-そうそう。当時、「わー、歳とってスケートしてたら自分の意志じゃなくてもリタイアさせられるのかも」みたいな感覚はあった?
うーん、あった。そういう雰囲気はかなり漂ってたね、もし君がその時23歳だったらそう思ったかも。なんていうか、クレージーな話だけど。その頃って「古いものはアウト、新しいものが正解」みたいな感じだったよね?そんな空気はたしかにあった。それがオレたちがGirlを設立したひとつのきっかけになってるかもしれない―(自分たちで会社を立ち上げれば)意志に反してリタイアすることないなって。おかしな時代だったね。
-Girlのチーム内でロゴについて反発はあった?
いや、記憶にないね。
-それとかブランドネーム自体?
Carrollがあの名前を思いついたんだ。反発があったって誰かから聞いたの?
-じゃなくて、個人的に気になってたんだ。19歳ぐらいのタフになろうとしている連中が「ロゴは女子トイレのマークにする」って言われたらどう思ったんだろうって。
だね。それってつまり、Carrollがどういう脳の使い方をするかってことだよね。人をおちょくるようなことが大好きなんだ。そう、だから反発はなかったよ。ロゴはもっと後にできたと思う。Mikeは「コンテストで『さあ、次は『女の子のためにスケートしている○○』ってアナウンスされたら笑えるよな」みたいな感じ(※通常、"skate for ~"の~にはスポンサー名がアナウンスされる)。彼はそう聞こえたらお���しろいよなって思ったんだ。特に長い間深く考えたネーミングじゃなかった。いろんなアホみたいなアイディアがあわさって、あの女子トイレマークがロゴになってツアーに出たんだ。
-GirlとChocolateって「スケート業界の老兵」にはどんな風に受け止められたの?
Girlをやり始めた頃はたくさんいる友だちを加えることができなかった。で、Girlが回りはじめた頃にChocolateをスタートさせた。だけど老兵には理解できないわけ。「こいつらなにやってんだ?また別の会社始めるだと?」みたいな感じ。で、老兵が集結するような感じでオレらを材木加工業者から締め出したんだよ。当時は2、3の業者しかスケートボードデッキを受注してくれなかった。Schmittはオレらのデッキを生産してくれたんだけど、老兵が彼に詰め寄ったんだ。「アンタがやつらを許すってことはスケートボーディングを滅茶苦茶にしてるってことなんだぞ」みたいな感じでね。Paul(ボール・シュミット)は協力的だったけど、周りに脅されたんだと思う。Fausto(ファウスト・ヴィテッロ)に出会った時ことを覚えてるんだけど、彼はとっても興奮してくれて支持してくれた。オレらのウィールを生産してくれるって言ってくれて、それからもいろんなアドバイスやヘルプをできる限りしてくれたんだ。素晴らしい人だよ。彼の協力には本当に感謝してる。なんだけど、そうオレらは家具メーカーのTaylor Dykemaにデッキを発注するしかなかったんだ。理由は君が言ったように老兵が「ダメだ。おまえら他のことやってろ」って態度だったから。まあだから、困惑したよね。
-ヤバいね。Spike(スパイク・ジョーンズ)とはどうやって繋がったの?
オレらはただバカやって遊んでただけだよ。なんていうか、彼は今でも大きくなった子どもで「遊ぶこと」が好きなんだ。探求するのが大好き。今でもなにかを学んでる、そういうところが好きだね。出会えてすごくラッキーだと思う。しっかりした人間だし、最高の一人。
-たぶん無計画に方向づけされたんだとは思うんだけど、今までにオフィスで働くことで自分自身のスケートキャリアを犠牲にしたって感じたことってある?
Mikeがその話したの?
-いや、これはオレ自身からの質問だよ。
その質問は興味深いな。Mikeと共有した経験だからね。そうだね、苦しい思いになることもあった。でも、「ノー」だね。オレらの仕事は、一緒に働いている皆の喜びの為だし、それってかけがえのないことだから。まあでも、なにかを成し遂げるには時間がかかるだろ。もちろんそういう出張だったり、時期は当然あったよ―「ああ、みんなとスケートできたのになあ。もったいないなあ」なんてね。でもね、聞いてほしんだけど、結局は正当な理由があるからなんだよね。だから、キャリアを犠牲にしているとは考えないようにしてる。そんな考えが出てくる時って不思議だよね―オレはオフィスに一晩中ってわけじゃないけど「いる」。それは「その分、時間が経過した」ってことになる。でも、振り返ってみても「スケートすることだけ頭にあって、(現在の)責任ある立場にいない」という選択をしていても不思議じゃないからね。うん、どうなってたんだろうね。
-DC(スケートシューズ会社)とスケートシューズのゲームに乗り出した時の話を聞かせて。
素晴らしかった。すべての工程に関わらなきゃなくて、それからオレが一足作ることになったんだけど、その当時のオレたちの好みにはまるのがなかったんだ。だから現行のシューズと違うものを作り出さなきゃならなかった。クレージーだったよ。最終的には家を一軒買えるぐらいの経済的恩恵に与れたと思う。はじめは、正直乗り気じゃなかったんだ。自分のモデルのスケートシューズを出すなんて「陳腐で安っぽい」って思ってたから。でも誰かに「やったほうが良いぜ」って言われて、実際にやった自分を褒めたいね。Huf(キース・ハフナゲル)やDanny(ダニー・ウェイ)のような一緒に旅行に行きたいと思う連中すべて、憧れていた全員と過ごすことができたから。楽しかったけど、次第に何人かは別の道を選ぶことになったんだ。
-GirlとChocolateには「90年代初めの重たい状況」から出てきたパイオニアたちであり仲間同士の「バイブス」があった。そこから君たちはオリジナルのクルーではないスケーターを加入させていったよね。それって難しいプロセスだった?
自然とそうなっていった感じなんだけどね。何人かは以前よりスケートしない時間が増えていったり、別の興味を追求しだして―まだコンテストが重要視されていて頃だよね、McCrank(リック・マクランク)とBrian Andersonの2人がどんな大会でも入賞してヤバいビデオパートを残してたんだ。何人かに「このMcCrankとかいうヤツ、聞いたことないな!」みたいに言われたことを憶えてる。彼の加入は何人かの機嫌を損ねることになったね。
-その時期って、君がTy Evans(フィルマー・ディレクター)と作品に取り組み始めたのと同じ頃でもあるよね。なにが君のスケーティングを「再点火」させたの?
オレたちがPlan Bから離脱した時には、みんなもう疲れ果ててたんだ。最終地点まで、かなりの激務だったからね。それからGirlをスタートしてからは「なんでもいいから撮る」みたいな感じで、ボロいカメラでお互いを撮影してた。「Goldfish」はかなり経費がかかったけど、楽しかった。だからいくつかビデオをを作って、何年か楽な感じで過ごしてた。その後、Mikeに火がついたのに気がついたんだ。「このビデオパートにトライする、マジでやる」みたいな感じで。で、それから彼らと一緒にスケートするようになって、うん、あれは特別な状況だったね。楽しかった。Tyと一緒に作ったビデオは驚異だね。言い訳ができないんだ―彼はどんなものも「スケート可能」な状態にしちゃうんだ。「照明を点けろ!」なんて言ってね。それがオレたちをハードにトライさせる状態に持っていったんだ。
-その時にいたキッズたち、P-Rod(ポール・ロドリゲス)、Biebel(ブランドン・ビーベル)やSherm(ジェレム・ロジャースのニックネーム)はどんな様子だった?実際の10代をツアー・バンに詰め込むのはどんな感じだったのかな?
あれはホント楽しかった。JeremeとPaulはヘッドフォンをシェアしたりしてたね。キッズ、若いやつらと一緒にいるのって、自分がバンでツアーしていた頃を思い出させてくれるんだ。Biebelはヤバかったね。最高の時間だった。彼とサクラメントで過ごした週末?最高だったね―川でただプカプカ浮かんでみたり、昼も夜もスケートもして。それとヤツのエネルギー。たぶん君も体験したことあるだろうけど、あのエネルギーには誰も勝てないね。
-00年代を通して、本当にヤバいくらい積み重ねられたチームライダーたちが出てくる重要なビデオを作ってきてるよね。妥協しなければならない場面もあったと思うけど、チームライダーが去っていくベスト、またはワーストの状況ってどんな感じ?
なんていうか、家族みたいなものだから悲しいことではあるんだけど、場合による。初期はマジで今まで経験したことないもない最悪な出来事だった。実際の友達でもあったわけだから。いつどのタイミングでプロとしてデッキをリリースするべきかをチームライダーと話し合う、そういう立場になることにオレは同意してなかった。今はそんなことはないけど、スタートした頃は本当にラフな感じだったんだ。Mikeがいつも言うのは「くだらないことを言ったやつらが、少ない額で解雇されてきた」なんだ。誰かに去ってもらわなきゃならない場合、良い気分のはずないよ。オレらと一緒にやってきたこと以外に、彼ら自身の創造性を伸ばしたいとか何かを新しく始めたいとかであれば、それは別のシチュエーションになる。最悪なのは、その後の人生で繋がりや友情を失ってしまうことだよね。今まで仲良くしていた皆と、いまだに友達であり続けられているオレは幸運だなって思う。たとえば、New Yorkに行くならBrianがいるのを知ってるからいつも連絡するみたいに。すごいことだよ。この一連のできごとの最良の部分、それって「繋がり」なんだ。だから関係が悪化したときは悲しいし辛い。さらに、時には手に負えない状況もある。オレはただ単に、皆になにかをやるチャンスがあることが嬉しいよ。スケートボーディングには違う側面もあるよね。つまり、大金が流れ込んできたことで人生が一変した人たちもいるから。
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-オレたちが2004年にKIng of the Road(Thrasherの名物企画)に行った時、オレはBrian Andersonがゲイであることを知ったんだ。だから君たちの間では共有されていた話題なんだと思う。それから数年後、彼は公にカミングアウトすることになる…。
その時点で知っていたかわからないな。
-ある人物から聞いたんだ。
了解。それってオレらがZeroに負けたとき?
-オレたちはいつもZeroに負けてるよ
知ってる。クソ、Jamie Thomas(ジャーミー・トーマス)め!オーケイ、そうだな、オレたちは他の機会で(その件について)話したことがある。オレたちはBrianと最高のカミングアウト・パーティーをすることになったからね。
-どんな感じだったの?
オレらはSpikeのパーティーにいて、近くに滞在してたBrianもやってきた。たしか最初Meg(嫁)と話してて、それからこう言ったんだ。「ヘイ、俺がゲイだって知らせておきたかったんだ」。これが笑えるんだけど、彼女から聞いたのは、その時振り返ってオレをみたらオレは誰かの肩に乗ってダンスしてたみたいで、彼が「次はRickに伝えてくる」ってなったんだって。でも彼が話してくれた時、すごく楽しかったのを覚えてる。裸になってプールに飛び込んだかって?オレたち最終的にHollywoodのいくつかのバーに流れ着いた。まあでも、楽しい夜だったよ。もっと友達があんな風にカミングアウトしてくれたらいいのにって思う。そしたらお祝いできるからね!楽しい時間だった。
-うん、なにしろ90年代初頭なんて「黄色いTシャツを着てスケートしたから」って理由で周りから追放されたからね。だからこの件に関して君たちに躊躇いがなかったのはクールだった。
でしょ?うん、たしかにそんな風潮だった。それか「適切じゃないズボンを履いてる」とか、そんなのでしょ?まさにね、あの時代はすごく偏見も派閥意識みたいなものも強かったよね。
-君が故意に、あるいはアクシデントで最悪に誰かを傷つけてしまった経験は?
Carrollに聞くべき話題。オレとしてはだんだん落ち着いてきたと思ってるんだけど、一番最近だと、あるツアーでのこと。空気の抜けたサッカーボールがあってさ、それをピント(※フットボールで両手で持ったボールを落として蹴る動作のこと)したら、それが完璧なカーブを描いて50ヤード先のMikeの顔面にヒットしたんだ。で、彼は今までみたことないぐらいキレた。終いには「こんなことがファッキン30年間あったんだ��!」って叫んだんだ。それを聞いてさ、わかるかな?彼が言ってることは正しいんだ。オレはずっとこんな調子のバカなんだよ。たぶん彼には「いつ痛めつけられるかわからない状況への耐用年数」みたいのがあって、そこにプラスしたような感じ。Mikeの「ちょっかいを出された場合の耐用年数」を越えちゃったんだね。
-自分で自分を痛めつけた経験は?もしかして間違った薬で、あるいは正しい薬を大量に摂取して有害な影響が出たことってある?
うわ。落ち着かない気分にさせる質問だな!まあでも、あるよ。本当に若い頃、たしか14か15の時に間違って大量のアシッドをキメちゃったんだ。いつ素面に戻るかわからなくなって怖かったね。数日後、医者のところというか病院に行ったんだ。その医者には「うーん、大丈夫でしょう。温かいミルクを飲んで安静にしてください」って言われた。その後再診を受けたら「言いたくはないのですが、あなたと同じことをして元に戻れなかった人たちもいます」って言うんだ。おそらくそれが今のオレである原因。良い気分じゃなかったね。たしか3、4日間ぶっ飛んでいたと思う。あれはクールじゃなかったね。
-Girlのビデオに出てくるスキット(寸劇)で好きなのはどれ?
Owen Wilson(俳優)があのセリフを練習して現れた時は、度肝を抜かれたよ。その時初めて「Hard Out」って業界用語を知った。たとえば、「Owenは20分でHard Outしなくてはならない」みたいな感じ。彼はあれを1、2回で撮り終えたんだ。Meza(Aaron Meza ディレクター・プロデューサー)があのセリフを書きだして「この男、どうやってこんなにスケーターみたいに喋れるようになったんだ?」って昂奮してたよ。彼の最初の演技を見てオレらは抑えきれなかったね、大爆笑。まあでも、Spikeとの仕事はいつでも楽しいんだ。スキットをやるだけでも彼とふざけまわってるのは楽しいからね。実を言うと今、ちょうどLakai用にもスキットを撮り終えたところ。口ひげとカツラをつける時はいつだって楽しい日になるんだ♠
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Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) warned that Republicans should consider defunding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) if the Biden administration does not adhere to a ruling from a federal judge last week that blocked the long-standing approval of an abortion medication.
A federal judge in Texas last week blocked the federal approval of mifepristone, an abortion drug that has been on the market for over 20 years. But Democrats, including Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), have floated the idea of the White House not adhering to the ruling, urging President Biden to ignore the decision.
“It’s very dangerous when you have the administration, the Biden administration, coming out and saying they may not uphold a ruling,” Gonzales said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “The House Republicans have the power of the purse. And if the administration wants to not live up to this ruling, then we’re going to have a problem… it may come to a point where House Republicans on the appropriation side have to defund FDA programs that don’t make sense.”
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The federal judge that blocked the approval argued that the federal government rushed its approval process of the drug, resulting in an unsafe medication being put on the market. The FDA appealed the decision to the conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeal.
The White House was quick to appeal the decision from the judge in Texas, but has not publicly weighed in on the idea of ignoring the ruling altogether. Instead, Biden has criticized the decision and promised to fight it in court.
“If this ruling were to stand, then there will be virtually no prescription, approved by the FDA, that would be safe from these kinds of political, ideological attacks,” Biden said in a statement after the ruling. “My Administration will fight this ruling.
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Heather Cox Richardson 12.9.24
The sudden collapse of the Assad regime in Syria yesterday took oxygen away from the airing of President-elect Trump’s interview with Kristen Welker of NBC’S Meet the Press. The interview told us little that we didn’t already know, but it did reinforce what we can expect in the new administration.
As Tom Nichols pointed out after the interview, when Donald Trump ran for the presidency this year, he “wasn’t running to do anything. He was running to stay out of jail. The rest he doesn’t care about.”
Nichols was reacting to the exchange that began when Welker asked the president-elect: “Do you have an actual plan at this point for health care?” Trump answered: “Yes. We have concepts of a plan that would be better.” “Still just concepts? Do you have a fully developed plan?” Welker asked.
The answer, nine years after Trump first said he would repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with something cheaper and better, is still no. He went on to add, “I am the one that saved Obamacare,” although he spent his first term trying to weaken it.
Trump also reiterated his plans for revenge against those he perceives to be his enemies. He told Welker that when he is president, the Department of Justice should pursue and jail the members of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, more commonly known as the January 6th Committee. He singled out committee leaders Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and former representative Liz Cheney (R-WY).
But it was in his insistence on one specific lie that Trump was most revealing. He told Welker that there were “13,099 murderers released into our country over the last three years. They’re walking down the streets. They’re walking next to you and your family, and they’re very dangerous.”
This statement sets Trump up to be a strongman who will save America from great danger, but it is a lie that has been repeatedly debunked. It originated in a September 2024 letter from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to Representative Tony Gonzales (R-TX) listing 13,099 people convicted of homicide as being “non-detained.”
As Alex Nowrasteh of the libertarian Cato blog explains, “non-detained” does not mean free to roam the streets; it simply means that those in prison for homicide are not currently detained by ICE. Once they have served their sentences, they go back onto ICE’s docket to be deported unless their countries of origin don’t have repatriation agreements with the U.S., a condition that affects a very small number of people. Releases of criminal migrants into the U.S. dropped during the Biden administration from the numbers released during Trump’s term. In addition, as Nowrasteh points out, the 13,099 figure covers at least 40 years.
Welker tried to correct Trump: “The thirteen thousand figure I think goes back around 40 years,” she said. “No, it doesn’t,” Trump insisted. “It’s within the three-year period. It’s during the Biden term.”
Trump was intent on making Welker and the television audience accept an egregious lie, despite the fact it has been thoroughly debunked. His insistence echoed his determination in January 2017 to make the American people accept his lie that his inauguration crowd was bigger than that of his predecessor, Barack Obama, although we could see with our own eyes that he was lying. He was demanding we reject our own experience and instead let him define how we see the country.
Trump built on a history of narrative shaping that ran through the Republican Party. In 2004 a senior advisor to President George W. Bush famously told journalist Ron Suskind that people like Suskind lived in “the reality-based community,” believing that people could find solutions to problems based on their real-world observations. But such a worldview was obsolete, the aide said. “That’s not the way the world really works anymore.… We are an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality…. We’re history’s actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”
America’s right wing has been able to shape reality in large part because of the 1996 advent of the Fox News Channel (FNC), the brainchild of Australian-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Shows on the FNC used clear, simple messaging with colorful graphics that told a story of an America overwhelmingly made up of white, rural folks who hated taxes and an intrusive government, and would do fine if they could just get the socialist Democrats to leave them alone. To spread the new channel, Murdoch initially offered ten dollars per subscriber to each cable company that carried it.
That right-wing echo chamber has expanded until it is now so strong that nearly 70% of Republicans falsely believe Trump was the rightful winner of the 2020 presidential election, despite the fact that the FNC had to pay more than $787 million to Dominion Voting Systems for defamation after it lied to viewers about that election.
Trump has built on that Republican narrative to create a fantasy world that is badly out of step with reality. It is not easy to see how he will reconcile his vision with real-world events.
He and his supporters might try simply to tell voters that they have done what they promised, and hope that story sells.
When Trump threatened to put a 25% tariff on goods from Mexico until Mexico stopped undocumented migrants from crossing the border, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum told Trump that "encounters at the Mexico–United States border have decreased by 75 percent between December 2023 and November 2024.” Trump then simply told reporters that Sheinbaum had “agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border,” and his supporters trumpeted on social media that Trump had closed the border with one phone call.
But convincing people of an alternative reality might be harder with issues closer to home.
Trump has vowed to place a tariff wall around the U.S., for example, at the same time he has promised to bring down the price of consumer goods. “Economists of all stripes say that ultimately, consumers pay the price of tariffs,” Welker told him on Sunday. “I don’t believe that,” Trump answered. He might not believe it, but producers do: car manufacturers as well as major shopping chains have warned that tariffs will force them to raise prices.
On other issues, Trump will have a vocal and established opposition. After his threat to go after the members of the January 6th committee, former representative Liz Cheney said in a statement: “There is no conceivably appropriate factual or constitutional basis for what Donald Trump is suggesting.“
“Here is the truth: Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election and seize power. He mobilized an angry mob and sent them to the United States Capitol, where they attacked police officers, invaded the building, and halted the official counting of electoral votes. Trump watched on television as police officers were brutally beaten and the Capitol was assaulted, refusing for hours to tell the mob to leave. This was the worst breach of our Constitution by any president in our nation’s history.”
Cheney called for the release of the evidence and grand jury material special counsel Jack Smith assembled “so all Americans can see Donald Trump for who he genuinely is and fully understand his role in this terrible period in our nation’s history.”
Nobel laureates generally try to stay out of politics, but today more than 75 of them in medicine, chemistry, economics, and physics wrote a letter to senators urging them not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick for secretary of Health and Human Services. They object to Kennedy’s stand against the scientists and agencies he would oversee. They noted that he has no credentials or relevant experience and that he has opposed life-saving vaccines, promoted conspiracy theories, and attacked the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health.
Putting him in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services, they write, “would put the public’s health in jeopardy and undermine America’s global leadership in the health sciences, in both the public and commercial sectors.”
There is also the chance that the Fox media empire will not effectively push a right-wing narrative much longer. The Murdoch family is in a struggle over control of that empire after the death of the 93-year-old Rupert. He and his eldest son, Lachlan, want to lock the company into its current political slant, but at least two of the three of Murdoch’s other children who are set to inherit the company do not share their father and brother’s politics.
Rupert has been trying to change the terms of the family trust to cement Lachlan’s control of the empire, but today a commissioner in Nevada ruled against him. Edward Helmore of The Guardian noted that the decision likely means that even if the children do not take the media empire in a different direction, divided leadership will weaken the right-wing message.
Almost 30 years after the Fox News Channel began to shape American politics with a fictional narrative, a different Fox media empire would almost certainly disrupt the right-wing bubble. A lawyer for Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch said they will appeal the decision.
Finally, Pennsylvania law enforcement officials today arrested a “strong person of interest” in the shooting of United Healthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson. Tonight a court document shows 26-year-old Luigi Mangione has been charged with murder.
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December 9, 2024 
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
DEC 10
The sudden collapse of the Assad regime in Syria yesterday took oxygen away from the airing of President-elect Trump’s interview with Kristen Welker of NBC’S Meet the Press. The interview told us little that we didn’t already know, but it did reinforce what we can expect in the new administration.
As Tom Nichols pointed out after the interview, when Donald Trump ran for the presidency this year, he “wasn’t running to do anything. He was running to stay out of jail. The rest he doesn’t care about.”
Nichols was reacting to the exchange that began when Welker asked the president-elect: “Do you have an actual plan at this point for health care?” Trump answered: “Yes. We have concepts of a plan that would be better.” “Still just concepts? Do you have a fully developed plan?” Welker asked.
The answer, nine years after Trump first said he would repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with something cheaper and better, is still no. He went on to add, “I am the one that saved Obamacare,” although he spent his first term trying to weaken it.
Trump also reiterated his plans for revenge against those he perceives to be his enemies. He told Welker that when he is president, the Department of Justice should pursue and jail the members of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, more commonly known as the January 6th Committee. He singled out committee leaders Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and former representative Liz Cheney (R-WY).
But it was in his insistence on one specific lie that Trump was most revealing. He told Welker that there were “13,099 murderers released into our country over the last three years. They’re walking down the streets. They’re walking next to you and your family, and they’re very dangerous.”
This statement sets Trump up to be a strongman who will save America from great danger, but it is a lie that has been repeatedly debunked. It originated in a September 2024 letter from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to Representative Tony Gonzales (R-TX) listing 13,099 people convicted of homicide as being “non-detained.”
As Alex Nowrasteh of the libertarian Cato blog explains, “non-detained” does not mean free to roam the streets; it simply means that those in prison for homicide are not currently detained by ICE. Once they have served their sentences, they go back onto ICE’s docket to be deported unless their countries of origin don’t have repatriation agreements with the U.S., a condition that affects a very small number of people. Releases of criminal migrants into the U.S. dropped during the Biden administration from the numbers released during Trump’s term. In addition, as Nowrasteh points out, the 13,099 figure covers at least 40 years.
Welker tried to correct Trump: “The thirteen thousand figure I think goes back around 40 years,” she said. “No, it doesn’t,” Trump insisted. “It’s within the three-year period. It’s during the Biden term.”
Trump was intent on making Welker and the television audience accept an egregious lie, despite the fact it has been thoroughly debunked. His insistence echoed his determination in January 2017 to make the American people accept his lie that his inauguration crowd was bigger than that of his predecessor, Barack Obama, although we could see with our own eyes that he was lying. He was demanding we reject our own experience and instead let him define how we see the country.
Trump built on a history of narrative shaping that ran through the Republican Party. In 2004 a senior advisor to President George W. Bush famously told journalist Ron Suskind that people like Suskind lived in “the reality-based community,” believing that people could find solutions to problems based on their real-world observations. But such a worldview was obsolete, the aide said. “That’s not the way the world really works anymore.… We are an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality…. We’re history’s actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”
America’s right wing has been able to shape reality in large part because of the 1996 advent of the Fox News Channel (FNC), the brainchild of Australian-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Shows on the FNC used clear, simple messaging with colorful graphics that told a story of an America overwhelmingly made up of white, rural folks who hated taxes and an intrusive government, and would do fine if they could just get the socialist Democrats to leave them alone. To spread the new channel, Murdoch initially offered ten dollars per subscriber to each cable company that carried it.
That right-wing echo chamber has expanded until it is now so strong that nearly 70% of Republicans falsely believe Trump was the rightful winner of the 2020 presidential election, despite the fact that the FNC had to pay more than $787 million to Dominion Voting Systems for defamation after it lied to viewers about that election.
Trump has built on that Republican narrative to create a fantasy world that is badly out of step with reality. It is not easy to see how he will reconcile his vision with real-world events.
He and his supporters might try simply to tell voters that they have done what they promised, and hope that story sells.
When Trump threatened to put a 25% tariff on goods from Mexico until Mexico stopped undocumented migrants from crossing the border, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum told Trump that "encounters at the Mexico–United States border have decreased by 75 percent between December 2023 and November 2024.” Trump then simply told reporters that Sheinbaum had “agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border,” and his supporters trumpeted on social media that Trump had closed the border with one phone call.
But convincing people of an alternative reality might be harder with issues closer to home.
Trump has vowed to place a tariff wall around the U.S., for example, at the same time he has promised to bring down the price of consumer goods. “Economists of all stripes say that ultimately, consumers pay the price of tariffs,” Welker told him on Sunday. “I don’t believe that,” Trump answered. He might not believe it, but producers do: car manufacturers as well as major shopping chains have warned that tariffs will force them to raise prices.
On other issues, Trump will have a vocal and established opposition. After his threat to go after the members of the January 6th committee, former representative Liz Cheney said in a statement: “There is no conceivably appropriate factual or constitutional basis for what Donald Trump is suggesting.“
“Here is the truth: Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election and seize power. He mobilized an angry mob and sent them to the United States Capitol, where they attacked police officers, invaded the building, and halted the official counting of electoral votes. Trump watched on television as police officers were brutally beaten and the Capitol was assaulted, refusing for hours to tell the mob to leave. This was the worst breach of our Constitution by any president in our nation’s history.”
Cheney called for the release of the evidence and grand jury material special counsel Jack Smith assembled “so all Americans can see Donald Trump for who he genuinely is and fully understand his role in this terrible period in our nation’s history.”
Nobel laureates generally try to stay out of politics, but today more than 75 of them in medicine, chemistry, economics, and physics wrote a letter to senators urging them not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick for secretary of Health and Human Services. They object to Kennedy’s stand against the scientists and agencies he would oversee. They noted that he has no credentials or relevant experience and that he has opposed life-saving vaccines, promoted conspiracy theories, and attacked the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health.
Putting him in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services, they write, “would put the public’s health in jeopardy and undermine America’s global leadership in the health sciences, in both the public and commercial sectors.”
There is also the chance that the Fox media empire will not effectively push a right-wing narrative much longer. The Murdoch family is in a struggle over control of that empire after the death of the 93-year-old Rupert. He and his eldest son, Lachlan, want to lock the company into its current political slant, but at least two of the three of Murdoch’s other children who are set to inherit the company do not share their father and brother’s politics.
Rupert has been trying to change the terms of the family trust to cement Lachlan’s control of the empire, but today a commissioner in Nevada ruled against him. Edward Helmore of The Guardian noted that the decision likely means that even if the children do not take the media empire in a different direction, divided leadership will weaken the right-wing message.
Almost 30 years after the Fox News Channel began to shape American politics with a fictional narrative, a different Fox media empire would almost certainly disrupt the right-wing bubble. A lawyer for Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch said they will appeal the decision.
Finally, Pennsylvania law enforcement officials today arrested a “strong person of interest” in the shooting of United Healthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson. Tonight a court document shows 26-year-old Luigi Mangione has been charged with murder.
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htubmanrenrappingblog · 3 months ago
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SEE-BELOW-192-republicans-VOTED----- -TO-NOTFEED-UNITED*STATES*BABIES:
------LET'S-KICK-republicans-OUT-BECAUSE- republicans-DON'T-CARE-ABOUT-BIRTH*BABIES*TOO: 2022-An overwhelming majority of House Republicans voted against a bill Wednesday providing a bare minimum amount of funding to tackle the ongoing baby formula shortage, a problem that they keep complaining about, while a smaller group of far-right Republicans apparently don’t think infants from poor families deserve food.  Full List of 192 House Republicans Who Voted Against FDA Baby Formula Bill - Newsweek
192 House Republicans Vote Against Providing Babies With Formula (politicususa.com)
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The-republicans-LISTED-BELOW[192]-republicans-VOTED-AGAINST-AN*EMERGENCY*PLAN-TO*FEED*BABIES: Full List of 192 House Republicans Who Voted Against FDA Baby Formula Bill - Newsweek / 192 House Republicans Vote Against Providing Babies With Formula (politicususa.com)
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robert aderholt of Alabama, rick alln of Georgia, mark amodei of Nevada, kelly armstrong of North Dakota, brian babin of Texas, james baird of Indiana, troy balderson of Ohio, jim banks of Indiana, andy barr of Kentucky, cliff bentz of Oregon, jack------ bergman of Michigan, stephanie bice of Oklahoma, andy biggs of Arizona------
gus bilirakis of Florida, dan bishop of North carolina, lauren boebert of Colorado, mike bost of Illinois, kevin brady of Texas, mo brooks of Alabama, vern buchanan of Florida, ken buck of Colorado, larry bucshon of Indiana, ted budd of North Carolina, tim burchett of Tennessee, michael burgess of Texas, ken calvert of California, kat cammack of Florida, mike carey of Ohio, jerry carl of Alabama, buddy carter of Georgia, john carter of Texas, madison cawthorn of North Carolina, steve chabot of Ohio, Liz Cheney of Wyoming, ben cline of Virginia, michael cloud of Texas, andrew clyde of Georgia, tom cole of Oklahoma, james comer of Kentucky. rick crawford of Arkansas, dan crenshaw of Texas, john curtis of Utah, warren davidson of Ohio, rodney davis of Illinois, scott desjarlais of Tennessee, mario diaz-balart of Florida, byron donalds of Florida, jeff duncan of South Carolina, neal dunn of Florida, jake ellzey of Texas, tom emmer of Minnesota, ron estes of Kansas.
pat fallon of Texas, randy feenstra of Iowa, drew merguson of Georgia, michelle mischbach of Minnesota, scott fitzgerald of Wisconsin, chuck fleischmann of Tennessee, scott c. franklin of Florida, russ fulcher of Idaho, matt gaetz of Florida, mike allagher of Wisconsin, andrew r. garbarino of New York. Full List of 192 House Republicans Who Voted Against FDA Baby Formula Bill - Newsweek
mike garcia of California, bob gibbs of Ohio, carlos gimenez of Florida, louie gohmert of Texas, tony gonzales of Texas, bob "good" of Virginia, lance "gooden" of Texas, paul gosar of Arizona, kay granger of Texas, garrett "graves" of Louisiana, sam "graves" of Missouri, mark green of Tennessee, marjorie taylor greene of Georgia, morgan griffith of Virginia, glenn grothman of Wisconsin, michael "guest" of Mississippi, brett s. guthrie of Kentucky, andy harris of Maryland, diana harshbarger of Tennessee, vicky hartzler of Missouri, kevin hern of Oklahoma, yvette herrell of New Mexico, jaime herrera butler of Washington, jody hice of Georgia, clay higgins of Louisiana------
french hill of Arkansas, ashley hinson of Iowa, richard hudson of North Carolina, bill huizenga of Michigan, darrell issa of California, ronny jackson of Texas, chris jacobs of New York, mike johnson of Louisiana, bill johnson of Ohio------
dusty johnson of South Dakota, jim jordan of Ohio, david joyce of Ohio, john joyce of Pennsylvania, fred keller of Pennsylvania, trent kelly of Mississippi, mike kelly of Pennsylvania, young kim of California, david kustoff of Tennessee, darin lahood of Illinois, doug lamalfa of California, doug lamborn of Colorado, robert e. latta of Ohio, jake laturner of Kansas, debbie lesko of Arizona, julia letlow of Louisiana, billy long of Missouri, barry loudermilk of Georgia, frank lucas of Oklahoma, blaine luetkemeyer of Missouri, nancy mace of South Carolina, nicole malliotakis of New York, tracey mann of Kansas, thomas massie of Kentucky, brian mast of Florida, kevin mccarthy of California, michael t. mccaul of Texas, lisa mcclain of Michigan, tom mcclintock of California------ Full List of 192 House Republicans Who Voted Against FDA Baby Formula Bill - Newsweek
patrick mcHenry of North Carolina, peter meijer of Michigan, daniel meuser of Pennsylvania, mary miller of Illinois, carol miller of West Virginia, mariannette miller-meeks of Iowa, john moolenaar of Michigan, alex mooney of West Virginia, barry moore of Alabama, blake moore of Utah,markwayne mullin of Oklahoma, gregory murphy of North Carolina, troy nehls of Texas, dan newhouse of Washington, ralph norman of South Carolina, jay obernolte of California, burgess wens of Utah, gary palmer of Alabama, greg pence of Indiana, scott perry of Pennsylvania, august pfluger of Texas, bill posey of Florida, guy reschenthaler of Pennsylvania, cathy mcmorris rodgers of Washington, mike rogers of Alabama, harold jogers of Kentucky, john rose of Tennessee, matthew rosendale of Montana, david rouzer of North Carolina, chip roy of Texas, maria elvira salazar of Florida, steve scalise of Louisiana, david schweikert of Arizona, austin scott of Georgia, pete sessions of Texas, mike simpson of Idaho, jason smith of Missouri , adrian smith of Nebraska, lloyd smucker of Pennsylvania, victoria spartz of Indiana, pete stauber of Minnesota, michelle steel of California, elise stefanik of New York, bryan steil of Wisconsin, greg steube of Florida, chris stewart of Utah, van tayloe of Texas.
claudia tenney of New York, glenn thompson of Pennsylvania, tom tiffany of Wisconsin, william timmons of South Carolina, david valadao of California, jeff van drew of New Jersey, beth van duyne of Texas, tim walberg of Michigan, jackie Walorski of Indiana, michael waltz of Florida, randy weber of Texas, daniel webster of Florida, brad wenstrup of Ohio, bruce westerman of Arkansas, roger williams of Texas, joe wilson of South Carolina, robert wittman of Virginia, steve womack of Arkansas and lee zeldin of New York. ------ Full List of 192 House Republicans Who Voted Against FDA Baby Formula Bill - Newsweek
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ulkaralakbarova · 6 months ago
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Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield must battle a rogue warrior seeking revenge after unleashing the deadly G-Virus, whilst a mutated monster goes on a rampage. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Leon S. Kennedy (voice): Paul Mercier Claire Redfield (voice): Alyson Court Angela Miller (voice): Laura Bailey Curtis Miller (voice): Roger Craig Smith Frederic Downing (voice): Crispin Freeman Senator Ron Davis (voice): Michael Sorich Ingrid Hunnigan (voice): Salli Saffioti Rani Chawla (voice): Michelle Ruff Rani’s aunt (voice): Mary Elizabeth McGlynn Greg Glenn (voice): Steve Blum WilPharma CEO (voice): Michael McConnohie U.S. President (voice): Kirk Thornton Various (voice): Cindy Robinson Various (voice): Dave Wittenberg Various (voice): Kari Wahlgren Various (voice): Kyle Hebert Various (voice): Barbara Goodson Various (voice): Keith Silverstein Various (voice): Yuri Lowenthal Various (voice): Megan Hollingshead Various (voice): Skip Stellrecht Various (voice): Troy Baker Various (voice): Karen Strassman Various (voice): JB Blanc Various (voice): Johnny Yong Bosch Greg Glenn / G-Curtis (motion capture): Derek Mears Film Crew: Executive Producer: Masao Takiyama Screenplay: Shoutarou Suga Director: Makoto Kamiya Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka Editor: Ryuji Miyajima Layout: Nobuhito Sue Sound Designer: Koji Kasamatsu Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama Costume Design: Kuniko Hôjô Compositor: Naoyuki Fujii Stunts: Satoshi Hakuzen Executive Producer: Haruhiro Tsujimoto Executive Producer: Keiji Inafune Original Music Composer: Tetsuya Takahashi Co-Producer: Hidenori Ueki Story: Hiroyuki Kobayashi CGI Director: Atsushi Doi Casting Producer: Michelle Ladd Stunts: Naohiro Kawamoto Storyboard Artist: Shinji Nishikawa Casting Producer: Thom Williams Producer: Taro Morishima Associate Producer: Scott Dolph Video Game: Shinji Mikami Stunts: Jersey Maki Itosu Sound Editor: Yoshiki Matsunaga Casting Producer: Hiroyuki Yoshida Compositor: Hiroki Ando Storyboard Artist: Kiyoshi Okuyama Production Manager: Sareana Sun Associate Producer: Daisuke Gomi Stunts: Koji Kawamoto Video Game: Kenichi Iwao Story Editor: Father Video Game: Tokuro Fujiwara Video Game: Takahiro Arimitsu Modelling Supervisor: Yoshiaki Hirabayashi Producer: Seiji Iseda Associate Producer: Aki Kiuchi Executive Producer: Ivan C. Shih Co-Executive Producer: Toshi Tokumaru Associate Producer: Mareo Yamada Production Design: Shiho Tamura Production Manager: Alena Fang Production Manager: Kumiko Oguri Second Assistant Director: Kentaro Fujisawa First Assistant Director: Gaku Nagao Prop Designer: Takumi Sakura Storyboard Artist: Hiromitsu Soma Dialogue Editor: Les Claypool III Character Designer: Kazuhiro Asakawa VFX Artist: Wu Bin Lighting Artist: Zhang Bei Modeling: Stacy Chang Lighting Artist: Peng Chao Modeling: Hsin-Che Chen Modeling: Soyoung Cheng Modeling: Chaucer Chiu Lighting Artist: Liu Dexin Compositor: Nobutaka Emoto Lighting Artist: Le Gao Compositing Lead: Tsubasa Harikae Lighting Artist: Yifang He Lighting Artist: Zhang Hongkun Animation: Ni Hongtao Stunts: Nobuhiro Inohara Post Production Producer: Yuuki Hashimoto Assistant Editor: Narihiko Kôno Movie Reviews: Andre Gonzales: It’s just like if I was watching the video game. Pretty cool movie. These are the 2 characters I remember the most because I loved Code Veronica so much.
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