Steve Thompson

Comm Prof. Taught at Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, UC Davis. PhD in cyberterrorism and media rhetorics. Former newsman. Independent.

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FAITH: Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

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2024-09-19 21:06:35

On Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' watch BTW.
"Wall Street soars to records as Dow leaps 500 in a rate-cut rally that swept the world"
https://apnews.com/article/stock-markets-rates-inflation-powell-a64fe0c4c099fa2469a8a6a4441f1189

2024-09-19 18:26:07

"Man charged for threatening to torture and kill 6 Supreme Court justices"
https://www.axios.com/2024/09/19/supreme-court-justices-threats-man-arrested
"An Alaska man was arrested for allegedly threatening to injure and kill six Supreme Court justices and some of their family members in retaliation for decisions he disagreed with...
Panos Anastasiou, 76, faces 22 federal charges for sending hundreds of violent messages to the high court with threats of assassination via torture, hanging and firearms..."
#scotus #threats #Alaska

2024-09-16 18:08:17

"Musk Claims ‘Joke’ About Assassinating Harris Was Funnier in Person" 👀
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/09/16/elon-musk-deleted-x-post-assassination-attempt/75246907007/https://news.yahoo.com/news/musk-claims-joke-assassinating-harris-140441495.html

2024-09-16 16:43:17

Trusting US government got a record of who 'liked' and retweeted Elon Musk's despicable post from X's 40 million users who viewed it before Musk deleted it today.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/elon-musk-quickly-deletes-kamala-harris-assassination-post-382853/
"This has to be one of the most dangerous comments ever posted on X"
#Musk #Biden #Harris #assassination #incitement

2024-09-16 00:46:17

"Trump Immediately Tried To Fundraise Off Of Possible 2nd Assassination Attempt"
https://www.politicususa.com/2024/09/15/trump-immediately-tried-to-fundraise-off-of-possible-2nd-assassination-attempt.html
"After shots were fired in his vicinity, Donald Trump sent out a fundraising email looking for cash."
#GOP #Trump #fundraising

2024-09-15 22:16:12

"A shy penguin wins New Zealand’s bird election after campaign filled with memes and tattoos"
https://apnews.com/article/bird-zealand-hoiho-yellow-eyed-penguin-robin-bb22c610345daffb4de24aad4a4db7b5
"It’s noisy, smelly, shy – and New Zealand’s bird of the year.
The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country’s fiercely fought avian election on Monday, offering hope to supporters of the endangered bird that recognition from its victory might prompt a revival of the species."
#NZ #NewZealand #Wellington #penguin #birds #hoiho

2024-09-15 22:09:28

"Trump's Iowa lead shrinks significantly as Kamala Harris replaces Biden, Iowa Poll shows"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2024/09/15/iowa-poll-donald-trump-iowa-lead-shrinks-as-kamala-harris-replaces-joe-biden/75180245007/
"The nationally recognized Iowa Poll's first test of Kamala Harris' strength against Donald Trump indicates she's a more formidable opponent than President Biden in solid-red Iowa"
#Iowa #Harris #Trump #Biden #poll

2024-09-14 18:57:42

What we're seeing in Springfield is manufactured aggression towards The Other. Can see how that drew Vance to Trump.
'You’re a racist disgrace'
https://www.alternet.org/mehdi-hasan-vance/
"Mehdi Hasan host unloads on JD Vance over late-night post.
Vance made a lengthy post on X, writing: "If you were to ask what caused me to change my tune about President Trump from 2016 to 2020, I could give you a few reasons. But what we're seeing in Springfield really drives it home."
#GOP #Trump #Vance #Republicans #racism

2024-09-13 19:25:40

"Trump says he is not selling his shares of media company"
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-is-not-selling-his-shares-truth-social-company-2024-09-13/

2024-09-13 19:13:27

"Ginni Thomas, battle-hardened conservative and bugaboo of Democrats"
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/09/13/ginni-thomas-battle-hardened-conservative-and-bugaboo-of-democrats
"Clarence Thomas’s wife is back in the news for supporting a group opposed to stricter ethics rules for the Supreme Court"
#scotus #ethics #Thomas

2024-09-12 03:24:16

"Francine lashes Louisiana, leaves thousands without power"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-francine-louisiana-power-outages-wind-rain-flooding/
#hurricane #francine #louisiana #NOLA

2024-09-11 22:43:02

"Taylor Swift drove more than 337,000 visitors to vote.gov with Kamala Harris endorsement"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-kamala-harris-endorsement-vote-gov/
"Taylor Swift's post endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House on Tuesday drove at least 337,826 users to visit the site vote.gov, a sign of the potential effect her decision to speak out could have on November's election."
#debate #Harris #TaylorSwift #swifties #endorsement #voters

2024-09-11 16:58:41

"Trump Tries to Win Taylor Swift Over by Threatening Her"
https://newrepublic.com/post/185863/donald-trump-threatening-taylor-swift-kamala-harris-endorsement
#debate #Trump #TaylorSwift #Swifties #Harris #bully

2024-09-11 16:18:40

"Ohio is sending troopers and $2.5 million to a city that has seen an influx of Haitian migrants" 👀
https://apnews.com/article/springfield-ohio-haitian-influx-governor-dewine-f5a552d7ebc6e246882dca96a39a3aaa
#GOP #Haitians #Ohio #pets #Springfield

2024-09-11 15:45:11

"More FDNY members have died from 9/11-related illnesses than were killed in attack"
https://www.axios.com/2024/09/11/911-fdny-deaths-illness-surpass-attack-toll

2024-09-11 04:42:57

"How Kamala Harris turned a question on immigration into a bait on crowd"
https://www.newsweek.com/url-debate-kamala-harris-immigration-bait-rally-crowd-size-1951768
"Donald Trump had an opportunity to hammer his opponent on one of her worst issues. Instead, she got him to talk about his crowd sizes."
#debate #Harris #Trump
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2024-09-11 01:50:38

Think Trump hasn"t dared to directly look at Harris yet. She hasn't stopped looking directly at him. #debate

2024-09-11 01:36:59

There's the brilliant prosecutor the convicted felon's been dreading. #debate #Harris

2024-09-10 03:55:27

SPOILER ALERT: AI can't save us.
"People facing life-or-death choice put too much trust in AI, study finds"
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240904184540.htm
"In simulated life-or-death decisions, about two-thirds of people in a UC Merced study allowed a robot to change their minds when it disagreed with them -- an alarming display of excessive trust in artificial intelligence, researchers said."
#AI #ethics #robots #roboethics #decisions

2024-09-10 03:46:46

" Elena Kagan keeps pressing for ethics code enforcement at Supreme Court"
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/09/elena-kagan-supreme-court-ethics-enforcement-00178058
"The justice also discussed long-term consequences of the court’s abortion ruling."
#Kagan #scotus #ethics #abortion