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"Each party's House membership into 3rds - most conservative/liberal, middle, least conservative/liberal - w median ideological score for each 3rd. GOP's rightward trend over 40 yrs wasn't isolated to its most conservative members, but a clear shift happened throughout GOP (Senate, similar shifts)

A chart showing that across the board, the House GOP has moved to the right
Median member in each third of the Democratic and Republican parties broken down by ideology based on DW-NOMINATE scores for the U.S. House of Representatives, 1981 to present
DW-NOMINATE measures the ideological views of members of Congress based on their voting records. This chart uses the first dimension, which generally indicates how liberal or conservative a member was, from -1 (most liberal) to 1 (most conservative).
SOURCE: VOTEVIEW

f r e d k i p t e r @fredkipter

lot of good stuff...except ignore the headline, try this:
"Congressional Parties Are Farther Apart Than Ever"

DW-NOMINATE, a metric from VoteView.com (since 1993!) measures how liberal or conservative members' voting records are, clearly shows the gulf between the parties has widened tremendously

The far right claims there's a 'uniparty' in Washington. Reality suggests otherwise.

Democrats and Republicans have grown farther apart -- and Americans know it. Conservative populists in the Republican Party might have you believe that there aren't two major parties in the United...

12:34 AM - Apr 18, 2024

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Apr 14

1863 William Bullock patents printing press
1952 Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man published

1912 RMS Titanic collides w iceberg; jewel-encrusted copy of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám sinks

2021 100s of corps release "stand for democracy" ad against voter suppression to great press & do nothing

Today is the 3rd anniversary of one of the most successful corporate stunts. On April 14, 2021 hundreds of corporations took out an ad saying they "stand for democracy" and against voter suppression.
They got great press and did absolutely nothing to protect the right to vote.

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ha! quite the Arizona Republic op-ed disclaimer on AZ supreme court's abortion ruling

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Judge Juan Merchan's

PEOPLE V. DONALD TRUMP CASE SUMMARY

https://www.nycourts.gov/L...

PEOPLE V. DONALD TRUMP CASE SUMMARY
'The Defendant, Donald Trump, is charged with 34 counts of Falsifiing Business Records in the First Degree.
The allegations are in substance, that Donald Trump falsified business records
to conceal an agreement with others to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election. Specifically, it is alleged that Donald Trump made or caused false business records to hide the true nature of payments made to Michael Cohen, by characterizing
them as payment for legal services rendered pursuant to a retainer agreement. The People allege that in fact, the payments were intended to reimburse Michael Cohen for money he paid to Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, in the weeks before
the presidential election to prevent her from publicly revealing details about a past sexual encounter with Donald Trump

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Merchan's "Instructions regarding the use of an anonymous jury"

fhe (-ourt and both partics in this mattcr have agreed that vour names rvill not be
publicl,v drsclosed. fjurtiret, voul addr:csses will not be shared rvith anvonc other than
counsel tor thc partics. $7c' arc doing thts to preserve your privacY and to protcct vour
identities from mcmbers r.,f tl-rc public. You tnust not draw anl' inferenccs, in favor of
or against either parlT as a r:esult of this Ordcr.

f r e d k i p t e r @fredkipter

"in the election interference (aka 'hush money') case Judge Merchan provided a jury questionnaire that consists of 42 Qs on a range of topics

@cbouzy #10 does *not* include spoutible
read 'em all here!
https://www.nycourts.gov/L...

story below

Judge releases jury questionnaire for Trump's hush money trial

Former President Donald Trump arrives at 40 Wall Street after his court hearing in New York on March 25.Charly Triballeau / AFP - Getty Images file The judge overseeing former President Donald Tru...

02:20 PM - Apr 09, 2024

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A USGS map shows 10 kilometer approximations of where the Friday morning earthquake was felt, based on reports to the agency’s “Did You Feel It?” tool.

The earthquake felt most intense near its epicenter, which was about 45 miles west of New York City and 50 miles north of Philadelphia.

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Gerald A Griggs, Attorney, Activist, Pres of GA NAACP

🚨ACTION ALERT: Join Transformative Justice Coalition, Black Voters Matter, others Mar 27 in Atlanta to demand 100% justice for Ahmaud Arbery.

His killers are appealing their hate crime convictions in federal court, and we won't stand for it!

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⚠️ RECALL: Potential Salmonella in 50% Less Salt Roasted & Salted Whole Cashews

March 17, 2024

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A bag of Trader Joe’s 50% Less Salt Roasted & Salted Whole Cashews
March 17, 2024
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Lot No: T12139 - Best Before Feb 21 2025
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10:10 AM - Mar 18, 2024

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Adam Klasfeld:
Some nuance missing from reporting on the impact of today's ruling on TFG's call to Raffensperger

For now, the criminal count related to the infamous call for soliciting a violation of Raffensperger's oath of office is out

The related overt act, however, survives

orig charged 'Act'

Act 112. On or about the 2nd day 0f January 2021, DONALD JOHN TRUMP and MARK RANDALL MEADOWS committed the felony offense of SOLICITATION OF VIOLATION OF OATH BY PUBLIC OFFICER, in violation of O.C.G.A. §§ 16-4-7 & 16-10-1, in Fulton County, Georgia, by unlawfully soliciting, requesting, and importuning Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a public ofﬁcer, to engage in conduct constituting the felony offense of Violation of Oath by Public Officer, O.C.G.A. § 16-10-1, by unlawfully altering, unlawfully adjusting, and otherwise unlawfully inﬂuencing the certiﬁed returns for presidential electors for the November 3, 2020, presidential election in Georgia, in willful and intentional violation of the terms of the oath of said person as prescribed by law, with intent that said person engage in said conduct. This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy

f r e d k i p t e r @fredkipter

yo

6 charges have been dismissed by the judge in fani's GA RICO case, all having to do w soliciting elected officials to violate oaths of office, incl 2 regarding the perfect-call tfg made to raffensperger trying to bully him for 11,000 votes

"This does not mean the entire indictment is dismissed"

Judge for Georgia election case dismisses some charges against Trump | AP News

A judge in the Georgia election 2020 interference case dismisses some counts against Donald Trump, but other charges remain.

10:34 AM - Mar 13, 2024

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🚨NEW🚨

Ranking Member Rep 💪🏼Jamie Raskin💪🏼issued the following statement after the Committee concluded a voluntary transcribed interview with James Biden

https://oversightdemocrats...

Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, issued the following statement after the Committee concluded a voluntary transcribed interview with James Biden:
“Yesterday, James Biden appeared voluntarily before the Committee and answered the Committee’s questions for more than seven hours. During this interview, he explained repeatedly and unequivocally that Joe Biden has ‘never had any involvement or any direct or indirect financial interest in his business activities,’ and that Joe Biden never took any official action to benefit his business ventures.
“Yesterday’s interview served only to corroborate the mountain of evidence that has proven time and time again that President Biden has committed no wrongdoing. For more than a year this ridiculous investigation has yielded over 100,000 pages and dozens of hours of evidence debunking Republicans’ false claims about the President.
“Instead of facts and evidence, this inquiry has been driven by Dona...

12:43 PM - Feb 22, 2024

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👀 so friggin' cool! hahahaha

court orders “Prove Mike (Lindell) Wrong Challenge” ('that this cyber data is not valid data from the Nov Election') LLC to pay winner Robert Zeidman $5 million + interest

https://storage.courtliste...

ORDER
Based on the foregoing, and all the files, records, and proceedings herein, IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiff’s Motion to Confirm Arbitration Award [Docket No. 22] is GRANTED.
2. Defendant’s Motion to Vacate Arbitration Award [Docket No. 35] is DENIED.
3. Plaintiff is awarded $5 million plus post-judgment interest beginning April 19,
2023, to be paid within 30 days of issuance of this Order, per the Arbitration
Award.
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERRED ACCORDINGLY.

01:34 PM - Feb 21, 2024

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so few worthy, non-hypocritical leaders to quote

josé andrés is one

post from
José Andrés 🇺🇸🇪🇸🇺🇦
@chefjoseandres
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@SpeakerJohnson
I hope you are proud….letting
@KremlinRussia_E
decimate Ukranian troops….have a good praying week….you become a leader, for what? To do nothing? Leaders lead….with action….! Show us what you got Sir….or move aside

02:28 PM - Feb 19, 2024

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if i may? please use creative phrases so we don't have to see the defeated former guy's name smack in the middle of word cloud. gracias!

DFG/TFG
leading j6seditionist
FL guy
biggest defendant
real estate fraud
he-whose-every-biz-failed
mr indictment (or mtg's ver)
art-of-losing loser
🖕🏿rump
etc

this moment's word cloud with the defeated former guy's name smack in the middle

02:57 PM - Feb 11, 2024

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pic: Donald Sherman

“I don’t think the legal case is that complicated or is as complicated as people make it seem,” says Sherman, who is a lawyer for Norma Anderson

https://www.washingtonian....

Donald Sherman. Photograph courtesy CREW.

10:40 PM - Feb 07, 2024

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i fucking misled the pod again so sorrysorrysorry! blame it on the beer.....inauspicious start to 2nd year, eh...off to sleep!!

i think this might be the first spout, but Don't. Trust. Me.

Christopher Bouzy
@cbouzy
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This is the first official spout!
01:21 AM - Jan 12, 2023

Christopher Bouzy
@cbouzy
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This is the first official spout!
01:21 AM - Jan 12, 2023

f r e d k i p t e r @fredkipter

sorry pod, my bad!!!1! i misled everyone, i didn't think to search before jan 30...duh...sorry!
h/t @lola

here's the official first spout 10:41 AM - Jan 24, 2023
Christopher Bouzy
@cbouzy
They said we couldn't do it, and they were wrong. Spoutible.com will be here in 8 days.

01:09 AM - Feb 01, 2024

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sorry pod, my bad!!!1! i misled everyone, i didn't think to search before jan 30...duh...sorry!
h/t @lola

here's the official first spout 10:41 AM - Jan 24, 2023
Christopher Bouzy
@cbouzy
They said we couldn't do it, and they were wrong. Spoutible.com will be here in 8 days.

official first spout
10:41 AM - Jan 24, 2023
Christopher Bouzy
@cbouzy
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They said we couldn't do it, and they were wrong. Spoutible.com will be here in 8 days.
10:41 AM - Jan 24, 2023

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wasn't sure what to expect so i just went along...and it's been a near-5,000-spout 💦 ride that i could not have predicted (goodbye book-reading...nah, but sheesh!)

what a year of firsts, eh pod🌊

my first spout.....42 minutes after @cbouzy opened the public gates to the pool

f r e d k i p t e r
@fredkipter
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goodbye cruel musk
we're leaving you today
goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
goodbye all you asstrolls
there's nothing you can say
to make us change our mind
goodbye
12:42 PM - Feb 01, 2023

Ola @Olatunde

365 days later, and I am still here. Happy One-Year Anniversary to Spoutible! May this spectacular day be the first of many.

Below is my first spout on the day Spoutible was launched.
11:49 PM - Jan 31, 2024

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pisser! i was still hoping

despite 2 weeks ago Judge Chutkan indicating the Mar 4 trial date 'unlikely to hold'

"Many legal analysts questioned the feasibility of the Mar 4 trial date in light of the pending DC Circuit appeal & the timing of expected efforts to seek review from the Supreme Court

Amid the wait for an appeals court ruling on Trump's claim of "Presidential immunity" and other potential delays.... the Washington D.C. federal court no longer lists USA v. Donald Trump criminal trial on its calendar for March 4, 2024

11:09 PM - Jan 31, 2024

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fwiw, i tried to get back to start of spouting on the real first day Feb 1, by time-consumingly paging-down/end-ing thinking there can't have been that many, but my chromebook's 8G ran out, & i got a Snap err around 4:50p Feb 1

too bad not more advanced options like ascending time, that would do it

09:18 PM - Jan 31, 2024

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spouts 4-6 in spoutible history - all quote-spouts (replies?)

Jan 31, 2023

4. The Geek Buzz / @thegeekbuzz
06:58 AM

5. Steve Marmel / @marmel
07:24 AM

6. Hunter Walker / @hunter
09:19 AM

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the first 3 spouts in spoutible history

Jan 31, 2023

1. Kim Sherrell / @kim
02:40 AM

2. The Man Himself / @cbouzy
05:29 AM

3. Phil Schnyder / @phil
05:50 AM

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i don't get it! or (regrettably) maybe i do

except for LWV below, no mention of Dr Deborah Ann Turner becoming an ancestor "on Sun, Jan 28, 2024, complications from a pulmonary embolism"

20th Pres of LWV

Dr Turner practiced gynecologic oncology for 35 yrs; taught uni students; trained residents

at a lecturn, Dr. Deborah Ann Turner 20th President of League of Women Voters

f r e d k i p t e r @fredkipter

League of Women Voters of the US

"It's with profound sadness that the League announces the passing of our esteemed president, Dr. Deborah Ann Turner. The staff, board, & Leagues from across the country mourn this loss, & our thoughts are with Dr. Turner’s family during this difficult time"

League Mourns Loss of LWVUS President Dr. Deborah Ann Turner | League of Women Voters

WASHINGTON — It is with profound sadness that the League of Women Voters announces the passing of our esteemed president, Dr. Deborah Ann Turner, who passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2024, from complications from a pulmonary embolism.

11:04 PM - Jan 29, 2024

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yeah yeah, they missed the [squared] part of the equation but still witty

chalkboard sign saying
You Matter
Unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light...
...then you energy.

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hey #spoutibleinvestors

i just got this wefunder email explaining our spoutible is doing a Rolling Close...2 deadlines!

🫴🏾 If you want to increase your amount in this disbursement, please make that change by Jan 15

🫴🏾 If you want your funds to stay in escrow, please opt out by Jan 17

Hi fred,
Spoutible has met their minimum funding target (woohoo!) and they're going to do a rolling close of their raise – they're going to start using the funds they've already raised towards their business before the official end date of their Wefunder round.
What does that mean?
Unless you opt out below by Jan 17, your investment will be considered eligible to be moved out of escrow and your funds disbursed to Spoutible. You will no longer be able to receive a refund of your investment.
You can choose to increase your investment even after your original amount is disbursed, however! If you want a chance of your increased amount in this disbursement, please make that change by Jan 15.
Once disbursed, you will be an official investor (🎉)! You won't be affected by potential oversubscriptions in the company.
Spoutible will be able to use your funds to grow their business now, rather than waiting for the end of their raise.
Prefer to wait on your $$ being moved out of escrow?
If you'd li...

09:32 PM - Jan 10, 2024

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re-upping my FEBRUARY 2023 spout(s) to be a little cautious with
https://spoutible.com/Anon...
because verifying true 'Anonymous' is nearly impossible

this x account has passed many years without dispute as a real one
https://twitter.com/YourAn...
and they never mentioned being on spoutible

@anonymous suspended
Reason: Impersonation

f r e d k i p t e r @fredkipter

upon review, this account seems too friendly to be one of #Anonymous ; the ones i read are more reserved...and way less prolific

i'l be convinced this is not an imposter #Anonymous when @cbouzy explains a/o this site acknowledges
https://twitter.com/YourAn...

sure hope to be corrected soon
08:00 PM - Feb 27, 2023

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oldie-but-always-welcome from retired us lieutenant colonel & current senator tammy duckworth

also at the time, she said that anyone fit to serve should be allowed to:
"Anything else is not just discriminatory, it is disruptive to our military, & it is counterproductive to our national security"

illustration quotes:
“When I was bleeding to death in my Black Hawk helicopter after I was shot down, I didn’t care if the American troops risking their lives to help save me were gay, straight, transgender, black, white or brown. All that mattered was they didn't leave me behind," Tammy Duckworth

09:36 PM - Jan 01, 2024

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April Sparkles @April_Sparkles

Thank you Dani and Khola.

This was a great idea.

I’m grateful for the work you do to make Spoutible an easier place to navigate.

You deserve a standing ovation.

Love,
April 💛
01:20 AM - Dec 23, 2023

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