Maile

If the ship sinks, I’ll be here: @[email protected]

[Maile @stardustalive]

@BowlOfMice @UnrollThread

[Maile @stardustalive]

@SISTASinZION The comments here are a good summary of why I no longer feel I can trust the church with my family’s safety and spiritual wellbeing.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Okay, let's talk about this ridiculous talking point that some conservative men love to use, subsequently betraying their complete ignorance on our military draft.

Claiming the draft is to men like abortion is to women is ludicrous for three big reasons.

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[Maile @stardustalive]

@SecretaryPete LOL! The number of replies missing the joke here! 😆 It’s a great game.

[Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump]

My uncle is panicking. He’s running against a strong Black woman—and a former prosecutor—who isn’t afraid to call him out or mock him. His whole campaign strategy was based around attacking Joe Biden—his age, his infirmity, his cognitive decline. It was all projection, of course, but because Pres. Biden is old and has slowed down in the last four years, and because he doesn’t shout or bully, Donald was able to make the attacks stick thanks, in large part, to his foot soldiers in the corporate media.

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

If you think the media can’t be complicit with fascism, you’re in for a surprise. When I was a boy, the papers consistently amplified those politicians calling for forcible removal of all Japanese Americans from the West Coast.

We were U.S. citizens, but they didn’t care.

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

Here's what I think is happening:

1. The media, with low ratings, saw blood in the water after the debate and ran with sensational and inaccurate headlines to generate profit. They have admitted this.

2. That, in turn, influenced big money dem donors who then threatened to pull their big money because the MEDIA was tanking some polls.

3. That, in turn, worried party leaders who need that big money to win because shitheads like Musk can donate $45M per month to trump thanks to Citizens United, and those dem leaders expressed their concern about losing that money.

4. That, in turn, caused the media - again with garbage ratings bleeding cash - to report that party leaders want Biden to step aside (not because they don't think he can do the job, but because other rich people were extorting them)

5. And that greed has led to the snowball effect we are seeing. It's all about money. Not democracy. The media and big donors are selling out democracy and the will of the voters over money.

Corporate media has failed us.

[I Smoked Lindsey Graham @BlackKnight10k]

Because the shooter was a Republican, the media has decided to moved on, just like when they were obsessed with Epstein's list until they found out Trump was on it, just like they moved on from his 34 felony conviction, just like they moved on from January 6.

They're still talking about the debate though.

[rolandsmartin @rolandsmartin]

Since @davidaxelrod @jonfavs are two of the loudest folks calling for @JoeBiden to drop out, I need them to answer a questions: Do either of you have any experience navigating a brokered convention? If so, please tell me how that played out, and how your party won in November?

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Google Project 2025.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

“We need to see him energized at a rally!”
[he holds an energized rally]

“We need to see him give an interview!”
[he gives an interview]

“We need to hear him off a teleprompter!”
[He speaks at a church without one]

“We need to see him off the cuff!”
[He calls in during Morning Joe]

[five minutes later…]

“I’m sorry, we’re just not seeing what we need to see.”

Give me a fucking break, would you.

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

(🧵) Pre-debate, Trump was up nationally in the Poll of Polls by 0.2%. After the debate, in part—not exclusively—because major media engaged in a historic, unprecedented campaign to force the end of Biden’s presidency, Trump’s lead increased to 2.5%. But now it’s narrowing again.

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

If you think a nightmarish, unconstitutional round up of innocent people, merely suspected of being enemies of the state, can’t happen in the U.S., then you’re forgetting that it already has.

I was among them, along with my entire family and community.

[Maya Contreras @mayatcontreras]

Just a reminder, the media did to Hillary what they’re doing to Joe now and she was 15 years younger than Joe. They weren’t really concerned about Hillary’s health or Joe’s. They’re concerned about clicks, subscription numbers, and their shareholders.

[Maile @stardustalive]

@thmazing Also watched The Fall Guy today with @_Phile. Delightful movie, loved every second of it.

[Maile @stardustalive]

@dieworkwear @piersmorgan This is the most delightful thread I’ve seen in ages! LOLOLOL!!

[Maile @stardustalive]

@Makeshift_quill @hangsawoman Immediately thought of that book when I saw the photo. Absolutely adore that series!!

[Maile @stardustalive]

@StallionCornell This is poignant in a lot of ways. One of them is a reminder that the church acts in the best interests of the church, not individuals. Not a critique exactly… it’s just how big orgs work.

Don’t think the church will have your back. History says it won’t.

[Maile @stardustalive]

@lolaknown @calvinjburke Ooooh, I like that a lot! Will need to think about that.

[Maile @stardustalive]

@DavidArchie Parents who haven’t gone through this experience don’t fully understand the feelings and motivations behind it. Does she have a thought process that helps her to give grace to those who judge her (and you) despite not experiencing what it is to have a queer kid in the church?