Tony Stark @TonyStark@democracy.town

The Netherlands is the first EU-country to label the human rights violations to Uyghurs in China as genocide. That's about time. But still, it's an important first step in the process.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2370303-nederland-spreekt-van-genocide-tegen-oeigoeren-het-voelt-goed-erkenning-te-krijgen.html

For completeness, Canada and the United States of America already put out similar statements before.

@QueenRamonda "Six Democrats voted against" is a silly argument. She was confirmed 93-6 with McConnell (her husband) abstaining. That's higher than most nominees of either party get these days. Democrats would have confirmed Carson for head of neurosurgery of something. (After seeing him the past four years, I don't think I'd vote for him for HHS Secretary, because he doesn't seem to have it together to run a Cabinet department at all. As is evident from confirmations happening right now, Democrats are happy to confirm a diverse group of nominees so Republicans have nothing here.) @TonyStark

@TonyStark
"Scott Sloofman, a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), said Democratic senators have voted against female appointments and appointments of color made by Republican presidents. He noted that 41 Democrats voted against former housing secretary Ben Carson, who is Black, and six Democrats voted against former transportation secretary Elaine Chao, who is Asian American."

This is a total BS. Carson was totally unqualified with no experience in housing and Chao is the wife of McConnell and her family is involved in transport. These are both legitimate reasons for opposing. Race or ethnicity played no part.

And they got confirmed anyway and served the whole time, except Chao, who took a last-minute cowardly exit.

Listen to Tony and call your Senators.

@TonyStark GOP and Libertarians keep telling me racism is over. They lied, I think.

What do you think about paid online content?

Of course, things like paywalls are annyoing and so on but actually, it's totally ok for me when content is sold online.

I mean: Why should the internet be gratis? Why do we expect publishers to flog their newspapers' articles for free when they have to pay the journalists and for the production itself? Would you work for free?

The only thing I'd change is the way in which content is promoted. I don't want to be bombarded with paywalls, that's all

@Jen She's probably the best Republican, or Romney. Being the best Republican is not hard. All you have to do is be more than "concerned" which is all that Susan Collins can manage.

@YinzPittsburghers If some PA Republicans complained about my politics, I'd wear that as a badge of honor.

@Dagny @TonyStark Some Republican gets an idea how to thwart the will of the voters, the rest of them want it too.

dejoy: "i send myself letters so i don't feel like such a piece of shit but they arrive too fast and i haven't forgotten that i was the one who sent it so yes the mail is too fast"

This is good work for a short time period by the new administration, but there should be consequences for the last administration that did absolutely nothing to track the whereabouts of children and parents who they separated. It's heinous.

The parents of 506 separated migrant children still haven't been found, however. Lawyers say the parents of 322 of them were likely to have been deported.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/lawyers-have-found-parents-105-separated-migrant-children-past-month-n1258791

@TonyStark Here's one from Arizona:

From CNN: AZ lawmakers weigh bills that would allow legislature to decide presidential electors, implement stricter mail-in voting rules -

It's everywhere Democrats won. #ProtectTheVote

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/politics/arizona-voting-bills/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&utm_content=2021-02-25T00%3A17%3A01&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social?iid=cnn-mobile-app&adobe_mc=TS%3D1614212675%7CMCMID%3D76294180342235594316584791977650793259%7CMCAID%3D2FD0D70605159864-60000A1C358D8B8F%7CMCORGID%3D7FF852E2556756057F000101%40AdobeOrg

Biden expected to diversify USPS board, cement Democrats' oversight with appointments https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/biden-diversify-usps-board-cement-democrats-oversight-appointments-n1258767

Lisa Murkowski: She's definitely not the worst Republican, but she had no problem with #TheFormerGuy? Where were these Republicans the last 4, 5 years?

Lisa Murkowski: Key GOP senator critical of Tanden's past tweets in latest setback for Biden's pick for budget director -
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/politics/lisa-murkowski-neera-tanden-vote/index.html

@TonyStark It's the kind of song that I always want to hear at an open mic night, but instead it's coming from one of the best-known bands in the country, if not the world. 🎶​

@TonyStark I don't want to keep anyone from voting, but I wonder if "everyone must wear a mask" contributed to lower Republican turnout. (I do believe that people shouldn't be allowed inside any public building without a mask. Vote by mail and use contactless grocery delivery so you don't expose your driver if you don't want to wear one.)

@TonyStark
Never 👏🏽 elect 👏🏽 Republicans.

It takes so long but we can't stop trying. #BreonnaTaylor #BlackLivesMatter

Kentucky Senate GOP leader files no-knock warrant bill -
https://abcn.ws/3smkLaN