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Nonilex<p>That blurring contributed to a long-term shift in civilian <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawEnforcement</span></a> — one that encouraged the adoption of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> - style equipment &amp; tactics, &amp; helped lay the groundwork for the sort of aggressive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> force that is common today.</p><p>What accounted for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Army</span></a>’s restraint? Although society was as divided as it is today, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> elites were not yet <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/polarized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarized</span></a> &amp; still placed trust in apolitical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/expertise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>expertise</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Title10</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PosseComitatusAct</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Naveed<p>Some businesses, in places such as Kentucky, wouldn’t let you on to their premises if you were wearing a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mask</span></a>; others, in cities like New York, wouldn’t let you in if you weren’t. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Polarized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polarized</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2a2877b4-a953-468f-afe3-fc6f03d31dcf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/2a2877b4-a953-4</span><span class="invisible">68f-afe3-fc6f03d31dcf</span></a></p>
xs4me2<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Lemonandpeach" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Lemonandpeach</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@randahl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>randahl</span></a></span> </p><p>I don’t agree, the Hunter item was a political setup by GOP demonstrating the revenge politics “getting even” strategy that has become standard in the House and Senate.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polarized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarized</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disfunctional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disfunctional</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Bundestag First Said Kontext<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Polarized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polarized</span></a> tauchte zum ersten Mal im Protokoll der 199. Sitzung des 20. Deutschen Bundestages am 13.11.2024 auf. Es wurde im Rahmen der Rede von Olaf Scholz (SPD) gesagt.</p><p>Video: <a href="https://de.openparliament.tv/media/DE-0200199012?q=Polarized" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">de.openparliament.tv/media/DE-</span><span class="invisible">0200199012?q=Polarized</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On Tues, Americans will elect the next <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> &amp; hundreds of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> members. In doing so, voters will also shape the 3rd branch: the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a>.</p><p>Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> — whom the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a> picks &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> confirms — have become even more powerful in recent yrs as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/polarized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarized</span></a> Congress has failed to pass major <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> on many issues. As a result, the judiciary has shaped <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRights</span></a> &amp; more.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/briefing/the-2024-stakes-for-judges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/10/31/briefin</span><span class="invisible">g/the-2024-stakes-for-judges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Voters</span></a> view <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VicePresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VicePresident</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> more <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/favorably" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>favorably</span></a> as she settles into <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/role" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>role</span></a> atop <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ticket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ticket</span></a>: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/APNORC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APNORC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a> </p><p>“Everyone talks about how <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/polarized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarized</span></a> we are. I don’t see the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> solving that” </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/ap-norc-poll-trump-harris-favorability-rating-3f0a52c889027df9b46f2d9407190217" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/ap-norc-pol</span><span class="invisible">l-trump-harris-favorability-rating-3f0a52c889027df9b46f2d9407190217</span></a></p>
Wesley Fryer<p>Please check out and share the 2nd episode of the <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/HealOurCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealOurCulture</span></a> [PODCAST] and project: “Why ‘Heal Our Culture?’”<br><a href="https://healourculture.org/2024/06/11/episode-2-why-heal-our-culture/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">healourculture.org/2024/06/11/</span><span class="invisible">episode-2-why-heal-our-culture/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/CultureWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/polarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/polarized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarized</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/healing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/healer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Neighbors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neighbors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/dw4jc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dw4jc</span></a></p>
Wesley Fryer<p>I recorded some important thoughts today:</p><p>[VIDEO] Why “Heal Our Culture?”<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ujqAKhwFIE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=1ujqAKhwFI</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p><p>(16 minutes) <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/HealOurCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealOurCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/polarized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarized</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/healing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/heal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a></p><p>More info available on: <a href="https://healourculture.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">healourculture.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JoeLieberman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoeLieberman</span></a> generally voted w/his party (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>), but he sided w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> on cutting the capital gains tax, vouchers for parents to send their children to private schools, &amp; placing restrictions on consumer lawsuits against corps, the latter of special interest to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Connecticut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Connecticut</span></a>’s large <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> companies.<br>His willingness to buck his party put him at odds w/teachers, trial lawyers &amp; other powerful Dem constituencies. But it gave him influence w/in the increasingly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/polarized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarized</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a>….</p>