1. Nicole Sandler says:

   February 14, 2025 at 9:51 pm

   And the cc now works on the video too. Took me a while, but i was able to fix the problem.

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2. P J Evans says:

   February 15, 2025 at 12:53 am

   It turns out that President Musk’s hacker minions don’t know that the default for unknown dates in COBOL is 20 May 1875. Which has led to them claiming Social Security fraud, because “150-year-olds”.
   https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/14/2303889/-Nope-There-are-no-150-year-olds-on-Social-Security-It-s-COBOL

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3. harpie says:

   February 15, 2025 at 9:49 am

   Marcy, on Bluesky just now:

   https://bsky.app/profile/emptywheel.bsky.social/post/3li7xbrekdc2j
   February 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM

   I’m seeing some context missing from Vance’s speech, falsely accusing Europe of abandoning free speech. He was making very specific references to Elon’s (and right wingers like Alex Jones) role in inciting violence in the UK, and prosecution of right winger for violence that they say is speech.

   It is a concrete plan of fascists to use online incitement to drive politics rightward, usually by mobilizing hate against migrants. To do that EU-wide, the US has to push back on European limits on privacy and hate speech.

   JD has said he wants to tie NATO membership to abandoning these protections

   Maybe NATO should excommunicate US instead.

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   • Matt___B says:

     February 15, 2025 at 12:35 pm

     Not to mention Vance deliberately met with AfD leader Alice Weidel while in Munich while simultaneously snubbing Chancellor Olaf Scholz. There, that’s sending a message huh?

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Weidel

     I watched a PBS Frontline show from last year the other night about the AfD that was filmed before the September 2024 elections, where AfD made a very strong showing. No mention of Elon Musk at all in this show, who has been a very active booster of AfD lately. The “uber alles” vibe is being actively resurrected, now with U.S. as a cheerleader. (insert frown emoji here)

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4. Matt Foley says:

   February 15, 2025 at 11:42 am

   I don’t know how Dr. Wheeler stays so calm talking about this stuff. I’m more like Nicole Sanders, I get really angry and disgusted. Thank you both for digging deep to keep us informed. Much respect and appreciation!

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