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GottaLaff , 1 day ago to random

Via Klasfeld:

Judge #Cannon gave #Trump’s prosecutors a rough reception at today’s hearing on the special counsel’s funding, even doing an on-the-spot line item review of their recent disclosures.

#JackSmith was on hand in court to watch it.

Court is in recess. More soon.

futurebird , 1 day ago to random

At first it is hard to believe that most people don't pay much attention to politics. Most people don't know what "project 24" is or the significance of the phrase "obstructing an official procedure" (maybe you are such a person) --but, when I think about how tense, nervous and occasionally helpless political news makes me feel I totally get it. Also, a lot of this stuff is boring and kind of technical.

rbreich , 5 days ago to random

25 corporations pretending to honor Pride month have donated $18 million to anti-LGBTQ+ politicians since November 2022.

Ignore the marketing and follow the money.

Nonilex , 8 days ago to random

A new report revealed #Trump’s disturbing penchant for #executing his #political enemies. His response is somehow even worse.

Fmr Trump comms dir #AlyssaFarahGriffin revealed that Trump called for the #execution of a staffer on several occasions during his time in the WH—& the disturbing news (& Trump’s even more troubling reaction) is already fading from headlines.

#law #democracy #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024
https://newrepublic.com/post/182791/trump-execution-threats

redcrew , 8 days ago to random

Listening to Oakland County prosecutor talk about preventing gun violence and mass shootings.

I disagree with her

No, it's not about mental health.

No, there doesn't need to be a stress assessment for your community or schools

It's the guns.

Mass shootings happen daily in the United States.

It's the guns.

GottaLaff , 9 days ago to random

Via Kyle Griffin:

FLAG: Steve #Bannon, weeks before he goes to prison, says a 2nd Trump term will target Biden officials: "We're coming after Lisa Monaco, Merrick Garland, the sr members of DOJ that have prosecuted Pres Trump. Jack Smith. This is not about vengeance … it's not about retribution. This is about saving this republic."

"We're going to use the Constitution and the rule of law to go after you and hold you accountable. Nov. 5 is judgment day. Jan. 20, 2025 is accountability day."

philip_cardella , 10 days ago to random

Y'all do realize Joe #Biden is #Catholic, right?

If Catholicism is to blame for the Supreme Court and all Catholics are the same, always agreeing with the Pope, then how can I vote for Biden.

After all, he literally is as to blame for #ClarenceThomas as George HW Bush--Biden was the Senate Judiciary Chair. When Anita Hill was brushed off at the hearing it was Joe Biden who did the brushing off.

Or is it possible, just possible, it's more complicated than "all Catholics are alike"?

Nonilex , 10 days ago to random

Deputy fatally shoots 7 starving, abandoned dogs

Arriving at a rural property, an #Arizona #sheriff’s deputy approaches a group of starving dogs behind a fence. Some are sleeping, others bark & wag their tails. The deputy lays out food & water to corral them, body-cam video shows.
The deputy then pulls out a gun & shoots them 1 by 1, killing 7, before dragging their bloodied bodies to his truck. He later dumped the bodies near RR tracks.

#law #DogsOfMastodon
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/15/apache-county-arizona-dogs-shot/

GottaLaff , 11 days ago to random

Rudy #Giuliani Told by Creditors to Sell Apartments 'as Soon as Possible'

“Lawyers allege Giuliani using his expenditure on upkeep of apartments as an excuse to keep spending $ that legally belongs to creditors. They said that he wrongly alleged that he was keeping "equity in his 2 apartments for the benefit of creditors."

The filing also says that Giuliani has shown a "blatant disregard" for a court order to reveal his income and assets to the creditors” https://www.newsweek.com/rudy-giuliani-must-sell-apartments-asap-bankruptcy-1912833

Nonilex , 12 days ago to random

#Republicans introduce bill to #ban federal #DEI programs
The measure backed by several #GOP lawmakers would also halt federal #funding for agencies, #schools & other orgs that have DEI policies. Republican legislators introduced a bill that would end all federal #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs, & end funding for government agencies, contractors, schools & other organizations that have their own DEI programs.

#law #Congress #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/13/dei-ban-vance/

JamesGleick , 14 days ago to random

“The thing with Sam Alito is that he doesn’t give a fuck. He is a seventy-something Fox News watcher and religious fundamentalist who happens to find himself in a position of immense and almost incomparable power over all of American society and he’s going to take that power to the limit to advance his own political preferences. He’s not even going to go through the motions of pretending that’s not the case.”

Josh Marshall understands Alito all too well. Gift link:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/resilience-part-2-or-thoughts-on-sam-alitos-dgaf-justicehood/sharetoken/Y8snIS0q4CvM

rbreich , 14 days ago to random

Who’s the real elite in America? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/whos-the-real-elite-in-america?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

wdlindsy , 15 days ago to random

"I find it unimaginable that the incumbent president, or his campaign, wouldn’t find a way to impress on voters clearly and consistently what it would mean for this country to have a criminal president. I don’t pretend to know the right way to do that. But it seems to me that key swing voting blocs need to be reminded every day that they are contemplating a vote for a convicted criminal."

~ Benjamin Wittes

#ConvictedFelonDonaldTrump #ConvictedFelonTrump #Trump
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https://www.dogshirtdaily.com/p/seven-thoughts-on-the-verdict

rbreich , 20 days ago to random

Convicted felon Donald Trump has succeeded in getting his three remaining criminal trials postponed indefinitely.

If he really thought he was innocent of the 54 remaining charges, don't you think he'd want the trials to happen before the election so he could clear his name?

Nonilex , 20 days ago to random

‘#Putin Will Do That For Me’: #Trump Drops Campaign Clip Claiming #Russia Will Release @WSJ Reporter Only If He’s Reelected

Trump released a campaign clip on Tues in which he doubled down on the wild claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin will release jailed WSJ reporter #EvanGershkovich if he’s reelected president.

#complicit #WarCrimes #hostage #NationalSecurity
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/putin-will-do-that-for-me-trump-drops-campaign-clip-claiming-russia-will-release-wsj-reporter-only-if-hes-reelected/

Nonilex , 20 days ago to random

#Republican allies of #Trump are calling for #revenge prosecutions & other retaliatory measures against #Democrats in response to his #felony #conviction in #NewYork.

Prominent #GOP leaders in & out of #government have demanded that elected #Republicans use every available instrument of #power against Democrats.

#law #democracy #USpol #BidenHarris2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/us/politics/trump-conviction-gop-revenge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=c&pvid=5B0484D3-A322-4646-BCF3-51AB15FEED75&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex , 25 days ago to random

#Trump is speaking soon on the #verdict of #guilty on 34 #felonies.

But first a look at the #frontpage of today’s #newspapers:

#Felon #Criminal #law #politics #TrumpTrial

Clockwise from top left: The Sun, The Daily News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Der Spiegel, The Queens Daily Eagle, The DailyStar, The Drudge Report, The Star Tribune. Center: The Daily Mirror

axios Bot , 26 days ago to random

After Trump's guilty verdict, Maryland Republican Larry Hogan told voters to "respect the verdict." A top Trump advisor responded by saying, "You just ended your campaign."
https://t.co/LgK9sUhTHn

rbreich , 27 days ago to random

Office Hours: If Trump is found guilty, should Biden emphasize the guilty verdict or focus on abortion and democracy instead? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-if-trump-is-found-guilty?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Nonilex , 28 days ago to random

2 fmr snr FBI employees have reached a tentative agreement w/the #DOJ to largely settle their consolidated lawsuits alleging that they were illegally targeted for #retribution by the #Trump admin after the #FBI investigated #Russia’s #ElectionInterference in 2016, acc/to a court filing Tues.

#law #justice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/28/strzok-page-lawsuit-settlement-text-leak/

luckytran , 28 days ago to random

We are living in an age of denial. Denial of a genocide. Denial of an ongoing pandemic. Denial of a climate crisis.

Acknowledging reality is an act of rebellion.

Nonilex , 28 days ago to random

Judge #AileenCanon has DENIED the request by #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith’s team for a limited #GagOrder to stop him from claiming that the #FBI was trying to #assassinate him when they executed a #lawful search #warrant at #MarALago when searching for #ClassifiedDocuments.

Cannon says they didn’t “meaningfully confer” w/ #Trump’s lawyers prior to submitting the request.

#criminal #law #StochasticTerrorism

philip_cardella , 29 days ago to random

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wdlindsy , 29 days ago to random

Walter Shapiro reflects on his decision in 1968 to vote third-party rather than to vote for Hubert Humphrey. This was, he now sees, a "self-righteous decision to opt out of the two-party system" he made "out of misplaced antiwar passions."

And, of course, his third-party protest vote enabled tricky Dick Nixon, a warmonger if there ever was a warmonger, to gain the White House.

#ThirdParty #voters
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https://newrepublic.com/article/181660/protest-vote-still-haunts-50-years-later

Nonilex , 1 month ago to random

#GiffArticle

The wife of #SCOTUS JusticeSamuel #Alito told a WaPo reporter in Jan 2021 that an #UpsideDown American #flag recently flown on their flagpole was “an international signal of distress” & indicated that it had been raised in response to a neighborhood dispute.
#MarthaAnnAlito made the comments when the reporter went to the couple’s FairfaxCounty, VA, home to follow up on a tip about the flag….

h/t @wndlb
#law #PartisanCourt #JudicialEthics
https://wapo.st/4dS1BCf

benroyce , 1 month ago to random

the #MAGA #GOP folks:

ignorant, petty, cruel

it's not even some grand political strategy. this is simply who they are and what they do. this is all they know of existence. what calls to them. what fills them with purpose and meaning: weak schoolyard bullying

so fucking pathetic:

"Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in #SouthDakota public university employee emails"

did anyone tell these geniuses what "dakota" means?

https://apnews.com/article/pronouns-tribal-affiliation-south-dakota-66efb8c6a3c57a6a02da0bf4ed575a5f

#nativeamerican

CatsOfYore , 1 month ago to random

A wee Scottish knitter and friend. 1939. https://photos.shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&key=SXsiTiI6MTUzLCJQIjp7InZhbHVlIjoiY2F0Iiwib3BlcmF0b3IiOiIxIiwiZnV6enlQcmVmaXhMZW5ndGgiOiIzIiwiZnV6enlNaW5TaW1pbGFyaXR5IjowLjY1LCJtYXhTdWdnZXN0aW9ucyI6IjUiLCJhbHdheXNTdWdnZXN0IjpudWxsfX0&pg=46&WINID=1716354427484#xFWgKZEVjaMAAAGPnrInjQ/64969

luckytran , 1 month ago to random

"The Raw Milk Institute called the warnings "clearly fearmongering." The institute's founder told the LATimes his customers are specifically requesting raw milk from H5N1-infected cows."

This is an example of how minimizing COVID is destructive to public health far beyond COVID.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/anti-pasteurization-crowd-reaffirms-love-of-raw-milk-despite-bird-flu-outbreak/

Yet, raw milk enthusiasts are undaunted by the heightened risk. The California-based Raw Milk Institute called the warnings "clearly fearmongering." The institute's founder, Mark McAfee, told the Los Angeles Times this weekend that his customers are, in fact, specifically requesting raw milk from H5N1-infected cows. According to McAfee, his customers believe, without evidence, that directly drinking high levels of the avian influenza virus will give them immunity to the deadly pathogen.

futurebird , 1 month ago to random

Someone said it's important say this publicly in the US: so I will. (And I think each of us should, online and to friends)

This November I will vote for Biden.

I would regard not voting for Biden, particularly in: PA, OH, MI, WI, IN, IL,VA, GA, FL, AZ, ME, NC, NH, etc. as a huge error. I'd be disappointed to find out anyone I knew didn't vote. It's one of a long list of things we need to do. We can't skip it.

And still? We deserve better choices, and in the future we shall have them.

Nonilex , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Well that explains a few things!

#RFKJr Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His #Brain

The presidential #candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ATE PART OF HIS BRAIN.

🧠 🪱 🧱 #GiftArticle #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

mastodonmigration , 1 month ago to random

For those losing their heads over today's actions by Judge Cannon, take a deep breath. This was always going to happen. The writing has been on the wall since Judge Cannon was drawn for the case. Getting all worked up about it is only going to make you crazy and desperate. The way we will rid ourselves of this menace is at the polls in November.

For a sober discussion on this topic this exchange today between @Teri_Kanefield and @JonChevreau is highly recommended:

https://mstdn.ca/@JonChevreau/112401937598899929

Nonilex , 1 month ago to random

TLcleanse #BabySquirrel #Ramone fix

I found a wildlife org that can take him.

It’s going to seriously break my heart to let this little guy go, but it’s what’s right for him.

He’ll get to be w/other squirrels & be reintroduced to the wild properly 🤞🏻

He’ll have a #squirrel life, not a domestic one.

Still 💔
I am bringing him tomorrow

After bath / subsequent bath, baby squirrel Ramone gets a massage.

Nonilex , 1 month ago to random

#TrumpTrial 🧵 Thurs, May 2

charges are falsifying business records to hide #HushMoney payments in lead up to 2016 election to #influence electorate

just one Trump supporter at the courthouse draped in a Trump flag.

#StormyDaniels's lawyer, #KeithDavidson, to return to stand. He negotiated the hush-money payment at the center of the case, & is expected to lay out details of the deal.

#criminal #law #Trump #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #KarenMcDougal

parismarx , 1 month ago to random

the united states showing the world it will eagerly erode its own democracy to defend its genocidal colonial outpost in the middle east, regardless of whether democrats or republicans are in power

figstick , 1 month ago to AcademicChatter group

The president of #Barnard College lost a faculty-wide vote of no confidence on Tuesday, as criticism mounts over the school’s response to a pro- #Palestine 🇵🇸 encampment

It is the first no confidence vote against a president in the college’s history.

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4634350-barnard-president-loses-vote-of-no-confidence-palestine-protest-response/

@academicchatter @academicsunite
#studentspring #studentprotests #academicchatter #bds #FreePalestine #ceasefire #ceasefirenow #academia #highered #highereducation #education

Nonilex , 1 month ago to random

#TrumpTrial 🧵

Testimony started w/a bang last week as David #Pecker, the fmr publisher of The #NationalEnquirer, said that he had entered into a secret plot w/ #Trump & #MichaelCohen to #CatchAndKill negative stories about Trump as he ran for president in 2016.
#GaryFarro, the 3rd to testify, started off w/dry details about banking transactions. But #Farro is leading us to the #HushMoney payment

#criminal #law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/30/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex , 1 month ago to random

#TrumpTrial Day 4 🧵 starts here.

Yesterday came to an abrupt end when the dishwasher leaked all over the floor. It’s fixed now, but what a mess.

Linus, Ramone & I are all doing well.

Yesterday’s 🧵 start:
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112332007257451711

#criminal #law #Trump #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #GagOrder

rbreich , 2 months ago to random

Let's be clear. There is no place for antisemitic harassment or violence on campuses or anywhere else. None.

But protesting the slaughter in Gaza is not in itself antisemitic, and having armed police arrest peaceful student demonstrators is never acceptable.

rbreich , 2 months ago to random

The SCOTUS Code of Conduct urges recusal from a case to avoid the appearance of impropriety.

If Clarence Thomas followed the new code, he would recuse from Trump's presidential immunity case next week.

How could he appear to be impartial given his wife Ginni’s role in Jan. 6?

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

Via Emptywheel:

Marge not hiding who she works for anymore.

Kareem Rifai:

Marjorie Taylor-Greene has submitted an amendment to the Ukraine aid bill directing Biden to withdraw from NATO.

Strandjunker , 2 months ago to random

Love Hillary, hate Hillary, whatever. But during the 2016 debates, she called Trump Putin’s puppet and said he “encouraged espionage against our country”. She spoke the truth, in public, straight to his orange face.

Lots of people owe Hillary Clinton — and America — an apology.

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

Via Ryan Reilly:

You’d expect your average American not to know the outcomes of these cases, but quite something for a #SCOTUS justice to just say something factually wrong on the bench when it’s about incidents that happened in their own workplace.

Lawrence Hurley:

During #Jan6 argument today, Justice Alito said people who have disrupted Supreme Court proceedings have not faced jail time. That's not correct.

GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

Last night, via Ruth Ben-Ghiat:

Oh I see. The ideal date for the authoritarian to have elections: never.

Biden-Harris HQ:

#Trump says he “wants to be able” to override the Constitution to “pick” when elections are held

marcelias , 2 months ago to random

Trump's campaign knows:

A vote for Robert Kennedy is a vote for Trump.
A vote for Cornel West is a vote for Trump.
A vote for Jill Stein is a vote for Trump.
Not voting is a vote for Trump.

A vote for Biden is a vote for democracy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/us/politics/trump-rfk-jr-biden.html

rbreich , 2 months ago to random

Student debt relief is good for everyone — not just those carrying it.

When Americans aren't buried in debt, they have more $ to contribute to the economy. They're more likely to start a business, buy a house, or start a family. And they're less likely to need gov't assistance.

marcelias , 2 months ago to random

Great lede: "Frank LaRose lurched to the right, flipped on democracy issues to tow the party line, rigged our maps, tried to undermine majority rule and it still wasn’t enough." https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ohios-democracy-pays-the-price-for-laroses-political-ambition/

Nonilex , 1 year ago to random

In an opinion essay in The WSJ, Justice #Alito responded to questions about his #PrivateJet travel to a #luxury fishing trip w/a #GOP #MegaDonor #billionaire who frequently has cases before the #SupremeCourt hours before the ProPublica article was published.

The justice wrote he was not required to #disclose the trip or #recuse himself from his benefactor’s cases.

#SCOTUS #DarkMoney #Influence #Law #JudicialEthics
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us/politics/justice-alito-luxury-travel-fishing-trip.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare