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DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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Abortion bans a boon for rest stops, gas stations, and motels.

More than 171,000 people traveled out-of-state for abortions last year
https://www.axios.com/2024/06/14/out-of-state-abortions-bans-travel

andytiedye ,
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@DemocracyMattersALot Time to get out of Dodge.

andytiedye ,
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@DemocracyMattersALot How many of these were one-way trips? Having escaped Gilead, why go back?

luckytran , to random
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UPDATE: NY Governor Kathy Hochul said on CNN last night that she is considering a ban on masks.

This is absolutely shameful! New York has suffered so much from COVID, and COVID is not over. We should be normalizing and depoliticizing masks, not banning them.

Source: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/icymi-audio-rush-transcript-governor-hochul-guest-cnn-laura-coates

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    @luckytran They are doing it because masks remind everyone that COVID is still here. That makes people want to hurry up with their shopping and go home, rather than lingering and spending more money. The robber barons don't like that, so they made it illegal.

    luckytran , to random
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    The irony.

    andytiedye ,
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    @luckytran If the air looked like that, I'd want to wear a mask, even if there weren't any COVID.

    wdlindsy , to random
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    "It is politically advantageous for Republicans to lie about their ongoing attacks on birth control and emergency contraception—the Right to Contraception Act was supported by eight in 10 voters, and in general nine out of 10 voters believe access to birth control should be legal. What’s just as clear is how the GOP is continuously attempting to deceive the American public."

    ~ Danielle Campoamor


    /1

    https://msmagazine.com/2024/06/07/republicans-birth-control/

    andytiedye ,
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    @wdlindsy Of course, just as they coached their Supreme Court justice candidates to say that Roe v Wade was "settled law". It was, until it wasn't. They will do the same with Griswold v. Ct., Lawrence v. Tx, Loving v. Va., and Brown v. Board. They are waiting until after the election to spring this on us.

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    @wdlindsy I see those as the very near term agenda, like within the next year.
    Longer term, they will start tearing up Constitutional amendments.

    Nonilex , to random
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    Judge rules must go to by July 1 while appealing case
    The former adviser is challenging a 4-month prison term for contempt of Congress after failing to appear before a House panel investigating the , 2021, riot.


    https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/06/05/bannon-prison-hearing-contempt/

    andytiedye ,
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    @Nonilex GOTO JAIL
    monopoly card

    rbreich , to random
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    Facing more than half a billion dollars in legal judgments and fees, Trump just sold his $10 million jet to one of his megadonors.

    Is the fire sale beginning?

    andytiedye ,
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    @rbreich Depends on how fast his friends can convert rubles into dollars on the d/l.

    rbreich , to random
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    Billionaires aren’t just supporting Trump for the tax cuts.

    As Peter Thiel once admitted: “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.”

    Make no mistake: The goal of American oligarchy is to tear down democracy itself.

    andytiedye ,
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    @rbreich They are trying to impose a theocracy because those are immune to popular uprisings.

    Nonilex , to random
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    8 senators announced Fri they would boycott priorities & nominations as payback for ’s .
    In a joint statement, the senators said they would not “allow any increase to non-security related funding for this administration, or any appropriations bill which funds partisan lawfare.”

    andytiedye ,
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    @Nonilex Weren't they already doing that?

    GottaLaff , to random
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    👀Decision Desk HQ’s 1st Forecast projects GOP favored to score trifecta w 58% chance of winning pres, 80% chance of taking Senate, 64% chance of retaining House. Our model uses advanced machine learning algorithms to analyze 100s of datapoints incl polling, econ indicators, political trends, candidate characteristics, campaign finance data.

    Forecasts are not certainties but possibilities…range of outcomes..extensive data, runs 1000s of simulations to ID most likely paths
    https://elections2024.thehill.com/forecast/2024/president/

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff 😩

    Nonilex , to random
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    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

    andytiedye ,
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    @Nonilex Is there a #LooseCannon hashtag yet?

    Nonilex , to random
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    Tues 28 May 2024 🧵 #ClosingArguments to Begin in #TrumpTrial

    #Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection w/a #HushMoney payment made to a porn star to influence the 2016 election. The case could be in the jury’s hands as early as Wed.

    #law #ElectionInterference
    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/28/nyregion/trump-trial-closing-arguments?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

    andytiedye ,
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    @Nonilex DO IT! Send Trump to #prison #TrumpTrial

    andytiedye ,
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    @Nonilex Speaking of , was the goon squad still in attendance?

    tzimmer_history , to random
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    Fascism in America?

    The fascism debate rages on: Here is why it matters, what the main contentions are, and why the arguments of the Skeptics are increasingly untethered from what is happening on the Right.

    New piece:

    https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/fascism-in-america

    andytiedye ,
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    @tzimmer_history If it walks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck....

    GottaLaff , to random
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    🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ “During a marathon day of proceedings in the Mar-a-Lago classified case, a morning hearing in front of Judge Aileen devolved into a shouting match amongst the attorneys, and the afternoon series of arguments prompted the judge to wonder if the legal nuances of the case may be too difficult for jurors to understand” https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/22/politics/trump-documents-case-judge-cannon-hearing?cid=ios_app

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff She is afraid a jury WOULD understand the nuances and CONVICT her benefactor. She will do anything to keep this case from coming to trial.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    “Smartmatic alleges that Newsmax has destroyed evidence in the voting machine company's lawsuit against the right-wing news channel over false claims that Smartmatic helped “rig" the 2020 election, according to court documents made public this week.

    Lawyers for Florida-based Smartmatic allege that Newsmax engaged in a “cover-up” by destroying texts and emails of key executives…”
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/smartmatic-alleges-newsmax-deleted-evidence-lawsuit-vote-rig-claims-rcna153231

    andytiedye ,
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    @Wileymiller @GottaLaff Maybe Commander was right.

    It is understandable that Biden trusts his dog more than the Secret Service. So would I, in his position.

    andytiedye ,
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    @philip_cardella @Wileymiller @GottaLaff I know some cats who would likely object to such an order of things.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Will Steakin:

    NEW: Christina Bobb — the new RNC senior counsel for “election integrity” — has pleaded not guilty in fake electors case:

    Mugshot obtained by
    ABC News, via Maricopa County Sheriff office.

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff Why do they all look like Stepford Wives?

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff That would explain quite a few things.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    🧵starts HERE.

    Plz remember to use NFL (Not For Laffy, no hashtag) so I can ignore those replies while live-posting. TY!

    1/...Tyler McBrien:

    Trey Gowdy again...

    Per Trump's campaign, this is today's Greek chrous: Don Trump, Jr., Matt Whitaker, Pam Bondi, Sen. Eric Schmitt, Rep. Daniel Webster, Rep. Dan Meuser, Rep. Ronny Jackson, Rep. Troy Nehls, Rep. Dale Strong, Rep. Maria Salazar, Sebastian Gorka, Chuck Zito, Joe Piscopo, Bill White

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff @Nonilex I have been following the trial on your thread and nonilex's, on 2 screens.

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    andytiedye ,
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    @PamelaBarroway @lovelylovely When they TELL you that they are Nazis, believe them!

    heidilifeldman , to random
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    Though not serving as Trump’s attorney when he appeared as a witness today in Trump’s trial for criminally falsifying business records, Robert Costello is a lawyer, bound by New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct. Costello repeatedly showed his ethical unfitness, violating the most basic principles that inform the entire code. I’ve screenshot the very first paragraph of the entire code, highlighting the most pertinent phrases. 1/

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    @Npars01 @heidilifeldman Much of the money comes from the Kremlin one way or another, as it always has, ever since Trump burned through his inheritance.

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    #TrumpTrial started earlier than I did today. Grabbing coffee, starting THREAD HERE🧵1/… #Trump #legal

    Here’s the list of Trump’s allies attending his trial today:

    AG Alan Wilson
    Rep. Eric Burlison
    Rep. Andrew Clyde
    Rep. Mary Miller
    Rep. Keith Self
    John Coale
    Alan Dershowitz
    Will Scharf
    Steve Witkoff
    Bernie Kerik
    Kash Patel
    Vernon Jones
    Jerry Kassar
    Chuck Zito

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff How does video evidence become "hearsay"?

    Nonilex , to random
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    #TrumpTrial 🧵 Monday 20 May 2024

    #Trump has a huge posse today, including #KashPatel; #GerryKassar, a #conservative party leader in NY; #BernieKerik, fmr NYPD commissioner who was imprisoned for tax fraud & false statements; #AlanDershowitz, lawyer who defended Trump during his first impeachment, & #BorisEpshteyn, legal adviser who was #indicted in AZ for attempts to keep Trump in power after the 2020 election.

    #criminal #law #ElectionInterference #MobTactics #StochasticTerrorism #GagOrder

    andytiedye ,
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    @Nonilex How could video evidence possibly be "hearsay"?

    andytiedye ,
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    @Nonilex He even looks like a gangster. He certainly doesn't make Trump look good by being there.

    His presence does let the jury know that they may be in trouble with the Mob if they convict.

    luckytran , to random
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    Please keep signing and sharing this petition against the banning of masks in North Carolina. It’s helping to get more media attention on the issue!

    You can sign here: https://www.change.org/p/halt-the-passage-of-nc-bill-237-banning-masks-in-public?recruited_by_id=0e43e830-125b-11ef-b999-6dfe8a4a6443

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  • andytiedye ,
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    @luckytran We won't be visiting NC or even changing planes there if this passes.

    luckytran , to random
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    "lf a person refused to (unmask), that right there should cause you some sense of alarm."

    NYC Mayor Eric Adams continues to encourage businesses to request customers to unmask. This is ableist, puts people's health at risk, and is NOT required by law.

    video/mp4

    andytiedye ,
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    @luckytran This has nothing to do with preventing crime and everything to do with making people forget about COVID and get back to "business as [used to be] usual" at any cost.

    People wearing masks remind other people that COVID is still around. That makes us want to rush through our shopping and get out quickly, instead of lingering and buying more stuff. It made WFH a thing, and that is not going to go away. The robber barons don't like that. Their commercial real estate is tanking.

    luckytran , to random
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    Republicans complained about government overreach at the start of the pandemic. Yet they are now justifying the use of legislative power in order to ban wearing a mask for health reasons. What an absolute farce.

    andytiedye ,
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    @luckytran They want to ban masks because masks remind people that COVID never went away. That is bad for business. It makes us want to rush through our shopping as fast as possible to minimize our exposure, rather than lingering and buying more stuff.

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    Elon Musk is a total waste of money.

    #ElonPutz #EETD #Tesla #Shitter

    Tesla is going all out to push Elon Musk's $55 billion pay package through — even spending money on ads https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-spends-money-advertising-elon-musk-pay-package-shareholder-vote-2024-5

    andytiedye ,
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    @DemocracyMattersALot Does Elon Musk deserve the $55 billion pay package he is asking for?

    rbreich , to random
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    S&P 500 companies bought back $181B of their shares in Q1 to pump up their value.

    Buybacks are projected to reach $925B this year.

    In 2025, they’re estimated to hit over $1 TRILLION.

    Why is this driving inequality?

    It's simple: the top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.

    andytiedye ,
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    @rbreich Especially when he gets caught choreographing the whole thing!
    https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1790555738969952703

    andytiedye ,
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    @rbreich Not really much different from paying dividends, except that the stock the company buys is available for various employee stock programs (surely it is a good thing for employees to have a stake in the company they work for).

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Omfg. Our first Pods comes tomorrow.

    To. Morrow!

    We actually start packing up the moving Pod tomorrow!!

    Did I mention it's tomorrow?

    One more comes in a week, for the furniture. Tomorrow's is for the boxes.

    If I'm not around much to post, you'll know why. 🇨🇦

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff We gott some stuff delivered in a POD last year. Rather they tried to deliver it. It comes on a REALLY BIG truck. They couldn't get it in here because of the trees.

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff It was the size of the truck, not the size of the POD that was the problem. Our neighbor has gotten a dumpster in here that was bigger than the POD, but it must have been delivered on a smaller truck.

    Nonilex , to random
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    May Owe $100 Million From Tax Breaks, Audit Shows

    A previously unknown focus of an audit is a dubious accounting maneuver that effectively meant taking the same write-offs twice on his skyscraper.


    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/11/us/trump-taxes-audit-chicago.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

    andytiedye ,
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    @Nonilex Looks to me like he was trying to pull a "The Producers" on the IRS and his lenders, especially considering the 70,000 sq. ft. of inaccessible retail space in the project!

    futurebird , to random
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    Glen Kirshner is so fed up with 'judge' Cannon he's walking his viewers through how to file a judicial complaint. Click by click.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MXVfiTa3KM

    andytiedye ,
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    @futurebird Judge Aileen "Loose" Cannon will do anything for Trump. She thinks he'll put her on the Supreme Court if she proves her loyalty.

    rbreich , to random
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    Wondering if wealth inequality is out of control?

    Well, Jeff Bezos made over $7.9 million an hour last year.

    In just 13 minutes, he made the equivalent of what a typical person earns in a lifetime.

    Don't tell me that the rich can't afford a wealth tax.

    andytiedye ,
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    @rbreich a more progressive income tax would do, actually.

    Nonilex , to random
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    #TrumpTrial Friday 10 May 2024 🧵:

    Madeleine #Westerhout testimony resumes

    A fmr White House aide who worked closely w/ #Trump returned to the stand to testify about a significant meeting between Trump & #MichaelCohen his personal lawyer that is at the center of Trump’s #criminal trial.

    Cohen is expected to testify Monday.

    #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal #NodFarter

    andytiedye ,
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    @Nonilex Dang it. I really wanted to hear the Weasel(berg) sing!

    GottaLaff , to random
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    🧵 starts HERE.

    Please remember I don’t reply while live-posting. Plz use NFL (Not For Laffy, but no hashtag) so I can ignore those replies.

    1/

    Pagliery:

    Today's session starts with prosecutors asking for a sidebar with the judge. Lawyers on both sides are now discussing something in hushed tones.

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff When you first mentioned
    "Mr. Blowdrier", I thought that was your nickname for someone on djt's legal team. NFL

    GottaLaff , to random
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    NEW #TrumpTrial 🧵 starts HERE. #Trump #legal

    Please remember I don’t reply while live-posting. Plz use NFL (Not For Laffy, but no hashtag) so I can ignore those replies.

    1/

    McB:

    ...At 2:14 p.m., Trump walks in, entourage in tow.

    Boris Epshteyn just handed a piece of paper with a photo on it to Kaitlan Collins.

    I thought he maybe said "Conway" to her, but I'm not exactly sure.

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff NFL probably both from the same factory in Stepford.

    rbreich , to random
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    Why do you appreciate unions?

    I’ll start:

    Weekends off
    Paid vacations
    Work breaks
    Sick leave
    Paid holidays
    No child labor
    Safer working conditions
    Health care and retirement benefits

    andytiedye ,
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    @rbreich Unions need to be at the table when trade agreements are being worked out. That is what has been missing and has been the unions' downfall.

    The right to organize should be part of the deal. Let the unions become the international organizations that they always have aspired to be. Free trade does not have to be a race to the bottom. It all depends on who is at the table when the agreements are negotiated. If you're not at the table you're on the menu.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    💥 Via Kyle Griffin:

    :

    AG Kris Mayes announces the State Grand Jury has returned indictments in the state's 2020 fake electors scheme.

    The following individuals are named as defendants, per the AG: Kelli Ward, Tyler Bowyer, Nancy Cottle, Jacob Hoffman, Anthony Kern, James Lamon, Robert Montgomery, Samuel Moorhead, Lorraine Pellegrino, Gregory Safsten, and Michael Ward.

    Charges include fraud, forgery, and conspiracy – class 2, 4, and 5 felonies.

    andytiedye ,
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    @AtheistIntelligence @GottaLaff Here is a picture to go with that thought.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    #Russia vetoed UN resolution sponsored by US & Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous #nuclear arms race in outer space.

    The vote 15-member Security Council: 13 in favor, Russia opposed, China abstaining.

    The resolution calls on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in space, as banned under a 1967 international treaty that included the U.S. and Russia, and to agree to the need to verify compliance”
    https://apnews.com/article/175d45ddb658729eff060bd8a83b8a55

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    GottaLaff , to random
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    Inform yourselves on NY #GagOrder law: #TrumpTrial

    "The judge would be on firm legal footing to sanction #Trump for all of the statements, but in an abundance of caution, may distinguish some of the repostings for the sake of taking a balanced approach and an incremental one...We expect the court to impose fines against Trump for a substantial number of the violations and to warn him that future violations will result in additional fines and potentially jail time" https://www.justsecurity.org/94878/why-trump-will-likely-be-held-in-contempt-and-what-then/

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff If you or I came into court with that kind of attitude and defied the judges orders like that, you know what would happen.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Ruth Ben-Ghiat:

    Desperation➡️call for "disruptions" so he can be saved and public will think it is too dangerous & inflamnatory to prosecute him.

    #Trump: Letitia James, she is the worst attorney general in the country… Somebody has to step in. The governor, somebody has to do something

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff He is trying the "Captain Sternn" defense.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqsg1RE6Jag

    GottaLaff , to random
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    ⏳📌
    Via Kyle Griffin:

    Donald just attacked Michael Cohen by name online in what could be a direct violation of Judge Merchan's gag order.

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff because contempt of court is for little people. 😜

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Kyle Griffin:

    GOP Rep. Mike Turner, chair of the House Intel Committee, tells CNN that Russian propaganda has taken hold among some of his #Republican colleagues.

    "We see directly coming from #Russia ... communications that are anti-#Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the House floor."

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff Most of the #GOP are now #GroupiesOfPutin if not paid assets.

    andytiedye ,
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    @GottaLaff Trump has been Putin's laundress of dirty ₽ for years.

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