Nonilex

… paring down time on social media … ?? Fully migrated to mastodon now that the bird self destructed. Though if you want to view my old posts, same username.

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2024-09-18 20:08:56

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Riyad Mansour, the #Palestinian #UN ambassador, called it a turning point “in our struggle for freedom & justice.”
#geopolitics #UNGA #Israel #occupation #Gaza #WestBank #UnitedStates

2024-09-18 20:06:54

The #UN General Assembly #UNGA passed a resolution Wednesday calling for an end to #Israel’s #occupation of #Palestinian territory within 1 year.
 124 countries voted in support of the nonbinding resolution, while 12 voted against, including the #UnitedStates, & 43 abstained.
 Oren Marmorstein, a spox for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a post that the resolution is “a distorted decision that is disconnected from reality.”
#geopolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/18/lebanon-device-explosions-hezbollah-updates/

2024-09-14 18:13:19

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In that sense, we shouldn’t think of #Project2025 as solely aimed at #Trump: it is instead a vision for #conservatives for Trump & far beyond, a #rightwing wishlist aimed at generational change in how the #government operates & the chief #executive’s role within it.
I will use what the project suggests for the US census – the huge count that the government carries out every 10 years – as an example.
#authoritarianism #autocracy #democracy #law #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

2024-09-14 04:18:10

#Trump repeated #racist claims about #Haitian #immigrants in #Springfield, #Ohio, on Fri, doubling down on anti-immigrant rhetoric as residents in the town have faced #BombThreats & have detailed their fears amid #harassment.
“In Springfield, OH, 20k illegal migrant Haitians have descended upon a town of 58k people, destroying their way of life. They’ve destroyed the place,” Trump said in a rambling press conference at his golf course in LA.
#TrumpLies
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/13/trump-repeats-lies-haitian-immigrants

2024-09-14 03:45:32

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A bio at the ministry stated that #PamelaCarter “is very passionate about her love for the Lord & has been blessed w/end-time revelation of His desire for His bride”(the full revelation was available for purchase for $25) She talked frequently about building influence on the “Media mountain” & said in 2011 that she was part of “God’s media army…to be raised up for such a time as this, to take possession of the arts,…entertainment #media,… #internet.”
#VoteBlue #Arizona #law #SevenMountainMandate

2024-09-14 03:41:19

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By 2011, #PamelaCarter had rebounded: “We are praying for a new skin care line,” the Ravished Heart website announced that year.
Carter was not just pitching products, though. She was selling a very particular kind of #theology, rooted in a desire to see the UnitedStates “united for Jesus,” & a belief that modern-day #prophets—like herself—were transmitting revelations from God.
#weird #crazy #VoteBlue #Arizona #law #government #evangelism #NewApostolicReformation

2024-09-14 03:36:01

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But she ran into more financial difficulties…. #PamelaCarter & her husband fell into debt during the 2008 Recession, & a chpt-7 bankruptcy filing in 2009 stated that Carter was back in the nutrition business. Acc/to court docs, she was doing “nutritional sales” for Mannatech, a multi-level marketing co. “Pamela’s income comes from #pyramid [scheme] sales & fluctuates…,” the filing stated, though it never amounted to more than a few hundred dollars.
#weird #VoteBlue #Arizona #law

2024-09-14 03:25:39

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…[brief bio of failed ventures, then the crazy]
…after moving to KC in the 90s to attend #Bible college, #PamelaCarter started her own #ministry, mixing divine revelation w/health & wellness. Ravished Heart Communications Ministries International, which she launched w/her 2nd husband…after a ‼️50-day prophetic encounter in 2002 in which “the Lord revealed Himself to Pamela as her Messianic Bridegroom”‼️ sold $12 self-help tapes promising to help followers “lose weight”…
[JFC. Literally.]
#VoteBlue

2024-09-14 00:37:35

#Trump Company CEO’s Unexplained Meeting With #Balkans Leader Raises Specter of New Conflict
#DevinNunes, the fmr congressman who runs the company behind Truth Social, traveled to #NorthMacedonia as #Trump vies to once again shape US #ForeignPolicy.
Earlier this summer, Devin Nunes, the CEO of #TrumpMedia & a fmr California congressman, touched down just outside Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia.
#law #FARA #ethics #NationalSecurity #compromised #Kleptocracy
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-media-ceo-devin-nunes-north-macedonia-truthsocial-hristijan-mickoski

2024-09-06 01:23:29

1 of 2 staffers involved in the altercation at #ArlingtonNationalCemetery is a deputy campaign manager for #Trump’s reelection bid, #NPR has learned. Trump insisted this wk the incident did not happen, highlighting a growing disconnect between the messaging of the candidate & his campaign. NPR is identifying both staffers after the campaign’s conflicting responses to the incident last wk outside #Section60 of the #cemetery.
#Arlington #military #ServiceMembers #USpol
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/05/nx-s1-5101991/trump-campaign-arlington-national-cemetery-staff-debate

2024-08-29 03:32:09

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On Wed #StevenCheung said the employee “initiated physical contact that was unwarranted & unnecessary.” [wrong - you were breaking the rules & the #law]
Cheung also said the #Trump #campaign would release footage to support his claim but has not. They did, however, post a TikTok of the event on Wed — exactly what #military ofcls tried to prevent. The use of the footage marked a flagrant violation of the #law against #partisan actions at #MilitaryCemeteries, #Defense said.
#HarrisWalz2024

2024-08-29 03:27:53

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#Trump campaign spox #StevenCheung responded to the 1st report of the altercation, from NPR on Tues, by accusing, w/o evidence, the employee of “suffering from a mental health episode” [Im surprised he didn’t call the woman “hysterical” stereotypical #misogynistic crap]. #Defense ofcls said that the employee was trying to do her job & that the claim of a mental health episode was false.
#law #disrespect #military #ServiceMembers #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #misogyny #USpol
#HarrisWalz2024

2024-08-29 00:46:39

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The campaign video… showed #Trump appearing during a…ceremony memorializing 13 US troops who were killed…during the US evacuation from Afghanistan. Trump is seen in the video at the Tomb of the Unknowns & walking among marble headstones as soft guitar music plays & Trump is heard criticizing the Biden admin’s handling of the withdrawal.
[In blatant disregard for the #law prohibiting political &/or campaign activity in #military #cemeteries.]
#disrespect #ServiceMembers
#HarrisWalz2024

2024-08-29 00:43:07

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#Trump campaign posts #video from #ArlingtonCemetery after altercation 
A #US #defense ofcl said the Trump campaign was told repeatedly that they could not capture photos & video in #Section60, the final resting place of many recent fatalities.
Trump posted video from #ArlingtonNationalCemetery 2 days after the altercation in which defense ofcls said #cemetery staff sought to enforce guidelines the campaign had received.
#law #military #ServiceMembers
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/27/trump-arlington-cemetery-npr-incident/

2024-08-28 06:40:37

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So here is a full written confession of #Trump’s latest #crime (pic of Trump social media post)
#PhysicalAbuse #violence #Trump #ArlingtonCemetery #respect #law  #HarrisWalz2024
Remember Federal #law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within Army National #Military #Cemeteries
No where in the law does it say that any family member of a service member buried there can give permission. Period.
https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/113/037/797/448/501/097/original/3ec3830639057b34.png

2024-08-28 01:13:26

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“Federal #law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, to include photographers, content creators or any other persons attending for purposes, or in direct support of a partisan political candidate’s campaign," acc/to the statement. "#ArlingtonNationalCemetery reinforced & widely shared this law & its prohibitions with all participants."
#PhysicalAbuse #violence #Trump #ArlingtonCemetery
#HarrisWalz2024

2024-08-28 01:12:22

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When the cemetery ofcl tried to prevent #Trump campaign staff from entering Section 60 of #ArlingtonCemetery campaign staff verbally #abused & pushed the ofcl aside.
…In a statement to NPR, #ArlingtonNationalCemetery said it "can confirm there was an incident, & a report was filed."
#PhysicalAbuse #violence
#HarrisWalz2024

2024-08-28 01:08:59

2 members of #Trump's campaign staff had a verbal & physical altercation Monday w/an ofcl at #ArlingtonCemetery where Trump participated in a [performative] wreath laying ceremony.
The cemetery ofcl tried to prevent Trump staffers from filming & photographing in a section where recent US casualties are buried. The source said Arlington ofcls had made clear only cemetery staff are authorized to take photographs or film in the area.
#PhysicalAbuse #violence
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/27/nx-s1-5091154/trump-arlington-cemetery

2024-08-23 20:43:56

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…the 2 campaigns have ramped up their compliments to each other & engaged in behind-the-scenes discussions in recent weeks…. Both campaigns have spent months accusing Democrats of weaponizing the legal system for their own benefit.
And both have hinted publicly that they could be open to joining forces, w/the shared goal of limiting the election chances of Democratic presidential nominee #KamalaHarris.
#weird
#HarrisWalz2024

2024-08-23 18:30:36

#DougEmhoff, modern-day sex symbol
 #Emhoff is secure enough with his own #masculinity to sometimes prioritize his wife’s ambitions over his own.
What. A. Hunk.
#EndToxicMasculinity #TonicMasculinity
#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/23/emhoff-harris-sex-symbol/

2024-08-20 23:36:42

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Waves are good for the soul.
https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/112/996/501/086/202/816/original/1778f18236dbde99.mp4

2024-08-20 21:46:28

Yes, I’m MIA, not doing my keeping the Mastodonians informed via curated news & personal commentary. You’ll understand, mother is visiting again. Aunt too.
The perils of living somewhere beautiful, people take their “vacations” in your house.
I know many will tell me close your door, or ala Nancy Reagan’s idiotic damaging war on drugs, “just say no”
It’s a process.
Also Chicago, DNC, yada-yada-yada.
xo

2024-08-20 15:32:20

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His family, though, loved him for being a father, a husband, & a grandfather. #Biden has often idolized, & sought to emulate, the Kennedys. For much of his career he thought that his eldest, #BeauBiden, would succeed him. He thought Beau would be the one who would be president, the one who would carry the political banner for the family. 
#ThankYouJoe #USpol #DNC

2024-08-20 15:30:34

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Several hours before the speech, #Biden walked across the convention stage. Asked if it was bittersweet for him, he responded, “It’s a memorable moment.”
A reporter asked if he was ready to pass the torch.
 “I am,” he said.
 But rarely has he faced a moment like the one he saw Monday night.
The crowd loved him. Some loved him for his career as a top #Democrat & as party standard-bearer. Some also loved him for making the decision to step aside.
#ThankYouJoe #USpol #DNC

2024-08-20 15:15:16

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“Thank you, Joe #Biden, for your leadership,” Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (#AOC) said shortly after.
 “Let’s salute President #JoeBiden,” #HillaryClinton said. “He has been #democracy’s champion at home & abroad.”
As the evening switched to focus on Biden, his family was a constant presence. Sen Chris Coons quoted Biden’s mother (“You’re defined by your courage & redeemed by your loyalty”), talked about Biden’s record, & thanked #JillBiden as the crowd held aloft green signs that read, “JILL.”

2024-08-20 15:12:57

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“I want to kick us off by celebrating our incredible president, #JoeBiden, who will be speaking later tonight,” she said. “Joe, thank you for your historic leadership, for your lifetime of service to our nation & for all you will continue to do. We are forever grateful to you. #ThankYouJoe.”
#USpol #DNC

2024-08-20 15:11:59

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For much of #Biden’s presidency, #Harris has been the understudy. As vice president, she is often in the background, never wanting to appear to overshadow the principal.
 That relationship has been shifting for weeks now, but never more clearly than when Harris took the stage early Monday evening. She urged the crowd — her crowd, at her convention — to start the week by paying homage to the president.
#ThankYouJoe #USpol #DNC

2024-08-20 15:10:40

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On Monday night, as #Biden took the stage for his 13th #DNC, he was the torch passer. He tried to occupy this new role, one that required a recognition that his time as the party’s chief standard-bearer was nearing an end. He spoke to a crowd that #Democrats compared to those of 1960 & 2008, but w/the recognition that the catalyst was not him but the new #optimism & #joy that have overtaken the party since he stepped aside & endorsed his vice president, #KamalaHarris.
#ThankYouJoe #USpol

2024-08-20 15:08:20

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“My dad used to have an expression,” he said. “He’d say, ‘Joey, family is the beginning, the middle & the end.’”
 #Biden has played many roles over his long career. He was introduced as the “young fella” in his 1988 presidential campaign. He was the foreign policy statesman during the eight years he served as vice president. And he was the elder wise man during his 2020 presidential campaign.
#ThankYouJoe #USpol #DNC

2024-08-20 15:06:30

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His wife, first lady #JillBiden, kept crying. His daughter, Ashley, dabbed her eyes. His son, Hunter, looked on from backstage. The crowd was electrified, eager for a cathartic moment after a weeks-long barrage of can-you-believe-this moments. #Biden looked out at his family, who have been a backbone of his career and sounding board for the most difficult decisions of his political life.
#ThankYouJoe #USpol #DNC

2024-08-20 15:02:41

#Biden, surrounded by family, speaks at the #DNC: ‘I gave my best to you’
President #JoeBiden, for several moments, couldn’t speak. At first, it was because he was dabbing his eyes. Then, it was because the cheers were so sustained.
 “Thank you,” he said nearly 2 dozen times, unsuccessfully trying to begin his speech amid a sea of “We love Joe” signs.
#ThankYouJoe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/20/joe-biden-speech-dnc/

2024-08-15 22:43:37

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When the judge ruled in her favor, it seemed the story might end. But Willey was a lifetime member of the #SecondAmendment Foundation, a gun-rights group that filed lawsuits around the country to overturn #gun restrictions. The #SAF sued Webb, the county sheriff, & the AG of #Maryland on Willey's behalf.
#law #guns #GunControl

2024-08-15 22:38:06

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Everything had to be removed, properly tagged, or screened from outside view by June 4. If Willey failed to comply, he would receive a fine, & the county would clean up his land & bill him afterward.
Without knowing it, Webb had entered the beginning of an ordeal in which she faced an unyielding antagonist who struggled w/his #MentalHealth, was known to have #guns, & had a reputation for lashing out at anyone who stood in his way.
#law #guns #GunControl

2024-08-15 22:37:04

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Tucked amid the chaos was an unfinished 2-story house, where Willey lived. …Willey's property was on a residential street. One neighbor shared a fence w/him, & Willey's belongings cascaded right up against it. After Webb & Esham left, the inspector composed a letter to Willey. It informed him that he was in violation of a county code that barred people from using land "for the storage of junk, rubble, untagged vehicle(s), or junk vehicle(s)."
#law #guns #GunControl

2024-08-15 22:30:50

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Once again, someone had lodged a complaint against the ramshackle property that belonged to Donald Willey.
The home was on Hoopers Island, an isolated speck of land off MD's Eastern Shore, connected by a narrow road that often took on water during high tide. On that day in April 2021, Webb had been working for 6 months as asst dir of planning & zoning for Dorchester County, which encompasses the island + a handful of communities that depend on the water for their livelihood.
#law #GunControl

2024-08-15 20:38:57

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In the city of #Sumy, not far from where Ukrainian forces surprised the world by storming into #Russia, wounded soldiers also described operations in the #Belgorod region to the south, suggesting an even larger scale to the offensive….
 In contrast to the relatively easier time had by #Ukraine’s forces in #Kursk — including news of another 100 Russian troops captured, the intelligence service announced Thurs — the fighting in #Belgorod has been fierce. 
#Europe #geopolitics

2024-08-15 16:55:21

The #Biden admin said Thurs that #DrugPrice negotiations will knock hundreds of dollars — in some cases thousands — off the list prices of 10 of #Medicare’s most popular & costliest #drugs.
The discounts, agreed to after months of negotiations w/ #drug manufacturers, range between 38% & 79% on the #medication’s list price, which is the cost of medication before discounts/rebates are applied — not the price people pay for #prescriptions.
#health #medicine #BigPharma #law
https://apnews.com/article/biden-drug-prices-medicare-prescriptions-34886d6f362c242be268c05d5efd5411

2024-08-13 22:18:53

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After the interview [finally] got underway, users were quick to point out that #Trump didn’t sound as sharp as usual [VERY low bar].
“Not a joke here: Trump is really badly slurring his words. This is quite disturbing,” wrote columnist Rex Huppke. “Something is wrong w/him.”
“Trump is slurring in a way I've never heard from him before,” remarked podcaster Susan Simpson. “Elon sounds like this is maybe the 3rd or 4th time he's had a conversation w/a fellow human.”
#unfit #weird #HarrisWalz2024

2024-08-13 17:59:44

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As the Mondat conversation appeared to come to a close, #Trump took a moment to praise #Musk for how many users tuned in to the event. Trump erroneously claimed that “60 million or something” were listening to the stream. Only 1.1 million were listening at that moment. #ElonMusk did not correct him.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trumpaganda #TrumpIsALoser #MuskIsALoser #weird #weirdAF #tech #incompetent #wannabe #SiliconValleyLayOffs
#VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

2024-08-05 18:08:39

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The goal of the new designation is to destigmatize the #AR15, & the people who own them, acc/to a release from BeGole. [??]
“Millions of people across the country & thousands in #Michigan own an AR-15. This distinction recognizes these law-abiding gun owners who are often vilified just for having a firearm as a hobbyist or to keep their homes & families safe,” BeGole stated in the release. [AYFKM?]
#AmericanGunEpidemic #GunFetishism #GunViolence #extremism #Republicans #MIpol #USpol #law

2024-08-05 18:03:42

I hadn’t seen this & holy hell is this disturbing.
A coalition of #Republican *lawmakers* want to make the #AR15, a #SemiAutomatic #firearm, #Michigan’s state #rifle, a move that concerned #GunControl advocates.
HB 5792, introduced by Rep Brian #BeGole (R-Antrim Twp), the fmr #sheriff of Shiawassee County, would make the #MilitaryGradeWeapon the state’s ofcl rifle.
#AmericanGunEpidemic #GunFetishism #GunViolence #Republicans #MIpol #USpol
https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/gop-legislators-seek-to-make-ar-15-michigans-official-state-rifle/

2024-08-04 16:40:09

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For more on how #ElonMusk, #AndrewTate & #TommyRobinson spread & fueled #FarRight #racist #disinformation about the identity of the Southport stabbing attacker – who was born in the UK – here is a #GiftArticle w/the specifics of their #racist & irresponsible actions.
#InternetManipulation #SocialMedia
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/world/europe/uk-stabbing-southport-riot-police.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AU4.vNHZ.rnjJuCHskJKF&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

2024-08-04 16:08:56

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In #StokeOnTrent, #FarRight protesters also gathered on the streets on Sat, & the local police reported pockets of #violence. Gareth Snell, a member of Parliament who represents Stoke on Trent, warned in a stmnt that “political #extremists” were gathering in the city.
“They are here not because they are concerned about our city or the people who live here,” he said. “They are here for one thing. To spread #division & sow the seeds of #hate.”
#disinformation #Manipulation #Security #racism

2024-08-04 16:06:33

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In #Leeds, #FarRight protesters scuffled w/ #antiracist protesters, though the situation remained largely peaceful as evening neared. InHull, 3 police officers were injured & 4 people were arrested amid disorder in the city center, said the Humberside Police, which oversees the area.
In #Nottingham, counterprotesters chanted “Nazis not welcome here,” as a far-right rally erupted in a central square.
#disinformation #InternetManipulation #Security #SocialMedia #Moderation #Extremism #racism

2024-08-03 17:33:08

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"It's not by accident; it's intentional. We're behind the [former] president, 100%," a person close to #Trump tells Rolling Stone.
In that sense, it is similar to the relatively new, #extreme #Republican Party-wide #policy aim of bombing or invading #Mexico. What sounds like an #unhinged, errant Trump thought is a mainstream #conservative view & plan of action.
#deranged #weird #racism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #misogyny #MAGA #Republicans #USpol
#Harris2024

2024-07-29 22:10:03

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#DavidHancock, an #election official in Gwinnett County, just outside #Atlanta, is at the center of the #certification refusal movement in his state.
"At this moment there are NO guidelines on what is required to #certify an election in #Georgia," Hancock wrote on his FB page in late May. "But some of us are working to change that. Stand by."
#ElectionLaw #law #democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue #Harris2024

2024-07-29 22:04:22

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"I think we are going to see mass refusals to #certify the #election" in November, says #Democratic election #lawyer @npub1vur…9892. "Everything we are seeing about this election is that the other side is more organized, more ruthless, & more prepared."
#ElectionLaw #law #democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue #Harris2024

2024-07-29 22:00:29

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#Certification of #election results is what #legal experts consider a "ministerial task," & one required by state & local #law. But as #Trump's #lies about the #2020election have taken hold, #Republicans nationwide have decided that certification provides them an opportunity to hear fraud allegations - & refuse to officially count their local #votes. Republicans have refused to #certify election results at least 25 times since Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe #Biden.
#Election2024

2024-07-29 21:57:40

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In the swing states of #Arizona, #Georgia, #Michigan, #Nevada, #NorthCarolina, & #Pennsylvania, Rolling Stone & American Doom identified at least 70 pro-#Trump election #conspiracists currently working as county #ElectionOfficials who have questioned the validity of elections or delayed or refused to #certify results. At least 22 of these county #election officials have refused or delayed #certification in recent years.
#ElectionLaw #law #democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue #Harris2024

2024-07-29 21:54:49

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When #election night comes in November, it will be up to thousands of local #ElectionOfficials to #certify election results in their counties. Among those election ofcls are scores of #Trump supporters who believe his #lies & #ConspiracyTheories about stolen elections - & will be in prime position to act on those beliefs to try to [illegally] aid his campaign in November.
#ElectionLaw #law #democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue #Harris2024

2024-07-29 21:52:34

These Swing State #ElectionOfficials Are Pro-#Trump #ElectionDeniers
At least 70 pro-Trump #conspiracists are #election ofcls in key battleground counties - & they are poised to make a giant mess on Election Day
#democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue #Harris2024
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-swing-state-officials-election-deniers-1235069692/

2024-07-21 22:19:19

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#BarackObama statement is long so follow link:
Joe #Biden has been one of #America’s most consequential presidents, as well as a dear friend & partner to me. Today, we’ve also been reminded – again – that he’s a #patriot of the highest order.
full statement → https://barackobama.medium.com/my-statement-on-president-bidens-announcement-1eb78b3ba3fc

2024-07-21 22:13:35

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Vice President #KamalaHarris praised #POTUS #Biden for his achievements in office, which she, of course, shares in, too. “His remarkable #legacy of accomplishment is unmatched in modern American history, surpassing the legacy of many presidents who have served 2 terms in office.”
#Election2024 #VoteBlue

2024-07-21 22:12:46

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Vice President #KamalaHarris released a statement through the #Biden campaign saying, “I am honored to have the President’s endorsement & my intention is to earn & win this nomination,” she said. “We have 107 days until #Election Day. Together, we will fight. And together, we will #win.”
She added, “With this selfless & patriotic act, #President Biden is doing what he has done throughout his life of #service: putting the American #people & our #country above everything else.”
#Election2024

2024-07-21 22:08:11

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Former vice president #AlGore said he applauded President #Biden’s decision to drop out of the race, calling the move “selfless.” “He helped our nation navigate a global #pandemic, ushered in an #economic recovery that has created good-paying #jobs for Americans across the country, & restored America’s standing abroad,” Gore said in a statement.
#Election2024

2024-07-21 22:06:46

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The #CongressionalBlackCaucus is expected to endorse Vice President #KamalaHarris for #president, Chairman Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) said in an interview.
 #Harris, a former #CBC member when serving in the Senate, called Horsford this afternoon after #Biden endorsed his running mate & confirmed to him that she would run for #POTUS.
#Election2024 #VoteBlue

2024-07-21 22:04:43

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Current & former #DNC members are adding their names to an open letter endorsing Vice President #KamalaHarris to become the party’s presidential nominee.
 The document cites the members’ belief that the “strongest candidate for #President, who can best offer a clear, unifying vision for the future of the #UnitedStates,” is #Harris.
#Election2024

2024-07-21 22:03:09

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At least 5 #Democratic #senators are voicing support for Vice President #KamalaHarris as the new Democratic presidential nominee after #POTUS #Biden ended his reelection campaign.
 They include Sens. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark R. Warner (Va.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Tim Kaine (Va.) & Patty Murray (Wash.).
#Election2024 #VoteBlue

2024-07-19 19:51:50

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One of #Trump’s skills is that he is a superb marketer of terrible products. Anybody can promote a great steak or an elegant hotel, but Trump’s a genius at touting bad steaks & tacky resorts as if they were actually quality items. He’s doing the same w/his record as president. He wants accolades for the strong #economy in place when he arrived, while he effaces the memory of the wreck he bequeathed.
#BidenHarris2024 #democracy #ReproductiveRights #VotingRights #ClimateChange

2024-07-19 03:39:09

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More #idiocracy from the #RNC
#BidenHarris2024
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2024-07-19 02:55:34

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More bizarre #RNC #Idiocracy
#BidenHarris2024
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2024-07-19 02:49:08

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#RNC #Idiocracy
Some of theses a seriously creepy
#BidenHarris2024
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2024-07-19 02:34:17

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#RNC #Idiocracy
#BidenHarris2024
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2024-07-19 02:31:40

We’re officially living in an #idiocracy
Tucker Carlson & Hulk Hogan Are Part of an Unusual Lineup Teeing Up Trump
The evangelical leader Franklin Graham is also scheduled to speak, & the musician Kid Rock will perform before Donald Trump's speech.
#RNC #BidenHarris2024
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2024-07-18 23:22:14

#LouDobbs, cable-news pioneer & conservative pundit, dies at 78
 An original star of CNN at its founding, Dobbs moved into #conservative punditry at #Fox Business Network as a fierce critic of immigration and developed close ties to the #Trump administration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/07/18/lou-dobbs-obituary/

2024-07-15 22:00:16

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#JDVance proposed a bill that would make #gender-affirming care for minors a federal #felony & block taxpayer funds from being used for it, saying in a statement, "Under no circumstances should doctors be allowed to perform these gruesome, irreversible operations on underage children."
#LGBTQ+ #law #FarRight #extremism
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/07/jd-vance-proposes-federal-ban-on-gender-transition-care-for-minors.html

2024-07-15 16:55:51

Conjecture 🧵 that will undoubtedly get flack:
I don’t normally go in for conspiracy theories, but the more I hear/read, about the #TrumpRally shooting, the more it seems all too perfect.
Every #security analyst says that roof should have been guarded/surveilled.
#Trump was remarkably unconcerned w/his safety, flagrantly sticking his head out immediately & repeatedly after the attack, indifferent to the possibility of multiple shooters. He was more concerned w/his shoes than getting shot.
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2024-07-02 15:32:37

#SCOTUS says #ContentModeration is #speech
 Writing for the majority, Justice #Kagan said #SocialMedia sites engage in expression of their own when they curate & #moderate posts, making that activity eligible for #FirstAmendment protection. That’s true even if they allow most posts & restrict only a few categories of content. And it’s true regardless of whether they take posts down manually or use #algorithms. 
#law #tech #online #content #moderation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/02/netchoice-scotus-content-moderation-speech/

2024-07-02 01:04:26

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Congress’s mandate to “make all Laws which shall be necessary & proper for carrying into Execution [its enumerated] Powers, & all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States” implicitly grants #Congress the authority to enact a wide range of #legislation to facilitate the exercise of judicial power. Moreover, Congress has the ultimate power to #impeach & remove justices for bad behavior, which justifies regulation to ensure good behavior

2024-07-02 00:58:09

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we vote in a democratic majority in the House & Senate. That’s what we can do about it. Congress has authority over the Supreme Court, but the current House won’t advance any legislation reining in their power by expanding the court or implementing term limits. Congress also sets the terms by which federal judges, including Supreme Court justices, retire & how they are compensated. If we know one thing about the justices it’s that they care about their $$.

2024-07-02 00:10:12

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…The #Trump Court’s decision is not only cover for his actions following the #2020election. The ruling must be understood as a permission slip for the despotic power that Trump has vowed to assert if he is reelected. It is not just a grant of #immunity for past #crimes, but an enthusiastic endorsement of the ones he will commit if given the chance. Trump has said he would be a “#dictator on day one” & has vowed “#retribution” against his political opponents.
#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt

2024-07-01 23:57:46

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A lifetime appointment means that #SupremeCourt justices can do whatever they wish when they are in the majority. When the justices wanted to force #Colorado to return #Trump to its presidential #ballot after the state concluded that his attempted seizure of #power on #Jan6 barred him from holding office under the #FourteenthAmendment, they moved as rapidly as possible. When they wanted to assist Trump’s strategy of delaying any possible federal trial, they took their time.
#SCOTUS #law

2024-07-01 23:55:56

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That’s the idea: By balancing the possibility of any prosecution on this distinction, & by then making that distinction virtually impossible to discern, Roberts eliminates any chance of resolving the underlying #legal issues of #Trump’s current federal prosecution before Trump has a chance to take #power again. If Trump wins, he can then—wielding the sword of “absolute immunity” that #SCOTUS has provided—dismiss the #criminal investigations against him.
#law

2024-07-01 23:55:06

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“Distinguishing the President’s official actions from his unofficial ones can be difficult,” #JohnRoberts writes. Then he makes it more difficult, writing that “in dividing official from unofficial conduct, courts may not inquire into the President’s motives.”
#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ExtremistCourt #CorruptCourt #DarkMoney #immunity #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Jan6

2024-07-01 23:46:07

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These are not justices; these are #Trump cronies. This is not #legal reasoning; this is vandalism.
…this [opinion] covers its #radicalism w/a pretense of moderation…that would nonetheless allow a president to escape prosecution for the most heinous abuses of power imaginable. #SCOTUS rejects…that a fmr president must be impeached & convicted before being prosecuted, while laying down a standard that makes it impossible for a president who attempts to seize #power to be prosecuted for doing so.

2024-07-01 23:40:18

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That renders the plain disclaimer on which the opinion rests—the president is not above the #law—a lie. More significant,the opinion depends on an implicit belief that the only person who would act so brazenly is #Trump, & that bc the majority of the justices…support Trump & want him to be president, he must be shielded from prosecution. In this backhanded manner, Trump’s justices acknowledge that he poses a unique threat to constitutional govt, one they just happen to support bc he’s their guy.

2024-07-01 23:36:53

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We can debate the nuances of history, the Framers’ intentions, or the text of the #Constitution. What the Founders of the #UnitedStates did not intend to do when they designed a constitutional system of checks & balances, was establish a govt that would allow someone to declare themselves president for life….
#SCOTUS writes that presidents cannot be prosecuted for “use” of their ofcl powers, but what it actually means is they cannot be prosecuted for the flagrant abuse of them.
#law #immunity

2024-07-01 23:34:07

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…Chief Justice #JohnRoberts often sounds more like #Trump’s lawyer than the #impartial judge he presents himself as. Roberts writes that “w/respect to the President’s exercise of his core constitutional powers, this #immunity must be absolute.” If that applies …to a sitting president manufacturing a scheme to avoid relinquishing #power after losing an #election, then there is no #legal constraint on a president simply refusing to leave office & using his authority to find a pretext for doing so.

2024-07-01 23:29:00

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Referring to Trump’s scheme to manufacture voter-fraud prosecutions as a pretext for overturning his loss…, #SCOTUS writes that “because the President cannot be prosecuted for conduct within his exclusive constitutional authority, #Trump is absolutely immune from prosecution for the alleged conduct involving his discussions w/ #Justice Dept ofcls.” This refers to discussions in which Trump…told the #DOJ, “Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me & the R. Congressmen”….
#law

2024-07-01 23:25:20

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In her dissent, Justice Sonia #Sotomayor puts it plainly. Regarding the question of “whether a former President enjoys immunity from federal #criminal prosecution,” Sotomayor writes, “The majority thinks he should, & so it invents an atextual, ahistorical, & unjustifiable #immunity that puts the President above the #law.” That is the long & the short of it.
#SCOTUS #ExtremistCourt #Trump

2024-07-01 23:23:37

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The Court’s opinion presents an absurd paradox that defeats the purpose of a constitutional #democracy governed by the rule of #law. It has little basis in the #Constitution or in the words of the #Founders. It is the outcome that most benefits the Court’s preferred presidential candidate, while allowing the justices to live w/themselves for defacing beyond recognition the Constitution & the concept of democratic self-determination.
#SCOTUS #ExtremistCourt #immunity #Trump

2024-07-01 23:20:11

#SCOTUS Puts #Trump #AboveTheLaw
And gives him permission for a despotic second term.
By Adam Serwer
Near the top of their sweeping, #lawless opinion in Trump v. #UnitedStates, Donald Trump’s defenders on the #SupremeCourt repeat one of the most basic principles of American constitutional government: “The president is not above the law.” They then proceed to obliterate it.
#law #PartisanCourt #ExtremistCourt #DarkMoney #MAGA #Jan6
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/supreme-court-donald-trump-immunity-decision/678859/

2024-07-01 20:26:23

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In his opinion, #JohnRoberts said that “the prosecutor may point to the public record to show the fact that the President performed the official act” & “admit evidence of what the President allegedly demanded, received, accepted, or agreed to receive or accept in return.” But a prosecutor can’t “admit testimony or private records of the President or his advisers probing the official act itself” or allow the jury to “inspect the motivations” behind the act.
#SCOTUS #law #immunity #democracy

2024-07-01 20:24:20

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#JohnRoberts added that getting into ofcl acts at all in the trial of a fmr president would “raise a unique risk that the jurors’ deliberations will be prejudiced by their views of the President’s policies & performance while in office.”
Justice #AmyConeyBarrett dissented from that part of the majority opinion, saying it would make it impossible to prosecute a fmr president for bribery, for example, because a prosecutor couldn’t explain what ofcl act was taken in exchange for the bribe.
#law
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2024-07-01 20:20:39

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#SCOTUS held not only that #Trump could not be prosecuted for official acts but that those acts could not be used as #evidence of a #crime. “That proposal threatens to eviscerate the #immunity we have recognized,” Chief Justice #JohnRoberts wrote. “It would permit a prosecutor to do indirectly what he cannot do directly—invite the jury to examine acts for which a President is immune from prosecution to nonetheless prove his liability on any charge.”
#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #democracy
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2024-07-01 16:00:14

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there are two boxes of opinions this morning holding the final three decisions of the term.
#SCOTUS #law

2024-07-01 15:32:16

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Michael Waldman, a fmr speechwriter in Pres Bill Clinton’s WH who is president & chief exec of the @npub1hrn…aaqm for #Justice, said the timing of the ruling might be more important than the decision. 
“The court has already given #Trump what he craved, which is de facto #immunity before the #election,” Waldman said. By deciding the case on the final day of the term, the court has made it “very, very, very, very, very unlikely” it will go to trial before Election Day.
#SCOTUS #law

2024-06-28 19:37:02

THIS is the #JoeBiden we needed last night.
THIS is who Joe #Biden really is.
THIS is my President, Joe Biden.
#BidenHarris2024 #BidenRaleighNC #Vote
https://www.youtube.com/live/HYghfyxtZnc?si=bAMsNC8UZAAcPU4H

2024-06-28 18:51:53

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#Trumpaganda

2024-06-28 18:51:17

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#Debate #FactCheck
#JakeTapper actually said:
"Now, elsewhere in those remarks, the president did condemn neo-Nazis & white supremacists. So he's not saying that the neo- Nazis & white supremacists are very fine people, but he IS saying people protesting alongside those neo-Nazis & white supremacists are very fine people."
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The CNN transcript can be found here→
http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1904/26/cg.01.html
#TrumpLies #BidenHarris2024

2024-06-28 18:49:21

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#Debate #FactCheck
#Trump’s #CheapFake edit of #JakeTapper goes like this:
"Now, elsewhere in these remarks, the president did condemn Neo-nazis & white supremacists. So, he's not saying that the neo-Nazis & white supremacists are very fine peop—"

2024-06-28 18:45:57

#Debate #FactCheck
#Trump posted a deceptive video, falsely claiming #JakeTapper "debunked" his #VeryFinePeople comment
Trump posted a deceptively edited 7 sec video that omits key portions of Tapper's remarks.
Trump’s post claimed:
"Even Jake Tapper DEBUNKED the "very fine poeple" HOAX that Crooked Joe totally lied about moments ago”
Tapper did no such thing.
The video posted by Trump comes from an April 2019 CNN segment. In Trump's edited version, Trump even cut into the word "people.”
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2024-06-28 17:33:25

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Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson, concurring w/ the 6-3 majority, suggested that the #Jan6 #obstruction charge could still be brought against #Trump, specifically #crimes involving the actual or attempted “impairment … of the availability or integrity of things used during the #January6 proceeding.” Trump is charged w/ corruptly interfering w/ electoral vote certificates to be counted by VP #MikePence.
#law #SCOTUS #GinniThomas #MarthaAnnAlito #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ExtremistCourt

2024-06-28 16:37:35

Holy shit
#SCOTUS curbs #FederalAgency #power, #overturning #Chevron #precedent
 The #ChevronDeference precedent was targeted by #conservatives who say the government gives too much power to federal agencies. The decision curtails the power of govt agencies to #regulate, overturning a 40-yr-old #legal precedent long targeted by #conservatives who say the govt gives expert career professionals too much authority.
#law #ActivistCourt #ExtremeCourt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/28/supreme-court-chevron-federal-agency-authority/

2024-06-28 06:18:16

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Donate to reelect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
#BidenHarris2024 #VoteDemocracyDependsOnIt
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2024-06-28 05:53:58

To be abundantly clear, I am voting for President Joe Biden. He is the only choice. Crap night be damned.
#BidenHarris2024

2024-06-28 04:59:09

Not much to say about the #debate other than, I am terrified.
#Trump did way better than expected even if he lied start to finish.
#Biden was not strong at all.
So yeah, I am terrified.

2024-06-27 21:19:31

Just when you thought you’d had enough…
Judge #AileenCannon said Thurs that she will hold a hearing for #Trump’s lawyers to challenge some of the #evidence gathered against him for alleged mishandling of #ClassifiedDocuments & #obstruction of government efforts to retrieve them.
 In an 11-page order, the judge said that “further factual development is warranted” when it comes to Trump’s challenge to the #SearchWarrant for #MarALago.
#law #NationalSecurity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/a7e46b7f-826c-4243-a148-4bf1a517674d.pdf

2024-06-27 18:54:55

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same thing though right?

2024-06-27 18:08:07

#GiftArticle on #SCOTUS #SEC ruling
SCOTUS invalidated the SEC’s use of in-house #legal proceedings to #discipline those it believes have committed #fraud — a blow to the #FederalAgency in one of several cases this term challenging the #power of the #ExecutiveBranch.
 The court said the SEC’s internal tribunals (not fed courts) to bring #enforcement actions in #securities fraud cases violates the Constitution. The decision has implications for #RegulatoryAgencies.
#law
https://wapo.st/4cpnasQ