https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/12/clarence-thomas-aide-venmo-payments-lawyers-supreme-court? Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo Payments to Rajan Vasisht, an aide from 2019-21, underscore ties between the justice and lawyers who argue cases in front of him Luxury trips and property deals: supreme court controversies explained Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington @skirchy Wed 12 Jul 2023 06.00 EDT Several lawyers … Continue reading Explosive story about Justice Thomas’s clerk being bribed published in the Guardian U.K.
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Florida’s book-ban frenzy targets Nora Roberts, and she’s not happy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/28/ron-desantis-book-ban-nora-roberts-florida/ Florida’s book-ban frenzy targets Nora Roberts, and she’s not happy By Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman, published April 28, 2023 at 6:45 a.m. EDT Tiffany Justice, co-founder of the right-wing book-purging organization Moms for Liberty, offered a righteous-sounding answer when asked this past weekend on “CBS Sunday Morning” what sort of book she wants to see remain … Continue reading Florida’s book-ban frenzy targets Nora Roberts, and she’s not happy
DeSantis goes off rails by wanting to abolish the agency that collects most U.S. revenues plus others
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/29/ron-desantis-irs-education-energy-government-agencies-president-election-2024 DeSantis says as US president he would eliminate IRS and other agencies Florida governor vows to ‘push back against woke ideology … we see creeping into all institutions of American life’ Sam Levine in New York, Thu 29 Jun 2023 10.11 EDT Ron DeSantis pledged on Wednesday that he would eliminate four federal agencies if he … Continue reading DeSantis goes off rails by wanting to abolish the agency that collects most U.S. revenues plus others
Gun violence worse in red states. It’s not even close
news.yahoo.com/surprising-geography-gun-violence-110000396.html Gun Violence Is Actually Worse in Red States. It’s Not Even Close. Colin Woodard Sun, April 23, 2023 at 7:00 AM EDT Listen to the southern right talk about violence in America and you’d think New York City was as dangerous as Bakhmut on Ukraine’s eastern front. In October, Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis … Continue reading Gun violence worse in red states. It’s not even close
Pre-Musk Twitter didn’t take down potentially threatening pro-Trump tweets before January 6th
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/23/new-twitter-video-jan6/ New video undercuts claim Twitter censored pro-Trump views before Jan. 6 In the internal video call from Jan. 5, 2021, workers were told not to take tougher action against a growing wave of tweets they feared were veiled incitements to violence. By Drew Harwell June 23, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT On Jan. 5, 2021, … Continue reading Pre-Musk Twitter didn’t take down potentially threatening pro-Trump tweets before January 6th
Trump lists all the “villains” he plans to destroy in a 2nd term
https://apple.news/AW4cswBPAQMyOeruxOQFTkQ [many tweets with details omitted -- must click thru to read] Trump Lists All the “Villains” He Plans to Destroy in a Second Term, Assuming He’s Not Serving Time for His Many Alleged Crimes “This is the final battle,” he told supporters on Sunday. BY BESS LEVIN, JUNE 26, 2023 There are many reasons to … Continue reading Trump lists all the “villains” he plans to destroy in a 2nd term
Republicans ignoring U.S. majority desire to have abortions available even if they wouldn’t have one
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/23/joe-biden-abortion-reproductive-rights-roe-2024-campaign Biden puts abortion rights at center of campaign on Roe reversal anniversary President announces executive order to boost access to contraception as Republicans call for national restrictions Maya Yangand agenciesFri 23 Jun 2023 15.44 EDT Joe Biden on Friday put reproductive rights squarely in the middle of his 2024 re-election campaign as the US president … Continue reading Republicans ignoring U.S. majority desire to have abortions available even if they wouldn’t have one
Well-funded Christian group behind effort to impose its religious standards on entire U.S.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/19/alliance-defending-freedom-lgbtq-rights-america Well-funded Christian group behind US effort to roll back LGBTQ+ rights Advocacy groups condemn Alliance Defending Freedom as ‘a danger to every American who values their freedoms’ Adam Gabbatt in New York @adamgabbattMon 19 Jun 2023 06.00 EDT With the US besieged by a rightwing culture war campaign that aims to strip away rights from … Continue reading Well-funded Christian group behind effort to impose its religious standards on entire U.S.
Russians boasted that only 1% of its social media accounts are discovered
http://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/16/russia-disinformation-discord-leaked-documents/ Russians boasted that just 1% of fake social profiles are caught, leak shows The estimate is contained in a document that is part of a trove of top-secret material leaked in a Discord chatroom By Joseph Menn Updated April 16, 2023 at 1:34 p.m. EDT|Published April 16, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. EDT SAN FRANCISCO — The Russian … Continue reading Russians boasted that only 1% of its social media accounts are discovered
U.S. Supreme Court surprises with opposition to gerrymandering intended to minimize black votes
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/18/alabama-supreme-court-allen-milligan ‘Historic and significant’: key lawyer’s verdict on Alabama supreme court rulingDeuel Ross, who argued the voting rights case Allen v Milligan before the court, discusses the significance of the 5-4 decisionThe fight for democracy is supported byAbout this contentSam LevineSun 18 Jun 2023 08.00 EDTOn June 8, the US supreme court issued one of its most … Continue reading U.S. Supreme Court surprises with opposition to gerrymandering intended to minimize black votes
Reduced IRS funding a serious mistake because each dollar it gets means cheaters got caught
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2023/irs-enforcement-costs-congress-funding/? [click the for charts] How much the IRS gets back for each dollar it spends auditing ... Opinion How much did Congress lose by defunding the IRS? Way more than we thought. Opinion by Catherine Rampell and graphics by Youyou Zhou June 14 at 6:45 a.m.1914 The White House and Congress recently agreed to claw back more than $20 billion … Continue reading Reduced IRS funding a serious mistake because each dollar it gets means cheaters got caught
Why the evidence suggests Russia blew up the Kakhovka Dam
My personal opinion is that Russia's actions across Ukraine have been dedicated to destroying the infrastructure of the country (indeed leaving no people or signs of humans anywhere) even if the result of its actions adversely affect millions around the world. So Russian destruction of this dam makes sense. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/16/world/europe/ukraine-kakhovka-dam-collapse.html [This article gains immeasurably by … Continue reading Why the evidence suggests Russia blew up the Kakhovka Dam
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