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  1. wing2000

    Miami Meteorologists rebukes DeSantis for scrubbing climate change from state law

    ....Desantis must think Floridians are the most unobservant people on earth. <excerpts> Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill removing most references to climate change in state law, Steve MacLaughlin, a meteorologist for the NBC affiliate in Miami, could not restrain himself. “As...
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    Justice Alito Flew “Appeal to Heaven” flag at his beach house

    Last summer, two years after an upside-down American flag was flown outside the Virginia home of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., another provocative symbol was displayed at his vacation house in New Jersey, according to interviews and photographs. This time, it was the “Appeal to Heaven” flag...
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    Trump blasts his trial judges. Then his fans call for violence.

    "When Donald Trump attacks the integrity of judges hearing cases against him, his followers often respond with posts urging that the jurists be beaten, tortured and killed.' Read the article here...
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    In Arizona, election workers trained with deepfakes to prepare for 2024

    The video message from Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes warmly greeted the scores of election workers who had gathered at a Phoenix-area hotel in December for a first-of-its-kind drill: “We are very excited that all of you are here,” Fontes, a Democrat, began. “You are on the front...
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    US SEC charges auditor BF Borgers, whose clients include Trump Media, with fraud

    Auditor BF Borgers and its owner Benjamin Borgers, whose clients include Trump Media , were charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with “massive fraud” that affected more than 1,500 SEC filings, the agency said on Friday...
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    Ukrainian Christian groups face violent crackdown from Russian forces

    Putin is purging Evangelical and Ukranian Orthodox Churches in occupied Ukraine. "Since the occupation, evangelical congregations, Protestant churches, all the non-Russian Orthodox Christian faiths have been deemed undesirable and tens of thousands of believers have been forced to flee. Those...
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    Abortion in Arizona set to be illegal in nearly all circumstances, state high court rules

    Arizona was going to be a tight race in November....now with the States Supreme Court upholding a Civil War era law, I expect Republicans will lose across many races as many will be voting for the ballot measure to protect a woman's right to chose. The law is on hold pending review by a...
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    Russian trolls target U.S. support for Ukraine, Kremlin documents show

    Russian trolls, posing as Americans, continue their work... In an ongoing campaign that seeks to influence congressional and other political debates to stoke anti-Ukraine sentiment, Kremlin-linked political strategists and trolls have written thousands of fabricated news articles, social media...
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    Polish Leader Calls on Mike Johnson to Pass Ukraine Aid

    After a meeting at the White House this week, Polish Primer Minister Donald Tusk called on Mike Johnson to pass the Ukraine Aid bill that he has refused to bring to the House floor for a vote (even though most political observers think it would pass). ..Tusk warned Johnson’s failure to act...
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    Sen. Kyrsten Sinema won't seek reelection, ending chances of a 3-way Arizona Senate race

    In a video message on social media, Sinema, I-Ariz., rattled off what she views as a successful legislative record and lamented that “Americans still choose to retreat further to their partisan corners.” "It’s all or nothing. The outcome is less important than beating the other guy,” she said...
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    Immigration is Fueling Post-Covid US Economic Growth

    "About 50 percent of the labor market’s extraordinary recent growth came from foreign-born workers between January 2023 and January 2024, according to an Economic Policy Institute analysis of federal data. And even before that, by the middle of 2022, the foreign-born labor force had grown so...
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    "What Happend to Her Husband?"

    At a political rally over the weekend, Donald Trump mockingly asked where is Nikki Haley's husband? Haley tweeted (in response): "Michael is deployed serving our country, something you know nothing about. Someone who continually disrespects the sacrifices of military families has no business...
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    Trump Attempts to Kill Border Security Legislation - Again

    ...for months (actually years), we've been hearing the study drumbeat to "secure the border". Three US Senators have been negoitiating for several weeks to craft legislation that would pass the Senate. So when it appears they are close to a deal, what does the leading candidate for the...
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    The Authoritarian Playbook

    Do Americans want an authoritarion government? Just last night, Trump reminded voters again that he admires the likes of Viktor Orban: During a Saturday night rally, former president Donald Trump reiterated his praise for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has amassed functionally...
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    Former Republican Members of Congress Call on the Federal Courts to expediate Trump's Court Cases

    Former Republican Members of Congress signed a letter calling on the Federal courts to move swiftly in adjudicating the cases prior to the election and the current USSC term (ends in June): “EQUAL JUSTICE BEFORE THE LAW” IS A BEDROCK PRINCIPLE of our legal system and our democracy. It is rooted...
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    Trump: "release the J6 hostages"

    Trump and his enablers are describing those imprisoned for their January 6th activities as "hostages". On Saturday’s third anniversary of the riot, Trump called on President Joe Biden to “release the J6 hostages.” Rep. Elise Stefanik, [#3 in the House] R-N.Y., then parroted Trump during an...
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    A quarter of Americans believe FBI instigated Jan. 6

    Misinformation continues to thrive in America... A quarter of Americans believe in conspiracy theory that FBI operatives organized and encouraged the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol Q: Do you think it is true or false that FBI operatives organized and encouraged the attack on the U.S. Capitol on...
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    Comer's Undisclosed Shell Company

    What is the saying....those who live in glass houses.... TOMPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rep. James Comer, a multimillionaire farmer, boasts of being one of the largest landholders near his rural Kentucky hometown, and he has meticulously documented nearly all of his landholdings on congressional...
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    Kari Lake's goose is cooked (again)

    Winning.... A Maricopa County judge has rejected former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's lawsuit seeking to review ballot return envelopes of about 1.3 million voters. Superior Court Judge John Hannah's ruling, which was filed Thursday, follows two days of trial on Sept. 21 and 25, during...
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    Retired U.S. Diplomat Accused of Working as a Secret Agent for Cuba

    ...allegedly, Mr Rocha has been passing information to the Cubans since 1981(!). Federal prosecutors said on Monday that a retired State Department official worked for decades as a secret agent for Cuba, and told an undercover F.B.I. agent that the United States was “the enemy.” In a...