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Deputy Commander of the 3rd Separate Assault brigade Maksym Zhorin reports that Russian forces are being transferred away from Avdiivka to other parts of the front. He expects difficult months ahead, especially in the south and the Kharkiv direction.
The 12th Special Purpose Brigade repelled a Russian attack in Kreminna forest. After using demining charges, a Russian tank attacked and got stuck, got hit and exploded. Russian infantry tried to continue the assault but were targeted by FPV's, grenades, artilery and fled.
Well… Election Twitter is melting down, so I guess I’m here now… Again
Final result in Mississippi: Tate Reeves won by 26,619 votes. Reminder that hundreds of thousands of people are barred from voting FOR LIFE in Mississippi. And the disenfranchisement rate is twice as high among Black voters than among white voters.
Representative Bowman did the right thing even if it may come with negative consequences The criminal party and the criminals within the Democratic Party have no right to condemn him
Rep Jamaal Bowman appears to have pulled a fire alarm in order to give Dems more time to read continuing resolution bill.
Judge Chutkan denied Trump’s demand to recuse herself from his election obstruction case, saying his attorneys applied a “hypersensitive, cynical, suspicious” reading of her statements in sentencing Jan. 6 Capitol attack defendants to accuse her of bias. wapo.st/3rzBgFy
Chutkan rejects Trump request to step aside as judge in his D.C. trial
Trump attacked the veteran jurist and demanded recusal within days of his Aug. 1 indictment for obstructing the 2020 election.
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have I mentioned lately that manchin was THE key vote blocking the Senate confirmation of a hugely respected telecom and media reformer (Gigi Sohn) to the FCC?
Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com · 3y agoThe Manchin-Romney Senate dress code was adopted by unanimous consent: "An individual on the floor of the Senate shall abide by the Senate floor dress code," "which for men shall include a coat, tie, and slacks or other long pants." Good news / bad news: No acknowledgement that non-men exist
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has slashed the number of people on its disinformation and election integrity team weeks after it said it was hiring for new positions to help it guard against foreign interference
X makes cuts to disinformation and election integrity team
The cuts are part of a larger pullback on content moderation at the company.
nbcnews.com
Did you all catch this morsel in the New York fraud ruling about how Trump valued his properties? Trump "also seems to imply that the numbers cannot be inflated because he could find a 'buyer from Saudi Arabia' to pay any price he suggests." iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewD...
BREAKING: CULINARY UNION ANNOUNCES 95% OF VOTING MEMBERS HAVE AUTHORIZED THE NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE TO CALL A CITY WIDE STRIKE FOR 50,000+ WORKERS IN LAS VEGAS
The ultimate irony of Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's lawless decision upholding a drag ban is this: Kacsmaryk claims drag doesn't express a message—then complains that he's deeply offended by the message it expresses. slate.com/news-and-pol...
America’s Worst Judge Declares War on Drag
It’s a shocking rejection of basic free speech principles. For this Texas judge, it’s also par for the course.
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Serial underperformer and short guy Bob Menendez has been indicted on federal bribery charges Hopefully someone who’s actually decent replaces him, though this is New Jersey after all
Once again, I’m praying on Elon Musk’s downfall 🙏
An FBI agent released info describing Ukrainian oligarch Pavel Fuks as a Russian Intel asset who once paid Giuliani $300K New reporting shows Fuks is linked to shell company owners of two units in Trump Tower NYC My latest
Ukrainian oligarch Pavel Fuks has ties to Trump Tower in NYC
Pavel Fuks is a Ukrainian oligarch with a notorious past. New evidence shows he is linked to two units in Trump Tower in New York City.
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1918 Minneapolis Mayoral race. The incumbent Socialist mayor lost reelection but helped create a progressive coalition that Hubert Humphrey would later win with. Van Lear would help found the Farmer Labor Party which reshaped Minnesota.
Well, it looks like Elon wants to charge people to use Twitter You can bet I’ll be on here more often now
A self-proclaimed conspiracy theorist says there is a secret ruling class of reptiles and calls Beyoncé "satanic." He's a top candidate for governor of North Carolina.
The Unbelievably Bonkers Conspiracy Theorist Running For Governor Of North Carolina
GOP Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says that Beyoncé is "satanic," that the 1969 moon landing may have been fake and that there's a ruling class of secretive reptiles.
huffpost.com
First Republican Debate is Wednesday; Trump not Expected to Participate
First Republican Debate is Wednesday; Trump not Expected to Participate - 270toWin
As many as nine candidates have met the Republican National Committee's qualifying requirements; others have a couple more days to do so
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A wild detail in my friend Susan Casey’s new article on the Titan submersible fiasco—a fight during an earlier dive that ended with Stockton Rush *throwing the submersible’s controls* in anger, which seems like a bad idea? https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/titan-submersible-implosion-warnings
