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@mbluetyphoon.bsky.social

Air Force brat. Love all animals. Jazz. Salsa.Mastodon: mbluetyphoon@sfba.social. Post: post.news/mbluetyphoon.

SEVERED, a historical horror book I did for @imagecomics.com with buddy Scott Tuft and the late great Attila Futaki, is FIFTEEN years old today! About a cannibalistic killer who rides the rails in the 1910s and a boy who sets off to find his father around the same time. Proud of this one.

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for iphone users, if you very suddenly regret NOT turning off biometric unlock, press the lock button on the side 5 times in row - this will lock your phone and require the passcode before biometric unlock can be used again, preventing police from using your face to unlock it against your will.

Marje, herself@minn-finn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What I have learned today 1)Things to say to Feds: “Let me see your badge and the warrant.” and “I want to speak to my lawyer.” 2) Turn off biometrics on your phone 3) Keep your whistle handy We keep us safe.

The payoff to Flynn was a forerunner of what Trump wanted to do with his $1.8B slush fund to pay insurrectionists who beat up cops at the Capitol on Jan. 6. Republicans are pretending that shameful idea is “dead,” but they could reinstate it after Todd Blanche gets confirmed as AG. 4/4🧵

How Cornyn and Tillis’ deal on Blanche falls short of their demands

Trump has already said the GOP senators didn’t get anything beyond what Todd Blanche had already said.

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In December 2015, before Trump won the presidency and chose Michael Flynn as his national security adviser, Flynn took a $45,000 fee for giving a speech in Moscow at an event for RT, a state-controlled Russian “news” outlet. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin sat beside him at the banquet. 2/4🧵

Russians paid Mike Flynn $45k for RT speech, documents show

The former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency earned more than $50,00 from giving speeches RT and two other Russian companies.

nbcnews.com

🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵

Justice Dept. Settles Flynn’s Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $1.25 Million (Gift Article)

The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.

nytimes.com

The young people came out in droves to vote for El-Sayed. They understand it's *their* future they're voting for. Boomers, GenJones, stand with your children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren and stand with El-Sayed! They're fighting for you, too!

The NAACP has released a statement while the Tarrant County Commissioners Court considers a proposal today that would cut the number of Election Day polling locations nearly in half "Let's call this what it is… voter suppression"

Tarrant County, Texas, could see around 50 percent fewer polling locations in November's election.

"Let's call this what it is… voter suppression," said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. "Cutting nearly half the places where people can cast a ballot doesn't save democracy money, it costs voters their voice. Tarrant County is home to a significant number of Black and Latino voters and is a majority people-of-color county. There is no question that this plan strips away polling access on a scale that will hit Black and Brown voters hardest. That is not a coincidence. It’s an intentional assault on our ability to make our voices heard and we will push back with every tool available.”