the passing hours
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I'm trying NOT to meet your expectations of me.
👀 Last year, DOJ charged David Huerta - an labor leader - with a Felony during an ICE protest in Los Angeles. They then downgraded it to a misdemeanor. Huerta then pled not guilty. And today, DOJ is dropping the case.
emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 4mo agoBFD: DOJ moves to dismiss CA SEIU President David Huerta's case (w/o prejudice for a month, then with). In the process misspells Todd Blanche's last name. 🤣 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
🏆BREAKING: In a victory for voters, a Kansas court rejected an emergency Republican bid to revive a strict Election Day mail ballot deadline. The state’s three-day grace period stays in place — protecting voters from losing their vote to postal delays.
Kansas court rejects last-minute GOP bid to toss late-arriving mail ballots
The ruling keeps Kansas’ mail ballot grace period in place for the August primary. That means voters’ ballots can still count if they are postmarked by Election Day but received up to three days…
democracydocket.com
Announced during a historic heat wave. These guys are buffoons.
I’ve spoken with Jason Watson. He knew exactly what this would cost him. He gave up his military career to take a brave stand for democracy. Patriotism that only works with obedience isn’t patriotism.
Wow! Iran left a thank you note in their locker room thanking LA for its hospitality during the World Cup. Be sure you read the last line: “May peace, respect, and friendship prevail among all nations.” (Source: Reuters)
Look at all that DEI sending astronauts around the moon.
Reminder this guy is still doing the worst possible stuff to our most vulnerable
The first ever winner of the “FIFA Peace Prize” is also likely be the first head of state to host a World Cup while bombing one of the participating countries.
for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc
I prefer non-lethal distractions from the tRUMPSTEIN Files like renaming the Gulf of Mexico, making Canada the 51st state & buying Greenland. Sure it was hugely offensive to longtime friends & allies, but at least no one died.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 8mo agoA PSA from Thomas Massie:
BREAKING: A 4th U.S. service member has been killed in the military operation with Iran. I want you all to remember that we had a way to stop iran from getting nuclear weapons. It was a nuclear agreement that the international community all agreed was working.
A tariff “refund” mostly goes to whoever wrote the tariff check: the importer of record. That’s not the same person who paid more at the register. So refunds -- if they're offered -- might sound like consumer relief, but in reality, they're corporate windfalls.
You are almost certainly not aware of the full extent of what the government is doing in Minneapolis, and what it portends for all of us if they succeed. lnk.thebulwark.com/46kVMuT
BREAKING: DOJ to investigate Supreme Court for mortgage fraud.
Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court. Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business. As well as everyone else who stepped up.
The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.
This flew under the radar, but it shouldn’t have. When senator Alex Padilla was tackled by DHS, Kristi Noem’s side piece, Corey Lewandowski, was orchestrating the situation in the hall.
WE FOUND THE WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE. Nope! I don’t want my tax dollars funding DHS brutality, and I definitely don’t want it paying for Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski to jet-set around the country and fuck in a private cabin on a luxury $70M 737 Max. Listen to this mess.
