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just liked the headline
Republicans Trip Over Their Own Assholes Trying to Take Down Hunter Biden | Vanity Fair
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Jennifer Little, a former Trump attorney, has told Special Counsel Jack Smith that she warned Trump that if he did not comply with a federal grand jury subpoena for all classified documents at Mar-a-Lago it would be a crime
Aileen Cannon to the rescue!
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This is worth reading, reminds me of Terri Schiavo
Medics quitting jobs over ‘distress caused by rightwing Christian group’ | Children | The Guardian
In her opinion, the company “causes harm” by seemingly damaging the trust between parents and healthcare teams, and appearing to give families “false hope” rather than helping them grieve.
She said she believed they persuaded gullible members of the public into giving donations, and prolonged “the suffering of patients whose cardinal need is to be helped to have a good death”.
One paediatric intensive care consultant, who did not want to be named, said she thought the organisation was placing “tremendous pressure” on families to feel as if “the only way they can be a good parent is to jump through all of these legal hoops, otherwise they haven’t tried their best for the child”. She added: “Whereas, doing their best for the child is limiting their suffering.”
Medics treating critically ill babies are quitting their jobs owing to “considerable moral distress” caused by a rightwing Christian group behind a series of end-of-life court cases, the Guardian has been told.
Senior doctors claimed the behaviour of some evangelical campaigners was “prolonging the suffering” of seriously ill infants. They accused them of “selling falsehoods and lies” to families and of using legal tactics condemned by judges.
He said: “These groups are complicit in prolonging suffering and not allowing for a good death, which makes someone’s death longer and more painful than it needs to be. That’s what keeps us awake at night.”
A court of appeal judge this month expressed “profound concern” about the use of “manipulative litigation tactics” in the case of Indi Gregory, a critically-ill baby girl who died on 13 November after a legal battle over her treatment.
It was the latest in a series of high-profile end-of-life cases brought by the campaign group Christian Legal Centre (CLC), which also represented the parents of Charlie Gard, Alfie Evans and Archie Battersbee.
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On top of everything else, Musk is one weird fucking dude.
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Dead at 100, Henry Kissinger Leaves Behind a Bloody Legacy
“I was always taught never to say anything about the dead unless it’s good. He’s dead. Good!” – Jackie Mabley
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Different perspectives
Henry Kissinger, First Jewish U.S. Secretary of State and Contentious Diplomatic Icon, Dies at 100 - U.S. News - Haaretz.com
Israel-Gaza War Enters a New Phase: Saving Private Netanyahu - Israel News - Haaretz.com
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No words for Kissinger…Although, my mom used to say, “if you can’t say something nice about someone, let’s hear it.” To pick one thing to say…how about, he was the brains behind the secret Cambodian carpet bombing campaign.
Shane MacGowan of the Pogues passed away yesterday as well. RIP.
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Politico’s Kyle Cheney has a good rundown on what the inadvertently unsealed documents show about Perry’s communications between Election Day 2022 and Jan. 6, 2021.
via Political Wire:
The newly disclosed documents reveal an extraordinary web of communications between Perry, who is now the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, and key figures in Donald Trump’s orbit. (Politico)
Some people are convinced that Jack Smith has the goods on these collaborators, and it’s about to get wild. 
Do you think that some people must be feeling the heat? Yikes!
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Musk, renowned genius. Where did that ever come from, the guy is a renowned crazy and blaming advertisers for X’s going down. Take a long look in the mirror, Mr. Genius.
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So was Musk drunk or on drugs?
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Signed in just to say, “What a beauty!”
…a face to make every day better…
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stoned on his own magnificence and brilliance, more likely.
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Kissinger’s dead, Elon’s shedding advertisers, Trump’s lawyers are testifying against him, certainly not the worst morning memo I’ve read.
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“Drunk or on drugs”
Porque no los dose
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Just what we need…
The U.S. government has stopped helping Big Tech spot meddling from Russia and other foreign actors amid GOP legal threats
The federal government is reversing a years-long approach to preventing Russia and other actors from interfering in American politics less than a year before the U.S. presidential election, company officials say. The development underscores the far-reaching impact of a conservative legal campaign against initiatives established to avoid a repeat of the 2016 election, when Russia manipulated social media in an attempt to sow chaos and swing the vote for Donald Trump.
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UAW ain’t even close to done yet. In the Detroit Free Press:
the United Auto Workers is now taking on all nonunion automakers operating in the United States in a massive and unprecedented public organizing campaign.
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“thousands of non-union autoworkers are signing cards at the new UAW webpage UAW.org/join and are publicly organizing to join the UAW,” the union said in a news release. The organizing drive will cover nearly 150,000 autoworkers across 13 automakers,
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Elon Musk is going to counter his losses by creating a new shoe line called “Airogance”.
the shoes designer will be “Ye”.
the sole will be designed to leave an imprint of twisted crosses and the letters GFY.
Do you think they’re smart enough to reverse that design so the footprints read correctly?
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I read Bette Davis said that after Joan Crawford died.
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