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The judges didn’t buy his defense of the coup attempt David Kurtz at TPM: With the Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump ground to a halt and the no real prospect of the Georgia RICO case against him reaching a verdict before November, yesterday’s ruling against Trump co-defendant John Eastman in California may be the closest we get to a taste of a Jan. 6 verdict before Election Day. In recommending that Eastman be disbarred for his role in the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election, a state judge issued a blistering ruling that treated the autocoup with the historic seriousness it deserves. It came after a full evidentiary record was developed over months and extensive legal argument, like a full-blown trial. Eastman plans to appeal, and ultimately the state Supreme Court will decide whether he’ll be disbarred, but in the meantime he is suspended from practicing law.

Nearly four years ago on June 1, 2020, Federal officers violently cleared peaceful protestors from...

Trump has “envoys” going around the world: After an anti-corruption crusader unexpectedly won last year’s presidential election in Guatemala, democracy teetered on the edgein the Central American country. Amid law enforcementraids on election offices and threats of violence, the Biden administration worked feverishly to lay the groundwork for a peaceful transfer of power. But not Richard Grenell, a former diplomat and intelligence official in Donald Trump’s administration, who arrived in Guatemala in January, days before the new president was to be sworn in — and threw his support behind aright-wing campaign to undermine the election. Grenell met with a hard-line group that sued to block the inauguration. The group thanked him for his “visit and trust.”He defended Guatemalan officials who had seized ballot boxes in an effort to overturn a vote declared “free and fair” by the United States and international observers,and he attacked the U.S. State Department’s sanctions against hundreds of anti-democratic actors. “They are trying to intimidate conservatives in Guatemala,” Grenell said in a television interview.

The Secret Service program stresses more behavioral monitoring as well as students spying on other students.

The post Kamala Harris Touts Secret Service Program Encouraging High School Spying appeared first on The Intercept.

“Trump’s newest venture? A $60 Bible. His Bible sales pitch comes as he appears to be confronting a significant financial squeeze, with his legal fees growing while he fights a number of criminal cases and lawsuits.” — New York Times

Genesis
Adam calls his banishment from the garden “very unfair.”

Exodus
Moses descends Mount Sinai with the Second Amendment.

Leviticus
The part about not eating bacon is out. The part about not “lying with another male” stays in.

Numbers
Moses takes a census in order to divide the Israelites into “total losers” and “good friends.”

Judges
All nine go GOP.

1 Samuel
Goliath wins.

2 Samuel
Bathsheba is even hotter. David moves on her.

Job
Donald Job Trump perseveres despite the nation stealing his election and the courts taking all his money.

In science, courage is to follow the motto of enlightenment and Kant’s dictum — Sapere Aude!  To use your understanding, dare to think for yourself and question ‘received opinion,’ authority or orthodoxy. In our daily lives, courage is the capability to confront fear, as when in front of the powerful and mighty, not to step […]

Charles Woodburn sold over 330,000 personal shares in BAE Systems, earning £4,163,035

“That’s because you don’t have a criminal mind” Back in my table-waiting days, a customer who had just signed his credit card receipt asked for the carbon copies (yes, that long ago). Noticing the quizzical look on my face, he explained it was because of reports of thieves dumpster-diving for credit card numbers. That never would have occurred to me, I told him. “That’s because you don’t have a criminal mind,” the customer smiled. On that, Ed Kilgore considers what steps Donald Trump took to steal the 2020 election. Several tactics he used four years ago are now “off the table.” But considering he would not admit defeat in 2020 and what he demonstrated he was capable of, what else might he try if he loses a 2024 reelection effort premised on keeping himself out of prison? “Rolling Stone is reporting that the Biden campaign is examining a ‘comically long’ list of ‘nightmare scenarios’ that might develop. To be forewarned is to be forearmed, to a considerable extent,” Kilgore writes.

The Defense Department blew the deadline for a mandatory briefing to Congress on coups by U.S.-trained African military officers.

The post Pentagon Ignores Law Calling for Report on How It Trained So Many African Coup Leaders appeared first on The Intercept.

by Gary Gardner

Social psychologists tell us it takes about 66 days to form a new habit. In my experience that’s only half true. Sixty-six days to form a good habit, yes, but about 66 hours to form a bad one. If I reach for a donut at breakfast, then do the same the next two days, I seal the deal and establish a habit of bad eating.

The post Climate Engineering: Doubling Down on Bad Habits appeared first on Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.

With his perfect tan and slicked-back hair, California Governor Gavin Newsom stood at a podium at Sacramento’s Cal Expo in late September 2020 and announced an executive order requiring all new passenger vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emissions by 2035. With the global Covid pandemic then at its height, Newsom was struggling to inject a bit of hope into the future, emphasizing that his order would prove a crucial step in the fight against climate change while serving as a major boon to the state’s economy. Later approved by the California Air Resources Board, his order is now being reviewed by the Environmental Protection Agency. For his part, President Biden has moved to tighten regulations on tailpipe exhaust,... Read more

Source: Of Life and Lithium appeared first on TomDispatch.com.

Kit Klarenberg uncovers how Israel's grip on U.S. policy threatens online expression with the TikTok ban bill, challenging the narrative of Chinese control and highlighting the real danger to free speech.

The post Israel’s Shadow Over Free Speech: The Truth Behind the TikTok Ban Bill appeared first on MintPress News.

British courts for five years have dragged out Julian Assange's show trial. He continues to be denied due process as his physical and mental health deteriorates. This is the point.

The post Chris Hedges: The Crucifixion of Julian Assange appeared first on MintPress News.

Fewer than one-in-five Brits would be willing to take the risk of swimming in British waters, amid surging levels of sewage

Almost every time a Western country announces its suspension of arms exports to Israel, a headline appears shortly afterward indicating the opposite. Indeed, this has happened repeatedly.

The post Complicit in Genocide: Where Israel Gets Its Weapons appeared first on MintPress News.

Palestinians are vanishing without a trace into secret prisons and detention centres, and authorities are stonewalling their families

On casting stones at patients in distress Consider where the American Taliban wants to take this country. For anyone who missed it, this clip below is the Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina. He may sound like he is a member of the lunatic fringe, but he is not. Mark Robinson is just shoutier. The lunatic fringe right has gone mainstream. In fact, they’ve made it to the U.S. Supreme Court several times already. Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern comment on Tuesday’s oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM). They write: In public, the plaintiffs in this case—a group of doctors and dentists seeking to ban medication abortion—have long claimed they object to ending “unborn life” by finishing an “incomplete or failed” abortion at the hospital. But in court, they went much further.

Mai Tran began catsitting in 2021 while Tran was on pandemic unemployment, often staying overnight in people’s homes. Tran has now cared for twenty-two cats and traveled to ten apartments all over New York City, observing the interior lives of cat owners and appeasing their neuroses. From home vet visits to black eyes to refugee cats, Chronicles of a Catsitter documents the most memorable days on the job.

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First person to go to space

First person to walk on the moon

First person to wait in the ship while other astronauts walked on the moon

President

Vice president

Former president (non-disgraced)

Decorated general

National hero

Local hero

Singer of “Anti-Hero”

Flew around the world (early 1900s)

Octogenarian

Olympian

World champion

Intercontinental champion

Local weatherman

National weatherman

Governor (local)

Musician with multiple hits

Musician with multiple hits, home runs, and stolen bases

Musician in the band Walking on the Moon

Won a Golden Globe

Nominated for a Golden Globe

Harlem Globetrotter

“World’s Greatest” title holder

“Guinness World Records” record holder

Former “Guinness World Records” record holder (non-disgraced)

Former player (Hall of Fame)

Former player (fan favorite / very popular)

Former player (cut yesterday)

‘It’s a death zone,’ said Athanasios Gargavanis, a trauma surgeon for the World Health Organisation, upon reaching the now defunct emergency department of Nasser medical complex. There were dead bodies in corridors, no tap water at all and no electricity beyond a small backup generator. At least eight patients had died due to a lack […]

As Easter approaches, let us consider Pope Francis.

https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/1771152349698142589

The difference between Francis and his critics isn’t as wide as some people make out, and he’s far less unorthodox than his enemies claim, but this is the difference: Francis wants to welcome people, and believes in a God whose primary trait is love, while Church conservatives want to exclude people.

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