Almost a fourth of air passengers screened from China had COVID-19, report reveals https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/almost-fourth-air-passengers-screened-china-had-covid-19-report-reveals
@msnbc They should be changing the names of Judicial and Intelligence to reflect the lack of either on those committees.
"Keenan Anderson, a 31-year-old high school teacher...died hours after Los Angeles police repeatedly used a Taser on him and restrained him in the middle of the street following a traffic accident, according to body-camera footage released by authorities"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/12/keenan-anderson-police-taser-death-los-angeles/
@SunshineGoddess Pity.
@SunshineGoddess I’d call the cops. He’s threatening murder.
@CordiallyChloe Not a fan of tucked, but probably because I don’t have your hips. Well, I do. I have your hips and my hips and my daughter’s hips, my mother’s hips, and a few of the neighbors. 😂
Woman Arrested for Voter Fraud Scheme | OPA | Department of Justice (GOP) https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/woman-arrested-voter-fraud-scheme
Kim Phuong Taylor, 49, of Sioux City, made her initial court appearance today. According to court documents, Taylor allegedly perpetrated a scheme to generate votes in the primary election in June 2020, when her husband was an unsuccessful (GOP) candidate for Iowa’s 4th U.S. Congressional District
I'm sharing this as an actual solution to empower civilians.
Please check out TurnSignl, an app founded by Black civil rights lawyers. It lets you video call a lawyer asap through voice activation or single touch when police pull you over. The lawyer manages & records the entire convo w/police & works to get you home safe.
It's like $7/mo and free for low income people. It's in a few dozen states & will be nationwide shortly. I have it myself.
See it here:
The investigations into Santos will reveal the truth -- but it very much appears that Santos took ill-gotten gains from the defrauded investors of Harbor City, parked them in Devolder, and then used them for his campaign.
Santos is NOT in a good position, let's just say.
Tim Cook taking $50 million pay cut in 2023 at his own request https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/12/tim-cook-pay-cut-earnings/
@Sarahthequeen I have tried them all. Waiting impatiently for @ivory to be released. Tweetbot was my favorite Twitter app, and I expect they’ll do Mastodon equal justice.
From the party of "you can't make me wear a mask" comes "Missouri Republican state legislature is considering a ban on women's apparel that exposes bare arms".
Russia has issued a new message about Ukrainians and it's chilling
“Meanwhile in Russia, they’re discussing whether Ukrainians can be "re-educated" or need to be ‘eliminated’”.
#MOG
https://www.smartnews.com/p/4504301698851802756?placement=article-preview-social&utm_campaign=sn_lid%3A4504301698851802756%7Csn_channel%3Acr_en_us_top&utm_source=share_ios_other&share_id=aCpbm8
@DemocracyMatters When they don’t desperately need his vote.
@Sarahthequeen Which one are you currently using?
Let’s stop calling MAGA Christo-fascists the “American Taliban.” Why bring Muslims into it? American Christianity has its own radical history. In Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, Christians piled weights on top of alleged infidel Giles Corey for 3 days, crushing him to death. We don’t need Islam for examples of extremism.
Taylor Dudley, an American Navy veteran who has been detained in Russia for nearly a year was released from Russian custody on Thursday, after months of negotiations.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/12/politics/taylor-dudley-navy-veteran-released-russia/index.html
Trump took hundreds of classified materials to Mar-a-Lago. He failed to comply with a federal subpoena. He returned some documents, but held on to others.
Based on everything we know, none of this applies to Biden.
A Sheriff in Louisiana Has Been Destroying Records of Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct for Years
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A lawsuit brought by the family of an autistic teen who died while in custody found the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office destroyed the disciplinary records of the deputy involved.
A ProPublica, WWNO/WRKF investigation found JSPO rarely sustained complaints against officers, despite allegations of excessive force, discrimination & wrongful death at hands of deputies.
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