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Part of the dynamic with the Trump Team contempt motion is that the lawyers are afraid to sign certifications of compliance, given that their client can't be trusted.From the standpoint of the law, someone has to attest to compliance and of course subpoena recipient has to comply

Science Curious Joined Science-Astronomy

Perhaps the most-terrifying space photograph to date. Astronaut Bruce McCandless II floats completely untethered, away from the safety of the space shuttle, with nothing but his Manned Maneuvering Unit keeping him alive. The first person in history to do so. Credit: NASA

#science #photography #space #NASA

The reports are that Howell hasn't considered the motion yet or held a hearing. Presumably, lawyers like Corcoran and Bobb, the ones involved in the certification of compliance, will point the fingers at others and ultimately Trump in seeking to excuse their noncompliance.

The House just passed an atrocious $858 BILLION in annual defense spending.

That's $45B more than Biden even asked for.

Health care?
"We can't afford it."

Child tax credit?
"Too expensive."

Defense spending?
"Here I just found an extra $45 billion dollars laying around."

DOJ formally targets Donald Trump’s team for contempt of court

https://www.palmerreport.com/politics/doj-formally-targets-donald-trumps-team-for-contempt-of-court/48121/

#Analysis #Politics #politics

Actual patriots. 🇺🇸

Neal Katyal and Michael Luttig, on opposite ends of the political spectrum, argued against the dismantling of democracy before the Court — together. As Americans.
h/t @Clay

$12 billion: The cost of expanding the Child Tax Credit to 19 million children who had not been able to receive the full benefits

$858 billion: The cost of the latest defense bill

Can you guess which one Congress claims it can't afford to fund?

My latest course "Gentle Introduction to CSS for Beginners" is finished! (22 lessons, 2 hrs)

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Justice Department asks judge to hold Trump team in contempt over Mar-a-Lago case https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/08/trump-contempt-mar-a-lago-records/

And the independent search he did, and only at direction of Court, a) showed more docs outstanding; b) showed cavalier mishandling of same; & c) failed manifestly to demonstrate full compliance. This is a "cut-the-crap, Mr Trump," move to which the court likely will be responsive

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Wow. DOJ wants to hold Trump in contempt for violation of subpoena. A natural outgrowth of the trickling out of documents and failure to comply with subpoena from last May. But quite a strike across the bow.

55% of Americans support expanding the Supreme Court.

66% support setting term limits.

73% support establishing a code of ethics for SCOTUS justices.

Public opinion is clear: it's time to reform the court. https://t.co/aU82Ce356R

“What’s my favorite G Suite for Education tool?” asked a Google Educator Level 1 session participant. “Google Slides. You can do so much with it!” said another. Slides offers many exciting features that make it a versatile assistant for educators. In this blog entry, let’s take a look at five Google Slides hacks you may find useful. These may deepen your appreciation for Google Slides and increase your productivity. https://blog.tcea.org/five-hacks-for-google-slides/ #GoogleEDU #Teacher #Education #Edutooter #TCEA Be sure to check out this online course on Google Slides - https://courses.tcea.org

Democrats deliver again.
Americans are going to go through a frustrating two years, as Republicans won the House. We’ll see a lot of theatrics, obsession with a mythical laptop, but we won’t see legislation that benefits Americans.
#politics #lgbtq
House passes bill to protect same-sex marriage, sending it to Biden's desk https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-passes-bill-protect-sex-marriage-sending-bidens-desk-rcna60128

Daily Reminder: Today's MAGA GOP is no longer a political party, it's a white nationalist, fascist movement that seeks to force their religion upon as law. They must be utterly defeated in order to save our freedoms, our democracy and our Republic.

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel tells the January 6 Committee in a taped deposition that President Trump called her and turned the call over to his counsel John Eastman to discuss the RNC helping the campaign with alternate slate of electors in the aftermath of the 2020 election

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5020753/rnc-chair-president-trump-called-alternate-slate-electors

I asked ChatGPT to answer one of my PhD qualifying exam questions (based on my memory of it). I think what's interesting is that it uses the correct theories based just on author names, not knowing exactly what was on our reading list. (Though it was also an easy educated guess to make based on theorists with those names + their most common work.) It gets those citations correct and then completely fabricates another. I also asked for 10 citations and got 4.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FzGGNe-5KfyIKHsD-hikWGEsJwNitLQLweF857eBVX4/edit

Arkansas city elects 18-year-old as youngest Black mayor in US - Jaylen Smith, who lives at home with his parents, will be next leader of Earle, population 1,785It is not even a year since Jaylen Smith was learning the power of the youth vote as a student government leader at his high school in Arkansas. Now the pioneering teenager is about to put his... #Arkansas #Georgia #theguardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/08/arkansas-city-elects-youngest-black-mayor-jaylen-smith