More good news!: SC Jack Smith SUBPOENAED the Trump org. for documents related to real estate deals in China, France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, & Oman, since he took office-: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/us/politics/trump-records-foreign-deals.html
Florida now allows doctors to refuse to treat gay or trans patients, so a fundamentalist doctor who thinks I shouldn't exist can refuse to treat me in ER where time can make difference bet. life and death. I won't be traveling to #Florida any time soon.
https://newrepublic.com/post/172667/its-now-legal-florida-doctors-deny-health-care-anyone-feel-like
UC Berkeley Neglected To Disclose $220 Million Deal With China To the US Government - Slashdot https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/05/22/2023209/uc-berkeley-neglected-to-disclose-220-million-deal-with-china-to-the-us-government?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
U.C. Berkeley has failed to disclose to the U.S. government massive Chinese state funding for a highly sensitive $240 million joint tech venture in China that has been running for the last eight years.
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Great to know we are giving signing bonuses to officers up north who have been fired from their agencies because of criminal charges or misconduct. Got to make sure we bring in more high quality Republican voters. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/22/ron-desantis-police-relocation-violent-records
Black Collar Crime: Evangelical Pastor Daniel Merrick Charged with Possessing Child Pornography, Blames Wife for His Crimes
(Note: "Messianic Jews" in this context are a Christian sect targeting Jews for conversion. They're not Jewish, they follow Jesus and preach the resurrection.)
Special counsel subpoenas Trump Organization for foreign records in documents case https://www.alternet.org/trump-organization-2660501530/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Relentless E. Jean Carroll Comes After Trump For More Defamation Damages After CNN Town Hall https://www.politicususa.com/2023/05/22/e-jean-carroll-trump-defamation-amended.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
"It’s increasingly clear that it’s not safe to be pregnant in states with total abortion bans."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/opinion/abortion-law-texas-lawsuit.html
Speak of the devil! You are again reminded, Republicans HATE the #Military. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tommy-tuberville-military-promotions_n_646b07a8e4b06749be14f321
I predict that within 7 years, a #Florida high school #diploma will not be accepted for admission to the majority of colleges across the country. The kids will have to get an in state #education which will be suspect to many employers. Or also need a #GED
It will take decades for the state to come back from this. And any other that follows.
My parents were young CORE workers. Never forget the murder of 3 Civil Rights workers in Mississippi in 1964. The case drew national attention because 2 of the men were White. Due to 200 FBI searching for them, the bodies of other missing Black men were found. Never forget the murders were planned by a sheriff and Baptist minister in the KKK. Those evil men are fathers and grandfathers of men we have to deal with today. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/freedomsummer-murder/
On the Right, the only definition of “freedom” that matters is the freedom to impose a reactionary “natural” order on others and subjugate all those who dare to deviate.
It manifests most blatantly in this: The “freedom” to curtail the freedom of others and force them to undergo demeaning, cruel rituals.
https://twitter.com/esqueer_/status/1660262544861196290?s=46&t=1xecvNVImNo8TKt3oEvqnA
TikTok sues Montana over 'unconstitutional' statewide ban https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/05/22/tiktok-sues-montana-state-ban/7031684795926/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Um, slight problem here. Just 30 tons of explosives missing somewhere between Wyoming and California.
Move along now, nothing to see here.
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