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Via Kyle Cheney:

NOTABLE: decision effectively elim Eastman theory of pres electors, emph state legis bound by state constits re selecting electors.

BUT: Thomas does subscribe to theory (as Eastman, his former clerk, predicted he might) saying state legis can't be bound by state constit when comes to picking electors

That said: No state legis attempted to override results of 2020. So even under Thomas' interp, no controversy to resolve on J6=why Eastman/Trump pushed to "send back" to states

What's the Orca equivalent of a #TikTok Challenge? FinTok Challenge? 🤔

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#Orca attack techniques appears to be going viral. LiveScience: "Orca rams boat off Scottish coast, 2,000 miles away from original attacks" #OrcaUprising #attack #sailing livescience.com/animals/orcas/

Listening to Lukashenka is a bit surreal. He is gloating about how he saved Putin. The power dynamic seems to be shifting. Lukashenka seems emboldened. Putin lost face with strongmen and likely his own elites.

bird.makeup/users/juliadavisne

"Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch dissented."

SCOTUS rejects "independent state legislature" theory.

nytimes.com/2023/06/27/us/poli

A tip for autistics: most gas pumps that play annoying ads can be muted. One of the unmarked buttons next to the screen will mute it.

How a crypto case involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff links to Maria Butina, Paul Erickson and a U.S.-Ukraine businessman with oligarch ties

Rowland Marcus Andrade was charged in a $5 million AML BitCoin fraud, filings reveal intriguing ties - my latest

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#Andrade #AMLBitcoin #JackAbramoff #Abramoff #

newstracs.com/how-a-crypto-cas

The Chairman of the House Judicial Committee, Rep. Jim Jordan, was a wrestling coach at the time of the alleged abuse. Several of those alleging sexual abuse say Jordan knew about the abuse and did nothing to stop it.

crooksandliars.com/2023/06/wat

"About half a dozen #SecretService agents have testified before #GrandJury that will decide whether or not to indict #Trump for his alleged role in #Jan6 & efforts to interfere in peaceful transfer of presidency...

Roughly five or six agents have appeared, the sources said, in compliance with subpoenas they received. It is not known what the agents’ proximity to Trump was on Jan. 6 or what information they may have provided to the grand jury." #legal nbcnews.com/politics/donald-tr

Total #COVID deaths per 1M/pop., 6/25:

1. Arizona 4,613 (+0)
2. West Virginia 4,550 (+0)
3. Mississippi 4,527 (+0)
4. New Mexico 4,405 (+0)
5. Arkansas 4,346 (+0)
6. Tennessee 4,332 (+0)
7. Michigan 4,313 (+0)
8. Alabama 4,311 (+0)
9. Kentucky 4,229 (+0)
10. Florida 4,130 (+0)

worldometers.info/coronavirus/

@GovRonDeSantis@twitter.com 8. One middle school social studies textbook, Florida US History Advanced, was not rejected by the state but did have several issues flagged by a reviewer.

The reviewer writes that "Slavery image on pg. 444 may violate the statute relating to guilt of future generations."

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No elected official has ever been accused of anything remotely on the scale of what Donald Trump has been charged with.

His prosecution isn’t a witch hunt. It’s a defense of our democracy.

Don’t believe his lies.

youtube.com/watch?v=ykcliiDFz1

Pride month will be over in a few days and many of the corporations that put rainbows on their products & services as a marketing strategy will keep funding anti-LGBTQ politicians. I hope we know the difference between #RainbowCapitalism as a marketing strategy and genuine allyship. #LGBTQ #Pride

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