Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Elon Musk has been working with open anti-Semites this week to mobilize people against the Anti-Defamation League, blaming declining advertising sales (caused by his efforts to welcome self-declared Nazis back to Twitter) on Jewish people.

Now, in dialogue with one of these bigots, Musk is promising to do a "giant data dump" on the ADL and other groups, with the presumable goal of enabling anti-Semites to harass, attack, and kill people.

In 2022, we warned that Musk took over Twitter with the explicit goal of seizing territory for the far right, but even we didn't expect it to go so far, so fast.

Background:

https://crimethinc.com/2022/11/25/elon-musk-bans-crimethinc-from-twitter-on-request-from-far-right-troll

Death to fascism.🏴

Recap, via Kyle Cheney. I've posted about all of these here at Mastodon.:

THINGS HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY RIGHT NOW:

-#Navarro jury selection
-#Tarrio sentencing
-#Eastman on stand in CA bar proceedings
-Dispute over filings in #Trump DC case

Walt Mossberg Ditches Twitter, Slams Elon Musk's Far-Right Embrace

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/legendary-tech-writer-deactivates-twitter-account-pens-brutal-takedown-of-elon-musks-leadership/

The Japanese earthquake warning system NERV
has moved from #Twitter aka #X to #Mastodon. Its developer Gehirn Web Services made its departure announcement on August 7. Japanese can no longer receive its earthquake warning on X. #China #Musk must be crying. 🤣
#fuckelon #japan #earthquake

https://unseen-japan.com/nerv-app-x-twitter-leaving/

3/ UPDATE:

#Chutkan has *granted* #Trump's motion to vacate

Hello #Lee (#TropicalStormLee, soon to be #HurricaneLee). Currently forecast to become at least a Category 4 storm. #hurricane #HurricaneSeason

This is another reason the student loan racket is such a clusterfuck. Every time one side comes up with something helpful, the obstructionist GOP #PartyOfStupid wants to fuck it up for everybody. In these #HardTimes it adds to the limbo and pain of borrowers, but you know the GOP, the cruelty is the point. Because heaven forbid...

>Republicans aim to roll back new student loan income-driven repayment plan https://www.highereddive.com/news/republicans-aim-to-roll-back-new-student-loan-income-driven-repayment-plan/692770/

#BadEconomy #HigherEd #fuckery

2/ MORE via Kyle:

It appears that prosecutors have alerted Judge #Chutkan to Trump's "daily" public statements and that may be what's at issue here.

Quite the cloud formation here tonight at sunset. Tried a vertical panoramic shot on the phone, worked out pretty well I think. #sunset #sky #scotland

STFU, Team Trump. We're sick of this crap.

Via Kyle Cheney: 1/...

JUST IN: #Trump team complains that prosecutors filed a motion under seal without consulting them.

Prosecutors respond that they did consult on the filing, just not on the decision to file it under seal, a process laid out by the court. #legal #TrumpIndictment

Trump: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.48.0_4.pdf

Hanna Marx's mini cat apartment made out of an old TV set
#caturday

source: Hanna Marx (Artist)
https://www.instagram.com/h.marx_art/

Via @Brandi_Buchman:

Kelly consults a statute and declines to enhancement for obstruction of justice charge; He notes offense level 36; crim history category 6, puts Tarrio at guideline sentencing range of 324 mos-405 months, or 27 YEARS to 33 years.
Govt asked for 33. #ProudBoys #legal #Jan6

Max fine is 250K & Tarrio's fine will fall somewhere b/w $40-250k.

Not heard sentence yet, please note. We have just heard range. There is a bit more to get thru before we get to actual sentencing.

never, Never, NEVER, NEVER EVER

RE: https://mastodon.world/users/jeffowski/statuses/111012875187592133

hard to walk by. #photography

I have zero expectations anymore.

Via Scott MacFarlane:

Judge Tim Kelly is now talking about the "terrorism" enhancement in #Tarrio's sentencing guidelines.

Judge has included the terrorism factor in prior #ProudBoys cases, but he's varied downward *significantly* from the terror-enhanced sentencing guidelines in those cases

👉 Defense: "My client is no terrorist. My client is a misguided patriot"👈 🤦‍♀️ #legal

7 months after the #shooting, investigators interviewed the #NYPD officers who shot their weapons.

But investigators did NOT challenge those #officers when their accounts differed from what was captured on video, according to recordings obtained by ProPublica.

#Police #FriendlyFire #TheBronx #NYC #News #BodyCam #Cops #CivilRights #CriminalJustice

https://propub.li/3sLvpNW

#BLM