At t70yrs old, I am depressed. I was too young to remember much of the 50s, the 60s and 70s seemed to be headed in the right direction, but the 80s started our slide backwards, consistent since, bringing us to Donald Trump and the brink.I thought once his corrupt, poisonous nature was known, he and the GOP would be vanquished, but the GOP controls half of our State house and the cancer continues to spread. So I ask what is corrupt and cancerous, is that us? Democratically, is it fatal? 😢
DONALD TRUMP
N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James asks court to sanction Trump, his eldest sons and attorneys
The sanctions relate to James' ongoing civil suit against the former president and others close to him.
Sept. 5, 2023, 2:25 PM EDT
By Tom Winter, Adam Reiss, Jonathan Dienst and Rebecca Shabad
New York Attorney General Letitia James is asking the state Supreme Court to sanction former President Donald Trump, his sons Eric and Don Jr., others related to the family business and Trump's attorneys for a total of $20,000.
Court records filed Tuesday showed that James' office wants to sanction them because they've continued to raise “previously-rejected arguments” in their motions. The attorney general called them “frivolous and sanctionable” because “sophisticated defense counsel should have known better."
The attorney general's office said in the filing that there are five instances where previously rejected arguments by the court have been reused...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/ny-attorney-general-letitia-james-asks-court-sanction-trump-eldest-son-rcna103464
@dcdeejay Capitalism and the idea that some individuals should be allowed to accrue gluttonous wealth to the detriment of society at large is an antiquated idea, based on a faulty belief that there are no adverse consequences. The USA is in it’s most unstable state since the Civil War and continues to unravel in this new age of tycoons. 🔥
If millionaires, multimillionaires and billionaires paid taxes at the same rates as everyone else, things like this would probably never be an issue. When our elected officials can't exercise control over individuals or corporations - nationally or internationally - we are well on the way to becoming a democracy in name only. #politics #taxation https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink
@KimPerales The more talk and action the better. Unfortunately my feeling is that Capitalism will choose 🔥 over saving the Earth. Profits are just too hard to let go from “my dead clutched hand”. 🤔
#1 priority for Congress & all elected officials should be the #ClimateEmergency. It's an existential threat already devastating parts of Brazil, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, China, Indonesia... The loss of lives & livelihoods is heartbreaking, but it's also causing loss of crops, livestock...: Flooding from a cyclone in S Brazil washed away houses, trapped motorists in several cities, killing ~40 ppl🚨 & leaving 2,300 homeless.
Please amplify the stories. #ActOnClimate
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brazil-cyclone-flooding-deaths-rio-grande-do-sul-state/
WSJ Warns Against Massive Cost of Trump’s Trade Policies, Days After He Touted Those Policies In a WSJ Op-Ed https://www.mediaite.com/politics/wsj-warns-against-massive-cost-of-trumps-trade-policies-days-after-he-touted-those-policies-in-a-wsj-op-ed/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
And, as has been pointed out, relative to some regions, that wait time isn’t even that bad:
“Children waiting up to five years for an NHS appointment following #autism referral”
@georgetakei I have no idea how Starlink would effect Ukraine’s operations, or why Musk would feel the need to shut it off, but the question is a valid one. Providing a service like this, the owner should not be able to turn it off at his whim. I woukd think there would be some level of Govt oversight. 🤔
The Daily Beast is reporting that Elon Musk ordered engineers to switch off his Starlink satellites just as Ukraine was preparing to attack the Russian naval fleet with drones. He said he feared nuclear retaliation by Russia. It’s high time we ask the question: How much power and influence does it make sense to hand just one person?
#GlobalWarming Houston, Texas, Sept 7, 104F, What’s wrong with this picture? 🔥😬
Proud Boys turned down plea deals that would have cut their prison sentences in half: court docs https://www.rawstory.com/proud-boys-sentenced/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Movement grows to block Donald Trump from ballot over Jan. 6 https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/09/07/Donald-Trump-14th-Amendment-election-ballot-Jan-6/8141694088553/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
@WayneMoranPhotography As someone who lived in Minnesota for three decades I am envious as hell! 😇 …as compared to the relative hell I live in now, at least heat and politically oriented. 😓
Autumn Reflections ~ Minnesota Autumn ~ Lebanon Hills Park, Eagan
This is what I love about fall!!!
This is a park right by my house. This is where I go out in nature to commune with God.
Be sure to check out the image.
https://wayne-moran.pixels.com/featured/autumn-reflections-minnesota-autumn-wayne-moran.html
#fall #autumn #minnesota #NorthShore #fall #Duluth #lakesuperior #OnlyInMN #landscape #landscapephotography #buyintoart #AYearForArt #Hiking #Getoutside #travel #travelphotography
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.