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Donald Trump is set to sentenced in 20 days.
I want to see him thrown in jail.
Donald Trump is currently scheduled to be sentenced on September 18 in the NY hush money and election interference case. We broke down what you need to know, including how the immunity ruling could affect his sentencing:
https://www.citizensforethics.org/news/analysis/what-to-know-about-trumps-ny-hush-money-sentencing/
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has been appointed National co-Chair of the Harris-Walz campaign. Brilliant choice.
Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris
Emmett Till was murdered in 1955. He was only 14 years old.
As a U.S. senator, I led the effort to make lynching a federal hate crime.
As Vice President, I proudly stood beside @JoeBiden as he signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law.
Bannon’s new lawyer is Trent McCotter w Boyden Gray. McCotter runs a Separation of Powers clinics at Catholic U of America & previously, the Antonin Scalia School of Law at George Mason.
Today in DDC Steve Bannon’s new lawyer has filed a motion “to reimpose bail pending appeal or to impose supervised release” to be eligible to “earn good time credits under the First Step Act for successful participation in productive activities while incarcerated”
US Army rebukes Trump campaign for incident at Arlington National Cemetery
Trump’s Former Sec. Def. Mark Esper: “There is no more hallowed ground in this nation than Arlington Cemetery…I think it should be investigated…no person or party on either side should ever use Arlington National Cemetery…for partisan political purposes.”
Can you imagine being that woman at Arlington Cemetery trying to enforce decorum and the rules and these two thugs are pushing you around? Reports are she filed a report but no charges because she didn’t want to be targeted by Trump’s supporters. Lewandowski is a grade A asshole and Steven Cheung weighs like 300 lbs and looks like he has a ham taped to the back of his neck.Your reminder that Corey Lewandowski was fired for making unwanted sexual advances on a major Trump donor, cheated on his wife with Hope Hicks & also cheated on his wife with Kristi Noem, who’s also married. Typical Rethuglican Family values.
J.D. Vance’s justification for filming at Arlington National Cemetery fell apart when Donald Trump posted the video of the event. Won’t be the last time Mike Johnson helps Trump break the law.
@MuellerSheWrote
My GOD. Trump PLANNED in advance to stage a FAKE memorial at Arlington, film it in violation of the law, then attack Kamala Harris for not showing up. Knowing it was against the rules, his staff then PUSHED a woman out of the way and derided her as MENTALLY ILL, and then LIED about the incident. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trumps-arlington-cemetery-campaign-event
Republican Utah Governor Spencer Cox is clearly on the wrong side of history and showing disrespect for our fallen soldiers. Here he is at Arlington National Cemetery during an unauthorized visit during Trump’s political campaign, and, predictably, he quickly issued a public statement yesterday claiming that this visit was not political at all. Governor, weren’t you informed beforehand that the photographs and videography were prohibited? To truly respect and pay tribute to our fallen soldiers, one must adhere to the rules and courtesies established at military grave sites. This is a troubling display of your leadership. ( @GovCox @SpencerJCox )
Sonoluminescence.
If you collapse an underwater bubble with a soundwave, light is produced, and nobody is totally sure about why this happens.
There are in fact several competing theories still evaluated by scientists.
A Wells Fargo Employee Dead at Her Desk in a Cubicle For Four Days BEFORE ANYONE NOTICED. Fellow Workers Did Smell a Foul Odor. A Wells Fargo employee, 60-year-old Denise Prudhomme, was found dead at her desk in Tempe, Arizona. Authorities believe her body was at the desk for four days before being discovered. An investigation is ongoing into why it took so long to find her. “Her boss had emailed her, he didn’t receive a response, so they went to check where she sits and that’s how they found the body,” a worker said. UPDATE: The woman clocked in for work at 7 a.m. on Friday. Her body was discovered the next Tuesday.
He followed the money to learn who owns Blackrock.
Their major shareholder with 48% is Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch is owned by Bank of America.
Bank of America’s top shareholder is Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Berkshire Hathaway is owned by Warren Buffett
Billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has sold some more shares of Bank of America over the past few days, raking in $981.9 million, as the conglomerate continues to trim down its stake in the second-largest U.S. lender.
When employers pay less to pad profits and force workers to rely on taxpayer-funded safety nets to survive, that’s a government handout to employers — not workers.
Record profits driven by price gouging and lower wages is corporate greed and exploitation, not business acumen.
Just 45,000 households in America make more than $10 million a year.
Project 2025 would give them an average tax cut between $1.5 million and $2.4 million.
If you make less than $168,000 your taxes will likely go up.
This is what we call an upward transfer of wealth.
High-powered tax attorneys bemoaned the 2010 legislation meant to crack down on big-dollar tax shelters. They ended up writing parts of an IRS directive that essentially undid it.
https://www.icij.org/news/2024/08/under-industry-pressure-irs-division-blocked-agents-from-using-new-law-to-stop-wealthy-tax-dodgers/
During antitrust trial, executive admits Kroger jacked up milk and egg prices above inflation. Republicans blame Biden for political gain (knowing their ignorant minions believe anything) while voting against bills to stop price gouging.
https://www.rawstory.com/during-antitrust-trial-exec-admits-kroger-jacked-up-milk-and-egg-prices-above-inflation/
Rumors are going around that Max Miller, the Republican House Representative from Ohio district 7, filled for divorce yesterday from the daughter of Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, Emily Moreno Miller.
There are allegations that Rep. Max Miller was physically abusive and cheated on his wife.
This comes after former White House press secretary under Donald Trump, Stephanie Grisham, accused Max Miller of abuse when their relationship ended. Max Miller is just another typical woman hating republican.
With listeria outbreak tied to Boar’s Head deli meats resulting in 8 deaths and their Virginia facility linked to a national recall of meats due to mold, mildew, insects found throughout the site, a reminder this is a direct result of MAGA regime gutting FDA regulations in 2019.
Trump’s deregulation in his 1st term should be of much more importance in this election.
One of the things he did was allowing big meat producers (like Boar’s Head) do their own inspections of themselves. It’s now cost 8 lives for no good reason.
Several people have reported that international terrorist Erik Prince has a Grand Jury about to indict him on arms trafficking charges, so this is a good time to remember that Mike Flynn and Erik Prince have been partners in crime for over two decades. Erik Prince, the founder of the military contractor Blackwater and younger brother of Betsy DeVos, invited around 650 of his contacts to join a secret, private group chat. And now it has leaked.
https://newrepublic.com/article/182008/erik-prince-secret-global-group-chat-off-leash
If your boss is doing this, you need a union.
First, he banned WFH.
Now, this billionaire wants to stop his staff from going on coffee runs.
Remember MAGA crying about the price of milk and eggs?
They can thank Kroger and other grocery stores for price gouging them.
Once again, Dems were right.
“I was doing great and we were moving right along,” Young said. “Everybody’s loving the shows. Then I just woke up one morning on the bus with SARS and I said, ‘I can’t do this. I gotta stop spreading disease and death.’ Neil Young Explains Crazy Horse Tour Cancelation
https://www.stereogum.com/2278127/neil-young-explains-crazy-horse-tour-cancelation-says-hes-planning-to-return-to-the-road-with-promise-of-the-real/news/
He’ll be performing at Farm Aid on Sept. 21. In the clip, he also said he’ll perform gigs with guitarist Micah Nelson and the Promise Of The Real rhythm section of drummer Anthony Logerfo and bassist Corey McCormick:
Today I learned that the Big Three (APA, Chicago, MLA) have all established a citation standard for ChatGPT generated text.
They say putting the company behind the generator (e.g. OpenAI) and the date you generated it counts, even though the text is not replicable or searchable. If you’re going to cite ChatGPT the correct citation is just “a hallucinating plagiarism machine that is cooking the planet” followed by the date on which you used that hallucinating plagiarism machine that is cooking the planet.
Chatbots offer cops the “ultimate out” to spin police reports, expert says https://arstechnica.com/?p=2046081
Such reports will likely “place an extra burden on courts. Any time a defendant contests details in the report, the court will have to figure out which parts are #AI-generated and which parts the cop wrote, likely requiring #chatbot logs and police testimony” #ethics #law #tech
American Oversight @weareoversight
LITIGATION UPDATE: We reached a settlement in our lawsuit against Ohio Sec. of State Frank LaRose for records related to the 2023 decision to withdraw Ohio from the Electronic Registration Information Center, a nonpartisan voter-roll maintenance tool.
https://www.americanoversight.org/american-oversight-reaches-settlement-in-lawsuit-against-ohio-secretary-of-state-frank-larose
AB 3048 has passed the Legislature and is headed to the Governor. It requires browsers and mobile operating systems to support opt-out preference signals (OOPS), allowing users to opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal information in one step. https://cppa.ca.gov/announcements/2024/20240829.html
THIS IS HUGE.
There were a ton of people disappointed by a Gov Newsom compromise deal with Google last week wasting opportunity to address the clear imbalance in bargaining power.
You can’t push for this one to be vetoed without being blatantly anti-consumer.
Watch Google try.
@LawrenceLepard
Peak Fiat.
Private equity firms are purchasing kids sports leagues in suburban areas. My partner has a teenage son and to play in the basketball league costs $2000 per season. This used to be run by parents for a few hundred dollars, and it’s worse than that because when my partner goes to the games, he needs to get a wrist tag and they charge $15 admission , they also charge 10 to 15 to park at the school where they hold these games. These guys are pigs.
Fiat cannot fail fast enough.
In a study that reshapes what we know about COVID19, scientists have discovered that coagulation protein fibrin causes unusual clotting & inflammation that have become hallmarks of the disease, while also suppressing the body’s ability to clear virus. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07873-4
Scientists have discovered more than 1,700 ancient viruses deep inside a Tibetan glacier. Most of them are completely new to science. These ancient viruses are now being thawed out from glaciers and Siberian tundras. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1829132660628722016.html
BREAKING: climate scientists confirm global crop yields will start to drop dramatically by 2025-2034
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1828802079235940817.html
A heat index of 180°F (82.2°C) and a dew point of 97°F (36.1°C) were recorded in southern Iran today. If these readings are confirmed this would be the highest heat index and dew point ever recorded on Earth.
A very upsetting DOJ-OIG reveals the FBI has *significantly* failed the public on investigation of child sex abuse.
National scandal, here:https://oig.justice.gov/news/doj-oig-releases-report-federal-bureau-investigations-handling-tips-hands-sex-offenses-against
Ten defense contractors have given more than $6 million to the Sedition Caucus since January 6th, making defense the biggest industry contributor to lawmakers who have advanced the Big Lie and refused to certify the 2020 election.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/the-defense-industry-is-the-biggest-supporter-of-the-sedition-caucus/
8/19/24 60% of the largest U.S. hedge funds hold Bitcoin ETFs
Not a single one sold over the second quarter, and most are still stacking
Here’s how institutional bitcoin adoption is still ramping up
https://x.com/macromule/status/1825564790489579902
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1825564790489579902.html
Finally! Found my thread on the Trump administration paying $52M for 3.5M Covid tests to a UAE company. Speaking of Jared Kushner & the UAE, I don’t think we ever got an answer as to why the WH paid $52 million for 3.5 million COVID tests thru a bank in Abu Dhabi at the end of March..
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1294127818822037504.html
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-secret-testing-plan-went-poof-into-thin-air
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