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BREAKING: Trump says aide has been indicted in classified documents probe https://t.co/7iOCuPxHMv
Trump aide Walt Nauta indicted in classified documents probe

The news comes less than 24 hours after Trump wrote on Truth Social that he was being charged.

Axios
Former President Trump's lawsuit against The New York Times was dismissed by a New York Supreme Court judge on Wednesday. https://t.co/RlfMRzOJvD
Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against New York Times

The New York Supreme Court judge ordered him to pay all legal fees.

Axios

Trump Org CFO Weisselberg is being sentenced to 5 months jail for massive tax fraud, of which he'll serve ~100 days on Rikers.

Kalief Browder suffered in Rikers for 700 days in solitary confinement on the false accusation he stole a backpack, then died by suicide.

Two Americas. And a reminder that a system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect, and that a system will always protect those it was never meant to fail.

So Gaetz deliberately skips his own place in the role call so he can cast a dramatic deciding vote at the end. That is some grade-A diva shit.

As a human rights lawyer who has done extensive immigration work, let me make something absolutely clear.

Asylum is legal immigration.
There's no "port of entry" requirement.
There's no "visa" requirement.
There's no "first country" requirement.
You enter the United States, and you apply for asylum.

Because asylum is legal immigration. Period.

Period.

Last night on Christmas Eve TX Gov Abbot sent asylum seekers to DC with no winter clothes or shelter. What "Christ like" behavior.

If only the Bible had a story of a mother fleeing tyranny w/her infant for refuge in a foreign land—maybe GOP would welcome refugees fleeing tyranny w/their kids for refuge in USA. Amazing how the same GOP extremists who demand the Constitution be based on the Bible, suddenly forget ever Biblical principle about serving humanity.

The dangerous hypocrisy of it all.

The Texas Power Grid has failed again.
While #ERCOT makes millions with lobbyist in chief #Abbott providing, ppl #freeze.
#Texas #Texaspowergrid.
#GregAbbott #ArticFront
#Weather
@Chale @godpod no, that's his son

Few quick Mastodon tweaks I like:

* Settings > "Enable advanced web interface" is Tweetdeck and works really well.

* In your notification column, turn off all the "Play sound" toggles and turn on the "show filter bar" to be able to see favorites, follows, etc. by type.

* The web app is good! The official mobile app's not bad, either. But there are a lot of app options with different flavors worth trying out. Toot is popular on iOS. On Android, I use Yuito: https://bit.ly/3jjtzif

Yuito - Mastodon クライアントアプリ - Apps on Google Play

It is a client application for comfortable use of decentralized SNS such as Mastodon, Pleroma, Pixelfed.

Trump is bored, angry and isolated in his post-presidential twilight, served almost exclusively by sycophants, seeking out adulation from Mar-a-Lago guests, futzing with the music in the dining room, shouting at random employees to bring him Diet Cokes

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/18/trump-life-after-presidency/

How Trump jettisoned restraints at Mar-a-Lago and prompted legal peril

The inside story of how Trump transplanted the chaos and norm flouting of his White House into his post-presidential life, leading to a criminal investigation.

The Washington Post