@TurtleJoe

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Turtle Joe is my dog's name.
@stevebenen asking the same question that's been on my mind these last few weeks. It was a chance to show leadership and ethics by clearing the lowest possible bar with no real political cost. And yet they chose not to. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/matt-gaetzs-ethics-report-reaches-public-4-key-questions-remain-rcna185250
As Matt Gaetz’s ethics report reaches the public, 4 key questions remain

The House Ethics Committee has released its findings about former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, but the larger controversy isn't over just yet.

MSNBC

"Many such cases around."

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You may wonder why I choose to boost @JuliusGoat over and over again. Sentences like this banger are why:

"Yesterday Donald Trump, whose brain is actively melting like a slice of Velveeta atop an Arizona Cybertruck, went out in front of a crowd and waxed rhapsodic about Arnold Palmer's apparently giant penis, which isn't the most lunatic thing he's done this month, it's just the most recent."

Read the entire essay here - https://www.the-reframe.com/this-has-to-be-normal/

This HAS To Be Normal

Normalization in a time of madness, on behalf of a population dedicated to not knowing terrible things. Bearing witness in a supremacist nation on the verge of a Nazi takeover.

The Reframe
"It’s still shocking how close America came to losing our democracy on January 6th, 2024. Trump’s coup nearly succeeded...it sure looks like Trump isn’t running to help America. He’s running to make this case go away & stay out of jail." - @toJamesConnor https://bluevirginia.us/2024/10/thursday-news-jack-smith-lays-out-his-case-against-trump-in-vivid-detail-harris-consoles-those-devastated-by-helene-in-georgia-a-contrast-with-trumps-visit-vances-d#comment-6563065698
Thursday News: “Jack Smith lays out his case against Trump in vivid detail”; “Harris consoles those devastated by Helene in Georgia — a contrast with Trump’s visit””; “Vance’s debate performance was a breathtaking exercise in sane-washing”; Cao, Anderson Off the Deep End in Debates

by LowellHere are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, October 3.Wildfires are burning through humanity’s carbon budget, study sh

Blue Virginia

The complaint against LAPD for raiding a medical imaging place bc they thought it was a grow op, getting their rifle stuck to the MRI, and quenching the magnet is jaw dropping even for regular cop incompetence

https://www.scribd.com/document/774049009/NoHo-Diagnostic-Center-Inc-vs-City-of-Los-Angeles

(Edit: direct PDF link: https://fnord.cloud/s/cLfSXa4b8Szo4LN/download/774049009-NoHo-Diagnostic-Center-Inc-vs-City-of-Los-Angeles.pdf )

NoHo Diagnostic Center, Inc vs. City of Los Angeles | PDF

Lawsuit filed after erroneous raid of MRI facility by LAPD looking for marijuana.

Scribd

Reporter Anna Wolfe won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing Mississippi welfare fraud involving former governor Phil Bryant and Brett Favre.

Now, she's facing potential jail time for refusing to reveal her sources 👇
http://spr.ly/6014oSYYO

Threatened with jail over a scandal headlined by Brett Favre - ESPN

After exposing Mississippi welfare fraud, a journalist and her publication face the former governor's wrath.

ESPN
Brain damage linked to religious fundamentalism, Harvard study finds

Brain lesions in war veterans reveal connection between neural networks and religious fundamentalism. Harvard researchers uncover neural basis for extreme beliefs.

Boing Boing

Oh my God. The SAVE act would actually prevent some married women from casting a ballot. It would make it difficult for most of us to vote.

The Republicans always joke about keeping women from voting and it looks like they were serious.

- Jess Piper

https://newrepublic.com/article/186160/republ

How the Republican War on Women Extends to Voting Rights

Most women vote Democratic. And most still change their name when they marry. And that’s where the GOP sees an Achilles’ heel.

The New Republic