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Citing Trump's Executive Privilege Stalling, DOJ Asks for January Trial

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/08/10/citing-trumps-executive-privilege-claims-doj-asks-for-january-trial/

The GOP wants to raise the age limit to vote, but not to own an AR-15.

Think about that.

Prey on the poor and you get promoted. Rob the rich and you get indicted.

They say, "No one is above the Law. Sure, if by "Law" you mean the "power structure."

That's why hundreds upon hundreds of insurrections on the ground were charged, convicted and jailed long ago.

Attorney General Garland (or an appointed special counsel) should have subpoenaed Mark Meadows and Mike Pence in early 2021.

Working up the chain from rioters did not preclude top down from Donald Trump and lieutenants.

On a summer 2022 visit to Barcelona I photographed this #Banksy of #girlwithballoon at a museum. The next day, I was a in the #CostaBrava standing outside a shop. I looked to my left and saw this little girl reaching for a sunflower fan in a near-perfect replica of the Banksy.

Art imitates life which imitates art, and round and round we go until we realize the line between truth and fiction is itself a fiction. Everything is everything.

#streetart #art #photography #spain #balloon #flower

A majority of Americans, including 77% of young people, approve of labor unions.

Just thought I'd pop in and remind you of that.

So much I relate to in this thread.

It helps to remember that "we have to get on with our lives" (which I'm sure we've all heard plenty of times) is an incredibly privileged take.

It comes from someone who doesn't (or thinks they don't) have risk factors that will make them the 1 in 5 who will develop #LongCOVID. Someone who's confident they won't be among the thousands of people in my country (USA) who die from COVID every week. Someone who's confident they can take the time to recover from an illness which will "surely" be mild, and not have their job, housing, and livelihood threatened by that.

But some of us aren't "getting on with our lives," because we simply can't afford not to consider these things. Life has already taught us that we are not invincible, something I'm worried that a lot of unmasked people are going to learn the hard way.

I don't want to become more disabled than I already am. I don't want my children to join the hundreds of thousands of COVID orphans in the US. I want my spouse to be healthy.

And, even setting all that aside, I never lost sight of "your mask protects me, and my mask protects you." #CommunityCare, people. I'm a Fred-Rogers #Christian -- by which I mean that I prioritize being a #Neighbor to others. How can we claim to #LoveOneAnother if we're willing to spread death and disability in our community in order to avoid the slight inconvenience of a mask?

I'm convinced taking #COVID precautions is the right thing. For me, for my family, and for my community. I hope the consequences won't have to get too dire for others to agree, but I'm finding optimism a struggle these days.

#MaskUp #accessibility #Disability #ChronicIllness #LongCOVID #LongCovidKids #PublicHealth #Equity #HealthEquity
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