Minnesota Liz

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Gaetz has never tried a case & is a credibly accused child sexual predator—Trump wants him as AG

Hegseth has never worked on defense policy & is a credibly accused sexual predator—Trump wants him as Defense Sect

Huckabee doesn't believe Palestinians are human & helped pardon a man accused of Medicare fraud & enabling sexual abuse of children—Trump wants him as the Israeli Ambassador

3 wholly unqualified wealthy white men—but y'all wanna lecture Black & brown people about "DEI & meritocracy."

The newest collaboration between DC Central Kitchen @dcck and the Washington @Nationals is a #HealthyCorners store at Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy. Read more about it and the work of DCCK on @chefjoseandres Substack

https://joseandres.substack.com/p/leaders-in-healthy-food-access

Leaders in healthy food access

DC Central Kitchen and the Washington Nationals

Longer Tables with José Andrés

"#ClarenceThomas Took Free Yacht Trip to #Russia, Chopper Flight to #Putin’s Hometown: Dems"

Yeah that is totally normal. Nothing sketchy about that at all. All perfectly reasonable. Yup. Mmm

https://www.thedailybeast.com/clarence-thomas-accepted-yacht-trip-to-russia-chopper-flight-to-putins-hometown-democrats

Clarence Thomas Accepted Yacht Trip to Russia, Chopper Flight to Putin’s Hometown: Democrats

The allegedly secret gifts were disclosed in a letter from two Democratic senators that accused Thomas of potentially committing tax fraud.

The Daily Beast
Remember: we live in a world where the people buying $400 gold sneakers from a known con-man probably consider themselves smarter than the people who just reconfigured a malfunctioning spacecraft twenty-two light hours away over a 40 bps communication channel.
One must imagine Sisyphus listening to "Happy"

#WompWomp

Via Anna Bower: 1/…

New: Justice Merchan denies #Trump’s bid to stave off criminal trial in New York based on presidential immunity.
#legal

ADDED: Merchan says that Trump’s motion is denied as untimely.

“The court finds that the defendant has myriad opportunities to raise the claim of presidential immunity well before March 7, 2024”—the date when Trump filed his immunity motion.
https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/pdfs/Decision-Defendants-Motion-re-Presidential-Immunity.pdf

Tesla getting owned by Swedish workers isn’t the story.

The story is that 90% of the Swedish workers belong to a union

And only around 11% of American workers belong to a union

The story is the message

What the Swedes have done by blocking delivery of Teslas will reverberate worldwide with workers showing the power of collective action.

I Live in Gaza. Israel's Horrific Bombing Campaign Is Like Nothing I've Ever Seen Before.

#gaza #house

https://jacobin.com/2023/11/gaza-bombing-dispatch-israeli-war-crimes-palestine-hope/

I Live in Gaza. Israel’s Horrific Bombing Campaign Is Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen Before.

In a harrowing dispatch from Gaza, Palestinian human rights activist and Gaza City resident Raji Sourani gives an account of daily life amid Israeli air strikes that are killing entire families. Despite it all, Palestinians in Gaza are clinging to hope.

Musk’s paid checkmarks help fuel X’s spread of Israel/Hamas misinformation

Report: 74% of X's most viral misinformation posts are from "verified" users.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/musks-paid-checkmarks-help-fuel-xs-spread-of-israel-hamas-misinformation/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Top Israel/Hamas misinformation spreaders use Elon Musk’s paid “verification”

Report: 74% of X's most viral misinformation posts are from "verified" users.

Ars Technica
Never bring your car to a mechanic who hates cars and never elect people who hate government. The outcomes will always be bad.