Owl the Gnus...

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Political and News junky. Looking for the truth as far as it can be told. I want to know what's happening out there beyond my beach town in So. Calif. Progressive. Antifa. Very concerned about our environment and wildlife. Swing stock trader.
Volleyball.

👉🏼Via Kyle Griffin:

NBC News confirms: Trump campaign legal adviser Kenneth #Chesebro turned down a plea deal from the #Fulton County DA's office in its election interference case.

Today, jury selection begins in Chesebro's criminal trial. #Georgia #legal #TrumpIndictment

New: an incredible court record pulls back the curtain on a $30 million dollar underground Bitcoin exchange running for years in the heart of New York. Massive bags of cash, drive-by pickups. This is what real criminals use, not services like Coinbase.

The records provide rare insight into an often unseen part of the underworld: how hackers and drug traffickers convert their Bitcoin into cash outside of mainstream exchanges. While Coinbase etc will work with the police, these gangs typically won't.

https://www.404media.co/inside-a-30-million-cash-for-bitcoin-laundering-ring-in-the-heart-of-new-york/

Inside a $30 Million Cash-for-Bitcoin Laundering Ring in the Heart of New York

Court records provide rare insight into an alleged IRL criminal Bitcoin exchange involving men dropping massive bags of cash to one another.

404 Media

I wrote about my first two months on Mastodon. I was a Mastodon hater because I thought it would be weird, complicated, or dead. It's been none of those things.

I'm ashamed I didn't join earlier and I'm ashamed I haven't been telling people to join it, because it's a version of the internet and social media I've long advocated for with my reporting: decentralized, portable, user controlled, not corporate:

https://www.404media.co/mastodon-is-the-good-one/

Mastodon Is the Good One

Mastodon is interoperable, decentralized, operated by a nonprofit, lively, and, ACTUALLY, isn't hard to use. So why is everyone championing Threads as the main Twitter alternative?

404 Media

The people who persuaded me that Republicans are fascist are Republicans.

The people who persuaded me that the dominant spirit of my country is both conservative and supremacist are conservatives.

They persuade me every day.

I just watch what they do every day, as much as they can, everywhere they can, wherever they can stretch the margins of permission enough to persuade themselves they can.

Full essay:
https://armoxon.substack.com/p/youve-persuaded-us-already

You've Persuaded Us Already

When it comes to the idea that conservatism has embraced fascism and supremacy, nobody is more persuasive than conservatives themselves. An essay on bullies and the margins of permission in the USA.

The Reframe

TRUMP CRIME FAMILY

Cassidy Hutchinson claims Mark Meadows burned so many White House documents in final weeks of Trump administration his wife complained about dry-cleaning bills to rid clothes of 'bonfire' smell
#AureFreePress #News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump #MAGA #Republicans

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12554379/Cassidy-Hutchinson-Mark-Meadows-burned-White-House-documents-Trump-wife-dry-cleaning.html

Cassidy Hutchinson claims Mark Meadows burned so many White House documents in final weeks of Trump...

Made by Cassidy Hutchinson in her new memoir about her time as a top aide to then chief of staff Mark Meadows, the allegations add to ones made by the on May 17 on behalf of the government.

Daily Mail
Randy Rainbow Perfectly Roasts Trump's Arraignment

Brilliant as ever, Randy!

Comic Sands
BREAKING: Fani Willis calling for a 23 October 2023 trial date in Fulton County case. This is the biggest news of the year. If Trump's found guilty, he faces a minimum of 5 years in GA prison from which no US president can pardon him. It also ensures Republicans will nominate another candidate while Trump splits GOP vote, running from prison as a 3rd Party candidate.

It turns out Elongated Muskox is not done destroying Xitter.

→ → → Musk Blasted For Plan to Remove Headlines From News Articles https://www.mediaite.com/news/musk-blasted-for-plan-to-remove-headlines-from-news-articles-wants-to-replace-journalists-with-news-performers/

Musk Blasted For Plan to Remove Headlines From News Articles: ‘Wants to Replace Journalists With News Performers’

Elon Musk confirmed early Tuesday morning he is indeed pushing a plan to remove headlines from links to news articles posted to Twitter

Mediaite

HURRICANE HILARY!
Latest forecast cone

Quickly developed from tropical storm to potential Cat. 5 hurricane.

May deliver up to a year's worth of rain on CA, NV, and Western AZ.

Yet ANOTHER sign that all bets are off regarding climate change and global warming.

Historic storm stunning in its quick development!
#News #Breaking #BreakingNews #USA #california #GlobalWarming #climatechange #weather #AureFreePress

Kelowna declares state of emergency, evacuation orders issued as wildfire jumps Okanagan Lake overnight

The City of Kelowna has declared a state of emergency after the McDougall Creek wildfire jumped Okanagan Lake overnight, forcing more evacuations as spot fires ignite in the city.

British Columbia