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@earlmagnus
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Itinerant Autodidactic Polymath

It's official. He's a rapist.

"[...] as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that [rape, as ‘commonly’ understood].”

https://newrepublic.com/post/174448/judge-e-jean-carroll-case-yes-donald-trump-rapist

Judge in E. Jean Carroll Case: Yes, Donald Trump Is a Rapist

A judge rejected Trump’s semantic attempt to throw out the case.

The New Republic
To recycle Christopher Hitchens' remark upon the death of Jerry Falwell, "If you gave [him] an enema he could be buried in a matchbox."
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1666778540308668422
The Associated Press on Twitter

“Pat Robertson, the religious broadcaster who turned a tiny station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America, has died. He was 93. https://t.co/7fYqEQTaqS”

Twitter
Dear Apple - I never mean ducking.
Just so we’re clear here, Florida wants to ban children from discussing their periods but also wants student athletes to report their periods, in case you were still unclear about how fucking dumb these people are.
Happy Evacuation Day!
Lauren Boebert trashes sex-ed — then announces teen son is making her a “36-year-old grandmother”

“He said, ‘well didn’t you make granny a 36-year-old granny,’” she said. “I said, ‘yes I did.'"

Salon.com

Elmo broke twitter again.

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I can't wait for Alito's opinion based on something Étienne de La Boétie said to Michel de Montaigne in a Sarlat public house in 1555.
https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/2/28/23618985/supreme-court-student-loan-forgiveness-biden-nebraska-education-brown
#SCOTUS #studentloanforgiveness
The Supreme Court is likely to kill student loan relief on a party-line vote, in Biden v. Nebraska

At the end of the day, the most important question in US law is which political party controls the Supreme Court.

Vox
GOP Ex-Sen. Inhofe Retired Due To Long COVID After Opposing COVID Aid

The longtime senator from Oklahoma said complications from the virus contributed to his stepping aside.

HuffPost