@joefromla

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Hey, any of my former UNR students who are following me, answer your phone tonight! It could be someone trying to cure your ballot.

(And hello. I think of you often and hope you're all doing well. 💙)

Where the Puerto Rican population in the U.S. is concentrated

Over 5 million people identifying as Puerto Rican live in the United States.

Axios
David DePape, man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband, sentenced to life in prison without parole

"It's my intention that Mr. DePape will never get out of prison, he can never be paroled," Judge Harry Dorfman said while handing out the punishment.

Biden lauds Port of Baltimore reopening, infrastructure investments - UPI.com

President Joe Biden cited the reopening of the Port of Baltimore in June as evidence of the great things that can be done by investing in America and its infrastructure.

UPI
Elon Musk — who has $260 billion — will be charging Helene victims $400 for internet service https://www.alternet.org/elon-musk-helene/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Elon Musk — who has $260 billion — will be charging Helene victims $400 for internet service

Billionaire Elon Musk – the richest man in the world — recently announced Hurricane Helene victims would get free internet service through his company Starlink. But there's one major catch: Come November, they'll have to pay.Tech publication the Register reported Tuesday that Starlink's offer of fre...

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Michigan men wearing 'autoworkers for Trump' admit they're not auto workers: report https://www.rawstory.com/trump-auto-workers-2669360554/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Michigan men wearing 'autoworkers for Trump' admit they're not auto workers: report

Michigan attendees of a rally with Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) boasted they were "Autoworkers for Donald Trump," but a new report Tuesday revealed that at least two were not auto workers. Reporters spoke to Brian Pannebecker, founder of Auto Workers for Trump who lives in Macomb County in the northeaster...

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Moscow City Court Upholds Arrest Warrant For Yulia Navalnaya

The Moscow City Court on August 7 upheld a lower court's decision last month to issue an arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, on a charge of taking part in an extremist group’s activities.

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A must-read from @ProPublica: New investigation details "significant financial benefits" that have gone from Trump world to witnesses in his court cases -- is not surprising, in a way.

https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-criminal-cases-witnesses-financial-benefits

Only the latest, and perhaps starkest yet, reminder that it's all corruption, all the time in Trump world.

I hear that Trump apparatchiks were trying to get this article suppressed, so please read it and pass along the link to everyone you know.

Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign

Witnesses in the various criminal cases against the former president have gotten pay raises, new jobs and more. If any benefits were intended to influence testimony, that could be a crime.

ProPublica
Louisiana governor signs bill classifying abortion pills as controlled substances - UPI.com

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said Friday he has signed into law a bill making abortion pills a controlled substance and criminalizing possession without a prescription.

UPI
Maher Lets RFK Jr. Use His Show To Spread More Anti-Vaxx Propaganda

Bill Maher isn't much better than Robert F. Kennedy Jr. when it comes to COVID vaccines , and he let the whackaloon anti-vaxxer to spread more dangerous lies, unchecked, on his show during an interview this Friday.

Crooks and Liars