Rep. Jamie Raskin & Sen. Richard Blumenthal have intro’d legislation to enforce the Constitution's explicit language banning foreign #emoluments by prohibiting the President, VP, Cabinet officials and Members of Congress from accepting payments from foreign governments without first obtaining the consent of Congress.
Officials would be prohibited from accepting foreign payments without Congressional approval during the entire time in office and for two years after leaving.
AG #Garland rejects the #Trump claim that Biden tried to assassinate him during the Mar-a-Lago raid:
"That allegation is false and it is extremely dangerous. The document that is being referred to in the allegation is a Justice Department standard policy limiting the use of force. As the FBI advises, it is part of a standard operations plan for searches and in fact it was even used in the consensual search of President Biden's home."
The Trumpers are now going for the jugular in attacking the great 1965 precedent on which nearly all federal rights of privacy and personal autonomy depend, Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, upholding the right to use #contraceptives when having sexual relations.
NCAA and the nation’s five biggest conferences have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims,a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start directing millions of dollars directly to athletes as soon as the 2025 fall semester.
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Money and greed have ruined Pro sports to the point that I seldom watch it anymore and certainly won’t pay for the privilege of doing so. College Sports are headed down the same path.
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I'm glad he detected the problem and avoided a terrible crash.
But that said I think anyone who trusts self driving cars at this point in time is a little bit foolish..
@GottaLaff So interesting that the two most MAGA justices weren't even appointed by Trump. Shows that what Republicans are now is what they've been for decades.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its 2024 forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season, which officially starts on June 1. NOAA's report predicts an "above-average" hurricane season with 17 to 25 named storms, 8 to 13 hurricanes, and 4 to 7 major hurricanes of category 3 or higher. #ClimateCrisis
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Not enough, but about freakin time! We're so busy concentrating on Israel that we're forgetting that Putin getting Ukraine could very easily start a world war. We are becoming a very stupid country.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel #Alito to recuse himself from Jan. 6 cases after news that, according to The New York Times, a second flag of a type carried by Jan. 6 rioters was displayed outside Alito’s home.
In light of the second Alito flag report, Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin is calling for Samuel #Alito to recuse himself "immediately" from cases related to the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 insurrection "for the good of the country."
He adds: "The Chief Justice must see how this is damaging the Court and immediately enact an enforceable code of conduct."
I don’t know how many scandals it’s going to take to do something about the Supreme Court. This seems like a crisis, and the only response we get from SCOTUS is how dare anyone criticize us.
My reason for moving: When Trump got in, I said to Mr. Laffy, "He'll now have the courts. We can't overcome a lot of that." This is what I was referring to:
#BREAKING: #SCOTUS upholds #SouthCarolina's congressional map, reversing a lower court decision that struck down the map for racial gerrymandering.
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I have always understood why you made the decision and honestly, if I had the resources I would do the same thing. You read the situation clearly and earlier than most. I suspect you would rather have been wrong about this, but you weren't. You were spot on. I am looking forward to hearing about your new adventures in Canada.
@paul@GottaLaff I feel for you. Life in Michigan has been so calm since we elected our 3 strong women, and gave them a blue majority legislature. The legislature isn't actively embarrassing us weekly now. The GOP legislature, when we had a D governor specialized in passing poisonous legislation that they knew she'd veto, so that they could campaign on it. Psychos.