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Nonilex

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… paring down time on social media … ?? Fully migrated to mastodon now that the bird self destructed. Though if you want to view my old posts, same username.

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Nonilex, to KindActions
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The is preparing a $275M package for , which will include 155mm artillery shells, precision aerial munitions & ground vehicles….

The weapons aid, which could be announced as soon as Fri, will utilize Presidential Drawdown Authority, which authorizes the president to transfer articles & services from US stocks w/o specific congressional approval during an emergency.


https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-preparing-275-million-weapons-package-ukraine-officials-2024-05-23/

Nonilex,
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As a part of the $95B aid bills, authorized $60.8B worth of various forms of to , including $8B worth of presidential drawdown authority items.

While the package mainly includes munitions, it also includes vehicles that are designed to recover disabled tanks & other heavy equipment from the battlefield, a sign that the expects attacks & equipment losses to continue.

Nonilex, to Law
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allows disputed voting map, a win for

The on Thurs allowed the use of a congressional map that a lower court said “exiled” thousands of to carve out a district safer for a incumbent.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/23/supreme-court-ruling-south-carolina-voting-map-gerrymander/

Nonilex,
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At issue for was whether ’s new map, which was created by the -led state legislature & moved from one district to another, was permitted to bolster a majority or was an effort to divvy up voters by . The 6-3 majority reversed the lower court finding that the map was an unconstitutional but gave voters a chance to continue the case using a different argument.

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The decision was a victory for not only because it clears the way for a map that is favorable to the . It also sets a high bar for determining when a map can be considered a , rather than a one. has previously found the bars racial but that federal courts cannot police partisan gerrymandering.

Nonilex,
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Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel noted many predominantly precincts in were moved out of one district & into another. But “because of the tight correlation between race & partisan preferences, this fact does little to show that , not drove the legislature’s choice,” he wrote.

Nonilex, to climate
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#Senate #Democrats opened an investigation on Thurs into #Trump’s meeting w/ #oil & #gas execs last month to determine whether Trump offered a “policies-for-money transaction” [#bribe ] when he asked for $1B for his 2024 campaign so he could retake the White House & delete #POTUS #Biden’s #climate #regulations.

#VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024 #ClimateCrisis #environment #FossilFuels #BigOil #CorporateTaxBreaks
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/climate/trump-oil-democrats.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex,
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The investigation is the 2nd congressional inquiry into the April 11 fund-raising dinner…. Trump told ~20 oil & gas execs that they would save far more than $1B in avoided #taxes & #legal fees after he repealed #environmental regulations….

#Trump has vowed to “drill, baby, drill” if he wins…. He has made no secret of his plans to end #Biden’s policies that support #wind & #solar #energy as well as #ElectricVehicles.

#VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024 #ClimateCrisis #environment #FossilFuels #BigOil

Nonilex,
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On Wed #Trump headlined a fundraiser for #MAGA Inc,a #superPAC, that was hosted by 3 #oil execs…in Houston. One…was #KelcyWarren, a billionaire who owns a #pipeline empire w/an ambitious int’l expansion plan that depends on new #ExportTerminals. #Biden paused permits for new terminals in Jan. Another was #HaroldGHamm, a pioneer of the #ShaleOil boom that turned the #US into the largest #crude exporter. The 3rd, #VickiHollub, leads #Occidental #Petroleum, a Houston-based oil co.
#BidenHarris2024

Nonilex, to Law
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#Biden was plotting to assassinate himself, acc/to the logic used by #Trump & #MAGA #Republicans.

The #DOJ policy statement on when officers can use #LethalForce —misrepresented by Trump & his supporters as proof of an assassination plot at #MarALago —was also in the paperwork for the consensual search the #FBI conducted of #POTUS Biden’s Wilmington home, looking for #ClassifiedDocuments.

#law #gaslighting #extremism #incitement #StochasticTerrorism #NationalSecurity #VoteBlue #BidrnHarris2024

Nonilex, to Mexico
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The #Biden admin has a plan to shut down the #border. But it needs #Mexico's help.

The admin hopes to unveil a series of executive actions that President Biden can sign but will likely have to wait for the outcome of Mexico's June 2 presidential #election.

#Immigration #policy #law
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-administration-plan-shut-border-needs-mexicos-help-rcna153620

Nonilex,
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President Joe #Biden directed top aides to develop plans to stem illegal migration months ago, & they are eyeing a presidential authority in USC § 212 (f), which would let the president unilaterally “suspend the entry” of specific groups of migrants whenever the number of attempted border crossings grew too great.

#Immigration #policy #law

Nonilex, to baltimore
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Almost 6k Dead in 6 Yrs: How Became the Capital

People in Baltimore have been dying of overdoses at a rate never before seen in a major American city.

The city was once hailed for its response to . But as flooded streets & ofcls shifted priorities, deaths hit unprecedented heights.


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/us/baltimore-opioid-epidemic-od-deaths.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex,
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This is the first part in a series exploring #Baltimore’s overdose crisis.

In the past 6 yrs, nearly 6k lives have been lost. The death rate from 2018 to 2022 was nearly DOUBLE that of any other large city, & higher than nearly all of Appalachia during the prescription pill crisis, the Midwest during the height of rural meth labs or New York during the crack epidemic.

#Fentanyl #Opiods #Addiction #PublicHealth #MentalHealth #Health #Neuropsychology #Neurology #Neuroscience

Nonilex,
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A decade ago, 700 fewer people here were being killed by drugs each year. And when fatalities began to rise from the synthetic #opioid #fentanyl, so potent that even minuscule doses are deadly, #Baltimore’s initial response was hailed as a national model. The city set ambitious goals, distributed #Narcan widely, experimented w/ways to steer people into treatment & ratcheted up campaigns to alert the public.

#Addiction #PublicHealth #MentalHealth #Health #Neuropsychology #Neurology #Neuroscience

Nonilex,
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But then city leaders became preoccupied w/other crises, including & the . Many of those efforts to fight overdoses stalled….

Health ofcls began publicly sharing less . City Council members rarely addressed or inquired about the growing number of . The fact that…[it had become]…so much worse…was NOT KNOWN to the mayor, the deputy mayor…or multiple council members until they were recently shown data compiled by Times/Banner reporters….

Nonilex, to Taiwan
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's military mobilised forces & said it was confident it could protect the island, after started 2 days of drills around Taiwan in what it said was a response to "separatist acts".
The exercises in & around groups of Taiwan-controlled islands…,come 3 days after Ching-te took office as Taiwan's new , a man Beijing detests as a .


https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-starts-military-drills-around-taiwan-days-after-new-president-takes-office-2024-05-23/

Nonilex,
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China, which views democratically governed as its own territory, has denounced Lai's inauguration speech on Mon, in which he called on to stop its threats & on Tues Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called "disgraceful".

Lai has repeatedly offered talks w/ China but been rebuffed. He says only Taiwan's people can decide their future, & rejects Beijing's claims.

Nonilex,
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The Eastern Theatre Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army () said it had started joint military drills, involving the army, navy, air force & rocket force, in areas around at 7:45AM.

The drills are being conducted in the Taiwan Strait, the north, south & east of Taiwan, as well as areas around the Taiwan-controlled islands of Kinmen, Matsu, Wuqiu & Dongyin, the command said in a statement.

Nonilex, to Law
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2yrs AFTER an American flag was flown outside the VA home of Justice Samuel , another provocative symbol was displayed at his…house in NJ….the flag…like the inverted flag was carried by rioters [] at the… 2021 [].


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/justice-alito-flag-appeal-to-heaven.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t00.2xMd.Y8aUZ-CGwkQJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex,
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Justice Samuel would have been dismissed as a juror to serve in ’s NY trial due to , yet he’s allowed to sit in judgment on the of the , , for life deciding the of the land.

How is this reality?
Pics are of the jury questionnaire for the .


https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112293251533499243

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