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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/

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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.

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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 Ukraine
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Inside the White House Debate Over Letting Shoot Into

After a sobering trip to , Secy of State Antony J. is urging to lift some restrictions on how Ukraine can use American arms.


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/politics/white-house-ukraine-weapons-russia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex,
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Since the 1st US shipments of sophisticated weapons to , has never wavered on 1 prohibition: President had to agree to never fire them into Russian territory, insisting that would violate Biden’s mandate to “avoid World War III.”

But consensus around that policy is fraying. Propelled by the State Dept, there is now a vigorous debate inside the admin over relaxing the ban to allow Ukrainians to hit missile & artillery launch sites just over the border in ….

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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During the period the flag was seen flying at the justice’s NJ house, a key case arrived at , challenging whether those who stormed the Capitol could be prosecuted for .
In coming wks, the justices will rule on that case, which could scuttle some of the charges against , as well as on whether he is from prosecution for actions he took while president.

Nonilex,
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are not supposed to give any impression of , yet the could be seen as telegraphing ’s views….“We all have our biases, but the good judge fights against them,” said Charles Geyh, a prof at IU. “When a judge celebrates his predispositions by hoisting them on a flag…that’s deeply disturbing.”

Records show that the Alitos have owned the beach house since 2014, & he is a well-known presence in the waterfront community. Residents…recalled seeing the justice last summer….

Nonilex,
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members of & state ofcls have displayed the as well, among them , a PA state senator & a leader of the “Stop the Steal” campaign. The highest-ranking elected ofcl known to show the flag is Rep , who hung it at his office last fall shortly after becoming of the .

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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