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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.

#BabySquirrel

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Nonilex, to Colorado
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A judge ruled on Fri that can remain on the ballot in the state, rejecting the argument that he is disqualified by §3 of the for his actions before & during the , 2021, attack on the Capitol, by engaging in against the after taking an oath to support it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/us/politics/colorado-trump-14th-amendment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Nonilex, (edited )
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Okay, so it’s a proven fact, & now a matter-of-.

engaged in an .

The ruling states, “the Court finds that Petitioners have established that Trump engaged in an insurrection on January 6, 2021 through incitement, & that the First Amendment does not protect Trump's speech.”


page 95 of the 102 pages:
https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/02nd_Judicial_District/Denver_District_Court/11_17_2023%20Final%20Order.pdf

Nonilex,
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@chiclet the plaintiffs will likely appeal anyway though.

Nonilex,
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“The Court holds there is scant direct evidence regarding whether the Presidency is one of the positions subject to disqualification. The disqualified offices enumerated are presented in descending order starting w/the highest levels of federal govt & descending downwards. It starts w/ ‘Senator or Representatives in Congress,’ then lists ‘electors of President & Vice President,’ & then ends w/ the catchall phrase of ‘any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State.’”

Nonilex, to Ukraine
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Monday, arrived in in a bid to offer some reassurance to ’s leaders on behalf of the admin. met w/ & Defense Minister Rustem , as well as Gen. Valery , the country’s top officer.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/20/ukraine-aid-washington-anxiety-austin/

Nonilex,
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“Our congressional members have valid questions & we will answer, but I would point out that matters, what happens here matters, not just to Ukraine but to the entire world,” told reporters after meeting Ukrainian ofcls.
The visit by Austin & Gen Christopher Cavoli, (commander of US & ) was also intended to signal that American support will not be undermined by ’s war w/ ….

Nonilex,
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“Without US assistance we can’t simply not stop the Russian invasion, we can’t survive,” said Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian parliament’s commissioner for . “We paid for the will to be independent every day with our health and lives, but we don’t want to simply die w/o military [&] financial assistance. It’s not only my position — I can confirm that this is the position of 99% of our population.”

Nonilex,
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announced that the US military would send ~$100M in additional donations of US equipment to Kyiv, including Stinger antiaircraft missiles, artillery shells & cold-weather gear. The size of that package, smaller than most previous announcements, appeared to reflect the new reality of tighter constraints in US support to .
He also said Ukrainian forces had what they needed to fight over the winter — despite the setbacks during summer & fall.

Nonilex, to world
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ICYMI:

#Trump poses the biggest #danger to the world in 2024

“A shadow looms over the #world. In this week’s @TheEconomist edition we publish The World Ahead #2024, our 38th annual predictive guide to the coming year, & in all that time no single person has ever eclipsed our analysis as much as #DonaldTrump….

#Security #geopolitics #extremism #authoritarianism #democracy #Vote
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/11/16/donald-trump-poses-the-biggest-danger-to-the-world-in-2024

Nonilex,
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“The election will be decided by tens of thousands of in just a handful of states. In the fate of the world will depend on their ballots.”

Trump will move his allies into “the most important positions” in govt, & will be “unbound in his pursuit of retribution, economic protectionism & theatrically extravagant deals.”

As he is "pursuing his enemies," he "will wage war on any institution that stands in his way, including the & the ”.

Nonilex,
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The economist article goes on to consider a in which wins the , arguing that governments & corporations everywhere will be filled w/ “despair”.

“A 2nd Trump term would be a watershed in a way the 1st was not. Victory would confirm his most destructive instincts about . His plans would encounter less resistance. And because will have voted him in while knowing the worst, its would decline.

Nonilex,
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“That a Trump victory next Nov is a coin-toss probability is beginning to sink in.

“ dominates the . Several polls have him ahead of President Joe in swing states.… In the primaries, at least, & prosecutions have only strengthened Trump. …In the next 12 mos a stumble by either candidate could determine the race—& thus upend the world.”

Nonilex,
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“Trump’s claim to have won the election in 2020 was more than a lie: it was a cynical bet that he could & his compatriots,” & if he wins it will have worked.

"Having won back power because of his election-denial in 2020, he would surely be affirmed in his gut feeling that only losers allow themselves to be bound by the norms, customs & self-sacrifice that make a nation”.

Nonilex,
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The Economist argues that Trump's #ForeignPolicy & #macroeconomic policies would have a significant negative impact on the #world as a whole. #Trump would almost certainly make moves to gut #NATO. And he may very well pursue another package of tax cuts for the wealthy as he did in 2017, which would spike #inflation & drag down #global #economic #markets.

However, the Economist warns that the greatest danger Trump presents is in "his own country."

#authoritarianism #MafiaState #extremism #Vote

Nonilex,
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The article argues that a win would be "more damaging" & asserts that “China & its friends would rejoice over the evidence that American is dysfunctional" & could give the communist nation the incentive to invade its island neighbor, . In addition, ’s President "would have an incentive” to continue waging war in Ukraine & to then move on to other “former Soviet countries such as Moldova or the Baltic states”.

Nonilex, to legal
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The appeals court on Mon drastically weakened the , ruling only the govt could bring a challenge under §2 of the , effectively barring private citizens & groups from filing , a crucial part of the that prohibits or practices that against based on .

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/us/politics/voting-rights-act.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Nonilex, to twitter
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FFS

#X (aka ) Sues Over on Next to Posts

X asked a federal court to order the advocacy group to take down its findings, accusing it of “manipulating the algorithms.”

(Irony is dead)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/technology/x-sues-media-matters-antisemitic-posts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Nonilex, to Law
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Appeals court suggests it may pare back ’s DC
Panel weighs protections for Trump’s speech as presidential candidate against danger posed by his verbal attacks on witnesses, prosecutors & the court in 2020 election case


https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/20/trump-appeal-gag-order-hearing/

Nonilex,
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Appeals panel grills both sides on Trump’s D.C. gag order

Both the & an atty representing faced intense questioning Mon morning from a three-judge panel in the US Court of Appeals for the Circuit. The topic was whether a limited imposed on by US District Court Judge Tanya S. unfairly limits his speech. Here’s the WaPo recap of the hearing, which lasted nearly 2½ hrs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/20/trump-gag-order-hearing-jan-6-case/

Nonilex, to mentalhealth
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, first lady who championed , dies at 96
She sat in on Cabinet meetings of her husband, , advised on policy issues and pushed Congress to pass mental health legislation

❤️ poor Jimmy, they were so in love. I doubt he thought she’d go before he did.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/11/19/rosalynn-carter-first-lady-jimmy-carter-dies/

Nonilex,
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The Carters had been married for >77yrs, the longest presidential marriage in US history, & spent the final months of their time together at the family home in the town of Plains, in southwest GA. The fmr president decided in February to stop medical treatment for an aggressive form of melanoma skin cancer. During her husband’s 1976 presidential campaign, MrsCarter acquired the label “steel magnolia,” a reference to her soft-spoken Southern demeanor that disguised an ambitious & resolute nature.

Nonilex,
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, a close political & policy adviser to her husband, President , who created the modern Office of the & advocated for better treatment of the mentally ill during her years in the White House & for four decades afterward, died Nov. 19 at her home in Plains, Ga. She was 96.

Nonilex, to OpenAI
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future in chaos as most workers threaten to leave for
Former CEO could still return to OpenAI, despite Microsoft announcing he would join the giant

Nearly all employees at the company threatened to quit & join ousted chief executive Sam at Microsoft if he isn’t reinstated as CEO, extending the dramatic Silicon Valley boardroom saga.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/20/microsoft-openai-sam-saltman-fired/

Nonilex, to Israel
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, & nearing deal on release, snr ofcls say
President ; Michael Herzog, Israel’s ambassador to Washington; Prime Minister of Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani; & Jonathan Finer, the US deputy adviser, all independently stated that agreement was close.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/11/19/israel-hamas-gaza-hostage-deal/

Nonilex, to Law
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won’t hear ’s appeal in murder of

The on Mon declined to hear fmr MN police officer Derek Chauvin’s appeal of his conviction for the 2020 murder of George Floyd.
Chauvin’s atty argued that was denied a fair trial in 2021 after the MN trial court rejected his request for a change of venue & to sequester the jury.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/11/20/derek-chauvin-supreme-court-george-floyd/

Nonilex, to random
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’s Dire Words Raise New Fears About His Bent

The fmr president is focusing his most vicious on domestic political opponents, setting off fresh worries among experts.


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/us/politics/trump-rhetoric-fascism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Nonilex, to legal
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Judge Arthur denied Donald 's request for a , describing the defendants' arguments as "nonsensical," "disingenuous," & "utterly without merit."


https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-fraud-trial/?id=103642561

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