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kegill, 2 days ago to random

When The New York Times broke the story on May 16th that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had an upside-down American flag flying at his suburban DC home three days before President Joe Biden’s inauguration, my first question was “why now”?

In other words, what had happened to trigger this story, three years late?

We still don't know. But we do know that The Post sat on the story for more than three years.

https://themoderatevoice.com/strike-three-wapost-sat-on-the-alito-flag-story-for-more-than-three-years/

kegill, 3 days ago to H5N1

“raw milk containing #H5N1 can remain infectious for weeks when stored at refrigerator temperatures”

Common sense substantiated by research, that.

Researchers also gave mice raw milk containing H5N1. The virus almost immediately began affecting them.

Euthanized on day four, and still:
“the mice had high levels of H5N1 bird flu virus in their respiratory tracts, as well their hearts, kidneys, spleens, livers, mammary glands, and brains.”

#health
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/after-mice-drink-raw-h5n1-milk-bird-flu-virus-riddles-their-organs/

kegill, 3 days ago to politics

“Sixteen years ago, I was tasked with leading [Alito’s] confirmation process in the Bush White House.

“Let me be clear. I am deeply ashamed of my association with this wretched man and unfit justice. Along with Clarence Thomas, he is a totem and a towering one in this atrocious era of corruption, dishonesty and betrayal.”

Steve Schmidt essay is a must-read

#politics

https://open.substack.com/pub/steveschmidt/p/flags-of-alito

kegill, 3 days ago to random

Has anyone seen this #OpticalIllusion or know it’s source? Google images points to Twitter.

If you see a “red” Coke can, it’s apparently your brain at work. Zoom in. There appears to be no red ink, just an interesting blue and black on a white background.

Close up of optical illusion

kegill, 4 days ago to random

The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to stop its assault on Rafah. South Africa complained of genocide.

"The State of Israel shall, in conformity with its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide... Immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah Governorate…”

It is unlikely to comply.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/05/24/Netherlands-icj-orders-israel-rafah-genocide-order/6801716561606/

Graffiti, UW, Seattle, today
©️ Kathy Gill

kegill, 4 days ago to random

In Oregon, a citizen whistleblower turned to The Guardian to share recordings tying at least 66 candidates for local GOP leadership to the group organized by militant militia leader Ammon Bundy.

CENTRAL Oregon: Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson counties

Did the Oregonian turn it down? The NYT? WaPo?

Or did the citizen turn to @theguardian_world_news because it regularly speaks-truth-to-power (unlike US media)?

TY @jasonwilson

Oregon map featuring Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson counties

kegill, 4 days ago to politics

“I got mine, so f*** you.”

That’s the Clarence Thomas view on laws that demand equal treatment regardless of race, color, creed or gender.

Elections matter. Trump, elected by minority vote, packed the court with the guidance of Mitch McConnell. Those two conspired to ensure voting minorities continue to roll over voter majorities.

Senate D represent 36% more people than Rs, with 2% more votes, and thus control #scotus.

#politics

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/05/supreme-court-south-carolina-redistricting-ruling-clarence-thomas-brown-v-board.html

In 2014, 95% of Republican House districts were majority White. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/08/12/95-of-republican-house-districts-are-majority-white/

kegill, 5 days ago to random

Important perspective on latest Alito news from NYT’s Jodi Kantor.

This latest nose-thumbing is more than another #January6th symbol. That flag has become a symbol of Christian nationalism.

Why is this man still making decisions on the court? HE WROTE DOBBS. Where is Roberts??

https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/another-flag-for-alito?utm_medium=ios

kegill, 6 days ago to politics

Perhaps the most important independent journalism you will read today.

#politics
#KKK
#segregation
#WhiteSupremacy

https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/an-extraordinarily-important-legal?utm_medium=ios

kegill, 6 days ago to politics

"Yeah, I would testify, absolutely.”
Donald Trump
April 12, 2024
Friday before jury selection began on Monday

#Trump’s defense team calked two witnesses, neither named Trump, before concluding on May 21, 2024

In-between (May 2nd) yet another big lie: ‘The judge gagged me and won’t let me testify’

#politics

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna147663

https://apnews.com/article/3ea262d3b737a8a0ec2a0282ac09da22

kegill, 6 days ago to random

Keep your seatbelts fastened. Snugly.

Another Boeing airplane (777 this time) exhibited a sudden altitude drop during turbulence over SE Asia. One passenger with a heart condition died; seven are in critical condition.

In March, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner lost elevation on a flight from Oz to NZ. Reportedly an uncovered cockpit switch was involved. Boeing “recommended that airlines inspect the cockpit seats the next time they perform maintenance on their 787s”.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/21/severe-turbulence-london-to-singapore-flight?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

kegill, 7 days ago to Israel

Why is #Netanyahu focused on bombing #Gaza? #Hamas is an excuse.

“Since February, the Israeli government has declared more than 1,097 hectares [4.2 sq mi] ‘state territory,’ which makes it easier to build or expand Jewish settlements. The figure already makes 2024 a record year over the past three decades.”

Doubtful you’ll read/hear this in US media. #israel #WestBank #politics

https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-05-15/israel-takes-advantage-of-gaza-war-to-expand-west-bank-settlements.html

Settlement in the West Bank has been steadily rising for years but the war in Gaza and a government in which religious nationalism — closely linked to the promotion of settlements — occupies a key place have created a perfect mix for it to explode. “Our right to the Land of Israel is anchored in the Bible,” Netanyahu, a secular Jew who increasingly offers gestures to the religious right in the form of biblical references, stated Tuesday

w7voa, 10 days ago to random

Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz, who heads the National Unity party, says his group will quit the emergency coalition government if Prime Minister Netanyahu doesn't agree to his requests, including a six-point plan for the Gaza conflict that will include post-war governance for the Palestinian territory.

kegill, 10 days ago to random

From Thomas Paine in 1791, wise words about the US Supreme Court:

“[A] body of men, holding themselves accountable to
nobody, ought not to be trusted
by anybody.“

Should Alito and Thomas recuse themselves from cases related to Nov 2020 election given their wives being involved in groups that claimed the election was stolen?

Yes.

kegill, 11 days ago to politics

Clarence Thomas is married to a woman who actively tried to overturn the 2020 election.

He refuses to recuse.

Samuel Alito is married to a woman he says flew the American flag outside their home upside down in January 2021, a symbol of Trump’s “stop the steal” BS.

He, too, refuses to recuse.

#treason
#politics
#giftLink

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk0.Y8oR.TWFy6wMEoPZF&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

kegill, 12 days ago to politics

𝗜𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁𝘆, 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲: 𝗬𝗮𝗵𝗼𝗼! 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆

Overwhelmingly, participants in a Yahoo! News Survey who have an opinion believe that Donald J. #Trump should serve time if he is convicted of falsifying business records in the New York election interference case (media dubbed “hush money” case).

#politics

https://themoderatevoice.com/if-found-guilty-trump-should-serve-time-yahoo-news-survey/

kegill, 13 days ago to random

ABC News: #JournalisticMalpactice in Steve Bannon story about appeal loss.

1. No mention of why Steve Bannon was found in criminal contempt of Congress. He ignored a subpoena.

2. Irony alert with this response:
   “I'm shocked they want to silence the voice of MAGA.”
   He is held in contempt for refusing to break silence.

kegill, 13 days ago to random

FINALLY.

The DOJ argued on Tuesday that Boeing has violated its 2021 agreement with the FAA that had shielded it from criminal prosecution over the deaths of 346 people due to two 737 Max creashes.

The violation was exposed with the door blowing out on takeoff from Portland in January.

https://apple.news/Abrq_hBcmQJeYWxbcUUQhAQ

kegill, 18 days ago to climate

More Russians than Americans believe #climateChange is “a serious threat to humanity.”

#Trump, who says climate change is a hoax, recently promised oil executives he would slash oil regulations for a $1 billion donation.

When reporting about the (legal) implied solicitation of a bribe, reporters for @washingtonpost and @nytimes ignored record temps announced Wednesday and how fossil fuels affect climate change.

https://themoderatevoice.com/trump-promises-to-slash-oil-regulations-for-a-1-billion-donation-those-news-reports-ignore-record-temps-and-climate-change/

kegill, 18 days ago to climate

Today’s #climateChange crisis: Mexico City is running out of water.

However, reservoirs are “historically low” in Bogotá, Colombia, as well.

“There is an element of climate change that’s contributing to these conditions … there’s also a very strong human-built environment element — a governance element, a politics element, and a mismanagement element of both the natural and the human environment. ”

https://apple.news/A0uOB0h9LRi-CHmkSC-2m_A

kegill, 20 days ago to climate

“I think we are headed for major societal disruption within the next five years,” said Gretta Pecl, at the University of Tasmania. “[Authorities] will be overwhelmed by extreme event after extreme event, food production will be disrupted.”

Me, too. 😕

Three quarters of scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on #ClimateChange expect a global temperature increase at least 2.5°C (4.5°F) this century “with disastrous results for humanity.”

@guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other