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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 Israel
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Quits ’s Emergency Govt in Dispute Over

Benny Gantz, a key member of the country’s war cabinet, quit the government on Sunday over PM Benjamin ’s handling of the in Gaza.

“Unfortunately, Netanyahu is preventing us from advancing to the real victory,” he said. “Therefore, we are leaving the emergency government w/a heavy but complete heart.”


https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/06/09/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex, to Russia
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grps are fomenting fears of physical at the , promoting possible attacks & stemming from the - conflict.

The campaign —which also seeks to denigrate , President & the —blends traditional influence techniques w/ , complete w/a fake documentary featuring an voiceover.


https://cyberscoop.com/russia-tom-cruise-ai-paris-olympics/

Nonilex, to Law
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#GiftArticle

#Trump loyalist pushes ‘#postConstitutional’ vision for 2nd term

#RussVought is laying the groundwork for a broad expansion of #PresidentialPowers. A DC bureaucrat & self-described #ChristianNationalist is drawing up detailed plans for a sweeping expansion of presidential #power in a 2nd Trump admin. Vought who served as Trump’s budget chief calls his #political strategy for razing long-standing #guardrails “#radical constitutionalism.”
#law #constitution
https://wapo.st/3yXcDpW

Nonilex,
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has helped craft proposals for Trump to deploy the to quash , seize more over the & assert the power to withhold congressional appropriations —& that’s just on Trump’s 1st day…

Since left office, Vought has led the Center for Renewing America, part of a network of advocacy groups staffed by fmr & potentially future Trump admin ofcls.

Nonilex, to legal
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The fight over the has begun

Trump's team is more focused so far on building a sprawling network of "" & than on rounding up organizers & door knockers to reach voters.

It's a sign that 5 months before Election Day, the legal battle is underway —& that Trump PLANS to cry "rigged" if he loses, as it did after the & his .


https://www.axios.com/2024/06/02/legal-battle-2024-election-begun-biden-trump

Nonilex,
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The #Trump-controlled #RNC is assembling a network of #lawyers & volunteers to gather string for lawsuits challenging the results of the Nov 5 #vote.

The RNC plans to hire more people for the operation than for ANY other dept it has, a cmte ofcl told Axios.

The RNC has installed 13 "#ElectionIntegrity" state directors who've been hosting training sessions w/ state & county #GOP parties in swing states such as #Pennsylvania, #Arizona & #Wisconsin.

#law #gaslighting #authoritarianism #VoteBlue

Nonilex, to Israel
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4 Israeli #hostages have been #rescued alive from #Gaza, the Israeli military said Sat. #Israel’s forces rescued Noa Argamani, 26; Almog Meir Jan, 22; Andrey Kozlov, 27; & Shlomi Ziv, 41, from 2 locations in #Nuseirat in central Gaza, the #IDF said in a stmnt. ≥125 people were #killed in the operation.

All “are in good medical condition” & have been transferred to a hospital for further medical examinations, the IDF said.

#war #geopolitics #MiddleEast
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/08/israel-hamas-war-news-gaza-hostages/

Nonilex,
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The #hostages were taken from the Nova music festival during the #Hamas attacks on Oct 7.

Israeli leaders spoke to Argamani following her #rescue. Argamani was captured on video being driven into #Gaza on a motorcycle after the deadly attack. Her mother, who has Stage 4 cancer, had appealed for Hamas to release her daughter as a dying wish.

#war #Israel #IDF #geopolitics #MiddleEast

Almog Meir Jan, a released hostage reacts, after the military said that Israeli forces have rescued four hostages alive from the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, in Ramat Gan, Israel June 8, 2024.
Shlomi Ziv in an undated handout photo.
Andrey Kozlov, a released hostage reacts, after the military said that Israeli forces have rescued four hostages alive from the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, in Ramat Gan, Israel June 8, 2024.

Nonilex,
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President Isaac & PM Benjamin spoke to hostage after her rescue.
Video shared by a fmr spox for PM, showed the phone call between Argamani & Herzog.

The phone call between Argamani & Herzog.

Nonilex, to Energy
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#GiftArticle

#Trump plans to claim sweeping #authority over #federal #spending
In a 2nd term, Trump will look at unilateral funding cuts for the #WHO & #green #energy initiatives. He is vowing to wrest key spending powers from #Congress & to assert more control over the federal #budget than any president in #US #history.

#law #Constitution #SCOTUS #power #government #extortion #EconomicPolicy #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #democracy #BidenHarris2024
https://wapo.st/3XekhX4

Nonilex,
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The gives control over spending to , but & his aides maintain that the president should have much more discretion — including the to cease programs altogether, even if lawmakers fund them. Depending on the response from & Congress, Trump’s plans could upend the balance of between the 3 branches of the federal .

Nonilex,
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During his first term, was after refusing to spend money for approved by , as he pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr to provide incriminating evidence about the family. At the time, Trump’s aides defended his actions as but largely did not dispute that the president is bound to adhere to .

Nonilex,
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Since then, #Trump & his advisers have prepared an attack on limits on presidential spending authority. On his campaign site, Trump said he will push #Congress to repeal parts of the 1974 #law restricting the president’s #authority to spend federal $ w/o congressional approval. Trump also said he will unilaterally challenge the law by cutting #funding for certain programs, promising on his 1st day to order every agency to ID “large chunks” of #budgets that would be halted by presidential #edict

Nonilex,
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“I will use the president’s long-recognized #Impoundment Power to squeeze the bloated federal bureaucracy for massive savings,” #Trump said in a plan posted last year. “This will be in the form of tax reductions for you. This will help quickly to stop inflation & slash the deficit.”
#law #Constitution #SCOTUS #power #government #extortion #EconomicPolicy #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #democracy #BidenHarris2024

Nonilex,
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That pledge could provoke a dramatic showdown, w/vast consequences for how the govt operates. If returns to office, these efforts are likely to turn typically arcane debates over “” — or the president’s right to stop certain spending programs— into a major political flash point, as he seeks to accomplish via what he cannot pass through .

Nonilex, to Law
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#Trump attorney Todd #Blanche received permission to attend Trump's #presentence #probation interview

#criminal #law #FeloniousTrump
https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/People%20v%20DJT%206-7-24%20Letter%20to%20Parties.pdf

Nonilex, to Electricvehicles
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The #Biden admin toughened vehicle #fuel mileage standards, part of a strategy to transform the #US auto market to one led by #ElectricVehicles to fight #ClimateChange.

The measure requires #automakers to achieve a 65 mpg avg for all car models by 2031.

#Climate experts say retiring the #InternalCombustionEngine is critical to staving off the most deadly & costly effects of #GlobalWarming.

#pollution
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/climate/biden-mileage-electric-vehicles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex, to elite
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18 of Trump's wealthiest backers

As the 2024 race heats up, #Trump is increasingly turning to #billionaires to #power his campaign.

Some are true believers, others are relative newcomers, such as #GOP megadonors who had backed Trump’s rivals or even Democrats.

They represent diverse industries, from traditional red-state #oil titans to formerly left-leaning #SiliconValley #elite.

Some take issue w/ Biden's #BillionaireTax, others prefer Trump on #immigration.

https://www.businessinsider.com/which-billionaires-support-donald-trump-campaign

Nonilex, to earthquake
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Scientists have mapped one of the most hazardous spots on the globe in unprecedented detail: a 600-mile geologic boundary just off the #PacificNorthwest coast.
Along this fraught stretch, called the #CascadiaSubductionZone, 2 pieces of the #Earth’s crust slide against each other, building up stresses capable of unleashing a catastrophic 9.0-magnitude #earthquake & generating a #tsunami, w/waves as high as 40 feet.

#science #geology #climate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/06/07/earthquake-tsunami-cascadia/

Nonilex,
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…The entire area, which stretches from Northern #California to #Vancouver Island, is at risk. But the scientists found the geometry of the fault off the coast of #Washington, where the fault is flat & smooth, closer to the surface & extends farther onshore, may be particularly at risk.
…This #FaultZone is hazardous because it’s a “megathrust” #fault. One piece of the #Earth’s crust, a tectonic plate called the Juan de Fuca plate, dives down beneath the North American continental plate.

#geology

Nonilex, to Arizona
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More allies, including , plead not guilty in
The fmr White House chief of staff — along w/ , who worked on Trump’s 2020 campaign — pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from their alleged efforts to try to subvert Joe Biden’s win.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/07/arizona-mark-meadows-mike-roman/

Nonilex,
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#MarkMeadows & #MikeRoman entered their pleas separately during video appearances before a #MaricopaCounty court commissioner in Phoenix. Along w/16 others, Meadows & Roman are each charged w/9 #criminal counts, including #conspiracy, #forgery & #fraud in a case brought by #Arizona AG Kris Mayes (D).
…Most of the 18 defendants in the case have already entered not guilty pleas, including fmr #Trump atty #RudyGiuliani, fmr state #GOP chair #KelliWard & the Trump #FakeElectors….

#law #democracy

Nonilex,
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On Thurs, state Sen (R) also pleaded not guilty. Later in the day, Hoffman & another co-defendant, state Sen (R), were in the crowd when made his first appearance in the battleground state since his in . To cheers, the fmr president called his NY trial “rigged” & said that “there was no crime.”

Nonilex, to Texas
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Justice has for the first time trips to Bali & to a private club in California in 2019 paid for by his friend & , , acc/to released Fri for 8 of the 9 justices.
The required annual reports, covering activity in 2023, also show 3 justices — Brett , Neil & — received 6-figure book payments.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/07/supreme-court-financial-disclosures-gifts-thomas/

Nonilex,
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via #FixTheCourt

#SCOTUS Justice #ClarenceThomas racked up $4,189,994 in gifts.

Other justices $248k.

#law #FinancialDisclosures #SCOTUSstench #ethics #judiciary #JudicialEthics #bribes #bribery #IdeologicalPayOff
https://fixthecourt.com/2023disclosures/

Nonilex,
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The 2019 trips, one to Bali & the other to the , a rich men only retreat, were first revealed by @ProPublica. Last year, argued that he did not need to disclose the gifts.

In the new filing, however, Thomas amended his 2019 , writing he “inadvertently omitted” the trips on previous reports.

documented the undisclosed luxury vacations & gifts Thomas has received over the yrs from several , incl .

Nonilex,
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Propublica’s “Friends of the Court” reporting:

#SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #law #FinancialDisclosures #SCOTUSstench #ethics #judiciary #JudicialEthics #bribes #bribery #IdeologicalPayOff
https://www.propublica.org/series/supreme-court-scotus

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