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Trump’s Plan to Save Himself: Scapegoat His Coup Lawyers - Analysis
  • Girlparts Girlparts 1y ago 100%

    I put it in the title - Analysis

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  • https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/donald-trump-jan6-jack-smith-rudy-giuliani-john-eastman-1234798826/

    “John [Eastman] and Rudy [Giuliani] gave a lot of counsel,” one Trump advisor says ominously. “Other people can decide how sound it was”

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    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-01/qld-afp-child-abuse-police-investigation-child-care-worker/102672216

    The Gold Coast man, 45, has been charged with 136 counts of rape and 110 counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10.

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    https://apnews.com/article/libraries-books-bans-arkansas-758f28c04c573d03b869ad2738e2b06d

    A federal judge has temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors.

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    OceanGate's cofounder wants to send 1,000 people to a floating colony on Venus by 2050, and says we shouldn't stop pushing the limits of innovation
  • Girlparts Girlparts 1y ago 100%

    I would love to think he put that much thought into it, but my gut says he just vomited at the mouth

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  • OceanGate's cofounder wants to send 1,000 people to a floating colony on Venus by 2050, and says we shouldn't stop pushing the limits of innovation
  • Girlparts Girlparts 1y ago 100%

    Why Venus? Why not Mars where it's a tad more hospitable? Plus throw in a trip to see the rovers

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  • https://abc13.com/amp/hisd-libraries-librarians-media-specialists-houston-isd/13548483/

    Students at dozens of Houston ISD schools will return in a few weeks without librarians and to former libraries that have been converted into disciplinary spaces.

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    https://dallasvoice.com/lgbtq-welcoming-uu-church-in-plano-firebombed/

    The front doors of Community Unitarian Universalist Church of Plano, 2875 E. Parker Road, which church officials say has been targeted by a hate group since at least June 25, were damaged early Sunday, July 23, in a firebomb attack, according to reports in the Dallas Morning News. The church went ahead with Sunday services […]

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    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/27/new-trump-charges-documents-case/

    A vivid scene, Jack Smith's apparent attempt to call Trump's bluff, and the new third man's legal jeopardy.

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    https://www.sciencealert.com/a-giant-chunk-of-perus-coastline-is-getting-greener-but-thats-not-a-good-thing

    Twenty years of satellite data show that a stretch of coastal desert extending south from Peru's north and into Chile is getting greener, but this is not good news.

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    Your Legacy on Earth May Be a Plant
  • Girlparts Girlparts 1y ago 100%

    That was a very cool article thank you @fossilesque

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  • Your Legacy on Earth May Be a Plant
  • Girlparts Girlparts 1y ago 100%

    That was a very cool article thank you @fossilesque

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  • July 2023 set to be world’s hottest month on record
  • Girlparts Girlparts 1y ago 100%

    What's awful is that in a few decades, this will be the coolest summer of this century

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  • https://archive.is/6WpGB

    The former president’s legal team reportedly arrived at the office of Jack Smith, the special counsel leading the inquiry.

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    US grid operator PJM declares level one emergency amid scorching heat
  • Girlparts Girlparts 1y ago 100%

    Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

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  • https://archive.ph/WciR7

    The professor, an expert on the opioids crisis, was placed on paid administrative leave and investigated, raising questions about the extent of political interference in higher education, particularly in health-related matters.

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    https://archive.vn/2023.07.27-123920/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-27/us-gdp-growth-accelerates-to-2-4-as-consumers-show-resilience

    US economic growth unexpectedly picked up steam in the second quarter, boosted by stronger-than-forecast consumer spending and robust business investment.

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    https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/us-grid-operator-pjm-declares-level-one-emergency-amid-scorching-heat-2023-07-27/?taid=64c243d2b68e980001a2d243

    PJM Interconnection, the biggest U.S. electric grid operator, issued a level one emergency alert for Thursday as people crank up air conditioners to stave off the heat wave. The areas, parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

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    https://bloodyelbow.com/2023/07/26/child-boxing-in-west-virginia/

    A promotion in West Virginia is hosting a child boxing fight involving nine-year-olds.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glw76YKuWCY

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    Texas charges prisoners 50% more for water as heat wave continues
  • Girlparts Girlparts 1y ago 100%

    How we treat prisoners is a reflection of how that society views people...so this tracks for Abbot and Texas

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  • Florida approves conservative PragerU lessons for schools
  • Girlparts Girlparts 1y ago 100%

    They aren't teaching, they are incolcating a sense intolerance, bigotry and anti-intellectualism. That's going to be damn hard to over come.

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  • The Fediverse needs a popular agent
  • Girlparts Girlparts 1y ago 100%

    Why...why would you want that?

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  • Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty | The White House
  • Girlparts Girlparts 1y ago 100%

    Operation Atlantic Resolve is the enduring US mission in Europe

    You don't call in IRR troops for NATO exercises

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