deety3

deety3

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Curiosity blazes my path; open-minded but nobody's fool. Autistic. CPTSD. Just published my first novel 'Things I Wish I'd Said' about two neurodivergent people. Recovering academic, cook, baker, photographer, arts dabbler, music lover, and more.

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🥳The paperback edition of my novel with color images is now published! ISBN 9781807384340. #booksky #neurodivergence #CPTSD #autism

OOPS! Apparently, they overstated many things in the original filing... “'FBI Employee 1’s testimony is hearsay, and hearsay repeating what were basically lies from the trial team,' independent journalist Marcy Wheeler wrote Tuesday on her emptywheel blog."

rawstory.comScrambling Pirro team walks back Hunter Biden claims hours before court showdownU.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office walked back claims hours before a hearing on charges that two former FBI officials lied to Congress about probes into former president’s son Hunter Biden.Pirro’s p...

“'I’ve been there 11 years doing this and we’ve never pursued what we call our ‘bad actors,’' Tracy Case, an attorney for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s oil and gas division, said at a national regulators’ conference in May, according to a recording obtained by The Frontier and ProPublica."

rawstory.comJarring ‘bad actors’ admission from red state oil regulator caught on tapeA lawyer for Oklahoma’s oil and gas regulator was recorded admitting that the agency has never pursued its “bad actors,” as a new investigation found the state has no record of ever punishing the comp...

"The outrage followed allegations ... that Kushner pressed Mohamed bin Zayed, then Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, to 'speed up an agreed-upon payment' after helping remove then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, whose closeness to Qatar had reportedly angered Emirati leaders."

rawstory.comCalls fly to jail Jared Kushner over claim UAE sent him $50M to oust Cabinet memberExplosive allegations that the United Arab Emirates sent Jared Kushner $50 million after he helped oust a Trump Cabinet member have sparked fierce backlash, including demands that President Donald Tru...

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Because the people with the power to stop it are too cowardly to act after helping build the monster while insisting it wasn't going to be a monster... Never trust any one of them again.

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Directly contrary to what you hear on Fox News every day, red counties across America have languid economies, whereas blue counties are more vibrant. And it follows, as WaPo documents, that in red counties, costs have outpaced wages dramatically, and this is also true of the battleground districts.

bit.lyCosts outpaced wages in more GOP-held battlegrounds, Post analysis showsRepublicans are defending most of the competitive seats where a majority of families don’t earn enough to cover the basics.

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Heritage Willow demonstrates “hand crafted, in-situ willow fences using long-standing East-Anglian techniques and a combination of home-grown and locally sourced materials.” www.heritagewillow.co.uk IG: @heritagewillow ~ Suffolk

We've all seen it... "House Democrats are also calling for an independent investigation of the Trump Justice Department itself, alleging that senior officials have deliberately suppressed evidence, obstructed legitimate investigative efforts, and protected the president from scrutiny."

michaeldsellers.substack.comHouse Dems Release 53 Page Trump-Epstein Report, Call for Special Counsel to Investigate Trump and Epstein CrimesExplosive 53-page congressional report cites allegations involving 11 women, possible criminal conspiracy, and evidence of a Justice Department cover-up.

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Another example of Trump 2.0 trying to kill us. Methane is a more powerful global warming factor over the short term than CO2 & it’s expanding releases could accelerate the climate crisis. But these pathetic “leaders” are more interested in fossil fuel profits. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

bloomberg.comTrump Targets Methane Curbs on Oil and Gas in a New Climate RollbackThe US is set to dial back federal requirements on the emissions as it aims to boost energy production.

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Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 27, 2026 ~ SLR "On Monday morning, high tide brought water pouring into business districts in Newport Beach and flooded part of Pacific Coast Highway in Sunset Beach... Conditions are expected to get worse Tuesday." www.latimes.com/california/s...

latimes.comThe California coast's great enemy: Record-hot ocean temperatures from El NiñoUnprecedented flooding is quickly becoming a fact of life in some Southern California coastal communities.

"Rarely, if ever, has the United States Department of Justice urged a federal court not to believe the sitting President,' Reyes wrote. 'And yet, here we are.' She also rejected the administration’s argument that her order infringed on presidential power, writing that '’Separation of powers’ ... 1/3

aaronparnas.substack.comNEWS: Alarm Bells Go Off as Trump Jr. Hunts With Russian Oligarch, Court Orders Release of Musk’s Election Emails, Trump has Brutal DayGood morning.

is not a talismanic incantation that permits the Executive to run amok, unchecked.' "Trump lashed out at the ruling in a late-night post and vowed to close the course anyway. Shortly before midnight, he wrote that Reyes 'has absolutely no right to hold up this very important and beautiful ... 2/3

Project' and called the notice requirement 'time-consuming, unnecessary, expensive, and unconstitutional.'” Solidly in "L'etat, c'est moi" territory here... 3/3

IANAL, but I don't need to be to know that they'll try anything and everything anyone can think of, no matter how far-fetched or baseless. Jan 6 was nothing compared to what they're likely to unleash if their "legal" strategy fails, as it should. “'There is no general presidential or ... 1/2

alternet.orgIntel officials pull back curtain on Trump DOJ’s election 'doomsday' planNational security reporter Ken Klippenstein is hearing from more sources inside President Donald Trump's administration that his Justice Department is trying to craft a "contingency plan" to possibly ...

attorney-general power to suspend elections or veto a state’s results simply by alleging fraud,' one government lawyer says. 'The administration would need to identify some statutory violation, present supporting evidence, and justify whatever particular remedy it is requesting.'” 2/2

"Honig noted that prosecutors generally use such filings when defendants agree to waive the grand jury process, usually because they intend to plead guilty, but Comey has rejected it. "'What they're trying to do, it appears, ..., is extend the ten-year statute of limitations,' Honig said, ..."

alternet.orgTrump DOJ’s 'Frankenstein' Comey case ripped apart in humiliating blowPresident Donald Trump yet again is attempting to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey, and this latest legal venture is so legally flawed that the Justice Department cannot even arrest him, acco...

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I believe in government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Mike Rogers believes in government of the billionaires, by the corporations, and for the special interests.