What the Attorney General of the United States seems to not understand, but the people who matter do, is that Congress hasn’t given DOJ any authority to block states from certifying the election.
This isn’t a thing. And we don’t have to pretend it’s a thing just because he says it’s a thing.
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Q: Is there any scenario in which DOJ would try to block states from certifying the election?
AG TODD BLANCHE: Yes, of course. It is not DOJ's intention to improperly interfere with elections or the state certification process, but ...
Italian officials are trying to identify a young woman who was filmed kissing, humping, and grinding against a statue of Bacchus, the God of wine and sensuality, in Florence over the weekend.
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Q: Is there any scenario in which DOJ would try to block states from certifying the election?
AG TODD BLANCHE: Yes, of course. It is not DOJ's intention to improperly interfere with elections or the state certification process, but ...
BOTD, 1942: Annette Funicello (d. 2013). Her version of Byron Lee & the Dragonaires' "Jamaica Ska" might well the 1st instance of am American pop singer covering a Jamaican song.
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 776:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhiu...
Obvious electoral rake-stepping aside, at what point is anyone going to acknowledge that young men are not “locked out” of the economy by some nefarious entity (women), they are literally feeding all of their disposable income into the gaping maw of sportsbetting apps. It’s actually quite simple.
Frustrated younger, male voters feeling locked out of the economy and diminishing opportunities are rapidly abandoning the Republican coalition, or straight up opting out of political action altogether
ICE causes man to wreck while his children are in the car, then tries to pry his kids from his arms. They got the wrong guy.
Toward the end of the video, an ICE officer says law requires the person recording to back up 25 feet and threatens with pepper spray.
(There is no 25-foot law.)
My peers, generally speaking, are massive assholes who have channeled their oppositional, gatekeeping dispositions and their belief that sincerity and openness are weaknesses into politics with predictable results. bsky.app/profile/fran...
Top officials in the State Department made clear that only candidates who voted for Trump would be eligible for the mid-to-upper level foreign service roles
Federal law strictly prohibits making civil service personnel decisions on the basis of political affiliation
It has come to my attention that many people are unaware that the person who figured out that the private key was 4 was a Something Awful forums goon: forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.p...
There is no bottom for the Republican Party. It is a force for evil I’ve watched for my entire adult life (I’m almost 49). This is why I can’t stand calls for bipartisanship or demonstrations of the old boys and girls club. They’re fucking monsters who ruin the very fabric of society.
all the trouble of making a nice edition of my boy and then you put the wrong kind of whale on it??
like how many more whale facts did you need him to put in this thing
Ukraine says the abrupt throttling of US-funded Starshield grounded dozens of drones mid-flight, costing one unit $1M+, and halted some strikes for three days (New York Times)
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EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth wanted Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.
The Pentagon denied us access to take photos, but we obtained some anyway.
A story in global affairs:
wapo.st/3WF2YQo
#ResistanceRoots
Ronald McNair was born on this day in 1950 in Lake City, S.C. He overcame roadblocks to earn a Ph.D. in laser physics and was among the first African Americans chosen for the space program. He was killed at age 35 when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart on Jan. 28, 1986. /1
Unearthed footage of Vivek Ramaswamy mocking Amy Acton for being a survivor of childhood abuse:
"She has no vision other than to complain about what someone else did to her"
Every big paper has run a story like this in recent years. Why nothing changes:
“The state can’t add more crosswalks, reduce the number of lanes or lower the speed limit on Union Avenue, all of which would take time and money,“ said the state DOT, which owns the road.
🔓: www.wsj.com/us-news/the-...
There's a reason why the company that produced a string of the best CRPGs ever made no longer exists as of today, and it's not because there's no demand for good CRPGs.
It's because our economy has been whittled down to three industries: value extraction, gambling and fraud.
Scoop from @brettlogiurato.bsky.social: CBS has sold its local election night coverage to DraftKings, stirring more controversy inside the David Ellison-owned company.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-draftk...