“The race is not settled and may be closer than it may first seem,” said Ann Selzer, who has been conducting this Iowa survey over the last three decades. “I’ve been doing this for a long time. We have had candidates who started low and ended up winning.”
“Ramaswamy is steadily climbing in Republican primary voter support, closing in on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in some polls and neck and neck with him in the betting markets. He is also one of the candidates best positioned to further major conservative Christian agenda items.”
“Yet those who criticize Ramaswamy because of his religion are undermining this core American document, which clearly states: “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”
“Prominent pro-life activist Abby Johnson declared earlier this month on Flashpoint, a conservative television program, that “Our God will not be mocked” by having Christians support what she described as a candidate who believes in “many gods.”
“Meanwhile, Hank Kunneman, pastor of the nondenominational Lord of Hosts Church in Omaha, Nebraska, attacked Ramaswamy in a recent sermon by saying that, as president, he would be “some dude put his hand on something other than the Bible” who would “put all of his strange gods up in the White House.”
“Ironically, some conservatives who are wary of Ramaswamy’s Hindu faith have ignored former President Donald Trump’s ecumenical governance.”
If it’ll keep him out of the WH, thank god(s) for small favors.
“Democrats and Republicans alike, we tend to be more proud of a country when we’re all making more money in that country,” he tells 100 or so diners enjoying turkey sandwiches and diet Cokes. “We don’t have to flog ourselves for capitalism. Stop apologizing for capitalism. We should embrace capitalism.”
Money, the great uniter…until there’s a huge disparity among its holders.
“Ramawamy’s fortune stems from a drug-development company named Roivant Sciences, which went public in 2021.”
“In 2021, Ramaswamy stepped down as CEO of Roivant and got into politics, authoring a book called “Woke, Inc.,” which criticized corporate America’s growing focus on social justice issues and the ESG (environmental, social and governance) movement taking over Wall Street. A year later, he founded an “anti-woke” index fund provider—think BlackRock, without all the talk about saving the world…”
This bro is rich enough that he doesn’t feel being marginalized as a POC. More importantly, he has confused democracy with capitalism.
“God is real. There are two genders. Human flourishing requires fossil fuels. Reverse racism is racism. An open border is no border. Parents determine the education of their children. The nuclear family is the greatest form of governance known to mankind. Capitalism lifts people up from poverty. There are three branches of the U.S. government, not four. The U.S. Constitution is the strongest guarantor of freedoms in history.”
So, Vivek hates the free press, truthful education, immigrants, anyone who is non-cis, and he looooove fossil fuels and cares not a fig about the air, water or climate.
“I just wrote down things that are true,” he said flatly. “It took me about 15 minutes.”
Got it. He’s not a deep thinker and he’s no capacity for empathy.
“This is how a debate with Ramaswamy unfolds. He’ll engage with your question, but, when needed, he’ll expand its parameters. If that fails, he’ll pivot to thoughts on the existence of a higher power.”
“For instance, what did he make of the fact that most white Americans used to view it as a “truth” that Black people were genetically inferior—that they weren’t fully human?”
I don’t think that’s true,” he said.
“It is true,” I said. “That’s partly what justified slavery.” “But it was a justification; it wasn’t a belief,” he said. “Look at emperors—Septimius Severus in Rome. He was Black. He had dark skin. They viewed dark skin as the way we view dark eyes.” “I don’t think that human beings ever accepted that Black people were not created equal in the eyes of God,” he said. (His favorite president, Thomas Jefferson, believed exactly that.)
“He calls race-based affirmative action “a cancer” and vows to end it “in every sphere of American life.” He endorses using the military to secure America’s borders, brokering a deal that would cede a huge chunk of Ukraine to Russia, and defending Taiwan from Chinese aggression “only as far as 2028.”
“His grandest vision might best be described as the inverse of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal: a demolition of the federal government—FBI, CDC, DOE, ATF, IRS—gone.”
Vivek is the new RFK, Jr. A rich bro whose arrogance knows no bounds.
“Last week, leaked documents designed to inform Ron DeSantis’s strategy at Wednesday’s first presidential debate portrayed Ramaswamy as the candidate to beat.”
“The night before, I watched Ramaswamy speak to a couple hundred young conservatives at the Forge Leadership Summit. He looked around the room and preached that “hardship is not a choice, but victimhood is a choice.” It’s one of his favorite lines, and a nod to his second book, Nation of Victims. The crowd that night was almost exclusively white, and Ramaswamy’s inflection was temporarily suffused with twang.”
“We’re starved for purpose and meaning and identity at a time in our national history when the things that used to fill our void—faith, patriotism, hard work, family—these things have disappeared,” he said. He rattled off a list of “poisons” that have filled the void, pausing for dramatic beats between each one: “Wokeism. Transgenderism. Climatism. COVIDism. Globalism. Depression. Anxiety. Fentanyl. Suicide.”
He speaks their language, and with the affectation of a twang, no less! Disingenuous POS with a cash register for a heart.
“Right now, he said, we have reached a “1776 moment” in this country.
“Do we stand on the side of reform?” he asked. “Or do we stand on the side of revolution?”
When he finished, half the people in the room jumped to their feet.
Did Donald tRUMPsky walk (slowly down a ramp), so Vivek could run? This guy is dangerous.
“ I noticed how Ramaswamy had developed an array of tricks to wrangle attention, such as when he brought up “our mutual friend Peter,” as in Thiel. He told Musk how much he “loved” the Twitter Files. By the end of the broadcast, he seemed to have made a new fan. Last week, Musk called him “a very promising candidate.”
Like attracts like. Sh/t at tracts flies. Tomato, tomahto.
BiD, according to that recent iowa poll, vivek has more approval by evangelicals than most of the others. watch kornacki on mojo this morning covering it.
Deputies responded at 5 p.m. to the shooting at the Mag Pi clothing store, where owner Laura Ann Carleton was pronounced dead, the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. The suspect, who was not identified, ran away.
Is Crackers where the storm went through? Hope she’s OK.  Â
Jamie – Hope you aren’t near the WA fires.Â
“August 21 is a designated non-working holiday in the Asian country, commemorating what the Philippines Supreme Court Justice Claudio Teehankee described as a “cold-blooded murder” of Aquino Jr at the Manila international airport, the main aviation gateway that now bears his name (Ninoy Aquino International Airport).”
“President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., also known as BBM, now sits in Malacañang following his election in 2022. He stated on Monday that he joins the nation and marking “Ninoy Aquino Day”.
“MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, Japan and Australia are planning a joint navy drill in the South China Sea off the western Philippines this week to underscore their commitment to the rule of law in the region after a recent show of Chinese aggression in the disputed waters, Filipino security officials said Sunday.”
“On Aug. 5, Chinese coast guard ships used water cannons against Philippine vessels in the contested waterway where disputes have long been regarded as a potential flashpoint and have become a fault line in the rivalry between the U.S. and China in the region.”
“The Philippine government said in its National Security Policy 2023 to 2028, adopted on August 14, that the escalating tension in the Taiwan Strait is a “major concern” that could affect the country.”
“According to the Philippine Star, the document added, “Any military conflict in the Taiwan Strait would inevitably affect the Philippines given the geographic proximity of Taiwan to the Philippine archipelago and the presence of over 150,000 Filipinos in Taiwan.”
“Tensions have intensified under the current Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, with the country increasingly accusing China of aggression and pursuing closer ties with the US, with which it has a mutual defence treaty.”
~Yeah~ Pursuing closer ties to US money. Like father, like son.
“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and conservative entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are tied for second place in the Republican presidential field in a new poll.”
bId – maybe. It was expected something in his life was not going to be good after that satellite crashed into the South Pole of the Moon. That made puttie very upset. Current methods of not living long are polonium tea or falling out of a window. Not very creative are the KGB/FSB.
BID
Thanks for asking. It’s cloudy and cool here. The storm didn’tmake it this far north. We have had some
sprinkles but very minor.
The storm went toNevada instead.
“Humacyte, which in 2017 was awarded a $3.4 million contract by the US Department of Defense, proudly showcases these efforts in Ukraine on its website and its annual report as proof that its technology works.”
“Buried in corporate filings is another relationship that is central to Humacyte: Russian billionaire Gavril Yushvaev is the company’s second-largest individual shareholder.”
“However, the shadowy history of Yushvaev – who has been described by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project as the “head of a Russian criminal gang” is not disclosed in those filings, even though some experts tell CNN the company may have been obligated to reveal that information to investors.”
“Yushvaev is sanctioned by Ukraine, which describes him as a “quintessential example of the criminal world tying in with law enforcement and the government in Russia.”
“It raises this odd situation where you have an alleged Russian crime boss who will benefit economically from a company that is able to showcase its products in a war started by Russia,” said Charles Whitehead, a professor of business law at Cornell Law School.”
“Yushvaev holds an 8.7% stake in Humacyte that is worth nearly $28 million, according to data provider Refinitiv. That’s just ahead of institutional investors including BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street.”
Dems don’t need to get too nervous about the Ramaswamy candidacy, as the GOP base is inherently racist, which is a good thing because they might have had a winner on their hands with him, he makes his case well
“Former President Donald Trump keeps telling the lie that he won Georgia in the 2020 election. This weekend, he delivered a new false claim in support of that old false claim.”
“He concluded the post: “Does anybody really believe I lost Georgia? I DON’T!”
It’s really convoluted thinking. What a nut. I almost feel sorry for his lawyers. Almost.
Trump out on $200,000 Bond
$200,000 bond – I guess GA doesn’t think he’s a flight risk, yet.Â
Trump’s bail conditions. Not only is it amazing a former president is arrested but even more incredible he has to be warned against intimidating witnesses like a Mob boss
“Most Texas prisons lack air conditioning. At least 41 prisoners have died of heart-related or undetermined causes since the unrelenting heat wave began.”
“Relatives of those who died and prison rights advocates insist at least some of those deaths were caused by the heat. More than a dozen of the prisoners were in their 20s or 30s, with at least four people 35 and under reportedly dying of cardiac arrest or heart failure.”
“The death count is likely higher, as prisons have 30 days to report a prisoner’s death to the state.”
“The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says no prisoner has died from the brutal heat in its facilities since 2012, around the time the agency began being bombarded with wrongful death and civil rights lawsuits over the heat.”
“On Monday, Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability implored Republican Chair James Comer to launch an investigation into conditions at prisons enduring sweltering temperatures, especially in Texas.”
“The request follows the Republican committee members’ investigation into conditions for defendants jailed on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.”
So, Republicans only care about conditions for insurrectionists in jail. Racists.
Craig – Does  that mean his sons or other henchmen (right wingnut media) do his dirty  work for him?
They better start making a bed at the county jail because he’s not capable of living up to those bail conditionsÂ
Yep BiD, I’m sure we’ll see threats from his inner circle
Jamie – Musk is treated with kid gloves because he has too much power, even as a private citizen.  He’s a dangerous putz.Â
Craig – If his mob family says/posts something, can they then be charged with obstructing justice?
Craig – What about the tRUMPsky campaign ad that mentions Fani Willis as part of the “fraud squad”?  Can that be seen as poisoning the pool?
BiD, the bail conditions only address intimidation of witnesses and co-defendants, no mention of court staff unfortunately
$200K of other people’s money. That’s gotta hurt. 🙄 Â
Donnie, you’re in a very small club of dumbasses who don’t believe you lost GA.Â
I wonder if failing to dissuade his cultists from continuing to make threats against deputies is considered a violation of his bond conditions. Probably not. Illusory bond conditions. AND I HOPE IM WRONG.Â
“Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blasted Facebook for “putting corporate profits ahead of people’s safety” as the social media platform continues to block news content while wildfires rage in Canada’s Northwest Territories and British Columbia.”
“Earlier this month, Facebook’s parent-company Meta began to block news links from Facebook and Instagram in Canada, in response to recently-passed legislation in the country that requires tech companies to negotiate payments to news organizations for hosting their content.”
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Iowa’s most influential and historically most accurate poll out today, with Trump way ahead but over 50 per cent want someone else:
Trump: 42%
DeSantis: 19%
Scott: 9%
Haley: 6%
Pence: 6%
Christie: 5%
Ramaswamy: 4%
Burgum: 2%
Hurd: 1%
Elder, Hutchinson, Johnson, Suarez: >1%
Margin Of Error +/- 4.9%
— Des Moines Register
“The race is not settled and may be closer than it may first seem,” said Ann Selzer, who has been conducting this Iowa survey over the last three decades. “I’ve been doing this for a long time. We have had candidates who started low and ended up winning.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/19/opinions/christian-conservatives-ramaswamys-faith-sheffield/index.html
“Ramaswamy is steadily climbing in Republican primary voter support, closing in on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in some polls and neck and neck with him in the betting markets. He is also one of the candidates best positioned to further major conservative Christian agenda items.”
“Yet those who criticize Ramaswamy because of his religion are undermining this core American document, which clearly states: “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”
“Prominent pro-life activist Abby Johnson declared earlier this month on Flashpoint, a conservative television program, that “Our God will not be mocked” by having Christians support what she described as a candidate who believes in “many gods.”
“Meanwhile, Hank Kunneman, pastor of the nondenominational Lord of Hosts Church in Omaha, Nebraska, attacked Ramaswamy in a recent sermon by saying that, as president, he would be “some dude put his hand on something other than the Bible” who would “put all of his strange gods up in the White House.”
“Ironically, some conservatives who are wary of Ramaswamy’s Hindu faith have ignored former President Donald Trump’s ecumenical governance.”
If it’ll keep him out of the WH, thank god(s) for small favors.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhyatt/2023/08/21/how-vivek-ramaswamy-became-a-billionaire/
“Democrats and Republicans alike, we tend to be more proud of a country when we’re all making more money in that country,” he tells 100 or so diners enjoying turkey sandwiches and diet Cokes. “We don’t have to flog ourselves for capitalism. Stop apologizing for capitalism. We should embrace capitalism.”
Money, the great uniter…until there’s a huge disparity among its holders.
“Ramawamy’s fortune stems from a drug-development company named Roivant Sciences, which went public in 2021.”
“In 2021, Ramaswamy stepped down as CEO of Roivant and got into politics, authoring a book called “Woke, Inc.,” which criticized corporate America’s growing focus on social justice issues and the ESG (environmental, social and governance) movement taking over Wall Street. A year later, he founded an “anti-woke” index fund provider—think BlackRock, without all the talk about saving the world…”
This bro is rich enough that he doesn’t feel being marginalized as a POC. More importantly, he has confused democracy with capitalism.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/08/vivek-ramaswamy-gop-election/675041/
“God is real. There are two genders. Human flourishing requires fossil fuels. Reverse racism is racism. An open border is no border. Parents determine the education of their children. The nuclear family is the greatest form of governance known to mankind. Capitalism lifts people up from poverty. There are three branches of the U.S. government, not four. The U.S. Constitution is the strongest guarantor of freedoms in history.”
So, Vivek hates the free press, truthful education, immigrants, anyone who is non-cis, and he looooove fossil fuels and cares not a fig about the air, water or climate.
“I just wrote down things that are true,” he said flatly. “It took me about 15 minutes.”
Got it. He’s not a deep thinker and he’s no capacity for empathy.
“This is how a debate with Ramaswamy unfolds. He’ll engage with your question, but, when needed, he’ll expand its parameters. If that fails, he’ll pivot to thoughts on the existence of a higher power.”
“For instance, what did he make of the fact that most white Americans used to view it as a “truth” that Black people were genetically inferior—that they weren’t fully human?”
I don’t think that’s true,” he said.
“It is true,” I said. “That’s partly what justified slavery.” “But it was a justification; it wasn’t a belief,” he said. “Look at emperors—Septimius Severus in Rome. He was Black. He had dark skin. They viewed dark skin as the way we view dark eyes.” “I don’t think that human beings ever accepted that Black people were not created equal in the eyes of God,” he said. (His favorite president, Thomas Jefferson, believed exactly that.)
“He calls race-based affirmative action “a cancer” and vows to end it “in every sphere of American life.” He endorses using the military to secure America’s borders, brokering a deal that would cede a huge chunk of Ukraine to Russia, and defending Taiwan from Chinese aggression “only as far as 2028.”
“His grandest vision might best be described as the inverse of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal: a demolition of the federal government—FBI, CDC, DOE, ATF, IRS—gone.”
Vivek is the new RFK, Jr. A rich bro whose arrogance knows no bounds.
“Last week, leaked documents designed to inform Ron DeSantis’s strategy at Wednesday’s first presidential debate portrayed Ramaswamy as the candidate to beat.”
“The night before, I watched Ramaswamy speak to a couple hundred young conservatives at the Forge Leadership Summit. He looked around the room and preached that “hardship is not a choice, but victimhood is a choice.” It’s one of his favorite lines, and a nod to his second book, Nation of Victims. The crowd that night was almost exclusively white, and Ramaswamy’s inflection was temporarily suffused with twang.”
“We’re starved for purpose and meaning and identity at a time in our national history when the things that used to fill our void—faith, patriotism, hard work, family—these things have disappeared,” he said. He rattled off a list of “poisons” that have filled the void, pausing for dramatic beats between each one: “Wokeism. Transgenderism. Climatism. COVIDism. Globalism. Depression. Anxiety. Fentanyl. Suicide.”
He speaks their language, and with the affectation of a twang, no less! Disingenuous POS with a cash register for a heart.
“Right now, he said, we have reached a “1776 moment” in this country.
“Do we stand on the side of reform?” he asked. “Or do we stand on the side of revolution?”
When he finished, half the people in the room jumped to their feet.
Did Donald tRUMPsky walk (slowly down a ramp), so Vivek could run? This guy is dangerous.
“ I noticed how Ramaswamy had developed an array of tricks to wrangle attention, such as when he brought up “our mutual friend Peter,” as in Thiel. He told Musk how much he “loved” the Twitter Files. By the end of the broadcast, he seemed to have made a new fan. Last week, Musk called him “a very promising candidate.”
Like attracts like. Sh/t at tracts flies. Tomato, tomahto.
BiD, according to that recent iowa poll, vivek has more approval by evangelicals than most of the others. watch kornacki on mojo this morning covering it.
New Iowa poll: Trump commands strong lead over DeSantis, despite indictments (msnbc.com)
one minute and half in he talks about evangelicals. vivek comes in just after mike pence.
Seems that the lead for the russian crash dummy satellite has taken ill. Updates to follow.
BB
An acute case of defenestraphobia?
Windows are scary, especially if you are Russian and have pissed off the powers that be.
Jack
Good lard, did they poison the man?Â
Mother of nine shot over pride flag display in her store.
Is Crackers where the storm went through? Hope she’s OK.  Â
Jamie – Hope you aren’t near the WA fires.Â
The guy who murdered that woman is also dead.
https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/philippines/philippines-what-president-marcos-jr-said-on-ninoy-aquino-day-august-21-1.1692620348242
40 years ago today:
“August 21 is a designated non-working holiday in the Asian country, commemorating what the Philippines Supreme Court Justice Claudio Teehankee described as a “cold-blooded murder” of Aquino Jr at the Manila international airport, the main aviation gateway that now bears his name (Ninoy Aquino International Airport).”
“President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., also known as BBM, now sits in Malacañang following his election in 2022. He stated on Monday that he joins the nation and marking “Ninoy Aquino Day”.
~Mmmmhmmm~
https://apnews.com/article/united-states-japan-australia-philippines-south-china-sea-3fe7a0b39dbdea19a6854dba347ff712
“MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, Japan and Australia are planning a joint navy drill in the South China Sea off the western Philippines this week to underscore their commitment to the rule of law in the region after a recent show of Chinese aggression in the disputed waters, Filipino security officials said Sunday.”
“On Aug. 5, Chinese coast guard ships used water cannons against Philippine vessels in the contested waterway where disputes have long been regarded as a potential flashpoint and have become a fault line in the rivalry between the U.S. and China in the region.”
https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/is-the-philippines-ready-for-a-taiwan-conflict/
“The Philippine government said in its National Security Policy 2023 to 2028, adopted on August 14, that the escalating tension in the Taiwan Strait is a “major concern” that could affect the country.”
“According to the Philippine Star, the document added, “Any military conflict in the Taiwan Strait would inevitably affect the Philippines given the geographic proximity of Taiwan to the Philippine archipelago and the presence of over 150,000 Filipinos in Taiwan.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/09/us-beijing-shipwreck-military-outpost-south-china-sea-philippines
“Tensions have intensified under the current Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, with the country increasingly accusing China of aggression and pursuing closer ties with the US, with which it has a mutual defence treaty.”
~Yeah~ Pursuing closer ties to US money. Like father, like son.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4159394-emerson-poll-desantis-ramaswamy-tied/
“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and conservative entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are tied for second place in the Republican presidential field in a new poll.”
bId – maybe. It was expected something in his life was not going to be good after that satellite crashed into the South Pole of the Moon. That made puttie very upset. Current methods of not living long are polonium tea or falling out of a window. Not very creative are the KGB/FSB.
BID
Thanks for asking. It’s cloudy and cool here. The storm didn’tmake it this far north. We have had some
sprinkles but very minor.
The storm went toNevada instead.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/21/business/humacyte-russia-yushvaev/index.html
“Humacyte, which in 2017 was awarded a $3.4 million contract by the US Department of Defense, proudly showcases these efforts in Ukraine on its website and its annual report as proof that its technology works.”
“Buried in corporate filings is another relationship that is central to Humacyte: Russian billionaire Gavril Yushvaev is the company’s second-largest individual shareholder.”
“However, the shadowy history of Yushvaev – who has been described by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project as the “head of a Russian criminal gang” is not disclosed in those filings, even though some experts tell CNN the company may have been obligated to reveal that information to investors.”
“Yushvaev is sanctioned by Ukraine, which describes him as a “quintessential example of the criminal world tying in with law enforcement and the government in Russia.”
“It raises this odd situation where you have an alleged Russian crime boss who will benefit economically from a company that is able to showcase its products in a war started by Russia,” said Charles Whitehead, a professor of business law at Cornell Law School.”
“Yushvaev holds an 8.7% stake in Humacyte that is worth nearly $28 million, according to data provider Refinitiv. That’s just ahead of institutional investors including BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street.”
Dems don’t need to get too nervous about the Ramaswamy candidacy, as the GOP base is inherently racist, which is a good thing because they might have had a winner on their hands with him, he makes his case well
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/21/politics/fact-check-trump-georgia-south-carolina-alabama/index.html
“Former President Donald Trump keeps telling the lie that he won Georgia in the 2020 election. This weekend, he delivered a new false claim in support of that old false claim.”
“He concluded the post: “Does anybody really believe I lost Georgia? I DON’T!”
It’s really convoluted thinking. What a nut. I almost feel sorry for his lawyers. Almost.
Trump out on $200,000 Bond
$200,000 bond – I guess GA doesn’t think he’s a flight risk, yet.Â
Trump’s bail conditions. Not only is it amazing a former president is arrested but even more incredible he has to be warned against intimidating witnesses like a Mob boss
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/21/texas-prison-heat-deaths/
“Most Texas prisons lack air conditioning. At least 41 prisoners have died of heart-related or undetermined causes since the unrelenting heat wave began.”
“Relatives of those who died and prison rights advocates insist at least some of those deaths were caused by the heat. More than a dozen of the prisoners were in their 20s or 30s, with at least four people 35 and under reportedly dying of cardiac arrest or heart failure.”
“The death count is likely higher, as prisons have 30 days to report a prisoner’s death to the state.”
“The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says no prisoner has died from the brutal heat in its facilities since 2012, around the time the agency began being bombarded with wrongful death and civil rights lawsuits over the heat.”
“On Monday, Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability implored Republican Chair James Comer to launch an investigation into conditions at prisons enduring sweltering temperatures, especially in Texas.”
“The request follows the Republican committee members’ investigation into conditions for defendants jailed on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.”
So, Republicans only care about conditions for insurrectionists in jail. Racists.
Craig – Does  that mean his sons or other henchmen (right wingnut media) do his dirty  work for him?
They better start making a bed at the county jail because he’s not capable of living up to those bail conditionsÂ
Good Ronan Farrow article on Musk
Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule | The New Yorker
Yep BiD, I’m sure we’ll see threats from his inner circle
Jamie – Musk is treated with kid gloves because he has too much power, even as a private citizen.  He’s a dangerous putz.Â
Craig – If his mob family says/posts something, can they then be charged with obstructing justice?
Craig – What about the tRUMPsky campaign ad that mentions Fani Willis as part of the “fraud squad”?  Can that be seen as poisoning the pool?
BiD, the bail conditions only address intimidation of witnesses and co-defendants, no mention of court staff unfortunately
$200K of other people’s money. That’s gotta hurt. 🙄 Â
Donnie, you’re in a very small club of dumbasses who don’t believe you lost GA.Â
I wonder if failing to dissuade his cultists from continuing to make threats against deputies is considered a violation of his bond conditions. Probably not. Illusory bond conditions. AND I HOPE IM WRONG.Â
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/21/tech/justin-trudeau-canada-wildfires-facebook-news/index.html
“Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blasted Facebook for “putting corporate profits ahead of people’s safety” as the social media platform continues to block news content while wildfires rage in Canada’s Northwest Territories and British Columbia.”
“Earlier this month, Facebook’s parent-company Meta began to block news links from Facebook and Instagram in Canada, in response to recently-passed legislation in the country that requires tech companies to negotiate payments to news organizations for hosting their content.”
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