Venezuela's top court ratifies Maduro election win as government tightens control
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Maduro's kangaroo court ratifes Maduro's fraudulent victory.

#Venezuela #Maduro #Politics #ElectionShenanigans

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-top-court-ratifies-maduro-election-win-government-tightens-control-2024-08-22/

I was curious about this. Apparently "basement dweller" has been kicking around for a few years for possible inclusion in the dictionary.

#BasementDweller #Politics

US judge strikes down Biden administration ban on worker 'noncompete' agreements

Aug 20 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday barred a U.S. Federal Trade Commission rule from taking effect that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers' rivals or launch competing businesses.

#Politics #News #NoncompeteAgreements #FTC

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-strikes-down-biden-administration-ban-worker-noncompete-agreements-2024-08-20/

@Alfred If I committed federal crimes, and President Trump pardoned me in his thoughts but forgot to tell anyone, am I legally pardoned?

He joined the force after allegedly storming the Capitol. He was just arrested.
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John Carl, who recently worked as a police officer in North Carolina, was arrested for his alleged actions during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
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Yet another LEO.

#January6 #Insurrection #News #Police

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08/20/january-6-capitol-riot-police-arrest/

Trump Proposes Ban on Criticizing Pro-Trump Judges
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Trump has revealed once again his utter lack of respect for democratic values.
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He believes his political opponents and critics are per se criminal. And he has made this plain so many times that every fresh new piece of evidence of his dictatorial ambitions, each of which ought to be totally disqualifying on its own, barely attracts attention of the political media any more.

#Politics #Trump #FreeSpeech

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-proposes-ban-on-criticizing-pro-trump-judges.html

It seems hard to believe, but there once was a large corporation that doxxed nearly everyone who didn't pay them a monthly fee. And it was legal!

Republicans ask Supreme Court to block 40,000 Arizonans from voting in November
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This is a challenge to the Federal Motor Voter law, which the Supreme Court previously upheld by 7-2 in 2013.

Motor Voter requires states to "accept and use" the standard federal form in federal elections.

President Biden's 2020 margin of victory in Arizona was 10,457 votes.

#SCOTUS #Politics #Arizona #VoterSuppression

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-ask-supreme-court-block-100050322.html

Die-hard Trump fans start 'carrying cups of JD Vance's sperm' in weird sign of support

Supporters of Donald Trump's presidential campaign have been photographed carrying around plastic cups, bearing a picture of running mate JD Vance and the slogan "full family kit"
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Okay, it's the Daily Mirror, and sperm cups it's weird even for MAGA, but if Donald diapers were a thing then Vance sperm cups could be, too.

#Politics #JDVance

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/die-hard-trump-fans-start-33490105

The Democratic Convention starts tomorrow in Chicago and will end on Thursday. Major demonstrations are expected during the convention. The demonstrations will:

#60MinutePoll #Politics #DemocraticConvention

@Alfred How many movies based on Shakespeare's play Hamlet have been made? How many have Hamlet in the title?

@Alfred Which car did James Bond refer to as the Silver Beast, and where is it now?