@TheNewsOwl this was 💯% my fear when I saw subsequent news articles saying he was leaving Shark Tank and selling the Mavericks
BREAKING: Two Republican officials in Cochise County, Arizona were indicted for failing to certify the county's 2022 elections on time. The pair face felony counts of conspiracy and interference with an election officer.
Read the indictment: https://democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Cochise-indictment.pdf
#Buffalofish
#Ictiobus
#Ichthyology
Centenarian lifespans of three freshwater fish species in Arizona reveal the exceptional longevity of the buffalofishes (Ictiobus) | Scientific Reports
King Charles allegedly stole more than $75M intended for charity to fund his personal real estate empire. A bombshell report found that he allegedly used medieval feudal laws to repossess tens of millions of dollars left behind by dead British citizens
https://radaronline.com/p/king-charles-accused-steal-75m-charity-fund-real-estate-empire-report/
Desantis’s Surgeon General received a coveted tenured professorship at UF w/no vetting and a $262,000 salary to add to his $250K salary as Surgeon Gen. He teaches no classes, doesn’t do research, and blows off the school when they ask him to do any work.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/27/joe-ladapo-university-of-florida-00128541
Polling shared first with Axios shows huge swaths of Americans don't know about federal subsidies up to $7,500 for buying electric vehicles.
#EV
Exclusive: 40% of Americans say they've never heard of Biden's EV tax credits https://www.axios.com/2023/10/30/climate-law-ev-subsidies
Democrats Who Swept Moms for Liberty off School Board Fight Superintendent's $700,000 Exit Deal
via U.S. News
A Pennsylvania school board that's banned books, Pride flags and transgender athletes has awarded their superintendent a $700,000 severance package before power changes hands next month
#Politics
https://ino.to/enfgqSv
What I hate about physicians offices in Texas: no one wears a mask because someone with a degree in law says we shouldn’t.
It’s insane. I have cancer with low white cell count. I can count on one hand the number of people who wear masks. Sometimes it’s on one finger.
If you value OTHER HUMANS WEAR A MASK. You cannot tell my white blood cells are low. Chemo does that. I almost crashed because of it.
Tesla's Austin gigafactory is key to Elon Musk's plans to sell 20 million vehicles a year.
But workers are reporting explosions, concussions, and even getting mauled by a robot arm.
Musk’s other company in Texas, SpaceX, also ignores workplace injuries.
"News anchors looking into the camera and reading a script handed down by a corporate overlord, words meant to obscure the truth – not elucidate it, isn't journalism. It's propaganda. It's Orwellian. It's a slippery slope to how despots wrest power, silence descent, and oppress the masses."
Dan Rather
BREAKING: Dockworkers at Swedish ports are refusing to offload Teslas, cleaning crews aren't cleaning showrooms, and mechanics aren't fixing charging stations.
Tesla operations in Sweden are effectively shut down, because Musk won't negotiate with unions.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/sweden-tesla-strike-cleaners
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Florida’s efforts to enforce a state law that targets drag show performances that, challengers maintain, imposes unlawful restrictions on free speech.
"A group of Russian nationals were able to donate to newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson's campaign in 2018 by funneling the money through a U.S. company."
https://www.newsweek.com/house-speaker-mike-johnson-donations-russia-butina-1838501
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