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The Empire Strikes Back https://open.substack.com/pub/thetriad/p/the-empire-strikes-back

If Mitch McConnell Is Still in the Minority It’s His Own Damn Fault https://www.thebulwark.com/if-mitch-mcconnell-is-still-in-the-minority-its-his-own-damn-fault/

Federal judge in Texas blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/11/10/student-loan-forgiveness-texas-lawsuit/

At least they weren't telling customers to celebrate Kristallnacht by eating a pork sandwich. Don't ever say things can't get worse.

KFC apologises after German Kristallnacht promotion: "It's memorial day for Kristallnacht! Treat yourself with more tender cheese on your crispy chicken. Now at KFCheese!" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63499057

Boebert takes the lead in updated results Thursday morning. There is still an eight-day period in which county clerks can accept ballots from military and overseas voters. Voters can also “cure” problem ballots in that time period. https://coloradosun.com/2022/11/09/lauren-boebert-adam-frisch-final-votes/

And that's the issue: There would appear to be no legal constraints on the world's richest man preventing him from doing whatever he wants. Billions of dollars in fines? To him, it might be cheaper than other alternatives.

'The note goes on to say that its author, who The Verge knows the identity of but is choosing not to disclose, has “heard Alex Spiro (current head of Legal) say that Elon is willing to take on a huge amount of risk in relation to this company and its users, because ‘Elon puts rockets into space, he’s not afraid of the FTC.’”'

'The FTC reached a settlement with Twitter in May after the company was caught using personal user info to target ads. If Twitter doesn’t comply with that agreement, the FTC can issue fines reaching into the billions of dollars, according to the lawyer’s note to employees.'

'In a note posted to Twitter’s Slack and viewable to all staff that was obtained by The Verge, an attorney on the company’s privacy team wrote, “Elon has shown that his only priority with Twitter users is how to monetize them. I do not believe he cares about the human rights activists. the dissidents, our users in un-monetizable regions, and all the other users who have made Twitter the global town square you have all spent so long building, and we all love.”'

Elon Musk is putting Twitter at risk of billions in fines, warns company lawyer: Meanwhile, Musk’s personal lawyer is telling people, ‘Elon puts rockets into space, he’s not afraid of the FTC.’ https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/23451198/twitter-ftc-elon-musk-lawyer-changes-fine-warning

Twitter’s content moderation head quits as departures alarm the FTC https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/10/twitter-security-resignations/

With New Ruling, Sandy Hook Families Win Over $1.4 Billion From Alex Jones https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook-damages.html

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Abortion was not a winning issue in the midterms--abortion extremism was. The Democrats did poorly than they should have in some red and purple state races because they were seen as the extreme candidates on the ballot, as did Republicans in other races.

5 Essential Advantages of DSLRs ( Camera Recommendations) https://digital-photography-school.com/use-a-dslr-in-2020/

My thesis before the election was that people primarily voted based on their intuition according to their virtues and vices, but then looked for logical rationales to justify that vote. This seems vindicated by the results.

Fortunately, the electorate's better angel by and large prevailed. It helped that Trump was not on the ballot, but that Democrats were running against him.

It wasn't the economy, stupid.