#RT #HumanRights #Politics #Law

Ron DeSantis accused of illegal acts of torture against Guantanamo detainees when he was a Navy JAG officer

Before he was governor, before he was a congressman, Ron DeSantis was a Lt. Commander and JAG lawyer in the U.S. Navy, serving at the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention camp in Cuba and Fallujah during the Iraq War.

https://www.floridabulldog.org/2023/01/ron-desantis-accused-torture-at-guantanamo-when-he-was-navy-jag/

#News
Illinois catholic priest has been sentenced to eighteen years in prison for sexually assaulting a disabled person at a developmental center where he was employed.

Jacklin sentenced to 18 years in sexual assault conviction https://www.daily-journal.com/news/crime/jacklin-sentenced-to-18-years-in-sexual-assault-conviction/article_7074974a-9db1-11ed-8fff-7fce2c235490.html

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Republican Party has a man who lied about being a descendant of Holocaust survivors speaking on the Holocaust.

Fucking shameful.

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1619039492215652370

#News
Prince Harry to make first appearance related to mental health since release of Spare: Prince Harry, along with Issa Rae, David Change, Robin Arzón, Adam Grant, and more, will speak at the two-day Better Up summit on 7 and 8 March

https://www.news24.com/channel/Gossip/Royal-News/prince-harry-to-make-first-appearance-related-to-mental-health-since-release-of-spare-20230127-2

https://www.aarp.org/retirement/social-security/questions-answers/which-states-do-not-tax-social-security-benefits.html

If these apply to you, check for yourself. WV is not accurate: "In 2022 and beyond, all Social Security benefits will be exempt from taxes in West Virginia."

And don't forget, it was Reagan that started the Federal Income tax on Soc. Sec. Benefits! (I'm pissed about this - instead they should be paying us top rate interest on the $ we paid in that they are "borrowing" against with their IOU's stored at the Bureau of Public Debt in Parkersburg, WV!)

#politics
Under Absolutely Spineless Liar Kevin McCarthy's "leadership", there seems to be a campaign underway to convince America that a dozen or so
@GOP
Reps, who are clearly and demonstrably major fucking imbeciles and seditionists are no longer major fucking imbeciles and seditionists.

#News
read worthy by ex-CIA @douglaslondon5 on Chairman Jim Jordan's weaponization subcommittee.

"Jordan’s committee...pose[s] dangerous implications for the ability of the U.S. intelligence and law enforcement communities to effectively conduct their mission."
https://www.justsecurity.org/84906/rep-jordans-dangerous-new-panel-is-nothing-like-the-church-committee/

#News
Missouri police officer who was granted a suspended seven year plea deal for child pornography has been arrested again for sexually assaulting a nine year old girl. https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/ex-police-officer-charged-with-sexual-abuse-of-girl/article_98eecdfa-9dc8-11ed-8585-9f59e2a37e04.html

There's a type of far leftist who cares more about policy being 'correct' than they do about actual humans.

A far leftist myself, I sympathize. One of my favorite quotes is Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens saying, "You're looking at the face of a man who has spent his entire life in the service of the people without caring very much for any of them."

But those who make these vicious attacks on Obamacare need to understand that this program saves countless lives of actual humans. (Continued)

#New #politics

221-205: House on a near party line vote passed legislation requiring Energy Department to develop a plan to increase oil and gas on federal land before the President releases oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for non-emergency purposes. Bill now heads to the Senate.

https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/status/1619029906410864640

So the house reps are floating the 'retirement age to 70' nonsense again.
They completely ignore what people do for a living in this plan.
They should try being a roofer, framer, trash hauler or any profession that requires heavy labor. Making it to 70 is a question never mind trying to work until then...idiots.

CoSo is only 60% funded this month. Remember, we, the users, fund CoSo. If you haven't gone Pro, consider it or donate. The last thing I want is J and the Bobs footing 40% of our fun.

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A gorilla doing some #UrbanSketching
#art #illustration #artwork #Sketching
Brookfield Zoo

I don't blame them. Florida is not a friendly place for LGBTQ people right now.

"A report shows that more than half of LGBTQ+ parents who live in Florida are considering packing up their families and moving out of the state."

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/half-lgbtq-parents-florida-considering-moving-state/

@RaceBannon

Anyone with half a brain should be moving from Florida. It is unsafe for LGBTQ+ , seniors, high risk covid people, students, women, non-Christian etc.

Hellhole.

#florida

“N.H.S. Hero to Zero.”
“Patients aren’t dying cause nurses are striking. Nurses are striking cause patients are dying.”
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/on-the-picket-lines-of-britains-shattered-national-health-service