Attacks on Pacific north-west power stations raise fears for US electric grid. At least six attacks, some of which involved firearms and caused residents to lose power. Two of the attacks shared similarities with the incident in Moore county, North Carolina, where two stations were hit by gunfire causing 40,000 to lose power.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/09/us-power-grid-pacific-northwest-attacks
Moore v Harper never should have made it to the Supreme Court! This case is about Republican state legislatures trying to become all omnipotent thru a power grab. 30 Republican state legislatures would become their own unaccountable dictatorial election bosses with the help of the RW SCOTUS court. Voters, state courts, Governors, etc., would no longer have any say.
WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian detention in prisoner swap for convicted arms dealer.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/08/politics/brittney-griner-released/index.html
Twitter has begun the process of reinstating roughly 62,000 accounts with more than 10,000 followers.” Media Matters found that Musk is reinstating accounts that push misinformation, right-wing talking points, and white nationalist ideology.
https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/under-elon-musks-new-general-amnesty-plan-right-wing-accounts-pushing-misinformation-are
Face masks may return amid holiday ‘tripledemic’ of covid, flu and RSV. Health experts say a quality medical mask remains a highly effective line of defense against respiratory viruses.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/12/07/face-masks-tripledemic-flu-covid-rsv/
Items with classified markings found at Trump storage unit in Florida. How many times has his attorneys averred the government had everything? https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/07/trump-tower-bedminster-records-search/
The Imperial MAGA Supreme Court has become a RW insurgency against congress, individual freedoms, and federal and state powers. They're taking cases so they can consistently undercut the ability of any entity to do something the RW reactionary Justices don’t like.
https://harvardlawreview.org/2022/11/the-imperial-supreme-court/
Trump Organization companies found guilty on all charges in tax fraud trial in New York.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-organization-trial-verdict-tax-fraud-charges/
The family of fallen U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died of a stroke after the insurrection, refused to shake hands with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/congressional-gold-medal-sicknick-snub-republican-leaders_n_638f7198e4b06fdc9d91a9ca
Domestic Terrorism power grid plot in 2019 was in Furtherance of White Supremacist Ideology. Eerily similar to Moore County.
So the guy who created the white supremacist, Neo Nazi "The Daily Stormer', Andrew Anglin, is back on Twitter with a new handle associated with the account. He was deplatformed in 2015.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/02/elon-musk-nazis-kanye-twitter-andrew-anglin/
Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter since Elon Musk Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find:
-202% increase in slurs against Black people
- 58% increase in slurs against gay men
- 61% increase in antisemitic posts referring to Jews or Judaism
- 69% increase in accounts related to ISIS
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/technology/twitter-hate-speech.html
Judge Sanctions Kari Lake’s Legal Team, Which Includes Alan Dershowitz, for ‘Recklessly’ Filing ‘False, Misleading, and Unsupported’ Claims in Election Lawsuit.
https://lawandcrime.com/federal-court/judge-sanctions-kari-lakes-legal-team-which-includes-alan-dershowitz-for-recklessly-filing-false-misleading-and-unsupported-claims-in-election-lawsuit/
Sheesh! Before they’re allowed to take the field, female student athletes in Florida are asked about their menstrual history.
https://fortune.com/2022/10/04/florida-female-student-athletes-menstrual-history-concerns-abortion/
Matt Gaetz's former pedo friend, Joel Greenberg sentenced to 11 years in sex trafficking case.
https://www.rawstory.com/joel-greenberg-prison/
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