Space Karen is losing again.
Brazil Supreme Court ordered Twitter/X to block fake news, hate accounts violating laws+undermining democracy.
#Musk refused & closed all offices in Brazil.
Court gave him 24hrs to appoint a legal rep in Brazil or it’ll Block X/Twitter in the country of 217million.
#Arlington
It's all heinous; the "memorial service" staged for the purposes of filming a campaign ad, the pushing of the female employee, the cover-up and subsequent slander, the filming without permission of other graves, the thumbs up smile at the grave of a soldier killed in action resulting from his own deal with the Taliban, the denial by his own out of the loop V.P., the brazen release of the actual ad. We are in the period of time we knew would happen. It's the dark before the dawn.
A Justice Department watchdog found that the FBI is failing to report all suspected child sexual abuse cases to appropriate law enforcement agencies. https://apnews.com/article/fbi-child-sexual-abuse-inspector-general-investigation-e99e729147421fe166f92ca23eefc4e5
Telegram CEO Durov indicted in France, banned from leaving country
Russian-born billionaire is charged with complicity in distributing child sexual abuse images and aiding organized crime. (gift article) https://wapo.st/4g571ek
The U.S. economy grew 3% in the second quarter — faster than initially thought
While the NYTimes portrays political corruption as a result of Democratically-controlled governance, the same sort of corruption occurs here among Republicans. In Orange County, a County Supervisor came under FBI investigation. $10 million taxpayer money went missing that was supposed to feed poor seniors. The supervisor funneled money to his daughter and the family's restaurant. Read more: https://voiceofoc.org/tag/andrew-do/
While a little late to the story (the L.A. Times is way ahead of the NY Times), the NY Times has detailed the corruption of L.A. leaders beholden to land developers. (gift article) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/california-corruption-huizar.html
FOX News (A) polls: SENATE/GOVERNOR races, Aug 23-26
Nevada 🟦 Rosen 55% 🟥 Brown 41%
Arizona 🟦 Gallego 56% 🟥 Lake 41%
North Carolina 🟦 Stein 54% 🟥 Robinson 43%
From David Pepper:
The anti-gerrymandering initiative in Ohio is being mischaracterized on the ballot. The Republican lies are actually being submitted as the ballot measure's official description. That is being challenged in court.
Here's the latest in describing what the measure does and doesn't do.
Vote "yes" on issue 1.
The For-Profit City That Might Come Down Crashing https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/magazine/prospera-honduras-crypto.html
Should the elderly choose when to die? (short video documentary) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/opinion/death-life-euthanasia.html
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