First, I’m sending my virtual hugs to friends in Florida.
I can only offer you this photo of my tiny dog with a brussels sprout.
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From the annals of BREAKING NEWS:
We already knew, what reports now confirm, that during the height of the COVID crisis, amid severe shortages of testing kits, Trump sent U.S. supplies to Vladimir Putin. This revelation comes directly from Putin himself.
These weren’t the standard two-pack COVID test kits for individual use—Trump sent reusable COVID testing machines meant for U.S. hospitals. Putin used them to screen his personal visitors.
Should we really be surprised? NO. Trump has always shown a disregard for American lives. We knew that. Also during the height of the pandemic, when our healthcare workers were forced to wear trash bags and reuse gloves due to our depleted national stockpile of personal protective equipment, he sent much-needed PPE supplies to China.
This is not unlike his theft of top-secret documents at a time when he was not president, but stayed in contact with Putin.
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In Other News:
I voted. I received my mail-in ballot last week, filled in the ovals next to every democratic candidate, googled the judges to get an idea of who they are, then chose accordingly. There are no ballot drop boxes in my area, so I dropped mine at the post office. DeJoy has 28 days to deliver my ballot to the far side of the county I live in. I have two questions: Why is he still working for the USPS? Seriously, why is he still there? Okay, that’s one question.
Early voting is in full swing across the U.S. Avoid the last-minute polling station closures, long lines, and other attempts to disenfranchise you by voting now.
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‘Jaw-dropping’: Law professor ‘Wowed’ 25 times reading Smith’s latest filing
And Finally:
The ‘jaw-dropping’ story, that ‘Wowed’ a professor 25 times, has been forgotten. Jack Smith’s latest filing, a 194-page document that summarizes all the steps Trump took to overturn the 2020 election results, also eviscerates the Supreme Court’s gift of immunity to Trump. Smith explains how immunity does not protect against efforts to dismantle the system that appointed you.
If Smith’s document exposing and detailing Trump’s criminality is like any other shocking information to hit the public, it will be breaking news in the year 2028, but for now, no one is paying attention.
gov.uscourts.dcd.258148.252.0
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BONUS:
Did you know that CEO Space Karen “has security clearance given his companies’ work on classified US government projects. The designation is awarded and maintained on a risk-vs-reward basis for the US government.” What seems risky to me is that an investment fund linked to the sons of Russian oligarchs Petr Aven and Vadim Moshkovich played a role in helping Elon Musk acquire Twitter.
Musk uses Twitter to spread Russian propaganda. He also “jokes” about assassinating VP Kamala Harris. For anyone else that would at least trigger a visit from the Secret Service. Again, Musk has U.S. government security clearance. He should not.
Depleted National Stockpile Contributed to COVID PPE Shortage
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/musk-harris-tucker-carlson-assassination
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/01/musk-twitter-x-russia-propaganda/