The Hall of Fire

He is. But Biden's proposal was never going to fly, unless "complete ceasefire" means that Hamas stops firing rockets at Tel Aviv. Which they won't. And what exactly is the path from phase 1 to phase 2? THREE-PHASE PROPOSAL FOR A DURABLE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST PHASE 1 A complete ceasefir...

Dmitry Medvedev, formerly liberal hope of Russia. A certain mediocre actor called George Clooney has decided to use his Foundation to hunt down Russian journalists all over the world and persecute them. The effort would be wasted, however: our professional journalists will find him first. They are v...

Actually one of the most logical things to come out of that source.

Also the fact that others whom he directed to commit the crimes served prison time so it would be unfair if he didn't.

Husband listened to an interview on Bloomberg. He didn't catch the name of their legal expert, but he said it was 101 reasons why Trump should go to jail.

This could be something. Exclusive: One in 10 Republicans less likely to vote for Trump after guilty verdict, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds I would like to belive that people who say they are more likely to vote for him just want to emphasize how much they support the supreme leader. Can anyone really th...

Well done on Wordle, Rose!

Huh. Scotland's top law officer urged to pursue investigation into Donald Trump's Scottish resorts after historic criminal conviction Nice quote [Patrick Harvie, co-leader of the Scottish Greens] said. “I would urge Scottish ministers and law officers to look again at the request for a UWO. If Donal...

Strands #89
“On the yellow brick road”



Wordle 1,077 5/6

Huh.

Jeffrey Toobin wrote:
If Trump is convicted in either federal case, he will now receive an enhanced sentence because of his criminal record.

I have womanfully resistes sharing any post-conviction jokes, not the least because I am not confident that even this will make any difference in the end.

But this cracked me up.

From something called Weaponization Committee, ran by Jim Jordan. #BREAKING: @Jim_Jordan will demand Alvin Bragg and Matthew Colangelo to appear for hearing on June 13, 2024 to testify about the unprecedented political prosecution of President Trump. Apart from everything else, does Congress have an...

Meanwhile, Russia continues bombing residential buildings and other civilian targets in Ukraine. Today, 5 people were killed as a bomb struck an apartment building. 25 people were injured, including 2 children. 5 are still missing. This is a typical daily toll in one of Ukraine's largest cities. It'...

I am not awake enough to explain how much BS that restriction is, but Map: territories from where Kharkiv being attacked(Near Kharkiv) 20240531_071117.jpg Meanwhile, Ukraine carried out another attack on occupied Crimea, destroying 2 fast boats that patrol the Kerch Bridge and, separately, hitting t...

This is also a good explainer

Donald Trump Is Guilty on All Counts in Manhattan


This part helped clarify my confusion .

Under New York state law, that stacking of crimes elevated what would otherwise have been a misdemeanor to a felony.

Interesting times, my friends.

Awesome!

I honestly didn't expect a guilty verdict. So now I have to figure out how to explain this to my parents in 3 sentences or fewer.

Help?

Lots of people in immigrant communities get their news from sources in their own language, either operating in their countries of origin or funded by them. Sources funded by Iran, Russia, China, tend to be pro-Trump. Not because they think he's a fellow dictator - Kremlin news spoke of him with open...

Whoah. I admire the courage of these 12 people. And lament the fact that we are close enough to becoming a fascist dictatorship that this really was an act of courage.

Strands #86
“All atwitter”



Wordle 1,074 4/6

:( :shock: I imagine that's because the bodies would have been burned? Yes, or blown to pieces. In Israel, they were only able to identify some of the remains in the recent weeks. Some people who have been assumed to be among hostages have been confirmed to be dead, their remains mixed with other m...