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2021 video shows Trump flag, mock tombstone of teen killed in police shootout in SPD break room The inappropriate items were located in the East Precinct break room. An attorney discovered them in 2021 body camera footage while working on a separate lawsuit. https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/body-cam-trump-flag-mock-tombstone-teen-killed-police-shootout-found-spds-east-precinct/281-2f9a2f3d-f520-4966-850a-a1c86992c4ae

Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo Payments to Rajan Vasisht, an aide from 2019-21, underscore ties between the justice and lawyers who argue cases in front of him Luxury trips and property deals: supreme court controversies https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/12/clarence-thomas-aide-venmo-payments-lawyers-supreme-court

Not a NoHo Hank fan I take it.

'Superman: Legacy' Casts 'Barry's Anthony Carrigan as DC Outsiders Hero Carrigan joins David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nathan Fillion in James Gunn's upcoming DCU movie. https://collider.com/superman-legacy-cast-anthony-carrigan-metamorpho/

I'm not sure if he's capable of that. Honestly I think he has gravel in the place of brains. And the reporters know this guy is an easy story. It's really distressing that he's a senator. It might be better if Trump really had put a horse into the Senate.

Microsoft can close its Activision merger, federal judge rules https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/11/tech/microsoft-activision-merger-judge/index.html

Tuberville refuses to denounce White nationalism in military, doubles down on past comments https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/11/politics/tommy-tuberville-white-nationalism-cnntv/index.html

Yeah, once you remove the motive it's a real wildcard. Anyone could have done it for any reason. Maybe old testament Jesus got pissed off.

Outrage as Republican says 1921 Tulsa massacre not motivated by race Oklahoma superintendent Ryan Walters decried for comments on 1921 massacre in which hundreds were killed by white mobs https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/08/oklahoma-republican-tulsa-race-massacre

Michael Imperioli forbids ‘bigots and homophobes’ from watching his work following Supreme Court ruling https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/02/entertainment/michael-imperioli-supreme-court/index.html

They dumbed down the the RPG mechanics in Fallout 4. And the main story is very much a railroad. I'm a big Fallout fan and I do play 4, but it is kind of a let down. It's a better game on next gen though, combat is crisper. Fallout New Vegas has tons better side quests. Just one example you help this npc and if you make certain choices you end up murdering a weapon shop owner. And not only that you can loot and sell everything, and it's a lot. I haven't been 4 yet, as I keep putting it down, but I have seen nothing approaching anything like that. 4 seems to be all about finding this kid and you had better like doing that. The combat and looting is nice though. I just killed the Courser, actually. First time I got this far. Been pushing through my annoyance with the main story. But yeah, you can enslave a man in Fallout New Vegas. You can feed a man to cannibals. I can't imagine Fallout 4 letting you do anything even remotely near that controversial.

Supreme Court limits LGBTQ protections in dispute over services for same-sex weddings The high court ruled that a Christian web designer has a right to offer design services for opposite-sex weddings while refusing those services for same-sex weddings. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/30/supreme-court-limits-lgbtq-protections-in-dispute-over-services-for-same-sex-weddings-00104398 Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s student debt relief plan In a 6-3 decision, the court’s conservative majority ruled that Biden’s effort to erase roughly $400 billion of student debt was an illegal use of executive power. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/30/supreme-court-strikes-down-bidens-student-debt-relief-plan-00104409

Putin says Wagner fighters can sign up with defense ministry, return to families or move to Belarus https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-26-23/index.html

Up to ep. 7. And yeah ep. 7 was a real highlight of the season and ep. 6 was quite harrowing and triggered my own anxiety problem.

House Freedom Caucus faces an internal purge push At least two hardliners have discussed trying to boot members who no longer meet the group’s standards, according to three Republicans with knowledge of the talks. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/23/house-freedom-caucus-members-00103296

That's a really strange way to meet people that are "Just friends."

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court

I suspect Garland is much more afraid of actually getting a former President convicted of anything more than a documents case. And that's also why he was hired.

What is really hard is getting a conviction if you never indict in the first place because it's too hard. Not indicting, or stopping at what's already been done is the 100 percent chance that Trump completely walks with a slap on the wrist (barring some crazy result on the douments cases)

He should have been indicted for staging a coup. Still waiting on that one.

Enjoyed the movie, but it was hard to follow at times. It was weird because they did a great job at simplying it at certain points, but it got very convuluted at others. (And at a high speed so no time to think it out before the action proceeds) Glad Keaton as Batman was more than a cameo as that was the main reason I was going to the movie.

Former Trump Defense secretary brands him a security threat “It’s just irresponsible action that places our service members at risk, places our nation’s security at risk,” Mark Esper said. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/18/mark-esper-secrets-trump-classified-00102541

Haven't read the book either. Yeah, I don't think they are dead either, or at least not when they left. It does seem to be hinting that the images are manipulated. But the whole cleaning thing really is what makes me believe that. Why do they always clean? Like, it's 100 percent that they do this. They send these people out to die and as their last act they meekly do the thing they are told to do? There's some weird ritual to it as well. It seems the point of it is to create unity, but I don't find it plausible. Another random option for what is happening. They are taken somewhere else.

GOP’s booming support for guns is turning off millennial, Gen Z Republicans About a quarter of young Republicans in one poll said they strongly or somewhat supported an assault weapons ban. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/08/millennial-gen-z-republicans-gun-restrictions-mass-shootings-00100878

The CBO projected that 2.1 billion more will be spent over a decade due to the work requirements deal. Literally different people are getting coverage as other people get cut. Changes to food aid in debt bill would cost money, far from savings GOP envisioned https://apnews.com/article/debt-bill-default-work-requirements-food-stamps-a42064f794b4466903ca06ca140b9013