cmarkerm

cmarkerm

@cmarkerm.bsky.social

Theatre educator, producer, writer, composer and performer; juggling marriage, adult children, and their partners. Grandfather! Politically obsessed.

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The Russian oligarch who paid for part of Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding, Umar Kremlev, earlier this year also went on a hunting trip to Mongolia with Trump Jr. during which Trump Jr. shot and killed an endangered horned sheep, according to a new investigation conducted by the Financial Times.

ft.comInside Donald Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked businessmanRemote August rendezvous highlights remarkable ties between the US president’s son and a Russian close to Vladimir Putin

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The Army awarded an artillery shell project to General Dynamics in a rushed process without the typical vetting. The result: a fiasco in a Texas factory with robots in flames and half a billion dollars in taxpayer funds that yielded no usable shells. (Published August)

propublica.orgThe Costly Blunders in the Army’s $533 Million FiascoProPublica revealed how a rushed effort to arm Ukraine with artillery shells wasted half a billion dollars in taxpayer funding. Here are the biggest takeaways from that reporting.

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A win! A federal judge in Washington issued a longer-term injunction, blocking the Trump administration from removing or damaging any more trees on the grounds of East Potomac Golf Links.

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As a former teacher, I never scrubbed in for a gender reassignment surgery, but I did instruct the kids on how to get the window screens off in case of an active shooter…

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Pennsylvania courts say court-appointed attorneys should act “expeditiously” to secure new trials for clients who believe they were wrongfully convicted. Our records review found delays as long as 19 years without a single court filing. with @inquirer.com

propublica.orgHe Waited Nine Years in Prison for His Lawyer to File a Single Brief. In This State, There’s No Rule Against It.Pennsylvania promises legal help to those who say they were unfairly convicted of crimes. Failed by a troubled system, some incarcerated people are left waiting years for their lawyers to act.

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a heavily slurring Trump lies his ass off: "Not only did Talafreako state that God is transgender, he actually said that if Jesus Christ himself came and visited the Texas legislature, Jesus would be promoting sex changes for little children."

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"The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." --The Treaty of Tripoli, unanimously ratified by Congress on June 7, 1797

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Attn Washington voters: The Trump administration is targeting another Democratic-led state ahead of next week’s midterm elections. Acting U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd has asked Washington’s secretary of state to review a list of more than 400 registered voters the

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Big Oil buys off Congress. No action on climate. Big Pharma buys off Congress. No action on health care. Big Tech buys off Congress. No action on AI safety. But we can begin to course correct by electing leaders on Nov. 3 who represent the people, not big money. Let's get it done.

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I think what’s going on here is that Trump is sending lists of names that sound immigranty to state election officials and claiming - with no evidence - they’re non-citizens as a pretext to seize ballots.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

It's not just California: The Trump admin just asked Washington state to set aside ballots received from more than 400 people it claims are suspected to be registered to vote without U.S. citizenship.

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Replying to @atrupar.com

Since there is actual proof that Donald *is* a pedophile, anyone with even slightly more self-awareness would have avoided the topic. But Trump is dum[b] like that.

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Justin J Pearson’s republican opponent sent unsolicited dick pics to multiple recipients when he was as old as 53. He admits to it, but calls his behavior “youthful indiscretion” and a “distraction.” www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

nashvillescene.comBrent Taylor's Sexting ProblemState Sen. Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) has sent unsolicited nude photos as recently as 2021, dismissing past sexual advances as “youthful indiscretions” that marked his 30-year marriage.

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A former Miss Switzerland contestant has accused Donald Trump of raping her at the Plaza Hotel in 1993. Now House Judiciary Committee Democrats are calling for an independent special counsel to investigate allegations involving Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.

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CBS deleted this post and reposted it admitting that their original one was misleading. And the misleading post from CBS was intentionally misleading, not an innocent mistake. CBS continues to lose credibility.

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Trump just threatened to withhold federal disaster relief from North Carolina if the state votes Democratic in the midterms. Let me remind you again: no president in history has politicized and weaponized natural disasters the way Trump has.

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A former Miss Switzerland beauty pageant contestant has accused President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her at New York's Plaza Hotel in 1993, according to her account to Congress. Trump has denied the allegations.

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Pete Hegseth was confirmed 51–50 on a JD Vance tiebreaker. One more Republican with a spine could have stopped him. Hakeem Jeffries can vow to "run him out of town," but the time for that was before Hegseth openly turned Iran into a holy war. Remember that in the coming weeks.