@mampdx
Member of the Parasite Class. Oregonian and happily childfree cat lady. Love critters, books, and democracy. Pro-choice AF. Goal now is to outlive Mango Mussolini. Photo of Mt. Hood taken (from the freeway!) by my friend Megan D.
Since I wasn’t clear in my last post, lemme try again:
WOW. A democrat got enough votes to force a runoff in this very red district. That it’s even close is bananas. This is MTGs old seat.
Just paid $4.39 for gas that was $3.49 10 days ago.
The only people demanding to impose religion-based laws in the United States are Christian Nationalists like Mike Johnson.
I'm so goddamn sick of this drunken, smarmy loser. GO AWAY! STFU!
Not really breaking any news here.
Witkoff looks like the senior partner who dies in the series pilot in a super embarrassing manner.
Schatz: We don’t know for sure, but the likely bombing of an elementary school with one of our Tomahawk missiles is not a one-off mistake. It is the result of a change in policy so that the United States has way looser rules of engagement — way more tolerance for civilian harm.
Murphy: "Literally in my other ear I'm listening to Ted Cruz on another network explain why this mission is so essential to destroy the nuclear program. I may have to walk over there and tell him the admin is now briefing that getting rid of the nuclear program has nothing to do with this mission."
Here’s a quick factcheck on tomahawks, so you have it:
The only countries aside from US who have access to Tomahawks are:
Current Operators: United Kingdom (Royal Navy) and Australia (Royal Australian Navy).
Future Operators: Japan (2024) and the Netherlands (2025).
Just say no as with two joints making an X
This works for Democrats who continue to vote to confirm Trump nominees and also Democrats who still support X.
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People living in poverty don’t know how to navigate the real world, said a guy who has never even boiled a pot of water.
🚨BREAKING: Senate GOP leaders are looking to put the SAVE America Act debate behind them next week by scheduling it for a doomed vote — and MAGA is steaming mad. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
BREAKING: Federal lawsuit over Jan 6 plaque will CONTINUE. Police argue plaque was hung in “hidden” location that’s no better than a basement storage room
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That is one of Donald's few honest remarks. Russia *is* being helpful in the Middle East—to Iran.
Police argue the Jan 6 plaque was mounted in a “hidden” location, no different than a basement storage room:
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FWIW, here is what I think actually happened: I think Mr. Renfer was routinely drafting documents using AI and then having his paralegal cite-check them. Over time, as their caseload increased and nobody noticed, they got sloppy. They figured as long as the quote was pretty close, it was good enough
So the best case for DOJ is that they can isolate this to just Renfer but he is trying to claim cover from the fact that the (now former) Civil Chief (O'Hare or maybe O'Hara) approved his filings. The question is whether the judge decides to expand his inquiry.
Oh boy you guys that was rough
Judge: Renfer claims that the Civil Chief approved his filings, do you know anything about that?
Boyle: I don't think that actually happened
Judge: we reviewed lots of your filings in this court and we found lots of small errors, misstatements, etc that were not included in the show cause order. At best this is chronic sloppiness.
Judge: the challenge is, when you file something with the court that is not forthright, it makes me question everything else you say
Judge pointing out that all of the fabricated quotes lean in the same direction (restricting the court's review) which tends to indicate that this was done to deceive the court
Basically Renfer says he was overwhelmed with documents, he accidentally overwrote his document, he tried to use AI to fix it and AI messed it up
Judge: there are errors in multiple documents. I think the evidence contradicts your statement that this was not done intentionally. Candidly, I need you to give me a full explanation.
DOJ not exactly covering itself in glory
Fowler: we believe this was a solid brief with solid arguments made
Judge: solid except for the fabricated quotations?
Judge now reciting the background. Renfer claimed the fabricated citations in this case were inadvertent and the result of accidentally filing an early draft. Upon review of Mr. Renfer's other filings, the court independently discovered other fabrications.
Today at 4:00 I will go over to Raleigh and sit in on a show-cause hearing. This will be my first time attempting to live-post a hearing in person. The case is Fivehouse v. DOD and the question is whether the DOJ attorney fabricated quotes in a brief.
This administration has more clueless fools than any Monty Python movie.
