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May 27, 2023
I'm going to be in an art show/auction, and now that I'm all signed up I'm feeling
nervous that I won't be able to pull it off. I have to paint it within 6 hours the last week of June, price it, and submit it.
My friend and I will go out on a plein air excursion, so at least I'll have good company.
May 24, 2023
But while we wait to see what happens next, lets not overlook one small detail at the bottom of the lawyers letter: The correspondence concluded, cc: Representatives of Congress.
Even that was odd phrasing. It didnt specify which members, leaders, or relevant committees were supposed to receive a copy of the letter. Presumably, all 535 members on Capitol Hill should expect to see it soon.
And why did this stand out? Because Team Trump genuinely seems to believe that Congress can and should intervene in this case to prevent him from being indicted again. We know this for certain because the Republicans lawyers sent a strange, 10-page letter to the House Intelligence Committee last month, insisting that a legislative solution by Congress is required to prevent federal prosecutors from pursuing the case further.
The letter proposed that the Justice Department should be ordered to stand down.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/team-trump-suddenly-pleading-meeting-ag-garland-rcna85958
Trump afraid of DOJ?
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But while we wait to see what happens next, lets not overlook one small detail at the bottom of the lawyers letter: The correspondence concluded, cc: Representatives of Congress.
Even that was odd phrasing. It didnt specify which members, leaders, or relevant committees were supposed to receive a copy of the letter. Presumably, all 535 members on Capitol Hill should expect to see it soon.
And why did this stand out? Because Team Trump genuinely seems to believe that Congress can and should intervene in this case to prevent him from being indicted again. We know this for certain because the Republicans lawyers sent a strange, 10-page letter to the House Intelligence Committee last month, insisting that a legislative solution by Congress is required to prevent federal prosecutors from pursuing the case further.
The letter proposed that the Justice Department should be ordered to stand down.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/team-trump-suddenly-pleading-meeting-ag-garland-rcna85958
May 20, 2023
Thanks. I definitely plan to keep up with medical appointments. Glad your wife is doing well. :)
May 20, 2023
Any ladies here on hormone replacement therapy who can
tell me about their experiences?
May 9, 2023
Update: Anyone check on the Freeps to see if they melted down?
Thank you to the intrepid souls who braved the fever swamp. It seems the reactions were mostly as I expected.
May 3, 2023
CNN
Justice Sandra Day OConnor provided the early framework that steered the outcome in the dispute over the 2000 presidential election and ensured George W. Bush would win the White House over Al Gore, Supreme Court documents released on Tuesday show.
Memos found in the newly opened files of the late Justice John Paul Stevens offer a first-ever view of the behind-the-scenes negotiations on Bush v. Gore at the court. They also demonstrate the tension among the nine justices being asked to decide a presidential election on short deadlines.
The documents opened at the Library of Congress help reveal how the now-retired OConnor, the first woman on the high court and a justice steeped in politics from her early days in the Arizona legislature, partnered with Justice Anthony Kennedy, effectively squeezing out an argument advanced by then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
The strong hand of OConnor, who was at the ideological center of the court in this era, is not wholly surprising. OConnor was also known for trying to get out ahead of deliberations, and her four-page memo was circulated to colleagues even before oral arguments. Her move may have guaranteed that she and Kennedy had the greatest influence on the final per curiam opinion that spoke for a five-justice majority.
That final 5-4 Bush v. Gore decision stopped county recounts for Floridas decisive presidential electors and gave then-Texas Gov. Bush the victory over then-Vice President Gore.
The five conservative justices (OConnor, Kennedy, Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas) sided with Bush. The four liberal justices (Stevens, with David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer) aligned with Gore and dissented angrily.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/02/politics/bush-gore-oconnor-supreme-court-2000/index.html
"New documents show how Sandra Day O'Connor helped George W. Bush win the 2000 election"
CNN
Justice Sandra Day OConnor provided the early framework that steered the outcome in the dispute over the 2000 presidential election and ensured George W. Bush would win the White House over Al Gore, Supreme Court documents released on Tuesday show.
Memos found in the newly opened files of the late Justice John Paul Stevens offer a first-ever view of the behind-the-scenes negotiations on Bush v. Gore at the court. They also demonstrate the tension among the nine justices being asked to decide a presidential election on short deadlines.
The documents opened at the Library of Congress help reveal how the now-retired OConnor, the first woman on the high court and a justice steeped in politics from her early days in the Arizona legislature, partnered with Justice Anthony Kennedy, effectively squeezing out an argument advanced by then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
The strong hand of OConnor, who was at the ideological center of the court in this era, is not wholly surprising. OConnor was also known for trying to get out ahead of deliberations, and her four-page memo was circulated to colleagues even before oral arguments. Her move may have guaranteed that she and Kennedy had the greatest influence on the final per curiam opinion that spoke for a five-justice majority.
That final 5-4 Bush v. Gore decision stopped county recounts for Floridas decisive presidential electors and gave then-Texas Gov. Bush the victory over then-Vice President Gore.
The five conservative justices (OConnor, Kennedy, Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas) sided with Bush. The four liberal justices (Stevens, with David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer) aligned with Gore and dissented angrily.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/02/politics/bush-gore-oconnor-supreme-court-2000/index.html
May 3, 2023
Is it "Joe Biden is too old," or "Kamala Harris is too black and female?"
There may be some in the first camp, but I bet there's a lot that fear our intrepid veep stepping up if she needs to.
April 27, 2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/26/us/nashville-business-owners-prom-student-denied-entry/index.html
"Small business owners in Nashville will host prom for student denied from school dance for wearing
a suit." Small business owners in Nashville are stepping up after a high school student was turned away from their senior prom for wearing a suit.
B. Hayes, 18 who uses they/he pronouns, according to their Instagram account said they werent allowed in the doors because they were wearing a suit.
Hayes post had more than 23,000 likes and almost 2,000 comments as of Wednesday. Hayes said they have attended Nashville Christian School for 13 years.
I should not have to conform to femininity to attend my senior prom. I will not compromise who I am to fit in a box, the post read. who are you to tell us what it means to be a woman?
B. Hayes, 18 who uses they/he pronouns, according to their Instagram account said they werent allowed in the doors because they were wearing a suit.
Hayes post had more than 23,000 likes and almost 2,000 comments as of Wednesday. Hayes said they have attended Nashville Christian School for 13 years.
I should not have to conform to femininity to attend my senior prom. I will not compromise who I am to fit in a box, the post read. who are you to tell us what it means to be a woman?
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/26/us/nashville-business-owners-prom-student-denied-entry/index.html
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