@KagroX https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46185/8

@KagroX https://x.com/dougjballoon/status/1745135660690812954

@KagroX
https://x.com/tzimmer_history/status/1737501010984133051?s=20

@KagroX no internet due to storm

Trump is endorsing Jim Jordan in the House speaker’s race, according to Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) who says he has just spoken to the former president.

"I've had enough already of a guy who sounds like ChatGPT," says former NJ governor Chris Christie of Ramaswamy.

Russia uses tactics like information laundering, persona accounts, ghostwriters, paid local media, & proxy websites to make outward-facing Russian propaganda look organic, local, & homegrown — & to evade the bans that were imposed when they invaded Ukraine. They have a pretty large number of dormant persona accounts that they can activate when needed — like when their official accounts got banned — & then use the personas to peddle Kremlin propaganda while posing as citizens of other countries.

“The 45-page indictment goes on to lay out both the unprecedented scope of the 45th president’s efforts to cling to power, as well as the substantial help that he had in trying to do so.”

Law Dork, on Tuesday’s historic indictment: https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-indicted-on-four-counts-in

Some Thoughts on the Indictment https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2023/08/02/some-thoughts-on-the-indictment/

https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1686721049033838592

May I respectfully submit that in regard to the new indictments that no sentient being gives two fucks about what Kevin McCarthy's opinion is

cc @KagroX

The first pre-trial hearing in Donald Trump and Walt Nuata's trial concerning alleged mishandling of classified documents was held yesterday, and Anna Bower was there. Read her dispatch from Fort Pierce: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/judge-cannon-holds-a-hearing

@jeffjarvis that family must be proud of the kid

Student journalists at Northwestern and now Stanford challenge authority and win....
Stanford president will resign after questions about research https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/07/19/stanford-university-marc-tessier-lavigne-research-controversy/

I'm starting to get the feeling Hollywood might have something to say about AI (as do workers in their own industry).

Think deer are something sweet you see only in the woods and from a distance? LOL.

We're close enough to give them COVID...and to get it right back.
https://open.substack.com/pub/teamtrash/p/oh-deer?r=35288&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Very good:
The Guardian announces launch of new European edition https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2023/jul/13/the-guardian-announces-launch-of-new-european-edition?CMP=share_btn_tw

“I welcome the statement issued by Türkiye, Sweden and the NATO Secretary General this evening, including the commitment by President Erdoğan to transmit the Accession Protocol for Sweden to Türkiye’s Grand National Assembly for swift ratification,” says President Biden in a statement. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/10/statement-from-president-biden-on-president-erdogans-commitment-to-advance-swedens-nato-accession-process/

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/8/2179857/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-The-sun-sets-on-MAGA-however-long-the-days-are

@CanuckPundit where did you settle?