@kbsez @GottaLaff @Teri_Kanefield I'm a former trial lawyer, former prosecutor, and current mediator. I have both represented and sued some of the largest companies in the world. I am very experienced, and VERY good, at what I do.

At trial, Dominion would not and could not have received an apology. Period. The vanishingly rare circumstances in which a court could order a retraction do not exist here.

At trial, Dominion would not have received $787.5 million, which is 45x its highest annual earnings. If a jury awarded it that much, the court almost certainly would have reduced it on remittitur.

This is a superb and stunning settlement. Dominion has hurt Fox badly, exposed Fox's lies, and done the American public a massive service. If you feel otherwise, fine – but that's all it is: a feeling. Factually, you are incorrect, and to soothe your feelings you should take recourse to bourbon or cannabis, not social media.

Thank you.

@Green_Footballs On the other hand, you have to be monumentally stupid to waste your precious life's time collecting scraps of paper called "money" instead of LIVING.

It will never not be weird that the richest man in the world is such a fucken idiot on every goddamned level.

I see a lot of the stories about the Black teen who was shot for the crime of ringing a doorbell mention that he was an honor student and musician. That's great, but also irrelevant IMO. If he had been a high school dropout who watched TV all day, it still would not have been OK to shoot him. As a Black person myself, I've had enough of respectability politics.

Edit 4/19 to clarify: #RalphYarl is seriously injured, but not dead.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/18/ralph-yarl-mother-interview-kansas-city-shooting

#BlackLivesMatter #BlackMastodon

@mobydick I often wonder.

👀

RT @TheTNHoller@twitter.com

👀 WATCH: “Mr. Clerk, can you read the residency requirements for the speaker?”

@brotherjones_@twitter.com takes a jab at Speaker Sexton, who faces serious questions about his residency and per diem claims after @JuddLegum@twitter.com’s reporting — not to mention other nefarious allegations.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TheTNHoller/status/1648145492184842240

Justice William O. Douglas had impeachment charges brought against him TWICE, including for receiving $350 for an article in a controversial magazine and then failing to recuse himself from a case involving the publisher.

#law #lawfedi #SCOTUS #ethics #democracy #politics

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/03/29/gerald-ford-william-douglas-impeachment/

Houston public schools have a diverse, nearly all-women school board. A state takeover would oust them from office.

https://19thnews.org/2023/04/houston-public-schools-state-takeover-school-board/

Six years ago today, I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma. After six months of chemotherapy & a month of radiation treatments, here I still am.

The Affordable Care Act paid for the treatments that saved my life. But Republicans are still attacking it.

It'll not be easy to find who leaked the Ukraine briefing.
The DoD, FBI and armed forces are full of MAGAts, and every Carlson, Posobiec and Greenwald fan is predisposed to treason and supporting russia.

The US is now in the same situation the UK was after World War 2, when it was full of communists predisposed to treason and supporting the Soviet Union.

And that's ignoring the known active insurgents like McCarthy and Taylor-Greene who are sitting in the Gang of 8 and in the Homeland Security cmte, and can pass on classified documents with impunity.

This particular document is not very damaging (russia even felt it necessary to edit it to be more damaging), but who knows what else the spy has shared with russia.
Or what all the thousands of other MAGA traitors at all levels of society have shared.

https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1644226867623280641

#Ukraine #war #MAGA #spy #traitors #USA

2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Schumacher’s 1973 book #SmallIsBeautiful. Let’s make it a turning point year for everyone recognising that indeed Small Is Beautiful, a year of #Transition towards #CommunityBuilding #Commoning, #Degrowth #AgroEcology #2023 1/5

The new world is almost born

@Lee_in_Iowa

Sorry I went missing. Spring Break and a virus knocked me down some.

What a grand day to come back, for this lifelong Democrat. #HappyIndictmentDay

Know who is not about to be indicted…
#lockhimup

Sooner or later, we’re going to build a telescope powerful enough to see the eye of the kid peering at us through the glass of the snow globe

This is just about the apex of 'if life gives you lemons, make lemonade.'

Top parenting. Love it.

#Graffiti #WallArt #Kids #ChildrensArt #Parenting #Genius #Gentle #Caring #Kind #BeKind

@GottaLaff I think I'm going to pitch the ones I have and start over. (I don't use the named brand, but that article is 'way to nonspecific about "other brands"!)

@bannerite Nowhere exciting in and of itself -- but it was great for me. To Missouri to see my son and bonus daughter, and then my BFF and her new husband. Great trip!

Stopping back in after a Spring Break trip. How's everyone doing?

Hi everyone, I'm a totally blind electronic musician. Looking for a audio, developer fluent in C++ d to help me with a very special open source project to assist blind people with electronic music production. If you can help me, or know anyone in your network who can please reach out and get at me. Thanks very much everyone :-) #electronic music :-)