Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@social.cleverlibre.org

With Dems calling for Menendez to resign, suddenly there are Republicans expressing their 'bipartisan' support for Menendez.
#Menendez

Senator Bob Menendez now charged with conspiracy to act as a foreign agent in a new indictment

So are Democrats going to call this a “witch hunt” and threaten the judge or....?

Slate let me write about Sam Alito. Who was I to say no? https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/samuel-alito-wants-racial-gerrymander-south-carolina.html

Now that I’ve finally located Israel on a world map I’m ready to provide some insightful commentary on the current conflict.

1/567

It is strange and disturbing to see so many posts on social media that deny it's a war crime to stage a surprise attack on civilians (including murders, kidnappings, and rapes) or to starve out a civilian population (by cutting off electricity, food, and water).

These are both obviously war crimes and should be discussed as such.

https://www.justsecurity.org/89403/the-siege-of-gaza-and-the-starvation-war-crime/

37 people have now died in custody of the LA Sheriff's Dept this year:

the global economy, 2023 edition

World Standards Day

#ClilmateCrisis

Meanwhile: https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/george-santos-is-the-only-member-of-congress-not-to-file-financial-disclosures/

@texastribune provides powerful reporting on the real world effects of Texas’ #abortion laws.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/11/texas-abortion-law-texas-abortion-ban-nonviable-pregnancies/

Texas paid Wynne Transportation $75 million to facilitate human trafficking of migrants

This means TX paid $12000 per passenger which is over 10x the greyhound cost - aside from the illegality of trafficking

* More than 916,000 Texans have lost their Medicaid coverage since March with more planned removals coming

* Wynne Transportation is owned by a close friend of Greg Abbott

Somebody worried?

Via Ron Filipkowski:

George #Santos letting Scalise know that he wants to be shielded from removal in exchange for his Speaker vote. 🍿

The Republican Party had a great day in the Supreme Court today. Voting rights did not. https://www.vox.com/scotus/2023/10/11/23912904/supreme-court-voting-rights-gerrymander-south-carolina-alexander-naacp

There’s no GOP lie too egregious for the legacy media to uncritically amplify.

The piece is just as bad. They let Scott claim that “there isn’t much question” that #Iran worked with #Hamas on the attacks, even though intelligence officials are pushing back on that.
#israel

Steve Scalise is the GOP pick for House Speaker

Stated he is Grand Wizard “David Duke without the baggage”

Rounded up 192 Republicans voted against the Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act

Helped amplify the Big Lie

Spoke at an anti-LGBTQIA rally months after a lesbian police officer saved his life

Worked against Ebola aid, took credit for Ebola aid

Yep…solid republican résumé.

5/ And as @emptywheel put it:

David Duke's baggage beat out Denny Hastert 2.0.

For now, at least.

Former astronaut and Heisman Trophy winner George Santos faces 23 additional counts including conspiracy, wire fraud, false statements, falsification of records, aggravated identity theft and credit card fraud

No word yet if he was offered a top position at the Trump Org for his efforts.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/congressman-george-santos-charged-conspiracy-wire-fraud-false-statements-0?s=09

Nobody in America learned anything from 9/11 and the War on Terror. We cheer for massively disproportionate retaliatory violence against civilians because "they've got it coming." And then we wonder why the conflict drags on year after year, decade after decade.