"Legal analyst Joyce White Vance added, 'It’s a remarkable thing when jurors have to be cautioned that revealing their identities could put them at risk...when the defendant was the former president of the United States.'"
" 'This sale is indecent,' Yonathan Arfi, president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF), said Tuesday."
"Not only did the funds that allowed the purchase of this jewelry come in part from the Ayranisation of Jewish property conducted by Nazi Germany, this sale is also to finance a foundation with the mission to safeguard the name of a former Nazi for posterity."
Jewelry with Nazi links up for auction despite criticism
https://www.rawstory.com/jewelry-with-nazi-links-up-for-auction-despite-criticism/
I have some time to think about it, because *of course* I will finish my current project (a sweater) before I start something new as per page 72 of the knitters code of responsibility and ethics.
Really, WaPo? Really?
E. Jean Carroll dressed to win https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/05/09/e-jean-carroll-donald-trump-style/
Brian Fallon comments on Roy Woods's statements,
"A billionaire named Harlan Crow is flying Clarence Thomas all over the world on unreported trips like an Instagram model taking Clarence to the Maldives and the beaches and all – paid for his mama’s house – a billionaire paid for Clarence Thomas mama’s house. This man bought a Supreme Court justice.”
Fallon: "As that Roy Wood monologue suggests, this is a comedic level of corruption at this point.”
A jury of their peers, mind you.
Congratulations to AG Garland and his Justice Department team. To those critical of Garland's tenure, this is a strong counterargument.
May Tarrio and his counterparts have a long stay in prison. Imagine losing your freedom for Donald Trump, a guy who wouldn’t stop his limo to help you if you were on fire, much less give a single penny in your legal defense.
Jury convicts Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys on seditious conspiracy charge-
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/04/1172530436/proud-boys-jan-6-sedition-trial-verdict
Biden administration issues new warning about medical credit cards https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050423_medical_credit_cards/biden-administration-issues-new-warning-medical-credit-cards/
The Biden administration on Thursday cautioned Americans about the growing risks of medical credit cards and other loans for medical bills, warning in a new report that high interest rates can deepen patients’ debts and threaten their financial security.
#Tucson #Arizona
Mexicans don't understand why you're celebrating Cinco de Mayo https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050515_cinco_de_mayo/mexicans-dont-understand-why-youre-celebrating-cinco-de-mayo/
South of the border, Cinco de Mayo is no big deal.
#Tucson #Arizona
Went to a donut shop in Japan today.
They had a CO2 monitor on the counter and a UV light on, plus circulating air through the ventilation system.
Also all the staff and most of the customers were masked. 😷
It's really not that hard and if a donut shop can do it we can certainly do it at least in schools and hospitals.
Start with SCOTUS
#EU looks to create sanctions 'blacklist' on corrupt individuals worldwide
Via Taniel:
Big news in #Michigan: A county clerk who was an election denier faced a recall election. (She was accused of mishandling equipment.) She massively lost tonight & will be out of office.
(This is a very red area.) https://t.co/qZx7UnbkSI
I boost like a mug, even though there’s always some crank in the gallery who smugly announces “I’m muting you because you boost too much.” Go kick rocks, you anti-boostite. https://isfeeling.social/@matt/110293764114902837
Ukraine can win, even in Crimea. And if they do, the reverberations will be felt around the world. Jeffrey Goldberg and I reported from Mikolaiv, Kherson, Odessa, Kyiv:
Retired public health scientist who loves numbers. One of the highlights of my life was when my daughter counted to 270 on her EOY kindergarten evaluation. 🤣
I rarely (never?!) post. I used Twitter as a news source and continuing ed source. I very much appreciate all the historians and lawyers on twitter who have helped me understand....some history and law of the U.S.
I love emojis and dog pictures. :)