Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

Arizona’s former AG failed to report evidence disproving claims of election fraud in the state, instead he released a letter in April 2022 alleging “serious vulnerabilities” in the state's voting systems. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mark-brnovich-hid-findings-debunking-election-fraud-claims-arizona-1234684606/

Things guys have said to me recently on first dates part 1:

"We lost a lot when women went to work and got out of the kitchen."

Umm. Nothing is stopping you from staying home and taking care of the cooking, cleaning, etc.

As @JosephMenn reports, Russian propagandists are eager buyers of Twitter Blue.

This is because Twitter Blue privileges their posts in Twitter's relevancy algorithm, ensuring their propaganda achieves more reach.

It also gives them a fancy blue badge.

Russian propagandists aren't the only bad hombres buying Twitter Blue. A few months ago, I discovered that the Taliban are also paying for the service.

Twitter Blue: loved by Putin and the Taliban!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/22/russian-propagandists-said-buy-twitter-blue-check-verifications/

@uanews

When will the real estate holdings of Russians go on sale?

https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-alert-potential-us-commercial-real-estate-investments-sanctioned-russian

OPEC nations continue to support Russia.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/07/rich-russians-fleeing-sanctions-are-pumping-up-dubais-property-sector.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/russia-sells-weapons-abu-dhabi-arms-fair-amid-97329053

Russia is laundering its money through real estate with the cooperation of the financial services industry, especially tax havens in Cyprus, Jersey, Cayman, & Malta.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/combating-offshore-tax-evasion-would-help-save-ukraine-and-liberal-democracy-by-yuriy-gorodnichenko-and-ilona-sologoub-2023-02

https://cina.gmu.edu/russian-money-flows-through-u-s-real-estate/

https://fortune.com/2022/03/04/wealthy-russians-selling-american-real-estate-amid-ukraine-crisis/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-warns-banks-to-watch-for-russian-oligarchs-investing-in-commercial-real-estate-11674686651

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/russian-intelligence-agent-charged-fraud-and-money-laundering-connection-purchase-and

So is someone going to sue Kevin McCarthy and Fox News for this deal to hand over all the Capitol security footage from Jan. 6 to (checks notes) Tucker Carlson exclusively? How is that even remotely legal? @aclu

Did Tucker Carlson or Fox News execs promise Kevin McCarthy anything of value for granting exclusive access to Jan 6 footage? If they did that is a FELONY: 18 U.S. Code Section 201 - "Bribery of public officials and witnesses." Same goes if McCarthy asked for anything of value in return for granting access. There must be a criminal investigation!

Does anyone on here work on the Twitter API or know someone? Because it looks like with recent Twitter API changes, @ProPublica can't track deleted tweets from politicians anymore w/ Politwoops (projects.propublica.org/politwoops/).

The API we used for years has been deprecated, and the v2 API simply...does not seem to report deletions correctly. The new method to ingest tweets also seems very limited. And I'm not sure we actually understand what the paid model would be!

The Mormon Church is being fined 5 million because it hid a 32 billion dollar investment fund. This was not accidental. The SEC proved that both the investment firm and church went to great lengths to knowingly hide these assets. For the folks playing along at home, that’s a fine of 0.016% on the investment. Imagine lying on your taxes and you hid an extra $100K offshore and the IRS said “No sweat, pay us $15.63.” If there are no other repercussions, that’s not a fine, that’s encouragement.

White House Slams Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ‘Sick’ Call for ‘National Divorce’ https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-slams-marjorie-taylor-greenes-sick-call-for-national-divorce?via=ios

Rick Astley must find Lent very difficult.

Venice's canals dry as Italy faces new drought alert, Alps receive less than half usual snowfall.
#Venice, where #flooding is normally the primary concern, faces unusually low tides that are making it impossible for gondolas, water taxis and ambulances to navigate some of its famous canals. #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-21/drought-italy-alps-snowfall-venice-canals-low-tide/102005580

*pounding fist on counter* WHERE IS THE EARLY GRAVE I WAS PROMISED

Supreme Court Gonzalez vs. Google arguments audio live now - https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/supreme-court-gonzalez-v-google-2-21-23/index.html

My almost 13 year old daughter had a good idea. We’ve been talking about doing a podcast together - mostly for us to have.

Her idea was reviewing books that are being taken out of school libraries - discussing the content, reviewing the actual literature but also the reasons it was banned and our thoughts there as well.

This is something I think that we will do, soon.

#BookBanning #Books #Podcasts

Republicans aren’t afraid of “Critical Race Theory,” they are afraid of critical thinking.

They know the biggest threat facing their party is a new multi-racial generation of young people unafraid to speak truth to power.

That’s why they are waging a war on America’s teachers.