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An urgent call comes in from the White House. But the recipient is skeptical: They need a way to verify that the message comes from the purported location. Quantum physics has a solution.
@#1 ... MAGAocracy.
Happy 250th. ...
Yeah, that seems to be quite apropos of late.
Denying the right to vote of those whose political opinions may not align with that of MAGA.
Why do Republicans seem to be so focused upon denying the voting ability of those valid voters they disagree with?
U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina's Voter ID Law (2016)
www.npr.org
...The appeals court noted that the North Carolina Legislature "requested data on the use, by race, of a number of voting practices" -- then, data in hand, "enacted legislation that restricted voting and registration in five different ways, all of which disproportionately affected African Americans."[emphasis mine]
The changes to the voting process "target African Americans with almost surgical precision," the circuit court wrote, and "impose cures for problems that did not exist."
The appeals court suggested that the motivation was fundamentally political -- a Republican legislature attempting to secure its power by blocking votes from a population likely to vote for Democrats....
@#13 ... Were you here when SCOTUS judges were targeted? ...
Specifics needed.
And, while you are looking up those specifics, please allow me to also add these specifics ...
The Judiciary Is Under Attack
www.americanbar.org
... At a Federalist Society event in late 2025, former Department of Justice (DOJ) Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle argued that Congress should impeach federal judges who found the president's policies unlawful. "This [opposition] is a problem of leftist politics" and not the law, he claimed. Adam Lynch, Trump AG Ally "Turns Heads" at Conservative Legal Conference with New Power Grab Ploy, AlterNet (Nov. 7, 2025). His comments came the same week that two senators and one House member demanded the impeachment of D.C. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg, who has presided over high-profile litigation surrounding the administration's immigration policies, and the same month that a Texas congressman filed articles of impeachment against him. Press Release, Eric Schmitt, US Sen. for Mo., Senator Schmitt Leads Colleagues in Calling for the Suspension, Impeachment of Judge Boasberg (Nov. 17, 2025); Press Release, Brandon Gill, Congressman, TX, Rep. Gill Files Impeachment Articles Against Judge Boasberg Following Arctic Frost Scandal (Nov. 4, 2025). These stories barely made the news.
Just a few years ago, both media and most elected officials would have decried these attacks on a coequal branch of government as unprecedented and dangerous. Now, they are the new norm. ...
BP profits more than double, beating expectations as Iran war boosts oil prices
www.cnbc.com
... British energy major BP on Tuesday reported that first-quarter profits more than doubled from a year ago, following a surge in oil and gas prices driven by the Middle East conflict. ...
Not at all related...
James Gang - Midnight Man (1971)
www.youtube.com
James Gang is Joe Walsh before he became JOE WALSH.
Of note to me in this tune is the vocal by Ms Mary Sterpka for a verse.
Her voice is so smooth and evocative.
Kudos for the James Gang for asking her to participate in this song!
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