Experts confirm increased firefly sightings, attributing the population boom to a damp spring and hot summer.
Trump administration tells court banning ICE from racial profiling can't work in 'real world' read more
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Rising summer temperatures have softened Europe's resistance to air conditioning and touched off a new political fight about the wisdom of installing the technology everywhere, U.S.-style. read more
A couple's decision to join the "mile-high club" on a flight to Sarasota landed them a trip to jail, according to arrest affidavits.
Trump teases releasing Epstein client list if elected: 'I'd certainly take a look at it' (September 2024)
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... Trump, in an interview with podcast host Lex Fridman, explained he was "never involved" with Epstein, but said he would support the release of the supposed client list.
"It's just very strange for a lot of people that the list of clients that went to the island has not been made public," Fridman said.
"Yeah, it's very interesting, isn't it?" Trump said. ...
@#3 ... "Annie Farmer, who testified against Maxwell at trial, questioned why Maxwell was granted a meeting with the deputy attorney general in the first place. ...
Bingo.
Pres Trump's former defense lawyer (Mr Blanche) had an interview with Ms Maxwell and her defense lawyer (Mr Marcus).
There's this ...
Trump attorney: Melania's absence at husband's trial not for lack of love and support' (2024)
thehill.com
... The sit-down with Markus, whom Blanche said he considers a friend ...
OK, Mr Marcus' goal for his client is to et her out of jail, as any good defense lawyer would work for.
Now, let's look at Mr Blanche...
What does he know about this case? imo, he is quite ignorant of the myriad of details in the case.
And ...
Why were none of the DoJ agents and officials, who have worked so hard on this case and actually do know the details of the case, present for that discussion?
This meeting is so odd.
What was the purpose of it?
A coverup?
OpEd: I Covered the Epstein Case for Decades. These Are 9 Questions We Actually Need Answered.
www.nytimes.com
... President Trump and members of his administration teased us with the prospect of making public Jeffrey Epstein's F.B.I. files. Instead, we got zilch.
Mr. Trump then ordered the Department of Justice to seek the release of some grand jury testimony -- a request that a federal judge in Florida denied on Wednesday. But even that information, though it might have filled in some gaps in the Epstein story, would have been only a sliver of what's in the F.B.I. files " which include a mind-boggling "300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence," according to the Department of Justice and the F.B.I.
The American people -- and above all, the victims of Mr. Epstein's crimes -- deserve answers to outstanding questions about how he operated, with whose help and in whose service. With the exception of redactions required to protect the innocent and materials that must be withheld while under court seal, the complete F.B.I. files should be released.
Here are nine unanswered questions about the Epstein case -- ones that a curious, non-conspiracy-minded citizen might have -- that the files might help answer: ...
Five for Fighting - Easy Tonight (2001)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
...
You were wrong
You were right
And you are gone
Tonight
You were free
So alive
You were wrong
You were right
And you were down
You could see
And you wore hearts
For me
And you were sharp
Sharp as knives
You were wrong
You were right
...
(I did not know, before i heard this tune, that "five for fighting" was an ice hockey term.)
The ICE Sweeps Are Classic Racial Profiling
prospect.org
... Trump's spokespersons and ICE officials keep insisting that they're targeting convicted felons in their deportation efforts, but it's clear that they're preponderantly seizing people because they look Latino, or possibly Black or Asian, who may or may not have documentation. There have been a handful of reports of non-Hispanic whites being detained, including a Danish-born man living in Mississippi, as well as several European and Canadian tourists. But it is simply undeniable that it's nonwhites whom ICE is targeting.
By sweeping up day laborers, car wash and garment workers, and the attendees at swap meets in the Latino parts of Los Angeles, ICE's criterion is clearly racial. Of the 722 people arrested by ICE in the Los Angeles area from June 1 through June 10, a Los Angeles Times study revealed, 69 percent had no criminal convictions. But they were in jobs and places that immigrants frequented, and they sure looked Latino. In consequence, as Jackie Ramirez, a Los Angeles radio host, told the Times, "you're scared to be brown." ...
OK, one from left field ...
Focus - Hocus Pocus (1976)
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