What’s astonishing is not that the justice department indicted a former president while he runs for office against the sitting president, its astonishing that a former president would blatantly and willingly steal classified documents from the government and then lie about it under oath.
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Former President Donald Trump again made history today, when he became the first former U.S. leader to be indicted by federal prosecutors.
The AP explains the case, which involves the alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Florida estate.
And here's a rundown on the other legal cases facing Trump: https://apnews.com/article/trump-investigations-charges-classified-documents-d822569227ea882cedfeffd3284f9d4c
Massive #pollution incidents have ballooned in #Texas, with an almost total lack of enforcement in response. In the last 20 years, about 1 billion pounds of "excess" #emissions were released across the state, according to this investigation from @grist and #Science Friday: https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-excess-emissions/
(📸 Photo by Mark Felix/ @texastribune)
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#ClimateChange #Houston #water #environment #news #politics #USpol #AirQuality
Court denies Leila de Lima’s bid for temporary freedom
#FreeLeilaDeLima
#philippines #politics
https://www.rappler.com/nation/court-decision-denies-bail-leila-de-lima/
THE MYTH OF THE “SELF-MADE” PLUTOCRAT and its impact throughout US society, with some encouraging dispatches from places where other ideas, like mutual aid and cooperatives, are working. Well researched, wide-ranging reporting. B PLUS
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/bootstrapped-alissa-quart?variant=40517189599266
#book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #nonfiction #history #economics #politics #journalism
It's #Newstodon Friday again and today we have something very very special! We have 3 new or newly awakened accounts from folks in our newsroom...follow them & give them all your best #fediverse tips!
@meghansmith covers #disability and #reproductive rights and much more!
@AZITA is our #politics editor (and a funny dissector of #realitytv
@Singernews is our #investigative #journalism editor and a collector of #typewriters!
Please welcome all these folks as they make their #introduction!
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will not receive his $153,750 salary during his suspension from office.
A Tuesday letter from the state comptroller's office said that under the Texas Constitution, “no salary payment may occur to Attorney General Warren Kenneth Paxton while in a suspended status.”
| Via Texas Tribune
https://www.chron.com/politics/article/ken-paxton-receive-153-750-salary-suspension-18131148.php
The title of this book, "The land of lost dreams", describe my feelings of #Spain after the recent #elections ...
The book is about the #history of #science in Spain, but certainly it also applies to many other aspects, including #politics ...
Railroad-ing. Bullet train speed.
This is scary. There’s no need for the #Philippines to have a sovereign wealth fund at all. Our national debt is increasing. We don’t collect taxes efficiently. There’s government corruption. Where would we get the money for this? And will our pension funds, which are the previously proposed sources of funds, be truly safe now based on the added “provisions”? Who will be accountable in the end? #TootSEA #pinoy #politics
Controversial Maharlika bill gets Senate nod.
‐- Like a thief in the night. The Senate passed the Maharlika Investment Fund bill. Sen. Hontiveros is the only one who voted no.
#Philippines #MaharlikaFund #politics
https://www.rappler.com/nation/maharlika-investment-fund-bill-gets-senate-nod/
“I think protecting our #silk is important because it’s produced differently than in other countries.”
Published in partnership with our friends at Global Press Journal, a look at a traditional textile that's been a cornerstone of culture in this region since the 1500s:
https://www.texasobserver.org/oaxaca-silk-global-press-mexico-fashion/
(📸 Photo by
Ena Aguilar Pelez/Global Press Journal)
#Mexico #Oaxaca #fashion #culture #news #politics
Scared of a poem? Summer is about here, but all anyone can see are the snowflakes. #rondesantis #desantis #desantisdestroysflorida #amandagorman #fascism #gop #gqp #republicans #news #currentevents #politics #uspol #uspoli #uspolitics
I mean... I agree with her.
"Lauren Boebert says fighting 'hate and antisemitism' is code for going after conservatives"
#politics #antisemitism #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackTwitter