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October Surprise Watch 10/21 Open Mouth, Insert Feet [1]
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Date: 2022-10-21
Musk
WaPo: Report: Elon Musk plans to cut 75% of Twitter workforce
Paywalled
From 7,500 to 2,000.
This raises grave questions about Twitter’s ability to moderate content, a practice which Musk says he’s against.
UK
x “The King has asked me to become Prime Minister because this nonsense has gone on long enough.” pic.twitter.com/eFL3fgSfVL — Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) October 20, 2022
x Larry the Cat, the appointed Chief Mouser of Downing Street, has now outlasted 4 UK Prime Ministers, and the Queen herself. He holds the true power over the country pic.twitter.com/qbQW6AeMgD — RTGame Daniel (@RTGameCrowd) October 20, 2022
Justice
Rape Case On
E. Jean Carroll bested Trump: She'll file a civil suit for 90's rape next month
When Ms. Carroll made the filing, it was her only option then. But, “in May, New York passed a law giving adult sexual assault victims a one-time opportunity to file civil lawsuits, even if the statutes of limitations have long expired.” (Drum roll!) So...according to a letter Ms. Carroll’s lawyer Roberta A. Kaplan, sent to the federal judge overseeing the defamation lawsuit, on November 24, 2022, the start of a one-year window in which the law allows such suits to be filed, Ms. Kaplan will file the rape case against Mr. Trump on Ms Carroll’s behalf.
GOP Suit Dismissed
x ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal judge in St. Louis dismisses lawsuit from 6 GOP-led states seeking to halt Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 21, 2022
John Eastman
x NBC News: A federal judge has ordered John Eastman to turn over 33 new documents to the Jan. 6 Committee, ruling that the documents are either not protected by attorney-client privilege or are exempt from that privilege because they were related to a crime/attempted crime. @MSNBC — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 20, 2022
Trump Fraud Case
x Trump has lost his request to transfer New York's fraud lawsuit against him and his company to a different court division in Manhattan — ensuring the case will remain before the same judge who once held him in contempt of court.
https://t.co/hSnPi4d3mr — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 20, 2022
Lindsey Graham
x Reuters: U.S. APPEALS COURT DENIES MOTION BY U.S. SENATOR GRAHAM FOR A STAY OF DISTRICT COURT ORDER IN GEORGIA ELECTION CASE -COURT DOCUMENT — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 20, 2022
Steve Bannon
He will be sentenced today for Contempt of Congress.
J6 Subpoena
ABC News: Jan. 6 committee has yet to find a Trump lawyer who’ll accept service of subpoena, sources say
But multiple lawyers representing Trump have told committee investigators they aren't permitted to formally accept service of the subpoena on behalf of Trump, sources familiar with the deliberations say. The subpoena is expected to be issued in short order once committee investigators learn who is formally representing Trump in the matter, and after the panel agrees to additional details regarding deadlines for Trump's compliance and the precise details of the documents they are seeking. The subpoena could be issued as soon as Thursday, the sources said. Trump has increasingly had trouble finding representation for the various legal challenges he's facing, sources have told ABC News.
But now,
Politico: Trump taps firm to handle his Jan. 6 committee subpoena
Injustice Barrett Makes Sane Ruling
Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected petition to block President's student loan relief plan
The firm, the Dhillon Law Group, has handled litigation for other Jan. 6 select committee witnesses.
OK, then. Subpoena to be served today.
Bogosity in Polling
Approval polling is statistically bogus. It lumps together those who hate Biden as a race traitor with those who complain that he hasn’t done enough.
Top Issue Polling is statistically bogus. We are concerned about real threats to democracy, health, and so on, while Wrong-Wingers cite their favorite moral panics of the moment as top issues, including “inflation” that is actually Wrong-Wing price gouging on top of external shocks from the war in Ukraine, and crime that has actually been in severe decline.
But violent crime is actually up in Red states.
Both of these bogosities could be corrected by separating out opinions from the opposite sides.
Elections
Howard Dean
I’ll make this prediction right now. We’ll pick up two to three in the Senate, and we’re gonna pick up the House—pick up seats in the House, not lose them. I think we’ll take two seats more than we have in the House.
Former DNC Chair Howard Dean
Two million votes cast so far.
AK
Alaska Public Media: Peltola trounces Palin and Begich in September fundraising, wins over Don Young loyalists
Meanwhile, much of the late Rep. Don Young’s inner circle are coming out in support of Peltola. His death in March led to the special election that Peltola won, becoming the first Alaska Native to ever serve in Congress.
OK
Fact check: Oklahoma has higher crime per capita than NYC.
x Speaking of total misperceptions of reality, Joy Hofmeister, the Dem nominee for governor, correctly says that Oklahoma has higher violent-crime rates than NY and California, and Kevin Stitt says that's "not true" and then bizarrely asks the crowd if they believe it's true.
https://t.co/2Vo4EmRTo2 — James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) October 20, 2022
Worse: Stitt invites audience to laugh. Well,’ there are two kinds of Oklahomans: Those who divide each other into two kinds, and those that don’t.
Classic Zen koan
x For the first time in decades, the @tulsaworld is endorsing a Democrat for US Senate in Oklahoma. The World announced today that they will be endorsing Democrat Kendra Horn over Republican Markwayne Mullin
https://t.co/A5DpBJv9JA — Blake Allen (@Blake_Allen13) October 20, 2022
In freaking Oklahoma!!!
We The People
x BREAKING: President Biden SLAMS Kevin McCarthy for pledging to cut all aid to Ukraine- “These guys don't get it; it's a lot bigger than Ukraine. It's Eastern Europe. It's NATO. It's real serious, serious consequential outcomes. They have no sense of American foreign policy." — Republicans against Trumpism (@RpsAgainstTrump) October 21, 2022
Wrong-Wingers
We are not as stupid as Wrong-Wingers think hope dream we are. They are mired in their MAGA fantasies of going back to the days of unquestioned privilege, and even more so their delusion that none of the failures of their prophecies of being a voting majority again matter. (Cognitive dissonance)
This time, for sure!
Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.
x This is the environment in which the former president, Tucker Carlson, and the GOP are actively spreading antisemitism.
Giving them a pass is not an option. pic.twitter.com/nH7FAiVOzu — Elad Nehorai (@EladNehorai) October 20, 2022
Russia, Russia, Russia
Ransom is over - NRA [National Republic Army] just dumped all the stolen Russian computer files
Russian hackers affiliated with the National Republic Army (NRA) have released 1.2 terabytes of sensitive Russian data. This includes information concerning Russia’s key national security infrastructure, blueprints for cyber security strategies and other related data. Kyiv Post was given exclusive access to the trove, which is made public here for the first time.
x If Israel ever changed its mind on arming Ukraine, Russian media is warning that Russia could capture Israeli arms and send them to Iran — Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) October 21, 2022
👆👆😂😂👆👆
Oh, sure, like Russia would give weapons to anybody in the midst of this disaster.
x #Iran's censorship not only prevents citizens from exposing government violations, but it has also caused collateral harm by limiting access to healthcare, emergency services, and financial services, as well as prohibiting payments for wages, utilities, and education.#OpIran pic.twitter.com/VzKvd3RoBf — Anonymous (@YourAnonStory) October 20, 2022
Ukraine
Murder
Conductor Yuriy Kerpatenko murdered in his home by Russian troops
for refusing to participate in a Russian-organized concert in Kherson
Threat to Dam; Iranians in Ukraine
In an appearance on Thursday evening in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia has mined the massive dam at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. If the dam is destroyed, the 18 million cubic feet of water behind that dam could flood over 80 settlements, including large parts of the city of Kherson. Other sources have noted that the destruction of the dam would also significantly drop the water levels on the reservoir behind the dam, generating consequences far upstream. This could extend northeast to the city of Zaporizhzhia. Lowered water levels could threaten the safety of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant at Enerhodar, as well as limit the ability to operate the plant for years to come. Throughout the war, Russia has warned that Ukraine and other parts of Europe would be starved for heating and electricity if the supply of Russian natural gas was shut down. However, that has proven not to be the case. Over recent weeks, the price of natural gas in Europe has continued to drop, falling below $120 this week from peak prices that exceeded $300. But Russia has continued to claim that without Russian gas, Europe’s energy and economy are doomed. This has become a central theme on Russia’s state-operated television channels. Meanwhile, in the afternoon briefing at the Pentagon, press secretary and Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder gave a no-nonsense assessment that Iran is not just helping Russia by suppling them with drones, but that Iranian forces have been on the ground in Ukraine to help support drone operations. In terms of what that means, Ryder said that Iran was “complicit in exporting terror.” However, he seemed to stop short (for now) in officially naming Iran as a combatant in the war.
x .@PentagonPresSec: "We do assess that Iranians have been on the ground in Ukraine to assist Russia with the drone operations there...We continue to see Iran be complicit in terms of exporting terror." pic.twitter.com/yJK9f33yPq — CSPAN (@cspan) October 20, 2022
White House NSC coordinator John Kirby put it even more directly, saying, “Iran is now directly engaged on the ground.” Which definitely gives the impression that not only are those Iranian troops a legitimate target, but Iran itself may be subject to additional sanctions and restrictions.
Iran
x I received this photo from Tabriz-Iran. Students protesting the tragic death of schoolgirls during the protest over the murder of #MahsaAmini.
They say: “we remove our hijab & will remove our oppressive regime too. We don’t have any fear, but regime is scared of our unity.” pic.twitter.com/eZ70rgRYAp — Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) October 19, 2022
China
x China's Absolute Domination of Green Energy, Part 1: Electric Cars
https://t.co/48nNfXggej via @TruthSatire — Unyil (@Unyil81855105) October 17, 2022
North Korea
x JUST IN - North Korea fired 170 artillery shells into the "buffer zone," violating the 2018 inter-Korean agreement, South Korea's military says. — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) October 13, 2022
The Environment
Every two days, a land defender is killed, Most of them Indigenous In a report late last month, Global Witness concluded that between 2011 and 2021, at least 342 land defenders were murdered in Brazil alone. In 2021, worldwide, 200 more defenders were killed, the report states. These are almost certainly an undercount given constraints on a free press and the lack of independent monitors in many regions of the world. The report states, “We know that beyond killings, many defenders and communities also experience attempts to silence them, with tactics like death threats, surveillance, sexual violence, or criminalization—and that these kinds of attacks are even less well reported.”
x Clean energy is about to go mainstream.
From solar power and electric cars, to grid-scale batteries and heat pumps—the world is crossing into a mass-adoption moment for green technologies
https://t.co/6ozVcLjvni — Bloomberg Green (@climate) October 18, 2022
x Electric cars could be refuelled almost as quickly as a petrol car thanks to a fast-heating battery that can be charged to 70 per cent in just 11 minutes
https://t.co/ffTcJ83diL — New Scientist (@newscientist) October 20, 2022
x Sony and Honda plan to start selling their electric cars in the US in 2026
https://t.co/D2ljKcMfyH pic.twitter.com/xKds35sQIv — The Verge (@verge) October 13, 2022
x Bravo, India 🇮🇳!
Indian Army Leads Green!
Indian Army to deploy significant number of electric cars, Electric motorcycles and electric buses for its mobility purposes!
@adgpi @MyGov @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/a2w8F3Utzx — Erik Solheim (@ErikSolheim) October 21, 2022
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