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13 Jun, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Today is my birthday. I am really happy to be alive, to be an American, to be married to my hubs, to be free, to be able to read & write. For lots of things. I am the happiest I’ve ever been at 53 because I know who I am, I love who I am, I accept myself, mistakes & all. /1
In the past, I struggled w/finding happiness but I haven’t for years. I know I am connected to the Creator of all; that a piece, if you want to think of it that way, of the Almighty lives in me. I know my husband loves me, faults & all, as I love him. We love being together. /2
But more recently I have also found a true joy in life. I find it beautiful, rich, rewarding, delightful, joyous; regardless of circumstances or trials or pain. Life itself amazes & captivates me. My heart bursts with happiness simply from being alive. /3
Everyone must go on their own journey alone but if you are looking for some suggestions for how to find joy in life, I can make the following recommendations:

1. Every day, I tell myself: “I am love; I love and I am loved; I am joy; I am health; I am abundance. I love life.”

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2. I never leave the house without kissing my husband.

3. I dance every day.

4. I express gratitude every day, with different rituals.

5. I touch nature in some way every day - my cats, the flower in a vase, stand in the rain, sit in the moonlight.

There are so many ways. /5
One thing more: Be yourself. Care more about your integrity than other people’s selfish wants. Respect other people’s weaknesses, needs, & wishes (don’t be a jerk) but don’t compromise your responsibilities or your integrity for them. You will like yourself more if you do this./6

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3 Jun
Charles may be right that DJT has said or believes this, but neither he nor Maggie Haberman name ANY source for the claim. The Right is correct & rational to be skeptical of a story based only on anonymous sources, especially one about DJT. /1

nationalreview.com/2021/06/maggie…
And Maggie’s tweet 👇🏻 hardly qualifies as “reporting.” She points to no source or evidence for her factual assertion & then offers her own legal opinion at the end. Given her track record with the Russian collusion hoax, people are wise to be wary of anything she says. /2
I agree w/Charles on the substance of the matter. You can see my thoughts in my tweets on Sunday commenting on Sidney Powell’s remark about “reinstatement.” There would be a myriad of constitutional & legal problems even if it were crystal clear to all that DJT had really won. /3
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3 Jun
Ok, since we’re on the subject. For all you young ones: this ad 👇🏻which ran in Hustler magazine, is the basis of a leading Supreme Court case dealing with satire.
And in this ad, the very upright leader of the Moral Majority, a Baptist preacher, discusses his first sexual encounter - his “first time” - which is supposedly with his mother in an outhouse while both are drunk. It’s very crude but also hilarious if you find irreverence funny.
And the Supreme Court said this was protected speech as satire because no one could seriously contend that anyone reading it would think it was true! (I simplify.) It’s obviously satire & therefore obviously not actually true & therefore not actually harming your reputation.
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22 May
Now that the pandemic is starting to abate, it's time for legislatures to completely overhaul state statutes authorizing the powers state governors & health authorities have to respond to a health emergency. These laws are seldom used & they need to be modernized & clarified. /1
The states have the power to deal with health emergencies - in ways that the federal govt DOES NOT. This is true about many things beyond health. It is part of the division of powers in our federalist system of govt. /2
But the state executive's powers are not unlimited. They are limited by at least three things: 1. people's constitutional rights (state & federal), 2. state statutes passed by the legislature, & 3. the factual context of the situation (the flu is not ebola for example.) /3
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17 May
Carter Page case.

As many of you know, I have the privilege to represent Carter, along w/a team of other lawyers, in his case against the govt & former govt officials. Although there are limits to what we can say publicly, there are some things we can share. /1
The case is still in its early stages even though we filed it in Nov 2020 because of the procedural rights given to the govt & former govt officials in federal court. This coming week, however, the defendants will be filing their responses to our Complaint. /2
The defense pleadings are likely to be Motions to Dismiss to try to get the case thrown out on (probably very) technical grounds, rather than the formal Answers to the Complaint. This procedural step is normal in federal civil litigation. /3
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11 May
I’ve done State security clearance cases for decades. I’ve never seen one that was unjustified based on the facts - foreign relatives or other contacts, foreign financial interests, etc. These restrictions allow people to get cleared who wouldn’t. /1 thehill.com/homenews/admin…
Now, I do only see the ones that people want to fight, so it could be that there are some that are insufficiently related to facts & people for whatever reason decide not to challenge them.

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The clearance guidelines permit foreign contacts & interests to be used as factors to deny or restrict clearance. History & data shows that those factors can be/have been vulnerabilities to security. Ethnicity by itself is an irrelevant factor, however. /3
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11 May
An interesting phenomenon I’ve noticed about covid. I’ve been looking at WaPo graphic every day. It reflects that there is a significant drop in daily cases & daily deaths every Sunday. Is this a reporting issue or a psychological phenomenon or both? (Pics to follow.)

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This is last Saturday’s data, reported on Sunday.

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This is last Sunday’s data, reported Monday.

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