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864511320-Stuart Levine

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13 Jun

The lawsuit challenging Houston Methodist Hospital's order that all employees be vaccinated against Covid-19 has been thrown out. I have posted the opinion here: slnews.us/pbgl061321a

One passage in that opinion is worthy of note. Some people have contended that a requirement that people be vaccinated is somehow unconstitutional. The Court (a Reagan appointee) made short work of that argument.

At page 2 of the opinion, the Court states: "[The Plaintiff] also argues that the injection requirement violates public policy. Texas does not recognize this exception to at-will employment, and if it did, the injection requirement is consistent with public policy.

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864511320-Stuart Levine

@sltax

18 Jan

Lindsey Graham sent a letter to Schumer requesting that the impeachment proceedings be dismissed. Now the letter contained the usual Graham bullshit

(e.g., saying "Those who were complicit in this attack will be held accountable" while, in essence, urging that Trump escape accountability),

but there was one portion of the letter that opened a possibility that Graham certainly did not intend. Specifically, he asked that the Senate vote to dismiss the article of impeachment even before a trial.

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864511320-Stuart Levine

@sltax

16 Jan

Pres-Elect Biden's Chief of Staff has issued a punchlist of actions that will be taken in the first ten days of the new administration. The following is a description of only the actions that will be taken on January 20:

"On Inauguration Day, President-elect Biden will sign roughly a dozen actions to combat the four crises, restore humanity to our immigration system, and make government function for the people.

As previously announced, he will ask the Department of Education to extend the existing pause on student loan payments and interest for millions of Americans with federal student loans, re-join the Paris Agreement, and reverse the Muslim Ban.

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864511320-Stuart Levine

@sltax

6 Jan

Yesterday, the Trump administration passed regulations that, by limiting the types of scientific evidence that can be used to support regulations, will hamstring environmental legislation.

However, Congress, by a resolution of both houses, can void the regulations if the resolutions are made w/in 60 days after the regulations are put in the FedReg. Since the D's control both houses, I suspect that there will be an attempt to void this regulation.

However, under Senate Rule XXII, the motion is still subject to a filibuster, but I believe that an incoming Senate can change the rule by a majority vote (see here: democracyinitiative.org/news/entry/con…) or override the rule via the nuclear option (see here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_o…).

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864511320-Stuart Levine

@sltax

2 Jan

Of course Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to the United States. Why do you ask?

In 2017, US intelligence was required to extract a covert operative in Moscow due to concerns that Trump et al. had compromised this individual.

The individual was was considered the highest level source for the US inside the Kremlin, high up in the national security infrastructure, according to the source familiar with the matter and a former senior intelligence official.

According to CNN’s sources, the spy had access to Putin and could even provide images of documents on the Russian leader’s desk.

The absence of such a resource possibly contribute to the failure of the US to detect the Russian hack of US computer systems.

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864511320-Stuart Levine

@sltax

6 Dec 20

If you have not yet been convinced just how batshit crazy the Trump attack on the election is, just take a look at this filing challenging the alleged expert testimony offered in support of the Trump position.

I would call your attention to the first paragraph on page 28 which provides as follows:

"In support of their motion, Plaintiffs cite the "expert testimony" of an individual whose name is redacted but is referred to by Plaintiffs as "Spyder."

See Mot. to File Under Seal, ECF 5 at 9. Spyder claims to be an "electronic intelligence analyst . . . with experience gathering SAM missile system electronic intelligence" and "extensive experience as a white hat hacker used by some of the top election specialists in the world."

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