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Do Americans broadly oppose military action against Iran?
Recent polling suggests they do. A Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted May 15–18 found that 61% of Americans disapproved of U.S. military strikes against Iran, while 52% said the military action was not worth it.
But generic approval questions may not tell the whole story.
Do Americans broadly oppose military action against Iran?
Recent polling suggests they do. A Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted May 15–18 found that 61% of Americans disapproved of U.S. military strikes against Iran, while 52% said the military action was not worth it.
But generic approval questions may not tell the whole story.
2/10
Our latest @fsuigc survey of 1,059 American adults (also conducted by Ipsos, May 19–28) approached the issue differently.
Instead of asking simply whether military action was “worth it,” we examined how Americans think about the tradeoffs involved—including the perceived threat posed by Iran, the prospects for diplomacy, and the costs people are willing to bear to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
The results paint a considerably more nuanced picture.
A short thread: 👇
Our latest @fsuigc survey of 1,059 American adults (also conducted by Ipsos, May 19–28) approached the issue differently.
Instead of asking simply whether military action was “worth it,” we examined how Americans think about the tradeoffs involved—including the perceived threat posed by Iran, the prospects for diplomacy, and the costs people are willing to bear to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
The results paint a considerably more nuanced picture.
A short thread: 👇
3/10
First, baseline attitudes are hawkish on the Iranian nuclear threat itself:
58% of Americans—including 72% of Republicans and 46% of Democrats— say a nuclear-armed Iran would be a Very or Extremely serious long-term threat to the U.S. and its allies.
Only 12% say it’s “not too serious” or “not at all serious.”
First, baseline attitudes are hawkish on the Iranian nuclear threat itself:
58% of Americans—including 72% of Republicans and 46% of Democrats— say a nuclear-armed Iran would be a Very or Extremely serious long-term threat to the U.S. and its allies.
Only 12% say it’s “not too serious” or “not at all serious.”
1- I've been spending a lot of time the past couple of weeks trying to come up with strategies to reduce MRSA bacteremia, but in the general hospital population. There is plenty of literature available for the ICU and central line population, but little to none for the rest.
2- It got me thinking about times I was way ahead of the curve in the past. This is a portion of recommendations I wrote in early 2009 to reduce surgical site infections at a hospital.
3- I got full support from my infectious disease medical director, who was also chair of the department of medicine. He wrote this in a recommendation letter after my interim role there finished.
1/ Russian warbloggers are reacting with shock and alarm at the Ukrainian attack today on the Russian Baltic Fleet corvette Boykiy near St Petersburg. In particular, they question the apparent lack of effective air defences or anti-drone protection. ⬇️
2/ 'Rybar' comments: "The threat to the fleet is everywhere."
"Judging by the video, at least two hits were recorded. The corvette was in dry dock undergoing repairs, despite the ship being new. And Ukrainian forces intercepted it there."
"Judging by the video, at least two hits were recorded. The corvette was in dry dock undergoing repairs, despite the ship being new. And Ukrainian forces intercepted it there."
3/ "They had already done something similar during attacks on Sevastopol several years earlier.
The hit on the Boykiy once again exposes the problem of countering UAVs.
The hit on the Boykiy once again exposes the problem of countering UAVs.
Since March, @bigmodernism @contrathuc and now #AnnBarnhardt have make serious personal accusations against our cofounder, who they are making a punching bag to defend the SSPX, Vigano and their own personal grifts on the Catholic Religion. Here, we offer them a reflection:
@BigModernism @contrathuc These should consider each of 4 possibilities:
1) That Br is not who you say he is, and you will merit hell for all eternity in calumniating and defaming him
1) That Br is not who you say he is, and you will merit hell for all eternity in calumniating and defaming him
@BigModernism @contrathuc 2) That Br. Bugnolo does work for the pope, and by publicly attacking him you will end up in the bad graces of Christ's vicar for the rest of your lives, possibly dying outside of the communion of the Church
I want to tell you about a two-time Nobel Prize winner who figured out why humans get heart disease and almost every other animal does not.
His name was Linus Pauling. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is the only person in history to win two unshared Nobel Prizes.
In 1989 he published something that should have changed cardiology forever.
He called it the Unified Theory of Human Cardiovascular Disease.
Nobody listened.
His name was Linus Pauling. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is the only person in history to win two unshared Nobel Prizes.
In 1989 he published something that should have changed cardiology forever.
He called it the Unified Theory of Human Cardiovascular Disease.
Nobody listened.
63 million years ago, our primate ancestors lost the ability to make vitamin C.
A single gene called GULO mutated and stopped working. That gene codes for the enzyme L-gulonolactone oxidase. The enzyme that catalyzes the final step of vitamin C production from glucose.
Every other mammal still has a working copy. Dogs make vitamin C. Cats make it. Rats make it. Goats make it.
Goats produce roughly 13,000 mg of vitamin C per day. Under stress they produce even more.
The US government says you need 90 mg.
Humans, guinea pigs, fruit bats, and some primates are the only mammals on earth that cannot manufacture their own vitamin C. We depend entirely on what we eat.
Here is the part that should terrify every cardiologist.
Animals that make their own vitamin C do not get atherosclerosis. Ever.
Humans and guinea pigs do.
A single gene called GULO mutated and stopped working. That gene codes for the enzyme L-gulonolactone oxidase. The enzyme that catalyzes the final step of vitamin C production from glucose.
Every other mammal still has a working copy. Dogs make vitamin C. Cats make it. Rats make it. Goats make it.
Goats produce roughly 13,000 mg of vitamin C per day. Under stress they produce even more.
The US government says you need 90 mg.
Humans, guinea pigs, fruit bats, and some primates are the only mammals on earth that cannot manufacture their own vitamin C. We depend entirely on what we eat.
Here is the part that should terrify every cardiologist.
Animals that make their own vitamin C do not get atherosclerosis. Ever.
Humans and guinea pigs do.
Pauling and his colleague Matthias Rath discovered that plaque deposits in human arteries are made up of a specific form of cholesterol called lipoprotein(a). Lp(a). Not ordinary LDL.
Here is what they proposed.
When vitamin C is chronically low, collagen production drops. Collagen is the structural protein that holds your artery walls together. Without enough vitamin C, the arterial walls weaken and develop micro-cracks.
Your body is not stupid. It senses the damage and sends Lp(a) to patch the cracks. Like a bandage on a wound. Like plaster on a broken wall.
Over time, more cracks form. More Lp(a) is deposited. The patches build up. That buildup is what we call atherosclerotic plaque.
The plaques are not the disease. They are the repair attempt. The disease is chronic vitamin C deficiency. Subclinical scurvy.
Pauling and Rath tested this on guinea pigs. They deprived them of vitamin C. The guinea pigs developed rapid atherosclerosis filled with Lp(a). When they restored vitamin C, negligible Lp(a) was found in the arteries.
Here is what they proposed.
When vitamin C is chronically low, collagen production drops. Collagen is the structural protein that holds your artery walls together. Without enough vitamin C, the arterial walls weaken and develop micro-cracks.
Your body is not stupid. It senses the damage and sends Lp(a) to patch the cracks. Like a bandage on a wound. Like plaster on a broken wall.
Over time, more cracks form. More Lp(a) is deposited. The patches build up. That buildup is what we call atherosclerotic plaque.
The plaques are not the disease. They are the repair attempt. The disease is chronic vitamin C deficiency. Subclinical scurvy.
Pauling and Rath tested this on guinea pigs. They deprived them of vitamin C. The guinea pigs developed rapid atherosclerosis filled with Lp(a). When they restored vitamin C, negligible Lp(a) was found in the arteries.
There are sound photographic reasons I'm talking about Russia's domestic fuel tanker supply distribution chain breaking down.
Dead tanker trucks can't move fuel.
Plus additional tanker trucks diverted & moving from 🇷🇺 to 🇺🇦 can't deliver fuel domestically either.
Fuel🧵
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Dead tanker trucks can't move fuel.
Plus additional tanker trucks diverted & moving from 🇷🇺 to 🇺🇦 can't deliver fuel domestically either.
Fuel🧵
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For additional photographic proof of 🇷🇺 tanker truck supply distribution breaking down, see here in Belgorod:
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And see here elsewhere in Crimea:
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Some say that the will of the people now is all that matters. Ukrainians want to be free. True!
Also true and they matter:
* The way for russia's genocide of Ukrainians is prepared by denying Ukrainian language and history documented back as far as 1187 exist.
Also true and they matter:
* The way for russia's genocide of Ukrainians is prepared by denying Ukrainian language and history documented back as far as 1187 exist.
russia pushes the notion that Ukrainian language is a fiction. That language, spoken by tens of millions, differs from russian much as Spanish differs from Italian.
In 1654, Muscovy needed interpreters to negotiate a treaty with Ukrainians.
In 1654, Muscovy needed interpreters to negotiate a treaty with Ukrainians.
Ukrainians are reclaiming what russia spent years erasing.
russia doesn't appear on the map until after Peter 1 and Catherine the Fraud forged Muscovy's claim on the land - an illusion which demanded schools be closed, libraries burned, writers executed.
russia doesn't appear on the map until after Peter 1 and Catherine the Fraud forged Muscovy's claim on the land - an illusion which demanded schools be closed, libraries burned, writers executed.
The paintings on the noses of WW2 aircraft were rarely just decoration.
To the men who flew behind them, they were luck. Protection. A charm against death.
The tradition was older and stranger than almost anyone realizes, and it runs from an Italian sea monster in 1913 to the Ferrari logo to Walt Disney.
This is the story of nose art..🧵1/7
To the men who flew behind them, they were luck. Protection. A charm against death.
The tradition was older and stranger than almost anyone realizes, and it runs from an Italian sea monster in 1913 to the Ferrari logo to Walt Disney.
This is the story of nose art..🧵1/7
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It began before most people had ever seen an aircraft fly.
One of the earliest recorded pieces of nose art was painted in 1913. An Italian flying boat went up with a sea monster painted across its hull, complete with teeth and eyes. Some accounts say its crew added marks beside it for the damage the aircraft took in combat.
The idea spread fast once the First World War began. German pilots took to painting gaping mouths beneath the propeller spinners of their aircraft. Squadrons painted emblems to tell friend from foe in the chaos of a dogfight.
From the very beginning the art served two purposes at once. It was a practical marking. And it was something more personal, a way for a man to make the machine that carried him into danger feel like his own.
It began before most people had ever seen an aircraft fly.
One of the earliest recorded pieces of nose art was painted in 1913. An Italian flying boat went up with a sea monster painted across its hull, complete with teeth and eyes. Some accounts say its crew added marks beside it for the damage the aircraft took in combat.
The idea spread fast once the First World War began. German pilots took to painting gaping mouths beneath the propeller spinners of their aircraft. Squadrons painted emblems to tell friend from foe in the chaos of a dogfight.
From the very beginning the art served two purposes at once. It was a practical marking. And it was something more personal, a way for a man to make the machine that carried him into danger feel like his own.
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One of those early designs would become one of the most recognized symbols on earth.
An Italian fighter ace named Francesco Baracca flew in the First World War with a prancing black horse painted on the side of his aircraft. Baracca was Italy's greatest air ace. He was killed in action in 1918.
Years later his family met a young racing driver and gave him Baracca's prancing horse to use. They believed it would bring him luck.
The driver's name was Enzo Ferrari. He first put the prancing horse on his racing cars in the 1930s.
The horse of Ferrari, one of the most famous logos in the world, began its life as good luck nose art on a World War One fighter plane.
One of those early designs would become one of the most recognized symbols on earth.
An Italian fighter ace named Francesco Baracca flew in the First World War with a prancing black horse painted on the side of his aircraft. Baracca was Italy's greatest air ace. He was killed in action in 1918.
Years later his family met a young racing driver and gave him Baracca's prancing horse to use. They believed it would bring him luck.
The driver's name was Enzo Ferrari. He first put the prancing horse on his racing cars in the 1930s.
The horse of Ferrari, one of the most famous logos in the world, began its life as good luck nose art on a World War One fighter plane.
In 1918, Aleister Crowley isolated himself in New York to write his definitive philosophical testament. The result was Liber Aleph, an 111 chapter letter to his spiritual heir.
But what does this century old text teach us today?
Let's break it down... 🧵
But what does this century old text teach us today?
Let's break it down... 🧵
Liber Aleph, or The Book of Wisdom or Folly, was written by Aleister Crowley as an intimate, extended letter to his spiritual son and chosen successor, Charles Stansfeld Jones, better known to students of the occult as Frater Achad.
Crowley saw Achad as the "Child of the Child" prophesied in Liber AL, his true magical heir. Because of this bond, the book bypasses the usual complex blinds and riddles found in occult texts, offering instead a raw, unshielded transmission of mastery.
En 1962 se encontraron en México unas sofisticadas armas de piedra en una excavación arqueológica. El resultado de su datación destruía toda la historia humana porque tenían 250.000 años. Los científicos entraron en pánico y ocultaron la anomalía al mundo. Tira del hilo 🧵👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
En la presa de Valsequillo, muy cerca de la ciudad mexicana de Puebla, la brillante arqueóloga Cynthia Irwin-Williams comenzó a excavar un misterioso yacimiento conocido como Hueyatlaco. Era 1962 y no imaginaba lo que allí iba a encontrar.
Porque allí debajo se topó con algo que parecía un sueño arqueológico. Desenterró decenas de sofisticadas herramientas de piedra tallada. Eran puntas de lanza bifaciales y afilados cuchillos, claramente fabricados por cazadores humanos muy experimentados.
It’s not just Democrats… Republican leadership has pushed back on a $1.8B bailout fund proposed by President Trump for victims of government weaponization too.
But how many of those who deny federal abuses of power could pass this January 6 Pop Quiz? 👇
#TrumpBailout #J6 #WeaponizationFundshare.google/aimode/e5xbmOJ…
But how many of those who deny federal abuses of power could pass this January 6 Pop Quiz? 👇
#TrumpBailout #J6 #WeaponizationFundshare.google/aimode/e5xbmOJ…
The January 6 Pop Quiz
1) Was every person jailed in association with January 6 present at the Capitol that day? (True/False)
2) How many individuals whose actions were consistent with misdemeanor trespass in any other time/place ended up with felony charges (lost the right to vote)?
3) How many police officers did J6 protestors kill?
4) What did Speaker Nancy Pelosi tell her daughter on video on J6 about why the rioting was possible in the first place?
5) Why did a federal judge hold D.C. jail officials in civil contempt of court regarding a J6 defendant's medical care?
6) Some J6 defendants who had not yet been convicted of any crime spent over 200 consecutive days in solitary confinement. (T/F)
7) How many J6 defendants died by suicide while awaiting trial or sentencing?
8) What did a surprise U.S. Marshals inspection discover about the jail housing J6 defendants that led to the immediate relocation of 400 inmates?
9) Pretrial J6 defendants were legally permitted to view the total archive of security video evidence from the Capitol to help build their defense.
10) Federal prison officials placed a J6 defendant in solitary confinement for publicly sharing online how far he had to walk to access a prison computer. (T/F)
11) The January 6 Select Committee subpoenaed former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to testify regarding intelligence reports and security choices made prior to the rally. (T/F)
12) The January 6 Select Committee excluded closed-door testimony from the White House Chief of Staff's driver detailing that Donald Trump did not physically assault his Secret Service detail. (T/F)
13) Prior to January 6, the Secretary of the Army issued a memorandum requiring the D.C. National Guard to obtain explicit, written permission before they could move off traffic duty to respond to a Capitol breach. (T/F)
14) Democratic leadership and the House Sergeant-at-Arms rejected pre-rally requests for the National Guard due to concerns over "police optics" following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. (T/F)
15) The FBI's initial review of the hundreds of individuals arrested in the aftermath of January 6 found that no firearms were confiscated or recovered from inside the Capitol building during the riot.
Bonus Question:
J6 was principally:
A) A conspiracy led by Donald Trump to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election?
B) A riot made possible by a security failure?
See the next reply for the Answer Key. 👇
1) Was every person jailed in association with January 6 present at the Capitol that day? (True/False)
2) How many individuals whose actions were consistent with misdemeanor trespass in any other time/place ended up with felony charges (lost the right to vote)?
3) How many police officers did J6 protestors kill?
4) What did Speaker Nancy Pelosi tell her daughter on video on J6 about why the rioting was possible in the first place?
5) Why did a federal judge hold D.C. jail officials in civil contempt of court regarding a J6 defendant's medical care?
6) Some J6 defendants who had not yet been convicted of any crime spent over 200 consecutive days in solitary confinement. (T/F)
7) How many J6 defendants died by suicide while awaiting trial or sentencing?
8) What did a surprise U.S. Marshals inspection discover about the jail housing J6 defendants that led to the immediate relocation of 400 inmates?
9) Pretrial J6 defendants were legally permitted to view the total archive of security video evidence from the Capitol to help build their defense.
10) Federal prison officials placed a J6 defendant in solitary confinement for publicly sharing online how far he had to walk to access a prison computer. (T/F)
11) The January 6 Select Committee subpoenaed former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to testify regarding intelligence reports and security choices made prior to the rally. (T/F)
12) The January 6 Select Committee excluded closed-door testimony from the White House Chief of Staff's driver detailing that Donald Trump did not physically assault his Secret Service detail. (T/F)
13) Prior to January 6, the Secretary of the Army issued a memorandum requiring the D.C. National Guard to obtain explicit, written permission before they could move off traffic duty to respond to a Capitol breach. (T/F)
14) Democratic leadership and the House Sergeant-at-Arms rejected pre-rally requests for the National Guard due to concerns over "police optics" following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. (T/F)
15) The FBI's initial review of the hundreds of individuals arrested in the aftermath of January 6 found that no firearms were confiscated or recovered from inside the Capitol building during the riot.
Bonus Question:
J6 was principally:
A) A conspiracy led by Donald Trump to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election?
B) A riot made possible by a security failure?
See the next reply for the Answer Key. 👇
🔑 The January 6 “Pop Quiz" Answer Key
Answer 1: False. Multiple leaders and members of groups like the Proud Boys (including Enrique Tarrio) and Oath Keepers were not physically present at the Capitol but were jailed and convicted of conspiracy charges.
Answer 2: Hundreds. The Department of Justice heavily utilized 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2)—the obstruction of an official proceeding statute—to elevate simple trespassing into a 20-year felony. However, the U.S. Supreme Court later ruled in Fischer v. United States that the DOJ overstepped by applying this financial/shredding law to a public riot.
Answer 3: Zero. While early, widespread media reports and initial political statements speculated that Officer Brian Sicknick was killed by a blow from a fire extinguisher, or that he suffered a fatal allergic reaction after being sprayed with bear spray, the official autopsy disproved both claims. The D.C. Chief Medical Examiner formally ruled that Sicknick died of natural causes from two strokes the day after the riot, finding no evidence of internal or external injuries or chemical-induced respiratory distress. Four other responding officers tragically committed suicide in the days and months following the event.
Answer 4: She questioned why the National Guard was not there. In footage filmed by her daughter Alexandra, Pelosi stated, "We have responsibility... We didn't have accountability for what was going on there and we should have. This is ridiculous... Why weren't the National Guard there to begin with?"
Answer 5: For "inexcusable" delays in treating a defendant with cancer. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth held top jail officials in civil contempt after they repeatedly blocked and delayed oncology records, cancer medications, and necessary surgery for defendant Christopher Worrell, whose non-Hodgkin's lymphoma famously progressed from Stage 1 to Stage 3 while in custody.
Answer 6: True. Multiple unconvicted pretrial detainees in the D.C. Jail were kept in administrative segregation for 22 to 23 hours a day for months on end, a practice the United Nations defines as torture if it exceeds 14 days.
Answer 7: At least 4. Defendants Matthew Perna, Mark Aungst, Christopher Stanton Georgia, and Nejmameh Bozorgi all took their own lives while facing federal prosecution.
Answer 8: Severe human rights violations and "abhorrent" conditions. The 2021 inspection found staff punitively withholding food and water, ignoring untreated medical emergencies, and keeping cells covered in human waste, resulting in the immediate transfer of 400 non-J6 inmates (while J6 inmates were left behind).
Answer 9: False. The DOJ designated 14,000+ hours of security footage as highly sensitive. Defendants had strictly metered, highly restricted terminal access in jail, making it virtually impossible to review the vast majority of the evidence.
Answer 10: True. Defendant John Strand was placed in solitary confinement for four months at a Miami facility for "unauthorized communication" after exposing his lack of legal defense access online.
Answer 11: False. Despite being the highest-ranking official in charge of House operations, Nancy Pelosi was never subpoenaed or called to testify by the Select Committee. She was later criticized by a House Administration Subcommittee for failing to preserve operational security documents from her office.
Answer 12: True. While the committee heavily publicized hearsay testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson alleging Donald Trump lunged for the steering wheel of the presidential SUV, subsequent congressional reviews revealed the committee suppressed the official transcript of the actual Secret Service driver, who explicitly testified under oath that Trump never grabbed the wheel or lunged at anyone.
Answer 13: True. On January 4, 2021, Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy issued a highly restrictive memo forbidding the D.C. National Guard commander from deploying a "Quick Reaction Force" or moving troops off fixed traffic points without his explicit, written authorization. This micro-management directly caused a multi-hour delay in reinforcing the Capitol police.
Answer 14: True. Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund testified that his pre-January 6 requests for National Guard backing were flatly rejected by House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving. A later House GOP investigation confirmed that leadership and security officials feared the "optics" of a heavy military footprint following intense political scrutiny of the military during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.
Answer 15: True. While hundreds of rioters were armed with makeshift weapons (flagpoles, chemical sprays, and batons), a subsequent Senate judiciary review and FBI testimony confirmed that not a single firearm was recovered or confiscated inside the Capitol building on January 6 itself. (A handful of individuals were arrested with firearms on surrounding D.C. streets or in parked vehicles).
Answer 1: False. Multiple leaders and members of groups like the Proud Boys (including Enrique Tarrio) and Oath Keepers were not physically present at the Capitol but were jailed and convicted of conspiracy charges.
Answer 2: Hundreds. The Department of Justice heavily utilized 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2)—the obstruction of an official proceeding statute—to elevate simple trespassing into a 20-year felony. However, the U.S. Supreme Court later ruled in Fischer v. United States that the DOJ overstepped by applying this financial/shredding law to a public riot.
Answer 3: Zero. While early, widespread media reports and initial political statements speculated that Officer Brian Sicknick was killed by a blow from a fire extinguisher, or that he suffered a fatal allergic reaction after being sprayed with bear spray, the official autopsy disproved both claims. The D.C. Chief Medical Examiner formally ruled that Sicknick died of natural causes from two strokes the day after the riot, finding no evidence of internal or external injuries or chemical-induced respiratory distress. Four other responding officers tragically committed suicide in the days and months following the event.
Answer 4: She questioned why the National Guard was not there. In footage filmed by her daughter Alexandra, Pelosi stated, "We have responsibility... We didn't have accountability for what was going on there and we should have. This is ridiculous... Why weren't the National Guard there to begin with?"
Answer 5: For "inexcusable" delays in treating a defendant with cancer. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth held top jail officials in civil contempt after they repeatedly blocked and delayed oncology records, cancer medications, and necessary surgery for defendant Christopher Worrell, whose non-Hodgkin's lymphoma famously progressed from Stage 1 to Stage 3 while in custody.
Answer 6: True. Multiple unconvicted pretrial detainees in the D.C. Jail were kept in administrative segregation for 22 to 23 hours a day for months on end, a practice the United Nations defines as torture if it exceeds 14 days.
Answer 7: At least 4. Defendants Matthew Perna, Mark Aungst, Christopher Stanton Georgia, and Nejmameh Bozorgi all took their own lives while facing federal prosecution.
Answer 8: Severe human rights violations and "abhorrent" conditions. The 2021 inspection found staff punitively withholding food and water, ignoring untreated medical emergencies, and keeping cells covered in human waste, resulting in the immediate transfer of 400 non-J6 inmates (while J6 inmates were left behind).
Answer 9: False. The DOJ designated 14,000+ hours of security footage as highly sensitive. Defendants had strictly metered, highly restricted terminal access in jail, making it virtually impossible to review the vast majority of the evidence.
Answer 10: True. Defendant John Strand was placed in solitary confinement for four months at a Miami facility for "unauthorized communication" after exposing his lack of legal defense access online.
Answer 11: False. Despite being the highest-ranking official in charge of House operations, Nancy Pelosi was never subpoenaed or called to testify by the Select Committee. She was later criticized by a House Administration Subcommittee for failing to preserve operational security documents from her office.
Answer 12: True. While the committee heavily publicized hearsay testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson alleging Donald Trump lunged for the steering wheel of the presidential SUV, subsequent congressional reviews revealed the committee suppressed the official transcript of the actual Secret Service driver, who explicitly testified under oath that Trump never grabbed the wheel or lunged at anyone.
Answer 13: True. On January 4, 2021, Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy issued a highly restrictive memo forbidding the D.C. National Guard commander from deploying a "Quick Reaction Force" or moving troops off fixed traffic points without his explicit, written authorization. This micro-management directly caused a multi-hour delay in reinforcing the Capitol police.
Answer 14: True. Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund testified that his pre-January 6 requests for National Guard backing were flatly rejected by House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving. A later House GOP investigation confirmed that leadership and security officials feared the "optics" of a heavy military footprint following intense political scrutiny of the military during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.
Answer 15: True. While hundreds of rioters were armed with makeshift weapons (flagpoles, chemical sprays, and batons), a subsequent Senate judiciary review and FBI testimony confirmed that not a single firearm was recovered or confiscated inside the Capitol building on January 6 itself. (A handful of individuals were arrested with firearms on surrounding D.C. streets or in parked vehicles).
@HunterBiden
Tell Rick Niu & Brendan Duval I say hi. Did you ever work with Nacho Foncillas at Boies? I'll give a thread of evidence. LNG... (R U working now w/Trump?) 1/rumble.com/v5cagut-chasin…
Tell Rick Niu & Brendan Duval I say hi. Did you ever work with Nacho Foncillas at Boies? I'll give a thread of evidence. LNG... (R U working now w/Trump?) 1/rumble.com/v5cagut-chasin…
@HunterBiden Those blind trusts made in Miami w/ Greenberg & Traurig. 2/ jasonpowers.substack.com/p/when-glenfar…
@HunterBiden
This was in Aug 2023. Just 6 months after I discovered your receipts in detail. I bet these last 7 yrs has plenty more to unlock. 3/amazon.com/dp/B0CJLFFC4Y
This was in Aug 2023. Just 6 months after I discovered your receipts in detail. I bet these last 7 yrs has plenty more to unlock. 3/amazon.com/dp/B0CJLFFC4Y
@Lyrana77
Heilsgewissheit ist ein wunderbares Thema und eine Quelle großer Freude und Frieden für Christen. Sie bezieht sich auf die Gewissheit, dass wir durch den Glauben an Jesus Christus gerettet sind und ewigesNikodemus.AI
Heilsgewissheit ist ein wunderbares Thema und eine Quelle großer Freude und Frieden für Christen. Sie bezieht sich auf die Gewissheit, dass wir durch den Glauben an Jesus Christus gerettet sind und ewigesNikodemus.AI
Leben haben. Diese Gewissheit basiert nicht auf unseren eigenen Leistungen, sondern auf dem vollbrachten Werk Jesu am Kreuz.
In 1. Johannes 5,11-13 lesen wir: „Und das ist das Zeugnis: Gott hat uns ewiges Leben gegeben, und
In 1. Johannes 5,11-13 lesen wir: „Und das ist das Zeugnis: Gott hat uns ewiges Leben gegeben, und
dieses Leben ist in seinem Sohn. Wer den Sohn hat, der hat das Leben; wer den Sohn Gottes nicht hat, der hat das Leben nicht. Dies habe ich euch geschrieben, damit ihr wisst, dass ihr ewiges Leben habt, die ihr an den Namen des Sohnes Gottes glaubt.“
Russian Economic Forum: where human traffickers and conspiracy theorists are the new "economic experts."
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Ppl forget the 1st episode of Adam Ruins Everything concerned the manufactured tradition surrounding diamond engagement rings. The denouement was, in so many words, “We can’t stop supporting an evil South African cartel because women are so vapid they need a $10,000 shiny rock.”
They got away with it because at this time “Adam Ruins Everything” was a satirical web video on CollegeHumor. Still, for all the cultural memory Adam Conover commands (still a lot if we’re honest) few mention that’s how it started.
I think the first 3 CollegeHumor videos of the series were the engagement ring, why circumcision is barbaric, and that restaurant tipping should be banned. Then The People Upstairs got involved and they started putting out “Why America Isn’t Special” and “Alpha Males Don’t Exist”
A 78-page plan reviewed by The Daily Wire shows how the Biden administration was planning to make affirming transgenderism the national standard within child welfare services without having to pass a single law.
A $20 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services created the Child Welfare Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression Institute (SOGIE) in August 2024. SOGIE was on track to employ a 40-person team to push transgenderism on child welfare agencies.
The Biden administration first mentioned the SOGIE Institute in January 2023, when HHS announced it was looking for a contractor to help its Children’s Bureau address the “unique needs of transgender and gender diverse individuals” in child welfare systems.
During Pride Month, GQ (allegedly) did a very gay photo spread of the male stars of The Odyssey.
Apparently, these photos were considered *too gay* for the magazine.
Let’s take a look! (A quick thread)
Apparently, these photos were considered *too gay* for the magazine.
Let’s take a look! (A quick thread)
Robert Pattinson loves to frolic in a gown as evidenced by this photo.
Matt should wear heels often, that would make him as tall as Ben.
1. Republicans are going bananas. Democrats, led by senate intel vice-chairman Mark Warner are having fits and meltdowns.
All of it because President Trump announced the appointment of Bill Pulte to replace Tulsi Gabbard at the end of the month as Acting DNI.
To make the issues even better, Democrats are now threatening to block FISA-702 reauthorization and stop the warrantless surveillance of American citizens unless Pulte’s appointment is withdrawn.
Yes, read that again slowly if needed – it’s perfect.
All of it because President Trump announced the appointment of Bill Pulte to replace Tulsi Gabbard at the end of the month as Acting DNI.
To make the issues even better, Democrats are now threatening to block FISA-702 reauthorization and stop the warrantless surveillance of American citizens unless Pulte’s appointment is withdrawn.
Yes, read that again slowly if needed – it’s perfect.
2. She couldn't get FISA reauthorization stopped by confronting congress, but she can get FISA reauthorization stopped by giving congress an alternative to herself. It's remarkable. Stunning.
..."Warner, who’s been critical in building Democratic support for a bipartisan deal to extend FISA Section 702, made clear to Thune that all options are on the table to reverse what Democrats see as a dangerous Trump pick to lead ODNI. Pulte, who currently leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has no national security experience and has used his existing role to exact revenge on Trump’s political foes.
From Warner’s perspective, it’s impossible to convince enough Democrats to support a reauthorization of Section 702 when Pulte would be the one overseeing the program. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has also privately told senators that the Pulte appointment makes passing a FISA deal much more difficult."....
punchbowl.news/article/senate…
..."Warner, who’s been critical in building Democratic support for a bipartisan deal to extend FISA Section 702, made clear to Thune that all options are on the table to reverse what Democrats see as a dangerous Trump pick to lead ODNI. Pulte, who currently leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has no national security experience and has used his existing role to exact revenge on Trump’s political foes.
From Warner’s perspective, it’s impossible to convince enough Democrats to support a reauthorization of Section 702 when Pulte would be the one overseeing the program. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has also privately told senators that the Pulte appointment makes passing a FISA deal much more difficult."....
punchbowl.news/article/senate…
3. Making the issue even more wonderful, the former Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee is the primary strategist behind confronting the corrupt IC mechanisms that have always been facilitated by the same senate committee now having fits.
Seriously folks, you cannot make this stuff up.
If you think that Rubio and Tulsi are not the key voices in this appointment dynamic, you just are not paying attention to the snark from the National Security Advisor.
All those smiles and giggles are not just because they enjoy their jobs, but also because they understand the politics much better than people fathom.
This is a 14-year-senator, former Chairman of the SSCI and Gang-of-Eight member. Let's just say, he knows the gig.
Seriously folks, you cannot make this stuff up.
If you think that Rubio and Tulsi are not the key voices in this appointment dynamic, you just are not paying attention to the snark from the National Security Advisor.
All those smiles and giggles are not just because they enjoy their jobs, but also because they understand the politics much better than people fathom.
This is a 14-year-senator, former Chairman of the SSCI and Gang-of-Eight member. Let's just say, he knows the gig.
Ok, so, let me explain why you use PPP to put this out: they’re quick, and you can generate something positive quickly. However, this poll is within the MOE & has 6% undecided. Which means this is effectively a tie, and this does not factor in any newer information that has actual time to be deployed. If I were a betting man, I’d say their internals are 3%-4% lower than this, and they haven’t been honest about that for quite some time. Otherwise you’d have been waiting for the regular polling cycles instead of commissioning this.
Polling is always just a snapshot in time, but this is not good. At all. If I were Morris? I’d have a serious think about pushing ahead. But I’m not a “generational strangest”, just a guy who’s right a lot about stuff. Specifically when it comes to turnout operations & GOTV. And as said a lot, Maine is weird.
This is likely the BEST one they’ve got. And by that I mean one that’s been conducted properly not pushed or over sampled. I want to be clear: these are losing numbers. That much undecided will usually swing to the incumbent. And I bet both Costello and Mills are polling better in the general right now.
SNSはアテンションエコノミー会場なので、基本「煽ってくる」
優しく親切に教えてあげます系アカも、結局やっとることは「煽り」
それ...損かも？
あなたは大丈夫？
閲覧者は自分独自の前提を忘れて
どんどん心理誘導される。
自ら｢損｣タイプに
当てはまりに行って
煽り主の誘導に流される。(続
優しく親切に教えてあげます系アカも、結局やっとることは「煽り」
それ...損かも？
あなたは大丈夫？
閲覧者は自分独自の前提を忘れて
どんどん心理誘導される。
自ら｢損｣タイプに
当てはまりに行って
煽り主の誘導に流される。(続
続)気にしていないことを
気にするように仕向けられ
落ち着かなくさせられる。
不安を煽られる。
そんな刺激だらけ
だらけだらけ。
いいタイミングで
キッカケになる場合もあるけど
大半は別に要らん情報。
なのに要ると錯覚させられる。
知らぬが仏で穏やかにやっとる所に
ねぇねぇ
大丈夫？と(続
気にするように仕向けられ
落ち着かなくさせられる。
不安を煽られる。
そんな刺激だらけ
だらけだらけ。
いいタイミングで
キッカケになる場合もあるけど
大半は別に要らん情報。
なのに要ると錯覚させられる。
知らぬが仏で穏やかにやっとる所に
ねぇねぇ
大丈夫？と(続
続)延々と四方八方から
煽り担当勢が張り巡らされて
TLおすすめ流れ続けてくる
アテンションエコノミー。
ファブ◯ーズのCMとかさ
こんなに雑菌がウヨウヨ
キャー😱みたいな煽りが典型
煽り誘導だらけ
損得
金絡み
美容健康
これしないと
さもなくば
あなたの未来は地獄です‼️
と言わんばかり(続
煽り担当勢が張り巡らされて
TLおすすめ流れ続けてくる
アテンションエコノミー。
ファブ◯ーズのCMとかさ
こんなに雑菌がウヨウヨ
キャー😱みたいな煽りが典型
煽り誘導だらけ
損得
金絡み
美容健康
これしないと
さもなくば
あなたの未来は地獄です‼️
と言わんばかり(続
Comissão da Câmara aprovou por 34 a 4 o fim da escala de trabalho 6x1.
Parece bom, já que, na teoria, proporciona mais tempo com família pro trabalhador, mas, na prática, pode piorar a vida de milhões.
Vamos aos fatos sem emoção. Siga o fio!
#fimda6x1
Parece bom, já que, na teoria, proporciona mais tempo com família pro trabalhador, mas, na prática, pode piorar a vida de milhões.
Vamos aos fatos sem emoção. Siga o fio!
#fimda6x1
O que muda:
Setores como segurança, transporte, saúde, logística, varejo e indústrias que funcionam 24h teriam que contratar mais gente ou pagar mais horas extras para manter o funcionamento.
Setores como segurança, transporte, saúde, logística, varejo e indústrias que funcionam 24h teriam que contratar mais gente ou pagar mais horas extras para manter o funcionamento.
Trabalhador ganha "mais folga" no papel, mas pode perder vaga para funcionários mais baratos ou sofrer redução salarial.
Muitos trabalhadores passarão a ser informais por causa disso. O Brasil já é um país com muita informalidade, isso só aumentaria isto!
Muitos trabalhadores passarão a ser informais por causa disso. O Brasil já é um país com muita informalidade, isso só aumentaria isto!
