And another day of 2319 text messages, election police in FL, a delayed execution in TX, praying on the 50 yard line, Trump in contempt, disappearing Olympic glaciers, the world’s oldest person dies, and more Twitter and Musk drama comes to a close:
“It’s about how the richest man in the world, a son of Apartheid, raised by a white nationalist, wants to be sure his speech, and that of other white men, isn’t censored.” — Shaun King
“Musk buying Twitter is merely a symptom of a disease. The disease is control of public discourse by billionaire kleptocrats, extremists, and backers of mafia states. It’s the potential loss of documentation and the ability to track our own history, much less build our own future.” -- Sarah Kendzior
Deaths
US: 1,018,582 (+247)
World: 6,245,375 (+2176)
Cases
US: 82,733,863 (+71,115)
World: 510,059,143 (+516,406)
Mark Meadows’ 2,319 text messages reveal Trump’s inner circle communications before and after January 6. The vast trove of texts offers the most revealing picture to date of how Trump’s inner circle, supporters and Republican lawmakers worked behind the scenes to try to overturn the election results and then reacted to the violence that effort unleashed at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. -- Read this shit. They are horrible people. If you support them, then you, too, are a horrible person.
Ron DeSantis signs bill to create Florida voter-fraud police force. Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday to create a police force dedicated to pursuing voter fraud and other election crimes, embracing a top priority of Republicans after Donald Trump’s false claims that his reelection was stolen. -- We’re about to see elections really stolen.
Texas Prepares to Execute a Mother, Despite Evidence She Did Not Kill Her Child. Even several of Lucio’s jurors are calling for mercy, saying they would not have sent her to death row had they been given more information about her case. In recent years, growing evidence has suggested not only that Lucio is innocent, but that the crime for which she was blamed never happened at all.
Melissa Lucio’s execution delayed by Texas appeals court. A Texas appeals court on Monday delayed the execution of Melissa Lucio amid growing doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter in a case that has garnered the support of lawmakers, celebrities and even some jurors who sentenced her to death.
Editorial: Remember, in the US, police can legally lie to and browbeat suspects in order to get them to say what they want to hear. It’s a corrupt system.
Judge finds Donald Trump in contempt in New York legal fight. A New York judge found former President Donald Trump in contempt of court and set in motion $10,000 daily fines Monday for failing to adequately respond to a subpoena issued by the state’s attorney general as part of a civil investigation into his business dealings.
The Supreme Court ponders the right to pray on the 50-yard line. Joseph Kennedy, a coach for the Bremerton, Wash., High School Varsity and JV football teams began praying with his players before and after games in 2008. At the end of a game, he would take a knee and say a prayer with his players at midfield…Those in Bremerton who have spoken out against coach Kennedy's public praying are in the minority, but they contend that is the point. "Where is free expression of the non-Christian student, the Jewish student, the Muslim student, the Sikh student, the student of no religion at all?" asks Student Rabbi Emily Katcher of the Beth Hatikvah congregation in Bremerton. "Of course they have the freedom, but they are in a position of weakness."
The religious right had a great day in the Supreme Court. Most likely, the Court will leave in place some of the current rules against schools actively pressuring their students into religious behavior, while also taking a huge bite out of the Constitution’s establishment clause, which has historically prohibited the government from promoting or discouraging a certain religious view. A majority of the justices seemed eager to shrink this constitutional provision significantly, though it is unclear just how much they will reduce it. At the very least, it appears likely that public school teachers, coaches, and other school officials will gain some ability to subtly pressure students into religious activity that students, or their parents, may find objectionable.
Fox’s Kennedy suggests getting rid of public schools amid school prayer fight. A host on Fox News on Monday during a discussion on a school prayer case before the Supreme Court suggested local governments across the country should consider doing away with public schools, saying “maybe we should not have the government involved in education at all.” -- That is a Republican goal: the elimination of public education. Or, at a minimum, leaving low-funded public schools for the poor while the well-to-do and wealthy send their kids to private schools.
Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44B and will privatize company. Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the social media platform where he — the world’s richest person — promotes his interests, attacks critics and opines on a wide range of issues to more than 83 million followers. The outspoken Tesla CEO has said he wanted to own and privatize Twitter because he thinks it’s not living up to its potential as a platform for free speech.
“Elon Musk's real goal has nothing to do with the freedom of others. His goal is the freedom to wield enormous power without having to be accountable to laws and regulations, shareholders, or market competition—which is why he's dead set on owning Twitter.” — Robert Reich
Olympic Peninsula glaciers expected to disappear in 50 years. The Olympic Peninsula has lost 45% of its glacier coverage since 1980, according to a new study by Fountain and coauthors from Washington state and British Columbia. The peninsula’s remaining 250 glaciers, which covered about two square miles at last estimate, should be gone in another 50 years as humanity’s pollution continues to overheat the planet, the study found. Fountain said glaciers worldwide are getting a kind of double whammy: Less snow in the winter and more melt in the summer. Beyond the fascination they provide for a small community of researchers, glaciers serve as frozen reservoirs.
Scientist finds more than 100 people who attended a New Jersey high school now have brain cancer. At least 115 people over the last three decades have developed a rare form of brain cancer after attending or working at a New Jersey high school, according to an environmental scientist who has spearheaded the effort in finding the cause behind this medical mystery.
World’s oldest person, Kane Tanaka, dies at age 119. Tanaka was confirmed as the oldest living person on March 9, 2019. She was born on Jan. 2, 1903.
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Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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