A Saudi man has been sentenced to death for criticizing the government on two anonymous twitter/X accounts with a total of ten followers.
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/31/1196776390/saudi-arabia-man-death-sentence-tweets
Gosh, NPR, I can't imagine how the Saudi authorities could have verified his identity on X.
DeSantis voted against Sandy aid a decade ago. Now his state needs the help
> Ron DeSantis had just been sworn in as a member of the House in 2013 when he voted against sending $9.7 billion in disaster relief to New York and New Jersey, two states still reeling from the damage of Hurricane Sandy.
“I sympathize with the victims,” the #Florida #Republican said at the time, but objected to what he called Congress’ “put it on the credit card mentality"
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/31/desantis-florida-gop-sandy-disaster-aid-00113627 #RonDeSantis
Judge Temporarily Halts Texas Bill That Would Restrict Drag Performances
"Not worth the paper it's printed on": Texas Republicans ignore ruling against Abbott's "Death Star"
Via MuellerSheWrote:
BREAKING: Gov Kemp WILL NOT approve a commission to remove #FaniWillis as DA.
#legal #Georgia #TrumpIndictment
Doesn't seem so mild:
"people who’d had mild COVID-19 remained at increased risk of more than 20 Long COVID symptoms—including fatigue, gastrointestinal problems, and pulmonary issues—two years later."
LOL.
Trump calls sons 'idiots' and will likely throw them under bus in New York case: biographer https://www.rawstory.com/trump-sons-idiot/
OPEN & SHUT: NY AG thinks Trump's financial fraud is so obvious that no trial is needed
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ncc-renovations-stornoway-official-residence-conservative-leader-1.5713282
Lest we forget: The CONservatives spent $170K of taxpayers' money to fix up the taxpayer-financed mansion for the opposition leader.... But PoiLIEvre is screaming about upkeep to the official residence of the PM.
Why do Canadian taxpayers finance the opposition leader? Shouldn't that be the responsibility of the party?