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Sam Litzinger
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Mostly retired #journalist (ex-CBS News, ex-AP, etc). Master’s degree in #philosophy. Friend to #animals. Usually annoyed about something. Thank you for reading my posts. 
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This baby giraffe born with no spots is incredibly rare

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66551290

“GOP presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday defended his remarks calling for Republicans to not be “listless vessels” automatically supporting former President Trump, saying he was referring to GOP members of Congress who are prioritizing “entertainment” and “personality” over policy.”

He meant to call them “deplorables”.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4163165-desantis-defends-listless-vessels-remark-these-lawmakers-putting-entertainment-personality-first/

nostr:npub1crtqng7hm9c86n2ywm0dsxgp20mvhyzg0wwyp3qeq44mvegkvj0s3lnghl It’ll be interesting to see what the judge does when Trump violates the terms of the agreement, which he’s already done and will do again.

Group of House conservatives unveils demands to support spending bill and avoid shutdown

https://apnews.com/article/8d2d2296cb1680dc1bf945d726da178f

British Museum: How easy is it to steal from a museum?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66535958

Georgia Medicaid program with work requirement off to slow start even as thousands lose coverage

https://apnews.com/article/3e44d6eaa3c4e07e30ca7d65892f958b

“Mr. Ramaswamy is the only candidate joining Mr. DeSantis on the debate stage whose national or religious backgrounds were mentioned in any of the documents posted on the Axiom Strategies website. Highlighting a minority candidate’s ethnicity or faith is historically… a way to signify the person is somehow different from other Americans.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/us/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-desantis-documents.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Texas woman charged with threatening to kill judge on Trump election case

“Abigail Jo Shry, 43, of Alvin, Tex., left an Aug. 5 voice mail at Chutkan’s chambers in which she called her a racial slur and threatened her, saying, “If Trump doesn’t get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you, so tread lightly, b----,” according to criminal complaint documents filed Friday.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/17/texas-woman-arrested-abigail-shry-threaten-judge/

Kansas prosecutor says material seized in police raid of weekly newspaper should be returned

https://apnews.com/article/51993acb6d3769184d28f81dbee66c43

Fresh look at DNA from Oetzi the Iceman traces his roots to present day Turkey

https://apnews.com/article/ab10b8cf0801971b384cf7b0ce25d00d

Trump indicted in Georgia

EXPLAINER: Why is a police raid on a newspaper in Kansas so unusual?

https://apnews.com/article/5adfc0f2857abaf8b7478c613662363e

Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana

“Montanans can’t be blamed for changing the climate,” Flower said in an email.”

If this is true (it isn’t), then no one can be blamed.

https://apnews.com/article/c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0

Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana

https://apnews.com/article/c7fdc1d8759f55f60346b31c73397db0

Judge in Donald Trump's hush-money case denies bias claim, won't step aside

https://apnews.com/article/e6ea9180af83bf47443b752fec2c518c

Trump assails judge in 2020 election case after she warned him not to make inflammatory remarks

https://apnews.com/article/f7c0611ab8cf34aee5f46b4cb0528edb

Six former Mississippi officers plead guilty to state charges for torturing two Black men

https://apnews.com/article/a04261f338812a0aaf43b4b7efa8c944

Georgia court website publishes, then takes down, list of criminal charges against Trump

https://apnews.com/article/d39562cedfc60d64948708de1b011ed3