Climate: When you weren’t already carrying boots and a trench on a regular basis, at this time’s an excellent day to begin. The morning will begin out cloudy with temperatures within the low 50s. At round midday, count on the showers to begin and change into extra intense till we hit peak raininess at round 3pm. Showers will stick round for a bit, ultimately rolling out by about 7pm. Not your pace? Fortunate for you, the moist, gloomy climate will flip round tomorrow! I’ll must compensate for my steps then!
You’ll be able to say that once more: A brand new 154-page Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accused Israel of a forcible, deliberate, and systematic mass displacement marketing campaign of Palestinians in Gaza that quantities to a conflict crime and against the law towards humanity. During the last 13 months of Israel’s genocide, they’ve displaced 1.9 million Palestinians—about 90% of Gaza’s inhabitants. Israel has additionally destroyed the vast majority of civilian infrastructue in Gaza, violating their obligation to make sure civilians can return to their properties.
On a regular basis we discover a new motive to tear our personal hair out: President-elect Donald Trump picked Florida Republican and bootlicker loyalist Rep. Matt Gaetz as his lawyer normal. Seems like a random choose, however truly Gaetz has some expertise with the Justice Division. Final 12 months the division investigated him for attainable human trafficking offenses! Gaetz was additionally at the moment the topic of a Home Ethics Committee investigation relating to intercourse trafficking and drug offenses. Amidst his nomination, Gaetz resigned from his submit in Congress, thus cancelling any investigations. I am solely partially kidding, however perhaps Gaetz’s experiences with these judicial our bodies goes a great distance with Trump, who’s in search of vengeance on the division for making an attempt to carry him to account for his crimes. Within the announcement, Trump stated, “‘Few points in America are extra necessary than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System. [Gaetz] will finish Weaponized Authorities, protest our Borders, dismantle Felony Organizations and restore People’ badly-shattered Religion and Confidence within the Justice Division.” Congress nonetheless has to approve Trump’s appointments, however with the Home and Senate secured for his social gathering, he’s in an excellent place to get his means.
I hold loling:
Trump nonetheless has the sauce. Nobody else may have made picks like these. Each choice is like drafting a kicker within the first spherical however the kicker has a Wikipedia part titled Allegations and can also be probably not a kicker
— noah kulwin (@nkulw) November 13, 2024
Capital positive aspects loses a supporter: Council Member Rob Saka stated in a the price range assembly that he doesn’t assist Council Member Cathy Moore’s capital positive aspects tax—a tax on income of the sale of shares and bonds above $262,000—although he signed on as one of many taxes’ cosponsors together with Council Member Tammy Morales.
Studying the tea leaves: Naively, I assumed that the cosponsor would assist the proposal as a result of that’s kinda precisely how this shit works. I even argued that Saka and Morales’s cosponsorship could possibly be an indication of broad assist since they occupy totally different ends of the council’s political spectrum. However until all of us get our butts to Metropolis Corridor or wherever else you stress elected officers, I’m starting to suppose the capital positive aspects tax could not have the votes. Even when Moore and Morales can seize the 2 most evident allies, Council Members Pleasure Hollingsworth and Dan Strauss, they might nonetheless want yet one more vote to go the brand new tax. And Council Members Saka and Maritza Rivera stated they’re out, which leaves presumably the staunchest conservatives: Council Member Tanya Woo, Bob Kettle, Sara Nelson. To me, that fucking sucks. Seattle got here out in overwhelming assist of the statewide capital positive aspects tax when right-wingers tried to repeal it within the final election. Plus, it is the one new tax proposed to counter the Mayor’s dire austerity price range. Bleak.
Defund lives on: In different price range information, Council Member Tammy Morales proposed new price range amendments in response to group suggestions on the Tuesday public listening to. The amendments restore funding to tenant providers and the Metropolis’s Parks and Recreation environmental programming by taking some funding allotted to the Metropolis’s new surveillance scheme, often called the Actual Time Crime Middle (RTCC). Morales’s modification would go away RTCC with about $1.5 million in 2025 and $2.1 million in 2026. Appears greater than truthful to me!
I caved: So, I’m beginning to submit on Bluesky. I don’t actually get pleasure from it but. Nonetheless looks like I got here to the social gathering with out being a modern 45 minutes late. However perhaps in the event you observe me I received’t really feel so bizarre lol. Only a thought! If not, don’t fear. I really like Twitter an excessive amount of to ever absolutely divest.
Okay I caved
— Hannah Krieg (@hannahkrieg.bsky.social) November 13, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Assist lefties within the South: The Seattle Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America will host a pizza potluck on Saturday to boost hurricane reduction cash to assist their buddies on the Florida DSA, NC Triangle DSA, and Asheville DSA. I’m so heartbroken for the communities bearing the brunt of the local weather disaster and in addition, seeing the Republican takeover and the Democrat’s normal doormatiness, I really feel now’s a good time to assist leftwing organizers in pink areas. Not that there’s ever a foul time!
Thought this was an Onion headline, however it’s true! Satirical information website The Onion simply purchased Alex Jones’s conspiracy theory-slinging platform InfoWars with monetary backing from the households of the Sandy Hook Elementary College taking pictures victims. Jones owes greater than $1 billion to these households for calling the taking pictures a hoax. The Onion may even work with gun violence prevention group Everytown for Gun Security as its “unique advertiser.” The daddy of considered one of Emilie, one of many Sandy Hook victims, stated, “The dissolution of Alex Jones’ property and the dying of Infowars is the justice we’ve lengthy awaited and fought for.”
Hello everybody.
The Onion, with the assistance of the Sandy Hook households, has bought InfoWars.
We’re planning on making it a really humorous, very silly web site.
We have now retained the providers of some Onion and Clickhole Corridor of Famers to tug this off.
I can not wait to indicate you what we’ve cooked up.
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— Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) November 14, 2024 at 6:09 AM
Some historical past: On at the present time in 2003, Love Really opened in theaters. I haven’t seen it, however apparently Hugh Grant dances to this music by the Pointer Sisters. [Ed’s note: He does and he is very cute and sexy while doing so.]
