Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplace
Ulbricht, sentenced to life in prison in 2015, given ‘full and unconditional’ pardon by presidentGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Pardons that Trump would have liked to have made:
- Charlie Manson
- Bernie Madoff
- Adolph Hitler
- Ted Bundy
- Pablo Escobar
- John Wayne Gacy
- Jeff Dahmer
- The Zodiac Killer
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The story with Fetterman is that he has always been opportunistic. He showed his true self holding up a Black jogger at gunpoint because he hears fireworks and wanted to be a hero. Never apologized. But talked a good game on weed and the weed bro contingent of the Dems fell in love.
"Because the regime is captive to its own lies, it must falsify everything. It falsifies the past. It falsifies the present, and it falsifies the future. It falsifies statistics. It pretends not to possess an omnipotent and unprincipled police apparatus. It pretends to respect human rights. It pretends to persecute no one. It pretends to fear nothing. It pretends to pretend nothing."
--V. Havel (1978)
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"To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights."
--T. Snyder (2017)
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MANILA, Philippines — For the second time, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) once again moved the printing of ballots for the midterm polls in May after the Supreme Court (SC) issued two new temporary restraining orders (TROs).
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Yesterday, Trump signed an executive order directing the expansion of federal use of the death penalty and encouraging states to do the same. The death penalty is unjust and cruel.…
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President Trump, we'll see you in court. thehill.com/regulation/court-b…
From #DonaldTrump EO:
"“‘Female’ means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell,”... “‘Male’ means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell.”
...All fetuses have phenotypically female genitalia until they reach six to seven weeks of gestation...
By describing a fetus as a person from conception, Trump has legitimized fetal personhood."
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Trump Sneaks Dangerous Rights for Fetuses Into Executive Order
Donald Trump slipped the anti-abortion language into an otherwise unrelated order.The New Republic
Asexuality Is Finally Breaking Free from Medical Stigma | Scientific American
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Asexuality Is Finally Breaking Free from Medical Stigma
New research on asexuality shows why it’s so important for doctors and therapists to distinguish between episodes of low libido and a consistent lack of sexual attractionAllison Parshall (Scientific American)
❄️FOUR FRIENDS OF THE SNOW💮
Daffodils, camellias, wintersweet and Japanese apricots are known as 'setchū-no-shiyū' (雪中四友), the 'Four Friends of the Snow'.
keeping company
with the plum tree-
the gate's last snow
梅の木の連に残るや門の雪
-Kobayshi Issa (小林一茶), 1822.
Trans. David G. Lanoue.
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Offering colour at winter's end, it was believed that daffodils, camellias, wintersweet and Japanese apricots were at their most fragrant when it snowed.
Collectively known as the '4 Friends of the Snow', the 'setchū-no-shiyū' (雪中四友) were a particularly popular subject for Chinese painters.
Toward January's end guests are served 'rōbai' (蝋梅), named after the fragrant 'yellow wax plum' which blooms at this time of year. As the name suggests, the beehive-yellow blossoms look as if they have been carefully crafted from wax.
Known as wintersweet in English, rōbai were introduced to Japan from China in the 17thC.
They are not related to the Japanese plum.
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Trump Says He Will Impose 10% Tariffs on Chinese Imports on Feb. 1 (Alan Rappeport/New York Times)
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Trump Says He Will Impose 10% Tariffs on Chinese Imports on Feb. 1
The president said the planned duties were a response to China’s failure to curb fentanyl exports.Alan Rappeport (The New York Times)
Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht (Sareen Habeshian/Axios)
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Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht
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Democrats plot strategy for fighting Trump on funding freeze (Politico)
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Democrats plot strategy for fighting Trump on funding freeze
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