Today's News (2020/5/7): Consolidation of Power and Corruption of Justice edition

Consolidating power and corruption of justice edition, no COVID-19 here.

Dropping a case against a man who has already pled guilty is a real "fuck you" in the face of everyone not part of the cabal, and straight-up pissing in the face of Lady Justice.

Also, the Adam Schiff article and statement are long and important, as are the materials linked to within the story. They colluded. Trump said he'd do it again. They tried it again, in Ukraine. He'll try it yet again, only this time, without even the pretence of a Department of Justice, and knowing that the Republican Party will back him to and past the limit.

Barring a COVID-19 death, this only get worse, kids. Sorry.

COVID-19 edition is next.

1. Trump Taps Point Man to Remove Pentagon Officials Seen as Disloyal
2. Justice Department Is Dropping Flynn's Trump-Russia Case
3. William Barr’s DOJ Is Now Covering Up Crimes for Trump in Broad Daylight
4. "a preview of what kind of abuses of power we’ll see as the election heats up this fall"
5. Retailers launch ad blitz opposing Trump's demand for higher Postal Service delivery rates
6. READ IT: Adam Schiff releases all declassified transcripts related to investigation into Trump’s Russia scandal
7. History is Written by the Winners

( The articles )

Today's News (2020/5/7): Sabotage, Conspiracy, Racism edition

Same as every other edition lately, really. The attacks on health workers are starting to pick up a bit as the conspiracy loons merge with the neo-fascist consensus on calling for just massive exposure to coronavirus and death.

On the plus side, Walla Walla County has retracted their statement from yesterday about Coronavirus parties. So that's something, at least. Here, anyway.

1. She Said Anthony Fauci Sexually Assaulted Her. Now She Says Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman Paid Her to Lie.
2. The world came together for a virtual vaccine summit. The U.S. was conspicuously absent.
3. AP Exclusive: US shelves detailed guide to reopening country
4. Trump says doing too much coronavirus testing makes the US 'look bad' as he pushes for the country to reopen
5. Republicans praise Trump's pandemic response with Senate majority at risk
6. As Trump presides over an epic disaster, Senate Republicans see little to criticize
7. GOP Gov. Brian Kemp warns of new outbreak in heavily Latino area after he reopens Georgia businesses
8. Azar faulted workers' 'home and social' conditions for meatpacking outbreaks
9. Washington [State] seems to be avoiding the dramatic nationwide spike in deaths during coronavirus pandemic
10. [THIS IS A RETRACTION] Walla Walla County retracts claim about ‘coronavirus parties,’ says they never occurred
11. Mask or no mask? New social tension splits Seattle-area residents in coronavirus era
12. The Public Is Astonishingly United
13. ‘Salute to Nurses’ parade crashed by gun-waving SUV driver who leads Pa. cops on chase
14. 'What are we doing this for?': Doctors are fed up with conspiracies ravaging ERs
15. One of Trump's personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus

( The articles )

In electrical news

"That's what we like to see" is what like to hear from electrical inspectors. Work approved, final inspection managed, permits down, server rack is on the new circuit, everything is delightful and working.

Now I open a second permit for the part of the circuit I wasn't able to finish because reasons. (It'll be a separate circuit now.)